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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E Voorhees, Sidney, OH (US);
Ronald F Fortman, Fort Loramie, OH (US);
Daniel A Schoch, Minster, OH (US);
Robert M Carabbio, St. Mary's, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Minster Machine Company, Minster, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72419 ; 226178 ; 226181 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for feeding strip stock into a machine, such as a press, in which opposed feed rolls are closed on the strip stock for frictionally engaging the strip stock and one thereof is accelerated from a stopped position and is then decelerated back to a stopped position for a feed cycle with a control system provided for determining the precise point during a feed cycle to initiate deceleration of the feed roll. At the end of a feed cycle, the feed rolls are again separated.