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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 |
| 6585511 | Dental material container with porous flow through applicator A dental nozzle, cartridge, capsule or container having a porous or foam flow through applicator connected at the discharge end thereof; and having a body portion containing or receiving a low viscosity dental material. In one form, a displaceable plunger... | 07/01/2003 |
| 5897082 | Power actuated fastener for pipe A fastener assembly with a raised portion holding a nail at an oblique angle for attaching a pipe to a substrate. A curved portion is attached to a substantially planar portion having a raised portion with a hole therein. The hole is eccentrically formed ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5836665 | Stereo-slide mount A stereo slide mount which facilitates correct mounting of stereo slides to utilize the advantage of a stereo camera having a function for correcting parallax. The front-side mount frame 11 and the back-side mount frame 12 are provided with windows 13L, 1... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5807083 | High pressure gas compressor A low pressure compressor drives a hydraulic pump coupled to a main compressor for producing a relatively high pressure gas output. A plurality of pistons coupled to a single shaft is driven by gas from a low pressure compressor. A hydraulic piston is cou... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5788444 | Fastener assembly for use with a power actuated gun A fastener assembly having a stud frictionally retained within a plate. The stud having a head at one end and a point or taper at the other end. The stud having a first shank portion with a large diameter adjacent the head and a second shank portion with ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5778268 | Stereo camera A stereo camera allows a rapid photographing and stereo effect correcting function to be compatible by providing a mechanism for automatically adjusting a distance between optical axes of photographing lenses and a manual adjusting mechanism. Lens shiftin... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5737655 | Stereo camera A stereo camera optimally corrects a parallax despite a photographing distance. Lens boards of right and left photographing lenses are mounted with slide guides for obliquely feeding in an inter-optical axis distance approaching direction as the lens boar... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5727685 | Reticle container with corner holding A cassette or box for containing and holding a planar substrate such as a reticle having a clamp bar coupled to corner supports by a spring or flexure and a linkage. A clamp bar is pivotally attached to bottom corner supports and a spring or flexure and l... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5724122 | Illumination system having spatially separate vertical and horizontal image planes for use in photolithography An illumination system having spatially separate horizontal and vertical intermediate image planes. A beam expander is used to expand a laser beam and direct the light to a lens array. A condenser projects and concentrates the light from the lens array in... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5720538 | Stereo slide viewer and stereo slide mount A stereo slide viewer can appreciate a stereo image without cutting a roll film photographed by a stereo camera. A film feeder 3 for feeding a roll film F is mounted at the rear of a table 2 of the stereo side viewer 1, and a pair of right and left projec... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5715489 | Stereo camera A prism 11 installed over focal plates 9 and 10 of a reflex-type stereo camera 1 is a composite prism forming two right and left inversion prisms as a unitary structure. The inner one-half pictures of the right and left inverted pictures on the focal plat... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5704722 | Printing device A print control unit of a printing device is provided with a continuous/serial number print control unit which outputs character data of a plurality of blocks of a mixture of serial number print data blocks a and non-serial number print data blocks to a p... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5701532 | Lens adjustment device of stereo camera A lens adjustment device of a stereo camera of this invention operates adjustment rings of right and left lenses of an optical axis distance variable type stereo camera in the interlocking arrangement with each other. Crank arms are provided on stop adjus... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5685626 | Stereo slide mount and masking-amount guide device A stereo slide mount is divided into a base frame 21 and a cover frame 22 in order to facilitate the operation for mounting the stereo slide and to improve correctness. The size of the windows of the base frame is equal to the size of the pictures of the ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5684566 | Illumination system and method employing a deformable mirror and diffractive optical elements An illumination system for use in photolithography using a laser or radiation beam source. A deformable mirror is used to shape the beam of laser radiation to obtain global uniformity. A profile sensing means is used to detect any global non-uniformities.... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5680724 | Firearm safety and dry-fire device A cylindrical insert having a recess in one end and a notch disposed between either end of the cylindrical insert. The cylindrical insert is placed within a bolt carrier of a rifle or firearm. The recess is positioned to receiving the firing pin, preventi... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5676543 | Gum tissue retraction device and method A moldable material formed over teeth with a second flowable material containing an astringent placed into the impression of the teeth in the moldable material providing retraction and hemostasis at the gum line. A moldable material, preferably a silicone... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5660725 | Gully emptier having filter provided pipe and weight compensating spring The present invention relates to a gully emptier comprising a container which has connected thereto a water jet or vacuum/pressure pump for conveying slurry and in which a discharge pipe which is provided with a filter at a liftable and lowerable end is a... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5643331 | Method and device for prevention of deep vein thrombosis An electrical stimulator and method of prevention of deep vein thrombosis, ankle edema, and venostasis. An electronic circuit that includes a power source and a micro controller for processing the signals generated by a duration control circuit, a frequen... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5634756 | Fastener assembly for use with power actuated gun A power actuated fastener assembly for use with a power actuated gun having a broad bearing surface and a raised portion for holding a stud and raising the pointed end above the bearing surface. The raised portion or cone shape forms a gap that widens fro... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5631721 | Hybrid illumination system for use in photolithography An illumination system for use in photolithography having an array optical element near the formation of a desired illumination field. Light or electromagnetic radiation from an illumination source is expanded and received by a multi-image optical element... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5576153 | Photographic film This invention is a photographic film proposed to facilitate a cutting operation of the photographic film by accurately cutting a longitudinal central position of perforations and to facilitate an editing operation of cut stereo photographs, and has a con... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5551233 | Thermal cycle for operation of a combustion engine A cycle for an external combustion engine having two external variable volume combustion chambers, each with a floating piston. A compressor provides pressurized gas selectively to a first or second end of the combustion chambers. The introduction of the ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5543274 | Photographic film A photographic film which makes it easy to recognize the positions for cutting the photographic film into frames and which can be used for both stereoscopic cameras and general cameras. The photographic film 1 is perforated as designated at 2 along near b... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5535539 | Fishing rod handle with extension A fishing pole or rod having a replaceable rear extension of a predetermined length. A fishing rod handle attached to a rod blank with a fixed front handle having a front reel seat incorporated therein with a threaded rear portion. A threaded extension is... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5525018 | Fastener assembly for use with power actuated gun A power actuated fastener assembly for use with a power actuated gun having a broad bearing surface and a raised portion for holding a stud and raising the pointed end above the bearing surface. The raised portion or cone shape forms a gap that widens fro... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522509 | Method for sorting tableware of restaurant, tableware used for the same method, adjusting apparatus and tableware sorting apparatus This invention is provided to automate an adjusting job of a restaurant and to realize automatic sorting of tableware and to improve an operating efficiency of a restaurant job. Resonance tags are mounted on bottoms of plates of the tableware in which mea... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5518869 | Photographic film The present invention is to improve the visibility of a cutting position of a developed reversal film, and in the invention perforations are provided in upper and lower sides of a photographic film at the same pitch as that of the photographic area of a c... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5489207 | Dental cartridge extruder with rigid drop-in front end A manual dental extruder or syringe gun having a front end with rigid side walls and an opening therein adapted to receive a dental cartridge, capsule, ampule or tip having a flange. The body portion of the cartridge has a diameter less than that of the l... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5460201 | Electromechanical servovalve This disclosure is directed to an electromechanical servovalve having a movable electrical coil or winding circumscribing a solid permanent magnet and disposed so that when the winding is energized by an electric current, it interacts with an intensified ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5447828 | Photographic film In cutting a film into individual screens and in fitting the screens onto the slide mounts, the positions for cutting the film are correctly set so that the film can be cut easily and quickly. For this purpose, holes are perforated in an opposing manner i... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5426940 | Free piston external combustion engine An internal combustion engine having at least two external variable volume combustion chambers, each with a floating piston. A compressor provides pressurized gas selectively to a first or second end of the combustion chambers. The introduction of the pre... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5417534 | Fastener assembly for use with power actuated gun A power actuated fastener assembly for use with a power actuated gun having a broad bearing surface and a raised portion for holding a stud and raising the pointed end above the bearing surface. The raised portion or cone shape forms a gap that widens fro... | 05/23/1995 |
