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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006891 | Robot cell A robotic welding cell includes a frame, a robot arm connected to the frame, a welding gun affixed to the robot arm, a welding table connected to the welding frame, and means to move the welding table in or about at least two mutually perpendicular axes. A welding t... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7999209 | Wire drive for wire feeder and spool gun A modular welding wire feed drive for use in a welding system. The welding wire feed drive is designed to be detachably connected to the welding wire feed system of the welding system. The welding wire feed drive includes a drive housing designed to be detachably co... | 08/16/2011 |
| D631074 | Welding simulator console | 01/18/2011 |
| 7868269 | Integrated engine welder and hydraulic pump An integrated welder, generator and hydraulic unit that includes a housing that at least partially contains components of a welder, generator and a hydraulic pump. An engine, an electric current generator, and a hydraulic pump are at least partially mounted in the h... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866586 | Wire guide insert and method for drum package payoff Arrangements and methods for welding wire payoff sources. A tapered core and base plate, optionally along with a wire guide insert, are configured with a payout drum package and a cover containing a welding wire stack such that the welding wire may be payed off smoo... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7835923 | Method for providing personalized medical care A method for providing personalized medical care is described herein. The non-profit membership provider provides access to qualified members to highly qualified healthcare facilities. A dedicated staff person is available for the members, along with a selection of ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829820 | Flux cored electrode with fluorine A cored electrode to form a weld bead with little or no gas tracking. The cored electrode includes a metal sheath and a fill composition. The filling composition includes a slag forming agent and at least one fluorine containing compound. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828638 | Screw conveyor sections A transport device having a screw conveyor for transporting products hanging on loops, in particular for transporting sausage products, the transport device includes a first screw conveyor section, a drive for the first screw conveyor section, wherein the drive torq... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824250 | Magazine for storage rods for receiving sausage-shaped products and method for supplying the storage rods for loading with sausage-shaped products A magazine for storage rods for receiving sausage-shaped products, comprising one or a plurality of vertically extending shafts 2 in which the storage rods 3 are to be arranged one above the other, wherein a separation means is provided at the bottom e... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7807948 | Cored welding electrode and method of manufacturing the same A manufacturing process is disclosed for manufacturing cored welding electrode, wherein calcium based drawing lubricant is applied to an outer surface of a flux cored welding electrode structure, and a drawing process is thereafter carried out to compact the core fi... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7781701 | Electrode tip A welding electrode comprising a metal core and a coating material that includes flux compounds is at least partially coated on an outer surface of said metal core. The tip of the welding electrode is beveled and a portion of the beveled tip has an end coating mater... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775861 | Method of and apparatus for redistribution of pasty filling material The invention concerns a method of and an apparatus for redistribution of pasty filling material in a closed, individually separated packaging casing in tube or bag form. At least two conveyor belts form between mutually facing first belt portions a through-passage ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7748416 | Visual fuel system for an engine welder A fueling assembly for a fuel tank positioned in an engine driven welder. The fueling assembly includes a filler tube, a fuel level monitor and a grommet. The filler tube has a bottom portion and a top portion. The fuel level monitor includes a fuel level sensor pos... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7717357 | Method for rapid insulation of expanses A process for cost-effectively and rapidly insulating a desired surface with spray foam insulation is described which includes the application of a polyurethane foam dispensed through heated conduits into a dispensing gun having a nozzle with essentially planar dive... | 05/18/2010 |
| D614217 | Simulator welding coupon stand | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690593 | Welding wire guide ring A wire guiding device includes a base and a guide portion for streamlining the flow of coiled wire from a storage container. Side walls may be included to bridge the distance between the device and the storage container to prevent wire from rising upward around the ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7673894 | Dual trailer hitch A trailer hitch includes multiple hitch connectors for connecting the trailer to a towing vehicle in different ways. The trailer hitch includes multiple connectors at distal ends of the hitch body. The trailer hitch can be position such that either end is facing the... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7658446 | Infant carrier and receiving base An infant carrier and car seat combination is illustrated which provides releasable lockability between the carrier and its base, infant seat belt tensioning and height adjustment, improved handle movement which resists twisting and carrier base adjustment through a... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7637568 | Adjustable back for a car seat The invention relates generally to an adjustably extendable seat back for a car seat, that optionally folds compactly for easy transportation. ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7628570 | Modular retaining wall A modular retaining wall is illustrated and described having open or closed polygonal modules with channels disposed therein. The wall is set at least partially below a surface, the surface either being land-based or aqueous-based, and interfaces therebetween, e.g.,... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7624908 | Welding wire feeder and connection apparatus Welding wire feeders are disclosed for providing welding wire and electrical power to a welding torch in a welding system, in which an input is provided including an input connector integrated into a switching device of the wire feeder or coupled thereto directly or... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7607860 | Continuous method and apparatus for microwave-based dryer The invention relates to a method and a movable apparatus for utilizing microwave energy to dry materials (optionally with sterilization) by the direct application of bifurcated out-of-phase microwave energy. ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7607840 | Tactical flexible fibre optic splice enclosure and method of installation The present invention relates to fibre optics and more particularly to flexible, durable, fibre optic splices, and methods of installing such splices. One embodiment of the invention comprises a fibre optic splice comprising: a flexible central tensile member; a fle... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7595412 | Polymer dispersible polybasic metal carboxylate complexes A novel composition and methods of its use and preparation of polybasic metal carboxylate complexes having the general formula: (A)2M.nD(OH)2.xH2O.m(B)2N wherein: A is an organic fa... | 09/29/2009 |
| 6839990 | Excavator teeth A mounting system for a digging tooth of an excavator bucket has an adaptor nose with upper and lower bearing surfaces tapering convergently towards a free end thereof. A digging tooth having a convergently tapering socket locates on said adaptor nose with a screw-t... | 01/11/2005 |
| 7470735 | Phenol-free phosphites Various phenol-free phosphites for use in PVC as an alternative to the conventional phenol-containing products phenyl diisodecyl phosphite and diphenyl isodecyl phosphite were tested. These phosphites utilize para-cumyl phenol-based derivatives in order to provide a... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7342060 | Process for manufacture of pentaerythritol diphosphites A method is disclosed for the production of pentaerythritol diphosphites of high spiro isomer content. The pentaerythritol diphosphites are produced via sequential transesterification of pentaerythritol with a monophosphite followed by a substituted phenol or other ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7320764 | Phosphite ester additive compositions The invention relates to liquid polymer additive compositions comprising blends of phosphite esters selected from the group consisting of aryl phosphites, alkyl phosphites, aryl/alkyl phosphites, bisphenol-A phosphites, dialkylene glycol phosphites and polydialkylen... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7294684 | Dimeric and polymeric alkylphenol polysulfides The invention relates to a process and composition-of-matter for the preparation of dimeric and polymeric alkylphenol polysulfides based on paracumyl phenol for use in vulcanizable rubbers in which the additive is a dimeric or polymeric alkylphenol polysulfide non-n... | 11/13/2007 |
| D547427 | Chiminea | 07/24/2007 |
| 7229132 | Foldable booster car seat The invention relates generally to a foldable or collapsible juvenile car seat. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| D541398 | Sports lid and base for a chiminea | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179845 | Elastomeric latex foams The invention relates generally to a stable flexible latex foam. The latex foam will contain at least one polymer having a plurality of hard domains and a plurality of soft domains, a micelle forming agent, a hydrocarbon propellant substantially free of dimethyl eth... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176252 | Solid melt blended phosphite composites A solid phosphite composite, having at least a portion in amorphous form, which includes at least one, preferably two or more phosphite antioxidants or alternatively at least one phosphite and at least one other polymer additive. The phosphites, at least one of whic... | 02/13/2007 |
| D530774 | Bayonet stun gun | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118138 | Quick connect fastener and connection A connecting fastener is provided. The fastener includes a cylindrical base that includes a first end and a second end and a wall. A central bore is defined in the base and an aperture is defined in the wall. At least one projection extends from an inner surface of ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6908151 | Adjustable and foldable booster car seat The invention relates generally to an adjustable seat back and belt positioning juvenile booster car seat that folds compactly for easy transportation. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902210 | Universal connector tubing The invention is a universal connector which is useful with a variety of differently configured and shaped fittings as well as for applications when the fittings are identical. The connectors provided at either end of the tube may be formed by either compression mol... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6884065 | Gas fired portable unvented infrared heater A portable heater adapted for use in a recreational enclosure or temporary work enclosure includes a housing having an air inlet on the lower front face. A gas supply is partially enclosed by the housing which provides propane to the mouth of a burner venturi locate... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6882748 | Method for image texture analysis A method and apparatus for image texture analysis in which the image is mapped into a first set of binary representation by a monotonically varying operator, such as a threshold operator. Each binary representation in the first set of binary representations is mappe... | 04/19/2005 |
