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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7174645 | Method for designing of aproximate elliptical structure and the same A method for designing an elliptical structure with an outline of an approximate elliptic curve, which is generated by connecting circular segments to one another, and an elliptical structure created on said method. A first fixed point is established outside the ell... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7080459 | Thread ruler and a multi-function drafting instrument The Thread Ruler and Multi-Function Drafting Instrument is a single instrument designed to draw circles, ellipses and parallel lines, and which includes features that allow the instrument to function as protractor, a ruler and a drawing compass. The instrument has a... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7010860 | Hand-held cutting device A cutting device is operable with one hand for cutting a circle or an elliptical shape in a sheet of material. In a first embodiment for cutting elliptical shapes, the cutting device includes a first member for placement on the sheet material and a second member for... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6904697 | System for marking an arc segment This device facilitates field marking an arc of a circle having an obstructed center. It comprises a first clamp having a slot to engage a standard tape measure and a second clamp having another slot to engage a color-coded tape measure. A detachable swivel joint sn... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6823764 | Apparatus for boring stoma wafers An apparatus for boring stoma wafers is provided, which comprises a base and a cutter, and enables even a user himself to easily make in a stoma wafer a substantially elliptic hole having a beautiful inner circumference. The base comprises an upper base member on wh... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6668461 | Hand-held cutting device A cutting device is operable with one hand for cutting a circle or an elliptical shape in a sheet of material. In a first embodiment for cutting elliptical shapes, the cutting device includes a first member for placement on the sheet material and a second... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6484406 | Hand-held cutting devices A cutting device is operable with one hand for cutting a circle or an elliptical shape in a sheet of material. In a first embodiment for cutting elliptical shapes, the cutting device includes a first member for placement on the sheet material and a second... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6374503 | Oval cutter An apparatus for rendering ovals of adjustable sizes and ellipticity upon various materials. An oval cutter comprises a clickerplate for adjusting the ellipticity of ovals in a single movement. The clickerplate can be rotated about a base using a knob mou... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6308426 | Ellipsograph Disclosed is an ellipsograph for drawing an ellipse. A base member for defining one side, that is, a base of a triangle, is provided and fixed to a plane of a drawing sheet. A centering section and an ellipse drawing frame are installed at a middle of the... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6276067 | Ellipse drawing/cutting device An ellipse drawing/cutting device is made up a base plate, a driving gear, a coil spring, a driven gear, a position retaining arm, a compression spring, a longitudinal measurement disc, a first fixing ring cover for the longitudinal measurement disc, a la... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6158133 | Oval cutter An apparatus for rendering ovals of adjustable sizes and ellipticity upon various materials. An oval cutter comprises a clickerplate for adjusting the ellipticity of ovals in a single movement. The clickerplate can be rotated about a base using a knob mou... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5870830 | Conic section compass Conic Section Compass (CSC) is a hand-held drawing device. It applies a mathematics concept. CSC can be used to draw circles, ellipses, parabolas, hyperbolas or make surface curvatures of these types. Given a specific mathematics formula of the mentioned ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5546664 | Compass able to draw any-size ellipses A compass able to draw any-size ellipses consists of a body, a first and a second position ring, a movable rod, a pen rod, a position rod and a coil spring. The first and the second position ring are screwed on an upper and a lower portion of the body res... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5493780 | Tool for carpentry calipers for curved frames with joined end corners A device for making a frame having at least two adjacent portions of distinct curvatures with a rounded joint between these two portions comprises a conventional carpentry caliper for outlining at least one of two portions on the frame, an accessory unit ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5189800 | Device for drawing elliptical curves An elliptical curve drawing device draws an ellipse having desired minor and major axes along given central axes. The device includes a y-axis movable member movably mounted on a base plate for movement along a y-axis which extends perpendicularly to a st... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5123170 | Ellipsograph as a drafting tool An ellipsograph including a connecting rod carrying a collinear rotary end, scriber, and reciprocating end. The rotary end provides rotation about selected circumferences for that end of the connecting rod, while the reciprocating end permits reciprocatin... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5123171 | Irregular surface ellipsograph An apparatus, of a compact pocket-sized design, for the description of accurate ellipses of an infinite number of conjugate and transverse diameters on flat and/or irregular surfaces, such as spherical or horizontal and vertical cylindrical tanks, having ... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5056230 | Ellipsograph structure An ellipsograph structure has first and second arms coupled by pin connections to each other and to a rotatable driving member slidably mounted on a member extending between end supports along a longitudinal axis. A straight line motion mechanism is mount... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4688331 | Ellipsograph The crank guide rod mechanism for performing nearly rectilinear motion is formed by using the mathematical method from which is designed the ellipsograph of the hidden cross-groove principle employing two points of support for the suspension-extension sup... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4624057 | Method and template for circle layouts A method and apparatus for positioning matting for picture frames and the like under an oval cutter so that ovals or other configurations can be cut in the matting about the perimeter of circles of varying diameter. The positioning template comprises a fi... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4571837 | Ellipsograph An improved ellipsograph for drawing ellipses, ovoids and circles comprises a frame, a slide block, a disc, a worm wheel, a pivot adjusting block, a stub adjusting block, a motor, a battery holder and a drawing arm. The disc and the worm are screwed toget... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4570344 | Ellipsograph A scriber arm mounted to two synchronized cranks, one of which defines the minor axis of the ellipse while the other defines the major axis.... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4445275 | Drawing assembly A drawing assembly configured for outlining the margin of a mat having a generally elliptical-shaped cut therein in a pattern replicating that of the cut, adapted for attachment to the mat cutting apparatus employed to make the cut, is comprised of a carr... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4182043 | Drawing instrument for an ellipse A drawing instrument for drawing an ellipse having two arms extending to left and right associated with operating mechanisms, so that when the arms are opened by a turning force of a first arm, a center moves along the straight line C, C' at a right angle... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4150487 | Instrument for tracing curved figures particularly ellipses A hand-held compass-type instrument for tracing curved figures, particularly ellipses, is described comprising a manipulatable finger-gripping element; an anchor arm pivotably mounted at one end to one end of the finger-gripping element, the opposite end ... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4048724 | Ellipsograph An ellipsograph characterized by a pair of rectilinearly slideable members disposed in 90° crossing relationship and adjustable radii crankpins for moving same, forming a pair of Scotch yokes, and a stylus carrying member slideably engaging both members ... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4045875 | Ellipsograph drafting apparatus This invention is an ellipsograph drafting apparatus operable to draw ellipses of any desired ratio of major and minor axes limited only by practical size of the device. The ellipsograph drafting apparatus includes a main support means, an elliptical cont... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4014101 | Ellipse drawing instrument An ellipse drawing instrument which makes it possible to draw an ellipse easily and precisely without requiring special skill. The size and angle of the ellipse can be changed steplessly by a simple adjustment. It includes a base plate, a movable plate, a... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4010546 | Ellipse drawing instrument There is provided an ellipse drawing instrument the design of which is based upon the theory of orthogonal projection of a circle comprising a first leg having a pin point to be fixed on the surface to be drawn and a second leg having a drawing tip to be ... | 03/08/1977 |