"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331636 | Electric milling machine A milling machine comprising a housing including a frame, a front wheel assembly supporting the housing, at least a first rear wheel assembly and a second rear wheel assembly supporting the housing, a milling drum mounted within the housing and extending below the h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7234537 | Sonic drill A sonic drilling apparatus having a work piston within a cylinder chamber to provide a vibratory force through the alternate application of fluid under pressure into the bore above and below the piston in a manner that the piston will be forced to reciprocate within... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6932166 | Pneumatic tool A pneumatic tool (20) for impacting a workpiece (22) is provided. The tool (20) comprises a casing (42) defining a chamber (48). A piston (54) is slidable within the chamber (48) along an operational axis (A). An exha... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6609762 | Walk behind floor stripping machine with hydraulic drive A hydraulically powered self-propelled stripping machine having an electric motor for providing oscillating motion to a cutting head member. The electric motor driving a hydraulic pump for pumping hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic motor for driving the wheel... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6378951 | Vibratory pavement breaker An electrohydraulic pavement breaker system having cavities (28, 30) which are filled with hydraulic fluid (oil) or gas, and which provide mass spring system which is resonant at a frequency which is especially adapted for breaking and rubblizing concrete... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6033031 | Milling machine with vibrating mechanism and rotary drum A milling machine is disclosed, which machine includes a frame, a drive mechanism for advancing the machine across a surface to be milled, and a milling assembly mounted on the frame of the machine for cutting a width of material from the surface in the p... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5039170 | Resonant beam suspension pads A pad (22) for isolating a weight (4) from vibration of a resonant beam (8) in a resonant beam support system (6) for dissipating heat. The pad is constructed of a rubberlike material having ridges (58) and grooves (60). The ridges and grooves include a t... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4732506 | Surface crushing apparatus This invention describes an apparatus for breaking a hard surface such as a concrete road or bridge deck and essentially consists of a support for a torsional spring which is horizontally fixed to the support with a spaced rotational journal so that the t... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4515408 | Counterweight support for resonantly driven tool The present invention provides an improved mechanism for positioning the weight relative to the resonant beam in resonantly driven impact systems.... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4511282 | Pavement penetrating tool An improved penetrating tool for pavement breakers is disclosed. The tool of the present invention has a flange with a striking surface which extends in the direction of motion of the vehicle. The striking surface is curved so that the closing angle, defi... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4444434 | Continuous miner A continuous miner includes a pair of resonant beams for driving a cutting blade rigidly secured to their lower anti-nodes. By mounting the beams so that they can pivot about both upper and lower nodes, the miner may be operated to make either vertical or... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4402629 | Resonantly driven pavement crusher A pavement breaker including a mobile carrier vehicle is disclosed. A beam is provided having a resonant frequency with a pair of nodes spaced from the input and output ends of the beam and anti-nodes at each end and at the center. An oscillator is fixed ... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4343514 | Resonant tool driving system with gap A sonic generator produces a reciprocating force that is transmitted to a tool by a resonant or nonresonant force transmitting member having an output that reciprocates about a neutral position responsive to the force of the sonic generator. A continuous ... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4340255 | Resonantly driven vertical impact system A surface impact system including a mobile carrier vehicle is disclosed. A beam is provided having a resonant frequency with a pair of nodes spaced from the input and output ends of the beam and anti-nodes at each end and at the center. An oscillator is f... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4330156 | Resonant system speed control A resonant work performing apparatus is disclosed which includes a resonant system which is vibratory in resonance at an unloaded resonant frequency. The resonant system has a vibratory input at a frequency near the resonant frequency, and a vibratory out... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4258956 | Method and apparatus for driving a single transversely elongated tool with a plurality of force transmitting beams An elongated tool is mounted for reciprocal motion on a support frame. A plurality of resonant force transmitting beams each having an input, an output, and at least one resonant node, are supported by the frame so their outputs are spaced apart adjacent ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4257648 | Non-resonant cyclic drive system employing rectification of the cyclic output A vibratory drive system for use in spalling a road surface, cutting rock, etc. Vibratory energy is generated by means of an orbiting mass oscillator, the output of which is rectified by means of a rectifier to provide unidirectional pulses to a cutting t... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4252376 | Ripping tool driving apparatus A ripping tool positioned below the earth's surface is driven by the output of a vibrating, preferably, resonant, force transmitting beam which has lateral dimensions smaller than those of the ripping tool and is positioned below the earth's surface. The ... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4251111 | Resonant beam for tool driving apparatus A force transmitting, preferably resonant, beam having a pair of straight divergent legs meeting at a juncture. A work tool is located adjacent to the end of one leg, which is the beam output. A sonic oscillator is coupled to the end of the other leg, whi... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4250760 | Drive assembly for pavement planing apparatus A pavement chipping tool uses a sonic oscillator which includes a housing integral with a resonant beam. The oscillator includes a rotating shaft journaled in two sets of bearings with an eccentric weight attached to the shaft between the two sets of bear... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4230369 | Pavement planing method and apparatus Asphalt or concrete pavement is removed from a road bed by an elongated cutter blade that extends in a downward and forward direction along a cutting plane to a cutting edge. The cutting plane forms an acute angle of between 45° and 55° with the surface... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4229045 | Resonant tool driving apparatus with tool stop A sonic generator produces a reciprocating force that is transmitted to a tool by a resonant or nonresonant force transmitting member having an output that reciprocates in forward and backward directions about a neutral position responsive to the force of... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4053958 | Surface preparation machine This device consists primarily of a tool (blade, chisel, or sanding attachment) which is attached to a tool holder. The tool holder in turn is attached by a bearing to a shaft which passes thru a flywheel, the shaft is offset from the center of the flywhe... | 10/18/1977 |