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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080156127 | DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION A dual clutch transmission has a housing, a drive shaft arrangement, an output shaft and a countershaft. A plurality of gear sets is supported on the drive shaft arrangement and the countershaft, respectively. The gear sets are shifted by means of respective shifting cl... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156128 | Speed-change transmission mechanism for laminator or the like A speed-change transmission mechanism used in a laminator is disclosed to include a plurality of driving gears rotatable with a transmission shaft by a power drive, a driven shaft for rotating two thermal-compression rolls through two meshed driven gears, a plurality of... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156129 | Seal retainer device and power transmission unit with seal retainer device A seal retainer device for fixing the position of at least one sealing device, comprising at least one contact surface for fixing the position of a seal in the radial and/or axial direction, a first functional surface for linking to a component, and at least one second ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156130 | GEAR WITH INTEGRAL OVERCOUPLE PROTECTION The present invention relates to a pinion being integral with a rotatably mounted shaft in a support by means of a cleavable element arranged to disengage the pinion from the shaft in case of an overcouple between the pinion and the shaft. A guiding bearing, pending bet... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156131 | Circulating Member for a Ball Screw A circulating member for a ball screw is disposed on a nut, the nut is formed with Gothic type threads, and the circulating member of the ball screw is formed with return path for enabling the balls to circulate. The connecting ports at both ends of the return path for ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156132 | SAFETY SYSTEM This safety system (S) is adapted to be used with a mechanism having one or several turning members (34), and comprises a toothed wheel (6), connected in rotation with at least one turning member (34) to be braked, and a worm (8), driven in r... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156133 | Vehicle shifting mechanism A vehicle shifting mechanism configured for actuation of a clutch and gear-shifting of a shift drum in a transmission is disclosed, which includes a camshaft linked to the shift drum; an actuating motor for driving the camshaft to allow the camshaft to make one revoluti... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156134 | Selector Slide, in Particular, for a Hydraulic Control System of a Motor Vehicle Transmission A selector slide of the hydraulic system of a motor vehicle transmission having a reinforcing rib (1) attached such that the guide length is extended while the length of a selector slide housing (2) remains the same.... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156135 | Universal shifter system for a vehicle A universal shifter system that is adaptable to any of a variety of locations in a vehicle has a shift assembly with a frame supporting a shaft for rotation about a primary axis. An end of the shaft is exposed axially through the frame for circumferentially indexed atta... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156136 | Transmission Selector Mechanism A transmission selector mechanism for controlling a gearbox which provides forward/reverse direction and high/low ratios using two coupling members (6′, 53:7′, 54) each axially slideable in both directions either side of the a respective neutral position to c... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156137 | Method and a Contact Panel Having Contacts Protruding Through an Opening in a Cover Forming Part of an Industrial Robot An industrial robot including a contact panel having one or several contacts to allow connection to the industrial robot of one or several cables through which energy, signals or a substance may pass to and/or from the industrial robot. A cover forms part of an outer su... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156138 | STEERING APPARATUS When a lower column 3 tilts upwards or downwards, a vehicular front end face 831 of a resin cover 83 having a small friction coefficient tilts slidably along a first guide surface 22A of a left-hand side plate 22 of a vehicle body moun... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156139 | Grip for handlebar of bicycle A grip for a handlebar of a bicycle includes a rigid plastic inner shell, a soft plastic outer shell, two metallic clamps, and two locking bolts. Thus, when the metallic clamps are tightened by the locking bolts, the inner face of each of the metallic clamps presses the... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156140 | STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOBILE PEDAL An automobile pedal includes a frame member, an embedded member, a base board, and a mounting structure. The frame member forms an opening. The embedded member forms a raised portion formed on a top thereof. Embossment is formed on die top of the raised portion. Also fo... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156141 | CYCLE PEDAL A cycle pedal including a pedal frame rotatably mounted on a rotation axis of a pedal pin, the pedal pin being securable to a crank arm of a cycle, a clamping mechanism for securing a rider's foot to the cycle pedal, and a ratchet mechanism coupled to the rotation axis ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156142 | Two-purpose-pedal A two-purpose-pedal consists of a shaft or spindle adopted to attach to a crank-arm using one longitudinal side, a pedal body rotatably attached to the other longitudinal side of said pedal shaft, and two parallel straight holes on said pedal body sandwich said pedal sh... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156143 | Instep-coupler for pedal An instep-coupler is made from the bending of a tough cylindrical rod with threading at two ends. Said bending resulted in two parallel bases, two posts continue with said bases, and an instep-contact continue with said two posts. There are two different types of bases ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156144 | METHOD FOR REDUCING TO METALLIC CHROMIUM THE CHROMIUM OXIDE IN SLAG FROM STAINLESS STEEL PROCESSING The present invention relates to a method for reducing to metallic chromium the chromium oxide material found in slag formed in an electric arc furnace during the process of making stainless steel in that furnace. The chromium oxide content of the slag can be effectivel... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156145 | CALCIUM-SILICATE BASED SLAG FOR TREATMENT OF MOLTEN SILICON The present invention relates to a calcium-silicate based slag having a phosphorous content of less than 3 ppmw. The invention further relates to a method for producing a low phosphorous calcium-silicate based slag, where molten calcium-silicate based slag is treated wi... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156146 | LIME-BASED ADDITIVE FOR STEEL SMELTING AND THE PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF This invention belongs to ferrous metallurgy field, and in particular relates to a lime-based additive for steel smelting which is used in the electric furnace refining and steel casting process for carbureting and deoxidation and the preparation method thereof. The lim... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156147 | Methods for reducing carbon contamination when melting highly reactive alloys Methods for reducing carbon contamination when melting highly reactive alloys involving providing a graphite crucible having an interior, applying at least a first protective layer to the interior of the graphite crucible, placing a highly reactive alloy into the crucib... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156148 | Methods and systems for compaction of powders in forming earth-boring tools Methods for forming bodies of earth-boring drill bits and other tools include milling a plurality of hard particles and a plurality of particles comprising a matrix material to form a mill product comprising powder particles, separating the particles into a plurality of... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156149 | ROTARY POSITIONING STRUCTURE OF A RATCHET SCREWDRIVER The present invention provides rotary positioning structure of the ratchet screwdriver. The rotary positioning structure includes two radial grooves, penetrating radially between the body of the ratchet screwdriver and the central axle hole. There are two | |
| 20080156150 | Wrench A symmetrical open-end wrench having rear side corners adjacent open ends of the throat of the wrench and opposing jaws defining an opening for receiving a fastener, the jaws having parallel planar section, and continuously diverging surfaces with fastener-engaging irre... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156151 | STEPLESS TELESCOPIC HAND TOOL A stepless telescopic hand tool includes a main body, a bar and a positioning device. The positioning device is installed between the main body and the bar, consisting of a rotating knob and a torsion spring. The rotating knob has an engaging hole bored axially at one s... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156152 | Wrench Extension A wrench extension includes a body having an end with a coupling section for releasably coupling with an open end of a handle of a wrench that has an adjustable head pivotably connected to the other end of the handle. The wrench extension further includes a retaining me... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156153 | Gripping Fastener Driver In a first embodiment of the present invention a gripping fastener driver includes a primary shaft having a drive end and at least a portion of the shaft is hallow. A drive tip is held in place within the drive end of the primary shaft and a spring is mounted within the... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156154 | LATHE The lathe comprises: a spindle for holding one end side of an annular workpiece W; a rotation drive mechanism for rotating the spindle; and a holding mechanism 20 for holding the other end side of the workpiece W. The holding mechanism 20 comprises: an ins... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156155 | Punch and Die for Punching Out Laminates A rectangular, square or rhomboid-shaped punch having at least five edges optionally with at least one of the four points at which two edges meet having a rounded edge at said point, said at least five edges consisting of a first parallel pair of edges having a first an... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156156 | Tooling assembly A tooling assembly 10 having a first set of blades which are formed from a first material and a second set of blades which are formed from a second material and which may be used to perform a cutting operation.... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156157 | Process For Cutting Textile Webs With Improved Microwave Absorbing Compositions The present disclosure provides for methods of using compositions having improved microwave absorbing properties to cut textile webs. Specifically, the compositions utilized in the methods of the present disclosure absorb the microwave energy as heat, thereby cutting th... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156158 | Friction linear guide rail assembly for boiler tube cutting apparatus The present invention relates to a guide rail assembly for securement of a tube cutting apparatus for cutting of boiler tube walls to a fixed point on a tube wall, while allowing lateral repositioning of a cutting tool relative to the tube wall. The assembly includes a ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156159 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING SERIES OF MEDICINE PACKETS An apparatus for cutting a series of medicine packets discharged from an automatic medicine packaging machine into individual doses to automatically load the cut medicine packets on a loading device is disclosed. The apparatus includes a feeding device for feeding the s... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156160 | Punch assisting apparatus A punch assisting apparatus usable in combination with one of a plurality of punches includes an apparatus base and a handle pivotably attached to the apparatus base, the apparatus base being provided with a punch holder integrated therein which allows the plurality of ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156161 | Positioning device for a saw blade elevating platform of a wood sawing machine The invention provides a positioning device for a saw blade elevating platform of a wood sawing machine. More specifically, when a transmission base for controlling a saw blade to elevate in the wood sawing machine is elevated to and positioned at a predetermined positi... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156162 | Saw blade protecting plate for a table sawing machine A saw blade protecting plate of a table sawing machine is firmly covered on the work table of a table sawing machine and positioned at a corresponding location of a saw blade. The saw blade protecting plate is composed of a support plate and a covering plate. The suppor... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156163 | Cutter with laser generator that irradiates cutting position on workpiece to facilitate alignment of blade with cutting position A cutter including a base, a holder, a cutter blade portion, and a laser generator. The holder is supported on the base portion in an upright posture. The cutter blade portion supports a moving blade. The cutter blade portion is supported on the holder movable between a... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156164 | Laborsaving hole puncher A laborsaving hole puncher has a base, at least one cutter, a top cover and at least one articulated linkage. The base has at least one bracket. The least one cutter slidably is mounted respectively on the at least one bracket. The top cover is mounted pivotally on the ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156165 | Method And Apparatus For Processing Wood Veneered Substrate Stock And The Like Into A Container Or Display Blank An apparatus for processing sheets of wood veneered substrate stock into product blanks suitable for use in shipping goods, displaying goods, etc: is provided. The apparatus may include either a flat bed or platen die cutting machine or a rotary die cutting machine. In ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156166 | Cutting Device The invention relates to a cutting device provided with a simple design, easiness of use and with improved cleanability. This cutting device serves to cut foodstuffs into slices and strips. To this end, the device is provided with a fixed blade element, which has a cutt... | 07/03/2008 |
