Metal deforming inventions 01/08

20080022742 - Spring manufacturing apparatus and control method thereof: A spring manufacturing apparatus 100 comprises: a wire feeder 300; a wire guide 320 for guiding the wire; tool units 400B and 400D, a plurality of which can be slidable toward a spring forming space; a grip unit 500 having face-to-face fingers arranged to be adjacent to an end portion... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080022743 - Arc type blade transfer apparatus: An arc type blade transfer apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a main body which is formed with a space through which an arc type blade passes, and a transfer roller which is rotatably mounted to the main body and is rotated to transfer the arc type blade. The transfer... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080022744 - Extruding press for billets and tubes: Disclosed is an extruding press (1) for billets and tubes, comprising a press frame (2) which is composed of a cylinder-type bar (3) and an opposite bar (6) that is connected thereto. A movable running bar (6) and a movable receiving device (7) are disposed within said press frame (2),... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080022745 - Thermal control extrusion press container: A subliner for use in a metal extrusion press, the subliner comprising an elongate annular body having an outer surface dimensioned for placement within an outer mantle, and an inner surface dimensioned to receive an inner liner. The subliner further comprises at least one heating element positioned longitudinally between the... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080022746 - Method of manufacturing containers: A method for manufacturing containers including providing a container having a first diameter; expanding the diameter of the container to a second diameter with at least one expansion die is disclosed. Expansion dies can be used to expand the diameter of a container. Multiple expansion dies can be used to... Agent: Intellectual Property

20080016929 - Striker plate and sheet-metal forming tool comprising such a striker plate: A striker plate for a sheet-metal forming tool designed to be arranged between a gas-filled spring having a striking surface on a piston rod stop and a surface situated on the sheet-metal forming tool and thereby to receive force from the gas-filled spring in sheet metal forming. The striker plate... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080016931 - Expanded metal machine: Expanded metal machine includes a fixed blade, a displaceable blade, displaceable in a vertical and a transverse direction and which has a cutting edge with cutting projections interspaced in the transverse direction. Conveying device for conveying a flat material in a direction of conveyance between the blades. Ram for effecting... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20080016932 - Rolling frame and method for adjusting said rolling frame: The present invention pertains to a rolling frame comprising four support columns, which are anchored in a fixed manner to a base plate and in which are arranged axially fixed, rotatably mounted tractive spindles, whose upper and lower ends are provided with threads running in opposite directions, which receive the... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080016933 - Molding method and molding apparatus: The present invention relates to a molding method of reducing a diameter in an end portion of a metal tube to be characterized in having a step of rotating a metal tube around an axial core or rotating a frame in which a plurality of ring-shaped tools are arranged, and... Agent: Townsend & Banta C/o Portfolio Ip

20080016934 - Method and arrangement for the production of stampings: A method for the production of stamped part in a tool, particularly a fine cutting tool, by means of at least one stamp which is used to press the stamped part from a strip of material. According to the inventive method, the stamped part is moved from the material strip... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080016935 - Forming tool and method: A method and a tool arrangement for deforming at least one section of a less precisely positioned body by such an amount that the section to be deformed lies in a more precisely defined position with respect to the body. A tool arrangement includes at least one retaining device and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080016937 - Process of forming bend-controlling structures in a sheet of material, the resulting sheet and die sets therefor: A process of forming bend-controlling structures, such as slits, grooves or displacements (22), in a sheet of material (21, 121, 221, 321, 421, 521, 621, 721). The bend-controlling structures (22) have central portions (26) extending substantially parallel to a desired bend line (23) on the sheet and end portions (27)... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

20080016938 - Tooling system: A tooling system comprises a plurality of elements (24) arranged in an array, the elements of the array being movable between a closed position in which the elements contact one another and are secured in position, and an open position in which the elements of the array are spaced apart... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20080016939 - Pair of pressing jaws for hydraulic or electric pressing tools: The invention relates to a pair of pressing jaws for hydraulic or electric pressing tools for pressing fittings onto pipes or for the press connection of electric cables, two pressing jaws connected to one another in an articulated manner forming a pair of pressing jaws, the pressing jaws being biased... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080011036 - Cassette roller leveler with common back-up rolls: A roller leveler having a frame; a first bank of upper and lower work rolls journalled in the frame via a work roll journal housing; and a bank of back-up rolls in contact with the work rolls to support the work rolls. The work rolls perform leveling on a work... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080011037 - Process for manufacturing a seamless tube: A process for manufacturing a seamless tube which can effectively suppress thickness deviations which are apt to occur in thin-walled seamless tubes is provided. A billet which has been soaked in a beating furnace at a given temperature for a given length of time is subjected to piercing and elongation... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080011038 - Finishing monoblock for a billet lamination plant for producing high-quality wire rods: A finishing monoblock for a billet lamination plant of the type comprises a plurality of lamination cages (G1Gn) arranged in sequence suitable for forming a lamination line and actuated by a pair of mechanical transmissions (22, 22′) actuated through at least one command reducer (23) for the lamination of the... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20080006072 - Process for the shaping of the surface of a metal container: A process for the shaping of the side surface of a metal body or container (10) such as an aerosol or a beverage bottle for food or technical use, obtained by progressive deformation operating steps of its side surface carried out in sequence on a machine having an intermittent rotating... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20080006073 - Metal sheet pressing method: This invention provides a metal sheet pressing method of precision-pressing a metal sheet, wherein after a metal sheet (1) is partially drawn so as to form a perforated portion (1a), the perforated portion (1a) is heated by baking and after it is heated by baking, the perforated portion (1a) is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080006075 - Tag lifter plate: A clipper has a punch movable in a reciprocating path from a retracted position to an extended position, a clip rail for feeding a clip into the reciprocating path of the punch, a tag loading window oriented to hold a tag in the reciprocating path of the punch, a die... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.