Abstract: An apparatus and method for automatically compensating for the lateral runout between an on-car lathe apparatus and a vehicle hub axis including one or more stop discs that rotate with the drive shaft of the lathe and that can be selectively stopped from rotating with the shaft by a stop mechanism. In response to such stopping, one or more adjustment discs are caused to rotate in order to adjust the relative position of the axis of the lathe with respect to the axis of the disc brake assembly. In this manner, the system compensates for and corrects lateral runout that exists between two concentrically attached rotating shafts.

Abstract: A ring mechanism includes a chassis and a hinge blade coupled to the chassis. An actuator coupled to the chassis moves the hinge blade between a first position and a second position. A ring half coupled to the hinge blade is positioned in a closed position when the hinge blade is in the first position, and an open position when the hinge blade is in the second position. A dampening member is positioned at least partially between the inner surface of the chassis and the actuator to prevent at least a portion of the actuator from directly engaging the inner surface of the chassis during movement of the actuator between the first and second positions. A locked state indicator indicates to the user whether the ring mechanism is in a locked position or an unlocked position. The dampening member can function as the lock state indicator and vice versa.

Abstract: In a die board for cutting and/or creasing sheet-type work material, a base is provided that includes a first upper surface and a second lower surface. At least one slot extends along the first upper surface and includes a first slot section extending from said first upper surface at least part-way through the die board base. The at least one slot also includes a second slot section extending from said second lower surface at least part-way through the die board base. The first and second slot sections each have a width with at least one of the slot section widths being adapted to grip and retain at least one die-board rule.

Abstract: A throw-away burnishing tool for an outside diameter includes: a tool holder having a rectilinear I-shaped portion and a protrusion portion; a hard material tip detachably attached to a tip holder; a holder pin connected to the tip holder and accommodated in the protrusion portion of the tool holder, the holder pin having an oblong aperture in the form of a through-hole extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axis of the holder pin; an urging means internally inserted into the holder pin and urging the holder pin; an urging force adjustment means for adjusting an urging force generated by the urging means; and a parallel pin supported at both ends by the tool holder and passing through the oblong aperture, wherein the parallel pin guides a movement of the holder pin along the oblong aperture.

Abstract: The tool support comprises a basic structure (8) on which a slide (5) is movable in a controlled manner transversely to the spindle axis (7), two tool holders (6) being mounted on said slide which are displaceable parallel to each other and serving to hold different tools (9,9?), said holders (6,6?) being selectively displaceable in the direction of the spindle axis (7) or away from that axis through an angle of 90° with respect to the direction of movement of the slide (5), and further comprising driving means (1,2,3,3?) to displace the slide (5) and the tool holders (6,6?) along their axis of movement (Y,Z) into a predetermined working position.

Abstract: A tool head, which is adapted to receive a cutting insert for chip removal machining, includes a basic holder which has a lower support part and an upper clamping portion defining therebetween and insert-receiving pocket. A slot extends through the basic holder at a location spaced from the pocket, wherein the clamping portion is joined to a remaining portion of the basic holder by a hinge portion about which the clamping portion is elastically displaceable toward the cutting insert. A recess extends through the basic holder parallel to the slot and in communication therewith for receiving a nut roll. A clamping screw extends through a bore of the basic holder and into engagement with the nut roll, wherein the clamping screw is operable to displace the nut roll into the slot to expand the slot and thereby elastically displace the clamping portion about the hinge and toward the cutting insert.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cutting tools with cutting inserts and, more particularly, to cutting inserts having adjusted cutting edges. The cutting insert comprises a virtual clearance surface that is one of substantially flat and planar and substantially frustoconical. The virtual clearance surface forms a non-zero angle with a perpendicular to a virtual plane of a top surface of the insert. A first virtual cutting edge is disposed above the virtual clearance surface. All points on the first virtual cutting edge are disposed at the plane of the top surface. An adjusted clearance surface differs from the virtual clearance surface and forms the non-zero angle with the perpendicular to the plane of the top surface. An adjusted cutting edge above the adjusted clearance surface, at least some but fewer than all points on the adjusted cutting edge are disposed at different distances from the plane of the top surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping claw having a securing leg and a clamping leg for securing an object in a first recess of a support, with the clamping claw in the installed state being secured on the support by way of its securing leg by means of a bolt and clamping the object in the recess by means of its clamping leg. To split the application of axial force applied to an object by a clamping claw in part into an application of force that acts transversely thereto, the clamping claw includes two portions, namely a clamping base and a clamping finger, the clamping base sits on the support in the installed state of the clamping claw, the clamping finger has a securing leg and a clamping leg, and the installed state the securing leg sits on the clamping base over an oblique plane formed as a sliding surface and clamps the object with its clamping leg.

Abstract: An assembly for retaining a cutting insert in a pocket of a tool holder includes a locking pin, a spring disposed in the bore of the tool holder, a locking plate disposed in the bore between the spring and the locking pin, and a set screw for retaining the assembly. The locking plate is biased against a ledge of the bore to cause the locking pin to draw and retain the cutting insert in a direction such that the cutting insert is held in a secured position against the pocket of the tool holder. To release the cutting insert, a force is applied to the assembly to counteract the biasing force of the spring. The locking pin or the locking plate may include a flat surface that cooperates with a flat surface on the bore to act as a key to proper orientate the assembly in the bore.

Abstract: The device is constructed with a tensioning spindle (12), a counter-holder (14) and a carrier (30), at least the tensioning spindle (12) being mounted such that it is rotatable about the longitudinal axis, and the carrier (14) being fixed to the tensioning spindle (12) and, when the workpiece (50) is clamped between the tensioning spindle (12) and the counter-holder (14), being capable of being brought into engagement with the workpiece (50) in such a way that it transmits a rotary movement of the tensioning spindle (12) to the workpiece (50). The device furthermore provides for the carrier to have a spring element (30) which can be coupled to the workpiece (50) under prestress to transmit a torque.

Abstract: A loosely bound book of foam-based pages includes a plurality of pages, each page including a middle foam plate and front and back semi-rigid paper plates mounted on and sandwiching the middle foam plate and at least one binder slot formed in each of the pages, the binder slot extending entirely through the middle foam plate and the paper plates. At least one binding strap is extendable through the binder slot of each of the pages for binding the plurality of pages in a book and at least one releasable binding strap closure device is mounted on the binding strap, the releasable binding strap closure device operative to open and close the binding strap to permit pages to be added to and removed from the loosely bound book.

Abstract: A swivel head assembly for a clamshell lathe is provided. The swivel head module includes an adjustable tool head assembly. The adjustable tool head assembly has a tool for machining a work piece, and is capable of being incrementally advanced in a radial direction against the work piece. The swivel head assembly further includes a means for positioning the metal working tool along an x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis. A tripper assembly is operatively coupled to the tool head assembly to incrementally urge the tool head against the work piece upon each revolution of the clamshell ring. The tripper assembly incorporates a solenoid for selectively incrementally advancing the tool against the work piece.

Abstract: A milling cutter for chip removing machining includes a milling cutter body with a number of insert pockets in connection with an end of the milling cutter body. An opposite end of the milling cutter body is adapted to cooperate with a tool attachment. An indexable cutting insert is secured in the cutting insert seats, each indexable cutting insert having two substantially identical main surfaces. Two side surfaces and two end surfaces extend between the main surfaces, each main surface including two cutting insert corners, each cutting insert corner including major cutting edge and a minor cutting edge. Parts of each main surface include rake faces. Parts of each side surface and each end surface include clearance surfaces. The cutting insert has a height between the end surfaces and each main surface includes an associated support surface.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus or machining a workpiece include the use of a cryogenically cooled oxide containing ceramic cutting tool. The method involves cryogenic cooling of the cutting tool during a cutting operation, which cooling results in enhanced wear resistance and fracture resistance of the cutting tool. A preferred embodiment involves jetting a cryogenic fluid directly at the cutting tool.

Abstract: Based on an indexable tip (1), which serves to bevel a cylindrical or conical milling head (12) and which has both ground cutting edges (7) as well as a bore hole (8) that extends from the free surface (2) to the supporting surface (3) of the indexable tip while provided for the passage of a fastening means (fixed plate) that has a head, and based on the ability to be reversed by turning around the indexable tip about the axis of the bore hole, the invention provides that the indexable tip also has the ability to be reversed by turning around which involves interchanging the prior supporting surface and free surface, both of these surfaces having a width between the cutting edges of greater than 5.5 mm. The ability to be reversed by turning around signifies that the indexable tip widens again from its thickness in the middle up to the supporting surface in order to form at least two other cutting edges.

Abstract: A tool head, which is adapted to receive a cutting insert for chip removal machining, includes a basic holder which has a lower support part and an upper clamping portion defining therebetween an insert-receiving pocket. A slot extends through the basic holder at a location spaced from the pocket, wherein the clamping portion is joined to a remaining portion of the basic holder by a hinge portion about which the clamping portion is elastically displaceable toward the cutting insert. A recess extends through the basic holder parallel to the slot and in communication therewith, the recess receiving a nut roll. A clamping screw extends through the slot and into threaded engagement with the nut roll, wherein the clamping screw includes a conical head arranged to enter the slot for expanding the slot and elastically displacing the clamping portion about the hinge and toward the cutting insert.

Abstract: A protective cover that is shaped as a mirror image of a portion of a wheel surface is attached to a support plate of a wheel lathe chuck assembly to protect the portion of the vehicle wheel surface during machining.

Abstract: The multi-spindle automatic lathe (10) has an apparatus for machining the rear side of a workpiece (15). For this, it is provided with a transfer device (21) for removing a workpiece machined at its front side from a primary workpiece spindle (15) of the machine and for transferring the workpiece to a machining station (22) for the rear side machining, whereby the transfer device comprises a gripper (23) as well as a translation device (24) moveable parallel or coaxially to the workpiece spindle (14) between this and a rear wall (19) of the machining chamber, which translation device takes up the workpiece from the gripper for transfer to the machining station for the rear side machining.

Abstract: Wheels of model cars rotate upon axles and their rims contact a track. The present invention is a palm size hand powered lathe for rounding and truing a wheel upon a spindle. The lathe has a bracket that admits a blade to contact the outer edge of the wheel. The blade advances into the wheel by the turning of a threaded rod contained within a housing. The housing limits the inward and outward movement of the blade. The threaded rod has a handle upon one end and a rounded head upon the other end that engages a slot in the blade. A clip provides a rigid connection of the threaded rod to the bracket. The housing has a shape comfortable in the hand. And the invention provides a child the ability to remove wheel material within thousandths of an inch.

Abstract: An authenticity discriminable printed matter in which a latent image cannot be visually identified under ordinary visible light but appears upon being irradiated with UV rays. A basic image is formed on a base material. The basic image is made of a latent image portion and latent image peripheral portion. The latent image portion and latent image peripheral portion cannot be visually discriminated, and each of them is formed from a set of dots continuously laid out at a predetermined period. The resolution of the dots of the latent image portion is different from that of the dots of the latent image peripheral portion. The latent image portion and latent image peripheral portion have the same percent dot area per unit area and different dot peripheral lengths (contour lengths) per unit area. The latent image portion and latent image peripheral portion are printed by color fluorescent ink, thus obtaining printed matter.