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Apparatus for Simulating a High Five
A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4828339 | Crawler chain An endless crawler chain capable of driving machinery across a surface. The endless crawler chain includes a plurality of first links interconnected with a plurality of second links to form the endless chain. Each of the second links has a pair of opening... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4822238 | Robotic arm A robotic arm positionable within a nuclear vessel by access through a small diameter opening and having a mounting tube supported within the vessel and mounting a plurality of arm sections for movement lengthwise of the mounting tube as well as for movem... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4822237 | Extended reach materials handling apparatus Extended-reach lift apparatus for remote accessing of low-clearance areas is provided. The apparatus includes a vehicle whose frame supports a vertically pivotable telescoping boom which is elevatable by means of hydraulic rams. An extended tilt head is p... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4819782 | Lower lobe cargo transfer platform conveyor system A platform conveyor system (21) for changing the direction of cargo containers (27) at the entryway (17) of the lower lobe compartment (11) of an aircraft fuselage (13) includes a plurality of lateral conveyors (25a, 25b and 25c). During loading the later... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4818175 | Expandable and contractible arms An expandable and contractable arm is constituted by a plurality of expandable and contractable units and connecting devices including universal joints for serially interconnecting the units into the arm. Each unit includes at least three expandable and c... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4807737 | Manually actuated, self-collecting parking meter A manually actuated self-collecting parking meter includes a single lockable coin insertion device for receiving a range of available coin diameters. A coin checking device is arranged to receive one coin at a time from the insertion device and is placed ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4798512 | Loader boom construction An articulated four-wheel drive loader has a forward vertically swingable boom that is controlled by a pair of hydraulic cylinders acting between the main frame of the loader and a pair of parallel, transversely spaced boom arms that are interconnected by... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4795296 | Hand-held robot end effector controller having movement and force control A hand-held controller for a robot end effector having force and position control is disclosed. A single tactile area of the operator's hand, such as one finger, responds to two distinct feedback "feels" which are created by movement of a single element i... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4793466 | Device for detecting a sheet of glass The invention relates to a device for detecting sheets of glass. An essentially mechanical device constituted by a detector finger which is tilted by the leading edge of a sheet of glass, then concealed by the action of a jack to allow the sheet of glass ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4789292 | End effector for robotic equipment A component insertion end effector for robotic equipment is disclosed. The end effector is particularly adapted for printed circuit insertion of electrical component whose relationship between component body and leads varies from the nominal dimensions. T... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4789296 | Industrial robot The invention relates to an industrial robot of a so-called agile type which has a lower arm (16) with double-sided journalling in a stand (12) consisting of two separated, upright parts (12a, 12b), the arm (16) being pivotable in the space between the st... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4787811 | Quick attach means for attachments A quick attach means for a tractor loader is described comprising a pair of arcuate brackets pivotally secured to the forward ends of the loader boom arms. Each of the brackets has upper and lower horizontally extending pipes secured thereto which are ada... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4784562 | Apparatus for carrying work to and out of press An apparatus for carrying a workpiece to and out of a press is provided with at least a pair of workpiece carrying mechanism assemblies which are driven and controlled independently, and each of the mechanism assemblies includes at least one attachment fo... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4780047 | Advanced servo manipulator An advanced servo manipulator has modular parts. Modular motor members drive individual input gears to control shoulder roll, shoulder pitch, elbow pitch, wrist yaw, wrist pitch, wrist roll, and tong spacing. The modules include a support member, a should... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4778332 | Wafer flip apparatus Apparatus is disclosed for automatically transferring a semiconductor wafer between a horizontal and a vertical plane, beginning and ending in precisely located positions. A wafer support arm is carried by a transfer member which also includes a motor for... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4776749 | Robotic device A robotic positioning device has a support structure and a tool implement holding member which is positional within the three dimensional space of the support structure. The tool implement holding member is connected to the support structure utilizing fiv... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4775079 | Upright/inverted pump sprayer A manually actuated upright/inverted pump sprayer having a piston controlled container vent path, an auxiliary liquid intake port for inverted spray being spaced closer to the inner side of the container seal gasket compared to the spacing of the containe... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4775289 | Statically-balanced direct-drive robot arm A robot (10) includes a statically-balanced direct-drive arm (14) having three degrees of freedom, all of which are independent articulated drive joints, the driving axes of two of which intersect at the center of gravity of the arm to eliminate gravity f... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4768919 | Vacuum apparatus for transferring round food articles Apparatus for picking up and transferring layers of round food articles and the like is disclosed including movable pickup heads mounted on a carriage, each pickup head comprising a vacuum manifold or plenum forming multiple openings on a lower surface an... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4767023 | Dispenser for tablets A dispenser for tablets is disclosed which protects against inadvertent dispensing, e.g., by children. The dispenser includes a housing forming a tablet storage compartment, a movable slide and an operating key for the slide mounted adjacent a wall of the... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4767255 | Backhoe boom cylinder bleed circuit A bleed circuit for a backhoe boom cylinder which minimizes cylinder pressure during over-center movement of the boom while permitting the maintenance of sufficient cylinder pressure during other boom operations. The boom cylinder is provided with a retra... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4764077 | Assembly for performing work functions on a workpiece An apparatus for performing a work function on a workpiece comprising a stationary support member, a workpiece support assembly mounted on the stationary support member for pivotal movement about a vertical axis, first and second workpiece holding members... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4761113 | Quick coupler assembly A quick coupler for attaching various material handling implements to a lift arm. The quick coupler includes an opening on one end for pivotal connection with the lift arm and a slotted end portion for selective engagement with a mounting pin on the imple... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4760753 | Swivel head for industrial robots A swivel head is disclosed having a one-piece, fork-shaped support housing in which a swivel housing adapted to the shape of the support housing is inserted and pivotally mounted by means of a cover and a bearing bracket.... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4756450 | Dispenser of drinks capable of releasing gas in solution The dispenser comprises a flexible sealing-tight vessel (1) disposed in a rigid chamber (3) containing a ratchet mechanism comprising ratchet teeth (6) secured to a tubular element (4) and pawls (11) on resilient arms (10) mounted on a disc (9) disposed a... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4756655 | Mechanical manipulator A manipulating mechanism is disclosed having a control handle adapted to be positioned freely in three dimensions, a fixture for supporting a tool to be positioned, a linkage system which causes the end of the tool to move in the same direction as the con... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4754862 | Metallic article discriminator A multicoin tester has a coin inlet path 1 along which coins under test run edgewise past coils 2, 3 on opposite sides of the path, and through the windings of a coil 4. Electronic circuitry responsive to the inductive coupling of the coin with the coils ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4749327 | Machine for transferring bins and the like containers The machine comprises a tower, driven horizontally along two rails, on either side whereof loading and unloading stations are located. The tower carries pairs of guides, adapted for supporting lateral side members, movable in vertical and horizontal direc... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4749107 | Beverage reservoir with overflow passageway in the handle A beverage reservoir from which beverage is dispensed in a coin-operated beverage making machine. The reservoir has a handle which incorporates an overflow passageway preventing beverage from otherwise overflowing the reservoir. The overflow passageway di... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4746264 | Earth-working machine An earth-working machine includes a first internal gear fixedly mounted on a mobile chassis, a turntable coaxially rotatably mounted on the first internal gear, a carriage rotatably mounted on the turntable in eccentric relation thereto and having a secon... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4744719 | Control system of multi-joint arm robot apparatus A multi-joint arm robot apparatus comprises a multi-joint arm having a plurality of unit arms coupled in tandem with each other through joints, and a movable support for supporting the proximal portion of the multi-joint arm. The multi-joint arm robot app... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4742936 | Dispensing device with numerical indicator for inventory control A merchandise dispenser for storing and dispensing a plurality of items aligned within the dispenser and eased toward the front of the dispenser by a retractable member which is biased to push the remaining line of items forward when the first item in the... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4742940 | Dispenser for flowable materials A dispenser for flowable materials such as toothpaste includes a hollow barrel in the form of a cylinder open at its lower end and closed at its upper end with the flowable material being inserted in the cylinder. A plunger, which is also in the form of a... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4741459 | Combined closure and measuring device A dispensing apparatus is disclosed having a hollow wall member closed at one end with a dispensing opening at the other end. A ledge is mounted within the hollow having an aperture therethrough to permit precise pouring through the aperture but with the ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4741663 | Locking and sliding system A side shift backhoe mounted on a sliding frame adapted for sliding transversely along upper and lower tracks of a main frame and in which the sliding frame and one of the tracks have matching chamfered surfaces and the sliding frame and other track have ... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4740133 | Composite working device using a robot and method of accomplishing composite work using a robot A welding robot is provided with a first joint member in addition to a welding gun. A work holder provided with a second joint member adapted to be connected with the first joint member and a clamp mechanism for gripping a workpiece is positioned in a pre... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4735342 | Dispenser and packaging for bandage strips A dispenser containing a plurality of packaged rolls of bandage strips includes a case having upper section and a lower section which accommodates packaged rolls of bandage strips. The case has at least one slot for dispensing bandage strips and the botto... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4733803 | Particulate dispensing apparatus A dispensing apparatus adapted to be mounted over a can line for dispensing metered amounts of particulate material into cans in a high speed canning operation. The dispenser utilizes a metering unit which includes a reciprocating slide bar having a pair ... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4732526 | Explosion-proof industrial robot An electric industrial robot comprises a movable robot assembly (10) forming therein an airtight chamber, and an electric drive unit for driving the robot assembly. The electric drive unit comprises a plurality of motors (36-41). The respective casings (3... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4732302 | Device for the metered discharge of dental material A cartridge (1) contains dental material and at one end has a discharge nozzle (2) and at the other end is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to a nut (3) having an internal thread. A plunger is disposed at the end of a spindle ( 4) in the cartridge, ... | 03/22/1988 |
