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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7313838 | Powered cleaner/polisher A motorized cleaning/polishing device includes a housing and a carrier with a detachable cleaning/polishing attachment. The housing contains a rechargeable battery, motor and flex mount having flexible pillars to which the carrier is mounted. The carrier is also cou... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7220172 | Detail sanding block A hand-held, manually-operated, sanding tool that can be used with conventional rectangular or square shaped sheet-like abrasive media to sand corners or other confined areas includes a base member having at least one tapered end and includes means for securing the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7112128 | Sanding tool with protective clamping mechanism A hand-held, manually-operated sanding tool for use with a replaceable sheet-like abrasive material, such as sandpaper, includes a base member and one or more clamping mechanisms pivotally connected with opposed ends of the base member. The clamping mechanism(s) inc... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6878048 | CMP belt stretch compensation apparatus and methods for using the same An apparatus for reducing non-uniform stretch of a belt used in the CMP system is disclosed. The belt that may be used with the apparatus extends between a first roller and a second roller to define a belt loop with an inner surface and an outer surface to be used f... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6749491 | CMP belt stretch compensation apparatus and methods for using the same An apparatus for reducing non-uniform stretch of a belt used in the CMP system is disclosed. The belt that may be used with the apparatus extends between a first roller and a second roller to define a belt loop with an inner surface and an outer surface to be used f... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6739961 | Abrasive band tightening apparatus An abrasive drum, suitable for polishing or sanding a workpiece, that incorporates an internal expansion member, configured so that when a belt of abrasive material fitted to the exterior cylindrical surface so that a loop of the band is disposed around the internal... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6682400 | Sanding block with anchoring bar A sanding device for use with abrasive sheet material. The device has a body with a rounded side for sanding concave recesses, sharp corner edges for use in sanding ninety-degree corners, and flat surfaces for sanding planar areas. Abrasive sheet material... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6543111 | Method and apparatus for recycling belts An apparatus for refurbishing a belt, the latter having a width, a length and a degraded surface. The apparatus includes a frame, a grinding roller for selectively and uniformly removing a determined amount of the degraded surface along the belt width, an... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6482072 | Method and apparatus for providing and controlling delivery of a web of polishing material Generally, a method and apparatus for supporting a web of polishing material. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a platen adapted to support the web, a frame assembly, and one or more flexures coupled between the platen and the frame assembly. The ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6196909 | Abrasing tool An abrading tool (10) includes an abrasive belt (11) loosely wrapped around an elongated block (12). A tension adjuster (22) is inserted between the belt (11) and the block (12). The tension in the belt (11) is adjusted by sliding the tension adjuster (22... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5871390 | Method and apparatus for aligning and tensioning a pad/belt used in linear planarization for chemical mechanical polishing The present invention describes an apparatus and method for aligning a pad/belt on a roller for use in chemical mechanical polishing using linear planarization. The present invention comprises an alignment sensor that senses the alignment of the pad/belt.... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5842913 | Rotary drum sander A rotary drum sander is provided with a horizontal boom orienting a rotatable cylindrical drum to cover the spirally wound strip of abrasive material above a work supporting platen. The abrasive material is affixed to the drum by a first and second anchor... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5700187 | Tool to stopper and abrade concave and convex surfaces This tool consists of a deformable plastic supporting base plate (1) bearing on its lower outer surface the stopper and abrasive materials, it further includes two upwards slanting interconnecting elements (2) in indeformable material or plates having a l... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5387251 | Endless belt sanding block An improved endless belt sanding block, typically having four flat rigid support sections connected by a set of hinges (12), (16), (22), and (28) to form a foldable closed loop. Two of the support sections, an upper tapered support (18), and a lower taper... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5181347 | Drum sander and fasteners A fastening device for continually taking up slack in a strip of abrasive paper wound helically about a rotatable drum sander. Rotation of the drum sander tends to cause the helical abrasive strip to tighten its wrap about the drum and to cause a linear e... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5088410 | Plate lockup apparatus for printing press A plate lockup apparatus for a printing press includes leading- and trailing-side plate lockup tables, leading- and trailing-side gripper plates, a plurality of plate gripper cams, spring members, and plate tightening cams. The leading- and trailing-side ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5076167 | Arrangement for the parallel tensioning of printing plates In order that the tension, particularly of large printing plates, and their automatic retensioning, may be regulated uniformly over the entire width without having an adverse effect on the final tensioning by means of tensioning screws (11), a tensioning ... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5074210 | Plate attachment system for a printing machine form cylinder To provide for circumferential support of a stretching spindle (8) having axially extending holding or stretching grooves (9, 10) to retain an end portion (14, 17) of a printing plate and clamp the other end portion (16) against the wall of an axially ext... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5062363 | Flexible printing plate attachment system To clamp a printing form (16), the end portions are inserted into a clamping groove (2, 3) which is formed by a channel (2) extending at an angle into the printing cylinder, and axially thereover. The channel 2 is enlarged interiorly of the plate cylinder... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5007208 | Anchor for rotary sanding drum A sanding belt for use on a rotating drum, is anchored on the drum by means of an elongated strip of sandpaper having a length slightly less than the circumference of the outer surface of the drum. The drum is made of a resilient material, such as rubber,... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4870787 | Sanding wheel A cylindrical sanding wheel is provided having top and bottom sections, slots into which the base of a contoured abrasive strip fits and restraints which minimize slippage of the contoured abrasive strip with respect to the cylindrical surface of the sand... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4823516 | Cutting tool wheel having a removable abrasive belt A grinder has an abrasive belt removably mounted on a wheel for grinding a workpiece. The belt has its ends extend through a transverse slot in the wheel into a recess within the wheel. One end of the belt is attached to a first slider and the other end o... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4250810 | Centrifugal clamp on a high speed print drum A clamp for holding a flexible sheet on a rotary carrier tightens the grip on, and pulls, the sheet upon rotation of the carrier, as a result of centrifugal forces generated on two weights attached to two cooperating arms within the clamp. The magnitude o... | 02/17/1981 |
