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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050028638 | Vibration filter for a transmission with automatic, continuous or discontinuous, gearchange, especially for a motor vehicle In a vibration filter for a transmission with automatic gear changing for a motor vehicle, including a torsion damper disposed between an input or driving element arranged to be driven in rotation by the crankshaft of the motor vehicle engine, and an output or driven sh... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028639 | Luminous pedals for bicycles A bicycle pedal includes a body with an axle rotatably received therein and a rotator is connected on the axle and enclosed by a stator. The body includes two rounded corners in the distal end thereof and each rounded corner has a recessed area and a luminous element is... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028640 | Gear change method for a traction chain comprising a gear change mechanism for each driving wheel The invention proposes a method of controlling the gear change for a vehicle having at least two driving wheels, each driven by an electric motor M via a gear change mechanism having at least two reduction gears, a sensor for sensing the rotation speed of the driving wh... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028641 | Sintered sprocket for silent chain and production method therefor A sintered sprocket for a silent chain is obtained from a material with few addition elements by a simple densifying method. The sintered sprocket is made of an ferrous material having an ovarall composition containing Cu at 1 to 2%, C at 0.5 to 0.8%, Mn as an inevitabl... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028642 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing fine powders The manufacture of pure, fine spherical powders has always been a problem for many materials, particularly for high-melting and highly reactive materials such as titanium, tantalum, vanadium and zirconium. The present invention provides a process and apparatus for produ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028643 | Method for producing titanium oxide containing slag The present invention provides a method for efficiently manufacturing a titanium oxide-containing slag from a material including titanium oxide and iron oxide, wherein a reduction of titanium dioxide is suppressed and the electric power consumption is minimized. The met... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028644 | Method of making a thin die to be used in a press Disclosed is a thin die adapted to be used in a press. The die disclosed herein includes a base or backing portion that provides rigidity to the die assembly. The base includes an indentation defining a boarder around the peripheral edge of the base. A thin die is house... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028645 | Bottle cap remover A bottle cap remover can include structure for facilitating the assembly of the bottle cap remover. The structure can include a slot established within the top portion of an interior surface of the body of the bottle cap remover. The cover of the bottle cap remover, by ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028646 | Rotating cap opener A screw lid opener is disclosed which can be converted in an extremely simple manner from one lid radius to another With a screw lid opener having a lever-like handle with a clamping device thereon for holding a screw lid, the lid radius is set by three clamping cheeks ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028647 | Method and apparatus for applying permanent ink A machine for reciprocating a needle has a frame having a contact point, an armature bar coupled to the needle, support means for supporting the armature bar on the frame for oscillation thereon, and electromagnet means supported on the frame for oscillating the armatur... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028648 | Screwing station A screwing station, in particular along an assembly line, comprises at least one machine frame and a screwing tool adjustably supported relative thereto between at least one retracted and one operative position and connected to a supply and, optionally, a measuring line... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028649 | Box wrench with hinged socket An apparatus featuring a unique box wrench having a dual hinged socket is shown. A first element of the socket forms the distal end of a handle or lug. A second element engages the first element to form a socket cavity. The two elements are hinged to each other approxim... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028650 | SCREW HOOK SOCKET A tool comprising a drive shaft with a longitudinal axis and a socket attached to the drive shaft. The socket includes a cavity having a substantially rectangular opening defined by a pair of parallel side walls of the first side length and a U-shaped wall having two pa... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028651 | Color coded tools The tools (wrenches) of this invention provide a one color instant identification of color coded tools. Preferably, the tools have a portion of their outer surface colored. Typically, the color impregnates the metal or plating during the manufacturing process. Another e... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028652 | Hand tool having a bendable holding portion A hand tool includes a head portion having two jaw portions, a handle portion pivotally mounted on the head portion and having two holding grips each having a first end pivotally mounted on an end of a respective one of the two jaw portions of the head portion, and a co... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028653 | Hand tool having an adjustable holding portion A hand tool includes a head portion, and a handle portion rotatably mounted on the head portion. Thus, the handle portion can be rotated relative to the head portion to the optimum angle, so that the user' one hand can hold the handle portion smoothly and comfortably, t... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028654 | Screwdriver having larger driving force A screwdriver includes a tip has a first end formed with a first resting portion, a second end formed with a second resting portion, and a mediate section formed with an auxiliary resting portion. Thus, by provision of the auxiliary resting portion, the first resting po... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028655 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL HAND TOOL A multi-functional hand tool includes a base, an upper cover, a cam, a turning disk, a plurality of tool heads, and an indication unit. The base and the upper cover have a plurality of tracks, respectively. The turning disk is pivotally connected at a lower side of the ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028656 | Bent wrench having torque measurement function A bent wrench includes a wrench body including a handle formed with a bent portion, and at least one strain gauge mounted on a connection of the handle and the bent portion to measure the torque of the wrench body. Thus, the strain gauge is extended through the connecti... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028657 | Tunable cutting device A tunable cutting device is provided including a drive unit configured to oscillate the cutting tool and an oscillation frequency control configured to permit variation of an oscillation frequency of the drive unit as the cutting tool oscillates along the cutting axis. ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028658 | Apparatus and method for slotting a pipe A method and apparatus for slotting a pipe including a clamping system comprising a clamping surface adapted to engage at least about 50 percent of the pipe circumference and at least about 50 percent of the pipe length in a clamped position and which defines a longitud... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028659 | Card corner cutter A card corner cutter includes a body, a first blade, a handle and a second blade. The body defines a chamber with an open upper end for receiving scraps. The first blade is secured to the body and located next to the chamber. The handle is pivotally mounted on the body.... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028660 | CIRCULAR SAWING MACHINE HAVING A LINK MECHANISM A circular sawing machine includes a base, a saw seat movable relative to the base, and a link mechanism pivotally mounted between the base and the saw seat, so that the saw seat is linearly movable relative to the base. Thus, the link mechanism can absorb vibration or ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028661 | Separating device and film dispenser A film dispenser comprises a housing provided with at least one dispensing compartment, and a separating profile section associated with a dispensing opening of the dispensing compartment. A separating device comprising at least one separating knife and a press element ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028662 | Cordless chop saw A chop saw including a base, a rotatable table rotatably disposed on said base, and a saw unit pivotably connected to the table. The saw unit includes a blade, a motor for driving the blade, and a housing for covering the motor. The saw unit is movable downwardly toward... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028663 | Rotary trimmer with multiple blades The rotary trimmer with multiple blades of the present invention comprises a base with end retainers supporting a rail, and a cutting assembly reclinably and slidably disposed on the rail. The different blades having different cutting edges such as a straight, wave, per... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028664 | Disk cutter A disk cutter including an annular disk-shaped base adapted to be driven about an axis of rotation, a plurality of tip supports formed along the outer circumference of the base integrally therewith so that a gullet is defined between adjacent ones of the tip supports, a... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028665 | Method of improving repetitive striking performance, jack and action mechanism of piano A jack used in an action mechanism of a piano has substantially an L-shape, composed of a big jack portion and a small jack portion. The thickness of the small jack portion is made smaller than that of the big jack portion in a direction of key arrangement in a state of... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028666 | Musical instrument having a ribbed surface The invention relates to a musical instrument with which a sound is produced in the same manner as when playing the guiro (Latin American percussion instrument: longish gourd having a regularly notched surface) by scratching with the finger nail or by playing with a pla... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028667 | Foot operated tambourine playing device A foot operated tambourine playing device for playing the tambourine with the left or right foot. The foot operated tambourine playing device includes a Foot Clip, Steel hoop, foot pedal, nuts, pins, base for pedal and strap for shoe. ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028668 | Wrist position training assembly A wrist training assembly that is intended for use by releasably clamping it to a piano keyboard with a predetermined amount of clamping force. The assembly is releasably locked in place but the clamping and locking functions are separated so that the finish and structu... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028669 | Banjo pick-up system A banjo having an improved pick-up system includes at least one pick-up mounted on or near the banjo head. In one embodiment, a plurality of holes are formed in the banjo head so that metallic heads of a pick-up system can extend therethrough while causing minimal disto... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028670 | Ionically crosslinked molecular thin film The present invention relates to a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) thin film, which includes: at least one molecular layer, which includes one or more monolayer-forming surfactant molecules having a first ionic charge, ionically cross-linked with at least one water-soluble agent... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028671 | Method of optimally operating a palladium-copper alloy membrane in the generation of pure hydrogen from a fossil fuel reformate at a controlled high temperature An optimized method of operating a palladium-copper alloy membrane in the generation of pure hydrogen from a fossil fuel reformate and the like in a controlled high temperature range of from about 470° C. to 600° C., achieving substantially constant hydrogen permeatio... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028672 | Apparatus and process for removing contaminants from a flowing gas stream An apparatus and process for removing regulated pollutants and other contaminants from a flowing gas stream between a scrubber and an exhaust stack. The apparatus comprises a vessel having a heater chamber, an adsorbent chamber and a filter chamber. The vessel inlet rec... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028673 | Dehydration of wet gas utilizing intimate contact with a recirculating deliquescent brine A system for removing moisture from a wet gas stream including a vessel having a contact area containing deliquescing salts that produces brine as water is absorbed, the brine flowing to a collection area in the bottom of the vessel. A venturi positioned in a wet gas in... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028674 | Mist elimination hood A mist elimination device in the form of a hood for the removal of moisture from a gas stream treated by a WESP includes a series of gutters on the outer surface of the hood to trap liquid droplets and direct the moisture to channels the drain to the lower region of a h... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028675 | Vacuum cleaner A method for filtering a dirty air stream in a vacuum cleaner to obtain a clean air stream comprises subjecting the dirty air stream to a first cyclonic separation stage to obtain a partially cleaned air stream and subjecting the partially cleaned air stream to an elect... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028676 | Corona discharge electrode assembly for electrostatic precipitator A corona discharge electrode assembly is provided for an electrostatic precipitator, including for a diesel engine electrostatic crankcase ventilation system for blowby gas, having a collector electrode spaced from a discharge electrode by a gap to facilitate corona dis... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050028677 | Coffee dosing apparatus A coffee dosing apparatus provided with a holder for coffee powder and a dosing mechanism, the dosing mechanism being provided with a dosing chamber, which is bounded at a lower side by a bottom wall with a discharge opening, and which is bounded at an upper side by an ... | 02/10/2005 |
