Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7980565 | Diaphragm chuck A diaphragm chuck (1) with clamping jaws (3) inserted in its chuck body (2) in a driven connection with a diaphragm (4) that can be deformed by an axially adjustable actuator (5) and is provided with clamping jaws (3) with c... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7862051 | Diaphragm chuck A diaphragm chuck assembly having clamping jaws disposed in a chuck body and in driven connection with a diaphragm deformable by an axially adjustable actuator, the clamping jaws having contact pieces, in which counterweights are disposed in recesses of the chuck bo... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7331583 | Workpiece holder with a multi-piece bladder A workpiece holding apparatus comprises a body, a bladder carried by the body, and a sleeve that is carried by the bladder. A fluid chamber is at least partially defined by the body and the bladder for containing a fluid therein. The bladder comprises at least one f... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311312 | Chuck drawing a work against the chuck-face A chuck body is made up of axially movable plungers and jaws, in which the jaw has a master jaw body obliquely arranged with respect to an axis of the chuck body, the jaw also has a front face of the master jaw body and a rear end face of a master jaw head for restr... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7147232 | Workpiece holder A workholding apparatus including a body and a drive member carried by the body, so that the drive member and body partially define a fluid chamber therebetween for containing a fluid. A driven member is also carried by the body and includes multiple displacement re... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138016 | Semiconductor processing apparatus A semiconductor processor for spray coating wafers or other semiconductor articles. The processor has a compartment in which are mounted a wafer transfer, coating station and thermal treatment station. The coating station has a spray processing vessel in which a mov... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7094291 | Semiconductor processing apparatus A semiconductor processor for spray coating wafers or other semiconductor articles. The processor has a compartment in which are mounted a wafer transfer, coating station and thermal treatment station. The coating station has a spray processing vessel in which a mov... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083555 | Abdominal exercise device for use by a person sitting in an automobile seat and doing crunches An abdominal exercise device for use by a person sitting in an automobile seat and doing crunches. An automobile seat-engaging member engages either the back or the head rest of the automobile seat. An elastic resistance strap extends through the automobile seat-eng... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6145850 | Diaphragm chuck In a diaphragm chuck (3) with clamping jaws (3) which are in a drivable connection with a deformable diaphragm (4) by means of jaw carriers (6) and in which counterweights (8) allocated to the clamping jaws (3) are inserted in the chuck body (2), the clam... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6089578 | Chuck assembly A jaw assembly used with the rotary driving member of an air cylinder to process a workpiece, including a casing having a center through hole into which the rotary driving member of the air cylinder is inserted, a springy jaw holder covered on the casing,... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5984319 | Holding device The invention relates to a holding device for balancing disk-like inertial bodies, which comprises at least two clamping elements (8) centered on a center axis (A), such elements (8) having a respective radial abutment face (34), wherein the clamping elem... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5797605 | Workholding apparatus Workholding apparatus for mounting a workpiece (6) on a machine tool, the apparatus comprising a diaphragm chuck portion (2) and a tailstock portion (4). The chuck (2) includes a backing ring (70) with face portion (74) attached to the diaphragm (44) with... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5580301 | Device for fastening a lapping disk to the axle of a motor of a lapping unit used on the rail of a railway A resilient clamp (15) is provided which has the general shape of a dish or of a bell, and which is provided with radial slots (18) in its peripheral part and a central solid annular part. Structure is provide (21) for centering the clamp (15) with respec... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5431421 | Semiconductor processor wafer holder A wafer processor including a wafer support for holding semiconductor wafers. The wafer support member includes wafer gripping fingers mounted in receptacles formed through a wafer support plate. The fingers are angularly displaced to spread the fingers a... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5087059 | Tool for installing or removing a collet head A tool for installing or removing a collet head, which has a plurality of spring loaded collet segments, from a collet body, comprises a body having an axis, a base and a skirt extending from the base. A member is operably secured to the body and axially ... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5042826 | Collet A machine collet is provided for mounting and centering tools with minimum circular runout. The collet has a single pieces body formed with integral resilient flexures having lands for gripping the tool shank. The flexures are machined to the same dimensi... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5040484 | Apparatus for retaining wafers A device for releaseably holding a workpiece includes a resilient collet which is attached to a base by an elastomeric member. Typically, the collet is an annular ring. Several fingers for holding the workpiece extend from the collet. The fingers are pivo... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4844143 | Mold for fixing a metal block on one of the faces of an ophthalmic lens The cylindrical side wall of the mold cavity (8) has an inside diameter (D) which is greater than the largest existing ophthalmic lens diameter, and a generally cylindrical membrane (25) of elastomer material is disposed concentrically inside the mold cav... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4817556 | Apparatus for retaining wafers A device for releaseably holding a workpiece includes a resilient collet which is pivotally attached to a base. Several fingers for holding the workpiece extend from the collet. The fingers are pivoted by actuating a member which elastically deforms the c... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4669226 | Device for holding delicate workpieces, in particular optical lenses and other optical structural elements A device for holding delicate workpieces, particularly optical lenses, includes a membrane having a clamping surface. To receive a workpiece, the membrane is pressurized and bulges in such a manner that the clamping surface is enlarged and becomes funnel-... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4662043 | Project plate system A system for positioning and holding workpieces for successive machining at several work stations or machining by several machines at a multi-tool cell incorporating a workpiece holding and transporting project plate and a self-centering support chuck at ... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4647051 | Support for a chuck A system for holding workpieces during machining utilizes a support chuck which may be mounted on a machine tool such as a lathe or it may be mounted on a support adjacent the machine tool such as a turnaround or carrousel. The invention utilized an adapt... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4645219 | Chuck The invention relates to a chuck in which the clamping jaws are connected with the chuck body via radially deflectable arms. Two flat parallel arms are preferably provided for each clamping jaw. These arms act like leaf springs and form a parallelogram li... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4346535 | Cam grinding machine In a cam grinding machine, a first diaphragm chuck is provided on a spindle rotatably supported on a rocking table for clamping one journal portion of a cam shaft and a second diaphragm chuck is provided on a support spindle rotatably and slidably support... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4278245 | Apparatus for clamping a plurality of elements Apparatus for releasably clamping a plurality of elements, such as electrodes associated with an electrical machine, are provided wherein a housing generally defines a cavity with at least one of the elements protruding into the cavity. A fluid medium ada... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4206932 | Diaphragm chuck with locking ring A diaphragm type chuck is disclosed equipped with means to lock the work engaging jaws against inadvertent release due to centrifugal forces. The means automatically shifts into jaw locking position when the chuck is closed and automatically releases the ... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4133544 | Replaceable collet in double diaphragm chuck A work holder adapted to minimize clamp distortion of a workpiece by providing a movable metallic collet encompassing the workpiece, and a plurality of front and rear jaws to grip the metallic collet with different pressure forces at the front and rear se... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4067586 | Diaphragm chuck A diaphragm chuck having a plurality of circumferentially spaced jaws fixedly mounted on the diaphragm and a ring releasably interengaged with the jaws. The ring has a plurality of radially movable pins thereon which, when the diaphragm is flexed, are ada... | 01/10/1978 |
| 3945652 | Adjustable work holding chuck A chuck assembly of the type adapted to be mounted on a spindle of a machine tool including adjusting means for accurately aligning the central axis around which the work engaging jaws are disposed with the longitudinal axis of rotation of the machine too... | 03/23/1976 |
