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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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Class 34/105 - With conveying or handling means


Subclass of Class 34 - Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Definition: Apparatus including means to move the articles from one
No. of patents: 112
Last issue date: 01/15/2008


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NumberTitleIssue Date
7318245Vehicle surface preparation apparatus
A passive vehicle surface preparation apparatus includes a mounting assembly and a support arm assembly having support arms pivotally connected to the mounting assembly. The vehicle preparation apparatus further includes a first wiper assembly having a stationary pr...
01/15/2008
7235141Lift-off method and chemical liquid tank
A lift-off procedure is provided which enables prevention of damage to a wiring pattern caused by contact of a metal being peeled off from a wafer with a wiring pattern at a time of lift-off procedure. A wafer having a surface on which a pattern is formed which cont...
06/26/2007
7179082Process and apparatus for inner wall toasting of casks for wine guard by hot air convection
A process and apparatus for inner wall toasting of casks for wine guard by hot air convection, with controlled temperature which allows setting desired cask heating time and temperature. The process comprises: (a) connecting the inside of the cask to mechanical elem...
02/20/2007
7121017Dryer apparatus for boots and gloves
A drying apparatus including a body portion including an upwardly extending drying member which has an upper portion for holding an item of apparel, and a platform coupled to the body portion. The platform can be moved into a first, generally horizontal position ove...
10/17/2006
7107901Method and apparatus for rapid cooling of metal screening masks
A method and apparatus for the rapid cooling of screen masks used in the fabrication of semiconductor components is provided. The method and apparatus use a specially designed cooling plate which is contacted with a mask frame holding the screening mask. After a hea...
09/19/2006
7006763Method and apparatus for infrared welding of thermoplastic parts
An infrared welder for thermoplastic materials comprising the combination of a halogen lamp producing illumination in the infrared band located at the focal point of a first parabolic reflector. The parabolic reflector is joined in a substantially continuous fashion...
02/28/2006
6962004Dryer apparatus for boots and gloves
A drying apparatus including a body portion including an upwardly extending drying member which has an upper portion for holding an item of apparel, and a platform coupled to the body portion. The platform can be moved into a first, generally horizontal position ove...
11/08/2005
6942107Glove holding member for supporting protective gloves for transportation and/or cleaning
A method and a system for transporting and cleaning slaughter equipment especially knives (3), gloves and aprons at slaughterhouses, the system comprising knife holding members for receiving and releasable holding one or more knives (3), glove holding ...
09/13/2005
6918193Shoe drier
A shoe drier has a housing from which paired tubes (10) project as holding elements for the shoes, boots, or the like which are to be dried. In the housing (1) there is a fan (15) which forces air into the tubes (10), the tubes are chosen...
07/19/2005
6766591Garment drying apparatus
A garment drying apparatus includes a housing forming a base. A heater is mounted in the base for warming ambient air drawn into the base via a fan through openings formed in the base. A pair of air ducting walls are mounted in the base to direct a portion of the wa...
07/27/2004
6742276Plastic suit drying system
A plastic suit drying system comprises a drying chamber with an air warmer, and a mobile dryer rack. The mobile rack has a wheeled air plenum base, a number of drying positions (each comprising three perforated air pipes protruding up from the base), and a flanged a...
06/01/2004
6715217Microfilm jacket drying device and method
A microfilm drying device and method are presented for salvaging and drying microfilm which has become wet due to excessive moisture resulting from high water, floods and the like. The device includes a needle assembly which is slidably affixed within a frame to dir...
04/06/2004
6655041Multilevel roller-conveyor dryer
The invention relates to a roller belt drier. The drying of panel-shaped products often requires the drier to have considerable construction lengths in order to achieve a high capacity. Long roller belt dryers, which are usually equipped with chain drives...
12/02/2003
6591514Centrifuge for draining washed egg trays
A centrifuge for draining washed egg trays comprises a centrifuge chamber in a housing (9). A bottom (8) for receiving a washed stack (7) of egg trays in a feeding position is displaceable with respect to said housing (9) between the feeding position and ...
07/15/2003
6523277Apparatus for drying and stacking treated workpieces
Apparatus for drying and stacking treated workpieces includes a housing defining a drying chamber; a workpiece carrying assembly mounted to the housing for moving the workpieces along a travel path through the drying chamber, including an endless strand t...
02/25/2003
6499227Drying accessory for sports gloves
Sports glove drying devices. In one embodiment, an accessory allows attachment of gloves to a vehicle. The aerodynamic drag of the wind against the vehicle during the vehicle's movement speeds up the drying of the gloves. In a further embodiment, an acces...
12/31/2002
6374509Shoe holder for attaching a shoe to a dryer
A shoe holder for attaching a shoe to a dryer for preventing the tennis shoes from banging in the drum of the dryer while being dried. The shoe holder for attaching a shoe to a dryer includes a piece of material being adapted to fasten about a sole of a s...
04/23/2002
6328557Methods and apparatus for conveying containers through an oven to produce heat-insulative foamed layers thereon
Containers are conveyed through an oven on a conveyor to cause a foamable material on each container to foam and become a heat insulative layer. The containers are supported on respective holders of the conveyor, which prevent the containers from contacti...
12/11/2001
6289604Environmental protection compliant, higher productivity footwear vacuum dryer and conveyance apparatus
An environmental protection compliant, higher productivity footwear vacuum dryer and conveyance apparatus having a conveyor belt on which is disposed a plurality of footwear placement rod support and footwear placement tray units that convey the footwear ...
09/18/2001
6277443Low lead or no lead batch galvanization process
A batch process for making galvanized steel products with a low lead or no lead zinc coating is described. Metal parts are cleaned, rinsed, pickled and rinsed and are immersed in a hot, pre-flux solution and thoroughly dried before they are immersed in a ...
08/21/2001
6216359Gas fired garment dryer
A gas fired garment drier is described in which a base is provided with an air conduit including an internal air passageway leading from a bottom end to a top end. A gas burner is positioned adjacent the bottom end of the conduit. A heat exchanger is situ...
04/17/2001
6185835Apparatus for conditioning of commodities for vacuum packing
Apparatus is provided for the conditioning of a commodity (12) such as clothing suitable for vacuum packing in which there is provided a conditioning tunnel (2) including a floor (4), a ceiling (6) and two side walls (8), through which tunnel runs a conve...
02/13/2001
6145216Glass vial dryer
A dryer for drying articles, such as vials of pharmaceutical bulk product, such as vaccines is disclosed. The dryer circulates ambient air through a plenum to evenly evaporate condensation on vials of pharmaceutical brought from refrigeration for labeling...
11/14/2000
6058620Machine for the rapid drying of crockery, cutlery, glasses and similar objects
The present invention concerns a machine for the rapid drying of crockery, cutlery, glasses, and similar objects using the passage of a drying material. Inside of a body or housing there is included a loading plate (11) for the objects to be dried; a tank...
05/09/2000
6003240Vessel drier having high heat efficiency
A vessel drier for producing a powder material, includes a cylindrical container, a heating source, and a plurality of heat conductive members. The cylindrical container has an inner space to contain a fluid raw material and is adapted to rotate along a r...
12/21/1999
5918379Device for drying wet interior surfaces of hollow containers
A device for drying wet interior surfaces of a hollow container having an opening for access which employs an elongated hollow flexible moisture and air permeable member closed at both ends. One member end terminates in a long relatively thin extension. A...
07/06/1999
5749156Drying apparatus for cans using heated air
A drying apparatus for surface treated cans or the like, with at least one chain conveyor which has holders for the cans. A hot air apparatus for the surface drying of the cans has an air conducting device, which directs at least one first stream of hot a...
05/12/1998
5729914Preconditioned paperboard containers and method and apparatus for making the same
Containers and a method for forming such containers having larger brims with reduced brim curl defects is disclosed including providing a plurality of container blanks for forming containers, forming a plurality of container shells from the plurality of b...
03/24/1998
5669156Can end curing system with magnetic fanning and belt conveying
An article separating and drying system which receives container ends from an infeed station, separates and dries the container ends and the compound applied thereto in a separating and drying station, and passes the articles to an outfeed station. The ar...
09/23/1997
5636447Apparatus and method for moving articles to desired locations
Apparatus for moving articles, such as lids for containers, from one location to other locations depending on processing requirements of a manufacturing operation wherein a continuous supply of lids are separated into units, each having a plurality of lid...
06/10/1997
5564334Pin ovens and transfer devices therefor
A pin oven for curing a decorative or other coating laid down by a rotary decorator on cans has an associated transfer device by which the cans are decelerated and transferred in succession from the decorator onto the chain of the oven. The chain carries ...
10/15/1996
5513446Method and apparatus for drying industrial barrels
A method and an apparatus serve for drying industrial barrels (60). The industrial barrels (60) are positioned on an inclined base (12, 20) and are enclosed by a pressure-tight vacuum hood (30). A suction pipe (40) that is connected with the vacuum hood (...
05/07/1996
5507640Apparatus and method useful in manufacture of two piece cups
An improved heating method and heating nozzle useful in the forming of a two-piece thermoplastic foam cup assembled from two thermoplastic foam pieces on a cup-forming turret machine. The method and apparatus of the invention prevent premature sticking of...
04/16/1996
5471764Can end drying oven
An oven for drying the sealing compound on beverage and food can ends utilizes a prior art serpentine track along which a line of abutting can ends is conveyed through a drying chamber in which heated drying air is directed against the edges of the can en...
12/05/1995
5450679Rotary oven conveyor
A rotary oven conveyor apparatus is provided for receiving a continuous flow of articles such as can ends and for conveying the articles in an on-edge, spaced apart condition for a selectable predetermined period of time, to facilitate a treatment such as...
09/19/1995
5423131Apparatus for drying cleaned workpieces
Plate-like workpieces such as thin ceramic plates which are ultrasonically cleaned are housed in a tray having an air-permeable bottom plate and a plurality of air-impermeable sidewall plates extending from peripheral edges of the bottom plate. To dry the...
06/13/1995
5410788Yarn conditioning process & apparatus
An automated yarn conditioning apparatus and process is provided. This apparatus and process allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conv...
05/02/1995
5388346Method and apparatus for drying ceramic ware by use of air jets
Apparatus for drying articles, especially ceramic articles comprises a mould (14) For supporting the article to be dried, a turntable (10) For supporting and rotating the mould and at least one nozzle (18) For directing heated air on to the article (12), ...
02/14/1995
5385611Apparatus for forming resin coating on surface of article having three-dimensional structure
An apparatus for forming a resin coating on the surface of an article having a three-dimensional structure, comprising: (i) a compartment (a) in which the surface of the article is coated with a resin solution, (ii) a compartment (b) in which said resin s...
01/31/1995
5371950Isopropyl alcohol vapor dryer system
Microprocessor controlled isopropyl alcohol vapor dryer system for robotic drying of wafer cassettes containing wafers or substrates. A wetted wafer or substrate is robotically placed into a virgin isopropyl alcohol vapor zone. The wetted surface and free...
12/13/1994
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