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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360342 | Anchor wedge for post tension anchor system and anchor system made therewith A wedge for an anchor system is disclosed. One embodiment of the wedge includes at least two circumferential wedge segments. Each segment defines an exterior tapered surface and an interior surface. The interior surface has gripping elements thereon. The gripping el... | 04/22/2008 |
| 6909540 | Microscope objective, microscope, and method for imaging a specimen A microscope objective that comprises an objective housing and contains several lens elements, at least one lens element being arranged displaceably in motor-driven fashion within the objective housing, is disclosed. A microscope and a method for imaging a specimen ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6311574 | Device for fine positioning of a component A device for fine positioning of a component (1), especially for vertical fine positioning of an objective or revolving objective nosepiece (1) of a microscope, with a lever system (3) and a drive (4) for the lever system, is characterized in that the lev... | 11/06/2001 |
| 5333986 | Transfer apparatus A transfer apparatus for transferring a semiconductor wafer has a base provided with a rotary driving source, and four arms having the same length. A first inner arm has an end fixed to the rotary driving shaft, and the other end fixed to a first coupling... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5209961 | Toothed belt A toothed belt of the present invention comprises a back surface section and tooth sections that are made of an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer (NBR) with a hydrogenation rate of 90% or more; a tooth cloth that covers the surface of the tooth sections a... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5105672 | Rotary drive apparatus having one member with smooth outer peripheral surface Rotary drive apparatus includes first member journaled for rotation coupled by a cable to a second member also journaled for rotation, and at least one outer peripheral surface, on which the cable winds and unwinds, includes a smooth outer periphery. One ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4787259 | Rotary drive apparatus having multiple drive shafts Rotary drive apparatus includes a plurality of driving elements connected by a cable to a single driven element, with the multiple drive elements spaced apart about the periphery of the driven elements for imparting rotary motion to the driven element in ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4757723 | Springloaded end terminations for rotary cable drive apparatus Rotary drive apparatus utilizes a cable extending about and between two rotatable members or elements, and the cable end terminations are secured to one of the elements by means of tension springs anchored within one of the elements. The tension springs p... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4704013 | Auxiliary adjusting mechanism for optical instruments A precision optical instrument includes an auxiliary focusing mechanism coupled to the primary focusing mechanism such that rotation of the auxiliary mechanism rotates the primary mechanism.... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4630398 | Arrangement for lifting and lowering a windowpane, especially of a motor vehicle window An arrangement for lifting and lowering a window, especially of a motor vehicle by means of an entrainment member adjustable along a guide rail; the ends of cable sections extending approximately parallel to the guide rail are secured at the entrainment m... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4550675 | Self-adjusting shift indicator for automatic transmission A self-adjusting selector dial shift indicator mechanism is disclosed for an automatic transmission control system. The system includes a carriage assembly having a carrier member and an indicator member slidably interlocked by resilient biasing means for... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4435991 | Potentiometer drive for displacement transducer of reciprocating unit A potentiometer drive for the displacement transducer of a reciprocating unit which uses a timing belt to drive the rotary potentiometer and where one belt pulley serves as a control disc to which the drive shaft of the rotary potentiometer is coupled in ... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4367659 | Twin lever control actuator A twin lever control actuator (10) for operating push-pull cables (17) has two sets of two pulleys (12, 13), one set on each side of a control body (11). The cable cores (18) are attached to the pulley cables (15) on the straight run of pulley cable betwe... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4351197 | Precision positioning apparatus having a rotating driving element and a rotating driven element Precision positioning apparatus includes a rotatable driving element connected to a rotatable driven element having a diameter substantially greater than that of the driven element, and rotary movement of the driving element imparts rotary movement to the... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4347803 | Display device providing magnified indication A display device for displaying an indication of a quantity, such as the shift range to which an automatic transmission is set, having an indicator member mounted so as to rotate within a first range of rotational movement around a first axis, and a drive... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4346819 | Carton filler and volume adjuster apparatus for packaging machines This invention relates to the carton container packaging art, and to a carton filler drive unit and volume adjuster apparatus for packaging machines which have a plurality of filler apparatuses disposed in a linear arrangement, for filling a plurality of ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4326430 | Indication element driving device An indication element driving device is incorporated within a tuning apparatus. The driving device comprises a casing of a substantially cylindrical shape with both end faces covered, a driving shaft is rotatably supported passing through the covered end ... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4210094 | Radio tuner for coupling with cassette tape recorder A radio tuner for detachably coupling with a cassette tape recorder is disclosed, and forms a radio set when connected with a source battery, an amplifier and a loudspeaker contained within the recorder. The tuner has a casing which is molded from a synth... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4208981 | Transmission ratio indicator assembly A transmission ratio indicator assembly has a linear input member and an output member that moves on a constant radius. The input member includes a slide member guided on a flat surface, which slide member has an arm extending normal to the flat surface a... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4184446 | Remote control apparatus for presetting a tuning device to desired stations Apparatus which finds particular application in a tuning device of the type which is tunable to different broadcast frequencies and which includes a scale provided with indicia corresponding to such broadcast frequencies and a pointer movable across the s... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4184447 | Tuning apparatus Tuning apparatus including a scale provided with indicia corresponding to different broadcast frequencies to which the tuning apparatus is tunable and a pointer movable across the scale to indicate the particular broadcast frequency to which the tuning ap... | 01/22/1980 |
