|
Match
|
Document |
Document Title |
|
|
7617581 |
Stapler with illuminated stapling position
With a stapler having a fixed stapling position of its stapling head, in which a set of sheets to be stapled is inserted and at least partially manually repositioned under the stapling head to...
|
|
|
7607219 |
Fastening system for anchoring wood floors
Fastening system for anchoring wood floors to a base includes a fastener having a pointed distal end and a proximal head end, a sleeve for retaining structural members, the sleeve having a central...
|
|
|
7596858 |
Self-piercing device for setting a rivet element
A system useful for riveting sheets of metal together. The system having a fastening element having a head on one side and a self-piercing surface on an opposite end, a die having an elastically...
|
|
|
7578055 |
Tool for the mechanical connection of plates
The tool, for bonding two plates together, has a punch ( 1 ) and a die ( 2 ) each as two-part structures with a positive fit between the two parts. One part ( 8, 13 ), as a tool which acts directly...
|
|
|
7574788 |
Foundation cover stretching and stapling system
A system for automatically stretching and stapling a foundation cover to a spring unit for a foundation, including a support table for supporting the foundation and cover, and a series of...
|
|
|
7568269 |
Power tool and method for connecting fasteners to belts
A power operated belt splicing system is provided. In one form, staples are driven through a belt and clinched in a final set using a power driven tool and a force applying member having multiple...
|
|
|
7562443 |
Automatic box spring fastening apparatus
A method and apparatus for assembling box springs for use in bedding applications. The apparatus comprises a base for supporting a frame and a spring unit, a framework with a plurality of tools...
|
|
|
7559136 |
Press for attaching nuts to pipes
A press for attaching nuts to pipes has a lower holder ( 6 ) fitting in and holding a pipe ( 60 ). A basal portion of this holder supported on the rear part of a lower base ( 2 ) moves up and down,...
|
|
|
7559133 |
Riveting system
A riveting system is operable to join two or more workplaces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present...
|
|
|
7555833 |
System for programmable self-piercing riveting
A system and method for self-piercing riveting including an alignment mechanism comprising laser diodes and sensors for facilitating alignment of a rivet gun and a back-up located on opposite sides...
|
|
|
7497001 |
Technique for predicting over insertions for partial grids and defective Z-pins
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a technique which may be used in conjunction with an automated Z-pin insertion process to automatically monitor the insertion energy...
|
|
|
7490401 |
Positioning device for staple guns and method of use
Apparatus for manufacturing a bedding foundation having a base and a wire grid of support wires, comprising at least one vertically moveable staple gun having a staple head and a wire positioner...
|
|
|
7475473 |
Device for operating a fastening tool
In a method for joining at least two plate-shaped workpieces by a fastening tool and a device for operating the fastening tool, the fastening tool comprises a punch for exerting a punch force to...
|
|
|
7467454 |
Box spring stapler apparatus
A fastener apparatus is provided for securing a plurality of modules to a frame.
|
|
|
7409760 |
Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint
A riveting system is operable to join two or more workplaces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present...
|
|
|
7409757 |
Automated Z-pin insertion technique using universal insertion parameters
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of inserting at least one Z-pin into a composite laminate for providing Z direction reinforcement thereto. The method comprises...
|
|
|
7398896 |
Vehicle body sheet metal clinch nut feeder
A vehicle body clinch nut feeder ( 22 ) includes a dispensing head ( 54 ) having an inlet passage ( 60 ) through which oriented clinch nuts ( 26 ) are fed single file. The leading clinch nut is...
|
|
|
7392835 |
Jacket and slab core fastening apparatus
A water-jacket core and slab core for a V-block of an internal combustion engine are assembled into a jacket and slab sub-assembly and are placed on an apparatus for the automatic insertion of...
|
|
|
7353580 |
Technique for automatically analyzing Z-pin dynamic insertion data
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of automatically verifying the acceptable insertion of at least one Z-pin into a composite laminate. The method comprises the...
|
|
|
7343672 |
Fastening system for attaching metal studs to metal track
A new and improved fastening system for attaching relatively thin-gauge sheet metal members, such as, for example 14-25 gauge sheet metal members, wherein the power output parameters of the power...
|
|
|
7341413 |
Self-piercing blind fastener
A self-piercing blind fastener comprising a mandrel having an elongate cylindrical shell mounted on a stem of such mandrel and which extends co-axially about a central elongate axis of the blind...
|
|
|
7313861 |
Electric drive for a shaping die
A driving mechanism for operating a shaping die to join stacked plates by a deep-drawing and swaging operation is implemented as an electric drive, such as a linear motor or a rotary motor, which...
|
|
|
7293358 |
Core element fastening and assembly method
Core sand elements are rapidly and reliably retained in an assembly by driving one or more smooth surface fasteners, such as staples, nails or brads, into the core elements. Such an assembly method...
|
|
|
7284319 |
Self-piercing rivet setting die and apparatus
A die ( 18 ) for use in a self-piercing rivet setting apparatus comprises a cavity ( 25 ) for receiving therein a protruded workpiece zone consisting of respective portions of the workpieces ( 2, 3...
|
|
|
7269894 |
Fastener insertion device
The method and apparatus for drilling holes and optionally inserting fasteners of the present invention provide for efficiently drilling holes through a multiple-layer structure because the layers...
|
|
|
7269893 |
Tool for piercing nut
A tool for piercing nuts that includes a die part, a punch part and a piercing nut feeder incorporated into the punch part. The piercing nut feeder is adapted to feed piercing nuts into a piercing...
|
|
|
7266876 |
Apparatus and method for forming rivet joints
A method and apparatus for forming rivet joints with a desired amount of clearance to allow pivotal motion of the parts interconnected by such joints. Parts to be riveted together are aligned with...
|
|
|
7257885 |
Apparatus for fastening sand core elements
Core sand elements are rapidly and reliably retained by driving one or more smooth surface fasteners, such as staples, nails or brads, into the core elements. In production, after the core sand...
|
|
|
7257883 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing an electric heater
In the manufacture of an electric heater, means ( 24, 26 ) is provided for feeding and guiding a ribbon heating element ( 14 ) progressively into overlying edgewise relationship with a base ( 2 )....
|
|
|
7222417 |
Valve tooling system
A tooling system including a workstation assembly and a toolkit, is for performing an operation on a valve assembly. The workstation assembly includes a base platform; upright members extending...
|
|
|
RE39624 |
Feed head
A feed head has a delivery path along which nuts are fed to a pressing station in the feed head, the pressing station having a pressing die which is reciprocated transversely to the delivery path...
|
|
|
7140100 |
Truss fabrication system with walk-through splicing
A truss fabrication system and method for use in fabricating trusses has a truss set-up table and a gantry movable relative to the truss set-up table for pressing connector plates into truss...
|
|
|
7140099 |
Pallet jig
An apparatus for building pallets comprises a jig frame adapted to maintain a plurality of deck boards in deck board locations on top of a plurality of stringers in parallel stringer locations. A...
|
|
|
7111391 |
Method and apparatus for lifting a truss from a truss assembly table
Apparatus and methods for moving a truss assembly from a truss assembly table work surface are presented having lift out rails movable between a recessed position beneath the work surface and a...
|
|
|
7100260 |
Programmable apparatus and method for body panel and clinch nut attachment
A method and apparatus for forming attachment pads on a panel for attachment of a clinch nut thereto. The panel is formed between a forming die and a fixed anvil, which occupies a predefined net...
|
|
|
7096577 |
Explosively actuated tools
A firing mechanism of an explosively actuated tool for driving a fastener into a substrate includes a cocking rod and sear for entraining the firing pin with the firing pin being releasable on...
|
|
|
7096576 |
Portable tool for installing fixing elements
A portable tool used for installing fixing elements for assembling parts, which is particularly suitable for assembling machined parts or sheet metal by riveting. The portable tool includes a...
|
|
|
7093353 |
Automatic unit for inserting hangers from a strip of attached staples
A hanger taken from a strip of hangers is positioned on a fastening and cutting anvil ( 6 ) displaceable between a bottom position, in which it retracts below the level of the support plate ( 1 )...
|
|
|
7093350 |
Truss fabrication system with obstruction detection device
A truss fabrication system for fabricating trusses includes a table, a gantry press and an obstruction detection device. A top of the table receives truss components arranged with at least some...
|
|
|
7093338 |
Method and apparatus for fixing assembly having resilient tool connection
A fixing assembly for attaching a fixing to a workpiece, having a fixing and a resilient member. The fixing includes an aperture and is adapted for mating with the workpiece and holding the...
|
|
|
7076864 |
Riveting tool
A riveting tool for heading rivets includes a riveter die and strike rod which, in use, engages the portion of the rivet shaft which projects beyond the components to head the rivet and produce the...
|
|
|
7065865 |
Truss assembly apparatus with endless track system
A truss assembly apparatus for assembling truss structures, by assembly on two or more consecutive, spaced apart, coplanar work table surfaces and with a gantry type press assembly of a plurality...
|
|
|
7047617 |
Method of attaching a self-piercing element in a panel and die member
A self-piercing element including a shank, a radial flange and a tubular barrel. The flange includes spaced concave surfaces and the annular bearing surface has an area at least four times the...
|
|
|
7043826 |
Apparatus for correcting setting of self-piercing rivets, for removing self-piercing rivets, and for setting solid rivets
A hand-held power performs three operations, selectively. A first operation corrects the setting of an improperly set self-piercing rivet. A second operation removes a self-piercing rivet from...
|
|
|
7040006 |
Self-piercing rivet, process and device for setting a rivet element, and employment thereof
A fastening element ( 1 ), in particular for blind riveting, has a setting head ( 4 ), a deformation segment ( 2 ) and a shank end ( 3 ). The deformation segment ( 2 ) is arranged between the...
|
|
|
7032296 |
Self-piercing fastening system
The preferred embodiment of a fastening system includes a self-piercing fastener having a thread-like pattern. In another aspect of the present invention, a fastener insertion machine employs an...
|
|
|
7010842 |
Method of setting grommets in a tarp
The invention relates to a method for setting grommets around the perimeter of a tarp. The method uses an apparatus with a feed reel from which a rolled tarp may be unwound; a table, across which a...
|
|
|
7000300 |
High velocity forming of local features using a projectile
A system and method for accomplishing localized feature forming in a sheet of material and/or the localized joining of multiple sheets of material. The system and method may also be used to attach...
|
|
|
6993831 |
Fastener installation apparatus
The disclosed fastener installation apparatus includes a plurality of spaced parallel feed passages each communicating with a plunger passage in a moveable member and the fixed member includes a...
|
|
|
6990897 |
Press and delivery system for a press
An installation head adapted to receive a fastener for securing the fastener to a sheet metal member on actuation of the head by a press. The head includes a main block having a bore, a cylindrical...
|