Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
269009000 | PLURAL SELECTIVELY USED HOLDERS | 24 |
20090236784 | Portable Vise - A portable vise, particularly for use in supporting elongated member, provides a convenient design for safely cutting, drilling, welding, and painting. An elongated member is inserted through an aperture of a vise body. The vise rests upon the ground or other work surface such that one end of the elongated member is supported over the work surface while the other end of the elongated member rests upon the work surface. | 09-24-2009 |
20090261519 | Clamping device - Disclosed herein is a securing device for plate-like work pieces, comprising a body member and an anchor member, the body member having a first end and a second end, the first end having an engagement portion, a biasing member to basis the body member laterally within a plurality of aligned openings in said work pieces and biasing the engagement portion past the openings, the engagement portion having an operative surface to engage an outer surface on a first outer work piece, the body member including a threadable portion, the anchor member being operable to engage an outer surface on a second outer work piece, the anchor member including a threaded member to engage the threadable portion, the threaded member be rotationally operational to draw the body member toward the anchor member. | 10-22-2009 |
20090278294 | CLAMPING SYSTEM - A clamping system for clamping aerofoils. The clamping system has pivotally mounted engagement members that engage the aerofoil mounted on a pivotally mounted arm either side of the pivotal mounting. The arm can pivot as required relative to the item, to accommodate differences in shape in the item, whilst providing a substantially equal clamping force by both engagement members. | 11-12-2009 |
20100044941 | FIXED SUPPORT FOR PARTS IN MACHINE TOOLS - A fixed carrier for machine tool parts includes a table frame and a table having a first face That can hold a first part to be machined, the first face being fixed above a machining device and the first part being stationary during the machining process. The table also has a second face for holding steady a second part to be machined. | 02-25-2010 |
20100194009 | Substrate holding platen with adjustable shims - A panel platen for holding substrates such as PCBs has an automatic shimming mechanism to provide shims for panels of varying sizes and/or thicknesses. A platen includes a top surface, and a plurality of adjustable shims located below the top surface and around an edge of the platen, wherein the adjustable shims can be raised and lowered to a desired height to compensate for different sizes or thicknesses of substrates. A platen may include a top surface, a plurality of adjustable height pads located around an edge of the top surface, and a motorized control mechanism located below the top surface and configured to raise and lower the plurality of adjustable height pads. A method of automatically shimming different sized substrates on a platen includes providing a plurality of motorized shims under a top surface of the platen, and raising and lowering the motorized shims based on a size or thickness of a substrate. | 08-05-2010 |
20100230880 | ALIGNMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SLEEVES TO ARROW SHAFTS - An apparatus and method for holding a plurality of arrow shafts in alignment for applying a heat-shrinkable sleeve thereto. The apparatus includes a support and an arrow holding assembly for holding more than one arrow shaft relative to the support. An adjuster ring is moveable along the support to hold the sleeves in the desired positions on the shafts. The apparatus and method of this invention allows for consistent positioning of shrinkable sleeves around multiple arrow shafts and simultaneous shrinking of sleeves onto the multiple arrow shafts. | 09-16-2010 |
20100276856 | Device for holding an object under measurement in a reference position - An apparatus for holding a measurement object, particularly a formed sheet metal component of a vehicle body, in a reference position, comprises at least one carrier which holds the measurement object and has a carrier head that can be placed against the measurement object. The carrier comprises a plurality of carrier heads which can optionally be moved, relative to the rest of the carrier, into contact positions and the carrier heads can be pivoted about an axis. | 11-04-2010 |
20110221111 | Multiple Cutting Board Apparatus - A cutting board assembly including a primary cutting board and a secondary cutting board. The secondary cutting board is housed within a void space of the primary cutting board, providing the ability to use multiple cutting surfaces within one conveniently arranged cutting board. | 09-15-2011 |
20120068393 | METHOD FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE AS WELL AS SUCH MACHINING DEVICE - For machining a workpiece the workpiece is fixed in a first gripping device of a machining device in order to make at least one element. Next the workpiece is transferred to the second gripping device of the machining device, where the workpiece is fixed by means of the element in the second gripping device of the machining device, while the first gripping device remains connected to the machining device. The element comprises a dovetail-shaped mounting element. | 03-22-2012 |
20120242022 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE REPAIR AND PAINTING - A method, process and apparatus for repairing and repainting vehicles and vehicle components, specifically auto body repair and vehicle body components. The method and process reduce vehicle painting preparation time and eliminate material and waste material in the repair and repainting process. The apparatus is directed a vehicle component support stand which simulates the mounting of the body components on a vehicle to reduce time and expenses in the component repair and replacement process. | 09-27-2012 |
20140015181 | OFFSET INDEX WELDING POSITIONER - Disclosed is a two station positioner for positioning work pieces for mounting and working at the same time. A first arm positioner can be located in a mounting position for mounting a work piece on the first arm positioner, while the other arm positioner is located in a working position, where another work piece can be welded or machined. The first positioning arm, in the mounting position, is sufficiently low to allow workers to mount the work piece without the use of elevated platforms. A pedestal exchange platform can then be indexed to place the first positioning arm with the mounted piece in the working position and the other positioning arm in the mounting position. In this manner, workers can mount work pieces while other work pieces are being worked. In the working position, the positioning arm is rotated on a horizontal axis, which reduces programming complexity for robotic welders or machines. | 01-16-2014 |
20140191455 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING A TURBINE ENGINE BLADE FOR THE PURPOSES OF MACHINING - A device for holding a turbine engine blade for purposes of machining, the device including a support including at least one housing in which at least one block is removably mounted, the block including two jaws presenting an opening for mounting an airfoil of a blade. The block further includes six presser points for pressing against the airfoil, and a movable presser finger for pressing against a pressure side surface or a suction side surface of the blade, the finger being moved by an actuation mechanism such that in a blade clamping position, the presser finger presses the blade against the presser points of the block, which itself is pressed against the support. | 07-10-2014 |
20140210149 | FIXTURE FOR SELECTABLY HOLDING DISSIMILAR WORKPIECES - A fixture for selectably supporting a number of dissimilar workpieces. The fixture includes a frame with one or more rotatable workpiece tooling assemblies. Each workpiece tooling assembly has multiple faces to which is mounted workpiece support tooling. The workpiece support tooling may be designed to support dissimilar workpieces, such that a single fixture may support any of a given number of workpieces by simply rotating the workpiece tooling assembly or assemblies until the corresponding support tooling is properly positioned. A locking assembly may be provided to releasably secure each workpiece tooling assembly in the various support orientations that coincide with each of its faces. | 07-31-2014 |
20140265087 | CLAMPING DEVICE FOR A GOLF CLUB HEAD - A clamping device for use with a golf club head. The clamping device may include a base and a holding device which is rotatably coupled to the base. The holding device may include at least first and second engagement portions. Each engagement portion is configured to at least partially accommodate an iron or wedge type golf club head, and prevent such club head from moving along a plane which is defined by the holding device. The clamping device may also include first and second clamp members which are each coupled to the base so as to be alignable with and operative to firmly seat corresponding golf club head within respective ones of the first and second engagement portions of the holding device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140339750 | Cutting Board Device - The present invention is an improved cutting board device. The device allows a user to prepare food on one side of the cutting board while the other is being cleaned. The device provides a user a quick and easy transition to a new, clean, cutting board work surface without the need to carry waste to a disposal bin, without having to stop to wash and dry the soiled surface of the cutting board. | 11-20-2014 |
20150123331 | Set of nested cutting boards - An efficient and economical cutting board used for chopping foods that puts multiple cutting boards at your fingertips, is easily stored, and helps prevent cross contamination of food is very useful in the kitchen. A versatile cutting board that has multiple cutting boards nested together, takes up no more space than the largest cutting board and when placed on the countertop the other cutting boards are hidden and not visible. | 05-07-2015 |
20150351504 | Bi-Stable Support Fixture for Addition of Pendants to Jewelry Chains - A support fixture is provided for holding chain to facilitate addition of pendants thereto. The fixture comprises a polymeric base and a pair of inter-nesting uprights pivotably mounted therein at opposed ends of the base. The uprights can be stably disposed in either an upright usage configuration or a nested horizontal configuration. The base has an upper surface with a generally planar periphery and a major centrally located recess formed therein. The upper extremity of each upright is provided with a retention pin and a padded clamp. Each clamp is formed from a “7” shaped portion and an inverted “L”-shaped arm pivotably joined thereto, with horizontal portions of the “L” shaped arm and the “7” shaped portion defining the jaws of the clamp. A resilient spring is disposed between a vertical leg of the “7” shaped portion and a vertical leg of the inverted “L” shaped arm. | 12-10-2015 |
269010000 | Work stop abutment | 7 |
20090096143 | Method And Apparatus For Fixturing A Panel - A fixturing apparatus for locating and supporting a panel, such as an automotive body panel is provided. The fixturing apparatus includes a support structure having at least three generally spherically shaped contactors. The panel includes at least three extending channels sufficiently configured to receive a respective one of the at least three generally spherically shaped contactors to locate and support the panel. At least one clamping arm is operable to selectively retain one of the at least three extending channels with respect to the respective one of the at least three generally spherically shaped contactors. A method of fixturing a panel employing the above described fixturing apparatus is also provided. | 04-16-2009 |
20090283947 | Door Installation - Tool having a body and at least one jamb-securing finger can be used to install a pre-hung door. The body can be removably attached to a building component about a door opening such as a 2×4, with the finger(s) for holding a jamb component of the pre-hung door. The tool may be intrinsically adjustable. A kit may include the tool, a fastener and/or a spacer. | 11-19-2009 |
20100109221 | JIG DEVICE - An upper clamping unit and a sub-clamping unit are respectively configured on the upper center of the main frame and on both sides of the front of the mounting portion, a side surface pad unit and a base surface pad unit are configured on one side and the front surface portion of the main frame so as to fix the upper part of a casting block, and the casting block is supplied from the upper portion through a gantry loader such that a separate transfer device is not necessary to make the fabrication process reasonable. | 05-06-2010 |
20100194010 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HOLDING A CASETTE FOR LABORATORY SAMPLES | 08-05-2010 |
20100230881 | PORTABLE VISE - A portable vise, particularly for use in supporting elongated member, provides a convenient design for safely cutting, drilling, welding, and painting. An elongated member is inserted through an aperture of a vise body. The vise rests upon the ground or other work surface such that one end of the elongated member is supported over the work surface while the other end of the elongated member rests upon the work surface. | 09-16-2010 |
20130106039 | LID STERILIZATION APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20150061204 | VISE FOR SKATEBOARD - An example vise assembly for housing a skateboard is presented. The vise assembly comprises a vise body to support the vise assembly, a vise jaw secured to a bottom portion of the vise body, the vise jaw is used to mount the vise assembly to a structure, a top surface secured to a top portion of the vise body having at least two flat areas, at least two curved areas and a hole to hold the skateboard, and a screw assembly secured to insert a screw into the vise body. | 03-05-2015 |