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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177608 | Fan-type grinding wheel A fan-type grinding wheel comprises a rigid support plate and is provided with grinding elements. These grinding elements comprise a main portion forming a first working face and a bending portion forming a peripheral working face. Furthermore, they comprise an oute... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7794309 | Polishing tool The invention relates to a polishing tool with improved handling characteristics, which produces better working results. Said tool comprises a solid polishing body (1), substantially consisting of felt, said body having numerous subdivisions (1). ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7578730 | Grinding brush fixing device The present invention discloses a grinding brush fixing device applying to a pneumatic tool for surface treatment. The spacing between the fixing arms and arc plates of the brush holder is reduced. Thereby, the press-fit face of the axially-extending fixing arm can ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7481699 | Fan-type grinding wheel A fan-type grinding wheel which can be driven in rotation in a direction of rotation comprises, on an annular rim region of a support plate, grinding blades which are configured in the form of a triangle. The outer edge of each grinding blade defines a portion of an... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7438633 | Apparatus for grinding a surface comprising two movably arranged hoods The present invention concerns an apparatus (1), preferably for grinding a surface, including at least one grinding unit, a screen (2, 3) and a guide member (5), where the grinding unit is a rotatable and preferably horizontally arranged grindin... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7351132 | Flap wheel, in particular flap wheel for satin finishing systems for pipes or for sheet metal and method of producing the same A flap wheel (1) for satin finishing systems for pipes or for sheet metal, includes a plurality of radial flaps (2) fixed to the hub (3) of the flap wheel (1) by coupling elements integral with the hub (3) of the flap wheel (1 | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347771 | Flap-type rotary finishing device A rotary finishing device including a generally circular hub having an inner periphery and an outer periphery. The outer periphery includes a plurality of slots formed thereabout, which are defined by a pair of side portions. The plurality of slots are generally uni... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7318770 | Grinding wheel with sand paper items The present invention concerns a grinding wheel (1) including a circular wheel that rotates about a central axis and with a surface (2) to which edge parts of a number of sand paper items (3) are fastened, and that the surface (2) has inc... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317308 | System and method for measuring electric current in a pipeline A system for measuring a voltage differential in a current-carrying pipe using a propulsion vehicle for conveying the system inside the pipe. The system includes a first contact for maintaining electrical contact with the pipe as the vehicle moves through the pipe, ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7273412 | Abrasive wheel with improved composing structure An abrasive wheel with improved structure comprises: an abrasive component, an adapting ring received by the combining hole in the central region of the abrasive component, two covers which are posited about both mounting surfaces respectively, wherein each cover at... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261622 | Multiple cutting edged sanding wheel An improved sanding wheel configured to rotate axially for sanding or polishing milled contours that will provide sharp edges and corners in the workpiece. The preferred sanding wheel has a cylindrical body with a plurality of segments extending radially from the bo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7207876 | Flap wheel and method A flap wheel includes a hub with axially extending slots for receiving discrete packs, each pack including a clip receivable in the slot with walls projecting beyond the slot, and end caps fitting on the ends of the hub and including fingers interlaced with the ends... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7172501 | Flapped grinding disk A flapped grinding disk having a disk- or plate-shaped support including an outer periphery, and a plurality of spaced-apart, discrete groups of grinding flaps forming a plurality of apertures, wherein the flaps overlap each other on the support in the manner of shi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169027 | Cylindric drum with replaceable grinding elements A cylindrical drum has at its circumferential edge a number of recesses, each adapted for accommodating a replaceable grinding element including a retainer in which is mounted a sandpaper, support brushes and/or retainer brushes. The recesses in the cylindrical drum... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7121937 | Abrasive brush elements and segments A brush segment, a brush element, a brush assembly, and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The brush segment includes a center portion with inner and outer edges. The center portion also includes first and second side edges. A plurality of bristles ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121021 | Snow removal machine A snow removal machine of this invention has a blower provided in a blower housing for throwing up snow collected by an auger toward a chute. The blower has a plurality of supporting members provided on a drive shaft for rotating the auger and the blower and a plura... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115028 | Coupling structure for grinding members A coupling structure for grinding members adopts a removable structure to fasten a grinding member to a pneumatic tool. One or more grinding member may be mounted on the coupling structure according to requirements. The coupling structure may be used repeatedly to r... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104874 | Razor sharpening apparatus A sharpening apparatus for razors includes a blade sharpener rotatably supported within a housing and driven by mechanical activation or by a motor. An opening in the housing provides access to the blade sharpener for a blade head of a razor containing one or more b... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104147 | System and method for measuring electric current in a pipeline A system and method for measuring a voltage differential in a current-carrying pipe using a propulsion vehicle. The system may be adapted for use with a pipeline pig or other propulsion device, which is configured to determine the electric current in a pipeline with... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097543 | Burr removal apparatus Apparatus for removing a burr from an aperture in a workpiece, using a rotating deburring tool having a flexible or partly flexible shaft, an abrasive mechanism that rotates on the shaft and a collar that protects the workpiece from abrasion when the abrasive mechan... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7081047 | Bristle brush for concrete sanding A brush or pad (10) for a power sander for sanding surfaces includes a base (12) for mounting onto a power sander and a plurality of depending bristles (16) with the bristles having a plurality of hard particles (22), for example diamonds... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7056201 | Cylindric drum with sanding elements The invention concerns a cylindric drum for a sanding/polishing tool which in its drum surface is provided with a number of undercut axial grooves for mounting one or more axially displaceable sanding elements, where an annular groove has been provided either in the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7011572 | Scouring pad The scouring pad comprises a wad (10) of looped scouring wire. The wad is constituted by substantially concentric windings of the wire (12) such that it presents substantially the form of a toroidal ring. The pad has means for holding the windings toge... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004829 | Flapped grinding disk The flapped grinding disk comprises a disk- or plate-shaped support and grinding flaps which overlap each other on the support in the manner of shingles and which are secured in an adhesive bed. Apertures are cut away on the periphery of the flapped grinding disk, t... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6979713 | Curable compositions and abrasive articles therefrom A curable composition comprises: blocked polyisocyanate, curative, and a crosslinked copolymer of monomers comprising at least one free-radically polymerizable carboxylic acid and at least one of an alkyl or alkaryl(meth)acrylate. Methods of making the curable compo... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6949019 | Flap-type rotary finishing device A rotary finishing device including a generally circular hub having an inner periphery and an outer periphery. The outer periphery includes a plurality of slots formed thereabout, which are defined by a pair of side portions. The plurality of slots are generally uni... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942559 | Polishing device The polishing device has a shank and at least one polishing disk arranged on one end of the shank, that can be friction-fixed by two stops one opposite another. The polishing device has a protective element preventing contact between the surface to be polished and t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6912755 | Clamping device of a rotating tool A clamping device of a rotating tool includes a first clamping plate and a second clamping plate. The first clamping plate includes a snap groove disposed at the center of the first clamping plate and having a bored hole disposed at a center of the snap groove and a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902471 | Heavy-duty tool with a rotationally driven, disk-shaped hub The invention is based on an insertable tool having a rotationally drivable, disk-shaped hub (10, 12), on which a grinding means (14) forming a cutoff disk, grinding disk, roughing disk, or abrasive disk is secured in the radially outer region. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6840848 | Bushings and abrasive wheel therewith A bushing is disclosed for use with a grinding abrasive flap wheel of the type employing circular end caps mounted on opposite sides of an annular array of abrasive leaves, wherein bases of the leaves are interconnected by an adhesive and have two notches in their o... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6811469 | Grinding wheel for polishing and polishing method employing it A grinding wheel for polishing, which comprises a grinding substrate and diamond-containing resin fibers implanted in the substrate in a form of a brush. ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6808446 | Abrasive flap disc The invention relates to abrasive flap discs which are used for a variety of finishing, grinding and polishing operations, particularly on welded fabrications. The present invention provides an abrasive flap disc (20) comprising a backing plate (11), a... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6669531 | Apparatus for high tolerance brush honing The present invention relates to a honing method and apparatus which provides greater control over the edge shape, as well as reductions in the effort required to hone multiple edges on workpieces. The invention accomplishes these improvements by controll... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6604255 | Soldering iron cleaning apparatus This soldering iron cleaning apparatus comprises a main body having an introduction hole, a motor, a sensor mechanism which detects the insertion of the soldering head to the introduction hole and drives the motor, a cleaning member which removes solder r... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6592442 | Flap wheel A flap wheel includes an aluminum hub with outwardly opening peripheral slots. Flap clips also made of aluminum each holding a bundle of flaps fit snugly in the slots. The slots and clips include an elongated socket and knob construction. The socket of th... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6547655 | Flame-resistant buffing wheel and method A flame-resistant buffing wheel and a method of making thereof. The buffing wheel is comprised of a buffing material which has been treated with an aqueous flame-retardant solution, and allowed to dry. The treatment may take place either before or after t... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6471575 | Brush roll and its brush device A brush element U includes an assembly of annular disks 2 joined together as arranged side by side. Each disk has polishing bristles or cleaning yarns 1 implanted in its outer periphery. The brush elements U are arranged side by side around a shaft 3. The... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6422932 | Integrally molded brush and method for making the same An integrally molded brush. A preferred embodiment of the integrally molded brush includes a) a generally planar hub having an outer periphery, where the hub has a thickness of at least 0.05 inches; and b) a plurality of bristles extending from the outer ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6379238 | Finishing and abrasive tool A finishing star or spinner abrasive tool is formed of inner and outer packs of square sheets of abrasive cloth or sandpaper with the inner packs angularly offset from the outer packs on the mandrel axis. Each sheet is formed with discontinuous radial sli... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6287177 | Method of and apparatus for high tolerance brush honing The present invention relates to a honing method and apparatus which provides greater control over the edge shape, as well as reductions in the effort required to hone multiple edges on workpieces. The invention accomplishes these improvements by controll... | 09/11/2001 |
