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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 |
| 6926522 | Method and apparatus for preheating particulate material An apparatus for preheating particulate material in which the particulate material is transferred from one or more upper storage bins to a circular lower chamber that has an outer, essentially annular, portion which serves as a gas flow passage. The particulate mate... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910882 | Vertical conveyor apparatus for high temperature continuous processing of materials The invention comprises, in one form thereof, a continuous processing apparatus for high temperature thermal treatment of granular materials. The apparatus includes a vertical conveyor means with an internal feed mechanism for transporting granular feedstock upward,... | 06/28/2005 |
| 4862601 | Particulate solids dryer with recycled hot-pebble heat exchange medium Particulate solids material contaminated with volatile vaporizable fluids are treated by an apparatus comprising an elongated inclined housing having a hollow conveyor screw disposed therein for rotation to move material from a lower inlet end of the hous... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4834647 | Method and apparatus for conveying carbon black which inhibits the build-up of carbon black fines on conveying surfaces A method and apparatus for conveying carbon black pellets to avoid breaking up the pellets and inhibit caking on the conveying means which may be a screw type conveyor that is sufficiently heated to inhibit caking of the carbon black. The conveying means ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4702695 | Housing section for a twin screw shaft machine A housing section for a twin screw shaft machine which has a load-bearing outer housing with a substantially rectangular outer cross section, an inner housing designed as an abrasion insert and a heating device encompassing the outer housing. The outer cr... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4430057 | Calciner screw construction In a calciner of the type having a radiant heat source and a screw conveyor for advancing material to and through a calcining reaction chamber by means of mated, intermeshing, rotating conveyor screws, an improvement comprising scraper means attached to a... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4399906 | Temperature expansive screw conveyor A screw conveyor (10) is disclosed for use in environments having a large range of temperature. The screw conveyor (10) includes a hollow shaft (12) having a number of aligned circular holes (18a, 18b) therein, with adjacent sets of holes being at right a... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4222987 | Muffle calciner having counter-rotating screw conveyors The calciner is an elongated, insulated chamber, in which material is fed to counter-rotating screw conveyors. The material is calcined by heat radiating from a muffle plate interposed between the conveyors and gas-fired burners. This radiant heating, app... | 09/16/1980 |
