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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 |
| 5762377 | Method of authenticating an item and an apparatus for authenticating an item A method of authenticating an item and an apparatus for authenticating an item. The items which can be authenticated are typically located in a sales room or other commercial establishment where goods are typically sold. There has been an increasing trend... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5684931 | Label printer, such as a thermal printer for printing labels A label printer, or a printer in general, can have a processor which can be connected to a data storage medium as well as to data input and data output connections for external devices. Such a printer could include a thermal printer for printing labels on... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5600931 | Structural beam for supporting and reinforcing a structure A bar construction comprising a generally trapezoidal and open cross-sectional configuration which includes a center-flange (6), two webs (7) which embrace the center-flange, and side-flanges (8) which extend outwardly from a respective side of the bar an... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5559547 | Thermal printer The invention is directed to a thermal printer, with a thermal print head having a series of electrically drivable heating elements, with a microprocessor transferring data to be printed into a register associated with the thermal print head. In order to ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5547293 | Label printer such as a printer for printing self-adhesive labels A label printer for printing labels can typically have a pressure roller and a corresponding print head, which print head can have a support, a spring base plate, and a spring disposed between the support and the spring base plate to bias the print head i... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5542769 | Printer such as a printer for printing self-adhesive labels having a ribbon drive To conserve relatively expensive printing ribbon, in particular a thermal transfer ribbon, when a portion of the medium which is not to be printed, e.g. the space between two labels, passes through the printing area, after the end of the printing process ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5538071 | Machine and method of continuously casting a metal strip The machine has a cooled and moving substrate, for example an endless horizontal belt, a feeding device, for example a tundish, and a distributor arranged transversely to the substrate for distributing liquid metal over the substrate. The distributor can ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5531532 | Printer and a printer with a fastening device for attaching a peripheral device to the printer A connecting element for a printer housing has housing parts which are connected to one another by at least one connecting element, into which connecting element is integrated a locator device in the form of a T-slot for anchoring peripheral devices to th... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5513922 | Printer having a removable control panel To be able to set up and operate a printer with a control panel in any position, the printer housing or similar structure of the printer contains a panel receptacle for holding a removable control panel, whereby the latter is connected to the control comp... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5488910 | Undercarriage for railway car On truck frames having three wheelsets, the invention teaches that the middle wheelset is in contact on each side with the vehicle frame by means of actuators in the lateral direction. These actuators are used to adjust the middle wheelset when the train ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5482779 | Label and process for manufacturing a label A label for use as a price tag on products has a printable recording medium which can be attached by adhesive to a carrier foil. The adhesive attachment can be provided by means of a laminated material having an adhesive action. To create a label which, b... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5429056 | Method of operating a bogie using actuators for wheel steering On undercarriages for railway vehicles with at least four wheelsets which are combined into trucks, the invention teaches that force-controlled or displacement-controlled actuators are located on the end wheelsets of the trucks. These actuators thereby ac... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5410973 | Process and apparatus for the incineration of sewage sludge and refuse Sewage sludge from municipal and industrial sewage systems can be incinerated in conjunction with the incineration of refuse in a refuse incinerator as environmentally safely as possible, with a favorable energy balance and low expenditures for technology... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5395174 | Apparatus for printing labels An apparatus for printing labels can have a printing area, a deflector area designed as a shaft or an edge located behind the printing area in the transport direction of the labels, around which deflector the carrier strip can be guided, and where the lab... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5383090 | Electrical energy distribution system A modular electrical-energy distribution system has at least one conductor and a contacting device which makes it possible to establish, at essentially any point in the conductor system, a contact with the conductor. The tap or contacting devices essentia... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5348285 | Hold-down device on handling machines, in particular punching machines, for thin, flat objects in particular sheets of paper In handling machines, in particular punching machines, operating in discrete steps, for sheets of paper or similar objects, a warping, waving or wrinkling of the sheets occurs during the deceleration movements of the sheets ahead of the delivery station. ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5340961 | Plasma torch for transmitted arcs Parasite arcs which occur during the operation of plasma torches have an adverse economic effect and endanger important parts of the torch. Countermeasures of the prior art are only partly effective. Equipping the annular passage between the electrode and... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5333840 | Blast pipe and tuyere arrangement for a blast furnace and method Fuel and combustion gas are supplied to the blast pipes and tuyeres of a blast furnace through injection lances which have an inner tube and an outer tube. The inner tube is generally used to carry the fuel, while the space formed between the inner and ou... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5326933 | Electrical installation system An installation system for wiring of a building has at least one junction boxes connected together, with each junction box having a removable plug-in block disposed at the back thereof. The plug-in block has conductors therein with sockets for providing a... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5301414 | Process for shaping a reinforcement on the extremities of the internal casing of an elastic joint, after molding, and its applications A method for the manufacture of an elastic joint, which includes positioning an external casing member, an internal casing member and an elastomeric compound such that the external casing member surrounds the internal casing member, and such that the elas... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5288059 | Elastic joint having high filtering capacity and an axial gap controlled by incorporated stops, and its applications An elastic joint with high filtering capacity and axial gap controlled by incorporated stops includes an elastic ring disposed between internal and external coaxial rigid elements, with an additional elastomer layer disposed at each end of the joint betwe... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5271678 | Elastic bearing Elastomeric rubber bearing for being connected between two bodies. The bearing employs an element having a series of resilient elements connected together by a series of interposed rigid elements. The thickness of the resilient elements and the width of t... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5259600 | Elastic connection device for motor vehicle suspension systems A controllable elastic connection device for providing antivibration filtering having two different rigidities in a vehicle suspension system includes a piezo-rigid tubular chamber embedded in an elastomer compound block that is elastically connected betw... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5259112 | Method of making a connector A connector for connecting pipes having an inner portion and an outer portion surrounding at least a part of the inner portion. The outer portion having areas of reduced diameter therein to form a housing or groove in the outer portion for a clamp.... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5248029 | Belt conveyor having an automatic belt centering device and the centering device therefor A belt conveyor having an automatic centering device for a conveyor belt supported on flexible rollers has a central fastening for moving the rollers in curved trajectory by rotation of a pivotable lever around a fixed axis. This movement along the curved... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5232209 | MacPherson strut assembly or the like A MacPherson Strut assembly, or the like, with a hydroelastic suspension attachment in which the attachment is formed by two thick membranes of elastomeric composition which enclose a liquid. This unit forms a hydroelastic cartridge in which a sliding fla... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5197403 | Sailing vessel and profile mast for sailing vessels Sailing vessel and mast for sailing vessels wherein the mast is in the form of a profile body. In an arrangement with a profile mast to hold a reefing roller, the mast is braced with its mast foot between the deck and keel area of the vessel. The profile ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5179058 | Process for manufacturing a carbonaceous catalyst for the reduction of nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases A process is disclosed for treating carbonaceous catalyst with a gaseous halogen or a gaseous halogen compound to increase the catalytic activity and prolong the useful life of the catalyst. The treatment of the catalyst is conducted at temperatures above... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5178403 | Electrical energy generating device for a wheeled semi-trailer A land vehicle in the form of a wheeled semi-trailer and thereon (e.g., a braking device) is provided with an on-board energy having a consumer of energy providing device which is driven, through a controlling apparatus by a compressed air supply or by a ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5164351 | Carrier-supported catalyst for the removal of nitrogen-oxides, carbon monoxide and organic compounds from exhaust gases Carrier-supported catalyst on the basis of transition metals for the removal of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and/or organic compounds from exhaust gases, which can be produced by one of: combination a), combination b), combination c) where (a) compris... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5147695 | Flexible expansion compensation sleeve for connecting sections of pipe A composite material includes an elastomer matrix forming a basic component of the material. There is included a cross-linking system of the elastomer matrix and at least one fiber reinforcement including fibers with a maximum length of about 30 mm. The f... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5139580 | Cold rolled sheet or strip steel and a process for production thereof In order to produce sheet possessing good forming properties, in particular for rotationally symmetrical deep-drawings, a low-carbon steel containing not more that 0.009% N is alloyed with 0.01 to 0.94% Ti and in certain cases with 0.01 to 0.06% Nb and co... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5137602 | Heating chamber for a coke oven and method of heating a coke oven The heating flues in an oven are equipped with refractory components to control the feed and mixture of combustion air and gas into each heating flue. In one embodiment, the refractory component forms a plurality of passageways through which air and gas f... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5128200 | Anisotropic composite material having an elastomer matrix A composite material includes an elastomer matrix forming a basic component of the material. There is included a cross-linking system of the elastomer matrix and at least one fiber reinforcement including fibers with a maximum length of about 30 mm. The f... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5111675 | Penetration bending method and penetration bending machine therefor The penetration bending method is adapted to bend a rod-like member by allowing the rod-like member to penetrate through a guide cylinder and a die in a condition where the central axis line of the guide cylinder which restrains the rod-like member so as ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5108467 | Process for at least partially separating a gaseous component from a mixture of gaseous components Process to obtain nitrogen from gas mixtures containing oxygen and nitrogen by using alternating pressure adsorption on carbon molecular sieves, which comprises an adsorption cycle and a desorption cycle, in which the desorption cycle--which may also incl... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5090743 | Compressible fitting and associated method A compressible fitting for the manufacture of a permanent, tight connection between tubes. The fitting has at least one end, which has a hook-shaped cross section and a bead-like configuration, which end holds an O-ring and can be compressed with the tube... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5081335 | Miniature welding apparatus The invention deals with a new miniaturized welding machine, suitable for light soldering jobs. In general lines, the invention consists of the construction of a machine for electric welding with characteristics of a source of constant current. For this p... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5080331 | Elastic bushing employing an inertial column of damping fluid Elastic bushing with hydraulic damping of radial elasticity by circulation of liquid between two chambers opposite one another connected by a very long annular passage located in the round exterior fastening armature. A rigidity decoupling, over a short s... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5056175 | Floor cleaning machine In a floor cleaning machine with a driven brush roller, the invention specifies that the height of the brush roller can be adjusted automatically as a function of the torque. For this purpose, between the drive and the brush roller, a spring, which is tun... | 10/15/1991 |
