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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 |
| 7918380 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing welded tapered tubes A tapered tube manufacturing apparatus and method of operation comprises an entry station adapted to receive a tapered tube having an open, longitudinal seam with spaced longitudinal edges extending the length of the tapered tube. A feed line section moves the taper... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7221837 | Device and method for reducing glass flow during the manufacture of microchannel plates The present invention provides a glass packing tube for use in fabricating a microchannel plate. The glass tube has a plurality of flat inner surfaces and is used to form a boule including a plurality of optical fibers located in the tube and a plurality of support ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7020947 | Metal wire with filaments for biomedical applications A method for constructing a metal wire with embedded filaments or cavities therein for biomedical applications. The method includes first drilling nonconcentric apertures in a symmetrical pattern in a metal rod and then embedding filaments in the apertures. The meta... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6915564 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing coaxial cable with composite inner conductor A method of making a coaxial cable includes forming a conductive tube and setting a settable material therein to define an inner conductor. Forming may include advancing a conductive strip and bending it into a tube having a longitudinal seam. The settable material ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6540126 | Clamping band manufacturing machine and method of manufacturing clamping band The clamping band manufacturing machine is capable of full-automatically manufacturing the clamping bands and highly increasing the manufacturing efficiency. The machine comprises a main machine part and parts feeding mechanisms. In the main machine part,... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6350327 | Process for manufacturing pipes A process for producing clad pipe comprises forming a hollow body (S10) of base material, bonding a cladding material metallurgically to the base material (S12) to form a composite body and subsequently extruding the composite body to form a pipe. This pr... | 02/26/2002 |
| 5975404 | Apparatus for manufacturing an optical cable from a metal tube In a method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber cable, a metal band is gradually shaped into a lengthwise slotted tube, the optical fibers are introduced into the still open slotted tube, the lengthwise slot of the tube is welded and the outs... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5732875 | Method for producing a sector conductor for electric power cables A method for producing a sector conductor for electric power cables is introduced, whereby a number of metal wires are joined closely together into a core (8) with a sector-shaped cross section. A lengthwise running metal strip is formed around the core (... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5647127 | Manufacturing process of coil A guide wire for medical purposes having a proximal section and a distal section and formed by inserting all or a portion of a slender and flexible shaft into a coil and fixing the shaft to the coil, wherein the coil is a multiple-wire coil consisting of ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5476209 | Process of preparing composite wire Disclosed is a process of preparing a composite wire which comprises sealing one end of a pipe to be employed as a jacket, inserting a bar to be employed as a core into the pipe and conducting a hot processing of the pipe while vacuum-sucking the pipe fro... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5261591 | Method of explosively bonding composite metal structures This invention relates to a method of manufacturing bi-metallic tubing by the successive steps of explosive bonding, hot extrusion and co-extrusion. Bi-metallic tubing, having an inner wall made from a corrosion resistant material, is of particular use in... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5249731 | Process for producing aluminum coated metallic material A process for producing an aluminum coated metallic material comprises drawing an aluminum band having a significantly larger inside diameter than cross sectional diameter of the material concurrently with the material so as to form an open seam tube arou... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5230135 | Top bar for carding machine A top bar for carding machines formed from an elongated hollow cold drawn annealed profile. The annealing relieves any stresses developed in the profile during the cold drawing and a dimensionally stable top bar results therefrom.... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5129572 | Process for the manufacture of a metallic composite wire A rod made of a hard material is inserted into a pipe made of a relatively soft material, and a two-element arrangement having an intermediate size is obtained by hot-rolling and drawing. In these steps, the cross section is reduced by at least 50%. Subse... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5129571 | Manufacture of metal tubes An apparatus for forming metal tubes is shown in which a metal strip 2 is passed through the apparatus and is formed by a combination of rollers 17, 17', 19, and dies 15, 24 into a shape defining a tube. Prior to the completion of the formation of the met... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5119984 | Manufacture of metal tubes An apparatus for forming metal tubes is shown in which a metal strip 2' having a brazing wire 1 bonded to an edge portion thereof passes through the apparatus and is formed by a combination of rollers 17, 17', 19, 19' and dies 15, 24 into a shape defining... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5054184 | Process and apparatus for hot shaping of metals or metal alloys The process and apparatus concern hot shaping by plastic deformation of metal alloys by means of a pressing tool. The process comprises effecting extrusion of a billet which is covered by at least one external sleeve, by a pushing force applied by means of a ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5000369 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing plastic-lined pipe Method for continuously manufacturing plastic-lined metallic pipe. The method includes an extruder having an output providing a plastic sleeve and further includes a continuous roll-forming tubing mill production line. This production line includes a seri... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4999903 | Process of manufacturing composite tube by rolling and welding without elongating the same A process for producing multi-layer composite tubes involves extruding an inner plastic tube prior to forming a metallic tube around the inner plastic tube which is subsequently covered with an outer plastic layer. The metallic tube is initially formed to... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4995548 | Preparation process for coextrusion billets with multiple metallic cylindrical layers Coextrusion billets of two or more concentric metallic layers are treated by a hot isostatic pressing process and, then, may be succeeded by heating to an elevated temperature followed by quenching in order to form a diffused bondline between the contiguo... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4856703 | Method for drawing seamless metal tubing particularly copper tubing under inclusion of a floating mandrel and a diameter reducing die A method for drawing seamless metal tubing particularly copper tubing under inclusion of a floating mandrel and a diameter reducing die wherein the wall thickness is reduced under cooperation of the mandrel and of the die in an action zone defined by a dr... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4846165 | Wound dressing membrane Disclosed is a method for producing an intra-oral dental bandage membrane and/or therapeutic membrane containing therapeutic agent. Actinic light is used to polymerize the membrane composition material to fix the composition in position locked with rigid ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4830262 | Method of making titanium-nickel alloys by consolidation of compound material A method of making TiNi alloys is disclosed. The process includes forming a composite by providing in a sheathing container plural pieces of compound wire having Ti lineal wire made of Ti material and Ni material made to contact at least a portion of the ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4811888 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing small diameter, thick walled, cable sheaths There is disclosed a method and apparatus for manufacturing a small diameter, thick walled, cable sheath by controllably driving a metal strip in a longitudinal direction while it is trimmed and formed into a hollow tubular member; continuously welding th... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4744504 | Method of manufacturing a clad tubular product by extrusion A method of manufacturing an internally clad tubular product employing a cylindrical host formed such as of a first nickel base alloy including the steps of plating the internal surface of the host with a low melting point bonding metal alloy, inserting a... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4742949 | Method and apparatus of manufacturing a body of a container, same body and same container The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a body for a container, in which a body having a weldseam along its longitudinal direction is formed by bending material in sheet form and welding the overlapping edges of the bended material together, an... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4721597 | Method and apparatus for compacting spent nuclear reactor fuel rods A method and apparatus for withdrawing spent fuel rods from a nuclear fuel rod assembly into a different nuclear fuel rod container wherein the spent fuel rods have a higher fuel rod density, whereby a greater number of spent fuel rods can be stored in a ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4659007 | The method for producing an Al-stabilized superconducting wire A method for producing an aluminum-stabilized superconducting wire is dislcosed herein, which comprises alternately winding superconducting elementary wires and high purity wires around a core, such as an electrically insulated copper wire core, impregnat... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4604785 | Method of making fuel channel A method for making a nuclear fuel channel is disclosed having a high degree of dimensional accuracy which uses the thermal expansion of a mandrel to precisely size the channel. An assembly of the mandrel and a channel preform is pulled through a die to d... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4557559 | Process for die forming a tubular member at a reduced drawing force A process for die forming a tubular member from a metal or metal alloy strip at a reduced drawing force is described herein. The process uses shaping of at least one edge portion of each strip prior to drawing each strip through a die. The shaping reduces... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4373977 | Method of making a composite wire A high strength, lightweight composite wire is made by intercalating grape fiber with a material that will impart high electrical conductivities to the fiber. The intercalated fiber is coated with a wetting agent and the coated intercalated graphite fibe... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4367838 | Method of producing clad steel articles An inner stainless-steel tube having an outer frustoconical faying surface is fitted into an outer carbon-steel tube having a matching inner frustoconical faying surface, and these tubes are friction welded over their entire faying surfaces by pressing th... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4331283 | Metal cladding The specification discloses manufacture of clad rod and the like by rolling cladding strip on to the core rod. By matching the core rod cross section, cladding strip cross section, and roll pass design a composite clad rod of improved concentricity may be... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4323186 | Manufacture of high performance alloy in elongated form A method is described for obtaining extrusion products of "high performance" alloy wire of small cross section in an economical fashion. The ratio of length to cross section of cast "high performance" alloy preforms limits the length of a filled billet to... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4299348 | Method of making a game racket A game racket includes a generally oval head section and a handle section extending from the head section. A plastic brace is secured in the head section to complete the ovality of the head section. A hand grip is fixed to the handle section. The head sec... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4269639 | Manufacture of mineral insulated cables In the manufacture of mineral insulated cable, by a continuous process in which the tubular sheath is formed by bending and seam welding travelling metal strip, and insulating powder and conductor wires are continuously delivered into the sheath, one wire... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4166564 | Method of making a multiorifice structure A multiorifice structure and a method of making the multiorifice structure is disclosed herein. The structure is made by fusing a plurality of parallel rods stacked in a regular geometric pattern. The interstices between the fused rods form a plurality of... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4156500 | Method and apparatus for producing copper clad steel wire A method of producing a copper clad steel wire, which comprises the steps of preparing a 5 to 15 mm diameter steel rod and a 21 to 66.7 mm width copper tape; continuously supplying the steel rod and the copper tape separately and cleaning the surfaces the... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4114398 | Process for producing articles of jewelry, trinketry and the like, made of metals of different colors A process for producing articles of jewelry, trinketry and the like, such as rings, necklaces, bracelets and the like starting from a composite tubular element made of different elements, characterized by the fact that it comprises the following steps of:... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4065046 | Method of making passage structures A collimated hole structure formed by constricting a plurality of tubular elements each provided with a core for supporting the tubular element during the constricting operation. The bundle of elements is constricted to a point where the elements effectiv... | 12/27/1977 |
