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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 |
| 7383860 | Flow control valve with two stage pintel and concentric valve seats A high resolution flow valve may comprise a first stage valve for allowing a first flow through the flow valve and a second stage valve located concentrically within the first stage valve and also connected to the inlet for allowing an additional second flow through... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7275367 | Exhaust pressure-raising device for an internal combustion engine There is provided an exhaust pressure-adjusting valve that is brought into a closed position due to a biasing force of a resilient body and is opened against the biasing force of the resilient body due to the exhaust pressure in an exhaust channel, which is raised i... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7201186 | Electronic valve for flow regulation on a cooking burner The gas flow regulating valve (1) is adapted to one cooking burner amongst the several on a cooking hob. The regulating valve member (7) is cylindrical-shaped and coupled to a step motor “M”, which controls the axial displacement “X” thereof th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7163025 | Vacuum regulating valve A vacuum regulating valve which is simplified in structure and where the flow rate characteristic in evacuating a vacuum vessel is improved, comprises (i) a main valve 1A of a large size which has: a principal body 4 having two main ports 11, 12... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7070159 | Vacuum regulating valve A vacuum regulating valve includes a valve casing provided with two main ports, a passage connecting the two main ports, a valve seat formed in the passage, a valve element capable of being seated on the valve seat, a valve stem extending from the valve element, and... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7036335 | Pneumatically actuated multi-way valve and refrigerating machine with multi-way valve A multi-way valve, in particular for use in the refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration unit, includes a housing with several inlets and outlets and a chamber with several seats that are respectively allocated to one inlet or outlet. A closing member is allocated to ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994311 | Regulating vacuum valve A regulating vacuum valve comprises a valve body with a through-channel a closure member which is adjustable over a control path between a closed position of the regulating vacuum valve in which it contacts a valve seat and closes the through-channel and an open pos... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6962167 | Choke valve A choke valve having a coarse setting choke means and a fine setting choke means placed in parallel to it. The coarse setting choke means is able to be switched over in stages between different degrees of choking with different choke cross sections. The fine setting... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6886579 | Vent cap A vent cap is provided for releasing gas from containers, while preventing spillage of the contents therein when the container is tipped from a vertical position. The vent cap has a ball bearing mounted in a ball bearing containment chamber on the top thereof which,... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6843264 | Multi-phase pressure control valve for process chamber A new and improved, multi-phase pressure control valve for facilitating quick and accurate attainment and stabilization of gas pressure inside a semiconductor fabrication process chamber such as an etch chamber or CVD chamber. In one embodiment, the multi-phase pres... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6745794 | Flow control valve A valve assembly in which a primary valve is provided within a primary passageway of a valve housing to control flow rates of a fluid flow within the primary passageway. The primary valve is moved between open and closed positions relative to a valve seat defined in... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6523568 | Combination air vent/probe port and method of constructing same According to one embodiment of the invention, a combination air vent/probe port includes an outer body adapted to couple to a conduit, the outer body formed with a longitudinal bore defining an inner wall, the longitudinal bore having a seating surface. T... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6504699 | Method and device for driving a solenoid valve A method and a device are proposed for driving a solenoid valve that has stroke ranges of a stable equilibrium of forces and stroke ranges of an unstable equilibrium of forces. For setting the predetermined differential pressure across the solenoid valve,... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6032692 | Electromagnetic valve, in particular for hydraulic motor vehicle braking systems with wheel slip regulation The present invention relates to an electromagnetic valve including a valve housing (2) in which a sleeve (13) housing a magnetic core (14) is inserted, including a magnetic armature (16) on which a valve closure member (7)is mounted which, in its electro... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6016834 | Propane vehicle tank and shut-off valve A dual tank storage system for fuel having gaseous and liquid phases where one tank is a main storage tank and the other is an expansion tank. The system has a valve assembly on the exterior of the system for permitting fuel to flow from the main storage ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5975654 | Valve unit, in particular for hydraulic brake systems with antilock and/or wheel-slip control The invention pertains to a valve unit, comprising a valve housing (8) with a flow control valve, an electromagnetic actuating element (1) that is structurally arranged in series with the flow control valve in the valve housing (8), and a piston (3) that ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5931192 | External unified integral bleed system for valves A unified block integral bleed system for use with valves such as plug-type valves wherein pressure release flow occurs through a manifold port mounting arrangement which accesses upstream, downstream and body cavity portions of the valve and provides atm... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5911239 | Metering valve The metering valve includes a housing assembly defining a metering cavity therein. At least one inlet port supplies fluid to be metered to the cavity, and at least one output port outputs metered fluid from the cavity. A valve seat in the cavity is dispos... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5871031 | Removable three position valve The invention provides a valve for regulating fluid flow. The valve having a collar, a plug and a flapper seal. The collar defining an aperture and having a base with an opening therein, with a shaft extending from the base within the aperture. The plug b... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5848608 | Vacuum-pressure-control slow exhaust valve To reduce the axial length of a slow exhaust valve and thus the size of the valve, a secondary valve seat and a secondary valve body constituting a secondary valve mechanism for restrictively opening a channel connecting a chamber port and a pump port dur... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5823226 | Automatic variable-demand flow regulator A variable-demand flow regulator regulates water flow into a building based on variable water supply and variable demand pressures. When water demand increases downstream of the variable-demand flow regulator, the water pressure decreases on the downstrea... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5673980 | Solenoid valve with pressure limitation for controlled-slip motor vehicle brake systems A solenoid valve having a first seat valve for performing a closing function and a second seat valve, connected in parallel thereto, for a pressure-limiting function. A pressure medium spilled by the second seat valve flows off through a flow-off bore act... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5626030 | Refrigerant flow amount control valve and refrigerating apparatus therewith A refrigerant flow amount control valve has a construction for adjusting the amount of flow of a refrigerant in a predetermined range and a bypass for allowing the refrigerant to flow without passing through the construction when the valve is in an open s... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5618086 | Brake system modulator with two-stage valve A brake system includes a hydraulic module that controls fluid flow between the master cylinder and a wheel brake by means of a two-stage valve and a single release solenoid valve. The two-stage valve includes an outer poppet that carries an inner poppet ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5526980 | Condensate traps A condensate trap assembly comprises a valve body 2 having a housing 14 which defines an inlet passage 10 and an outlet passage 12, and an access passage 16 within which a condensate trap 4 is housed. The housing 14 also defines a valve chamber 18 within ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5515879 | Load sensed multi-purpose pressure control valve A pressure control valve having a housing with a main inlet passage and a bypass outlet passage. A combined control is located in the housing to control the flow of fluid from the main inlet passage to the bypass outlet passage. The combined control inclu... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5368061 | Load sensed variable discharge fixed displacement pump control with low unload features A load sensed variable output gear pump having adjustable high pressure compensation, tuneable response, low unloading pressure and variable pressure drop adjustability. It comprises a unitary housing enclosing a pump which pumps through a main inlet-outl... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5323810 | Sullage diversion valve A sullage diversion valve assembly (10) enables a user to selectively divert sullage to a waste line or to a hose for irrigation or other purposes. The valve assembly (10) is designed to be fitted to the outlet pipe (11) of a laundry tub (12) or other sou... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5312048 | Regulating nozzle with adjustable effective area baffle A nozzle including a tubular nozzle body forming a centrally located liquid flow path, the body having an inlet end and an outlet end. Mounted centrally in the body within the flow path is a pressure-regulating mechanism including an axially located dual-... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5301714 | Multi-position valve apparatus having a return port A multi-position valve for dispensing fluid and providing continuous fluid flow through the valve assembly. The multi-position valve assembly including an inlet port, an outlet port, and a return port leading to a fluid chamber. The multi-position valve a... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5172722 | Stop valve for a vacuum apparatus A stop valve for a vacuum apparatus comprises a valve casing having an inlet port and an outlet port, a main valve element housed in the valve casing for selectively opening and closing a flow passageway for causing the inlet port to comunicate with the o... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5129490 | Device for damping courses of motion between two suspension points A shock absorber in which a damping force is to be adjusted separately for the tension and the compression directions in which the shock absorber is equipped with separate throttle valves, one for basic damping and one for supplementary damping. In the de... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5121947 | Expansion sealing device A device for providing a sealed intersection between flow passages within a housing comprises an expansion sleeve with a cylindrical outer surface and an axially tapered inner surface for receiving a frusto-conical inner member of greater average diameter... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5116028 | Pressure tube-piston device According to an illustrative example of the present invention, a gas spring comprises a pressure tube, a piston rod and a piston connected with the piston rod within the pressure tube. The piston divides the pressure tube into two working spaces, the two ... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5113910 | Butterfly valve with biased area reduction means A butterfly valve adapted for controlled variation in the area of the leading wing of the valve plate. The valve plate is comprised of two parallel plate-like members which are relatively translatable in mutually parallel directions. The relative translat... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5095943 | Flow path switching apparatus in steam trap A flow path switching apparatus in an automatic regulating valve includes a base having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet which are connected to pipes, and an automatic regulating valve portion having an inflow hole and an outflow hole for a fluid to be co... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5090393 | Pressure regulating valve for installation in a vent duct of an internal combustion engine A pressure regulating valve, especially for regulating the vacuum in the crankcase of an internal combustion engine, which includes a pan-shaped housing having a bottom part, a housing cover, and a diaphragm 14 arranged between the housing and housing cov... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5065786 | Flow control valve A flow control valve is provided for connection to a water supply line for ontrolling the flow of water between a water tank and a toilet bowl in an aircraft. The valve comprises a valve housing having an axial bore therethrough. A cylindrical valve member... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5063960 | Safety cartridge for compressed or liquefied gas The cartridge has an actuating element (20) designed in the form of a non-return valve, with a widened base (22) forming the closing member and a front part equipped with a peripheral gasket (58) which, in the open position and closed position of the non-... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5052433 | Starter connection for progressive pressurizing of pneumatic installations The connection consists of a module (2) for connecting a pipe-line, free to swivel around a hollow screw (1) comprising a flap valve which is loaded by a weak return spring (5) to close against its sitting (3a) which constitutes the main passage of fluid ... | 10/01/1991 |
