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Apparatus for Simulating a High Five
A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050145093 | Key structure A key structure which is free from separation between a wood part thereof and a key base body to which the wood part is secured and has enhanced vertical rigidity in the vicinity of a clearance between the base end of the key base body and the wood part. In the key stru... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145094 | Easy horn holder An Easy Horn Holder has a shoulder harness (15) that slides over the shoulder. Mounted to the shoulder harness is the adjustable angle assembly (2). A telescoping tube holder assembly (3) slides into the adjustable angle assembly (2) for heig... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145095 | Neck sock cover for a stringed instrument The neck sock cover for stringed instruments is used while the instrument is not being played. It protects the headstock, neck, tuning pegs, and strings of a stringed instrument, such as a guitar, while at the same time allowing the remaining areas of the instrument to ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145096 | Stringed instrument string and fret board cleaner The present invention is used to clean the strings, frets and fret board on stringed musical hand held instruments while the strings are left on the instrument. This allows the user to quickly and efficiently clean the above parts of the instrument between string change... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145097 | Automatic page turner with turnstile element An apparatus for turning bound pages, the apparatus having a support assembly for holding the bound pages; a lifting assembly coupled to the support assembly and capable of lifting at least a portion of a page; a turnstile assembly, the turnstile assembly comprising a p... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145098 | Automatic accompaniment apparatus and a storage device storing a program for operating the same An automatic accompaniment apparatus includes: a storage unit for storing accompaniment style data including basic accompaniment data for automatic accompaniment and replacement accompaniment data to be reproduced in place of the basic accompaniment data; and a reproduc... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145099 | Method and apparatus for enabling advanced manipulation of audio A method and apparatus are provided for representing, storing, and rendering audio data. An audio file enables users to store and exchange sampled audio waveform data along with additional data used to generate or synthesize an audio output closely approximating the ori... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145100 | System and method for providing a haptic effect to a musical instrument A system and method for providing a haptic effect to a musical instrument is described. One method described comprises receiving a first signal having a set of parameters relating to sound, determining a haptic effect associated with at least one predetermined parameter... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145101 | Electronic percussion instrument An electronic percussion instrument that allows for a performance sensation that is similar to that of an acoustic HiHat cymbal. A sliding mechanism of a top cymbal pad section and a bottom cymbal pad section of an electronic HiHat cymbal where the top cymbal pad sectio... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145102 | Percussion instrument, system, and method with closing position detection An electronic percussion instrument includes input means, correction information storage means, and musical tone generation means. The input means allows for vibration information, which expresses a vibration of an operator, position information, which expresses a posit... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145103 | Electronic stringed instrument, system, and method with note height control An electronic stringed instrument is provided where the value of a pitch that has been currently detected and the value of a pitch that has been stored are compared. A determination is made as to whether or not the pitch has dropped roughly a half tone. In those cases w... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145104 | Keyboard musical instrument and other-type musical instrument, and method for generating tone-generation instructing information Detector detects movement of a hammer (driven member) that strikes a string (abutted member) by moving in response to operation of a key. On the basis of detection outputs of the detector and a given abutment-presuming reference value, it is presumed that the hammer has... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145105 | Swash plate compressor A swash plate compressor that prevents a slide plate from being separated from a swash plate. The compressor includes a drive shaft. A slide plate is rotatable relative to the swash plate. Two shoes is arranged on the swash plate and the slide plate. A bearing arranged ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145106 | ADJUSTABLE PISTON PUMP An adjustable piston pump for displacement and extraction of remnant from soft sand and or soft soil includes a pump casing cylinder that is capped at one end and opens at the other end. It includes a handle fixed to the pump casing cylinder, a shaft rod, a shaft rod ha... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145107 | Polyolefin membrane with integrally asymmetrical tructure and process for producing such a membrane Process for producing an integrally asymmetrical hydrophobic polyolefinic membrane with a sponge-like, open-pored, microporous support structure and a separation layer with a denser structure, using a thermally induced liquid-liquid phase separation process. A solution ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145108 | Air cleaning system A system for cleaning air wherein the air to be cleaned is bubbled up through an aqueous phase and an organic phase. The air is bubbled upwardly through the liquid to take advantage of the weight of the liquid to compress the gas, thereby increasing the solubility of th... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145109 | Method and apparatus for controlling humidity and mold A apparatus for reducing a relative humidity of air inside an enclosed space comprises a portable outside air heat exchanger unit comprising a fan operative to create an air stream by drawing outside air from an intake and discharging the air stream through an outlet in... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145110 | Inlet double-seal assembly An inlet seal assembly for sealing an injection port member in a chromatography instrument, comprising an injection port member having a bottom surface with a raised metal ring, an inlet seal member with an upper surface, a peripheral groove formed in the upper surface ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145111 | Modular pressure swing adsorption apparatus A rotary module for implementing a high frequency pressure swing adsorption process comprises a stator and a rotor rotatably coupled to the stator. The stator includes a first stator valve surface, a second stator valve surface, a plurality of first function compartment... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145112 | Top load coffee maker with front access water reservoir A top-loading coffeemaker comprises a housing having an open top and two covers pivotable between opened and closed positions. A filter basket can be inserted through a front portion of the open top to be supported above a carafe. A reservoir is located in a rear portio... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145113 | Method and installation for preparing lettuce heads Method of preparing lettuce heads with means for removing the stalk from the head prior to cutting it. A visible, luminous reference line (2) is generated in the zone where the item (P) is placed on a positioning support (41)... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145114 | Manufactured mineral water composition The manufactured mineral water of this invention is made from biologically acceptable soluble salts of four different groups which may be made separately. Group A elements consist of calcium at a final concentration of between 25 and 82 mg/L and magnesium at a final con... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145115 | Machine for the recovery of forest, agricultural and/or urban waste The invention relates to a machine for the recovery of forest, agricultural and/or urban waste. The inventive machine cuts up the refuse and compacts the same by means of hydraulic pressure at the waste recovery site. Once the desired compaction has been obtained and th... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145116 | Flush mounted presser assembly A presser assembly is provided for a die cutting machine. The presser assembly includes a support member and a channel extending along an axis. The channel has an opening directed towards the support member and is movable between a first retracted position wherein the c... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145117 | Mechanical press with controllable mechanism According to an embodiment of the invention, a mechanical press includes a transmission that comprises a first transmission and a second transmission coupled to the first transmission. The first transmission is for receiving mechanical movement from a first motor and to... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145118 | Microwave preheat press assembly The present invention is a microwave preheat press. The microwave preheat press includes a first and a second press section which define a press passage therebetween. A compression belt movable along the press passage is contiguous with one of the press sections. The pr... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145119 | Apparatus for fluid pressure imprint lithography Improved apparatus for imprint lithography involves using direct fluid pressure to press a mold into a substrate-supported film. Advantageously the mold and/or substrate are sufficiently flexible to provide wide area contact under the fluid pressure. Fluid pressing can ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145120 | Thermal transfer assembly for ceramic imaging A thermal transfer assembly that comprises a thermal transfer ribbon and a covercoated transfer sheet. The thermal transfer ribbon includes a support and a ceramic ink layer. The ceramic ink layer is present at a coating weight of from about 2 to about 15 grams per squa... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145121 | Method and device for printing objects Method for printing ink (5) or the like is provided on a carrier (3) which consists of a flexible, mainly flat material layer on the one hand, and whereby the printing ink (5) is transferred to the object (2) to be printed by bringing the abo... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145122 | Use of a UV-curable thermal ribbon in conjunction with a porous substrate to form a durable, on-demand electro-chemical stencil An ink stencil having a cross-linked ink layer that provides resistance to the etching process. An ink stencil is printed on-demand using a thermal ribbon doped with UV photo inhibitors. Upon exposure to certain UV wavelengths a cross-linked structure is formed which is... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145123 | Resin-coated metal plate for use in perforating printed-wiring board The present invention provides a resin-coated metal plate suitable as a cover plate for use in perforating a printed-wiring board with a drill, capable of effectively preventing the heat generation of drill bits and the scattering of chips while sufficiently performing ... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145124 | Printing unit arrangement in a web-fed rotary printing press A printing unit arrangement in a web-fed rotary printing press includes at least one printing unit 2a having a first and second plate cylinder 4, 6 and associated first and second blanket cylinders 8, 10 which are mechanically coupled via mes... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145125 | Low profile passive static control device A static control device suitable for printers, copiers and the like is disclosed with a manufacturing method therefor. A carrier strip of non-metallic, electrically conductive material, such as plastic, is provided with a plurality of spaced bundles of electrically cond... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145126 | Angle drive An angle drive with two shafts (12, 15) which are connected to one another in respect of drive and whose axes (A1, A2) intersect one another at an angle, wherein on each of the shafts (12, 15) there is firmly arranged at least one gearwheel (... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145127 | Stamp and device for receiving an inking pad The invention relates to a holding fixture (23) for a carrier device (5) of a stamp pad (4), in particular for a stamp (1) with a pivotable printing plate carrier (8), in which a shaft (20) with an approximately rectangular cros... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145128 | Digital printing machine The invention concerns a digital printing machine for sheet printing with a digital printing mechanism with free format in the peripheral direction, an intermediate cylinder which is connected downstream of the digital printing mechanism and is at least partially coated... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145129 | Printing group of a rotary printing press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder has at least two printing forme end receiving channels. These two channels are spaced circumferentially. At least one of these forme c... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145130 | Printing group of a rotary printing press A printing group of a rotary printing press includes at least one forme cylinder and at least one transfer cylinder. The forme cylinder has at least two printing forme end receiving channels. These two channels are spaced circumferentially. At least one of these forme c... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145131 | Marking method and marked molding A method for readily applying a marking to an object made of PTFE, for example, a seal ring provided with a cut portion on a part of a circumference, or an intermediate product for the seal ring, comprising the steps of preparing an object to be marked that is made of P... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050145132 | Printing device with manual paper feeding function A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit which feeds a plurality of papers, a size sensor which detects a paper size of a fed paper, a paper size error determining unit that determines a presence or an absence of a pape... | 07/07/2005 |
