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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284340 | Primary chain adjustment measuring tool A tool for measuring movement of a strand of a chain extending between sprockets in a direction substantially transverse to the length of the strand, for example a primary motorcycle chain extending between a clutch sprocket and an engine compensating sprocket, wher... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7143523 | Securing device for transporting and mounting a measuring arrangement A securing device for transporting and mounting a measuring arrangement that includes a linearly extending measuring graduation, a support body for the measuring graduation, a scanning device for scanning the measuring graduation, and a mounting base for fastening t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7125385 | Instrument for determining intratesticular dose and method for determining a dose An instrument for measuring the size of a testis has a pair of relatively displaceable jaws with testis contacting surfaces. The spacing between the jaws is displayed on a scale calibrated to a recommenced dose of a chemical sterilant at a given concentration for th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6964112 | Measuring instrument A device for measuring and marking lines and points on a steel I-beam includes a rib for contacting the outside of an I-beam flange along a line opposite the center of the beam web, a measuring blade that rests on the beam web and measures distances from the outside... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6785979 | Apparatus and method for measuring cables for a wire bundle Apparatus and method for measuring cables of varying diameters to be used in a wire bundle. The apparatus involves a support platform having a groove formed therein which is laid out to have at least one U-shaped turnaround portion. The groove is further canted such... | 09/07/2004 |
| 5988242 | Pivoted fence with locating post A router and other cutting tools with a fixed center such as drills, shapers, milling machines, etc., used for cutting wood, metal or other materials, is provided with a fence mechanism for either a table or the base of a portable tool, for rapid and easy... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5560408 | Shelf pin boring guide A plate-like guide for precisely positioning a plunge router for the purpose of boring a series of holes in a work piece. The plunge router is provided with a guide bushing having an outside diameter, centrally positioned in the router working face, throu... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5375636 | Pocket joint cutter system A pocket joint cutter system for forming a pocket cut and fastener bore into a workpiece. The pocket cut and fastener bore receives a fastener such as a self-tapping screw which passes through the bore and into a second workpiece for forming a Joint betwe... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5289729 | Displacement detector A displacement detector which supports either the main scale or the grid to move in a direction perpendicularly intersecting the relative movement direction of the spindle, and which has a spring for pushing one of the main scale and grid toward the other... | 03/01/1994 |
| 4637142 | Universal adjustable weld gauge A gauge for measuring or checking the dimensions of a weld, as well as many workpiece dimensions. The gauge comprises a pair of generally rectangular plates which are slidably secured together. One plate has a removed corner protion and the two plates are... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4559712 | Cutter tip measuring device A portable measuring device includes a template for measuring the width of an associated cutter tip. A plurality of spaced width indicator marks of different sizes are provided on the template member. A magnifying member is provided for magnifying at leas... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4423555 | Device for measuring cuts in wall paneling and the like A new device is provided for measuring where to make cuts for electrical outlets, windows, etc. in wall paneling. Exact locations of the cuts to be made are determined using this device which comprises an upper body member detachably affixed to a lower bo... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4417834 | Machine for drilling a double T profile A scale is connected with the vertically movably tracer so as to provide an indication of the surface of the tracer abutting the underside of a stem of a T profile. The scale is adjustable relative to the tracer by an amount equal to one half the stem wid... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4372051 | Spark plug wire gauge A gauge for accurately measuring and ascertaining the length of a spark plug wire and a manufacture's replacement part number for the measured wire. The gauge has a disc-shaped body preferably molded of a lightweight rugged foam plastic material. A groove... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4233747 | Three dimensional layout tool A layout tool for defining points on rolled metal H beams comprises a U shape frame having a hand hold in the bight of the U. One leg of the frame is longer than the other and terminates at its end in a stabilizing and guide member extending perpendicular... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4161822 | Skate blade analyzer An apparatus for use in analyzing an ice skate blade for determining the tangent or high point of the edge of the blade, between the two supports of the blade holder, and to enable a skate sharpener to change the location of the tangent point, if necessar... | 07/24/1979 |
