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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7237808 | Tube and pipe fittings Connector that includes a first element having a threaded portion and a rounded end, a second element having an end structured to slidably contact the rounded second end of the first element, and a third element having a conical bore. The second element extends thro... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7090258 | Sealing socket and method for arranging a sealing socket to a tube Sealing socket (1) and method for arranging a sealing socket to a tube (2). A sealing socket (1) includes a sleeve (3) having an outer dimension somewhat larger than the tube (2) to be sealed, defining an annular compartment (4 | 08/15/2006 |
| 6996977 | Decoupling hose for a motor vehicle exhaust system A method of avoiding damage to a decoupling hose mounted between two tubes of a motor vehicle exhaust system, said hose comprising a deformable inner portion, an outer sealing leakproofing portion in the form of a continuous and leaktight sleeve having a flexible ce... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6497220 | High-pressure connection for a fuel injection system for internal combustion engines A high-pressure connection for a fuel injection system for internal combustion engines is proposed, which compensates for errors of alignment between the high-pressure line and the high-pressure connection without any bending stress being exerted on the h... | 12/24/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6454313 | Connector for misaligned tubulars A connector for coupling pipe sections which may be either aligned or misaligned axially, the connector having a male fitting, a female fitting which mates with the male fitting and a retaining means which can be connected to the female fitting to hold th... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6305720 | Remote articulated connector An articulating connector system including an active connector coupled to a first line and a hub assembly coupled to a second line. The active connector includes a swivel coupling element intermediate a grip and a ball nose to allow rotational and articul... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5915846 | Drain apparatus with unclogging device A drain apparatus includes a conduit and a compression fitting sealingly connected to the conduit having a pivotable member mounted thereon. There is a rod-like member extending slidably through the pivotable member into the conduit. The rod-like member c... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5879032 | Flexible joint for a culvert A flexible joint for a culvert includes a pair of annular connecting members, a flexible sealing member fixed to the connecting members, bearing means provided radially inwardly of the flexible sealing member and fixed to the connecting members for suppor... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5873609 | Device for connecting two tubular conducting parts The invention relates to an articulated pipe connection for two conducting arts of a motor vehicle which comprises spherical connecting pieces for joining the two conducting parts and has at least on one connecting piece a flange-shaped connecting piece ab... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5836624 | Metal part including a spherical wall element, and an exhaust ball-coupling including such a part The spherical wall element (2, 15) is provided with a series of work-hardened annular strips (16, 17) spaced apart and extending substantially coaxially so as to form reinforcement that is not very deformable for the spherical wall element.... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5624198 | Swivel connector A swivel connector for supporting a fixture and including a swivel socket, a spherically shaped hollow member located in the socket and forming with the socket a first universal joint, and two adaptors for connecting the swivel connector to a support and ... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5127681 | Flexible connector A connector for sealingly joining together lengths of tubing such as those used in automobile fluid conveying systems accommodates large angular bending and twisting motions as a result of a spherical shell which rotates inside guide/thrust circumferentia... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4811431 | Universal tail piece for installation in a water waste line A tail piece for insertion in a waste pipe of a water drainage system including a main tubular portion connected to a waste pipe, tubular branch means having central conduit means connected to the main tubular portion, and means for selectively adapting t... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4732328 | Inlet nozzle in particular for swimming pools The inlet nozzle suitable for swimming pools is constructed as a two-piece-spherical body. This is pivotally graduated on a seating ring and equipped with a continuous bore. One part of the spherical body is, with respect to the other, rotatable about the... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4597413 | Coupling apparatus A coupling apparatus having a male member and a female member. The male member includes a flow passage having radially extending ports and a valve means. The female member includes a body member having an interior surface and a flow passage, a socket memb... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4486037 | Pipe connectors A submarine ball and socket pipe connection employs male and female coupling members, of which the male member has an enlarged portion with concentric forward and rearward facing part-spherical external surfaces and the female member has a housing definin... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4275908 | Fluid coupling assembly For mounting a showerhead or the like to a pipe, a pivot ball is formed entirely of plastic material. It has a base internally threaded to attach to the pipe and a hollow shell coupled to the base so as to constitute the spherical portion of a ball joint.... | 06/30/1981 |
