With Means To Feed Work During Tool Contact Patents (Class 29/561)
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Patent number: 11608564Abstract: Devices and methods including a though-hole inductor for an electronic package are shown herein. Examples of the through-hole inductor include a substrate including at least one substrate layer. Each substrate layer including a dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface. An aperture included in the dielectric layer is located from the first surface to the second surface. The aperture includes an aperture wall from the first surface to the second surface. A conductive layer is deposited on the first surface, second surface, and the aperture wall. At least one coil is cut from the conductive layer and located on the aperture wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: William J. Lambert, Mihir K Roy, Mathew J Manusharow, Yikang Deng
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Patent number: 10998120Abstract: Devices and methods including a though-hole inductor for an electronic package are shown herein. Examples of the through-hole inductor include a substrate including at least one substrate layer. Each substrate layer including a dielectric layer having a first surface and a second surface. An aperture included in the dielectric layer is located from the first surface to the second surface. The aperture includes an aperture wall from the first surface to the second surface. A conductive layer is deposited on the first surface, second surface, and the aperture wall. At least one coil is cut from the conductive layer and located on the aperture wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: William J. Lambert, Mihir K Roy, Mathew J Manusharow, Yikang Deng
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Patent number: 8677619Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for wrapping biomedical conductor wires about core material, comprises: a payout assembly and a take-up assembly for controllably paying out the core material and taking up the core material with the wrapped conductor wires; a turntable; a plurality of carriers, disposed on the turntable, for letting out the conductor wires; and a die for applying force to the conductor wires as the wires are wrapped about the core material, the die adapted to rotate according to group rotation of the plurality of carriers by the turntable during operation of the system, wherein the die comprises one or more features asymmetrically arranged about a circumference of the die, the one or more features adapted to direct the conductor wires from the plurality of carriers onto the core material in an axially repeating pattern of groups of closely spaced wires with each group separated by a distance larger than the spacing between adjacent wires within each group.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.Inventors: Don Dye, Paul Burros
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Publication number: 20130283592Abstract: An apparatus is described which is formed for expanding elongated, ribbon-shaped metal elements moving in the longitudinal direction and suitable for forming open section elements such as upright sections or plaster sections or closed section elements such as passages or pipes, the apparatus includes a feed station, a cutting station, a positioning station and a connection station, with the feed station being formed for the at least substantial continuous feed of at least one metal element to the cutting station. The cutting station is formed for producing at least one continuous meandering incision which extends in the longitudinal direction of the at least one metal element and by which at least two longitudinal portions of the at least one metal element having meandering longitudinal edges are produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: Protektorwerk Florenz Maisch GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Christof Maisch
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Publication number: 20130180968Abstract: An apparatus to cut and surface process a workpiece includes a cutting tool to cut the workpiece; a peening tool to peen surfaces of the cut workpiece; and a controller to control the cutting tool, the peening tool and the workpiece to move simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Daniel V. Viens, Robert A. Grelotti, Joseph J. Sangiovanni, John F. Zimmerman, Yan Zhang
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Publication number: 20130160280Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a tag feeder for feeding tags in a feeding direction to a dispensing position within a clipping machine. The tag feeder is provided with a feeding mechanism with at least one pusher means for transporting a chain of tags. The pusher means is reversible movable parallel to the feeding direction between a first and second position wherein, in the first position, the pusher means is in a minimum displacement to the dispensing position, and wherein, in the second position, the pusher means are in a maximum displacement to the dispensing position. The feeding mechanism comprises at least one cutting tool for cutting-off the foremost tag of the chain of tags, viewed in the feeding direction, in the first position and at least one clamping device for clamping the chain of tags when the foremost tag is arranged in the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Poly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent number: 8397381Abstract: A method for manufacturing a light set with surface mounted light emitting components is disclosed. A rod having a predetermined length and a winding control architecture with corresponding driving spindles are prepared first. The rod is driven to rotate by a winding machine via driving spindles to wind conducting wires. The insulating layer of each conducting wire is then ground along an axial direction of the rod to expose the conductor of each conducting wire to form contact-pad area. A conductive paste is applied to each contact-pad area, and the surface mounted light emitting components are straddled thereon. Each lead of the surface mounted light emitting components is respectively positioned corresponding to the contact-pad areas, and is electrically connected to the conductors by the conductive paste. The contact-pad areas and the surface mounted light emitting component are then covered with a package.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Allied Bright Technology LimitedInventor: Kenneth Tsai
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Publication number: 20120096702Abstract: An automated construction system is described. Embodiments of the automated construction system comprise an inner work station having at least one working level, and an outer work station having at least one working level, with industrial robots disposed on the outer or inner work station. The outer work station typically surrounds the inner work station, with a shaft disposed between the two work stations. A lift or hoist is provided for raising and lowering a work piece in the shaft. Embodiments of the present invention further comprise a carousel adapted to forming work piece sections from metal plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: April 26, 2012Inventors: Alan Kingsley, Larry Bertelsen, Peter Miller, Richard Alan Roen
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Publication number: 20120077302Abstract: Convey means for pitch-feeding the semiconductor cell to which the conductive tapes have been attached, lead wire processing means for forming-processing the lead wire, provisional pressure-bonding means which is provided at a part opposed to the semiconductor cell that is pitch-fed, holds the lead wires which are forming-processed, repeats provisional pressure-bonding of the lead wires to the conductive tapes provided on the upper surface and lower surface of the semiconductor cell that is pitch-fed, and alternately connects the upper surfaces and lower surfaces of the neighboring semiconductor cells, and main pressure-bonding means which is disposed on a downstream side of the provisional pressure-bonding means in a direction of conveyance of the semiconductor cell, and which mainly pressure-bonds, simultaneously, the paired upper and lower lead wires which have been provisionally pressure-bonded to the upper surface and lower surface of the semiconductor cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuhito Abe, Tomoyoshi Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20120066891Abstract: Provided is a metal shell cutting and assembling machine for cutting a material tape with metal shells and assembling the metal shell with a plastic body of a connector. The metal shell cutting and assembling machine includes a frame, a material-feeding mechanism, a pre-press mechanism, a metal shell-cutting mechanism, a plastic body-inserting mechanism, a metal shell-inserting mechanism and a controller. The material-feeding mechanism is used for transferring the material tape. The pre-press mechanism can pre-press the metal shell of the material tape for being cut by the metal shell-cutting mechanism. The metal shell-inserting mechanism can push the metal shell held between the pre-press mechanism and the metal shell-cutting mechanism onto the plastic body-inserting mechanism, and the plastic body-inserting mechanism pushes the plastic body for assembling with the metal shell. Whereby the metal shell cutting and assembling machine can enhance the manufacture efficiency and reduce the labor cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., LTD.Inventors: YU-FENG LIN, Kuo-chuan Chiu, Feng-chi Lee
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Publication number: 20110308066Abstract: A machining apparatus and method of machining a work piece are provided. The method generally includes machining a plurality of independent surfaces of the work piece as the work piece travels along a work path and through a plurality of machining stations in a single pass. The machining apparatus includes a frame and first and second machining stations mounted to the frame. Each machining station is configured to form an independent surface in a work piece passed through the machining apparatus. The machining apparatus also includes a feed arrangement for feeding the work piece through the apparatus along a feed path and relative to the first and second machining stations and the frame while machining is performed on the work piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: PACIFIC BEARING COMPANYInventors: Robert Schroeder, William E. O'Connor, Dennis L. Oldenburg
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Publication number: 20110146056Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method and a device of manufacturing a speaker. First, a roll element is fabricated by a roll-based manufacturing process and by using a material feeder, and the roll element is cut into many sheet elements by using a cutter. An inserting device is used to insert the sheet elements into a temporary storage device, and an extracting device is used to extract the sheet elements from the temporary storage device and place the sheet elements on another roll element fabricated by another roll-based manufacturing process and by using another material feeder. The sheet elements and the other roll element are combined. The roll elements and sheet elements may be vibrating membranes and porous electrodes of a flat speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chang-Ho Liou, Wei-Chung Lee, Ming-Daw Chen
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Patent number: 7937831Abstract: A method of connecting an electric actuator to a printed circuit by metal contacts having an open contact zone. The metal contacts are soldered to the printed circuit using an SMD-type automated method performed at a high speed and at a high temperature, and the electrical connection pins of the actuator can be mechanically connected to the metal contacts without soldering by butting the contact zone of the metal contacts against the connection pins of the actuator once the connection pins have been inserted through the contact zone.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Sonceboz SAInventors: Daniel Sigg, Corinne Zuppiger-Lachat
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Patent number: 7887678Abstract: An electrode tool for electrochemical machining includes a machining electrode surface (1a). The machining electrode surface (1a) includes a conductive pattern defined by lands (3) and grooves (3a) that are formed by groove machining the electrode surface (1a). The machining electrode surface (1a) is then molded with a hard insulating resin layer (4), and a surface of the hard insulating resin layer (4) is mechanically polished to expose the lands (3) of the conductive pattern. The lands (3) are chemically dissolved to obtain a conductive pattern (14) having a surface that is formed below a resulting insulating resin surface (2), with the height difference between the two surfaces being between 1 and 5 ?m. The electrode tool allows precise surface machining of work pieces and can withstand prolonged use.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2004Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Yasuda, Makoto Ide
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Publication number: 20100050405Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for precision machining or micromachining workpieces, with a feed mechanism for transporting at least one workpiece, with a storage device, which includes a magazine for storing at least one workpiece, and with a tool for machining at least one workpiece, wherein the at least one workpiece can be led out of the magazine of the storage device to the feed mechanism, wherein the feed mechanism can be moved such that a workpiece held on the feed mechanism can be transported to the tool, wherein the magazine of the storage device can be moved along a magazine motion path, whose course is aligned at least in part with a workpiece motion path, which is traversed by a workpiece held on the feed mechanism during the transport from the magazine of the storage device to the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: Supfina Grieshaber GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Simon Wolber
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Publication number: 20080271304Abstract: In order to improve a machine tool comprising a machine frame with a machine bed, machining units mounted on the machine bed, of which at least one is a work spindle for a workpiece to be machined and at least one is a tool carrier, displacement units, by which the at least one work spindle and the at least one tool carrier can be moved relative to one another within a working space for machining the workpiece, and a handling device, by which workpieces can be inserted into and removed from the work spindle, in such a way that the time during which the tools are in the working space can be optimized, and consequently the times for machining each of the workpieces can also be optimized, it is proposed that a wall defining the working space being provided with an opening, by the handling device being disposed on a side of the opening that is remote from the working space and by it being possible to use the handling device to insert workpieces into the work spindle and/or remove them from it through the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Applicant: Index-Werke Gmbh & Co. KG Hahn & TesskyInventor: Walter Grossmann
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Publication number: 20080184757Abstract: A multi-groove feed system for a dual point coiling apparatus includes a single set, or a reduced number of sets, of multi-groove feed rolls and multi-groove wire guides, or multi-groove guides, associated with a moveable feed frame to run the entire size or configuration range of wire, or other material, of a dual point coiling machine without the need, or to minimize the need with a reduced number of sets, to change the feed tooling to accommodate a range of sizes or configurations of wire or other material to be coiled. The multi-groove feed rolls are each provided with a plurality of grooves of different sizes or configurations and the multi-groove wire guides, or multi-groove guides, are each provided with a plurality of corresponding apertures or passages of different sizes or configurations that correspond to a plurality of sizes or configurations or wire or other material be coiled.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventor: Ralph Napiany
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Patent number: 7284325Abstract: An improved tool and method for enhancing the surface of a heat transfer tube are provided. The tool, which can be easily added to existing manufacturing equipment, includes cutting bits that may be retracted with a housing. The cutting bits include a cutting edge to cut through the surface of a tube and a lifting edge to lift the surface of the tube to form protrusions. A method for enhancing the inner surface of the tube includes mounting a tool on a shaft, positioning the tool in the tube and causing relative rotation and axial movement between the tube and the tool to cut at least partially through at least one ridge formed along the surface of the tube to form ridge layers and lift the ridge layers to form protrusions.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Inventors: Petur Thors, Bruce Kouse, Gerry Minshall
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Patent number: 7069637Abstract: A wirelaying apparatus and method using a tool (30) having a cutter/cutting tip (31) operatively opening a cut in the interior bore surface (11) of a cylindrical pipe fitting (10), laying wire (12) into the cut and closing the cut using a flange closer (33). The wire (12) is delivered into the cut via an aperture (32) through the cutting tip (31). Delivery of the wire (12) into the cut is thereby improved, overcoming the problem of wire running free within the fitting. In a second embodiment (see FIG. 12) the cutter (31) is rotatably mounted allowing a double helical coil to be formed without removing the cutter from the bore surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: MSA Engineering Systems LimitedInventors: Gary Jones, Paul Cawrey
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Patent number: 7003865Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a machine for milling doors and/or drawer fronts, including: apparatus to horizontally clamp a door or drawer front to a horizontal movable table; apparatus to remove vertically disposed scribe pins from the door and/or drawer front, backs of the vertically disposed scribe pins defining a position of a frame to be spaced from the door and/or drawer front by a reveal; points disposed at the lower end of the vertically disposed scribe pins, flush with the backs, the points inserted into the door or drawer front; and apparatus to move the movable table such as to move the door or drawer front past a cutter head, the cutter head cutting the door or drawer front at least from a line in which lie the backs to a finished edge of the door or drawer front. A method of using the milling machine is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Inventor: Henry L. Blevio, Sr.
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Patent number: 6751840Abstract: A wirelaying apparatus and method using a tool (30) having a cutter (31) operatively opening a cut in the interior bore surface (11) of a cylindrical pipe fitting (10), laying wire (12) into the cut and closing the cut using a flange closer (33). The wire (12) is delivered into the cut via an aperture (32) through the cutting means (31). Delivery of the wire (12) into the cut is thereby improved, overcoming the problem of wire running free within the fitting. In a second embodiment (see FIG. 12) the cutter (31) is rotatably mounted allowing a double helical coil to be formed without removing the cutter from the bore surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2002Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: MSA Engineering Systems LimitedInventors: Gary Jones, Paul Cawrey
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Patent number: 6658312Abstract: A wire harness manufacturing apparatus includes plural manufacturing lines for respectively manufacturing plural sub-wire harnesses as constituents of a wire harness to be produced, each of the manufacturing lines including plural constituent devices arranged in manufacturing order of each sub-wire harness. Plural line control devices are provided for controlling operational processes of the manufacturing lines respectively. Each of the line control devices is connected with the constituent devices of each of the manufacturing lines through a signal transmitting circuit. At least one system control device is adapted so as to construct a signal transmitting network together with the line control devices, for controlling manufacturing loads among the plural manufacturing lines.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2000Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Katsumi Hagiyama
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Patent number: 6530139Abstract: A wirelaying apparatus and method using a tool (30) having a cutter (31) operatively opening a cut in the interior bore surface (11) of a cylindrical pipe fitting (10), laying wire (12) into the cut and closing the cut using a flange closer (33). The wire (12) is delivered into the cut via an aperture (32) through the cutting means (31). Delivery of the wire (12) into the cut is thereby improved, overcoming the problem of wire running free within the fitting. In a second embodiment (see FIG. 12) the cutter (31) is rotatably mounted allowing a double helical coil to be formed without removing the cutter from the bore surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2000Date of Patent: March 11, 2003Assignee: MSA Engineering Systems LimitedInventors: Gary Jones, Paul Cawrey
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Publication number: 20030019094Abstract: A molding machine for machining workpieces of wood or plastic material has a transport path for transporting workpieces in a transport direction and adjustable spindles arranged sequentially in the transport direction on the transport path. Tools are fixedly connected on the spindles. Adjusting elements are drivingly connected to the spindles. First indicator devices are coupled to the adjusting elements and indicate a position of the spindles relative to a reference point of the machine, respectively. At least one data storage device is connected to the indicator devices and configured to save position data of the spindles and to allow retrieval of the position data of the spindles.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventor: Heinrich Englert
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Patent number: 5922168Abstract: An apparatus for automatically making a laminated electrical or electronic device has a series of processing stations including an inspection station for inspecting the quality of printing at a series of indexed segments on a ceramic coated, continuous tape, a stack and tack station at which sequential segments of the tape are cut and stacked on top of each other to form a stack having a selected number of layers, a lamination station in which the stacked layers are laminated together, and a cutting station at which the stack is cut into a plurality of individual chips, a tape feed mechanism for indexing the tape segments sequentially through the inspection station and stack and tack station, and a drive mechanism for moving a stack from the stack and tack station through the lamination station and cutting station.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1996Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: Pacific Trinetics CorporationInventors: Gordon O. Zablotny, James W. Horner
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Patent number: 5146670Abstract: The invention is directed to a device and method for profiling and deburring a workpiece. The device includes a profiler having a cutting edge for profiling a workpiece, a deburrer having a cutting edge for deburring profiled edges of a workpiece, and a yoke for supporting the profiler and the deburrer in opposed relation on opposite sides of a planar work position, the yoke being movable along a z-axis perpendicular to the work position to alternately move the cutting edges of the profiler and the deburrer toward and away from a workpiece in the work position. The yoke is also movable so that the cutting edges can be maneuvered in a working plane transverse to the z-axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 1990Date of Patent: September 15, 1992Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Everett E. Jones
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Patent number: 5058466Abstract: The device for inserting polygonal and shaped bars in the collet of the chuck of machine tools comprises a bar pusher element arranged inside a bar guiding channel and a motor element connected to a worm screw which cause sliding of a slider rigidly associated with the bar pusher. The device has a spring mounted in abutment against the worm screw and adapted to be compressed when the bar rests frontally on the collet of the rotating chuck, so as to absorb the thrust of the motor and to press the bar against the collet, and a motor switch activated by the compression of the spring until the rotation of the chuck causes the chuck to be brought angularly in step with the bar and the bar to be inserted in the collet.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1989Date of Patent: October 22, 1991Assignee: I.E.M.C.A. S.p.A. Industria Elettromeccanica Complessi AutomaticiInventor: Vladimiro Fabbri
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Patent number: 4984351Abstract: A machine tool includes two movable tables on which workpiece is mounted. A base mount has an upper surface provided with at least two machinable regions and workpiece handling regions. A column is supported above the base mount and movable in a first direction, and a spindle head is supported on the column and movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The spindle head is movable over the machinable regions. The tables are arranged in parallelism and movable in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions. Each of the tables is movable between each of the machinable regions and the workpiece handling regions. First, second and third drive means are connected to the column, the spindle head and the tables, respectively. The drive means are also connected to a numerical control unit for numerically controlling the movements of the column, the spindle head and the tables in the first, the second and the third directions respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1989Date of Patent: January 15, 1991Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Futoshi Matsuyama, Akira Hirose, Toshiyuki Takei
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Patent number: 4976572Abstract: The automatic machine works on coiled stock to produce a series of workpieces. It comprises a spindle arranged to turn around its axis, but only somewhat more than through an angle of 360.degree., between two fixed angular limits. The tools consist of shaped milling cutters or grinding wheels which machine surfaces of revolutions on the workpieces.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1989Date of Patent: December 11, 1990Inventor: Harold Habegger
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Patent number: 4907325Abstract: A blind trimmer includes a machine frame and an immovable as well as a movable trimming mechanisms respectively mounted on two longitudinal sides of the frame. Each trimming mechanism includes a plate, a saw, a cylindrical milling blade, and a clamping device having a slide piece which is slidable on the plate and spacedly mounts thereon two jaw members clamping therebetween a respective end portion of a collapsed blind so that the respective end portion will be trimmed by the saw when the slide piece is slid on the plate to let the respective end portion pass through the saw.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1988Date of Patent: March 13, 1990Inventor: Pei H. Hsu
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Patent number: 4750254Abstract: A continuously operating one-sided formatting and edge shaping machine for edge processing four sides of work pieces is driven by a continuously running primary conveying means (10). A conveying device is mounted ahead of this single primary conveying means in the form of chain conveyors (18 and 20), which also operate continuously, so that a precisely aligned work piece can be transferred in this condition to the primary conveying means, for which purpose the two conveying means run synchronously with each other at least in the transfer area.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1985Date of Patent: June 14, 1988Assignee: Hornberger Maschinenbaugesellschaft mbH & Co. KGInventor: Kurt Kalmbach
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Patent number: 4510668Abstract: A machining center of a horizontal type including a vertical base is disclosed. A pallet carrying a workpiece to be machined is mounted on a pallet slide with a pallet surface being vertical so that the pallet is movable along a first horizontal axis and rotatable about this first axis. The pallet slide is mounted on the vertical base so as to be movable vertically along a first vertical surface of this base, this surface being parallel to the first axis. A spindle supporting a tool for machining the workpiece is mounted in a spindle slide so that the spindle is rotatable about a second horizontal axis making a right angle with the first axis. The spindle slide is supported by the vertical base so as to be movable horizontally along a second vertical surface of the base, said second surface making a right angle with the first vertical surface of the base. Accordingly, a wide space is formed below the workpiece and tool supported by the pallet slide and spindle slide respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1982Date of Patent: April 16, 1985Assignee: Tsugami CorporationInventors: Kenichi Ishida, Tetsuro Takahashi
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Patent number: 4466170Abstract: A machine for cutting insulation material into semi-circular blocks. Circular cutting blades are mounted reciprocally on a support shaft. A router functions to cut a groove in the insulation material to provide clearance for the cutting blade support shaft.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1981Date of Patent: August 21, 1984Inventor: Harry C. Davis
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Patent number: 4403389Abstract: A stationary base includes a planar surface and a bore having an axis lying in a plane parallel to the planar surface. A slide element having a planar surface slidably disposed against the planar surface of the base, is attached to a reciprocally movable shuttle slidably disposed within the bore.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1981Date of Patent: September 13, 1983Assignee: Stevens Engineering, Inc.Inventor: Robert L. Coope
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Patent number: 4369571Abstract: An apparatus for feeding separator strips and plate blanks to an automatic battery cell winding machine, the apparatus having a frame member, guide means on the frame member for guiding a separator strip, a clamp for clamping the separator strip, feeding means, including an air cylinder, for advancing the clamp and the clamped separator strip, a platform mounted to slide on the frame member for receiving a plate blank, means for pushing the platform along the frame member for feeding the plate blank to the separator strip and a spring tensioned as the platform is advanced along the frame member for retracting the platform when the pushing means is released.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1980Date of Patent: January 25, 1983Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Raymond K. Sugalski
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Patent number: 4295263Abstract: A machine for cutting insulation material into semi-circular blocks. Circular cutting blades are mounted reciprocally on a support shaft. A router functions to cut a groove in the insulation material to provide clearance for the cutting blade support shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1979Date of Patent: October 20, 1981Inventor: Harry C. Davis
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Patent number: 4260001Abstract: An apparatus and method for shaping and finishing at least a part of the periphery of a planar workpiece of wood or similar material in which the workpiece and a template are mounted on a carrier block which is drawn along a machine bed where the workpiece is shaped and finished in accordance with the template by a plurality of pivotally mounted material removing shaping tools and finishing tools, the workpiece being maintained in position on the template by a plurality of overlying rollers during its passage past the tools, and, after shaping and finishing, the workpiece being returned by a second conveyor to the inlet side of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1978Date of Patent: April 7, 1981Assignee: Bekaert EngineeringInventor: Gabriel De Muynck
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Patent number: 4084309Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing flexible duct comprising feeding a strip of cloth and a channel formed strip of metal in parallel through a work station having a pair of crimping rollers which fasten an edge of the fabric into the channel. A forming ring is provided at the work station to guide a first coil of fabric attached to channel strip around to meet and overlap a second coil of fabric being fed into the work station. A roller member is rotatably fixed above the work station to force the overlapping edges of adjacent coils of fabric down into the channel of the metal strip being simultaneously fed in parallel with the fabric toward the crimping rolls. The roller member carries with it a string which it inserts into the channel over the overlapping edges of the fabric prior to the combined materials being fed into crimping rollers where they are forced into a retained and fixed position within the enfolded arms of the crimped channel of metal.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 1976Date of Patent: April 18, 1978Inventor: Cecil Howard Wood