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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7417841 | Apparatus and method for fusing voltage surge and transient anomalies in a surge suppression device A circuit board is enclosed in a housing containing rows of metal oxide varistors. Multiple surge ferrule type fuses are soldered directly to circuit board holes between the rows of metal oxide varistors. A ring connector electrically connects pairs of fuses and an ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7216553 | Apparatus and method for setting the drag of a fishing reel An apparatus and method of reliably and consistently setting the drag of a fishing reel for a specified strength of fishing line. The invention utilizes a resilient member that can be moved between a resting position and a stressed position. The fishing line is coup... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6755239 | Centrifugal casting of titanium alloys with improved surface quality, structural integrity and mechanical properties in isotropic graphite molds under vacuum Methods for making various titanium base alloys and titanium aluminides into engineering components such as rings, tubes and pipes by melting of the alloys in a vacuum or under a low partial pressure of inert gas and subsequent centrifugal casting of the melt in the... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6273001 | Pantograph for tilting trains A device for collecting electric current for a rail vehicle that tilts. The rail vehicle includes a car body having a roof and a bogie beneath the car body. The bogie has a bogie frame and a bolster above the bogie frame and the car body is supported on t... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6189455 | Transport apparatus An easily carried and assembled apparatus for use in moving materials between two elevated locations, such as windows of spaced building, that includes a sending assembly positionable across a window in a first building, and a receiving assembly positione... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5934199 | Apparatus for temporarily increasing the load-bearing capacity of bridge girders An apparatus for temporarily increasing the load-bearing capacity of bridge girders during assembly work includes supports with deflection pulleys that are placed in the vicinity of bracing points. A relief cable is made taut over the deflection pulleys a... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5673625 | Method of yarding logs by introducing slack into a mono-cable system A method and apparatus for yarding logs by introducing slack is provided for use with a mono-cable system having a continuous loop of cable strung through a logging area along a path that the harvested timber is conveyed. The invention includes advancing ... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5224426 | Aerial cableway and method for filming subjects in motion An aerial cableway system for filming subjects in motion over moderate to long distances. An endless cable is tensioned between two support structures in an elongated loop. A cable carriage is suspended from the endless cable and is in contact with both s... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5101735 | Constant tension apparatus and method with eccentric cam to regulate tension Disclosed is a tensioning apparatus and method for creating and maintaining a substantially constant tension force in a flexible cable or shaft element. The apparatus used for maintaining the flexible cable at a constant tension includes interconnected re... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4961385 | Automated transportation system An automated transportation system utilizes the force of gravity to propel vehicles along a system of cables. The cable may be manipulated through a hydraulic system to adjust their slope in a manner allowing vehicles to travel thereover in one direction ... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4523525 | Water skiing tow system The invention is directed to a boatless water skiing tow system and a unique traction apparatus for use therein. The traction apparatus comprises a plurality of cable loops connected end to end to form an endless sequence giving the semblance of a dual ca... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4470355 | Pneumatic cable tensioning apparatus and method for an aerial tramway or the like A cable tensioning apparatus and method for automatically maintaining and adjusting the tension forces in an endless cable for a ski lift, aerial tramway, etc. is disclosed. The apparatus includes a carriage on which the cable is carried, a pneumatic carr... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4104971 | Car wash conveyor belt safety protection system A car wash conveyor system has a conveyor pit extending the length of a car wash enclosure. A continuous chain with spaced rollers thereon is driven along the conveyor between wheel guides. A nylon belt anchored at both ends of the conveyor overlays the r... | 08/08/1978 |
| 3951073 | Self centering tension drive terminal for tramway A drive terminal, for a continuous aerial cable tram system, movable on rails to tension the aerial cable. The drive terminal is biased to tensioning position by a suspended weight coupled to the terminal by a particular compensating linkage that eliminat... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3931766 | Chairlift terminal The invention relates to the terminal of an overhead cable transporter in which the cable return sheave is suspended from a tensioning carriage moving on runways formed by two bracing girders fixed to two piers forming an inverted V.... | 01/13/1976 |
