Metal deforming – By use of non-deforming work-gripping clamp and relatively... – Movable clamp
Patent
1993-10-08
1995-03-07
Crane, Daniel C.
Metal deforming
By use of non-deforming work-gripping clamp and relatively...
Movable clamp
72407, 72422, 163 1, 163 5, B21D 4310, B21G 328
Patent
active
053947266
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for positioning and pressing surgical needle blanks. The apparatus includes a needle blank transferring system which transfers needle blanks between a gripping position and a pressing position. A side press system presses a portion of the needle blank when the blank is in the pressing position, and a gripping member is provided to hold the needle blank at least during the transfer and press operations of the apparatus. The method according to the present invention includes inserting a needle blank into a needle blank gripping member at a gripping position, transferring the needle blank between the gripping position and a pressing position, and pressing a side portion of a body portion of the needle blank with pressing dies.
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Bogart Michael W.
Smith Richard J.
Crane Daniel C.
United States Surgical Corporation
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