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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7293789 | Wide power range bicycle with positive intuitive gear shifting system A pedal lever type bicycle includes a pedal lever having a front portion and a rear portion, with an intermediate pivot point located substantially above the center of the rear wheel, and to the rear of the front of the rear wheel. The rear portion of the pedal leve... | 11/13/2007 |
| 5429379 | Impulse drive mechanism and shock driver for a land vehicle A land vehicle or bicycle (110) is disclosed having a front wheel drive which includes an impulse drive mechanism and shock driver. The front wheel drive mechanism (140) includes a handle bar/driver mechanism (151) attached to an impulse drive mechanism (... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5308300 | Step-type training machine and control method A step-type training machine in which the exerciser trains using a predetermined load while detecting the pulse of the exerciser, and in accordance with data (e.g. the age, sex and weight) inputted before the training and various data (e.g. the exerciser'... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5303603 | Method for imparting cyclic vertical motion to carousel animals An arrangement of cables, pulleys and cams has been invented which provides a simple, reliable, flexible and inexpensive method of converting rotary carousel motion in the horizontal plane into vertical motion of animals on the carousel. A cam is attached... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5185947 | Line-guide advancement mechanism for copyholders A line-guide advancement mechanism for copyholders of the type for holding a document containing information to be transcribed and containing a linearly moveable line-guide for highlighting individual lines of information. The line-guide advancement unit ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4912996 | Motion converting means The invention relates to an assembly for converting the reciprocating motion of at least one piston of a combustion engine into an oscillating rotary motion of at least one shaft, the piston being coupled with the shaft via a flexible band connected with ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4762332 | Wheel chair A wheelchair having a propulsion and speed change mechanism, the mechanism has a clutch with a cam clutch (21) and a cylindrical fly wheel (23) installed on a hub (24) of the shaft (25) of the main wheel of the chair. The clutch includes roller bearings (... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4574649 | Propulsion and speed change mechanism for lever propelled bicycles Propulsion and speed change mechanism for lever propelled bicycles having a pair of propulsion levers 4, each of which is built in one piece with a speed change arm 3 and mounted in each side of the main shaft portion 2 at the bottom of the bicycle frame ... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4563854 | Round baler for forming bales of agricultural products A baler for forming round roll bales of agricultural products includes a baling chamber in which a plurality of bale-forming rotatable rolls form a bale which is wrapped with a binding tape supplied into the baling chamber from the tape supply roll positi... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4421334 | High speed cycle A cycle, such as a bicycle, includes reciprocating pedal levers for applying power to the rear wheel through a pair of chains. The pedal lever includes a forwardly extending section for receiving a person's foot and a rearwardly extending portion for rece... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4242050 | Windmill power generator A windmill powered generator having one or a plurality of wind operated motor units, each being operably connected to a single power drive shaft to effect rotation of said drive shaft regardless of the rotational direction of the wind operated rotary unit... | 12/30/1980 |
