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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 |
| 6050572 | Rotary cartridge seals with retainer A rotary cartridge seal is provided which includes a cold flowable plastic ring having a body for sealably engaging the housing bore and a lip for sealably engaging a shaft rotating within the housing bore. A separable metal retainer is provided for fixin... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6039322 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement in which a rotary shaft lip seal is arranged in a housing bore hole under radial prestressing. The lip seal has a sealing lip sealingly surrounding a shaft to be sealed. The sealing lip is arranged on a first, radially inwardly point... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6003871 | Cassette type seal with radial and axial lip A two-piece cartridge-type seal for wheel bearings and the like. The seal element contains a radial flange having a seal attached thereto and a mounting flange portion. The wear sleeve portion includes a cylindrical flange receivable over a rotary part, a... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5975538 | Radial lip shaft seal A lip seal for use in low torque, high pressure applications including a rigid retainer, a resilient body essentially covering the retainer and an inner support member. The inner support member provides spacing and orienting functions for the other elemen... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5941533 | Volumetric pump/valve sphincter seal A volumetric pump for administering intravenous fluids to a patient comprises a housing having an elongate cavity therein with an open and a closed end. A resilient sheet of material having a centrally-located aperture covers the open end, and a pump shaf... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5873337 | In-guide valve stem seal A two-piece valve stem guide allows the guide to be reamed in-place without damaging an installed valve seal. A first section of the guide is press fitted into an axially extending bore of an internal combustion engine component. Next, a multi-piece seal ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5855375 | Seal for steering assist fluid motor An outboard seal between a rack bar of a rack and pinion steering gear and a fluid motor cylinder tube around the rack bar. The outboard seal includes an annular bulkhead in an outboard end of the cylinder tube around the rack bar, a metal retaining ring ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5853177 | Drive transmission sealing device A sealing device for a drive line slip yoke includes a generally resilient seal and a substantially rigid cover that cooperate to provide a fluid-tight seal at the interface between a slip yoke and an axially moving splined shaft. The seal has a mounting ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5820132 | Sealing device for rotating shaft When the annular seal 11 which provides sealing around a shaft 1 is damaged, something which is signalled by an oil leak, the axially mobile seal carrier 10 is pushed to the left, with the aid of the lug 13, to bring an additional seal 12 into service, th... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5813676 | Oil seal extender An annular oil lip seal extender is used to axially reposition a conventional lip seal with respect to a rotating shaft after a wear groove is formed by the rubbing interaction between the lip seal and shaft without the need for a new seal, a new or regro... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5727794 | Lip seal assembly A seal assembly (1) wherein two sealing rings (2) of the same shape and size are connected integral with each other, coaxially with a common axis (3), and in a position wherein they are rotated in relation to each other about the common axis (3); the seal... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5709283 | Method and apparatus for a hydraulic seal retainer for a rack and pinion steering gear A hydraulic rack and pinion power steering gear (10) and a method of assembling the steering gear (10) are provided comprising a rack (20) operatively associated with steerable vehicle wheels. The rack (20) is movable in opposite directions for turning th... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5668426 | Rotational frequency sensing device with pulse generating wheel having two-axial position supporting sleeve A pulse generating wheel, combined with a radial shaft sealing ring, for a machine element that can rotate about an axis. The pulse generating wheel has a cylindrical sleeve that can be slid onto the machine element. The radial shaft sealing ring is provi... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5647597 | Retractable seal for oil-filled rotating machine A rotating machine has a splined primary shaft rotatably mounted in an opening of an oil-filled housing and a primary seal carried by the housing for sealing with a mating secondary splined shaft upon insertion of the secondary shaft into the housing open... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5626345 | Dual groove seal A method and apparatus for reducing the wear within a mechanical apparatus having first and second adjacent, sealable surfaces which move relative to each other and having a seal between them.... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5597168 | Single split oil seal A single split oil seal is disposed between and completely encircles a rotating journal and a corresponding journal case to prevent unwanted fluid leakage. The seal includes an annular seal body with an inner radial periphery and an outer radial periphery... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5553869 | Bonded valve stem seal with retainer tangs An inventive valve stem seal assembly includes a seal body bonded to a metal retainer without the need for a separate retaining ring or a garter spring. Compressive radial force between the seal body and a corresponding engagement surface of a valve stem ... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553866 | Cartridge-type lip seal with removable spacer A seal assembly for use in providing a dynamic fluid seal between a relatively rotating housing and shaft. The seal assembly eliminates the need for either a fixed internal thrust bearing or seal assembly contact with an adjacent inner bearing race. The s... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5522600 | Annular lubricant seal assembly with spring member An annular lubricant seal assembly for providing a seal between a shaft extending through a bore formed in a housing and the housing, wherein the shaft and the housing are rotatable relative to one another. The seal assembly includes an annular outer case... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5503404 | Protector for drive shaft lip seal A sealing system for a drive shaft extending through the hull of a vessel, the outboard end of the shaft being coupled to a propeller and the inboard end to the transmission of a marine engine turning the propeller. The system includes a bearing surroundi... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501469 | Axially compact unitized lip seal A seal for use between a shaft rotatable about and extending along an axis and a housing through which the shaft passes axially has a rub ring fixed on the shaft outer surface and having an outer surface centered on the axis and a flexible seal ring havin... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5484260 | Steam turbine bell seals An improved bell seal arrangement for steam turbines wherein the bell seal is modified by the addition of a special, replaceable, cylindrical extension seal for sealing the leakage gap between the bell seal and the turbine inner shell, the extension seal ... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5476270 | Shaft seal and gasket assembly A seal assembly for a shaft extending out of a casing and, in particular, the crankshaft received in the crankcase of a motor vehicle includes a gasket receptacle in the form of a metal die casting having a passage opening for the shaft. A dynamic shaft s... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5435697 | Seal arrangement for quick change fluid sections An improved quick-change fluid section for piston-type paint pumps having a mounting flange with keyhole shaped apertures at one end and a threaded fitting at the other end to couple a fluid section housing to driving means via a slide housing. The piston... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5421591 | Sealing arrangement The invention concerns a sealing arrangement for use in steered axles of vehicles employed in agriculture and/or the building trade. The sealing arrangement (24) consists of separate seals (46, 47) which are assembled into a sealing set (48) by way of a s... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5385352 | Sealing system for bearings, particularly radial-type bearings A sealing system is provided with a construction which permits easy mounting in a bearing assembly, and which provides improved sealing functions by enhancing the ability to engage in a groove in the bearing assembly. The sealing system comprises a sealin... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5377999 | Guilded split packing ring A guided split packing ring comprising a split in the circumference of the annular body defining a nose at one end and a cavity at the other end for matingly receiving the nose therein. The annular body of the packing ring defines a slightly enlarged outs... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5348314 | Seals with indicia and method of molding seals with indicia to allow inspection after trimming Indicia creating patterns are placed in a mold assembly used for making seals. The molded seal body includes trimming entry surface indicia and trimming exit surface indicia to provide visual targets to use when setting up equipment to trim a waste portio... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5346230 | Seal for a reciprocating rod A seal for a reciprocating rod, comprised of a sealing ring of elastomeric material, which is provided at its end facing away from the space to be sealed off with a recess that opens towards the rod and in the direction of the end, into which a guide ring... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5332232 | Sealing system for bearings, particularly radial-type bearings A sealing system is provided with a construction which permits easy mounting in a bearing assembly, and which provides improved sealing functions by enhancing the ability to engage in a groove in the bearing assembly. The sealing system comprises a sealin... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5303638 | Rodless piston and cylinder assembly for a reciprocating carriage A rodless piston and cylinder assembly having an improved cable connection between the ends of the piston and the working unit in the form of a band of plastic and coated stainless steel strip. The exterior surface of the band is curvilinear and cooperate... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5299811 | Seal member mounted in housing pocket by resilient retaining member An inexpensive, efficient seal member having a tubular housing member that can be integral to or attached to a frame of a motor to form a ring seal around the shaft of the motor prior to mating the shaft with a pump or other driven device. The flexible el... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5269536 | Sealing device A sealing device in accordance with the present invention includes a projected portion having a rubber-like elastic member on the outer periphery of a seal member, and an outer cylindrical portion extending toward the seal member on a flange portion of a ... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5244215 | Rotary shaft seal with retractable excluder lip A seal assembly is provided for retaining fluids within a sealed region defined in part by the seal assembly secured within an annular casing member and in part by a shaft extending axially through the seal assembly within the casing. The fluid seal assem... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5211406 | Sealing-modular construction The invention concerns a sealing arrangement in modular construction. In order to make the sealing arrangement (1) capable of fording, there is an internal sealing set (5) consisting of a radial shaft sealing ring (6) having two spring-loaded sealing lips... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5209499 | Unitized polytetrafluoroethylene radial lip seal A unitized radial lip seal assembly includes an outer annular case and an inner annular wear sleeve loosely interlocked by flanges or walls formed at the axial ends of the wear sleeve. After initial installation of the unitized assembly within a housing, ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5205565 | Sealing assembly to be interposed between two members in relative motion A sealing assembly is described, of the type in which a substantially rigid screen adapted to couple with a respective housing seat for the assembly itself on a member to be protected fixedly supports a sealing member of elastomeric material; the screen i... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5201533 | Unitized seal with extra sealing contact and method of making A unitized seal uses two casings and two attached disks of sealing material to provide four total lines of sealing contact. The casings have interleaved, axially and radially overlapping walls, the inner two of which carry the sealing disks. Radial overla... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5186472 | Unitized radial shaft seal A unitized seal includes a first seal casing having a radially-extending unitizing flange and a second seal casing having an annular elastomeric bumper. The bumper has an engagement surface which confronts the unitizing flange for engagement therewith. Up... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5163691 | Stacked seal with improved manufacture A stacked seal is built up from an integral unit that consists of annular rings molded together in a coplanar, non overlapping series by plurality of alternately facing live hinges. The hinges are wide enough to establish a straight folding axis between a... | 11/17/1992 |
