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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5103883 | Method for the debarking of logs A method for the debarking of logs is disclosed, which comprises treating the logs with enzymes to weaken the bonds between the bark and wood. An apparatus is also disclosed for the debarking of logs, comprising a conveyor for conveying the logs to a deba... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5094280 | Disk chipper for the production of wood chips A disk chipper for the production of wood chips, consisting of a rotatable chipping disk supported on an axle driven by at least one drive machine. The disk chipper of the invention is so implemented that at least three motors are drivably coupled to the ... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5067871 | Procedure for horizontal storage of paper rolls A procedure to avoid permanent flattening of the roundness of paper rolls. The procedure involves a transport carriage provided with two rotatable supporting shafts and the rolls being rotated through one or more predetermined angles at predetermined inte... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5067013 | Procedure and apparatus for locating a container for lifting A procedure and apparatus for locating a shipping container to enable a container crane, or other similar container, handling equipment, to be moved into position for the loading device of the container crane to be interlocked with the container, and ther... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5047773 | Procedure for the generation of control signals in a push button box, and a push button box designed for implementing the procedure In a method for the generation of control signals in a push button box and transmission of the signals for the control of a machine, signals representing the position of a push button element are transferred by a non-contacting mode from the push button e... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5001070 | Method for determining the total carbonate content of a fluid An electrochemical method for determining the total carbonate content of fluids, especially biological fluids. According to the invention, using an ion-selective electrode, the concentration of certain ions dissociable from carbon acid or affecting the di... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4997079 | Procedure and means for parallelly aligning pieces of timber such as logs or billets A method and apparatus for parallelly aligning pieces of timber, such as logs and billets, for further handling, comprises the serial feeding of pieces of timber into a sorting zone provided with a fast-rotating drum surface which pushes the timber toward... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4946024 | Procedure and apparatus for separating batches from a stream of logs A procedure and apparatus for separating batches of logs from a continuous stream of logs on a belt, chain or other type of conveyor consists, according to the present invention, of two or more conveyor units with the batching operation taking place in ga... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4902626 | Procedure and apparatus for assuring positive identification of samples for analysis A procedure for assuring the identification of samples when transferring such samples into a sample register for the measuring process by an apparatus performing analysis of the samples. The apparatus consists of a sample register, through apertures in it... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4871059 | Means for forming wood portions from a wood flow Apparatus for dividing a supply of pieces of wood into portions has an aperture for receiving the wood pieces, pivotable grippers for retaining the wood pieces from falling through the aperture, a support which is movable downwardly relative to the apertu... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4693360 | Continuous operation bulk goods unloader A continuously operating bulk goods unloader which has by a vertical jib supporter (9) maintaining its direction been affixed to a supporting structure carrying the unloader and within the tubular vertical jib (1) of which runs an endless compartmented be... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4690900 | Procedure for photometric measurement of liquids in reaction vessels, and reaction vessel A procedure for photometric measurement of liquids in a reaction vessel in an automatic analyser, with a radiation flow having its course perpendicular to a row of the reaction vessel, so as to provide a reliable and positively operating measuring method ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4655004 | Device for automatically locking a hatchway panel in the open or closed position One element of the hatchway panel is hinged to the hatch coaming through a link and is connected to the piston rod of a hydraulic actuator of which the cylinder foot portion comprises a transverse pin adapted to slide within an elongate hole provided in a... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4636477 | Procedure for loading cuvette packages into an instrument, and cuvette package A procedure for loading into an instrument cuvettes intended for chemical analysis and/or handling of liquids, said cuvettes being loaded into the instrument directly from the shipping package, and a cuvette package. The cuvette package includes a box por... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4582106 | Apparatus for separation of bark from timber An apparatus for separating bark, such as birchbark, from timber during conveyance of the timber has a conveyor for advancing logs leaving a stripping drum. To achieve an effective separation of bark, rollers conveying the logs form a bark separating unit... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4576327 | Procedure for affixing bearing hoops on outer surface of large diameter drum A procedure for affixing bearing hoops on the outer surface of a barking drum or an equivalent large diameter drum, the bearing hoops resting on carrier wheels thereunder, by the aid of which the drum is rotated. In this procedure, a drum with an open lon... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4566381 | Drum press for separating liquid from solid substance A drum press for separating liquid from solid substance, the drum press consisting of two different sized, cylindrical, perforated drums rotating one within the other around different centers, between the envelope surfaces of which the liquid is pressed o... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4553610 | Hydraulic striking machine Improvement to a hydraulic striking machine including among other things a body part and a piston, moving to and fro in the body and being accelerated to strike against a tool. The air current produced is led out of the machine uniformly along the surface... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4503984 | Telfer carriage The invention concerns a telfer carriage comprising dual end supports a supporting beam, hoisting and displacing machinery and a rope drum. To the end supports has been pivotally affixed the supporting beam lying immediately beside the rope drum and paral... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4499645 | Procedure for manufacturing a roof element Procedure for manufacturing a roof element wherein in the space between two sheets, that is, between a top and a bottom sheet (2,3), lagging material (1) such as polyurethane is foamed. It is only after foaming the lagging (1) that the folds (4,5) require... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4498479 | Electrocardiograph (ECG) electrode testing system A system for testing the attachment of an electrocardiograph (ECG) electrode intended to be used in connection with an electrode monitoring the function of the heart, muscles or other organs to indicate detachment of the electrode from its fixing base, sa... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4432403 | Procedure and apparatus for barking timber A procedure and an apparatus for barking timber, wherein the timber is barked by the frictional barking method, and it is pretreated prior to barking in order to render the friction barking more efficient. In the pretreatment the timber is patched, that i... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4380901 | Hydraulic percussion machine A hydraulic percussion machine, comprising a body carrying hydraulic passages and valves, and having a gas-filled, hydraulic pressure accumulator for storing the stroke energy which accelerates a piston to strike against a tool. The percussion machine has... | 04/26/1983 |
