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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314572 | Methods of and apparatus for low-angle-tray settling with multi-zone configuration Settleable-particles are separated from a dirty flow of settleable-particles and fluid by trays having a planar section configured with opposed ends and opposed sides, and an entrance edge and an exit edge on opposed ends. The section has opposed side edges, and an ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 6840898 | Apparatus for the positioning of a tool or a tool holder in a machine designed for processing a sheet material Arrangement for the positioning and shifting of tools, specifically the tools of a machine designed for shaping sheet material while being advanced relative to the arrangement, the arrangement having fixed guides (16,19) for guiding the tools in transverse mo... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6694564 | Reciprocating linear sweeping wiper mechanism comprising improved means guiding the carriage in its guide rail A reciprocating linear sweeping wiping mechanism includes a guide and drive carriage bearing at least a wiper element slidingly mounted inside at least a rigid longitudinal guide rail produced in the form of a hollow extruded profile. The transverse posit... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6595728 | Rigid and fragile material drilling machine A rigid and fragile material drilling machine is provided, its driving means for driving the upper and lower drilling bit approximating the rigid and fragile material includes a control handle; upper and lower rear gears and associated upper and lower fir... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6279192 | Vehicle windshield wiper assembly incorporating cable and pulley drive system and remote positioned electric motor A windshield wiper assembly for use in a motor vehicle. An electric motor is operatively connected to and powered by an on-board electrical supply provided by the vehicle. The motor forms a part of a housing mounted within an engine compartment of the veh... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6266844 | Vehicle windshield wiper assembly incorporating cable and pulley drive system and remote positioned electric motor A windshield wiper assembly for use in a motor vehicle. An electric motor is operatively connected to and powered by an on-board electrical supply provided by the vehicle. The motor forms a part of a housing mounted within an engine compartment of the veh... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6123473 | Belt drive arrangement for a printhead carriage A reciprocating belt drive arrangement for the printhead carriage of a printer comprises an endless belt looped around a toothed drive pulley, which engages a toothed part of the belt, and an idler pulley with circumferential grooves which are arranged to... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5971721 | High pressure pump having an eccentric transmission An energy efficient high pressure pump system includes a drive motor driving an eccentric transmission, which drives a reciprocation pump having a number of cylinders. The eccentric transmission transmits a torque demand from the reciprocating pump, which... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5845532 | Yoke apparatus for rack and pinion A yoke assembly for a rack and pinion steering system includes a bearing disc member having a pair of bearing surfaces for slidingly supporting and urging the rack toward the pinion. The bearing disc member is kinematically supported by an elastomeric mem... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5752811 | Linear actuator mechanism for converting rotary to linear movement including one end pulley Line attached to the stationary anchor and other end attached to the take-up drum A linear actuator and pump unit for precision displacement of fluids in which a positive displacement, piston pump is coupled to an actuator mechanism having a carriage on a guide that is displaced by a rotary drive connected to a take-up drum on an ancho... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5713098 | Wiper system A system for cleaning light transmitting elements such as windscreens, window-panes or optical instruments, comprising a wiper arm supported by a carriage performing reciprocating movements, and a intermediate gear means for transforming rotary movements ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5445461 | Detachable carriage drive A carriage, preferably carrying a knife for cutting a moving web for attachment of the cut web end to a web winding roll, is driven on a supporting rail along a linear path by means of a driving motor operating a toothed driving belt. The belt is detachab... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5373605 | Lateral travel windshield wiper with speed multiplication An elongated track receives and supports a movable wiper arm carriage having a windshield wiper extending therefrom. A plurality of pulleys couple the wiper arm carriage to an oscillatory drive mechanism having a reciprocating carriage. The pulley and cab... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5315735 | Opposed roller-type motor vehicle windshield wiper A motor vehicle windshield wiper is disclosed having two spaced wiping rollers bilaterally attached to a windshield and reciprocated by a belt drive assembly over the windshield between a transverse top rail and a transverse bottom rack by means of the co... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5303603 | Method for imparting cyclic vertical motion to carousel animals An arrangement of cables, pulleys and cams has been invented which provides a simple, reliable, flexible and inexpensive method of converting rotary carousel motion in the horizontal plane into vertical motion of animals on the carousel. A cam is attached... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5259255 | Apparatus for positioning devices for operating upon sheets or webs An apparatus for positioning devices, especially longitudinal rotary cutting blades for slitting a web of material has slides displaceable along respective guides and a belt which has oppositely moving stretches as the belt is moved in a single sense. A c... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5209961 | Toothed belt A toothed belt of the present invention comprises a back surface section and tooth sections that are made of an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer (NBR) with a hydrogenation rate of 90% or more; a tooth cloth that covers the surface of the tooth sections a... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5171204 | Printing press with apparatus for folding printed paper A web-fed printing press with apparatus for the making of a longitudinal fold in the conveying direction of the printed copies, the longitudinal fold being preferably produced after a cylinder cross-fold. The folding device includes a folding blade dispos... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5119686 | Constant breadth cambox A worktool transfer apparatus for moving a worktool along a recirculating path includes a chain moveably supported by two spaced sprockets of equal diameter. A motor rotates one of the sprockets to cause circulating movement of the chain. A constant bread... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5063792 | Rotary/reciprocatory motion converter A continuous motion converter for converting rotary motion to reciprocatory motion and/or reciprocatory motion to rotary motion. A pair of wheels are positioned in a spaced co-planar relationship to each other and have an endless flexible drive member rec... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5058872 | Chain cam A working mechanism adaptable for producing virtually an infinity of different motions is provided which finds practical utility in a variety of contexts such as the handling of zigzag folded webs. The mechanism preferably includes at least one elongated ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5027666 | Compact counter balanced pump jack A compact well jack is particularly suitable for reciprocating a long stroke rod pump and in situations wherein horizontal area around the well head is limited. The pump jack has a frame with elongated guides, a lifting bar slidably disposed between the g... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5000654 | Reciprocating drive apparatus for automatic molding removing machine A reciprocating drive apparatus for an automatic molding removing machine designed to remove a molded product from a molding machine by moving a chuck member, at least, in the longitudinal direction with a traveling member which is supported on a machine ... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4916959 | Long stroke well pumping unit with carriage A long stroke well pumping unit including a drive motor, a pulley and band assembly, a carriage assembly, a counterweight assembly and a belt and pulley assembly. The pulley and band assembly includes first and second pulleys and a continuous band which e... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4889438 | Serial printer carriage drive with ballistic rebound reversal In a serial printer wherein a bi-directionally operating motor drives a carriage in an oscillatory motion between two end points, an improvement for minimizing the time for direction reversal of the carriage. There is a ballistic rebound device for transf... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4846772 | Driving rope A driving rope for use with the printing head carriage of a word processor, a plotter or other compact equipment. The driving rope generally comprises a core rope and a thread formation of resin disposed thereon. Unlike a conventional timing belt, this dr... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4768443 | Working apparatus, especially a cleaning apparatus used in conjunction with a textile machine The working apparatus, useful as a cleaning apparatus for textile machines, comprises a mobile servicing or working unit possessing a ventilator cooperating with air guide elements and operates in cleaning zones located at these textile machines. The serv... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4740134 | Pick and place machine A machine for raising parts vertically from a pick-up station, for shifting the parts horizontally toward a delivery station, and for lowering the parts vertically into the delivery station. The machine includes a parts handling head pivotally supported o... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4721432 | Apparatus for producing reciprocating motion for painting, sanding or coating The present invention is concerned with an article carrier adaptable for the transportation of a variety of functional apparatus such as painting, coating, sanding and buffing apparatuses and a transport mechanism comprising a pair of spaced apart pulleys... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4651582 | Counterbalanced pumps A long stroke pump rod articulation system includes a continuous belt loop attached to carry a connecting rod pin which engages a connecting rod secured to apply articulation forces to a belt supported counterbalance. The belts of the counterbalance oppos... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4641823 | Cradle drive and release mechanism for use with a magnetic resonance scanner There is provided a cradle drive apparatus for releasably engaging and for retrievably positioning a patient cradle in an advanced position on a bridge within the bore of an MR scanner and for returning the patient cradle to a home position on a patient t... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4605971 | Document reading device A document reading device comprising a document stand having a document placing surface and an optical reading means for optically reading the surface of a document placed on the document placing surface. The device further comprises a guide member defini... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4569625 | Load/unload apparatus for disc-like workpieces Horizontally and vertically actuable apparatus for loading/unloading workpieces from a work station. The workpiece holder is contained on a driven workpiece holding tower having in one embodiment a laterally floating bearing coupled to an endless drive as... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4556141 | Reciprocating linear conveyor drive A reciprocating linear drive for conveyors and like applications including a pair of cars mounted for translation on associated tracks. A reversible motor is coupled by a drive chain to the drive car for translating the drive car selectively in either dir... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4495828 | Stroke enlarging mechanism A stroke enlarging mechanism comprises a stationary rack, a saddle member driven by an actuator relative to the stationary rack, an operating arm movable relative to the saddle member, and a movable rack secured to the operating arm. A first pinion and a ... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4461187 | Pump jack A pump jack comprises a rocker arm one end of which is fixed to the upper end of a sucker rod. The other limb of the rocker arm has rigidly affixed thereto a downwardly-extending drive support member and a large driven pinion is eccentrically and rotatabl... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4417432 | Power post for film frame for skin packaging machine In a skin packaging machine, a mechanism for raising and lowering the film frame. The mechanism includes a single vertical post, a vertical shaft alongside the post, a carriage assembly slidably mounted on the vertical shaft. A laterally projecting arm an... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4411299 | Log splitter An apparatus for splitting logs and the like is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an elongated track having an upstanding splitting wedge attached thereto and a ram slidingly mounted thereon. The ram includes an upstanding abutment plate and an upstandin... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4404870 | Reciprocator for paint gun A reciprocator is provided with fixed pulleys and movable pulleys which are reciprocated upward and downward, and a slider for mounting a paint gun is connected to an end of a wire which is led through the fixed pulleys and the movable pulleys.... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4389149 | Apparatus for dumping a top-dumping mine car Apparatus for unloading a top unloading mine car that is mounted to pivot about a horizontal axis extending along one side of the base of the mine car includes a hoist chain detachably connected to the mine car at the side opposite the pivotal axis. The h... | 06/21/1983 |
