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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 |
| 7975583 | Method and apparatus for the automatic trimming of printed products A method and apparatus are provided for automatically trimming a plurality of printed products in a trimming apparatus having at least one trimming station including at least one blade positioned on a moveable yoke. The plurality of printed products are supplied suc... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7231858 | Table saw having a measurement and display system A table saw having various embodiments of a measurement and display system. Several embodiments have at least one fence rail on which a removable fence is movably supported and comprise an elongated sensor strip that is located adjacent the fence rail and a sensing ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7093353 | Automatic unit for inserting hangers from a strip of attached staples A hanger taken from a strip of hangers is positioned on a fastening and cutting anvil (6) displaceable between a bottom position, in which it retracts below the level of the support plate (1) and a top position, in which it projects above the plate. A ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6901832 | Method and apparatus to remove pieces cut from a bar-shaped workpiece with a cutting machine A method to remove pieces (14) cut off from bar-shaped workpiece material (5) by a cutting machine (1) is provided as well as an apparatus to carry out this process, wherein the piece (14) of the material (5) to be cut lies on a ma... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6739228 | Process for minimizing waste during processing of a length of stock A process is provided for minimizing waste during processing of a length of stock into one or more shorter usable segments, where in connection with the processing station upon which the length of stock is processed, the length of stock has a minimum handling length... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6363823 | Variable index drive apparatus A machine, for example machine for cutting discrete sheets of material from a web, which includes a web supply and a processing station such as a cutoff station, is provided with a variable index drive operating feed structure for moving the web intermitt... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6216574 | Automated stop positioning system apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for precisely, easily and automatically setting and resetting stops on a cutting table. In particular, a hand manipulable pointer slideable along a scale may be moved a desired and equal distance to that desired of the stops, and... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6003420 | Apparatus for manufacturing photographic filmstrips In an apparatus for manufacturing filmstrips having a variable length and a variable number of perforations from a long strip of continuous film, a die set device is provided with a plurality of punch holders aligned adjacent to one another in a film tran... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5911806 | Groove stamping machine adaptable to various stator and rotor plate sizes A groove stamping machine stamps the required grooves successively into a disk-shaped blank particularly for manufacturing stator and rotor plates for electric machines. The groove stamping machine has a stationary bench which, on the end side, carries a ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5771766 | Device for cutting cheese, vegetables, sausage and like products into slices A device for cutting cheese, vegetables, sausage and like products, into slices, comprising a supporting surface for the product to be cut and a knife, wherein adjacent an end edge of the supporting surface a stop plate for the product to be cut is arrang... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5601005 | Variable thickness bread slicer A powered bread slicer capable of slicing successive loaves of bread to selected different slice thicknesses. A rotating circular bread slicing knife is mounted on a pivotal, reciprocal arm for shifting the knife from a retracted position through slicing ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5461956 | Variable thickness bread slicer A powered bread slicer capable of slicing successive loaves of bread to selected different slice thicknesses. A rotating circular bread slicing knife is mounted on a pivotal, reciprocal arm for shifting the knife from a retracted position through slicing ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5237898 | Autotaper An autotaper for use in dispensing, cutting and locating tape. The autotaper is comprised of a base having a sliding mount attached to the base and disposed at an angle to the direction in which the tape is dispensed and a device for translating and posit... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5024129 | Radial lead component feeder having a narrow footprint A component lead cutting apparatus for tape-fed radial lead electrical components is disclosed. The taped components are driven through the machine by a rotary index wheel, with the cutting station element adjacent the wheel periphery. Clamping and cuttin... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4986155 | Cutting apparatus for extruded materials Apparatus (10) for repeatedly cutting extruded rubber and plastic material (M) at preselected locations along a length thereof including, a frame (11), a drive shaft (35) mounted on the frame, a drive member (25) effecting a selected speed of rotation of ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4953430 | Severed adhesive tape supplying device An adhesive tape delivering, cutting, and supplying device which includes a tape delivering member, a tape transferring member from a roll tape to a tape to be cut, a cutting member, and a tape supply member for attaching the tape to a rotary ring, whereb... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4942796 | Stock feed apparatus for forging machines and the like A stock feed and cutter system for forging machines and the like in which stationary grippers and linearly movable grippers alternately grip rod or wire stock. The movable grippers reciprocate toward and away from the stationary grippers and operate to fe... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4905157 | Control method for shearing bars in bar steel line A control method for shearing bars in a bar steel line provided on the final end side of a bar steel production line so as to shear collectively and simultaneously to desired lengths a plurality of bars obtained by dividing a bar steel blank and arranged ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4827817 | Sanitary napkin dispenser A sanitary napkin dispenser and more specifically a dispenser capable of supplying sanitary napkins at a site of use from a continuous web wound into a spiral roll with the length characteristics of the napkin being varied depending upon the requirements ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4794832 | Method and apparatus for cutting and unbonding elastic bands An apparatus and method for cutting tubular band stock to produce an elastic band and unbonding the abutting edges of the band is disclosed. The apparatus includes a guillotine-type movable blade which cuts transversely across the tubular stock and band e... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4524657 | Automatic wire cutting machine In an automatic wire cutting machine a stepper motor driven knurled roller is positioned between two wire guide channels to drive a wire toward a cutting station. The length of wire to be cut is set in a length counter. Drive cycles, during which the wire... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4513647 | Portable pneumatic wire cutter A two cycle cutter assembly for severing the end of a multiconnector flexible cable. The assembly employs an air cylinder to supply a down stroke to a guillotine carbide upper blade as a prescribed length of cable is presented between the upper blade and ... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4478121 | Digital feed system A stepping motor is used to feed sheet stock to a blank making assembly in a container making process. A translator provides necessary pulses to the stepping motor and is controlled by a counter which is provided with a pulse train indicative of the numbe... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4380183 | Plastics trim press sheet feeding mechanisms A trim press is provided with a remotely controlled adjustment by means of which the end limit of the feeding stroke of the feeding mechanism may be precisely adjusted relative to the die of the trim press while the machine is in operation. Oscillating an... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4344341 | Slicing apparatus A method particularly applicable to the slicing of friable meat products with a rotaty cutting blade comprises feeding the product forwardly when it is not in contact with the cutting blade, and arresting the feeding when the slicing is taking place, and ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4255997 | Label machine A label machine for forming individual labels from an endless tape strip. The machine includes a novel label removal device which uses compressed air to insure removal of each label to a collection station after it is cut from the endless strip, thereby p... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4248112 | Label machine A label machine for forming individual labels from an endless tape strip. The machine includes a novel label removal device which uses compressed air to insure removal of each label to a collection station after it is cut from the endless strip, thereby p... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4210044 | Roll paper cutting arrangement The disclosure relates to a roll paper cutting arrangement for use in mechanical equipment employing a roll of paper to be cut into predetermined length for use, and including cutter which is caused to function by switching members sequentially actuated i... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4197773 | Device for cutting a web into predetermined sections The device for cutting a web into sections according to cutting marks provided on the web comprises an advancing roller for advancing the web along a predetermined track, an electrooptical scanning device for reading respective cutting marks on the web an... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4192207 | Method for feeding a plurality of wires Method of producing a group of wires, W1, W2, W3 . . . Wn, which have predetermined lengths L1, L2, L3 . . . Ln respectively comprises the steps of guiding the wires from ... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4143566 | Semiautomatic strip feed control The present invention is a strip feed control which is particularly useful in photographic systems such as film and paper cutters, film notchers, and printers. The photographic strip material is fed by a predetermined feed length during each operating cyc... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4126068 | Numerically controlled nibbling machine A numerically controlled nibbling machine in which the feed distance of a workpiece is limited by a release time during which a work tool is disengaged from the workpiece according to a predetermined number of strokes of the work tool per unit of time. Th... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4106685 | Semi automatic film cutter with movable cursor A film advancement system for use in a photographic film cutter includes a movable cursor which indicates, by its position, a desired feed length. A cursor position sensor senses the position of the movable cursor with respect to a reference position and ... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4080857 | Device for cutting pieces of predetermined length from endless, strand-form material A driven disk having a units of length scale about the circumference is mounted on an axis parallel with the axis of a freely rotatable pressure roller mounted on a spring biased lever which in one position urges the pressure roller toward the disk such t... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4043494 | Apparatus for feeding a plurality of wires High speed wire feeding means comprises a wire feed roll and a pressure roll, the wire feed roll being driven by a printed circuit motor under the influence of control means which maintains a high and constant level of acceleration and deceleration at the... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4003278 | Tube cutting apparatus A device for cutting lengths of tubing from a longer tube utilizes an external pair of cutting dies and an internal pair of punches. An eccentric relative motion ("shimmy") of the cutting dies results in the desired cutting of the tube. The punches are in... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3962940 | Apparatus for metering copy material in blueprint machines Apparatus for controlling cut-off of paper from a web thereof fed through a blue print machine or the like, includes a main shaft driven by the drive structure of such machine, a threaded sleeve is mounted on said main shaft and is resiliently restrained ... | 06/15/1976 |
