Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090314816 | Material Feed Device - A material feeder apparatus for feeding stock material to a machining device is provided. The material feeder apparatus includes a drive motor, a drive wheel, a guide wheel and a positioning mechanism. The drive wheel is operably coupled for rotation to the drive motor. The guide wheel is spaced apart from the at least one drive wheel defining a stock material slot therebetween. The positioning mechanism is to at least on of the drive wheel and the guide wheel for adjusting the stock material slot defined by the spacing between the at least one guide wheel and the at least one drive wheel. The material feeder apparatus may include both a drive and slave stock material feeder that are daisy chained together for being simultaneously driven by a single drive motor. | 12-24-2009 |
20090315238 | Modular Adjustable Vise - A modular adjustable vise is provided. The modular adjustable vise includes a base and a plurality of vise units mounted to the base. The plurality of vise units are spaced apart. Each vise unit includes a pair of jaws movable toward and away from one another to form an adjustable gap therebetween. Each of the vise units are independently adjustable such that the adjustable gap of each vise unit can be adjusted independent of the gap of the other vise units. A method for configuring a vise is also provided that includes machining a clamping surface of a jaw of the vise unit after the jaw has been mounted to the base. | 12-24-2009 |
20100206670 | Guide Wheel Assembly - A guide wheel assembly for a carriage of a guide system is provided. The guide wheel assembly includes guide wheel and a stud shaft. The stud shaft operably supports the guide wheel for rotation about a guide wheel axis. The stud shaft includes a tool engagement section. The tool engagement section has a generally cylindrical periphery and includes a plurality of angularly spaced apart flats formed in the cylindrical periphery. Adjacent ones of the flats are separated by an arcuate section of the cylindrical periphery. The stud shaft may also include a locating pilot region for locating the stud shaft within a bore of a device to which the guide wheel assembly is mounted. | 08-19-2010 |
20100239192 | Guide Rail and Method for Manufacturing Same - A guide rail includes a base rail with at least one finger extending from a first portion of the base rail, and at least one finger extending from a second portion of the base rail. A race insert is mounted against the fingers. A first race way is associated with the at least one finger extending from the first portion of the base rail. A second race way is associated with the at least one finger extending from the second portion of the base rail. The first and second race ways have different load transmission directions. The load transmission direction of the first race way is non-parallel to the at least one finger extending from the first portion of the base rail. The load transmission direction of the second race way is non-parallel to the at least one finger extending from the second portion of the base rail. | 09-23-2010 |
20100260446 | Guide Rail and Method for Manufacturing Same - A guide rail that includes a base rail having a channel therein and at least one finger extending from a portion of the channel. The guide rail further includes a race insert mounted against the at least one finger. In an embodiment of the invention, the race insert has a first and second raceway associated with the at least one finger extending from a portion of the channel. Further, the first and second raceways have different load transmission directions, wherein the load transmission directions of both the first and second raceways are oblique to the direction that the at least one finger extends from a portion of the channel. | 10-14-2010 |
20110308066 | Simultaneous Integral Milling Operation Machine - A machining apparatus and method of machining a work piece are provided. The method generally includes machining a plurality of independent surfaces of the work piece as the work piece travels along a work path and through a plurality of machining stations in a single pass. The machining apparatus includes a frame and first and second machining stations mounted to the frame. Each machining station is configured to form an independent surface in a work piece passed through the machining apparatus. The machining apparatus also includes a feed arrangement for feeding the work piece through the apparatus along a feed path and relative to the first and second machining stations and the frame while machining is performed on the work piece. | 12-22-2011 |
20130133448 | INVERTED SPLINE RAIL SYSTEM - A inverted spline rail system is provided. The inverted spline rail system includes a drive motor that rotates a drive screw. The drive screw has a associated nut body. The nut body includes a attachment portion that a user can attach a device that requires linear motion control. Furthermore, the nut body is located inside of a cylindrical body that encases the drive screw. The nut body has guide teeth that mate with an internally splined guide rail of the cylindrical body that contains both the nut and the drive screw. The reciprocating nature of the guide teeth of the nut and the internally splined guide rail of the cylindrical body translate the rotational motion of the drive screw into linear motion of the nut body. The inverted spline rail system is protected from its operating environment by a seal. | 05-30-2013 |
20130160585 | Nut with Flexible Fingers and Radial Compression Members - A nut and lead screw assembly is disclosed. The nut includes a plurality of flexible fingers for adjusting the engagement of a threaded or unthreaded portion of the nut with corresponding threads of a lead screw. The engagement between the nut and the lead screw is adjusted by installing at least one radial compression member into a circumferential groove formed in the outer surface of the flexible fingers. | 06-27-2013 |
20140150239 | Guide Rail and Method for Manufacturing Same - A guide rail that includes a base rail having a channel therein and at least one finger extending from a portion of the channel. The guide rail further includes a race insert mounted against the at least one finger. In an embodiment of the invention, the race insert has a first and second raceway associated with the at least one finger extending from a portion of the channel. Further, the first and second raceways have different load transmission directions, wherein the load transmission directions of both the first and second raceways are oblique to the direction that the at least one finger extends from a portion of the channel. | 06-05-2014 |
20150007676 | FLOATING NUT AND CARRIAGE ASSEMBLY - A linear guide including a guide rail, a carriage, a drive screw and a connection arrangement is provided. The guide rail defines a linear travel path. The carriage is mounted to the guide rail for motion along the linear travel path. The drive screw is operably mounted to the guide rail. The connection arrangement couples the drive screw to the carriage to convert rotary motion of the drive screw to linear actuation of the carriage along the linear travel path. The connection arrangement provides a single degree of linear freedom between the drive screw and the carriage in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the linear travel path. The single degree of linear freedom permits relative motion between the screw and the carriage to relieve internal binding between the relative components. | 01-08-2015 |