Bizarre Patents
A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
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 |
| 4535658 | Socket bit holder A socket bit holder formed with a circumferential groove in a bit holder opening of the socket, the holder arranged to receive a tool bit having peripheral notch means, and a split ring in the circumferential groove arranged to engage the notch means of t... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4497197 | Pneumatic hydraulic hand-held power unit A pneumatic hydraulic hand-held riveting tool having a pneumatic operative means arranged to generate pressure upon a hydraulic fluid whereby a rivet set plunger is brought into contact with a rivet to be set without deformation of the rivet, and being fu... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4477096 | Socket retainer An elastic ring for maintaining a pin in a hole formed in a socket and work drive shaft of a rotary tool. The ring has integral fingers which project into the ends of the hole so that the pin cannot dislodge the ring by centrifugal force when the tool is ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4467565 | Rotary and orbital sander A rotary orbital sander including a motor housing enclosing a motor, a drive shaft rotatable by the motor, which drive shaft has an off-set projecting portion, a pinion gear housing affixed to the motor housing, a carrier supported upon the shaft off-set ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4431023 | Pressure relief device A pressure relief device for use on a liquid filled vessel, such as a power transformer having a coolant oil enclosed, which device includes a clamp arranged on the device so that the pressure relief function of the device is negated until the clamp is re... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4413396 | Microprocessor control yield point tightening system A method for tightening a fastener to yield point wherein areas under a torque-angle curve--each of said areas including a constant abscissa--are successively measured. A decrease of area in a subsequently measured area, indicates that yield point of the ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4403532 | Ratchet nutrunner with audible torque signal A pneumatically powered hand-held torque wrench having a handle portion which can be forced out of axial alignment with a work engaging end of the tool by manual force applied to the handle portion of the tool, whereby an enclosed torque tube will operate... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4402209 | Liquid level float gauge calibration means A liquid level gauge calibration means which utilizes slip clutch action between the gauge pointer shaft and the float rod. In setting the gauge range, either of said elements may be held stationary at a given point while the other element is moved to coo... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4400785 | Microprocessor monitoring system for fastener tightening A method for monitoring torque and angle developed upon a fastener during fastener run-up and setting, which method utilizes successive area measurements under a torque-angle curve, said areas being compared at predetermined torque levels to provide an in... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4347902 | Rotary impact wrench clutch This invention relates to an impact wrench clutch mechanism having a single roller element extending longitudinally between a motor driven coupling and an anvil. A hammer enclosing the roller member, has a single longitudinal pocket, engaged by the roller... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4329077 | Underground pipe pusher An adaptor for use in driving a pipe into the ground by a ground piercing tool, which adaptor is arranged to be driven by the piercing tool. The adaptor consists of a three piece cylindrical unit held together by two garter springs. A tapered conical bore... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4278103 | Overspeed control means for pneumatic tools An overspeed control means for pneumatic tools which includes a split ring valve slidably arranged in a circumferential groove formed in a cage member affixed to the rotor shaft of the tool. When the cage member exceeds a predetermined rotational speed, t... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4267747 | Safety lever A safety throttle lever for use on hand-held tools which lever has two operational modes, the first a tool non-operating mode, the second a tool operating mode. Cam-like means are arranged to restrict and guide the lever into the second operational mode w... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4265108 | Pneumatic nut runner with torque indicator A pneumatically powered hand-held torque wrench having a dial gage arranged on the handle portion of the wrench to display the amount of torque exerted upon a fastener by the tool. A pointer indicates the tool maximum torque attained during tool operation... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4265265 | Pneumatic tool governor A pneumatic tool governor having a body rotatable with the rotor of the tool, the body being provided with holes for passage of motive fluid to the motor of the tool, and a centrifugally responsive valve element pivotally mounted upon the governor body so... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4262966 | Road surface removing machine A road surface removing machine including a modular assemblage, having a rotary cutter drum unit with flailing arms adapted to impact upon a road surface for disintegration of the surface, said drum unit having four degrees of movement, boom means associa... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4244245 | Fastener tension control system A method and apparatus for controlling final tension on a fastener being run up and set. An efficiency factor is developed and utilized for attaining predetermined final tension on a fastener, or a group of similar fasteners, being operated upon. The effi... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4240771 | Breast drills A breast drill including a casing of elongate hollow form containing gearing for transmitting drive to a drill chuck, and a grip handle connected to the casing and capable of angular adjustment around the casing so that it can be located at a required pos... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4227867 | Globoid-worm compressor with single piece housing An air compressor of the globoid-worm type having a rotor formed with a plurality of threads in meshing relation with two oppositely arranged star pinions. The rotor and star pinions are arranged in a single piece housing which incorporates all openings a... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4186933 | Keys for drill chucks A key for a drill chuck, the key including a geared head part connected to a separately formed handle part of machined, forged, cast or moulded form.... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4147219 | Two-speed offset nutrunner A two-speed pneumatically powered rotary nut runner having an auxiliary motor, and a main motor axially offset from the auxiliary motor and being drivingly connected thereto by a reduction gear cage. An output spindle is provided for engagement with a dri... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4111079 | Keys for drill chucks A drill chuck key with ejector means for disengaging at least its geared head part or at least its pilot portion from the chuck when released by the user.... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4097054 | Drill chucks A chuck for drills and the like including at least three jaw elements of tapered form connected to a jaw carrier by means of flexible elements. Means are provided for urging the jaw elements axially relative to a nose cone so that they act against a frust... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4094523 | Drill chucks A drill chuck including a main body part having jaws slidably mounted for converging movement in respective guides. A nut member is rotatably mounted on said main body part and has screwthreaded engagement with the jaws. A cylindrical sleeve is connected ... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4092864 | Hot spot thermometer A thermometer unit for monitoring the temperature of a fluid cooled electric transformer, the unit having a ceramic body insertable between the coils of the transformer winding immersed in cooling fluid in the transformer case. A nylon element responsive ... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4084487 | Pulse motor in a nut runner A non-impacting nut running pneumatic tool in which torque pulses are transmitted by an oscillating air motor through a one-way clutch and reduction gearing to the work. A torque responsive cam clutch member responds to a predetermined delivered torque to... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4074696 | Pressure relief valve operation signal An indicator to show that a pressure relief device has operated. The indicator of the invention comprises a flexed spring which is released to move to an upright position when the pressure relief valve is caused to operate.... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4074957 | Screw compressors A single screw, gate rotor machine in which compressible fluid is fed to the machine through a low pressure inlet and exhausts through a higher pressure outlet, in which an unloading valve is provided in the casing adjacent to the high pressure side of th... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4074095 | Flow operable switch device A switch device having a housing connectible to a side wall of a flow conduit, a cup element dangling at the end of a string in the conduit is adapted under a predetermined pressure of fluid flowing through the pipe to draw a magnet connected in the housi... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4073498 | Drill chucks A drill chuck of the angularly sliding jaw type having an integral nut and bevel gear element formed as an unbroken ring and then split in halves, the halves being held together by a chuck sleeve; and the teeth of the bevel gear being "blind", that is, to... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4074096 | Bellows controlled sudden pressure rise relay A relay unit associated with a fluid cooled transformer apparatus. The relay utilizes an hydraulic bellows circuit system to sense internal pressure changes developing in a tank member of the transformer apparatus; and it responds to a sudden rise in the ... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4072198 | Hydraulic rock drill An hydraulic rock drill having an hydraulically reciprocable hammer piston arranged to pound an anvil carrying a drill string. A sleeve type shiftable valve periodically engaged by the piston to effect alternate application to and relief of pressurized hy... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4071092 | Pneumatic screwdriver with torque responsive shut-off A pneumatically powered tool for setting of threaded fasteners, having an axially movable clutch assembly and a fastener drive spindle both of which are coupled for rotary motion to effect fastener run-up. Upon attainment of a predetermined torque load on... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4067587 | Drill chucks A drill chuck of the angularly sliding jaw type including a jaw actuating nut and a sleeve associated with the nut mounted on the body of the chuck, various forms of abutment means being provided for retaining the sleeve in its required position relative ... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4061039 | Locomotive speed recorder system A locomotive speed recorder system having a gear train drive operable off the drive wheel of a locomotive, in which system a pneumatically operable cam bar is provided for disengaging the gear train drive so as to de-activate the recorder during dead-head... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4044625 | Vibration isolating hand grip for shank of a percussive chisel A hand grip in the form of a sleeve unit having a body of elastomeric material provided with an internal cavity filled with a fluent material; and having an axial through hole adapted to slidably receive the shank of a chisel of a percussive tool, the han... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4042062 | Air pulse noise damper for a pneumatic tool A pneumatic tool having an exhaust air noise attenuating system in which air exhausting from a rotary air vane motor is caused to pass in order through an exhaust port, past a flexible leaf damper overlying the exhaust port into a wave modulating chamber ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4039219 | Automatic safety latch lift hook unit A lift hook unit is described having a hook element swiveled to a supporting yoke; the hook element has a safety latch which is automatically movable from a normal open position to a closed position upon loading of the hook and is automatically returnable... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4036058 | Hot spot thermometer A thermometer unit for monitoring the temperature of a fluid cooled electric transformer, the thermometer unit having a ceramic body insertable between the coils of the transformer winding immersed in cooling fluid in the transformer case. A nylon rod res... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4033129 | Hydraulic feed control system for rotary drill An hydraulic feed control system for feeding or retracting a rotary rock drill relative to the work in a selected one of four modes; namely, standard feed; regeneration feed; standard retract; and rapid retract. The system includes an hydraulic circuit co... | 07/05/1977 |
