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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6389953 | Hydraulic leveling control system for a loader type vehicle A hydraulic control system for controlling the orientation of a material handling unit on a lift boom. The control system includes a flow divider/combiner valve operative in a boom-raise, unit-leveling mode to pass a portion of the fluid displaced from th... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6308612 | Hydraulic leveling control system for a loader type vehicle A control system for a lift boom pivotable with respect to a vehicle by a boom cylinder and material handling unit pivotable with respect to the boom by a unit cylinder when the control of a boom control valve and a unit control valve. The control system ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6152268 | Rod clamp apparatus A rod clamp device having a rod clamp sleeve with a frusto-conical outer surface and an annular cam with a frusto-conical inner surface and an annular ball guide cage arranged to equalize movement of the bearing balls in circumferentially spaced paths alo... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5894877 | Vertical blind A vertical blind apparatus having a wand operated control for traversing the slats along a headrail and for rotating the slats. The blind apparatus has an actuator shaft with its axis disposed in a central vertical plane equidistant from the sidewalls of ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5795119 | Adjustable lock nut An adjustable lock nut comprising a one-piece annular body having an internally threaded axial bore extending between and faces of the body and a circumferential outer face. The body has a narrow annular internal groove that opens intermediate the ends of... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5791230 | Rod clamping device for a linear fluid actuator A rod clamp device having a clamp sleeve and a cam member spring biased axially in a direction to actuate the clamp sleeve to a clamp condition, and a clamp release piston that is operable through a mechanical force amplifying mechanism to move the cam me... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5772095 | Roll type stock feed apparatus A roll type stock feed apparatus having a lower feed roll rotatably supported on a frame and cross-shaft rotatably mounted on the frame parallel to the lower feed roll, and a motor for driving the lower feed roll and the cross-shaft in timed relation. Fir... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5761978 | Roll type stock feed apparatus with mechanical feed roll release A roll type stock feed apparatus having one feed roll rotatably mounted on a stationary frame structure, and a second feed roll mounted on a movable roll carrier and yieldably urged into a stock engaging condition. An electro-responsive servomotor is driv... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5761984 | Braking device for a fluid power actuator A fluid pressure operated braking device for a piston rod. The braking device includes a clamp sleeve and a cam member spring biased axially in a direction to actuate the clamp sleeve to a clamp condition, and a fluid pressure operator that provides a hyd... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5713533 | Stock feed apparatus A motor driven stock feed apparatus for feeding stock along a lengthwise path to maintain a slack loop in the stock. A loop size sensor includes four vertically spaced infrared beam emitters mounted at one side of an upright plane containing the lengthwis... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5702552 | Method for making a pleated expandable cellular product for window coverings A method and apparatus for forming a pleated cellular shade product from a single web of material to provide different physical characteristics on opposite sides of the shade product. A web is provided having alternate first and second stripe areas extend... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5634753 | Adjustable lock nut A lock nut comprising an internally threaded body having an internally threaded bore and one groove opening at the bore and a second groove opening at the outer surface, the grooves are axially spaced apart and configured to divide the body into first and... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5613286 | Apparatus for descaling wire A wire cleaning apparatus in which three motor driven rotary wire brushes are mounted on a frame for rotation about axes generally radially of a wire pass line with the axes of the brushes being angularly and axially spaced apart relative to the pass line... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5590870 | Universal holding system for a contoured workpiece A universal system for supporting and holding a workpiece having a contoured work holding surface is provided with a spaced array of work holding fixtures mounted on a base. Each fixture includes a work engaging head having a vacuum cup and three work eng... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5573054 | Venetian blind slat An elongate venetian blind slat having a longitudinally extending transversely convex upper surface and an opposed longitudinally extending transversely concave lower surface and opposed longitudinally extending edge surfaces. The slat comprises a rigid t... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5571165 | X-ray transmissive transcutaneous stimulating electrode A disposable transcutaneous electrode comprising, a sheet electrode member of electrically conductive carbon filled polymer, an electrically conductive silver/silver chloride coating on at least a major portion of the lower side of the electrode member, a... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570728 | Wire feeding and cutting machine A wire feeding and cutoff machine in which the feed mechanism continuously advances wire along a path past a wire cutoff arm and into an elongated wire guide having a stationary guide member and a movable closure member. The cutoff arm is pivotally mounte... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5562140 | Releasable operating cord connector for window covering A cord connector device for releasably connecting a plurality of operating cords in a window covering. The cord connector device comprises two elongate side members interconnected for relative movement about a pivot axis adjacent their lower ends such tha... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5560417 | Drapery traverse rod master carrier A two-piece drapery traverse rod master carrier comprising a carrier body having rod guides for supporting the carrier body for movement along a traverse rod, and a drapery support arm having lead and trail ends and a mounting stem extending laterally fro... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5560414 | Releasable operating cord connector for a window covering A cord connector for releasably connecting multiple operating cords for a window covering. The cord connector has at least two side members supported for pivotal movement relative to each other between a closed condition in which the side members are in s... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5544968 | Lockable ball joint apparatus A lockable ball joint apparatus including a ball and a ball receiving cavity and at least one annular clamp ring in the casing extending around the ball. The clamp ring has a spherically concave inner clamping surface engaging the outer surface of the bal... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5542647 | Two-speed jack A jack of the type having inner and outer legs and a screw for extending and retracting the inner leg relative to the outer leg. The screw is mounted on a base fixed to the outer leg for rotating and limited endwise movement between the upper and lower po... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5540135 | Device for clamping an axially movable rod A device for clamping an axially movable rod comprising a housing having a cylindrical inner wall and end walls that slidably support the rod. A pair of annular rod clamp rings in the housing having inner clamping surfaces for engaging the rod and frusto-... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5533560 | Venetian blind headrail and mounting bracket system A venetian blind headrail and bracket system in which the headrail has a downwardly extending light block panel along a rear edge of the bottom wall, a front upper rim on the front wall and a rear upper rim on the rear wall. The mounting bracket includes ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5531155 | Cooking apparatus for two-sided cooking Cooking apparatus having an upper cooking platen mounted on a support arm for swinging movement between a lower cook position and a raised position. The upper platen is mounted on the support arm for limited floating movement and upper platen adjusting me... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5510060 | Inline carbonator A carbonator comprising a casing defining an elongate chamber having a helically grooved inner wall and an elongate inner body disposed in the chamber and having a cylindrical outer surface contacting radially inner crests on the helically grooved inner w... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5485875 | Window shade with break-away attachment of lift cords to bottom rail A window shade assembly comprising a header, a bottom rail and expansible and contractable shade means attached to the header and bottom rail, and lift cords attached to the bottom rail and extending upwardly to the header and through a cord lock on the h... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5472035 | Window blind with wand operator A venetian type window blind having a wand which is rotatable to control tilting of slats and lift cord operating mechanism on the wand for raising and lowering the blind and locking the blind in adjusted positions. The venetian blind lift cords extend in... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5465775 | Venetian blind with wand operator A window blind of the type having a headrail, bottom rail and an expandable and contractable shade between the headrail and bottom rail. An elongated wand has an upper end mounted on the headrail and a flexible operating cord is formed into an endless cor... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5447094 | Hydraulic system for bucket self-leveling during raising and lowering of boom A hydraulic system having a first bucket leveling circuit for controlling leveling of the bucket during raising of the boom and a second bucket leveling circuit for controlling leveling of the bucket during lowering of the boom. The second bucket leveling... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5421551 | Adjustable curtain rod An adjustable curtain rod mounting bracket comprising: a wall bracket member and a rod bracket member which are frangibly interconnected to facilitate packaging and assembly. The wall bracket member has wall attachment flange at the rear end on a panel po... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5419361 | Fluid pressure actuated flow control valve A valve of the type in which a movable valve member is spring loaded to a normally closed position and operated to an open position by a fluid pressure responsive actuator and wherein the valve closing spring and pressure responsive actuator are enclosed ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5392807 | Fluid pressure actuated flow control valve A valve of the type in which a movable valve member is spring loaded to a normally closed position and operated to an open position by a fluid pressure responsive actuator and wherein the valve closing spring and pressure responsive actuator are enclosed ... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5383511 | Support rod assembly for drapery panels A support rod assembly for drapery panels in which an elongated horizontal rod is mounted by upper wall brackets on a wall for horizontally supporting an upper portion of a drapery panel and at least one vertical rod is mounted at its upper end on an uppe... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5374360 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a filter apparatus A method and apparatus for cleaning a filter apparatus of the type having an atmospherically vented tank, a rotatable filter frame in the tank having filter material thereon providing one or more filter effluent compartments on the filter frame. An influe... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5370452 | Cabinet for hair salon utensils A cabinet for hand-held hair salon utensils having spaced side walls, a top panel mounted for movement about a horizontal axis adjacent a rear end of the top panel between a lower closed position and a raised open position, and a front panel mounted for m... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5362401 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a filter apparatus A method and apparatus for cleaning a filter apparatus in which liquid influent is passed through web filter material on a rotatable filter frame into a filter effluent compartment and wherein the filter material is intermittently backwashed during a filt... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5362384 | Multi-cell filter apparatus and turbidity monitor A filter apparatus having a backwash head arranged to up-flow backwash one filter cell at a time, and a scavenging means having a fluid intake head arranged to communicate with at least two cell ports at the same time to downflow scavenge each filter cell... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5358644 | Method and apparatus for decanting liquid A decanter apparatus and method of operating the same to decant liquid from adjacent the surface in a tank. The decanter apparatus includes a decanter receptacle having a top opening surrounded by a decanter rim, a decant pipe having an inlet end communic... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5351741 | Vertical blind with releasable carriage latch A vertical blind apparatus of the type having a head-rail channel and a plurality of panel support carriages guidably mounted on carriage support flanges on the side walls of the channel, and a mechanism for releasably retaining the trail carriage at a se... | 10/04/1994 |
