Bizarre Patents
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.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4668944 | Fail safe circuit for a salinity monitor A fail safe circuit is provided in a salinity monitor having a salinity indicating panel for visually presenting salinity levels and a salinity cell for sensing salinity levels. The salinity cell is electrically connected to the salinity indicating panel ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4561615 | Mounting bracket for a junction box A mounting bracket for retaining a junction box adjacent to a wall under construction. The mounting bracket includes a laterally extending member having a cutout section removed therefrom. A flange is substantially orthogonally connected to one side of th... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4549141 | Salinity indicator system A salinity indicatory system useful to monitor variations in the salt content of water sources provides for the simultaneous monitoring of a plurality of test stations and the operation of automatic alarm and dumping means when salinity concentrations rea... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4502011 | Retaining clamp for combination valve and conductivity cell assembly A retaining clamp for use with a combination valve and conductivity cell assembly is formed from two identical clamp halves which, when closed upon the valve and conductivity cell assembly, tightly connects the valve nipple and operating safety nut of the... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4459671 | Fuel management control system The speed of a vehicle, and particularly a ship, is controlled to minimize the sum of fixed and variable operating costs. The variable costs are incurred substantially only due to fuel usage. The rotational speed and torque parameters of the ship propelle... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4449927 | Dental bite relator A dental instrument for simultaneously taking an impression and a bite has a pair of parallel elongated bite tray holders which are laterally spaced apart and are connected together at one of their adjoining ends by a connector wire loop. A manipulating h... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4359822 | Power chain saw handle attachment A handle attachment for power chain saws to extend the use of the basic chain saw structure for cutting underbrush, weeds and the like. The curved handle attachment is detachably pivotally fixed on the body of the power chain saw and positions the cutting... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4338175 | All solid state electrode system A cell body having a pair of electrodes insulated from each other and adapted for direct immersion and use in commercial, laboratory, or industrial fluids or process streams, the cell being usable at temperatures below freezing and above the boiling point... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4329650 | Ultra-clean cell assembly A simplified clean conductivity or pH cell assembly comprising a solid plastic cell body and a test fluid conduit comprising a clean pipe fitting, affixed to the forward face of the solid body by means of an external clamp and a seal such as an O-ring. Th... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4314896 | System for measurement of specific ions, such as sodium A simplified system for practical use in the measurement of specific ion concentrations. A probe for introduction into a fluid stream to measure the ion concentration thereof and said probe comprising an ion sensitive electrode for immersion in a fluid st... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4281537 | Strain meter A strain meter includes first and second blocks clamped to a rotating shaft with a linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) rigidly affixed to the first block and a displacement arm rigidly affixed to the second block. A LVDT core is attached to on... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4280563 | Auxiliary shovels for agricultural implement An auxiliary shovel operatively mounted on each side of an agricultural implement, each being laterally disposed relative to the usual rows of shovels. A ground marker laterally extending from each side of the implement and being automatically operable in... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4272663 | Method and apparatus for cooking Method and apparatus for cooking in a microwave oven individual cuts of meat such as rib steaks and prime rib. The implement comprises a base of generally rectangular configuration which is formed of a thermoplastic sheet, such as plexiglass, and is provi... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4232922 | Signal power coupling to rotary shaft A system for coupling electrical power to a rotary shaft without mechanically contacting the shaft includes a stationary transformer primary core positioned adjacent but spaced from the shaft so that the shaft forms part of a complete magnetic flex path f... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4223486 | Roof equalizer A system of automatically transferring vacuum uplift on the top of a roof to the underneath side of the roof membrane to shift the uplift pressure forces into the roof insulation and decking rather than on the roof membrane to prevent upward movement of t... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4197615 | Shortening device This invention relates broadly to an apparatus for shortening wires, cables and the like without requiring the disconnection of such wires and cutting off the ends thereof to achieve the shortening. The apparatus consists generally of a sheet metal or the... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4196383 | Coaxial differential PH system A circuit for measuring the PH of fluids includes a coaxial symmetrical probe having a PH probe surrounded by a reference probe; the conductor on which the PH signal passes from the probe to the control panel is within a shield to which is applied the PH ... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4192116 | Taped and double glued rubber joint A taped and double cemented or glued rubber joint for use in connecting together the lapped cemented ends of adjacent cured rubber membranes in a roof construction, and for giving protection thereto. The lapping ends of the cured rubber membranes are seal... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4190827 | Multichannel salinity meter A multichannel salinity meter combines a semi-squarewave signal with a peak actuated detector to develop a salinity signal proportional to conductivity. Each salinity channel includes a separate presettable alarm level and alarm indicators provided by a b... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4184795 | Boring tool A boring tool specifically designed for operation in a limited space consisting of an elongated tubular handle in which a drive shaft operates, power means on one end of said handle for driving said shaft, a universal joint connected to the drive shaft an... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4181880 | Linear ground conductivity measuring system A circuit for monitoring the conductivity of a solution has a conductivity cell with a grounded cell electrode that is operated at a distance from the reading station. A shielded cable houses the signal carrying conductors and the free end of the cable sh... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4162597 | Insulation block and mounting means therefor A roof, or the like, composed of a plurality of blocks of relatively rigid insulating material which may be formed of Styrofoam. The relatively rigid blocks of insulating material being so configured that adjacent blocks will mate together forming a seali... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4158508 | Sight glass and product cleaning system A system involving a pair of oppositely disposed sight glass units wherein each unit includes an inner glass and an outer glass. One application of these sight glasses is in continuous vulcanization of multiconductor cables in a saturated steam atmosphere... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4156181 | Ratio circuit A circuit for indicating the ratio of an unknown part value to a known part value, or the percentage error between an unknown part value and a known part value, or the direct value of an electrical part to be measured, has a first operational amplifier fo... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4149901 | Pollution control and convection heater A smoke stack which receives at the lower end thereof dirty hot waste gases and receives adjacent the upper and thereof a constant flow of raw cold juice, the juice and the gases flowing in contra directions. A dual purpose is achieved since the cold juic... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4144680 | Free form building construction A structure of generally dome shape including a supporting framework formed of circumferentially spaced vertical members and laterally extending members on each side thereof and means for clamping said laterally extending members to a vertical member. The... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4135337 | Mounting means for electric outlet box A bracket for mounting an electrical outlet box on vertical metal studs in a building or the like structure. The bracket including a channel shaped sheet metal element adapted to be clamped on and affixed to the vertical metal stud. The clamping element, ... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4131507 | Evaporator An evaporator which is specifically adapted for the evaporation of sugar cane juices, however, it is a versatile apparatus and may be used with equal facility in various evaporating situations. Instead of using steam as is conventional, the heating medium... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4124079 | Driven implement connected to rockable motor of a vehicle A self-propelled tiller-planter including a motor providing hydraulic motive power for various operating mechanisms. A tiller pushed by said planter and hydraulic means is provided for lifting and lowering the tiller assembly into inoperative position abo... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4113208 | Airchute ejection This invention relates to an arrangement providing the safe descent to the ground of the fuselage of an aircraft when it has been disabled. The pilot of the aircraft when it is disabled actuates any suitable control mechanism on the dash panel to automati... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4096743 | Shaft torque measuring system An electrical circuit for shaft torque measuring systems of the type having a transducer producing an electrical signal representing shaft torque and a brush and slip ring assembly providing an output connection for the electrical shaft torque signal incl... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4094373 | Method and apparatus for converting an agriculture machine to a tractor A Cultivator Planter comprising a traction wheel assembly of substantial width which is releasably connected to a steerable portion to push the steerable portion. The traction wheel assembly comprising two sections which are releasably connected together ... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4084792 | Cargo holder jack This invention relates to a manually operated jack which is particularly adapted to hold cargo in place in moving trucks, railroad cars or to store merchandise in warehouses and in other generally similar environments. The cargo holder jack generally invo... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4079993 | Back rest A portable back rest, composed of one planar sheet of material adapted particularly, but not exclusively, for use on stadium, or the like, bleacher or plank seats which are not provided with backs. The back rest is of unitary one piece construction and co... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4055022 | Planter A planter having a body portion provided with an absorbent medium in the bottom thereof. The planter being open at its upper end and an annular cap-like element being provided for releasable attachment to the upper end of the planter. The body portion of ... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4036304 | Wheel mounting for cultivator planter A self propelled apparatus providing a cultivator, planter units and fertilizer tanks. A traction wheel assembly composed of a plurality of wheels adapted to propel the entire apparatus forwardly by pushing. The plurality of traction wheels being mounted ... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4028618 | Circuit for monitoring the conductivity of a solution A circuit for monitoring the conductivity of a solution has a four probe conductivity cell which is supplied by a constant current source to provide a signal proportional to the conductivity. A thermistor is connected in the feedback circuit of an operati... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3993121 | Heat pump conversion system for electric furnace A heat pump conversion system includes an electric furnace located within a building and having a first coil heat exchanger therein, an outside heat exchanger unit having a refrigerant compressor, a second coil heat exchanger and pipe and valve means for ... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3965414 | Temperature compensated conductivity measuring system A system for determining the resistance of an electrolyte into which a conductivity probe is immersed, the system including a thermistor network, a probe or conductivity cell, and amplifiers all of which are so combined that the changes in electrolyte con... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3952989 | Adjustable reading material stand A device for facilitating the holding of reading material for easy reading, freeing the reader's hands for any desirable work. The device consists of an upstanding backing member against which the binding of the book or other reading material is supported... | 04/27/1976 |
