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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 |
| 8141475 | Piston machine A piston machine comprises a housing, in which at least one first piston is arranged which can be moved to and fro between two end positions in order to periodically increase and reduce the size of a working chamber adjoining a first end face of the at least one fir... | 03/27/2012 |
| 6997150 | CTA phaser with proportional oil pressure for actuation at engine condition with low cam torsionals A variable camshaft timing phaser for an internal combustion engine having at least one camshaft comprising a plurality of vanes in chambers defined by a housing and a spool valve. The vanes define an advance and retard chamber. At least one of the vanes is cam torq... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6460862 | Chuck with rotary vane actuator There is provided a chuck having four radial jaw grooves, two pairs of opposed jaws movably provided in the grooves, a first rotary vane actuator for actuating one pair of the opposed jaws, and a second rotary actuator for actuating the other pair of the ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 5410944 | Telescoping robot arm with spherical joints A telescoping robot arm with singularity-free three degrees of motion freedom spherical joints is disclosed. The telescoping section and spherical joints are hydraulically operated to achieve a high power-to-weight ratio and use conventional seals of the ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 4759262 | Apparatus for restraining rotary motion of a motor component The invention is an apparatus that allows a motor to move in any one of three linear directions, but it restrains rotary motion of the motor housing. In practice, the motor is used for driving a pump or some other rotary motion device. The device includes... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4484511 | Piston A piston for a fluid pressure chamber having an arcuate longitudinal axis. Such piston comprises an assemblage of two spherical bodies in side-by-side relationship and interconnected by a universal pivot. Each spherical body carries a circumferential pist... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4138206 | Gear-type positive-displacement machine A gear-type machine whose housing accommodates two symmetrical idle gears which are in mesh with an internal toothing of an element embracing them inside the housing and with an external toothing of a central gear, whereas the spaces confined between the ... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4058088 | Oscillating piston engine An oscillating piston engine capable of running on a working fluid such as steam or compressed air comprises a bank of cylinders mounted for rotation in unison to turn a shaft in an engine block, pistons mounted for oscillation in the cylinders and rotata... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3974801 | Oscillating piston internal combustion engine An oscillating piston internal combustion engine comprises a bank of combustion chambers mounted on the front of an engine block for rotation in an annular path to rotate an output shaft protruding from the rear of the block. Gearing inside the block conv... | 08/17/1976 |
