Shear-type Patents (Class 72/326)
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Patent number: 11013175Abstract: A grain harvesting vehicle is configured to harvest a grain. A chaffer is configured to separate grain from material other than grain (MOG). A grate is positioned rearward of the chaffer. The grate includes a grate panel having an upper surface and a lower surface and an aperture in the grate panel extending between the upper surface and the lower surface. The aperture has a first end nearer the chaffer and a second end opposite the first end. The grate further includes a ramp portion extending above the grate panel from adjacent the first end of the aperture toward the second end of the aperture. A grain sensor has a sensing location positioned at a height below the grate.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Nathan R. Vandike, Adam J. Donohoe, Michael T. Meschke, Jody I. Eyestone, Jeremiah K. Johnson, Jeffrey R. Walter, Matthew T. Wold, Brian Gorge
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Patent number: 10945512Abstract: A rotating cosmetic case including an outer metal jacket (1) fitted and mechanically retained to a sheath of synthetic material, at the same time by at least one rotational lock and at least one tensile lock. A rotational lock may include a cut-out (5) opening outwards at the lower end of the cylindrical wall of the metal jacket (1), this cut-out (5) being mounted in conjunction with a molded projection in the sheath, while the tensile lock may include at least one aperture (7) in the lower part of the cylindrical wall of the metal sheath (1) defining, with the lower end of the sheath (1), a wall portion (8) directed inwards with respect to a housing located in the sheath.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventors: Frederic Vacheron, Michel Domy
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Patent number: 10532486Abstract: Disposable cutting blades and method for producing disposable cutting blades with profiled cross sections for a device for chipping wood. The method includes heating a primary material of a hardenable material in a soft-annealed state having a worked surface to a temperature above room temperature, but below a conversion temperature Ac1, rolling the primary material to form a profile blank with at least one precisely gaged guide path in a base body in cross section and with an increased thickness of at least one edge region, a metal-removing working of at least one edge region in a longitudinal direction of the profile blank to form a cutting edge and to form scratching edges in a spaced manner directed perpendicularly to the cutting edge, and continuously hardening the edge regions of the cutting blade.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BOEHLER PROFIL GMBHInventors: Helmut Ponemayr, Helmut Maisser
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Patent number: 10434734Abstract: A composite lining element for a tire mold comprises first and second bodies 12, 14 which are able to mold, at least in part, the one same tread pattern in a tread of the tire and each delimiting an exterior molding surface 12b, 14b and an opposite interior surface 12a, 14a. The composite lining element further comprises at least a means 16 of assembling the first and second bodies. The interior surfaces 12a, 14 of the bodies are kept by the means of assembling at least locally in a separated position that creates an interior space 22.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventor: Stéphane Chaland
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Patent number: 10357930Abstract: A tire vulcanization mold has a mold main body, and blades having, at proximal end sides thereof, embedded portions that are fixed to the mold main body in embedded states, and, at distal end sides thereof, projecting portions that project-out from the mold main body's inner surface, wherein at least one introducing path extends from a projecting portion side surface toward a blade inner portion is formed at each blade, and, a connecting path, shaped as a closed space and connects the introducing path and a proximal end opening, is formed at each blade's interior, a discharge path, whose one end opening communicates with proximal end opening and whose other end opening communicates with external space, is formed in the mold main body, and, a maximum flow path sectional area at the connecting path less than or equal to an opening surface area of discharge path's one end opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuyuki Ishihara
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Patent number: 9770753Abstract: A surface roughening apparatus includes a first mold and a second mold. The first mold has a plurality of first protrusions. The first mold presses a metallic material to form recesses corresponding to respective shapes of the first protrusions in a surface of the metallic material. The second mold has a plurality of second protrusions. After the first mold presses the metallic material, the second mold presses the metallic material, thereby deforming each recess into an undercut shape. A height of each first protrusion is greater than a height of each second protrusion. A tip angle of each first protrusion is smaller than a tip angle of each second protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akinori Tomioka, Hirofumi Inoshita
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Patent number: 9581933Abstract: A regulating member for regulating a developer amount carried on a developer carrying member includes a plate-like supporting member having an elasticity, the supporting member being provided with a fixed portion for being fixed to a fixed part; a first contact portion contactable to the developer carrying member, the first contact portion protruding from the regulating member from a side of the supporting member; and a second contact portion contactable to and the developer carrying member, the second contact portion being at a position closer to the fixed portion than the first contact portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Kase, Hideaki Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9470025Abstract: A snap assembly may include a cantilever snap and a retention body. The cantilever snap may include an orifice in a surface of a first component. The orifice may be defined between sidewalls. The cantilever snap may further comprise a cantilevered-slant protrusion extending between the sidewalls and out of the orifice at an angle relative to the surface. The retention body may be attached to a second component and configured to be inserted into the orifice from a side of the first component that is opposite of a side of the first component away from which the cantilevered-slant protrusion extends to secure the retention body to the cantilever snap. The retention body may include a retaining extension comprising a holding assembly. The holding assembly may comprise a plurality of teeth that are arrayed to form a series of step-like protrusions that step away from a contact face of the retention body.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: HUSQVARNA ABInventors: Eric Canonge, John Southwell
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Patent number: 9375882Abstract: In a method for forming a structural component of an aircraft or spacecraft a preform comprising at least one band is formed by means of braiding around a core. A severing cut is introduced at least in portions into the at least one band of the preform to form two band portions of the at least one band. The two formed band portions of the at least one band are then deformed into a predetermined shape by means of a deformation tool which can be guided along the severing cut. A deformation device is used to carry out the method. A structural component is produced by means of the method and/or the deformation device.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventor: Marek Beresinski
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Patent number: 9377249Abstract: A fin stock material from an 3xxx-series aluminum alloy and including at least 0.5% to 2.0% Mn, and furthermore a purposive addition of one or more wetting elements selected from the group of: Bi 0.03% to 0.5%, Pb 0.03% to 0.5%, Sb 0.03% to 0.5%, Li 0.03% to 0.5%, Se 0.03% to 0.5%, Y 0.03% to 0.05%, Th 0.03% to 0.05%, and the sum of these elements being 0.5% or less, with the remainder including aluminum and tolerable impurities. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a heat exchanger assembly incorporating such a fin stock material.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: ALERIS ROLLED PRODUCTS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Adrianus Jacobus Wittebrood, Steven Kirkham, Achim Burger, Klaus Vieregge
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Patent number: 9027379Abstract: A method and a device for the production of a stamping with an enlarged functional surface, for example, fine blanking a workpiece out of a flat strip, wherein the flat strip is clamped between an upper part including a shearing punch, a pressure pad for the shearing punch, a V-shaped projection arranged on the pressure pad and an ejector which is pressed into the flat strip, and a lower part including a cutting die and an ejector. Edge rollover is avoided by preforming, before cutting begins, a negative with regard to the cutting direction with a preforming element in the direction opposite to the cutting direction that corresponds to the expected edge rollover into the cutting die with regard to size and geometry at cutting, generating a material volume at the side of the rollover in a mirror-inverted form. During cutting, the preformed area is supported by the preforming element.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Feintool Intellectual Property AGInventors: Andreas Marti, Ulrich Schlatter
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Publication number: 20150118531Abstract: A method for cold-forging a thin-walled portion by which a thin-walled portion having a set thickness is formed directly from a metal base plate having a sufficiently large thickness and an explosion-proof valve are provided. Blade side surfaces of upper and lower dies for shearing the metal base plate are set in an overlapping manner with a predetermined clearance ? therebetween. Sheared surfaces are formed with the blade side surfaces of the upper and lower dies in the metal base plate along a processing direction while leaving the set thickness t2 therebetween and the metal base plate is compressed by the overlapped portions until work-hardened to form the thin-walled portion with the horizontal width ? and the set thickness t2 between the sheared surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Haruhiko Kondo, Ryo Sasaki
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Patent number: 8978431Abstract: A punch including a shearing edge formed on an outer periphery of the punch, a cutting edge formed on the distal end of the punch and at least two ramp surfaces provided between the shearing and cutting edges. Each of the ramp surfaces extend at an angle from the distal end to a recessed portion of the shearing edge. The shearing edge, cutting edge and ramp surfaces cooperate to partially form a hole in a part and retain a slug in the hole. A method of forming a hole and a slug control system for a hydro-piercing operation is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stephen Kernosky, Kiran Kumar Mallela
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Patent number: 8800340Abstract: A method of making micro-holes on a metal plate includes: (A) feeding a metal plate on a workbench forward to extend beyond a shearing edge; (B) locating a punching head at a first position, and keeping a working space between the punching head and the workbench; (C) exerting a shearing force towards the workbench by the punching head; (D) bending the metal plate by the shearing force, and forming a plurality of spot-shaped cavities arranged in a row on a second surface; (E) bearing a shearing force on the first surface of the metal plate to form a linear groove; (F) deforming the metal plate by the shearing force to cause the spot-shaped cavities arranged in a row to communicate with the linear groove to form micro-holes; (G) the punching head returning to the first position and moving a working distance to a second position; (H) feeding the metal plate again; (I) the punching head repeating the above steps at the second position; (J) the punching head returning to the second position and then moving back toType: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: CKM Building Material Corp.Inventor: Shih-Ming Lu
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Patent number: 8683841Abstract: Apparatus and method for cutting HVAC round duct and spiral duct and all attendant-attaching structures comprising a computer controlled machine able to cut round and spiral HVAC ducts and also the ability to send attendant-attaching structures that are then cut on a flat X and Y cutting machine.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Walsh Atkinson Co., Inc.Inventor: Matthew J. Walsh
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Patent number: 8613213Abstract: A method of cutting scrap trimmed from a workpiece as well as the stamping die and scrap cutter assembly include a die having a cutting edge. An insert is coupled to the die and is moveable between first and second positions. The insert includes a cutting edge aligned with the die cutting edge when in the first position. A scrap cutter includes a cutting edge aligned with another edge of the insert. A biasing member maintains the insert at the first position during a trimming operation when the cutting edges of the insert and the die trim the scrap from the workpiece. The insert is driven toward the second position when the cutting edge of the scrap cutter cuts the scrap.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Magna International Inc.Inventor: Sunil J. S. Thaddaeus
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Publication number: 20130227999Abstract: Provided is a workpiece punch-molding method and a workpiece punch-molding device capable of maintaining the thickness of a workpiece at a constant precision. Prior to the punch of a workpiece by a mold punch and a counter punch, the data denoting a relationship between a punch speed of the mold punch and a delay time of the depressurization of the counter punch is obtained. The counter punch is subjected to the depressurization at an early timing based on the obtained data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinsuke Onishi, Masaaki Fujita, Shintaro Nakamura, Naoya Nemoto, Naruhiko Okubo
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Patent number: 8511128Abstract: A plate-type workpiece part ejector tool includes an upper tool portion and a lower tool portion. The upper tool portion includes a tool body, and a plurality of cutting tools that carried by the tool body. Each of the cutting tools includes a guide body having a punch. The lower tool portion has a single ejection opening. The ejection opening has at least one counter-cutting edge. The cutting tools are accommodated in the tool body so as to be movable relative to the lower tool portion, such that each of the cutting tools is optionally alignable with the counter cutting-edge.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Andreas Boepple
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Patent number: 8328072Abstract: A method for forming a wave form for a stent. The wave form includes a plurality of substantially straight portions and a plurality of curved portions. Each curved portion connects adjacent substantially straight portions. The method includes feeding a formable material between a first die and a second die, the first die having a protruding surface in the shape of the wave form, and the second die having a recessed surface in the shape of the wave form complementing the protruding surface of the first die, pressing the formable material with the protruding surface of the first die into contact with the recessed surface of the second die, and shearing the wave form from the formable material with shearing forces created by the pressing.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Medtronic Vascular, Inc.Inventors: Justin Goshgarian, Erik Griswold
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Publication number: 20120192470Abstract: A channel sign assembly is provided having a rear surface for mounting against a raceway, wall, or a structure for supporting the signage, and sheet metal sides which define the figuration of the sign assembly or shape to be depicted. A lighting element is positioned against the rear surface of the enclosure, and a lens is retained to the open front of the enclosure. The lens is retained by a screw-less retainer cap secured to the sign assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventor: Clyde H. Boyer
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Publication number: 20110036137Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing steel bars that are cut to length in response to a customer order. The method includes producing a continuous length of steel bar from a rolling mill, cutting the continuous length of steel bar into successive segments, each representing a multiple of the length of the bar of the customer order, cutting the segments in in-line cold shears first into two times the length of the bar of the customer order and then in half into lengths equal to the length of the bar of the customer order while maintaining the production of the continuous length of steel bar produced by the rolling mill, and bundling the bars of the length of the customer order for discharge from the mill.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventor: David Teng PONG
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Patent number: 7788804Abstract: A linear compressor and a method of producing the linear compressor which do not generate eddy currents in an inside stator of a linear motor thereof, thus preventing an eddy current loss, caused by an electrical contact between a plurality of thin metal sheets of the inside stator. The linear compressor includes a cylinder having a piston therein, a magnet arranged around the cylinder to actuate the piston, and the inside stator arranged around the cylinder to be placed inside the magnet. The inside stator has the thin metal sheets arranged in a cylindrical arrangement, and a holder which is made of a nonconductive resin material and to which the thin metal sheets are insert-molded to be held in positions thereof in the cylindrical arrangement. Due to the nonconductive holder, the thin metal sheets are prevented from being in electrical contact with each other, and the linear compressor does not generate any eddy currents in the inside stator, and prevents an eddy current loss.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Gyeong Don Kim
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Publication number: 20100139355Abstract: A trimming press working apparatus 1 includes a trimming means 6 for cutting a plate material 2 along a trimming line 5 which divides a product portion 3 from a non-product portion 4 in the plate material 2; a scrap cutting means 9 for cutting the non-product portion 4 along scrap severing lines 7 each intersecting the trimming line 5 to make the non-product portion 4 into a plurality of scrap pieces 8; and a pad 10 for pressurizing and restraining the product portion 3 of the plate material 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Teruo Aramizu, Tadashi Sasahara, Hideki Kiriaki
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Publication number: 20100122563Abstract: A substantially two-dimensional sheet material is configured for bending along a bend line to form a three-dimensional article. The sheet material includes a sheet of elastically and plastically deformable material, one portion of the sheet material located on one side of the bend line and another portion located on the opposing side of the bend line, one portion being displaced relative to the another portion in the direction of the thickness of the sheet material, and/or a plurality of shear lengths extending along the bend line separating the one and another portions of the sheet material. At least a pair of adjacent shear lengths define a strap interconnecting the one and another portions of the sheet material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2009Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicant: Industrial Origami, Inc.Inventor: Max W. DURNEY
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Publication number: 20100095726Abstract: A method for processing a plate workpiece supported on a workpiece support. The method includes moving a tool die and a tool punch along a stroke axis and toward a processing position above a support plane of the workpiece support. The processing position corresponds to a region of the plate workpiece having a formed shape, which extends upwardly from the support plane of the workpiece support.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: TRUMPF WERKZEUGMASCHINEN GMBH + CO. KGInventor: Stefan Buettner
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Publication number: 20100043516Abstract: A process for producing a structure in a smooth sheet-metal strip includes multiple process steps. In a first step, a first section of a smooth sheet-metal strip is fed to a first tool and a second section of the sheet-metal strip is fed to a second tool in a direction of advance. Then the sheet-metal strip is stopped. A sheet-metal machining of the first section of the sheet-metal strip is carried out using the first tool. A sheet-metal machining of the second section of the sheet-metal strip is carried out using the second tool, with the first feeding step being carried out simultaneously. An apparatus is provided for producing a sheet-metal strip of such a complex structure, which produces the structure with a very high degree of accuracy even when the materials properties differ.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: EMITEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR EMISSIONSTECHNOLOGIE MBHInventors: Rolf Brück, Ludwig Wieres, Jan Hodgson, Gottfried W. Hasemann
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Patent number: 7533793Abstract: A solder preform for use to attach an electronic component to a substrate. The preform is for placement by a pick-and-place machine using a vacuum nozzle which picks the preform from a preform holder. Each of the sides of the preform configured to function as a vacuum side pick up surface has an enlarged planar surface area. Methods for forming such solder preforms are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Fry's Metals, Inc.Inventors: Paul Godijn, Wim Veldhuizen, Patrick Lusse, Mitchell T. Holtzer, Rob van Ekeren, Martin de Haan
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Punch, apparatus and method for forming opposing holes in a hollow part, and a part formed therefrom
Patent number: 7484397Abstract: A punch, apparatus and method for forming opposing holes in a hollow part, and a part formed therefrom. The punch includes an end portion adapted to pierce an entry hole and bend material around the entry hole to form a retained slug along an inner edge of the entry hole. The punch also includes an enlarging portion adapted to enter the entry hole after the end portion to enlarge the entry hole by bending the slug and additional material towards the interior of the part. The punch has a length greater than a cross-section of the part such that further advancement of the punch through the part punches an exit hole in the part opposite the entry hole.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2006Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Vari-Form, Inc.Inventors: Jose U. Coelho, David J. Dunn, Martin L. Bliss -
Publication number: 20080276682Abstract: An apparatus for forming bend controlling displacements in sheet materials includes one or more punch blades, a punch blade block having one or more recesses dimensioned and configured to receive the punch blades, a die block having one or more recesses corresponding in number to the number of punch blades, and a die block unit having a receptacle configured to receive the die block, one of the punch blade block and the die block unit being configured to reciprocate with respect to the other. The punch blades and the die block may include hardened steel and the punch blade block and the die block may include non-hardened steel. A method of using the sheet material with bend controlling displacements and method for forming the same is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: Industrial Origami, Inc.Inventor: Max W. Durney
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Patent number: 7370505Abstract: A method of forming blind holes in a sheet material is provided. The method includes punching the sheet material to define a hollow projection through the material and shearing a layer of material from the sheet material to form a sealed end over an opening of the hollow projection to form the blind hole. Further processing of the sheet material may be required depending on the desired diameter of the blind hole. Such further processing includes enlarging the hollow projection to a desired diameter of the blind hole and shearing the layer of material with several tapered pins with progressively decreasing diameters. As the scaled end formed is likely to have an uneven surface, the sealed end may be flattened to render a more refined appearance.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Metalform Asia PTE Ltd.Inventors: Song Cheh Ser, Weng How Leong
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Patent number: 7353584Abstract: A tool that can be used to join adjacent deck sections along their side edges. The tool can include a handle portion that is used by the operator to maneuver the tool and a cutting and folding assembly that is at the base of the tool. The cutting and folding assembly can further include a driven punch that operates with a stationary die to simultaneously cut and shear the horizontal elements of a side lap, then folds those elements downward about 90 degrees from their original horizontal position, hemming the two individual side laps into a flattened vertical seam.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Consolidated Systems, Inc.Inventors: Michael DeFreese, Allan A. Abbata
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Patent number: 7137284Abstract: A compact chain cutting apparatus for automatically shearing and opening a chain link of a selected thickness in one operation is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a first shearing member, a second shearing member, and an electro-hydraulic actuator system. The first shearing member is mounted to the housing. The second shearing member is pivotally mounted to the housing for movement to exert, in cooperation with the first shearing member, shearing and bending forces upon the chain link. The electro-hydraulic actuator system cooperates with the second shearing member to move automatically the second shearing member to shear and to bend the chain link, thereby defining an opening in the chain link greater than the thickness of the link.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2005Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Vindee Industries, Inc.Inventors: Robert E. McCarthy, John L. Verre, Douglas A. Bakker
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Patent number: 7069758Abstract: A portable metal stud punching system has an alignment frame with an infeed alignment port in a first side and an outfeed alignment port in an opposite side. There is a punch and die positioned within the alignment frame. A length of metal stud is inserted through the infeed alignment port with one vertical side of the metal stud disposed between the punch and the die. A first hydraulic unit is attached to the punch and moves a first direction thereby inserting the punch into the die and punching a tab out of the vertical side of the metal stud. A second hydraulic unit moves the punch assembly in a direction perpendicular to the first direction of the first hydraulic unit. After the tab has been punched, the second hydraulic unit advances the metal stud by sliding the punch assembly a distance equal to the desired space between tabs. The punch is retracted by the first hydraulic unit and the punch assembly is returned to its original position by the second hydraulic unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2004Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Inventors: Joseph Kariakin, Aaron David Roth, Robert Brooks Taylor
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Patent number: 7032429Abstract: A pipe shut off tool is provided which may comprise a jaw that may be engaged to a defective pipe and a pump operative to translate the jaw between a crimping position and a release position. The jaw and pump may be connected to each other via an elongate flexible hose such that the jaw may inserted into a compact space and engage the pipe located therein and the pump may be placed outside of the compact space near the operator such that the tool operator may translate the jaw to the crimping position from outside the compact space.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Inventor: Lawrence S. McDougle
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Patent number: 7021110Abstract: A device is disclosed for preparing a U-shaped spacer having a longitudinal axis, wherein the spacer has first and second opposing sides extending from a spacer bottom, and wherein the spacer is to be used as a spacer between glass sheets on insulating frames. A method for producing such spacer features is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventor: Barent A. Rosskamp
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Patent number: 7013694Abstract: A metal bending apparatus which has a base member and a cross member connected together by two posts extending therebetween. A spring and sleeve are slidably positioned on each post, and a wedge is secured between the sleeves, the wedge includes a pointed end directed toward the base member. A stop is secured on the base member substantially directly under the pointed end of the wedge, and two blocks are positioned on the base member substantially parallel to each other and equidistant from the stop. A jack is positioned between the wedge and the cross member for urging the wedge toward the base member, and for bending a sheet of metal interposed between the wedge and the two blocks.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Inventor: Steven Don Sims
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Patent number: 6880378Abstract: A compact chain cutting apparatus for automatically shearing and opening a chain link of a selected thickness in one operation is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a first shearing member, a second shearing member, and an electro-hydraulic actuator system. The first shearing member is mounted to the housing. The second shearing member is pivotally mounted to the housing for movement to exert, in cooperation with the first shearing member, shearing and bending forces upon the chain link. The electro-hydraulic actuator system cooperates with the second shearing member to move automatically the second shearing member to shear and to bend the chain link, thereby defining an opening in the chain link greater than the thickness of the link.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2003Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: Vindee Industries, Inc.Inventors: Robert E. McCarthy, John L. Verre, Douglas A. Bakker
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Patent number: 6840078Abstract: The present invention relates to a tool for shaping a workpiece. The tool has two pivotally connected arms that are stroked between open and closed positions. Each arm has a handle, an intermediate coupling portion and a working portion. One working portion has a cutting block with a face and two sidewalls that form a pair of spaced apart cutting edges. The other working portion has a pair of spaced apart ramp or wedge shaped blades with cutting edges that are aligned to shearingly engage the cutting edges of the cutting block. The tool is stroked to its open position to align the cutting block with the workpiece. The tool is then stroked to its closed position to form a pair of opposed flaps in the workpiece. The flaps form a slot having a desired width. The tool preferably includes a depth adjustment mechanism for selectively setting the tool to open to a desired intermediate position so that when the tool is aligned with the workpiece it will cut the workpiece to a desired depth.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2002Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: HJ. Martin & Son, Inc.Inventor: Thomas J. Clover
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Publication number: 20040221638Abstract: The invention relates to a pyromechanical cutting element having a housing (2) in which an electrical conductor (3) is arranged, having a cutting plunger (5) with a cutting tool (8) to cut through the electrical conductor (3), and having a pyrotechnic charge (13) to drive the cutting plunger (5), with the cutting tool (8) bending over the electrical conductor (3) after cutting through it and a bending tongue (18) being formed thereby that sticks out from the conductor (3) in a way that interrupts the conductor (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Inventors: Uwe Brede, Gerhard Kordel, Jurgen Knauss, Reinhold Meisinger
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Publication number: 20040187544Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing from a carrier part with a housing arranged thereon, which carrier part contains openings on the side of the carrier remote from the housing which are filled with encapsulating material, wherein the carrier is engaged on two sides by cutting elements provided with at least one cutting edge, which cutting elements are subsequently moved toward each other such that the carrier, characterized in that before the separation takes place the cutting edge projecting relative to a base of the cutting element is urged into the carrier such that the carrier deforms permanently. The invention also relates to a thus manufactured product and to an apparatus for mechanically performing the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2004Publication date: September 30, 2004Inventors: Adrianus Wilhelmus Van Dalen, Henri Joseph Van Egmond
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Publication number: 20040177668Abstract: An insert adapted to connect to opposite walls in a heat exchanger tube, including a corrugated sheet having alternating wave crests and wave troughs connected by wave flanks having openings therein, wherein at least some of the wave crests have a length different than the length of the wave troughs, and/or adjacent sections have different wavelength waves. Such inserts may be produced by transporting material sheets through a press, where the sheet feed rate and/or the press stroke speed may be selectively varied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2004Publication date: September 16, 2004Inventors: Rob J. Sagasser, Jens Blutling, Rainer Kasinger
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Publication number: 20040134251Abstract: The present invention achieves easy manufacturing of a slip stopper that has a great slip stopping effect and can be used for a location where a problem occurs if a though hole is opened therein. After a protruding portion is formed by using a first punching die unit so as to protrude from the upper surface of a steel plate 5 in a plate thickness direction, a concave portion 8 and drain channels 9 are formed in the protruding portion by shear planes that face almost perpendicularly to the steel plate upper surface and have been half-blanked so as not to open a through hole in the steel plate by using a second punching die unit 11, whereby it becomes possible to readily manufacture an excellent slip stopper.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Shunji Ohno, Kazumichi Iwasa, Norio Nakajima, Masanori Tsuji, Tsuyoshi Doi, Yoshihisa Kouzu, Hideyuki Miyake, Mamoru Sugimoto
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Patent number: 6761054Abstract: A method and apparatus for the precise manufacture of high quality, four-sided electrical contacts by means of a closely controlled material skiving process. The apparatus is designed so that the starting material from which the four-sided electrical contacts are made is closely constrained in the area of the shear boundaries so that predictable and precisely controlled shearing of the material can repeatedly be achieved to initially form four precursor sides, two of which are arcuate. The apparatus also includes sequentially operating forming mechanisms for precisely forming the precursor sides of the precursor contact into a final end product configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Inventor: Stephen Andersen
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Patent number: 6705147Abstract: A punch having wings is driven through framing members and then rotated. Rotation of the punch causes the wings to crimp the framing members together. An angular crimping technique where piercing members are driven through framing members in at least two different directions to crimp the framing members together. A fastenerless cinching tool pierces adjacent framing members and crimps the framing members together.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventor: Alfred H. Judge
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Patent number: 6640602Abstract: A device for simultaneously forming multiple notches in opposing surfaces of a hollow workpiece in a single action. The device includes a first die and a first punch that is fixed relative to the first die. A second die and a second punch are fixed relative to each other and movable relative to the first punch and first die. In response to movement of the second die and second punch, the first die cooperates with the second punch to form a first notch in the first surface and the first punch cooperates with the second die to form a second notch in the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: SSD Control Technology, Inc.Inventor: Stephen R. Estes
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Patent number: 6604399Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a blade for use with a development device, method of manufacturing the same, die for manufacturing the same, and development device and image-forming device having the same that can more stably form a high quality image. The inventive blade is manufactured using a stamping die comprising an upper mold portion including a knockout, a lower mold portion including a punch and movable relative to the upper mold portion. In the stamping die, the knockout includes in cross section a first flat portion and a triangular projection portion that projects from the first flat portion, while the punch includes in cross section a second flat portion and a triangular groove portion formed on the second flat portion, and a first angle at which the triangular projection portion projects from the first flat portion is larger than a second angle at which the triangular groove portion is recessed from the second flat portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2000Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Sadaaki Yoshida, Masayuki Sasaki, Keisuke Fujikura
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Patent number: 6591506Abstract: This invention describes a hand operated, end cutting, sheet metal shear that makes cuts perpendicular to the axis of the tool handle. The shearing surfaces consist of a moving shear blade with a fixed rake angle and shear angle, cutting along a blunt anvil. The shear blade is pivotally mounted to the tool body and actuated by a toggle linkage and a movable handle. A stroke adjustment screw is incorporated into the fixed handle. The blade passes along the fixed anvil in response to squeezing the handles. The blade is angled so that the shearing action takes place sequentially along the anvil edge. The end cutting sheet metal tool is used to produce cuts at an angle to cuts made with sheet metal cutting tools.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Inventor: Donald J Hackman
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Patent number: 6526798Abstract: The cutting edge of a die and the cutting edge of a punch are spaced more widely from each other in a range of an element which includes a neck and undercuts than in the other range of the element. The element is blanked out of a metal sheet by the die and the punch. Edges of the neck and the undercuts are formed of a sheared surface in a transverse direction and a ruptured surface contiguous to the sheared surface. A burr is formed next to the ruptured surface in a position out of contact with endless rings.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2001Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tetsuo Suzuki
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Patent number: 6523387Abstract: A method and apparatus for the precise manufacture of high quality, four-sided electrical contacts by means of a closely controlled material skiving process. The apparatus is designed so that the starting material from which the four-sided electrical contacts are made is closely constrained in the area of the shear boundaries so that predictable and precisely controlled shearing of the material can repeatedly be achieved to initially form four precursor sides, two of which are arcuate. The apparatus also includes sequentially operating forming mechanisms for precisely forming the precursor sides of the precursor contact into a final end product configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2001Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Inventor: Stephen Andersen
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Patent number: 6513237Abstract: A method for producing a press in contact having a press-fitting portion having a U-shaped or V-shaped groove in cross-section to be press-fitted in a cylindrical through-hole of a printed circuit board. A block element having a rectangular cross-section corresponding to the press-fitting portion of the contact is formed at its center with a concaved portion by forging. Both the ends of the forged block element are removed by punching. Thereafter, the remaining U-shaped or V-shaped press-fitting portion in cross-section is further so worked by press working that its outer periphery is formed into arcs which are concentric to the through-hole when the press-fitting portion has been press-fitted and fixed therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2000Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: DDK Ltd.Inventor: Tomonari Ohtsuki