...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7234537 | Sonic drill A sonic drilling apparatus having a work piston within a cylinder chamber to provide a vibratory force through the alternate application of fluid under pressure into the bore above and below the piston in a manner that the piston will be forced to reciprocate within... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7204321 | Concrete drill A concrete drill for drilling concrete or the like by a diamond bit (5) attached to a front end of a bit drive shaft (4) projected forward from a main body (1) by driving to rotate the bit drive shaft (4) by a drive source (2) cont... | 04/17/2007 |
| RE38834 | Safety trip assembly and trip lock mechanism for a fastener driving tool A fastener driving tool includes a housing assembly with a nosepiece assembly defining a drive track. A driving mechanism is housed within the housing assembly to drive a fastener through the drive track and into a workpiece in response to a trigger. The tool includ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 5168938 | Pile driver A pile driver includes an attachment frame fixed to a work arm of appropriate construction equipment that serves as a base machine, a vibration cylinder actuated and controlled by an electro-hydraulic hydraulic servo-valve and mounted on the attachment fr... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5028092 | Impact kerfing rock cutter and method A low velocity, high mass ram is connected to the cutting tool. The cutting tool has an array of impact forward and side buttons or bars which form chip-forming spaces there between. The side buttons or bars advantageously cut a gage in the slot. A method... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4332420 | Reciprocably supported dual drive member and features thereof The reciprocably supported member is accompanied by means whereby its stroke can be relocated so that it can be used to drive its support if desired, even while it is simultaneously driving a tool or the like connected therewith. Also, the member may have... | 06/01/1982 |