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 |
| 6015962 | Stud holder for a stud-welding device A stud holder for a stud-welding device with a through-duct has an outlet orifice and a first holder with resilient holding fingers which extend in the longitudinal direction of the through-duct and each have, in the region of the outlet orifice, holding ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6004083 | System for mounting a chuck device to a rotary power tool A power rotary tool has a drive spindle and a chuck device mounted on the end of the spindle. The chuck device has a body member with an axial bore through an end thereof that defines a female pilot section and a threaded longitudinal section adjacent and... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5997012 | Differential thread control of chuck gripping of work An apparatus for adjusting the grip of a tubular chuck upon work, the chuck receivable in a bore formed by a holder, and comprising a rotatable connector member having first and second thread connections for exerting force transmitted to the chuck; the he... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5951024 | Enhanced grip tool holding chuck A tool holding device for holding a tool bit to a drive spindle includes a body member having an axially extending bore defined therein for receipt of a tool shank. The body member includes a plurality of axially extending segments defining the bore. The ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5549474 | Clamping device particularly useful for dental handpieces A clamping device for clamping a rodlike member to a housing, particularly a dental tool to a handpiece, includes a tapered sleeve and a tapered collet received within the tapered sleeve, both having open ends for receiving the rodlike member. The inner d... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5402694 | Rod gripping and rotating tool A rod turning tool having a first sleeve with at least one open end and having an internal thread and an external tapering with second and third sleeves surrounding the first sleeve and arranged on uphill and downhill sides of the external tapering, the s... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5372055 | Rod rotating tool A tool for rotating a rod is provided which is formed of three members. A first member is formed as a sleeve and has an internal opening size to receive the rod. This sleeve has a tapered, portion which is placed over the rod. A second member, which may a... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5369988 | Cojoined collet Cojoined collet has a center housing with opposing central orifices, each central orifice capable of receiving an externally positioned shaft, and further having a fastener about each opposing orifice, wherein the externally positioned shaft is releasably... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5347896 | Automated collet loading for the manufacture of contact lenses An apparatus is provided for automatic, intermittent feed of workpieces into a lathe. The apparatus includes a collet having a side entry for receiving workpieces and a workpiece positioning aperture, in alignment with the lathe spindle, for finally posit... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5330203 | Method of generating a toric surface on a molding tool An improved method for generating a toric surface on a molding tool for forming contact lens molds comprises: (a) providing a tool which comprises an elongated body and a molding portion at one end of the tool, wherein the molding portion comprises a surf... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5253556 | Rod rotating tool A tool for rotating a rod is provided which is formed of three sleeves. A first sleeve has an internal opening size to receive the rod and has an outwardly flared, slitted end which is placed over the rod. A second sleeve slips on to the first sleeve and ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4971340 | Collet The collect (20) is composed of a foundation body (21) and a closer (22). The foundation body (21) can be connected to the tightening device of a machine tool. The closer (22) is divided into individual clamping jaws (38) which are connected to one anothe... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4940249 | Clamp device with radially split head A device for clamping a pair of workpieces together. The device includes a pair of fastener heads, each defining a segmented head which is designed to clamp a workpiece a passageway in the head, as an interior camming surface in the head is moved axially ... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4167085 | Mounting assembly for gem blanks A mounting assembly for mounting precious stones such as gem blanks in a cutting and/or polishing machine comprising a self-clamping type chuck in an adjustable threaded engagement with a first inner detent ring provided with divisions for interstices and... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4017934 | Mounting for power toothbrush An adapter for mounting the end of a toothbrush handle to the vibratory output shaft of a toothbrush motor is a generally cylindrical body having front and rear bores for respectively receiving the handle and the shaft. The body is a resilient plastic mol... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3973863 | Drill changing device This invention provides a drill changing device for a drilling machine in which a collar is provided on the shank of a drill at a predetermined location relative to the tip of the drill, the collar being frictionally gripped by a split sleeve so that the ... | 08/10/1976 |
