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A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7857294 | Composite springs and methods of manufacture Composite springs and methods of manufacture are described. The composite springs include a flexible core supporting multiple layers of a cured, resin-impregnated composite fiber wherein resin-impregnated composite fiber is wound or braided over the flexible core an... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7631855 | Vibration isolator A method of using a vibration isolator comprising a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate, and at least one wire cable piece which is connected both to the first mounting plate and to the second mounting plate. The at least one wire cable piece is connect... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7354033 | Tape-spring deployable hinge A tape-spring shaped, articulating member used in deployable structures having a resilient, compliant hinge region and rigid non-hinge regions, thereby enabling a smaller fold radius and greater packaging efficiency. The increased compliance in the hinge region may ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7311124 | Method of producing a spring wire and wire thus produced Method of producing spring wires shaped as a cylinder. The wire includes at least one first plurality of layers of wound fibres, the layers being disposed on top of one another and impregnated with a matrix. The first plurality of layers includes at least two stacke... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303184 | Isolator mount for shock and vibration mitigation A passive isolator mount capable of dissipating shocks and vibrations as either heat or magnetic energy is presented. The passive isolator includes a pair of L-shaped or C-shaped brackets capable of withstanding repeated deflections and strains, energy dissipating l... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7243894 | Mount for vibratory elements The invention is a mounting system for a vibrational element. The vibrational element has a longitudinal axis, an outer surface and an axial displacement node. The mounting system includes an isolation member which has an isolation surface, an isolating body, and an... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222424 | Method for producing a tubular spring and an actuator unit comprising one such tubular spring A method for producing a tubular spring (12) in the form of a cylindrical hollow body, especially for pre-tensioning a piezoelectric actuator element (2) of an actuator unit (1) of a fuel injector comprises the step of providing a thin-walled, s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7192015 | Plate spring with improved settlement behavior A plate spring of a substantially circular-ring-shaped form having a substantially externally conical upper side (12) and a substantially internally conical underside (13) between which there are positioned an outer annular edge (14) and an inne... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7168117 | Multi-stranded coil spring A spring assembly including a helical coil formed from a multi-strand cord. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144001 | Device and a system for damping vibrations, impact and shock The invention relates to a device and a system for damping vibrations, impact and shock where two damping elements (6, 8) are attached to one end of an oblong plate (4) respectively, and connected via a central joining element (7) holding the de... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132027 | Complex composite structures and method and apparatus for fabricating same from continuous fibers A method and apparatus for fabricating a complex, three-dimensional structure (12), such as a truss, from composite fiber/resin includes pulling a plurality of continuous fibers (50) from a feed source (62) along a processing path (58) ab... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104752 | Braided wire damper for segmented stator/rotor and method The segments of the vanes of a stator and the blades of a rotor for a gas turbine engine are dampened by utilizing braided wire cable that is affixed to adjacent segments such that each of the wire strands forming the cable is allowed to move relative to each other ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077066 | Axle guide The invention relates to an axle guide consisting of a fiber-synthetic material composite for guiding an axle in the running gear of a rail vehicle, in particular a high-speed rail vehicle. Said guide has two end sections (11, 11′) for connecting the guide ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7028998 | Stabilizer bar A composite support comprising, a composite tube that is provided with an outer diameter and includes a first fiber layer including a resin and glass fibers that have been wound around a mandrel, a second fiber layer including glass fibers that have been wound aroun... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997446 | Spring member for rotational action The rotational spring includes a base member which is in the form of a ring and includes elements for fixedly attaching it to a body of an appliance, such as a power toothbrush, which includes a drive element such as a drive shaft portion of a motor. Also included i... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6679487 | Hybrid leaf spring with reinforced bond lines A hybrid leaf spring includes an elongated primary leaf having a compression surface, an opposite tension surface, and a first modulus of elasticity. At least one composite material layer is provided having a second modulus of elasticity different from th... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6629688 | Damping arrangement A damping arrangement is proposed with at least two holding devices (10, 11) that are connected to one another via at least one damping element (12) in the form of a plane element made of a wire mesh or wire fabric, said holding devices (10, 11) being sec... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6460837 | Filament based energy absorbing system A filament based energy absorbing system for absorbing a force applied to a base structure. The filament based energy absorbing system comprising a backing member having a top surface and an opposed bottom surface. A first plurality of energy absorbing fi... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6435485 | Composite bow mono-leaf spring A fiberglass composite monoleaf bow spring for use in a vehicle chassis system capable of multi-linear response when compressed. The fiberglass composite monoleaf bow spring extends longitudinally below a vehicle frame and is secured at each end of the ve... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6427988 | Vibration reducing device for bicycles A vibration reducing device for bicycles that includes a sulfurated synthetic rubber shrinkable knotted tube. The tube has at least one spherical knot and a net reinforcing layer formed in a circumferential wall. An air valve is used to control air pressu... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6406011 | Wire rope isolator with pinned bar and method for making same A wire rope vibration isolator employing a wire cable passed in a continuous loop through lateral hollow, cylindrical members, holes, channels or the like, formed therethrough in one or more mounting blocks or entrapment members. The mounting blocks manip... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6361032 | Composite leaf spring with improved lateral stiffness A method of increasing lateral stiffness in fiberglass composite leaf springs used in suspension systems. The increase in lateral stiffness is accomplished by introducing two carbon fiber inserts to the longitudinal side regions of a fiberglass composite ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6347790 | Shock absorber and method for producing the same, and filler for the same An object of the invention is to provide a shock absorber which can reduce damage to the member to collide therewith. The invention provides a shock absorber comprising a cushion structure of three-dimensional spring construction, which has a large void p... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6290217 | Asymmetric wire rope isolator A wire rope isolator having a pair of opposed mounting blocks, each having parallel holes formed therein so that the holes in one block are perpendicular to holes in the second block. One block contains two parallel holes passing through the block while t... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6244579 | Light press manufactured (LPM) wire rope isolator and method of manufacture A wire rope isolator includes a wire rope and a pair of mounting blocks. The mounting blocks comprise of a pair of cylindrical elongated end flanges that are connected tangentially to each other by a web that has a thickness that is less than the diameter... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6231709 | Method of making a spring out of thermostructural composite material A fiber preform is made from a fiber block by forming at least one cut in the block, so as to make a gap between two portions of the preform corresponding to segments of a spring that is to be made, and the preform is densified by a material for constitut... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6151216 | Thermally conductive vibration isolators A method and construction for providing thermal management and vibration isolation to a component that requires a controlled temperature during operation. The component (e.g., a hard disk drive) is mounted within an enclosure such that the component is su... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6092341 | Concrete cylindrical body with aseismic base isolation structure, method for manufacturing the same and laminated ring assembly therefor A concrete rod-like member having a seismic control structure which utilizes structural features of the rod-like structure efficiently without paying high cost and is capable of protecting a body potion of the rod-like member (including a building carried... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6068250 | Composite multi-wave compression spring A circular multi-wave composite compression spring (10) is formed from a carbon fiber (58) reinforced laminate. The circular compression spring (10) is comprised of unidirectional graphite fibers (58) encased in a polymeric resin of generally rectangular ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6056276 | Leaf spring for a suspension of a vehicle Leaf spring, in particular for a suspension of a vehicle, of the multiple-leaf type, and preferably of the double-leaf type: a first, upper leaf is provided at respective ends with corresponding eyelets for attachment to a vehicle, and is made of metal ma... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6024345 | Resin-made spring and a bellows type constant volume pump using the same The present invention relates to a resin-made spring which, although the spring is made of a resin only, has a strength similar to that of a metal-made spring, and in which the strength is hardly reduced with time and can be maintained to a desired degree... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5988612 | Composite helical springs and process of manufacture A helical spring is formed by winding a fiber bundle onto a core at a predetermined wind angle and then winding the wound core onto a grooved mold. The fibers have a thermosetting material thereon which is cured as the wound core advances along the groove... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5791636 | Compact profile wire cable isolator and energy absorbing restraint A compact profile, nested wire cable isolator includes first and second wire cable spirals, each spiral defining an internal or central region. Each of the spirals has a pair of entrapment members associated therewith. One of each of the first and second ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5721998 | Fixing member and lens barrel having the fixing member A fixing member includes a body member having a contact portion with a fixed member outwardly and a spring member disposed in an inward portion of the body member and protruding from the contact portion. The spring member is composed of a plastic material... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5690322 | Shock and vibration damping mount This is a shock- and/or vibration-damping mount (9) between a first and snd mass. It comprises a substantially straight cable comprising a plurality of multiwire strands, the cable comprising at least one portion (25) having a bulged middle part (26) for... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5685525 | Carbon fiber reinforced resin coil spring In a carbon fiber reinforced resin coil spring the carbon fibers A,B are oriented at an angle of &#b1;30~&#b1;60° relative to the axis of the cord of the spring. Further, the ratio A/B of the amount of the fibers A oriented in the compression direction a... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5678809 | Spring members A spring member made of a carbon fibers/carbon composite material in which carbon fibers are dispersed in a matrix of graphite, The spring member has a spring constant in a range of 0.1 to 25 kg/mm and a density of about 1.5 to 3.0 g/cm3. For u... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5677046 | High tensile strength composite reinforcing bands Spiral bands having a plurality of convolutions of a high tensile strength composite material are formed by feeding a plurality of continuous high tensile strength fibers through an uncured resin to form a web, depositing the web on a release web having a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5667206 | Hybrid composite leaf springs A hybrid composite automotive leaf spring comprises parallel glass and polyethylene terephthalate fibers distributed in a pattern replicated throughout a resin matrix. A method of producing the hybrid composite leaf spring comprises winding various propor... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5609328 | Pipe restraint A pipe restraint (20) permits thermal expansion of a piping system (10), while inhibiting movement of the piping system during dynamic events and providing vibration isolation. The pipe restraint includes first and second displacement members (22) and (24... | 03/11/1997 |
