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This invention provides a pneumatic shoe lacing apparatus for the pneumatic lacing of shoe.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7409966 | Ball valve A ball valve includes a valve seat having a chamber therein and bores communicated with the chamber, a ball, which has a plurality of channels, received in the chamber, a shaft connected to the ball, and a plurality of lids connected to the valve seat to close the b... | 08/12/2008 |
| 6402102 | Adjustable length column for chairs and tables and length adjusting element therefor An adjustable length column for chairs and tables comprises an upright tube and a pneumatic or hydropneumatic length adjusting element, which is disposed therein concentrically of a common central longitudinal axis. The housing of the element has an outer... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6387251 | Apparatus for dosing powdered or granulated additives in water works, namely swimming pools An apparatus for dosing a granulated or powdered additive in the water of a water works includes a dosing assembly (10) with a water collecting tank (9) hydraulically connected to inflows (20, 21) of unmixed water and to an outflow of additive-mixed water... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6348746 | Slider unit with built-in moving-coil linear motor Disclosed a slider unit having built-in a moving-coil linear motor made compact in construction by the provision of an improved magnet yoke for supporting field magnets, which is made in a slim construction, nevertheless very high in stiffness. The magnet... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6329660 | Method of deriving sunlight induced fluorescence from radiance measurements and devices for executing the method To derive sunlight induced fluorescence from radiance measurements, a first radiance measurement is taken inside an atmospheric absorption band, and an additional radiance measurement is taken outside of the atmospheric absorption band. Images of sunlight... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6007044 | Adjustable-length column for chairs or the like An adjustable-length column for chairs or the like comprises an upright tube with a pneumatic or hydropneumatic length-adjusting element disposed therein. The latter's piston rod, in the vicinity of its free end, is flexibly snap-engaged with a bottom pla... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5875808 | Burnproof device of triple/double switch combination faucet A burnproof device of triple/double switch combination faucet, including a faucet main body having an L-shaped cold water inlet switch seat and an L-shaped hot water inlet switch seat on two sides. A communicating tube inward extends from the side of each... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5800064 | Linear motion guide unit with elastic deformable sleeves In this linear motion rolling guide unit, return passages are formed by sleeves fitted in return bores in the casing, and these sleeves are made elastically deformable, so that they can offset the slide resistance of rolling elements and secure the smooth... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5780811 | Electrically heated diesel particulate filter This diesel particulate filter comprises of a composite filter plate composed of thin filter plates formed out of ceramic fiber, and a latticed heating wire, and metal nets. The composite filter plate is bent into a bellows-like structure so as to increas... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5773632 | Process for the preparation of the enol lactone of 2-oxocyclohexlidene acetic acid and application to the preparation of 2-cuomaranone A process for the preparation of the enol lactone of 2-oxocyclohexylidene acetic acid wherein (i) glyoxylic acid is allowed to react with cyclohexanone in the presence of a halogen acid in order to obtain a crude reaction product B1, then (ii) said crude react... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5495159 | Charging apparatus for driverless transporting vehicle A charging apparatus of driverless transporting vehicle comprises a power unit, an electrode assembly connected to the power unit and sildably anlong a predetermined direction, a motor for sliding the assembly, an electrode unit rotatably journalled with ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5484544 | Lubricating composition, preparation process and applications, particularly as an additive in oils A substantially anhydrous lubricating composition containing solid particles of a fluorinated (co)polymer having a maximum size of 1 μm and coated with an ethoxylated nonylphenol having 10-12 ethylene oxide molecules. A preparation method is also provide... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5426896 | Building method and apparatus A method of building a structure on a substrate, said method including the steps of providing on the substrate a support arrangement capable of adopting a first, substantially rigid state whilst the structure is being built thereabove, and a subsequent, s... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5329152 | Ablative etch resistant coating for laser personalization of integrated circuits A programmable integrated circuit for prototyping applications including a first patterned metal layer, an insulation layer formed over the first metal layer and a second patterned metal layer formed over the insulation layer, the first and second pattern... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5230947 | Foam body made integrally of at least a layer of foam material having great resilience and at least a layer of foam material having great capability to absorb shock A foam body is made integrally of at least a layer of foam material having great resilience and at least a layer of foam material having great capability to absorb shock. The foam material having great capability to absorb shock is made from a first mixtu... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5120961 | High sensitivity acousto-optic tunable filter spectrometer An acousto-optical filter (AOTF) is used in a spectrometer for analysis of samples. The spectrometer provides continuous wave RF excitation through the crystal, and the spectrometer provides control and modulation for said RF source. The signal to noise r... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5005596 | Artificial hair for hair-implantation and preparation process Artificial hair for hair-implantation, which is composed of a monofilament of a synthetic resin, wherein amorphous silver is adhered in spots to the surface of the monofilament by vacuum depositing said silver of the monofilament.... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4840814 | Process for making a calcium enriched milk Calcium enriched milk or toned milk prepared by adding a water soluble calcium salt of an organic acid to thermally sterilized milk or toned milk, and adjusting the pH value of the obtained mixture to 6.6 or above is disclosed. Calcium enriched milk or to... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4755440 | Electrochemical cell The invention relates to an electrochemical cell which is safe even under adverse conditions and abuse. The cells comprise an alkaline metal anode, a current collector and an inorganic oxyhalide liquid cathode which contains an alkaline earth metal salt i... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4408041 | Anhydrous crystals of maltitol and the whole crystalline hydrogenated starch hydrolysate mixture solid containing the crystals, and process for the production and uses thereof The present invention relates to anhydrous crystals of maltitol and the whole crystalline hydrogenated starch hydrolysate mixture solid containing the crystals, and processes for the production and use thereof.... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4346726 | Method of drying pipelines and putting gas thereinto The invention relates to total elimination of aqueous deposits in pipelines intended for transporting gaseous fluids, such as a natural gas. The method involves sending, by a nozzle at an end of at least one compressed air ejector, connected with the pipe... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4261524 | Roller blind box The invention comprises a roller blind box including a walling surrounding the rolled up roller blind assembly, a passage slit for the roller blind assembly extending throughout the entire length of the walling, two lateral face walls a roller blind shaft... | 04/14/1981 |
| 3942933 | Apparatus for manufacturing hollow articles, such as bowls, trays, cups and similar articles Apparatus for so-called "in-line" production of hollow articles of thermoplastic material, by blowing or vacuum moulding a sheet strip produced continuously from an extruder and subsequent stamping of the separate articles. The mould tool consists of at l... | 03/09/1976 |
