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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334453 | Modular particulate sampler A gas sampler includes an impact disc for removing larger particles from a gas flow drawn by a pump and a filter for capturing smaller particles, also positioned in the flow path. The sampler is conveniently dissembled and reassembled to remove and replace the impac... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325465 | Particle matter sampling method and sampler with a virtual impactor particle concentrator An apparatus for sampling ambient air to obtain coarse and fine fractions of particulate matter includes a single acceleration tube and a collection tube coaxially arranged along a central axis with a gap between facing distal ends thereof within a range of d/D1 | 02/05/2008 |
| 7082811 | Cascade impactor with individually driven impactor plates A cascade impactor apparatus has a series of vertically stacked impactor housing sections. Each of the impactor housing sections has an upper portion that supports a motor for driving an impactor plate that is positioned below a nozzle through which flow passes. Eac... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073402 | Air sampler with parallel impactors An air sampler is designed for a predetermined flow rate. The air flow is admitted to at least two impactors operating in parallel. Preferably the inlet nozzles and the outlet orifices of each impactor are sized to achieve predetermined cut-off sizes of particles; p... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6903818 | Low noise intracavity laser particle counter An optical particle counter has a gain-apertured laser cavity producing laser light, an inlet jet providing fluid flow into a particle detecting region within the laser cavity, the inlet jet having an inlet jet orifice; a detection optics assembly located to collect... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6594001 | Pollen grain-counting method and pollen grain counter Provided is a method and apparatus which enable only pollen existing in the atmosphere to be automatically quantified. According to the method and apparatus, particles other than those substantially smaller than pollen grains, contained in a given amount ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 5983704 | Method of measuring and analyzing contamination particles generated during the manufacture of semiconductor devices An apparatus and a method of measuring contamination particles generated during manufacturing of semiconductor devices and an analysis method therefor are described. The apparatus for measuring contamination particles has a regulator for controlling the f... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5425263 | Method for inspecting an article for concealed substances There is provided an assembly for preferentially separating and collecting particles that are gathered from the surface of an article such as an item of baggage. The assembly features an impactor and a suction anvil that is displaceable from a collection ... | 06/20/1995 |
| 4764186 | Particle impactor assembly for size selective high volume air sampler Air containing entrained particulate matter is directed through a plurality of parallel, narrow, vertically oriented impactor slots of an inlet element toward an adjacently located, relatively large, dust impaction surface preferably covered with an adhes... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4660408 | Proportional exhaust sampler system and control means A testing apparatus for measuring the particulate and/or gaseous content of an exhaust source for use in evaluating the exhaust emissions of internal combustion engine provides both fixed flow and proportional flow control of the diluted particulate conta... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4590792 | Microanalysis particle sampler Apparatus of the invention enables gas entrained particulate collection and transfer of collected particulate into position for scanning by a scanning electron microscope; and it comprises: (a) structure forming a cavity and including a nozzle having an orific... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4321822 | Impactor apparatus An impactor apparatus operable to collect particles for subsequent gravimetric or chemical analysis. The apparatus has a first assembly for supporting particle impaction means and a second nozzle assembly releasably mounted on the first assembly having no... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4189937 | Bounceless high pressure drop cascade impactor and a method for determining particle size distribution of an aerosol This invention is directed to a high pressure drop cascade impactor wherein the particles do not bounce from the collection plate; to a method for designing said impactor; a method for calculating and determining the particle size distribution of an aeros... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4133202 | Multiple nozzle single stage impactor A single stage impactor having a plurality of different sized nozzles that predicate a particle collection efficiency curve that approximates a predetermined curve. The impactor has a particle collection plate mounted on a casing having a passage connecte... | 01/09/1979 |
| 3983743 | Apparatus and method for the analysis of a particle-laden gas An apparatus for the collection of particles from a gas containing particles which comprises a first means for directing the flow of said gas toward a second means for collection of at least a portion of said particles by the process of impaction, the fir... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3938366 | Aerosol analyzer An apparatus for separating particles from a fluid comprising a housing, means for flowing a fluid through said housing, a plurality of parallel perforated plates supported in said housing spaced from one another in the direction of fluid flow, the plates... | 02/17/1976 |
