Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method for forming radius corners from bulkstock is disclosed. The method comprises the step of disposing the bulkstock in a first fixture for securing said bulkstock. A first general radial exterior surface is then formed. The bulkstock is then disposed in a second fixture for securing the bulkstock. Finally, a second generally radial posterior surface is formed on the bulkstock. Additional fixtures which are disclosed herein may also be used.

Abstract: A nesting vise for holding bundles of stock comprising a base with a fixed jaw and a movable jaw mounted thereon, both jaws having faces with apertures therein. A strap is provided which extends between the two jaws through the apertures. A lock is provided to hold the strap on one end, and a strap tightener is attached to the other end of the strap which tightens and holds the bundle of stock, resulting in even radial pull towards the center of the vise so as to locate all of the pieces of stock in the bundle and locking them together.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for use in the manufacture of a tension-mask color cathode ray tube provides for mechanically severing a waste portion from the useful portion of an in-process foil mask secured to mask-support means extending from a faceplate. The apparatus comprises means for support mask-servering means adjacent ot the mask outside the mask support means, and means for translating the mask-severing means into engagement with the mask to sever the mask from the mask support means adjacent all points along the mask-support means.

Abstract: According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method for forming radius corners from bulkstock is disclosed. The method comprises the step of disposing the bulkstock in a first fixture for securing said bulkstock. A first general radial exterior surface is then formed. The bulkstock is then disposed in a second fixture for securing the bulkstock. Finally, a second generally radial posterior surface is formed on the bulkstock. Additional fixtures which are disclosed herein may also be used.

Abstract: A method for separating a pair of plastic bags, connected together at a transversely disposed parting line, comprises the steps of intermittently moving the pair of bags along a path disposed in a horizontal plane, stopping the bags and placing the parting line over an opening extending transversely relative to the path and positioned between a pair of platens, clamping the pair of bags to the platens and severing the parting line to separate the pair of bags from each other by moving a cutting blade in a horizontal direction and transversely through the opening.

Abstract: The present invention relates to shearing machine in which the upper shearing blade can be easily adjusted and positioned. The upper blade is held on a pivotal plate member which is pivotally held on a ram by means of a hinge to be rotated to adjust of the position of the upper blades. In addition, a hold down member is provided for holding a work-sheet. The hold down member is arranged to be urged by a toggle joint to hold the work-sheet at a reduced speed with an increased force after coming into contact with the work-sheet. A scrap removal member is also included in the shearing machine such that scraps can be easily removed without mingling them with the finished sheets. The scrap removal member removes scrap without idle time between feeding the work-sheets to be sheared. The shearing machine is so arranged that scraps are taken away directly to a scrap box as soon as the work-sheet has been complete sheared into its finished product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a band saw machine having the capability to produce finished piece parts by employing a rotatable collet and an index vise to rotate and longitudinally position the piece part, a band saw blade positioned in a blade twist assembly capable of making straight, angular, and arcuate cuts on the work piece, and a motor means to move the saw blade perpendicular to the work piece, all under the direction of a pre-programmed computer control.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a band saw machine having the capability to produce finished piece parts by employing a rotatable collet and an index vise to rotate and longitudinally position the piece part, a band saw blade positioned in a blade twist assembly capable of making straight, angular, and arcuate cuts on the work piece, and a motor means to move the saw blade perpendicular to the work piece, all under the direction of a pre-programmed computer control.

Abstract: A method for transporting panel sections away from a panel saw, and an apparatus for accomplishing same. Each panel section is lifted clear of the vicinity of the panel saw after being cut off from a workpiece panel and deposited on a conveyor for transport at an angle relative to the direction of advance of the workpiece panel. A sliding carriage, having a plurality of suction cups disposed upon the underside of a vertically reciprocating press beam, is used to transport the panel sections.

Abstract: A cutting die (10), which has one or more blades (20) forming the perimeter of a ply (16) to be cut from a sheet of material (14), has a resilient insert (40) placed within the blades to detach the ply (16) from the material and from the cutting die (10) after the ply (16) has been cut from the material (14) and has a hook-like appendage (28) extending from the perimeter of the blades to grip the material after the plies have been cut therefrom.

Abstract: A guillotine type cutting machine wherein the length of cuts to be made in stacks of sheets determines the force with which a hold-down device bears upon a stack in the course of the cutting operation to prevent stray movements of the sheets. The force varies as a function of the length of the contemplated cuts and is regulated in such a way that the pressure of the hold-down device per unit area of a larger or smaller stack containing identical numbers and types of sheets is the same.

Abstract: A device for removing the perforated guide edges from computer paper by a shearing action. The computer paper is supported on a support plate of a first frame, with the line of perforations substantially aligned with a shearing edge provided on the distal end of the support plate. A shearing mechanism is slidably mounted for vertical movement in a second frame which is secured to the top of the first frame. The shearing mechanism includes a shear plate which is movable downward for engagement with the computer paper along the line of perforations where application of an additional force to the shear plate results in clearly shearing the perforated edges from the computer paper. Springs bias the shear plate upwardly for another shearing operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for splicing a belt which includes a base to which the belt end is mounted, a holding device which is slidably mounted to move in a direction oblique to the longitudinal direction of elongation of the belt and cutting member means mounted on the holding device. In the preferred embodiment, the cutting member comprises a knife which may be attached to the holding device in one of two orientations, a first orientation of which is designed to enable the knife to trim off the belt end, and the second orientation of which is designed to enable the knife to split the belt end between the plies thereof. In the second orientation, the holding device includes a stepped configuration allowing the knife to be clamped at any one of a number of different elevations so that the splitting procedure may accurately be carried out between the desired plies.

Abstract: A machine saw comprises a machine frame, a slotted flat plate rotatable about a vertical axis and serving to receive a workpiece to be sawn, a motor-driven circular saw blade which is rotatable about a horizontal axis of rotation and is adapted to be passed upwards through the slot in the rotatable plate from beneath during sawing, a clamping bridge which is fixed in relation to the frame and spans the rotatable plate and a clamping device mounted by the bridge for clamping a workpiece on the rotatable plate. Part of the clamping device is formed by a clamping jaw movable vertically upwards and downwards and adapted to be set down onto the workpiece, this clamping jaw being rotatable about the axis of rotation of the rotatable plate and displaceable at right angles to this axis of rotation in a sliding guide means.

Abstract: A shear for cutting profile and/or flat and/or solid-section steel has at least one vertical frame plate having a front face and a back face and formed with a throughgoing workpiece window, at least one fixed blade carried on the plate at the window, a working slide displaceable on the back face of the frame plate and carrying a movable blade passing past the fixed blade on movement of the slide on the frame plate, a generally flat holddown plate carrying a holddown element, and a pivot supporting the holddown plate on the frame plate for movement parallel to the frame plate and about a horizontal axis generally perpendicular to the frame plate between a raised position and a lowered position, and for movement also about a vertical axis between a use position lying against the front face of the frame plate and a service position extending transversely therefrom. Clamps secure the holddown plate in the use position against the frame plate with limited pivoting about the horizontal axis only.

Abstract: The method for jointing frames, small pieces of furniture, drawers, with corner parts, is characterized by the successive operations: simultaneously cutting the sides of the frame to the desired dimensions; machining the halving of each corner part in a single operation into two adjacent elements of the frame to be assembled and simultaneously in the four corners; gluing the corner parts and their housing hollowed out in the elements to be assembled; the premounting of corner parts in their housings; the assembly and tightening of the frame thus formed. The corner parts used are flat with one or two ogival ends and/or one straight end and/or one whistle-shaped end forming a 90.degree. angle, and/or one bevelled end and/or one rounded end, and/or one circular end.

Abstract: A cutting apparatus has a cutting tool mounted on an e.g. pivotal support member, under the plane of cut, the cutting tool cutting upwardly through a workpiece to be cut by movement of the support member. The support member is carried by a pivot mounting on a vertical main support plate, the pivot mounting being so arranged that the plane of the cutting tool is substantially aligned with the middle of the pivot mounting. The tool feed forces are applied to the support member close to the notional plane of pivotal movement of the support member, which plane extends through the cutting tool, while the main support plate is adapted to carry clamping means on its top.

Abstract: Sheet material spread on a cutting table is clamped to the surface of the table by parallel flexible bands of ferromagnetic material attracted to the table by magnets associated with the table. The bands are threaded under and over rollers journalled on a tool carriage which moves a cutter wheel in cutting engagement with the sheet material in response to command signals received from a programmable computer. The rollers pick up portions of the bands ahead of the carriage assembly and lay down portions of the bands behind it as the carriage assembly advances longitudinally of the table.

Abstract: A method of punching a wheel for a pneumatic tire and wheel assembly manufactured with mounting holes offset from the geometric center to locate the low point of the first harmonic of radial runout adjacent a given angular location, such as the valve hole, so that, when a tire is mounted thereon with the high point of the first harmonic of radial force variation aligned with the valve hole, the respective harmonics cancel each other to provide a tire and wheel assembly with enhanced rotational characteristics. In an apparatus for forming the wheel mounting holes by axially reciprocating a piercing tool against a wheel disc while the bead seats are clamped between wheel locating jaws, axially opposed jaw pairs are centered on an axis offset from the axis of reciprocation such that the centerline of the mounting holes is correspondingly eccentrically offset from the average bead seat axis.

Abstract: Apparatus for cutting web material transversely to form sections has an arrangement for advancing the material a section at a time across a linear cutting edge. A linear guide parallel with the edge carries a circular blade which overlaps the linear cutting edge said blade being reciprocably driven along a linear guide. Each forward, and each reverse, cutting-stroke of the circular blade cuts off the then advanced section. The advancing arrangement is timed to operate between the ends of the forward strokes and the beginnings of the reverse strokes of the circular blade and vice versa. A preliminary advancing arrangement is provided for advancing a measured amount of web material to form slack which is taken-up by advancement of the material across the linear cutting edge.

Abstract: A cold circular saw has a saw blade displaceable in a substantially vertical feeding direction and also swingable, a clamping device including at least one stationary abutment member and operative for laterally abutting against and holding a workpiece, and an adjustment element for adjusting the saw blade in its plane and in a direction which is transverse to the workpiece feeding direction and to the saw blade feeding direction, as well as relative to the stationary abutment of the clamping device.

Abstract: In a power frame saw having a machine frame, workpiece clamping jaws mounted on the machine frame and relatively movable for clamping a workpiece in a fixed position, a guide member pivotally mounted with weight balancing on the machine frame, a saw bow mounted on the guide member to undergo reciprocating movement in a given direction relative to the guide member, a saw blade held in the bow to extend at an oblique angle to the direction of movement, a drive system connected for imparting such reciprocating movement to the bow to cause the saw blade to perform successive cutting and return strokes, and components for controlling pivotal movement of the guide means relative to the machine frame and including a source of hydraulic pressure fluid, and an adjustment device responsive to the spacing between the clamping jaws to control the advance of the saw blade into the workpiece during each successive cutting stroke.

Abstract: A hold-down construction for a shear used for shearing workpieces from an elongated metal member including an elongated beam having first and second ends and a central portion therebetween, a hold-down assembly mounted on the central portion, a pivotal connection between the first end of the beam and the post of a shear, and a detachable connection between the second end of the beam and another post of the shear, to thereby permit the hold-down to be swung toward and away from a knife assembly mounted on the shear, and a connection between the hold-down assembly and the knife assembly for reinforcing the hold-down assembly against movement away from the elongated metal member during shearing thereof.

Abstract: A device for trimming a diapositive with trimming angles and punching pins so the diapositive can be exactly positioned within a frame.

Abstract: A circular saw, the saw blade of which is adapted to be moved horizontally across a table at a horizontally movable carriage or slide and to be lifted into a position above the material to be sawed comprises a horizontal cantilever beam one end of which is guided by a vertical guide means at a single vertical support member and the other end of which is unsupported and therefore offers free access for handling of the material to be sawed or sawed, respectively, and for controlling the saw movements from a space adjacent said other end.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein a method and associated apparatus for processing groups of elongated cylindrical members such as tubing or the like. The cylindrical members are arranged and transversely clamped in a substantially flat array by a reciprocating clamp which operates to advance the array of cylindrical members a predetermined distance toward operation performing apparatus whereupon a second clamp engages the members and maintains them in the generally flat array while an operation is performed upon each of the members. Additional apparatus is provided which receives the cylindrical members longitudinally from the operation performing means and delivers the array transversely to other apparatus. Hold down means are also provided on this additional apparatus as well as on the operation performing means and reciprocating clamp means which are designed for rapid accurate adjustment to accommodate different diameter cylindrical members.

Abstract: A spiral cutting anvil is provided with indicia along its length, and a series of aligned gaps through which a cutting blade can be passed. A cutting blade comprises the working portion of a cutter assembly pivotally fastened to a slide plate which can be located at various positions with respect to the anvil. An adjustable stop is disposed at an appropriate point along the spiral, as determined by the indicia, and a length of packing material extends from the stop along the anvil to one of the gaps. The cutting blade is then urged through the gap, in guillotine fashion, to sever the packing at the correct point.

Abstract: Automotive trim parts in sheet form with thinned marginal and inner areas, fabricated by a special skiving and assembling system that utilizes a combined skiving and assembly fixture.

Abstract: A feed and clamping arrangement for a cutting machine such as a band saw, circular saw, frame saw or the like. The cutting machine includes a machine table for receiving the material to be cut with a first pair of clamping jaws arranged at a machine stand in front of the cutting plane in the feed direction of the material with a second pair of clamping jaws being arranged in front of the first pair of clamping jaws, as viewed in the feed direction. A rollway is provided for feeding the material to the cutting machine. The rollway includes a frame having several reversibly driven rollers extending transverse to the feed direction. The second pair of clamping jaws is guided for movement in a direction transverse to the feed direction at a forward end of the rollway frame with the frame being guided for movement to and fro in the feed direction together with the second pair of clamping jaws on either an extension of the stand of the cutting machine or on a separate machine stand.

Abstract: A wedge lock unit is disclosed for clamping a subsystem chassis with two outwardly extending spaced apart flanges to a system main frame, from which a single flange or tab extends outwardly. The wedge lock unit includes a stationary member which is fixedly attached to one of the flanges of the subsystem chassis. The stationary member has two opposite wedged or sloping sides along which two movable wedging members with mating sloping sides rest. A drive mechanism, in the form of a rotatable screw, is used to apply a force, resulting in a clamping force, which urges the movable wedging members toward the tab of the main frame, which is inserted between the wedge lock unit and the other flange of the subsystem chassis, until the tab becomes clamped between the movable wedging members of the wedge lock unit and the other flange of the subsystem chassis. Spring means are provided which produce a reaction force on the movable wedging members. The reaction force direction is opposite the clamping force direction.

Abstract: A device for manipulating yarns, comprises a part movable between an operative and an inoperative position, which cooperates with an electric coil according to the principle of "magnetic pressure".

Abstract: A knot cincher mounted on a skidder has a quick-releasable cable clamp for holding an end portion of a stiff cable from a winch having a loose knot between the clamp and the winch. The winch is operated to tighten the cable to cinch the knot. A cable shear adjacent the clamp can be actuated to trim the end of the cable if necessary. A guard mounted adjacent the clamp protects the clamp.