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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 |
| 7030334 | Method of diagnosing degradation of a welding system A method of diagnosing electrical degradation of a welding system. The method includes determining whether a predetermined number of welds has been executed, positioning welding electrodes, applying and measuring current applied through the electrodes, and comparing... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6206273 | Structures and processes to create a desired probetip contact geometry on a wafer test probe The present invention is directed to a high density test probe which provides a means for testing a high density and high performance integrated circuits in wafer form or as discrete chips. The test probe is formed from a dense array of elongated electric... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6188039 | Projection welded panel spacer and method for making the same A method for making a spacer assembly comprises: forming a plurality of projections along an edge of a portion of sheet metal; roll forming the portion of sheet metal into a tubular configuration; positioning the roll formed portion of sheet metal and a m... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5368223 | Pipe welding process using a metallic insert for improved corrosion resistance of the welded zone Avoidance of the corrosion initiation sites consisting of Mn particles deposited on the TiG welded inner tube surface is achieved through suppression of emission of manganese fumes by addition of a protective non corrosive metallic layer. The latter melts... | 11/29/1994 |
| 4983241 | Method of splicing webs A method of splicing together leading and following webs which are delivered successively. In the splicing method, when the leading and following webs are different in shape or material from each other, there is interposed between the leading and followin... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4563563 | Tape splicer to splice carrier strip The guide plates of a soldering apparatus for carrier strip are provided with grooves and slide bars that fit the grooves. The bars have pins fitting holes in the strip and means for precisely positioning the bars lengthwise in the grooves.... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4455468 | Process and device for splicing metal shafts by arc welding and spliced shaft made by such process An improved process is disclosed for splicing metal shafts, in which a pair of shafts (10, 12 or 44, 46) having transverse end surfaces (30, 32 or 54, 56) preferably substantially normal to the axes of the shafts, are positioned coaxially with an insert (... | 06/19/1984 |
| 4333218 | Method of repairing a box beam A method of repairing a box beam is disclosed in which a cracked or broken portion of a box beam may be repaired and the strength returned to normal by forming a pair of plates that fit snugly about at least one half of the box beam, the plates being weld... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4322597 | Method and apparatus for interconnecting electrochemical cells for a battery Apparatus and method for mechanically and electrically interconnecting the individual electrochemical cells for a battery. A cell-holding fixture maintains the cells in fixed relationship and includes a conductive electrode disposed adjacent each terminal... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4213024 | Butt welding process A method for butt welding pipe sections together wherein each pipe section has a beveled end includes positioning the pipe sections adjacent one another so that the beveled ends define a weld groove and locating filler material of elongate dimension havin... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4197441 | High frequency induction welding with return current paths on surfaces to be heated Methods of heating and welding together portions of a metal part or parts in which the portions are positioned in facing, generally parallel and spaced apart relation and an induction coil overlies the part or parts and is positioned so as to induce oppos... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4144442 | Process for producing a component part of a railway switch or a railway crossing and component part of railway switches or railway crossings produced by such process Process for producing a component part of a railway switch or of a railway crossing in which frogs consisting of austenitic manganese steel casting are, with interposition of an intermediate piece, connected by a welding operation with rails consisting of... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4110592 | Method of splicing tape by soldering Metallic tape is butt spliced, i.e. without overlapping the tape, by measuring a fine strip of silver solder into a gap between the cut edges of the lengths of tape being spliced in such a manner that the strip of solder extends over one of the lengths an... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4084847 | Seam in a body outer panel of a vehicle Edges of first and second panel plates to be joined together are butted to each other along a seam to be formed under a backing support by a backing member extending along the seam to lie over both of the two panel plates. The backing member being wide en... | 04/18/1978 |
| 3978309 | Sacrificial, shaped anode and method of constructing same A shaped, sacrificial anode for water tanks and a method of constructing the same from extruded sections is disclosed, particularly an anode having a greater mass adjacent to regions of the tank where improved corrosion protection is needed.... | 08/31/1976 |
