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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 |
| 7113730 | Apparatus for preventing developer wraparound in wet electrophotographic printer An apparatus prevents developer wraparound in a wet electrophotographic printer using wraparound preventing units. Each of the wraparound preventing units has varied diameter parts formed at both ends of a developing roller, and matching parts formed at both ends of... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6874724 | Method and device for reeling up in the proper position a hot-rolled strip in a reeling installation The invention relates to a method and a device for the positionally correct winding up of a metal strip in a coiling device, the hot strip being fed to the coiling device by a driving device with driving rollers, the driving rollers being tiltable in relation to one... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6138886 | Device in a wire rolling mill A device in a wire rolling mill includes a pair of grooved rolls. Each grooved roll is fixedly attached to the free end of a rotatably supported spindle. Each grooved roll is positionable relative to the other so that they between themselves define a roll... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6138885 | Web having alignment indicia and an associated web feeding and working apparatus A web and an associated web feeding and handling apparatus for performing a work operation on the web is disclosed. The apparatus feeds the web in a feed direction longitudinally of itself by means of a friction drive. The operation of the drive is contro... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5158642 | Label separator apparatus A label separator apparatus has a label separating member for separating labels one by one from a long and narrow label carrying paper, on which the labels are adhered, by acutely turning the carrying paper toward a no-label-adhered side thereof while the... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4728967 | Recording apparatus having a tapered roller platen for exerting a uniform pressing force against recording elements A recording apparatus and, more particularly, a so-called thermal printer employs a thermal head as a recording head. A platen roller is in pressing engagement with the recording head and recording elements pass between the two. Biasing forces exerted on ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4667863 | Transport roller arrangement for tape or sheet material of various widths A pair of transport rollers for transporting therebetween a tape or sheet material, such as film, for example in a wet processing device, in which one roller is cylindrical and another roller includes two outwardly converging conical end portions and a cy... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4663928 | Machine for winding on a cable, with a very short pitch, at least one metal sheathing wire A machine for winding, with a very short pitch, on a cable (1), at least one metal sheathing wire (5), comprising a first means for translatably moving a rectilinear portion of the cable in accordance with its axis and at least one coil (4) for distributi... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4629177 | Pressure roller arrangement for a paper transport device A device for transporting a flexible strip (11) along a guide (15) by means of conical pressure rollers (35 and 45), whose apices face each other. The pressure rollers (35 and 45) are loaded by a spring (65, 135) common to both rollers, as a result of whi... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4534499 | Wire drive mechanism The specification describes a mechanism for controllably advancing material such as wire to a work station. The mechanism includes two frusto-conical shaped wheels mounted in a face to face relationship so that the wire is pulled through the nip formed by... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4510981 | Self-centering feeding device The self-centering feeding device (20') for elongated objects such as logs includes a conveyor means (30) carried by a parallel mechanism having a vertical stationary part. The parallel mechanism is connected to a mechanical engagement means (26) and is c... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4420108 | Apparatus for the controlled feeding and taking-off of a thread into and out of a thread treatment section There is described and shown apparatus which is for the controlled feeding and taking-off of a thread 12 into or out of a thread treatment section 2 (for example a heating zone of a heat setting arrangement), and which comprises an externally-driven taper... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4419175 | Laminating device for lettered tape A device for laminating a piece of adhesive coated laminating tape onto a section of lettered tape comprising a housing having a first roller rotatably mounted between the side walls of the housing, a second roller rotatably mounted between the side walls... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4326791 | Transport system for processor of photosensitive web material A photoprocessor for photosensitive webs includes a plurality of tanks containing photoprocessing solution and a dryer. The web is transported through the tank by a plurality of opposed spaced pairs of oppositely oriented driven tapered rollers. The trans... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4235362 | Wire-feeding apparatus Tubular wire comprising a calcium-containing solidified core in a thin steel sheath is fed between successive sets of resiliently-engaging pinch and feed rollers having aligned V-shaped indented peripheries. A wide range of wire diameters from about 3 to ... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4150886 | Motion picture projector system A projector for motion picture film includes a servo motor which is controlled to advance film frame by frame to a projection station. A capstan on each side of the projection station is controlled to maintain film loops of substantially constant size and... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4049486 | Rubber strip guide apparatus Apparatus suitable for guiding an uncured, deformable semiplastic rubber strip having skived or feathered outer thin edges, such as a tire tread strip or sidewall strip, into precise alignment with a tire carcass mounted on a drum of a tire building machi... | 09/20/1977 |
