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A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4324018 | Paint equipment cleaning tool A paint applicator cleaning tool for cleaning painting equipment, such as a paint roller, paint pads, and paint pans. The tool comprises a flat base having a first side with a first arcuate notch having an uninterrupted edge and curved to substantially co... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4306914 | Method and apparatus for cleaning and magnetizing a pipe Piping such as oil country tubular goods are passed to an external cleaning apparatus comprising a plurality of rotating brushes for cleaning the pipe exterior. The pipe is transported longitudinally by a conveying apparatus which also causes transverse r... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4301567 | Rotary terminal cleaner A rotary terminal cleaner for cleaning terminals such as on automotive batteries and the like includes a cylindrical housing having an internal key running along the housing, an end cap having a cylindrical shape for mating with the hollow housing and for... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4282625 | Scraping tool for cleaning cooking grills A tool for use in scrape-cleaning cooking grills and as a tongs is formed of two normally substantially parallel rod members in a plane joined at a closed loop end to form a handle. Forward of the handle each rod member curves to one side of and then proj... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4268936 | Apparatus for chopping strands A squirrel cage type long strand eliminator is provided intermediate the chopper and the collection region to eliminate undesirably long sections of strand from free falling discrete segments of strand as they are being formed from a continuous strand.... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4263692 | Shipboard communications phone-jack cleaner A cleaning implement including a cylindrical member containing a centrally located cylindrical cavity having an abrasive surface. A handle element is attached to the cylinder. The cavital surface is used to clean the connecting post located within the hea... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4262410 | Protector removal tool Apparatus for removing protective members from the threaded ends of pipe joints. A rotating head assembly is attached for longitudinal movement respective to a main frame having a motor mounted therewithin. The head includes a plurality of protector gripp... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4255828 | Battery terminal post cleaning tool A tool for cleaning the terminal posts of a storage battery, the posts being of different diameters. A socket body having an inside diameter large enough to engage over the battery post has a cut-away window in the circumferential wall thereof. The socket... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4248661 | Label stripping apparatus During the labeling of a vial, mislabeling can occur. The unwanted label is cleanly and economically removed by forcing the vial through a novel collet-cutter. The cutter has at least two cutting edges and two slots. The slots permit expansion of the diam... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4246728 | Conduit end treating tool A tool for cleaning, deburring, burnishing, or otherwise treating an end of a tubular conduit comprises a rotatable body coupled to a carrier provided with an abrading substance. In one form the carrier may be accommodated within the conduit, whereas in a... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4238867 | Tube abrading tool A tube abrading tool for cleaning outer and inner surfaces of ends of pieces of copper tubing such as that employed in domestic water supply systems. The tool includes an electric motor supported in a housing. A longitudinal shaft is rotatably mounted to ... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4229121 | Concrete removal apparatus A tool is provided for removing concrete from underwater pipes which tool is comprised of a frame or member having two coaxially opposed concrete removal jets mounted thereon, whereby the opposing forces of the two jets cancel out the thrusting effect of ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4220481 | Label stripping apparatus and method During the labeling of a vial, mislabeling can occur. The unwanted label is cleanly and economically removed by forcing the vial through a novel collet-cutter. The cutter has at least two cutting edges and two slots. The slots permit expansion of the diam... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4208220 | Method and apparatus for cleaning heat exchanger tubes mounted transversely to vertical flow of seawater The invention is an apparatus and method for cleaning outsides of heat exchange tubes mounted transversely to the vertical flow of seawater in Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion plants. The invention comprises a number of small floating objects circulating i... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4206929 | Blow out preventer In oil and gas well pumping apparatus, a polish rod reciprocates through a stuffing box and connects to a submersible pump through a tubing string or the like. When servicing, it is desirable to close off the gas or oil pressure from below and hydraulic f... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4198789 | Sleeve assembly A sleeve assembly for sanding, rust removing, and pit filling on a piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder or the like includes a sanding component, a rust removing component and a pit filling component. The sanding component comprises a rigid annular outer me... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4185352 | Scraped-surface apparatus Scraped-surface heat exchangers and similar apparatus employing scraper blades hinged to a shaft so as to scrape a fluid being processed from an elongated cylindrical wall are improved so as to obviate any need either for separate bearings at opposite end... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4179856 | Sanding sleeve assembly A sleeve assembly for sanding a piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder or the like comprises a rigid annular outer member, a resilient annular intermediate member adhesively secured to the inner surface of the outer member, and an abrasive annular inner membe... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4172682 | Rotary cutting tool for machining the surfaces of various workpieces and materials The present invention relates to rotary cutting tools and can find most utility when applied for abrading the cylindrical surfaces of small-sized blanks. The tool comprises a number of the gangs of elastic cutting elements made as equal-length wire segmen... | 10/30/1979 |
| 4166301 | Apparatus for cleaning pipe Apparatus for cleaning the inside and outside walls of a pipe. The apparatus includes a frame, rail means mounted on the frame, and a carriage mounted on the rail means. Derrick means is cantilevered from the carriage means and carries a stinger to be ins... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4133070 | Scarifying tool for pipe ends A tool for scarifying at least end areas of generally cylindrical members has a wire brush mounted thereto against axial and rotational movement by securing a brush mounting member to an end portion of the brush spine and trapping the mounting member betw... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4125087 | Apparatus for cleaning and painting gas bottles Apparatus for cleaning and painting gas bottles, comprising a rotatable support plate for supporting the bottle, two rotatable brushes which are movable along the rotating bottle and abut thereon for cleaning the bottle, and a painting implement which als... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4124914 | Working tool of a machine for cleaning the outer surface of pipes Apparatus mountable on a pipeline of pipes welded end-to-end and having a self-propelled carriage mountable on the pipeline for travelling thereon. The carriage carries annular casings made to open up and receive the pipeline when mounting the carriage th... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4121486 | Internal thread cleaner and restorer Thread restoring tool which is simple, accurate and inexpensive for cleaning and restoring defective internal threads of pipe connecting members. The tool comprises a pair of levers pivotally mounted to a cross link at approximately the midpoint of the le... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4104937 | Pipe cleaning brush assembly for pipe facing machine A pipe cleaning brush assembly for attachment to the rotatable face plate of a pipe facing machine for rotation therewith to clean the outer surface of a large diameter pipe section proximate the end thereof simultaneously with the machining of the pipe e... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4099310 | Battery terminal cleaner A device for cleaning the terminals of a typical wet cell automobile battery or the like. The device includes a body having first body member with a cavity therein for receiving a portion of the terminal to be cleaned and having a second body member with ... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4089137 | Sleeve assembly A sleeve assembly for sanding, rust removing, and pit filling on a piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder or the like includes a sanding component, a rust removing component and a pit filling component. The sanding component comprises a rigid annular outer me... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4045837 | Machine for polishing rods or wires The machine comprises in combination a fixed frame and a hollow tubular element rotatable in the frame. The rod to be polished extends axially through the tubular element. A pressure-applying device actuated by centrifugal force and pivoted to the tubular... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4014063 | Apparatus for cleaning tubes and fittings A hollow cylinder is open at one end and closed at the other. A first ring shaped cleaning brush having an outer diameter essentially equal to the inner diameter of the cylinder is disposed concentrically within the cylinder abutting the closed end and ha... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4014062 | Thread cleaner with rotatable and adjustably supported brushes A thread cleaner for cleaning the pin end of a pipe or tubular member includes a housing with radially adjustable, rotatably mounted brush means therein for engaging the pin end of the pipe or tubular member to clean the threads on the pipe. Power means a... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4011617 | Cleaner for tubular pin and box ends An open ended housing means is provided for receiving the pin or male end of a tubular member in one open housing end and the box or female end of a tubular member in the other open housing end. Brush means are rotatably mounted in the housing means and p... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3999240 | Cable cleaning device A cable cleaning device equipped with a housing means having a through hole for a cable. The housing means is divisible in the direction of the diameter of the cable and accomodates therein a cleaning means of an elastomeric material composed of at least ... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3994766 | Pipe cleaning and wrapping machine The assembly is composed of a framework having a longitudinal passage for receipt of a pipe to be wrapped and a number of crawler wheels which contact the outer wall of the pipe and which cause the framework to move longitudinally relative to the pipe. Th... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3971442 | Method of cleaning tubular members on a rig floor Tubular members are positioned in a drilling rig relative to the rig floor so that the threaded pin end of the tubular member may be encapsulated with a thread cleaner to clean the threads immediately prior to connecting the threaded pin end of the tubula... | 07/27/1976 |
