...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7010839 | Structure of a twin disc type tool turret mechanism for CNC machines A tool turret mechanism includes internal and external tool turrets, a toothed ring secured to the internal tool turret, a central shaft secured to the external turret, a power switch, and a clutch; the central shaft has a piston fitted thereto; the power switch is ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6564449 | Method of making wire connection in semiconductor device A method of making a wire connection in a semiconductor device, the method comprising: (a) forming an under bump metallurgy (UBM) over a chip including the bonding pad formed thereon; (b) forming a gold bump on the UBM at a location corresponding to the b... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6442829 | Production and/or assembly apparatus A production and/or assembly apparatus for processing workpieces has a stationary frame forming basic unit of the system. A motion device is movably supported on the frame. A plurality of workpiece carriers are moved in an indexed manner relative to proce... | 09/03/2002 |
| 5058466 | Device for inserting polygonal and shaped bars in the collet of a chuck of machine tools The device for inserting polygonal and shaped bars in the collet of the chuck of machine tools comprises a bar pusher element arranged inside a bar guiding channel and a motor element connected to a worm screw which cause sliding of a slider rigidly assoc... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5056964 | Machining apparatus A machining apparatus for machining a work piece wherein the work piece is held above the work stations of the machine tool base so that chips will fall downwardly during machining operations. The tools are successfully indexed to the work station so that... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4945958 | Automatic processing head replacement device in wood working machine An automatic processing head replacement device for a NC type wood working machine in which a rack is provided on one of beams, a carriage is mounted on rails another beam, a slide block is mounted on rails on the other beam, the carriage and slide block ... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4523359 | Machine with an intermittently rotating table for the preformance of work operations A machine has an intermittently rotating table for holding parts to be worked on or assembled. Operating units (20, 21, 25) are actuable either simultaneously for all units or groups of units, or independently of one another. The operating units can be mo... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4020542 | Sandwich panel fabrication In the manufacture of sandwich panels, a filler assembly is made up of rib elements and core elements that are roll bonded into a unitary structure, and slices are then cut from the unitary structure forming filler assemblies to be positioned between surf... | 05/03/1977 |