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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6148682 | Increased-spontaneity automatic gear box A method is proposed for increasing the spontaneity of an automatic transmission where the gear shifts are carried out as overlapping gears. Here an upshift from a first to a second reduction step is not completely terminated and a change over to a downsh... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148683 | Worm/worm gear transmission A worm/worm gear transmission, particularly for use in a helicopter, and which includes an enveloping-type worm gear (3) having less than 24 teeth which are generated by an enveloping thread (1). The angle of one revolution of the thread has more than 15 ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148684 | Anti-backlash gear An anti-backlash gear assembly includes a drive gear that is fixably mountable on a drive shaft that drives the drive gear and has a plurality of drive gear clearance holes. A rod ring is fixed to one side of the drive gear. A flank gear having a pluralit... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148685 | Duplex sprocket/gear construction and method of making same A unitary powder metal gear or sprocket (10) has a teeth region (16) which extends 2-5 mm below the tooth root diameter and a body region (14) radially inside of the teeth region (16). The teeth region (16) is pressed to a higher density than the body reg... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148686 | Shift lever apparatus for automatic transmission A shift lever apparatus combines an automatic transmission mode and a manual transmission mode. An end portion of a position pin engages with a guide lever. The guide lever comprises a guide hole. When the guide lever is swingably supported by a transvers... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148687 | Steering column for automotive vehicle A steering column for an automotive vehicle, provided with an energy absorbing structure. The steering column comprises a jacket tube. A steering shaft is rotatably disposed through bearings inside the jacket tube. The steering shaft includes lower and up... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148688 | Work-machine-lever-support structure for work vehicle A work machine lever for a work vehicle comprises a base end portion supported in a steering-wheel-support box and a free end portion disposed on a side of a steering wheel. The free end portion is provided with a lever-operating portion, which can be piv... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148689 | Anti-vibration resin structure for outer cable end In an anti-vibration resin structure for outer cable end, a casing cap (10) is provided in which an end of an outer cable (3) of a control cable (2) is placed to teleoperate a device. An anti-vibration cushion (20) is molded around the casing cap (10) to ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148690 | Cam follower mounting assembly A cam follower mounting assembly in which a cam follower has a cam follower stud that is not threadedly mounted to a mounting plate, but rather, is secured to the mounting plate via a set screw having a spherical tip that securably interfaces with a compl... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148691 | System for shifting a multiple speed axle for an automated mechanical transmission A system for controlling the operation of a multiple speed axle connected to an automated transmission system is disclosed. The system includes an actuation device that cooperates with a processing unit to prevent the transmission from shifting gears whil... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148692 | Jar lid loosening device The jar lid loosening device includes a pair of jaws which are arranged to compress upon a lidded jar inserted therebetween. Of the pair of jaws, one jaw is a passive jaw and the other is the active jaw. The passive jaw is fixed substantially stationary a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148693 | Tool for mainspring removal A tool improved over the prior art provides a means for easily and safely removing a timepiece mainspring from its barrel for cleaning and lubricating. A barrel holder is provided having a rim, and an essentially planar surface which includes openings the... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148694 | Hand wrench with torque augmenting means A hand held wrench with augmenting means is provided which includes a linkage assembly to join a drive input with an output wrench socket. The linkage assembly consists of a drive link extending from the input socket and coacting with a conversion link ex... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148695 | Ratchet wheel with asymmetric arcuate concave teeth or non-arcuate concave teeth and ratcheting tools with such ratchet wheel A ratchet wheel includes an inner periphery and an outer periphery. The outer periphery includes a number of arcuate concave teeth each having two sides and an intersection of the two sides. The ratchet wheel includes a center, a line from the center to t... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148696 | Ratchet screw driver A ratchet screw driver includes a barrel having a stud en gaged into a handle and having a pair of opposite passages for slidably receiving a pair of pawls. A gear is rotatably received in the barrel and has an aperture for receiving various kinds of driv... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148697 | Screwgun extension A screwgun extension for extending the reach of a screwgun to permit a user to turn screws located a greater distance from the screwgun than could be reached with the rotating chuck of the screwgun alone. The screwgun extension includes an elongate tube w... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148698 | Angle-adjustable box end wrench An angle-adjustable box end wrench, which includes a handle having a front coupling block and a transverse receiving open chamber, a box end pivoted to the front coupling block of the handle, the box end having two toothed portions disposed at two opposit... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148699 | Screwdriver and screw A screwdriver has a shaft with a bit on one end for engaging a bit receptacle formed on a head of a screw and a screw engaging device coupled to and in surrounding relation to the shaft. The screw engaging device defines a cylindrical void configured to r... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148700 | Spring winding device Window sashes such as double hung sashes often are assembled with a counterbalancing mechanism to facilitate the opening and closing of the window. When the sashes are made from vinyl, the counterbalancing of the window is commonly achieved by the use of ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148701 | Tool handle with high driving torque A tool handle includes a polygonal first end and a rectangular second end adapted to engage with a tool bit. The first end has a plurality of spaced first arcuate corner sections. The second end has a plurality of spaced second arcuate corner sections. Ea... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148702 | Method and apparatus for uniformly slicing food products A method of cutting food products into uniform thickness slices using a rotary cutting wheel fitted with radially extending, circumferentially spaced, tensioned and forwardly pitched bevel sharpened cutter blades rotating in a cutter plane and extending b... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148703 | Movable fence for a machine tool An adjustable rip fence for a machine tool has a fence which is movable with respect to the cutting tool due to a rack and pinion. The rail assembly supporting the fence include a pair of stationary rails which are secure to the machine tool. A movable ra... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148704 | Vegetable cutting device A vegetable cutting device incorporating a turntable for placement thereon of the vegetables to be cut and chopped. The device includes a cutting board having a cutting board top surface and an aperture formed in a center thereof, a turntable having a sha... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148705 | Table saw combination A table saw includes a base having one or more tracks secured on top. A seat is secured on one end of the tracks. A plate is slidably engaged on the tracks and detachably secured to the tracks. A saw device is secured to the bottom of the plate and includ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148706 | Device for shortening translucent multilateral plate material A device for shortening translucent double-walled plate material (20) which shortens the plate material with a substantially rectilinear cut. The plate material comprises two basically parallel synthetic plates (21, 22) which are separated from each other... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148707 | Punch press and method of punching plate-type workpiece by the press A punch press includes a pair of disc-shaped tool holders rotatably mounted on supporting portions, one of the holders carrying a plurality of punch tools, and the other holder carrying a plurality of die tools which cooperate with the punch tools in orde... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148708 | Cutting apparatus with motor A cutting device for strip stock includes a stationary blade and a motor-driven, movable blade that continuously contacts against the stationary blade, constituting a point of support. Two other points of support for the movable blade are equally spaced f... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148709 | Knife and knife holder for a cutting wheel A knife and a knife holder for a cutting wheel are disclosed for a food product slicing apparatus. The knife has a gauging surface, a cutting edge and a second edge located opposite to the cutting edge, the second edge extending obliquely with respect to ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148710 | Slitter-punch with quick adapter A slitter-and-hole-punch and quick change adapter combination fits a bag machine or the like for punching holes and slits in a web of film material. A hole punch and a slitter blade are unitarily formed on a base member. Left and right resilient arms exte... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148711 | Normally-closed diaphragm check valve A spring brake actuator being divided into a first spring brake chamber and a second spring brake chamber by a diaphragm extending across the actuator. A pressure plate is provided in the first spring brake chamber and rests on the diaphragm. A power spri... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148712 | Hydraulic multiposition valve, in particular a valve for selecting the steering modes of vehicles with multi-axle steering The invention relates to a hydraulic multiposition valve, in particular a valve for selecting the steering modes of vehicles with multi-axle steering, having one or more position-seat valves (31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43), which have at least two switching ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148713 | Elastomeric surface actuation system A system for deforming or actuating an elastomeric structure is described. he system includes a plurality of tubes joined to the elastomeric structure. The tubes extend in the direction of a desired strain to be applied to the elastomeric structure and are... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148714 | Rodless cylinder A cylinder tube is formed in an integrated manner on a base with a support rib intervening therebetween. A slider is displaced in accordance with a displacement action of a piston which is slidable in the cylinder tube. Since the cylinder tube is supporte... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148715 | Sealing band holder A device in an end wall (3) of a pressure fluid cylinder (1) of the kind including a cylinder tube (2), which is provided with a longitudinal slot and having a transfer means for transferring a movement from a moveable piston (11) inside the cylinder thro... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148716 | Low noise high efficiency positive displacement pump A positive displacement pump is provided having a housing, a plurality of pistons and an eccentric drive element rotatably mounted about an axis on the housing. A rigid compression member connected to each of the pistons is reciprocatably moveable with th... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148717 | Beverage maker with intermittent beverage liquid dispenser and apparatus and method for uniform contact of brew ingredient with brew A beverage brewer (20) with a dispenser valve (34) for passing brewing liquid from a supply (30) under control by a programmable dispenser cycle dispenser valve controller (36) to intermittently pass the liquid to a uniform flow dispenser head (38) during... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148718 | Apparatus for bonding food particles Apparatus for forming and baking food particles into a unified, shaped product, e.g., shaped like pizza, has heated top and bottom plates, the mating faces of which have recesses and protrusions for molding the desired shaped product. The bottom plate is ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148719 | Mechanical coring device The present invention discloses a device for mechanically removing the core of fruits and vegetables. The device is designed to be used on a vertical or horizontal hand press. The device has an upper collar member having a centrally located threaded apert... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148720 | Press machine A press machine includes a frame, a first crankshaft rotated by a driving source, a second crankshaft connected with a slide, and a connection mechanism provided with a pair of levers connected with each other so as to carry out their bending-stretching m... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148721 | Apparatus for decorating articles using suction conveyor An apparatus for decorating articles has at least one article carrier which is movable along a transport path through treatment stations and which is connected to a vacuum source at least over a portion of the transport path for holding an article in the ... | 11/21/2000 |
