Metal deforming inventions 02/07

20070039366 - Method and device for forming an essentially flat metal blank to produce a thin-walled, shell-type body, and the use of same: The invention relates to a vacuum-assisted method and a device for forming an essentially flat blank (12) of metal into a thin-walled, shell-type body (14), especially for performing the method in accordance with one of the preceding claims, that has a supporting structure (16) forming a mold chamber (18) that... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070039367 - Rolling apparatus and rolling method: A rolling apparatus includes a pair of a small rolling roller and a large rolling roller which hold a ring with the ring being sandwiched therebetween, and which roll the ring, and a tension roller; a temperature sensor which measures a temperature of the ring before rolling; a storing portion... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070039368 - Protective guide assembly for a roll forming machine: A roll forming machine for forming a rain gutter wherein an internal guide assembly uses rollers to contact the finished surface of the partially formed gutter.... Agent: David L. Davis, Esq.

20070039369 - Aluminum pipe having excellent surface quality, method and apparatus for manufacturing the aluminum pipe, and photosensitive drum base body: In a manufacturing method in which an aluminum bullet is extruded to obtain an extruded raw pipe 4 and then the extruded raw pipe 4 is subjected to a drawn process, the aluminum extruded raw pipe 4 is cut at a position within 10 m from a discharge position M... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070039370 - Forming tool apparatus with pivoting wall segment: An improved forming tool apparatus for forming an article having a negative draft angle that locks the formed article within the forming tool. First and second forming tools are closed relative one another to define a forming tool cavity in which the article is formed and opened for removal of... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070033976 - Device and method for calibrating a planishing roller device by means of an instrumented bar: A device for calibrating a multi-roll leveler for leveling a metal strip includes an assembly having two series of rolls, namely upper rolls and lower rolls which face each other so as to imbricate the rolls of one series into those of the other. The series of rolls are placed... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070033977 - Wire-rolling apparatus: A rolling-mill cooling unit has a cooling-unit conveyor transporting fanned-out loops of wire in a transport direction toward a coiler spaced downstream from the cooling-unit conveyor and serving to organize the fanned-out loops of wire into coils or bundles. A feeder conveyor extending in the direction has an upstream end... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070033978 - Rolling mill consisting of horizontal stands and vertical stands: In a rolling mill which consists of at least one horizontal stand (1) and at least one vertical stand (2), which are connected with each other, between both stands (1, 2), connection elements (7) are releasably arranged, wherein the connection elements (7) consist of a right flange (14), a left... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070033979 - Methods and apparatuses for making lithographic plates: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for forming a mounting flange on a printing plate comprising first and second portions having an arcuate portion therebetween and defining a mounting flange angle. A bending device comprising a forming surface having a radius that is less than a desired radius for... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20070033980 - Crack-propagation preventing structure, method for preventing crack propagation, crack-propagation preventing apparatus, and method for producing skin panel for aircraft: A crack-propagation preventing structure that can suppress or prevent the propagation of cracks that would be generated in a metal component or that have been generated in a metal component is provided. The crack-propagation preventing structure includes a point dimple formed by pressing a rigid sphere of a rigid body... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070033981 - Method for correcting a folding operation and folding press: Method of correcting a bending operation performed by a press brake, the bottom beam of which contains deformation compensation cylinders, in which a calibration nomogram is pre-recorded using very short calibration pieces, this nomogram establishing a correspondence between the forces measured at the side frames and the pressures applicable to... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP

20070033982 - Safety system for a bending press and a slatted tool: The invention describes a safety system (22) for a production unit (1) for bending a sheet metal part (3), in particular for a bending press (2), with a stationary bench beam (13) and a bending tool (4, 5) for a displaceable press beam (13), and with a light beam transmitter... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070033983 - Press for holding and pressing a workpiece: The press of the invention includes a first component and a second component for holding and pressing a workpiece to be processed between them, the first component being driven into translation relatively to the second component by an air cylinder. Thus, the first component is floatably mounted relatively to the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070033984 - Pressing tool and pressing process for extruding press fittings: A pressing tool (13) includes a fluid pump (4), a cylinder element (5) arranged connecting with this and a piston which can be slid forward in the cylinder element (5) by pressure fluid of the fluid pump (4) and reset by a return spring (20a). A piston rod (6) is... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn. Docketing

20070022795 - Rolling die and a method of making a rod with a ball portion: A rolling die is provided for forming a rod member with a ball portion. The rolling die includes a first die member and a second die member facing the first die member. Each of the first die member and the second die member has a process surface. The process surface... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070022796 - Method for manufacturing seamless pipes or tubes: A method for manufacturing a seamless pipe, capable of preventing the carburization phenomenon that occurs in a manufacturing process of pipe and simplifying an elongation rolling process, is provided. In this method, after piercing in the piercing rolling process, rolling is performed without using an inside regulating tool in the... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070022797 - Combined use of oil and emulsion for the cold rolling of strip: An installation for cold-rolling strip composed of special steel and/or nonferrous metals, which includes a multi-stand tandem rolling mill and essentially two independent coolant and lubricant systems. The installation further includes an emulsion system with tanks, system pumps, coolers, and vacuum band filters and/or pressure band filters as well as... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070022798 - Method of treating optical film, apparatus of treating optical film, and method of manufacturing optical film: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of treating an optical film wherein coating defects such as chatter, coating streaks and comet failure which are easily caused, when coating a functional layer such as an anti-reflection layer on a long-length film, are improved, as well as... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070022799 - Golf club hosel bending fixture: The golf club hosel bending fixture immovably secures a golf club head therein in order to adjustably bend the hosel angle of the club head to “fine tune” the characteristics of the club. The fixture includes an angularly articulating crown jaw assembly, a relatively fixed lower jaw assembly generally opposite... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070022800 - Method and apparatus for forming a lined conduit: A lined conduit formed by decorrugating a corrugated liner conduit inside a first conduit is described. A method and apparatus for forming the lined conduit are also described. The corrugated liner conduit may be positioned inside the first conduit. Each end portion of the corrugated liner conduit may be coupled... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070022801 - Work transfer device in multi-process press machine: A work transfer device employed in a multi-process press machine is provided with a drive unit formed of a servo motor, a cam shaft vertically provided so as to be rotatably driven by the drive unit, a cam mechanism formed of three cams including an X-axis feed cam that moves... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.