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Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074693 | Processing apparatus A processing apparatus that performs processing on a workpiece continuous in a transport direction, and performs processing on the workpiece at a predetermined processing pitch in a rotational direction of a rotating body that rotates about an axis, includes: a firs... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8016008 | Auto lamination cassette apparatus An apparatus for preparing a cassette spool. The apparatus includes: a supply reel for supplying and unrolling tape material on original backing paper; at least one cutting member for cutting unrolled tape material while on original backing paper; at least one remov... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7997320 | Sheet cutter and image forming apparatus including the sheet cutter A sheet cutter cuts an adhesion sheet and includes a pair of blades including a first blade including a blade edge and a second blade opposing the first blade and including a blade edge. The pair of blades cuts a border of the adhesion sheet. The adhesion sheet is f... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7954533 | Sheet cutting table A sheet cutting table 13, after sticking an adhesive sheet S to a semiconductor wafer W, for cutting the area outside the semiconductor wafer W as an unnecessary adhesive sheet S1 with a cutting device 15. The table 13 includes an inner t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7918262 | Tape cutting dispenser The present invention provides a tape cutting dispenser comprising a body, a pair of a holders and a cutting device. The body has two opposite walls, each of the walls has a hole and an accommodating space is formed between the two walls. The holder is disposed in t... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913736 | Apparatus and method for affixing adhesive tape An apparatus affixes an adhesive tape to a workpiece having a cylindrical portion and an outer peripheral surface. The apparatus comprises a tape-feeding device for feeding an adhesive tape below the outer peripheral surface such that the adhesive surface faces upwa... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7866361 | Device for the manufacture of absorbent products A device for the manufacture of an absorbent product including a rotatable slitting tool having an extent in a radial direction and an extent in an axial direction perpendicular to the radial direction, the slitting tool being divided in the axial direction into two... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7832446 | Method and device for manufacturing a composite web on the basis of at least two webs A device for manufacturing a crosslaid fiber web on the basis of two parallel longitudinal fiber webs and segments of another longitudinal fiber web comprises a fixing table on which the longitudinal fiber webs and the segments come together. Furthermore, the device... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7819161 | Systems and methods for blood glucose sensing A system for measuring a glucose level in a blood sample includes a test strip and a meter. The test strip includes a sample chamber, a working electrode, a counter electrode, fill-detect electrodes, and an auto-on conductor. A reagent layer is disposed in the sampl... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7784515 | Sheet sticking apparatus and sticking method Wafers W are supported respectively on inner tables 52 of a table 13, and after a strip of sheet S is fed out to the upper surface side of the wafers W, a press roller 14 imparts a press force. The adhesive sheet S is cut along the outer periphe... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7726373 | Cord and pellet manufacturing apparatus The invention provides a manufacturing apparatus of a pellet which has not quality deterioration and a great apparent specific gravity. The apparatus is provided with (a) bunching portions (16) bunching band-like long continuous material(s) (R) and/or a plura... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7628192 | Methods of debonding a composite tooling The present invention relates to methods of debonding a tooling for a fuselage. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of debonding a tooling for a fuselage using a debonding agent. In one implementation, isopropyl alcohol is applied to a tooling to... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7607467 | Web dispenser An apparatus for selectively dispensing a web from a plurality of rolls of serrated bags or layflat tubing comprises a web selector for selecting and advancing a web from the plurality of rolls; a bag driver for advancing the selected web and separating a bag from t... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7604033 | Multi-purpose squeegee and cutting tool The present invention discloses a multi-purpose squeegee and cutting tool for use by the human hand. The tool meets the continuing need to be able to apply adhesive films to smooth surfaces without capturing air bubbles, creases in the film or adhesive lumps between... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7568513 | Drywall tape and mud dispenser A container is provided having a periphery and a base, which enclose a cavity. The periphery and the base are connected together, the periphery upwardly extending from the base. The periphery has a first slot and a substantially opposing second slot. Each of the fir... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7527084 | Apparatus and process for placement of sealing adhesives on containers An apparatus for affixing glue strips to both the top and bottom sides of folded, yet-to-be assembled cardboard containers. The apparatus, which is loaded prior to use with a wide roll of release coated paper, slices it into two strips. Each strip is then cut into m... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7516768 | Method and apparatus for joining protective tape In a method for allowing a cutter blade to relatively travel along an outer periphery of a semiconductor wafer to cut a protective tape joined to a surface of the semiconductor wafer in conformity with an outer shape of the semiconductor wafer, the cutter blade is a... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7434369 | Guillotine cutter and tape affixing apparatus The guillotine cutter of the present invention has a fixed blade and a movable blade that moves back and forth along a straight line while contacting against the fixed blade, and the movable blade and the fixed blade cooperate to cut a tape-shaped object for cutting... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429305 | Process and machine for producing lightweight thermoplastic composite products in a continuous manner A machine and a process for producing lightweight thermoplastic composite products in a continuous manner is disclosed. An oven is provided for heating a dry unconsolidated fabric sheet of commingled fibers of thermoplastic and re-enforcing fibers or carbon fibers t... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419555 | Pile weatherstripping manufacturing apparatus and method Pile weatherstripping (20) having an integral fin is made by wrapping a fin material around a traveling mandrel or band (14), winding pile material around the fin material and the band (14), attaching a pair of backer elements to the pile materi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409976 | Method and device for the efficient use of long-acting adhesive in the factory and during personal use The invention relates to a method of producing a product comprising a support having a long-acting adhesive and a protective tape disposed thereon, so that said adhesive can be used at a later time. The inventive method is characterised in that it consists in: deter... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398813 | Device for welding plastic tubes Plastic tubes are welded by first placing the plastic tubes across aligned tube slots in a pair of side by side tube holders. The tubes are clamped to create a fluid free area. The clamps in one of the tube holders are shifted laterally away from the other tube hold... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7383865 | Welding device The present welding device is a device for welding webs W, the device including: a drum 20 and an anvil 21 rotating about an axis; a transfer section 22 provided on a periphery of the drum 20 to rotate together with the drum 20; a ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383868 | Tape dispenser with cutter shield A tape dispenser includes base plate, a handle, a tape reel and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes a base, a cutter with a blade at an end, a shield, a shield base and a wiper plate. The shield is moved between a first position, in which the shield co... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381286 | Laminate sheet material punching method and optical disk manufacturing method A laminate sheet material punching method, in which a part of a cover sheet is punched from a laminate sheet material including the cover sheet which has an adhesive film formed at one surface thereof and is adhered to a recording side of a disk substrate of an opti... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370782 | Tape dispenser The inventive tape dispenser includes a cover and a base. The cover includes a forward section, a saddle, a rounded back section, and first and second sidewalls extending downwardly from the forward section and saddle. The forward section of the cover includes a fir... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367396 | Blowout preventers and methods of use Methods and apparatuses for severing a wellbore tubular, the apparatus, in certain aspects, including: a first member movable toward a tubular to be severed; a second member with a second blade disposed opposite to the first member and movable toward the tubular; a ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347912 | Process for the manufacture of a veneer A process for the manufacture of veneer comprises gluing board-like, plane pieces of wood together with an adhesive to form a beam-like block of wood. The humidity content of the beam-like block of wood is increased. Veneer is cut from the beam-like block of wood an... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347911 | Devices and methods for manufacturing packaging materials Devices and methods for inflating and sealing packaging pillows from a material web are shown for consistently producing high-quality packaging pillows. A web of material is advanced past an inflation nozzle, inflated with gas, and sealed closed by a sealing element... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341084 | Apparatus for mechanically bonding and cutting an article In apparatus for mechanically bonding and cutting an article during assembly thereof at least a portion of the article is transported through a nip defined by first and second members. A bonding segment is disposed on one of the first and second members and a cuttin... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338572 | Processing apparatus The present invention relates to a processing apparatus, such as a laminator, for performing operations involving effecting adhesive bonding on substrates. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332361 | Xerographic micro-assembler Xerographic micro-assembler systems and methods are disclosed. The systems and methods involve manipulating charge-encoded micro-objects. The charge encoding identifies each micro-object and specifies its orientation for sorting. The micro-objects are sorted in a so... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311101 | End supporting plate for single crystalline ingot This invention relates to an end supporting plate which can be attached to both ends of cylindrical ingot. By wire saw cutting, semiconductor wafers are sliced from the ingot attached with the end supporting plates. The end supporting plate has an elongated support ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309527 | Hydrophilic surfaces carrying temporary protective covers A substrate carrying a temporary protective cover and related methods of producing and processing substrates are described. In one embodiment, a substrate bears a hydrophilic coating carrying a temporary protective cover that protects the hydrophilic coating against... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7294404 | Graded photocatalytic coatings The invention provides graded photocatalytic coatings. In one aspect, the invention provides a substrate carrying a photocatalytic coating that includes a first graded film region and a second graded film region. The first graded film region has a substantially cont... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291810 | Hand-held electric heat sealer A hand-held electric sealer used for sealing a plastic bag or the like, including a casing, a sealing mechanism, a press bar, and a safety device. The sealing mechanism has a heating wire, which produces heat for sealing the plastic bag or the like when turned on. T... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278094 | Variable text processing for an electronic press A software system is useful for generating a page file from a template file and database entries. The database entries are representative of variable information and the template file includes data designating a variable text area. The software system includes a com... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276396 | Die handling system A system may include singulation of a semiconductor wafer to separate a plurality of integrated circuit die that are integrated into the semiconductor wafer; coupling of a support to an integrated circuit substrate of one of the plurality of integrated circuit die, ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273142 | Packaging cushion delivery system A system for conveying a string of packaging cushions includes a machine capable of manufacturing the string and a conveyor adapted to transport the string. The conveyor has an inlet end to receive the string and an outlet end to deliver the string of packaging cush... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268846 | Diamond like carbon films Alignment films for use within a liquid crystal display (LCD) and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention generally relate to process conditions that are selected to improve certain properties of the alignment films. The alignment f... | 09/11/2007 |
