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US 8,037,598 B2Granted
Method of repetitively accomplishing mechanical action of a tool member
OwnerRobert W. Sullivaninventor
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Abstract
A method of repetitively accomplishing mechanical action of a tool member by drivingly engaging the tool member with one end of a compression spring, manually applying incrementally increasing force to the other end of the compression spring until the mechanical action of the tool member is completed, and utilizing an electronic measurement of the force level within the compression spring for repetitively reproducing the mechanical action.
Claims7
The method of repetitively accomplishing a mechanical action of a tool member, comprising the steps of:
- (a) drivingly engaging the tool member with one end of a compression spring;
- (b) manually applying incrementally increasing force to the other end of the compression spring until a mechanical action of the tool member is completed;
- (c) electronically measuring the force level within the compression spring by means of a force transducer while the compression spring is applying force to the tool member;
- (d) when one such mechanical action is completed, electronically recording the force level that then existed within the compression spring;
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- (e) to accomplish another mechanical action, repeating the process until force at the previously recorded level is applied to the other end of the compression spring.
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The method of repetitively accomplishing a mechanical action of a tool member, comprising the steps of:
- (a) drivingly engaging the tool member with one end of a compression spring;
- (b) manually applying incrementally increasing force to the other end of the compression spring until a mechanical action of the tool member is completed;
- (c) electronically measuring the force level within the compression spring with a force transducer while the compression spring is applying force to the tool member and electronically recording the force level;
- (d) when one such mechanical action is completed, recording the force level that then existed within the compression spring;
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- (e) repeating at least a second mechanical action by applying the recorded force level to other end of the compression spring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.