Joining Wire Patents (Class 140/111)
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Patent number: 10589374Abstract: A welding auxiliary joining part in the shape of a stud having a head, a shank and a tip is disclosed. The welding auxiliary joining part is driven into a component made of a non- or poorly weldable material by means of a setting method. A welding head is created during driving-in due to mechanical deformation such that subsequently the component can be connected by welding via the welding auxiliary joining part to a further component made of a weldable material.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbHInventors: Torsten Draht, Sergej Hartwig-Biglau
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Patent number: 10413993Abstract: A method and system for joining relatively thick (i.e., at least 0.07 inch, or between 0.08 and 0.24 inch) sheets of non-weldable aluminum or other material using multiple passes of ultrasonic joining and multiple plugs to create a single larger sheet. Angles and profiles are machined onto edges of the sheets, the angles are overlapped to form a scarf joint, and ultrasonic joining is performed on both sides of the scarf joint, resulting in channels where the angles and profiles intersect. Plugs are extruded or otherwise created and positioned in the channels, and ultrasonic joining is used to join the plugs in the channels. Additional plugs are added until the last plugs are proud of the surface, and then the plugs are machined until the joint is flush with the surface. The plugs may be of the same or a different material as the sheets.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.Inventors: Heath Edward Misak, Paul R. Toivonen
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Patent number: 10253845Abstract: A method for connecting a wire cable to a cable shoe for a belt buckle mounting comprises the steps of: pre-bending a retaining portion of the cable shoe to form an eye; inserting the wire cable into the eye; extruding the retaining portion so that the outer periphery thereof is reduced. The extrusion of the retaining portion is carried out as impact extrusion, wherein a form closure is produced between the retaining portion and the wire cable. The impact extrusion is carried out by a tool including at least one edge-free first seat for the eye. An apparatus for connecting a wire cable to a cable shoe for a belt buckle mounting comprises a first tool half including a first seat for a retaining portion of the cable shoe pre-bent into an eye and an opposed second tool half including a second seat for the retaining portion. The two tool halves can be forced against each other with high pressure so that the material of the retaining portion starts to flow. At least the first seat is free from edges.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbHInventor: Martin Seitz
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Patent number: 9545501Abstract: The invention relates to a low profile lumen free balloon catheter and a system for advancing the lumen free balloon from a build wire to a wire guide. The low profile balloon lacks an internal wire guide cannula between the catheter shaft and the soft tip. A releasable engagement is provided to connect/disconnect the build wire to/from the wire guide. A soft tip seals around the wire guide following advancement of the balloon catheter over the wire guide.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventor: Elizabeth A. Eaton
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Patent number: 9379531Abstract: A device is provided for connecting two hybrid electrical transmission cables each having stranded first conductive wires made of a first metal in the central zone of the cable and second conductive wires that are made of a second metal of higher hardness than that of the first metal and wound on and outside this central zone, the second conductive wires of the cables being connected by an external conductive sleeve. The central first wires of the cables are connected by a weld made of the first metal and connecting their end, this weld and this end being covered by a tube of metal of hardness equal to or higher than that of the second wires, at least partially in line with the sleeve, the end of the second wires being re-formed on the first wires and on the tube under the external conductive sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: NEXANSInventors: Marc Laurent Boedec, Abdellatif Ait Amar
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Patent number: 9033004Abstract: A guide wire includes a wire body having a first wire disposed at a distal end and a second wire joined to a proximal end of the first wire at a joint by welding. The joint is curved. In the joint, at least one component (e.g., Ti) of the material of the first wire decreases toward the proximal end and at least one component (e.g., Fe) of the material of the second wire decreases toward the distal end. When a tensile test is conducted on a region of the wire body including the joint, the region of the wire body has, in a tensile load and elongation diagram, an elastic section extending substantially straight upwardly to the right, a yield section extending substantially horizontally or upwardly to the right from the elastic section, and a substantially straight section extending upwardly to the right from the yield section.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuro Mishima, Yutaka Itou, Hiraku Murayama, Hideo Satou
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Publication number: 20140068937Abstract: A method of fabricating a single-piece part for a turbine engine by diffusion bonding, the method including making a blank for the part around a mandrel, the blank including a plurality of coaxial and superposed annular layers of independent rings of metal wire that are stacked on one another around the mandrel, and subjecting the blank to hot isostatic pressing to obtain a single-piece part, and optionally machining the part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: SNECMAInventors: Thierry Godon, Bruno Jacques Gérard Dambrine
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Patent number: 8662113Abstract: A stranding of long winding material using a substantially cylindrical rotary body. The rotary body includes a first passage for guiding a first winding material through the cylindrical rotary body and a second passage for guiding a second winding material through the cylindrical rotary body. The first passage connects a first offset inlet on a first end side of the rotary body to a first offset outlet on a second end side of the rotary body, which opposes the first end side. The second passage connects a second input, arranged on a surface of the rotary body extending between the two end sides, to a second offset output on the second or first end side of the rotary body.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Niehoff GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Bertram Bell, Bernhard Enzensberger, Helmut Lämmermann
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Publication number: 20130299038Abstract: A method of forming a wire includes providing a first wire section comprising a first material and providing a second wire section comprising a second material different from the first material. A joining section is formed having a first end and a second end such that the first end of the joining section comprising a material that is compatible with the first material and such that the second end of the joining section comprising a material that is compatible with the second material. The first wire section is welded to the first end of the joining section and the second wire section is welded to the second end of the joining section. Forming the joining section includes forming the joining section via a process selected from a group comprising electrodeposition, three-dimensional printing, direct typing process, LIGA, lithography and stacking processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Heiko Specht, Andreas Reisinger, Goran Pavlovic, Jacob Markham, Kelly Stichter, Laurent Bataillard
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Publication number: 20130255823Abstract: An apparatus is provided which makes a border wire having a rectangular cross-section. The apparatus is adapted to receive a roll of wire having a circular cross-section, straighten the wire and change the cross-section of the wire to rectangular. The reconfigured wire is then accumulated, passed through another straightener, cut to size and then bent into a rectangular configuration. Opposed ends of the piece of wire having a rectangular cross-section are welded together to complete the border wire. The apparatus has an ejector which removes the completed border wire from the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: L&P Property Management CompanyInventors: Von W. Brottlund, Travis L. Brummett, Kelly M. Knewtson, Thomas J. Mitchell
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Publication number: 20130251461Abstract: A method for producing a safety net, to a safety net, and to the use of such a safety net for protection from avalanches, falling rock or timber, mudslides, earth flows, or for slope protection. In the inventive method, firstly at least a first net element and at least a second net element are individually produced, self-contained, from respectively at least one rope, and are arranged parallel to each other and at a distance apart in a longitudinal direction of the safety net to be formed. Then the two net elements are connected to each other with the aid of at least one connecting rope, wherein the connecting rope is guided between the first and the second net element such that a self-contained connecting net element is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: ISOFER AGInventor: Marcel FULDE
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Publication number: 20130139924Abstract: By a wire end joining method, conductors are integrally joined to each other by applying ultrasonic vibration in a predetermined direction to a conductor bundle obtained by bundling the conductors exposed from a plurality of wires. In a conductor bundle forming process, the conductor bundle is formed by bundling the conductors while interposing metallic foils or plates between the conductors adjacent in a predetermined direction which is an applying direction of the ultrasonic vibration. In an ultrasonic joining process, the conductors are integrally joined to each other by applying the ultrasonic vibration to the formed conductor bundle while pressing the formed conductor bundle in the predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Nabeta, Naoki Ito
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Publication number: 20130097916Abstract: There is provided a deterrent device 10 having an elongate body 11 formed from an extrudable insulating material. The device has at least one elongate knitted/braided metallic conductor 19 on an upward facing surface of the body 11, the material of the body penetrating into the lower margins of the or each conductor thereby securing the or each conductor to the body with the upward facing surface of the or each conductor being exposed. This construction enables the conductors to be co-extruded with the body thereby avoiding the need for further fastening devices and enables manufacture in a single operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventor: Grahame D.A. Turner
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Publication number: 20130098657Abstract: A composite cable that includes plural cables connectable to respective connection portions arranged on a substrate, and an outer coat that covers the cables, the composite cable including: a position fixation portion, in which the cables are fixed in positions so as to be parallel to one another in a longitudinal direction of the cables; and a twist portion, in which the cables extending from an end portion of the position fixation portion are twisted together, wherein in the position fixation portion, an arrangement pattern of the cables on a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cables is mirror symmetric to an arrangement pattern of the connection portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
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Patent number: 8424196Abstract: A sleeve inserting apparatus, which can securely insert a sleeve into the inside of a braid of a coaxial cable, is provided. The sleeve inserting apparatus 1, includes: a base 22; a cable holding part 23 holding an end part 2a of a coaxial cable 2, the cable holding part 23 being provided on the base 22; a braid spreading part 24 spreading a braid 3 exposed from the end part 2a; a sleeve receiving cylinder 27 receiving a sleeve 4 inside, an end part of the sleeve receiving cylinder 27 facing the end part 2a being formed tapered; a cylinder transferring part 26 making the sleeve receiving cylinder 27 and the end part of 2a the coaxial cable 2 approach each other; and a sleeve pushing part 28 pushing the sleeve 4 situated in the sleeve receiving cylinder 27 to the inside of the braid 3.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Takafumi Mori
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Patent number: 8313500Abstract: A surgical instrument including an elongate member having opposite ends, and a clevis attached to one end of the opposite ends. The clevis has a pair of spaced arms. The instrument includes a pin extending between the spaced arms of the clevis, and an end effector having a pivot hole receiving the pin extending between the spaced arms of the clevis for pivotal movement relative to the clevis and a control arm for pivoting the end effector about the pin. The instrument also includes an actuator wire having a helical portion connected to the control arm of the end effector.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Inventors: Patrick A. Weizman, Anil K. Nalagatla
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Publication number: 20120152401Abstract: Apparatus and methods for use in the manufacture of a spring unit for incorporation into an upholstered article, for example, a mattress, cushion or the like. Coil formation apparatus includes a drive shaft to control movement of a coil pitch guide member and a link member comprising a connecting rod adjustably connected to a radius arm of the drive shaft. A coil interlinking process comprises compressing a first coil to define a clearance, extending a second coil passed the first coil via the clearance, allowing the first coil to extend across the clearance, and contracting the second coil to engage the first coil thereby interlinking the first and second coils. Spring unit manufacturing apparatus comprises a plurality of jaw pairs each comprising a first fixed jaw and a pivotal second jaw, the pivotal second jaw being pivoted by a cam and linkage assembly operated by a rotary drive shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Howard Martin Dixon, Paul Rodgers
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Patent number: 8137292Abstract: Alternative designs, materials and manufacturing methods for medical devices. Some embodiments disclosed deal with attachment of an elongated structure, such as a wire or ribbon, or a tubular member, such as a coil, to an elongated member in an elongated device. For example, an elongated core member having defining an outer surface, and an elongated structure including a first portion and a second expanded portion along the length thereof can be provided. An attachment member, such as a centering ring, or the like, is disposed about a portion of the elongated core member and a part of the first portion of the elongated structure. The attachment member defines a lumen and having an inner surface. Part of the first portion of the elongated structure is disposed between the inner surface of the attachment member and the outer surface of the elongated core member.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2007Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Inventors: Peter Skujins, Brian R. Reynolds
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Publication number: 20110220555Abstract: A method of making a screen with an apparatus, the screen including a plurality of wires arranged in a patterned configuration, the apparatus including an extruder and a mold, the method including (a) longitudinally aligning the plurality of wires in the apparatus in a first direction only and arranging the wires in the patterned configuration, (b) applying a first bead of molten material on the wires via the extruder, and (c) directly molding the first bead of molten material into a support member for the screen by closing the mold about the bead, wherein the support member at least partially encases at least one of the wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: Buffalo Wire Works Company, Inc.Inventor: Erich Steadman
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Publication number: 20110146833Abstract: An operation method of a reinforcing bar binding machine includes an initializing operation. During the initializing operation, a cutter of a wire cutting mechanism shuts off a wire passageway, a wire is fed by a wire feed mechanism while the wire passageway remains shut off, and the wire feed mechanism is stopped when a leading end of the wire butts against the cutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Ichiro Kusakari, Takahiro Nagaoka, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Akira Kasahara
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Publication number: 20110000577Abstract: Apparatus and methods for filament crimping. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a body and a filament crimp element. The filament crimp element comprises a first set of cavities disposed at a spacing which creates a first set of features and a second set of cavities disposed at a spacing which creates a second set of features. The first and second set cavities are substantially opposite one another. The first set of features are adapted to be placed at least partially within the second set of cavities and the second set of features are adapted to be placed at least partially within the first set of cavities. Methods and apparatus for the manufacture of the device are also disclosed. In addition, methods for automated placement and manufacture of assemblies using the crimp elements are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: January 6, 2011Inventors: Robert Bogursky, Leonid Foshansky, Craig Kennedy, Darrel Wood, II, Mark Saunders
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Patent number: 7731669Abstract: A composite guidewire comprising a proximal wire segment having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween, the distal end being formed with a first flat planar bonding face which extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, the proximal wire segment having a first elasticity; a distal wire segment having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween, the proximal end being formed with a second flat planar bonding face which extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, the distal wire segment having a second elasticity; wherein the first and second flat planar bonding faces of the proximal wire segment are formed complementary to one another; and further wherein the proximal and distal wire segments are joined together by bonding the first flat planar bonding face to the second flat planar bonding face in an overlapping manner and a method for forming a composite guidewire.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Concert Medical, LLCInventors: Eric D. Mathews, Andrew M. Whitehead, John R. Panicci
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Publication number: 20100093448Abstract: A cable includes a first layer of wire helically wound to define a lumen having a lumen diameter. A second layer of wire is helically wound over the first layer. A first end segment of the second layer is configured with a plurality of strands that are fused together. A second end segment of the second layer is configured with a plurality of strands that are fused together.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: HERAEUSInventor: Jacob E. Markham
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Publication number: 20090283167Abstract: A wire reel is detachably provided in a housing chamber of a binding machine body which binds a reinforcing bar. The wire reel includes a cylindrical hub portion which winds a wire, and a pair of parallel flanges overhanging outward from both external peripheral ends of the hub portions. A side wall inside the hub portion is formed of light-transmitting portions which allow the light from a transmissive photosensor provided in the binding machine body to be transmitted therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasushi Nakagawa, Kouji Katou, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Yu Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20090205741Abstract: A connection method for connecting metal linear objects facing each other includes disposing a pair of rotators with a space interposed therebetween. Each rotator including a pair of holding portions that are provided with a space interposed therebetween and that are able to hold the metal linear objects. The connection method also includes holding the vicinities of end portions of the metal linear objects at the holding portions of the rotators to hang the metal linear objects therebetween so that the vicinities of the end portions of the metal linear objects are overlapped with each other in an axis direction and rotating the rotators relatively in the opposite directions around between the pair of holding portions as a rotation center. As a result, the metal linear objects are twisted with each other between the rotators to perform connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicants: SUMITOMO (SEI) STEEL WIRE CORP., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOCHIGI CO., LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Wakahara, Masayoshi Nishida, Kenichi Okamoto, Yuichi Sano
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Publication number: 20080148680Abstract: Furred woven wire fabric lathing is provided which incorporates a plurality of wires twisted together forming a wire mesh with a major portion of the wire in a plane with a portion of the mesh comprising furr portions extending out of the plane of the mesh and configured for embedment in plaster upon application of plaster to the wire mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Howard W. Jaenson, Robert E. Actis, Bradley P. Actis
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Patent number: 7204461Abstract: A wire cloth includes metallic warp wires and metallic weft wires interwoven with one another, wherein the weft wires have each a diameter which is equal or smaller than a clear distance between two neighboring warp wires, and wherein the weft wires are constricted in crossing regions with the warp wires.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2003Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Haver & BoeckerInventors: Detlef John, Stefan Butenkemper
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Publication number: 20040128776Abstract: A tensioning element (1), especially for the suspension of building components, is provided with a number of wires (3) arranged approximately in parallel forming a wire cable (2). These wires (3) are anchored at each end in an end piece (6) absorbing the tensile forces exerted on the wire cable. The end piece (6) is at least partly provided with a plastic deformable sheath (6b) which serves to house one end of a wire cable, where this sheath (6b) is compressible with the end of the wire cable. This enables rapid anchoring of the wire cable in the end piece and this guarantees a high breaking load.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Inventor: Bernhard Eicher
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Patent number: 6425180Abstract: A high density connector element and its associated method of manufacture. The high density connector element contains a plurality of conductive wires that are arranged in parallel on the top surface of a flexible substrate. To manufacture the high density connector element, the flexible substrate is coated with an adhesive and wrapped around a cylindrical drum with the adhesive facing outwardly. Conductive wire is then wound around the cylindrical drum in a helical pattern. The conductive wire is densely wrapped around the flexible substrate on the cylindrical drum and is bound by the adhesive, thereby creating the high density connector element. After the winding is complete and the adhesive cured, at least one strip is cut from the high density connector element. The high density connector element has a flexible substrate and multiple conductive wires laid in parallel across the top surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2001Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Inventors: Donald W. Schuenemann, George F. Glatts, III, Bruce C. Cobb, Robert J. Hickey
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Patent number: 6310302Abstract: A wire is arranged on a base and pushed to the base with tips. Then, the tips are welded to the base while pushing the tips to the base, thereby to fix the wire to the base and conduct a wiring of the wire on the base in order. Firstly, these wire arranging process and tip welding process are applied to a wiring starting point of the wire, and then the next wire arranging process and tip welding process are applied to the next fixing point of the wire in order.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1999Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Toshiyuki Mori
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Patent number: 4827941Abstract: An extendable guidewire system for introducing a dilatation catheter into the cardiovascular system. The guidewire has guidewire and extension sections with a connection therebetween which permits the two sections to be joined together and separated simply by pushing the two sections together and pulling them apart. One of the sections can be used for positioning the catheter within the cardiovascular system, and the other section can be employed to extend the wire to change catheters.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1987Date of Patent: May 9, 1989Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Charles S. Taylor, Robert M. Abrams, Kirsten L. Messner, Beverly Huss, Craig E. Mar, Jeffrey L. Kraus, Linda T. Guthrie
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Patent number: 4789010Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for producing reinforcements, intended for construction purposes, of reinforced concrete plates for prefabricated ceilings, without manual aid. The apparatus comprises a straightening and cutting device 1 for the transverse rods 22 of the reinforcement having a transverse rod outlet path 4, a displacement apparatus 46 and a transverse rod magazine 7; a straightening, cutting and bending device 2 for the longitudinal rods 23 having a longitudinal rod outlet path 5; and a combination device 3 for producing the lattice girders 24, having a lattice girder outlet path 6 and a lattice girder magazine 8. With the aid of the transverse rod magazine 7 and two insertion robots 9 and 10 that are displaceable on rails 67, the reinforcement can be inserted and positioned under electronic control into the form 18 that is arranged on a pallet 15 and is moved through the apparatus on a travel path 13.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1987Date of Patent: December 6, 1988Assignees: Manfred Losch, Wolfgang ReymannInventors: Wolfgang Reymann, Wilhelm Orth
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Patent number: 4545195Abstract: An apparatus for peeling and twisting an electric wire having an insulating coating comprises a machine frame, a shaft rotatably mounted on said frame and being adapted to be driven by a motor, a machine body movably mounted on the shaft and an elastic member for urging the machine body to an end position on the shaft. The shaft includes wire clamping cam, insulating coating cutting cam, twisting cam and cut insulating coating disengaging cam. A wire clamping means is mounted on the frame and is following the clamping cam. The machine body includes an insulating coating cutting means which follows the insulating coating cutting cam for cutting the insulating coating of the wire, a conductor twisting means which follows the twisting cam for twisting the conductors of the wire and a cut insulating coating disengaging means which follows the disengaging cam for disengaging the insulating coating which has been cut.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1983Date of Patent: October 8, 1985Inventor: Yung H. Liu
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Patent number: 4535824Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing wire link bands, for example for use in paper making machines, are disclosed. Several wire links or helices are arranged parallel to each other, adjacent helices having opposite pitch. The helices are simultaneously fed through a closure slot while under tension. The closure slot is so shaped as to cause each turn of each helix to be engaged between two adjacent turns of an adjacent helix, thereby to form a wire link band. The closure slot may be held stationery while the wire links are pulled therethrough, or the wire links may be held stationary under tension while the closure slot is moved along their length. A plurality of closure slots may be used to form several wire link bands in parallel, and at least one additional closure slot may then be used to combine the wire link bands into a larger wire link band or sieve. Connecting rods may also be inserted into the wire link bands and may be heat fixed before insertion.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1983Date of Patent: August 20, 1985Assignee: Hella KerberInventors: Heinz Kerber, Hella Kerber
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Patent number: 4440199Abstract: A method for the manufacture of stopper wirings which consists:in shaping wires to a profile including in a first plane a central portion in the form of an arc of circle and two straight branches,in disposing the shaped wires to form a complete ring, the straight branches extending outwardly from the ring,in twisting each branch along a first portion of its length starting from the ring,in twisting locally the remaining portion of each branch in a zone intermediate between the twisted portion and the outer end,and in rolling the end of the remaining portion of each branch in the shape of a loop to form one leg of the wiring.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1981Date of Patent: April 3, 1984Assignee: Etablissements F. ValentinInventor: Bernard Montoriol
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Patent number: 4270583Abstract: The specification discloses a method and related apparatus and cage assembly for spacing inner and outer concrete pipe reinforcing welded wire cages from one another through the use of a unique spacer bar. The spacer bar includes a plurality of links, each having a hook-shaped deviation therein, joined by a tie rod. The links are inserted through one of two cages until the tie rod abuts the cage and the hook deviations are then hooked over a longitudinal or circumferential wire or both in the other cage. Each link also includes at least one form spacer projection projecting from one end thereof in order to space the entire inner and outer cage assembly from the inner and/or outer wall of a pipe form.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1979Date of Patent: June 2, 1981Inventor: Wilbur E. Tolliver
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Patent number: 4083090Abstract: A seam of two ends of a rigid screen of interwoven longitudinal and transverse wires is made by butting and fusing together longitudinal wire ends at each end of the screen at the crossovers of the longitudinal wire ends with an adjacent pair of transverse wires forming the seam in one surface of the screen, whereby the seam is not visible from the opposite surface of the screen.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1976Date of Patent: April 11, 1978Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Theodore Duvekot
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Patent number: 4019543Abstract: A method of fixing the end portion of a line such as for example, a wire or the like, to a reel by plastically bending the end portion of the line into the form of a U-shaped recession extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the line, wire or the like and depositing the deformed end portion into a slot provided within the reel.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1975Date of Patent: April 26, 1977Assignee: Kobe Steel Ltd.Inventors: Kichiro Sasaki, Kazuo Takeuchi, Shiro Kazitani, Kazuo Shimizu, Yoshiteru Yoshida
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Patent number: RE34466Abstract: An extendable guidewire system for introducing a dilatation catheter into the cardiovascular system. The guidewire has guidewire and extension sections with a connection therebetween which permits the two sections to be joined together and separated simply by pushing the two sections together and pulling them apart. One of the sections can be used for positioning the catheter within the cardiovascular system, and the other section can be employed to extend the wire to change catheters.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1992Date of Patent: December 7, 1993Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Charles S. Taylor, Robert M. Abrams, Kirsten L. Messner, Beverly Huss, Craig E. Mar, Jeffrey L. Kraus, Linda T. Guthrie