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Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4641539 | Sensor responding to the action of a force A sensor (10) responding to the action a force comprises a base body (12) and a force takeup element (14) which is connected to the base body (12) via at least one support element (16, 18, 20, 22). The support element deforms under the influence of a forc... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641540 | Bulk material sampling apparatus Apparatus for extracting one or more individual samples from a free falling stream of bulk material by a suitable cutter that traverses the falling stream of the bulk material to collect a test sample and move it to a point where the sample can be deliver... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641541 | Internal mass spectrometer interface to a gas chromatograph A device for sensitive analysis of unknown organic samples is disclosed. The device is particularly useful as an interface between a gas chromatograph and a mass spectrometer which has a high pumping capacity. The device comprises an interface internal to... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641542 | Swing mechanism for winder nozzles A crank 6 is connected to a prime shaft 8, a differential gear unit is coupled to the prime shaft 8, nozzles 13 and 14 for passage of wires W1 and W2 for winding are mounted to a tube 12, a rotation stopper 15 is coupled to one of facing gears of the diff... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641543 | Intermediate shaft thrust balance An intermediate shaft is provided with a single helical gear, and a double helical gear set having opposite and unequal helix angles. The double helical gear set meshes with a corresponding double helical gear set on a second shaft. A third shaft has a si... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641544 | Motion transmitting and timing mechanism A motion transmitting and timing mechanism including an input gear 36, a timing gear 44 rotatable about an axis 50 and meshed with the input gear 36, and an output gear 64 rotatable about the axis 50 and shiftable along the axis into positions in and out ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641545 | Single lever control arrangement In a single lever control for the feeder conveyors of a combine harvester, movement of a manually operated lever directly actuates a drive train for driving the conveyors in a forward or normal operating direction. A second lever controls actuation of a d... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641546 | Crankshaft assembly for small gasoline motors In the formation of a crankshaft, such as used in small gasoline motors for lawn motors, chain saws and the like, separately produced crank webs, shaft pins and crank pins are used to form an integral crankshaft. Initially the various parts are shaped to ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641547 | Automatic transmission adapter kit Method and apparatus for installing a replacement automatic transmission in place of an original automatic transmission in a four-wheel-drive vehicle, said replacement automatic transmission being of shorter overall length than said original transmission.... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641548 | Drive line for a track-laying vehicle A tank engine drive shaft (1) drives respective tank track drive shaft (20, 30) by way of a continuously-variable ratio transmission variator (200), a transfer system (12, 13, 15) including coupling means (C1, C2, 16, 17), a cross shaft (18, 19) and respe... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641549 | Multiple stage gearbox shiftable under load A change spur gear of reducer unit design features two paths of force. The first path of force comprises a unit which provides gearing to high speed, a hydrodynamic torque converter and, following it, a multiple shift gear. The second path of force compri... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641550 | Automatic transmission utilizing gyroscopic satellite gears An automatic transmission has a driving shaft and a driven shaft rotatable about an axis of the transmission, a first gear drive including central gears mounted on the shafts and satellite gears engaging with the central gears, a second gear drive includi... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641551 | Apparatus for translating rotational motion and torque The present invention provides apparatus which can be incorporated into a powered instrument that rotates a tool at varying rotational speeds and torques. The invention includes at least two drive plates, each of which rotates at a different speed and whi... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641552 | Ringgearless twin sun planetary power amplifier A planetary transmission incorporates two sun gears, one of which is braked, a planet carrier and two planet gears. Input power is supplied to one of the sun gears and output power is fed to an output shaft from the planet carrier.... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641553 | Control system and method for a power delivery system having a continuously variable ratio transmission A control system for continuously varying the transmission gear ratio of a stepless variable speed gear for use in an automobile has a reference driver circuit for delivering a signal indicative of a reference transmission gear ratio to pressure servo con... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641554 | Wrench for effecting screw connections of inaccessible parts of motor vehicles A wrench for inaccessible screw connections of motor vehicle linkages particularly for screwing and unscrewing the first part such as a ball pivot socket having its associated steering rod in respect to a second part such as a threaded pin of a pitman arm... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641555 | Paper handling system Disclosed are an apparatus and method for cutting paper sheets into smaller sheet sections and collating the sheet sections. The apparatus includes a table having a longitudinal section, followed by a transverse section. Chains just below the table move a... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641556 | Method of and apparatus for the cutting of windows in mats A method of and an apparatus for the cutting of rectangular windows on mats provides a pair of blades on respective tracks which are simultaneously displaced to cut a pair of mutually perpendicular cuts in a blank positioned on a worktable. The blade carr... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641557 | Electronically controlled power saw A power saw includes a motor for driving a saw blade or the like around its rotational axis to cut a workpiece. The position of the rotational axis with respect to a reference position is sensed and a manually operated keyboard is provided for entering a ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641558 | Rotatable shaft assembly A precision centerable, rotatable shaft assembly (60) has a shaft (62) and a housing (64) extending generally axially along the shaft (62). The shaft (62) is journalled to the housing (64) by a first roller bearing assembly (66) and a second roller bearin... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641559 | Equipment for slitting continuous tapes into strips with shaped side profile, in particular for metal sheet Equipment for continuously slitting metallic tapes into longitudinal strips f sinusoidal-like shape including a pair of slitting cylinders, a motor for rotating the cylinders, the cylinders having a set of blades with shaped peripheral cutting edges, the b... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641560 | Portable self-powered band saw A portable band saw assembly adapted to be driven by the rear wheel of a bicycle, the assembly including a base having a frame assembly for supporting a continuous saw blade mounted on a pair of grooved wheels, a wheel guide assembly having wheel rim stab... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641561 | Disc-shaped tool In order to achieve a secure join between the base and the covering of a disc-shaped tool, e.g. a circular saw, provided with a vibration-reducing structure at least on one side and to prevent the covering of the structure from separating from the base, a... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641562 | Cutting tool for making a smooth saw cut The present invention relates to a circular saw blade comprising a first annular saw blade having a plurality of teeth projecting radially from the periphery thereof and a second circular saw blade having a plurality of teeth projecting radially from the ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641563 | Electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument is provided with a first programmable counter for generating a reference clock signal corresponding to a musical frequency and a plurality of cascade-connected programmable counters which are each triggered by the precedin... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641564 | Musical tone producing device of waveform memory readout type A musical tone producing device of a waveform readout type has a reference waveform memory and a difference waveform memory. The reference waveform memory stores a reference waveform which is similar commonly to each of divided waveforms belonging to a plurali... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641565 | Upright piano In construction of a keyboard unit accommodable upright piano, a vertically turnable keyboard is held by a holder unit so that the keyboard unit can be stably held in a horizontal position at one state of the holder unit and easily be accommodated in the ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641566 | Method for detecting buried land mines by non-destructive means Buried plastic mines or nonmetallic objects are located by spraying a suspected area with a leach of ionized metal and leaching the ionized metal into the soil to leave a metallic concentrate on an impervious object, such as a plastic mine. An array of de... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641567 | Barrel assembly for electromagnetic rail gun A barrel assembly for an electromagnetic rail gun is strong enough to withstand bursting forces generated during firing of the gun and has cooling capacity sufficient to enable the barrel to be fired repeatedly without overheating. The barrel includes a p... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641568 | Vacuum-operated brake power booster A vacuum-operated brake power booster is provided having a movable wall which is sealed off relative to the vacuum housing and a control valve body which is slidable jointly with the movable wall. A hollow cylinder-shaped expanded plastic ring is arranged... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641569 | Calender self-locking loading mechanism An improved pressure actuator particularly suited to loading of rolls in the calender stack is disclosed. The actuator is formed by a pair of spaced arms interconnected by a link. A pressure absorbing locking bar is interposed between a pair of adjacent e... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641570 | Swash plate type compressor having a center cavity in surface of piston shoe A swash plate type compressor having shoes provided with center holes on the slidable surfaces. The center hole provided with a bottom acts as a reservoir for lubricating oil and supplys the oil on the slidable surface of the shoe, which slides against th... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641571 | Turbo fan vent A turbo fan vent for use on the roof of a building and having a close-louvered low profile turbine affixed to a rotary shaft which is rotationally supported by bracing and bearing means associated with a lower concentric collar. The collar is spaced inwar... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641572 | Machine with a centrifugal drum An apparatus is provided for centrifuging liquid from a wet material. The apparatus includes a centrifugal drum and a stripper member positioned adjacent the centrifugal drum. The front side of the centrifugal drum is open and is arranged to be closed by ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641573 | Apparatus for fumigating bulk-stored commodities An apparatus for placement of selected quantities of gas-producing solid fumigant at selected locations within the depth of a bulk-stored commodity within a storage compartment, such as grain loaded into the hold of a ship. The invention comprises a fabri... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641574 | Power screw protector for refuse compactor An upper portion of each power screw of a refuse compactor is covered by a protective sleeve to insulate the threads of the screw from refuse. The upper end of the sleeve is loosely retained to the ram to move longitudinally with the ram while yielding to... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641575 | Device for embossing and/or creasing sheet, or roll material Device for embossing and/or creasing sheet, or roll material, including a fixed structure complete with a central, moving rod and two symmetric, side chambers in which two pistons slide, opposed by elastic means; means to supply a pressurized fluid in the... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641576 | Clamping device for printing plates and printing cloths on printing machines Clamping device for cylinders on printing machines for tensioning flexible printing plates or printing cloths, which at their ends are provided with chamferings or angle stiffeners for fastening to a slotted shaft, the shaft being tensioned by means of a ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641577 | Apparatus for adjusting the plate segment of an off-set lithographic printer Apparatus for adjusting the plate segment of an off-set lithographic printing machine drum relative to the drum has first and second blocks, each of which has a threaded bore for receiving the threads of a differential screw. One of the blocks is fastened... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4641578 | Method and device for authentication of first day of issue stamps A method for first day of issue authentication of sheets of original stamps containing a selvage edge integrally formed with the sheet of stamps during printing wherein the method comprises affixing an extra original stamp of the same issue as the sheet o... | 02/10/1987 |
