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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7249546 | Die-shaping apparatus and process and product formed thereby A progressive die for shaping a consecutive series of discs from a strip of relatively stiff material, comprising a series of adjacent die stations including a slot cutting station, a plurality of intermediate stations, and a cut off station, the slot cutting statio... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7194941 | Apparatus for the manufacture of perforated plaster boards as well as method for the manufacture of perforated plaster boards and installation thereof In an apparatus and a method for the manufacture of perforated plaster boards, provision is made for the operations of punching and cutting the sides to take place one directly after the other with the boards being held in position by grabbing and conveying equipmen... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966552 | Binding system with sheet-wise formation of features The system and method for binding documents as described creates documents having features such as tabs, finger indexes, tear-out cards, and windows. These features are desirable for both their appearance and functionality and are easily added to a document during s... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6766723 | Multiaxis punch device A grid pattern punch type multiaxis punch device is capable of simultaneously punching punched holes of the same shape showing different shapes for every location at each of the same positions in each of the areas defined in a work. Every time a work is moved in X-a... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6681671 | Method and system for cutting puzzle cut petals in belts An apparatus and method for cutting belt material to accurate dimensions and for forming the mating edges of a puzzle cut joint for joining the ends of the belt material to form a continuous belt for use in a document processing application. The workpiece... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6152006 | Device for transporting and/or sorting small components, in particular small electrical components The invention relates to a novel design of a device for conveying small components, especially small electrical components, preferably SMDs, with at least one conveyor section which is formed by at least one first transport element and by at least one sec... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6022442 | Method for making a card product Method and apparatus for producing a card product including a sheet with at least one cut-out and a card which is disposed in the cut-out of the sheet, wherein the sheet and the card are held together by at least one adhesive strip which is coated on one ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5787775 | Multidirectional cutting tool in a punch press environment To adapt a punch press to cut work blanks, a cutting mechanism having a freely rotating cutting wheel is provided to a first support of the punch press while a corresponding die having a groove for mating with the cutting wheel is provided to a second sup... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5595101 | Method and apparatus for making splice indicating holes through photographic paper In a method for making splice indicating holes through photographic paper, a long strip of photographic paper web is conveyed in its longitudinal direction and is slit into a plurality of narrow webs, a tail end of the photographic paper web is spliced to... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5565059 | Apparatus and method for preparing printing labels An apparatus for the processing and segmenting of a cover-forming laminate web or sheeting structure which is adapted to interconnect a plurality of containers, such as the base members of blister packages each of which is designed to contain a hydrophili... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5458032 | Method for making a cold forged battery bushing An apparatus and method for punching a hole in the end of a battery terminal bushing having a head at one end, a frustum at the other end and a spline ring intermediate the head and the frustum, the bushing including a tapered recess and terminating at a ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5402698 | Method for sychronizing tooling in a die-cutting machine for generating die-cut blanks A method for aligning the process tools of a typical box blank die-cutting machine. The method contemplates the use of alignment openings 21 and 22 on the surface of male and female tools 19 and 20 corresponding to a cut through-hole 16 on test sheet 14. ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5199340 | Mechanical parts ejector for trim press Apparatus for trimming and ejecting articles integrally thermoformed in a sheet of thermoplastic material from the sheet including a pair of opposed trim dies which will trim parts out of a web of thermoplastic material. Apparatus is provided for pushing ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5195412 | Notching and shearing machine for exterior siding panels and method of using same A cutoff system for exterior siding which includes a flying punch and shear. The system includes a main carriage which is adapted to reciprocate and, in one direction of travel, move at the same speed as the siding to be cut. A pair of punches are then ac... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5105697 | Multiple stage shaving die First and second shaving dies are mounted one above the other and are respectively provided with continuous shaving edges disposed adjacent to contoured annular facial surfaces which draw the shaved material away from the work piece as the shavings are re... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5105696 | Method and apparatus for punching a cross hole A method and apparatus are disclosed for punching a cross hole in a workpiece with minimal or no distortion of the hole and the workpiece. According to the method, a cross hole of a given diameter is punched in a workpiece by punching a first hole having ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4998430 | Manufacture of rotor lamination for a dynamoelectric machine In a progressive die for punch press operations in which a strip of material is fed into the press and sequential operations are conducted on the strip including the separation of parts from the strip. The die is provided with a construction which forms a... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4787282 | Method and apparatus for forming by punching A method and apparatus for forming planar parts (WA) by progressively punching out the shape of the part (WA) from a piece of sheet material (W) in which the part (WA) is automatically removed from the remaining sheet material (W), by a hinged trap door s... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4773293 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing liner for magnetic disk A method of manufacturing a liner for a magnetic disk which is formed of non-woven fabric and has a predetermined width, a predetermined length, a central opening and contoured four corners comprising steps of supplying a plurality of non-woven fabric str... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4709605 | Method of working sheet material workpieces by a sheet material working machine tool An automatic material loading, positioning and unloading system is disclosed in connection with a machine tool turret punch. The device includes a loader which receives a stack of sheets to be fed to the punch machine. The loader includes means for liftin... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4682401 | Multiple processing machine The present invention relates to a multiple processing machine having a punch press for punching a sheet-like workpiece and a ram-operated forming press for performing a variety of forming operations such as bending, shearing, and drawing on the workpiece... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4549454 | Method for cutting and supplying labels of various shapes A strip of tape is cut at intervals into precise cut lengths equal in length to that of a desired label of non-rectangular shape. The cut lengths of tape are positioned in exact alignment with a punch of a punch cutting assembly for punching out the label... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4546683 | Method of and a cutting press for separating parts from a workpiece plate Parts which cannot fall because of their dimensions through an opening of a lower tool are separated from a workpiece plate in a cutting press with an immovable support, a coordinate table, two lateral workpiece supports movable parallel to the y-axis and... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4519284 | Universal sheet metal holder A punch press (20) having a worktable (40) for supporting a worksheet (21), a two axis positioning mechanism for positioning the worksheet under a punching head (34) and universal grippers (44, 46) supported on the worksheet positioning mechanism which ca... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4471641 | Method and means of continuously punching, shearing and forming sheet material A machine for continuously punching, shearing and forming sheet material comprises a frame and punching, shearing, and forming stations. Rollers are provided for continuously feeding sheet material through the stations. A cam periodically engages the tool... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4441391 | Apparatus for severing an article from a carrier and for positioning the severed article Apparatus 30, FIG. 2 for severing an article 12 from a carrier strip 10 and for positioning the severed article is disclosed. The apparatus includes a die 33 having an aperture 32 exiting therethrough from an entrance end 35 to an exit end 36. A ramped sh... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4383458 | Film cutter In the film cutter of this invention, a cutter carriage is guided by a guide rod of a circular cross section allowing it to make both a translational motion along the guide rod and a tilting motion about the guide rod, whereby a rotary blade mounted on th... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4344342 | Method for the manufacture of washers and the like A method of producing washers and the like from a strip of sheet material having at least one straight edge, in which scrap generation is minimized.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4331049 | Numerically controlled automatic notching press An automatic numerically controlled slotting or notching press arrangement which includes a multi-armed feed and removing device having a turnstile or turntable which is selectively indexed or rotated so as to convey blanks to various processing stations.... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4313358 | Dynamically balanced trim press A trim press for severing articles differentially pressure formed in a thermoplastic sheet comprising a pair of dynamically balanced trim die members mounted for movement toward and away from each other between spaced apart positions and closed positions ... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4265104 | Method and device for cutting a metal strip simultaneously into at least three continuous comb-shaped components In a method for simultaneously cutting three continuous double-comb components from a metal strip the strip is moved forward stepwise. At each stop, a row of notches is made along each edge to form teeth and a row of crosses is removed from its central pa... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4255993 | Angle iron cutting A method and apparatus for acting on angle irons or the like. A vertical stack of angle irons is provided and the angle irons are fed one at a time to a punching position. At the punching position a hole of selected size is punched in the angle iron, and ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4232575 | Arrangement for punching out circular blanks An arrangement for notching or slotting circular blanks so as to produce stacks of rotor and/or stator laminations for electric machines. At least one slotting machine is provided which in a first direction is adjustable radially with respect to a spatial... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4220062 | Machine having a plurality of reciprocating working tools which may be selectively brought into operation A machine which has a plurality of reciprocating work tools which may be selectively brought into operation, comprises, a plurality of tool holders, each adapted to hold a separate tool for reciprocative movement upwardly and downwardly, or a cooperating ... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4213361 | Perforation method A method for providing a running web with a perforation pattern fitting into printed image units successively printed on the web. The method includes the steps of performing a longitudinal perforation in a separate longitudinal perforator and performing a... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4212263 | Printing plate processing machine The printing plate processing machine includes a first conveyor for receiving printing plates and a second conveyor for receiving plate-separating sheets, and a feed mechanism for selectively transporting the plates and sheets from a loading station in wh... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4170910 | Angle iron cutting Apparatus for providing a supply of angle irons or like elongated members. A dispensing magazine includes a pair of side walls and a bottom wall, the magazine being pivotal about a horizontal axis for movement from a first operating position where the wal... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4128320 | Stereoscopic films and viewers therefor A method of producing stereoscopic film from standard 35 mm film is described in which the standard 35 mm is longitudinally cut in half. Selected sprocket holes in each half are enlarged to provide a series of locating holes at regular intervals along the... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4106380 | Angle iron cutting A method and apparatus for acting on angle irons or the like. A vertical stack of angle irons is provided and the angle irons are fed one at a time to a punching position. At the punching position a hole of selected size is punched in the angle iron, and ... | 08/15/1978 |
