Metal deforming inventions 08/07

20070199358 - Rolling stand, and method for determining the rolling force in a rolling stand: A rolling stand includes at least one roller having a roller journal which is rotatably supported by an eccentric bushing which in turn is rotatably supported by a low-friction bearing unit. An adjusting mechanism exerts an adjusting force on the eccentric bushing for rotating the eccentric bushing with respect to... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070199359 - Method and system for treating a metalworking operation: A method of cooling and lubricating an interface between a tool and a workpiece. A transiently stable emulsion is prepared including a water insoluble lubricant in water. The transiently stable emulsion, while stable, is introduced to the tool and/or the workpiece.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070199360 - Method and apparatus for compressing intraluminal prostheses: A method for compressing an intraluminal prosthesis provides a mesh tube having first and second longitudinally spaced tube ends and a hollow tube bore located therebetween. The intraluminal prosthesis is completely inserted into the hollow tube bore. The tube is stretched in a longitudinal dimension, which reduces the tube in... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070199361 - Bending device: A bending device has a bending mechanism for bending an elongate object to be processed by holding the object by both a bending die and a clamping die and revolving the clamping die which is able to revolve around the bending die. The bending device includes a fixing base on... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.A.

20070199362 - Method for producing a rotationally symmetrical, in particular cylindrical screening device: Method for producing a rotationally symmetrical screening device with a plurality of profile bars and screen basket for a pressurizable screen. The method includes producing bent bar holders having a radius of curvature of smaller than a radius of curvature of a finished screening device and having cut-outs open at... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070199363 - Method for rolling strips in a roll stand: The invention relates to a method for rolling strips in the roll stand of a rolling mill, wherein said roll stand consists of two axially displaceable working rollers which are provided with a CVC-grinding or a similar contour and whose curved profile is expressed in a third or higher-order polynom... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070199364 - Crimping die and crimping tool: The invention relates to a crimping die (12,14,16,18) and a crimping tool (2) comprising at least three crimping dies (12,14,16,18) that are guided for displacement in the crimping tool (2), where each of the crimping dies (12,14,16,18) have a respective crimping surface (42,44,46,48) and a respective sliding surface (50,52,54,56), where... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070193322 - Application of induction heating to control sheet flatness in cold rolling mills: A system for rolling metal sheet having a substantially uniform flatness including a rolling mill including a pair of work rollers for reducing the thickness of a metal sheet, an induction heating apparatus in close proximity to at least one roller, bending jacks corresponding to each of the rollers, and... Agent: Harry A. Hild, Jr. Intellectual Property

20070193323 - Punch, apparatus and method for forming opposing holes in a hollow part, and a part formed therefrom: 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.... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070193324 - Roll forming apparatus and method of roll forming: A roll forming apparatus for forming projections on a band plate at predetermined internals with respect to a longitudinal direction of the band plate has a carrying roll between an upstream forming roll unit and a downstream forming roll unit. Projections having a first shape are formed on the band... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070193326 - Grindless surgical needle manufacture: Surgical needles are produced by immersing a needle possessing a distal end surrounded at least in part by flash material and a body portion in an acid bath according to a predetermined sequence, wherein the distal end of the needle is exposed to the acid bath under conditions sufficient to... Agent: United States Surgical, A Division Of Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20070193327 - Die and method for manufacturing core: An object of the present invention is to provide a die and a method for manufacturing a core, wherein the core includes a ring-shaped supporting member 16 that is formed by a plate-like member, that is disposed inside a pneumatic tire, and that supports a pneumatic tire by allowing an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070193328 - Crimper: In one embodiment, an apparatus for shaping an article may comprise a plurality of movable dies arranged to form a chamber whose size may be varied by moving the dies. Each of the dies may have a contacting surface for contacting the article to be shaped. The chamber may have... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070193329 - Method of producing iron core and apparatus for producing iron core: An iron core-producing method of the invention includes at least the step of blanking an iron core T from a strip W in such a manner that a longitudinal direction of the substantially linear iron core T is inclined relative to a direction of a width of the strip W.... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070193331 - Press device: In a press device for pressing a slider with a plurality of motors as driving sources, pressing is performed while a slider is kept horizontal even if an eccentric load is applied. In this press device, in the teaching stage, when the eccentric load is to be applied, a degree... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070193332 - Device for applying outer skin to an automotive door frame: A device for applying an outer skin to an automotive frame. The device comprises at least one member formed from a preselected material and having a predetermined shape and a substantially U-shaped notch formed closely adjacent a first end of the at least one member. There is a tapered portion... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070186602 - Process and pneumatic device for detecting the bending angle of a plate sheet in a bending press: The invention refers to the field of bending presses for plate sheets and more precisely it refers to a process and a device for detecting the bending angle in real time when the press punch operates on the sheet placed above the matrix die. The process provides for the generation... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070186604 - Method and apparatus for producing a cylindriacal hollow body from a blank: A method is described for producing a cylindrical hollow body from a blank, with the workpiece being opened in the core region by successive swaging which is angularly offset against each other about the axis of the workpiece and being simultaneously pushed onto a piercing mandrel. In order to improve... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070186605 - Method and device for coiling thin metal strip, especially hot-rolled or cold-rolled thin steel strip: A method for coiling thin metal strip, especially hot-rolled or cold-rolled thin steel strip, on a coiler mandrel which is adjusted in diameter. At the beginning, the inner windings of the coil are coiled on the adjusted coiler mandrel diameter and, after the final winding of the coil, the coiler... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070186606 - Method and device for coiling thin metal strip, especially hot-rolled or cold-rolled thin steel strip: A device for coiling thin metal strip, especially hot-rolled or cold-rolled thin steel strip, includes a drivable coiler mandrel which can be adjusted in diameter by expandable segments and can be adjusted to a coil inside diameter and to a diameter for detaching the finished coil. The device further includes... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070186607 - Roller leveller with variable centre distance: The subject of the invention is a leveller in which at least the first five rolls from the entry of the leveller have a radius/centre-to-centre spacing ratio identical to that of conventional levellers, in which at least the last five rolls from the entry of the leveller have a radius/centre-to-centre... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070186608 - Sheet metal hem forming process: A method for hemming an inner panel and an outer sheet metal panel together. The inner panel has an outwardly extending perimeter flange comprising an end surface, an inboard surface, and a beveled surface located between the end surface and the inboard surface. The outer sheet metal panel has a... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070186609 - Method and device for applying an adjustable tensile-stress distribution, in particular in the edge regions of cold-rolled metal strips: The invention relates to a method and a device for applying an adjustable tensile-stress distribution, in particular in the edge regions during the cold-rolling of metal strips (16), in particular metal foil, in order to reduce the risk of an excessive build-up of tension and cracks at the edges of... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070186610 - Changeover system and changeover method for a metal forming mill: A changeover system for a metal forming mill, in particular for a tube-forming mill, comprises at least one pair of work modules, the work modules of which are adapted to be pivoted into and out of a line of work stations of the mill. Each work module has its own... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070186611 - Method and apparatus for rapidly changing a working roll of a roll stand: The various fastening means (100, 100′) and matching fastening means (200, 200′, 300) are decoupled from one another after displacement and the roll to be replaced (8, 9) is in standby, close to the stand, ready to be used as a substitute roll for a later change of rolls.... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070186612 - Stretch forming method for a sheet metal skin segment having compound curvatures: A method of forming an aircraft nacelle nose lip segment. The method includes bending a sheet of metal into a substantially U-shaped workpiece having a spanwise axis, opposed first and second ends, and opposed first and second edges. The method further includes placing the workpiece over a substantially flexible first... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Goodrich Corp.

20070186613 - Can manufacture: An assembly for can manufacture includes a toolpack having coolant dies (3,4,5,6) adjacent and either side of ironing dies (1,2) so that coolant may be circulated around cavities in the coolant dies so as to cool the ironing die inserts (12). Generally, the toolpack is used in conjunction with a... Agent: Vincent L Ramik Diller Ramik & Wight

20070186614 - Method for producing a composite part: The subject of the invention is a method for fabricating a composite laminate part, consisting in coating a steel sheet of which the thickness is less than 0.65 mm, with an adhesive polymer film of which the thickness is at least 0.1 mm, in order to form a composite laminate... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070186615 - Crimping apparatus and methods of crimping with retainers: Crimping apparatus are provided for use with a crimping machine. The crimping apparatus includes a support structure and a plurality of retainers movably attached to the support structure and radially arranged about an axis of the crimping apparatus. Each retainer includes an engagement structure configured to removably connect a crimping... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070186616 - Crimping apparatus with a support structure including first and second portions: A crimping apparatus is provided for use with a crimping machine. The crimping apparatus comprises a support structure including a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is configured to engage the first portion to define an axial passage into an interior area of the crimping apparatus. The... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070186617 - Electromagnetic blank restrainer: Apparatus for forming an article from a blank of sheet metal including electromagnet field producing means disposed adjacent a die cavity for selectively energizing the field producing means for restraining movement of the blank during the forming thereof.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20070180878 - Method and device for coiling thin metal strip, especially hot-rolled or cold-rolled thin steel strip: A method for coiling thin metal strip (1), especially hot-rolled or cold-rolled thin steel strip, on a coiler mandrel (3a) which is adjusted in diameter. At the beginning, the inner windings (12) of the coil are coiled on the adjusted coiler mandrel diameter, and, after the final winding of the... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070180880 - Roll-former apparatus with rapid-adjust sweep box: A computer controlled roll-forming apparatus is adapted to provide a repeating pattern of different longitudinal shapes to a continuous beam “on the fly” during the roll-forming process. A sweep station of the apparatus includes a primary bending roller tangentially engaging the continuous beam along the line level and an armature... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070180881 - Production line and a method of forming profiles: Profiles (50) are formed in a production line with a cross-section that varies along their length from a plane metal strip (10) that is unwound from a coil (9), whereby edge cutters (14) and a number of roll-forming units (17-24) are used where not only the edge cutters but also... Agent: Mark P Stone

20070180882 - Apparatus for manufacturing metal material by rolling: The invention relates to a device for producing a metallic product (1) by rolling, comprising: a first area (2) inside of which slabs are produced by primary shaping; a second area (3), which is located downstream from the first area (2) in the direction of flow (F) of the material... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070180884 - Water cooled roll with heat resistant arbor design: A water-cooled furnace roll has a hollow rotating arbor, having cooling fluid passages formed therein, wherein the arbor is formed from a heat resistant centrifugally cast alloy, and a plurality of annular tires spaced along said arbor and secured to the arbor, wherein the spaces between the tires is adapted... Agent: Blynn L. Shideler The Blk Law Group

20070180885 - Mandrel assembly and method of using the same: A mandrel assembly has a mandrel, a biasing member, and a outer member. The biasing member biasly maintains the outer member in a first position, which corresponds to a contoured portion of the mandrel, when the outer member is either on the access or the blind side of a workpiece.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070180886 - Bending apparatus and method for bending flat materials: To improve a bending apparatus for flat material parts, comprising a bending device at which the flat material part is positioned in an insertion plane prior to bending and remains in the insertion plane during bending, and a handling device having handling axes for picking up the flat material part... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070180887 - Electrohydraulic pressing device and method for operating the same: The invention relates to an electrohydraulic pressing device (1) that can be operated using one hand. The device comprises a working head (30), an electric motor (4), a pump (20), a hydraulic reservoir (33), and a gear mechanism (19) extending between the electric motor (4) and the pump (20). A... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070180888 - Universal vehicle anchoring system and method of use thereof: An improved apparatus and method of securing a vehicle to a conventional vehicle repair frame rack utilizes conventional and readily available T-brackets or angle irons welded to four comers of the base of the vehicle to be repaired. A pair of square crossbeams extending in parallel from side to side,... Agent: Elsie C. Turner

20070175255 - Method of and rolling mill stand for cold rolling mill stand for cold rolling of metallic rolling stock in particular rolling strip with nozzles for gaseous or liquid treatment media: A method of and a rolling mill stand for cold rolling of a metallic rolling stock (1), in particular rolling strip (1b) with nozzles for gaseous or liquid treatment media, with which the rolling stock (1) is displaced under a processing temperature through a roll gap (40) of a roll... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070175257 - Sheet metal bending brake with improved hinge: A sheet metal bending brake having a frame with a sheet metal support surface. A clamping jaw is movable relative to 'the frame support surface to clamp the sheet metal between the clamping jaw and the frame. The clamping jaw has a linear front edge. An elongated bending arm is... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070175258 - Metal container suitable to accommodate a heating or cooling component method and for manufacturing it: A method of producing a metal container from a low carbon steel strip or sheet coated on at least one of its surfaces with a coherent laminated coating of a thermoplastic polymer material includes one or more redrawing stages which reduce the thickness of the side walls by a drawing/stretching... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070175259 - Die components for making pressure relief devices: A pressure relief device for venting an internally pressurized container such as an aerosol can has three sections, a concave annular outer area, a circular central area and an annular intermediate area connecting the concave annular area to the circular area. The three sections all have the same thickness. The... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070175260 - Method for repairing metal pipe: A method for repairing metal pipe with dents includes steps of a) holding the pipe with first and second ends in position; b) dragging the mandrel through the pipe; and c) pushing out the dents from inside to an original level of the surface of the pipe. The cross-section of... Agent: Park Law Firm

20070175261 - Method for producing from a metal sheet a hollow profile which is longitudinally slotted and provided with several longitudinal segments having different cross sections: The invention relates to a method for producing hollow profiles provided with different cross sections along the length thereof. Said profiles are shaped in a die from one piece of cut metal sheet (5, 6, 7). According to said invention, a convex or concave rounding produced on the edges of... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20070175262 - Method for the production of hollow elements, hollow element, assembly piece, and follow-on composite tool for carrying out said method: Disclosed is a method for producing hollow elements (200), such as nut elements, which are to be mounted on parts generally made of sheet metal, particularly for producing hollow elements having an at least substantially square or rectangular outer contour (202). According to said method, individual elements are cut to... Agent: Hunton & Williams/new York Intellectual Property Dept.

20070175263 - Automobile damage repairing machine: An automobile body repair machine incorporating a quill and shaft load shouldering assembly whose quill includes lateral, medial, and oppositely lateral sections; slide stopping set screws extending through the quill sections for impingement upon the quill and shaft combination's shaft; weld seam grasping left and right anchor clamps fixedly attached... Agent: Kenneth H. Jack

20070175264 - Punching machine with spring-supported work support: A punching machine is provided with a tool holder for a punching tool and a die having a cutting edge which can be passed by the punching tool in a machining stroke direction and a return stroke direction. The machine includes at least one work support, supported by at least... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC