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Metal deforming February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/12

20120042705 - Apparatus for and method of manufacturing a helically wound tubular structure: A winding apparatus for and method of manufacturing structures (116) includes a rotating faceplate (74) upon which are mounted a forming station for forming a supply of strip material before it is wound into a desired structure and a plurality of inner supports in the form of rollers (110) mounted... Agent: Iti Scotland Limited

20120042706 - Reversing roll stand having inlet and outlet guides: w

20120042707 - Wire drawing device and method for manufacturing wire: Included are a wire supply part, a wire pulling part, a first capstan mechanism part and a second capstan mechanism part. The first capstan mechanism part includes a plurality of first capstans, a first rotation drive source and a first rotation transmission mechanism part that transmits the rotation drive force... Agent: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

20120042708 - Indexing machine with a plurality of workstations: A machine may include a plurality of stations, e.g., for performing progressive die-necking of open-ended container bodies. A conveyer may be provided to index the open-ended container bodies in a linear manner through the machine from station to station.... Agent:

20120042709 - Pex clamp fastening tool: A clamp fastening tool including first and second handles pivotally connected at a common pivot point, first and second jaw members pivotally connected to the handles and independently pivotally interconnected through a common jaw connector, a ratchet pivotally connected at the common pivot point between the first and second handles,... Agent: Conbraco Industries, Inc.

20120042710 - Pex crimp tool with crimping insert release: A crimp tool including first and second handles pivotally connected to first and second jaw members, respectively, first and second crimping inserts engaging the first and second jaw members, respectively, each of the first and second crimping inserts having a catch protruding from a non-crimping surface thereof, and first and... Agent: Conbraco Industries, Inc.

20120042711 - Panel screw clinching anvil: An anvil for clinching a screw with a panel. The anvil includes an opening, a recess communicating with the opening, and raised ridges formed near the opening. When the threads of the screw are inserted through the panel and into the opening and recess of the anvil, and then a... Agent:

20120036909 - Method and device for cleaning slabs, thin slabs, profiled elements, or similar: A method for removing loose scale and other foreign matter from the top and/or bottom face of a cast product with the aid of flowable media which are sprayed onto the cast product by a cleaning device having at least one spraying apparatus that is disposed above the cast product... Agent: Sms Siemag Aktiengesellschaft

20120036910 - winding apparatus for and method of manufacturing a helically wound tubular structures: A winding apparatus for and method of manufacturing helically wound structures (116) includes: a rotating faceplate (74) upon which are mounted a forming station for forming a supply of strip material before it is wound into a desired structure; a plurality of inner supports in the form of rollers (110)... Agent: Iti Scotland Limited

20120036911 - Method for producing ultrathin-wall seamless metal tube by cold rolling method: A method for producing an ultrathin-wall seamless metal tube, which employs a cold pilger mill of mechatronics drive type including a mechanism to give a feed and a turn angle to a tube material, utilizes a roll having a tapered groove whose diameter gradually increases or gradually decreases from an... Agent: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.

20120036912 - Crust bending apparatus: A crust bending apparatus includes a positioning assembling and a bending assembly. The positioning assembly includes a conveyance cylinder, a conveyance block, a positioning cylinder, a positioning rod, a positioning block, a holding cylinder, a holding rod, and a holding block. The bending assembly includes a bending cylinder, a bending... Agent: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

20120036913 - 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: Fatigue Technology, Inc.

20120031159 - Method and apparatus for cooling the rollers of a roll stand: To accomplish the object of providing a method of and an apparatus for optimally cooling the rolls of a roll stand, where energy considerations, such as the minimization of necessary cooling fluid flow and cooling fluid pressure, and incident design and manufacturing costs, must be taken into account, the invention... Agent:

20120031160 - Low carbon welded tube and process of manufacture thereof: The present invention relates to low carbon welded tubes and process of manufacture thereof. Manufacture of welded tubes utilising draw bench processes is energy intensive process due to the need of multiple pass (to enhance mechanical properties, in particular tensile and yield strength) to reduce the diameter of the hollow... Agent: Arihant Domestic Appliances Ltd.

20120024029 - Device and method for explosive forming: A device for explosive forming of a tubular work piece includes a multipart explosive forming die, which defines a forming area having an inner surface corresponding to a final shape of the tubular work piece and a nozzle arrangement disposed adjacent to the forming area. The device also includes a... Agent:

20120024030 - Luminous character enclosing machine: A luminous character enclosing machine has an upper supporting plate (2) and a lower supporting plate (3) which are installed on a machine frame (1). A plate inlet and a plate outlet are formed respectively on two ends of the upper and lower supporting plates. A feeding unit, a grooving... Agent: Weifang Handun Cnc Equipment Co., Ltd.

20120024031 - Shape restoration metal rolling tool and method: A metal shaping tool assembly, e.g., for auto body repair, includes shaper having a roller mounted between opposite legs in a yoke member. The central member has a recess for receiving an end of a manipulator, which is used as a handle. The manipulator may comprise a tool such as... Agent:

20120024032 - Spinning method for forming a diameter reduced portion: Provided is a spinning method of reducing a diameter of a work piece pipe body with processing rollers disposed on an outer surface of the work piece pipe body, the processing rollers being configured to be relatively revolved around the work piece pipe body, wherein, when the processing rollers are... Agent:

20120024033 - Hot stretch straightening of high strength alpha/beta processed titanium: A method for straightening a solution treated and aged (STA) titanium alloy form includes heating an STA titanium alloy form to a straightening temperature of at least 25° F. below the age hardening temperature, and applying an elongation tensile stress for a time sufficient to elongate and straighten the form.... Agent: Ati Properties, Inc.

20120024035 - method of incrementally forming a workpiece: A method of incrementally forming a workpiece. The method includes determining a desired workpiece geometry, generating a tool path in which a feature is formed outwardly from a point that is disposed a maximum distance from a reference position, and incrementally forming the workpiece.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20120024034 - Method to improve geometrical accuracy of an incrementally formed workpiece: A method of incrementally forming a workpiece. The method may include incrementally forming a stiffening feature on the workpiece and incrementally forming a part on the workpiece. A gap between forming tools may be decreased to reform the part.... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20120024036 - Bending machine for the production of bent profile sections, in particular for exchanger tubes: The invention relates to a bending machine for the production of bent profile sections, in particular for exchanger tubes, including a frame on which an articulated arm is mounted consisting of a rotatably fixed arm capable moving along a transverse axis of movement, and a rotary arm supported by a... Agent: Eaton Leonard Europe