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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7716911 | Ball chain and method of manufacturing the same A ball chain including metal balls with a small wall thickness and can withstand a large tensile load are provided. A method of manufacturing the same includes rounding a piece of metal to form rotation-axis symmetric bodies (22) and connecting the rotation-a... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7409763 | Jewelry bead and method of stringing same A jewelry article includes an elongated support and a multiplicity of beads strung along the support. At least one of the beads constitutes a locking bead consisting of a substantially closed hollow shell with a pair of aligned holes sized to slideably receive the s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7334434 | Sliding-type fastener for accessary chain A sliding-type faster for accessary chain has a hollow sphere having a pair of through holes, an elastic disk having a hole provided in the hollow sphere, and an accessary chain that slides into the through hole of the elastic disk. The outer diameter of the elastic... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7272922 | Articulated chain A chain has chain links (110) having basically spherical geometry (116) and four flattened surfaces (118) equally distributed in the circumferential direction. A chamber (120) is formed in the chain links (110) in which a connectin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7195734 | Device and method in connection with the production of structures Device in connection with the lithography of structures of nanometer size, which device comprises a first main part (1) with a first principally plane surface (2a) and a second main part (3) with a second principally plane surface (9 | 03/27/2007 |
| 7059166 | Method and apparatus for assuring or determining appropriate closure of a crimp assembly Methods and apparatus are disclosed for assuring or determining appropriate closure of a crimp ring assembly. In some embodiments, positive stopping apparatus on the crimp ring are used to assure appropriate closure of a crimp ring assembly. The positive stopping ap... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036338 | String of beads A string of beads with deformable connecting pieces which extend between each pair of adjacent beads and which are secured to the beads, wherein the connecting pieces are plastics threads or flexible wires. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6928835 | Pop beads having elongated necks Jewelry items such as rings, bracelets and necklaces are made of pop beads of novel construction. The structure includes a spherical body from which extends an elongate, flexible neck having a ball formed on its distal free end. The neck is sufficiently long to enab... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6241572 | Manipulable beaded string A manipulatable beaded string toy device comprising of a plurality of interconnectable elements, each element including a number of beads disposed on a cord. When the plurality of interconnectable elements are interconnected, a junction formed comprises a... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6220010 | Ornamental chain made up of successive elements each having a generally spherical shape An ornamental chain made up of successive elements, in which at least one of said elements includes a hollow body inside which an insert is fixed that is designed to retain a link member that is linked to an adjacent element of the chain, said insert bein... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5615577 | Ultrathin transmission mechanism for all types of automobile power window An ultrathin transmission mechanism for all types of automobile power windows is provided, in which the gears thereof each is formed at its shaft hole periphery with two laterally outward projected flanges for positioning the gears on the transmission mec... | 04/01/1997 |
| 4372993 | Method for making enamel beads and resulting product A method of making an enamel bead and resulting bead which includes the provision of a short length of copper tubing forming a bead core member wherein the copper tubing is heated to a red hot state and rolled in copper enamel flux one or more times to co... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4315751 | Positive drive system A positive drive system including a coined drive cable (26) having a plurality of regularly spaced nodules (29) rigidly attached along at least a portion of its length, and one or more positive drive sheaves (20, 22, 23, 24) configured to receive the cabl... | 02/16/1982 |
