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A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7387584 | Drive belt pulley and belt drive system A hollow cylindrical pulley body 5 is carried rotatably by a hollow cylindrical shaft member 11. A support rod 8 is inserted in the shaft member 11, and the shaft member 11 is elastically supported to the support rod 8 throu... | 06/17/2008 |
| 6540629 | Flexible idler An idler having a flexible member. The flexible member comprises a rubber or elastomeric material. The flexible member also defines a gas chamber. The spring rate of the flexible member is a function of the flexible material and the size of and pressure i... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6443295 | Motorized conveyor pulley with reduced internal loading In a motorized conveyor pulley of the type comprising a cylindrical pulley drum with axially opposite end plates enclosing an electric motor and drive transmission, the pair of end plates of the pulley are constructed with an increased axial thickness com... | 09/03/2002 |
| 5759127 | Method for constructing a pulley for conveyor belts A method of constructing a pulley comprising a shaft, annular members and a rim, wherein the shaft has an integral tapered surface of a uniform slope near each end. The annular members have an interior periphery of a slightly larger diameter than the outs... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5630769 | Tension roller for belt drives The invention concerns a tension roller made of a plastic material for adjusting a tension in a belt drive, comprising a wheel (7) having an inner ring (9) and an outer ring (10) connected to each other by axially oriented, circumferentially spaced ribs (... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5441458 | Grooved roller chain idler An idler roller 40 replaces idler sprockets in roller chain 20 applications to reduce wear on the system components. The roller chain side bars 24, 26 rest in parallel alignment grooves 50, 52 in the non-resilient idler 40. In a second form, the outer cir... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5419742 | Rotating ring guide shoe or tensioner A vibration proofing system for an engine timing chain utilizes a tensioner on the slack side of the chain path, in which a ring-shaped, chain-engaging shoe is rotatably disposed on a circular frame mounted on the piston of a tensioner mechanism, and in w... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5172843 | Structures of driving and driven sprockets and belt reception rotary member in paper feed apparatus A paper feeding tractor in which perforated paper is fed by a pin carrying feed belt includes a feed belt driving sprocket which is housed between a pair of side frames. Two side faces of an inner circumferential portion of the sprocket body, except an ou... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5120279 | Structural bearing element A plastic element with an outer surface defining a running surface, particularly for a belt or chain, arranged at the outer circumference of a metallic insert designed as a rolling or sliding bearing, consisting of a polymeric plastic material hardened af... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5045033 | Dual arbor spindle A solid, dual arbor spindle including a central cylindrical section creating a central pulley surface, a large arbor longitudinally extending from the central section in a first direction, and a small arbor longitudinally extending from the central sectio... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5026328 | Belt driving sprocket in paper feeder A feed belt driving sprocket has a body molded of an elastic material. Two side faces of an inner circumferential portion of the sprocket body, except an outer circumferential portion formed with teeth, are formed with round fitting recesses concentric wi... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4660435 | Fiber composite flywheel rim A flywheel 2 comprising a hub 4 having at least one radially projecting disc 6, an annular rim 14 secured to said disc and providing a surface circumferential to said hub, a first plurality of resin-impregnated fibers 22 wound about said rim congruent to ... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4610646 | Roller, especially a tension roller for a belt drive A roller, especially a tension roller for a belt drive has a hollow hub supporting a rolling bearing, with a pulley or rotating body supported on the outer ring of the bearing. The hollow hub has at least one closed end, with a mounting hole therethrough ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4411639 | Multi-purpose wheel particularly useful for games and demonstrations A wheel comprising a tread, at least a rim provided on an outer side thereof with one half of an axially assemblable claw coupling, a wheel hub including a wheel bushing fixed axially with respect to and fixed for rotation with the rim and including an ax... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4326849 | Sprocket-wheel gear-wheel or like wheel substantially manufactured from a synthetic material A sprocket-wheel, gear-wheel or like wheel, substantially manufactured of a synthetic material, comprising a hub which is divided along a plane which lies perpendicular to the center line of the hub-boring, said hub parts being provided with adjacent rece... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4231265 | Tooth grip belt pulley A tooth grip belt pulley of deformed sheet metal with a hub formed in one piece therewith and constructed pot-shaped; the cylindrical wall of the hub is constructed as an interference seat for a shaft end and the bottom wall thereof as axial abutment for ... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4181217 | Conveyor-belt drum A conveyor-belt drum comprises a cylindrical drum shell surrounding a shaft and carried by a pair of spaced-apart support disks mounted on this shaft. Between the outer periphery of each disk and the inner surface of the drum there is provided a wedge mem... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4103558 | Bogie wheel A bogie wheel which has a wheel body composed of laterally spaced radial flanges. The flanges are mounted on a shaft by sealed bearings. A rim extends about the periphery of the flanges. A tire is molded or adhered to the rim.... | 08/01/1978 |
| 3979154 | Track wheel for crawler type vehicles A track wheel of a crawler type vehicle has a plurality of first and second plates spaced at preselected locations for suppressing vibration of and resultant noise emitting from panels of the wheel.... | 09/07/1976 |
