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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7392570 | Concave buckle for strap A buckle achieves improved strap tensile strength by providing a bridge portion, about which a free end of a buckle strap is wrapped in tension, with an inwardly projecting concave surface to create a greater deformation of the strap under tension. The buckle also i... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7328488 | Hose clamp clip A clip and hose clamp for holding the slotted distal portion of the clamp band against the clamp band to prevent harmful contact with the distal end of the clamp band. The clip includes a main panel having side panels orthogonally extending from side margins of the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7171729 | Concave buckle for strap A buckle achieves improved strap tensile strength by providing a bridge portion, about which a free end of a buckle strap is wrapped in tension, with an inwardly projecting concave surface to create a greater deformation of the strap under tension. The buckle also i... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6668427 | Ball lock cable tie having an aggressive ramp A metal cable tie is disclosed. The cable tie includes an elongate metallic strap, a metallic locking head, and metallic roller means. The strap has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The head is secured to the first end of the strap for... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6256843 | One piece reusable self adjust strap A one piece, reusable, self-adjusting bundle strap of thermoforming, flexible, resilient plastic material, formed into a several turns, resilient concentric coil, with one end in the center coil, and one in the outside coil.... | 07/10/2001 |
| 5584102 | Locking clip for reel band A band has a pair of laterally spaced grooves adjacent its side edges accommodating the outer peripheral edges of a tape accommodating reel assembly. A connecting clip has first and second hook members projecting through corresponding openings in opposite... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5090066 | Adapter for toilet fitting An assembly is provided for replacing part or all of a toilet flush valve, which facilitates mounting in a variety of toilets and which enables saving of water. The assembly includes an adapter (30, FIG. 6) for mounting on older types of overflow tubes, w... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4866817 | Buckle fastener and method of application A strap fastener buckle for fastening opposing ends of an object encircling strap includes first and second bridge portions partially defining first and second tubular portions and a deformable retainer extending from the buckle intermediate first and sec... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4543691 | Hose clamp Clamp of the type constituted by a wound-over metal band, a first end of which is provided on its external face with an oblong patch of transversely extending scores or teeth, the width of said patch being preferably less than that of the band, whereas th... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4541146 | Cinching clamp device and method of attachment An integral and inexpensive tying or bundling clamp device is disclosed, together with the method of applying the same. The clamp comprises a metal band having at one end an anchor defined by a series of convolutions of the band wrapped to provide a passa... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4480359 | Overcenter locking hose clamp A single strip member is provided constructed of non-elastic rigid material having minimal flexive properties and the strip member is constructed in the form of an arcuate band of an angular extent greater than 360° with at least slightly overlapped ends... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4446605 | Clamp A clamp has a split ring with projections extending outwardly from shoulders on the ring. The projections converge towards each other outwardly of the ring and have grooves onto which a nut is threaded. This causes the projections to be moved towards each... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4426754 | Clamp for multiple electrical cables A clamp for multiple electrical cables has a band of a hard but resilient plastic material which encloses a number of electrical cables and the ends of the band are connected by a one-piece locking member. The ends of the band each have spaced lateral fla... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4305179 | Hose clamp A hose clamp having a thickness that is maximum at its longitudinal center and is decreased symmetrically on each side of center progressively in proportion to the distance from the center until reaching end portions of uniform thickness. The band is bent... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4262406 | Method of assembling strapping A strap fastener and method for securing a strap to the fastener for forming a tight loop for strapping an object. The fastener is a one-piece, generally rectangularly shaped body having either a single slot or a pair of slots providing a pair of opposed ... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4188953 | Hemostatic clip A hemostatic clip useful in the strangulation of tubular members and formed of elongate deformable material is disclosed. The clip consists of a pair of arms coupled at one end and open at the other, the arms being separated in a substantially opposed rel... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4129926 | Fastening clip A new form of clip for fastening around spirally-grooved or ribbed pipes, tubes or hose comprises a band, for example of wire or strip, which can be tightened up by the usual means, but has its end remote from these means overlapped and held by a bridge p... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4117573 | Packing band tightening device A unitary packing band tightening device having a square frame and two parallel legs connected through a flexible hinge to one end of said frame, wherein ridges extend in the longitudinal direction on the top and bottom of the legs and on the top and bott... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4103399 | Hose clamp A hose clamp with a deformable ear of approximately U shape which upon deformation contracts the clamp to fix the hose onto a nipple; to preclude any non-tightness in the clamp within the area of the gap of the band underneath the ear, the ear is provided... | 08/01/1978 |
| 3994632 | Rotary engine and pump Disclosed herein is an engine having opposed cylinders with a guided rotary and reciprocating piston which telescopes over an output shaft and transmits rotary motion directly to the output shaft without the need for a crankshaft. Guided rotary movement o... | 11/30/1976 |
