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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7406380 | Navigation system A navigation system for providing different modes of navigation guidance to drivers is provided. A smart card stores user information. In a main apparatus, a parameter table storage section stores parameters which are used for controlling the outputting of navigatio... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7109431 | Push-on switch A push-on switch according to the present invention is constructed so that a pressing part faces the top surface of a dome-shaped movable contact, across a given clearance. Such a construction allows the pressing part to be pressed a distance until the pressing part... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6723847 | Spiro compounds The present invention is directed to novel spiro compounds useful as neuropeptide Y receptor antagonists. ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6464807 | Production method of ultra fine grain steel A method of producing a ultra fine grain steel made of ferrite having a mean grain size of not larger that 3 μm as the base phase, after ingoting raw materials, by austenitizing the ingot by heating it to a temperature of at least an Ac 3 point, then, ap... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6401583 | Arbitrarily positioned lateral perforation forming apparatus for form printing machine An arbitrarily positioned lateral perforation forming apparatus can form a lateral perforation at an arbitrary position or selected position in a continuous web paper at high precision by a simple control system with small control amount. A lateral roulet... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6097573 | Magnetic information recorder/reproducer A magnetic information recorder/reproducer can reduce the possibility of breakage of parts and thus lessen the need for maintenance. A resilient member for pressing a magnetic medium against a magnetic head has a resilient, hard guide layer provided on on... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6089131 | Ratcheting wrench for driving an element with a hexagonal head, in particular a bolt or nut A ratchet wrench having an open end (18) defined by front (20) and rear (22) jaws, in relation to a driving direction. The jaws are linked by an intermediate arcuate web (24). Each jaw includes an engagement surface (30, 36) for engaging the front half of... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6068467 | Combustor A combustor has a pilot nozzle 02 arranged at a central portion of an inner cylinder 01 opening at its end into a combustion chamber 018 and includes a plurality of main nozzles 03 arranged around its outer circumference. Along the outer circumference of ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6064184 | Charging circuit for charging a rechargeable battery and for preventing consumption of rechargeable battery power by the charging circuit A charging circuit is provided with a charge control switch connected in series with a rechargeable battery, and a current sensing circuit to determine whether or not current flows through the rechargeable battery. A charging control circuit is also inclu... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6063355 | Method for treating wastes by gasification A method of treating wastes includes partially combusting the wastes in a fluidized bed reactor at a relatively low temperature followed by separate gasification of gaseous material and char from the first gasification in a separate relatively high temper... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6062539 | Valve gear and coupling mechanism for coupling the valve stem of the valve and the driving shaft of actuator A valve gear comprises a valve 1 having a valve element and a valve stem, and an actuator having a driving shaft for operating the valve element of the valve. A connecting portion 7 is provided on either the valve or the actuator. A sleeve having a smooth... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6064796 | Method and an apparatus for encoding video data for seamless connection using flags to indicate top or bottom of field and whether a field is presented plural times A signal conversion recording method applies a signal recording method whereby a video signal converted to a frame rate greater than the frame rate of the signal source by repeating particular fields plural times is converted to an intermediate signal hav... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6056827 | Laser decontamination method A laser decontamination method includes the steps of incorporation of a condenser lens in a gas supply nozzle, supplying a gas toward a contaminated member while moving the gas supply nozzle relatively to and along a surface of the contaminated member wit... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6054242 | Electrophotographic toner An electrophotographic toner excellent in fixing properties at a low temperature, resistance to offsetting and shelflife and suitable for a heat-fixing method can be provided by an electrophotographic toner containing, as a binder, a polyester resin havin... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6049035 | Photovoltaic device The photovoltaic device is provided with a photovoltaic element on the surface of a substrate, and a light diffuse transmission filter, which diffuses light passing through it, over the surface of the photovoltaic element. The light diffuse transmission f... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6043472 | Assembly of tapping device and inductor therefor In a method of operating an inductor of a tapping device of a melt vessel, the inductor couples inductively during a working phase with an electrically conductive shaped component and is cooled by means of a fluid. The inductor is electrically decoupled a... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6035967 | Safety apparatus using parallel line catchers for elevated work site operations The safety apparatus using nets for elevated work site operations uses parallel line catchers for catching falling workers. Each space between two adjacent lines of a parallel line catcher can be widened opening an area for passing building materials such... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6033080 | Emergency light operable on the lever principle An emergency light includes a chemiluminescent light stick which can be easily operated to illuminate and taken out. When an operating lever is pushed, an engaging portion of a pivoting member pushes the bottom portion of the chemiluminescent light stick ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6024633 | Workpiece holding device and polishing apparatus therewith A workpiece holding device enables stable polishing to be performed without sacrificing the structural strength of a top ring or the space necessary for machining a through hole or implanting engaging pins while allowing close contact to be made between a... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6022229 | Ejection mechanism in IC card connector In an IC card connector in which an IC card is inserted into a card receiving chamber through a card inlet port of a card case so that electrode pads of the IC card are brought into contact with contacts of the card case, an ejecting mechanism in the IC c... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6021645 | Freezing and cooling system and heat exchanger device for condensation There is provided a freezing and cooling system as well as a condensing heat exchanger device capable of reducing in size of a condensing heat exchanger device, promoting a cost reduction of the device in a freezing and cooling system as well as energy sa... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6019836 | Method for pulling a single crystal In a conventional method for pulling a single crystal, a neck having a smaller diameter has been formed in order to exclude dislocation induced in dipping a seed crystal into a melt. However, in pulling a heavy single crystal having a large diameter of 12... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6004948 | Derivatives of benzosulphonamides as inhibitors of the enzyme cyclooxygenase II Compounds of the formula (I) in which A is oxygen, sulphur or NH; B is a group of the formula (IIa) or (IIb); and the other variables have the meaning given in claim 1, may be used as inhibitors of the enzyme cyclooxygenase II ##STR1##... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6004391 | Pigments for the production of purple ceramic decoration, process for the production thereof and use thereof Purple pigments according to the invention based on a stovable support material, in particular a glass frit, having a coat applied by coprecipitation of an oxide hydrate of one or more elements from the range comprising Al, Si, Sn, Pb, Ti, Nb, Ta, Sc, Y, ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6002105 | Air conditioning control apparatus for vehicles A first PTC heater and a second PTC heater are provided at the downstream side of a heater core that uses engine cooling water for its heat source, and the second PTC heater is positioned at a foot outlet. Under conditions that require the use of the PTC ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5997152 | Light emitting element module and printer head using the same A light emitting element module is provided including a board and plural chips arranged in the form of an array on the board. Each chip includes at least one light emitting element having a light emitting function and/or a photosensing function. The chips... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5988858 | Method and apparatus for delivering drugs An apparatus and control method for feeding medications in which processing units, which can prepare drugs, non-drug articles and drug-related articles, are provided along a carrier feed line, and in which carriers for respective patients are fed on the f... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5973187 | Positive-working chemical-sensitization photoresist composition Disclosed is a novel positive-working or negative-working chemical-sensitization photoresist composition useful in the photolithographic patterning works for the manufacture of electronic devices. The photoresist composition is characterized by a unique ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5970044 | Disc clamping device A drive mechanism for moving a clamper arm into a standby position of the clamper is simplified and the possible occurrence of the vibration of the clamper in the standby state and the falling of the disc out of the tray in the transferring stage are prev... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5961898 | Molding apparatus and molding method for light-permeable articles A molding apparatus for light-permeable articles which includes a nozzle that is movable up and down. A suction path and a suction device connected to the suction path are provided so as to suck a gas at a contact face of a sprue bush and its vicinity dur... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5957381 | Fuel injection nozzle A fuel injection nozzle includes a lift piece located on the side of a nozzle needle. A protrusion of the lift piece and the distal end of a push rod are held by a spring seat with a specified clearance therebetween as a prelift. The adjustment of the pre... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5955780 | Contact converting structure of semiconductor chip and process for manufacturing semiconductor chip having said contact converting structure A contact converting structure of a semiconductor chip comprises a semiconductor chip with a group of electrodes arranged on a surface of one side thereof. A liquid crystal polymer film is bonded to the surface in such a manner as to cover the electrodes ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5931282 | Component collective and component collective feeding apparatus A component carrier assembly includes component holders each for holding a component therein and connected to one another in a form of a tape carrier. Each holder is provided with a cavity to accommodate the component, a closure for shutting an opening of... | 08/03/1999 |
