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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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| 8137223 | Bicycle rear derailleur A bicycle rear derailleur is provided with a base member, a movable member, a moving mechanism and an angular adjustment arrangement. The base member includes a first support portion and a first axle with the first support portion being pivotally mounted on the firs... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137224 | Tensioner for endless transmission belt and internal combustion engine having the tensioner A tensioner for an endless transmission belt includes a plunger body. A plunger is movably provided in a hole of the plunger body to press the belt. A chamber is provided between the plunger and the plunger body to store hydraulic oil. An oil supply passage is provi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8100792 | Hydraulic auto-tensioner A hydraulic auto-tensioner includes a high-pressure oil chamber and a low-pressure oil chamber, and oil (L) in the high-pressure oil chamber passes through a clearance (G) between a cylinder (17) and a piston portion (18) of a plunger and leaks into th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8052557 | Hydraulic auto-tensioner with double seal ring The present invention relates to a hydraulic auto-tensioner, in particular for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine, comprising a housing, a tensioning plunger guided in a plunger bore of said housing, a free piston guided in said plunger bore, and a plung... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8033938 | Hydraulic tensioner In a hydraulic tensioner, at least a part of a bar is located within a coil spring that biases a plunger in the protruding direction. The bar reduces the volume of the high pressure oil chamber of the tensioner. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8007384 | Hydraulic tensioner In a hydraulic tensioner having a coiled plunger-biasing spring, the volume of the high pressure oil chamber is reduced by incorporating a bar inside the spring. One of both ends of the spring are formed to block passage of the bar, so that the bar and spring can be... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7942770 | Compound chain drive guide A tensioner assembly for a drive system, including a chain, of an internal combustion engine, includes a housing that is fixedly secured to the internal combustion engine. A piston is disposed within the housing. The piston is moveable between retracted and extended... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7918754 | Hydraulic tensioner A hydraulic tensioner comprises a plunger, and a plunger-accommodating hole in a tensioner housing, together forming a high pressure oil chamber. A plunger-biasing spring is provided in the high pressure oil chamber between the plunger and the bottom of the plunger-... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7850559 | Hydraulic tensioning system A hydraulic tensioning system (10) for an endless drive (1) of an internal combustion engine (2). In an operating mode, the piston (9) of the tensioning system (10), which is supplied with a hydraulic fluid, is supported against a ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7775924 | Hydraulic tensioning device for a traction mechanism drive A hydraulic tensioning device is provided for a traction mechanism drive, in particular for a chain or belt drive of an internal combustion engine. The device includes a tensioning piston which is guided in a displaceable manner in a cylinder, with a pressure chambe... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775923 | Chain tensioner for two-wheeled vehicle engine A chain tensioner for use with a chain of a vehicle engine, includes a housing and a plunger slidably mounted in a cylinder chamber formed in the housing. The plunger is biased outwardly by a return spring mounted in a pressure chamber defined in the cylinder chambe... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775921 | Chain tensioner A plunger 4 and a spring 6 biasing the plunger 4 outwardly are mounted in a cylinder chamber 2 formed in a housing 1. The housing 1 is provided with an oil supply passage 8 communicating with a pressure chamber 7 | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775922 | Tension adjusting device for engine accessory driving belt In a tension adjusting device for an engine accessory driving belt by tightening a bolt 7 threaded into an engine block 8, a fulcrum shaft 6 is fixed. A tension pulley 1 is rotatably supported by a pulley arm 2 pivotally supported ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7713155 | Hydraulic tensioner In the check valve of a hydraulic tensioner, a bell-shaped retainer is provided with plural, branched, leg portions which resiliently grip the outer surface of a ball seat. Oil induction slots are formed between adjacent branched leg portions of the retainer to prov... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7699730 | Hydraulic tensioner lifter To provide an adequate biasing load to an endless transmission belt by biasing forces of a plurality of springs with different biasing forces and oil pressure biasing force to permit an easy adjustment. In a structure which includes an almost cylindrical plunger, a ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7686717 | Hydraulic tensioner A tensioner for a traction drive includes a cylinder arranged in a housing at a distance to a housing wall to thereby define an interior space which contains hydraulic fluid. A piston is received in the cylinder for back-and-forth movement and bounds a pressure cham... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7654924 | Auto-tensioner An auto-tensioner includes a housing having an open end and a closed bottom at another end. A cylindrical plunger is slidably inserted in the housing with its open end facing the closed bottom of the housing and its other end protruding from the housing. A ring-shap... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7608004 | Deairing type hydraulic tensioner In a hydraulic tensioner, a deairing valve unit, for releasing air mixed with oil in the high pressure oil chamber of the tensioner, comprises a check ball, a retainer, which envelops the check ball, but allows the check ball to move freely between an inflow end and... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7559863 | Chain tensioner A stepped set groove having shallow and deep portions is formed in the inner periphery of a cylinder chamber formed in a housing of a chain tensioner near its open end. A radially and elastically deformable set ring having circumferentially separated ends is receive... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7540816 | Plastic hydraulic tensioner In a plastic hydraulic tensioner having an oil reservoir formed as a recess in a portion of a synthetic resin tensioner body adapted to engage a tensioner mounting surface on an engine block, metal bushings are insert-molded in the synthetic resin tensioner body for... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7513842 | Hydraulic tensioner In a hydraulic tensioner, a check valve unit is recessed in a check valve unit-accommodating hole formed at the rear end of a plunger-accommodating hole. A plunger-biasing spring extends into the check valve unit-accommodating hole, and is seated on a flat front sur... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7468012 | Ratchet type tensioner In a ratchet tensioner, a pawl, pivoted on a shaft in the tensioner housing, engages teeth on a plunger protruding from the housing to allow protruding movement of the plunger, while limiting retracting movement to a backlash distance. The pawl is biased into contac... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7458909 | Tensioner A tensioner, in which an inner body and an outer body, which can deal with tensioner mounting forms and tension imparting functions required from various engines can be assembled and its efficient production and reliable assembling without wobbling and clattering ca... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7442138 | Ratchet type tensioner In a ratchet type chain tensioner, having a toothed rack on its plunger and a pawl cooperable with the rack, a recess is provided between the front end of the rack and the protruding end of the plunger. In the initial stages of operation of the tensioner, the pawl c... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7431675 | Chain tensioner A ratchet tensioner is disclosed for a chain enclosed within a casing that does not have a removable cover. The tensioner including a body for mounting on the exterior of the casing, a plunger slidably mounted in the body and urged in use into the interior of the ca... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427250 | Ring type hydraulic tensioner In a hydraulic tensioner a cylindrical plunger slidably protrudes from a plunger-accommodating hole in a tensioner housing. A check valve unit allows oil to flow under pressure into a high pressure chamber formed by the plunger and the housing, but blocks reverse fl... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7427249 | Hydraulic tensioner In the check valve unit of a hydraulic tensioner a check ball guide has an inner wall surrounding a check ball. This wall is provided with a plurality of oil communicating grooves, formed by cutting away parts of the inner wall of the guide. These grooves carry oil ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7404776 | Hydraulic tensioner A check valve unit in a hydraulic tensioner comprises a check ball which controls the flow of the oil to and from a high pressure oil chamber formed by a plunger and the plunger-receiving hole of the tensioner housing, a ball guide in which the check ball moves, a r... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7390276 | Belt assembly with a tensioning device A belt assembly, particularly for driving camshafts of an internal combustion engine, includes a driving gear, at least one driven gear, a belt, and a first and a second tensioner blade that are joined to one another for transmitting a defined force and motion. One ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7373232 | Method for carrying out a multiple gear-shifting in an electronically servo-assisted bicycle gearshift and related gearshift An electronically servo-assisted gearshift actuates a multiple gear-shifting that moves a chain from a current toothed wheel to a target toothed wheel not immediately adjacent to the current toothed wheel in a gearshift group having at least three toothed wheels. Ac... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354363 | Magnetorheological fluid V-ribbed belt tensioner with through shaft A tensioner for a power transmitting belt is provided having a base, an arm pivotably attached to the base, a pulley rotatably attached to the arm and a spring operatively connected to the arm and the base for urging the arm in direction to tension the belt. A hydra... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351170 | Hydraulic tensioner A hydraulic tensioner comprises a hollow plunger slidable in a plunger-accommodating hole in a housing, the plunger and housing forming a high pressure oil chamber. A check valve unit, which includes a check ball and a check ball retainer, allows oil to flow into th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331891 | Tensioner for a chain or belt A chain or belt tensioner comprises a plunger displaceable in a bore of a housing between retracted and extended positions. The plunger and the bore between them define a variable volume chamber for receipt of pressurised hydraulic fluid. The tensioner is designed f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322895 | Automotive accessory drive system The apparatus of the present invention provides an improved automotive accessory drive system. The automotive accessory drive system including a drive pulley operatively connected to an engine, and a plurality of driven pulleys operatively connected to one of a plur... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320262 | Tensioner A tensioner comprising a base having a toothed portion, a pivot arm pivotally engaged with the base, a pulley journalled to the pivot arm, a spring disposed between the base and the pivot arm for biasing the pivot arm in a first direction, a mechanism disposed on th... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7310996 | Sensor A sensing system having at least one magnetic or inductive sensor for determining the position of a piston. The sensor system has a positioning device with which at least two sensing positions for the sensing system can be set and adjusted. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7264256 | Bracket assembly for a motor controlled bicycle transmission A bracket assembly for mounting a motor or other control device to a bicycle frame includes a bracket base for supporting the control device at least partially above a chain stay, and a bracket support extending from the bracket base for coupling the bracket base to... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252349 | Idler recoil and adjustment system for track type work machine A track type work machine is provided including a roller frame having a rotatable idler mounted at an end thereof. A gas spring is operable to absorb selected loads on the idler, and is isolated from loads transverse to a reciprocation axis of the gas spring by a re... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250015 | Hydraulic tensioner In a hydraulic tensioner, a check valve provided on the rear end of a circular, cylindrical inner tensioner body, fits into a recess formed in the bottom of a hole in an outer body which receives the inner body. The check valve is radially offset from the center lin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244204 | Hydraulic tensioner In a hydraulic tensioner, a check valve assembly comprises a synthetic resin ball guide with a check ball movable therein. Oil grooves are provided in the wall of the ball guide, and minimum clearance is allowed between the ball and the wall of the ball guide. The b... | 07/17/2007 |
