Bizarre Patents
Microwave Oven With Removable Storage Cassette in Dashboard of Motor Vehicle
A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363733 | Device and method for making a trench wall in the soil The invention relates to a device for making a trench wall in the soil comprising a frame, at least one lower cutting/mixing wheel arranged at the bottom of the frame, at least one further, upper cutting/mixing wheel arranged at the top of the frame, wherein the fra... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363990 | Cutting device and method for producing a cut hole A cutting device for sinking a cut hole in the ground, having a support on which are mounted in rotary manner about in each case one cutting wheel rotation axis at least two cutting wheels, at least one cutting wheel drive mechanism for the rotary driving of the cut... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7337858 | Drill bit assembly adapted to provide power downhole In one aspect of the invention, a drill bit assembly has a body portion intermediate a shank portion and a working portion, the working portion having at least one cutting element. The working portion also has an opening to an axial chamber disposed in the body port... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7290624 | Method and device for drilling holes in soil or rock material The invention relates to a method and device for the drilling, in particular the percussive drilling or rotary percussive drilling of holes (9) in the ground or in rock, a bore hole (9) being formed by a drill bit (1) that is mounted on a drill ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7270182 | Earth loop installed with sonic apparatus A method for installing a heat exchange pipe loop in a borehole, the method, in at least certain aspects, including drilling a borehole with a sonic drill system having a head and casing connected thereto, a drill apparatus on a lower end of the casing movable by th... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258179 | Rotary bit with an indenting member In one aspect of the invention a drill bit assembly has a body portion intermediate a shank portion and a working portion. The working portion has a recess with a side wall which is substantially coaxial with the shank portion. At least one cutting element is attach... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7182407 | Rock boring device with an oscillating and nutating rotary disc cutter A rock boring device (10) including a rotary disc cutter (11). The disc cutter (11) is driven in an oscillating manner and also driven or free to nutate, and the device includes a mounting section (22) for the rotary disc cutter and a dri... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7114271 | Cutting tool for digging trenches, and enabling the cutter head to be changed quickly The invention relates to a cutting tool for digging vertical trenches, the tool comprising: a jib (B); a cutter structure (34; C) suspended from the jib via a cable; a plurality of cutter me... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104344 | Percussion drilling head Device and method for drilling into geological formations. The device comprises: a rotatable body; drilling cutters arranged on an axial end surface of the rotatable body; a percussion part, which ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093657 | Earth loop installed with sonic apparatus A method for installing a heat exchange pipe loop in a borehole, the method, in at least certain aspects, including drilling a borehole with a sonic drill system having a head and casing connected thereto, a drill apparatus on a lower end of the casing movable by th... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090037 | Device for anchoring a drill string in a borehole A device for anchoring a drill string in a borehole an anchoring member connected to the drill string, the anchoring member being movable between a retracted position in which the anchoring member is retracted from the borehole wall, and, an extended position in whi... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7017650 | Earth loop energy systems Wellbore heat loop systems, fillers for bores in the systems, and methods of the use of such systems; the systems in certain aspects having a heat loop wellbore in the earth having heat loop pipe extending down to one side of a bottom member and up therefrom on anot... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6981561 | Downhole cutting mill A downhole device processes particles entrained in a drilling fluid returning up a wellbore. In one embodiment, the device includes a housing having at least one cutting surface formed in a chamber of a housing. A cutting head disposed in the chamber crushes or comm... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6955219 | Earth loop installation with sonic drilling A method for installing a heat exchange pipe loop in a borehole, the method in at least certain aspects, including drilling a borehole with a sonic drill system having a head and casing connected thereto, a drill shoe on a lower end of the casing movable by the soni... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951251 | Junk basket and method Junk basket 10 is provided for collecting debris from a wellbore cleaning operation, and includes a central mandrel 14 having a throughbore 16 and an outer shell 24 defining a generally annular junk space 40. The outer shell 24 | 10/04/2005 |
| 6929076 | Bore hole underreamer having extendible cutting arms A bore hole underreamer is provided having a hollow body with a longitudinal axis, which has an external wall, at least two cylindrical bores provided through the external wall and whose axes are transverse to the longitudinal axis. Each of the bores have a cylindri... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6467558 | Multiple air hammer apparatus and excavating direction correcting method therefor Three air hammers are housed and arranged in a hammer case, and have bits at their respective ends. Each of the air hammers can be activated independently. In a normal excavation, the earth is excavated by activating all the air hammers. When correcting a... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6439322 | Downhole hammer-type core barrel and method of using same A core barrel has a plurality of pneumatic downhole hammer drills disposed around the perimeter of its working end for drilling piles in the ground for use in foundations, secant piles, and the like. The core barrel includes a slurry port and an air port ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6422328 | Dual cutting mill A rotating tool for milling or drilling in a well bore, having one or more rotating cutting structures, with each cutting structure rotating about its own axis, and with the cutting structures rotating about the axis of the tool. The rotational axis of th... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6189630 | Downhole hammer-type core barrel A core barrel has a plurality of pneumatic downhole hammer drills disposed around the perimeter of its working end for drilling piles in the ground for use in foundations, secant piles, and the like. The core barrel includes a slurry port and an air port ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6179055 | Conveying a tool along a non-vertical well A conveyance apparatus for conveying at least one logging tool through an earth formation traversed by a horizontal or highly deviated borehole. The conveyance apparatus comprises a pair of arcuate-shaped cams pivotally mounted to a support member, a spri... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5954131 | Method and apparatus for conveying a logging tool through an earth formation A conveyance apparatus for conveying at least one logging tool through an earth formation traversed by a horizontal or highly deviated borehole is disclosed. The conveyance apparatus comprises a pair of arcuate-shaped cams pivotally mounted to a support m... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5735358 | Indexing percussive drilling bit A chuck and drill bit combination for insertion into a front end of a percussive, down the hole drill forming a part of a cluster drill assembly, for selectively engaging and disengaging the chuck and drill bit during drilling operations includes the bit ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5174390 | Modular cluster drill apparatus A cluster drill includes a first plate portion and a second plate portion. The first plate portion extends parallel to the second plate portion and is rigidly affixed to the second plate portion. At least one first and second plate aperture is formed in t... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5090487 | Drill head with integral impact hammers A drill head is disclosed, for use to drill a hole in a front of hard material such as rock, which comprises a main body acting at a central support, an upwardly projecting spindle secured on top of the main body, the spindle having a vertical axis, a fix... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4883133 | Combustion operated drilling apparatus A percussion drilling apparatus for drilling bore holes into subterranean formation in which a plurality of drill rods are arranged in concentric rows in a drill bit housing, each rod having an impact tooth at its lower ends and the rods arranged either t... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4883134 | Milling machine for cutting trenches The invention relates to a motor-driven milling machine construction for cutting trenches in the ground, in which there are two rotating semi-drums with cutting tools at their periphery. The drums are mounted on a central support. The sole function of the... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4878547 | Rock drilling apparatus A rock drilling appartatus wherein the rock drill is a cluster of independent rock drills arranged in a circular pattern about a central axis for rotation. The cluster drill is drawn into a hole to be drilled by a drill string in a previously drilled smal... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4844549 | Milling machine for digging trenches in the earth A milling machine for digging trenches in the earth, of the type comprising at least one substantially vertical support plate on both sides of which two milling drums are mounted for rotation about an axis substantially perpendicular to the plate, each of... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4824176 | Milling engine for excavating trenches in the ground A milling engine for cutting trenches in ground or soil provided with at least one vertical support plate on both sides of which milling drums are supported for rotation about an axis perpendicular to said plate. One or more movable fingers are mounted on... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4800967 | Drilling machine for digging trenches in the ground A drilling machine for digging trenches in the ground of the type comprising at least one substantially vertical support plate (3) on which are mounted two drilling drums (2) one one each side of it for rotation about an axis (4) substantially perpendicul... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4796713 | Activated earth drill The invention relates to a drill bit which includes a drive arrangement having two opposed drive shafts which are transverse to the drill rod axis, mechanism for driving the shafts and a rock comminuting cutter which is eccentrically mounted on each of th... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4732226 | Drilling machine A shaft drilling machine comprises a drill head carrying drill tools thereon, a device for guiding the drill head in a shaft, a device for advancing the drill head in the shaft, and drive aggregates which are lowered into the shaft together with the drill... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4729439 | Gang drill construction Disclosed is a new method of construction for multiple or gang down hole rock drills. A rigid mounting cylinder with alignment and securing means for the individual drills is provided. The cylinder further serves to attach the multiple drills to a single ... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4718504 | Trench excavator A trench excavator capable of excavating a trench of a rectangular section suitable for formation of an underground diaphragm wall. The underground diaphragm walls are now applied as underground structures replacing caissons, rigid foundations for multist... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4694915 | Slotted wall milling cutter A slotted wall milling cutter for producing a slotted wall in the ground has a drive motor fixed to the cutter frame and a gear means positioned between the drive motor and two cutting wheel gears and which is partly arranged in recesses of a bearing brac... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4682660 | Hydro-drill with circular impression The invention relates to a device for the production of circular boreholes in soil, of the type incorporating a pair of bits driven in rotation in opposite directions, the said bits being equipped with teeth or similar members for breaking up the soil. It... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4671367 | Pole hole digger with percussive core drilling A drilling attachment for a utility truck designed for digging pole holes for ordinary utility and telephone poles is disclosed herein. The attachment is intended to replace the auger portion of a conventional auger digger when it is necessary to drill th... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4629010 | Process and device for sinking wells A device and process for sinking vertical wells. A pair of rotary digging heads have horizontal axes mounted on supports for movement of such axes towards and away from each other between a central position close to the axis of a well and a peripheral pos... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4550952 | Mining machine with adjustable hood-scoop assembly The invention disclosed herein is a mining machine with an adjustable hood-scoop assembly. The machine provides a means to remove coal from the face of a seam and extract the removed coal to a position removed from the mining area utilizing a vacuum syste... | 11/05/1985 |
