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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7411157 | Electronic flame-off electrode with ball-shaped tip An electrode for a wire bonding apparatus is provided. The electrode includes a body portion and a tip portion adjacent the body portion. The tip portion has a substantially spherical configuration. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 6818861 | Discharge electrode for a wire bonding apparatus A straight rod form discharge electrode used in a wire bonding apparatus. The electrode core material is covered, except for its tip end, by an alumina film that has been subjected to a pore sealing treatment. The alumina film subjected to the pore sealing treatment... | 11/16/2004 |
| 5670072 | Method and apparatus for joining metal components with mitigation of residual stresses A welding process and an apparatus used therein for providing a significant improvement in the detrimental tensile residual stress condition on the root side of welds, especially on the inside wall of piping welds. The method combines an extremely thin we... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5649355 | Welding electrode with flat blade and related method of manufacture A welding electrode for providing a significant improvement in the detrimental tensile residual stress condition on the root side of welds, especially on the inside wall of piping welds. The electrode has a tungsten alloy blade. The blade is made from she... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5616257 | Wire bonding method and apparatus An electrode used in a wire bonding method and apparatus for applying an electric discharge to an end of a bonding wire so as to form a ball at the end of the bonding wire. The electrode is provided with an obliquely cut surface at one end so that the end... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5527441 | Welding electrode with flat blade A welding electrode for providing a significant improvement in the detrimental tensile residual stress condition on the root side of welds, especially on the inside wall of piping welds. The electrode has a tungsten alloy blade. The blade is made from she... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5432997 | Method of making an elongated welding electrode The elongated welding electrode made with this continuous manufacturing method is suitable for use in a continuous welding operation and it has a high conduction characteristic for the welding current. In the sequential process, an elongated welding metal... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5173581 | Electrode for tungsten inert gas welding A non-consumable electrode for tungsten inert gas welding. The electrode is formed from at least two portions in face-to-face relationship so as to define a longitudinal slit between them extending lengthwise of the electrode and terminating at the tip of... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5026968 | Welding electrode tip cracking apparatus and method A welding electrode tip cracking apparatus includes a main housing having spaced front and rear walls defining a cavity therebetween. The front wall has an entry passage for receiving an electrode therethrough having a tip end in which a cruciform-shaped ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4803339 | Hollow electrode and arc initiation method An improved hollow electrode 10 and hollow electrode working tip 14 for a gas tunsten arc welding apparatus is disclosed. The hollow electrode face is formed as a lune-shaped radial surface 16 having two tapered intersecting cone-shaped angled surfaces 18... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4678718 | Process and usage of ceriated tungsten electrode material The mentioned ceriated tungsten material is a non-radioactive, hardly consumable or nonconsumable matallic electrode material, utilized in the inert gas shield arc welding, plasma welding, cutting, spray coating and smelting. It can also be used as electr... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4555615 | Carbon rod assembly for arc gouging and blasting of metallic article A carbon rod assembly is disclosed which includes a first carbon rod piece having a projection at one end thereof and a second carbon rod piece having a socket hole at one end thereof. External and internal screw threads of 1/2 to 3 turns are formed on th... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4492850 | Carbon rod assembly for arc gouging and blasting of metallic article A carbon rod assembly is disclosed which includes a first carbon rod piece having a projection at one end thereof and a second carbon rod piece having a socket hole at one end thereof. External and internal screw threads of 1/2 to 3 turns are formed on th... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4471208 | Electrodes for welding A welding electrode comprises an elongate body with a cavity or cavities at one end thereof. The geometry of the cavity or cavities can range from a single simple slot arranged to extend along a diameter of the electrode tip and in the axial direction to ... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4455471 | Arc welding method and electrode for narrow groove welding A narrow groove arc welding process includes angular oscillation of a non-consumable electrode having a tip which is radially displaced with respect to the central axis of the electrode. This provides for improved arc sweep and can be combined with prior ... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4423301 | Air-carbon arc cutting and gouging Addition of between 2 and 20% by weight of noise suppressing constituents to a conventional d.c. air-carbon arc cutting and gouging electrode results in an electrode operating at noise levels between 5 and 15 dbA below that of a conventional d.c. electrod... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4395617 | Successively joinable carbon electrode for gouging metals A successively joinable carbon electrode for use in gouging or blasting metallic articles comprises a copper coated electrode body having one end formed into a coaxial connecting projection and the other end formed with a coaxial tapered socket for receiv... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4392047 | Non-consumable electrode A non-consumable electrode for use in arc and plasma devices in an inert gas atmosphere comprising a holder and an active portion made of a refractory metal with emission admixtures, the active portion being connected with the holder so that its outer sid... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4362919 | Method of welding using a covered tungsten electrode A method of welding which utilizes a metal electrode core encased within a pre-sintered ceramic insulating sleeve. The method comprising, preplacing a welding wire in the welding kerf formed between the pieces to be welded, tacking the welding wire in pla... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4343983 | Non-consumable composite welding electrode An improved tungsten inert gas-shielded non-consumable composite welding electrode having a solid tungsten rod center (12) and a concentric outer sleeve (14) substantially lower in electrical resistivity than the tungsten rod, bonded adhesively and cohesi... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4304984 | Non-consumable electrode for plasma-arc welding A non-consumable electrode for plasma-arc welding in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide or carbon-dioxide-based mixtures, includes a holder of copper or copper alloys and an active insert of hafnium embedded in the holder, with a hafnium oxycarbide layer dis... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4273982 | Underwater cutting and gouging method A method for cutting or gouging a metal object submerged in a non-volatile liquid medium by establishing an arc between the consumable electrode and the workpiece to heat and melt the metal and simultaneously directing a stream of the liquid medium at the... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4229873 | Method of producing nonconsumable electrode for use in arc techniques A method of producing a nonconsumable electrode comprising forming a blind hole in the working end face of a high-melting core of the electrode, partially filling the blind hole with doping agents and then filling the remaining portion of the hole with a ... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4103143 | Electrodes for tungsten inert gas welding Electrode for tungsten inert gas welding having a body of a circular cross-section with a frustoconical tip end having a cone angle less than 120°. The electrode is formed with an axially extending cylindrical recess at the tip end to leave an annular ar... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4074718 | Electrosurgical instrument An electrosurgical instrument comprising a support member; at least one electrode mounted on the support, the electrode consisting essentially of a material having a figure of merit of at least 0.15 at room temperature where the figure of merit is the pro... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4002878 | Gas tungsten arc welding electrode An improved electrode and electrode working tip for a gas tungsten arc welding apparatus. The face of the working tip of the electrode is formed as a narrow ring coaxial with the electrode and having an area less than the area of electron emission for the... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3976853 | Non-fusible electrode, in particular for tungsten inert gas welding and a process for the production thereof An electrode, particularly for use in tungsten inert gas welding, and a method for the production thereof wherein the electrode consists of a thoriated tungsten electrode rod having a bore in the working end thereof with an internal surface roughness form... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3944778 | Electrode assembly of plasmatron An electrode assembly for a plasmatron, comprising a holder being cooled having a high-heat insert mounted therein in contact with a near-the-electrode zone of an arc at one side thereof and in thermal and electrical contact with the cooled holder at the ... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3939028 | Protection of carbon articles Carbon articles, particularly carbon electrodes, are protected against corrosive attack in use by fusing material to the article, or applying material to the carbon article which under the conditions of its use is capable of fusing to the carbon article, ... | 02/17/1976 |
