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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 |
| 7240872 | Guide roller including a pair of bearing having bearings flanges for retaining a pair of firm disk-shaped annular flanges A pair of disk-shaped annular flanges is made of material firmer than that of a hollow cylindrical-shaped roller portion. The roller portion has an outer peripheral surface in which the flanges are mounted at opposite ends thereof. On press-fitting a pair of bearing... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7036414 | Work piece guiding system for a table saw An improved table having improvements related to stock support, such as a rip fence stock support, as well as a lateral-table support system; features of laterally-slideable front and back rip fence guide rails, including an improved front rail configuration, an imp... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032488 | Device for supporting a material web A support for a material web for use with a longitudinal cutting device for cutting the material web, includes a support shaft having an axis of rotation. At least one bearing mechanism positions the at least one support shaft, wherein the at least one bearing mecha... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6969061 | Roller element for hardcopy apparatus A printer or other hardcopy apparatus comprises a pinch system (20) comprising a pinch wheel (21) and a drive roller (23) in which the pinch wheel is arranged to contact a print media at locations which move continuously transversely of the dire... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6923402 | Tape guide post mechanism A tape guide post mechanism for guiding running of a tape includes: a post arm, the post arm including a tape guide post, around which the tape is looped at a predetermined angular distance, and which guides running of the tape, and a hole; an arm shaft which engage... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6902091 | Method and apparatus for feeding slider-zipper tape to application station A method and an apparatus for automatically feeding slider-zipper assemblies to a station where the slider-zipper assemblies can be attached to bag material, such as thermoplastic film. The apparatus includes a slider guide having a channel running the length thereo... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6769642 | Pinch roller and pinch roller apparatus A pinch roller which includes a cylindrical elastic body formed of a polymer blend including acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer rubber (NBR), and at least one of a highly saturated copolymer rubber containing nitrile group obtained by hydrogenating a butadiene part o... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6758381 | Pinch roller device A pinch roller device for running the tape includes a rotatable hollow cylindrical elastic member; a sleeve for holding the elastic member; a bearing integrated with the sleeve; a pinch roller shaft for rotatably supporting the bearing, which has an effective bearin... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6755333 | Tape guide post mechanism A tape guide post mechanism for guiding running of a tape is provided. The tape guide post mechanism includes a post arm, the post arm including a tape guide post, around which the tape is looped, and which guides running of the tape, and a hole. The tape guide post... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6752306 | Pinch roller apparatus A pinch roller apparatus which can stably move a tape in accordance with a sufficient self-aligning function is provided. A circular sliding plate brought into contact with both of an upper end surface and a lower end surface of a plain bearing is mounted to a pinch... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6732898 | Method and apparatus for feeding slider-zipper assemblies A method and an apparatus for automatically feeding slider-zipper assemblies to a station where the slider-zipper assemblies can be attached to bag material such as thermoplastic film. The apparatus includes a slider guide having a channel running the length thereof... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6722546 | Tape loading apparatus A tape loading apparatus comprises a base, a roller post about which a tape is wrapped for tape loading, and a carrying member for carrying the roller post. The roller post includes a rotation shaft and a roller rotating about the rotation shaft, and a shaft engagem... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6708592 | Fiber chopper apparatus and method A chopper for chopping fibers or fiber strands having a back up roll and a blade roll containing blades that work against a peripheral surface of the back up roll and a method of using is disclosed. The chopper has a number of improved features for reducing the freq... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6708919 | Turning bar assembly for use with a moving web A turning bar assembly rotatably disposed adjacent a web of material moving at an operational speed in a web forming device has a turning bar for changing a direction of the moving web. Moreover, the turning bar is controllably rotated 360 ° against the moving web ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6695048 | Segmented tubing guide A tubing guide for directing coiled tubing through an injector apparatus and into a well. The tubing guide comprises a frame, which is also referred to as a tubing carrier, extending from a base. The shape of the tubing guide changes depending upon the na... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6648199 | Pinch roller device A pinch roller device is provided wherein an elastic cylindrical roller is fitted over a cylindrical holder 1, in the inner wall of which are formed a small hole 1a and a large hole b 1b; wherein a bearing 3 is fitted in the large hole 1b and a bearing st... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6648200 | Magnetic-tape apparatus with a pressure-roller device and pressure-roller unit In the case of a magnetic-tape apparatus (1) and/or in the case of a pressure-roller unit (65), a pressure-roller spindle (55) and a bearing part (60), which surrounds the pressure-roller spindle (55) and can be rotated relative to the pressure-roller spi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647882 | Roller lock for releasably fastening a roller in a printing machine A roller lock for releasably fastening a roller in a printing machine includes a pressure piece for retaining the roller, the pressure piece serving for exerting a retention force on a shaft journal of the roller, and the roller having two stops between w... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6634535 | Roller shaft A roller shaft (10) is provided which includes a shaft portion (12) of a substantially solid cylindrical shape and a flange portion (14) of a disk-like shape. The shaft portion (12) includes a hollow cylindrical portion (121) having a substantially hollow... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6589145 | Roll and calender Roll that includes a roll axle, a roll jacket, and a bearing ring positioned to rotatably support the roll jacket, and calender that includes the roll. The bearing ring is non-rotatable but is radially movable relative to the roll axle. A locking device i... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6554540 | Modular guiding device A modular guidance device for routing cable through an underground chamber includes a plurality of rollers positioned in adjacent relation. End plates hold the rollers in position. A support leg is connected to the end plates and a support member is secur... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6474528 | Device for swiveling a rotary frame A rotary frame pivotably supported on a rack and swiveling around a swivel axis. The frame supports at least one reversing roll for moving the material web. A pivot bearing in the form of an antifriction bearing is cut as a segment so that the material we... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6467669 | Pinch roller device A pinch roller apparatus which can stably move a tape in accordance with a sufficient self-aligning function is provided. A circular sliding plate brought into contact with both of an upper end surface and a lower end surface of a plain bearing is mounted... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6419139 | Pinch roller bearing structure for magnetic tape apparatus A pinch roller is rotatably provided around a roller shaft by way of a bearing member and abutted against a capstan roller by way of a magnetic tape to rotatively drive the capstan roller, thereby causing the magnetic tape to run. The bearing member has a... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6398095 | Magnetic tape recording/reproducing apparatus A magnetic tape recording/reproducing apparatus has a capstan tilt adjustment mechanism for adjusting the tilt of the capstan so that a magnetic tape runs substantially smoothly and without damage to the edges of the tape. The capstan tilt adjustment mech... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6325264 | Video cassette recorder A video cassette recorder including a drive member 6 rotatingly drivable by a motor, and a slide member 7 reciprocatingly drivable by the rotation of the drive member 6. The slide member 7 is provided with a rib 71 for pushing a side face 55 of a tape dra... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6149044 | Supporting mechanism for pinch roller unit for use in magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus A supporting mechanism of the invention is for supporting a pinch roller for use in a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus. A pinch roller is rotatably mounted on a fixing shaft that includes two separate parts, a supporting shaft and a hollow shaft. ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6138886 | Device in a wire rolling mill A device in a wire rolling mill includes a pair of grooved rolls. Each grooved roll is fixedly attached to the free end of a rotatably supported spindle. Each grooved roll is positionable relative to the other so that they between themselves define a roll... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6076719 | Transport system for propelling photographic film through an automatic film processing machine A film transport device for an automatic film processor that sequentially transports film from a dry environment into and out of liquid solutions. The device includes a series of gear driven, opposed roller pairs which are pre-aligned and bearing mounted ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6073826 | Magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus and method for adjusting the tilt of a capstan shaft A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus enabling to optimal adjustment of the tilt of a capstan shaft against a chassis by means of a simple structure so as to realize stable tape transport. A housing (9) is fixed onto a chassis (6) by tightening a... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5960646 | Fabric take-off roller for flat bed knitting machines A fabric take-off roller arrangement for flat bed knitting machines is provided with two driven and parallel arranged fabric take-off rollers, between which a fabric web is tangentially guided, wherein at least one of the fabric take-off rollers is made u... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5961023 | Film transport roller assembly A transport roller assembly for moving film along a film transport path between a pair of rigid plates in an imaging system. The rollers are preassembled in the bearing block assemblies and the assemblies are installed in the system by sliding them into r... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5957361 | Magnetic tape device having a tape guide which prevents excessive compressive force on a magnetic tape A magnetic tape device including a tape guide to guide a magnetic tape as the magnetic tape travels past a magnetic head to provide good contact between the magnetic tape and the magnetic head. The tape guide includes a roller guides, or roller guides and... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5934538 | Pinch roller and pinch roller apparatus A pinch roller apparatus fully satisfying tape running stability and bearing durability is disclosed. A roller shaft is arranged inclined such that its tip end is closer to a capstan. A plain bearing is formed of resin having a Young's modulus of 10 kgf/m... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5913470 | Roll feeder An electric motor driven roll feed system for intermittently advancing stock into the work station of a punch press. The roll feed system is designed so that its main rotating elements have greatly reduced rotational inertia. A low inertia overall roll ar... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5904192 | Wood planing machine A wood planing machine includes a working table, and a carrier body that is disposed above and movable relative to the working table in order to adjust the depth of cut. The carrier body is further provided with a gear mechanism disposed at one side there... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5896240 | Pinch roller and pinch roller apparatus having a self-alignment function A pinch roller apparatus is disclosed which fully satisfies the requirements of tape running stability and durability of the bearing. A roller shaft is arranged inclined such that the tip end is close to the capstan. The angle of inclination () of ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5882697 | Bearing arrangement and a coupling element of a spreading roll A spreading roll having a simplified and inexpensive configuration is provided. The spreading roll includes a curved shaft and several successive roll segments mounted on the curved shaft. Rolling bearings are supported by a sleeve around the shaft and ro... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5836500 | Guiding device using a non-bending segmented rotary roll An apparatus is provided for accurately guiding and treating textile strips of great width using a quasi-continuous roll which does not bend. The roll is used for guiding material presented in strip form, in particular a textile material which is in conta... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833109 | Pinch roller driving device for video recording and reproducing system A pinch roller driving device including a vertical moving member which has a holder for moving a pinch roller upward and downward, and an arm formed integrally with the holder for attaching the pinch roller. The pinch roller driving device is composed of ... | 11/10/1998 |
