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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6962659 | Contaminant skimming device An oil skimmer for removing oil floating on surfaces of bodies of water. The oil skimmer includes a support frame, respective drive pulley and guide pulleys rotatably mounted to the support frame on respective shafts, and a drive train which rotatively drives the dr... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6796919 | Pulley tire and rim A pulley tire (10) and rim (12), the rim (12) comprising two rim halves (14, 16) adapted to be mounted to a hub (18) and to clampingly engage the pulley tire (10), the pulley tire (10) having provided thereon one or m... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6402650 | Mechanical torque enhancing assembly A mechanical torque enhancing assembly for increasing the torque output of a pulley. The mechanical torque enhancing assembly includes a drum assembly that has an interior space, a belt receiving groove that extends around an outer perimeter edge of the d... | 06/11/2002 |
| 4421498 | Modular sheave A modular V-belt sheave which, in a specific embodiment, has two end modules and a hub connected to at least one of the modules and may have one or more intermediate modules and the modules are secured together by a plurality of tying members extending th... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4265133 | Drive disc-pulley assembly A sheet metal drive disc-pulley assembly adapted for driving rotation by a V-belt to drive a friction wheel such as that in a lawn mower or other mechanism using a drive assembly. Two of three, coaxial, circular pieces of sheet metal define a bearing pock... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4227423 | Line gripping pulley for a line hauler A line gripping pulley for a line hauler includes a pair of identical backing discs and a pair of identical wear discs, one for each backing disc and held thereagainst when the discs are assembled and clamped together.... | 10/14/1980 |
