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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178464 | Rail car door closer A track mounted system for closing rail car doors that enables the simultaneous closing of multiple car doors. After hopper car contents such as aggregate or coal are unloaded, the doors are closed in pairs by semi-automated door closing arms that are positioned on ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 5470186 | System for discharge of bulk materials from vehicles A system for operating hopper doors 14, 16 in a bulk transport vehicle comprises linkages 34, 36, 38, 40 forming an over-center locking arrangement and separate opening and closing trip levers 24, 50 attached to an operating shaft 30. The trip levers 24, ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 4904144 | Truck dumping and unloading apparatus A truck dumping and unloading apparatus which is operated by reverse truck motion and is adapted for mounting on a flatbed truck or a pick-up truck. The apparatus includes a single or double-member, open-top sled having at least a primary compartment adap... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4781125 | Drop bottom trucks or hoppers This invention relates to a hopper, and more particularly to a wheeled hopper for rail operation, including a container body which has a discharge opening in its underside, two doors which are pivotally connected to the body on opposite sides of its disch... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4366757 | Actuating and locking means for the hopper doors of a railroad hopper car An apparatus for actuating and locking each pair of hopper doors of a railroad hopper car of the type having a plurality of hopper doors arranged in opposed pairs and extending transversely of the hopper car center sill. Each door actuating and locking ap... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4339222 | Door locking mechanism for hopper car doors A door locking mechanism for a hopper door includes a latch arrangement which is incorporated into a door closure mechanism activated by a side-of-track camming mechanism. The arrangement includes an actuating device responsive to car wheel engagement and... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4329106 | Hopper car discharge gate operating mechanism A hopper car discharge gate operating mechanism providing a toggle or over center linkage mechanism with one link having a roller extending outwardly of the hopper vehicle and engageable with a trackside operating cam for opening and closing the hopper ga... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4278382 | Door latch mechanism for bottom dump hopper car A bottom dump hopper car includes a pair of closure doors interconnected for conjoint movement. One of the doors is provided with a pivoted arm extending toward the center sill and is in operative engagement with a pivoted locking latch. The latch include... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4262601 | Cam actuated railway hopper car lock mechanism An arrangement for operating longitudinally disposed discharge door for a railway hopper vehicle includes adjacent pairs of interconnected hopper doors. The doors of each pair are connected by linkages to provide simultaneous, cooperative opening and clos... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4259036 | Hopper car door locking arrangement A hopper car door locking and unlocking arrangement includes a crank arm which is initially moved to a bail engaging position laterally outwardly of the car and then is further operated by the bail of a side of track door opening device. The crank arm mov... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4244299 | Railway side door hopper car locking mechanism A locking arrangement for the side dump doors of a hopper car includes a pair of actuating levers projecting downward from the car engaging suitable trips mounted adjacent to the tracks which provides for longitudinal movement of a pair of latch bars whic... | 01/13/1981 |
