...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5090988 | Bottom plate for H-28 machine A bottom plate for an H-28 machine is secured to a post which is received within a hollow stud and sits on a ball bearing supported within the stud. The post which has an annular groove cooperates with a plurality of locking pins which can be held in oper... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5015279 | Apparatus for extracting spin cast fused silica objects Apparatus for removing a fused silica glass object from a rotating pot has a gripping member which grips the upper rim of the fused silica glass object and a rotational synchronization member connected to the gripping member which is lowered vertically in... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4964902 | Method of extracting spin cast fused silica This invention relates to a method of making an object of silica glass, such as a crucible, according to which a pot capable of rotating about its axis is filled with a refractory pulverulent material. The pot is rotated and a cylindrical cavity is formed... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4200449 | Apparatus for blow molding hollow glassware A multi-section blow molding machine for the manufacture of hollow glassware has in each section a parison mold for each pair of blow molds. The blow molds are disposed below and on opposite sides of the center of oscillation of a neck ring arm carrying r... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4052187 | Apparatus for producing glass parison by the press-and-blow process Apparatus for producing a glass parison comprises a spindle and a plunger mounted in the spindle for axial displacement. Mechanism is provided for axially displacing the plunger relative to the housing. A press mould has a cavity for carrying glass melt a... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4004905 | Safety lock for forming machine blowhead An apparatus for forming glass containers wherein the glass is expanded to its final shape in a blow mold. A blowhead is brought onto vertical registry with the blow mold cavity. In the conventional Hartford I.S. forming machine, the mechanism for moving ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3951637 | Forming station for a machine for forming hollow articles of vitreous material A machine for forming hollow articles of vitreous material includes at least one forming station provided with at least one forming means and for each forming means a neck ring means carrying a parison and including a pair of neck ring halves and a guide ... | 04/20/1976 |