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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4778247 | Molded objective head for fiberscopes with integral lenses An objective head for a fiberscope fabricated (cast or molded) from optically clear plastic having lenses molded integrally with the head to form a single piece-part and method of fabrication.... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4685450 | Endoscope An endoscope has an eyepiece with an optical system (16) comprising a series of lenses (18) housed in a sleeve (20) which is movable longitudinally in the endoscope casing for focusing an image. An adjusting ring (26) is rotated to adjust the position of ... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4464608 | Circuit for controlling optical apparatus such as an ophthalmoscope A circuit for operating and controlling optical apparatus for viewing an object and making a photographic record thereof and having an illuminating light source and a photoflash light source, the circuit including a pulse width modulator for operating the... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4418988 | Microscope objective A four-component microscope objective has a numerical aperture of 0.66. When used with a telescope objective as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,355,234, the objective provides a magnification of 40X and is well corrected for the usual chromatic image aberrat... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4414009 | Method of making an image intensifier faceplate A glass faceplate having a central area of required useful diameter surrounded by a narrow ring of opaque glass and an outer glass mounting flange. Light entering the flange or ring is prevented from reaching the central area as stray light or glare in th... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4413891 | Refractor optical system A refractor optical system having a new series of spherical and cylinder lenses substantially eliminates the irregular occurrence of additive errors when lenses spaced from the reference plane are used or more than two lenses are combined and permits corr... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4393322 | Image intensifier faceplate A glass faceplate having a central area of required useful diameter surrounded by a narrow ring of opaque glass and an outer glass mounting flange. Light entering the flange or ring is prevented from reaching the central area as stray light or glare in th... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4389089 | Flexible fiber optical conduit and method of making A flexible image-conducting bundle of optical fibers is produced by juxtapositioning and drawing a multiplicity of glass-clad glass fiber preforms and interstitial rods of leachable glass. The drawn assembly is cut to desired length and interstitial glass... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4386611 | Tonometer with improved fluid discharged tube A tonometer with an improved objective unit containing a fluid discharge tube having a portion thereof extending into a plenum chamber enhances the consistency of repeated regulated air discharges. The consistency is further enhanced by texturizing the in... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4379623 | 40x Microscope objective A five-component 40x microscope objective having a plano-convex positive doublet as the third element providing sufficient color correction to permit classification as a semi-apochromatic objective is disclosed.... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4378952 | Dynamic image enhancer for fiberscopes A fiberscope objective having an oscillating lens element which causes images formed by the objective to scan across a receiving end of an image-transporting fiber bundle for increased image resolution and bundle blemish suppression. Synchronous scanning ... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4376570 | Microscope objective A five component microscope objective has a numerical aperture of 1.25. When used with a telescope as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,355,234 and an immersion oil, the objective provides a magnification of 100×X in an embodiment having a focal length of 1.8... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4373785 | Microscope objective A eight component, oil-immersion, apochromatic microscope objective has a numerical aperture of 1.30. When used with a telescope as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,355,234, the objective provides a magnification of 100 X in an embodiment having a focal lengt... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4367015 | Control means for optical instrumentation In an ophthalmic refractor system for determining cylinder power and direction of axis for visual correction, cylinder axis orientation based upon corrective cylinder power in the refractor viewing path is automatically determined and introduced into the ... | 01/04/1983 |
