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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 |
| 8182196 | Modular pouch transfer system The invention relates to a modular pouch transfer system, in which a gripper mount bar is rigidly mounted an drive arms, which are driven by driving means and mounted to them such that gripper means moves along a circular path. With the continued rotational c... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181798 | Mobile or stationary working apparatus with telescopic extension arm elements whose position in relation to one another is detected by RFID technology Mobile or stationary working apparatus, in particular a working vehicle, with at least one telescopic extension arm (3) which has two or more extension arm elements (31, 32, 33) which can be moved in relation to one another, with detection means being ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178189 | Laminate for diaper closure A laminate usable as a diaper closure has a pair of generally contiguous outer fleece layers having longitudinally extending and parallel outer edges and a core layer of foil of LP or LLP polyethylene extending between the outer layers substantially a full width of ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177943 | Solid polysilane mixtures The invention is directed to mixtures of polysilanes macroscopically solid at ambient temperature wherein the individual components of the composition SinH2n and/or SinH2n+2 of which decompose before they are boiling at an... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174708 | Analysis of molecular interactions on and/or in thin layers The invention relates to a carrier for a thin layer and a method for the analysis of molecular interactions on and/or in such a thin layer. A thin layer disposed on a carrier is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation from at least one radiation source and a refl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167599 | Polyhedral tool and method of using the tool for producing an orthodontic appliance A polyhedral tool for producing an orthodontic appliance has a main body with one upper and one lower surface that are parallel to each other and at least one other pair of nonparallel, opposite lateral surfaces. One of the two nonparallel surfaces of the body exten... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163348 | Controlled thickness reduction for hot-dip coated, hot-rolled steel strip and installation used in this process The invention relates to a method for hot-dip coating hot-rolled steel strip, during which the steel strip passes through a pickling station, a rinsing station, a drying station, a heating furnace and then through a molten bath. The final thickness and the thickness... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162033 | Strand guiding device and method of operating it A strand guide for a cast strand has a first roller bridge to one wide side of the cast strand and having ends defining two first section corners, a first fixed support adjacent the first roller bridge, a second roller bridge to the opposite wide side of the cast st... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160317 | Method for topographical presentation of alterations in an examined brain The invention relates to a method for the topographical presentation of structural alterations in an examined brain using volume data records. In line with the invention, this method is distinguished in that functional areas are mapped by extracting profiles, where ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158390 | Method for the fermentative production of L-valine and suitable microorganism The invention relates to a method for producing L-valine and to a suitable microorganism. The inventive method is characterized by preferably enhancing the transaminase C activity of a coryneform bacterium, especially Corynebacterium glutamicum. The or... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156619 | Hinge and method of making same A method of making a hinge has the steps of forming a region of a piece of sheet metal with a groove and then bending the piece of sheet metal to form the region into an eye with the groove opening inwardly into the eye so that the piece of sheet metal with the eye ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153327 | Interconnector for high temperature fuel cells In a high-temperature fuel cell at least one electroconductive agent is provided for contacting an anode with an interconnector. Side edges of the interconnector are electrically connected with the anode by the electroconductive agent. Electrically nonconductive spr... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153040 | Method and apparatus for pressing particle mats The invention relates to a method of pressing pressing-material mats during the production of wood-material panels in a continuous press, wherein the continuous press has upper and lower heating plates, upper and lower entry plates, which project on the entry side a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151543 | Bag clamp puckering system A bag-puckering system has a pairs of grippers engageable with upper corners of respective bags. The grippers of each pair are shiftable between an inner position in which the respective bag is puckered open and an outer position in which the respective bag is held ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148999 | Proximity detector A circuit for generating an indicative signal regarding the approach of an object to an observation area has a send electrode device, a generator circuit for supplying alternating voltage to the send electrode device, a receive electrode device which extends in or a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147628 | Method for producing cryogenic, solid monopropellants and solid propellants produced according to said method The invention relates to a method for producing (cryogenic) solid monopropellants which are cooled to below room temperature and are used for rocket drives, especially using heterogeneous liquid-solid propellants wherein at least one of the reactants in the form of ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146467 | Electrical stressing means The invention relates to an electrical stressing means having a housing (2) which can be attached to the drive spindle of a machine tool and in which a threaded rod (3) for adjustment of the clamping jaws of a chuck is mounted such that it can be moved... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146392 | Multipoint door/window lock with panic override A latch has a housing and a dead bolt shiftable on the housing between extended and retracted positions. A latch nut is rotatable on the housing and connectable to door handles and carries actuating and panic levers. An actuating element is connected between the dea... | 04/03/2012 |
| D656843 | Packaging for food | 04/03/2012 |
| D656805 | Four-jaw collet chuck | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141809 | Cross-cutting and roll-changeover apparatus for continuous moving web An apparatus for winding a flexible web continuously moving in a longitudinal travel direction as rolls onto sleeves has a winding station for holding a sleeve and rotating it about an axis for winding the web onto the sleeve. Upstream of the winding station at a ch... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141401 | Method and apparatus for analyzing a layer of metal-working liquid In a shaping process a metal strip is passed in a rolling direction through shaping rolls and a layer of treatment liquid is applied to a surface of the strip upstream of the shaping rolls. Measurement variables of the liquid on the surface are analyzed by laser-ind... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136214 | Machining apparatus A machining apparatus (1) for machining rotation-symmetrical workpieces (10), comprising a machine frame (4), which has a vertical front face (11), further comprising at least one vertical workpiece spindle (2) that is arranged on ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133048 | Method and blank for producing a screw-tube conveyor and screw-tube conveyor produced in this way The invention relates to a method and a blank for producing a screw-tube conveyor in the form of a cylindrical rotary tube (110) with an internal screw spiral (120) for conveying and mixing a bulk material. To simplify the method and to create even lon... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132582 | Umbrella with two belts An umbrella having a telescopic shaft having one end carrying a handle and an opposite end carrying a canopy is held in a harness having upper and lower belts fittable on a user. The handle is secured to the lower belt. A strap around the upper belt carries a clip h... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132475 | Method of and apparatus for measuring strip planarity A tensioned metal strip over an apparatus for measuring tension that only has a roller rotatable about an axis transverse to the direction and having a substantially cylindrical outer surface engaged generally tangentially by the strip, a radially shiftable tension-... | 03/13/2012 |
| D655592 | Four-jaw collet chuck | 03/13/2012 |
| D655506 | Stackable stock box with openable end | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128701 | Implant for use between spiral vertebrae The invention relates to an implant for use between the vertebrae (8) of the spine as a placeholder for vertebrae or vertebrae parts removed from the spine, having a first implant part (2) and a second implant part (3), which can be adjusted aga... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127583 | Coiler mandrel A mandrel for winding sheet metal has a generally tubular mandrel body extending along and centered on an axis and formed at one end with a plurality of radially throughgoing and angularly spaced apertures each having a pair of closed and axially confronting end fac... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8119939 | On-load tap changer with an energy storage mechanism The invention relates to an on-load tap changer having an energy storage mechanism for changing over, without any interruptions, between different winding taps of a tap-changing transformer on load. According to the invention, the energy storage mechanism has one or... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119789 | Method for the production of a cell and/or tissue and/or disease phase specific medicament The present invention relates to a method for producing of a cell and/or tissue and/or disease phase specific medicament against against chronic inflammatory diseases. Disease, cell type, tissue and/or stage specific proteins and nucleic acids are identified ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119374 | Nucleotide sequences of coryneform bacteria coded for proteins participating in L-serine metabolism and method for microbial production of L-serine This invention relates to the nucleotide sequence of coryneform bacteria coding for proteins which are involved in L-serine metabolism with reduced and switched off L-serine dehydratase activity. The invention also relates to microorganisms used in methods for produ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118225 | Device and method for detecting and/or recognizing markings in/at/on transparent marking carriers The invention relates to a device for detecting and/or recognizing markings, in particular for manual handling, comprising a camera for recording a marking and at least one illumination device for illuminating a marking, characterized in that, for detecting and/or r... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115627 | Detection device, particularly for realizing a protection system The invention relates to a detection device, particularly for realizing a protection system via which, for example, motor-driven injury-relevant systems can be operated in a controlled manner. The aim of the invention is to provide solutions via which advantages res... | 02/14/2012 |
| D653846 | Hands-free umbrella | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110246 | Method for producing a thin-film solar cell by use of microcrystalline silicon and a layer sequence The invention relates to a method for production of a thin-layer solar cell with microcrystalline silicon and a layer sequence. According to the invention, a microcrystalline silicon layer is applied to the lower p- or n-layer in pin or nip thin-layer solar cells, b... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109428 | Method of and apparatus for splicing metal strips A method of splicing a trailing end of a downstream metal strip to the leading end of an upstream metal strip. The method has the steps of overlapping the leading end of the upstream strip with the trailing end of the downstream strip, and thereafter friction weldin... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109315 | Accordion partition An accordion partition has a pair of panels having adjacent vertical inner and outer side edges interconnected by a hinge. Horizontal and generally parallel upper ceiling and lower floor tracks extend above and below the pair of panels, and upper and lower trolley h... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105130 | Inlay for the resiliently shape-maintaining reinforcement of bra cups An inlay for reinforcing a bra cup is a pliably resilient plastics material part having the basic shape of a crescent with inner and outer edges that are curved and that have a spacing that increases continuously between a minimum value at one end and a maximum valu... | 01/31/2012 |
