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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6896430 | Compliant belt attach A compliant belt attach assembly for use in a printer includes a belt attach and a drive belt having a drive lug. The belt attach defines a lug chamber for containing the drive lug of the drive belt. First and second drive bars are configured to contact the first an... | 05/24/2005 |
| 5611243 | Piston advance mechanism for automatic taper The mechanism consists of a crankshaft and connecting rods driving two rods which extend through the full length of the cylinder of the taper. The rods reciprocate 180° out of phase with each other and pass through a piston assembly. Clutch mechanisms in... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5440945 | Hardgeared infinitely variable transmission A hardgeared infinitely variable transmission (IVT) is provided in which at least one quick return mechanism is hardgeared to the rotating transmission input shaft. The quick return mechanisms convert the rotating motion of the transmission input shaft to... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5226200 | Space crank wiper system with adjustable wipe pattern An adjustment mechanism uniquely tailored to a space crank wiper system is used to adjust the wipe angle, specifically to lower the inwipe to give a depressed park position. The characteristic spacing of a four bar spatial mechanism that drives the wiper ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 4838374 | Speed responsive rear wheel steering A mechanism (47) is provided for converting rotational movement to substantially linear movement. The mechanism is adapted for incorporation into a vehicle (12) having front and rear wheel steering assemblies (14, 16) and a closed hydraulic system (22) fo... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4785657 | Transfer feed mechanism for power presses A transfer feed mechanism, for use in a power press, is disclosed. The feed mechanism comprises multiple finger units for moving successive workpieces along a plurality of different axes so as to transfer the workpieces to desired work stations in desired... | 11/22/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4718825 | Active control system for high speed windmills A pump stroke is matched to the operating speed of a high speed windmill. The windmill drives a hydraulic pump for a control. Changes in speed of a wind driven shaft open supply and exhaust valves to opposite ends of a hydraulic actuator to lengthen and s... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4703607 | Stroke-reduction cover emplacement device Gripper devices transfer covers from a magazine onto filled packing containers guided along a substantially horizontal transport trajectory. The gripper devices are on a supporting shaft which is driven via a rod system 18 by a grooved cam plate and a rol... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4674362 | Transferring device of a cam type A transferring mechanism is arranged to transfer parts from one place to another. The mechanism includes a cam lever which is rotated by a cam. A follower lever is rotatable and has a transfer member (e.g., a chuck) mounted at its free end. A connecting s... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4622793 | Movement-regulating mechanism for a sealing device The invention is a mechanism for regulating the speed and stroke of a transverse sealing means for a vertical packing machine using tubular film. The mechanism comprises a cranking disc, and elongated transverse rod and a vertical rod, these members being... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4576064 | Coupling mechanism for wind turbine A mechanism is provided for connecting the output shaft of a wind turbine with a load rod, such as the rod of a downhole pump. The mechanism includes a drive train which converts the rotating output of the shaft to a variable amplitude reciprocating outpu... | 03/18/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4572028 | Continuously variable gear device The present invention pertains to a continuously variable gear device for converting a rotary motion into a linear motion which is dependent on the angle of rotation. The gear device comprises a swivel arm which is rotatable about a fulcrum and is attache... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4520682 | Reciprocating rectilinear motion apparatus A mechanism for converting rotary drive motion into reciprocal rectilinear motion including structure for varying the length of the rectilinear stroke.... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4404870 | Reciprocator for paint gun A reciprocator is provided with fixed pulleys and movable pulleys which are reciprocated upward and downward, and a slider for mounting a paint gun is connected to an end of a wire which is led through the fixed pulleys and the movable pulleys.... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4328718 | Variable oscillator drive mechanism Mechanically-adjustable, variable oscillator drive mechanism having fixed locations for a main input shaft, an intermediate shaft, and an output shaft, and including a crank arm member supported by the intermediate input shaft and intermittently oscillate... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4315532 | Apparatus for filling caulking tubes with improved linkage means An apparatus for filling caulking tubes with a liquid composition with improved linkage and adjusting mechanisms for determining the amount of composition that is placed into the caulking tubes.... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4263825 | Reciprocating stroke length adjustment device and method The adjustment screw that regulates the stroke length of the piston that drives a diaphragm pump is rotated by means of a clutch and "diamond-back" screw structure. By selectively engaging either of two oppositely oriented one-way clutches, one of two res... | 04/28/1981 |
