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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 |
| 7651273 | Semispherical shoe and manufacturing method therefor There is provided a semispherical shoe which is formed into a substantially semispherical shape by a convex semispherical surface 2 and a flat end surface 3, the semispherical surface having a slidably contacting surface 6 that is in slidable co... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7490991 | Guide mechanism for cylinder apparatus A slider is displaceable in an axial direction on guide sections of a cylinder tube through a guide mechanism. A first elastic member is interposed between a first bearing support member of the guide mechanism and one retaining section of the slider. A bearing insta... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7431503 | Bearing support structure for actuator A slider is displaceable in an axial direction on guide sections of a cylinder tube. Bearings are installed with the slider, so that the bearings are opposed to the guide sections. Bearings are also installed on first and second bearing support members, which are pr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7277273 | Equipment cabinet providing full access to equipment housed therein A cabinet (10) that provides full access to equipment (12) mounted therein broadly comprises a housing (13) for housing the equipment (12), an access door (24) for selectively protecting the equipment (12), a rack (40... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7077867 | Prosthetic knee joint having at least one diamond articulation surface Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for making joints, bearing and articulation surfaces, and methods for man... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6964521 | Compliant linear bearing A bearing outer shell encases a self-lubricating polymeric bearing pad material concentrically therein. A helical spring applies a force through from the outer shell, through the bearing pad material, and onto a shaft when the bearing is installed on a shaft. An ela... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6802646 | Low-friction moving interfaces in micromachines and nanomachines A low-friction device having a moving interface comprising first and second members. Each of the members has a maximum dimension of about 100 μm or less between any two points. At least the first member is formed of diamond and the first and second members are in s... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6796409 | Guide trough The invention relates to a guide trough for energy guiding chains, where the guide trough has parallel lateral guide elements and bottom guide elements, where the lateral guide elements are spaced apart laterally, where an energy guiding chain can be arranged in the... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6624252 | Sealing device A sealing device equipped with a lip made of a rubber material composition wherein the rubber material composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a tetrafluoroethylene-propylene copolymer and 0.02 to 10 parts by weight of an ethylene-propylene-based cop... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6472778 | Linear motion unit A linear motion unit (10) includes a runner (14) that is arranged so as to be movable along a rod (12). Provided in front of and/or behind the runner (14) are support units (20) that support the rod (12) relative to a counter-element (18). Provided on the... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6375356 | Linear drive The invention concerns a linear drive consisting of a primary part (1) which can be arranged on a slider (90), where the slider (90) can be moved on a guide system, and a fixed secondary part (2) which interacts with the primary part (1) such that the sli... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6287008 | Device for adjusting a bearing block of a roller in a roller group The device allows a lateral bearing block of a roller in a roller group for supporting and moving an endless moved web to be adjusted. The endless web may be a traveling screen, conveyor belt or the like in papermaking plant. When the slide carrying the l... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6270258 | Guide trough for energy management chains A guide trough for energy management chains which has parallel, oblong side sections, and one energy management chain can be positioned therebetween in the longitudinal direction. Fittings such as slide rails are secured to the inside of the side sections... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6045929 | Composite sliding contact bearing A plain bearing having a metal backing, a bearing lining secured to the backing and an overlay plated to an interlayer, which is itself plated onto the bearing lining, is disclosed. The bearing lining is formed from an alloy based on aluminum or copper. T... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5672010 | Linear slide bearing apparatus A slide bearing support having one member movable in a given direction relative to another member and including a pair of parallel slide bearing assemblies disposed between the members. Each of the assemblies includes a raceway defining guide surfaces alo... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5429438 | Mechanical structure and guide block A mechanical structure comprising at least one extrusion having a plurality of sides and a longitudinal slot generally centrally positioned in each side, a guide block having a plurality of guide surfaces disposed adjacent respective ones of the plurality... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5417497 | Apparatus for slitting double plush fabric This invention relates to an improved double plush knife bearing mechanism for moving a carriage that holds a circular knife along a dove-tail track. The angle between the top portion and a first outer side portion of the dove-tail track is a first angle ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5333954 | Rolling/sliding part A part with excellent wear resistance when subjected to both sliding friction and rolling friction has a layer in the range from 0 to 50 microns beneath the surface with a maximum compressive residual stress of at least 90 kgf/mm2, and a hardne... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5330272 | Linear drive A linear drive which has a housing with a longitudinal slot. A drive part able to be longitudinally moved in the housing is connected by the aid of a link part, running in the longitudinal slot, with a guide part, which is guided for motion on a longitudi... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5259675 | Ceramic guide pin A ceramic guide pin having a guide portion, wherein at least the guide portion has a surface so shaped, microscopically, that top portions of outwardly projected portions of the surface are in the shape of gently curved surfaces. The ceramic guide pin can... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5044778 | Linear barrier for septic tanks Concrete septic tanks have inflow and outflow orifices and near the outflow orifice have screening or baffles which are stapled or bolted to the concrete inner wall so as to force the outflowing liquids to pass a predetermined flow path with the hope to a... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4972282 | Head carriage mechanism of a magentic disc drive including a wear resistance, low friction slide member A head carriage mechanism of a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus including a single guide rod fixed on a frame of the apparatus, a head carriage having a first side in which the guide rod is passed through, a rack of teeth provided on the head carr... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4944606 | Precision motion slideways A plain bearing slide system has a carriage mounted on a slide by use of bearing pads. Each bearing pad is coated with a layer of polymeric material having a convex surface, and is arranged to ride on a counterface. The combined thickness of the layer and... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4914711 | Integrally molded bearing block assembly The assembly of a support and a slide carried by the support for translational movement relative thereto in which the support defines a slide opening having opposed end edges and opposed side edges, the side edges diverging from each other proceeding from... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4906109 | Spring loaded guide ring Guide ring apparatus includes a shaft configured for insertion into a bore and annular bearing means disposed on the shaft for engaging the interior surface of the bore along with an annular spring having a preselected force-deflection characteristics in ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4877338 | Guide arrangement in a linear power unit A guide arrangement in linear power units having a housing (1) and a slide (2) linearly movable relative to the housing, and is designed to relieve the slide of transverse forces, lateral forces etc., in order to reduce wear and eliminate jamming. Accordi... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4830145 | Lubricating arrangement for slide assembly A slide assembly for use in supporting and guiding a reciprocating push rod or the like so as to enable reciprocating movement of the push rod while undergoing translation transverse to its longitudinal direction. The slide assembly includes a tubular sli... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4809107 | Guide mechanism for a magnetic head positioning devices A guide mechanism of a positioning device for a magnetic head moving apparatus providing both improved guiding accuracy and reduced manufacturing cost. The mechanism includes a cylindrical bearing, a guide rod passing slidably through the bearing, a movab... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4657235 | Patient's table A patient's table for X-ray examinations and radiotherapy includes a couch plate which is guided with longitudinal sliding mobility on a column. In order to obtain precise guidance and low sag of the couch plate in all positions, an intermediate support i... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4642020 | Tubular slide lift truck attachment A clamp attachment for use on a lift truck having a body adapted to be mounted on a lift truck which includes a plurality of elongate spaced parallel guides. Each guide supports a longitudinally movable slide connected to a load clamp and actuated by pist... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4608891 | Method and apparatus for cutting a pattern in material A system for automatically cutting a pattern in a material wherein a cutting blade is rotatably mounted in a holder which is also rotatably mounted in a tube. The holder also has limited linear movement in each direction within the tube. The tube is mount... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4604008 | Metal working machine having polygon tool support bar Machine tools for cutting metal are provided having a polygon cross-sectional geometry self-centering, high torque transmitting, rotatable tool support bar that is movable along the longitudinal axis of the bar. The tool support bar is coupled to the driv... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4596131 | Assembly for guiding the movement of a stamper in a forming machine The assembly is used to guide a movably mounted stamper member in a hot forming machine wherein the guide surfaces located between the stamper member and the machine frame are disposed in an X-arrangement with respect to each other. The inclined angle of ... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4561787 | Composite sliding surface bearing In a composite sliding surface bearing comprising a load-carrying backing shell, a bearing metal layer provided on the inside surface of the backing shell, and a sliding surface layer provided in the inside surface of the bearing metal layer, an interlaye... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4553792 | Structural slide bearing A structural bearing comprising a bottom bearing plate and a top bearing plate, the bearing having sliding surfaces in mutual sliding contact and fixed against horizontal movement relative to the bottom bearing plate and the top bearing plate respectively... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4540058 | Apparatus for weighing heavy loads An apparatus is presented for weighing heavy loads, particularly those loads having to be laterally supported during the weighing operation. The weighing apparatus comprises a vertical column supported on its base by pressure cells and provided on its top... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4522454 | Linear slide The radial arm of a radial arm saw formed of sheet metal has a horizontal top wall and a pair of vertical sidewalls which are formed horizontally inward at their lower edges as to form ledges for supporting the opposite sides of a longitudinally slidable ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4480880 | Slide and swing chassis assembly for electronic equipment A slide and swing chassis assembly for electronic equipment which can be slid from an enclosure and swung to one side to permit complete access to equipment on the chassis, as well as equipment at the rear of the enclosure. The chassis assembly has a pair... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4458956 | Bearing assembly A bearing assembly comprises an inner member, an intermediate element and an outer member. The intermediate element is mounted resiliently on the inner member by means of an elastomeric sleeve, and slidably engages the outer member. Small amplitude moveme... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4458545 | Guide shaft in a pushbutton tuner In a guide shaft perpendicularly secured on a member with the base end thereof by caulking and serving with the outer peripheral surface thereof as a guide portion, a guide shaft characterized in that there is formed a step portion having a diameter small... | 07/10/1984 |
