Metal deforming inventions 10/07

20070245788 - Roll mill: A roll mill for comminuting and homogenizing viscous masses, in particular for dispersing and uniformly distributing solid particles suspended in a binding agent. The roll mill has at least two rolls pivoted around their longitudinal axes, wherein the rotational axis of the first roll is fixed in place, and the... Agent: Klaus P. Stoffel Wolff & Samson

20070245790 - Canasta for forming tubes of different diameters: In one embodiment, the subject invention includes a frame 10 comprising a front plate, a rear plate, a generally circular passage which extends through the frame, and rollers arranged, circumferentially positioned about the passage. The rollers are suspended within the passage by an adjustable arm which is mounted to the... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070245789 - Method of producing helically corrugated metal pipe and related pipe construction: A pipe manufacturing device and method provides for pipe diameter monitoring and responsive pipe diameter control. Various pipe configurations and pipe assemblies adapted for ease of in the field connection are also provided.... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20070245792 - Integrally formed flanged metal pipe and method of manufacturing thereof: A flanged pipe includes a pipe body portion, a flange portion and a bent portion located between the pipe body portion and the flange portion. The pipe body portion, the bent portion and the flange portion are formed from an integral, monolithic structure. A minimum inner diameter of the bent... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070245793 - Roll mill: A roll mill for comminuting and homogenizing viscous masses, in particular for dispersing and uniformly distributing solid particles suspended in a binding agent. The roll mill has at least two rolls pivoted around their longitudinal axes, wherein the rotational axis of the first roll is fixed in place, and the... Agent: Klaus P. Stoffel Wolff & Samson

20070245794 - Device for loading the guide surfaces of bearing chocks supported in the housing windows of rolling stands: A device for loading the guide surfaces of bearing chocks (LS) supported in the housing windows (SF) of rolling stands with pressure plates (DP) that can be placed on the guide surfaces and that can be loaded by a hydraulic piston (K) supported in the rolling stand housings (ST), wherein... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070245795 - Drawing machine and method for drawing an elongated workpiece: A method for the drawing of a longitudinal workpiece wherein drawing forces required for the drawing are applied by means of at least a sprocket chain comprising link plates wherein the drawing forces are introduced from the workpiece via the link plates into the sprocket chain as a result of... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070245797 - Tool and method for the internal high pressure forming of a hollow section: A tool (1) for the internal high pressure forming of a hollow section (2). The tool (1) is designed both for forming the hollow section (2) and for making an embossment on the outside of the hollow section (2) and for making a hole in the hollow section (2). For... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070245798 - Integral axle housing for vehicle and method of manufacture the same: The present invention relates to an integral vehicular axle housing and a method for manufacturing the same. The axle housing comprises a central housing and axle tubes with circular sections, wherein the central housing extends towards both ends to form said axle tubes at two ends so as to form... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070245799 - Method for producing forging die, forging die and forged article: A forging die production method comprising a cutting step which employs, as a cutting tool, a ball end mill having a surface which has undergone a hardening treatment and in which a forging die material is cut under conditions where a length of tool extension L (mm), radius R (mm)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070240470 - Press-forming device, press-forming method, computer program/software arrangement and storage medium: Exemplary embodiments of a press-forming device are provided. The exemplary press-forming device can include a material characteristic input configured to input the material characteristics out of sheet thickness, yield strength, 0.2% proof stress, tensile strength, elongation, n value, r value, stress-strain relation equation, hardness, temperature, surface roughness, friction coefficient and/or... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070240471 - Automated machine setup with modular tooling: Apparatus and a method for establishing setup parameters for use in a machine. In one embodiment a tooling component is removably mountable to a host machine. The tooling component includes a memory that contains information defining setup parameters for the host machine for use with the tooling component. A controller... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070240474 - Crimping tool: A tool for crimping a first part (4) to a second part (5) by pinching a folded margin (6) of the first part against a margin (7) of the second part, the tool including a body (10) to which a wheel (11) is secured to rotate freely about an axis... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070240475 - Method and roll stand for multiply influencing profiles: When rolling sheets or strips in roll stands using working rolls, which are supported on back-up rolls or on intermediate rolls having back-up rolls, whereby the setting of the roll gap is effected by axially displacing roll pairs provided with curved contours, differences from the required profile occur in the... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070240476 - Sleeve with adaptable hole: A sleeve with an adaptable hole comprises a sleeve body; a hole being formed at one end of the sleeve body; the hole having a plurality of concave cambered surface; for each two adjacent concave cambered surfaces, there are two convex cambered surfaces; a sharp pit being formed between the... Agent: Chih-ching Hsieh

20070240477 - Tape measure device and method of manufacturing blade therefor: A tape measure device has an elongated blade with a central concave-convex segment with at least one planar segment adjoining edgewise the central concave-convex segment to form a junction that extends substantially along the entire length of the elongated blade. During formation of the blade the junction is annealed to... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070240478 - Wire-drawing apparatus: A Wire-drawing apparatus with one or more drawing-disk drums with an associated drawing-disk drum drive motor. The wire-drawing apparatus has a machine frame that is horizontally divided and comprises a drawing disk upper part with access auxiliary devices, such as a suction extraction device and a drawing die mount, and... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070240480 - Method of net-forming an article and apparatus for same: A method of forming an article such as a helical gear and an apparatus for forming the article are provided. The method includes applying pulsating pressure downward to extruding the work piece and, while the pressure is applied downward, injecting fluid to surround the work piece in fluid. The method... Agent: Christopher Devries General Motors Corporation

20070240481 - Method for manufacturing a heat pipe having an enlarged portion: A method for manufacturing a heat pipe having an enlarged portion includes the steps of: preparing a hollow tubular material having a uniform outer diameter; forming the tubular material with an enlarged portion having a different or larger outer diameter by narrowing or enlarging the tubular material; arranging a capillary... Agent: Hdsl

20070234770 - Spiral pipe machine: A spiral pipe machine includes a feeding assembly for continuously feeding a web of material, and a forming assembly for accepting the web. The forming assembly bends the web to form a first section of a spiral pipe having a first predetermined diameter. A controller is employed for selectively instructing... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070234771 - Method of hydraulic bulging and shaft pressing profile element pipe to make hydraulically bulged product: A profile element pipe for hydraulic bulging of the present invention has a peripheral length with an outer diameter gradually increasing or decreasing from one axial side toward the other thereof and has a parallel part formed on at least one end thereof. According to a bulging device and a... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070234772 - Surface treatment apparatus and method: The present invention relates to a surface treatment apparatus and method for inducing compressive residual stress in the surface of a workpiece with dimensional variations. The method comprises the acts of measuring the dimensions of the workpiece during a surface treatment operation and adjusting the surface treatment process parameters to... Agent: Mark F. Smith

20070234774 - Bar packing plant and relative process: Plant for packing bars after the rolling cycle comprising a feeding unit, a shear (45) for cutting the bar to size, a pair of deflector devices (46), (47) and a bar braking device. The bar segment deflector devices send the bar segments into seats (58) arranged along the perimeters of... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070227215 - Method and apparatus for preventing or arresting crack development and propagation: A method and surface treatment apparatus for preventing or arresting the development and propagation of cracks in the material surrounding a fastener. The method includes introducing compressive residual stresses in the material surrounding the fastener. The compressive residual stresses offset the high residual tensile and applied stresses which the material... Agent: Mark F. Smith

20070227216 - Automated pedicle screw rod bender: An automated screw rod bender includes a sensing system for sensing a position of each of a plurality of screws that are inserted into a vertebrae, a computing system for converting the positions into a geometric coordinates of the screws and generating a corresponding plurality of rod bending parameters, and... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070227217 - Method and device for the manufacture of perforated films or foils: A device for the manufacture of perforated films or foils comprises a means (5) for the perforation of the film or foil (2), as well as a means (19) for crimping the edges of the thusly produced holes. By crimping the edges, the holes are fixed after having been opened.... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070227219 - Straightener: In the straightener, a clearance (S) opening in a direction orthogonal to a line connecting the axes of straightening rolls (12, 14) to each other in a plane orthogonal to a carrying route is formed between the vertically opposed straightening rolls (12, 14). The pair of guide bar facings (30,... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070227220 - Finishing monoblock with optimised transmission ratio for a billet rolling plant: A finishing monoblock with optimised transmission ratio for a billet rolling plant comprises a plurality of rolling stands (G1-Gn) arranged in sequence suitable for forming a rolling line and actuated by a pair of mechanical transmissions (11, 12) in which bevel gear pairs are foreseen for the variation of ratio... Agent: James V Costigan Hedman & Costigan

20070227222 - Method of forming a one-piece frame for a cantilevered refrigerator shelf: A one-piece frame for a refrigerator shelf is produced from a planar blank having first and second side members that extend at an angle from a central cross member. The side members are folded along bend zones located between each of the first and second side members and the cross... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070227224 - Variable curvature tube and draw die therefor: A tube is bent having a curved portion with a variable radius extending between first and second ends. The curved portion includes a circular arc portion with a constant radius and a clothoid transition portion with a variable radius. The circular arc portion extends from the first end toward a... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff