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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997192 | Printing machine A printing machine includes a conveyor for at least one item to be printed, a print station and a transfer device including at least one bucket for conveying the item and an element for driving the conveyor bucket, which element is capable of displacing the conveyor... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7717036 | Multifunctional tape printer of tape measure A multifunctional tape printer of tape measure, is provided with a main frame (1), a small number (for foot) roller (3) with the perimeter of 3 feet or/and a small number (for meter) roller (5) with the perimeter of 1 meter mounted on the main f... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7647867 | Apparatus and method for imprinting vials An apparatus for printing onto closed vial units. The vial units are formed in a series and the vial units have a drug therein. The apparatus comprises a conveyor belt for moving the vial units, with the conveyor belt having spaced cleats. A first side of the vial u... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7389725 | Apparatus and method for imprinting a vial An apparatus and method for printing onto vials. The vials may be connected in a series, the vials having an open end and a closed end. The apparatus comprises a conveyor for moving the vials, the conveyor having a mandrel for receiving the open end of the vials. Th... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7372595 | Flexible image rendering system utilizing intermediate device-independent unrendered image data A flexible, user-friendly computer-implemented image processing system is provided. The system includes a process to receive an image rendering request. The image rendering request includes an indication of raw image data and an indication of desired rendering outpu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7347141 | Single drum rotary printing machine A rotary machine including a substantially vertical rotatable drum having pellet-receiving receptacles in its peripheral sidewall. Gravity causes pellets to collect toward the drum's bottom. As the drum rotates, pellets received in the receptacles are carried upward... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7326491 | Electrochemical device An electrochemical device comprises collector plates having main parts and tab parts and being arranged such that the main parts oppose each other; a separator having a main part and a tab part and being arranged such that the main part is disposed between the main ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321212 | Restricted motion motor control with visual indication A visual indication for a motor controlled shaft, especially useful for retrofitting hand controlled printing presses. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7302888 | Method and apparatus for rotational media printing An apparatus for use in printing to a rotational media having a surface to be printed to and being rotatable about an axis extending away from the surface is provided. The apparatus includes an engaging arrangement to engage the rotational media so as to impart cont... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291364 | Hi-resolution three-dimensional imaging apparatus for topographic and 3d models The present invention is directed to an automated system that includes a hi-resolution three-dimensional imaging apparatus for topographic modeling that is electronically coupled with a computer. The system incorporates one or more algorithms for converting the comp... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7261033 | Printing machine with a drive system for displacement of each mandrel A printing machine includes a support stand, a plate rotational with respect to the stand about an axis of rotation, elements for driving the plate in rotation, at least two mandrels for holding two articles to be printed in succession, the mandrels being carried by... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7207270 | Fixture for printing blinds Provided is a fixture assembly for printing image graphics on a slat set of a window blind. The slat set is comprised of a plurality of substantially identically configured slats. Each one of the slats has a slat length and a slat width. The fixture assembly compris... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208904 | Multiple motor position control A controller for motor activation providing accurate and repeatable position changes by pressing and releasing a push button switch. Repeatable position changes are made in an advance direction by triggering a digital counter for a predetermined number of cycles of ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7145586 | Marking optical disc based on information related to data side thereof Marking an optical disc based on information related to the data side thereof is disclosed. Information related to the data side of the optical disc is first determined. A marking based on the data side of the optical disc as has been read is then written with a las... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7124681 | Apparatus and method for imprinting a vial An apparatus and method for printing onto vials. The vials are connected in a series, the vials having an open end and a closed end. The apparatus comprises a conveyor belt for moving the vials, the conveyor having a mandrel for receiving the open end of the vials, ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7092320 | Medium handler and organizer A compact disc processing system allows for more efficient processing of compact discs. The system included a transporter mechanism that can grip and transport more than one compact disc at a time. As such, a second disc can be gripped while a first disc is being pr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7047878 | Flexographic printing on containers A flexographic press of conventional design is used to print on a container, with the container to be printed upon replacing the web and the impression roll of the conventional press. In order to maintain the registration between the print stations, the container is... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6975413 | Image forming apparatus and sheet supply unit for use in the same An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit which accommodates an image forming module for forming an image on a recording sheet supplied, and a sheet supply unit disposed in parallel with the image forming unit, having one or plural sheet supply trays... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6907823 | Flexographic printing on containers A flexographic press of conventional design is used to print on a container, with the container to be printed upon replacing the web and the impression roll of the conventional press. In order to maintain the registration between the print stations, the container is... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6840616 | Air folder adjuster apparatus and method An air folder adjuster (10) includes an air supply (12) and air supply tubing (14) connected to air supply (12) at end (16). The opposite end (18) of air supply tubing (14) is connected to one or more air nozzles (... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6827509 | CD transporter with re-transfer printer A compact disc transporter has been described that includes a two-step printer. The printer uses an intermediate transfer sheet to receive a print image that is subsequently transferred to a compact disc. The transporter allows parallel processing of image data and ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6692701 | Microarrayer A device for providing incremental translation in multiple directions, having a base plate (3), a first plate (1), a second plate (2) and means for translation, such as differentially spaced holes (4,5). When the device includes an optional separate appli... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6631673 | Transfer device for hollow bodies printed or to be printed in a printing machine A transfer device with which the hollow bodies to be printed in a printing machine may be transferred from a supply conveyor means to a capstan plate associated with the printing device. Since the hollow bodies are supplied by the supply conveyor means wi... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6626112 | Method of successively and automatically transfer printing an integral design on the leaves of a blind with one round of processing A method of successively and automatically transfer printing an integral design on the leaves of a blind with one round of processing includes steps of conveying both the leaves of a blind and a transfer printing paper roll automatically and press them to... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6613284 | Microarrayer A device for providing incremental translation in multiple directions, having a base plate (3), a first plate (1), a second plate (2) and means for translation, such as differentially spaced holes (4,5). When the device includes an optional separate appli... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6550379 | Printing machine for printing an integral design on the leaves of a blind with one round of processing A printing machine for printing an integral design on the leaves of a blind includes a material distributing device, a material delivering device, a printing device, a heat-drying device and a material tidying device combined together. Leaves preset in nu... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6520079 | Rubber blanket and device for fixing a rubber blanket A rubber blanket is provided with reinforcement rails on one or both of its ends. These reinforcement rails are positionable in a narrow channel in a rubber blanket cylinder. The reinforcement rail or rails extend beyond the ends of the channel. Rubber bl... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6490969 | Machine for printing or otherwise decorating hollow bodies A machine for printing on or otherwise decorating hollow bodies. It comprises a rotationally driven decoration application drum, which peripherally is provided with decoration faces, which are able to be moved along a first orbit. On an adjacent capstan p... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6250218 | Print unit The invention relates to a print unit for a packaging machine, in which a cavity, equipped with an armature made of ferromagnetic material and supporting, in operation, a blank to be printed, is mobile in front of a fixed electromagnet, which can be activ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6213011 | Loading and offloading systems for printing machine A printing machine includes a printing table for printing groups of objects presented in an entry support and an exit support, a transfer system disposed between the printing table and a loading system, on the one hand, and an offloading system, on the ot... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6148721 | Apparatus for decorating articles using suction conveyor An apparatus for decorating articles has at least one article carrier which is movable along a transport path through treatment stations and which is connected to a vacuum source at least over a portion of the transport path for holding an article in the ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6079326 | Method and apparatus for using workpiece registration to inline decorate and cure workpieces Ink decoration applied to bottles during a dwell period at decoration stations of an intermittent motion decorating machine is cured during a dwell period while the bottles dwell at curing stations, each downstream of a decorating station. A bottle rotato... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6041703 | Compact disc printing system and method A compact disc transporter is described for transporting a compact disc between multiple process stations. These stations may include a printer, a recorder, a verifier, and a compact disc supply station. Methods have been described for pre-positioning a c... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6000329 | System for the printing of small flat objects using direct rotary printing apparatus A system for the flexographic printing of compact discs is provided in which the transport member for the compact discs travels in an oval-shaped path. The transport member is made up of individual segments connected together so that each end can be pivot... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5979309 | Pellet inverting device A device useable with a pellet-marking machine for inverting a multiplicity of pellets is disclosed. Pellets are transported in cavities on carrier bars mounted on a conveyor. The carrier bars move with relation to one or more rails disposed beneath the c... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5967037 | Printing machine having a lower box and an upper box adjustably supported on to the lower box A printing machine includes a machine base, a lower box mounted on the machine base, an upper box mounted on the lower box in a vertically movable and adjustable position, a conveyor passing horizontally between the upper and lower boxes, and an upper pri... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5937748 | Metal coil printing mechanism and metal coil press machines including registration control A metal coil printing mechanism for providing alignment between two patterns to be printed on a surface of the coil includes a blanket cylinder for applying a pattern to the metal coil and first and second plate cylinders which apply first and second patt... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5865114 | System for the printing of small flat objects using direct rotary printing apparatus A system for the flexographic printing of compact discs is provided in which the transport member for the compact discs travels in an oval-shaped path. The transport member is made up of individual segments connected together so that each end can be pivot... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5849082 | Rotary glazing machine, in particular for ceramic tiles The invention relates to a rotary glazing machine, in particular for ceramic tiles, which comprises a mobile rest plane for tiles on which the tiles are translated in a predetermined direction, and a rotary glazing apparatus situated superiorly to the res... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5806420 | Printer for printing compact discs (CD) A printing device for the printing of individual, flat print substrates, such as compact discs, in a multi-color print, uses a plurality of print units. These print units are arranged in a common frame and each has a print position. The distance between p... | 09/15/1998 |
