Provided in accordance with the present invention, is a preferred embodiment of a method for straightening a warped cylinder head (10). The method initially includes placing the cylinder head in a press (12). Thereafter, the press is operated to apply a first pressure, substantially along the longitudinal axis of the cylinder head. Next, the method includes heating the cylinder head to increase the applied pressure to a second pressure, greater than the first pressure. The method then includes c...

The present invention provides a deflectable catheter having a catheter body, a tip section attached at a distal end of the catheter body and a control handle attached at a proximal end of the catheter body. A puller wire, anchored at its proximal end to the control handle and at its distal end to the tip section is provided in the catheter for deflecting the tip section. Longitudinal movement of the puller wire relative to the catheter body, resulting in the deflection of the tip section, is ac...

By incorporating cationic guar gums in combination with nonionic guar gums in a single gel composition, a highly effective, hair straightening/smoothing composition is realized which achieves the temporary straightening and/or smoothing of hair fibers, without chemically interacting with the hair fiber itself. By employing the present invention, a temporary hair straightening effect is realized which enables a wide variety of hair styles or fashions to be attained, while still enabling the hair ...

An automobile lift and straightening platform is useful for performing repairs on motor vehicles received thereon, and includes a base, a bench which includes treadways for permitting the vehicle to roll thereon and receiving anchors for coupling the vehicle body to the bench, a lifting unit for raising and lowering the bench relative to the base, and a locking unit for locking the bench in an elevated position relative to the base and thereby inhibiting undesired lowering of the vehicle. An unl...

A method and a machine for straightening sections by eliminating multi-axle deviations from the required section and from the required straightness using one or more straightening tools arranged, in series above and below the material to be straightened, on straightening axles which are parallel with one another. The adjustment of the straightening force and the adjustment of the horizontal inclination of the adjustable straightening axle are carried out hydraulically. The hydraulic system is co...

The Hair Straightening Nozzle of the present invention includes a nozzle suitable for attachment to a typical hand-held hair blow dryer, and is formed with two parallel rows of teeth disposed on opposite sides of the nozzle such that the air from the hair blow dryer passes from the nozzle, through the nozzle opening, and between the two rows of teeth. A heating bar is located between the rows of teeth and in the stream of heated air, and is formed of a heat-conducting material, such as steel. Th...

Disclosed is a preferred embodiment of straightening apparatus (100) featuring a pair of adjacent rotary block members (8) and (8') having channels (30) and (30') respectively disposed therein for receiving spaced-apart legs (6) and (6') of a heated leaf springs folded into a substantially flat "U" shaped configuration as block members (8) and (8') are caused to rotate in unison in opposite directions, inner walls (12) and (12') of channels (30) and (30') respectively engage and urge legs (6) an...

A method for straightening an eccentric shaft (100, 501) by engaging fillets (201, 601) adjacent an element (101, 509) of the shaft with angled rollers (303, 703), rotating the shaft and selectively applying a compressive rolling force (301, 709) during only a portion of the rotation into the fillets (201, 601) of the shaft through the rollers (303, 703), which results in straightening the crankshaft (100).

A straightening apparatus for large diameter thick wall pipe has an expander head at one end of a beam inserted into the pipe and having a radially displaceable saddle positionable at any selected location along the beam. The saddle may be shifted along the beam by a linear actuator and the saddle applies a radial force to the inner wall of the pipe in a bending operation.

A shrimp-straightening device provided for use in conjunction with a work surface (32) includes a unitary member (10) having an arcuate geometry defined by an outer surface (12), an inner surface (14), front and rear ends (16, 18), left and right lower edges (20, 22), and a handle (24). In operation, the device is manipulated over the back, or dorsal side, of the shrimp (30) in order to effect straightening of the shrimp.