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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6910738 | Device and method for assembling a recliner mechanism An adjustable pivot rotatably supports and adjusts a position of a pivoting member within a housing. The adjustable pivot includes a central cylinder defining a first axis and rotatably supporting the pivoting member. A second cylinder extends from the central cylin... | 06/28/2005 |
| 5937986 | Friction clutch, particularly for motor vehicle, comprising a wear adjusting device The friction clutch, for a motor vehicle, includes a friction disc, a pressure plate (201), a cover plate (202) fixed on the reaction plate, and an axially acting spring (203) working between the cover plate (202) and the pressure plate (201), the pressur... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5897089 | Container holder A container holder adapted to be mounted within a vehicle interior compartment is provided comprising a housing which mounts at least one pivotable arm which defines a container-receiving area. The arm is pivotable by a user between a retracted and an ext... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5572908 | Ratchet mechanism for telescope devices on toy vehicles A ratchet mechanism for telescope devices on toy vehicles comprises a manually drivable driving gearwheel rotatably positioned on a telescope base body, a rack on the telescopic arm, the rack engaging with the driving gearwheel, and a pawl of ratcheting e... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5540117 | Locking system for articulated fittings of car seats, in particular for wobble fittings A locking system for articulated fittings of car seats with a free-swivelling backrest. In particular, a wobble fitting is used with the articulated fitting and is made up of at least one notch, with which a pawl engages in a locking position, and a first... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5499829 | Lockable drill chuck A lockable drill chuck has a chuck body and an adjustment body rotatable on the chuck body relative to an axis and fixed axially thereon. Respective jaws in guides of one of the bodies have toothed edges meshing with a screwthread of the other body so tha... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5429012 | Bicycle speed change operation assembly A speed change operation assembly is provided which requires only a small mounting space and is unlikely to interfere with a brake lever assembly and the like even if mounted near a grip portion of a handlebar. The speed change operation assembly (1) comp... | 07/04/1995 |
| 4856303 | Agitator thrust spacer for automatic washer A thrust spacer having resilient, upwardly angled tabs is provided to act as a variable spacer within a two-piece agitator, between an upper agitator portion and a lower agitator portion to prevent relative vertical movement between the two portions while... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4659138 | Device for fastening a motor vehicle window, especially a windshield or a rear window A device for fastening a motor vehicle window is detachably connected to the body frame of a motor vehicle. The device is composed of a holding plate attached to the body frame, and a supporting element connected to the holding plate. The lower edge of th... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4582030 | Mounting recoil starter A top mounting pull-rope recoil starter as might be employed on a vertical crankshaft small internal combustion engine for rotary lawnmower or similar applications. The pull-rope pulley connects to a ratchet wheel through a twist-lock coupling and the spr... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4401006 | Music box spring winding mechanism The invention is directed to a music box spring drive mechanism comprising a wheel that has a bevel gear on an outer peripheral edge with an inner recess that has ratchet teeth on its peripheral wall of the recess, a spring winding axle cooperates with th... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4385681 | Drum brakes having automatic adjusters A brake has an automatic adjuster including a pawl and ratchet mechanism, the adjuster comprising a bimetallic strip arranged to disengage the pawl from the ratchet when a predetermined temperature is attained. When there is excessive travel of the pawl, ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4300730 | Disengageable locking mechanism in a fishing reel In fishing reels, more particularly non-rotary type reels, there is provided a device comprising a disengageable anti-reverse mechanism in the form of a pawl and ratchet mechanism and being characterized by an actuating means operable by the hand crank of... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4183260 | Tool for rotating nuts, bolts and like fasteners This disclosure relates to a tool for rotating elements, such as nuts, bolts, screws or like fasteners, and includes a ring having ratchet teeth, the ring being driven by a lever, a pawl carried by the lever for engaging the ratchet teeth, a flexible tens... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4125074 | Feed mechanism for portable labeling machine A label strip feed mechanism for a portable labeling machine: a rotatable feed wheel having label strip feed projections on its outer periphery; one longitudinal end of the feed wheel is a toothed ratchet wheel; the other end of the feed wheel has a sleev... | 11/14/1978 |
| 3943796 | Gear change mechanism A pawl member is formed as an integral structure from a synthetic plastics material, the said member having a pawl tooth extending outwardly from a body part and including a tail for co-operation with an abutment to load the tooth into or out of engagemen... | 03/16/1976 |
