181 |
Method and apparatus for automating production of sinuous springs |
US12105387 |
2008-04-18 |
US07832250B2 |
2010-11-16 |
Kelly M. Knewtson |
A method and apparatus is disclosed for manufacturing sinuous springs wherein each spring comprises a discrete length of sinuous spring wire having parallel straight bar segments interconnected at their opposite ends by oppositely directed curved connecting segments. This apparatus is operable to adjust the length of the sinuous spring wires exiting the machine without turning off or stopping the machine. An operator need only rotate a handle outside a housing of the machine to increase or decrease the length of the sinuous spring wires exiting the machine. |
182 |
Aluminum alloy fin material for brazing |
US11892147 |
2007-08-20 |
US20090053549A1 |
2009-02-26 |
Kyoji Inukai; Tomohiro Ito; Akira Kawahara; Akio Niikura |
An aluminum alloy fin material for brazing, characterized by comprising an aluminum alloy comprising more than 1.4% by mass but not more than 1.8% by mass of Fe, 0.8% by mass or more but 1.0% by mass or less of Si, and more than 0.6% by mass but not more than 0.9% by mass of Mn, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities,wherein 80% or more of the surface area, as viewed from the surface layer of the fin plane, is occupied by recrystallized grains with a length of 10 mm or more, in a direction rolled. |
183 |
WIRE-FORMING APPARATUS |
US12127582 |
2008-05-27 |
US20080289389A1 |
2008-11-27 |
Bradley A. Fitch; Mark A. Kempf; Anthony M. Harrison |
A forming device includes an input including wire in an unformed state. The forming device has a forming station configured to receive the wire, the forming station comprising a plurality of forms, each independently movable toward and away from the wire such that the forms collectively bend the wire into a formed state that is periodic and defines a wavelength. The plurality of forms bends less than a single wavelength of wire from a unformed state to a formed state at one time |
184 |
Device and method for applying a strip to a rotary surface |
US10997862 |
2004-11-29 |
US07201200B2 |
2007-04-10 |
Daniel Meyer |
A reinforcement strip is laid on a rotating receiving surface during the manufacture of a tire. The strip passes through a guide which is moved alternatingly transversely relative to a travel path of the strip, whereby the strip is laid in an undulating pattern on the receiving surface. The amplitude of the alternating transverse movement is varied as a function of a ratio of: (a) the speed of a portion of the strip approaching the guide, and (b) the speed of the receiving surface. Between the guide and the receiving surface the strip is pivoted by 90 degrees about the strip's longitudinal axis so as to be laid tangentially on the receiving surface. |
185 |
Device for applying a cable onto a rotating surface |
US09995363 |
2001-11-27 |
US06792989B2 |
2004-09-21 |
Daniel Meyer |
The invention concerns a device for the application (1) of at least one cable onto a rotating receiving surface (2) revolving at a speed V2, comprising means (10) for feeding the cable that comprise at least one capstan (11) revolving at a speed V1, means (20, 30) to displace the cable transversely relative to the receiving surface (2) and means (40) to position the cable on said receiving surface, characterized in that the means (20, 30) to displace the cable transversely effect said displacement by the combination of a rotary movement about an axis perpendicular to the cable travel direction with a pivoting movement in a plane containing the axis of said rotation, the extent of pivoting being determined by the ratio between the speeds V1 and V2. |
186 |
''S'' shaped cast in wire |
US10107499 |
2002-03-26 |
US20020190096A1 |
2002-12-19 |
Otto
Ferguson
III; Dennis
K.
Hartman |
A weld wire for storage on a spool of weld wire. The weld wire has a substantially linear cast in the form of an undulating curve that generally lies in a single plane. The undulating curve is a succession of generally semi-circular sections having a generally fixed radius of curvature. The linear cast is formed on the weld wire prior to the weld wire being wound on the spool of weld wire. The linear cast is at least partially retained on the weld wire after the weld wire is unwound from the spool and during the feeding of the weld wire through a welding machine. |
187 |
Apparatus and process for producing high quality metallic fiber tow |
US09950446 |
2001-09-10 |
US20020029453A1 |
2002-03-14 |
Nathaniel
R.
Quick; Michael
Liberman; Raymond
R.
McNeice |
An apparatus and process is disclosed for making fine metallic fiber tow comprising the steps of cladding an array of metallic wires with an array cladding material to provide an array cladding. The array cladding is drawn for reducing the diameter thereof and for reducing the corresponding diameters of each of the metallic wires of the array within the array cladding for producing an array of fine metallic fibers. A series of bends is formed in the array cladding. The array cladding is placed onto a support with the series of bends creating spaces between adjacent portions of the array cladding to minimize the number of direct contacts between adjacent portions of the array cladding. The array cladding material is removed for producing metallic fiber tow. The apparatus of the present invention forms the bends in the array cladding. |
188 |
Bale tie formed with marcelled portion, package comprising compressed
bale and such tie, and related forming apparatus |
US273679 |
1994-07-12 |
US5483837A |
1996-01-16 |
George M. Velan; Gale W. Huson; John R. Beach |
For tying a compressed bale tending to expand primarily along a major axis, a bale tie made preferably from steel wire or alternatively from steel strap is bent to form two marcelled portions, which are characterized by sinusoidal undulations, which are oriented so as to be generally parallel to the major axis, and along which the tie can straighten to absorb tensile forces. A joint is formed at the opposite ends of the tie. Where bent to form the marcelled portions, the tie has an ultimate strength less than the ultimate strength of an undeformed portion of the tie but more than the ultimate strength of the joint. An apparatus for forming a wire with a marcelled portion comprises upper rolls and lower rolls, which are rotatably mounted and respectively on an upper block and a lower block. The upper block is pivotally mounted upon to the lower block. |
189 |
Apparatus for forming bale tie for package |
US273680 |
1994-07-12 |
US5477724A |
1995-12-26 |
George M. Velan; Gale W. Huson; John R. Beach |
For tying a compressed bale tending to expand primarily along a major axis, a bale tie made preferably from steel wire or alternatively from steel strap is bent to form two marcelled portions, which are characterized by sinusoidal undulations, which are oriented so as to be generally parallel to the major axis, and along which the tie can straighten to absorb tensile forces. A joint is formed at the opposite ends of the tie. Where bent to form the marcelled portions, the tie has an ultimate strength less than the ultimate strength of an undeformed portion of the tie but more than the ultimate strength of the joint. An apparatus for forming a wire with a marcelled portion comprises upper rolls and lower rolls, which are rotatably mounted and respectively on an upper block and a lower block. The upper block is pivotally mounted upon the lower block. |
190 |
Method and apparatus for forming bends in a tube |
US625655 |
1990-12-13 |
US5062288A |
1991-11-05 |
Keith Titzer; Charlie Oran; Richard Reich; Gary Gann; William O. Toy, Jr.; Jerry Lamb; Chris Brack; Lloyd Comer; Dan Libbert; Don Masterson; Jerry Shekell; Don Deig; Kenneth Butler; Earl Roehm |
A method and apparatus is provided for forming bends in a tube. A set of bend forming elements are mounted on each of a pair of parallel guideways. Each set of bend forming elements are interconnected by lazy tongs and a motor is provided to drive each set of bend forming elements along the guideways so that each set of bend forming elements may be moved together or separated while maintaining equal spacing between the elements. When a straight tube is placed between the sets of bend forming elements and the bend forming elements are driven together while the guideways simultaneously are driven apart, bends are formed in the tube to form the tube into a serpentine configuration. The bend forming elements have at least two different curvatures on their external surfaces so that the bends in the tube are formed in two stages with each of the different curvatures being sequentially operative to form the final bends in the tube. |
191 |
Apparatus for looping metallic wire or the like |
US396614 |
1982-07-09 |
US4460024A |
1984-07-17 |
Gustav Erhardt |
Apparatus for making loops in a metallic wire and for inserting successively formed loops into the pockets of discrete metallic components has a support for a pair of bending pins which define a gap for the passage of a reciprocable deforming ram. A wire feeder supplies a length of wire into and intermittently advances the wire in a channel at one side of the bending pins so that successive increments of the wire move first past one and thereupon past the other of the pins. The ram is movable from that side of the channel which faces away from the pins and into the gap to thereby deform a portion of the wire between successive intermittent actuations of the wire feeder. The other pin is thereupon retracted into its support to allow for movement of the wire in the channel and to thus place a fresh portion of the wire into the path of the ram. A duct stores a stack of metallic components in such positions that the pocket of the lowermost component registers with the gap and can receive a freshly formed loop. Such component is thereupon advanced by a pusher in the direction of intermittent feed of the wire to allow the next-higher component to move its pocket into register with the gap. |
192 |
Wire forming machine |
US906607 |
1978-05-16 |
US4165767A |
1979-08-28 |
Paul Seaborn; Jorn-Uwe Lemburg |
A machine which converts a strand of wire into a body of meandering shape has two carriers which rotate about parallel axes and respectively carry annuli of pins. One annulus of pins surrounds the other annulus of pins, and each pin of one annulus is adjacent to a pin of the other annulus. When the carriers rotate, neighboring pins of the two annuli move toward each other during one-half of each orbital movement about the respective axes and away from each other during the other half of each orbital movement. A looping device winds the wire alternately about the oncoming pins of the inner and outer annuli while the neighboring pins move away from each other whereby the wire is converted into a meandering body and the wire portions between successive pins are stretched to assume a predetermined shape. The meandering body is stripped off the pins while the neighboring pins move nearer to each other. The meandering body can be used as a starting material for binders which connect the sheets of note books, calendars or the like. |
193 |
Apparatus for making transducer scroll spacers |
US32003173 |
1973-01-02 |
US3805853A |
1974-04-23 |
GLADU W |
A wire is gear-crimped and gear-formed by passing it through a pair of horizontal gear wheels and subsequently through a pair of vertical gear wheels. The first pair of gear wheels crimps the wire to form high frequency undulations in the wire, which then is fed into the second pair of gear wheels to form low frequency undulations in a direction perpendicular to the low frequency undulations. Both pairs of gear wheels are driven by a common variable speed motor.
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194 |
Material forming apparatus |
US3722254D |
1970-11-17 |
US3722254A |
1973-03-27 |
KATOGIR M |
This invention relates to a material forming method and apparatus for use in forming a series of predetermined shaped configurations in a length of material. More particularly, this invention includes a series of material forming heads. Each of the material forming heads includes complementary material bending means for forming a predetermined shape in a length of material. The series of material forming heads are supported on the material forming apparatus in a position to receive a length of material to be formed. Control means is operatively associated with the material forming heads for effecting a material forming operation. The control means includes automatic means for stopping the forming operation after the material has been formed to a predetermined shape. The control means is selectively setable whereby the shape of the material can be adjusted to a desired set position. The series of material forming heads are supported on the material forming apparatus and operatively associated with each other whereby the heads are moveable relative to each other in response to the material being formed to a predetermined shaped configuration. The material bending means includes spaced material contacting and guide means detailed to prevent damage to the length of material during a forming operation.
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195 |
Rod bending apparatus |
US3657914D |
1969-12-08 |
US3657914A |
1972-04-25 |
HART JAMES A |
A guideway formed in a frame retains a series of rollers which form respective central pivot points for a plurality of interlinked arms. Each arm includes an offset point which becomes pivotally linked with an adjacent arm so that rotational motion of the rollers causes simultaneous scissoring action of the linkage arms. A straight rod is secured to the interconnected linking arms and during the scissoring action the rod becomes bent into a sawtooth pattern.
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196 |
Machine for the manufacture of wire binders |
US3623514D |
1969-12-30 |
US3623514A |
1971-11-30 |
PFAFFLE ERNST |
A machine for making zigzag wire binders for notebooks and the like. A rotating disk with projections bends the wire and causes the ends to ride up an internal thread. A coacting wheel with intermittent slots further bends the wire halfway between the first bends to form the zigzag. The latter passes under a top die and between side dies to form a partially curved zigzag binder for entry in the holes of the notebook sheets.
|
197 |
Wire crimper |
US3565129D |
1968-10-18 |
US3565129A |
1971-02-23 |
FIELD RICHARD H |
A wire crimper for crimping uncrimped wire from a coil to obtain a straight crimped wire to be used in fabricating conveyor belts, comprising a head member, a pair of crimping wheels mounted on the head member in such a fashion that the crimping wheels are freewheeling and partly mesh in a mesh zone, said head member being rotatable about its axis, the mesh zone between the crimping wheels being on a line between the axes of the wheels and also on the rotatable axis of the head member, and mechanism for pulling the wire from the coil through the mesh zone between the wheels in order to crimp the wire.
|
198 |
Wire bending apparatus |
US59694866 |
1966-11-25 |
US3407850A |
1968-10-29 |
KELM EVERETT F |
|
199 |
Wire straightening apparatus |
US56657266 |
1966-07-20 |
US3398768A |
1968-08-27 |
MARIA ALBERTUS JUDOCUS FRANCIS |
|
200 |
Method and apparatus for extruding wire |
US49850165 |
1965-10-20 |
US3369574A |
1968-02-20 |
HORNE ALBERT H |
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