Bizarre Patents
Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7237465 | Operation mechanism for pressing board of electric paper cutters A pressing board operation mechanism for paper cutter includes an eccentric driving rod to pivot a first link assembly composed of two pairs of triangular plates and the first link assembly is connected to a second link assembly which includes a rack member, two fir... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7070086 | Sensor pre-load and weld fixture apparatus and method A sensor pre-load and welding apparatus and method are disclosed. A weld fixture apparatus includes a fixture base upon which a sensor package having a sensor base and a sensor cover is located, and a load bar associated with a spring, wherein the load bar provides ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059511 | Adjustable force and position pre-load welding fixture A pre-load weld fixture apparatus and method are disclosed, which include a stationary pivot block attached to a base, wherein the stationary pivot block is located adjacent to a nest for maintaining an object to be welded. Additionally a pivot arm is associated wit... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6588995 | Method and apparatus for aligning keys for cutting An apparatus and method for determining a bitting pattern of a key comprising a housing used for optically outlining at least the profile of the blade of the key so as to form an image. The image is digitized and information created therefrom, including i... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6199848 | Fluid power gripper A fluid power gripper which contains a receiving space, in which two pistons are located able to be moved axially by fluid power in opposite drive directions, such pistons being kinematically coupled by a synchronization means. The synchronization means c... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6128996 | Food holder for slicing food into two pieces The food holder has two vertical plates, mounted on a base vertically and parallel to each other. The two plates create a gap between the plates where food is held. Knife guides with vertically extending guide slits are provided at both ends of the gap. T... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5645393 | IC stocker, IC unloading and positioning apparatus, and IC feed system ICs with leadframes can be efficiently transferred, stocked and positioned without the need for preparing jigs for each kind of IC. A cassette 4 accommodating a stack of ICs is inserted into a cassette space 35 and held in the center thereof. A moving table 9 ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5628500 | Clamping apparatus for a coil A clamping apparatus for a coil can exactly position a plurality of pre-assembled U-shaped wires at predetermined locations and clampingly hold their positions in a precise manner with extreme ease to thereby ensure smooth insertion of the wires into an i... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5522128 | Apparatus for centering and aligning semi-rigid materials, such as an automotive headliner, for mounting a locating feature thereon A method and apparatus for centering and aligning a semi-rigid material, preferably a vehicle headliner, relative to a centering apparatus, is disclosed for mounting thereon a locating feature about the actual center line of the headliner. The method and ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5486259 | Labeler with adjustable roll mounting means There is disclosed a hand-held labeler for printing and applying labels and for printing tags. The labeler has a keyboard, a display, a scanner, and a battery-containing handle. The labeler is user-friendly and compact. The labeler can be easily loaded wi... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5464496 | Plastic pipe butt fusion machine A plastic pipe butt fusion machine has a base, a clamp on the base for securing a first length of plastic pipe, a second clamp mounted on the base for securing a second length of plastic pipe to be fusion welded to the first in axial end-to-end alignment,... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5263696 | Material clamping device with rack and pinion driven endless belt The invention provides a method and apparatus for folding lengthwise and clamping a flexible binding, while leaving the edges of the clamped binding free to be separated such that the edge of a length of extensible netting may be inserted between the free... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5244195 | Clamping fixture A clamping fixture (10) for releasably clamping a workpiece (12) to avoid damage to the workpiece comprises a support (40) having a pair of arms (60,62) mounted thereto for rotation to and from each other. Each arm has a jaw assembly (68,70) spring-biased... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5076090 | Dual action equalizing apparatus An apparatus for providing a reciprocating motion. The apparatus has a housing block that contains twin piston guides in spaced apart relationship to one another. The piston guides each contain a piston that has a gear rack. The gear racks are connected b... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4743002 | Automatic die clamp An improved mechanism for automatically clamping a die tool to a press bed or press ram. The automatic die clamp is self-locking and self-compensating to provide a failsafe operation in the clamped position and thus the mechanism retains the clamp in the ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4706955 | Racket frame clamp for stringing machine A racket stringing machine comprises a support frame, a tension head assembly, a lateral clamp head and a longitudinal clamp head. Movement of the tension head assembly is controlled by a brake motor which is controlled by the signals transferred from a l... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4644985 | Template and workpiece holder A template and workpiece holder including template and workpiece centering mechanisms. The workpiece centering mechanism includes a rack and pinion gear arrangement. Toggle clamps are provided for clamping the holder, template and workpiece assemblage tog... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4483222 | Pipe reaming device A device for removing pipe attached to a fitting includes cutting apparatus for removing the pipe disposed within the fitting. A wrench apparatus is connected to the cutting apparatus for gripping the fitting to prevent its movement when the cutting appar... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4467681 | Chuck mechanism A chuck mechamism for holding a workpiece during a machining operation comprising a frame, a stop block secured to the frame and an annular jaw slidably mounted within an annular channel in the frame. The jaw is movable between a clamping position in whic... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4436294 | One hand clamping device A one hand clamping device which is flexible and reversible in operation, comprises a hand held main unit having mounted thereon a C-shaped clamping structure which is also changeable in relative position with the main unit, an actuating grip together wit... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4425076 | Process and apparatus for automatic positioning of a substrate on a worktable A process and an apparatus for automatically positioning a piece on a worktable. A worktable (4) supports a reference system (3) constituted by three rollers (G1, G2, G3). The piece such as a substrate (2) is placed on the table (4) in the neighborhood of... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4355793 | Vertical and horizontal clamp for T-slot Workpiece clamp assembly adapted to engage a T-slot of a work table to provide horizontal, vertical, or a combination of horizontal and vertical clamping for a workpiece positioned on said work table.... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4221368 | Rotatable, tiltable and expandable upholstery work table An apparatus for supporting large, bulky work objects, particularly articles of furniture undergoing upholstery work, such that they may be tilted or rotated for easy access to any part of the work object by a stationary operator. The apparatus consists o... | 09/09/1980 |
