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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7226250 | Tool and method for forming a lug hole A single tool that provides multiple machining operations for forming a lug hole through a vehicle wheel hub includes an end portion having a first diameter and a mid-portion having a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. A spade drill bit is moun... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220086 | Tool head with at least two indexable cutting inserts The invention concerns a tool head for employment in machine tools with multiple indexable cutting inserts (20, 20′, 20″). The tool head includes a base body (12), a tool shank (14) projecting axially beyond the base body (12) and at ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7097400 | Tool and method for the finishing of valve seats and guides It is proposed to provide a tool for the final machining of a valve seat and valve guide in a cylinder block of a combustion engine of a motor vehicle, said tool having a first section with at least one first blade for machining the valve seat and a second section w... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7048478 | Composable machine tool Composable machine tool for chip removal, on major workpieces, within wide diameter and/or great length clearance holes, made up of a shaft (1) upon which a machine base, controlled by a first engine (50) for the rotation movement and by a second engin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6941192 | Robot machining tool position and orientation calibration A robot having a spindle is calibrated by disposing a calibration tool in the robot spindle. The position of the calibration tool is measured. An axis of the spindle is determined based on the measured position. A calibration tool center point is determined based on... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6739807 | Rotatable cutting tool A rotatable cutting tool comprising a cutting tool body having at least one recess for receiving a replaceable insert. The recess has a wall defined by a deformable clamp extending radially from the tool body, the clamp comprising a leaf isolated from the tool body ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6640410 | Line transfer system with a contour machining head A line transfer system with a contour machining head. The system includes a transmission arbor, a housing, a contour machining head, a driving system, and a system controller. The transmission arbor mounts within the housing, with the transmission arbor a... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6530727 | Contour machining head The machining head for machining valve seats comprises a driving system, a housing, a carriage feed assembly, a cutting tip mounted on the carriage, and a counterweight assembly. The driving system rotates a machining head on a spindle axis, and further p... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6382883 | Method for lapping valve seats using a single point cutting tool The cutting tool for machining valve seats comprises a driving system, a spindle assembly, and a system controller. The driving system provides rotational movement and vertical movement for the spindle assembly which is controlled by the system controller... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6382884 | Cutting tool and method for machining valve seats The cutting tool for machining valve seats comprises a driving system, a machining head, a pilot, a depth gauge, and a system controller. The driving system provides rotational movement and vertical movement for the machining head which is controlled by t... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6379088 | Machine tool with interchangeable tip for the machining of profiled seats In a machine tool, a cradle of a bit holder is in the form of a rectangular trihedron and is inclined transversely about an axis of inclination corresponding to a generatrix of the conical bearing surface of a valve seat that has to be produced, while the... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6352394 | Flex drive tool The present invention provides for a readily exchangeable flex tool for machining a workpiece. The flex tool includes a driver and an tool carrying body. The driver is coupled to the tool carrying body in a manner which allows the tool carrying body to ha... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6345937 | Tool and method for the cutting machining of a workpiece A tool for cutting machining a workpiece, including a cutter plate supported on a holder for machining a surface and additionally comprising a tool projecting from the body of the tool. The cutter plate is supported on a holder which is in turn supported ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6325575 | Tool for machining multiple surfaces on a stationary workpiece A tool for simultaneously machining multiple surfaces on a stationary workpiece can include a rotary tool body having multiple cutter assemblies spaced circumferentially around the tool body. Different ones of the cutter assemblies can include differently... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6099213 | Automatic boring device An automatic boring device is provided that comprises a tool housing having attached to it two opposing handles with switches mounted thereon for selective engagement of pneumatic controls that activate a clamping device, rotation of a chuck of a pneumati... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6086293 | Cutting tool for machining valve seats The cutting tool for machining valve seats comprises a driving system, a machining head, a pilot, a depth gauge, and a system controller. The driving system provides rotational movement and vertical movement for the machining head which is controlled by t... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5890850 | Bowl hawg tool for enlarging valve bowls on cylinder heads A bowl cutter for enlarging cylinder head valve bowls and the like that includes at least one cutting blade with first and second cutting edges. The bowl cutter further includes a body with at least one cutter mount including a clamp that securely holds t... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5876155 | Method of eliminating chatter in plunge cutting with cutters at different diameters and depths A method that eliminates or reduces chatter when plunge cutting with boring cutters at different diameters, different tool geometries, different chip loads and different cutting depths, by computing optimal cutting insert locations and relocating such ins... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5865572 | Tool for the metal machining treatment of boring surfaces A tool is proposed for the machining treatment of bore surfaces, consisting of at least two component tools that can be displaced with respect to each other, both of which are provided with machining arrangements, wherein an inner component tool is guided... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5860774 | Valve resurfacing device A device for resurfacing the valve face of a poppet valve in which the pressure between a cutting surface and the valve face is controllable by the operator during the surfacing operation. A bearing case is rotatably attached to a base which is attached t... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5839859 | Cutting tool mating surfaces having a V-shape cross-section A cutting tool has a slidable cutting-blade chip 5A, in which a slider 7 is slidably mounted into a groove 6 formed in the cutting tool main body 1, to offset a pressing force applied to the bottom face 6c of the groove 6 through the slider 7, to prevent ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5829928 | Apparatus and method for machining valve seats in an engine cylinder head The valve seat and guide machine comprises a base structure which supports a pantograph having a major arm and minor arm which moves slidably with respect to the major arm. A spherical head is supported by a number of sphere seats attached to the pantogra... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5769576 | Device for positioning a machining spindle using its pilot rod The means for aligning this device comprise a sphere holder (17) placed on a support (4) with the possibility, in the phase of positioning the spindle (6), of it shifting in all directions of the horizontal plane, a spherical core (13) mounted in the sphe... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5732607 | Portable machine tool A machine tool comprises a chuck mountable in a bore of a workpiece, a drive assembly attached to the chuck, and a tool head releasably attached to the drive assembly. The tool head has a tool head body, and a drive shaft extends through the tool head bod... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5725335 | Apparatus for machining valve seats in an engine cylinder head The valve seat and guide machine comprises a base structure on which is pivotally supported a pantograph having a major arm on which is mounted a drive motor and minor arm which moves slidably with respect to the major arm. Pivotally attached to each arm ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5655855 | Tool for precise machining of metal A tool for precise machining of metal includes two tool parts located one within the other and formed as an inner tool and a tool head respectively, and coupling elements which enable automatic replacement of the tool.... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5620284 | Cutting tool In a cutting tool optimally used for working a valve hole in a cylinder head of an engine, a U-shaped groove (11) having a U-shaped cross section is formed to extend along a generatrix of a substantially conic tool main body (1), and a slider (160 carryin... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5613809 | Apparatus and method for machining valve seats in an engine cylinder head The valve seat and guide machine comprises a base structure on which is pivotally supported a pantograph having a major arm on which is mounted a drive motor and minor arm which moves slidably with respect to the major arm. Pivotally attached to each arm ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5445478 | Hand-held apparatus for machining of cylinder head valve guide holes A cradle for a hand-held tool for machining of cylinder head valve guide holes. The tooling has a pilot portion. A collar has a passage for the tooling and is shaped to engage a least worn portion of a valve seat associated with the valve guide hole aroun... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5439329 | Valve machining unit Methods and apparatus for on-site machining are disclosed. The internal portions of devices such as turbine valves must be machined in place, but present certain areas, such as the valve seat, that cannot be readily accessed from an external surface. The ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5429456 | Apparatus and method for machining seats of gate valves Apparatus for machining the annular valve seats of a gate valve has a cradle which slides on and wedges outward against the confronting gate guide rails in the valve chamber to lock the cradle in place between the valve seats. A large gear is mounted on o... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5399058 | Reversible pilot for valve seat machining devices A spindle with a self-centering grip, or collet, and one or more pilots that the grip may engage. The grip has radially expandable and contractible portions for engaging a pilot between them. The pilot is inherently centered in the spindle because the gri... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5327923 | Valve for installation on a pressurized fluid flow line A valve for installation on a flow line while the flow line is under pressure. The valve includes a two-part valve body and a valve cartridge. Each body portion has a semi-cylindrical channel sized to mate with the flow line. The body portions are secured... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5302057 | Method and device for centering a guide rod in a valve guide for the purpose of the precision machining of a valve seat The method centers a guide rod, which is inserted in a valve guide of a valve seat to be machined and which serves as a guide rod for a shaping tool. By hand, or with a mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic or electro-mechanical device, the guide rod is center... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5281057 | Valve guide boring fixture A fixture is provided for reworking valve guide bores in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine, the engine including a valve seat corresponding to each valve guide bore. The fixture includes a frame with supports for holding the cylinder head, ... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5125299 | Portable machine tool A machine tool comprises a support structure having first and second opposite ends spaced apart along an axis, a drive assembly mounted on the support structure at the first end thereof, the drive assembly comprising at least one drive motor, and an outpu... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5038818 | Insertion assembly for a pipe completion plug A method for cutting an opening in the side of a pipe carrying gas under pressure, providing a bypass through the cut, and terminating the bypass when the pipe has been repaired, and apparatus for performing steps of the method. A branching saddle is bond... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5030041 | Compact boring system A compact boring system 20 for machining the interior surface of cylindrical shapes, such as steam turbine valves and rotors in a field situation. The apparatus is designed to set up in the object itself. A boring bar 26 is rotatably disposed in a pair of... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5030046 | Valve seal ring seating machine The disclosure involves a portable milling machine for remachining radially directed access bores of interest in large check valves which is readily attached to and removed from the valve and is precisely alignable with respect to the center of the bore t... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5017062 | Tool for precision machining The present invention relates to a tool for precision machining, for exam for the grinding of thermal-engine valve seats. The tool according to the invention comprises a housing (2), a sleeve (3) equipped with a spherical orientation plug (3a) mounted in... | 05/21/1991 |
