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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:
Dec. 26, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Smith, Manalapan Township, Monmouth County, NJ (US);
Bernard M Willis, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Kenneth P Marschke, Jr, Medford, NJ (US);
Barry Littlewood, Harmony, NJ (US);
Vulgens Schoen, Stockton, NJ (US);
Carl Gucker, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Michael Nordmeyer, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Thaddeus Miklewicz, Nazareth, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29558 ; 29 3 / ; 29423 ; 29563 ; 29559 ; 451130 ; 451140 ; 451184 ; 451244 ; 83 35 ;
Abstract
A process for manufacturing wire or needles having a taper point. Needle or wire blanks are cut from a roll of wire and mounted to a carrier strip. The carrier strip and needles are moved through a succession of forming and trimming and grinding stations. The blanks are preferably rotated in the strip while being ground.