Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370570 | Fluid pressure cylinder A fluid pressure cylinder can apply a fastening force to an axially movable reciprocating rod. A reciprocating rod 13 is mounted in a case main body 10 so as to be reciprocable in a forward direction and a backward direction, and two lock units 16 | 05/13/2008 |
| 7325710 | Pneumatic nail gun A pneumatic nail gun includes a gun body having a cylinder therein; a hitting piston disposed in the cylinder; a main air housing collecting high pressure air; a trigger at one end of the main air housing; a main passage disposed at a peripheral portion of the cylin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317260 | Wind flow estimation and tracking using tower dynamics A turbine control system for a variable speed electrical generator in a wind turbine mounted atop a support tower. The wind turbine converts wind energy into a driving torque applied to the generator. The control system includes a turbine support tower position sens... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7299739 | Hydraulic cylinder A fluid pressure cylinder has a piston rod 18 fixed to a piston 26 and projecting outside a cylinder body 23. A lock surface 43 inclining to a radial direction of the piston rod 18 is formed in an engagement member 31 provid... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7276809 | Wind turbine assembly and related method Wind turbine assembly, and related method, is provided that exploits an aerodynamically enhanced wind region of a building in proximity to a parapet of the building. A wind turbine assembly includes a support assembly configured to couple to a building in proximity ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7249659 | Fluid actuator An actuator responsive to fluid signals to retract and extend a piston. The actuator includes a cylinder and a pressure piston carried inside the cylinder. Also included is a shaft, and a rod connected to the pressure piston. The actuator further includes a first po... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243713 | Shear/seal ram assembly for a ram-type blowout prevention system An improved shear/seal ram assembly used in ram-type BOPs is disclosed. The disclosed invention is a unique shear/seal ram assembly in which rail seal actuators attached to or integrally formed in a planar surface of one shear blade mate with and slide within corres... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7131518 | Motion control apparatus with backlash reduction A motion controller for use with a rod (10A, 10B, 10C) has a backlash reducer (88A, 88B, 88C) that substantially reduces or eliminates the space created after manufacturing parts with specified tolerance dimensions to substa... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108108 | Rod clamping device A device for clamping a rod to stop axial and/or rotative movement between the rod and the device. The device includes pressure and clamp units, the clamp unit having a bushing fixed therein and provided with a radially resilient center section normally sized to per... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7084522 | Wind energy unit comprising a hollow shaft for rotor hub and generator In a wind power installation with a (hollow) axis tube member and a hollow shaft mounted thereon for the rotor there is provided only a single bearing which also carries moments, between the axis tube member and the hollow shaft, whereby the parts of the machine whi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7017468 | Pneumatic pivoting device A pneumatic device for pivoting a pivotal component is articulated to a structural element by means of a joint. Hoses produced from a material of low ductility, to which compressed air can be admitted, are inserted between the pivotal component and the structural el... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6997365 | Contact trip assembly for fastening tool A fastening tool including a housing, a magazine connected to the housing for storing a fastener, a driving mechanism disposed within the housing for driving the fastener into a workpiece, a trigger assembly pivotally attached to the housing for activating the drivi... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6945156 | Device for switching and locking moving points components The invention relates to a device for displacing and locking movable switch parts (1), comprising a hydraulic piston, which is formed by a rod (6) and cooperates, via coupling or locking members (8), with an axially displaceable sleeve (5... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6940186 | Wind turbine having sensor elements mounted on rotor blades The invention relates to a wind power plant with a tower, a rotor having at least one rotor blade being substantially radially distant with respect to a rotor axis and being rotatably supported with respect to a substantially horizontal rotation axis in a portion at... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6648202 | Pneumatic fastening tool A pneumatic fastening tool assembly that employs an engine having a sliding sleeve arrangement to control the supply of air to and exhaust from the pneumatic engine. The sliding sleeve arrangement eliminates the need for a conventional main valve and ther... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6327957 | Wind-driven electric generator apparatus of the downwind type with flexible changeable-pitch blades A wind-driven electric generator of the downwind type has a wind turbine rotor with oppositely disposed flexible blades attached to the hub of a drive shaft by a flexible spar extending from the hub into hollow portions of the blades. The ends of the spar... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6318237 | Arrangement for a lock cylinder for a blocking cylinder The invention relates to an arrangement for a fluid-driven lock cylinder for the actuation of moving parts such as slides, cores and corresponding units on press tools and injection moulding tools for metal or plastic materials. A piston is accommodated i... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6152268 | Rod clamp apparatus A rod clamp device having a rod clamp sleeve with a frusto-conical outer surface and an annular cam with a frusto-conical inner surface and an annular ball guide cage arranged to equalize movement of the bearing balls in circumferentially spaced paths alo... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6006647 | Actuator with free-floating piston for a blowout preventer and the like A method and apparatus for operating a fluid actuated actuator between one and another alternate positions provides different forces for locking and unlocking the actuator. The actuator may use the same fluid pressure to operate a primary piston within a ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5794505 | Positioning drive, in particular for a machine tool A positioning drive having a hydraulic motor with a cam disc which is rotatable with a motor shaft and has a cam, a control valve which, with the hydraulic motor forms a unit with a housing and has a valve piston which is displaceable between several posi... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5761984 | Braking device for a fluid power actuator A fluid pressure operated braking device for a piston rod. The braking device includes a clamp sleeve and a cam member spring biased axially in a direction to actuate the clamp sleeve to a clamp condition, and a fluid pressure operator that provides a hyd... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5609020 | Thrust reverser synchronization shaft lock A thrust reverser synchronization shaft lock system that includes a sync lock control valve (50) and two hydraulically controlled sync locks (60) attached to the synchronization shafts (5) of a jet engine thrust reverser system, is disclosed. The thrust r... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5540135 | Device for clamping an axially movable rod A device for clamping an axially movable rod comprising a housing having a cylindrical inner wall and end walls that slidably support the rod. A pair of annular rod clamp rings in the housing having inner clamping surfaces for engaging the rod and frusto-... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5365828 | Pneumatic linear drive comprising a locking mechanism for end positions A linear drive is disclosed comprising a single-acting pneumatic piston cylinder unit, at least one spring which acts against the pneumatic force and loads the piston rod in the direction of one end position, and one form-locking pneumatic locking mechani... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5349894 | Locking hydraulic actuator A method for locking a hydraulic actuator in a predetermined position and a locking hydraulic actuator are provided. The method includes the steps of supplying hydraulic fluid to a forward chamber in the hydraulic actuator, transferring the hydraulic flui... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5199344 | Lock cylinder for backhoe slide frame A lock cylinder for a backhoe slide frame which provides for a positive lock of the slide frame in selected positions is described. The slide frame is supported on two generally horizontal rails that are vertically spaced, and the lock cylinders mount bet... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5193431 | Device for operation of a sliding door member A device for operation of a sliding door member, the device being movable between an open position in which the door member is open and a closed position in which the door member is closed. The device includes a pneumatic cylinder having an actuating pist... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5181450 | Pneumatic fastener driving apparatus with piston holding detent A pneumatic operated fastener driving device having an improved piston, which together with the cylinder form an elastic interference fit connection so that the piston is held from movement until a sufficient air pressure is applied to the piston. The pis... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5140904 | Piston sealing arrangement for pressure-fluid-operated systems A piston sealing arrangement for pressure-fluid-operated systems is disposed in an annular recess of a piston (5) or an associated housing (4) and is composed of a sealing ring element (1A, 1B) as well as an elastic element (2, 3) acting on one side in op... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5050484 | Hydraulic actuator with locking mechanism A hydraulic actuator comprising a cylinder formed with an axial cylinder chamber, a main piston provided in the cylinder chamber and dividing the chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber and further formed with a locking chamber, an annular locki... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4812612 | Hydraulic lock for resistance welders A hydraulic system for use in a resistance welding machine with a stationary electrode and a variable electrode to provide adjustment of the stationary electrode to ensure proper positioning to maintain weld quality. The hydraulic system comprising an act... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4781102 | Locking, bearing and actuating apparatus The apparatus comprise a generally tubular outer element, a generally cylindrical inner element disposed therewithin and sized relative thereto to provide a generally annular operating space therebetween. An intermediate element is disposed in said operat... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4724741 | Hydraulic spring-loader cylinder with wear adjustment Spring-loaded cylinder with a tension piston (7) which can be pressurized by a pressure medium. Between the tension piston (7) and a piston rod (3) movable thereby, a cylinder-piston arrangement (19, 20, 21) is installed, whose cylinder chamber (21) can b... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4534269 | Locking, bearing and actuating apparatus The apparatus comprise a generally tubular outer element, a generally cylindrical inner element disposed therewithin and sized relative thereto to provide a generally annular operating space therebetween. An intermediate element is disposed in said operat... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4509407 | Hydraulic control valve with maintenance-facilitating feature The control valve for an hydraulic actuator is provided with a particular operating state for venting the hydraulic system, which state is attainable positively whenever the hydraulic pressure is inadequate, e.g., in the case of venting or presence of air... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4311086 | System for damping abrupt movement of a punch press ram A system for damping abrupt movement of a punch press ram at the moment of cut-breakthrough with the use of at least two damping pistons disposed within cylinders and arranged to engage the press ram before and during cut-breakthrough. The cylinders withi... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4214795 | Piston braking device for hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders A piston braking device for a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder, employing an annular braking plate loosely fitted on the piston rod of the cylinder and rockable into a tilted position relative to the piston rod upon actuation by a plate drive means, and a ... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4126082 | Travel-brake control system A hydraulic control system for use with a vehicle having an earthworking implement and having a plurality of components operated by hydraulic motor means having hydraulic release type brakes associated therewith and including means responsive to actuation... | 11/21/1978 |