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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427247 | Mower incorporating a mule drive A mule drive for use with a mower having a substantially horizontally-disposed output shaft is provided. The mower includes a cutter deck having at least one Rota table cutter driven by a substantially vertically-disposed driven shaft. The mule drive includes a firs... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7228595 | Anti-rattle door assembly An anti-rattle door assembly includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a first base plate and a roller disposed on the first base plate. The second member is configured to receive the roller of the first member. The second member include... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7040456 | Elevator car drive and support belt having a twisted orientation An elevator system includes a roller arrangement and a belt for supporting an elevator car. The roller arrangement has two rollers with approximately parallel axes of rotation and structured circumferential surfaces engaging a complementary structured surface of the... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6994145 | Motorized drapery pull system A quiet drapery pull system includes an elongated track that receives a master car and auxiliary cars. The track defines a pair of curved surfaces for nested receipt of roller members of the cars to facilitate linear tracking of the cars. The cars preferably include... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6935403 | Motorized drapery pull system A quiet drapery pull system includes an elongated track that receives a master car and auxiliary cars. The track defines a pair of curved surfaces for nested receipt of roller members of the cars to facilitate linear tracking of the cars. The cars preferably include... | 08/30/2005 |
| 5562556 | Continuous cable rotary drive apparatus A rotary drive apparatus has a drum with a first plurality of generally parallel grooves spaced a predetermined distance apart. A capstan adjacent the drum has a second plurality of generally parallel grooves spaced the same predetermined distance. The ca... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5121648 | Device for driving a spindle for moving a part within a machine used for processing plate-shaped workpieces A drive device for simultaneously insuring a rotary motion of at least two spindles which are mounted in parallel within a machine comprises a shaft supported within the machine in such a way that it is situated in the vicinity of both spindles. A crank a... | 06/16/1992 |
| 4792034 | Twisted flat belt drive for line shaft conveyors A twisted flat belt drive arrangement transfers rotation between nonparallel shafts. A toothed pulley or gear is affixed to each shaft, and a pair of smooth surfaced idler rollers are mounted to rotate independently on an idler shaft positioned between th... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4597746 | Fan drive system for transverse engine A system is provided for driving a cooling fan (19) of a vehicle including a transverse, water-cooled engine (E). A main drive pulley (11,13) is driven by the engine and a fan drive assembly (15) is mounted on the vehicle radiator (R) and includes a drive... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4215589 | Self orienting power transmission belt A self orienting power transmission belt is provided which has a round cross-section and a triangular core. The belt is constructed by wrapping a rubberized fabric about a triangular core comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending load-carrying me... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4198833 | Controlled slippage, limited torque transmission A controlled slippage, limited-torque transmission comprises a driving member, a driven member spaced therefrom, and a transmission belt wrapped about the members to transmit torque from the driving member to the driven member. An annular split slippage m... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4196640 | Belt transmission and associated belt pulley and belt A belt drive transmission comprises a plurality of belt pulleys over which passes at least one stretched drive belt composed of elastomeric material and having a substantially rectangular cross-section. At least one of the pulleys, especially a relatively... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4077327 | Turntable with a vehicle rotary drive shaft and external transmission means A vehicle turntable having a set of tracks and a drive tube are mounted for rotation about a vertical axis. A belt and pulley arrangement is provided for rotating the drive tube about its longitudinal axis in all rotative positions of the turntable while ... | 03/07/1978 |
