...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 |
| 7168364 | Method and apparatus for marking workpieces A method and an apparatus are provided for marking a sheet-shaped workpiece using a marking tool. The marking tool is mounted in a punch holder of a punch press and a counter-support is fixed in place on a side opposite of a marking surface of the workpiece to be ma... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6908903 | Cluster clearing agents Cluster clearing agents (CCAs) and the use thereof are discussed. CCAs are composed of a hepatic clearance directing moiety which directs the biodistribution of a CCA-containing construct to hepatic clearance; and a binding moiety which mediates binding of the CCA t... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6553886 | Automatic retraction system for ring roller A hide splitting machine according to the invention has two pivot arms, mounted on modified journals at each end of a rubber roller, that are connected to two ring roller swivel arms attached to each end of the ring roller. The ring roller swivel arms con... | 04/29/2003 |
| 4713950 | Device adapted to move the sharpening grinding wheels in a leather splitting machine close to and away from a cutting blade A device to move the sharpening grinding wheels in a leather splitting machine close to and away from a cutting blade. The grinding wheels are rotatably supported on the end portions of respective arms the other ends of which are pivoted on a carriage. Th... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4567739 | Platform for introducing sheet materials, particularly in leather splitting machines and the like Platform for introducing sheet materials, particularly in leather splitting machines and the like, consisting of a plate suitable to slide in a reciprocating manner on a fixed level disposed at the top of a bearing structure. Balls are interposed between ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4549416 | Machine for splitting skins, having an adjustable calibrating roller The annular endless band blade splitting machine according to the invention is provided with an upper bridge having an adjustable curvature calibrating roller and with a variable cutting thickness with adjustment possible either when the machine is stoppe... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4441396 | Slitting machine, more particularly for hides and leather, unwoven textile products, rubber products, plastics in plates or rolls An apparatus utilizing an endless blade for splitting hides, textile products and the like. A fixed assembly carries upper and lower cylinders or rollers for feeding the workpiece to the blade. A mobile or movable assembly carries the blade mounted on two... | 04/10/1984 |