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 |
| 6935784 | Slide system A slide system for machine tools is provided, comprising a base member, at least one guide rail held on the base member and extending in a longitudinal direction, and a slide on the guide rail with at least one guide carriage. The guide rail has a guiding area and a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6672763 | Compensating bearing A bridge bearing in which a substructure and a superstructure are displaceably connected to each other by means of a sliding bearing, whereby the displacement occurs in a linear and/or cardanic manner in at least one of the directions X, Y, and Z. The bea... | 01/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6071012 | Straight-line mechanism adjustable without play In order to eliminate a joining play and a wear play in a straight-line mechanism with a straight guiding member and a carriage sliding on this guiding member, it is provided to equip the guiding surfaces of the guiding member and of the carriage with mut... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6007247 | Slot bearing A slot bearing assembly for a member moveable relative to a slot such as a carrier for a slotted rodless cylinder in which the slot bearing is allowed to float relative to the moveable carrier.... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5980371 | Abrading tool An improved abrading tool adapted for being driven in rotation by a power tool is disclosed. The abrading tool includes a single piece housing having concentric inner and outer cylindrical walls. A plurality of abrading disc assemblies are in equal circum... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5876123 | Cleanable actuator A guide bearing assembly is disclosed which is capable of being thoroughly cleaned. A linear actuating embodiment includes a reciprocating shaft with first and second spools axially spaced a predetermined distance. Each spool has an associated guide beari... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5868499 | Linear guiding unit A linear guiding unit comprises a guide housing (10). Inside the guide housing (10) there are provided linear ball bearings by which a carriage (40) is guided. Moreover, a pneumatic drive (56) is accommodated within the guide housing (10). The pneumatic d... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5829606 | Device for guiding a telescopic part for a telescopic boom A boom collar for an outer telescopic boom section of a telescopic boom includes a tension belt forming at least a bottom surface and first and second curved corner portions of the collar. First and second sliders are disposed in the first and second curv... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5788379 | High precision plate bearing structures and methods of assembly A class of bearing plate structures for slidable engagement with a reference bar include a plurality of plates each having a precision machined surface for sliding engagement with a corresponding precision machined surface of the reference bar. The use of... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5735610 | Linear guide A linear guide assembly which includes a slide body that is moveably supported on a guide rail by a non-rolling bearing insert. A channel extends longitudinally through the body and the guide rail is received in the channel. The bearing insert facilitates... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5722300 | Motor vehicle steering column A motor vehicle steering column including a first mast jacket element mounted on a body of the vehicle, a second mast jacket element telescoped into a cylindrical passage in the first element, and a split bushing between the first and second elements. The... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5704716 | Arrangement for mounting slides Arrangement for mounting slides between a rock drilling machine and a carriage or the like mounted slideably with respect to the feeding beam of the drifting machine. In the arrangement, slide flames are formed by an integral body having a groove for a sl... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5560713 | Ejector wear shoe A replaceable wear shoe is used with a refuse truck ejector mechanism supported by load bearing slide bars which slide along spaced parallel rails. The wear shoe body is C-section shape with an outer surface configured to preferentially ride the rail of t... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5439293 | Rail construction for machine tool A rail construction for a machine tool includes a bed made of resin concrete, a pair of laterally spaced rails made of resin concrete which extend along a lengthwise direction of the bed and which and have an upper portion on which a table is slidably mou... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5358337 | Load bearing ball The load bearing ball of the type which has a main ball (1) of substantially high diameter on which the loads rest, in turn rests on a plurality of balls (2) of diameter substantially smaller than the diameter of ball (1), which are placed on the bottom (... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5356224 | Device for fastening slide inserts In the case of a device for fastening of at least one exchangeable elongate slide insert (5), in particular synthetic plastics material slide inserts, in recesses of a slide base or ribbed plate (4), in which the side surfaces of the slide insert (5) are ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5131761 | Linear guiding apparatus In a co-ordinate measuring machine, a linear guideway comprises two tubular guides 14, 16 mounted on a column 10 in a parallel spaced apart relation and extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the column 10. The guides 14, 16 are mou... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5033870 | Linear guide A linear guide comprises a guide rail and a U-shaped slide overlapping the guide rail in a carrier-like manner. The slide is guided on the guide rail by ball circuits. Recesses in the guide rail are provided which allow placing of the slide on the guide r... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5013163 | Linear unit for manipulation devices and the like A linear unit for manipulation devices and comprising a housing part having a passage therethrough for receiving a spindle sleeve and a cylindrical bore longitudinally intersecting the passage and for receiving the two bearing elements that support the sp... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4925320 | Feed beam arrangement for a rockdrill A feed beam for a rockdrill has slide guides along which the rockdrill can slide on the beam, with the working surfaces of the slides being removable and replaceable. The removable slide guides on the beam itself entirely determine the profile of the slid... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4834556 | Guide rail or runner for drawers or like A guide rail for drawers or the like is attachable to a sidewall of a piece of furniture. The guide rail has a row of first fastening apertures arranged along the longitudinal axis of the rail and mutually spaced so as to correspond to a pattern of drilli... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4732178 | Loom A device for securing cloth-forming parts to the sley (1) of a loom comprises, to receive fixing screws (4), a clamping element (51, 52) in the form of a slide block. The clamping element bears directly on the sley on only one side of a plane which extend... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4684266 | Slide and way assembly and method of making same A slide (20) having conveniently removable and replaceable bearing components (28-38) with the bearing components engaging seats (50) made of resilient, low friction material. The slide is supported on ways (24, 26) by way bearing pads (28-32) and opposed... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4682899 | Feed beam for a rock drill A feed beam for a rock drill comprises a die beam (10) of aluminium, which has two beads (12, 13). Guides (20) for a cradle for a rock drill can be snapped onto the beads to embrace the beads and thereby be secured to the beads.... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4585116 | Sludge collector flight, wear shoe and guide lug assembly A wear shoe and guide lug assembly for guiding a sludge collector flight along a return elevated rail is shown. Each wear shoe provides a readily replaceable member attached to the flight and providing alternative planar faces for bearing engagement with ... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4094558 | Locking nut assembly with deformable locking sleeve A self contained nut assembly to allow self nut locking and unlocking for use with a support member. The nut assembly comprises an upper nut containing a pronged locking sleeve. The nut and locking sleeve fit onto a threaded element projecting through a s... | 06/13/1978 |
