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 |
| 7360973 | Apparatus for mounting a drill on a pipe A V-shaped frame 102 is attached to a pipe 100 to be drilled. The frame may be used with larger pipes by attaching a removable extension plates 120 to the arms 104 106 of the V-shaped frame, thereby increasing the size of the recess betwe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7261706 | Package for an ostomy appliance A package for a disposable ostomy receiving bag, the package including a first compartment capable of accommodating a fresh ostomy receiving bag and a second compartment capable of accommodating a used ostomy receiving bag. The second compartment is sealable so as t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258512 | Drill clamp and method A drill clamp comprising a clamp mechanism and a hole-locating pin. The clamp mechanism has a first clamp portion and a second clamp portion. The second clamp portion includes a drill-receiving opening sized for receiving a drill bit. The hole-locating pin is operat... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257895 | Apparatus for machining, especially cutting tubular and round section bodies An apparatus for cutting workpieces adapted to engage the workpiece in at least four points of surface engagement. The apparatus has a clamping mechanism designed to be fastened to the workpiece. The clamping mechanism has a tool unit attached which includes adjustm... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7210880 | Lock set installation apparatus and kit and method of using the same A lock set installation apparatus has a pair of hole saw guides which locate a hole to receive door operating members of a lock set. Each hole saw guide has at least one rail member which oppose one another. A lock bolt hole mechanism is movable and coupled with the... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7171734 | Apparatus for aligning female connector in fixture for use in reconditioning of articulated connector An apparatus for semi-automatically reconditioning an articulated connector while it is still mounted to the end structure of a rail car is disclosed. The apparatus is mountable to the connector and measures to find areas and amounts of wear on portions of the conne... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7125206 | Apparatus for mounting a drill on a pipe A platform for a drill is supported on four support members which are pivotable on the platform to alter the angle between opposite members. In one embodiment a stop limits the movement of the support members so that the maximum angle between them can be controlled ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7094008 | Power driver bit self-centering and positioning apparatus A portable combined clamp and bit guide assembly guides a bit, turned by a power driver, into the exact center between the opposing faces of the clamp. The clamp is designed to hold workpieces having substantially parallel edges and a substantially linear centerline... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7056071 | Bushing repair apparatus for use in repairing a machine gun feeder housing An apparatus for repairing a pair of non-conforming bushings on the M89E1 Declutching Ammo feeder for the M197 machine gun. The apparatus includes a central body and a pair of large drill plates which allows a user to drill out the non-conforming bushings from the a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7001118 | Dowel jig A dowel jig for making holes in a member such as a board to accept dowels for projecting toward corresponding holes for receiving the dowels to make butt, end and T type dowel joints for two members. The jig has a base having an internal planar area and at least one... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6910837 | Lockset drilling guide A lockset drilling guide and a method of forming holes in a door are provided. The drilling guide includes a frame and at least a first opening and a second opening defined in the frame. The first opening is positioned at approximately 90 degrees to the second openi... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6543973 | Automatically retractable positioning stop for machining table An automatically retractable stop mechanism is provided for machine tools. The stop apparatus includes a base that is releasably fixed to the machine tool table. A stop bar is retractably mounted to the base. A spring urges the bar into a retracted condit... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6494649 | Table for a drill press A table for a drill press that includes a plate for attaching to the column of the drill press, a receptor associated with the plate and providing a well for providing clearance for a sanding cylinder operatively attached to the head of the drill press, a... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6309146 | Fixture for drilling long holes in doors A door drilling fixture is provided for drilling a long straight hole in a door from the hinge edge of the door to a through aperture of the door adjacent the latch edge of the door. The hole is for passing wires from the hinge edge to a device such as an... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6283684 | Drilling apparatus with clamping mechanism The apparatus includes a drill motor and a cutter drive mechanism coupled with the drill motor for rotating and advancing a rotary cutter along an axial direction, and a clamping mechanism having a pair of opposed clamping members and an actuator that mov... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6244794 | Clamp-type dowelling jig A clamp-type doweling jig comprising a guide block, to which are attached an alignment fixture at one side, and a clamping feature at the opposite side. In the guide block several bores are aligned and extend through The distance between one end of the gu... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6010284 | Boring machine for machining or boring a semi-cylindrical workpiece There is disclosed a boring machine capable of achieving high processing precision and high processing efficiency. A table is mounted on a bed for reciprocal movement in right and left directions. A workpiece fixing device for fixing workpieces W of a sem... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5957638 | Apparatus for machining of bar material, profiles and the like Apparatus for the machining of bar material, profiles and the like comprises a rotation mechanism with a rotational drive. The rotation mechanism has a workpiece holder which holds the workpiece, and the said workpiece holder rotates about an axis paralle... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5899705 | Stacked leads-over chip multi-chip module A multi-chip module (MCM) and method of manufacturing is disclosed that provides for attachment of semiconductor dice to both sides of the MCM printed circuit board (PCB). Semiconductor dice attached to the top surface of the PCB may be attached by conven... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5860774 | Valve resurfacing device A device for resurfacing the valve face of a poppet valve in which the pressure between a cutting surface and the valve face is controllable by the operator during the surfacing operation. A bearing case is rotatably attached to a base which is attached t... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5810522 | Hand-held bar edging tool and support therefor A tool housing is secured to the head of an electric hand drill so that a tool head, which is secured in the drill chuck, extends into the housing. The housing is secured to one end each of a pair of spaced, parallel guide rods that extend slidably throug... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5797708 | Universal drill guide A universal drill guide (10) comprising a base (12) being a frame-like configuration having a large central opening. A pair of elongated columns (14) are provided. A structure (16) is for pivotally mounting lower ends of the elongated columns (14) paralle... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5735647 | Tap hole drill for steelmaking vessel A drilling apparatus for drilling a worn and/or damaged tap hole refractory liner sleeve from a tap hole nozzle of an oxygen blown steelmaking vessel, the apparatus including an elongated, hollow boom structure with an elongated drill shaft rotatably disp... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5713702 | Adaptors for a drill stand An adaptor mounting a drill stand on an I-beam comprises a base plate which is clamped to a flange of the beam by clamping arrangements. A table of the drill stand is then bolted to cross-members slidably mounted on the base plate. In another arrangement,... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5542796 | Robotic drill clamp A system is provided for drilling through contiguous first and second plate members so as to avoid the formation of burrs at their interface. Using a jig, the plate members are held together at distant locations while assuming a desired mutual orientation... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5507607 | Integrated drawer side tool The present invention is a device for locating fastener positions and is more particularly concerned with the aspect of precise location for removal of material by boring or drilling by means of a hand held electric drill motor or drill press.... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5346337 | Automatic tapping machine An apparatus for cutting threads in holes of fabricated parts including a vertical support shaft supporting at least one arm extended out over the part with a tap coupled to a motor on the end of each of the at least one arm. The arm is supported on the v... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5174693 | Drilling jig A jig for drilling all the dowel and fixture mounting holes for the 32 mm system of cabinet construction consisting of a pair of parallel rails having face and side, a third rail identical to the two parallel rails and attached perpendicularly to the para... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5154214 | Mortising jig A self-contained mortising jig is disclosed which enables adjustable positioning and sizing of a mortise and which enables the use of a router or other tool to form finish or shallow mortises for mounting hardware, such as flush bolts, hinges, strike plat... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5127139 | Stringer clip end effector A stringer clip end effector (21) suitable for use with a computer-controlled (CC) machine tool is disclosed. The stringer clip end effector (21) includes a pair of jaws (45,47) for picking up a clip (23) at a presentation location. After being moved by t... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5054969 | Marking, gauging and dowel drilling device A device for marking centerlines of wood board edges to facilitate drilling dowel holes in the edges of different boards to provide matching, with parts to locate holes and hold such boards while drilling is performed, and where holes in the same relation... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5051042 | Dual dowelling jig A dual dowelling jig having clamping parts for a pair of boards or the like with articulating connections at the ends of the parts which connections include drill guides, the drill guides being arranged to locate holes in the boards precisely opposite one... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5046901 | Flush bolt boring jig A flush bolt boring jig is rigidly attached to a drill. The drill has a bit which is the length of the bore to be formed in the door. The jig holds the drill rigidly so the bore being drilled in the door is parallel to the free end of the door. This is do... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4981400 | Self-centering jig A self-centering jig for planar articles having a vertical and horizontal centerline, capable of centering in both the horizontal and vertical directions, is disclosed. The self-centering jig comprises a jig body a having a template section, a first pair ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4930952 | Glasses frame carrier for a reproducing machine A glasses frame carrier for a reproducing machine, of the type comprising a base plate (1), two parallel strips (8, 9) slidably mounted on the base plate are relatively movable toward and away from each other, and a device for centering the glasses frame ... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4884926 | Dowelling jig A dowelling jig having provision for simultaneously clamping workpieces in which dowels are to be inserted, wherein the jig comprises a pair of movable clamping elements, movable toward and from a stationary element, and arranged for uniform movement in t... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4848327 | Apparatus and procedure for blind alignment of fasteners extended through transverse holes in an orthopedic locking nail A method for placing screws in an orthopedic nail used in setting fractures of the long bones of the body. A fluoroscope assembly is used initially to develop an image on a monitor. This image enables the physician to adjust the fluoroscope assembly until... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4813826 | Door hardware preparation jig A jig for use with routers and other augering equipment for cutting the proper openings in a door for the installation of mortise locks. The jig formed in a U-shaped configuration is placed over the edge of the door at a proper height from the door sill o... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4789279 | System and apparatus for reboring main bearings An engine block reboring system for main bearings in which the block is mounted on a pair of rails extending laterally on a workbed and is rebored by a tool driven by a right-angle drive extension on a vertical boring machine after the position of the blo... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4753556 | Portable drill and clamping apparatus therefor Apparatus and method are disclosed for enabling a single operator to correctly position and clamp a power tool, such as a drill, onto a rail or beam-shaped workpiece. The apparatus has an adjustable clamp, comprising gauge blocks that provide snug multi-p... | 06/28/1988 |
