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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7850114 | Sanitary door handle This invention relates to a flat sanitary door handle mechanism incorporating a self-contained mechanical user-operated continuous material advancing system whereby the person touches a fresh length of material while using the flat door handle to open the door thus ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7021030 | System for recovering and recycling unused toilet tissue and method of use and manufacture thereof The present invention provides for a system for recovering and recycling unused toilet tissue from partially used toilet tissue rolls. In one embodiment, the system is comprised of (1) a hopper for the collection of at least one partially used roll of toilet tissue,... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017853 | Apparatus for manufacturing an adjustable covering for architectural openings An apparatus is disclosed for fabricating a laminate product having a pair of sheet materials spaced by a plurality of flexible parallel vanes which are secured to the sheet material so that planar movement of the sheet materials in opposite directions cause the van... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6651922 | Toilet paper dispenser and folder system A toilet paper dispenser and folder system has a frame subassembly having front and rear parallel panels, an upper feeder roller and a lower feeder roller. Each panel has a large aperture and a paper roll holder aperture and a lower roller aperture and an... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6402077 | Winder with variable tension zones The present invention is directed to a winding bay and a method of winding to provide for a high quality wind of a viscoelastic material. A viscoelastic material and a supporting liner are wound onto a roll. After unwinding the liner from a liner let-off ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6227446 | Automated transaction machine note storage and delivery mechanism An automated transaction machine (10) includes a note receiving and dispensing mechanism (77). The mechanism includes a storage reel (66), a take-up reel (68) and a flexible web (70) extending between the reels. The note receiving and dispensing mechanism... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6095453 | Motion picture film platter system There is disclosed herein a film platter system involving modifications to a platter system comprising two or more rotary film platters used in the makeup and breakdown of film for motion picture projection in theaters and the like. The system and method ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5987955 | Method of operating a coil transfer apparatus and a corresponding coil transfer apparatus A method of operating a coil transfer apparatus and a coil transfer apparatus with a coiling station having a coiling roller each at an entry side and an exit side and with a uncoiling station with an uncoiling roller each on an entry side and an exit sid... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5988555 | Cable winding machine An apparatus for winding material (such as cable, rope or paper or plastic webs) cable about a small reel from a large supply reel in which the cable is stored in bulk includes two arm units. One arm unit contains a first major arm section. A reel is carr... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5934046 | Individual dental floss package forming method and apparatus There is disclosed apparatus and method for packaging individual strand segments of a strand material, such as dental floss, including apparatus for carrying out a method of supplying strand material to a rotatable strand positioning element through a hol... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5911383 | Tape winder A tape winder including a supply spindle for supplying tape, a take-up spindle for taking up tape from the supply spindle, and opposing sidewalls with slots therein wherein the spindles are rotatably received. A drive mechanism located on the sidewalls en... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5765343 | Individual dental floss packaging method and apparatus There is disclosed apparatus and method for packaging individual strand segments of a strand material, such as dental floss, including apparatus for carrying out a method of supplying strand material to a rotatable guide element through a hollow shaft the... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5727747 | Method and device for removing a foil wrapping drawn over a stack of goods A process is disclosed for removing a shrink wrapping drawn over a stack of goods. The shrink wrapping is vertically cut at one side of the stack of goods, one edge of the cut is held and secured to a winding spindle, and the winding spindle is then guide... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5538200 | Apparatus for compacting and rolling sheet material for cutting and producing wall paper borders or the like Apparatus and method for winding sheet material for producing a rewound roll having a smaller central hollow core and a more compact configuration. The material is wound so that a first edge of each layer of the roll terminates in the same plane. By compa... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5533688 | Roll rewinder apparatus A rewinder for use in unwinding flexible tape-like material from a detective roll and winding it on to a new, properly formed roll. The rewinder includes an unwind station and a wind station. Each station comprises a spool holder and several rollers, incl... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5435242 | Plate cylinder for a printing press having plate material in a cartridge within the plate cylinder A plate cylinder for rotary printing presses, in which the printing plate inside the machine is manufactured digitally, e.g. by spark erosion, and in which the covering with printing foil and the changing of individual segments of the foil following print... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5374006 | Method and apparatus for winding substrates that are capable of being wound A substrate capable of being wound is transported to a substrate carrier and wound onto the latter. For that purpose the substrate is first held in a defined storage position. With the substrate in that storage position the substrate carrier is moved into... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5344092 | Method and apparatus for supplying tape loading machines with reels of tape In a cassette loading machine, several loading modules carry out the loading of a predetermined amount of use tape into the individual cassettes [, said]tape . The use tape [being]is continuously supplied from a pancake mounted on a support hub. When one ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5328116 | Regulated length take-up device A regulated length take-up device characterized by its substantially reduced width to be compact and simple structure, offering accurate regulated length take-up operation. A rotating lever is connected to the shaft of a take-up roll via a one-way clutch.... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5301883 | Method and apparatus for consolidating partially used toilet tissue rolls An apparatus and method for consolidating partially used rolls of conventional, private bathroom-sized rolls of toilet tissue as a cost saving measure for reuse in furnishing "new" rolls to overnight guests in the hotel/motel industry is disclosed. The ap... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5293882 | Device for unwinding a bobbin A device for detacking leaf material (T), such as tobacco leaf, from bobbin (B), provided with a frame (1), a table (2) with co-acting detacking member connected to the frame, a winding-off reel (3) for the filled belt-shaped carrier, a winding-up reel (2... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5269480 | Adaptor for rewinding or fast-forwarding an 8 mm video tape in a video home system video tape rewinder An adaptor for rewinding or fast-forwarding an 8 mm video tape in a video home system (VHS) video tape rewinder includes a housing having dimensions substantially the same as those of a VHS video tape and a transmission assembly in the housing. The housin... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5261622 | Apparatus for paying out bisected insulation material Apparatus for paying out bisected insulation material includes a cradle for holding a supply roll of bisected insulation material, a rewind shaft for rerolling a second layer of the supply roll as a first layer of the supply roll is payed out, and mountin... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5259562 | Cloth winder drive A cloth winding machine has a winding shaft supported in ball bearings at the end of plural support braces positioned in different directions to reduce vibration of the winding shaft and increase its stability while winding at relatively high speeds non-s... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5232179 | 8 mm video tape rewinder A 8 mm video tape rewinder including an upper casing and a lower casing, containing a motor, a slide plate, a tape deck, a push button, a transparent cap, a DC seat, a circuit board, a microswitch, a pair of push arms, a rewinding shaft, a driven shaft an... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5228638 | Tape loading apparatus of 8 mm video tape rewinder A tape loading apparatus of an 8 mm video tape rewinder is provided with a pair of loading arms (19) and (20) pivotally connected to form a V-shaped structure by means of a sliding post (24). A pair of tape loading posts (17) and (18) are disposed at the ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5221404 | Automatic tape cassette vending machine An automatic tape cassette vending machine capable of automatically selecting a desired kind of a magnetic tape and a cassette casing and automatically determining a desired length of the magnetic tape, to thereby meet desired requirements of user's, when... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5194062 | Machine for pre-forming and rewinding film for side welded bags An apparatus and method for processing and rewinding a web made of easily stretchably deformable plastic film or the like. The web is drawn from a supply roll assembly by a series of synchronously driven draw and transfer rolls and directly delivered to a... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5182688 | Tape cassette winder and rewinder The invention is directed to a tape cassette winder/rewinder adapted to wind on rewinder a conventional VHS tape cassette or a compact VHS-C type cassette. This is achieved by providing a space to receive the conventional VHS tape cassette and a recess be... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5181669 | Cassette loader with simultaneous leader tape equalization and loading A cassette loader for loading a length of magnetic tape into cassette having a relatively short length of leader tape pre-loaded into the cassette and attached by opposite ends to respective first and second cassette hubs. The cassette loader includes a l... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5160571 | Tape loading device into cassette A cassette tape loading device comprised of a cassette holding means for holding a cassette case, a tape supplying means for supplying a magnetic tape, a first splicing block means for releasably holding a leading end of the magnetic tape, a leader tape d... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5158242 | Apparatus for the unwinding of flexible sheet-like structures from a roll An unwinding apparatus has a vertically adjustable bearing arrangement for bearing a winding unit. A winding core carries a roll of printing products, wound up together with a winding band. For unwinding the printing products and circumferential driving o... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5135601 | Ply material server apparatus A ply server for applying a preselected length of ply material drawn from a supply roll thereof onto a tire carcass building drum. The desired length of ply material is measured by a programmable mechanism, then severed at the length desired. The incoming... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5125587 | Tape loading center The described cassette loading apparatus and method comprises a plurality of loading modules disposed consecutively in side-by-side relation and each provided with a loading station designed to engage individual cassettes and fill them with a predetermine... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5064133 | Driving force transmitting apparatus A driving force transmitting apparaus having a rotation drum which is driven by a drive shaft and which is rotatable relative to a driven shaft and a rotation member which is fixed on the driven shaft and transmit driving force from the drive shaft to the... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5031851 | Driving device for video cassette rewinder An improved video cassette rewinder which comprises a base, a receptacle, a driving device, and a receptacle opening device, etc. The driving device comprises a single belt pulley provided beneath a rewinding shaft and above a receptacle opening device an... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4986057 | Apparatus for handling and wrapping bales There is provided a new and useful bale wrapping apparatus comprising a frame, means mounted on the frame for engaging an end of, and lifting, a bale to be wrapped, means associated with the means for engaging for axially rotating the bale when the bale i... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4951892 | Server system for rubberized sheets A system and apparatus for accurately delivering rubberized sheets from a supply roll of stock material containing an intervening liner to an assembly station for subsequent assembling into an air spring or similar article of manufacture by eliminating th... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4919357 | Ship-shaped video-tape rewinder A ship-shaped video-tape rewinder having an outward shape like a steamer, a sailboat, a ferry-boat, etc. The mechanical components for rewinding are arranged on the floorboards and a tape case is provided in the deck, the case being raised up or down for ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4919354 | Apparatus for replacing rolls of customer films in copying machines A photographic copying machine wherein the images of successive frames on a long roll of spliced-together exposed and developed customer films are copied while successive films are advanced stepwise from a supply reel on a first driven mandrel toward and ... | 04/24/1990 |
