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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7239806 | Sliding cover A sliding cover for protecting camera lens and switching the power of the camera, comprising a cover plate and a permanent magnet. The cover plate is slideably connected with the front shell of the camera, a magnetic induction switch is installed at the inner side o... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7168546 | Roller mountable to a cooling bed plate transfer grid An inexpensive, high capacity, and easy to install roller for engaging hot metal plates being transferred over a cooling bed plate transfer grid. An invertible block which may have a bearing is provided at each end of the axle for the roller. The bearing block is re... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169851 | Thermoplastic elastomer molding The invention provides a molding formed of a thermoplastic elastomer composition which molding exhibits suppressed compression set and satisfactory tensile strength while exhibiting low hardness. The molding is formed of a thermoplastic elastomer resin compos... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7090275 | Tailgate cargo box A cargo box having a folding first side that is configured to be placed within the rear portion of a pickup truck, and to be held against the tailgate of the pickup while the tailgate is closed, thus preventing the device from moving too far forward when the tailgat... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083219 | Retractable storage system for trucks A system for forming a retractable cargo support for use over the bed of a truck is disclosed. The system includes a slide system with an elongated slide base having an upwardly opening U-shaped cross-section, an intermediate slide that is slidably mounted within th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6948401 | Linear guide In a linear guide for transmitting a torque between a tubular housing, rotatable about a longitudinal axis, and a shaft, received in the housing and movable in the direction of the axis in relation to the housing, a plurality of axial rolling bearings are received i... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6375585 | Adjustable goalpost assembly A trolley assembly for adjusting the position of an upright along a cross-bar. The trolley assembly comprises a frame assembly, an upright support extending from the frame assembly, at least one roller assembly secured within the frame assembly and adapte... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6113273 | Means for guiding the rolling or gliding movement of objects along a given path The guidance means (20) according to the invention is used for guiding the rolling or sliding movement of objects (10) along a predetermined or preset path or route, whose course is freely selectable within wide limits in space. The guidance means (20) ha... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6030126 | Two axis track roller The Two Axis Track Roller is in the form of two sealed bearings mounted to a single stud which allows the device to carry loads in two dimensional axis. In this way the device can carry a load along a track as well as guide along a track wall. When used i... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6007248 | Device for drawing out heavy loads A device for drawing out heavy loads including at least one drawing-out rail having a I-shaped cross-section and a vertical central plane of symmetry, running rollers provided on opposite sides of the drawing-out rail, and a pair of stationary rails or a ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5915840 | Linear guideway arrangement A linear guideway arrangement is provided by upper and lower guide bars held in a spaced apart parallel relationship by a series of locator blade pieces having end contours engaging the inside surfaces of the guide bars. Upper and lower rollers sets are m... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5906439 | Mechanism for maintaining linear motion of mechanical arm A mechanism is composed of a seat, an air or oil cylinder, a connection seat, and a guide rod for maintaining the linear motion of a mechanical arm which is fastened with the connection seat. The guide rod is provided with a slot extending along the direc... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5820269 | Roller-type linear guide apparatus A parallel guide apparatus comprises two roller-type linear guide apparatuses disposed in spaced-apart, confronting, parallel relation. Each roller-type linear guide apparatus comprises a rail 2 and a slider 3 slidably assembled into the rail 2 via a roll... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5743653 | Linear motion rolling guide unit apparatus In this linear motion rolling guide unit apparatus, a movable track rail is moved relatively to a fixed track rail via a pair of sliders, and one slider is kept stopped with respect to the movement of the track rail, whereby a smooth and stable sliding mo... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5720202 | Actuator An actuator designed in such a way that a feed screw having both ends respectively supported in a rotatable manner by a pair of bearing members arranged on a base is moved in the proper direction by a rotary driver, and as a feed nut engaged with the feed... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5718515 | Rectilinear guide apparatus In a rectilinear guide apparatus wherein a female guide is disposed outside a male guide and four rows, for example, of rollers are interposed between the two guides and the male guide is rectilinearly movable relative to the female guide, rollers in two ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5657956 | Thrust bearing and use of same with apparatus for reducing repetitive stress injury A thrust bearing for bearing a load along a force vector includes at least two roller elements in rolling contact with one another and arranged along the force vector such that the load is borne through the roller elements. The roller elements are retaine... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5642941 | High speed linear guidance device Linear guidance device, of the type comprising a rail defining a path of movement of a movable assembly and rollers secured to the movable assembly. The rollers are mounted in an elastically deformable block (20, 30, 31) so as to apply the rollers (36a-36... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5620259 | Linear Guide A linear guiding apparatus comprises a rod having at least four guiding surfaces distributed over its periphery and extending in longitudinal direction of the rod. A carriage is arranged for a linear guided movement along the rod and has at least four rol... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5531557 | Drive screw system with nested mobile supports The drive screw system comprises a drive screw and a drive nut adapted for driving a cooperating member such as a vehicle restraining device between the proximal and distal ends of the drive screw. At least one bearing assembly is mounted to a track for s... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5368396 | Roller and track arrangement for sliding members, and structures embodying such arangements A roller and track arrangement for sliding members, has an elongate track with one or more slots extending into the track. Each slot has a first position at its outer end and an enlarged portion toward its inner end. Support members extend into the slot o... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5242227 | Multi-slider single rail linear motion guide unit A multi-slider single rail linear motion rolling contact guide unit is provided. The guide unit includes an elongated rail provided with a first pair of guide grooves and a second pair of guide grooves. A first slider is provided with a first pair of endl... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5161926 | Precision head for a machine tool A precision head (10) for a machine tool includes a ram (12) axially movable along an axis A within an outer stationary ram support (14) of a polygonal shape. The outer stationary ram support (14) includes a pair of fixed bearing portions (16, 17) spaced ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5156463 | Roller bearing assembly and arrangement for power tool support A roller assembly and arrangement for a torque reaction absorbing power tool support, in which sets of pairs of parallel opposing rollers are mounted to a bracket to define a space receiving a tool support shaft for guided in and out movement of the shaft... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5026176 | Extendable rail system An extendable rail system is comprised of a support beam, a slide beam and a storage beam. The slide beam and storage beam extend horizontally and are supported by load rollers at one end and by a grooved roller at the other end. The grooved roller of the... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5004203 | Supporting arm A supporting arm consists of telescoping sections (1-4, 17-19) which are mutually supported by roller bearings such as needle bearings (8) or ball bearings (25). The cross sectional shape of the sections (1-4, 17-19) is polygonal, so as to provide a high ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4952074 | Pull-out guide for drawers A pull-out guide assembly for drawers comprising a pull-out rail fastened to the drawer, a supporting rail fastened to the body of the piece of furniture and a center rail differentially running between said two rails on each side of the drawer. Running c... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4944608 | Roller-type linear guide A roller-type linear guide includes a slider having side walls and mounted on a guide rail. The slider is provided with a pair of upper slider support members and a pair of lower slider support members, respectively, protruding obliquely from the inner su... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4892416 | Precision carriage and housing for relative position sensing device A carriage and housing for a position sensing device of the type having a carriage for carrying a reader for reading the position of the carriage with respect to the housing along a position line of the device. The improvements include a carriage with fiv... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4887915 | Slide systems A one-piece metal mounting device for an adjustable or eccentric bearing of a precision slide system has a spigot forming a journal for the bearing and lateral extensions one of which has an elongate through bore for receiving a hexagon headed adjusting b... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4867579 | Widely adjustable sliding unit for operating machines A sliding unit adjustable within wide limits for operating machines comprising at least one hollow guide made from an extruded structural shape installed inside supporting elements equipped with revolving elements, which cooperate with sliding surfaces of... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4846589 | Scanning carriage system useful for optical scanners Two carriages are roller mounted to allow relative motion between them while maintaining precise relative positioning. Rollers engage precision ground spaced surfaces of a C-shaped hangar configuration, and wear compensation is provided by a spring bias a... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4693156 | Table saw accessory An accessory for a table saw comprises a plate having rollers thereon received in the parallel grooves of a conventional table saw. The rollers rotate about a vertical axis and act to guide the plate toward and away from the circular saw. A work piece is ... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4623201 | Sliding unit for tool machines In a sliding unit for machine tools and/or portions of them, essentially comprising guides and supports, the ones being sliding relatively to the others and vice-versa, the guides are extruded hollow section bars with octagonal cross section, made of ligh... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4620802 | Guide for rotating sucker rods A guide for use in a string of sucker rods rotated in tubing in a borehole, each guide being formed of an elongated, upright, cylindrical coupling body having female threads at the upper and lower ends for attachment in a string of sucker rods, and includ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4580737 | Machine for producing cross-wound bobbins A machine for producing cross-wound bobbins, includes a machine frame, detachable rotary guiding elements supported at fixed locations on the machine frame, a reciprocating rod guided by the rotary guiding elements, the rotary guiding elements being distr... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4555148 | Rectilinear guide comprising first and second members which are movable one within the other A rectilinear guide comprises a first member with a second member coaxially movable in the first member. One of the members comprises bearing elements and the other member comprises axial guide surfaces on which the bearing elements are movable, and which... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4457567 | Building system including a construction member which is movable on two guides A building system including a slide-like construction member which is movable on two guides. The guides are formed by two rods or tubes having a circular cross section. The construction member is formed by two bearing blocks, each of which comprises three... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4429922 | Antifriction axial guide means Roller-shaped elements are disposed between races formed on the parts to be guided relative to one another. Each of these rolling elements has two spaced, spherical-segment-shaped bearing surfaces which are in substantially point-wise contact with the rac... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4390216 | Carriage having integral spring A carriage (30) for slidable movement along a track (100) having first and second parallel spaced apart guide surfaces (102, 104) is provided. The carriage (30) includes a base member (36). Structure (72, 78, 80) is mounted on the base member (36) for con... | 06/28/1983 |
