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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5509548 | Coupling head housing of a central buffer coupling A coupling head housing of a central buffer coupling for rail vehicles, especially low-platform vehicles, with a lock with rotatable disk-type hook and articulated coupling ring, which is located retracted inside the centering projection when the coupling... | 04/23/1996 |
| 4627545 | Car coupler with enlarged gathering zone A hook-type railroad car coupling includes a hook vertically centered and laterally offset in a pocket opening in the front face and a guide pin and hole at opposite top corners. At one side of the bottom a guide horn extends beyond the hook, the front pl... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4248354 | Rotary locksetting mechanism for a rigid jaw coupler A Willison rigid jaw coupler with a locksetting pawl for interlockingly engaging the locklifting lever, when the lock is in lockset, is described. A special fulcrumming of the pawl is provided to cause disengagement of the pawl from the lever to allow the... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4203523 | Locksetting mechanism for a rigid jaw coupler A rigid jaw-type coupler having a locksetting mechanism which can be easily tripped to restore the lock from a lockset position back to a locked position. The mechanism comprises a lock operating lever which is provided with a projecting lug that is desig... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4084704 | Car coupler In a car coupler of the rigid-jawed type, aligning means is provided for substantially increasing the gathering range of the coupler in both lateral and angular directions during coupling operations. In addition, the coupler is provided with anti-telescop... | 04/18/1978 |
