Abstract: A compact press apparatus is provided that is capable of assuring the acceptability of a pressing, and in which the pressing location tends not to be restricted. Such a press apparatus includes a frame (1, 77) and a servopress (31, 50, 60, 101). A servomotor (33, 52, 62, 103) is provided within a first frame part (11, 17, 19, 79) or within a connecting-frame part (15, 83). At least a portion of a power-transmission mechanism (40, 56, 66, 90, 110) is provided within the first frame part (15, 83).

Abstract: A hand-held drive-in tool for driving fastening elements (60) in a workpiece (U) includes a drive-in ram (13) for driving the fastening elements (60) in the workpiece (U), at least one drive spring member (31) for driving the drive-in ram (13), a preloading device (70) for the drive-in ram (13) and the drive spring member (31), a locking device (50) which retains the drive-in ram (13) and the drive spring member (31) in a preloaded position (33) when the locking device is located in its locking position (54), an actuation switch (19), for initiating the drive-in process for displacing the locking device (50), and into a release position (55) thereof, and at least one further switch for displacing the locking device (50) in the release position thereof (55) independent from actuation of the actuation switch (19).

Abstract: An adaptor (8) located underneath the work surface (1) is arranged to occupy a position locking the hammer (6), which is movable in an upward direction under the action of an actuator, when the machine is required for fixing in place a hanging clip. A plate (13) provided with studs (14) and a bar (17) is positioned on top of the work surface and abutments (2) to receive a board. The presser element is a support (18) for the clip being fixed to the board. Application in frame-assembly machines.

Abstract: A dowel driving machine arranged such that a single head is provided with a single shaft hole and a plurality of receiving holes, for individually receiving different kinds of dowels, arranged side by side in parallel, and that selection is made out of the different kinds of dowels of different diameters and lengths supplied from chutes to respective receiving holes. As a result, different kinds of dowels can be driven easily without requiring extra work of changing a setup in spite of reducing the size of the device.

Abstract: Sheet post processing apparatus is disclosed in a compact form for receiving from an image forming machine successive sheets of printed material and performing post processing thereto, by feeding sheets into the apparatus at the output speed of the image forming machine, by stopping the leading edge of the sheets by feed rolls, performing a first post process on the sheet, upstream of the feed rolls, then feeding the processed sheet, by said feed rolls, at a higher speed by either a bypass path to a receiver or through a divergent path by a diverter to an inclined tray beneath the first processor for performance of a different post process and then from the inclined tray to a stacker by an additional output feed associated with the inclined tray.

Abstract: A rotary turret head apparatus for installing a fastener such as a rivet. The rotary turret head apparatus has a plurality of machining and fastener installation tools disposed perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the turret. The individual tools are independently powered and the entire turret head apparatus is fed toward the workpiece by a single actuator mechanism such as a roller screw or hydraulic cylinder thereby eliminating the need for a separate actuating mechanism for each tool and eliminating the need for engagement of each tool with a central actuating mechanism.

Abstract: Tool assembly for riveting parts, comprising: a first and a second frame (2, 5) capable of being mounted on a shaped structure "C" or on separate robot arms (60, 61); a pair of sheet-holding devices (3, 6) each mounted on one of the frames and at least one of each is provided with a device (11) for displacing it relative to the corresponding chassis with a force corresponding to the clamping provided for holding the parts to be riveted during drilling; at least one drill (20, 21) mounted on a frame, a device (41) for placing a rivet (40) in a hole drilled by the drill, this device being carried by a frame; a percussion riveting hammer (51) carried by a frame and an associated counter-piece (54) carried by the other frame, integral with a reaction dolly (52). The elements carried by each frame are all capable of being displaced between an active position and a rest position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable process for automated fastening of aircraft structures. The invention will employ two primary elements for locating and installing through-the-skin fasteners. Inside and outside units are attached onto an airframe and indexed to each other through coordination holes that have been pre-drilled through the structure. The aircraft structure is assembled with the pre-drilled coordination holes by aligning adjacent airframe parts and inserting alignment pins. The alignment pins will provide a degree of clamping to pull the parts together and provide indexing for inside and outside vacuum attachment track systems. The invention is equipped to traverse along the track system, accurately position itself, and drill only or countersink a hole, insert a fastener, and fasten, i.e., upset a rivet, or run down a threaded nut, then reposition itself to the next fastener location and repeat the process.

Abstract: A minitype perforator/stapler including a main body, a perforating device is provided and a stapling device. The perforating device has a depression portion resiliently slidably disposed in a first side of the main body that is biased by a spring. A perforating knife is connected under a lower end of the depression portion. By depressing the depression portion, the perforating knife is able to perforate papers placed thereunder. The stapling device has a depression portion and a staple magazine. The depression portion is connected with a pressing board and resiliently slidably disposed in a second side of the main body. The staple magazine is stored in a channel formed in the main body at normal time. When used, the magazine is inserted into a magazine socket of the main body under the pressing board. By means of depressing the depression portion, the pressing board is able to extend into the magazine and press out the staple contained therein for stapling the papers placed thereunder.

Abstract: A finisher provided with a punching mechanism for punching a sheet ejected from a copying machine and a stapling mechanism for stapling sheets. The punching mechanism punches a sheet on a point at a specified distance from a reference side of the sheet. The stapling mechanism staples sheets by hitting a staple at a corner portion near the reference side of the sheets such that at least one end of the staple is located between the punched point and the reference side of the sheets.

Abstract: An automatic sheet processing device mountable on a sorting unit of an image forming apparatus includes a sheet processor for applying a sheet processing to a sheet having a specified length and width, a moving unit capable of supporting the sheet processor for moving the sheet processor along a side of the sheet, and a controller having a storage unit for storing sheet processing data, a calculator for calculating a processing position from the sheet processing data, and a control portion for controlling the moving unit so as to move the sheet processor to the calculated processing position. The processing position is calculated from the stored sheet processing data, and the sheet processor is moved to the calculated processing position, so that sheet processing can be automatically.

Abstract: A stapling and perforating apparatus having a base with downwardly bent edges, a support plate affixed to the base and extending vertically upwardly therefrom, a stapler pivotally interconnected to and above the base, a punch interconnected to the base above the support plate, a plurality of cylindrically-shaped protuberances extending upwardly from the base a desired distance from the punch, a tray removably fastened to the base, and a generally flat lancet having hewn edges slidably received within a slot formed in the stapler. The punch is mounted on a structure fastened to the support plate. An impact button is provided on one end of the punch. A spring resiliently maintains the impact button above the structure. The protuberances are in linear alignment and are offset from the plane of the support plate. The downwardly extending edge of the base defines a receptacle box area below the base.

Abstract: A movable frame is supported by a counter balancing winch or a robot and carries a horizontally movable shuttle on which is mounted a motor driven drill spindle and a parallel spaced anvil both movable in a vertical direction by corresponding fluid cylinders. A clamping bushing is supported by the frame for receiving a drill bit carried by the drill spindle and then receiving a rivet carried by spring fingers on the anvil. A J-shaped or C-shaped slide member is supported by the frame for vertical movement and carries a ram which opposes the anvil when in the clamping bushing. A hydraulic cylinder is mounted on the frame and has a downwardly projecting piston rod connected to the slide member, and a clamping tool is supported adjacent the ram by a fluid cylinder within the slide member.

Abstract: A fastening apparatus for installing a ribet which includes a hollow rivet body and a mandrel, the apparatus including, a means for imparting rotational movement to a drill bit; a housing borne by the rotation means and which includes an internal operating cavity, the housing operable to support the rivet; a driving assembly borne by the housing and disposed in force receiving relation relative to the drill bit; a locking assembly borne by the housing and operable to move along a predetermined path of travel from a first unlocked position to a second locked position; and a riveting assembly positioned in the internal cavity and disposed in force receiving relation relative to the locking assembly.

Abstract: For use in a photocopying machine, an apparatus for making punch holes in and stapling recording sheets comprising, a first conveyer by which the recording sheets are conveyed to a sheet stacker which is capable of setting the recording sheets at a predetermined position for sheet processing, a sheet processor which has a hole puncher and a stapler by which the recording sheets are processed to have punch holes or to be stapled, or both, in which the hole puncher is provided with an angled panel attached below a die of the hole puncher so that paper pieces punched from punch holes are received without clogging into a container for disposal, and a second conveyer by which the processed sheets are conveyed to a sheet receiving tray.

Abstract: A table supports a cardboard file unit body as it is manually slid edgewise forwardly, engaged against a fixed but adjustable side edge guide, into engagement with a fore-and-aft movable front edge guide and an air microswitch thereon that actuates a punch mechanism. After punch operation, the front edge guide moves forward, bringing the punched portion of the body between the wings of a metal tab waiting at a peening station. Arrival of the front edge guide at its forward position trips another air microswitch to actuate a tab peening mechanism. The tabbed body is then manually withdrawn rearwardly and a new tab is automatically fed rearward to the peening station from a stack of tabs in front of that station. The punching and peening mechanisms, front edge guide and tab feed slider are actuated pneumatically.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling speed lacers on sheets, such as the lacing strips of boots, wherein the speed lacers are of generally U-shaped configuration and each comprises an arch-shaped end portion and a pair of spaced legs which extend therefrom terminating in apertures clamping discs. The apparatus comprises an assembly unit comprising a movable die assembly, a stationery die assembly, a punch assembly, a feed finger, a feed block, and a positioning pin. During operation of the apparatus in accordance with the method, a speed lacer is advanced through a channel in the feed block with the feed finger and received on the positioning pin adjacent the forward end of the channel, and the clamping discs of the speed lacer are engaged by dies of the die assemblies to deform the speed lacer to a clamping position wherein the clamping discs thereof clampingly engage the sheet.

Abstract: The machine according to the invention comprises a device for feeding at least a continuous belt from a coil, a punching unit provided with at least a punch for punching holes into the belt; a cutter for cutting the continuous belt in segments of the desired length and a unit for applying and shaping the hooks to the belt. The unit includes a feeder for feeding and positioning the locking bushings relative to the belt holes, an inserter for inserting the hooks into the holes provided in the locking bushings and into the holes punched in the belt and a closer for closing the locking bushing about one hook end and for simultaneously shaping the other hook end.

Abstract: A deep-drilling tool, embodied by a tube provided with an internal passage and on the end of which a drill head is attached, the tube being divided into two tube sections, the rear one of which in the drilling direction has a diameter larger than that of the drill head. The entire drilling tool can accordingly be removed together with the drill head through a bearing or lubricating-oil supply device for replacement without disassembling the tool.

Abstract: Fastening elements, such as bolts, studs or nails, are inserted into a hard receiving material, such as concrete or rock, first, by drilling a blind borehole into the receiving material. The diameter of the borehole is formed so that it is greater than the diameter of the leading end of the fastening element. A setting device containing the fastening element is then aligned with the blind borehole and the fastening element is driven into the receiving material. The fastening element enters the receiving material at the base of the blind borehole. The length of the fastening element inserted into the receiving material is at least half the axial length of the borehole and may have a length considerably greater than the axial length of the borehole.

Abstract: Apparatus for laminating crossties comprising means for conveying a plurality of railroad crossties in substantially mutually parallel relationship onto a lifting mechanism, said lifting mechanism being operable for simultaneously moving a plurality of the crossties into a clamping apparatus wherein the crossties are securely clamped in side-by-side relation, drill means operable for drilling transversely extending bore means through said plurality of crossties, means for inserting dowel pine through said bores for securing the plurality of crossties together in a laminated arrangement and means for removing the laminated crossties from the clamped position and from the apparatus.