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An armor with rollers is provided that enables a user to move in all positions by rolling on a hard and smooth surface while constantly varying his bearing points on the ground.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5349737 | Method for separating spot-welded sheet metal parts In a process for separating overlapping sheet metal panels, which are welded together by a series of spot-welds, the portion of each spot-weld in one of the panels is removed by drilling or milling after which pressure is applied by means of a tool, drive... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5123370 | Blowout system for ejection and discharge tubes of submarines A blowout system for ejection and discharge tubes of submarines is provided which permits an ejection of weapons from a torpedo tube, said weapons not having an own propulsion, and which prevents the intrusion of water after the blowout operation is termi... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5070991 | Apparatus for forming groups of rod-like articles Successive rows of cigarettes delivered axially from a packing machine hopper outlet (12) are engaged by a cyclically-movable transfer member (24, 32, 425) which accelerates each row sideways and closes up spaces between cigarettes (C) before transferring... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5048244 | Underground shock-resistant structure An underground shock-resistant structure comprises a vaulted roof having a ring configuration as viewed from above and a ring-shaped base member, such as a flat floor, joined to the inner and outer edges of the vaulted roof. The external surface of the va... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5046258 | Wrapping machines A wrapping machine, particularly for wrapping cigarette packets in wrapper film, includes a series of endless band conveyors (148, 152, 156, 166, 170) carrying pushers (150, 154, 158, 172) for moving successive packets (191) along a straight wrapping line... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5040542 | Bone biopsy needle A bone biopsy instrument kit includes a hollow needle with an annular cutting edge which is rotated to cut a core of bone sample which is retained in the internal passage of the needle. A semi-circular portion of the needle wall is removable to withdraw t... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5024333 | Cigarette segregating apparatus Single cigarette rejection, particularly in a passage (10) between vanes (12) in a cigarette packing machine hopper, is performed by axial ejection of faulty cigarettes using suction generated by exhausting high pressure air adjacent an ejection aperture ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5014463 | Combination door and door frame A combination door and door frame primarily designed for blast shelters wherein the hinged door, which in locked position is designed to withstand external overpressures resulting from detonation of either nuclear or conventional weapons, swings inwardly ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5010802 | Electro-acoustic connector for amplified musical instruments An electro-acoustic connector for use with a musical instrument, such as a guitar, connected to an electronic amplifier and adapted to receive electrical signals from a transducer associated with the musical instrument and to receive and transmit soundwav... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5000323 | Cigarette segregating apparatus Moving cigarettes are inspected, particularly in the passages (10, 30) between the vanes (12, 32) in a cigarette packing machine hopper, by an optical ends inspector (74, 76) which is switched by a position detector (84, 86) responding to passage of indiv... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4925627 | Oil sampling device A device for conveniently sampling and testing oil from the crankcase of an internal combustion engine comprises a tubular member, installed in the dipstick guide tube of the internal combustion engine and having a chamber above the guide tube inlet, and ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4924611 | Frames for vehicles license plates and the like A frame comprising upper, lower, and side bars outlines a space to display a license plate. At least one of the bars, preferably the lower, has a depressed track in which a number of message elements or strip is carried which bear message indicia on its f... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4922577 | Extensible handle bar An extensible handle bar for tools has on its outer tube a sleeve-shaped body made of thermoplastic material and provided with an external thread. The body has an extension provided with longitudinally extending slots and an external taper. A sleeve-shape... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4882760 | Sound reproduction system A system for reproducing sound, particularly musical sound, giving enhanced pleasure to the listener. The system utilizes a pair of low frequency range speakers, a plurality of high frequency range speakers and may employ one or more mid frequency range s... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4858267 | Apparatus for wet cleaning in particular window panes An apparatus for wet cleaning in particular window panes includes an elongated carrier for a removable, fur-like cleaning body surrounding said carrier and a shaft-like handle being mounted at said carrier rectangularly thereto. The cleaning body has an o... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4856069 | Remote typing system A typing station at a remote location having a central processing unit and a terminal is interconnected with an information storage and retrieval system via a single telephone line. A typist at the remote location depresses a foot pedal associated with th... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4847937 | Hair brush In the case of hair brushes the arcuately shaped bristle members of which are studded with bristles, mounted in the side walls of a housing being U-shaped in cross section, are arranged in a plurality adjacently and with a distance from one another and ar... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847938 | Cleaning apparatus, particularly for cleaning window panes A cleaning apparatus, particularly for cleaning window panes includes a shaft-like hollow handle and a replaceable approximately strip-shaped cleaning tool mounted between two clamping jaws which are adjustable relative to one another. One of the clamping... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4848561 | Forming lines of cigarettes A continuous line of laterally moving cigarettes is provided by extracting a row of cigarettes from an 80-column hopper 10, supporting the row by suction on the underside of a fluted beam 18 mounted on a pair of cranks 20, and cyclically rotating the cran... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4834116 | Forming groups of cigarettes Groups of cigarettes are formed by axially extracting cigarettes from the bases of two hoppers (10, 12), each having vertical columns (14, 20) spaced apart by a cigarette diameter. The columns of the hoppers are staggered so that a cigarette extracted fro... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4828491 | Unitary preassembled disposable intra-oral rubber dam device A unitary preassembled disposable intra-oral rubber dam device comprises an annular resilient frame member such as a resilient plastic cord frame, and an elastic latex membrane, the perimeter of the membrane being secured to the frame member such that the... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4804312 | Flow guide for ship propellers This arrangement concerns a flow guide surface for ship propellers, at least for twin propellers, the propellers being mounted by means of propeller brackets. It is provided for to arrange, at least in the region between the arms of the propeller brackets... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4794308 | Multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having improved operating life There is disclosed a multiple gaseous discharge display/memory panel having an electrical memory and capable of producing a visual display, the panel being characterized by an ionizable gaseous medium in a gas chamber formed by a pair of opposed dielectri... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4786282 | Bandage for the topical administration of controlled amounts of nitroglycerin ointment A bandage for the continuous administration of nitroglycerin to the skin comprising a backing member defining one exterior surface, an internal backing layer with calibrations thereon for accurate measurement of the amount of nitroglycerin ointment to be ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4785928 | Feeding rod-like articles A mass flow of cigarettes is reduced in width as it passes downwardly through chutes into a passage in which the cigarettes are formed as a stream two rows deep. The cigarettes are fed onto a fluted drum and accelerated to form gaps between them, the ciga... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4748988 | Wear monitoring A method and apparatus for monitoring wear associated with a particular cyclically moving part in a machine, the machine comprising a plurality of moving parts and operating in a succession of cycles. Apparatus is provided for generating a first signal at... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4741145 | Packing machines A device for inserting coupons in cigarette packets, in particular in hinge lid packets, includes a guide rail 14, 16 parallel to the packing conveyor 2 for raising the lower edge 11 of the inner frame 10 away from the cigarette bundle 6 so that a coupon ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4723559 | Conveying rod-like articles Apparatus for assembling and forming first and second articles of rod-like configuration into at least one composite rod includes a wheel (14) for alternately axially separating the first articles or tobacco sections (10) which are then transversely shift... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4711781 | Medicinal self-adhesive plaster A self-adhesive medicinal plaster comprises a continuous adhesive coating on one surface of a carrier web, a plurality of non-permeable, separating film elements spaced from each other on the surface of the adhesive coating and a plurality of active ingre... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4709438 | Toothbrush with gravity switch A toothbrush is provided which has a headpiece with a cylindrical brush and a handle. By means of a gravity switch the direction of rotation of the brush is reversed according to the turning movement of the handle, in order to automatically maintain a dir... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4699792 | Self-adhesive plaster containing medication A self-adhesive medicinal plaster comprises a plurality of adhesive elements spaced from each other on a surface of a carrier web and a plurality of active ingredient elements, containing a medication, spaced from each other and from the active ingredient... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4668266 | Corrosion resistant cobalt-base alloy having a high chromium content and method of making fibers A cobalt-base alloy having a high chromium, tantalum and zirconium content and a low silicon content has superior strength and improved resistance to corrosion by molten glass. The alloy is highly suited for use in spinners for spinning molten mineral mat... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4667687 | Uniting rod-like articles, particularly for filter cigarette manufacture Filter cigarettes are produced by uniting tobacco sections (12, 122) and filter portions (21, 120) with a wrapper (28, 124) which carries a relatively thick circumferential bead (126) of adhesive or other filler material to provide an effective seal aroun... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4668265 | Corrosion resistant cobalt-base alloy and method of making fibers A cobalt-base alloy having a high tantalum and zirconium content and a low silicon content has superior strength and improved resistance to corrosion by molten glass. The alloy is highly suited for use in spinners for spinning molten mineral material, suc... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4660285 | Thinning scissors When thinning scissors, in which the cutting edge of at least one scissor blade is serrated and the cutting edge of the other scissor blade is, for example, smooth, are used, visible steps detrimental to the appearance of the hair-style are obtained durin... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4658678 | Cork screw furnished with a bell-shaped housing In order to constructionally simplify a cork screw having a bell-shaped housing with which a cork can be lifted out of the bottle neck without reversing the turning direction of the cork-screw blade, the cork-screw blade projects in a known manner with on... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4643203 | Conveying and uniting rod-like articles of the tobacco industry In the production of filter cigarettes by a process in which the tobacco sections and filter portions are united while moving in an axial direction, the wrapper sections are resiliently pressed onto the abutting tobacco sections and filter portions, prefe... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4630735 | Dispenser carton for drinking straws with tear-out dispensing opening The invention concerns generally the production of a folding box which serves for the reception of a plurality of drinking straws which can be removed from the folding box without touching one or the other end portions of them with the fingers. To attain ... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4624025 | Protective device for floor cleaning apparatus A protective device for floor cleaning apparatus with a rotating driving source and with brush rollers driven thereby comprises a housing 2 with a bottom wall on its side facing towards the floor. The bottom wall is provided with working apertures 9 for t... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4621410 | Automated machine installation and method A system comprising a plurality of complementary numerically controlled machine tools in which different work-pieces are each subjected to appropriate selected machining operations on selected machine tools in a selected order by appropriate delivery of c... | 11/11/1986 |
