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Class 82/169 - Expansible


Subclass of Class 82 - Turning
Definition: Subject matter wherein the device is provided with a work
No. of patents: 38
Last issue date: 07/17/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7243722Expander device
Apparatus (9) for radially expanding an expandable member, the apparatus including a plurality of radially moveable fingers (22). The radially moveable fingers (22) can move between two positions; in a first position, the moveable fingers (22...
07/17/2007
6902640Method for manufacturing a belt
The objective of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing an intermediate transfer belt and a fixing belt with high quality used in copying machines, printers and the like. An unvulcanized rubber is formed into a sheet and ...
06/07/2005
6739600Expanding sleeve fixture
A push-type expandable fixture provided to secure a work-piece to a rotatable machine. An expandable sleeve is inserted within a bore of a hollow work-piece. The work-piece together with the expandable sleeve is disposed about a pair of wedge members which are in tu...
05/25/2004
6182349Method for producing a seamless metallic belt
A method for producing a seamless metallic belt without a welded line and capable of being easily produced in high accuracy. A seamless belt material 21 having a defined length as a whole is placed on a core 11 and is held in a stretching state on the cor...
02/06/2001
5941146Work spindle
A work spindle for a machine tool. The work spindle has a spindle guard tube, a clamping arrangement, a clamping force generator, which is arranged on the spindle guard tube and operates the clamping arrangement, and which has at least one first cylinder ...
08/24/1999
5690007Cutting apparatus for obtaining a specimen of a food product container
A cutting apparatus includes a mandrel insertable in a food product container. The mandrel supports the container in a fixed position by contacting an inner surface of the container. The mandrel is locatable on a support apparatus so that as the mandrel a...
11/25/1997
5667228Quick change mandrel for an engine lathe etc
A two piece mandrel having two co-operating interfitting parts (similar to a bayonet type assembly) which may be twisted apart, or twisted together by means of a series of interlocking projections having complimentary ramping surfaces. The co-operating pa...
09/16/1997
5557999Method for manufacturing a tamper-indicating plastic closure
A method and apparatus for manufacturing a plastic closure particularly to facilitate orientation of the closure so that a manufacturing process, such as vertical scoring, can be effected at one of at least one predetermined portion of the closure. Such o...
09/24/1996
5556114Hydraulic expanding and contracting mandrel
This invention relates to a workshop mandrel which is suitable for mounting work pieces on its cylindraceous outer surface. A cavity beneath the surface is filled with hydraulic fluid which causes the outer surface to expand when the fluid is pressurized ...
09/17/1996
5546837Ring support assembly
An apparatus for supporting a ring piece being cut from a ring-shaped structure is disclosed. The ring support member or assembly includes a bar assembly having a convex arcuate surface adapted to be disposed against and aligned with an inner circumferent...
08/20/1996
5133565Expanding collet
A collet chuck with a collet body having radially extending clamping parts with counter guiding surfaces that are cooperating with the guiding surfaces of a corresponding mandrel is provided. The guiding surfaces are formed as planar sections of the mandr...
07/28/1992
5083484Pipe end preparation tool having improved torque reacting and clamping capabilities
The present invention relates to a clamping device for clamping a mandrel to an elbow or pipe as well as to a torque-reacting device between a power unit housing and the mandrel. The torque reacting device has a pair of torque reacting keys mounted in a n...
01/28/1992
5074177Machine tool with automatic workpiece clamping device
A machine tool has a pair of rotary spindles which support opposite ends of workpiece to be machined. At least one of the spindles is driven and a ring having a plurality of arms is coaxially secured to this spindle for rotation therewith. The arms entrai...
12/24/1991
4862777Method and apparatus for forming surfaces on piston rings
Apparatus is described for machining the exterior peripheral surface of piston rings for internal combustion engines, particularly piston rings having a transverse shape other than circular, for example, oval or elliptical. A jig arrangement usable with t...
09/05/1989
4813313Apparatus for demolishing a reactor shield wall
The invention relates to an apparatus for demolishing a reactor shield wall. The apparatus has a pillar (2) extending from the top side of the reactor toward the bottom of the reactor, an upper support device (3) for supporting the upper portion of the pi...
03/21/1989
4811639Drive bar attachment for threading machines
An attachment is disclosed for use with a power driven threading machine of the character having a tubular workpiece receiving spindle carrying jaw assemblies which engage and disengage a workpiece in the spindle. During a threading operation, the jaws en...
03/14/1989
4720114Roller mandrell chuck
This invention relates to a ball-type chucking mandrel having several chucking balls that are arranged in an evenly distributed manner in the chucking area. These chucking balls are held in a uniform axial position by means of a contact shoulder. In addit...
01/19/1988
4677792Clamping or chucking system for a grinding wheel or disk
A radially expansible thin-walled expansion sleeve (13) is expansible under hydraulic pressure by pressing a piston element (17) against hydraulic fluid in a chamber, upon operation of a threaded bolt (18) in a threaded bore (19) in the spindle (11) or an...
07/07/1987
4614136Angularly adjustable mandrel assembly
A mandrel assembly is disclosed for use in a portable lathe apparatus for machining the end face of a hollow workpiece. The mandrel supports an orbiting cutting tool which machines the end face and defines a cutting plane. The angle of the longitudinal ax...
09/30/1986
4541465Expandable woodturning chuck
The present invention relates to an expandable chuck for faceplate woodturning. The chuck is of simple construction for attachment to a conventional faceplate. A frusto-conical plug drawn towards the faceplate expands a radially segmented annular member. ...
09/17/1985
4519620Core chuck with resilient rollers
A torque-transmitting chuck comprising an interior member having a longitudinal axis and exterior circumferentially-spaced, longitudinally-extending camming surfaces. A generally axially-extending, circular in cross-section roller engages each of the camm...
05/28/1985
4416459Collet chuck for splined workpieces
A chuck for splined workpieces includes at least two collets, the resilient fingers of which are circumferentially interdigitally related. The work-engaging surfaces of circumferentially adjacent fingers of the chuck are spaced apart a distance at least s...
11/22/1983
4373411Expansible mandrel
An expansible mandrel for loading and unloading a work member while the mandrel is rotating, comprises a frame having an abutment and a mandrel body slidable in the frame. Two slide members are mounted for radial movement within first recesses in the body...
02/15/1983
4366735Workpiece holding device
A workpiece holding device having an expandable mandrel for engaging a bore of the workpiece is disclosed. The holding device includes an expandable sleeve of generally cylindrical shape having a thin outer shell with a pair of opposed thick wall circular...
01/04/1983
4358843Spindle for centering a data disk
A spindle construction for centering a disk hub in which the spindle includes a circumferential slot extending in the direction of the rotation axis of the shaft. The slot defines one or more fingers which compress inwardly when a hub is placed over the s...
11/09/1982
4300419Holder for annular workpieces
A workpiece holder for the centered holding of annular workpieces, for working one of the circumferential faces of the workpieces, the holder including a basic element having a generally cylindrical support surface, a plurality of segments which are distr...
11/17/1981
4285528Chuck assembly
A chuck assembly includes a plurality of locking keys disposed within longitudinally extending grooves in an outside surface of an arbor and arranged to centrally locate and clamp a hollow work piece to a spindle....
08/25/1981
4284283Expansible chuck
A chuck having a plurality of elastic and resilient compressible segments which have the general shape of a strip which, in longitudinal section, have a zig-zag configuration with flattened tops and bottoms, with upper and lower recesses which are filled ...
08/18/1981
4244248Method and apparatus for setting up tools, work pieces and similar on a rotatable spindle
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for setting up tools, work pieces and similar (11, 12, 19) on a rotatable spindle (10) by means of a clamp bushing comprising a double walled sleeve (2, 3) which is closed at both ends and which has at on...
01/13/1981
4201394Collet chuck
A collet chuck for gripping a workpiece around the internal diameter thereof having a collet sleeve expanded and contracted by axial movement over a tapered nose cone at the forward end of a collet expander. The collet sleeve is connected by a plurality o...
05/06/1980
4198066Expandable arbor for holding a stack of elements
An arbor is provided with a series of expandable collets for clamping a series of workpieces or other elements. The collets are designed with a variable force requirement for effecting expansion, and this assures sequential clamping of a series of workpie...
04/15/1980
4185526Holder for circular fabric cutter
The branches of a furcated cylinder are splayed by a tapered plug inserted therebetween. To securely hold a circular fabric cutter in concentricity with the cylinder, the branches or fingers are placed within the cutter and then driven apart by further in...
01/29/1980
4172399Method and apparatus for slitting rolled material
Method and apparatus for slitting rolled material. The material is mounted adjacent to a slitting means which is oscillated substantially tangential to the surface of the rolled material being slit to improve the slitting action. Radially adjustable clamp...
10/30/1979
4121847Collet chuck
A collet chuck has a sleeve which is resiliently flexible radially and provided with two axially spaced work-gripping surfaces and two axially spaced conical surfaces on its outer and inner peripheries, respectively. In response to axial movement of an ac...
10/24/1978
4106784Finisher's mandrel
A mandrel for holding a generally tubular workpiece comprising a body section and a tubular member coupled to the body section. The tubular member is resiliently deformable in a radial direction. An expander is provided within the tubular member to resili...
08/15/1978
4088332Internal expanding collet clamp
Internal expanding collet clamp, wherein collet elements are moved axially over a cone to be expanded within a workpiece. The collet elements are fully supported when expanded. The clamp is actuated by a drawbar in the usual manner....
05/09/1978
4066270Nipple chuck
Pipe chucking apparatus comprises: A. a tubular mandrel, B. driver means to engage the exterior of the mandrel and rotate same, C. a work pipe to be rotated relative to a forming tool, D. jaws on the mandrel and releasably coupled to the bore of the work pipe, E. actuat...
01/03/1978
4045038Hollow core chucking device
The chucking device of the present invention comprises a tapered chuck plug with an elongated slot formed in the tapered end thereof into which a pair of core engaging chuck dogs are mounted. The chuck dogs are normally spring biased into a retracted posi...
08/30/1977
 
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