US3150550A
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Rule die and punch unit and method of resetting the same
Assignee: TEMPLE IND Inc
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Filing: 1961-03-28
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Granted: 1964-09-29
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Expires: 1981-03-28
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Berlin Milton
- 👤 Lawrence M Rheingold
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 06:43
CPC Classifications
B; B21; B21D; B21D37/00; B21D37/20; B21D37/205; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49895; Y10T29/49897; Y10T83/00; Y10T83/04; Y10T83/869; Y10T83/8821; Y10T83/8867; Y10T83/8868; Y10T83/929; Y10T83/9411; Y10T83/9423; Y10T83/9425
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
A METHOD OF RESETTING A FEMALE RULE DIE MEMBER AND A RIGID MALE PUNCH MEMBER WHICH PREVIOUSLY WERE MATCHED, ALIGNED AND MOUNTED AS A UNIT IN A DEVICE HAVING TWO RELATIVELY RECIPROCABLE PARTS, WHEREIN SAID RULE DIE MEMBER COMPRISES AN OUTER COMPRESSIBLE DIE BLOCK AND AN INNER COMPRESSIBLE DIE BLOCK MUTUALLY FORMING AN ENDLESS SLOT IN WHICH THERE IS LOCATED A DIE BLADE THAT HAS A LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTION PROTRUDING BEYOND THE DIE BLOCKS AND WHEREIN SAID RULE DIE MEMBER FURTHER COMPRISES A COMPRESSION MEANS FOR CONSTRICTING THE TWO BLOCKS AND THE CONTAINED PORTION OF THE DIE BLADE, SAID METHOD INCLUDING THE STEPS OF: MOUNTING SAID MEMBERS ON THE RECIPROCATABLE PARTS OF SUCH A DEVICE SO THAT AT LEAST ONE MEMBER IS SHIFTABLE RELATIVE TO ITS ASSOCIATED PART IN TWO ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID PARTS, MANIPULATING THE COMPRESSION MEANS TO CONSTRICT THE DIE BLADE, RELATIVELY SHIFTING SAID ONE MEMBER IN SAID TWO ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS SO AS TO ALIGN THE TWO MEMBERS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY FIXEDLY SECURING SAID ONE MEMBER TO ITS ASSOCIATED PART.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
179 words
A METHOD OF RESETTING A FEMALE RULE DIE MEMBER AND A RIGID MALE PUNCH MEMBER WHICH PREVIOUSLY WERE MATCHED, ALIGNED AND MOUNTED AS A UNIT IN A DEVICE HAVING TWO RELATIVELY RECIPROCABLE PARTS, WHEREIN SAID RULE DIE MEMBER COMPRISES AN OUTER COMPRESSIBLE DIE BLOCK AND AN INNER COMPRESSIBLE DIE BLOCK MUTUALLY FORMING AN ENDLESS SLOT IN WHICH THERE IS LOCATED A DIE BLADE THAT HAS A LONGITUDINAL EDGE PORTION PROTRUDING BEYOND THE DIE BLOCKS AND WHEREIN SAID RULE DIE MEMBER FURTHER COMPRISES A COMPRESSION MEANS FOR CONSTRICTING THE TWO BLOCKS AND THE CONTAINED PORTION OF THE DIE BLADE, SAID METHOD INCLUDING THE STEPS OF: MOUNTING SAID MEMBERS ON THE RECIPROCATABLE PARTS OF SUCH A DEVICE SO THAT AT LEAST ONE MEMBER IS SHIFTABLE RELATIVE TO ITS ASSOCIATED PART IN TWO ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID PARTS, MANIPULATING THE COMPRESSION MEANS TO CONSTRICT THE DIE BLADE, RELATIVELY SHIFTING SAID ONE MEMBER IN SAID TWO ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS SO AS TO ALIGN THE TWO MEMBERS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY FIXEDLY SECURING SAID ONE MEMBER TO ITS ASSOCIATED PART.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1967-09-29 | 1968-03-30 | 1968-09-29 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1971-09-29 | 1972-03-30 | 1972-09-29 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1975-09-29 | 1976-03-30 | 1976-09-29 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |