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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5269451 | Electric stapler with unmovably fixed magazine An Electric stapler of the type in which a magazine is unmovably fixed, characterized in that the magazine is secured to a body frame; a driver for driving out a staple is supported by the magazine so that the driver can be rectilinearly reciprocated; a c... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5261588 | Improvement for a nailing gun An auxiliary slidable abutment is pivotally mounted on the nail cartridge of a nailing gun in such manners that it slides in a direction consistent with axis of the nail cartridge, and that it can be locked at any given point of its sliding course, and fu... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5244048 | Drilling system A drilling system for drilling upwardly under automobiles, and for drilling in a direction away from a drill base in other uses, having a base to which a post is attached. A drill carrier slides on the post. A collar is adjustable to anchoring positions a... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5217153 | Driving machine having cylinder fixing arrangement A driving machine having a cylinder fixing arrangement. The driving machine is used for driving a fastener such as a nail into a workpiece. For this, a cylinder-piston arrangement is provided. When the piston is driven to drive the fastener a reaction for... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5216960 | Holder for automatic slicing machine An apparatus for cutting slices from a foodstuff has a support, a blade on the support extending perpendicular to and rotatable about an axis, and a table adapted to support the foodstuff to be sliced. The table is reciprocated transversely of the axis pa... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5217079 | Hydro-impulse screwing device A hydro-impulse screwing device comprises a rotary drive motor, a power source for the motor, a drive shaft, a pulsating hydraulic drive connecting the motor to the shaft and a power cut-off for the motor. The load at which the power cut-off functions is ... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5215263 | Method and device for regulating the rotational speed of agitator ball mills To improve the process control in a method and a corresponding device for regulating the rotational speed of agitator ball mills which have a grinding chamber with grinding balls contained therein, a rotatably mounted agitator body arranged in the grindin... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5213166 | Pile driving and pile removing method A pile driving and pile removing method comprises the step of causing a water-in-oil type water swellable polymer particle emulsion to be present on the pile surface or in the vicinity thereof during driving or extraction. The presence of the emulsion red... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5213167 | Apparatus for reducing vibration transmission in hand-held tool An air-operated percussive tool incorporates apparatus for reducing vibration transmission from a working end portion to a hand grip, thereby to reduce vibration transmission to the hand/arm of the user. The apparatus includes a male frustoconical portion... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5211095 | Arrangement enabling variably oriented punching with each tool in a multiple tool holder A punch tool selection and orienting arrangement is disclosed in which a multiple tool holder and a rotary ram are separately driven to select and orient a single punch tool beneath the rotary ram for a punching operation. The rotary ram is also described... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5209308 | Power driven screwdriver A power driven screwdriver includes a device interposed between a spindle and a housing for preventing rotation of the spindle. The device includes a first member and a second member. The first member is disposed on the spindle and is rotatable therewith.... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5205456 | Blind rivetting gun with automatic loader A blind rivetting gun provided with an automatic loader which enables a rivetting operation by only pulling a trigger wherein a loading operation of blind rivets in feed belt into a housing therein is executed by the automatic loader working intermittentl... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5205458 | Button attacher with variable needle spacing Double "T" bar fasteners are dispensed through spaced needles which extend from different portions of the attacher housing. To attach a button, the needles are inserted through the thread holes of the button as it is held adjacent to the material to which... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5205199 | Saw tooth for circular saw A saw tooth of the type having a plurality of cutting edges at one end, the saw tooth rotatable in its mounting on a saw disk to present a fresh cutting edge when needed. Each cutting edge is angled rather than curved. The tooth can have hardened inserts ... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5205459 | Surgical anastomosis stapling instrument A surgical stapling instrument for performing a circular anastomosis stapling operation is provided. The surgical instrument includes a stapling head assembly mounted by a curved shaft to an actuator handle assembly and incorporates an improved actuator m... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5205457 | Driving tool and method A driving tool and method for injecting fasteners such as nails, or the like into workpieces such as drywall, ceilings or wood for framing a building. The driving tool includes a piston coupled to a rod that is driven forward to engage a head of a nail wi... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5201449 | Pneumatically powered or combustion-powered fastener-driving tool useful with brick-faced siding A pneumatically powered or combustion-powered fastener-driving tool for driving a fastener having a head into a gap between two brick faces affixed to a backing board in a siding panel. A workpiece-contacting element is adapted to contact the raised surfa... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5201816 | Side angle drilling apparatus An apparatus includes a vehicular mainframe having a vehicular longitudinal axis and a substructure mounted on the mainframe. The substructure has a substructure longitudinal axis and is tiltable relative to the vehicular mainframe about the substructure ... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5199505 | Rotary impact tool A rotary impact tool including a generally tubular cage rotated by a motor about a central longitudinal axis of the cage. The cage has an internal wall with axially extending guide channels formed in it for receiving hammer pins capable of moving axially ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5199507 | Portable drilling system A manually portable drilling system for the purpose of drilling earth bore holes. The drilling system will accommodate a lightweight drill pipe for air or mud rotary drilling, auger, or with use of air hammer percussion tools. The drilling system includes... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5199625 | Fastener-driving tool assembly with improved fastener-loading features In a fastener-driving tool, such as a powder-actuated tool, a nosepiece has an aperture, through which a fastener can be axially driven. A shuttle has a passageway to receive the fastener, as guided by a flexible tube, in a fastener-receiving position of ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5199504 | High efficiency pneumatic impacting mechanism with a plunger valve A pneumatic impacting mechanism comprising a first cylinder and a piston with a rear air distributing bar and a front air distributing bar which simultaneously acts as an impacting head of the same, said rear distributing bar having an axially extending a... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5199508 | Rotary hammer drill An adaptor for attaching a bit to a rotary hammer drill and for attenuating the hammering force from the drill to the bit. The adaptor comprises a tubular body for engagement with the shank of a drill bit, the body having a closed rear end. Means is provi... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5197366 | Roller assembly for paperboard slitting apparatus A roller assembly for supporting a running web of corrugated paperboard in a slitting apparatus includes a pair of rollers which define therebetween a slot for receipt of a rotary slitting blade. The rollers are mounted on separate rotational axes which a... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5197643 | Textile ripping machine An apparatus device for ripping woven textile goods has a table having an upper surface, near and far longitudinal edges, and a transversely elongated slot extending between the edges and having transversely spaced near and far slot ends, the goods normal... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5195598 | Drill head assembly An improved rotary drill head assembly including a drill head cover having an upper portion, a rotatable drill retaining socket having an outer surface and a support member having an upper portion. The socket extends above the support member. A flinger at... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5193626 | Drilling device A drilling device including a hydraulically actuated drive for exerting an oscillatory action on the drive including the drive element, inserting device for hoses conducting a working medium to a pressure-actuated hammer mounted on a front end of the rod ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5193730 | Pneumatic nailing machine A nailing machine according to the present invention comprises a nail push member for separating a nail from a nail band supplied to the nail injection hole of the nose member by the nail supply mechanism before the nail is driven by the percussion driver... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5193729 | Fastener-driving tool assembly with improved fastener-loading features In a fastener-driving tool, such as a powder-actuated tool, a nosepiece has an aperture, through which a fastener can be axially driven. A shuttle has a passageway to receive the fastener, as guided by a flexible tube, in a fastener-receiving position of ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5191946 | Wrap spring clutch for percussive apparatus A clutch assembly transmits rotary motion in a percussive apparatus to a drill steel. The clutch assembly includes a first hub having a first cylindrical surface formed thereon. A second hub which is substantially rotationally coupled to the drill steel h... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5191821 | Lever lock hold down mechanism A lever lock hold down mechanism for clamping workpieces to a miter gauge is disclosed as including a workpiece supporting base or bar and a generally vertically directed workpiece supporting head extending upwardly from the base or bar. Extending further... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5188274 | Semi-disposable surgical stapler A semi-disposable surgical stapling instrument providing for the replacement of staple cartridges, as needed, in the course of an operation, and for the optional provision of a knife to cut tissue between staple rows. Propulsion of the stapling unit may b... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5188305 | Apparatus for cutting winding strips for use in a wound core When a material having two straight lines is cut into a plurality of series of strips along a plurality of predetermined curves, one series of strips is in direct contact with another adjacent series of strips.... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5186262 | Powered tool apparatus An electro-hydraulically operated tool apparatus installs and removes bolts of track shoes for assembling and disassembling endless track assemblies. In the assembly procedure, a wrench of the tool apparatus engages the head portion of a track shoe bolt a... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5184765 | Perforator coupled with stapler and staple remover and their embodiments A stapling and perforating apparatus having a base with downwardly bent edges, a support plate affixed to the base and extending vertically upwardly therefrom, a stapler pivotally interconnected to and above the base, a punch interconnected to the base ab... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5183195 | Device for stapling sheets individually supplied and deposited on a stack A device for stapling sheets comprises a collecting tray (1) which is downwardly inclined to the direction of entrance "A" of sheets and has a support surface (2) and a pivotable abutment (3) associated with the front portion of the sheets. Between abutme... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5183196 | Stapler assistor A stapler assistor for holding a stapler and assisting the driving of the stapler having first and second levers which cross each other at their intermediate portions and pivotally connected to each other at the crossing point through a shaft. One end of ... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5183121 | Submersible pneumatic drilling unit This heavy duty equipment comprises a working cylinder, a striking piston, an upper lid and a holder of a drill bit. An anterior side duct in the wall of an upper working space of the working cylinder, communicating via an upper filling duct and a posteri... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5181665 | Food slicing with multiple cutting surface blade An apparatus and method are provided for slicing food product sticks such as loaves or chubs or the like of meat and cheese. A blade assembly is utilized which includes a plurality of, typically two, blade members, each of which has a curved cutting surfa... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5181664 | Grinding plate with angled outer bars A grinding plate (10) for the face (104) of a refiner disc (100) having a center and a substantially circular periphery (102), comprises a plurality of grinding plate segments (12) arranged side-by-side on the face (104) of the disc to form a substantiall... | 01/26/1993 |
