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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142129 | Method and apparatus for feeding items of laundry to a laundry treatment device, in particular a mangle Items of laundry have to be stretched out by a spreading device (14) before they are inserted into a mangle or any other laundry treatment device. To this end, the spreading device (14) has spreading clips (15) which can be moved away from one a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7284667 | Apparatus for separating laundry articles There is provided an apparatus and methods for separating an article of laundry from a bundle of articles. The bundle is located in a truck which is clamped into a carriage by means of clamping arm or attached to guide rails. The truck is moved by suitable drive mea... | 10/23/2007 |
| 6996881 | Method and plant for automatic washing and/or ironing of substantially flat objects, and plant for carrying out the method Method and plant for processing in the form of washing and/or ironing of substantially flat items (4), such as textiles and the like, which individually can be fed continuously and successively into a processing plant. The processing plant contains fixed as w... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997326 | Apparatus for separating laundry articles There is provided an apparatus and methods for separating an article of laundry from a bundle of articles. The bundle is located in a truck which is clamped into a carriage by means of clamping arm or attached to guide rails. The truck is moved by suitable drive mea... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6962251 | Finished product receiving system for use with a metal sheet member processing machine A finished product receiving system is disclosed to include an elongated rack body with rollers, terminals arranged in parallel at one lateral side of the rack body, a driving rod, a plurality of links coupled between the driving rod and the rollers, a master air cy... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6786692 | Method and apparatus for automatic pick up of hosiery articles from a container A method and apparatus for automatically picking up hosiery articles (20) from a container (7), e.g., socks, knee socks, and the like in which an actuator (4) comprised of a support (5), to which a grasping device (6) is suspended,... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6662979 | Laundry apparatus Trousers and/or shorts are fed one at a time between conveyor belts, cuff end first, towards a hanger automatically dropped from a hanger bar into a hanger chute positioned in the path of travel of the trousers. A sensor senses the presence of a pair of t... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6655890 | Apparatus for separating laundry articles There is provided an apparatus and methods for separating an article of laundry from a bundle of articles. The bundle is located in a truck which is clamped into a carriage by a clamping arm or attached to guide rails. The truck is moved by a suitable dri... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6577750 | Clean garment managing system air shower room and computer readable record medium A clean garment is provided with inherent identification data. A measuring part measures the cleanliness of the clean garment and outputs the obtained measurement data. An identification data input part reads the identification data of the clean garment a... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6287066 | Device for separating items of laundry According to the invention, the items of laundry (11) are grasped successively by a gripper (23), are lifted up and taken over by a transfer means (24) which transports the respective item of laundry (11) through a gap (29). The gap (29) of the transfer m... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6116849 | Shuttle hopper system for loading and unloading commercial washing and drying machines A shuttle hopper system for loading and unloading commercial washers and dryers is provided. The shuttle hopper is equipped with a bucket for receiving laundry items and further includes lift and tilt assemblies which lift and rotate the bucket into a dum... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6089810 | Method and device for separating items of laundry Items of laundry (11) released from a washing machine as a pile of laundry (10) have to be separated before they can be processed further. The aim is to automate this separating procedure. Known methods for automating the separating of items of laundry (1... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6082946 | Apparatus for removing articles from a laundry pile An apparatus for taking out laundry articles from a laundry pile by a pull gripper which is arranged for seizing one or more laundry articles in the laundry pile, and a lifting mechanism arranged for lifting the pull gripper and the minor batch of laundry... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5992186 | Shuttle hopper system for loading and unloading commercial washing and drying machines A shuttle hopper system for loading and unloading commercial washers and dryers is provided. The shuttle hopper is equipped with a bucket for receiving laundry items and further includes lift and tilt assemblies which lift and rotate the bucket into a dum... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5595467 | Method and an apparatus for feeding a laundry article to a laundry processing apparatus A method and an apparatus for feeding substantially rectangular laundry articles to a laundry processing apparatus, wherein the laundry article can be positioned in a stretched, hanging and folded state across a bar, which is slidable between two opposed ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5172502 | Flatwork feeder having flatwork sensing and clamping stations A feeding aid for assisting in the feeding of laundry flatwork to laundry processing equipment such as an ironer. The air comprises spaced clamping stations including at least one pivotally mounted clamping wheel which is actuated into a lowered clamping ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5169282 | Method for spreading sheets A method for spreading thin soft rectangular articles such as cloths, unwoven cloths, paper sheets, plastic sheets, etc. (generally called "rectangular sheets") is disclosed. A part of a first side of a rectangular sheet including one corner of a rectangu... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4979860 | Apparatus for gripping corner of strip of cloth A method of gripping corner of a strip of cloth, which may be applied to, for example, systems for spreading strips of cloth, including a first step of suspending a rectangular strip of cloth by gripping one corner thereof, a second step of gripping the l... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4979868 | Method of gripping corner of strip of cloth A method of gripping corners of a strip of cloth, which may be applied to, for example, systems for spreading strips of cloth, including a first step of suspending a rectangular strip of cloth by gripping one corner thereof, a second step of gripping the ... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4943198 | Apparatus for separating laundry articles This apparatus for separating wet laundry articles (e.g., bed sheets) has an air cylinder-operated entry clamp which picks up a pile of such articles outside the entry end of the apparatus and lifts them into the apparatus, an entry conveyor which helps m... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4873878 | Apparatus for inspecting and hangering pants An apparatus for inspecting and hangering laundered pairs of pants comprises an inspection station, a hangering station and a take-away device. The inspection station includes a pants gripper which supports a pair of pants at the waist with the legs in an... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4553662 | Apparatus for feeding pieces of laundry on a conveyor An apparatus for the centered feeding of pieces of laundry to a conveyor comprises a support for hangingly supporting a piece of laundry to be fed to the conveyor, the support is reciprocally movable parallel to the centerline of the conveyor between a fi... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4501529 | Apparatus for feeding laundry articles to an ironing machine In an apparatus for feeding laundry articles to a mangle, with a spreading-out and conveying device for spreading out the laundry articles when hanging down freely and for feeding the laundry articles centrally to a belt-shaped feed conveyor conveying tow... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4479640 | Flat piece folding apparatus with variable speed, and method A folder 10 for folding flat piece laundry as delivered from an ironer is disclosed. Folder 10 includes a logic controller (70) which calculates the position on the laundry piece where the fold is to be made and activates air jets (57, 58 and 59) to make ... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4382418 | Barge unloading terminal A barge unloading terminal comprises a floating dock having platforms and a trough therebetween, a carrier in the nature of a plurality of rings is positioned within the trough, a barge is secured within the carrier, both the carrier and barge are adapted... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4299521 | Apparatus for spreading and feeding of articles of flatwork Apparatus for spreading and feeding articles of flatwork such as sheets to an ironing machine and comprising a conveyor over which a beam with two movable clamps is arranged. The clamps are adapted to grip the article at two corners and to move apart to d... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4136778 | Linen sorter A method, system, and attachment for sorting articles, such as laundry or the like whereby each article includes as a part thereof a quantity of each of a number of different materials of the type which each produce secondary radiation at a characteristic... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4013551 | Device for sorting of goods An arrangement for sorting of refuse or laundry into various kinds of goods, comprising a transportation system in which the refuse or laundry is transported in conveyance shafts from a number of depositing places to a common collecting place with separat... | 03/22/1977 |
