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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6719510 | Self-locking fastener with threaded swageable collar A fastener having a bolt and a threaded swageable collar. The bolt includes a head portion, a flange portion, and a shank portion which extends through two aligned apertures formed in adjacent panels. The shank portion includes a threaded gripping portion and a lock... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6125526 | Method of fastening a first member to a second member A method of fastening a first member to a second member. The first member has a first opening with first left handed threads that extend from a first surface to a second surface. A stud having a shaft with a first section having right handed threads that ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5627610 | Self-locking nut for eye glasses having an unthreaded hole with vertical channels A self-locking nut for eye glasses excellent in assembling efficiency into which a male screw is fitted to secure a material between the head of the male screw and the self-locking nut itself, comprising a first member having a female thread portion forme... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5508758 | Self-locking nut with threaded and self-locking members, useful for eye glasses, and a nut tightener and a nut supplier for same A self-locking nut for eye glasses excellent in assembling efficiency into which a male screw is fitted to secure a material between the head of the male screw and the self-locking nut itself, comprising a first member having a female thread portion forme... | 04/16/1996 |
| 4784549 | Torque-limited collar Axially-extending troughs in a bark of an internally-threaded collar receive setting balls of a driver that apply a torque to the collar through the balls bearing on the walls of the troughs. At a predetermined pre-load, the balls fail the bark and plow t... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4781505 | Screw equipped with locking means A screw equipped with locking means, includes a female thread made of a synthetic resin and a male thread made of a metal, or a female thread made of a synthetic resin and a male thread made of a synthetic resin, fitted with each other, the female thread ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4772448 | Support pin system and locking nut retainer A support pin system which is a non-welded system for fastening a first structural member, such as a nuclear reactor control rod guide tube flange, to a second structural member, such as nuclear reactor upper core plate, includes a support pin and nut. A ... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4588163 | Valve stem travel limiting apparatus A stem travel limiting apparatus provides a relatively tamper proof limit setting device for an adjustable valve stem. In a preferred embodiment, an internally threaded annular collar is positioned about an externally matingly threaded stem, the collar ha... | 05/13/1986 |
| 3989081 | Method and apparatus for preloading a joint The invention disclosed herein relates to a fastener assembly and method of using same to preload a joint including a plurality of adjacent workpieces having aligned openings formed therein. The fastener assembly includes a pin member having an enlarged h... | 11/02/1976 |
