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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050193859 | Operating device An operating device having a rotary knob capable of rotation operations exhibits compatibility between speed and precision in operation and does not require use of a plurality of rotary knobs. In the operating device (1) including the rotary knob (4) and t... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193860 | Implantable enzyme-based monitoring system having improved longevity due to improved exterior surfaces An implantable enzyme-based monitoring system suitable for long term in vivo use to measure the concentration of prescribed substances such as glucose is provided. In one embodiment, the implantable enzyme-based monitoring system includes at least one sensor assembly, a... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193861 | Iron-based sintered alloy material for valve seat An iron-based sintered alloy material for a valve seat having improved wear resistance and reduced opposite aggressibility to a mating valve. The iron-based sintered alloy material contains 10% to 20% by area of first hard particles and 15% to 35% by area of second hard... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193862 | Process for producing sponge iron and reduced iron powder sponge iron and charging apparatus A method for manufacturing sponge iron and an apparatus for charging in the method are disclosed. Iron oxide powder and reducing-agent powder are charged such that alternating layers of the iron oxide powder and the reducing-agent powder are formed and such that each of... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193863 | Selective reduction of cupriferous calcine A process for selectively reducing calcine from a copper/nickel containing sulfidic material includes subjecting the calcine to a mildly reducing atmosphere at relative high temperatures. CuO is selectively converted to Cu2O which can easily be separated by l... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193864 | Agglomerating particulate materials Methods for agglomerating particulate material, especially iron ore and iron ore which is difficult or impossible to bind using known binders and techniques, by rendering the surface of the material negative, by chelating interfering elements in or on the material to pe... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193865 | Indexing device for performing operational tasks on a tool element An indexing device for successively positioning a tool element relative to an apparatus adapted to perform a series of operational tasks on said tool element comprises a base, a reciprocally movable support mounted on the base, a fixing member adjustably mounted on the ... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193866 | Cutting wheel with blank and manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to a cutting wheel with blanks which reduces vibration and frictional noise generated when a workpiece such as stone, steel concrete, asphalt, metal, ceramic, or wood is cut, and a method for manufacturing the same. There is provided a cutt... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193867 | Tool for facilitating removal of container closing devices A tubular ring includes an inner surface for receiving a bottle cap. A top portion extends from one side of the ring to provide an elongated outer surface and a bottom portion extends from the opposite side of the ring to define an opening for receiving the cap. The cap... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193868 | Deadblow hammer Deadblow hammers capable of minimizing or eliminating recoils when the hammers impact their targets are discussed which have easy access anti-recoil chambers and which have open sockets for receiving handles that extend the length of the hammerhead body. These hammers i... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193869 | Axial-force-detective fastening tool, bolt, and method of manufacturing bolt An axial-force-detective fastening tool fastens a nut to a bolt, and at the same time, detects and axial force acting on the bolt. This tool has improved durability and workability. The tool has a socket body rotatably supported with a tool body and having a nut receive... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193870 | Ratchet opener A ratchet opener comprises a rod body; a ratchet device having a seat; a top surface of the seat having two axially grooves; each groove being installed with an elastomer and a ratchet block; an adjusting sheet placing above the seat; and a ratchet sheet being installed... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193871 | Locking structure of unidirectional spanner A locking structure of a unidirectional spanner comprises a spanner body having a receiving chamber and at least one directional control communicated with the receiving chamber; a toothless ratchet receiving in the receiving chamber; at least one directional control dev... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193872 | System and method for attaching balusters A system for installing a screwable baluster onto the tread of a staircase. The system comprises an engageable drive member having a tool portion for engaging a portion of the baluster having a first dimensioned shape. A wrenching means is provided for engaging the driv... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193873 | Adjustable gripping tool A self-energizing and de-energizing adjustable gripping tool for engaging a work piece to impart work thereto includes a first element and second element connected for relative movement. The second element includes an actuation portion having a plurality of slots. The f... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193874 | Tool having easily identified size A tool comprises a surface area, the area being printed in one of two different first colors for identifying the tool as one labeled in either the British system or the metric system, and a numeral as a representation of a size of the tool disposed in the area, the nume... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193875 | TEMPORARY SELF LOCKING DRILL BIT A fastening system comprised of a drill bit containing a slightly tapered spiral orion twist configuration at its driving end, and a matching fastener screw whose head contains a matching spiral orion twist recess. The drill bit is inserted within the center of the rece... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193876 | Hand held work performing device and method Hand held work performing devices are illustrated and described with single or multiple heat shrunk substantially rigid thermoplastic layers located at critical areas of the handles for each of these hand held work performing devices to reduce vibration, to provide repa... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193877 | Non-marring tools In one embodiment, an enhanced hex key comprises a hex key composed of a first material (e.g., a metal such as steel) and non-marring, protective sleeve composed of a second material fitted onto the hex key bit portion of the hex key. In one embodiment, the sleeve may b... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193878 | Bar magazine for lathes with bar centering means in the magazine channel A bar magazine for lathes including at least one channel designed to receive in it a bar being machined and pushed along the channel by a bar-pusher collet with said magazine including at least one bar centering member arranged in a zone along the channel and characteri... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193879 | Method and apparatus for high speed web processing incorporating linear tools with rotary motion A method and apparatus for high speed web processing incorporating linear tools with rotary motion to provide the advantages of linear and rotary type processing as herein disclosed. The web processing apparatus of the present invention includes a pair of linear process... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193880 | Packing machine having film conveying device and film cutting device A packing machine includes a frame, a film cutting device, and a film conveying device. The film cutting device includes a fixing rack, a fixed cutter having a fixed blade, a rotation shaft, and a movable cutter having a movable blade that is rotatable to abut the fixed... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193881 | Circular sawing machine with a multi-directional adjustable laser indication device A circular sawing machine has a multi-directional adjustable laser indication device that includes a body, a support rod disposed rotatably and movably within the body, and a laser lamp fixed on the support rod so as to form a visual indication line on a worktable. An a... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193882 | Miter saw with increased cutting capacity A miter saw design with a cutting arm pivot mechanism that allows the pivot point of the cutting arc to move in a predetermined path in the plane described by the rotating cutting surface. The “floating pivot” enables the tool to accommodate larger pieces of materia... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193883 | Tile saw A tile saw includes a base, a frame assembly disposed on the base, a first rail disposed on the frame assembly, the first rail having a longitudinal axis, a table slidingly disposed on the first rail, a support assembly disposed on the base, a saw assembly supported by ... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193884 | Rotary cutter for a wood planing machine A rotary cutter includes: an elongated polygonal shaft that defines a rotation axis, that has blade-mounting surfaces parallel to and surrounding the rotation axis, and that is formed with blade-aligning studs for aligning a blade, the blade-mounting surfaces being equi... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193885 | Automatic pill cutter An automatic pill cutter, including a solenoid plunger, torsion spring, indexing wheel, and cutting blade mounted within an upper and lower body assembly capable of cutting pills ranging in size up to 0.187 inches in thickness and 0.500 in diameter. ... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193886 | Machine and method for balancing a member during rotation A machine for balancing a rotating member includes hard bearing balancing apparatus for determining the magnitude and circumaxial location of imbalance. A sensor responds to the position of the rotating member. A computer receives signals from the balancing apparatus an... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193887 | Back-pressure valve and actuation system A back-pressure valve comprising a case through which oil passes and in the interior of which a first oil chamber and a second oil chamber are defined, a piston slidably accommodated within the case so as to partition the first oil chamber and the second oil chamber, a ... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193888 | Efficient pump/motor with reduced energy loss A bent axis pump/motor includes a back plate positioned within a casing, and a check valve positioned in the back-plate, the check valve configured to control passage of fluid from within the casing to an interior of the back plate. A yoke, coupled to the back plate, in... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193889 | High strength and ultra-efficient oil coalescer A coalescing assembly for coalescing entrained oil from a high temperature, high velocity gas stream comprises a coalescing element of compacted high temperature polyamide fibers, such as those available under the trademark Nomex®, rigidly held by concentric cylindrica... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193890 | Beverage manufacturing apparatus For a purpose of providing a beverage manufacturing apparatus capable of quickly serving high-quality tea beverage which suits user's palate and enhancing versatility, the beverage manufacturing apparatus comprises: a tea mill for crushing leaf tea to produce crushed le... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193891 | Espresso making apparatus and method of brewing espresso A new and improved espresso making apparatus and method of making espresso is disclosed in which a motor is utilized to move a piston to compress ground coffee in a pressure chamber a predetermined amount and wherein the amount of compression of the ground coffee is con... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193892 | Apparatus, system and method for retaining beverage brewing substance Disclosed is a beverage brewer for brewing a beverage using a beverage brewing substance pod. The pod may include substances such as coffee for producing a desired brewed beverage. A pod holder, having at least one wall, defining a cavity in the pod holder for retaining... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193893 | Method and apparatus for the distribution of advertisements and other graphic displays A method of distributing a graphic display including the steps of providing a device in a pre-assembly configuration; applying a graphic display to the device; providing the device to a distributor at a price below fair market value; converting the device to a post-asse... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193894 | SOUP SUPPLYING APPARATUS A soup supplying apparatus includes a vessel 5 for accommodating a soup, a funnel member 40 arranged within the vessel 5 and rotatively moving to the outside of the vessel 5 through an opening 5a, a ladling member 11 for ... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193895 | Food processor A food processor is provided which can produce delicious and good-texture vinegared rice, suppressing stickiness of the cooked rice. By constituting one cycle from standstill-cooling operation 210 for sending only air into the container 20 that is in a hal... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193896 | Food blending apparatus A container is provided which is intended to blend food products, especially milkshakes, in a prefilled container taken to the point of consumption at which the product is blended and from which the product is usually consumed, the container being for disposal after use... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193897 | Cooking apparatus and method with product recognition Cooking apparatus having first and second platens with product recognition. A positioning mechanism moves the second platen toward the first. A detector senses the second platen making contact with a food product disposed on the first platen and provides a signal. A con... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050193898 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispensing,... | 09/08/2005 |
