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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5676000 | Steering wheel lock with alarm A lock-set for an automobile consists of a padlock body, a fixing rod and a holder. The padlock body includes a turnable cramp, a cylinder linking with a pushing bar and engaging with the cramp. One end of the pushing bar comprises an elastic element enga... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676001 | Anti-theft device for vehicle An anti-theft device includes a casing engaged onto a steering wheel of a vehicle for preventing the steering wheel from being rotated and for protecting the air bag from being stolen. The casing includes a groove and one or more apertures distal to the f... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676002 | Vehicle lock guard Unlocking of a vehicle door by insertion of implements other than the door key into the door is prevented by a guard housing within the door into which the key turnable inner end of the lock cylinder extends and which also encloses an otherwise vulnerable... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676003 | Blocking device for a motor vehicle door A central locking system for motor vehicles has all of the opening and closing functions occurring in normal operation also in the event of failure of individual components. If necessary, a vehicle outfitted with this system can also be opened and locked ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676004 | Method of detecting bender operating time In a bender (e.g., press brake), work (plate material) can be bent by a bending tool composed of a pair of punch and die. A position detector (17) mounted on a movable side of the bending tool generates a limit point pulse (ULi) whenever the tool reaches ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676005 | Wire-drawing lubricant and method of use A process for drawing wire employing a lubricant comprising perfluorocarbon compounds (PFCs), including aliphatic perfluorocarbon compounds (-PFCs) having the general formula Cn F2n+2, perfluoromorpholines having the general f... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676006 | Preloaded-cam follower ram assembly for reshaping containers In machines for reshaping cylindrical metal bodies, wherein the machines include pairs of opposite, axially aligned ram assemblies, cams are provided for axially positioning tooling rams slidably supported by ram housings. The cams are provided having axi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676007 | Flow-forming-machine In a flow-forming-machine having a rotatable spindle, a rotary drive for the spindle, and a pressure tool fitted to one of the spindle end faces, an axially movable counterpressure support for a workpiece is placed on the pressure tool, the counterpressur... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676008 | Apparatus and method of forming needle blanks from wire stock There is disclosed an apparatus and method for forming curved and pointed needle blanks from a coiled length of wire needle stock material. The apparatus includes an inner mandrel having a circumferential wire receiving groove and at least one longitudina... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676009 | Pipe straightener and rerounder device A portable device for straightening and rerounding plastic pipe with a straightening unit having three rollers, one of which is adjustable toward and away from the other two for reverse bending plastic pipe passing therebetween and with a rerounding unit ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676010 | Wire straightening device A wire straightening device (62) is disclosed for use on a wire processing machine (60). The device includes two wire deflection units (72, 74) arranged to deflect the wire in two perpendicular planes to remove stresses in the wire. Each wire deflection u... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676011 | Precious metal wire drawing apparatus Wire drawing apparatus for ease in manually drawing precious metal wire is formed by an elongated base having a forward end portion transversely supporting a draw plate through which wire stock may be drawn and a downturned rearward end portion having a p... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676012 | Process for forming endoscopic shaver blade from elongate tube A process of forming a one piece weld free endoscopic shaver blade from an elongate metal cylindrical tube includes first cutting the tube first distal end to a predefined opening shape. A mandrel is inserted into the longitudinal tube with its working en... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676013 | Spiral component for a baluster and method and machine for making same Discrete bars are formed into a spiral component for a baluster by disposing a plurality of the bars side by side. A rod is butt welded to one of the two ends of the plurality of bars. Then the bars are cold twisted axially a first angular amount in one d... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676014 | Transfer mechanism for multi-stage transfer press with cross bar supports A bolster supports the lower dies of a row of die sets for use in a transfer press. The upper dies are carried by a vertically reciprocable ram. Transfer mechanism is provided to move blanks along the row of die sets, comprising longitudinally extending s... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676015 | Cavitation controlled acoustic probe for fabric spot cleaning and moisture monitoring A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring a fabric. An acoustic probe generates acoustic waves relative to the fabric. An acoustic sensor, such as an accelerometer is coupled to the acoustic probe for generating a signal representative of cavitat... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676016 | Electric actuator An electric actuator has a body with a hole defined therein and an electric motor fixed to an end of the body. The electric motor has a rotatable shaft to which a feed screw is coaxially connected, and a feed nut is threaded over the feed screw. The hole ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676017 | Automatic range shift for multi-speed transmission A system for automatically effecting a range shift between high and low ranges in a multi-speed transmission includes a control that monitors the output speed of both the engine and the transmission. The ratio of the two speeds is compared to available ra... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676018 | Landing gear for semitrailers A landing gear for semitrailers includes a two-speed single reduction gear assembly having fewer, smaller, and simpler parts, resulting in a compact single reduction gear assembly and cost efficient landing gear unit with a unique clutch-shifting mechanis... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676019 | Nut assembly using partial nuts to limit harmonic error A nut assembly intended for use with a lead screw in precision movement devices for compensating for harmonic error from the lead screw by utilizing one or more partial nuts which are opposed along an axis of the lead screw such that the partial nuts ride... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676020 | Hand-rotatable bicycle gear shift actuator with overshift return A hand-operated shift actuator (16) displaces a derailleur control cable (22). The actuator (16) includes a stationary member (60) that is affixed relative to a bicycle handlebar (44). Rotation of the rotating member (62) causes the control cable (22) to ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676021 | Handle-bar for race bicycles, with display device on brake control unit A handle-bar for a race bicycle has a display device arranged on one appendage carried by the body supporting the brake lever.... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676022 | Change-speed control apparatus for a bicycle A change-speed control apparatus for a bicycle includes a fixing member for fixing the control apparatus to a bicycle frame, a winder member pivotable to wind a change-speed control cable and urged in a cable unwinding direction, a change-speed control le... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676023 | Cane type emergency brake A cane type emergency brake of an automobile having a handle which can turn freely over 180 degrees, and which is of durable function. The cane type emergency brake includes a stem (10) which can be held in a state of pulling a brake cable, a handle (20) ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676024 | Cam device A cam device includes an armlike cam follower for moving a lift unit upward and downward, and a plate cam having a cam contour face in contact with the cam follower. The cam is formed in a side surface thereof with a recessed portion having an inwardly fa... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676025 | Apparatus for balancing a rotary member An apparatus for balancing a rotary member such as a grinding wheel has at least one balancing weight which is guided movably for varying its position with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotary member. The balancing position of the balancing weigh... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676026 | Hydraulic pressure control system A valve body assembly for an automatic transmission formed by superimposing and clamping a torque converter casing, a first separation plate, a main valve body, a second separation plate, a second valve body, a third separation plate and a servo body. Pai... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676027 | Device to unscrew caps or stoppers Device to unscrew caps or stoppers, which is suitable to cooperate with a screw cap (25) or with a mushroom-shaped stopper of a bottle and comprises an overturned bowl element (12) associated with a radially disposed connecting element (14) cooperating wi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676028 | Socket adapter device An adapter for interconnecting a generally rectangular socket wrench to a power drill includes an elongate main body comprising cylindrical portion having a rectangular shaped socket engaging member at one end thereof. The main body also includes an enlar... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676029 | Pliers with two plier arms The invention relates to pliers (1) having two plier arms (2, 3) which are connected to each other by a pivot pin (4), the plier jaw (M) being formed above the region of intersection and grip sections (7, 8) being formed on the plier arms (2, 3) below the... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676030 | Multi-spindle CNC lathe A multi-spindle CNC lathe comprises a frame assembly mounted on a base and including spaced apart, rigidly interconnected subframes defining spaced, parallel alignment surfaces. A plurality of spindles each includes a collet for rotating a stock about a s... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676031 | Apparatus for detecting stock An apparatus for detecting stock includes a stock forming machine (10), a stock feeder which feeds stock into the stock forming machine, and a stock detector (32). The stock detector includes a housing (34), which includes a bore (42). The housing further... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676032 | Steel rule die with closely nested cavities A steel rule cutting die for cutting fixed patterns in a single or plurality of stacked material layers according to the shape of the steel rule. The invention provides for a decrease in the quantity of scrap material produced, by minimizing the amount of... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676033 | Pneumatic drive device There is disclosed a pneumatic driving device having a cylindrical housing in which a piston element is axially displaceable. The piston element has at its ends a front piston and a rear piston which are connected to each other by a connecting pipe. A swi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676034 | Neutral centering device for hydrostatic transmission In a hydraulic transaxle, a radial ball piston pump and motor combination receive input torque and translate it into output torque, the direction of which is determined by the position of a cam ring located in the transaxle housing. This cam ring is movab... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676035 | Cam follower retainer for a swashplate pump In a swashplate style pump a cam follower that interfaces the pump pistons and the swashplate cam is a ring of material. This ring of material will be provided with a bearing surface and a piston contacting surface having the piston contacting surface pro... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676036 | Small envelope tamper-resistant spring brake actuator A small envelope is achieved for an inelastically deformed connection between a spring cover and a central housing in a spring brake actuator. The connection is deformed radially inwardly and then extends radially outwardly from the radially inwardly exte... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676037 | Apparatus for mutual conversion between circular motion and reciprocalmotion An apparatus for mutual conversion between circular motion and reciprocal motion includes a lever member which is rotatably mounted on a line connecting a rotational center and a circumference of a rotary disk, the lever member having a fulcrum, an action... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676038 | Actuator with slide table Piston rods are coupled to respective pistons movably disposed respective cylinder chambers defined in a cylinder body. The piston rods have distal ends connected to an end plate mounted on a slide table which is mounted for movement along a guide rail. W... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676039 | Slope-channelled, easily cleaned steep tank floor A flat-surfaced steep tank floor has a "U" shaped primary channel which extends diametrically across the floor, and a plurality of "U" shaped secondary channels which extend transversely to and intersect the primary channel. The channels have perforated c... | 10/14/1997 |
