"Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible."
Simon Newcomb, astronomer ; Said in 1902, less than two years before the first flight at Kitty Hawk
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7159633 | Wheel clamping assembly A wheel clamping assembly provides a frame having three arms, two fixed stops and a turnable cam. The arms are equally spaced and have holes to admit the stops and the cam. The stops have an extension eccentrically located upon the top of the cylinder. Then the cam ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6257299 | Tyre removal machine with manually or automatically positionable turret Tire removal machine with manually or automatically positionable turret comprising a casing supporting a rotatable plate provided with self-centering jaws; a vertical column rising to the side of the plate; a shaft slidable horizontally relative to the co... | 07/10/2001 |
| 4201610 | Tire retreading method using pressure vessel Tire casings are retreaded with precured tread strips in a heated pressure vessel provided with pressure connections which effect simultaneous inflation of the tires and pressurization of the vessel while maintaining tire pressure above vessel pressure. S... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4137101 | Apparatus and method for removing tires from wheels To remove a solid tire from a wheel over which that tire has been pressed, a transverse groove is cut in the tread of the tire with a cutting apparatus so as to expose the underlying rim. Then the exposed portion of the rim is cut with a flame that is pas... | 01/30/1979 |