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Patent No. 6637829

Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover

An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.

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Inventor: Earl P. Shapland


Address: Sarasota, FL
No. of patents: 7
Last patent issue date: 08/06/1991

NumberTitleIssue Date
5037072Injection block and method
An injection block of an injection valve is disclosed which is normally intended for installation in a metallurgical vessel or holding vessel containing ferrous metal. Other metals can be similarly treated by injection metallurgy, but the maximum utility ...
08/06/1991
4573616Valve, clamp, refractory and method
Disclosed is a valve and refractory construction in which the stationary plate and the sliding gate are of a bandless refractory. Similarly the lower nozzle, and collector nozzle are also bandless, along with the optional collector tip. Various refractory...
03/04/1986
4556157Pressure fluid teeming valve and method
Refractory plate valves are shown for controlling flow of molten material with structure providing a uniform controllable variable sealing pressure over the entire area of the sliding plate surface which surrounds the depending nozzle sufficient to deflec...
12/03/1985
4545512Full throttle valve and method of tube and gate change
A sliding gate valve of the type in which refractory gates are sequentially disposed in operative position beneath the pour opening from a teeming vessel, such as a tundish, is effective to controllably throttle the metal flow stream from the vessel. Oper...
10/08/1985
4415103Full throttle valve and method of tube and gate change
A sliding gate valve of the type in which refractory gates are sequentially disposed in operative position beneath the pour opening from a teeming vessel, such as a tundish, is effective to controllably throttle the metal flow stream from the vessel. Sepa...
11/15/1983
4314659Rotary valve
A rotary valve for teeming fluid metal is disclosed having a frame for securing the same beneath a metal vessel which has a working nozzle at its lower portion. A rotary gate carrier is provided within the frame, and a rotary gate is secured thereatop wit...
02/09/1982
4269134Sailboat with universal roll furling sail housing
A sailboat roll furling system in which sails can be roll-furled inside of an extruded housing which is pivotally mounted on existing masts, headstays or under yardarms of square rigged vessels. The housing encloses a luff wire mounted for rotation within...
05/26/1981
 
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