Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
072404000 | BY PLURAL TOOL-COUPLES | 19 |
20100031728 | Method to Continuously Form Surface Mount Flanged Pins - A method to make a flanged pin is described. The method includes feeding wire through a forming die whereby the wire is deformed to create a straight pin. The straight pin is then fed from the forming die to a heading die having a pre-formed cavity where a first portion of the straight pin is located in the forming die and a second portion of the straight pin is located in the heading die. A portion of the pin is secured in the forming and heading die, having a portion of the straight pin disposed in a gap defined by a space between the heading die and the forming die. As the die gap is closed, the portion of the straight pin is displaced into a pre-formed cavity thereby creating a flange. | 02-11-2010 |
20130091920 | MODULAR PILOT ASSEMBLY WITH SELF-CONTAINED STRIPPER AND METHOD FOR METAL FORMING DIES - A pilot assembly and method has a cylindrical pilot body with a tapered outer end, a grooved inner end, and a central portion with at least one inwardly curved side wall relief, as well as internally mounted reciprocating ejector pins with outer ends that protrude through holes in the outer body end to strip stock from the pilot. A spring has its outer end mounted in the groove in the outer body end, and an inner end attached to the inner body end in a pre-tensed condition. A cap screw has an enlarged head that has at least a portion thereof fit into the pilot sidewall relief, and a threaded shank that anchors the pilot in an associated die member. | 04-18-2013 |
20130167612 | MODULAR PILOT ASSEMBLY WITH SELF-CONTAINED STRIPPER AND METHOD FOR METAL FORMING DIES - A pilot assembly and method has a cylindrical pilot sleeve with an apertured outer end in which a separate pilot pin is received, a grooved inner end, and a central portion with at least one inwardly curved sidewall relief, as well as internally mounted reciprocating ejector pins with outer ends that protrude through holes in the outer body end to strip stock from the pilot pin. A spring has its outer end mounted in the sleeve groove, and an inner end captured in a die pocket in a pretensed condition. A mounting screw has an enlarged head that has at least a portion thereof fit into the pilot sidewall relief, and a threaded shank that anchors the pilot sleeve in the die. | 07-04-2013 |
20140047894 | LOW PROFILE PILOT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR METAL FORMING DIES - A pilot assembly and method for metal forming dies has a generally cylindrical pilot with a stripper that strips stock from the pilot when metal forming dies diverge. The pilot assembly is secured to one die member by a fastener by itself or in combination with a window mount. A spring within the pilot assembly contacts the stripper to force the stripper to reciprocate when the dies are pulled apart. Thus, the pilot assembly helps locate the stock within the metal forming die while also having a stripper to help strip the stock from the pilot. | 02-20-2014 |
20140157857 | PILOT ASSEMBLY WITH PRESS FIT INSERT/BODY CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD FOR METAL FORMING DIES - A pilot assembly and method has a cylindrical pilot body with a pilot insert having tapered outer end. The pilot assembly has at least one inwardly curved sidewall relief, as well as internally mounted reciprocating ejector pins with outer ends that protrude through holes in the outer body end to strip stock from the pilot. A spring has its outer end mounted in the groove in the pilot body, and an inner end attached to the inner end of the pilot insert in a pre-tensed condition. A cap screw has an enlarged head that has at least a portion thereof fit into the pilot sidewall relief, and a threaded shank that anchors the pilot in an associated die member. | 06-12-2014 |
20140283576 | SHEET MATERIAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRESS DIE, AND DIE SETTING BODY - A sheet material processing apparatus has a pressurizing part of a sheet material and a supporting part of the pressurized sheet material. The apparatus includes an end face pressing upper press die that receives a pressurizing force, an end face pressing lower press die that is arranged on the supporting part and faces the end face pressing upper press die so that an end face of the sheet material is inserted between the end face pressing upper and lower press dies, an end face pressing part that, with the end face pressing upper press die being moved toward the end face pressing lower press die, presses the end face of the sheet material, and an end face pressing width adjusting part that sets a pressing width of the end face of the sheet material. | 09-25-2014 |
20150375292 | MODULAR PILOT ASSEMBLY WITH SELF-CONTAINED STRIPPER AND METHOD FOR METAL FORMING DIES - A pilot assembly and method has a cylindrical pilot body with a tapered outer end, a grooved inner end, and a central portion with at least one inwardly curved side wall relief, as well as internally mounted reciprocating ejector pins with outer ends that protrude through holes in the outer body end to strip stock from the pilot. A spring has its outer end mounted in the groove in the outer body end, and an inner end attached to the inner body end in a pre-tensed condition. A cap screw has an enlarged head that has at least a portion thereof fit into the pilot sidewall relief, and a threaded shank that anchors the pilot in an associated die member. | 12-31-2015 |
072405010 | With means to feed work between plural tool stations | 12 |
20120060578 | NECKING MACHINE - A necking machine ( | 03-15-2012 |
20140102165 | Split Idle Station Assemblies for Transfer Press Assemblies - A split idle station assembly for a transfer press assembly includes a track assembly, a first base assembly slidably connected to the track assembly and a second base assembly slidably connected to the track assembly. The first and second base assemblies have a support configuration with the first base assembly adjacent the second base assembly forming a work piece support assembly for supporting a work piece thereon between work stations of the transfer press assembly. The first and second base assemblies have a split configuration where the first base assembly is moved apart from the second base assembly along the track assembly. | 04-17-2014 |
072405020 | Belt or chain work carrier | 1 |
20100170321 | BANDOLIER WITH LATERALLY OFFSET AND SPACED WORK PIECE - A method of operating a progressive die wherein the progressive die acts on a work piece having an elongated body with a blank at one end. The work piece is supported by a bandolier which is also formed in the progressive die. The progressive die acts on each blank. | 07-08-2010 |
072405050 | Sliding table work carrier | 1 |
20080216546 | Press die set for a multi-step press system - A press die set for a multi-step press system includes a lower die attached to a table and an upper die attached to a ram, the lower die and the upper die being adapted to simultaneously press-form workpieces placed in press-forming stations. The lower die includes a base attached to the table, plural pairs of guide rails fixedly secured to a top surface of the base, each pair of guide rails having mutually opposing grooves, a plurality of first die segments for press-forming the workpieces into desired shapes, each of the die segments having a slider plate removably inserted into the grooves of each pair of guide rails, and a plurality of clamping units provided on opposite lateral sides of each pair of guide rails for clamping the slider plate against removal. The upper die has substantially the same structure as that of the lower die. | 09-11-2008 |
072405090 | Work grasping | 8 |
20080250840 | IN DIE TRANSFER APPARATUS - A mechanism for forming thin metallic skin enclosures from blanks. The apparatus includes a forming assembly including a plurality of die stations. The stations are stepped farther away from an axis along which blanks being processed are positioned at a plurality of die stations. Grippers spaced from each other along the axis and away from the axis at distances substantially the same as die stations are carried by the transfer assembly. A pneumatic actuator can be used to move the transfer assembly reciprocally in directions generally parallel to the axis between first and second axial positions. In the first position the grippers are registered with corresponding die stations. In a second position the grippers are registered with die stations adjacent the ones with which they are registered when the transfer assembly is in its first position. A ram is provided to move the transfer assembly between first and second stepped positions relative to the axis. | 10-16-2008 |
20090064753 | WORK CONVEYANCE DEVICE, PRESS MACHINE AND BAR REMOVAL METHOD - A plurality of workpiece holders | 03-12-2009 |
20090107206 | ARRANGEMENT FOR PROCESSING SHEET METAL - A mechanical arrangement for processing sheet metal includes a sheet metal processing device, a transport device configured to position a sheet metal workpiece relative to the sheet metal processing device, the transport device including at least one workpiece carrier that is movable along a transport path that extends along a first transport line and a second transport line, and at least two X-guides and at least two Y-guides, the X-guides arranged parallel with the first transport line and the Y-guides arranged parallel with the second transport line. The at least two X-guides and the at least two Y-guides are configured to be coupled to each other by a transfer device to form a transport course, the workpiece carrier circulates along the X-guides and the Y-guides, and the transfer device is configured to move the workpiece carrier from one of the X-guides to one of the Y-guides. | 04-30-2009 |
20160184879 | TRANSFER DEVICE FOR A WORKPIECE - The present invention relates to a transfer device ( | 06-30-2016 |
072405110 | Reciprocating work feeder | 4 |
072405130 | Adapted to grasp work laterally (e.g., by gripper rail or transfer fingers) | 4 |
20080216547 | Multi-step press system - A multi-step press system includes a press that consists of a press frame, a table provided on the press frame and a ram provided above the table for making movement in a Z-axis direction. The table has a standby station into which workpieces are loaded one by one and a plurality of press-forming stations in which the workpieces are sequentially press-formed. The system further includes a press die set consisting of a lower die attached to the table and an upper die attached to the ram. The lower die and the upper die are adapted to simultaneously press-form the workpieces placed in the press-forming stations. On one side of the press, there is provided a destacker for periodically loading the workpieces into the standby station. A transfer feeder is provided between the table and the ram for simultaneously picking up and transferring the workpieces. | 09-11-2008 |
20080295564 | Transfer Press Machine - A transfer press machine which can accurately and promptly check interference and can be easily handled is provided. The transfer press machine includes an interference check device including: a data-conversion constituent element storage section which stores a press-side data-conversion constituent element and a transfer-side data-conversion constituent element in a state of being placed in virtual space to have the same relative positional relationship as in real space; a virtual press operation control section which causes the press-side data-conversion constituent element to perform a virtual press operation in the virtual space according to a press motion; a virtual transfer operation control section which causes the transfer-side data-conversion constituent element to perform a virtual transfer operation in the virtual space according to a transfer motion; a virtual synchronization timing information generation-output section which generates and outputs virtual synchronization timing information, and a virtual interference determination section which determines whether or not interference occurs between the press-side data-conversion constituent element and the transfer-side data-conversion constituent element during a transfer press cycle. | 12-04-2008 |
072405140 | Telescoping work gripper | 1 |
20150052965 | LOW PROFILE PILOT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR METAL FORMING DIES - A pilot assembly and method for metal forming dies has a generally cylindrical pilot with a stripper that strips stock from the pilot when metal forming dies diverge. The pilot assembly is secured to one die member by a fastener by itself or in combination with a window mount. A spring within the pilot assembly contacts the stripper to force the stripper to reciprocate when the dies are pulled apart. Thus, the pilot assembly helps locate the stock within the metal forming die while also having a stripper to help strip the stock from the pilot. | 02-26-2015 |
072405150 | Rotational movement | 1 |
20090241631 | HOSE FITTING - A machine, tooling and method for cold forming complex metal parts such as a banjo style hose fitting starting with a near net shape volume of wire and continuing with multiple forging blows and an intermediate rotation of the blank to produce a hose coupling shell end, a transition neck, a large counterbored annular coupling body and a perpendicular alignment tang. | 10-01-2009 |