Laterally Movable Patents (Class 142/13)
  • Machine for shaping curved molding
    Patent number: 6076574
    Abstract: A machine for shaping curved wooden molding includes an arbor mounted on a housing for receiving a cylindrical workpiece formed from four lengths of curved molding blanks, a drive for rotating the arbor, and a pivot arm carrying a blade at the top end thereof for movement towards and away from a workpiece mounted on the arbor, whereby, when the top end of the pivot arm is rotated towards the arbor, the blade engages the rapidly rotating workpiece to shape the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Inventor: Michael W. Fadyk
  • Method for manufacturing golf club heads or their prototypes
    Patent number: 5368422
    Abstract: A material of which a golf club head or a prototype thereof is made is held such that it is pivoted and indexed about a single axis of a holding installation. This material is cut in a predetermined outer surface configuration of a golf club head by means of a cutter means while the material is rotated about said axis, and is successively brought to a standstill at predetermined angles, or while the material is continuously rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Masatoshi Banji