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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5842536 | Power steering gear for motor vehicle A power steering gear for a motor vehicle including a pinion head and a spool shaft rotatable relative to each other, a torsion bar between the spool shaft and the pinion head, a valve spool formed integrally on the spool shaft, a valve body closely recei... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5802848 | Hydraulic system for motor vehicle A motor vehicle hydraulic system including a power steering pump, a reservoir, a steering assist fluid motor, and a second fluid motor for a radiator cooling fan. A flow control valve remote from the power steering pump divides the total fluid flow from t... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802949 | Closed center power steering gear A closed center power steering gear having a spool shaft connected to a steering wheel of the motor vehicle, a pinion head connected to steered wheels of the motor vehicle, and a control valve between a fluid accumulator and a working chamber of a steerin... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5803496 | Energy-absorbing steering column for motor vehicle An energy-absorbing steering column for a motor vehicle including a housing, an energy absorber between the housing and a body structure of the motor vehicle, a box-shaped bracket on the body structure surrounding a first end of the housing for vertical s... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5787865 | Reservoir for motor vehicle fuel tank A passively filled reservoir in a motor vehicle fuel tank. The fuel tank has an electric fuel pump suspended therein and a tubular conduit through which surplus fuel is returned to the fuel tank. The passively filled reservoir includes a fuel containment ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5788278 | Energy-absorbing steering column for motor vehicle An energy-absorbing motor vehicle steering column including a housing supported on a body structure of the vehicle for linear translation in a collapse direction and an energy absorber which converts into work a fraction of the kinetic energy of an impact... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5788279 | Steering bearing for motor vehicle A steering bearing between a bracket on a steering column tube and a support on a body of a motor vehicle. The bracket has a slot therein and the steering bearing includes a metal bearing bottom having a rest surface bearing flush against a first side of ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5788917 | Method of making a plastic article A method of making a plastic article having an internal conduit for electrical wires including the steps of forming a mold cavity in the shape of the plastic article having a surface area segment defining a passage in the mold cavity, injecting hot liquid... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787759 | Position control apparatus for steering column A position control apparatus for an adjustable steering column including a first toothed rack, a cam block shiftable in linear translation toward and away from the first toothed rack, a rack shoe having a second toothed rack thereon mounted on the cam blo... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5776227 | Vapor storage canister with foam screen retainer A fuel vapor storage canister having a screen assembly between a mass of carbon granules in the storage canister and a purge port of the storage canister. The fuel vapor storage canister includes a cup-shaped plastic body defining a carbon bed chamber and... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5776228 | Vapor storage canister with foam screen retainer A fuel vapor storage canister having a screen module between carbon granules in the canister and a purge port of the canister. The screen module includes a module body defining a plenum, a flat plastic foam screen seated on an uninterrupted edge of a rais... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5762101 | Pressure regulating valve A pressure regulating valve including a valve seat on valve body, a valve element having a flow directing surface, and a spring biasing the valve element toward a closed position in which the flow directing surface bears against and defines a fluid seal a... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5762049 | Fuel supply apparatus for motor vehicle A fuel supply apparatus for a motor vehicle including a plastic canister, three evenly-spaced tubular struts on the canister, a plastic cover, a regulator pod on the plastic cover, and a pair of sockets on the cover and a socket on the regulator pod defin... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5761966 | Clamping device for a steering column A clamping device for a steering column comprising a pair of brackets, one of which is positioned inside the other, each bracket having a pair of spaced-apart, substantially parallel walls. The walls of the inner bracket lie alongside the walls of the out... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5762162 | Electric power steering apparatus A shaft assist electric power steering apparatus including an electric motor and a speed reducer having an input planetary gear set and an output planetary gear set each concentric with a steering shaft. The input planetary gear set includes an input ring... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5749786 | Shaft coupling in motor vehicle steering shaft A shaft coupling including a socket in an end of a first shaft element and a plunger on an end of a second shaft element. The plunger is divided by a longitudinal slot in the second shaft element into a pair of laterally flexible cantilever springs each h... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5737971 | Motor vehicle steering column A length adjustable motor vehicle steering column including a tubular first mast jacket element, a tubular second mast jacket element telescopically overlapping the first mast jacket element, a plurality of elastic rolling elements squeezed between linear... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5730657 | Shaft coupling A shaft coupling including a first gear on an end of a first shaft, a second gear on an end of a second shaft meshing with the first gear, a tubular sleeve around the meshing first and second gears, a universal thrust bearing between the tubular sleeve an... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5729977 | Exhaust collector for pneumatic tool An exhaust collector for a pneumatic tool having a cylindrical body with a rotary driver at one end, an inlet port and an exhaust port for motive fluid at the other end, and a switch on the side of the cylindrical body which actuates a valve to turn the p... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5722300 | Motor vehicle steering column A motor vehicle steering column including a first mast jacket element mounted on a body of the vehicle, a second mast jacket element telescoped into a cylindrical passage in the first element, and a split bushing between the first and second elements. The... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5720496 | Energy absorber for motor vehicle steering column An energy absorber for a motor vehicle steering column including a yoke pivotable about a lateral centerline of a body of the motor vehicle and an energy absorbing mechanism responsive to linear translation of a mast jacket of the steering column relative... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5718132 | Anti-theft steering shaft lock An anti-theft steering shaft lock for an energy-absorbing motor vehicle steering column having a linearly collapsible mast jacket includes a unitized construction consisting of a cylinder lock attached to an instrument panel of the motor vehicle remote fr... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5718209 | Fuel vapor storage canister A fuel vapor storage canister having a leak-proof screen assembly between a mass of carbon granules in the storage canister and a purge port of the storage canister. The fuel vapor storage canister includes a cup-shaped plastic body, an integral partition... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5715730 | Tilt adjustable motor vehicle steering column A tilt adjustable motor vehicle steering column having a mast jacket on a motor vehicle body structure, a tilt housing supported on the mast jacket for pivotal movement about a lateral centerline of the steering column, a steering wheel rotatably supporte... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5709605 | Shaft coupling A shaft coupling between telescopically overlapped ends of a first shaft and a second shaft including a plurality of inside linear grooves in the first shaft, a plurality of outside linear grooves in the second shaft cooperating with the inside linear gro... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5707049 | Power steering gear for motor vehicle A power steering gear including a spool shaft, a pinion head, a torsion bar between the spool shaft and the pinion head, and a rotary detent which resists twisting of the torsion bar including an annular first ball seat rotatable as a unit with a pinion h... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5707085 | Fluid coupling A fluid coupling including a tube and a socket defined by a cylindrical counterbore in a housing. The cylindrical counterbore terminates at an annular seat and is interrupted by an annular first groove defining a first shoulder facing the annular seat and... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5706704 | Energy absorbing steering column for motor vehicle An energy absorber for a motor vehicle steering column including a yoke pivotable about a lateral centerline of a motor vehicle body and an energy absorbing means between the yoke and the mast jacket responsive to linear translation of the mast jacket rel... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5692778 | Motor vehicle steering column An energy-absorbing motor vehicle steering column including a structural housing, a releasable attachment between a body of the motor vehicle and a forward end of the structural housing, and a releasable attachment between an aft end of the structural hou... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5690363 | Energy absorbing mounting bracket An energy absorbing mounting bracket is made of a flat rolled steel and includes a frame having a window through which a mast jacket of a steering column protrudes defined by a plurality of flat walls which plastically deform in twist instead of in hinge-... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5690143 | Valve for power steering gear A valve for a motor vehicle power steering gear including a tubular valve body having a plurality of internal lands, a valve spool rotatable inside of the valve body having a plurality of external lands, and a plurality of metering flats on the external l... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5681118 | Retainer between a shaft and bearing A retainer for preventing dislodgment of a shaft from a bearing including a radially expandable retaining ring, a circumferential groove in the shaft having a frustoconical side, and a frustoconical sidewall on an inner race of the bearing facing the frus... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5680847 | Fuel sender for motor vehicle A motor vehicle fuel sender including a container in a fuel tank of the vehicle having a horizontal partition separating a first chamber above the partition from a second chamber below the partition, a one-way valve between the fuel tank and the second ch... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5669270 | Rotary telescopeable shaft with resilient insert A rotary telescopeable shaft particularly suited for use as an intermediate steering shaft of a motor vehicle including a cylindrical tubular shaft having a flat side, a cylindrical solid shaft slidably telescoped inside of the tubular shaft having a flat... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5669634 | Energy absorber for motor vehicle steering column An energy absorber for a motor vehicle steering column including a yoke pivotable about a lateral centerline of a body of the motor vehicle and an energy absorbing structure responsive to linear translation of a mast jacket of the steering column relative... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5655621 | Motor vehicle power steering gear A motor vehicle power steering gear including a housing, a spool shaft rotatably supported on the housing, a pinion head rotatably supported on the housing, a valve body rotatably supported on the spool shaft, and a universal joint between the valve body ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5651665 | Adjustable relief valve arrangement for a motor vehicle power steering hydraulic pump system A hydraulic pump having a flow control valve for recirculating a fraction of the discharge of a rotating group of the pump and an externally adjustable pressure relief valve. The flow control valve includes a cylindrical bore in a housing of the pump, a d... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5647330 | Fuel sender for motor vehicle A fuel sender including a container in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle and, in the container, a filter, a fuel pump, a jet pump, and a pressure regulator. An upstream side of the filter and the fuel pump are connected through a first passage in a first end... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5643091 | Stroking constant velocity universal joint having low stroke load A crossed groove stroking constant velocity universal joint including inner and outer joint members having inner and outer ball grooves defining a plurality of crossed pairs and a plurality of spherical bearing balls seated in respective ones of the cross... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5639177 | Telescopic shaft with control for antilash spring An intermediate steering shaft including a polygonal tubular shaft, a polygonal solid shaft telescopically received in the polygonal tubular shaft, a spring which thrusts the solid and tubular shafts in opposite lateral directions to eliminate lash attrib... | 06/17/1997 |
