Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120104830 | Grading Pick With Extended Fins A tool pick including a head portion, a larger diameter shoulder positioned rearwardly adjacent to the head portion and joined to the head portion at a junction, and a shank extending rearwardly with respect to the shoulder. Two or more fins extend generally radially ou... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120103471 | Shaped Carbide Tips, Carbide-Tipped Teeth, And Tools With Same A carbide cutting tip including a rear surface and a bottom surface for mounting the tip to a cutting tool tooth, a top surface having a pair of peaks separated by a trough, the top surface including a frontward facet and a rearward facet sloped downwardly and rearwardl... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120051855 | DOUBLE-SIDED INDEXABLE TURNING INSERT A double-sided, indexable turning insert having a polygonal basic shape, including at least three corners, and an upper side and an under side, in which first and second opposite, plane support surfaces are included, The plane support surfaces are delimited inside outer... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051850 | MILLING INSERT, A TOOL AND A DEVICE FOR MILLING A milling insert for center cutting milling of material is disclosed, which milling insert is arranged to be arranged in a seat that is defined by a milling cutter body and situated at a rotation axis defined by the milling cutter body, the milling cutter body being con... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120035739 | DESIGNED SURFACES FOR USE IN MEDICAL IMPLANTS OR INSTRUMENTS A medical implant device or component thereof comprising a metal substrate and a coating layer structure provided on the substrate. The coating layer structure comprises an outermost layer of a ceramic material. A bonding structure is deposited between the metal substra... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034126 | STAINLESS AUSTENITIC LOW Ni STEEL ALLOY An austenitic stainless steel alloy having the following composition in percent of weight (wt %): 0.02≦C≦0.06; Si<1.0; 2.0≦Mn≦6.0; 2.0≦Ni≦4.5; 17≦Cr≦19; 2.0≦Cu≦4.0; 0.15≦N≦0.25; 0≦Mo≦1.0; 0≦W≦0.3; 0≦V≦0.3; 0≦Ti≦0.5; 0≦Al≦1.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028772 | ROLLER COMPRISING A DRIVE SHAFT AND A ROLLER RING, AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A ROLLER The invention relates to a roller of the type that comprises, on one hand, a drive shaft, which has a cylindrical envelope surface having a certain outer diameter and a certain length, and, on the other hand, a shorter roller ring, which includes an outer ring of a hard... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120025591 | ROTATABLE GRADING PICK WITH DEBRIS CLEARING FEATURE A rotatable grading pick has a head portion, a shank portion extending rearwardly from the head portion, and a polygonal portion on the rotatable grading pick. At least a portion of the outer perimeter of the polygonal portion can be engaged by a tool so that the polygo... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019044 | Holder Block for Both Radial and Conical Tool Picks A holder block and pick assembly including a pick, a washer, and a block body. The pick includes a shoulder and a shank extending rearwardly from the shoulder and having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the shoulder. The washer has a central opening adapted to fi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110274506 | INDEXABLE MILLING INSERT FOR MILLING TOOLS An indexable milling insert for milling tools, including a bottom surface, an opposite chip surface, and a plurality of side surfaces extending between the bottom surface and the opposite chip surface, two of the side surfaces being primary clearance surfaces and two of... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110259875 | NI-CR-FE ALLOY FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE USE The present application relates to an alloy for use at high temperature. The invention is characterized in that the alloy consists principally of Ni, Cr and Fe and in that the alloy has a principal composition such that the levels of the elements Fe, Si, C, Nb and Mo li... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20120013123 | THREADED THIN-WALLED DRILL TUBE JOINT A member of a joint for a thin-walled drill tube presents a central axis and comprises a thread for forming a screw joint. The thread presents a thread bottom, a thread top, a pressure flank and a clearance flank. The pressure flank presents a portion having a negative ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006923 | CONE CRUSHER An inertia cone crusher, including an outer crushing shell and an inner crushing shell forming between them a crushing chamber, the inner crushing shell being supported on a crushing head which is attached on a crushing shaft which is rotatable in a sleeve, an unbalance... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120006918 | GYRATORY CRUSHER HAVING A SEAL ARRANGEMENT A gyratory crusher, including an outer crushing shell and an inner crushing shell forming between them a crushing chamber, the crushing chamber communicating with a discharge zone that forwards crushed material from the crushing chamber and out of the crusher. The inner... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110311326 | SHIM PLATE FOR TOOLS FOR CUTTING MACHINING AS WELL AS A TOOL A shim plate for mounting in a cutting tool for rotary chip removing machining, the cutting tool including a basic body having a rotational axis, a peripheral envelope surface concentric with the rotational axis, a front end surface, and at least one insert seat includi... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110299948 | CEMENTED CARBIDE INSERT AS WELL AS A CEMENTED CARBIDE BLANK FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH CUTTING INSERTS A cemented carbide insert, including an upper side, an under side, a plurality of side surfaces extending between the upper side and the underside, and an inset including a cutting edge. The cutting edge includes a nose edge and two main edges converging toward the nose... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110290925 | DUST SEAL FOR GYRATORY CRUSHER A gyratory crusher including a crusher head on which a first crushing shell is mounted, a frame on which a second crushing shell is mounted, the first and second crushing shells forming a crushing aperture. A drive device is adapted to rotate an eccentric to which the c... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110286861 | AIR COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION Air compressor systems, upgrade kits, computer readable medium, and methods for controlling an air compressor for improved performance. The methods may include receiving a working air requirement; determining an estimated air pressure of the air compressor to deliver th... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110255995 | AIR COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION Air compressor systems, upgrade kits, computer readable medium, and methods for controlling an air compressor for improved performance. The methods may include receiving a working air requirement; determining an estimated air pressure of the air compressor to deliver th... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110255994 | AIR COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION Air compressor systems, upgrade kits, computer readable medium, and methods for controlling an air compressor for improved performance. The methods may include receiving a working air requirement; determining an estimated air pressure of the air compressor to deliver th... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110253822 | HORIZONTAL SHAFT IMPACT CRUSHER A horizontal shaft impact crusher, including a crusher housing having an inlet for material to be crushed and an outlet for material that has been crushed. An impeller is mounted on a horizontal shaft in the crusher housing and is operative for rotating around a horizon... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110253821 | HORIZONTAL SHAFT IMPACT CRUSHER A horizontal shaft impact crusher includes a crusher housing having an inlet for material to be crushed and an outlet for material that has been crushed. An impeller is mounted in the crusher housing for rotation about a horizontal axis. A curtain disposed in the crushe... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110250463 | ALUMINIUM OXIDE FORMING NICKEL BASED ALLOY Nickel based alloy intended for use at high temperatures wherein it comprises in percent by weight (wt-%)
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| 20110241407 | CARBIDE BLOCK AND SLEEVE WEAR SURFACE An assembly is disclosed including a holder block, a cutting pick, and an optional hollow sleeve, wherein the shank of the cutting pick is inserted into the holder block or, where present, into the hollow sleeve. When assembled, surfaces of the components meet at an int... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110240911 | MOLYBDENUM SILICIDE COMPOSITE MATERIAL A composite material based on a disilicide including molybdenum and zirconium dioxide, ZrO2. In the disilicide (Mo1-xCrx)Si2 a portion x, 0.08<x≦0.15, of the molybdenum is substituted by Chromium, Cr. The composite materi... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110236145 | ROTATABLE TOOL FOR CHIP REMOVING MACHINING AS WELL AS A LOOSE TOP AND A BASIC BODY THEREFOR A rotatable tool for chip removing machining, including a basic body having front and rear ends between which there extends a first geometrical center axis (C1) around which the basic body is rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation, and a loose top hav... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110236142 | MILLING CUTTER AS WELL AS A MILLING INSERT THEREFOR A milling cutter for chip removing machining, including a basic body rotatable in a predetermined direction around a center axis and having a front end surface and an envelope surface that extends axially backward from the front end surface and is concentric with the ce... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110229278 | MILLING TOOL FOR CUTTING MACHINING A milling tool for rotary cutting machining, including a tool body having a rotation axis, a plurality of insert seats adapted to receive respective milling inserts arranged in one end of the tool body, and a plurality of damping members arranged inside the tool body wh... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110220556 | SUPPORT CARRIER FOR A VIBRATING SCREEN DEVICE A vibrating screen device includes a support structure, which supports apertured screening elements. The support structure includes a plurality of support carriers, each having a straight portion and a spacer part fixed to at least one end of the straight portion. The s... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110215033 | SCREENING MAT FOR VIBRATING SCREEN DEVICES A screening media for use in vibrating screen devices that fractionize crushed stones or gravel. The screening media is made by extruding a fiber-reinforced rubber or polymeric material to form a strip in a length longer than that needed to make individual screening mat... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110215032 | VIBRATING SCREEN DEVICE HAVING MODULAR SCREENING MEDIA A vibrating screen device for fractionizing stones and gravel includes a support structure, a plurality of carriers mounted on the support structure, and a plurality of screening mats removably mounted on the carriers in side-by-side relationship. Each carrier includes ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110204701 | SLEEVE WITH WIDENING TAPER AT REARWARD END OF BORE A block and sleeve assembly and a sleeve per se are disclosed. The sleeve has a central bore with a rearwardly opening taper. The holder block has a side-to-side opening with a bridge. An angle of the rearwardly opening taper and/or the distance from the beginning of th... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110197723 | TURNING INSERT, A TOOL PART, A METHOD AS WELL AS A MACHINE TOOL FOR CHIP-CUTTING METAL MACHINING A turning insert formed for chip-cutting metal machining of a workpiece that rotates in a direction of rotation at a first speed of rotation around a workpiece axis, the turning insert including a front surface, an envelope surface, and a circular cutting edge located w... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110193399 | FULL SLEEVE RETAINER FOR STEP-SHANK OF TOOL A tool pick assembly and a tool and block assembly are disclosed. A sleeve is positioned about the shank to allow rotation of the tool pick and also friction fit with the block. The sleeve is stepped in complement to the shape of the surface of the shank of the tool pic... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110188954 | BORING TOOL The present invention concerns a boring-out tool comprising a main tool body having an interface for a drive, and a cutting insert holder which can be fastened to the main tool body and has a seat for a cutting insert, wherein the cutting insert holder can be moved in t... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110188950 | COATED CUTTING TOOL AND A METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF The present invention relates to a cutting tool for metal machining with improved wear properties, comprising a cutting tool substrate of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics or a super hard material, and a wear resistant coating, wherein the wear resistant coating compri... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110183832 | FINE GRAINED CEMENTED CARBIDE WITH REFINED STRUCTURE The present invention relates to a fine grained WC-Co cemented carbide. By adding an extremely small amount of Ti, V, Zr, Ta or Nb alone or in combinations, a grain refined cemented carbide structure with less abnormal WC-grains has been obtained.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110182677 | TOOL COMPRISING A FASTENING UNIT The present invention concerns a milling or boring tool comprising a main tool body rotatable about a tool axis and a cutting element which can be fastened to the main tool body and which has a cutting portion or a cutting insert seat for receiving a cutting insert. To ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110182676 | TOOL WHICH CAN BE AXIALLY ADJUSTED The present invention concerns a tool for cutting machining for boring or milling comprising a main tool body rotatable about a tool axis and a holding element which can be fastened to the main tool body and has a cutting insert seat. To provide a tool which is simple a... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110174546 | CORE DRILL BIT A drill bit is disclosed. The drill bit has an axis, and a barrel, and a cutting member fixed to the barrel. The barrel is arranged to engage a drill shaft for driving the drill bit around the axis. The barrel and the cutting member are adjacently located on the axis. T... | 07/21/2011 |
