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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7142740 | Planar lightwave circuit type optical transceiver module Provided is a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) type optical transceiver module, in which for a diplex optical transceiver module that uses different wavelengths in upstream and downstream, an optical waveguide connected to a light-receiving unit is a multi-mode wavegu... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121349 | Wellhead protector A centralizer is located in a passage of a tubular body of a wellhead assembly for centralizing well tools lowered through the passage. Centralizing members have outer ends mounted to axially extending stationary hinge members, which are mounted to the tubular body ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6915868 | Elevator apparatus and method for running well bore tubing An elevator apparatus for manipulating well bore tubing includes a circular body having a top and a central cavity around a body axis. The cavity has a diameter allowing the collar portion of the tubing to pass longitudinally therethrough. A plurality of cavity rest... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6729224 | Service brake actuator having a unitary pushrod assembly with a bushing therefor A service brake actuator (10) having a unitary pushrod assembly (42) in combination with a bushing (62) having a separable portion that permits the assembly of the service brake actuator without the need for the clevis (48) to be removabl... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6612743 | Wavelength division multiplexed optical solitons A technique of setting powers and shape of beams to allow optical solitons to exist on WDM beams in fibers.... | 09/02/2003 |
| 5195388 | Articulated robot The casing of an arm of an articulated robot has a shell-like structure which serves a load-bearing function and houses a module containing the motor unit and related transmission.... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5127746 | Bearing holder for bearings mounted on journals A bearing holder for bearings mounted on journals includes a lower support socket secured to a frame, and a cover part pivotally connected with the socket. The cover part is able to be locked in a shut position, folded onto the bearing positioned in the s... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5102238 | Device for mounting and guiding an axle or shaft or a bearing ring In a device for the quick change of a shaft, e.g., the shaft of a coil in web coating apparatus, the shaft of the coil is equipped at the ends with ball bearings which, after the change, are fixed in a bearing holder. To be able to perform the change simp... | 04/07/1992 |
| 4943172 | Drill deck bushing A shock absorbing roller deck bushing for rotary blast hole drills has a steel inner liner with a cylindrical axial bore for receiving a drill string. The liner is rotatably disposed within an outer shell mounted in the drill deck. A split retainer plate ... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4791867 | Apparatus for positioning the cylinder in a rotary printing press The stubs at the ends of the printing cylinder in a rotary printing press can roll along the upper surfaces of two arms each of which carries a plate with two mutually inclined upwardly diverging grooves for a pair of reciprocable stops. The stops can be ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4560246 | Optical transmission Stimulated Brillouin Scattering, which occurs when light of narrow linewidth and above a threshold power is launched into a low loss optical fiber, is suppressed by time-varying the phase angle of the transmitted light waves.... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4472002 | Retractable bit guide for a drilling and bolting slide The body of a bit guide assembly is mounted on a base which pivots on a frame about a first pivot point and may thus be retracted in order to allow the passage of the anchoring bolt screwed after drilling a hole. A double-acting jack has its rod pivoted o... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4438984 | Drill steel guiding and centralizing mechanism A drill steel guiding and centralizing mechanism comprising a body (14) and a first and second jaw (1 and 6) connected to other ends of two-armed angled levers (2,3 and 7,8). The angled levers are turnably connected to the body (14) by joints (4 and 9) at... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4402557 | Drill steel centralizer A drill steel centralizer comprising a body having an immovable jaw positioned in stationary relation to the body. A movable jaw and drill steel guide between said jaws that can be opened and closed by means of the movement of the movable jaw. A locking d... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4342487 | Automatic roof bolting drill retention apparatus A drill steel support assembly for a mining roof bolting machine is presented. The assembly is utilized for retaining and guiding a drill steel on a roof bolting machine during the collaring of the drill steel in the mine roof. Once collared, the drill st... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4326756 | Rest for drilling rig The rest comprises a housing accommodating a device for centering a drill rod connected with a rotating mechanism actuated by a hydraulic drive. The characteristic feature of the rest is that the drill rod centering device has at least three link gears wi... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4311347 | Drill steel guide A drill steel guide or clamp for use with mine roof drilling and bolting machines which guides and clamps the drill steel relative to a standard but which can be kicked out of the way by the advancing drill pod after which time the guide is no longer requ... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4186973 | Deck-mounted shaft bushing A guide bushing mountable in a supporting sleeve in the deck of a blast hole drill for guiding a drill string extending through the sleeve, the bushing having a tubular core providing a cylindrical axial bore adapted to receive and guide the drill string,... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4076338 | Castering roller for a drill pipe guide bushing A drill pipe bushing for stabilizing the drill pipe at the mouth of the well during drilling includes a plurality of support arms supported in a circular array about the drill pipe. Rollers are attached to each support arm with the axis of the rollers nor... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4076337 | Drill steel holder A drill steel holder is mounted on the drill box of a mine roof drilling and bolting machine. An opposed pair of levers are supported intermediate outboard and inboard ends thereof by vertical pivots. A hydraulic ram connected between the outboard ends of... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4054332 | Actuation means for roller guide bushing for drill rig A drill pipe bushing for stabilizing a drill pipe at the mouth of the well during drilling which includes a frame surrounding the drill pipe axis and a plurality of support arms supported from the frame in a circular array about the drill pipe. The suppor... | 10/18/1977 |
