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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 |
| 6393666 | Control unit for "pilgrim step" operation of the detaching cylinders in a combing machine A control unit (10) for "pilgrim step" operation of the detaching cylinders (22, 23) in a combing machine, comprising a first electric motor, which rotates the circular comb (18) of the combing machine with uniform motion and a second electric motor (11),... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6167595 | Method and device for automatically replacing the lap, preparing and joining its edges and restarting it in a combing machine A method and device substitutes, prepares and joins laps in a combing machine, in which the preparation of an edge of a new lap package is made by holding fast the package in an unwinding position, while handling its clamped and crimped edge in a tearing ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5546636 | Comber machine A comber machine with a nipper head (3) has a fixed bearing (2), and at least one pair of detaching rolls (6") which are rotatably mounted in bearings (41). The nipper head (3) and the detaching rolls (6") are moved during a combing cycle towards one anot... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5517725 | Comber machine A comber has a nipper head (3), detaching rolls (6), and half-lap (4), wherein, during a combing cycle, the nipper head (3) and the detaching rolls (6) are moved by a drive system (31 to 40) out of a rear end position relative to one another into a front ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5495643 | Method and apparatus for controlling the rocking of a nipper frame in a lap nipping mechanism for a comber A camless lap nipping mechanism for use in a comber is disclosed. A nipper frame (3) is provided above a combing cylinder (1). A cushion plate (4) is mounted on a distal end of the nipper frame (3). The cushion plate (4) nips a lap (Lp) in cooperation wit... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5274315 | Card web comb driving system in machines for the textile industry A card web comb driving system in machines for the textile industry comprng a comb structure (27) mounted in such a way as to oscillate around a resting position under the control of elastic means (23 and 24) which accumulate mechanical energy and are as... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5255416 | Combing machine with means for limiting movement of top nipper The combing machine as provided with a nipper jaw unit in which a nipper lip is provided on the top nipper plate to project in overlapping relation to the lower nipper plate for clamping a wadding therebetween. In a fully closed position of the nipper pla... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5197163 | Nipper unit for a combing machine The nipper unit comprises a lower nipper as well as a an upper nipper and an auxiliary nipper, the latter two each being movable with respect to the lower nipper between a closed position and an open position. The auxiliary nipper is spring-loaded against... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5131117 | Straight combing machine for wool and a combing method A straight wool-combing machine (10) has, instead of the conventional pair of detaching rollers, a pair of jaws (30, 32) for gripping the combed end of a tuft and for separating it, by a withdrawal movement, from the rest of the fibre sliver (M). The pair... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5095586 | Method of changing a lap roll in a combing head and a combing head for a combing machine A combing head comprises carrying and drive rollers for the lap roll, a cylinder, a detaching roller pair and nippers reciprocable between a drawn-back position and an advanced position. When the trailing end of the lap material runs off the winding tube,... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5077865 | Comber lap joining device with suction head for preparing ends A textile machine is provided with apparatus for preparing the trailing end of a lap and a leading end of a fresh lap so that each end has a reduced fiber mass per unit length of lap in the prepared end. These lap ends are thereafter superimposed and join... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5062183 | Lap feed plate connected to oscillating nippers in a combing machine The batt or sheet to be combed is unwound by rotation of a lap roller (1) from a lap disposed thereon. The batt goes from the lap roller (1) by way of the lap feed plate (13) to a feed cylinder (10) mounted in oscillating nippers (6, 8). The feed plate (1... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5060346 | Combing machine with suction transfer of combed fibers The combing machine comprises a continuously rotatable circular-comb cylinder carrying a circular-comb segment and detaching segment. The detaching segment cooperates with a detaching pressure roll. The combing machine also contains a nipper unit comprisi... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5038441 | Combing machine having apparatus for changing lap rolls Two lap slivers lying one on top of the other are continuously fed to the combing tools in a plurality of combing heads of a combing machine. The first lap sliver comes from a first lap roll carried by a rear carrier device, and runs over a front carrier ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5029366 | Combing machine with suction removal The combing machine comprises a continuously rotatable circular-comb cylinder carrying a circular-comb segment and a detaching segment. The detaching segment cooperates with a detaching pressure roll. The combing machine also contains a nipper unit compri... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5022122 | Combing machine The combing machine has at least one comber head which contains a continuously rotatable comb cylinder, a reciprocating nipper jaw unit and at least one detaching roller. The detaching roller is rotated during every revolution of the comb cylinder at firs... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4996747 | Combing machine The combing machine has at least one combing head having combing elements and a carrier for a lap roll for combing. Two pairs of transport rollers and a pair of pressing rollers are provided in the path of the lap from the lap roll to the combing elements... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4993122 | Nipper for a combing machine using bonded fiber material The nipper has a lower jaw which carries a nipper plate and an upper jaw with a nipper plate carried by two arms. At least a part of this nipper, e.g. the lower nipper plate and the upper nipper plate are made from bonded fiber material. In this way, the ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4972553 | Combing device and method of processing staple fibers The combing device supplies a lap of staple yarn to a nipper unit which, in turn, presents a tuft of the lap to a rotating comb cylinder for combing of the tuft. Thereafter, the combed tuft is delivered by the nipper unit directly to a pair of detaching r... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4970851 | Combing machine The combing machine comprises a detaching roll and an oscillating nipper unit comrising bottom and top nippers. The predetermined spacing for the oscillating nipper unit with respect to the detaching roll is adjustable, such predetermined spacing being th... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4958413 | Drive mechanism for a feed roll of a combing machine The drive mechanism for the feed roll of a combing machine employs a freewheel having an inner member secured to the feed roll and a concentric outer member secured to the pivotal arm which mounts the top nipper. In addition, locking elements are disposed... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4951360 | Top-comb drive mechanism for combing machine A top-comb driving mechanism applied to a conventional combing machine, wherein cycles of forward amd rearward reciprocal swinging displacing motions of a nipper body of each combing head are carried out, is provided with a motion transmission mechanism e... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4947521 | Combing machine The combing machine comprises a nipper unit possessing a bottom nipper and a top nipper which is pivotable relative to the bottom nipper about a pivot axle. An additional nipper is pivotable relative to the bottom nipper about a shaft or journal which ext... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4945611 | Combing machine In a combing machine, in particular for combing of cotton, having a combing roller with at least one combing segment, conveying devices for the fiber tuft to be combed, and an upper and lower nipper for fixing the fiber tuft during the engagement of the c... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4928357 | Lap guide arrangement for a combing machine The lap guide arrangements employs a pair of guide plates for guiding the lap from the lap roller to the feed roller on the nipper. The two guide plates are connected by a strip of flexible material which permits pivoting of the plates relative to each ot... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4672717 | Apparatus for swinging nipper frame of comber The front end portion of a cushion plate (5) provided on the front end of a nipper frame (4) is swung along an upwardly facing arc (25), i.e., an arc with an inner side facing away from the combing cylinder (3). The nipper frame (4) with the cushion plate... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4564979 | Combing machine for textile fibres A combing machine for textile fibres has a "gill" for combing a sliver of fibres and means for tearing successive tufts from the sliver of fibres as the tufts are combed, and partially superimposing the torn tufts on each other so as to form a continuous ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4295249 | Combing machine A combing machine having stationary detaching rollers, a circular comb and a reciprocating gripper. A first crank means is mounted on a gripper oscillation shaft and is pivotally connected to a lower gripper plate. A second driven crank means is pivotally... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4281438 | Flat combing machine The "cleaning-out" capability of a flat combing machine is increased by decreasing the distance between the jaw of the tong of the flat comber and the points of the opposed rows of needles on the round comber to a minimum distance and keeping this minimum... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4079632 | Mechanism for driving the nipper shaft of a comber A mechanism for driving the nipper shaft of a comber provided with a plurality of combing units, wherein a driving shaft and a nipper shaft are extended along the longitudinal direction of the comber. An eccentric disc is rigidly mounted on the driving sh... | 03/21/1978 |
