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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7004215 | Compressed wood waste structural beams Methods for forming compressed and adhesively bonded structural beams of strands divided from wood waste, and the beams resulting from such methods, are disclosed. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6895723 | Compressed wood waste structural I-beam Methods for forming structural beams and the beams resulting from such methods are disclosed. The disclosed methods compress and adhesively bond wood strands into beams. A beam formed from any one of the disclosed methods may, if desired, have any one of several dis... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6571839 | Automatic press roll control According to this invention, introduction of dynamic, closed-loop force and position control over press rolls of a planer or infeed table provides a dramatic increase in capability, performance, and reliability, as compared to the prior art.... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6308756 | Dual alternating transverse feeding mechanism for lumber edgers A lumber feeding mechanism for feeding lumber pieces laterally on a supply conveyor after scanning them with a light scanner to determine a reference axis for the optimum yield of boards. The lumber pieces are fed by dogs from a start position to a feed p... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6116306 | Method and apparatus for positioning log blocks on optimum center in lathe charger for transfer to veneer lathe A method and apparatus for positioning a log in a lathe charger for transfer to a veneer lathe for peeling in which the geometrical centerline of the log is first determined by sensing the log in an at-rest position with light sensors or mechanical sensor... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6056841 | Method and apparatus for joining veneer pieces with lap joint having square cut edges and reduced thickness A method and apparatus for joining two pieces of wood veneer with square cut edges by a lap joint with a pre-determined thickness not greater than the thickness of a single piece of veneer. The lap joint is formed in a press which may have heated plates f... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6019153 | Method and apparatus for joining veneer pieces with lap joint having square cut edges and reduced thickness A method and apparatus for joining two pieces of wood veneer with square cut edges by a lap joint with a pre-determined thickness not greater than the thickness of a single piece of veneer. The lap joint is formed in a press which may have heated plates f... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5711199 | Clipping trash gate for trimming strip of sheet material A trimming apparatus and method for cutting a strip of sheet material, such as wood veneer, is described including a clipping trash gate. A strip cutter including a cutter knife mounted on the trash gate for pivotal movement and a stationary cutter member... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5634398 | Panel press with movable platens which are individually controlled with position-sensor transducers A multiple opening panel press is described with a plurality of movable platens which are individually controlled to adjust the spacing between adjacent platens to a predetermined panel width. Position-sensor transducers are employed to produce control si... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5452220 | Automatic adjustment of veneer lathe nose bar height relative to knife during peeling A veneer lathe apparatus and method are described in which the height of the nose bar roller relative to the knife is automatically adjusted during peeling by a computer control system. In addition, the two veneer exit gaps between the nose bar and the kn... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5414268 | Light scanner with interlaced camera fields and parallel light beams A light scanner for determining the configuration of elongated objects, such as logs or lumber, is described. The object is moved laterally through the scanner past a plurality of laser light sources and a plurality of photo-detector cameras spaced along ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 4893663 | Control system and method for automatic adjustment of lathe components in response to temperature of log A veneer lathe apparatus control system and method are described for automatic adjustment of lathe components which engage the log during peeling in response to reduction of the log diameter and to changes in the surface temperature of the log. The lathe ... | 01/16/1990 |
