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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7230180 | Multi-strand steel cable A multi-strand steel cable includes steel strands jacketed with plastic fibers, where the plastic fiber jacketing is melted onto the steel strands by a thermal treatment. The steel cable has a core formed by an unjacketed steel strand, and the core is surrounded by ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7185482 | Drive-capable support or traction means and method for production thereof A drive-capable support or traction member and a method for the production thereof. The support or traction member has at least one layer of strands of synthetic fiber material and an outer casing encasing the strands. A lubricant is selectively incorporated in the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7089723 | Multi-layer steel cord where intermediate filaments are coated with a polymer A steel cord comprises a core with one or more core steel filaments and further comprises a first layer of intermediate steel filaments twisted around the core, and a second layer of second steel filaments twisted around the first layer. At least one of the intermed... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089726 | Cords for reinforcing heavy vehicle tires A cable is disclosed that can be used to reinforce a crown protection ply and/or a stiffener (9) in tires for heavy industrial vehicles. Also disclosed are composite fabrics that can be used as crown protection plies and/or as stiffeners (9) in such ti... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092764 | Helix rotation by traction The present invention includes a “Z shaped” configuration for a pair of internal windings of a fiber core of a medical electrical lead which can be configured as or windings to provide counter-rotation an implanted cardiac lead. When fully assembled and implante... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7036298 | Rope for elevator and method for manufacturing the rope An elevator rope includes: an inner layer rope; an inner layer covering body of resin and covering the outer periphery of the inner layer rope; an outer layer located in the outer periphery of the inner layer covering body; and an outer layer covering body of a high... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6920745 | Zinc-coated steel cord with improved fatigue resistance A steel cord for the reinforcement of thermoplastic elastomers, the steel cord including more than one strand, each strand including two or more steel filaments, at least some of said the steel filaments being provided with a zinc coating. The zinc coating has a thi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6904744 | Steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles Steel cord includes a first group and a second group. The second group is helically twisted around the first group with a cord twisting step. The first group includes a first number of first steel filaments. The first number ranges between three and eight. The secon... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6863103 | Steel cord for the reinforcement of a rubber article and tire A steel cord having a strand construction formed by twisting a plurality of sheath strands each formed by twisting plural filaments around a core strand formed by twisting plural filaments is provided. At least one of the core strand and the sheath strands has a con... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6412263 | Reinforcing steel cord for rubber products, method and device for producing such steel cords A reinforcing steel cord for rubber products, such as steel belted radial tires or conveyor belts, is disclosed. This steel cord is improved in rubber penetration and ageing adhesive force relative to the rubber material. The steel cord is formed by twist... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6385957 | Wire rope with reverse jacketed IWRC A wire rope is disclosed, which has at most 18 outer strands and an independent wire rope core, with the strands of the core being laid in the opposite direction to the outer strands of the rope, and a nylon jacket is provided between the core and the out... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6381940 | Multi-component yarn and method of making the same A cut-resistant combined yarn is described that includes a wire component. Kinking and knotting of the wire component resulting from stretching of the wire component during knitting is avoided by encasing the wire component within a cut resistant combined... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6363703 | Wire wrapped composite yarn A composite cut-resistant yarn having a fiberglass and wire component a fiberglass core strand having a denier of between about 100 and about 1200 at least a first wire strand wrapped the fiberglass core strand in a first wire strand direction and at leas... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6360522 | Rope for conveying systems A filler element is located between each adjacent pair of outer strands of a wire rope and interlocks with the adjacent strands. The filler elements provide the rope with substantially smooth outer surface reducing vibration of the rope passing over a pul... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6354068 | Steel cords for reinforcement of rubber articles pneumatic tire process for producing steel cord and tubular-type twisting machine therefor A steel cord comprises a core of three or more filaments bundled without twisting and a sheath of at least one layer comprised of plural filaments wound around the core, wherein all core filaments are arranged in a given rectangle at any section in its lo... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6339920 | Rotation-resisting wire rope A wire rope for a heavy-load crane, such as a ladle crane is provided that is not only almost rotation-resistant but is also unlikely to be broken by wear and fatigue of wires. The rotation-resisting wire rope has a plurality of side strands. In side each... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6308508 | Steel cord for reinforcement of a radial tire and a radial tire employing the same A steel cord for reinforcement of a radial tire and a radial tire employing the same are disclosed. The steel cord is made of more than three steel filaments of which one or two filaments are regularly twisted, the other filaments are open-twisted and eac... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6260343 | High-strength, fatigue resistant strands and wire ropes Strands and wire ropes composed of materials such as high carbon steels and stainless steels can be provided in a compacted, mechanically stress relieved and thermally stress relieved condition. The wires are compacted during stranding to form the individ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6247298 | Stab-resistant insert for protective textile A fabric (144) for use as a stab-resistant insert in protective textiles comprises a plurality of steel cords (100). Each of the steel cords (100) comprises a longitudinal axis (102) and two or more steel filaments (104). Each of the steel filaments (104)... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6161370 | Transport belts for transporting yarn An endless transport belt made of thermoresistant synthetic filaments for transporting yarn is described, which yarn is wound around a plurality of transport belts in the form of loops, said transport belts being arranged polygonal in cross section. In or... | 12/19/2000 |
| 5968651 | Steel cord with differently waved filaments A steel cord (10) adapted for the reinforcement of elastomeric products comprises a core and a layer arranged around the core. The core comprises one to four core filaments (12) and the layer comprises three to ten layer filaments (14). At least one of th... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5946898 | Wire rope having an independent wire rope core A wire rope including a core rope having a number of strands each made of a number of wires, and a number of outer strands closed on the core rope. Each strand of the core rope has a contact section where two or more wires of the strand of the core rope c... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5819521 | Steel cord for reinforcing a rubber product and pneumatic tire using the same A steel cord for reinforcing a rubber product has a multilayer structure consisting of two or more layers including a core, or a structure consisting of seven or more strands twisted in the same direction at the same pitch. In the steel cord, at least one... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5768874 | Multi-strand steel cord A steel cord (10) comprises eight or more strands (12, 14) twisted together. Each of the strands has a substantially same cord twisting direction and a substantially same cord twisting pitch in the steel cord, and each of the strands consists of two to fi... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5687557 | Open steel cord structure A steel cord (114) comprises strength elements (100, 132) and having a length, a longitudinal central axis (112) and a cord pitch. At least one of the elements (100) has a projection on a plane YZ perpendicular to the longitudinal central axis (112). This... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5655358 | Cut resistant support yarn suitable for wrapping with an additional yarn covering A cut resistant support yarn suitable for wrapping with an additional yarn covering. The cut resistant support yarn includes a core including only a first cut resistant strand, a second cut resistant strand wrapped in a clockwise direction around the core... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5651245 | Lifting cable having metallic central core and hybrid outer strands The cable includes a substantially metallic central core (3) and outer strands (2) formed from at least one layer of metal wires (21), particularly steel wires, which are stranded over a core element (22) made from synthetic material, preferably a thermop... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5605036 | Steel cords for the reinforcement of rubber articles and having a wrapping cord A steel cord for the reinforcement of rubber articles exhibits largely different bending rigidities in two crossing directions at section of the cord and comprises a bundle of plural strands each being obtained by twisting 3 or more steel filaments and a ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5595057 | Steel cords for the reinforcement of rubber articles A steel cord for the reinforcement of rubber articles comprises a core comprised of three steel filaments, a first sheath formed by twisting nine wave-formed steel filaments around the core, and a second sheath formed by twisting fifteen wave-formed steel... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5521007 | Fiber cord and power transmission belt using the same A fiber cord having a plurality of fiber filaments twisted together in a first direction to produce strand yarns with a primary twist and a first twist coefficient, with a plurality of the strand yarns being in turn aligned and twisted together in a secon... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5475973 | Rope with corrosion resistance and bending endurance characteristics A rope comprising a plurality of wires (2, 3, 4) made of a steel wire being twisted together; at least the wires which are arranged in such a manner as to be disposed on an outer surface of the rope (1) being made of a plated steel wire wherein a corrosio... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5461850 | Multi-strand steel cord having a core and peripheral strands surrounding the core A steel cord (10) has a diameter D and includes a core strand (12) and up to nine peripheral strands (14) surrounding the core strand. The core strand (12) has a diameter D1 and the peripheral strands (14) have a diameter D2. The ratio core strand diamete... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5449861 | Wire for press-connecting terminal and method of producing the conductive wire The present invention provides a wire for a press-connecting terminal which has a high flexibility, and achieves a high reliability for a connection portion at the time of press-connection, and also provides a method of producing a conductor of such a wir... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5323596 | Open metallic cord for penetration by elastomer Metallic cord for reinforcing elastomeric articles and apparatus for making same including a round section and equal diameter filaments and a core (11) of two strands of two filaments (5,6,15,16) one strand being untwisted and the other strand having a tw... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5321941 | Compact cord having preformed outer filaments A steel cord (1) for the reinforcement of rubber articles such as tires includes a core of two to four steel filaments (2) and a layer of steel filaments (3, 4) around the core. All of the filaments have a diameter between 0.15 and 0.40 mm and are twisted... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5307615 | Flexible tension member Flexible tension member includes a helical bundle of substantially identical elongate elements. Each element inside the bundle is in contact with six adjacent elements, and the lay length of the helical bundle is at least 30 times its diameter. Each eleme... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5260516 | Concentric compressed unilay stranded conductors Concentric Compressed Unilay Stranded Conductors are formed of certain combinations of compressed wires, such as 1+7+12, 1+6+11 or 1+7+12+17, which have nominally equal diameters. The combinations of conductors or wires are selected so that the number of ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5173982 | Corrosion protection system A corrosion protection system for bridge stay cables comprising the immersion of the bridge stay cables in a corrosive resistant liquid retained within a corresponding cable sheath to isolate the bridge stay cables from the surrounding atmosphere, a liqui... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5171942 | Oval shaped overhead conductor and method for making same An oval or elliptical shaped overhead conductor that is twisted along its length to provide a continuously varying profile to the wind. A single core is comprised of a circular center wire wrapped by circular wires and the core is surrounded or encased by... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4947638 | Steel cord for reinforcing rubber A steel cord for reinforcing rubber is made by twisting a plurality of strands each made by twisting a plurality of element wires. The cord and the strands are twisted in the same direction. The product of the twisting ratio of the cord and that of the st... | 08/14/1990 |
