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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 |
| 5374233 | Buckling-type paper sheet folder with protective housing A buckling-type paper sheet folder comprises a protective housing (7) and two pairs of folding cylinders (W1, W2, W3, W4) which are mounted in a cylinder frame (1) and conjointly driven by an electric motor (4). Folding pockets (5,6) and the cylinder fram... | 12/20/1994 |
| 4883449 | Device for making grooves in cigarette filters An apparatus for sequentially forming a plurality of generally longitudinally extending grooves in the peripheral surface of a filter rod includes a hollow rotatable drum having a plurality of filter rod receiving channels formed in its outer peripheral s... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4691546 | Rolling mill control for tandem rolling In a method of operating a tandem rolling mill, the speeds of the mill rolls are kept constant, a signal representing the mass flow of material entering the first stand is compared with a signal representing the desired mass flow of material leaving the l... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4671720 | Can end manufacture A can end manufacturing apparatus including an endless belt (1) having spaced apertures (12) for supporting the can ends (C) through the various stages of manufacture, said belt (1) being supported by spring-loaded travel rails (2, 3) arranged in guide sl... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4655068 | Floating cylindrical mandrel and method for producing tubing A method and apparatus for producing tubing from hollows or workpieces which are in the form of tubes having greater wall thickness than the finished tubes. The method is carried out upon a mill of the general type known as a McKay rocker. The mandrel is ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4648294 | Method and apparatus for machining a groove around a tubular member Machine for machining a groove round the external periphery of the base of a nozzle and notably enabling the back of a weld to be reworked from the outside when a nozzle is being installed on a nuclear reactor vessel. The machine comprises a cylindrical drum (... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4645481 | Method and apparatus for preventing contamination by splashing glue in a carton forming machine The invention relates to a method for blowing away particles of glue in a strip-gluing unit for folding box forming machines for gluing box blanks. Compressed air is blown from the side of a gluing disc of the gluing unit at an acute angle obliquely towar... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4643707 | Taping unit positioning system for cardboard box closing machine The taping unit has two positioning pins protruding outward from opposed sides of the taping unit. The head structure of the machine has supporting arms having longitudinal guides to accommodate and allow to slide said positioning pins of the top taping u... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4643620 | Coated hard metal tool A cutting insert having excellent toughness as well as wear resistance is provided comprising a substrate consisting of a sintered hard metal or alloy such as cemented carbides and a coating film provided thereon consisting of a material having a higher h... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4643234 | Apparatus to straighten the leads of a pin grid array A motor driven apparatus to efficiently and reliably straighten the leads of a pin grid array (PGA) so that the leads are aligned parallel with one another and perpendicular to the flat PGA body. The apparatus includes a nest of parallel knife blades whic... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4642085 | Apparatus for making window patches Apparatus for severing window patches from a web of patch material includes a mechanism for applying adhesive to selective portions of the web, a pair of cooperating rolls to feed the web to the adhesive applying mechanism, a vacuum roll engaging successi... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641513 | Cold rolling process for tubes, by means of a Pilger rolling mill and the rolling mill for its execution A method for cold rolling a tubular blank using a Pilger rolling mill, the tubular blank being rolled between a mandrel, lodged inside it, and the grooves of a pair of rolls, mounted within a stand which performs a back and forth motion along the axis of ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4642087 | One-sided corrugated cardboard machine A one-sided corrugated cardboard machine comprising a machine stand, an upper and a lower fluted roller as well as a pressure roller cooperating with the lower fluted roller and pivotally supported on lever arms at the machine stand, adjustable abutment s... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641516 | Bending tool The present invention relates to a bending press having an upper and a lower tool disposed on a frame, together with a hydraulic ram for bringing the upper and lower tools together. The upper tool comprises a fixed punch of an arcuate shape, and has a plu... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4637241 | Fully universal rolling process for H or I-beam type metal sections A rough beam (4) is formed on a universal stand (11), and a two high stand starting with an initial section (1) of rectangular or trapezoidal cross-section, in two series of passes in the universal stand. During the first series reduction of the web formi... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4637544 | Process for the manufacture of boxes, the boxes which result therefrom and the elements for their composition A process for the manufacture of boxes, wherein a sheet material, such as cardboard, is punched to produce a box element with at least five sections limited by parallel score lines; the ends of at least three sections are inserted and fastened in U-groove... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4635462 | Corrugating die shoe assemblies A sheet metal corrugating apparatus provided with novel upper and lower corrugating die shoe assemblies which can simultaneously corrugate all corrugations in a single piece of relatively thick steel sheet to produce a relatively flat corrugated sheet wit... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635437 | Chain punch A device for punching holes in a surveyor's chain and in metal pieces used for repairing the chain and for riveting together the punched chain and metal pieces comprising an elongated vertical housing having an elongated vertically oriented opening extend... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636189 | Machine for placing a plastic bag automatically into a larger feedstuff bag An automatic machine for placing a plastic bag into a larger feedstuff bag. The plastic bag and feedstuff bag to open by the action of two vacuum holders connected to the upper and lower vacuum tanks. A push rod is then introduced, via the opening of the ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635456 | Device for shot-peening inside surface of U-bend region of heat exchanger tubing Apparatus (10) for imparting protecting compressive stresses to the inside surfaces of a U-shaped heat exchanger tube (12) in order to eliminate or substantially reduce residual tensile stresses within the U-bend region of the U-shaped heat exchanger tube... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636116 | Cutting tool A cutting tool comprises a bit-holder fed at a prescribed feed amount f per rotation of the workpiece, and a throw-away tip which is formed of superhard metal, which has an outer peripheral surface of prescribed shape, an inner peripheral surface provided... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636184 | Arbor guiding apparatus An arbor guiding apparatus is disclosed. It has a plurality of arbors arranged at least in two rows of arbors and in tandem on a rotary packing drum with respect to its axial direction. It also has a guiding device of the arbors in the radial direction. T... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636186 | Apparatus for setting and shaping glued cigarette packs Cuboid (cigarette) packs (10) are conventionally provided with folding tabs joined by glueing. So that the adhesive can set before the packs (10) are exposed to loads, a first drying turret (14) is provided for temporarily receiving the packs (10) in indi... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636187 | Methods and apparatus for erecting tray-type cartons In the erection of rectangular tray-type cartons from blanks of foldable sheet material, corner tabs which are to be uppermost in the erected carton are first folded up from the plane of the blank, which is then passed through a die by a punch to form the... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635466 | Die cushion apparatus for use in a press machine In a die cushion apparatus, a die cushion mechanism for achieving a die cushioning capability as relying upon a preset pneumatic pressure is provided with a hydraulic pressure chamber into which a piston connected to a die cushion pad is fitted, the hydra... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636188 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing cardboard tubes with incorporated closure A process and apparatus are provided for manufacturing cardboard tubes with incorporated closure for packing or sending articles or documents and tubes obtained by implementing this process. The process comprises the continuous formation of a cardboard tu... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636191 | Plastic bag handle aperture forming apparatus There is disclosed a bag making machine for producing bags from an elongate strip of plastic web material. The disclosure relates to various improvements in the bag making machine such as the apparatus for cutting the bag handle aperture. The apparatus in... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4636185 | Apparatus for fabricating a box-like article The invention features an apparatus for fabricating a box-like article or slipcase. The apparatus feeds a box blank from a hopper containing stacked blanks to a work station. The work station comprises a forming block about which the panels of the box bla... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4633918 | Coil hanger and handling method This invention relates to material handling of helical coils of resistance heating wire, hangers for use in handling the wire coils, an assembly of hangers and coils and a method for handling such coils on hangers wherein the manufacture of resistance hea... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4634414 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing folding paper sacks A method of manufacturing folding paper sacks, especially gusseted sacks, wherein each sack is shaped out of a tubular section separated from a single- or multiple-layer tubular web and closed at both ends with folded bottoms is characterized in that each... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4633692 | Device for determining a setting value of a shape operating amount in a rolling mill A device for determining a setting value of a shape operating amount in a continuous rolling mill having shape controlling means therein. As rolling conditions such as thicknesses, width, rolling loads, roll crown, incoming crown, and incoming flatness ar... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4633693 | Method of controlling the strip shape and apparatus therefor Controlling for obtaining the aimed strip shape using a rolling mill provided with rolls, which are variable in amount of crown by feeding a pressurized oil in the inside. In addition, the rolling mill is provided with right and left pressing-down balance... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4634415 | Tab forming device in plastic tape roll holder A tape tab forming unit for tape roll holders wherein wear is minimized by distributing stress between a slotted cylindrical spring supporting upwardly extending struts on the one hand and a flexible forward strut on the other hand. The cylindrical spring... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4633700 | Crosshead ties and clearance holes arrangement for easy removal of said ties without dismantling of entire crosshead Crosshead and tie-rod assemblies, from which a frame for a forging press is constructed, include several sections each of which is comprised of a plurality of overlapping plates which are held together by ties. Auxiliary clearance holes are provided in th... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4632667 | Encoding means and method for a bag making apparatus A system for identifying the origin of a plastic bag made from web stock on a machine having a plurality of bag making stations wherein each station has a vacuum port for holding the web stock to the station during the bag making operation and each vacuum... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4631948 | Roll stand with braced and offset working rolls A rolling stand has a support frame, a pair of small-diameter working rolls defining a workpiece nip open perpendicular to the plane and rotatable about respective horizontal, parallel, and vertically spaced axes. A pair of large-diameter backup rolls are... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4631994 | Adjustable holder for a cutting tool A linearly and angularly adjustable holder for a cutting tool having primary and secondary cutting edges includes a basic element, a receptacle element for the cutting tool rotatably mounted on the basic element, and a setting element slidably mounted on ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4631045 | Apparatus for producing a rod-like smoking article with secondary air channels A rod-like smoking article with a rod-like mouthpiece core at the mouth end of a tobacco rod, the entire periphery of said mouthpiece core being enveloped by an adhered wrapping paper which is suitable for contact with the lips and which overlappingly fol... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4631046 | Bake in tray and method of forming a blank for the same A folded paperboard tray suitable for cooking food products contained in the tray in a microwave oven has an interior surface which is coated with a styrene methyl methacrylate copolymer to prevent liquid seepage from the food product through the paperboa... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4630463 | Rivet driving die and method A die particularly adapted to drive a rivet, where the head of the rivet has a relatively steep circumferential side surface. The die engages the rivet head in a manner that initially the middle portion of the die driving surface exerts substantial force ... | 12/23/1986 |
