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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7271899 | Millimetre-wave detection device for discriminating between different materials A detection device that can be used for detecting objects behind clothing etc including a dielectric lens and a receive element sensitive to millimetre wave radiation. Prior art systems produce an image of a scene usually using scanning optics. This can be large and... | 09/18/2007 |
| 5539987 | X-Y carriage moving system A bracket having an arm extending therefrom is securely attached, at a base end thereof, to a first belt passed around a pair of pulleys, and a second belt is passed around another pair of pulleys and guided along the length of the arm by rollers or the l... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5465107 | Printhead drive system for serial printer The printhead of an ink jet printer is mounted on a printhead carrier for reciprocal movement on a carrier guide rod above a record feed path. A bi-directional motor drives a drive belt attached to the carrier to thereby pull the printhead back and forth.... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5333005 | Apparatus for raising and lowering plotter marking devices Apparatus especially X-Y plotters having a marking device for marking a surface. A support is provided for supporting the marking device. The support is movable along an axis of the housing while the marking device can be selectively raised and lowered re... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5063676 | Cable drive system for carriage movement and method of use A positioning system for use in a plotter having a reverse axis arrangement moves the Y carriage along two generally parallel spaced apart guides and comprises a first and second cable each having equal lenghts and forming a loop respectively attached to ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4957014 | Cable drive geometry An apparatus providing a substantially fixed length cable drive comprises a motor-driven capstan having a helical groove. The groove on the capstan is sized to receive opposite ends of a cable for simultaneously letting out and taking up the cable. The ca... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4918817 | Article positioning apparatus An article positioning apparatus for locating an article or transporter at predetermined X, Y plot coordinates through the use of tapes characterized by sufficient stiffness to resist bending under compressive loads, whereby the tape can be used not only ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4882597 | liquid jet recording apparatus having separate motors for driving a liquid head and a liquid reservoir A liquid jet recording apparatus is provided with a recording head for discharging liquid to thereby effect recording, a carriage movable with the recording head mounted thereon, a first motor for driving the carriage, a tank for storing therein the liqui... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4856197 | Drawing device having retractable stylus A drawing device adapted to produce line drawings or sketches on a transparent screen on top of a rectangular box-like case partly filled with a powder that adheres slightly to the undersurface of the screen to render it opaque. Disposed within the case i... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4794542 | Sign generating apparatus with input of second sign information while cutting a first sign A sign generating apparatus comprises a keyboard for entering first sign data and second sign data, a processor for supervising the data input during intervals, and a cutting apparatus for cutting a first sign based on the first sign data and a second sig... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4789873 | Thermal transfer printer A thermal printing head is supported on a member which is independent of a carriage supporting an ink ribbon cassette and which is slidably supported on a shaft extending in parallel to a platen. The carriage is also slidably supported on the shaft. The h... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4668963 | Pen recorder A pen recorder for writing characters and graphic patterns with recording pens on a sheet of recording paper by moving the recording pens in an X-axis direction and moving the sheet of recording paper in a Y-axis direction. When a desired key on a keyboar... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4649399 | Pen recorder An automatically balancing type pen recorder, which is compact in size and is highly reliable in operation, comprises an integral servo unit formed of a single printed circuit board which incorporates therein a pen carriage and an automatic balancing mech... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4600083 | Positioning systems An x-y positioning device in which a cable or chain is used to drive a carriage, powered by two motors. The same cable that moves the carriage also constrains the angular orientation of the moving mechanism. In so doing, the moving parts can be made light... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4583292 | Low inertia X-Y cable drive The invention provides for an inexpensive plotter/digitizer which can be attached to existing drafting boards of varying sizes. The device uses flexible links, such as cables. Length, speed, and tension of the links is monitored by sensors. The speed, acc... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4568985 | Electronic camera scanning mechanism An electronic camera in which a linear array (10), comprised of a row of light-sensitive devices, is mechanically moved in the image plane while being electronically scanned orthogonally to the direction of movement to capture the image. The array (10) is... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4550503 | Toy computer image processor assembly A toy computer image processor assembly wherein a toy assembly in the form of a simulated computer is provided with hand manipulated actuating members in a keyboard section connected to image producing means in a screen section to selectively move such im... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4527119 | High speed, low mass, movable probe and/or instrument positioner, tool and like items suitable for use in a controlled environment chamber A high speed, low mass positioning apparatus is provided for positioning a test probe or other like item at any desired point within an x-y plane. The apparatus comprises a first axis of movement mechanism for positioning the item along one axis of moveme... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4524520 | Carriage positioning system A system for positioning an X-axis carriage and a Y-axis carriage comprises two flexible coupling elements for the X-axis carriage, and a single flexible coupling element for the Y-axis carriage. Providing two such coupling elements for the X-axis carriag... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4517576 | Multi-color pen recording device The invention relates to a multi-color pen recording device suitable for a data recording instrument in which a rotary drum supporting a plurality of different colored pens around its periphery is mounted on a carriage which can be driven laterally across... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4467525 | Automated sign generator An automated sign generator produces large scale text on sheet material by means of a cutting tool which is guided relative to the material in accordance with preprogrammed data. The sheet material is supported for movement in one coordinate direction rel... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4420886 | X-Y Plotter for producing diagrams from computer information An X-Y plotter comprising a pen carriage equipped with a recording pen; a slider for guiding the pen carriage; a first driving arrangement for moving the pen carriage along the slider in the X direction which comprises a first driving motor and a first wi... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4348697 | Facsimile apparatus In a facsimile apparatus, a recording head and a reading head are mounted on a carriage and the carriage is reciprocated in the main scanning direction so that recording and reading of image information are performed and furthermore, a detector is mounted... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4343007 | Multi-color multi-point recorder A multi-point recorder has a multi-color ink cartridge arranged to be selectively aligned with a recording head having a plurality of selectively energizable recording elements whereby a color from the multi-color ink cartridge is selected for printing by... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4327596 | Multi-axes positioning system A multi-axes positioning system is described, such as used in X-Y plotters, including an X-carriage movable on a frame along the X-axis, a Y-carriage movable on the frame along the Y-axis, and a single closed loop trained over a plurality of guide wheels.... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4315437 | Device for driving and displacing a beam resting upon guide rails, and one or more carriages attached to the beam This invention relates to a device for driving and displacing a beam in a direction parallel to guide rails, and one or more carriages rigid with the beam in a direction transverse to the displacement of the beam. The device comprises two cables 7 and 8 stretc... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4277189 | Bidirectional carriage drive employing a closed loop belt drive means for printers and the like A drive assembly for printer carriages and the like comprised of a closed looped metallic tape entrained about a drive and a driven pulley and being moved at a substantially constant rate. The carriage assembly reciprocally slides along guide rods for lin... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4180823 | Control device for controlling the movements of two carriages of a duplex recorder A control device for controlling the movements of first and second recording means support-carriages of a two-carriage duplex recorder, comprising a flexible elongated traction means connected to said first carriage, and drive means associated with said t... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4050564 | Electronic control for optimizing carrier turnaround in printing apparatus Printing apparatus has an ink jet printhead mounted on a carrier for movement during printing of characters between left and right margin locations relative to a document. A directionally oriented grating and associated circuitry is provided to maintain a... | 09/27/1977 |
