Patents Examined by Glenn L. Webb
  • Patent number: 4648172
    Abstract: Machine tool comprising a spindlehead which can be swung into several operating positions. Coupling devices are provided, which in each operating position couple the spindle with a drive shaft from the drive motor or the transmission. In an intermediate position, the spindle is in the area of a tool changer for facilitating an automatic tool exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Friedrich Deckel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Geiger, Bernd Finsterwalder, Franz Kagerer
  • Patent number: 4648760
    Abstract: The invention relates to a short-hole drill and a cutting insert therefor, for drilling of metallic work pieces. The drill comprises a drill shank with two chip flutes formed therein and with two cutting insert sites and two mainly rectangular cutting inserts having mutually identical shaping. The cutting inserts are accommodated in the cutting insert sites and secured thereto by means of lock screws such that the broken non-active cutting edge abuts against a broken support surface in each cutting insert site while the active cutting edge projects axially forwards. The cutting insert which is arranged radially outermost is inclined such that it determines the size of the bore while the longitudinal axis of the other cutting insert is arranged parallel to the center line (CL) of the drill. The distance between the outermost parts of each cutting edge is longer than the shortest distance between the long side surfaces of the cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Santrade Limited
    Inventors: Kurt O. Karlsson, Leif E. Karlsson
  • Patent number: 4647261
    Abstract: A cutting device and method for the precision trimming of a selected portion of the peripheral edge of a cast lens secured on the external surface of a male mold independent of any eccentricity that may exist between the opening defined in the mold and the outer diameter of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: International Hydron Corporation
    Inventor: Hans S. Schaffner
  • Patent number: 4646413
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drill jig assembly for use in the removing a tube from a wall structure. the device fits within the tube and defines drill guide grooves along its length such that, a rotating drill inserted into the guide grooves will cut away a portion of the wall thickness of the tube. When portions of the tubing wall thickness have been reduced, the tube may be readily inwardly collapsed so as to easily remove it from the wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: Tri Tool Inc.
    Inventors: Lawson H. Nall, William E. Sandford
  • Patent number: 4644634
    Abstract: A cut-clinch head having a movable and a fixed knife assembly for cutting and forming lead wires of electrical components which extend down through openings in printed circuit boards. The movable knife and the fixed knife are easily removed from the head assembly for servicing. Further, the fixed knife is a tubular member that has a cutting edge formed out of the axis of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: USM Corporation
    Inventor: Rodney P. Jackson
  • Patent number: 4643621
    Abstract: A quick-change system for power feed and positive feed drill motors having quick-change capabilities whereby a nosepiece may be separated from the drill motor employing a quick-release coupling that does not utilize threaded means. The quick-change system utilizes a quick-change nosepiece, chuck and shank adapter means such that the oil line to a fluid inducer remains attached during nosepiece removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert L. Fuller, Jr., Dwayne E. Proff
  • Patent number: 4642868
    Abstract: Edge finished and edge binding for tarpaulins and the method and apparatus for finishing edges of tarpaulins in which the tarpaulin or separate edge binding material is made from a heavy duty fabric of the type woven of high density yarn and in which, at desired intervals along a center line, a series of holes is provided. The apparatus includes a rotating punch die and a slack bar for slackening the material to be punch/cut in advance of the punching/cutting operation. The mechanisms for advancing punch/cutting, slackening and taking up the processed material are timed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Weathermate Marine Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Nestor W. Pandell
  • Patent number: 4643623
    Abstract: A holder for a rotary cutting tools has a holder body fixed to a spindle of a machine tool. A rotatable shaft concentric with the holder body and having a tool-mounting portion at one end thereof is coupled at its other end portion to the holder body to receive torque from the holder body. The rotatable shaft is so mounted as to be radially displaceable and inclinable relative to the holder body. A positioning member is fixedly disposed on the machine tool body radially outwardly of the spindle. A cylindrical casing disposed radially outwardly of and rotatably engaged with the rotatable shaft such that the casing and the shaft are rotatable relative to each other, the casing being engageable with the positioning member for accurate positioning thereof by the positioning member, and thereby positioning the rotatable shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignees: Fuji Seiko Limited, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunio Kondo, Katutoshi Haga, Tadashi Kurumiya, Minoru Haga, Yasuo Kato, Shinobu Kaneko
  • Patent number: 4642002
    Abstract: A holder for supporting motor driven tools against the reaction torque which occurs during operation. Two supports which are spaced from one another are provided for the tool. The supports are rigidly connected with a clamping device. Since only one support is effective at any given time for a given direction of rotation of the tool, the direction of rotation of the latter can be changed without having to modify the holder. The holder, together with the clamping device, is fastened directly onto the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: REMS-WERK Christian Foll und Sohne GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Rudolf Wagner
  • Patent number: 4642003
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool for processing a metal workpiece includes an elongated solid body composed of cemented carbide containing cobalt. The body has cutting edge means at its forward end and an axis of rotation therethrough. The body has a surface of which cobalt content is greater than that of the remainder of the body. Part of the surface of the body is ground to remove the cobalt-rich surface therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Kinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hironori Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 4642001
    Abstract: This spade drill has an elongated holder with a standard driving configuration at one end, and adapted at the axially opposite end to receive a carrier block provided with receptacles for receiving indexable standard cutting inserts of extremely hard alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Inventors: Geoffrey Y. Gill, Paul H. Hunter, Gerard W. Venlet
  • Patent number: 4642005
    Abstract: A tool holder for holding a rotary cutting tool, attachable to a spindle of a machine tool, has a holder body fixed to the machine spindle. A rotatable shaft having a tool-mounting portion is coupled to the holder body such that the shaft is axially and radially displaceable relative to the holder body. A positioning member is fixedly disposed on the machine tool body radially outwardly of the machine spindle. A casing is disposed radially outwardly of the rotatable shaft such that the casing and the rotatable shaft are rotatable relative to each other, the casing being engageable with the positioning member to accurately position the rotatable shaft when the holder body is fixed to the machine spindle. A guide bushing is fixedly supported at one axial end portion of the casing remote from the holder body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignees: Fuji Seiko Limited, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunio Kondo, Katutoshi Haga, Minoru Haga, Yasuo Kato, Shinobu Kaneko
  • Patent number: 4639170
    Abstract: The power tool has a magnetic base with superposed permanent magnet assemblies. The upper assembly can be moved relative to the lower assembly to subtract from or reinforce the magnetic field. The upper assembly is somewhat shorter than the lower assembly so even when the upper assembly is positioned to shunt to subtract from the flux of the lower assembly there will be some magnetic flux attracting the base to a ferromagnetic material. When the sensing probe is pushed into the base the electric motor can be switched on to rotate a spindle on which a rotary cutting tool is axially mounted. The tool feed is controlled by a handle which can be mounted on either side of the tool housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Bernhard Palm
  • Patent number: 4634323
    Abstract: Apparatus for guiding elongated generally cylindrical workpieces moving longitudinally along an axis includes a plurality of workpiece guides movable toward and away from the axis. An adjustment mechanism selectively moves the workpiece guides toward or away from the axis for positioning such guides in proper guiding relationship to the workpieces. Torsion springs are interposed between the workpiece guides and the adjustment mechanism for allowing yielding movement of the workpiece guides without imparting movement to the adjustment mechanism. Friction dampening devices are provided to inhibit yielding movement of the workpiece guides and to absorb vibrations imparted to the guides by workpieces moving therepast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Th. Kieserling & Albrecht, G.m.b.H. & Co.
    Inventors: Ralf Wagner, Horst Fischer, Fritz Heider
  • Patent number: 4633570
    Abstract: Apparatus for assembling electrical connectors to multi-conductor insulated cables, comprises a table which is movable along a first path past a fixed cable clamp, the table carrying a cable stripper assembly and a connector applicator assembly, which are independently movable on the table along paths perpendicular to the second path. The table and the two assemblies are arranged to be moved cyclically so that first a cable held by the cable clamp has the insulation stripped from an end portion thereof by the stripper assembly, whereafter a connector previously fed to the applicator is applied to the end of the cable. The stripper assembly may have cable shield slitting means and the applicator may have cable shield folding back means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard A. Burgit, Newton G. Davis, Josita M. Goyert, Keith Johnson, Jr., Robert A. Long, Joseph F. Stachura
  • Patent number: 4634321
    Abstract: A chuck key which can be readily attached to a cable for suspending the same when not in use and which does not interfere with the rotation of the chuck key when it is in use. The chuck key has an extended rod portion on a side of a transverse rod opposite to the gear on the chuck key enabling an unencumbered turning of the key, preferably in relation to the means of suspension and the transverse rod. The extended portion has an aperture or socket therein near an end thereof for receiving a ball attached to a cable extending through a longitudinal aperture through the end of the extended portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Inventor: Thomas W. McClelland
  • Patent number: 4632407
    Abstract: For selective outside or inside chucking of a workpiece on a lathe use is made of a base unit split to provide a set of three or more holding segments capable of being either contracted for grasping the exterior of a workpiece or spread for grasping the interior of a workpiece. There is a set of jaws complementary with respect to the segments and designed to accommodate a workpiece of selected size. Each individual jaw in turn is mounted on one of the holding segments with an attachment permitting removal of the jaw for replacement with one of the jaws of a different set for holding a workpiece of different size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Inventors: Donald R. Maxam, Allen B. Maxam
  • Patent number: 4632614
    Abstract: A composite tool unit comprising a tool shank, a tool head a chuck, a drawbar which is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the tool shank and a pulling shank which projects from the tool head. The drawbar and pulling shank are engaged around by the chuck, which is disposed in the tool shank axially to slide between an opening position and a closure position. The tool shank comprises an inner conical face which tapers in the direction of the drawbar and co-operates with outer conical segments disposed on the clamping jaws. The zones of the drawbar 8 and pulling shank 8 of the tool head engaged around by the chuck have respective projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Gerhard Rall
    Inventors: Gerhard Rall, Gunther Hertel, Karl G. Hertel, Hermann Kastner
  • Patent number: 4630980
    Abstract: A chuck assembly for use in a machine tool for holding a tool element comprises a chuck body having a sleeve integrally formed therewith so as to extend in the direction, which sleeve has a support bore defined therein for the receipt and support of the tool element and also has its outer peripheral surface tapered in a direction away from the chuck body, a fastening nut having its inner peripheral surface tapered in complemental relation to the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve and helically rotatably mounted on the sleeve through a plurality of roll bearings, and a reinforcing nut threadingly mounted on the fastening nut and adapted to be engaged under pressure with the chuck body when the fastening nut has been fastened and the reinforcing nut is then fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Assignee: Dai Showa Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Haruaki Kubo
  • Patent number: 4629375
    Abstract: A chuck for non-circular ends of tool shanks having a bushing forming a chamber corresponding in cross-section to the tool shank and a ball which acts on the shank and is clamped by a spring biased sleeve which forms a wedge against the ball. The ball is mounted in a separate wing which is engaged by the sleeve and is displaceable relative to the bushing so that the ball engages a clamping surface formed by an end ring and the tool shank in a clamping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Wera Werk Hermann Werner GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Karl Lieser