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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 |
| 8011076 | Swage collar with internal sealing insert A swage collar and an internal sealing insert form a swage collar assembly used in combination with a structural fastener to prevent leakage through a connection of workpieces fastened together by the structural fastener. The swage collar has a hollow, generally cyl... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7921530 | Low swage load fastening system and method A fastener installation tool including an anvil member having a swage cavity, a collet having a pull section with a fastener engagement end and a plurality of teeth, and an anvil member. The plurality of teeth includes a first tooth with a first inner diameter, and ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7347189 | Fuel injector clamp with retaining sleeve The following describes an apparatus for and method of clamping a device, such as a fuel injector, to a platform, such as a cylinder head, and thereafter removing the device from the platform together with the clamp. A retaining sleeve is deformed such that the reta... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7192024 | Sheet material processing A feed mechanism feeds sheet material sequentially on demand to a take-up mechanism of processing machinery. The feed mechanism has a feed table with a gate. Sheets may be stacked against the gate, which allows only the lowermost sheet to pass therebeneath. Rollers ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7024741 | Fastening structure with a rivet A fastening tool draws a mandrel (5) to allow a caulking portion of the mandrel to deform a stem of a rivet (2) so that workpieces are fastened together. The fastening tool used in this process includes a nosepiece having a protrusion. During caulking,... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6792657 | Method and apparatus for connecting a fastener element to a wall A tubular fastener element (34) is inserted into an opening (44) in a wall (W) until a flange (40) at the trailing end of the fastener element (34) is in contact with the wall (W). Then, an externally threaded end (32) of a rod ( | 09/21/2004 |
| 6745451 | Adapter for machine for manufacturing buttons and method An adapter enables a universal assembly machine to manufacture buttons with either flat backs or formed backs. The machine comprises a rotatably indexable die table to which are mounted pickup and crimp dies. A ram die is advancable and retractable in a pickup strok... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6739170 | Offset nose assembly with improved deflector and guard assemblies An offset nose assembly for installing fasteners is provided that generally includes a drawbar, a swage anvil and a collet. The drawbar has three portions with the third portion transitioning from the second portion by a chamfer, the chamfer being of a preselected a... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6662420 | Hydraulic installation tool A hydraulic installation tool for installing fasteners is provided, that includes a housing having a first portion adapted to receive a drawbar and a second portion adapted to receive a piston, a gland and a retaining ring. A generally L-shaped drawbar is... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6487767 | Method and apparatus for connecting a fastener element to a wall A tubular fastener element (34) is inserted into an opening(44) in a wall (W) until a flange (40) at the trailing end of the fastener element (34) is in contact with the wall (W). Then, an externally threaded end (32) of a rod (28) is inserted into a cent... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6431027 | Buttons and a universal assembly machine for manufacturing same A universal assembly machine manufactures conventional buttons with formed backs. The machine comprises a rotatably indexable die table to which are mounted pickup and crimp dies. The die table indexes about a center column of the machine frame. A ram die... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6389676 | Blind riveting A method of blind riveting to secure together a plurality of members (26, 27, 28) with aligned apertures, using a blind rivet comprising a tubular shell (11) with a head (13) and a stem (12) extending through the tubular shell. The method comprises the st... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6038944 | Apparatus for manufacturing buttons A universal assembly machine manufactures conventional buttons with formed backs. The machine comprises a rotatably indexable die table to which are mounted pickup and crimp dies. The die table indexes about a center column of the machine frame. A ram die... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5577313 | Method and apparatus for joining deformable sheet stock A method of joining first and second sheets of deformable material by providing a first sheet having oppositely facing first and second surfaces, providing a second sheet having oppositely facing third and fourth surfaces, placing the second surface on th... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5519926 | Nose assembly for hydraulic installation tool An installation tool installs multi-pieced fasteners having fastener components including a pin and a collar and/or sleeve by applying a relative axial force therebetween by a nose assembly which has a jaw structure for gripping the pin and an anvil for e... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5371933 | Fastener setting tool with offset nose assembly A fastener setting tool including an anvil housing having an offset anvil portion and a collet positioned slidably in the anvil housing and including an offset portion coacting with the offset anvil portion of the anvil housing to defined an offset nose a... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5146773 | Tapered rotatable offset nose assembly A rotatable nose assembly for swaging a fastener collar onto a grooved fastener pin in an application where there is only limited access to the pin and collar assembly. A swaging anvil has parallel flat side faces adapted to fit into a channel-shaped work... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5111575 | Swaging tool for bearing installation An apparatus as provided for swaging a bearing lip into a bearing housing chamfer, which apparatus is operable in confined spaces, such as in an aircraft application. The apparatus is operable without requiring the use of clamps or power tools, wherein an... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4972565 | Tool set for connecting sheet metal pieces The tool set comprises a male die and a female die cooperating to connect metal sheet workpieces when driven by a press. The male die is trunconical. The female die includes an anvil and forming members which, in a first operation phase, are stationarily ... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4835843 | Automatic badge making machine An automatic badge making machine comprises a die assembly including a first and second die set relatively movable to form a badge or button from a plurality of badge parts initially placed in one of the die sets. A motor powered drive is provided for rel... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4835850 | Apparatus for joining pieces of sheet metal An apparatus for joining two or more sheets by means of drawn and extruded material portions comprising a punch, a die and an anvil. The punch is driven to first cooperate with the die in a drawing step, then to transport the work piece to the anvil and t... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4831704 | Apparatus for connecting thin plates An apparatus for connecting stacked thin plates 4, 5 (in particular sheet-metal plates) or plate sections, according to which stacked flat parts 10, 11 of both plates are first deep drawn together with one another, after which the bottom area of the deep-... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4660403 | Die assembly An improved die assembly for use with a punch is employed to produce stitch connections between sheets of rigid, deformable material. The die assembly includes an anvil body having a central anvil portion and a pair of arcuate depressions respectively on ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4649732 | Fastener installation tool This invention provides a tool for attaching fasteners to a workpiece that includes a slide within a body and a rod threaded into the slide. The outer end of the rod threads into the floating nut of a fastener assembly with an enlargement on the rod cente... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4557033 | Method of cold expanding and sizing fastener holes The method of fastening a plurality of metal members (82, 84; 232, 230) in which precision holes (86, 88; 236, 234) are drilled through the metals which are to be connected together. The drilled holes in the metal members are cold-expanded to improve the ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4424623 | Apparatus for ladder constructions This invention relates to a method of forming a step to stile joint in a ladder which does not utilize mechanical fastenings such as rivets and the like. According to this invention, the step is provided with integral hollow sections extending therealong ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4406048 | Method of assembling ladder construction This invention relates to a method of forming a step to stile joint in a ladder which does not utilize mechanical fastenings such as rivets and the like. According to this invention, the step is provided with integral hollow sections extending therealong ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4380109 | Method for applying belt fasteners to a belt An apparatus is disclosed for riveting two elements together utilizing upper and lower plate fastener portions wherein means are provided for securing the lower plate fastener portions in an aligned relationship with an underlying anvil base. Also provide... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4355531 | Rivet fastener system A metal rivet, a two-piece rivet assembly, and a joint including the assembly. The metal rivet includes a preformed head at one end of a solid shank. At the other end there is a tubular upsettable portion which is circularly cylindrical with a recess whic... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4347728 | Apparatus and system for setting fasteners A tool for setting fasteners in which the fasteners comprise a pin member each having a plurality of grooves adapted to be gripped by a plurality of jaws in a nose assembly of the tool with the jaws being connected to a resilient member in a manner mainta... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4250733 | Fastening system including segmented self releasing anvil A fastening system for setting stump type swage fasteners providing high fastener clamping force and low application loads and low removal loads of the associated tool; the associated tool anvil, comprising self releasing anvil segments, has a swage surfa... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4084460 | Hand held nut running and crimping power tool An air powered hand tool having combined therein nut running and crimping mechanism in which a common cam member is motor rotated to effect run down of a work nut about a stud and is piston driven to effect crimping of the nut in locking relation to the s... | 04/18/1978 |
| 3972102 | Means for making an electrical connector A means for bending an outer end portion of a center pin comprises a jig having a sleeve-shaped fixture which may be inserted into the inner wall of a cup-shaped member surrounding the center pin. A restricted or inturned end portion of the fixture thereu... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3934325 | Fastening method, apparatus and article Apparatus for setting blind fasteners, which comprises means for engaging and setting one side of a fastener and driving it in a rectilinear path, means mounted in said rectilinear path for engaging and setting the other side of the fastener and means mou... | 01/27/1976 |
