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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7354401 | Ultrasound sex determination for sorting of avian hatchlings A method for making a sex determination in avian hatchlings involves the following activities. A process line is equipped to process an endless plurality of hatchlings. The process line has an ultrasound inspection station for the hatchlings. The ultrasound inspecti... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334378 | Packaging machine and weighing apparatus A packaging machine and a weighing apparatus low in equipment cost, small in installation space, and allowing a reduction in time required from the manufacture of packaged bodies to the completion of weighing to increase productivity. The stick packaged bodies are w... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7220932 | Work unit for conveying bottles between two stations and for rejecting faulty bottles A work unit for conveying bottles between two stations and for rejecting bottles considered faulty, includes a selecting disc, having a vertical axis and featuring radial seats made on its edge, for holding, in cooperation with vacuum ducts, bottles. A first track, ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6655680 | Document sensor and sensing method A sensor for detecting the entrance of a document into a sheet feeder. The document sensor is attached to the sheet feeder. The document sensor comprises a printed circuit board, a key peg and a rocking lever. The printed circuit board is attached to the ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6300584 | Loading/unloading control apparatus of semiconductor device and control method thereof The present invention relates to a loading/unloading control apparatus of a semiconductor device and a control method thereof in which a time for loading/unloading a semiconductor device can be saved when a produced semiconductor device is loaded and unlo... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6194679 | Four electrical contact testing machine for miniature inductors and process of using In a machine for testing and sorting miniature electrical inductors of the type having spaced-apart, opposed first and second metal-terminated ends, wherein the machine includes a feed station having an inlet, an outlet and adapted to receive bulk quantit... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5251765 | Apparatus and method for segregating rods of undesirable alloy composition Apparatus and method for segregating elongate cylindrical rods of undesirable alloy composition from rods having a desired alloy composition is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rod segregation table having an upper rod transport side for individually m... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5207331 | Automatic system and method for sorting and stacking reusable cartons A system and method for automatically processing a supply of cartons, in flattened form and of different types, in accordance with a selectable number of plural, different and separately identifiable carton types. Unsorted cartons are removed in successiv... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5193691 | Can seam inspection apparatus A can seam inspection apparatus. The apparatus has a pathway for a can and the pathway having an inlet and a pair of outlets. There is one outlet for can with a defective seam and another outlet for acceptable cans. A releasable holding device holds the c... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4927029 | Device for checking cylindrical bodies, especially tubes of open-end spinning machines A device for checking cylindrical bodies, especially the tubes of open-end spinning machines transported along a feed path from a tube container to the distribution mechanism of the tubes on the machine, for example, by means of a chain conveyor with feed... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4727989 | Automatic tie plate orientation sensing system An electro-mechanical orientation system for conveyed articles having a distinguishable top and bottom such as a rail tie plate or the like is disclosed comprising a sensor frame having a transverse pivot axis, a plurality of elongate sensor fingers pivot... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4676379 | Apparatus for sorting out defective plastic crates for bottles An apparatus for discriminating and sorting out defective plastic bottle crates from sound bottle crates comprising driving means for urging an indenter or contact tip provided at the tip of a vibrating rod of an ultrasonic hardness tester into steady con... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4674636 | Bobbin removing apparatus A bobbin removing apparatus for an automatic winding system comprising a running belt and a bobbin guide member confronting with the belt, the apparatus being so constructed that a bobbin is tightly caught between the belt and the guide member and removed... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4509646 | Inspection, rejection and sorting machine A machine adapted to receive in a continuous order the finished manufactured parts for inspection as to completeness and operativeness, for rejection of part failures, and sorting by proper orientation the accepted, tested, finished work pieces.... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4475368 | Method and apparatus for restraightening container support skirts Method and apparatus for restraightening depending bent metal end skirts of cylindrical containers, such as beer kegs, wherein the containers moving in a path of travel for processing are automatically interrogated by sensing heads which engage the rims o... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4352431 | Apparatus for sorting contaminant material from processing material A contaminant sorting device for sorting contaminant material, such as metal and rocks, from processing materials, such as wood chips, comprising a housing having internal walls formed of a surface of revolution into which housing is fed processing materi... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4260483 | Bottle cap inspecting machine In accordance with the present invention, methods and machinery are provided for automatically inspecting shaped, lined closures and rejecting those which fail to meet pre-established criteria for shape and seal. Specifically, shaped closures having conca... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4256228 | Apparatus for removing roving or the like from textile bobbins or the like The apparatus has two pairs of long driven nip rolls on which bobbins with residual roving are advanced axially in a row with the nip rolls engaging the ends of residual roving and unwinding the roving into a delivery plenum therebelow through which the r... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4186837 | Automated film cartridge and mailer sorting and correlating apparatus A conveyor moves a series of cartridges containing undeveloped film and sender-identified mailers in correlated side-by-side relation from a loading station past a cartridge sensing station, a dual labeling station, and a plurality of discharge stations. ... | 02/05/1980 |
