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 |
| 7188671 | System, method, and apparatus for survey tool having roller knuckle joints for use in highly deviated horizontal wells A highly flexible, wireline survey tool has roller knuckle joints that enable the survey tool string to penetrate and survey horizontal wells having inclinations of about 80° and more from vertical. The survey tool string includes a nose, roller stems, roller knuck... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7040666 | Full port externally gimballed joint A gimballed joint includes an annular bellows seal circumscribed about a joint centerline mounted within forward and aft shrouds having clevises with lugs and a threaded hole disposed through each of lugs. A ring circumscribed about the lugs has counterbored holes. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6626210 | Flexible arm assembly A bead and interconnecting bead structure for use in a flexible arm assembly having improved interface characteristics allowing for simple, quiet adjustment of the structure in three dimensions, while simultaneously increasing the weight of object the arm... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6460898 | Universal pipe joint A universal pipe joint for attaching two round pipes together accommodating misalignment using a female adapter fitting (30) engaging a male adapter fitting (44), each having a radial interior and exterior diameter (38) and (50) with a compression nut (52... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6042155 | Ball and socket joint with internal stop A first connector includes opposite ball and socket elements having a passageway formed therethrough. The socket element has a cavity formed therein for receiving a ball element of a second hose connector to form a hose assembly. A ring is disposed within... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6039081 | Articulated bend limiter An articulated bend limiter (10) is provided for connection to an elongate flexible member such as a steel cable (14). In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes of a plurality of interconnected segments (12), each of which includes a modified ball... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5839476 | Cable Guide A cable guide (1) consisting of articulated, partially overlapping individual components (2, 3), where the articulation axes (7, 8) of the components (2, 3) run transversely to the longitudinal axis of the cable guide and the individual components (2, 3) ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5778939 | Flexible plastics vacuum cleaner core A flexible self-supporting plastic core 10 has an outer protective hose 12. The core is made up of a number of back-to-back male members 13 and back-to-back female members 14 and has two end connectors 15 and 16. The members 13 and 14 fit end to end to fo... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5740839 | Flexible extension conduit The present invention provides a flexible extension conduit, in which a basic unit includes a joint base, two joints, two ball valves, a sliding pipe, two dirt covers, a flat pipe, two damping collars and two embedded retainers, and so on. Therein the emb... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5460416 | Perforated fiber reinforced pipe and couplings for articulating movement A pipe for extracting gases from a landfill well comprises a series longitudinal windings of fiber reinforced resin windings wound for providing longitudinal strength. The longitudinal windings are wound in directions opposite to and intersecting with eac... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5449206 | Ball and socket joint with internal stop A first connector includes opposite ball and socket elements having a passageway formed therethrough. The socket element has a cavity formed therein for receiving a ball element of a second hose connector to form a hose assembly. A ring is disposed within... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5395183 | Offshore drilling apparatus There is disclosed an apparatus for use in drilling an offshore well wherein the upper end of a riser is intermittently supported from a floating vessel to permit the lower ends of additional pipe sections to be connected thereto and then lowered through ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5362229 | Piping connection device In a semiconductor wafer heat-treating apparatus, there is provided a piping connection device on a gas inlet pipe leading to the heat-treating apparatus and a gas outlet pipe derived from the heat-treating apparatus. The piping connection device has a sp... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5348414 | Connection system for two structural component parts constructed as pipe or rod and/or nodal elements The invention is directed to a connection system for two structural component parts (1, 10) which are constructed as pipe or rod and/or nodal elements and contain connection ends (7, 15) having front recesses. An angle element (22) with a spherical surfac... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5286071 | Bellows sealed ball joint A bellows sealed ball joint comprising an inner spherical shell, a bellows and an outer spherical shell. The inner spherical shell comprises a plurality of elongated non-spherical areas or indentations which receive a plurality of locking surfaces on the ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5215338 | Flexible supporting sheath for cables and the like A universally articulable supporting sheath comprises an interconnected series of links, each having a convex spherical surface at one end, and a concave spherical surface at its opposite end. The concave and convex surfaces mate with one another to form ... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5129681 | Method of rendering laid pipeline flexible and pipe joint suited for executing this method A method of rendering an existing pipeline flexible, by cutting out an intermediate portion of a pipe in a ring form, inserting a pipe joint into a cutout position, and connecting the pipe joint to the pipe. The pipe joint used in this method includes a p... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5069486 | Flexible supporting sheath for cables and the like A universally articulable supporting sheath comprises an interconnected series of links, each having a convex spherical surface at one end, and a concave spherical surface at its opposite end. The concave and convex surfaces mate with one another to form ... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5063957 | Method of rendering laid pipeline flexible and pipe joint suited for executing this method A method of rendering an existing pipeline flexible, by cutting out an intermediate portion of a pipe in a ring form, inserting a pipe joint into a cutout position, and connecting the pipe joint to the pipe. The pipe joint used in this method includes a p... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4858962 | Articulated joint The invention relates to an articulated joint for the articulating connection of two joint bodies, having a first bearing body disposed in a bore of one of the joint bodies for rotation therewith and provided internally with a first spherical bearing surf... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4856822 | Flexible joint for connecting two pipes A hollow flexible joint (10) for connecting two pipes (6, 8) in an engine exhaust system, which includes two or more tubular coupling members (12, 14) adapted for connection between the pipes (6, 8), the tubular members (12, 14) each being sealingly and p... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4842059 | Flex joint incorporating enclosed conductors A flex joint for an elongate oil tool which permits flexure and bending while yet protecting electrical conductors is disclosed. The duplicated flex joint incorporates a hollow knuckle having a passage therethrough received in a mating and confining socke... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4537424 | Cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus, especially a suction nozzle, for a vacuum cleaner. The apparatus has a joint pan connected with an apparatus housing, and a joint head connected with an apparatus connecting piece for a handle of the vacuum cleaner. The joint parts a... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4492488 | Lamp swivel A substantially tubular housing houses a swivel unit proximate one of its ends and a tailpiece proximate the other of its ends; with a relatively strong spring disposed therebetween to urge each unit against its respective housing end with sufficient pres... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4432571 | Retainer gland for mechanical joint pipe A retainer gland and gland assembly for mechanical joint pipe. The retainer gland has at least one hinge arm extending axially from a side of a flat ring flange portion on the opposite side of the flange ring from a circular rib gland portion. The hinge a... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4425965 | Safety system for submersible pump A submersible pump and safety system for installation in wells having a submersible pump adapted to land within a well flow conductor for pumping well fluids to the surface plus a subsurface safety valve or valves for maintaining the well under control as... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4406482 | Articulated pipe line An articulated pipe line comprising rigid sections jointed together so as to allow a limited angular movement between adjacent sections, the axis of two successive articulations having different directions and a sealing device ensuring a tight separation ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4360226 | Roll-flex connector The present invention relates to a connector for mechanically joining members having large force loading while enabling limited relative angular movement therebetween. The connector employs a plurality of stacked metal roll plates to provide rolling metal... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4322098 | Swivel joint A swivel assembly comprises a housing having a bore extending therethrough along a central axis. The housing has an end wall with an opening about the axis extending therethrough. A generally spherical swivel member is rotatably and swivelly disposed in t... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4225260 | Tie rod ball joint construction A joint assembly having a socket member, a stud member, and restrainer elements constructed and arranged to prevent the socket and stud members from pivoting relative to each other in one plane containing the longitudinal axis of the stud member while per... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4155670 | Ball and socket swivel with conduit therethrough and torque transfer capability A ball joined to a first element, a hole through the ball and first element, a socket, having a spheroidal internal surface, joined to a second element, a hole through the socket and second element, said socket containing the ball in mating and nesting ar... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4018463 | Pipe stress/strain neutralizer This invention provides a pipe joint which includes a first pipe end and a second pipe end juxtaposed in substantial alignment. The pipe joint is capable of providing for movement of one pipe end with respect to the other, and also for pressure-compensati... | 04/19/1977 |
