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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721636 | Hole puncher A hole puncher has a base, multiple cutter brackets, multiple cutters, multiple springs, a linkage, an activating member and a handle. The base has two ends. The cutter brackets are mounted on the base. The cutters are mounted slidably through the cutter brackets. T... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7255032 | Puncher having replaceable knife holder A puncher having a replaceable knife holder comprises a base, a knife holder, and a wastepaper-storing case. A cover is pivotally mounted in the front of the base. The front edge of the cover is extended to the knife-holding groove such that the knife-holding groove... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7143675 | Puncher having a double cutter linkage structure A puncher having a double cutter linkage structure includes a driving shaft, a driving plate, a front linking rod, a rear linking rod, a front cutter seat, a rear cutter seat, a front cutter, a rear cutter, and a positioning seat. The driving plate is fixed to the d... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6997092 | Cutting apparatus A photo cutting apparatus includes a support, a press, a linkage and a cutting device. The press is movably mounted on the support. The linkage is for pressing the press. The cutting device is arranged between the support and the press for separating photos develope... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6655251 | Method and device for cutting film-like materials, for instance for automatic packaging installations A device for cutting film-like material in a shearing action by a blade and a counterblade provided with respective cutting edges. The blade has first and second ends. Movement of the blade is controlled such that the first end and the second end move alo... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6474211 | Saw-blade driving device for a scroll saw A scroll saw includes a machine base and a table mounted pivotally on the machine base for placement of a workpiece to be sawn. The table is rotatable about a horizontal axis that extends in a longitudinal direction of the machine base. A C-shaped blade-h... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6186061 | Press bearing lubrication system A plurality of hydrostatic bearing pads are each integrally formed in a respective pin or journal member being used within a mechanical press machine. The hydrostatic bearing pads are supplied with pressurized fluid sufficient to create a combined hydrost... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6148708 | Cutting apparatus with motor A cutting device for strip stock includes a stationary blade and a motor-driven, movable blade that continuously contacts against the stationary blade, constituting a point of support. Two other points of support for the movable blade are equally spaced f... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6067886 | Machine trim press having counterbalance features In accordance with one aspect of this invention an improved trim press is taught for use in separating molded articles from a web of material. The trim press includes a frame, a drive motor carried by the frame, a first platen carried by the frame, and a ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6055903 | Press, specifically punch press A connecting rod unit is eccentrically supported on the drive shaft. The connecting rod unit is pivotally mounted via link members to double arm levers. Each double arm lever is pivotally mounted to a single arm lever. Furthermore, each single arm lever i... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5746123 | Punch press having an elongate space for mounting its tools The eccentric shaft is connected via the connecting rod and slider to single arm levers projecting at both sides away from the slider. At their ends remote from the slider the levers are supported via threaded spindles at the frame of the punch press. Gro... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5531160 | Single-shaft four-point punch press The push rods (16, 17) are connected via ball-and-socket joints (42-45) to the ram (3). The sockets (44, 45) are located within the push rods (16, 17) and the balls (42, 43) are located above the ram (3) and mounted to same. Thus, in case of off center lo... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5317893 | Single shaft punch press Four lever units are linked to the arrangement of connecting rods via a common bolt. Each lever unit drives one ram of the punch press. The rams are arranged in configuration of a square. This allows a much higher loading by off-center forces and the punc... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5138922 | Apparatus for balancing the mass forces of a punch press The balancing weight for the balancing of the rotating forces is connected via link members to respective balancing weights for the balancing of the oscillating forces. The balancing weights for the balancing of the oscillating forces are each pivotable m... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5099708 | Adjustable rolling cam slider An adjustable rolling cam slider which has a cam sliding block displacing vertically to link with a horizontal sliding block by two ball joints, and a link with a fixing block to get in touch with and drive the cam sliding block to displace downward, cons... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5095793 | Cutter drive vibration dampening system A vibrational dampening system in a cutter head having an elongate knife reciprocated to cut a ply or a stack of plies of sheet material comprises a drive pulley having an eccentrically mounted pin on which is journalled a linkage connecting the drive pul... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5076125 | Rotary arc ram A tube cutoff apparatus includes a parallelogram link assembly and a rotary arc ram which orbits 360° to maximize the vertical workstroke of the ram relative to the apparatus and has a lower inertia whereby to cut tubes of increased diameter, increase th... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5052257 | Mass forces balancing apparatus in a machine having a crank shaft drive, specifically a punching machine The balancing weights are hingedly mounted at their lower ends to link rods. These link rods are hingedly mounted to an extended section of first rods. At opposite ends the balancing weights are hingedly mounted to reversing levers that in turn are hinged... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4934236 | Sheet slicing mechanism A sheet slicing mechanism includes a rigid frame member supporting a stepper motor coupled to a drive gear. A rotatably supportable rotary member includes a driven gear coupled to the drive gear and is rotatably supported upon the frame. A blade frame hav... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4923386 | Apparatus for forming leads of a semiconductor device A lead forming apparatus suitable for use in forming the leads of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The apparatus has a housing for supporting a stationary lower mold half, a support plate arranged to freely move with respect to the housing for support... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4890524 | Trim press with counterbalance A trim press for severing articles differentially pressure formed in a thermoplastic sheet comprising a stationary die member and a movable trim die member mounted on a frame for movement toward and away from the stationary trim die member between a space... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4879935 | Reciprocating knife cutter with flexible drive portion A cutter in which a reciprocating knife is driven by an eccentric mechanism. The knife has a drive portion that flexes laterally in a plane perpendicular to the drive axis of the eccentric mechanism. The eccentric drive axis is offset along the perpendicu... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4854202 | Apparatus for providing beveled edge pads Apparatus and method are disclosed for cutting paper pads to provide a paper pad which has a beveled edge. The apparatus includes a gripping assembly for gripping the pad and a positioning assembly for bending the pad intermediate its ends. A cutting asse... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4757734 | Balancing means in a punching machine In a punching machine, a yoke is supported on an eccentric section of the crankshaft. The yoke is designed to counterbalance the rotating forces. Both ends of the yoke are pivotably connected to connecting rods. Both connecting rods are pivotably connecte... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4630516 | Eccentric press An eccentric press which can be constructed a single connecting rod machine or a twin connecting rod machine is described. The press includes a stroke adjustment means having a support lever which is articulately connected at the joint between the two por... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4620468 | Punching machine In order to drive a punching machine electrically, with the aid of a double-armed rocker (70) a translational motion for the compression beam (10) is generated on the one hand, and a rotary motion for an opposing drive on the other hand. On the one side, ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4485714 | Arrangement for attaching a knife blade in a power shears An arrangement, preferably for clamping knife blades in power shears includes a longitudinal T-slot or dove-tail slot in the blade holder or the blade itself. Gripping means (16, 46, 76) are provided in the slot for engaging retainers (19, 47). The retain... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4478122 | Punch head for a punch press A punch press (10) having a punching head (30) which includes a large eccentric crankshaft (42) for operating selected punches (32). The large eccentric crankshaft (42) withdraws the punch (32) into an upper tool support (92) for a relatively large portio... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4471677 | Device for producing cylindrical cavities in a layer of gelled material Semi-automatic device which makes it possible to produce cylindrical cavities, according to a given geometrical arrangement, in a layer of gelled material, the said device consisting of a set of several individual devices each of which, as shown in FIG. 1... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4463642 | Shearing machine A shearing machine is disclosed which includes a first lower blade and a second lower blade positioned at right angles with respect to each other. A ram is provided which is swingably movable upwardly and downwardly with respect to the lower blades, the r... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4301723 | Cylinder operated swinging ram cutoff press A swinging ram type cutoff press for severing lengths of elongated stock such as tubing is provided of the type in which a ram is supported for swinging movement to operate a cutoff die set. The cutoff press includes a power cylinder combined with a toggl... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4241631 | Machine for punching, nibbling, rounding off and cutting any kind of sheets or plates, and for similar operations The machine comprises an operating arm accommodated with a pair of horizontally extending shoulders and is rockingly supported by a pin pivoted on parallel vertical supporting standards or uprights for said shoulders and forming part of the machine bedpla... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4160409 | Drive for the movable work component, such as the ram of a press, stamping machine or the like A drive or drive arrangement for a movable work component, such as the ram of a punch press, stamping machine or the like, comprising a crosshead driven by a crank drive. At both sides of the crosshead there are hingedly connected one respective end of si... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4156387 | Apparatus for mass compensation at a machine driven by a crank drive An apparatus for the mass compensation at a machine driven by means of a crank drive including a crankshaft, especially a punch press or stamping machine, comprising at least one compensation weight which is connected with a piston or cross-head and the c... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4048891 | Cutter mechanism for cutting sheet material A cutter having a reciprocating knife for cutting sheet material has a drive mechanism for converting the rotary motion of a drive member into the reciprocating motion of the knife. The drive mechanism is comprised of a mechanical linkage which causes the... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4031792 | Hammer ram press A press adapted to operate dies such as tubing cutoff dies through a lightweight ram mounted on a parallelogram linkage for oscillating motion rather than for the usual reciprocating motion on a slide. The ram linkage is operated through a crankshaft and ... | 06/28/1977 |
| 3968714 | Heavy duty shear A shear comprising a frame, a fixed blade, a movable blade cooperating with the fixed blade to cut sheet material disposed therebetween, a hydraulic power cylinder for moving the movable blade upwardly and downwardly past the fixed blade, a lever for driv... | 07/13/1976 |
