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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 |
| 6079966 | Compressor housing A variable capacity, vane-type compressor has a cylinder block with an oval rotor chamber. A plurality of vanes mounted in slots on a rotor rotate inside the rotor chamber on a shaft that is concentric with the minor diameter of the rotor chamber. Valves ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5867904 | Method of making an automotive heat exchanger with indented pins A heat exchanger of the type used for a condenser in a vehicle air conditioning system includes a pair of parallel, tubular headers which are spaced apart with a plurality of refrigerant flow tubes extending between the headers. The flow tubes have upper ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5697431 | Heat exchanger tube clip A clip for securing a manifold tube to an automotive heat exchanger has a portion which secures to a support plate of the heat exchanger without brazing. The base of the clip has a lip which inserts over an edge of the plate. A loop joins the base and ext... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5689960 | Control curve for variable delivery compressor A method for adjusting an air conditioner compressor for a particular vehicle application involves selecting the proper control curve. The control curve is a graph of suction inlet pressure verses discharge pressure. The graph has a linear portion over wh... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5685364 | Snap-on bracket for a condenser header A parallel flow heat exchanger is provided having two spaced apart header tubes and a plurality of parallel flow tubes which extend between the header tubes. Prior to passing assembled components of the heat exchanger through a brazing furnace, various ex... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5664941 | Bearings for a rotary vane compressor A rotary vane compressor has a compressor housing which contains an oval chamber. A cylindrical rotor is mounted on an axial shaft and has radial vanes which engage the chamber and slide radially inward and outward in slots formed in the rotor as the shaf... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5651930 | Composite fiber rotor vane A rotor vane and a method for fabricating the rotor vane are provided in which the vane is formed of a thermoplastic matrix material having chopped fibers uniformly dispersed throughout the thermoplastic material, with the fibers aligned to extend in dire... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5649361 | Method of making an heat exchanger having a compression fitting with a load bearing ring A method and apparatus provide a heat exchanger having a compression fitting for sealing connecting a refrigerant flow line to a tube brazed to the heat exchanger in a brazing furnace. The heat exchanger compression fitting includes a female tubing connec... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5549238 | Heat exchanger brazing tray A method and brazing fixture are provided for passing a plurality of heat exchanger components through a brazing furnace to provide a heat exchanger for use in a motor vehicle air conditioning system. The brazing fixture includes a reusable brazing tray h... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5540565 | Variable capacity vane compressor with linear actuator A variable capacity vane compressor uses a linear actuator. The linear actuator is pivotally connected to a valve plate to rotate the valve plate between minimum delivery and maximum delivery positions. The actuator has springs on each end which bias the ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5492450 | Control valve for variable capacity vane compressor A control valve for a variable rotary vane compressor is modular. The control operates an actuator to vary the position of a rotary valve plate located between the intake chamber and the compression chamber. The control valve locates in a cavity which has... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5364235 | Variable capacity vane compressor with axial pressure device A variable capacity vane compressor has an axial pressure device for applying variable axial pressure to a rotary valve. The rotary valve plate locates in a rotary valve housing and changes the capacity of the compressor due to its rotary position. An act... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5209292 | Condenser header and tank assembly with interference fit baffle A parallel flow vehicle air conditioning condenser utilizes baffle plates with an interference fit. The baffle plates locate within header and tank assemblies. Parallel tubes extend between the header and tank assemblies for causing refrigerant flow betwe... | 05/11/1993 |
