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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6785930 | Windshield wiping method This invention relates to windshield wiper system and method which utilizes a flexible member to account for compression loads in excess of a predetermined load, such as 30 percent greater than a maximum load for the flexible member. The system utilizes a flexible p... | 09/07/2004 |
| 5251505 | Speed reducer with gears having parallel axes The speed reducer comprises a first shaft which is supported so as to be able to slide axially, is suitable for being rotatingly actuated and a pinion whose set of teeth are slightly beveled is located thereon. A second shaft is supported so as to be able... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5219391 | Transmission shifter having automatic adjustment of control parameters A position-feedback-control servomechanism for shifting the transmission of a vehicle has a control algorithm that adjusts the loop gains in a proportional-integral-differential controller to compensate for manufacturing variations in the apparatus as wel... | 06/15/1993 |
| 4331040 | Anti-backlash gearing A gear system adapted to eliminate backlash between a set of reversible gears. The gears are also arranged to perform without backlash when their center distances are changed. One gear of the double helical type fixed to a first shaft is in engagement wit... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4307629 | Torque converter A torque converter for inclusion between a driving shaft and a driven shaft. Preferably there is more than one torque generator and a gear train in parallel between the input and output shafts. The torque generators and any attached driving gears rotate a... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4302985 | Phase controlling system for two rotatable shafts A valve timing device for an internal combustion engine includes a hub with an internal helical groove which engages a tracking post extending from a cylindrical surface of a crankshaft. A locking cap is placed at the outer end of the crankshaft spaced ap... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4136569 | Thermostat resetting device A resetting device coupled to a thermostat which has a resetting pin actuated by depressing the same, comprises a body arranged to be movable towards and away from the resetting pin; a propelling device for launching the body in the direction of the reset... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4088045 | Planetary work forming machine having improved starter timing control and starter drive selector A machine is disclosed which incorporates a timing control for modifying the timing of a starter for feeding work blanks to a forming station and which features a manual control for applying a supplementary rotary input into a spindle operated differentia... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4036074 | Anti-backlash gear system An anti-backlash gear system for use between a drive shaft and a driven shaft and wherein one said shaft is provided with a gear having helical teeth thereon, said anti-backlash system comprising a gear portion fixed to the other said shaft, and meshing w... | 07/19/1977 |
