Abstract: A turning tool for turning wooden workpieces, comprising a turning disk fixedly mounted on a drive shaft and including a plurality of carbide cutting teeth separated from one another by respective tooth spaces, said cutting teeth being in the form of at least two different configurations, one such configuration comprising peripherally disposed profile cutters having peripheral, end, and lateral cutting edges, while the other configuration comprises chip cutters formed with peripheral and end cutting edges, said chip cutters being associated with said profile cutters in a radially inwards and, in the feed direction, axially forwards offset position. Each profile cutter is integrally formed with its associated chip cutter in the form of an integral metal carbide cutting tooth having a common flat front surface forming at least part of the rear wall of the tooth space preceding it in the direction of rotation, the tooth space being open-ended at both sides and extending over the full width of said turning disk.

Abstract: Disclosed is a flaker for trunk and residual wood for the direct production of a mass of chips free of splinters and low in fines. Flaking takes place within a blade rotor equipped with a replaceable blade ring, which together with its housing may be moved back and forth in front of the outlet of a wood feed chute equipped with pressure elements. A compression chamber is located inside the blade ring, in which the wood to be cut intermittently abuts against a counter support. The compression chamber is equipped with additional pressure elements in order to hold the wood substantially still and without fluttering, until it is cut, without leaving a residue, even in the case of wood of large cutting width. The additional pressure elements act transversely to the counter support. A stationary, slightly raised entrance barrier is arranged directly in front of the compression chamber.

Abstract: A simple, rugged, and conveniently front-adjustable gage stop having a gage finger capable of presenting a gage face in any of several angular orientations is disclosed. The gage stop comprises a gage finger adjustably and rotatably connected to a finger support which is in turn pivotally connected to a mounting member. In operation, a workpiece is butted against the gage face with the gage stop resting in a horizontal orientation, and some operation is performed on the workpiece. If this operation results in an upward force being applied to the gage stop, the stop swings upward in response, to a limiting position in which the center of gravity of the finger support/gage finger combination is forward of the pivot axis, and then returns by gravity to a horizontal position.

Abstract: A hot-rolling mill for producing sheet metal has a reversing roughing stand having pairs of roughing rolls and a reversing finishing stand adjacent thereto and having pairs of finishing rolls. Each stand is selectively operable alone and both stands are operable in tandem operation. The roughing rolls have diameters larger than the diameters of the finishing rolls and the finishing rolls operate at a higher rotary speed than the roughing rolls in the tandem operation.

Abstract: Hydraulic safety device for the mechanism for closing up the rolls of a rolling mill, comprising an hydraulic safety valve (20) which is accommodated directly inside the jack (1) for closing up the mill rolls and which automatically reduces the pressure of the fluid in the control chamber (12) as soon as the stroke of the body (11) of the jack reaches a predetermined limiting position.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved method and apparatus for making a coil spring wherein a wire material is fed on a line of feed which is maintained at a constant position relative to a mandrel adapted for winding the wire material. The mandrel is controlled to pivot into a predetermined angular winding position relative to the line of feed and to move in the axial direction thereof so as to form the wire material into a spring.

Abstract: A bundle limbing device, primarily for mobile use, is divided into two mirror-symmetrical halves, each with one front and one rear swinging arm (4a,4b) at their lower parts mounted on a low level of a forwarder and interconnected by means of longitudinal bars (14a,14b). At the ends of the swinging arms of each device half, front and rear bearing beams (6a,6b) are rigidly secured, which serve as bearings for a series of parallel limbing rolls (8). Support shoulders (13a,13b) at the top of the swinging arms form side supports for a bundle of trunk portions (12) which are deposited on the bed formed as the two device halves are brought together, when the opposite bearing beams (6a,6b) on the associated swinging arms meet and form an obtuse angle. Each limbing roll consists of a center tube (9) which supports a series of circular annular flanges (10) with alternating inclination to the tube shaft defining an elliptic rotational surface.

Abstract: Device for splitting and cutting firewood, having a clamping device (3) adapted to be secured to an abutment plate (2) which is displaceable by hydraulic force. A log can be inserted through the clamping device between a guide plate (6) and two angled knives (5), and by activating a hydraulic cylinder (8) it will be forced between the two knives in the clamping device and a fixed vertical knife (1). A horizontal knife (4) may be arranged on the side of the vertical knife such that splitting and cutting are achieved simultaneously. The clamping device (3) is easily removed to use the device only as a splitter whereby the firewood is forced between the abutment plate (2) and the fixed knife (1), whereas the horizontal knives (4) simultaneously split more of the firewood.

Abstract: A broach specifically adapted for use in the final sizing of valve guides having a pilot, broaching surface and shank fabricated from a single piece of tool stock. The radius of the broaching surface, measured along a line perpendicular to both the longitudinal axis of the broach and a tangent to the broaching surface, is between 0.375 and 1.0 inches.

Abstract: A slitter mechanism for use in a double fold bottomer apparatus employed in making bags from starting flush cut tubes is described which gives precise, high speed side marginal tube slitting in order to permit subsequent downstream gluing and folding operations. In preferred forms, the slitter mechanism includes a bag-end separating assembly having a vacuum manifold and a cooperating adjacent deflector bar serving to separate end portions of the sidewalls of a moving tube. A sequentially rotatable blade is also provided which first enters the open end of the moving tube between separated wall portions, overtakes and slits the leading side margin of the tube, and then stops with a trailing slitting edge situated within the tube open end; subsequent bag movement causes the trailing tube side margin to engage and be slit by the stationary blade edge.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for producing thin ribbon of semiconductor material. A device is provided for feeding the material onto a moving chill block. A first electromagnetic field is generated to heat the material in the solid condition into a molten drop and then to shape the molten drop into a thin ribbon shape prior to the contact of the material with the chill block.

Abstract: A hand-operated precision profiling tool for use in fabricating double-reed mouthpieces for double-reed musical instruments employs a reed support that is rotatably mounted on a base adjacent a manually-operated cutting assembly. The reed support holds a section of reed stock and a profiling template in fixed alignment for rotation about a common axis. The cutting assembly, comprising a blade and a stylus on a movable carriage, shaves a selected portion of the reed stock with strokes of the carriage parallel to the common axis, the stylus tracing the contour of the template as the blade shaves the reed stock accordingly. A handwheel enables hand rotation of the reed support within predetermined limits to select the portion shaved, and the reed support may include separate oboe and english horn nests on opposite sides to enable use for either size reed.

Abstract: A forging method for producing a flanged shaft such as, for example, a crankshaft, provided at its intermediate portion with a flange with the flanged shaft being formed from a blank having a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of the shaft end portions but large enough to prevent buckling of the blank when the latter is compressed in the axial direction. The blank is placed within a closed die apparatus and is axially compressed by a punch so that it is possible to produce the flanged shaft at a high dimensional precision and at a high yield, while reducing the time and labor for finishing work conducted after the forging, without requiring any large-size press.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing lumber products which are machined on all sides. With this method, the curved trunk which is to be machined, and which increases approximately conically in thickness toward one of its ends, is first, prior to flattening its longitudinal sides and cutting off boards, aligned relative to a processing line of sawmill equipment in such a way that its longitudinal central plane, which is disposed in the direction of curvature of the trunk, extends approximately parallel to the machining surfaces of side cutting devices which flatten the longitudinal sides of the trunk. After that, a portion of the large trunk end which projects beyond an alignment plane is flattened. This flattening is effected in a plane which is tangential to the two trunk ends on a convexly curved surface portion thereof.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for manufacturing a burr-free thin metal band by jetting molten magnetic metal from a nozzle onto a rotating cooling roll or a running cooling belt to permit it to be solidified. During the manufacture of such burr-free metal band, the width of a metal band to be obtained is also varied by swinging the nozzle within a predetermined angle range with respect to the direction of the width of the rotating cooling roll or the running cooling belt, or by varying the nozzle's opening length with respect to the direction of the width of the cooling roll or the cooling belt. According to this method it is possible to obtain a thin metal band having a central section with a uniform width, and first and second sections having a gradually narrowing width.

Abstract: Shaped metal parts are produced on a continuous basis from a semisolid metal preform. A plurality of freestanding metal preforms are sequentially heated in an induction heating zone to the semisolid level and transferred without substantial deformation or heat loss to a press where they are shaped in a semisolid state into a shaped metal part.

Abstract: A workpiece support system for a power tool, preferably a multipurpose woodworking tool of the type having a frame, a main table mounted on the frame, and a power-driven tool member associated with the main table. The support system comprises a first pair of tubular rails attached to longitudinal sides of the main table, a pair of extension rods telescoping within the rails, an auxiliary table having a second pair of rails attached thereto which telescope over and are supported by the protruding portions of the rods. The support system includes capstan screws for releasably locking the extension rods to the pairs of rails. The system may include at least one secondary table mounted on the frame and having a third pair of rails telescoping over ends of the protruding portions and including similar locking means. Another embodiment includes a side frame for supporting long workpieces.

Abstract: An attachment for portable routers having a relatively long, rotary cutting tool for imparting decorative contours in relatively non-portable construction components such as staircase railings and the like. A massive block is mounted on a relatively thick base plate and the block, in turn, mounts a cantilevered bearing holder in spaced apart parallelism from the base plate. One end of the shaft of the cutting tool is rotatably mounted in the bearing and the other shaft end is coupled to the router chuck.

Abstract: The present invention is a work piece holding device for use with a work table having a power tool positioned adjacent a work station on the work table. The holding device comprises a pedestal, an elongated arm having first and second opposite ends, a universal hinge connecting the first end of the arm to the pedestal for pivotal movement about both a horizontal and a vertical axis, and a handle on the second end of the arm. A work piece holding device is rotatably mounted to the arm intermediate the opposite ends thereof, and is adapted to rotate about a vertical axis. A crank handle is connected to the work piece holding device for causing the rotation of the holding device about its vertical rotational axis with respect to the arm.

Abstract: The present invention is a strike template for use in combination with a hand-held router in order to guide the hand-held router in cutting an opening for a strike on a door jamb. The strike template includes a rectangular base having a substantially rectangular slot with an extended substantially rectangular tongue-cavity, a guide groove in its top surface and a replaceable guide plate disposed in the guide groove and securing mechanism which secures the rectangular base to the door jamb. The rectangular base also has a rectangular groove on its top surface with a pair of flat L-shaped members being disposed within the rectangular groove and being slidably and adjustably coupled thereto in order to vary the width of the opening for the strike.