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Patent No. 6293874

User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks

An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.

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Applications Published on 02/17/2005


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Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20050034604Cartridge for the preparation of beverages
A cartridge (containing one or more beverage ingredients and being formed from substantially air- and water-impermeable materials, the cartridge defining a storage chamber containing the one or more beverage ingredients and a manifold chamber, the cartridge comprising a...
02/17/2005
20050034605Clamshell coffee and tea packet beverage brewer
The clamshell coffee or other beverage packet brewer, wherein a clamshell, with a hinged or discrete upper and lower halves, incorporate a cavity therein, into which a packet or scoop of grounds can locate. The clamshell, when closed, provides a hydraulic seal, with hot...
02/17/2005
20050034606Coffee machine
A coffee machine is provided with a housing frame (10), with at least one extraction device (20) for production of the coffee, an electronic control unit (40) and a hot water or steam supply (50). The extraction device (20), the contro...
02/17/2005
20050034607Flavored coffee filter inserts and flavored coffee filters
The flavored coffee filter/flavored coffee filter inserts are treated with a special flavoring. When hot water permeates the coffee filter the coffee granules absorb the flavor and turn your plain coffee into any one of a variety of flavors, i.e., almond mocha, hazelnut...
02/17/2005
20050034608Remote controllable automatic apparatus for preparing fried potato product from dehydrated potato
A remote controllable automatic apparatus for preparing fried potato product from dehydrated potato, frying the potato product prepared with addition of at least water in subsequent operational cycles. The apparatus comprising a frying unit with a frying oil container a...
02/17/2005
20050034609Interchangeable multi-purpose cooking apparatus
The interchangeable multi-purpose cooking apparatus may be used as a normal stove, a grill, a frying pan, a barbecue, a baker, a steamer, a poacher, a chip fryer, a fondue or a Chinese wok. With some small modifications it can be used as a pressure cooker or even as a l...
02/17/2005
20050034610Method and apparatus for the superficial conditioning food extrusions
Method and apparatus for the superficial conditioning of food extrusion, carrying out the steps of introducing a food extrusion (2) in a conditioning duct (3) for the superficial stabilizing of the extrusion (2); in a first section (4) of sai...
02/17/2005
20050034611Cooking apparatus
A cooking apparatus, as in a domestic fryer, includes a stacked shell, cooking pot and basket combination. A heater element extends into the cooking pot and has a generally horizontal portion suspended above the pot bottom and supported by a support platform as in a vol...
02/17/2005
20050034612Plant for the continous processing and packing of meat products
It comprises an injection station (10); a maceration station (20), including a massaging rotating drum (22) and several drawn quiescent tanks (24); and a packaging station (30). Such stations are linked by an accumulation and loading u...
02/17/2005
20050034613Face-to-face printing within booklet
Method for printing pages within a booklet to improve the appearance of images on opposing pages includes sequencing images such that opposing pages are printed with the same print engine and/or fused the same number of times. Booklets include opposing pages having imag...
02/17/2005
20050034614Screen printing screen, screen, screen frame, screen joining method, screen spreading method, painting canvas, advertisement sheet, and planer mirror
The present invention relates to a screen for screen printing. More particularly, the structure of the screen can have different types of mesh or sheets joined together. The present invention also relates to a method of detachably spreading a screen to a screen frame. ...
02/17/2005
20050034615Printing couple in a printing machine with a pivotable transfer cylinder
A printing couple in a printing machine is comprised of at least three cylinders, a forme cylinder, a transfer cylinder and a counter-pressure cylinder. The counter-pressure cylinder forms a printing location or point in cooperation with the transfer cylinder. The trans...
02/17/2005
20050034616Web-spreading process and web-spreading device
A web-spreading device and a web-spreading process are provided. The web-spreading device, is provided whereby a first web strand being conveyed and a second web strand being conveyed next to the first web strand in a web-processing machine can be offset in parallel to ...
02/17/2005
20050034617Stamper, mold system, recording medium substrate, recording medium, optical disc substrate, optical disc, and method for producing stamper
A stamper for forming a data recording region on a recording medium substrate by means of a transfer surface thereof. The transfer surface transfers a predetermined set of data to the recording medium substrate. The stamper is fitted on at least one of metal molds that ...
02/17/2005
20050034618Endless printing sleeve, of multi-layer type, which has a printing layer, a compressible layer and a circumferential stiffening layer
A printing sleeve with multiple layers including a printing layer, a compressible layer, and a circumferential stiffening layer. The stiffening layer is located between the compressible layer and the printing layer. ...
02/17/2005
20050034619Achieving at low cost high gloss and/or "highlight contrasts" without UV-cured materials on paper or paperboard on sheetfed and webfed litho printing presses
A method of using a litho printing press having a number of stations each having a fountain or container for applying a liquid material to a series of pressure-applying rollers, an applicator for depositing liquid from said rollers to the outer surface of a rotating fir...
02/17/2005
20050034620Fixtures for performing newspaper press cut-off reduction
Systems and methods for modifying, altering, constructing, or retrofitting an existing newspaper press having a first cut-off length, to have a second cut-off length which is different from and generally less than the first. These systems and methods generally provide f...
02/17/2005
20050034621Process and apparatus for contact printing with supply of release agent through a porous printing surface
Method and apparatus in which a first liquid is extruded through a porous printing plate to its printing surface, a second liquid is externally applied over the first liquid on the printing surface, and a sheet material is contacted with the printing surface in order to...
02/17/2005
20050034622Method for fabricating pattern, apparatus for fabricating pattern, conductive film wiring, method for fabricating device, electro-optical apparatus, and electronic apparatus
A method and an apparatus for fabricating a pattern which makes it possible to obtain a wide pattern having edges of a preferable shape. The apparatus for fabricating a pattern ejects a liquid material as liquid droplets from an ejecting section, and dispose the liquid ...
02/17/2005
20050034623Current modulation-based communication from slave device
Current modulation-based talkback in a system in which the background noise in the level of current draw is minimized such that the talkback is effected with a desirably high signal-to-noise ratio, such as by the master device holding the system voltage low such that th...
02/17/2005
20050034624Firing-readiness diagnostic of a pyrotechnic device such as an electronic detonator
Firing-readiness diagnostics in an electronic pyrotechnic device such as an electronic detonator or an electronic blasting system thereof. The diagnostics may include a check for any incompatible attached devices, a resistance or continuity check of an ignition element,...
02/17/2005
20050034625Connector block with shock tube retention means and flexible and resilient closure member
A connector block for retaining at least one shock tube in signal transfer relationship with a detonator. The connector block comprises a housing (2, 21) having a bore (4, 23) formed therein for receiving a detonator (6, 36) provided with a percussi...
02/17/2005
20050034626Firearm projectile apparatus, method, and product by process
A firearm projectile assembly apparatus disclosed herein comprises: a bullet; a hollow core running completely through the bullet from a front of the bullet subassembly to a rear of the bullet; a core material within at least part of the hollow core; and an expansion-in...
02/17/2005
20050034627SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A FLAMELESS TRACER/MARKER UTILIZING AN ELECTRONIC LIGHT SOURCE
An electronic light source system is employed to create a flame-less tracer for a munitions projectile. The electronic light source system may be positioned in various locations and combinations of locations on a projectile (e.g., front, back, side, etc.) to enhance vis...
02/17/2005
20050034628Apparatus, systems and methods for anchoring and aligning tracks
Apparatus, systems and methods for anchoring and aligning a vehicular track are shown and described. Embodiments of the invention can incorporate a first structural member anchorable to the earth and a second structural member coupleable to the track, spaced apart from ...
02/17/2005
20050034629Reaction of carbon black with diazonium salts, resultant carbon black products and their uses
Processes for preparing a carbon black product having an organic group attached to the carbon black. In one process at least one diazonium salt reacts with a carbon black in the absence of an externally applied electric current sufficient to reduce the diazonium salt. I...
02/17/2005
20050034630Inkjet inks with particulate additive
To reduce show through, particularly for color pigments, a particulate negative metal oxide. Specifically in an anionic ink, tin oxide of primary particle size in the range of about 10 to 30 nm, is incorporated in inkjet inks in amount of less than 2 percent by weight o...
02/17/2005
20050034631Leucite glass ceramic doped with nanoscale metal oxide powder, method for producing the same, and dental materials and dental products formed therefrom
The disclosure relates to a leucite glass ceramic doped with nanoscale metal oxide, to a doped leucite glass ceramic powder suitable for its production, to a method for producing the doped leucite glass ceramic, to its use as dental material, to a dental product contain...
02/17/2005
20050034632Emulsion containing an oppositely-charged surfactant and polymer and the production method thereof
The present invention relates to an emulsion and to its manufacturing method. The emulsion is optimized in that it is stabilized by the presence of a surfactant specifically selected according to the type of a polymer, or copolymer, also present in the emulsion. The sur...
02/17/2005
20050034633Flux compositions for sintering Ni-Zn ferrite material
Flux compositions for sintering Ni—Zn ferrite material are disclosed in the present invention, each flux composition basically and selectively has zinc oxide (ZnO), silicon dioxide (SiO2), boric oxide (B2O3), bismuth trioxide (Bi2...
02/17/2005
20050034634COATING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SEMICONDUCTOR COLORANTS
A protective and decorative coating composition including semiconductor particulate colorants which in combination with a resinous composition produce a desired color. The colorants are semiconductor particles which exhibit sized-quantized absorption of visible light an...
02/17/2005
20050034635Process and composition for the manufacture of cement expansion additive
The present invention is related to the process and composition for the manufacture of cement expansion additive. The process comprises a blending step, a reaction step, and a calcination step. The blending step is to incorporate soluble calcium sulfate, soluble calcium...
02/17/2005
20050034636Additives containing cellulose derivatives having gel-like rheological properties, use thereof in construction material systems and also a process for cement extrusion using these additives
A description is given of additives for the extrusion of construction material systems, characterized in that the additives comprise irreversibly crosslinked cellulose ethers having gel-like rheological properties, and the use of irreversibly crosslinked cellulose deriv...
02/17/2005
20050034637Frame mounted overbed table
An overbed table or the like having a base for mounting on a bed frame, a first arm, a second arm, and a table is provided. The first arm pivots relative to the base and the second arm pivots relative to the first arm. A pivot lock can be positioned between the base and...
02/17/2005
20050034638Umbrella table with inlaid turntable
An umbrella table with an inlaid turntable is disclosed. The table includes a tabletop having a substantially planar top surface with a circular aperture therein. A disc is rotatably mounted in the circular aperture. The disc has a substantially planar upper surface and...
02/17/2005
20050034639Runner for extension table
A runner for an extension table that has two sliding leaves includes a wooden primary transverse beam with a side, a wooden secondary transverse beam attached securely to the side of the primary transverse beam and a track assembly attached to the side of the primary tr...
02/17/2005
20050034640Pneumatic plug for a seed meter
A pneumatic plug is used to seal off a pneumatic pressure source from a pneumatic pressure seed meter. The pneumatic plug comprises an annular rim defining an annular cavity, a insert portion and a sealing wall. The plug is an integral rubber body. The insert portion is...
02/17/2005
20050034641Process and related apparatus for repairing aquatic propeller scars
A process and apparatus for planting aquatic plants underwater on the bottom of estuaries in propeller scars and for encouraging plant growth in propeller scars. Aquatic plant shoots are transplanted by positioning shoots in a sediment tube which is in turn placed in th...
02/17/2005
20050034642Flanged panel former
An apparatus for forming flanged quilted panels from an infed web of quilted material (18) has a panel cutter (14) which receives the web of quilted material (18) and severs it into discrete quilted panels (16). A flanger (34) integrat...
02/17/2005
20050034643Automatic tufting method and apparatus therefor
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the automatic insertion of an individual upholstery tuft (3) and washer (1) from a plurality of connected tufts (4) and a plurality of connected washers (2) into an upholstered artic...
02/17/2005
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