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Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422200 | Plastic ring bearing, particularly for use in MacPherson strut A MacPherson strut tube having an upper spring seat, a spring, a strut tube, and a ring bearing disposed for engaging the spring seat, the spring and the strut tube. The ring bearing comprises an upper casing, a lower casing, and a plastic ring engaged between the u... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7344092 | Rotary atomizer, and air bearing protection system for rotary atomizer Disclosed herein are a rotary atomizer and an air bearing protection system for the rotary atomizer. The structure of the system is simplified to reduce the manufacturing cost. An air bearing is used to enable high-speed rotation along with savings in the maintenanc... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7189004 | Thrust cap The motor has a thrust cap fitted to its end cap by snap fit fingers. The thrust cap closes a hole in the bearing retainer of the end cap and provides a thrust bearing surface against which the end of the shaft contacts to limit axial movement or end play of the sha... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7000909 | Plastic bearing, particularly for use in MacPherson strut A MacPherson strut tube having an upper spring seat, a spring, a strut tube, and a ring bearing disposed for engaging the spring seat, the spring and the strut tube. The ring bearing comprises an upper casing, a lower casing, and a plastic ring engaged between the u... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6698933 | Thrust cap The motor has a thrust cap (50) fitted to its end cap by snap fit fingers (54). The thrust cap (50) closes a hole (46) in the bearing retainer (42) of the end cap and provides a thrust bearing surface (52) against which the end of the shaft contacts to li... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6367237 | Play-free and centering tube coupling for the spindle of a textile machine Play-free and centering tube coupling for the spindle of a textile machine, which includes at least three driving elements which are centrically arranged to bear against an inner wall of the tube in a tube receptacle connected nonpositively to the spindle... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5911674 | Spindle for a spinning or twisting machine In the case of a spindle for spinning or twisting machines, two housings, separated by an annular gap, are provided, namely an outer housing, secured to a spindle rail, and an inner housing which takes up the neck bearing and the step bearing for the shaf... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5775083 | Spindle for a spinning or a twisting machine A spindle for spinning or twisting machines comprises a rigid inner sleeve which contains a neck bearing and a step bearing for a rotatably supported shaft and which inner sleeve is accommodated in a bearing housing, the bearing housing being fixed to a s... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5739607 | Hybrid spindle bearing A machine tool spindle is supported at its spindle nose in a front, rolling element mechanical anti-friction thrust and radial support bearing means. The middle and rear end of the spindle is supported in a magnetic radial rear bearing and further support... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5193953 | High-speed drilling or milling spindle A high-speed drilling or milling spindle (10) comprises a stator (11) that can be attached to a machine tool (12), a rotor (13), and a rotary drive (40, 41) acting between stator (11) and rotor (13). The rotor (13) has a receptacle (15) for a rotating, me... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4919549 | Hydrostatic spindle The spindle has a sleeve about a fixed shaft. Swing-type bearing pads are attached to the fixed shaft. The bearing pads are lubricated by flowing a lubricant through primary and secondary lubricating holes located in the fixed shaft.... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4792938 | Low-noise bearing for phonograph turntables and the like A low-noise (low "rumble") segmented bearing for high-fidelity phonograph turntables and the like. In a preferred belt-driven form, the bearing consists of four small, spaced polyurethane pads disposed so that the tension of the belt keeps the shaft in co... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4731985 | Spindle supporting device A device for supporting the spindles of textile machines, in which a spindle support cartridge is radially held by means of a double system of elastically-yielding thrust members, disposed inside an outer casing for the cartridge, and radially acting on t... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4492481 | Thrust bearing starter apparatus A thrust bearing assembly is provided which reduces initial axial loading on a shaft's thrust bearing in order to correspondingly reduce the required torque for rotational start-up. The shaft's bearing runner is forced in a direction away from its associa... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4224165 | Cyclical centrifugal machine An improved cyclical centrifugal machine includes a rigid support mounted above the basket of the machine, a bearing housing suspended from the support for gyratory motion, a basket-carrying spindle rotatable in fixed position relative to the housing on b... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4198104 | Adjustable stacked bearing assembly An adjustable stacked bearing assembly has a plurality of bearing sub-assemblies interposed between thrust shoulders on a housing and a shaft extending through the housing, each bearing sub-assembly being individually adjustable or assembled in a conditio... | 04/15/1980 |
