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4584753 Apparatus for connecting sheet metal pieces  
Apparatus for joining a first, non-perforated sheet metal piece to a second, perforated one comprising a male die and a female die, the latter having an anvil which prior to actual joining locates...
4575911 Method and apparatus for constructing turbine components  
A method for mechanically securing turbine blades to mounting bands to form compressor stages. The turbine blades have end tangs which protrude through preformed slots in the bands. According to...
4575915 Method of forming a composite container  
This relates to the forming of a blow molded polyester container wherein a bottle having a conventional upper neck portion and an intermediate body is provided with a lower portion which includes...
4574448 Apparatus for fastening machine element to a shaft  
In a method for fixedly mounting a machine element such as a bearing on a smooth shaft, the material of the shaft is displaced by forcing a stamping tool into an outer surface of the shaft, in a...
4569111 Apparatus for jointing plate materials  
An apparatus for jointing plate materials comprises a punch, a die having a die hole for drawing a plurality of overlapping materials in cooperation with the punch. The peripheral wall of the die...
4569470 Button orienting and placing apparatus  
In a button orienting and placing apparatus, a pushing mechanism, for pushing a button out of a guide channel in a horizontal guide, includes a slide slidable in and along the guide channel, and a...
4564986 Apparatus for securement of clinch nut to carrier material  
An apparatus particularly useful for securing a deformable nut having a hole to carrier material, such as a sheet-metal panel, is disclosed. Securement of the nut to the panel is made employing...
4562740 Vibration sensor and the method of and apparatus for manufacture thereof  
An improved method and apparatus are provided for making vibration sensors, particularly of the type used in automotive applications wherein a piezoelectric element is affixed to a flexing plate...
4555832 Buckle assembly  
Disclosed herein is a buckle assembly suitable for use in a vehicle seat belt. The buckle assembly includes a clinched anchor block fixed on a wire and having an interlocking portion projecting...
4554719 Machine and method for the manufacture of an air-to-air heat exchanger  
A heat exchanger for transferring heat from stale air evacuated from a building to incoming fresh air employs a core made of a stack of spaced aluminum sheets that are joined along opposite edges...
4538338 Method for manufacturing a furnace heat exchanger and plate assembly  
A furnace heat exchanger and support plate assembly are joined together by a cooperating oval rim defining an opening in the heat exchanger and an opening formed by a mating flange on a partition...
4535525 Adapter for bracket securement to wall studs and method of manufacture  
An adapter for enabling a vertical slotted standard in the form of a steel bar to be mounted to a pair of back-to-back assembled sheet metal channel-shaped studs in a wall, the adapter being...
4531397 Crimping tool  
This invention is directed to a power operated crimping tool having two movable links. On the lower end of one of the movable links there is a stud and on the lower end of the other movable link...
4531279 Method of making a leakproof joint  
A leakproof joint construction for a pair of members disposed in abutting relation and method and apparatus for making the same are provided, the leakproof joint construction having part of one of...
4528739 Rivet and method of using the same  
A rivet having a cylindrical head portion, a cylindrical shoulder portion of reduced diameter and a tenon portion of further reduced diameter is projected through first and second parts which are...
4520548 Method and apparatus for fastening an eraser to a pencil  
A method and apparatus for securing an eraser to a pencil while deforming a heath mounted at one end on one end of the pencil and on the other end partially receiving the eraser, the sheath being...
4516277 Article comprising and method for fabricating a hip prosthesis having a flexible multi-element femoral rod  
A hip prosthesis comprises a one piece element including a head, a plate portion, a neck interconnecting the head and plate portion, and a flexible femoral rod which includes thin longitudinal...
4513487 Seaming machine for mufflers  
An apparatus to manufacture the casings for mufflers, the apparatus includes a central support to receive an end plate and side wall of the casing, and a metal deforming roller brought into contact...
4499647 Blind nut fastening method  
A blind nut is provided for coupling with an object article having a bore, wherein the neck portion of said nut is nested in use. The peripheral side of said bore is immovably attached to a neck...
4498222 Clinching process of buckle base and wire rope  
Disclosed herein is a process for clinching a wire rope on a buckle base, which comprises the following consecutive steps: subjecting a starting anchor block material and the wire rope in...
4496052 Blister package with means for securing blister  
A first part of plastic material (7), preferably a component of a package, is secured to a second part (2). Tubular projections (9) are formed in the first part and are introduced through a hole...
4493141 Method of joining sheets with a rivet  
A fatigue resistant rivet in which the head has a distal frusto-conical portion and a proximate frusto-conical portion relative to the shank thereof. The proximate portion has a conical surface...
4491124 Self-tapping duct fitting  
A self-tapping duct fitting (10) in the form of a hollow sleeve having an interrupted cutting edge (20) at a one end (14) so that a hole (68) can be cut in a wall (66) of the duct by a rotative...
4489830 Retainer for packaged optical fiber splices and organizing tray utilizing such retainers  
A packaged optical fiber splice is held in a retainer formed by two pairs of cantilever members having inwardly facing ribs at their top edges. The members of a pair are spaced so that after...
4486930 Cut-off for clinch nut feed  
An apparatus for severing a lead nut from a linear arrangement of attached nuts and for securing such a lead nut to carrier material is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a punch operated by a ram...
4486940 Method of forming a sewing machine hook assembly  
A method is disclosed for fabricating and assembling a sewing machine hook shaft and hook body by which the required critically accurate shapes may be attained in a particularly cost effective manner.
4486939 Method and apparatus for attaching flexible membranes to a rigid backing  
A method and apparatus for joining an end of a flexible membrane to a rigid backing. A sleeve is used which plants a portion of the membrane and a resilient member in a seat, preformed along an...
4485544 Method of making articles comprising two components hinged one to the other  
The manufacture of two hingedly connected components of a toggle latch by simultaneously press-forming two strips of metal feeding into a multi-phased die wherein the last operation comprises the...
RE31737 Adjustable die and punch for sheet material fastening machines  
To fasten together two or more overlying sheets of metal or other material having plasticity or deformable properties by partially piercing and deforming sections of the sheets, a fixed...
4481978 Method of manufacturing helically wound tubes and tubes manufactured by said method  
A typical embodiment of the invention produces helically wound tubes from strips of thin plate in which adjacent edges are provided with interlocking ribs that are folded over to form a compressed...
4470908 Solids trap  
The invention comprises a trap for use in a fluid conduit in which foreign solid material may occasionally be carried by the fluid. The trap has a duct-like body, preferably of similar...
4468161 Sheet carrying a welded nut  
In a preferred embodiment, a metal nut compacted and welded within the thickness of a metal sheet, within a sheet-aperture of lesser diameter than a top of the nut, spaced-apart compacted edge...
4464109 Capped plastic container  
A disposable lamp comprising a body, formed of a plastic material for holding a flammable fluid therein and including a mouth onto which is secured a burner-closure assembly. The burner-closure...
4461065 Tube cover mounting method  
A fastening device by which a thermoplastic cover may be fixed to a tubular component. The cover fits tightly into the tubular component which is provided in the region of the cover with bores...
4459735 Joining sheet metal  
There is disclosed an improved apparatus for joining a plurality of pieces of sheet metal by first drawing and then laterally extruding the material to be joined into an enlarged shape which will...
4458545 Guide shaft in a pushbutton tuner  
In a guide shaft perpendicularly secured on a member with the base end thereof by caulking and serving with the outer peripheral surface thereof as a guide portion, a guide shaft characterized in...
4450618 Tube fitting assembly method with deformable seal  
A tube fitting assembly is disclosed wherein a ductile metal tube is forced into first and second orifices within a fitting. The tube is closely received within the first orifice and the second...
4449428 Method of manufacturing razor blade assemblies  
Method of attaching a stainless steel blade member to a support member of cold deformable material, wherein the imperforate blade member (5) is located in a die cavity adjacent a die surface having...
4441241 Method of manufacturing a heat exchanger unit  
The sides of a heat exchanger unit are joined with perimeter flanges which are folded one over the other and then crimped tightly in such fashion as to cause adjacent portions of the perimeter to...
4440519 Coupling member  
The invention provides a device for coupling together two elements, each of predetermined shape, so that the two elements are prevented from rotating relative to the device. The device is...
4438555 Method of fixing an annular element on a shaft  
The present invention relates to a method for fixing an annular element onto a shaft. The shaft may be a camshaft and the annular element may be a cam piece or a journal piece used in an...
RE31535 Spot clinch means and method  
Spot clinch apparatus and method for forming a spot clinch joint by lancing and swaging two or more materials together using one complete stroke of a ram driven by a power source in a single...
4424618 Assembly of straight duct and transitions  
A method for formation of duct from preformed pieces. A number of ductwork pieces are formed out of sheet material, the pieces having edge configurations adapted to interlock with each other to...
4422231 Method of forming a block for a metal belt  
A power transmission belt especially adapted for use in variable pulley transmissions and comprising a continuous metal containing band with attached drive blocks. The drive blocks are formed from...
4416047 Method of manufacturing a shutter link  
A shutter link (1) for a multi-link overhead shutter or roller blind comprises two sheet metal sheets (7, 8) formed with a cavity (3) between them. The cavity is filled with a heat insulative...
4413767 Method of attaching a handle to a cooking vessel  
A method for assembling a handle to a cooking vessel, such as a pot or pan, wherein the use of conventional rivets having heads protruding from the inner surface of the cooking vessel is avoided....
4412718 Electric plug contact and method for its manufacture  
In the case of a plug contact which consists of an electrical contact body (11) and of a spring sleeve (12) with a longitudinal joint (43), encompassing said contact body on the outside, the...
4411061 Method of making a thermal switch having a lead interlocked thereto by a skived part of the lead  
A thermal switch having a lead interlocked to an end plug thereof by a part skived from the lead and compacted against an end of the end plug.
4409717 Swedging tool structure and use  
A hand tool is provided for swedging female seams of standing seam roof panels. The tool includes a handle and a seam-engaging structure. The handle and seam-engaging structure can either be...
4408367 End brush  
An end brush construction in which a cup-shaped bristle holder is permanently attached to an arbor by deforming the arbor in place on the holder. As disclosed, the arbor is caused to freely upset...