"What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?"
The Quarterly Review ; March edition, 1825
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7201101 | Punch capable of punching an object at four directions A punch includes a jig having four punching regions, each punching region having a pattern hole and a concave embossment; guide columns extended upward from a border of the punching regions on the jig; a base for fixing the jig; a punching member punching and emboss... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7146738 | Hole puncher A hole-puncher having a roller module with knife protrusions and a mold module roller which are pivotally mounted to mouth sections of the hole-puncher. The knife protrusion roller module is provided with knife head protrusions of various sizes and at least a punchi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7073265 | Stacked piezoelectric device and method of fabricating same To provide a stacked piezoelectric device which is inexpensive and excellent in bonding strength between a piezoelectric layer and an internal electrode layer, the piezoelectric device comprises piezoelectric layers and internal electrode layers containing not less ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7054708 | Sheet material cutting system and methods regarding same A system and/or method for cutting designs of text and/or shapes out of sheet material, such as paper, vellum, and other materials used in, for example, the scrapbooking and card making industries. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6997028 | Crimping tool A crimping tool includes a crimping drum that is rotatably supported within a housing for displacement between a plurality of crimping positions, thereby to position a selected one of a plurality of crimping dies opposite a window through which the bare end of an in... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6918332 | Paper punch device A paper punch device includes an elongate base having a first end, a second end, a top side and a length greater than nine inches. A compartment is positioned within the base. An aperture positioned adjacent to the first end extends through the top side into the com... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6401345 | Tool head for a dual punch tool A hand held hole punching device having a shaft and a main body with a device for axially moving the shaft in a reciprocating motion. The tool head is connected to the shaft and includes a fixed portion fixed to the main body to slidably engage the shaft ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6282796 | Hole-punching pliers An improved hole-punching pliers has a holding part and a pressing part that are in pivotal combination with each other by way of a pair of connection plates. The holding part and the pressing part are provided respectively with a dentate engaging section... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5993090 | Marking punch The invention provides a tool which can be used with a punch press. On such tool includes a marking punch which has a recess; a marking punch magazine having a channel in which the marking punch is received and an external surface having a transverse groo... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5862599 | Tag punch system A tag punch system for punching symbols into livestock identification tags or other target materials comprises a handle system, a pressure positioning system located on a first handle of the handle system, and a punching system located on a second handle ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5495671 | Apparatus for multi-shape cutting An apparatus for forming a selectively-shaped paper cut-out comprises a cutting table assembly which has a plurality of cutting means disposed therein, In one embodiment, the cutting table assembly is rotatably mounted to a base member within a U-shaped s... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5327652 | Hand-held seam notching apparatus A new and improved hand-held seam notching apparatus includes two double-armed lever assemblies. A first double-armed lever assembly includes a first handle portion, a first fulcrum portion, and a first jaw portion. The first jaw portion includes a first ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5099579 | Tire puncturing device An improved tire puncturing device includes a base plate having a plurality of drive pins whose axes are formed in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the base plate. The drive pins extend from one side of the base plate and include a free end which for... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5067242 | Multiple design punch and embosser A punch and embossing device for punching out or impressing a plurality of designs in a sheet. The device includes a base, a multiple punch cassette and a handle. The handle is pivotally connected to the base. The base has a punch station disposed adjacen... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4891886 | Instrument for pressing items out of storage spaces An instrument for pressing items out of receptacles in a storage card, the card having open topped recesses which are closed by a burstable foil layer. The instrument includes a pair of arms which are held together in scissor fashion or by a resilient con... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4193191 | Turret punch A turret-type hand punch adapted primarily for punching holes in leather, imitation leather, or other plastic material. Means are provided on the punch to receive the cut portions of the leather or the like and to retain the same therein during the punchi... | 03/18/1980 |