Patents Examined by Andrea L. Pitts
  • Patent number: 6079912
    Abstract: A cutting insert is formed with a substantially hexagonal cutting face having six sides forming three main cutting edges and three auxiliary cutting edges alternating with the main edges. Each of the main cutting edges is substantially straight and each of the auxiliary cutting edges is outwardly convex. A plateau is on the face inward of the cutting edges and defines a plane. Respective free surfaces each extend generally perpendicular to the plane from the cutting edges and meet at corners between the edges. The main cutting edges are usable for roughing and the auxiliary cutting edges for finishing. The insert is formed on the face along an entire length of and parallel to each of the cutting edge with a respective groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Widia GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Rothballer
  • Patent number: 6079913
    Abstract: A cutting tool for chip removal machining is composed of hard metal, cermet or ceramic as a sutrate coated with a surface coating being composed of both hexagonal and amorphous boron nitrides. At least an outer most coating is being composed of boron nitrides a thickness of between 1 and 5 .mu.m. The surface has a total thickness which does not exceed 20 .mu.m and at least 20 volume % of the outermost coating is composed of hexagonal boron nitride. The infrared spectrum of the outermost boron nitride layer has absorption lines the wave numbers at 800 to 1400 cm.sup.-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Widia GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Konig, Ralf Tabersky, Hartmut Westphal
  • Patent number: 6079716
    Abstract: A removable chuck has a chuck member for holding a drill bit. Also, a mechanism is coupled with the chuck body to retain the chuck body to a drill spindle. The retention mechanism, in a first position, retains the chuck on the drill spindle and in a second position the chuck is enabled to be removed from the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Harman, Jr., Dale K. Wheeler
  • Patent number: 6079916
    Abstract: A rotary power tool incorporates a remotely actuated chuck device. An engagement surface, such as a threaded or helical surface, is defined on an outer circumference of the chuck device over an axial length thereof. An actuator member is disposed concentric and rotatable relative to the engagement surface. In an actuation mode, the actuation member is brought into engagement with the engagement surface so that rotation of the actuator member drives the chuck device axially between gripping and release positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Power Tool Holders, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy Grayson, Keith Buddendeck, Ronald W. Miksa
  • Patent number: 6079748
    Abstract: A book having a storage tube attached thereto for storage of manipulatives for use with enjoyment of the book is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Innovative USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Shari Kaufman
  • Patent number: 6077016
    Abstract: An apparatus for roughening a surface of a book block spine formed of a plurality of individual printed sheets clamped together. The apparatus includes a roughening tool which has a tool bit holder having a rotary axis and a radial face; a plurality of cutter tool bits mounted in a circular array on the tool bit holder and projecting axially from the radial face and together defining a cutting plane; and a drive for rotating the tool bit holder about the rotary axis. The apparatus further includes an arrangement for effecting a relative movement between the book block spine and the roughening tool in a direction of displacement; and an arrangement for setting the roughening tool relative to the book block spine such that the cutting plane forms an acute angle with the direction of displacement, whereby arcuate markings cut simultaneously into the surface of the book block spine along diametrically opposite portions of the circular array have unlike depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: GRAPHA-Holding AG
    Inventors: Peter Geiser, Jakob Debrunner
  • Patent number: 6076989
    Abstract: A casing board for use as an information displaying and storage device, which may be formed into a binder, a storage box or be used as a flat board includes a substrate, an opaque intermediate covering layer affixed to the substrate and a transparent outer layer affixed to at least one of the substrate and the opaque covering layer at predetermined affixation locations to define a pocket intermediate the transparent layer and the opaque layer characterized by folded flaps defining turned-edge corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventors: Jerry W. Pearce, J. Rockland Proffit
  • Patent number: 6074139
    Abstract: A method of boring a plurality of aligned, mating bolt holes in a pair of separated coupling flanges comprising the steps of:a) providing a template with pre-formed holes matching a desired location for bolt holes in the pair of coupling flanges;b) securing the template to a first of the pair of coupling flanges;c) attaching a boring tool to the template in alignment with one of the bolt holes;d) re-boring one of the bolt holes in the first coupling flange and repeating steps c) and d) for each remaining bolt hole individually in succession;e) removing the boring tool and template from the first coupling flange;f) relocating the template on the second of the pair of coupling flanges; andg) repeating steps b) through e) for the bolt holes in the second coupling flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Gene Gustafson, Dennis John Werner
  • Patent number: 6074138
    Abstract: A cutting insert adapted for cutting-off and grooving operations comprises a body adapted to be mounted in a holder, the body including a pair of side surfaces spaced apart to define a thickness of the body. The body further includes a bottom surface, a rear surface, a top surface and a front surface each extending transversely from one of the side surfaces to the other side surface. A wall is oriented substantially parallel to the side surfaces and is situated midway therebetween. The wall includes a pair of side faces spaced by equal distance from respective ones of the side surfaces, a front side extending upwardly from the front surface, and a top side extending forwardly from the top surface. The front and top sides intersect one another to define a cutting edge formed of the same material as the front and top sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Sandvik Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Anders Jonsson, Pekka Ovaska
  • Patent number: 6071049
    Abstract: A crankshaft (6) is rotated about its axis (7), and all of its crankpins (28, 29, 30), which each respectively have an eccentricity (e) relative to the axis (7), are simultaneously rotary milled by respective allocated rotary milling cutters (34, 35, 36) of a milling cutter set (12). The individual milling cutters (34, 35, 36) each respectively have an eccentricity (e) corresponding to the eccentricity of the respective crankpin that is allocated to be machined by the respective milling cutter. Furthermore, the milling cutter set (12) is rotated at the same rotational speed, i.e. with a rotational speed ratio of 1:1, relative to the rotating crankshaft, while simultaneously the milling cutter set is moved in the X-direction toward the crank-shaft axis to achieve a feed advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Hegenscheidt-MFD GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Janssen
  • Patent number: 6071050
    Abstract: A fine feed adjustment adapter for new milling machinery or retrofitted to existing milling machines is used in order to obtain adjustments of between 1/4 and 1/10,000th of an inch along the z-axis. The fine feed adjustment mechanism does not interfere with the preexisting coarse, vertical adjustment arm which is standard on commercial milling machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Mike Patrick
    Inventors: Michael A. Patrick, Richard M. Cook
  • Patent number: 6068431
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine tool having a gantry that is movable along an X axis and having a vertical spindle supported by the cross-member of the gantry. The cross-member comprises two beams that are spaced apart in the X axis direction and that have facing inside faces. Two carriages are mounted to slide on said facing faces, on opposite sides of a vertically movable cursor-carrier. The tool-carrier spindle is carried by a cursor mounted to slide on the bottom face of the cursor-carrier and movable along the X axis. Movements of the carriages, of the cursor-carrier and of cursor are under numerical control. The tool-carrier spindle can move in the X axis direction without it being necessary to move the gantry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Helis S.A.
    Inventor: Henri Line
  • Patent number: 6062760
    Abstract: A modular binder ring unit (16) used in a ring binder (10) comprises a plurality of modules including a binder ring module (18). The modules are spaced along the length of the unit. A plurality of spacer modules (22, 24, 30) attach to the ring modules. The spacer modules are available in different lengths, and a combination of different length modules are usable together with the ring modules to form a binder ring unit of a desired length. The spacer modules space the ring modules an appropriate distance apart for the binder rings to be at locations corresponding to holes (H) in a sheet of paper (S) stored in the binder. End caps (26) are removably attachable at each end of said unit for locking the ring modules and spacer modules in place. Each module element is an elongate module having a recess (R) formed in one end and an extension (E) at the opposite end for securing one module to an adjacent module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Ring Binder Corp.
    Inventor: Paul Whaley
  • Patent number: 6059478
    Abstract: The invention is a binder or portfolio for carrying looseleaf paper, books, school supplies, etc. wherein the binder includes an expandable gusset attached to the front and back covers of the binder. The gusset is preferably made from an elastic material, such as neoprene, so that the gusset may expand if the binder is filled to greater than normal capacity without threatening the integrity of the binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Marc Moor
  • Patent number: 6058816
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for supporting a beam having a longitudinal axis. The apparatus includes a clamping assembly that surrounds and grips a portion of the beam. The clamping assembly is relatively compliant to deflections of the beam in at least one direction transverse to the axis, but relatively resistant to axial displacements of the beam and to torsional rotations of the beam about the axis. The apparatus further includes at least one actuator situated externally to the beam and arranged to urge the beam in the compliant direction or directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: General Dynamics Advanced Technology Systems
    Inventor: Igor Golioto
  • Patent number: 6056492
    Abstract: In order to provide a bookmark for a book, a method of making a book includes the step of applying a releasing adhesive to an inner surface of a front or rear cover having an initially greater width. The outer portion of this cover is then folded inwardly along a fold line so as to be in generally confronting relation with the inner surface of that cover to cause the width after folding to generally correspond to the width of the other cover. The outer portion of that cover is folded along the fold line so as to place the releasing adhesive in adhesive contact with confronting surfaces of both the folded outer portion and the remainder of that cover to adhesively secure them together after they have been folded into confronting relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
    Inventor: David William Hudson
  • Patent number: 6055893
    Abstract: The machining unit is composed mainly of three essential elements which are the rotor, the phase displacement device and the tool drive mechanism. The rotor (100) includes a rotating shaft (1) and is equipped, for example, with four bores, extending parallel to the axis of rotation, into which the cutter carrier axles (9a, 9b, 9c and 9d) are supported. A plunge of the cutters into the material to be machined is controlled by the movement of a command sleeve (19) supporting, at its end, two surfaces (20a and 20b) of ellipsoidal form located to move, in conjunction with the inclined surfaces (14a, 14b, 14c and 14d), the command levers of the tool carrier. The command sleeve can occupy two extreme positions and one intermediary position. A phase displacement device includes a pulley (22) and a reverse pulley (25) mounted rotatably on a shaft (31) to allow angular phase change of the command sleeve (19) with respect to the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Esco S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre-Louis Piguet, Antonio Esposito
  • Patent number: 6053535
    Abstract: A business form includes a carrier sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface, and defining a die cut opening there through, with a patch of liner material mounted on the lower surface of the carrier sheet. The patch extends over the opening. The liner material has an upper surface facing the die cut opening in the carrier sheet, and carries a release coating on the upper surface. A two ply label assembly is mounted on the patch of liner material in the die cut opening. The two ply label assembly includes a transparent ply mounted on the upper surface of the patch of liner material, and a label ply mounted on the transparent ply. The form is manufactured by: a.) die cutting an opening in a piece of carrier material; b.) adhesively affixing a patch of liner material to the piece of carrier material; c.) mounting a transparent ply on the patch of liner material within the die cut opening; and d.) mounting a label ply on the transparent ply. The form is used by: a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: The Standard Register Company
    Inventors: David E. Washburn, Hugh B. Skees, Bryce Waggoner
  • Patent number: 6053670
    Abstract: In a modular system (10), with a holder part (12) for clamping in a spindle of a turning machine and a machining tool (14) attached interchangeably to this, the machining tool (14) has a hollow cylindrical shaft part (18) which overlaps a receiving mandrel (20) on the holder part (12) and is fixed to the holder part (12) by means of a screw device (28, 30) mounted on the holder part (12) and generating a tension or compression force via a tension or compression rod (22) running through the holder part (12) and the receiving mandrel (20). The end of the tension or compression rod (22) facing the machining tool (14) is expanded and under the effect of the tension or compression force leads to an expansion of the receiving mandrel (20) such that the peripheral surface (42) of the receiving mandrel (20) and the inner surface (44) of the shaft part (18) are clamped against each other to form a friction connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Fraisa SA
    Inventor: Konrad Schmid
  • Patent number: 6053082
    Abstract: A tool holder has a housing rotatable about a holder axis, a motor mounted on the housing and having an output rotatable about a motor axis transverse to the holder axis, and a rotation sensor mounted on the housing and coupled coaxially to the motor. A drive wheel mounted on the rotary motor output is rotatable by the motor about the motor axis and is connected to respective wheels of a pair of shafts each having a screwthread. The screwthreads are of opposite hand and respective nuts threaded on the shafts so that rotation of the motor output synchronously rotates the shafts and oppositely displaces the nuts. A tool-holding slide displaceable transversely of the axis on the plate is fixed to the nut of one of the shafts and a counterweight displaceable transversely of the axis on the plate is coupled to the nut of the other shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Widia GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Rupp, Thorsten Frank