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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806057 | Hopper car gate with opposed double doors A hopper car gate with opposed double doors for discharging cargo from a hopper car. The gate has joined side walls and end walls which present top and bottom openings. A flange joined to the walls adjacent the top opening is adapted to be joined to the hopper car. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7252309 | Containerised handling of bulk materials and apparatus therefor A freight container (10) has a base (20) or a portion thereof that can be opened to discharge its contents. This container (10) has a top which can be opened in similar manner as the base. Another container having at least one compartment, each ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7124693 | Railway car outlet gate assembly An outlet gate assembly has upper and lower gate assemblies with independent drive mechanisms to open and close the gates. The drive mechanisms may be rack and pinion drives. The racks for the lower gate do not enter the gate cavity. The outlet gate assembly can be ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6966609 | Apparatus for operating commodity trailer hopper trap doors An apparatus for operating first and second commodity trailer hopper trap doors is provided that includes a support frame extending between first and second ends, first and second driveshaft assemblies attached at each end of the support frame, a motor assembly atta... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6955127 | Manual railroad hopper car door actuating mechanism An actuating system for manually operating the doors of a railroad hopper car. An operating shaft having a handle is rigidly coupled to an actuating lever. A door opening lever, which is rotatably coupled to the actuating lever, is rotatably coupled to the door for ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6932433 | Hopper closure assembly and method of using same A closure mechanism for a hopper bottom trailer which utilizes potential and kinetic energy of granular material in the hopper. The hopper closure assembly may have an angled member upon a gate that translates kinetic energy for moving granular material into longitu... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6644215 | Worm drive mechanism for gear operated door An anti-spin/anti-drift or stop mechanism for a railway car door includes a shaft, a helical gear mounted to a first end of the shaft, a helical drive rotatably cooperating with the gear, and a worm gear mounted on a second end of the shaft. The worm gear... | 11/11/2003 |
| 5934200 | Lightweight hopper car A lightweight hopper-type rail car provides for a smooth exterior surface so as to minimize aerodynamic drag thereon when the car is in motion. The railcar includes a cross ridge arrangement which greatly increases the fabrication efficiency of the car as... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5063858 | Covered hopper railway car with drop bottom doors and substantially vertical outlets to maximize discharge area A covered hopper railway car (10) for transporting difficult-to-unload ladings includes a pair of parallel, spaced apart side walls (12a, 12b) and opposed end walls (14a, 14b). A roof (16) covers the car and has an opening (18) therein for loading lading ... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5000358 | Low profile pneumatic outlet A low profile pneumatic outlet for a covered hopper railway car is disclosed which allows the bottom slope sheets of the hopper car to be moved downwardly closer to the rail thereby increasing the cubic capacity of the car while maintaining the car within... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4766820 | Hopper car with automatic discharge door mechanism A railroad hopper car having bottom discharge doors, an elongated beam assembly along the bottom of the car, door operating levers to open and close the doors connected to the beam assembly and doors, and lost motion connections in the beam assembly which... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4741274 | Hopper door operating mechanism A railway hopper car has longitudinally spaced hoppers on both sides of a center sill. The hoppers have door assemblies which may be opened and closed by a door operating mechanism. The door operating mechanism includes a pneumatic cylinder which rotates ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4706854 | Particulate material handling Apparatus and method for containing and feeding particulate material tending to pack into a mass from an elongated hopper having opposed sloping walls converging downward and inward towards each other to terminal margins presenting between them an elongat... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4688488 | Automatic actuating and locking apparatus for the hopper doors of a railroad hopper car Apparatus for actuating and locking the hopper doors of a hopper car of the type having a center sill of inverted U-shaped cross section and a plurality of hopper doors extending transversely of the center sill. The hopper doors can be arranged singly to ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4628825 | Sliding gate actuating mechanism An actuating mechanism for operating sliding gates of a railway hopper car which opens all the gates simultaneously, regardless of the direction which the gates must move to open. While moving in one direction, a shifting means coupled to each gate by mea... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4601244 | Operating system for railroad hopper car gate assembly doors A railroad car with a hopper-type body may include a series of gate assemblies for selective discharge of commodity in the car body. Each gate assembly may have two pairs of doors which rotate to close or open respective outlet openings in the gate assemb... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4583901 | Gates for self unloading vessels Apparatus for handling particulate material such as is stored in a hopper having an elongated throat opening closed by one or more gates. The gates are mounted at one end thereof from axially aligned rails which are preferably mounted outside the hopper o... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4574989 | Swing gates In a hopper or the like wherein the flow of particulate material is controlled by a gate the improvement wherein the gate is mounted to be swingable towards an open position within the hopper so as to break arches and rat holes which form in the material ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4388026 | Hopper discharge outlet An enclosed railroad car has hoppers at its underside for unloading a solid commodity. A pneumatic outlet trough is opened and closed by a slide valve or gate that is attached to operating rods supported in slide bearings. The gate can be safely removed f... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4366757 | Actuating and locking means for the hopper doors of a railroad hopper car An apparatus for actuating and locking each pair of hopper doors of a railroad hopper car of the type having a plurality of hopper doors arranged in opposed pairs and extending transversely of the hopper car center sill. Each door actuating and locking ap... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4361096 | Railway hopper car door seal Seals to prevent seepage of a fine granular commodity between the hopper doors and the adjacent hopper sheets of a railroad hopper car of the type having opposed pairs of hopper doors swingable between a closed position and a downwardly depending open pos... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4324188 | Hopper discharge outlet and method A railway car hopper having downwardly and inwardly inclined side walls and end walls defining a rectangular hopper discharge opening is provided with a downwardly extending discharge chute. A gate for opening and closing the hopper discharge opening is s... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4228742 | Railway car integral hopper structure A vehicle hopper construction having longitudinally spaced hopper end slope sheets and hopper cross ridge slope sheets formed prior to assembly in the vehicle hopper so as to provide integral interior hopper corner plates with associated transversely spac... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4224878 | Hopper car door locking mechanism The locking mechanism comprises a clevis arrangement on a hopper door which is engaged by a jaw positioned centrally on a hopper structure. A locking bar is provided which extends to the outer edge of the hopper structure and is connected to rotate with a... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4207822 | Hopper car outlet gate assembly In accordance with the present invention a railway hopper car unloading arrangement is provided, including at least one hopper having hopper slope sheets extending downwardly and inwardly. A standard outlet frame is attached to the inner ends of the hoppe... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4194450 | Railway hopper car door operating mechanism A door operating mechanism for a bottom dump hopper car including a plurality of transversely mounted bottom discharge gates arranged in oppositely opening pairs and operatively connected by compression struts to pendulously mounted vertical levers. The l... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4119041 | Locking mechanism for a pair of railroad hopper doors A locking mechanism for a pair of hopper doors which are laterally spaced side-by-side transversely of a railroad hopper car. A specially designed locking pawl is provided for retaining the cams in interlocked relation with the hooks of the locking mechan... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4036149 | Fabricated hopper car outlet door frame The door frame includes an upper frame member, a pair of Z-configuration side frame members secured to the upper frame member, a lower frame member, and a pair of Z-configuration corner fittings interconnecting the lower the frame member with the side fra... | 07/19/1977 |
