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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037991 | Method for regulating a conveying stream composed of articles of the tobacco-processing industry between a tray discharger and a feed device with multiple feed units A method is provided to regulate a conveying stream composed of articles of the tobacco-processing industry between at least one tray discharger and connected to at least one feed device by a conveying element that conveys a mass flow of the articles. The feed devic... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7333872 | Product processing system A product processing system applicable to a production process for producing an electronic device is disclosed. The product processing system includes a plurality of processing apparatuses installed according to processing stages in the production process of the ele... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322459 | Differential speed conveyor accumulation system and method A product conveying and accumulation system and method employs a primary product transporting conveyor with accumulation and re-circulating sections. The conveyor is configured to receive products from an upstream destination and discharge products to a downstream d... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7230702 | Monitoring of smart pin transition timing A movable portion of a substrate carrier handler is extended into a transport path along which a substrate carrier transport system transports a substrate carrier, respective kinematic coupling events are detected between corresponding interface elements of the mova... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228192 | Method for manufacturing an item According to a first aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for manufacturing an item. The method comprises the steps of creating a build schedule; creating a first portion of the item for manufacture; causing the first portion of the item to pass in ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7073241 | Method of managing tool travel in an assembly line operation A method of repositioning the pivot point of the assembly tool and using a tether assembly to limit the tool travel of the assembly tool in provide an assembly tool reduced travel envelope that only overlaps the position of the point-of-use of an in-station work-pie... | 07/11/2006 |
| 5372233 | Conveying method and a conveyor control device In a conveyor system including a plurality of processing devices such as wire bonders that are lined-up and supplied with workpieces via a plurality of individually operated conveyors that are aligned linearly, when one (or more) processing device is read... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5207309 | Concomitant motion control device A controller for a device moving along a complementary path to a conveyed object, derives basic speed input from the object conveyor and uses a non-invasive sensor system to detect the proximity of the object. The sensor system controls electronic logic w... | 05/04/1993 |
| 4729105 | Continuous processing system with accumulator model for product flow control A continuous processing system for performing production operations on a plurality of unit products using at least two discrete processing machines including: an upstream processing machine; a downstream processing machine; an accumulator for transferring... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4691817 | Feeder for introducing and feeding plates into a machine tool A feeder for introducing and feeding plates into a machine tool, comprising a positioning station in which the plates are positioned one after the other with respect to orthogonal axes, a transfer section between the machine tool and the positioning stati... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4567410 | Capacitive article density monitor A capacitance article density monitor which is adjusted to have a zero voltage output when no articles are positioned adjacent a sensor and wherein the output of the circuit may be utilized directly to control a variable speed drive for a machine to which... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4464833 | Variable rate control logic for component insertion machine A variable insertion rate control system for a component insertion machine is disclosed. An insertion rate is read and retained by the control system which thereafter authorizes insertion of components at the indicated insertion rate. In order to achieve ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4460081 | Machine assembly comprising a machine tool and means feeding work thereto A machine assembly comprises a machine tool including a machining table with a base table drivable in the Y-direction and a co-ordinating table movable under an NC-control system on the base table in the X-direction with a base table part secured to the c... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4449986 | Machine for guiding numerically controlled supports for tools used in woodworking operation A machine for guiding numerically controlled supports for tools used for various woodworking operations, such as boring, milling and the like, for improving the relationship between the time for positioning the workpiece and for processing the workpiece i... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4270649 | Method for controlling operating processes A method and a device for controlling operating processes applied to particles. The device comprises a number of operating stations, such as, lifting- and sluing conveyors to allow for feeding the particles to an indexing rotary plate and conveying of par... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4135346 | Apparatus for controlling the speed of a packaging machine Apparatus for controlling the speed of operation of a machine for packaging objects, such as cookies, in groups, in order to assure a sufficient supply of objects to the machine while preventing an undue accumulation of objects in front of the machine int... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4086522 | Computer assisted teaching arrangement for conveyor line operation A programmable manipulator having an arm which is movable in a plurality of axes and encoder apparatus for the axes operative to develop position signals corresponding to the actual position of the arm is provided adjacent a workpiece moving along a prede... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4073041 | Crab butchering machine An apparatus is described for automatically butchering crabs. The machine includes a conveyor for transporting successive crabs in an inverted condition past a series of spaced work stations. At a first work station the carapace is removed as the conveyor... | 02/14/1978 |
| 3955665 | Automatic weighing and labeling machine A continuously driven endless belt type conveyor is disclosed as being employed to transfer packages successively through a weighing station having a weighing platform on which packages rest during weighing thereof and a package labeling station. A flight... | 05/11/1976 |
