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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7462004 | Drill fixture A drill fixture enabling drilling through hard objects in a confined area includes a housing, a threaded rod connected with the housing, and a tubular adjustment sleeve rotatably connected with the rod. A drill is arranged in the housing and has a drill bit extendin... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7441994 | Machine tool having a C-shaped frame A machine tool includes a machine frame, a worktable, and a spindle unit. The worktable is movable on the machine frame along a first horizontal direction, a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and a vertical direction. The s... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7337521 | Machine tool, transfer machine tool, and method for the machining of a workpiece In order to improve a machine tool with a working area, in which workpieces can be positioned and can be machined with at least one tool held by a tool holder, such that the disposal of shavings is optimized, at least one cover is provided which limits the working a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326008 | Servo tapping unit with built in shock protection A servo motor in die tapping unit provides built in shock protection for the motor by fixing a shock plate to the servo motor and floatingly mounting the shock plate to a base structure attachable to a stripper plate in a press. Sets of opposing springs allow moveme... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303363 | Pneumatic drill A drill has a tubular outer housing and a tubular inner housing. The inner housing is movable between extended and retracted positions. A pneumatic motor with a chuck mounts to the inner housing. Air pressure is delivered to annular pistons to cause the inner housin... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302965 | Saddle tap A saddle tap to be mounted on a resin pipe, includes a saddle, a branching barrel including a straight piping portion having an internally threaded hole longitudinally extending therealong, and a branch portion extended from the middle of the straight piping portion... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7264426 | Apparatus and methods for servo-controlled manufacturing operations Apparatus and methods for servo-controlled manufacturing operations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a base member, a drive platform spaced apart from the base member by a separation distance, and a plurality of guide members extending between... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249918 | Cutting machine Cutting apparatus having a ram axis gear tube (32) equipped with internal threads engageable with external threads (48) of a main shaft (42). A tool can be fixed to the main shaft (42). The external threads (48) of the main shaft (... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7192223 | Servo motor die tapping unit A servo motor driven tapping unit for in die installation has a tap holder pitch adapter assembly mounted for removal while the unit is in the die to facilitate tap and pitch adapter replacement. In one embodiment, the tap holder pitch adapter assembly extends trans... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7144207 | Fluid chuck device and method In a valve disposed between a fluid supply and a socket of a chuck and configured to regulate the flow of the fluid to the socket. There is a seal screw for modulating a preload tension. This seal screw has a first sealing surface. The valve further includes a secon... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7048479 | Machine tool apparatus A machining tool has a tool holder aligned on an axis of rotation β of its shaft, which axis β is oblique to the axis of rotation of a spindle at a predetermined angle θ. Accordingly, the machining tool may perform oblique machining of a workpiece. A power transm... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7020942 | Portable boring and welding machine A portable boring and welding machine includes a tool shaft adapted to mount tools for boring and welding workpieces. The shaft extends along an axis and is driven by an electric motor. The motor and the shaft are connected by a helical gearwheel and worm pair, the ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021328 | No interrupt service tee and method A method of replacing a gas main that supplies gas to a recipient through an existing service line includes connecting a first tapping tee to the new gas main and connecting a second tapping tee to the existing service line that communicates with a downstream recipi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6840896 | Attachment of machine tool and machine tool An attachment simplified in structure having resistance to mechanical error, vibration, or heat displacement, provided with a tool mount for rotatably holding a tool, an electric motor for rotating the tool mount, a generator to which rotary force is transmitted fro... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6834433 | Cloth cutting device A cloth cutting device used to cut perfect circular pieces from a piece of cloth. The cloth cutting device is positioned over the cloth and utilized in incising a perfect circular piece from the cloth. The device has a base support assembly that maintains the cuttin... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6821062 | Device for processing a workpiece A device for processing a workpiece which, for this purpose, is fixed inside a working space (or enclosure) in a machining center and is processed with the aid of a tool. To remove processing residues, a gas stream is made to flow through working space, which is for... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6802678 | Tapping unit In a tapping unit according to the invention, the tap is held in a tap-carrier which is screwed into a pattern retained and fixed against rotation in a casing. The tap, the tap-carrier and the pattern form a subassembly mobile with limited amplitude in axial transla... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6751874 | Hand tool for punching holes in a range of plastic irrigartion pipes A cutting tool for forming holes in plastic piping primarily intended for use in holing irrigation pipes for drips and sprinklers ranging from holes with diameter of 2-4 mm. The tool comprises of a blade element made of steel, preferably hardened and provided with a... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6681796 | Drainage valve pipe tap assembly A drainage valve tap assembly for connection of a branch line to a main line while simultaneously forming a freeze proof drain comprising a hollow body having a first end and a second end, a cutting tube attached to the first end of the body; a handle hav... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6648562 | Apparatus for tapping a hole in a pipeline Apparatus for tapping a hole in a pipeline adapted to be attached to a support assembly having sealed communication with the exterior of a pipeline and having a tapping machine body with a boring bar rotatably supported therein with a circular cutter at t... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6619893 | Tapping apparatus A tapping apparatus having a drilling device for producing an outlet on a medium-carrying pipeline, on which a tapping fitting is arranged, and having a drive and advance device for driving and advancing a drilling tool is proposed, a coupling and uncoupl... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6386803 | Drill for inexperienced users A drill (100) for drilling a material (104) with a drill bit (102) which is specially adapted for use by inexperienced users is provided. The drill (100) includes a rotatable helix screw (132) having a helix groove (134). A support block (136) travels up ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6364818 | CNC machine center with double-speed shifting feature in X and Z axes A CNC machine center with double-speed shifting feature in X and Z axes, comprises an upright stand for disposing a worktable assembly and a tool holder assembly. The worktable assembly and the tool assembly are relatively movable with each other in two p... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6322298 | Tapping unit Within the hermetically sealed interior of a housing 9, a driving bevel gear 15 is fixedly secured to an input shaft 12 coupled via a rotation transmission cable 5 to an output shaft of a drive unit. A spindle 19 rotates jointly and coaxially with the dri... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6309145 | Portable machine tool for conditioning header tube openings for butt-welding tubes A portable machine tool for removing stub ends of heat exchange tubes from a heat exchanger header or other plate structure and preparing the tube opening in the header for butt-welding a new tube at the opening. The tool includes a mandrel that may be lo... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6276878 | Horizontal cutting-type tapping machine A horizontal cutting type-tapping machine has a vertically extending drive shaft and a pair of detachably engaged surface gears. The surface gears have a curved upper surface gear, fixedly connected to the drive shaft, and a lower surface gear. A gearbox ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6261033 | Positive feed tool having rectractable members An apparatus and method in a positive feed tool for automatically causing a spindle of the tool to stop retracting. The tool includes a device that automatically moves a movable member away from a differential feed gear when the spindle is retracting, whi... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6260573 | Pipe-drilling fitting A pipe-drilling fitting for a medium-conveying pipe, comprising a housing which has a drilling stub, which can be fitted at an angle to the pipe axis, for drilling into the pipe wall, and a branch stub which is arranged at an angle to the drilling stub, a... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6231278 | Differential positive feed mechanism A differential positive feed mechanism that is coupled in-line or axially with a drill, reamer or cutter for use in limited access areas and feeds the tool into a workpiece when driven by an external rotary power source.... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6216723 | Self-tapping tee A self-tapping tee for heavy walled plastic pipe such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or thick walled polyethylene tubing. The self-tapping tee includes a saddle for gripping a tubular line to be tapped, a coupling tap with a stem for poking a hole in a sidew... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6203252 | Tool for rebuilding housing of transfer cases A tool is provided for reaming a new bore in the transfer case. The tool has a mounting plate that attaches to the transfer case. A support shoulder projects down from the bottom of the mounting plate. A threaded sleeve is attached to the support shoulder... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6193447 | Positive feed tool having a retract valve A positive feed tool having a retract valve. The retract valve is manually actuatable so as to cause an advancing spindle of the tool to retract away from a workpiece. The retract valve is configured to automatically return its unactuated position after t... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6152659 | Rotary driving device for press machine A rotary driving device for a press machine includes: a main body (11); a push head member (21) provided for the main body (11) reciprocatingly movably in an axial direction thereof and driven in the axial direction by a striker (S) of the press machine; ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6126369 | Hot tap tool A tool for tapping from a branch pipe into a main pipe to establish communication between the pipes. The tool has a bit for cutting a hole in the main pipe which is secured to an upstream end of a shaft for transmitting torque to the bit. The tool has a b... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6071050 | Fine feed adjustment for milling machines and methods relating thereto A fine feed adjustment adapter for new milling machinery or retrofitted to existing milling machines is used in order to obtain adjustments of between 1/4 and 1/10,000th of an inch along the z-axis. The fine feed adjustment mechanism does not interfere wi... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6012475 | Self-piercing valve assembly The present invention comprises an improved method and apparatus, associated with a self-piercing valve assembly for mounting the self-piercing valve on a pipe and for constraining movement of the valve on the pipe. In accordance with a preferred embodime... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5984594 | Drill rig and method of use for forming holes in drill resistant materials A drill rig for drilling access holes in drill resistant materials, such as those used to construct safes or other secure containers. The drill rig includes a drill bit holding and advancing mechanism having enclosed threaded members for allowing incremen... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5919009 | Boring system and method A system and method are disclosed for drilling into an object with a drill bit. The system comprises: (a) a frame having a front and back orientation and at least one configuration, the at least one configuration being a drilling configuration; (b) a driv... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5908271 | Machining spindle A telescopic spindle for a machine tool. The spindle has a sleeve at its rear end and the end of the spindle can slide inside the sleeve over a "compensation" stroke C1, the sleeve being capable of entering inside the body of the machine to travel over a ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5829474 | Tubing piercing and tapping apparatus An apparatus for piercing a hole in a tube centered on a tube axis has a plurality of housing parts one which is formed with a throughgoing threaded passage centered on a passage axis and both of which are secured the housing parts around the tube with th... | 11/03/1998 |
