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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360723 | Showerhead system with integrated handle A showerhead system for communicating a fluid supply, the system including a fixed fluid dispensing unit supported at a location, the fixed dispensing unit including a plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with the fluid supply. A removable fluid dispensing un... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360724 | Electrostatic spray nozzle with internal and external electrodes A nozzle is provided for use in a dynamic electrostatic air filter, in which the nozzle includes an internal electrode that charges a semiconductive liquid, and includes an external electrode that assists in breaking the liquid into droplets in a predetermined direc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354008 | Fluidic nozzle for trigger spray applications A fluidic nozzle, for use with a trigger spray applicator that issues a desired spray pattern of fluid droplets, and wherein the applicator has a liquid delivering orifice and an exterior surface proximate the orifice that is configured to receive a spray nozzle, in... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334644 | Method for forming a barrier A method for forming a barrier to seal off a remote chamber includes the steps of: forming a borehole that communicates between a first location and the remote chamber; inserting a conduit through the borehole to extend into the remote chamber; introducing a flowabl... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7303145 | Vehicles and bulk material distribution apparatuses including air flush system and methods An air flush system for a spraying system includes an air compressor unit and an inverter. The air compressor unit integrally comprises a compressor including an electric motor configured to operate upon receipt of alternating current voltage, a tank provided in flu... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7267289 | Shrouded hose filter A water-deflecting shroud. In one embodiment, the water-defelcting shroud comprises a detachable parabolic shield to confine a rupture from a lint filter disposed within the parabolic shield, the parabolic shield configured to modify the rupture in the direction of ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267290 | Cold-performance fluidic oscillator A fluidic oscillator suitable for use at colder temperatures for generating an exhaust flow in the form of an oscillating spray of fluid droplets has an inlet for pressurized fluid, a pair of power nozzles configured to accelerate the movement of the pressurized flu... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264176 | Laminar water jet with pliant member An apparatus having a housing with a water channel, for instance a laminar water flow, flowing there through. A pliant member is provided together with an at least one water input, an at least one filter member and an at least one jetting element. The pliant member ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264177 | Methods, systems and apparatuses for automated irrigation and chemical treatment An automated irrigation and chemical treatment system comprising a user input device adapted to communicate with a control unit; a mixing chamber adapted to communicate with the control unit and connected to a water supply and chemical canisters, wherein each canist... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264062 | Remotely operable fire-fighting vehicle A remotely operably vehicle includes a body defining a cavity therebeneath and further includes a mechanism for remotely propelling the vehicle during operating conditions and a mechanism for remotely discharging fluids outwardly from the vehicle. The vehicle furthe... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261165 | Appartus for fighting forest fires A housing unit includes two parts that define a fire-smothering chemical storing interior volume. The housing unit is transported to a target area of a forest fire by an aircraft and dropped onto the target area. An explosive charge is located inside the housing uni... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258283 | Fuel injector with direct needle control for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector with a direct needle control for an internal combustion engine, having an actuator, a hydraulic booster, and a nozzle needle guided in a nozzle body and acting on a nozzle needle sealing seat. The hydraulic booster includes a booster piston connected... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258172 | Automotive fire suppression system with porous distribution nozzles An onboard fire suppression system has a distribution network including porous, pressure-responsive nozzles which deliver fire suppression agent in a uniform pattern, without the need for drilling or other machining of nozzle orifices. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255291 | Multifunctional sprinkler structure A multifunctional sprinkler structure comprises a water motor having an outlet seat and a top cover mounted to a top-end side, and two adjusting seats and a water supply seat assembled onto a bottom-end side. The bottom-end side of the water motor has a guide groove... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252244 | Volatile dispenser with oriented fibrous emanator A volatile dispenser is provided, including a reservoir containing a quantity of volatile liquid having a viscosity of no greater than 3.9 centipoises. Each of its individual components has a vapor pressure of no less than 0.008 mm Hg. The dispenser also includes an... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246758 | Metal atomizing device A metal atomizing device includes a casing with an inlet tube for providing liquid metal into the casing and an outlet is defined through the casing. The inlet tube and the outlet share a common axis. A polygonal impact member is located at an outlet of the inlet tu... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7240861 | Method and apparatus for dispensing paint powders for powder coatings A corona charge spray gun for dispensing powders for powder coatings. The spray gun includes a housing defining a chamber terminating in an outlet passageway. A high voltage electrode is mounted in the chamber spaced upstream of the outlet passageway and a ground el... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237730 | Modular fuel nozzle and method of making A modular fuel nozzle configuration is defined which permits lower-cost manufacturing operations such as injection moulding to be employed. Also described is a method of making such a component. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237729 | Sprayer with changeable volume A sprayer with a changeable volume includes a container, a pump, a first pipe, a second pipe and a nozzle. The container includes an upper wall and a lower wall. The upper wall can be compressed while not containing water and extensible for containing water. The low... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237731 | Fuel injector with a deep pocket seat and method of maintaining spatial orientation A fuel injector has a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between an inlet and an outlet. A seat assembly is disposed in a body proximate the outlet. The seat assembly includes a flow portion and a securement portion. The flow portion extends along the longi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234649 | Spray gun A spraying apparatus for spraying liquid surface treatment material which includes a gas inlet, a liquid inlet and an outlet nozzle. The apparatus also has a needle valve for regulating the supply of surface treatment material to the nozzle. The needle valve is at l... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232081 | Spray nozzle with adjustable ARC spray elevation angle and flow An adjustable spray nozzle with adjustable arc of coverage as well as spray elevation angle and flow rate. A very simple adjustable arc of coverage spray nozzle configuration is also disclosed which may be easily assembled for a particular precipitation rate and/or ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231988 | Fire protection device for domestic appliances A fire protection and extinguishing device for a water-conducting domestic appliance. When a malfunction occurs that in the appliance that could potentially result in a fire, the device protects the appliance from further damage, prevents the danger of a fire starti... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229027 | Waterfall-producing device Devices for producing waterfalls, which provide a decorative effect in pools, spas, bathtubs, and sinks. The devices include a water inlet, and a water chamber connected to the water inlet. An elongated water outlet is connected to the water chamber, such that water... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229028 | Aerosol impingement baffle An aerosol impingement baffle, and more particularly, an aerosol impingement baffle employed in ultrasonic nebulizers, wherein the impingement orifices thereof are formed by disposing line-shaped impingement grooves at the inner breadth of the impingement baffle, th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229026 | System and method for use in controlling irrigation and compensating for rain The present embodiments provide methods and system for use in irrigating and controlling irrigation. In some embodiments, a method pauses irrigation at a field station when an amount of rain detected exceeds a first threshold, detects an indication of an amount of r... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229031 | Energy efficient showerhead A showerhead with an internal valve to control the flow of fluid between a full flow and reduced flow condition so as to save energy and thereby conserve the supply of water. The showerhead includes an internal valve that operates easily between an off position and ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225998 | Apparatus and method for preparing and delivering fuel A method and apparatus for vaporizing liquid fuel. The apparatus includes at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end; a fluid control valve for placing the inlet end of the at least one capillar... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222803 | Liquid dispensing apparatus A hand operated flexible bulb for use with a liquid dipensing apparatus 5, the bulb comprises an open ended neck 2 which is securable in an air tight manner to a liquid dispensing apparatus. The flexible bulb is provided with an air inlet 6 sepa... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219849 | Liquid impingement nozzle with paired openings An improved liquid impingement nozzle having two openings along an axis, spaced apart and angled towards each other. A non-atomized liquid stream of the same liquid is directed through each opening by a pressurized source. The two streams meet at an apex distal from... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219848 | Fluid sprayer employing piezoelectric pump An electrically-powered fluid sprayer employs a piezoelectric fluid pump that includes an inlet port, an outlet port, a pump chamber, and a piezoelectric element that is deformed and displaced by electrical signals supplied thereto to vary the volume of the pump cha... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216817 | Impact sprinkler drive system An impact sprinkler drive is provided by an impact arm or spoon that rotates out of and counter-rotates into a water stream to impact and forward re-align a water emission portion from which the water stream emits. The impact arm is designed to, upon sufficient rota... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216816 | Airless application system and method of spraying An airless application system. The system includes a primary product container, a secondary product container, and a sprayer in fluid communication with the primary product container and the secondary product container. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213774 | Air brush An air brush having a simple structure which can be easily disassembled and assembled without use of any particular tool, for improvement in maintenance performance. In the air brush, a needle to open/close a nozzle member is inserted through an air brush main body.... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210638 | Electric arc spraying system An electric arc spraying system includes a spraying gun for thermally spraying an inner surface of an object such as a cylinder block by blasting compressed gas substantially perpendicularly to the supplying direction of target wires. The spraying gun is rotated by ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204432 | Multi-purpose window-washer sprayer with orientable jet, in particular for vehicles A window-washer sprayer is configured to provide an orientable jet by substitution of a cylindrical nipple installed within a seat of an enbloc sprayer body. The sprayer body defines the seat, an internal duct for passage of a detergent fluid, and a side window made... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201234 | Residential fire sprinkler A pendent type residential fire sprinkler is described. The residential fire sprinkler has a body with a K-factor of at least 6 passage coupled to a deflector assembly that distributes fluid flowing through the passage over a coverage area to perform in accordance w... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198111 | Automotive vehicle with fire suppression system An automotive vehicle includes a vehicle body and at least one reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent. A distribution system receives the fire suppression agent from the reservoir and conducts the agent to at least one location about the vehicle's body in res... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191962 | Sprayer apparatus with backflow valve The invention comprises, in one form thereof, a sprayer apparatus that includes a disengageable pressurized fluid source, a pressure chamber in fluid communication with the fluid source, a backflow valve, a sealed vessel, and a sprayer outlet. The backflow valve has... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191845 | Self-closing vent A self-closing vent has its frame and honeycomb screen coated with an intumescent material. When affixed to an external wall or eave of a building, the vent is normally open, allowing free flow of air into and out of the building, but when exposed to the heat of a f... | 03/20/2007 |
