Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6979125 | Rod-guided crosshead assembly A rod-guided crosshead assembly for use in a pump or similar machine. The assembly includes a crosshead having a rigid body with a pair of parallel passageways passing from the front to the rear of the body. The body also has a rearwardly opening cavity between the ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 5493953 | Cylinder and piston for compressor or vacuum pump A cylinder and piston construction for a compressor or vacuum pump has a cylinder defined by co-axial cylinder and guideway sleeves. The guideway sleeve is larger in diameter than the cylinder sleeve and the cylinder sleeve extends axially into the guidew... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5467687 | Piston compressor The piston compressor has at least one cylinder (11) and a piston (10) guided therein in contact-free manner, which is connected via a piston rod (8) to a crosshead (6). The piston rod consists of a pipe (8) extending between the crosshead (6) and the pis... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5362154 | Pivoting slipper pad bearing and crosshead mechanism Arrangements are disclosed for a highly improved pivoting slipper pad bearing construction offering a reduction in friction, an increase in efficiency and by virtue of their shape and simplicity of form, may be easily and inexpensively produced. Also a su... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5247873 | Connecting rod assembly with a crosshead A spherical joint and bearing assembly utilizes a ball and socket arrangement between a connecting rod and a crosshead in a power reciprocating fluid pump. The connecting rod is spherically shaped and is held in a thrust bearing having a matching interior... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5203219 | Speed reducer for a wiper mechanism, having a housing closed by a cover A speed reducer, in particular for converting continuous rotary motion of a drive motor to alternating rotary motion of an output shaft for operating a wiper linkage, and a hollow casing, which is closed by a cover with, in the hollow interior of the casi... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5062311 | Frame, crankshaft and crosshead assembly, and a crankshaft and crosshead frame, for a reciprocating-piston machine A housing, feet therefor, and casings, formed of common, readily available tubular stock, of uniform thickness, are assembled and welded together to define a frame for a crankshaft and crosshead assemblies. The tubular housing has openings in the sides th... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5031512 | Crosshead for reciprocating piston machines, in particular for reciprocating compressors A crosshead for reciprocating piston machines, in particular reciprocating compressors, wherein the piston rod fixing flange is connected directly to the connecting rod gudgeon pin by clamping screws passing through corresponding holes in the flange and c... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4729249 | Reciprocating plunger pump having separate and individually removable crosshead cradles A reciprocating plunger pump is provided with a power section frame having open sides and vertical load-bearing walls spaced apart along the length of the frame. Separate, individually removable cradles are mounted on both sides of the frame directly to a... | 03/08/1988 |
