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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:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Bradfute, Green County, OH (US);
Patrick A Dolgas, Milford, OH (US);
Scott J Kroencke, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mark T Heaton, Springfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
Globe Products Inc., Huber Heights, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29 3 / ; 295645 ; 29596 ; 29732 ; 29735 ; 1983462 ; 1984682 ; 414736 ; 414751 ; 414763 ;
Abstract
An armature manufacturing line includes one or more manufacturing cells, each having a winder facing a fuser and a rotatable armature transfer apparatus that transfers unwound armatures to the winder and wound armature from the winder directly to the fuser. An elevator at the fuser moves wound and fused armatures from the fuser to a conveyor. Different embodiments are disclosed.