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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177272 | Snow/utility shovel having arrangements to lock the handle and blade to the shaft in different rotational positions while preventing axial movement therebetween An ergonomic shovel that has a curved, bent angle shaft that reduces the user's exertion, strain and fatigue. In addition, when not in use, shovel provides a space saving design so it can be stored nearly flat, saving storage space. This is accomplished by rotating ... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659339 | Recycling bin with slanted cover | 05/08/2012 |
| D659338 | Recycling bin with wheels | 05/08/2012 |
| 8160434 | System of electrical thermostatation of piping or tanks System of electrical thermostatation of pipes or tanks, including a jacket that serves to at least partially cover a surface of the piping or tank, the jacket including an external mechanical protection in the form of an external shell and an internal shell, a therm... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8136307 | Roof construction Roof construction having a roof skin mounted on a base construction and including a bottom skin and a top skin mounted above and spaced apart from the bottom skin, the roof skin having a two-dimensionally curved surface, the bottom skin being supported on the base c... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8127507 | System for mounting wall panels to a wall structure A system for mounting wall panels to an existing wall structure, includes wall panels, each having a main panel section and hook walls at edges thereof which define a U-shaped configuration therewith; fastening extrusions, each including a securing section for secur... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655369 | Spool | 03/06/2012 |
| D655062 | Three bin multi-sort central recycling station | 02/28/2012 |
| D654981 | Spool | 02/28/2012 |
| D654971 | Kettlebell | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117962 | Equipment for preparing dampening solutions for offset printing An installation for preparing dampening solutions for offset printing with a device (10, 62, 72) for preparing a dampening solution and a device (40, 60, 70 for feeding one or more basic liquid materials (42) for preparing the dampening solution... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112834 | Connecting arrangement for spring deck holder for a crib mattress A connecting arrangement for connecting a mattress support to supporting sides of a crib, includes stationary bars secured to the supporting sides, each having a first opening; slide bars, each having a second opening and mounted in sliding relation to a stationary ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100865 | Hypodermic syringe with passive aspiration feature The invention comprises a disposable hypodermic syringe with means for passive aspiration. The syringe comprises a barrel (10) of clear synthetic plastics material and a plunger (12) comprising an elastic bung (28) slideable in the barrel (10... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094837 | Processing an audio input signal to produce a processed audio output signal An audio input signal is processed to produce a processed audio output signal. An audio input signal is received as an original signal. The audio input signal is dynamically filtered to produce a first stage signal consisting of a selected frequency band of the inpu... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083989 | Method for producing three-dimensional shaped article A method for producing a three-dimensional shaped article, including molding by irradiation of an optical beam to powder and by a rotating tool, providing a hollow part in a base pedestal supporting a shaped object, filling the hollow part with powder, forming a pow... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077195 | Autostereoscopic system A method for the autostereoscopic representation of images on a screen, wherein image information of separate channels for a right eye and a left eye of a user is displayed in interleaved segments on the screen, and a lens array is disposed for deflecting light emit... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071193 | Floor panel The invention relates to a floor panel in the form of a multilayer, rectangular laminate with a soft core (10) of plastic, a décor film (12) on the upper side of the core (10), a transparent finishing layer (14) and a transparent lacquer... | 12/06/2011 |
| D649646 | Acupressure element for cupping device | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062477 | Pulp products A method of forming a moulded and printed product from pulp material including the steps of: forming a pre-form mould to have one or more planar surfaces, compound conjoined planar surfaces and/or two dimensional curved surfaces; transferring an amount of pulp slurr... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061221 | Liquid sampling apparatus A sampling apparatus for taking a liquid sample includes an inlet, a sample housing defining a sampling chamber for the liquid sample, and a sampling tube through which, in use, a flow of liquid to be sampled flows from the inlet into the sampling chamber. The sampl... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052588 | Tool replacement system The present invention has an object to provide a tool replacement system that is capable of preventing the waiting time from occurring as much as possible although an intermediate magazine arranged therefore has a smaller capacity than prior arts. In the tool replac... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8037944 | Fastening device for coupling ploughing elements in agricultural cultivation machines Fastening device for coupling ploughing elements in agricultural cultivation machines, the ploughing elements including ploughshares, points, blades or any similar type of tool, the fastening device including an intermediate fastening element, formed by a solid body... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037943 | Fastening device for coupling of blades in agricultural cultivation machines Fastening device for coupling of blades in agricultural cultivation machines, in particular, tilling machines such as rotary tillers, including an intermediate fastening element, formed by a solid body, which joins the blade to the rotary plate; the intermediate fas... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8021099 | Reversed venturi system for separating and feeding nested foam cups An apparatus for separating nested foam cups, includes a support for guiding a stack of nested foam cups in a first direction to a mandrel for printing thereon; a first annular opening in the support for supplying an annular supply of pressurized air to a position b... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020951 | Rotation and pull-out fitting for a corner cabinet Rotation and pull-out fitting for a shelf in a corner cabinet, includes a carrier supported in the corner cabinet to be rotatable about a vertical axis, and a pull-out guide on which the shelf is displaceable relative to the carrier, the pull-out guide being mounted... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8003912 | Method for manufacturing a machine housing having a surface-hardened fluid chamber Method for manufacturing a machine housing having a fluid chamber (14) with a hardening layer (16) on an internal wall surface, in which the hardening layer (16) is made of a material, that, per-se, is not electrically conductive but has been ma... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001889 | Procedure and device for preventing contamination of the nozzles of a spray dampening unit The invention involves a printing press comprising a spray dampening unit 2 having a spray nozzle cleaning device 3, a spray dampening unit 2 having a spray nozzle cleaning device 3 and a spray nozzle bar 22 having a spray nozzle c... | 08/23/2011 |
| D643930 | Locking device | 08/23/2011 |
| 7994077 | UV-transmission fabric, method of obtaining the same and garment being made of the said fabric A fabric includes a first yarn having a UV-A transmission of between 10 and 50% while substantially blocking UV-B transmission, and at least a second yarn different from the first yarn, the yarns being interweaved such that the fabric has regular mesh openings that ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992742 | Refuse receptacle with spring bias arrangement A refuse receptacle includes an outer enclosure having an upper frame member with an opening through which refuse can be deposited into the outer enclosure, and a cover movably mounted on the upper frame member between a position normally closing the opening and a p... | 08/09/2011 |
| D643075 | Weight disc | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971373 | Support sleeve for thin and/or high heels on ladies' shoes A support sleeve for high heels on ladies's shoes with a sleeve body to accommodate a heel, the sleeve body having a substantially larger base than the base of the heel to be accommodated, and a fixing arrangement (36, 38, 46) for attaching it to the heel. | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967553 | Pump with cutting impeller A pump having an axial impeller (40) with helical blades (38) for sucking liquid through an intake opening (38) formed at a bottom side of the axial impeller (40), in which the blades (38) are provided, at the bottom side of the ax... | 06/28/2011 |
| D640463 | Socks | 06/28/2011 |
| D640028 | Three recycling bin hex station | 06/14/2011 |
| D639874 | Weight disc | 06/14/2011 |
| D639431 | Acupressure device | 06/07/2011 |
| D639430 | Acupressure device | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950465 | System for dewatering boreholes by means of alternative cycles of vacuum and exhaust, based on the principle of pneumatic displacement A system of de-watering boreholes by alternating cycles of aspiration and expulsion based on pneumatic displacement, includes a double hose to be introduced into a borehole. The double hose includes a flexible outer hose and a flexible inner hose separated by an ann... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7942158 | Ultrasonic edge washing apparatus An edge of a material to be washed is held between forked portions of a vibration transmitting portion. An ultrasonic vibrator is attached to an enlarged portion of the vibration transmitting portion, and the ultrasonic waves supplied from the ultrasonic vibrator ir... | 05/17/2011 |