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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181977 | Bicycle arm-drive apparatus A bicycle arm-drive apparatus includes a stationary mounting structure, an arm drive input mechanism, a drive motion transmission mechanism, and a plurality of connectors. One end of the mounting structure attaches to the front-center portion of the bicycle. The arm... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8146413 | Two-port tire valve stem A two-port tire valve stem has a body, preferably of substantially rigid construction, with a first end portion adapted to be mounted to a wheel rim and a second end portion with at least two ports in a branched configuration, each supporting a valve. One of the val... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8128979 | Method for processing raw fruit to provide enhanced fruit products and the fruit products produced by the method A method for processing a fruit, such as a cranberry, includes cutting open a fruit and partially removing a highly concentrated juice fraction from the fruit when pressed while maintained within a sub-freezing temperature range. The skin of the frozen fruit is pene... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8061561 | Product hold down anchor, unit and mechanism for a merchandise storing and dispensing head of a vending machine A product hold down unit has a vertical column of a carousel and a vertical row of spaced-apart engageable elements on the column. The column has a compartment open at opposite top and bottom ends and adapted to receive product items in a vertical stack. The row of ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061559 | Vending machine housing assembly A vending machine housing assembly includes a housing body having plural sides assembled one to the next in an end-to-end angular relationship so as to provide the housing body with a polygonal cross-sectional configuration. Each side define a wall portion and a cor... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7942082 | Crankable hand wrench A crankable hand wrench includes an elongated main handle having opposite end portions, opposite faces extending between the opposite end portions, and a slot in the main handle nearer to one than the other of the opposite end portions, a wrench head attached to and... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7813984 | Method and system for determining modulated volume information for a tradeable financial element A method and system for determining modulated volume information for a tradeable element, such as a security or commodity. The invention compensates for normal fluctuations in volume occurring during the course of a trading period, thereby enabling convenient visual... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7798362 | Merchandise hold down mechanism for a vending machine A hold down mechanism includes a shaft, ring-shaped member, latch device fixed to the member and latchable with teeth thereon to permit unassisted movement of the member and latch device downward along the shaft due to the influence of gravity on the member but not ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7798303 | Multi-coin operated actuation mechanism A multi-coin operated actuation mechanism includes an interchangeable coin carrier wheel having a coin receiving recess of a width different from that of another wheel such that a different number of coins can be deposited into coin accepting regions of the recess. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7766145 | Product transfer assembly for a vending machine A product transfer assembly includes separate transfer segments mounted in a vending machine such that they are disposed in spaced relationship above one another. Each transfer segment has a ramp of helical shape with an exit end and an entrance end spaced above the... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7743942 | Dispensing wheel alignment devices in vending machine A vending machine has a dispensing wheel rotatably mounted on a head with an outer peripheral rim on the wheel having elements displaced angularly from one another in an endless row and radially relative to a central axis of the wheel so as to define a driven gear o... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7708129 | Multiple coin actuation mechanism having pivotal latch preventing coin removal from carrier wheel recess A multiple coin actuation mechanism has a latch biased to an inward home position with its inner end extending through an upstream side of a first coin slot of a stationary front cover plate toward a rotatable carrier wheel and generally alongside an unobstructed pa... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7588136 | Coin-operated actuation mechanism with anti-vandalism device An anti-vandalism device in a coin-operated actuation mechanism includes a stop movably extendible and compressible in length and mounted on a coin retainer plate in alignment with a bore therein for moving between a forward blocking position and a rearward unblocki... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7516831 | Coin-operated item vending and game apparatus housing with foreign object removal-enabling means Foreign object removal-enabling features in a coin-operated item vending and game apparatus housing include a shallow V-shaped guard wall extending between a pair of opposing sidewalls of a lower end portion of the housing, a pair of openings each in one of the oppo... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7353776 | Floor covering for an animal house Floor covering for an animal house for beef animals and dairy animals includes an elastomeric mat which can be fixed to a floor or floot slat by screws. Rigid strips are located at the base of the mat for securing the screws which are coverable by the mat when it is... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7270225 | Dual coin actuation mechanism with angularly and axially offset coin slots and recesses A dual coin mechanism for a vending machine includes a cover plate having a peripheral flange with first and second coin slots defined therein angularly and axially offset from one another about and along an axis defined by the cover plate, and first and second coin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267216 | Coin-operated vending machine with anti-theft protection A coin-operated vending machine includes fastening elements adapted to be reached to fasten a lower base to an upper body by inserting a tool through openings in the lower base bottom once a coin box is removed from the lower base whereas the elements cannot be reac... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7250132 | Apparatus for enabling fabrication of accurate angular cuts in a pipe An apparatus for enabling fabrication of accurate angular cuts in a pipe includes a first fixture adapted to be clamped on a pipe and adjusted relative to the pipe so as to define a substantially planar surface aligned with a desired cut angle relative to a longitud... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7222711 | Multiple coin actuation mechanism A multiple coin actuation mechanism has a carrier wheel with angularly spaced first and second coin recesses aligned with first and second coin slots of a front cover plate when the carrier wheel is in an initial home position at which a user initially deposits firs... | 05/29/2007 |
| D541871 | Circular multi-station vending machine | 05/01/2007 |
| D540390 | Vending machine with asymmetrical cover and canister exterior | 04/10/2007 |
| D539849 | Vending machine with symmetrical cover and canister exterior | 04/03/2007 |
| 7182219 | Vending machine for dispensing items in small packages A coin-operated vending machine includes a magazine which stores small boxes or packages of items one on top of the next in columns or stacks arranged in a circumferential row thereof and a dispensing mechanism operable to effectively dispenses such small boxes or p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168514 | Materials handling device and system A materials handling device includes a chassis, handle shaft pivotally mounted to the chassis for maneuvering the device, two rollers rotationally mounted to the chassis, battery pack supported on the handle shaft, electric motor and gearbox fitted in one roller in-... | 01/30/2007 |
| D534254 | Toilet bowl | 12/26/2006 |
| 7125012 | Rotatable feed wheel for sheet converting machine A feed wheel includes a hub and a discontinuous tread removably fitted about the hub. At leading and trailing ends of the discontinuous tread are mateable non-planar female and male surfaces which interfit with one another and tend to interlock the tread ends togeth... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7107935 | Floor covering for an animal house Floor covering (I) for an animal house for beef animals and dairy animals comprises an elastomeric mat (2) which can be fixed to a floor or floor slat by screws (8). Rigid strips (6) are located at the base (7) of mat (2) for secur... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7087140 | Carbonizing waste processing apparatus A carbonizing waste processing apparatus is operable to rotate and heat a radiant tube for carbonizing waste therein so as to generate granular char and vapors from the waste, transfer waste into an upstream end of the tube, temporarily impede movement of the waste ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7066351 | Sanitized dispensing mechanism A sanitized dispensing mechanism mounted to a vending machine includes a receptacle, a barrier and an actuating device. The receptacle has an interior chamber and a rear opening behind the interior chamber through which an item discharged from an exterior opening of... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7025258 | Ball bearing actuation mechanism A ball bearing actuation mechanism includes a circular gauge wheel rotatably mounted in an interior chamber of a housing below an inlet passage and adjacent to outlet and overflow discharge openings of the housing and a curved retainer wall mounted to the housing in... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018322 | Quarter-foldable rebounder with improved features A quarter-foldable rebounder includes a frame of circular configuration, a circular mat, springs and legs. The frame is formed by four one-piece molded quarter-frame arcuate segments having integral pairs of half-fold and quarter-fold hinges and a rod embedded in ea... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6935530 | Dual station coin-operated vending machine A dual station coin-operated vending machine includes a housing, a globe on the housing with a central vertical partition dividing a reservoir of the globe into separate compartments, a pair of coin-operated dispensing mechanisms each disposed in the housing below o... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6805078 | Livestock weighing and sorting apparatus A livestock weighing and sorting apparatus includes a frame, a weighing station supported by the frame and defining inlet and outlet openings and a passageway extending therebetween for permitting an animal to go through the weighing station and be weighed while the... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6786841 | Hand-held ball hitting training device A hand-held ball hitting training device includes a resilient semi-flexible rod bendable upon impact by a bat, a handle component attached on one opposite end of the rod, a ball simulation component attached on the other opposite end of the rod, a hand grip-defining... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6772971 | Shredder A shredder includes a cutting unit frame and a cutting shaft rotatably supported in the cutting unit frame and carrying a multiplicity of cutting disks, rotatable with the cutting shaft for shredding an item in cooperation with a further tool. The cutting unit frame... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6746213 | Pad plunger assembly with concave pad subassembly A pad plunger assembly, for use in gas well tubing, includes an elongated mandrel having opposite ends and a longitudinal axis extending between the opposite ends, a pair of opposite end members each attached to one of the opposite ends of the mandrel, and a seal-fo... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6739957 | Apparatus for reciprocally powering one or more working tools A surface abrader apparatus includes a casing, a motor mounted on the casing, one or more working tools, and an operating mechanism mounted to the casing and supporting the working tools outside of the casing. The operating mechanism is drivingly coupled to the moto... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6729660 | Adjustable base unit for angularly adjusting mounting disposition of silo fill tube An adjustable base unit includes a pair of upper and lower frameworks, a connection sleeve attached to the lower framework and having opposite end portions for extending into and providing flow communication through the unit and between an upper fill tube and a lowe... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6712226 | Wall or ceiling mountable brackets for storing and displaying board-based recreational equipment A wall or ceiling mountable bracket, used in pairs, for storing and displaying board-based recreational equipment includes a generally U-shaped body having structurally-reinforced elongated front and rear portions and a spacer portion extending between and rigidly i... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6701565 | Electric toothbrush with revolvable brush head An electric toothbrush includes a handle, a brush head defining a brushing plane, and a guide arrangement supported by the handle and, in turn, supporting the brush head to undergo movement along an endless path of revolution having an axis extending subs... | 03/09/2004 |
