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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050081672 | Handlebar gear shifter for bicycle A handlebar gear shifter for a bicycle includes a tabular handlebar having a support plate extending from an end of the handlebar at the top of the peripheral thereof. A sleeve is rotatably mounted to the handlebar. A fan-shaped mediate member has an end pivotally conne... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081673 | Control unit with three parallel branches This controller, between a fixed base (1) and a control handle (4), comprises three similar arms (2) of which each comprises three links (5,6,7) jointed between the base and the handle platform by a pivot (8), two rotation joints (9... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081674 | Steering column apparatus A steering column apparatus includes: a stationary column member; a movable column member whose one end is supported on the stationary column member nonrotatably about a center axis and movably along the center axis; a column head disposed on the other end of the movabl... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081675 | Steering apparatus A steering apparatus includes a steering wheel, a steering column connected to the steering wheel at one end of the steering column, a column supporting member rotatably supporting the steering column relative to a vehicle body, and a column swinging member rotatably su... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081676 | Accelerator pedal apparatus for a vehicle An accelerator pedal apparatus of a vehicle is attached with a pedal plate at one end of one side and includes, at another end of the other side a pedal link member having an insertion recess. A weight member is detachable from and attachable to the insertion recess of ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081677 | Handle vibration dampening Vibration dampening in a handle is accomplished by employing a relatively soft tube which is inserted into the interior hollow of the handle. A harder interior is provided to the tube and the interaction therebetween results in vibration dampening. ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081678 | Bicycle crank assembly A crank assembly comprises an axle with at least at one end thereof an engagement section, the engagement section comprising a central bore with a first inner threaded section. The engagement section is at least partially received in an opening in a crank arm. A bolt is... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081679 | Bicycle pedal assembly with a cleat A bicycle pedal assembly includes a cleat, a rear cleat-retaining member connected pivotally to a pedal body, and a front cleat-retaining member with a curved front cleat-limiting surface and two inclined cleat-guiding surfaces. A front end engaging portion of the cleat... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081680 | GRAIN GROWTH INHIBITOR FOR SUPERFINE MATERIALS A superfine material made by incorporation of an inorganic polymer precursor of a grain growth inhibitor into intermediates useful for the production of superfine materials. The precursor/nanostructured material composite is optionally heat treated at a temperature belo... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081681 | High temperature treating method for inflators The present invention provides a high temperature treating method for inflators for an air bag with an excellent workability. The present invention is a high temperature treating method for inflators for an air bag provided with a step of cutting and removing wire harne... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081682 | Method and apparatus for controlling the size of powder produced by the Armstrong Process A needle valve is disclosed for controlling the quantity of a halide vapor to be injected into a liquid metal. The needle valve may seat in a supersonic nozzle from which the halide vapor exits. Various products made with the apparatus of the invention are disclosed. ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081683 | Process for extracting platinum group metals PGMs can be extracted from a source material by heat-treating the source material to form a residue containing PGMs in a cyanide leachable condition and, thereafter, cyanide leaching the residue using a solution containing cyanide to form a pregnant cyanide leach liquor... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081684 | Wrench driven rotation hand tool with side handle A wrench driven rotation hand tool with side handle; as required, an independent axial knob and a lateral side handle are selected to be incorporated together with a transmission gear set to a column; the output end of the transmission gear set is provided to drive a ma... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081685 | REVERSIBLE MAGNETIC RATCHETING SPUD WRENCH The reversible magnetic ratcheting spud wrench is a spud wrench having a ratcheting head in place of the typical open-ended U-shaped wrench head. The combination ratcheting spud wrench eliminates the need for a construction worker to use a separate ratchet wrench for se... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081686 | Adjustable spanner An adjustable spanner includes a main body having an end formed with a drive portion having a first side and a second side. The second side of the drive portion is formed with an inclined face inclined toward the first side of the drive portion. Thus, the adjustable spa... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081687 | Pliers with protected indicia on the handles An indicia for demonstrating a particular type of two-handle hand tool, such as a pliers, is located on the protected inner surface of at least one of the handles. This location for the indicia provides for better viewing of the indicia when the tool is stored in a cont... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081688 | Electrically powered hand-held screw driver An electrically powered, hand-held screw driver (2) has a housing (4), a depth stop (6) arranged on this housing (4), a drive motor (20), an axially displaceable tool spindle (8) operatively coupled with a tool holder (11... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081689 | Tool device A tool device includes a main body, a working piece and a locking mechanism. The main body is formed with a receptacle for receiving the working piece. The working piece is movably mounted on the main body and selectively moves between a first position of being received... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081690 | Meat cutting band saw A cleaning apparatus for a meat cutting band saw having a blade with a cutting flight portion and a return flight portion parallel to each other in which a water delivery manifold extends between the two flights and opposite ends are provided with nozzle assemblies havi... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081691 | Knife-like cutting die A knife-like die for cutting a thermoformed plastic article from a sheet of thermoformable plastic. The die includes a die build up plate that is mounted to a first platen and a striker plate that is mounted to a second platen. The die further includes a die board havin... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081692 | Ultrasonic slitter Apparatus for high-volume, high speed ultrasonic cutting or slitting comprising a blade having first and second cutting edges suspended from a reciprocating head, cantilevered over a conveyor supporting and advancing the food product, with the blade including first and ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081693 | Cutting machine A cutting machine 7 cuts an acrylic sheet 4 with brittle fracture by driving a cutting blade 11 into the acrylic sheet 4. The cutting blade 11 is installed below the acrylic sheet 4, an acrylic sheet pressing member 9 is ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081694 | Automated punch machine for perforating stacks of sheets An automated punching arrangement for punching successive sheets or lifts from an input stack of sheets, and arranging those sheets in an output stack. The automated punching arrangement receives the stack at an input platform that automatically advances the stack into ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081695 | Punch pin structure and cutting tool of punching apparatus A punch pin structure includes a pin body, a first piercing end, a second piercing end and a cutting member. The first piercing end extends from the bottom of the pin body. The second piercing end extends from the bottom of the pin body and is separate from the first pi... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081696 | Knife assembly for rotary cutting system A knife holder assembly for a rotary cutting machine includes a holder with a top portion and side portion each including an opening, and an adjusting member with a top portion and side portion each including an opening. The inner side portion of the holder is tapered a... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081697 | Diamond circular saw blade An enhanced and improved diamond circular saw blade of an invention is disclosed. The invention includes welding and jointing of the periphery of a circular steel blade having an axle bore and a plurality of arc-shaped copper alloy metal-sheets. Each arc-shaped copper a... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081698 | Tarpin, a string musical instrument A string musical instrument having a body with a hole in the center for sound resonance, an upper bridge at the top and a lower bridge at the bottom. There is a plurality of long frets connected with the top of the body directly below the upper bridge whereby the frets ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081699 | Device and method for controlling playback devices for digital information, especially music information The invention relates to a playback control unit which is connected with a playback device for CDs or records, wherein these provide coded information by means of which the playback device can be controlled. In this way, in addition to the playback speed, further functi... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081700 | Waveform generating device To compose a series of musical tones, a waveform generating device reads out a plurality of time axis segments of waveform data in optional order by compressing or expanding the segments of waveform data in conformance with performance data. With the waveform generating... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081701 | Electronic musical score device An electronic musical score device is disclosed. An audio unit is provided for receiving a sound signal. An audio recognition unit performs an audio frequency recognition process to the sound signal to obtain a recognized musical note. A microprocessor unit receives mus... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081702 | Apparatus for analyzing music using sounds of instruments An apparatus for analyzing music based on sound information of instruments is provided. The apparatus uses sound information of instruments or the sound information and score information in order to analyze digital sounds. The sound information of instruments performed ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081703 | Electroacoustic sustainer for musical instruments An electroacoustic-type sustainer is provided for prolonging the vibrations of strings of a stringed musical instrument. The instrument has at least one magnetic pickup means responsive to the vibrations of the strings. The instrument pickup produces an output signal in... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081704 | Ammunition articles and method of making ammunition articles A method of manufacturing an ammunition article, includes forming a projectile of an ammunition article at a first station of an apparatus, transporting the projectile within the apparatus to a second station of the apparatus, and injection molding at the second station... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081705 | Synchronously/synergeticly timed fuse procedure or process A synchronous or synergeticly timed fuse is installed into ordance (bombs, artillery shells, depth charges etc.), the ordance is delivered to a target area and a simultaneous (synchronous), or a synergetic (not neccessarily synchronous yet the energies add together to b... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081706 | Device for the disruption of explosive ordnance A plurality of embodiments of disruptor all have a container with an enclosure for explosive material with a wall which can he located in any one of a number of different positions using one or more tubular spacers (12) optionally of various sizes thereby to prov... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081707 | Firearm receiver system with belt-feed capability A firearm receiver system including a receiver body, an ammunition belt feeding assembly and a bolt carrier. The receiver body includes a first face and a second face approximately opposite the first face. The receiver body is configured for having means for triggering ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081708 | Weapons platform construction A vehicular weapons platform (30) including a plurality of barrel assemblies (10), wherein each barrel assembly includes a barrel (11), a plurality of projectiles (14) axially disposed within the barrel for operative sealing engagement with t... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081709 | Choke valve of clutch release cylinder A choke valve of the clutch release cylinder wherein the actuating oil is slowly discharged when the clutch pedal is released, and when the clutch pedal is depressed, resistance to the actuating oil is minimized for the actuating oil to be swiftly and smoothly supplied ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081710 | Method and apparatus for stroke position sensor for hydraulic cylinder A fluid pressure cylinder assembly is provided with a sensor for sensing the extension of a piston rod from a tubular cylinder. The tubular cylinder has a base block that seals the end of the tubular cylinder with an inner wall. The inner wall has a threaded bore for re... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050081711 | Pneumatic actuator The pneumatic actuator of the invention is constructed from a plate (1) that is for example level and is secured in a reference system (9). On the one side of the plate (1), a first web (2) of a highly resistant and poorly extensible woven te... | 04/21/2005 |
