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Patents Relating to Shot Peening
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| Appratus for Treating a Workpiece with Granular Media | 2013 | Champaigne | US Patent 8,388,407 B1 | An apparatus for treating a workpiece with a granular media includes a hopper for storing media and discharging the media into a flow path. A source of compressed air mixes with ... |
| Gage for Measuring Mini-Strip Displacement for Determining Intensity | 2012 | Champaigne | US Patent 8,091,406 B1 | A gage for measuring deflection of a "mini-strip" used to determine peening intensity in small cavities and crevices of a work piece includes a pair of platforms made of a magnet... |
| Method of Shot Peening Coil | 2011 | Champaigne | US Patent 7,984,537 B2 | Both the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of a coil spring are peened by passing sequential segments of the spring around offset pulleys mounted within a peening cabinet.... |
| METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANOSTRUCTURES ON A SURFACE OF A MEDICAL IMPLANT | 2011 | Thomas J. Webster, Barrington, RI (US); Chang Yao, Jiangsu (CN) | US Patent 2011/0125263Al | A method for treating a surface of a medical implant to create nanostl1lctures on the surface that results in increased in-vivo chondrocyte adhesion to the surface. Further, disclo... |
| ULTRASONIC PEENING TREATMENT OF ASSEMBLED COMPONENTS | 2011 | Stonitsch, Beagle, Duchazeaubeneix, Cheppe, Jacob, | US Patent 7,992,416 B2 | Ultrasonic peening treatment is dcsirable where an application of a compressive stress is helpftI! to reduce the incidence of crack formation on highly strcssed parts. Ultrasonic p... |
| SHOT PEENING METHODS AND UNITS | 2010 | P. Cheppe, V. Desfontaine, J-M Duchazeaubeneix | US Patent 7,665,338 B2 | The present invention provides a method of shot peening at least a portion of a rotary machine comprising a rotor. Shot peening is carried out with a rotor which is at least partly... |
| SHOT, DEVICES, AND INSTALLATIONS FOR ULTRASONIC PEENING, AND PARTS TREATED THEREBY | 2010 | P. Cheppe, V. Desfontaine, J-M Duchazeaubeneix | US Patent 7,647,801 B2 | A system for ultrasonically peeing surfaces includes a sonolrode comprising a body material and a vibraling surface, the vibrating surface coaled with a coating material having a h... |
| SHOT, DEVICES, AND INSTALLATIONS FOR ULTRASONIC PEENING, AND PARTS TREATED THEREBY | 2010 | P. Cheppe, V. Desfontaine, J-M Duchazeaubeneix | US Patent 7,647,800 B2 | Shot for use in a peening installation, the shot having: hardness greater than or equal to 800 BV; density greater than or equal to 8 glcm3; and pieces having a maximum dimension ... |
| Measuring Intensity of Shot Peening in areas with difficult Accessibilty | 2010 | Bailey, Peter G and Burns, Gerrard Gilmary | US Patent 7,735,350 B2 | Determining shot peening intensity by affixing a Almen test strip to a shot peening surface, removing the peened strip from the shot peening surface, measuring an arc height of the... |
| Method of Maintaining Fatigue Performance in a Bone-Engaging Implant | 2008 | Hai H. Trieu, Frank Bono | US Patent 2008/0221688A1 | ABSTRACT This disclosure is directed to a method capable ofmaintaining the fatigue performance of a bone-engaging implant after surface texturing through the imparting of a residu... |
| Methods for Improving Fatigue Performance of Implants with Osteointegrating Coatings | 2008 | Hai H. Trieu, Frank Bono | US Patent 2008/0221681A1 | ABSTRACT A method which may be used for introducing a residual compressive stress into a body portion of an implantable device configured for implantation in a patient. The body p... |
| Threaded Joint for Oil and Well Pipe and Method for Manufacturing Same | 2007 | Maeda, Jun | US Patent US 2007/0132238 A1 | A threaded joint for an oil well pipe in which a conventional threaded joint for an oil well pipe is improved so that sufficient fatigue fracture strength is secured, and a method ... |
| Method of Strengthening and Repairing Damaged Threads | 2007 | Woloszyn, George | Canadian Patent 2 127 062 | A method of strengthening and repairing damaged threads. Firstly, remove metal buildup from the damaged threads. Secondly, peen the damaged threads using glass beads. The glass bea... |
| Method and Apparatus for Providing a Layer of Compressive Residual Stress in the Surface of a Part | 2007 | Paul S Prevey, John T. Cammett | US Patent 7,159,425 B2 | ABSTRACT The shot peening method and apparatus (FIG 13) of the present invention utilizes control of the shot peening coverage to provide higher surface compression and comparable... |
| Method and Apparatus for Improveing Media Flow US Patent 7,291,058 B2 | 2007 | Jack Champaigne | US Patent 7,291,058 B2 | ABSTRACT The flow of media in shot peening, blast cleaning, and similar equipment is improved by applying a time varying magnetic field to the media to thereby degauss the media, ... |
| Material Condition Assessment With Eddy Current Sensors | 2006 | Goldfine, Washabaugh, Sheiretov, Schlicker, Lyons, | US Patent 2006/0244443A1 | ABSTRACT Eddy current sensors and sensor arrays are used for process quality and material condition assessment of conducting materials. In an embodiment, changes in spatially regi... |
| Media Transport Device Providing Stable Flow of Media | 2006 | Jack Champaigne, Mishawaka, IN | US Patent 7,125,322 B1 | ABSTRACT A media transport device for use in shot peening, blast cleaning, granite cutting, and similar applications transports media from a storage hopper to a workpiece. The med... |
| Implant, and Method and System for Producing Such an Implant | 2005 | Jan Hall, Stabbegatan (SE) | US Patent 2005/0260540A1 | ABSTRACT In a method and system for producing an implant, the latter is designed with one or more surfaces extending in the longitudinal direction of the implant. Two or three pro... |
| Drill Bit Having Increased Resistance To Fatigue Cracking And Method Of Producing Same | 2005 | Bramlett, Griffo, Dah-Ben Liang, Potticary | US Patent 2005/0252691A1 | ABSTRACT The present invention relates to a roller cone drill bit that includes a bit body adapted to be rotated about a longitudinal axis, where the bit body has at least one leg... |
| Method for Producing Gears and/or Shaft Components with Superior Bending Fatigue Strength and Pitting Fatigue Life From Conve | 2005 | Ajithkumar Sandur, Kandavali | US Patent 2005/0061402A1 | ABSTRACT A conventional aluminum killed alloy Steel for case hardening of gear(s) and/or shaft components consisting of 0.10 to 0.30 weight % Carbon, 0.15 to 0.35 weight % Silicon... |
| Wear Surface For Metal-On-Metal Articulation | 2004 | David Wayne Schroeder, Winona Lake, IN | US Patent 2004/0148033A1 | ABSTRACT A work hardened articulating surface for anatomical prosthetics. Articulating surfaces of prosthetics are work hardened to decrease the wear and increase the longevity of... |
| Test Method for Determining Imminent Failure in Metals | 2004 | Soules, Jack | US Patent 2004/0036470A1 | A method for determining a "safe-operation" point for a metal structural element subjected to repeated loading, the same or different, generating variable levels of strain and r... |
| Method and Apparatus for Controlling Shot-Peening Device | 2004 | Masatosho Yamamoto; Hideaki Kaga | US Patent 6,694,789 B2 | A system for shot peening that includes an enclosure in which are provided a workpiece W to be shot peened and a nozzle for projecting the shot particles. A memory stores data for ... |
| Media Blasting Apparatus and Method to Prevent Gear Pitting | 2003 | Michael J. Wern, Mokena, IL | US Patent 6,612,909 B2 | ABSTRACT An improved method and apparatus for media blasting a workpiece 20 is described. The media blasting apparatus 10 of the present invention includes a media reclaim and rec... |
| Apparatus for Detecting Intensity of Shot Peening and Replacement Unit for the Apparatus | 2003 | M.Yamamoto, H.Kaga, of Toyokawa | US Patent 6,640,596 B2 | ABSTRACT An improved apparatus for detecting the intensity of shot peening by detecting at least one of the number of shot that have collided with the apparatus and the intensity ... |
| Production Process for Connecting Rod for Internal Combustion Engine | 2003 | Z.Iida, M.Takashima, S.Muroga, S.Koike | US Patent 6,655,026 B1 | ABSTRACT Material for a connecting rod for an internal combustion engine is carburized and quenched, a carburized layer formed on the bearing portion is ground until the portion w... |
| Method of Shot Peening Processing and Article Processed Thereby, and Peening Material and Use Thereof | 2003 | A.Inoue, J.Kurosaki, K.Okumura, K.Kajita | US Patent 6,658,907 B2 | ABSTRACT A method for shot peening wherein peening shot having a Vickers hardness (Hv) in the range of 900-1100 and a Young's modulus of 200,000 MPa or less, is used, and wherein ... |
| Test Strip Holder for Supporting Test Strips Measuring the Intensity of Shot Peening in Cavities | 2003 | Erwin Baiker, Glattbrugg (CH) | US Patent 6,502,449 B1 | A holder for mounting a test strip for measuring the intensity of shot peening in internal cavities includes a receptacle receiving any of multiple inserts configured to form a seg... |
| Test Strip and Method for Confirming Shot Peening Coverage | 2003 | Jack Champaigne | US Patent 6,568,239 B1 | Shot peening coverage is confirmed by mounting a test strip having surface irregularities of graduated depth on a surface of a component undergoing peening for which peening covera... |
| Ceramic Coated Product, and Method for Forming the Ceramic Coated Product | 2002 | Y. Miyasaka, Aichi (JP) | US Patent 6,482,467 B2 | ABSTRACT Provided is a ceramic coated product and a coating for it, making it possible to improve corrosion resistance, wear resistance and the like of a material to be treated, a... |
| Method of Fabricating Camshafts | 2002 | GL Anderson; JC Kosco, both of St. Marys, PA | US Patent 6,473,964 B1 | A method of attaching and adjusting first and second members includes providing a first member having an outer surface and a second member. The second member is affixed to the oute... |
| Gymnastics Bar and Method of Making the Same | 2002 | Martha Nichols-Ketchum, Jefferson, IA | US Patent 6,475,118 B1 | A gymnastic bar has a textured non-smooth surface throughout its length to enhance its strength and to facilitate the gripping thereof by gymnasts. The texture of the bar is create... |
| Method for Determining a Peening Element Speed Limit Ratio When Peening the Internal Surface of a Hollow Part | 2002 | WA Veronesi; SE Tolman; PH Wawrzonek | US Patent 6,446,013 B1 | The rate of impact between the peening elements and an internal surface of a hollow part is a function of the vibration frequency, and there is a cut-off frequency at which a hollo... |
| Method for Improving the Fatigue Life of a Tubular Stabilizer Bar | 2002 | Michael P Binno, Troy, MI | US Patent 6,418,770 B1 | An autofrettage process employed on the inner surface of a tubular stabilizer bar. Road shock and other vibrations subject the stabilizer bar to tensile stresses. Tensile stresses ... |
| Cut-Wire Type Ferrous Shot for Blasting and a Process of Using a Cut-Wire Type Ferrous Shot for Blasting | 2002 | T Watanabe; S Murai; N Murai; Y Watanabe; Hattori | US Patent 6,394,881 B1 | The present invention discloses a cut wire method of producing a ferrous shot and a cut-wire type ferrous shot for shot-blasting having a hardness of Hv 200 to 300 and a low work h... |
| Rolling Bearing | 2002 | Kouji Ueda; Manabu Ohori, both of Kanagawa (JP) | US Patent 6,391,128 B2 | The present invention provides a rolling bearing having an excellent corrosion resistance and toughness which can fairly operate at a high rotary speed. At least the inner race is ... |
| Manufacturing Method of Suspension Spring for Car | 2002 | Takezawa; Ichiki; Tadakuma; Tanae; Akiyama | US Patent 6,346,157 | A method for manufacturing a coiled spring having a high fatigue strength to be used for example as a suspension spring of a car using a rod of tensile strength 1910 to 2020 N/mm2 ... |
| Surface Treatment of Austenitic Ni-Fe-Cr-Based Alloys for Improved Resistance to Intergranular-Corrosion and-Cracking | 2002 | DL Limoges; G Palumbo; PK Lin, all of (CA) | US Patent 6,344,097 B1 | A surface treatment process for enhancing the intergranular corrosion and intergranular cracking resistance of components fabricated from austenitic Ni-Fe-Cr based alloys comprised... |
| Apparatus For Providing A Residual Stress Distribution In The Surface Of A Part | 2002 | Paul S. Prevey III | US Patent 2002/0174528 A1 | The present invention is a novel method and an apparatus for implementing the method of inducing a layer of compressive residual stress along the surface of a part comprising the s... |
| Mechanical Gauges for Quality Assurance of Laser Peening | 2002 | A.H.Clauer, S.M.Toller, J.L.Dulaney, D.F.Lahrman | US Patent 6,483,578 B1 | A method and apparatus for measuring the quality of a laser peening process, which includes a test element, a mount for the test element, wherein the test element is mounted at a p... |
| Shot Peening Method and Device Therefor | 2002 | H. Takeda; K. Ohta; H. Rokutannda, Toyokawa | US Patent 6,449,998 B1 | The present invention provides a method for a shot-peening processing that can process in one step and thus reduce operating costs and the cost of equipment while increasing the ef... |
| Non-Destructive Inspection Method for an Impact Treated Surface | 2002 | Roger S. Simpson, Northville, MI; Donald K. Cohen, | US Patent 6,415,044 B1 | A nondestructive method and apparatus for the inspection of impact treated surfaces to predict impact treatment process variables which acquires a multi-dimensional map of an impac... |
| Method for Forming a Metallic Coat by Impacting Metallic Particles on a Workpiece | 2001 | Yoshio Miyasaka, Kasugai (JP) | US Patent 6,291,012 B1 | ABSTRACT Method for forming metallic coat where, the surface of workpiece is partly covered with a masking material having a predetermined pattern, and metallic powders are ejecte... |
| Processing System for Increasing the Quality of a Gear and a Barreling Apparatus Usable in the Same | 2001 | Shigeru Hoyashita, Saga | US Patent 6,315,646 B1 | A processing system for increasing the quality of a gear having a shot peening apparatus for subjecting, to shot peening, a gear after tooth-forming and surface hardening; a barrel... |
| Stabilizer for Motor Vehicle | 2001 | T Muhr; L Schnaubelt, both of (DE) | US Patent 6,311,965 B1 | Stabilizer (1) for motor vehicles which has a toroidal cross section, and which is formed of several stabilizer sections that, together, create a U-shape having a pair of U-legs (2... |
| Dual Intensity Peening and Aluminum-Bronze Wear Coating Surface Enhancement | 2001 | WT Dingwell; AJ Lammas; H Halila, all of OH | US Patent 6,267,558 B1 | An article and a method for improving an article that results in a reduction or elimination of damage due to fretting from contact of similar metals. The invention specifically red... |
| High-Strength Valve Spring and It's Manufacturing Method | 2001 | T Aoki; M Wakita; T Sakakibara, all of (JP) | US Patent 6,224,686 B1 | The high-strength valve spring uses, as the material, a steel containing 0.5-0.8% C, 1.2-2.5 wt % Si, 0.4-0.8 wt % Mn, 0.7-1.0 wt % Cr, balance Fe and inevitable impurities, where,... |
| Method and Apparatus for Peening | 2001 | PA Simeone; AP Karafillis; JE Bissett; DA Wilson | US Patent 6,189,356 B1 | A mask for masking a corner of a metal component during peening. The component has a first surface defining an opening in the component and a second surface intersecting the first ... |
| Median Blasting Apparatus And Method | 2001 | Michael J. Wern | US Patent 6,238,268 B1 | An improved method and apparatus for media blasting a workpiece 20 is described. The media blasting apparatus 10 of the present invention includes a media reclaim and recycle syste... |
| Method of Calibrating Gages Used In Measuring Intensity of Shot Blasting | 2001 | Jack M. Champaigne | US Patent 6,289,713 B1 | A method for calibrating a gage for measuring shot blast intensity having an indication mounted on a platform adjusts the calibration of the indicator to compensate for variations ... |
| Ceramic Dispersion Plating Process | 2000 | Yoshio Miyasaka, Aichi, Japan | US Patent 6,156,377 | ABSTRACT Provided is a low-priced metal coating, treatment which causes less pollution, wherein the dispersion of ceramics and the forming of a metal coat are performed by blastin... |
| Hardened Metal Product Produced by Shot Peening with Shot Having High Hardness | 2000 | H Rokutanda; T Takahashi; J Kurosaki; T Ito | US Patent 6,153,023 | A method for shot peening a hard metal product that has a hardened surface. The method includes projecting shot on the hardened surface of the hard metal product. The ratio of the ... |
| Method and Apparatus for Calibrating a Densitometer Based Sensor for Shot Peening | 2000 | RA Thompson, New York, NY | US Patent 6,142,027 | An apparatus and method are provided for calibrating a densitometer based sensor for measuring the linear density of the shot particles passing through a shot peening system to ens... |
| Method and Apparatus for Highly Strengthening Metal Member | 2000 | T Suzuki; T Kanno; T Taoka, all of Japan | US Patent 6,099,391 | A mixture of water and glass beads is ejected to a root of a gear which has been cut to form gear teeth. The glass beads are oriented so as to be ejected to the root, and the glass... |
| Trowel Having Imposed Blade Stresses and Method of Manufacture | 2000 | LJ McComber, IA; JD Murders, AK | US Patent 6,032,320 | A trowel and related method of manufacture in which residual stresses are intentionally imposed upon the bottom working surface and/or the top mounting surface of a trowel blade. S... |
| Manufacturing Method of Valve Spring Superior in Durability | 2000 | M Mikura; T Nishimura; T Otowa, all of Japan | US Patent 6,027,577 | In a manufacturing method of a valve spring, a coiled valve spring made of an oil-tempered wire is applied with nitriding treatment and is supported to be rotated about its center ... |
| Method for Producing Helical Springs | 2000 | J Wienand; G Mier, both of Germany | US Patent 6,022,427 | A method of manufacturing helical springs from steel wire. The springs' skin is thermomechanically hardened by shot peening the unstressed springs followed by thermally destressing... |
| Process for Increasing the Lifespan of Dental Components | 2000 | G Lange; F-J Grau, both of Germany | US Patent 6,012,316 | With a view to increasing the lifespan of metallic dental components as regards fatigue fractures, compressive stresses are introduced into the surface layer of these components, s... |
| Ductile Iron Vehicle Hub and Method for Producing Same | 2000 | Larry B Hester, Dayton, OH | US Patent 6,009,980 | An improved ductile iron vehicle hub and method for producing the same wherein the method includes the steps of (a) providing a vehicle hub formed from ductile iron and including a... |
| Centrifugal Blasting Apparatus | 2000 | R.G.Barrier;K.H.Nguyen;J.T.Pokorski;M.D.Shorrock | US Patent 6,126,516 | A centrifugal blasting apparatus is configured to deliver friable media without destroying a large percentage of the delivered media. The centrifugal blasting apparatus includes a ... |
| Method For A Surface Treatment of Metallic Product | 2000 | Yoshio Miyasaka | US Patent 6,038,900 | The present invention relates to a method for a surface treatment of a metallic product. In this method, by conducting one step of injecting mixture shots including at least two ty... |
| Method of Making Surface-Hardened Metal Shot | 2000 | Yoshio Miyasaka | US Patent 6,018,854 | When a shot having a hardness equal to or higher than a ferrous or nonferrous metal shot material is blasted against the surface of the metal shot material at a blasting speed of 8... |
| Rotatable Blast Cleaning Conveying Surface and Apparatus | 2000 | Charles Perry Elliot | US Patent 6,062,956 | A blast cleaning apparatus is provided having a rotatable conveying surface preferably comprising wire mesh. Workpieces are conveyed through the blast cleaning chamber on the rota... |
| Apparatus for Increasing the Surface Strength of Metal Components | 2000 | T Matsuyama; H Honda; K Ujihashi, T Ogawa | US Patent 6,058,584 | A casing has a processing chamber and a drying chamber defined therein by a partition mechanism. The processing chamber houses an impelling mechanism for impelling a mixed stream ... |
| Particle Blasting Nozzle | 2000 | Jager, Anton | US Patent 6,012,975 | A particle blasting nozzle has a nozzle body having an outlet opening and a suction connection with an acceleration tube extending at least partly within the nozzle body. The front... |
| Apparatus And Method For Measuring The Mass Flow Of Pneumatically Conveyed Particles | 1999 | C. DeWitt, R. Good, P. Schoening, T.W. March | US Patent 5,882,149 | ABSTRACT An apparatus (10) is disclosed for measuring the mass flow of pneumatically conveyed particles along a transport tube 14. The apparatus includes a fluidized bed of the pa... |
| Particle Supply Valve For Use In Blasting Apparatus | 1999 | Naoyoshi Tomioka, Tokyo, Japan | US Patent 5,897,427 | A blasting apparatus has two or more pressured tanks and a switching member for selecting one of the pressured tanks from which particles are to be fed to an ejection portion, ther... |
| Pneumatic Suction Surface Blasting Apparatus With An Improved Media Delivery Regulating System | 1999 | Craig C. Fring | US Patent 5,947,800 September 7, 1999 | An apparatus for cleaning or treating by blasting of a surface which includes an enhanced media delivery regulating system which includes supplying high pressure air to a suction g... |
| Method for Producing a Diaphragm Spring | 1999 | Hiroshi Mizukami, Neyagawa, Japan | US Patent 5,868,022 | The invention relates to a method for producing a diaphragm spring where only specific portions of the diaphragm spring are subjected to a shot-peening process. The shot-peening st... |
| Portable Blast Wheel Cleaning Machine | 1999 | Robert B Watkin, Peachtree City, GA | US Patent 5,885,141 | An apparatus for blast cleaning a generally vertical surface is disclosed. The device features a blast cabinet containing a blast wheel rotatably mounted about a horizontal axis. T... |
| Method of Shot Peening a Hardened Metal Product with Shot Having High Hardness | 1999 | H Rokutanda; T Takahashi; J Kurosaki; T Ito, Japan | US Patent 5,916,383 | A method for shot peening a hard metal product that has a hardened surface. The method includes projecting shot on the hardened surface of the hard metal product. The ratio of the ... |
| Method and Apparatus for Peening the Internal Surface of a Non-Ferromagnetic Hollow Part | 1999 | KM Prewo, P Sainz de Baranda, VC Nardone, Connecti | US Patent 5,950,470 | The present invention is a method and apparatus for peening the internal surface of non-ferromagnetic hollow parts. Ferromagnetic peening elements are inserted into the non-ferroma... |
| Abrasive Blast Cleaning Nozzle | 1999 | Gary S. Settles | US Patent 5,975,996 | A nozzle for an abrasive blast cleaning apparatus consisting of a short, relatively rapidly converging inlet section, a constant-area throat, a rapidly diverging first diverging se... |
| Sandblast Mask Laminate With Blastable Pressure Sensitive Adhesive | 1999 | T Komatsu | US Patent 5,989,689 | A sandblast mask laminate useful in sandblasting operations is disclosed. The laminate comprises a photoresist mask layer, a pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising a no... |
| Gear Shot Peening Method | 1999 | Hamasaka; Nakao; Kuse | US Patent 5,911,780 | A shot peening method for gears capable of hardening a gear without formation of projections on the tops of its teeth and gears having no projections and treated by this shot peeni... |
| Unit for the Dosage of Grained, Pourable Materials, in Particular Blasting Abrasives | 1999 | Ruholl, Heinz | US Patent 6,000,995 | A dosage device for feeding grained, pourable materials, particularily abrasive blasting materials. Feeding is accomplished by use of a dosage auger that employs a screw maechanis... |
| Residual Stress measurements in Metal Objects using Four Coils | 1999 | Jack A. Soules | US Patent 5,898,302 | A device for measuring residual stress in ferromagnetic and non-ferromagnetic metal objects. The device having four electrically identical induction coils which form a four termi... |
| Gage for Measuring the Intensity of Shot-Blast peening using Non-magnetic Test Strips Held in Place by Spring-Loaded Plunger | 1999 | Jack M. Champaigne | US Patent 5,877,405 | An Almen type gage to measure the deflection of a test stip relative to a supporting surface to provide an indication of shot blasting intensity includes curved surfaces extending ... |
| Burnishing Method And Apparatus For Providing A Layer Of Compressive Residual Stress In The Surface Of A Workpiece | 1998 | Paul S. Prevey, III, Cincinnati, Ohio | US Patent 5,826,453 | ABSTRACT The burnishing method and apparatus for implementing the method of the present invention utilizes a single-point burnishing process to provide deep compression with a min... |
| Surface Treatment Method for a Steel Workpiece Using High Speed Shot Peening | 1998 | Y Yamada; M Ishida; K Uzumaki | US Patent 5,816,088 | Fatigue-resistance is significantly increased by performing shot peening using fine shots. A plurality of particles of hard metal having a diameter ranging from 20 to 100 micromete... |
| Crack Arresting Structure | 1998 | Richard G Pettit, Hampton, VA | US Patent 5,842,317 | In a crack arresting structure the crack arresting feature is located in the transition from one thickness to another, or a region of increased thickness can be intentionally intro... |
| Balanced Electromagnetic Peening | 1998 | JS Shaw, Hampton Falls, NH; NA Johnson, Schenectad | US Patent 5,813,265 | An electromagnetic peening apparatus includes a first electromagnetic coil having a first face configured to conform to a first surface of a workpiece, and a second electromagnetic... |
| Calibration Apparatus and Method for Shot Blasting Intensity Measurement | 1998 | Jack Champaigne, South Bend, IN | US Patent 5,780,714 | A calibration apparatus and method for shot blast intensity measuring gages uses a calibration block which is placed upon the measuring surface of the gage. The calibration block h... |
| Precision Deep Peening with Mechanical Indicator | 1998 | Peter G Bailey; Dewey D Dunkman, Ohio | US Patent 5,771,729 | An apparatus produces compressive stress in a component surface. Positioning of a contact area of the component surface is controlled to situate a contact area of the component sur... |
| Oscillating Blast Cleaner | 1998 | Robert B Watkin, Peachtree City, GA | US Patent 5,730,646 | The cleaning apparatus of the invention consists of a blast machine mounted on a support structure for oscillating motion relative thereto. In one embodiment, the blast machine con... |
| Friction Boring Process for Aluminum Alloys | 1998 | Murray W Mahoney, Camarillo, CA | US Patent 5,725,698 | A friction boring process creates a corrosion resistant fine grain microstructure in the wall surfaces of holes bored in aluminum alloy materials. A rotating tool is inserted direc... |
| Magnetic Field Generation in Ferromagnetic Metal Objects | 1998 | Jack A. Soules | US Patent 5,744,954 | A novel test method enables physical properties in ferromagnetic metals to be more reliably measured with induced eddy current flow. An adverse Barkhausen effect is prevented duri... |
| Method Of Preventing Abrasion At Sliding Portion Of Metal-Product | 1997 | Yoshio Miyasaka, Kasugai, Japan | US Patent 5,592,840 | ABSTRACT By shot-peening, shots having almost spherical shape are impacted against a surface of a portion of a metal-product, the portion being one which is to be subjected to sli... |
| Dry Tape Covered Laser Shock | 1997 | Seetharamaiah Mannava: Robert L. Yeaton: Albert E. | US Patent 5,674,328 | A method of laser shock peening a metallic part by firing a laser on a laser shock peening surface of the part which has been adhesively covered by tape having an ablative medium, ... |
| High Pressure Water Jet Apparatus for Preparing Low Density Metallic Surface for Application of a Coating Material | 1997 | LL VanKuiken Jr, LE Byrnes, MS Kramer, all of Mich | US Patent 5,626,674 | The method of treating the surfaces of malleable light metal cylinder bores or other objects by blasting the surfaces with extremely high water jets for preparing such surfaces for... |
| Method and Apparatus for Cutting Stone Based Material | 1997 | Hisaaki Aoki, Ibaraki, Japan | US Patent 5,598,832 | The present invention is concerned with a method and an apparatus for cutting a stone based material of which product can conveniently be used in the form of a tile or the like emp... |
| Apparatus for Straightening a Cylindrical Member | 1997 | Gray | US Patent 5,737,957 | An apparatus for straightening a cylindrical member having an imperfection. An imperfection detector is used to lacate the imperfecton. A plasma torcy is used to heat a portion of ... |
| Blasting Method and Apparatus | 1997 | Shinji Kanda | US Patent 5,876,267 | A blasting apparatus and a blasting method enable a processing pattern to be enlarged or modified in a suction type blasting apparatus by using a relatively simple compositon, and ... |
| Eddy Current Test Method for Residual Stress in Non-Ferromagnetic Metal Objects | 1997 | Jack A. Soules | US Patent 5,610,515 | A novel test method enabling residual stress in non-ferromagnetic metal objects to be reliably measured which requires particular circuit elements in the alternating current bridge... |
| Peening Article with Peening Particles Arranged to Minimize Tracking | 1997 | Timothy L. Graf | US Patent 5,619,877 | A peening particle support having a plurality of asymmetrically arranged peening particles positioned to minimize tracking on a workpiece. The peening particles are attached to an... |
| Air/Abrasive Mixing Device | 1997 | Robert Pickark | US Patent 5,605,497 | A device for mixing compressed air and abrasive and providing the air/abrasive mixture to a delivery gun for use in artistic abrasive blasting. The device is provided with a vesse... |
| Abrasive Blasting Gun | 1997 | Robert Pickard | US Patent 5,605,496 | A device for use with artistic sandblasting. The device is a hand held gun which recieves and air/abrasive mixture via a flexible tube which enters the gun through a rear end of t... |
| Blast Media with Defoarmers | 1997 | Baenny Yam and Andrew Logan | US Patent 5,605,491 | A blast media for use in wet blasting to clean contaminants from a substrate surface comprises abrasive particles, at least one surfactant and a defoaming agent so as to reduce the... |
| Press Plate Having Textured Surface Formed by Simultaneous Shot Peening | 1997 | Kenneth Laurence and Michel Broussard | US Patent 5,596,912 | Shot peening with a mixture of at least two sized of shot can be used to obtain a textured finish press plate with desireable gloss features. The press plate is impacted with a mi... |
| Apparatus for Controlled Vacuuming of High Density Abrasive Blast Media | 1997 | Miller, David B. | US Patent 5,595,461 | A density controller provides for a continuous proportionalte mixing of particles with a conveying airstram of a vacuum generator, which includes a hose having an intake nozzle end... |
| Arrangement for Ball Shot Peening Helical Compression Springs | 1997 | Vondracek, Hans | US Patent 5,591,066 | A shotpeening machine for helical compression springs. It comprises a spring-peening chamber accommodating shot impelling rotors, mechanisms for accommodating and tensioning the s... |
| Blasting Apparatus and Method for Blast Cleaning a Solid Surface | 1997 | Spears, William E. Jr. | US Patent 5,591,064 | Blast cleaning with at least two types of abrasives employing a blasting apparatus having at least a first and a second closed blasting pot connected to a conveying line and the co... |
| Aluminum Surface Treatment | 1997 | C. Edward Eckert | US Patent 5,590,703 | A method for removing a surface layer from a solidified body of metal at an elevated temperature to remove surface defects therefrom. The method comprises providing a solidified b... |
| Anti-Gravity Blast Cleaning | 1997 | Jack M. Champaigne | US Patent 5,702,289 | A shot peening method and apparatus emables low intensity peening at a velocity which is equal to or less than the minimum velocity required to assure conveyance of the media throu... |
| Shot Peening Method | 1997 | Jack M. Champaigne | US Patent 5,592,841 | A method and apparatus for controlling a shot peening operation includes the measurement of pressures at two different points in a compound gas shot peening system. By comparing t... |
| Optical Spray Paint Optimization System and Method | 1997 | R. Klein II, D. Sevey, A. Badakhshan, R. Bauer | US Patent 5,598,972 | An optical spray paint optimization system can be removably mounted to a spray paint gun, thus enhancing the ability of the user to guide the direction of the sparay and also locat... |
| Method of Increasing the Fatigue Life and/or Reducing Stress Concentration Cracking of Coiled Metal Tubing | 1996 | Lawrence W Smith, Humble, TX | US Patent 5,515,707 | A method of increasing the fatigue life and/or reducing stress corrosion cracking of metal coiled tubing made from a continuous length of strip material by shot peening one or both... |
| Shot Peened Golf Club Head | 1996 | Charles R Funk, Tucson, AZ | US Patent 5,487,543 | Metallic golf club heads are improved by a treatment which involves shot peening the exposed ball striking surface of the metal head without creating any noticeable change in appea... |
| Method for Calibrating a Densitometer Based Sensor for Shot Peening | 1996 | Thompson | US Patent 5,654,496 | An apparatus and method are provided for calibrating a densitometer based sensor for measuring the linear density of the shot particles passing through a shot peening system to ens... |
| Impact Shielding Device for Shot Blasting Chambers | 1996 | Samples, Jr. | US Patent 5,669,806 | A shielding device for shot blasting or shot peening chambers comprising a shot retention chamber, preferably with multiple interior compartments formed by divider walls, which ret... |
| Adhesive Tape Covered Laser Shock Peening | 1996 | Mannava et al. | US Patent 5,674,329 | A method of laser shock peening a metallic part by firing a laser on a laser shock peening surface of the part which has been adhesively covered by a tape having an alblative mediu... |
| Laser Shock Peening for Gas Turbine Engine Vane Repair | 1996 | Mannava et al. | US Patent 5,675,892 | A wide gap braze-repair, particularly for a gas turbine engine vane or a component in the hot section of the engine. The repair is characterized by a braze filled void in a damaged... |
| Method for Ceramic Peening of Orthopaedic Titanium Alloy Implants | 1996 | Beals et al. | US Patent 5,704,239 | A method of preparing fretting wear resistant titanimbase alloy orthopaedic implants includes the steps of shot peening the surface of the implant with spherical ceramic beads of a... |
| Almen Strip | 1996 | Robert Alan Thompson | US Patent 5,731,509 | An almen strip has a plurality of corrugations on one surface while the opposite surface is smooth and flat. This strip measures directly peening intensity on chamfers.... |
| A Strengthening Method for Metal Parts | 1996 | Teiji Suzuki and Tadao Sugano, C/o Honda Engineeri | Patent, H6-217214 | Honda Engineering, a subsidiary in the Honda group, has developed a new processing technology for improving gear strength using water jets. The new technology increases strength b... |
| Shot Method | 1995 | Toshio Kawanami | US Patent 5,409,415 | A shot method wherein a shot media based on zirconia composed of a sintered body of partially stabilized zirconia, of which a substantial quantity of the shot media pass through a ... |
| Electro-Optical Micrometer | 1995 | Martin O. Patton | US Patent 5,448,361 | An electro-optical micrometer for measuring the thickness of a workpiece includes a fixture for holding the workpiece in a fixed position and a plunger that can be moved from a ref... |
| Laser Shock Peened Gas Turbine Engine Fan Blade Edges | 1995 | Mannava et al. | US Patent 5,591,009 | Gas turbine engine fan blade with a metallic airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a radially outer tip, and at least one laser shock peened surface located along the... |
| Laser Shock Peened Gas Turbine Engine Blade Tip | 1995 | Mannava et al. | US Patent 5,620,307 | Gas turbine engine blade with a metallic airfoil having a radially outer extending chordwise between a leading edge and a trailing edge and at least one laser shock peened surfaced... |
| Methods for the Design, Quality Control, & Management of Fatigue-Limited Metal Components | 1995 | Berkley | US Patent 5,625,664 | Improved methods for managing a population of metal components subject to fatigue failure are provided. The residual compressive stress in the critical surfaces of such components,... |
| Roll Peening Device | 1995 | Siler | US Patent 5,655,396 | A roll peening device includes a shank having a head with an annular groove that carries at least one ball which is held therein by a retainer such that the application of the ball... |
| Process for Producing a Coil Spring | 1995 | Izawa et al. | US Patent 5,665,179 | A process for producing a coil spring comprises of: cold drawing a wire comprising: C in an amount of 0.55 to 0.75% by weight; Si in an amount of 1.00 to 2.50% by weight; at least ... |
| Laser Shock Peened Dies | 1995 | Halila et al. | US Patent 5,671,628 | A die having a metallic block with a depression, the depression having at least one cross-sectional transition zone, at least one laser shock peened surface encompassing at least a... |
| Glass Beads Having Improved Fracture Toughness | 1995 | Balcar | US Patent 5,674,616 | Glass beads in accordance with the present invention may be constituted of SiO2, Al2O3, Na2O, K2O, BaO, SrO, TiO2, and CeO2. The glass of which the glass beads is made will general... |
| Method & Apparatus for Determining a Real Velocity Distribution of Solid Particles Travellin in a Gas Carrier Flow for Shot P | 1995 | Linnemann | US Patent 5,691,483 | The velocity distribution of a solid particle travelling in a carrier flow, such as a flow of peening shot or balls, is measured by first passing the solid particles or balls formi... |
| Cavity Dumped Laser Shock Peening Process | 1995 | Azad et al. | US Patent 5,730,811 | A laser shock peening aparatus includes a cavity dumping laser oscillator including in optical serial alignment a first mirror, a Pockels cell, a polarizer, a laser rod, and a seco... |
| Laser Shock Peening for Gas Turbine Engine Weld Repair | 1995 | Ferrigno et al. | US Patent 5,735,044 | A crack weld repair and method, particularly for a gas turbine engine blade or other metallic component in the engine, providing a metallic substrate, a metallic filler bonded onto... |
| Trowel Having Imposed Blade Stresses and Method of Manufacture | 1995 | Larry J. McComber, Jack D. Murders | US Patent 5,697,265 | A trowel and related method of manufacture in which residual stresses are intentionally imposed upon the bottom working surface and/or the top mounting surface of a trowel blade. S... |
| Magnetometer Having Periodic Winding Structure and Material Property Estimator | 1995 | N. Goldfine, J Melcher | US Patent 5,453,689 | Apparatus and methods are disclosed which provide increased sensitivity, selectivity and dynamci range for non-contact measurement of actual physical and/or kinematic properties of... |
| Blast Cleaning Apparatus and Method with Laterally Moving Conveyor | 1995 | Charles P. Elliott | US Patent 5,417,608 | This invention relates to a blast cleaning apparatus and method which includes a laterally moving conveyor with openings therethrough, and particularly a laterally moving wire mesh... |
| Shot Peening Method | 1995 | Champaigne, J.M. | US Patent 5,460,025 | A method and apparatus for controlling a shot peening operation includes the measurement of pressures at the nozzle which directs the shot onto the workpiece and just downstream of... |
| Surface Treating Method for Steel Pipe Joint Text in Japanese | 1994 | Atsumi Takuya | Japanese Patent JP6099354 | PURPOSE:To improve seal performance by applying shot peening to at least one of metal to metal seal parts, and adjusting a surface roughness degree after the shot peening to the me... |
| Lightweight Suspension System for a Wheeled Vehicle, Spring Arm and Method of Manufacture | 1994 | Donald L Stephens | US Patent 5,366,238 | A compact suspension system for a wheeled vehicle and method for its manufacture. The suspension includes a tapered, vertically mounted elongated arm having an integral eye at one ... |
| Method of Manufacturing an Elongated Spring Member | 1994 | Donald L Stephens, Skagit, WA | US Patent 5,365,646 | A compact suspension system for a wheeled vehicle and method for its manufacture. The suspension includes a tapered, vertically mounted elongated arm having an integral eye at one ... |
| Surface Reforming Method of Aluminum Alloy Members | 1994 | Kazuhiko Shiral; Massaru Takatoo, Hiroshima, Japan | US Patent 5,302,218 | An aluminum alloy member is heated to 470-550 C., and is quenched to room temperature for hardening. Then the aluminum alloy member is heated to 160-220 C., and is cooled, which is... |
| Prestressed Brake Drum or Rotor | 1994 | Larry B. Hester, Dayton, OH | US Patent 5,352,305 | Uniformly distributed compressive stresses are induced in the machined surfaces of brake drums and brake rotors. The compressive stresses cancel residual tensile stresses induced i... |
| Apparatus to Measure Particle Distribution of a Shot Stream | 1994 | Thompson et al. | US Patent 5,507,172 | A novel apparatus capable of measuring distribution of a shot stream is disclosed. More particularly, the apparatus comprises an elongated measurement window positioned within a pa... |
| Measurement of Shot Peening Coverage by Correlation Analysis of Surface Line Data | 1994 | Robert Thompson, Mark Tascillo, Victor Skormin | US Patent 5,581,483 | A method of measuring shot peening coverage includes correlation analysis of surface line data. The method comprises the use of cross correlation of two or more parallel profile tr... |
| Prestressed Brake Drum or Rotor | 1994 | Hester | US Patent 5,664,648 | Uniformly distributed compressive stresses are induced in the machined surfaces of brake drums and brake rotors. The compressive stresses cancel residual tensile stresses induced i... |
| Rotary Peening Tool | 1994 | Harkins et al. | US Patent 5,727,995 | A surface preparation tool for peening and removing a coating from a work surface, the tool including a rotating hub which retains plurality of peening flaps with peening particles... |
| Spray Paint Monitoring and Control Using Doppler Radar Techniques | 1994 | J. Doughty, G. Brand, J. Josefowicz | US Patent 5,315,306 | Systems and methods that use a CW Doppler radar to monitor paint particle velocities as they are sprayed from a paint gun to optimize the application of strayed paint onto the obje... |
| Flow Regulating Valve for Magnetic Particles | 1994 | Jack M. Champaigne, John J. Wieczorek | US Patent 5,362,027 | A valve for regulating the flow of matertials which are made up substantially of magnetic particles. The valve includes an outer housing and a core assembly secured within the hou... |
| Gage for Measuring the Intensity of Shot-Blast Peening | 1994 | Jack M. Champaigne | US Patent 5,297,418 | An Almen type gage with an improved test strip support mechanism, which concentrates the holding force at the contact points. The support mechanism includes four paired contact bal... |
| Method for cleaning Surfaces with an Abrading Composition | 1994 | Rooney, James | US Patent 5,375,378 | This invention relates to a method and devices for hydroblasting wherein a hydrolyzed solution of a silica compound and water, the hydrolyzed solution containing solid particles of... |
| Less Aggressive Blast Media formed from Compacted Particles | 1994 | B. Yam, A. Joseph, K. Jones | US Patent 5,376,157 | A blast media for stripping contaminants from very soft and sensitive substrates comprises compacted abrasive particles which are formed by compacting very fine particles of the ab... |
| Method of Improving the Surface of Steel Pipe for Corrosion Resistant Coating and Apparatus for use in Carrying out the Metho | 1994 | Stephen McConkey, Guntrum Franzky | US Patent 5,371,972 | Surface anomalies on pipe are removed preparatory to corrosion coating. The removal is conducted by brusing with wire brush elements or Comax brush elements which may rotate about... |
| Containing Structure for Abrasive Blast Head Rigging and Tank Side Cleaning Apparatus | 1994 | Michael Smith, George Wells | US Patent 5,367,841 | A protable containment structure for abrasive blasting equipment is designed for particular application in the cleaning of large stroage tanks and bor bridges. The unit includes a... |
| Method and System for the Abrasive Cleaning of Surfaces. | 1994 | West, Richard a. | US Patent 5,367,840 | A system for abrasively cleaning surfaces such as by sandblasting and including a vacuum arrangement for recovering the material abrasively removed from the surface as well as the ... |
| Particle Blasting using Crystalline Ice | 1994 | Somyong Visaisouk, Somnuk Vixaysouk | US Patent 5,367,838 | The invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for particle blasting utilizing crystalline ice. A theory of impact erosion is presented, as opposed to conventional abra... |
| Cleaning Method Utilizing Sodium Bicarbonate Particles. | 1994 | Arthur Rubey III, Andrew Taylor | US Patent 5,366,560 | A method for effecting the continous reliable supply of sodium bicarbonate particles to a blasting nozzle employing pressured air or water as the means for conveying such particles... |
| Blast Cleaning System | 1994 | Jay Armstrong, James R. Becker | US Patent 5,365,699 | This invention relates to a carbon dioxide blast cleaning system for propelling dry-ice pellets by cryogens, manely high pressure nitrogen, helium and/or oxygen, against a surface ... |
| Blast Media Containing MGO | 1994 | Benny S. Yam, Anthony E. Winston | US Patent 5,338,323 | A blast media for stripping coatings or other contaminants from a solid surface comprises water soluble abrasive particles and a rinse aid which reduces the amount of water soluble... |
| Blast Cleaning Apparatus and Method with Laterally Moving Conveyor | 1994 | Elliott, Charles P. | US Patent 5,360,486 | This invention relates to a blast cleaning apparatus and method which includes a laterally moving conveyor with openings therethrough, and particularly a laterally moving wire mesh... |
| Method for Removing Particulate Matter | 1994 | John F. Williford, jr. | US Patent 5,364,474 | A method for controlling the effective velocity of a spray of cleaning material in order to remove particulate matter and other contamination from a surface of a workpiece. the su... |
| Control System for Cleaning Systems | 1994 | Abbott et al. | US Patent 5,351,832 | A system for cleaning or separating particles that uses a controller or computer to precisely control the cleaning or separating process. By carefully monitoring and controlling t... |
| Constant Flow Control for a Pressure Pot Shot Peening Machine | 1994 | Thompson, Robert a. | US Patent 5,327,755 | This invention relates to a constant flow control device for a pressure pot shot peening machine, Such structures of this type, generally assure that the air flow and the pressure ... |
| Suction-type Shot Peening Machine | 1994 | Thompson, Robert A. | US Patent 5,365,762 | This invention relates to a sensor for monitoring the operation of a suction-type shot peening machine. Such structures of this type generally measure the vacuum in the gun mixing... |
| Part Hold Down Apparatus for Part Processing Machine | 1993 | Michael J Wern, Mokena, IL | US Patent 5,272,897 | An automatic machine for processing parts comprises at least two part hold down apparatuses, each for releasably holding one of the parts in a predetermined position during process... |
| Stenciling Apparatus with System for Recycling Material | 1993 | Michael J Wern, Mokena, IL | US Patent 5,195,279 | A stenciling apparatus for stenciling a predetermined pattern on a workpiece by directing stenciling material involved with forced air against the workpiece comprises a stenciling ... |
| High Strength Spring | 1993 | Koyama et al. | US Patent 5,258,082 | A spring steel containing 0.35 to 0.50% of carbon is refined to the hardness of 2.50 to 2.70 mm in Brinell indentation diameter (HBD) by rapid cooling for quenching and tempering. ... |
| System and Method for Shot Peening Reactor Vessel Penetrations | 1993 | Fink et al. | US Patent 5,307,661 | A method for shot peening a first tube external to and concentric with a second tube comprising the steps of forming a slot through the second tube; positioning a shot peening devi... |
| Apparatus and Method for Measuring the Particle Number Rate and the Velocity Distribution of a Sprayed Stream. | 1993 | Robert A. Thompson, Randy S. Brown | US Patent 5,226,331 | This invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring the particle number rate and the particle velocity distribution of a sprayed stream such as, a shot sppening system.... |
| Quality Assurance of Surface Treatments by Analysis of Substrate Surface Line Traces | 1993 | Robert A. Thompson, Trent J. Markell | US Patent 5,204,826 | A quality assurance of surface treatments, typically with shot peening, by analysis of substrate surface line traces is dosclosed. In particular, line traces are created over the ... |
| Automatic Dishwasher Powder Detergent Composition | 1993 | F.U. Ahmed, C.E. Buck | US Patent 5,205,954 | The application is directed to an automatic dishwasher powder detergent composition with improved antifilming and anti-spotting properties and to a method of using the detergent co... |
| Abrasive Feed System | 1993 | Woodson, Jerry P. | US Patent 5,239,788 | In accordance with illustrative embodiments of the present invention, a hopper containing a sodium bicarbonate abrasive is pressurized with a dry gas such as nitrogen. The abrasiv... |
| Foot Control for an Abrasive Blast System | 1993 | K. Abbott, P. Lyons, R. Satariano | US Patent 5,239,787 | An abrasive blasting system which utilizes a central control panel together with controls operable by the operators feet. Dual control, at the system panel and the foot operable p... |
| Blasting Apparatus and Method | 1993 | L. Kirschner, M. Lajoie, W. Spears | US Patent 5,230,185 | A conventional blasting apparatus is modified to provide a separate source of line air to a blast pot through a pressure regulator to provide a greater pressure in the blast pot th... |
| Dual Controls for an Abrasive Blast System | 1993 | K. Abbott, P. Lyons, R. Satariano | US Patent 5,216,848 | An abrasive blasting system which utilizes a central control panel together with a control panel at the blast handle. Dual control permits the operator to adjust such parameters a... |
| Pliant Media Blasting Device | 1993 | Lynn, William | US Patent 5,207,034 | The invention relates to a pliant particulate media device which includes an air source for supplying air pressure to a supply container, containing a quantity of plaint blasting m... |
| Centrifugal Blasting Apparatus | 1993 | Urakami, Fukashi | US Patent 5,205,085 | Disclosed is an improved centrifugal blasting apparatus for the blast cleaning or shot peening treatment of a selected surfact of an object to be treated by throwing pulverixed abr... |
| Wire Mesh Conveyor Abrasive Machine and Abrasive Return System Therefor | 1993 | Carpenter, James H. | US Patent 5,203,124 | This relates to a cleaning machine which employs blast wheels to throw abrasive particles against a workkpiece to be cleaned. The cleaning machine is of a simple construction and ... |
| Method and Apparatus for Cleaning Abrasive Blast Media | 1993 | Seaverns, Glenn A. | US Patent 5,195,640 | An apparatus for recovering and cleaning contaminated abrasive blast media. The blast media is transproted in a vacuum airstream to a rotatable drum. Within the rotatable drum is... |
| Abrasive Blasting Apparatus | 1993 | Bruce Nicholson, Ronald Davis | US Patent 5,195,280 | an apparatus for mixing spearately contained media such as would be used in a wet abrasive blasting operation comprises a receptable for a liquid/abrasive medium, a receptacle for ... |
| Abrasive Blast Cabinet | 1993 | Charles Ruemelin, J. Ruemelin | US Patent 5,177,911 | The abrasive blast cabinet includes a housing defining a blast chamber, a blast nozzle disposed in the blast chamber and connected to a source of an abrasive blast media for direct... |
| Sensor for Lance-Type Shot Peening Guns | 1993 | Thompson, Robert A. | US Patent 5,271,282 | This invention relates to sensors of the type that are used in lance-type shot peening guns. Such structures of this type generally measure the reaction force of the ejected shot ... |
| Method to Control and Monitor a Pressure Pot Shot Peening System | 1993 | Thompson, Robert A. | US Patent 5,271,255 | This invention relates to a medthod and apparatus for controlling and minitoring pressure pot shot peening machines. Such structures of this type, generally allow the user to dete... |
| Measurment of Shot Peening Coverage by Impact Dent Characterization | 1993 | Robert Thompson, Mark Tascillo | US Patent 5,293,320 | This invention relates to measuring shot peening coverage by impact dent characterization. Such methods of this type employ a non-distructive, automated computer analysis by analy... |
| Measurement of the Shot Peening Coverage by Automated Analysis of Peened Surface Line Traces. | 1993 | Robert a. Thompson, Mark A. Tascill | US Patent 5,235,517 | BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION: This invention relates to methods of measuring surfact treatment coverage, and more particularly, to such methods for measuring shot peening coverage. ... |
| Shot Sensing Shot Peening System and Method having a Capacitance based Densitometer | 1993 | Thompson, R.A. | US Patent 5,176,018 | The present invention relates to shot peening and more specifically, shot peening where the shot is sensed capacitance-based densitometer in order to determine the average velocity... |
| Method and Apparatus for Controlling Shot Peening Device | 1993 | Jose Company, SNECMA | US Patent 5,212,976 | A method and apparatus for controlling a shot peening apparatus are disclosed in which the shot peening apparatus has an enclosure in which a workpiece and a peening nozzle are loc... |
| High-Strength Coil Spring and Method of Producing | 1992 | S Yamamoto; T Shibata Itami Japan | US Patent 5,152,851 | The present invention relates to a high-strength coil spring useful for an engine and other high-strength springs requiring a high fatigue-resistance and a method of producing the ... |
| Method for Steel Surface Hardening Treatment and an Apparatus Therefor | 1992 | Naito et al. | US Patent 5,268,040 | A method of cooling steel parts from austenitic stage to a temperature that is higher than its Ms point after carburization of said steel part to carry out diffusion transformation... |
| Method for Manufacturing a High-Strength Spring | 1992 | H. Koyama, Y. Sato, K. Nishioka, A. Tange, T. Akut | US Patent 5,225,008 | A spring steel containing 0.35 to 0.50% of carbon is refined to the hardness of 2.50 to 2.70 mm in Brinell indentation diameter (HBD) by rapid cooling for quenching and tempering. ... |
| Orthodontic Bracket | 1992 | Rohit C. L. Sachdeva, Yoshiki Oshida | US Patent 5,232,361 | By using titanium, titanium based alloys, or related metals or alloys, an orthodontic bracket can be manufactured which is lighter and stronger than any conventional type of bracke... |
| Method and Apparatus for Truing or Straightening Out of True Work Pieces | 1992 | Garri Berstein | US Patent 5,235,838 | In a straightening or truing operation for straightening out of true work pieces the characteristic fatigue strength or an increases fatigue strength achieved in a previous strengt... |
| Process for Forming a Bearing Surface for Aluminum Alloy | 1992 | Amarjit Brar, Anthony Dierich, Prativadi Narayan | US Patent 5,240,590 | A process for forming a bearing surface on an aluminium alloy article including the steps peening the surface, anodizing the surface , and washing the anodized surface with a boehm... |
| Method of Producing Torque Sensor Shafts | 1992 | Renshiro Ishino;Yoshio Shibata | US Patent 5,205,145 | This invention relates to a method of producing magnetostriction type torque sensor shafts adapted to detect a change in permeability when a torque is applied. A plurality of shot ... |
| Non-Destructive Monitoring of Surfaces by 3-D Profilometry Using a Power Spectra | 1992 | Robert A. Thompson | US Patent 5,166,885 | A method for monitoring the surface treatment of substrates is disclosed. The surface treatment, preferably, is shot peening. The surface treatment is monitored through the use o... |
| Process for Removing Coating from Sensitive Substrates, and Sodium Sulfate-Containing Blasting Media Useful Therein | 1992 | M.S. Lajoie, L. Kirschner | US Patent 5,112,406 | Blasting media for removing coatings from sensitive metal and composite surfaces, and a process useful therewith, wherein the blasting media comprise mixtures of water-soluble crys... |
| Method and Apparatus for Cleaning Workpieces | 1992 | Carpenter, James H. Jr. | US Patent 5,163,253 | Workpieces such as sand-casted automobile ingine blocks are cleaned by advancing a series of such workpieces asially into one end of an elongate, skeletal barrel that holds the wor... |
| Abrasive Blasting Apparatus | 1992 | Wern, Michael J. | US Patent 5,107,631 | A nozzle for sandblasting or shot peening a workpiece comprises a base and a finger. The finger having a diameter small enough to allow it to be inserted into an aperature in the ... |
| Non-Destructive Determination of Surface Cold Work Due to a Shot Peening Operation | 1992 | Thompson | US Patent 5,172,580 | This invention relates to a method for directly measuring the amount of surface cold work due to a surface treatment operation. Such methods of this type, generally, allow the surf... |
| Brightening Chemical Polishing Solution for Harened Steel Article | 1991 | Suzuki et al. | US Patent 5,256,316 | A brightening chemical polishing solution for hardened steel article (e.g., a carburized and quenched gear) comprises hydrofluoric acid having a molar concentration of from 0.2 to ... |
| Metal Stamping | 1991 | Greenway | US Patent 5,265,320 | A method of prgressive die stamping for cutting apertures in a sheet metal strip without producing stress induced distortion of the apertures after cut-off of the strip. The sheet ... |
| Apparatus for Detecting Inensity and/or Density of Shot Blasting | 1991 | Matsuura et al. | US Patent 5,113,680 | Disclosed is an apparatus for detecting at least one of an intensity and a density of shot blasting during shot treatment, which includes a shot bombardment and propagation member ... |
| Method for Enhancing the Wear Performance and Life Characteristics of a Brake Drum | 1991 | Thomas J. Meister | US Patent 5,193,375 | A method for enhancing the frictional wear properties, performance and life of a graphitic cast iron brake drum. The surfaces of the drum which are frictionally engaged by brake sh... |
| High-Intensity Roto Peen Flaps, Metod of Making Same, Wheels Incorporating Same, & Methods of using Wheels Incorporating Same | 1991 | Lovejoy et al. | US Patent 5,203,189 | An improved high-intensity roto-peen flap, constructed of coated fabric material, the coating including a plurality of layers at least one of which comprises a linear polyurethane ... |
| High Strength, Ultra Fine Steel Wire having excellent Workability in Stranding & Process & Apparatus for Producing the same | 1991 | T. Tarui, S. Sasaki, H. Tashiro, H. Sato | US Patent 5,240,520 | A high-strength, ultra-fine wire having an excellent workability in stranding, comprising a steel comprised of, in terms of % by weight, 0.85 to 1.10% of C, 0.10 to 0.70% of Si, 0.... |
| Bandsaw Blade and Method of Manufacturing Same | 1991 | Robert C. Hayden, Sr. | US Patent 5,249,485 | A bandsaw blade comprises a plurality of cutting teeth spaced longitudinally apart by gullets. Each tooth includes a steel portion and a carbide tip brazed to a front face of the s... |
| Apparatus and Methods for Measuring Permeability and Conductivity in Materials using Multiple Vavenumber Magnetic Interrogati | 1991 | James R. Melcher | US Patent 5,015,951 | Devices and analytical techniques are disclosed for measuring spatial profiles of complex premeability and conductivity of a material by multiple wavenumber interrogations. Coil a... |
| Pressure Pot Shot Peening system having a Holder | 1991 | Robert A. Thompson | US Patent 5,048,316 | A nozzle holder and sensor for a pressure pot peening system is disclosed. The holder includes a 90 degree bend which is provided so that substantially the entire momentum of the ... |
| Peening Shot Curving | 1991 | Koehler, Hornauer, Kopp, Baldner, Wuest | US Patent 5,072,606 | A method of shaping planar parts which have an elastic and plastic range for making components which are curved two dimensionally around two axes under utilization of a high pressu... |
| Method And System For Monitoring Shot Peening | 1991 | Thompson, R. A. | US Patent 5,003,805 | A method and system for nondestructively measuring surface compression layer depth including obtaining profile data of a peened workpiece surface and determining a total plastic up... |
| Apparatus for Piercing Brittle Materials with High Velocity Abrasive-Laden Wterjets | 1990 | Hashish, Craigen, Tacheron | US Patent 4,934,111 | An abrasivejet system for cutting brittle materials is disclosed. One feature of the disclosed system is a jet-producing nozzle assembly which includes means for inducing turbulen... |
| Controlled Shot Peening | 1989 | Reccius et al. | US Patent 4,974,434 | A device for bending or levelling workpieces by means of shot peening is improved by controlled impacting and indenting using a support element having a rear wall and side walls; p... |
| Method of Forming Hard Steels by Case Hardening, Shot-Peening and Aging without Tempering | 1989 | Yukio Arimi | US Patent 5,019,182 | A method of manufacturing a steel member comprising the steps of : carburizing and quenching or carbo-nitriding and quenching a steel material; shot-peening the steel material quen... |
| Shot Sensing Shot Peening System and Method | 1989 | Robert A. Thompson | US Patent 4,873,855 | A shot peening arrangement uses a magnetic densitometer adjacent the nozzle outlet of a shot peening gun. The magnetic densitometer generates a signal representative of the mass o... |
| Shot Peening System and Method with Velocity Sensing | 1989 | Robert A. Thompson | US Patent 4,805,429 | Consistency in shot peening is obtained by a system using a force sensor to sense the reaction force from a shot peening gun. The reaction force is used to calculate the average v... |
| Water/Abrasive Propulsion Chamber | 1989 | R.C. Martin, J.P. Woodson | US Patent 4,817,342 | A propulsion apparatus adapted for use in a liquid propelled abrasive cleaning system is disclosed in which high pressue water is injected coaxially in a bore of a housing to which... |
| Shot Peening Mass Flow and Velocity Sensing System and Method | 1989 | Thompson, Robert A. | US Patent 4,848,123 | Consistency in shot peening os obtained by a system which uses a force sensor to sense the reaction force from a shot peening gun in combination with a magnetic densitometer sensin... |
| Automatic Shot Peening System For Surface Pre-stressing [ In French ] | 1989 | Bon, Gerad | EP Patent 0 230 165 B1 | paper written in French or Itilian... |
| Apparatus for Making Spherical Particles | 1988 | Rudolf K. Braun, Wharton, NJ | US Patent 4,749,398 | An apparatus for spheridizing irregularly shaped minute particles, and the spheres produced thereby, in which a thin carbonaceous coating is applied to the particles in a unique ma... |
| Abrasive Cleaning and Treating Device | 1988 | Michael J Wern, Orland Park, IL | US Patent 4,769,956 | A cleaning and treating apparatus which employs a series of nozzles or guns for propelling abrasives into interior and exterior exposed surfaces of components. The forces required ... |
| Method and Apparatus for Producing Turbine Blade Roots | 1988 | Cox et al. | US Patent 4,888,863 | A method and apparatus for producing turbine blade roots (23) utilize an electro-discharge machining apparatus (10) to machine critical portions of the blade root (23) and a peenin... |
| Device & Process for Controlling the Effectiveness of Particle Hammering of the Inner Surface of a Steam Generator Tube | 1988 | Isnardon et al. | US Patent 4,893,490 | The hammering is carried out by a device having a tubular outer housing (5) which is placed against a face of the tube plate around a flush end of the tube to be hammered. A tool c... |
| Extrusion Aggangement for a Cryogenic Cleaning Apparatus | 1988 | Moore, David E. | US Patent 4,727,687 | Cryogenic cleaning apparatus using dry ice pellets having a pellet extruder and static means to break the extruded dry ice.... |
| Particle-Blast Cleaning Apparatus and Method | 1988 | David E. Moore, Newell D. Crane | US Patent 4,744,181 | An improved particle-blast cleaning apparatus and process featuring sublimable pellets as the particulate media is described as including a source of sublimable pellets, housing me... |
| Media Blast Paint Removal System | 1988 | Carr, Lawrence S. | US Patent 4,731,125 | A method is described for blast cleaning paint and other adhesive coatings from composite surfaces formed of a reinforced matrix material. A special soft media is used at a relati... |
| Double Peening - (an explaination of U.S. Patent 3,073,022) | 1988 | General Motors Corporation | US Patent 3,073,022 | This patent relates to first shot peening in a conventional manner and then applying a second treatment which differs from the first operation.... |
| Method for Making Spherical Particles | 1987 | Rudolf K. Braun, Wharton, NJ | US Patent 4,643,753 | A process and apparatus for spheridizing irregularly shaped minute particles, and the spheres produced thereby, in which a thin carbonaceous coating is applied to the particles in ... |
| Hose Coupling | 1987 | PW Clark; JS Gulliford, San Francisco CA | US Patent 4,658,326 | The present invention relates to a high impact hose coupling having a hollow body constructed of plastic, a helical restriction means to hold the hose end within the coupling body,... |
| Method of Forming a Fine Grain Structure on the Surface of an Aluminium Alloy | 1987 | Mahoney et al. | US Patent 4,799,974 | An aluminium alloy is provided which has a surface with a fine grain structure. It is produced by overaging an aluminium alloy and then cold working only the surface by shot peenin... |
| Installation for the Detensioning of Expanded Tubes, Particularly in a Heat Exchanger | 1987 | Druelle et al. | US Patent 4,821,545 | Detensioning of expanded tubes is brought by way of an installation using a rotopeening method. The tool is constituted by a cage moved along a helical path centered on the axis of... |
| Portable Abrasive Blasting Gun Assembly | 1987 | Jodoin, Pierre-Paul | US Patent 4,674,239 | Am improved protable abrasive blasting gun assembly which comprises a gun part having a compressed air conduit and an abrasive material conduit intersecting with one another to pro... |
| Abrasives Distributor | 1986 | MJ Wern Orland Park,IL; HE Wern Homosassa Springs | US Patent 4,569,159 | A novel abrasives distributor is disclosed. The distributor comprises a movable assembly, and at least one gun. The assembly preferably includes an elongated, hollow shaft having a... |
| Tool and Method for Rotopeening the Peripheral Tubes in a Tubesheet | 1986 | Senger et al. | US Patent 4,713,952 | An improved apparatus and process for rotopeening metallic conduits of limited accessibility, such as the peripherally located heat exchange tubes around the tubesheet of a nuclear... |
| Sensor for the Detection of Random Signals which are Suitable for Correlative Signal Processing | 1986 | Massen, Robert | US Patent 4,604,904 | The sensor is intended for the detection of random signals suitable for correlative signal processing, originating from a process in motion relative to the sensor for example a flo... |
| System For The Monitoring And Control Of Flow Of Particulate Material In Impact Treatment Equipment | 1986 | Green, Browne, Deloughry, Hill | US Patent 4,614,100 | Air blast peening equipment includes a flow density transducer and a pressure or velocity transducer for measuring flow velocity. Measured values are compared during peening with ... |
| 3-Step Treatment of Stainless Steels Having Metastable Austenitic&Martensitic Phases to Incr Resistance to Chloride Corrosion | 1985 | Joseph G. Anello | US Patent 4,495,002 | This is a process for producing improved chloride corrosion resistance in turbine components fabricated from stainless steels which contains generally at least 1% of both a martens... |
| Data Analysis and Display Method for Reciprocating Equipment in Industrial Processes | 1985 | John Micowski | US Patent 4,504,920 | The data analysis and display system of the present invention utilizes a microcomputer in combination with a CRT and a multiplicity of transducers for monitoring process parameters... |
| Conveyor System for a Shot Peening Machine | 1985 | Gerold Lienert | US Patent 4,599,879 | A conveyor system is for a shot peening machine of the type which includes blast wheels which are capable of propelling shot generally downwardly into a critical blast region for s... |
| Shot Peening Machine | 1985 | Gerold Lienert | US Patent 4,604,881 | An improved shot peening machine is of the type which includes blast wheels capable of propelling a plurality of shot generally downwardly into a critical blast region of the machi... |
| Rotopeening Method | 1985 | Harman et al. | US Patent 4,616,497 | A method of uniformly rotopeening the inside walls of metallic tubes to a desired final peening intensity by means ob at least one rotatable peening flapper is disclosed herein. Th... |
| Multi-Spindle Rotopeening Apparatus | 1985 | Bevilacqua et al. | US Patent 4,616,498 | A rotopeening apparatus comprising a plurality of peening spindles, a rotary and orbital drive assembly coupled to the spindles, and an oscillatory drive means for reciprocating th... |
| Spindle for Rotopeening Apparatus | 1985 | Douglas Harman, Richard Green and Bruce Bevilacqua | US Patent 4,619,128 | A rigid peening spindle for rotopeening the inside wall of a tube is disclosed herein. Generally, the peening spindle comprises a rotatable housing insertable within a tube, a mand... |
| Electromagnetically Operated Peening Tool | 1985 | Mitsching et al. | US Patent 4,641,510 | Work piece surfaces are peened by electromagnetically controlled steel needles which are guided for back and forth sliding movement in a guide plate. Each needle has its own electr... |
| Shot-Peening Method | 1985 | Amy et al. | US Patent 4,693,102 | A method for controlling the flow in a shot-peening apparatus, comprising an auger having an inlet supplied with granular media via a hopper, the auger preferably being driven by a... |
| Method and Apparatus for Imparting a Simple Contour to a Workpiece | 1985 | Davis L. Baughman | US Patent 4,694,672 | An improved method and apparatus is provided for imparting a simple contour to an aircraft skin. A treatment chamber having a conveyor with a workpiece attached thereto and a shot ... |
| Portable Abrasive throwing Wheel Device | 1985 | J. Carpenter, R. Mullins, R. Smith | US Patent 4,561,220 | This relates to a portable abrasive throwing wheel device or abrasive blasting device which is utilized for blasing castings and the like to effect the cleaning thereof. The porta... |
| Mass Flow Indicator for Metal Particles | 1985 | Champaigne, J.M. | US Patent 4,523,146 | A method for determining the size of metal particles which includes the positioning of an inductive circuit within a particle flow path to establish an oscillatory signal, varying... |
| Method for Preparing a Steel Charge from Terneplate Scrap Metal | 1985 | Herter, Carl J. | US Patent 4,547,227 | A process is disclosed for treating terneplate scrap contaminated with combustibles, such as found in automobile gas tanks, to reduce the alloy content of the scrap to a sufficient... |
| Apparatus For Measuring Flow-rate Of Electromagnetic Granular Media | 1985 | Biehle, William C. | US Patent 4,552,017 | An apparatus for measuring the flow-rate of ferromagnetic granular media in a gravity-fed and/or low velocity peening apparatus by passing the media in the supply line at substanti... |
| Duplex Peening and Smoothing Process | 1981 | J. W. Neal, J. W. Sullivan, J. F. Loersch | US Patent 4,428,213 | Disclosed is a two step process of peening for workpieces having small radii fillets or fragile edges, such as gas turbine airfoils have. In the first step, relatively small size s... |
| Bladed Centrifugal Blasting Wheel | 1984 | Harold Schulte, Ray Leleaert, Robert Rohr | US Patent 4,480,413 | A centrifugal blasting wheel includes a pair of frnt and back wheel plates interconnected in spaced parellel relationship. Each wheel plate has a central opening defined by an ann... |
| Blade For Centrifugal Blasting Wheels | 1984 | Raymond Leliaert | US Patent 4,473,972 | A blade for use in two different forms of centrifugal blasting wheels. The blade comprises a body generally in the form of a parallelepiped having a inner and an outer end and sid... |
| Power Stroking Honing Machine and Control Apparatus | 1984 | Alfred J. Raven, III | US Patent 4,423,567 | A beam stroker honing machine is controlled to provide a vertical stroke by means of a series of non-contacting sensors. The sensors are plurality of reed switches which sense the... |
| Airless Centrifugal Blast Device | 1983 | R.Leliaert, R.Kanouse, J.Butler, R.Lindner | US Patent 4,378,662 | An airless centrifugal blast device in the firm of a one piece, two-bladed wheel mounted for rotational movement about either a horizontally or vertically disposed axis and means f... |
| Blasting Machine Utilizing Sublimable Particles | 1983 | Fong, Altizer, Arnold, Lawson | US Patent 4,389,820 | A blasting machine utilizing sublimable particles comprising forming means for producing particles having a substantially univorm length thereto, dispensing means for receiving the... |
| Monitor Method and Apparatus for Particle Blasting Equipment | 1983 | Weber, Joseph H. | US Patent 4,420,957 | An improved particle blasting apparatus for continuoulsy monitoring media flow, nozzle wear, and nozzle blockage. The apparatus includes a source of compressed air, a nozzle, stru... |
| Separating and Feeding System for a Shot Peening Machine | 1982 | Gerold Lienert | US Patent 4,492,102 | A separating and feeding system for a shot peening machine is of the type which includes blast wheels mounted on a housing of the machine and capable of propelling a plurality of s... |
| Bladed Centrifugal Blasting Wheel | 1982 | Harold Schulte, Raymnd Leliaert, Robert Rohr | US Patent 4,333,278 | A bladed centrifugal blasting wheel formed of a pair of spaced parallel wheel plates having a central opening through which blades are inserted into grooves extending radially from... |
| Shot Peening Apparatus | 1982 | Metal Improvement Co./Feld, Engel | US Patent 4,365,493 | The shot peening apparatus for shot peening the surface of a workpiece has a gravity shot distribution subassembly which includes deflectors which utilize the kinetic energy in the... |
| Method Of Prestressing The Working Surfaces Of Pressure Chambers Or Cylinders | 1982 | Metal Improvement Co./Johnson | US Patent 4,354,371 | A method of prestressing the working surface of pressure chambers or cylinders comprising the steps of first shot peening their working surfaces to form compressive residual stress... |
| Method for Simultaneous Peening and Smoothing | 1981 | Neal et al. | US Patent 4,454,740 | A method for simultaneously shot peening and smoothing includes use of relatively large, smooth, hard, spherical steel shot having a substantially uniform diameter in the range 1-2... |
| Shot Peening Intensity Detector | 1981 | DeClark et al. | US Patent 4,470,292 | In shot peening apparatus, a device is provided for sensing shot peening intensity and the uniformity of shot flow. It is basically comprised of a detector plate mounted on a canti... |
| Method of Peening the Inside of a Small Diameter Tube | 1981 | Harman et al. | US Patent 4,481,802 | A method for peening a portion of the inside of a small diameter heat exchanger tube by inserting a rotating shaft having a peening strip affixed thereto, orbiting and reciprocatin... |
| Apparatus for Separating Abrasive Blasting Media from Debris | 1981 | James R. Goff | US Patent 4,364,823 | An apparatus for separating debris from spent abrasive in an abrasive blasting apparatus in which the debris and spent abrasive are recirculated from a blast zone at high velocity ... |
| Delivery System for Ball Peening or Forming Apparatus | 1981 | Larry S. Klass | US Patent 4,426,866 | A ball peening machine used for forming or surface treatment is constructed with a unique delivery system. The peening media is loaded by gravity from a hopper to a conveyor belt w... |
| Method of Peening Airfoils and Thin Edged Workpieces | 1981 | James W. Neal, Joseph F. Loersch | US Patent 4,426,867 | Shot peening of thin edges of workpieces which are subject to deformation damage by direct impacts is accomplished by rotating the workpiece edge near centerline through a particul... |
| Shot Peening Apparatus | 1981 | Joseph F. Loersch, James W. Neal | US Patent 4,432,220 | In apparatus for shot peening, gravity is used to accelerate uniform sized steel shot, and thereby impart a combination of good surface finish and uniform compressive stresses to w... |
| Impact Device | 1981 | Fritz Isenring | US Patent 4,593,767 | Impact device comprising a housing with a rotable impeller located eccentrically therein. The impeller includes masses located in radial apertures which, upon rotation of the impel... |
| Method of Conservation in Processing Industrial Air | 1981 | R. Leliaert, R. Lindner, J Davidson | US Patent 4,255,169 | A method is disclosed for recycling industrial air. Air contaminated by particluates is removed from the area of machnery, transported to dust collectors, and filtered. A small p... |
| Method of Transmission of Sonic Energy to Work Pieces | 1981 | Raymond Leliaert | US Patent 4,296,794 | Apparatus for transmission of sonic energy to the processing of work wherein the sonic energy is transmitted thrugh a vibratory member to a fixture having spaced abutment surface i... |
| Guard Housing and Liner for Bladed Centrifugal Blasting Wheels | 1981 | Harold Schulte, Raymond Leliaert, Robert Rohr | US Patent 4,291,509 | A guard housing and liner for bladed throwing wheels, in which the guard housing is in the form of a trapeziodal section dimensioned to enclose the bladed wheel and a cover which f... |
| Process For Measuring The Level Of Metal In Vessels, Especially In Continuous Casting Molds | 1981 | Block, Franz-Rudolf | US Patent 4,279,149 | A method of measuring the level of molten metal in a continuous casting mold comprises inducing in the molten metal a magnetic field by a primary electrically energized coil and, b... |
| Leaf Spring Stress Peening Method and Apparatus | 1980 | Gerold Lienert | US Patent 4,337,632 | A leaf spring stress peening apparatus is composed of a first conveyor capable of transporting a plurality of leaf springs in an unstressed position. A second endless conveyor is p... |
| Flow Control Systems | 1980 | Douglas A. Wood | US Patent 4,354,622 | Apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of a powdered solid material such as flour, comprising a load cell supporting an inclined plate onto which the flour particles impinge af... |
| Internal Pipeline Cleaning Device | 1980 | Stoltz, Woodrow W. | US Patent 4,180,948 | A divjice adapted to move through a pipeline for cleaning the inner periphery thereof and comprising a rotatable central hub member constructed of an abrasive resistant material an... |
| Apparatus for Sensing Deterioration of Developing Substance Including Ferromagnetic Carrier and Non-Magnetic Toner Particles | 1980 | Sakamoto, Miyakawa,Tatsumi | US Patent 4,195,260 | Deterioration of a dry developing substance causes toner particles to be so strongly adhered to carrier particles that they cannot be readily separated therefrom. The present appa... |
| Method For Treating Metal | 1980 | Price, Robert J. | US Patent 4,214,923 | An element having a chamber such as, for example, a boom of an excavator or a draft tube of a scraper is subject to torsional loading during use of the element. Torsional loading ... |
| Method For Treating Conduit To Improve Flow Characteristic And Resulting Conduit Product | 1980 | Avery Jr., Hugh E. | US Patent 4,230,426 | A method of reducing the formation of fines and streamers in connection with the gas conveying of plastic particles (and the resulting conveying apparatus), characterized by the ... |
| Method of Forming A Coldworked Joint | 1979 | John O. King, Jr. | US Patent 4,164,807 | A method of coldworking a hole through a work piece which includes placing a seamless tubular member within the hole with a prescribed hoop strength to allow the tubular member to ... |
| Reference Part, Especially for Nondestructive Testing by Ultrasonic Vibrations, and a Method for the Fabrication of said Part | 1979 | Alain Vieu, Christian Flambard | US Patent 4,203,315 | One or a number of inserts are each fitted within a housing formed in a reference part, each insert being preferably of cylindrical and having a predtermined defect in density. An ... |
| High Stress Nodular Iron Gears and Method of Making Same | 1979 | Robert B. Grindahl | US Patent 4,222,793 | High stress, acicular bainitic, nodular iron gears having residual compressive stresses at the surface of the teeth's roots of at least about 40,000 psi and a subsurface residual c... |
| Centrifugal Shotting Turbine | 1979 | Leon Rutten | US Patent 4,277,965 | A centrifugal shotting turbine having easily replaceable blades shaped so as to project shot at a high rate of ejection in a concentrated jet. The turbine comprises a plurality of ... |
| Centrifugal Shotting Turbine | 1979 | Leon Rutten | US Patent 4,366,690 | A shotting turbine having blades with working faces having a longitudinal profile comprising a convex part and a concave part with angles of curvature chosen to provide an optimize... |
| Spacerless Blasting Wheel and Blade Locking Arrangement Therefor | 1979 | Raymond M. Leliaert | US Patent 4,176,502 | A blasting wheel for projecting particles against a surface employs a blade lock arrangement which eliminates the need for securing the blade between a pair of plates separated by ... |
| Abrasive Particle Blast Apparatus for Surface Treatment | 1978 | Harvey G. Van Fossen | US Patent 4,202,142 | Recovery and feed system for abrasive blast in surface treatment comprising treatment and return by air to separate spent abrasive particles from dust and dirt and collecting the s... |
| Method of Reducing Fuel Consumption by Peening | 1978 | Robert E. Hayden, Sr. | US Patent 4,258,084 | A method of reducing fuel and oil consumption in an internal combustion engine in which the cylinder walls of the engine are peened with glass spheres having a diameter within the ... |
| Metod of Increasing the Fatigue Life of Titanium Alloy Parts | 1978 | Arun Kumar | US Patent 4,287,740 | A method of increasing the fatigue life of a metal part of a titanium alloy by subjecting it to the steps of abrasive cleaning and shot peening.... |
| Method and Apparatus for Bowl Type Vibratory Finishing | 1978 | Raymond M. Leliaert | US Patent 4,067,147 | A vibratory finishing mill of the bowl in which a short annulus of the bowl is depressed to drfine a well, and in which the parts are separated from the media, when the finishing o... |
| Surface Treatment Device Including Magnetic Shot Separator | 1978 | Raymond M. Leliaert | US Patent 4,080,760 | A magnetic separator is disclosed suitable for incorporation in a surface teatment device, such as, a particulate throwing whel employing a rebound system to recycle the particulat... |
| Method of Abrading or Having a Restricted Passage Surface | 1978 | Perry, Kenneth E. | US Patent 4,087,943 | A flowable abrasive composition comprising a poluboronorgano silicon compound and dispersed abrasive granules, said composition being modified with a gel formed from a metallic soa... |
| Sandblast Abrading Apparatus | 1978 | Merrigan, James P. | US Patent 4,067,150 | Air from a source of pressurized air, acting through a ball-type vibrator and a resilient mounting, serves to form a cloud of abrasive material within a reservoir of such material.... |
| Process Of Shot Peening And Cleaning And Preparing Shot Pellets Thereof | 1978 | Straub, J. C. | US Patent 4,067,240 | A process of compression stressing shot pellets to increase the fatigue strength or resistance thereof to brittle fractures by impact of the pellets during shot peening and cleanin... |
| Method And Apparatus For Measuring Intensity Of Peening Of Small Surfaces | 1978 | Metal Improvement Co. | US Patent 4,102,176 | The peening intensity test member is a factory assembled unit comprising a base structure having opposite faces and a test element secured to one of the faces of the base structure... |
| Apparatus for Producing Spherical Particles | 1977 | T.K. Wood; A.R. Margreither, both of NJ | US Patent 4,046,548 | ABSTRACT A system for producing glass spheres in which the combustion air introduced into the furnace iw preheated. The furnace has a shroud enclosing at least a portion of its ou... |
| Glass Bead Forming Nozzles and Method | 1977 | Eugene J. Cone, Yorba Linda, CA | US Patent 4,002,447 | ABSTRACT The diameters of glass beads formed by jetting molten glass through an orifice are changed without a shutdown by employing an orifice nozzle having a tapered tip. With su... |
| Glass Bead Forming Method | 1977 | J.J. Hammel; E.J. Cone | US Patent 4,002,446 | Spherical regularity of glass beads is improved by catching a falling stream of hot beads in a bath of liquid quenching medium having a relatively low heat transfer coefficient con... |
| Descaling Bent Rod With Separated Cleaning Particles | 1977 | Joseph Johannes, Maria Annegarn | US Patent 4,004,374 | A method of descaling a rod comprises forming at least one bend in the rod and rotating the bent portion in an approximately circular path while maintaining it in a space having a ... |
| Vibratory Finishing Device | 1977 | Raymond M. Leliaert | US Patent 4,018,009 | A finishing device in the form of an annular bowl adapted to house media and parts to be finished and means for imparting vibratory energy to the bowl to cause the media and parts ... |
| Surface Treatment Device for Large Diameter Pipe Sections | 1977 | Raymond M. Leliaert | US Patent 4,016,681 | A surface treatment device is disclosed which is capable of efecting surface treatment of the inside and outside of large diameter pipi sections. The device preferably employs an a... |
| Conditioning Cleanser for Ceramic Surfaces | 1977 | R McLaughlin, D Wood, W Kraszewski | US Patent 4,035,163 | An alkaline cleaning and conditioning composition for ceramic surfaces is provided in the form of an abrasive powder mixture including a surfactant, and a silicone oil absorbed in ... |
| Flow Control System | 1977 | Beck, Henry | UK Patent 1,481,021 | The present invention concerns control systems for controlling flowing materials and is particularly concerned with controlling the flow of particulate materials carried by a fluid... |
| Process Of Compression Stressing Metals To Increase The Fatigue Strength Thereof | 1977 | Straub, John C. | US Patent 4,034,585 | A process of compression stressing metals to increase the fatigue strength or resistance to brittle fractures thereof by shot peening or surface rolling wherein the elastic radial ... |
| Portable Surface Treating Apparatus | 1976 | John C. Bergh | US Patent 4,052,820 | A portable apparatus for treatment of surfaces, preferably horizontal, comprising a centrifugal wheel for projecting abrasive particles onto the surface at an angle within the rang... |
| Device for Measuring the Rate of Flow of Flowable Prodcuts, Particularly Loose Material | 1976 | Hans Oetiker | US Patent 4,067,238 | The device is of the type including a balance beam pivotally connected to a housing, an inclined measuring plate, adapted to deflect a product stream supplied in metered quantities... |
| Shot Peening Process | 1976 | Robert A. Clay | US Patent 4,100,782 | A shot peening process is provided for treating elongated oil well sucker rods, drill pipes and the like. In accordance with the process of the invention, the rods or pipes are pas... |
| Sand Reclamation System | 1976 | Raymond M. Leliaert | US Patent 3,934,374 | A sand reclamation system is disclosed for reconditioning a sizing sand utilized in precision molding. The system includes particulate blasting wheels for breaking down the sand m... |
| Method of Removing Ice From a Surface by Blasting | 1976 | Raymond M. Leliaert | US Patent 3,945,155 | A method of treatment of a surface over which vehicles travel with particulate material is disclosed. Particulate material is projected onto the surface with kinetic energy exceed... |
| Method and Apparatus for Conditioning Granular Material | 1976 | Raymond M. Leliaert | US Patent 3,979,073 | A method and apparatus for scrubbing particles of sand used in foundry molding is disclosed. The device utilized a rotating impellor surrounded by a stationary control cage having... |
| Toner Concentration Detector for Dry Powder Magnetic Brush Toning System | 1976 | Baer,Clark,Schaefer | US Patent 3,970,036 | A toner concentration detecting and toner replenishing system for use in an electrostatic copier having a magnetic brush which carries dry developer comprising a mixture of ferroma... |
| Method Of Inspecting Shot Peened Surfaces For Extent Of Coverage | 1976 | Feld, Paul G. | US Patent 3,950,642 | The method of inspecting shot peened surfaces of a workpiece for the extent of coverage comprises coating the surface to be peened of a workpiece with a material containing a fluor... |
| Method and Apparatus for Making Glass Spheres | 1975 | Ib Von Irgens-Bergh, Copenhagen, Denmark | US Patent 3,877,914 | ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for making glass spheres in which a series of free falling streams of molten glass is struck in rapid succession by a plurality of rotary porous bl... |
| Peening Tool | 1975 | David P. Keen | US Patent 3,934,443 | An improved peening tool comprising a cylindrical body having a plurality of holes each adapted to receive a spherically shaped ball bearing. A sleeve member having a plurality of ... |
| Pulse Impact Tool for Finishing Internal Surfaces of Revolution in Blanks | 1975 | Yascheritsyn Et al. | US Patent 3,945,098 | A tool for finishing the internal surfaces of revolution in blanks including a casing having a groove on its side surface for accommodating bodies of revolution which are moved by ... |
| Nozzle Noise Silencer | 1975 | John E. Sneckenberger | US Patent 3,982,605 | A silencer device for attachment to a nozzle, or a combined nozzle and silencer, are provided for reducing the noise generated by compressed air or a compressed air-particulate mix... |
| Convertible Blast Cleaning Unit | 1975 | John C. Bergh | US Patent 4,020,596 | This invention relates to a portable blast cleaning unit employing one or more airless centrifugal blasting wheels for throwing particulate against a surface to be treated. By use ... |
| Mobile Surface Treating Apparatus | 1975 | Raymond M. Leliaert | US Patent 3,858,359 | A mobile apparatus for the surface treatment with ferromagnetic particulate material thrown onto the surface at high speed, includes a housing which encloses a device for projectin... |
| Altering Material Properties | 1974 | Mallozzi, Fairand | US Patent 3,850,698 | A method of altering properties in a solid target by attaching securely to its surface a layer of solid or liquid overlay material, and directing a ratiotion pulse of high power de... |
| Portable Upblast Cleaning Head | 1974 | Philip H. Diehn, John C. Bergh | US Patent 3,934,372 | This invention relates to a portable upblast cleaning head which makes use of an airless centirfugal blasting wheel for throwing particulate in an upwardly direction against the th... |
| Method of Peening and Portable Peening Gun | 1974 | Vincent P. Caruso, Elbert J. Minter | US Patent 3,937,055 | An improved portable peening gun characterized by a pneumatic motor, an axially reciprocable hammer supported to be driven by the motor from an initial position along a linear path... |
| Portable Apparatus for Blast Cleaning | 1974 | Philip H. Diehn | US Patent 3,900,969 | An apparatus for blast cleaning a non-horizontal surface is disclosed. The device utilizes an airless blasting wheel to throw particulate abrasive upwardly agianst the surface to b... |
| Multiple-Compliant-Bristle, Self-Centering Self-Sizing Rotary Abrasive Hone | 1974 | Steve A. Rands | US Patent 3,871,139 | A multiple-compliant-bristle, self-centering, self-sizing rotary abrasive hone made of multiple outwardly extending, flexible, extremely compliant plastic bristles (im a preferred ... |
| Grease Gun and Coupling | 1974 | Everett Fox, J. Schaefer, R. Leliaert | US Patent 3,788,427 | An improved high pressure grease gun and coupling unit for connecting the gun to a grease fitting. The coupling comprises a piston actuated collet type clamp which is normally spr... |
| Bag Type Filter Device | 1974 | Raymond M. Leleaert | US Patent 3,853,509 | A filter device formed of filter tubes each of which is composed fo a filter bag disposed between inner and outer wire cages with the longitudinally extending wires of the inner ca... |
| High Intensity Shot Peening | 1973 | Phillip M. Winter | US Patent 3,834,200 | The present invention relates to a peening flap construction useful for high intensity peening. The present invention provides a high-intensity peening flap construction comprisin... |
| Shot Peening | 1973 | Phillip M. Winter, Gary A. Gardner | US Patent 3,857,750 | A rotary wheel, in which spheroidal peening particles are affixed to radially extending circumferentially spaced flaps of fibrous sheet material, is used to impart compressive stre... |
| Dust Collector | 1973 | Donald Colley, Ray Leleaert, Clyde Snyder | US Patent 3,726,066 | Apparatus for removal of solids from gaseous medium by the use of a filter surface in the form of filter tubes from which the filter cake is removed by a reverse burst of high pres... |
| Process and Compostitin for Blast-Cleaning and Corrosion-Protecting Metal Surfaces | 1973 | Bender-Christensen, Bent | US Patent 3,765,923 | A process and composition for blast-cleaning metal surfaces, particularly steel surfaces, and simultaneously depositing a corrosion protective metal theron. Abrasive particles car... |
| Product Handling Equipment | 1972 | A.S.Schmidt SR, F.M.Irving JR, R.G.Andrus,A.F.Sher | US Patent 3,760,553 | Apparatus for presenting a marshalled product group (bakery rolls, meat patties, auto mirrors, records and the like) to a film packaging system which maintains the predetermined ma... |
| Centrifugal Blasting Wheel and Blade therefor | 1972 | Raymond Leleaert | US Patent 3,678,629 | A centrifugal blasting wheel is provided with throwing surfacesd curved at their inner ends to provide a surface for initial contact with particulate material being thrown. The su... |
| Centrifugal Blasting Wheel | 1972 | Raymond Leleaert | US Patent 3,683,556 | A centrifugal blasting wheel is disclosed which includes a rotating plate carrying paced radially extending blades for propelling particulate treating material. The inner ends of ... |
| Centrifugal Blasting Wheel | 1972 | Raymond Leliaert | US Patent 3,694,963 | A centrifugal blasting wheel provided with throwing blades whose throwing surfaces are flat and parellel to the axis of rotation of the wheel at their inner ends and slope graduall... |
| Improvements in or relating to the measurement of the flow of particulate material | 1972 | Beck, Maurice Sidney | UK Patent 1,270,112 | The invention relates to the measurement of the flow of particlulate materials conveyed hydrodynamically by means of a flowing fluid and more particularly, but not exclusively, to ... |
| Shot Peening Method | 1972 | Baughman, Davis L. | US Patent 3,705,510 | Metal sheets are peen formed by projecting peening shot from centrifugal shot throwing wheels against the sheet passing thereunder. The centrifugal shot throwing wheels are also u... |
| Method Of And Apparatus For Measuring Intensity Of Peening In Small Hole Diameter Holes | 1972 | Metal Improvement Co./Smith, G. | US Patent 3,695,091 | The method of measuring intensity of peening in the Almen scale of small diameter holes, such as 0.5 inch or less, consists of a first step of plotting an intensity curve on a refe... |
| Method Of After-treatment Of Metal Platings | 1972 | Miyata, Akira et al | US Patent 3,701,677 | Metal articles plated with metals having a tendency of forming cracks in the deposited metals are subjected to a jet stream of solid particles such as glass beads to eliminate the ... |
| Metal Surface Treating Apparatus For Internal Surfaces | 1972 | Metal Improvement /Koenecke,Lazar | US Patent 3,654,786 | The metal surface treating apparatus comprises a tubular lance, which is supported for rectilinear movement and connected to receive pressurized fluid and solid particles and disch... |
| Low Penetration Ball Forming Process | 1972 | Brandel, Wynand W. et al | US Patent 3,705,511 | A controlled metal deformation process for shaping, forming or contouring metal sheet, plate, and wrought shapes such as extrusions comprising flowing a quantity of metal balls (ge... |
| Apparatus For Shot Peening Turbine Blades................. | 1972 | Metal Improvement Co./Morris | US Patent 3,668.913 | A turntable having a number of pairs of opposed resilient gripping members mounted on nested ring members, one of the rings having its axis eccentrically translatable relative to t... |
| Adjustable Cyclone Separator | 1972 | Metal Improvement Co./Koenecke | US Patent 3,667,196 | In a cyclone separator, a valve means adjustable to cause partial by-pass of gaseous fluid and solid particles entrained therein from the separation chamber to the gaseous fluid ou... |
| Apparatus for Filtering Suspended Soldis from Gaseous Medium and for Removal of Filter Cake from Filter Elements | 1971 | Raymond Leliaert, Clyde Snyder | US Patent 3,606,736 | Apparatus for gaseous filtration to effect removal of suspended solids in which use is made of clongate filter elements having an open end and means for flowing gaseous medium cont... |
| Quick-Drying Scouring Composition | 1971 | Monick, John Alexander | US Patent 3,607,161 | A scouring composition comprising a cationic surface active compound and a water-soluable abrasive which leaves a surface which has been cleaned dry, shiny an dfree from gritty res... |
| Methods For Improving Hardness And Strength Of Ceramic Materials | 1971 | Thomas, D. A. et al | US Patent 3,573,023 | Methods for improving the hardness and strength of frangible or relatively brittle materials, involving surface deformation by mechanical means to establish compressive stresses in... |
| Apparatus For Surface Treating Work Pieces | 1971 | Metal Improvement Co./Moore | US Patent 3,566,644 | The apparatus for the surface treating of work pieces comprises a motor and a centrifugal throwing wheel connected for rotation to the motor, the throwing wheel having an axially a... |
| Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing Small Beads by Centrifugal Action | 1970 | E. Plumat, Gilly, Belgium | US Patent 3,499,745 | ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A method and apparatus for producing tiny spherical beads by applying molten glass to at least one surface of a rotating centrigual member, permitting t... |
| Method and Apparatus for Vitreous Bead Manufacture | 1970 | R.W. Lange, Waldwick, NJ | US Patent 3,495,961 | ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A method of and apparatus for the manufacture of glass beads in which a falling molten stream of glass is struck in rapid succession by the fins of a ro... |
| Fluid Actuated Tool Having Removable Coil Spring Biasing Means | 1970 | W. M. Cameron, T. Mikiya, M. Matsumura | US Patent 3,680,643 | A fluid actuated tool which utilizes a tubular sleeve that is formed independently of the internal tool elements. The tool includes a tubular sleeve, a cylinder mounted within said... |
| Shot Peening Apparatus | 1970 | Davis L. Baughman, James H. Carpenter | US Patent 3,668,912 | A shot peening apparatus includes a bank of a plurality of commonly mounted centrifugal shot throwing wheels and also includes a free moving centrifugal shot throwing wheel.... |
| Peening Device for Tube Finishing | 1970 | Richard F. Voss, Phillip M. Winter | US Patent 3,648,498 | A device having particular utility for peening and finishing the inside of a tube which comprises a rotatable shaft having at least one peening flap affixed to and extending radial... |
| Silencer for Air-Blasting Gun | 1970 | Ted A. Arnold | US Patent 3,628,627 | A silencer adapted to be attached to an abrasive blasting gun comprises a tapered end portion and a straight barrel portion. The end portion forms an annular tapered airspace aroun... |
| Regulating Valve for Magnetic Materials | 1970 | Van Fossen | US Patent 3,626,964 | A valve for regulating the flow of materials which are made up of a substantial portion of magnetic particles, the valve being characterized by improved flow rate control means. T... |
| Supply Apparatus For Peening Components | 1970 | Metal Improvement Co./Burney | US Patent 3,490,489 | This invention is directed toa supply system for supplying peening material, such as a slurry, to peening jets. The invention comprises essentially the use of a distribution tank ... |
| Method And Apparatus For Producing A Decorative Effect On Stainless Steel And Other Surface | 1970 | Duncan, L. L. | US Patent 3,545,996 | A method of peening a metallic surface with microscopic glass beads in a partial vacuum wherein the beads are removed from the surface undergoing peening by introducing an air stre... |
| Abrasive Brush Having Bristles with fused Abrasive Globules | 1969 | Steve A. Rands | US Patent 3,696,563 | The specification discloses an article of manufacture comprising an abrasive brush and the abrasive bristles comprising same, and a method for producing or manufacturing same.Each ... |
| Centrifugal Blast Wheel | 1969 | James H. Carpenter | US Patent 3,653,239 | A centrifugal blast wheel for projecting peening balls comprises a runnerhead having a plurality of radial vanes mounted theron and an impeller mounted in an impeller case in the c... |
| Continuous Cleaning Apparatus | 1969 | G.W.Powell ET AL | US Patent 3,626,641 | A continuous cleaning apparatus comprises a rotating barrel open at both ends and made in a skeletal form with longitudinal peripheral parts support slats for permitting treating m... |
| Peening Machine | 1969 | Charles E. Kamper & Richard R. Compton | US Patent 3,624,967 | This peening machine includes a storage reservoir coupled to a metering chamber and supplying a discharge gun and the machine is provided with a flow control reclaim unit. The cont... |
| Peening Tool | 1969 | Alfred K. Foedisch | US Patent 3,610,008 | Apparatus for effecting a peening operation in which the peening elements are confined in structure as compared to conventional "free throw" methods. Specifically the subject appar... |
| Apparatus for Treating Cylindrical Workpieces | 1969 | Robert L. Daffron | US Patent 3,604,158 | In order to provide for the complete surface treatment of cylindrical workpieces a surface-treating machine is provided with a roll cluster including a feed roll and guide rolls ex... |
| Descaling Device | 1969 | Paul Von Arx | US Patent 3,571,874 | A descaling, derusting, deslagging or metal cleaning device of the compressed air gun type which is supplied with compressed air through its handle and such handle is pivotally mou... |
| Shot Classifying Apparatus | 1969 | Metal Improvement /Burney,Bickel + | US Patent 3,421,618 | This invention relates to classifying apparatus particularly adapted for segregating shot adapted for peening operations. It also provides by means of a plurality of generally hel... |
| Peening Apparatus | 1969 | Metal Improvement Co./Burney | US Patent 3,426,563 | This invention relates to peening apparatus which is particularly adapted for peening large size components. As a general proposition, the component is suitably supported in any d... |
| Internal Peening Apparatus | 1969 | Metal Improvement Co./Burney | US Patent 3,485,073 | The disclosure relates to apparatus particularly suited and arranged for treating and peening the interior surface of a workpiece. A tubular lance device from which peening shot a... |
| Blade Peening Masking Apparatus | 1969 | Metal Improvement Co./Murray, Smith | US Patent 3,482,423 | This invention is directed to peening apparatus, particularly adapted for peening turbine blades. Provisions are made for peening the blade structure initially with its edges cove... |
| Blade Peening Apparatus | 1969 | Metal Improvement Co./Burney et.al. | US Patent 3,423,976 | A peening apparatus particularly adapted to transport work toward and away from a peening position. The peening is carried on in a reciprocating fashion by a multiplicity of peeni... |
| Automatic Iron Ore Assayer | 1969 | Halsey, H. P. | US Patent 3,433,057 | Apparatus for continuously and automatically computing the amount of magnetic iron relative to the amount of ore in a slurry of ore and water. The ore itself is a mixture of gangu... |
| Shot Peening | 1968 | Phillip M. Winter, Gary A. Gardner | US Patent 3,638,464 | A rotary wheel, in which spheroidal peening particles are affixed to radially extending circumferentially spaced flaps of fibrous sheet material, is used to impart compressive stre... |
| Device for Measuring Flow Rates of Powdery and Granular Materials | 1968 | H. Tomiyasu; T. Inagaki; H. Kajiura;K. Watanabe | US Patent 3,640,135 | A method of measuring the flow rates of powdery and granular materials which comprises allowing a powdery or granular material to drop naturally by gravity from a certain height on... |
| Metal-Treating Process and Apparatus | 1968 | Eugene F. Finkin | US Patent 3,599,460 | A system is disclosed for processing metallic members, to accomplish residual compressive stresses in surfaces thereof. It has been discovered that the provision of a defined fluid... |
| Assembly for Rolling Cylindrical Surfaces | 1968 | Jaroslav Koznar | US Patent 3,517,533 | An assembly for improving the qualites, such as hardening, smoothness, etc. of cylindrical surfaces. The assembly includes a plurality of roller bodies circumferentially and unifor... |
| Impact Crusher Hardening Method | 1968 | Harey Conrad Kern | US Patent 3,498,547 | A method for hardening the working surfaces of an impact type crusher while the crusher is in operation. Metal balls are introduced into an operating impact type crusher, impact ag... |
| Universally Adjustable Peening Structure | 1968 | Metal Improvement Co./Burney | US Patent 3,402,583 | This invention relates to peening apparatus. It is particularly directed to apparatus with which the peening nozzle and jet may be moved readily to one or another of almost an inf... |
| Peening Nozzle | 1968 | Metal Improvement Co./Burney | US Patent 3,419,894 | This disclosure is directed to a nozzle for ejecting shot at high velocity for peening operations. The nozzle is fed from a hopper with the input peening shot being all supplied u... |
| Flow Regulation Valve For Magnetic Particles | 1968 | VanFossen, H. G. | US Patent 3,406,704 | A valve for regulating the flow of materials which are made up of a substantial portion of magnetic particles. The valve includes an outer member and an assembly consisting of a p... |
| Improved Method of and Equipment for Shot-blasting and the Like | 1967 | Hibbs, Brown and Gopinath | British Patent 1,084,496 | ..........this invention is based on the fact that a particle of ferromagnetic material introduced into a magnetic field tends to be drawn towards the region of highest energy dens... |
| Dry-Lubricated Surface and Method of Producing such Surfaces | 1967 | Marion M. Fulk, John E. Schrodt | US Patent 3,574,658 | Dry lubricant such as molybdenum disulfide is applied to a solid surface by interposing the lubricant between the surface and a force generating means such as a peeining particle, ... |
| Apparatus for Ornamenting Articles | 1967 | C.E.Stevens | US Patent 3,520,086 | Apparatus for mass producing engraved glass articles comprises a pluralit of spaced apart abrasive blasting stations and a main conveyor for moving the glass articles through each ... |
| Power Tool Adjustment Device | 1967 | Paul E. Troike | US Patent 3,451,490 | A power tool attachment which controls the depth of penetration or exposure of the power instrument, such as a drill or the like. Two concentric cylinders having coincident longitu... |
| Adjustable Peening Tool | 1967 | John E. Gustkey | US Patent 3,444,714 | The disclosure pertains to a tool having a rotatable cage with tapered rollers supported therin and engaged by a central tapered end of a driving arbor. The tapered end had axially... |
| Workpiece Treating Apparatus | 1967 | Carpenter Jr., J. H. | US Patent 3,521,406 | A workpiece treating apparatus includes a throwing wheel which is universally mounted for rotation about a plurality perpendicular axes. Additionally, the wheel is mounted for mov... |
| Particle-Throwing Apparatus | 1967 | Bowling Jr., J. E. et al | US Patent 3,319,383 | The present invention relates to particle-throwing apparatus, more particularly to apparatus of the type shown in U.S. Patent 2,732,666, granted Jan. 31, 1956. Such apparatus incl... |
| Method Of Producing Propping Agent | 1967 | Lang, C. F. et al | US Patent 3,316,748 | This invention relates to system for increasing the yield of underground formations such as oil wells. More particularly, this invention concerns aluminum particles of appropriate... |
| Controlled Glass Bead Peening | 1967 | Manning Jr., C. R. et all | US Patent 3,531,964 | A method and apparatus for inducing compressive stresses in a pressure vessel to prevent stress corrosion. The apparatus consists of mechanism for rotating the pressure vessel whi... |
| Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing Glass Beads | 1966 | A.H. Callander; M.L. Lampson; J.E. Nitsche | US Patent 3,293,014 | The present invention relates to the production of glass beads and more particularly to a method of producing glass beads directly from a molten stream of glass, but is in no way l... |
| Descaling Tool | 1966 | Joseph F. Niedzwiecki | US Patent 3,349,461 | A needle-type descaling tool which includes a fluid motor casing and a tubular sleeve removably attached to the casing. A needle holder is mounted in the forward end of the tubular... |
| Continuous Cleaning Apparatus | 1966 | Davis L. Baughman, James H. Carpenter,Jr. | US Patent 3,903,652 | Automotive heads and manifolds or like molded or cast articles are continuously cleaned by projected streams of impinging particles, by pushing a series of such articles axially in... |
| Refrigeration System for Cold Vapor Blast | 1966 | Raymond Leliaert | US Patent 3,276,219 | This invention relates to a system for the refrigerationof parts by means of a stream of cold air or other gas or fluid and it relates more particularly to a system of the type des... |
| Machine for Controlled Freezing, Deflashing and trimming of Parts | 1966 | Raymond Leliaert | US Patent 3,279,125 | This inventin relates to the removal of thin fins, furrs and flashings from parts molded of rubber, plastics, metal and the like materials which are capable of embrittlement or are... |
| Stress Peening Steel Articles | 1966 | Bartlett, C. W. | US Patent 3,438,229 | Apparatus and process for stress peening steel articles such as automobile leaf springs wherein a spring is deflected from a free configuration to a contour corresponding to that c... |
| Process For Surface Altering | 1966 | Millhiser, R. G. et al | US Patent 3,257,759 | This invention relates to a process for hydraulic blasting and surface-altering of articles. The invention utilizes hydraulic means for imparting energy to surface-altering partic... |
| Method And Means For Continuous Surface Treatment | 1966 | Freeman, A. H. et al | US Patent 3,5l7,465 | A means and method for surface treatment of shaped articles of large dimension by throwing particulate material onto the surfaces of the articles, an open cage having circular rims... |
| Metal Shot Producing Apparatus | 1966 | Stewart, O. L. | US Patent 3,271,992 | This invention concerns an apparatus for increasing the yield of fine metal shot from a single heat of metal and a machine for converting metal grit to shot for use therein. In i... |
| Magnetic Wear Plates For Abrasive Blasting Chambers | 1966 | Haider, J. V. | US Patent 3,242,616 | The present invention relates to abrasive blasting chambers having their inner surfaces protected with magnetic wear plates.... |
| Abrasive Blasting Apparatus | 1966 | Bowling Jr., J. E. et al | US Patent 3,270,464 | This invention relates to abrasive blasting apparatus for machining work pieces, particularly, silicon wafers. Silicon wafers used in the electronics industry must be made with ... |
| Scaling Tool | 1965 | Thomas M. Kelley, Walter I. Anderson | US Patent 3,343,246 | A scaling tool driven by a rotating electric motor having a cam drive arrangement which converts rotary to reciprocating motion driving a needle scaling head together with a bundle... |
| Means for Treating Coil Springs | 1965 | Harold F. Schulte, Ardee H. Freeman | US Patent 3,383,803 | A machine for surface treatment of continuous pitch coil springs comprising horizontally disposed roll cluster having a feed end at one end portion and a delivery end at the opposi... |
| Adapter for Reciprocating Hammer | 1965 | T.M. Kelley | US Patent 3,359,611 | A scaling tool having a plurality of active elements or needles for removing paint and rust from a steel surface adapted for connection with a conventional reciprocating air or ele... |
| Method for Increasing Endurance Limit of Steel Articles | 1965 | John F. Romans | US Patent 3,205,556 | This invention relates, as indicated, to a method for improving certain characteristics of steel articles, and more particularly to a method for increasing the strength and hardnes... |
| Surface Treatment Of Steel | 1965 | Dill, G. D. | US Patent 3,188,776 | This invention relates to a process for the surface treatment of steel and, in particular, to the treatment of hot worked steel having mill scale thereon.... |
| Forming Round Balls | 1965 | Eckstein, G. R. et al | US Patent 3,204,320 | This invention relates in general to an economical method and apparatus for mechanically producing small, substantially spherical balls from non-spherical metal blanks.... |
| Flash Separator | 1965 | McNeil, D. C. | US Patent 3,200,568 | This invention relates to improvements in blow-down separators such as shown in applicant's prior patent No. 2,762,451, issued on September 11, 1956, for separating velocity flow m... |
| Distributor For Pneumatically Transported Particle-form Material | 1965 | Matthys, W. J. et al | US Patent 3,204,942 | This invention relates to a distributor for pneumatically transported particle-form material and more particularly to a distributor wherein a mixture of carrier air and particle-fo... |
| Force Transducer | 1964 | Vernon L. Rogallo | US Patent 3,304,773 | The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without payment of any royalties ther... |
| Process and Product for Improved Resistance to Stress Corrosion | 1964 | Frederick J. Radd ET AL | US Patent 3,357,458 | This application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 321,027, filed Nov. 4, 1963, and now abandoned. The present invention is directed to metal products ha... |
| Method and Means for Deflasing or Trimming Molder Rubber Parts | 1964 | Raymond Leliaert | US Patent 25,554 | Matter enclosed in heavy brackets [ ] appears in the original patent but forms no part of this reissue specification: matter printed in italics indicates the additions made by reis... |
| Method and Apparatus for Deflasing Parts | 1964 | Raymond Leliaert | US Patent 3,137,101 | This invention relates to methods and means of removing flashings, fins or the like or otherwise trimming parts particularly those made from thermoplastic and thermosetting synthet... |
| Stress Peening Machine | 1964 | Correll, W. L. et al | US Patent 3,131,457 | This invention relates to machines for shot-peening workpieces, and more particularly to machines for subjecting workpieces to stress-peening processes. The term "stress-peening" ... |
| Method Of Making Wire Rope | 1964 | Mann, E. H. et al | US Patent 3,124,927 | This invention relates to wire ropes and more specifically to a method of manufacturing wire ropes which results in prolonged life of the product in machinery applications, particu... |
| Glass Composition for Beads | 1963 | C.E. Searight; E.M. Alexander | US Patent 3,071,480 | This invention relates to an improved glass composition and, more particularly, to a glass composition suitable for the manufacture of solid spherical glass beads.... |
| Polishing Method and Means | 1963 | Straub, John C. | US Patent 3,098,324 | This invention related to the art of polishing or surface finishing and more particularly to a method and means for polishing the surfaces fo metals and the like materials in a low... |
| Spring Peening | 1963 | Croft, C. P. | US Patent 3,094,768 | This present invention relates to the peening of springs so as to increase their resistance to fatigue cracking and the like. Among its objects is the provision of a very simple p... |
| Shot-Peening Treatments | 1963 | Bush, J. J. | US Patent 3,073,022 | This invention relates to the treatment of metal surfaces and more particularly to a method of increasing the fatigue life of metal parts. We have now found that a plurality of sh... |
| Screen and Pneumatic Separator | 1962 | Ralph W. Moore | US Patent 3,269,532 | This invention relates to a separating device for separating particulate matter, more particularly for such particles that are used in blasting equipment for cleaning, peening, abr... |
| Measuring Apparatus for Particulate Material Streams | 1962 | Francis A. DePollier | US Patent 3,212,330 | This invention relates generally to the art of measuring the flow rate of streams of particulate material. More specifically, the invention is directed to providing apparatus for c... |
| Coupling Means | 1962 | Earl B. Parker | US Patent 3,150,888 | This invention relates to a coupling means and, more particularly, to a guide sleeve for needle type descaling tools including coupling means for securing the guide sleeve in a plu... |
| Pneumatic Ironing and Peening Tool | 1962 | Albert Anders | US Patent 3,117,475 | The present invention relates to a pneumatic ironing and peening tool for metal work. The invention contemplates a tool which may be held in the palm of the hand and which may be m... |
| Blast Machne Sealing Means | 1962 | Raymond Leliaert | US Patent 3,031,802 | This invention relates to blast machines, such as are used for abrading, polishing, peening, cleaning, surface hardening, and the like. Specifically, the invention relates to impr... |
| Method and Means for Deflashing or Trimming Molded Rubber Parts | 1961 | Raymond Leliaert | US Patent 2,996,846 | This invention relates ton methods and means for removing flashing and fins or the like or otherwise trimming molded rubber parts; and more particularly to improvements in methods ... |
| Valve For Magnetic Fluids | 1961 | Gross, W. A. | US Patent 3,010,471 | The present invention relates to valves for controlling the flow of fluids. More particularly, the present invention relates to valves for controlling the flow of magnetic fluids,... |
| Peening Shot Nozzle Reciprocating Apparatus | 1961 | Fuchs, H. O. | US Patent 2,968,086 | This invention relates generally to shot peening equipment and more particularly concerns improvements in shot peening apparatus wherein peening nozzles are reciprocated, by which ... |
| Mineral Desliming, Concentrating And Separating Apparatus | 1961 | Duesling, C. L. | US Patent 3,010,579 | This invention relates to mineral desliming, concentrating and separating apparatus. It has for its main object a mineral desliming, concentrating and separating apparatus which i... |
| Method And Apparatus For Forming Sheet Metal | 1961 | Hodges, H. T. et al | US Patent 3,000,425 | This invention relates to metal forming, and particularly to a new method and apparatus for bending sheet metal. The primary object is to provide a method for forming sheet metal b... |
| Apparatus For Shot Peening Elongated Articles | 1961 | Fuchs,, H. O. et al | US Patent 2,982,007 | This invention relates generally to shot peening apparatus and more particularly has to do with peening equipment capable of handling and properly treating heavy crankshafts, for e... |
| Shot Peen Inspection Technique | 1960 | Roberts, J. G. | US Patent 2,958,925 | This invention relates generaIIy to shot peening of metal parts, and more particularly to the method of determining when a part has received full coverage or has been fully treated... |
| Blast Finishing Machine | 1960 | Raymond Leliaert | US Patent 2,924,911 | This invention relates to blasting processes such as are used for abrading, peening, polishing, cleaning, surface hardening and the like. More particularly the invention relates to... |
| Gantry Type Peen Forming Machine | 1960 | Fuchs, H. O. | US Patent 2,933,802 | This invention relates generally to shot peening of extended work surfaces, and more particularly has to do with the provision of apparatus for controlling shot peening of large wo... |
| Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection Materials And Methods | 1960 | Switzer, Joseph L. et al | US Patent 2,920,203 | This invention relates to improvements in materials and methods for the non-destructive testing of materials, pieces, parts, or structures (also hereinafter referred to as "test bo... |
| Centrifugal-type Fluid Purifier | 1960 | Winslow, C. A. | US Patent 2,952,330 | The present invention provides several novel features in the art of centrifuges. For one thing, the only motion within the device is that of the fluid itself passing through the p... |
| Polishing Method and Device | 1959 | John C. Straub | US Patent 3,090,166 | This invention relates to the art of polishing or surface finishing and it relates more particularly to a method and means for polishing the surfaces of metal and the like material... |
| Separator for Particulate Materials | 1959 | Ardee H. Freeman | US Patent 3,005,547 | This invention relates to an improved device for separating particulate materails, such as dust from abrasive granules; and more particurly to an improved device for abstracting fi... |
| Shot Peening Apparatus | 1959 | Blackburn, M. O. | US Patent 2,900,765 | This invention pertains to centrifugal blasting apparatus, and particularly to a centrifugal propelling machine for selective shot peening. The present invention relates to appar... |
| Shot Peening Apparatus | 1959 | Fuchs, H. O. | US Patent 2,881,506 | This invention relates generally to shot peening apparatus of the type in which small shot particles are forcibly impacted against surfaces of parts for cold working purposes, and ... |
| Continuous Method For Conditioning Wire | 1959 | Bell, G. W. | US Patent 2,913,354 | This present invention relates to a method and apparatus for making rods in a continuous operation. More particularly, this invention relates to a method and apparatus for conti... |
| Chromium Bearing Surface | 1958 | William J. Zubrisky | US Patent 3,063,763 | The present invention relates to chrmium bearing surfaces for cylinder liners, cylinder bores, shafts or the like. It relates, more particularly, to chromium bearing surfaces of a ... |
| Reformation of Metallic Surfaces | 1958 | Jacob L. Sellers, John M. Bluth | US Patent 3,019,522 | This invention relates generally to the reformation of metallic surfaces presenting substantially contguous, relatively sharp microscopic crests, points or ridges, and depressions,... |
| Panel Forming Equipment | 1958 | Henry O. Fuchs ET AL | US Patent 3,004,584 | This invention relates generally to methods and apparatus for forming panels into desired spatial configuration, and more particularly has to do with economically forming long pane... |
| Valve Mechanisms For Magnetic Fluid Conduits And Devices Employing The Same | 1958 | Crowell, S. L. | US Patent 2,820,471 | The present invention relates to valve mechanisms for magnetic fluid conduits and to uses thereof, for example, shock absorbers. The general object of the present invention is t... |
| Centrifugal Blasting Wheel And Blades For Use In Same | 1958 | Barnes, K. H. | US Patent 2,819,562 | This invention relates to wheels for throwing abrasive particles centrifugally at high velocity against surfaces to be cleaned or otherwise treated and it relates more particularly... |
| Flowmeter | 1957 | Gobel, Charles | US Patent 2,781,660 | The present invention relates to flowmeters, especially suited for the measurement of flow in liquids which are opaque, and particularly for measuring the extracorporeal flow of an... |
| Producing Metal Balls By Propelling Against An Anvil | 1956 | Shelter | US Patent 2,758,360 | This invention relates to the production of steel shot or balls especially to small steel balls for use as shot in ammunition or shot gun shells and the like, or else for use as ba... |
| Centrifugal Blasting Apparatus | 1956 | Powell, G. W. | US Patent 2,732,666 | The present invention relates to centrifugal blasting apparatus, more particularly to such apparatus as that shown in U.S. Patent No. 2,582,702, granted January 15, 1952, which app... |
| Blast Gun | 1956 | Pletcher, C. B. | US Patent 2,751,716 | This invention relates to improvements in sand blasting guns of the type using a high pressure of water for scouring or cleaning work or surfaces, the water being mixed with air or... |
| Method of Strengthening and Repairing Damaged Threads | 1955 | Woloszyn, George | Canadian Patent 2 538 509 | A method of strengthening and repairing damaged threads. Firstly, remove metal buildup from the damaged threads. Secondly, peen the damaged threads using glass beads. The glass bea... |
| Separators for Pneumatically Conveyed Aggregate Goods | 1955 | Emil Widmer | US Patent 2,850,162 | This invention relates to separators, and more particularly to separators for pneumatically conveyed aggregate goods wherein the goods are cleaned and sorted by the conveying mediu... |
| Method Of Cold Forming Sheets | 1955 | Borger, James C. | US Patent 2,701,408 | This invention relates to the art of metal forming and relates more particularly to methods and apparatus for shaping or forming metal sheets and plates. While the inventi... |
| Device For Separating Mixed Masses Of Spher.and Irreg.shaped Bodies Such As Seeds,grains And The Lik | 1955 | Beresford, D. O. | US Patent 2,724,498 | This invention relates to an improved type of gravity feeding device for selectively separating a mixed mass of irregularly shaped and spherically shaped bodies from each other. M... |
| Centrifugal Blasting Wheel | 1955 | Straub, J. C. | US Patent 2,708,814 | This invention relates to a centrifugal blasting machine and more particularly to a device for accelerating the movement of particulate substances, such as metallic shot or grit, s... |
| Apparatus For Descaling And Coating Wire | 1955 | Bell, G. W. | US Patent 2,703,550 | The present invention relates to a method of and apparatus for removing scale deposits from elongated metal articles such as wire, rods, sheets and the like.... |
| Method of Forming Malleableized Iron Castings | 1954 | C. Berg | US Patent 2,796,373 | The present invention broadly relates to the art of metal treatment. The invention particularly relates to a method of producing ferrous castings and the casting so produced. Thi... |
| Magnetic Valve | 1954 | Gerner, E. | US Patent 2,670,749 | This invention relates to valves for controlling the flow of fluids and has for a general object the provision of a new and improved means and method for controlling the flow of fl... |
| Tools for Roughening Surfaces | 1953 | Charles L. Pfluger | US Patent 2,799,035 | My invention relates to tools for roughening surfaces, and is particularly adapted for roughening surfaces on what it is desired to bind a filling material, such as in dents in aut... |
| Field Sensitive Hydraulic Apparatus | 1953 | Pierce, F. | US Patent 2,651,258 | This invention relates to hydraulic apparatus, and more particularly to hydraulic apparatus and systems employing a fluid which is sensitive to fields such as an electro-magnetic f... |
| Shot Peening Test Fixture | 1952 | Barton, C. E. | US Patent 2,607,213 | This invention relates generally to the shot peening of axle shafts and more specifically to a fixture for holding test strips for measuring the intensity of the shot peening.... |
| Method Of Sandblasting | 1952 | O'Brien, W. J. | US Patent 2,617,225 | This invention relates to sandblast stencils, and more particularly to those employing a composition including rubber and used for the ornamenting, cutting or carving of stone by a... |
| Abrading Apparatus | 1952 | Rosenberger, W. A. et al | US Patent 2,590,576 | The present invention relates to abrading apparatus, more particularly the present invention is concerned with abrading machines of the character wherein an abrasive is picked up a... |
| Method of Reclaiming Granular Material | 1951 | Walter Horth | US Patent 2,707,314 | The present invention relates to an apparatus for and method of reclaiming granular material. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for and method of scr... |
| Grit Blasting Apparatus And The Like | 1950 | Sargrove, J. A. | US Patent 2,520,566 | This invention relates to apparatus for cleaning or abrading by means of projected particles of grit such as sand, "carborundum" or other abrasive material. The invention relates ... |
| Electric Power Control | 1950 | Keller, A. M. | US Patent 2,505,049 | This invention relates to the art of feeding powder, and more particularly to electrical means for controlling the flow of powder. In feeding powder, especially iron powder, whi... |
| Peening Apparatus | 1949 | Fowler, B. F. | US Patent 2,489,877 | The present invention relates to an improvement in peening apparatus of the type in which shot is caused to be projected upon metal articles to remove fissures or other imperfectio... |
| Extruded Shape | 1949 | Davie Jr., R. P. | US Patent 2,458,686 | The present invention relates to metallic structural shapes and the method of producing extrusions of an integrally reinforced type.... |
| Glaze Breaker | 1948 | John R. Arthur | US Patent 2,549,043 | This invention relates to glaze breakers. A glaze breaker is used for removing the glazed surface from cylinder walls caused by the continued rubbing of piston rings thereover. Wh... |
| Shot Blasting Nozzle | 1948 | Almen, J. O. | US Patent 2,439,032 | This invention relates to the art of shot peening. Cold working of metal articles to compact the surface layer by shot peening is easily accomplished if the surface can be exposed... |
| Apparatus for Separating a Mixture of Granular or Comminuted Materials by Air Suspension | 1947 | William H. Mead ET AL | US Patent 2,635,745 | This invention relates to an apparatus for separating into its components a continuously circulating mixture of two or more granular or comminuted materials, some of which have dif... |
| Apparatus for Combining and Emplacing Cementitious Substances | 1947 | William E. Anderson | US Patent 2,543,517 | This invention relates to the art of affixing cementitious substances to surfaces and the primary object is to provide a specifically formed nozzle forming a part of the apparatus ... |
| Rotary Buffing Tool | 1946 | E.E.Nordgren ET AL | US Patent 2,423,992 | Our invention relates broadly to rotary wiping tools and more specifically to rotary-buffing tools of the type used in the reconditioning of worn engine cylinders. An important ob... |
| Cylinder Surface Character | 1944 | H.M.Bramberry | US Patent 2,434,880 | This invention relates to improvements in the interior piston and ring engaging surface of internal combustion and other compression engine cylinders as well as to improved methods... |
| Shot Blasting Test | 1944 | Almen, John O. | US Patent 2,350,440 | This invention relates to instrumentation and the method of use for measuring the intensity of a cold working operation and more specifically the shot blasting of metal parts.... |
| Shot Blasting Apparatus | 1944 | Learmonth, W. J. | US Patent 2,338,591 | The present invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus for shot blasting metal articles, and more particularly is directed to an apparatus for shot blasting spring leaves.... |
| Treatment of Bearing Surfaces with Lubricants | 1942 | Maurice E. Bell | US Patent 2,387,872 | This invention relates to the treating of bearing surfaces carrying solid lubricants thereon; more particularly, treating surfaces having lubricants exemplified by the class compri... |
| Method of Peening Surfaces | 1942 | Kirke W. Connor and John E. Kline | US Patent 2,373,871 | The present invention relates to bearings, and particularly.relates to new and improved types of bearing surfaces, and a novel method of producing such bearing surfaces. The presen... |
| Scaling Tool | 1942 | Reo D. Gray, James R. Denison | US Patent 2,356,314 | Our invention relates to a tool for scaling welded joints, painted surfaces and for similar uses where it is desirable to chip free, and knock loose chips or flakes of material. It... |
| Method of Shot-Blasting Coil Springs | 1942 | William H. Wallace | US Patent 2,341,674 | This invention relates to the shot-blasting of coil springs for increasing their useful life and aims to provide a novel method by which the shot-blasting treatment can be carried ... |
| Method Of Producing Bas-Relief Of File Fabrics | 1942 | Shryer, G. C. | US Patent 2,277,937 | This invention relates to a method of producing bas-relief configurations or designs on pile fabrics such as for example on broadloom carpet, velours, velvets, and the like. An o... |
| Anemometer | 1941 | Max Knobel ET AL | US Patent 2,316,255 | This invention relates to anemometers and more particularly to anemometers capable of measuring or comparing air-flow at low velocities. In attempting to measure air-flow in refri... |
| Method Of Treating Steel Bars | 1941 | Leighton, J. W. | US Patent 2,239,044 | The invention relates generally to metal working and it has particular relation to machinable steel bars and a method of manufacturing such bars. One object of the present invent... |
| Leaf Spring And Method Of Making Same | 1941 | Wallace, W. H. | US Patent 2,234,850 | This invention relates to multiple leaf springs and has particular reference to springs adapted for use in automotive vehicles although it is applicable to leaf springs for other t... |
| Centrifugal Blasting Machine | 1941 | Unger, C. E. | US Patent 2,263,321 | This invention relates to a centrifugal blasting machine, and more particularly to a centrifugal blasting unit which may be manipulated by the operator to bring the stream of abras... |
| Apparatus For Shot Blasting Leaf Springs | 1941 | Wallace, W. H. | US Patent 2,252,823 | This invention relates generally to the manufacture of leaf springs, and, more particularly, concerns conveyor apparatus including spring plate holding carriers for conveying sprin... |
| Apparatus For Abrasively Treating Metal Castings, Forgings, And The Like | 1941 | Turnbull, D. C. | US Patent 2,240,248 | This invention relates to apparatus for abrasively treating metal castings, forgings and the like. The article to be treated or so-called work piece is advanced into a treating z... |
| Coil Spring | 1940 | William H. Wallace | US Patent 2,351,726 | My invention relates to coil springs and the art of treating the same to increase their useful life in comparison with similar springs as heretofore manufactured. Th invention is p... |
| Apparatus for Treating Coil Springs | 1940 | William H. Wallace | US Patent 2,249,677 | My invention relates to coil springs and the art of treating the same to increase their useful life in comparison with similar springs as heretofore manufactured. The invention is ... |
| Water Supply Installation | 1940 | Horn, E. | US Patent 2,219,259 | This invention relates to water supply installations when water is supplied to a desired vessel such as a basin, bath tub, wash boiler or the like from a tank cistern or other sour... |
| Abrading Apparatus | 1939 | Hamren, E. O. | US Patent 2,160,697 | The present invention relates to abrading machines and it is more particularly concerned with machines for cleaning large or heavy castings, although they are not limited to such u... |
| Abrading Apparatus | 1939 | Hammell, C. H. | US Patent 2,154,843 | This invention relates to apparatus for abrasive treatment of metal articles, and more particularly to apparatus for cleaning and treating castings, forgings and similar metal arti... |
| Method of and Apparatus for Cleaning Tubular Bodies | 1938 | Bottorf, Harry F. | US Patent 2,117,648 | This invention relates to methods of and apparatus for cleaning the inner walls of tubular bodies and it is more particularly concerned with methods of and apparatus for cleaning c... |
| Apparatus For Surface Treating Metal Articles | 1938 | Minich, V. E. | US Patent 2,132,311 | This invention relates to apparatus for surface treating metal articles. It relates particularly to apparatus for cleaning, hardening, roughening or otherwise treating the surfac... |
| Process for Hardening Metallic Surfaces | 1937 | Minich | US Patent 2,077,639 | This invention relates to process for hardening metallic surfaces and more particularly to a process for surface hardening steel products and other metallic objects by the working ... |
| Apparatus for Treating Metal Articles | 1936 | David C. Turnbull | US Patent 2,154,879 | This invention relates to apparatus for treating metal articles. In cleaning, polishing, hardening or otherwise treating the surfaces of metallic objects, the objects treated shou... |
| Apparatus for Treating Metal | 1936 | David C. Turnbull | US Patent 2,131,767 | This invention relates to apparatus for treating metal and more particularly to apparatus for cleaning, polishing, hardening or otherwise treating the surfaces of casting, forging... |
| Feeding Means For Round Bars | 1936 | Bidle, W. S. | US Patent 2,038,204 | This invention relates to treatment of hot-rolled bar steel, as received from a rolling mill, to produce therefrom a bar stock suitable for feeding to machine tools such as turret ... |
| Casing Perforating Gun | 1936 | Ridley, R. M. | US Patent 2,041,209 | This invention relates to well production apparatus, and particularly pertains to a casing perforating gun. In the drilling of wells, and particularly in placing oil wells in a co... |
| Apparatus For Expanding Pistons | 1936 | Koether, E. A. | US Patent 2,041,355 | The invention is primarily applicable to the expansion of skirts of pistons of the split skirt type which have collapsed in use, the apparatus being such that by its employment the... |
| Produces Compacted Surface Layer Resisting Fatigue | 1934 | Verwerk, Paul Otto Friedrich | US Patent 1,946,340 | The present invention resides in the discovery, that by a structural improvement of a very thin superficial layer on the surfaces of springs, the number of oscillations up to fati... |
| Coated Sheet And Method Of Producing Same | 1934 | Ward, David E. | US Patent 1,985,332 | This invention relates to a novel form of metal sheet having a protective coating thereon, and to a method for its production. In particular, the invention contemplates a steel sh... |
| Continuously Operating Sand Blast Apparatus | 1933 | Hull, F. J. | US Patent 1,907,198 | The invention relates to a sand blasting apparatus for cleaning the surfaces of large castings and other large bodies of metal, either rolled, stamped or forged, by means of abrasi... |
| Method of Treating Springs | 1930 | Paul Otto Friedrich Vorwerk | US Patent 1,947,927 | It is generally known that the number of oscillations up to fatigue or fracture of springs, particularly leaf springs, is related with the properties of the surface of the springs.... |
| Method of Finishing Rounds | 1930 | G.A.Wise | US Patent 1,914,587 | This invention relates to a method of descaling, sizing, rounding up, straightening, and polishing solid or hollow metallic rounds by a continuous progressive and automatic operati... |
| Circuit Controlling Apparatus | 1930 | Bainbridge, K. T. | US Patent 1,747,044 | This invention relates to improvements in circuit controlling apparatus and more particularly to the control of electric circuits on the occurrence of predetermined conditions eith... |
| Steel-Cleaning Machine | 1926 | Carter, A. | US Patent 1,568,958 | This invention relates to a machine for cleaning the surface of steel shapes of cylindrical form and more particularly for cleaning the tubes of boilers of the locomotive type; nam... |
| Spraying Device | 1926 | Hoevel, H. F. | US Patent 1,605,730 | This present invention relates to devices for spraying or projecting sand or other material against articles to be treated with such material. Primarily, the invention is intended... |
| Seed Separator | 1925 | Lyman, F. S. | US Patent 1,542,155 | The object of this invention is to provide a device for separating various kinds of seeds, grain and the like from each other in a rapid, certain and economical manner. This devi... |
| Mortar Projector | 1925 | Hansen, C. C. | US Patent 1,566,325 | This invention relates to mortar projecting devices and more particularly that type of device which utilizes for its motive force a fluid, such as compressed air. One object of t... |
| Grain Separator And Cleaner | 1924 | Krussow, H. | US Patent 1,515,776 | This invention relates to improvements in grain separators and has reference more particularly to gravity separators of the spiral type, and has for its main object to provide a se... |
| Dust Collector | 1918 | Wegner, F. A. | US Patent 1,281,238 | This invention relates to dust collectors in which dust or other matter held in suspension in air is separated therefrom by the rapid whirling of the laden air in a separating cham... |
| Method Of Making Metal Packing-Rings | 1914 | Wilcox, M. L. | US Patent 1,116,776 | To whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Melvin L. Wilcox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fint, in the county of Genesse and State of Michigan, have invented certa... |
| Dust Collector | 1905 | Morse, O. M. | US Patent 798,437 | This invention relates to dust-collectors, and more particularly to "centrifugal" dust-collectors, wherein the dust-laden air is caused to rotate or whirl for the purpose of massin... |
| Sand-Blast Apparatus | 1904 | Jeremiah Mathewson | US Patent 773,663 | The use of the sand-blast for cleaning castings is now well known; but it has been found desireable when large castings are to be cleaned to provide a room or chamber in which the ... |
| Apparatus For Removing Scale From Metal Rods | 1904 | Ernst Boley | US Patent 777,178 | his invention relates to means for removing scale from metal rods or analogous articles, and is particularly adapted for use in removing such scale from wire. Its object is the r... |
| Sand-Blast Apparatus | 1900 | Ambrose G. Warren | US Patent 649,782 | This invention relates to an improvement in sand blast apparatus, and particularly to that class in which a shand blast is employed for cleaning castings and in which a grate is ar... |
| Sand-Blast Apparatus | 1898 | Jeremiah Eugene Mathewson | US Patent 610,189 | The cleaning of castings, forgings, &c., to remove scale, and and other matter which may adhere to the articles as they come from the foundry or elsewhere has been effected by mean... |
| Dust Collector | 1890 | Eugene Bretney | US Patent 438,523 | To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, Ambrose G. Warren, of Massachusetts, have invented a new improvement in Sand-blast Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following... |
| Cutting and Grinding Stone, &c. | 1870 | Vincent Newman | UK Patent AD 1870-No 2147 | PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Vincent Newton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st August 1870. I, Alfred Vincent Newton... |
| Engraving Machine | 1870 | B. C. Tilghman | US Patent 108,408 | My invention consists in cutting, boring, grinding, dressing, pulverizing, and engraving stone, metal, glass, wood, and other hard or solid substances, by means of a stream of sand... |