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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6279415 | Method and apparatus for providing tension within a cable An apparatus 10 for providing tension in a cable 12. Apparatus 10 includes a generally cylindrical housing 14, movable member 16 which is slidably disposed within housing 14 and a member 18 which is slidably disposed within member 16 and housing 14. Assem... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279416 | Control apparatus for hydraulic lock A control apparatus associated with a hydraulic lock that contains a piston rod and an operating pin slidably contained within piston rod. A conduit contains a proximal end connected to a push button unit and a distal end connected to a lever arm assembly... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279417 | Brake pedal structure for vehicle A brake pedal structure for a vehicle disclosed herein includes a pedal bracket provided on a dash panel of the vehicle, a pedal shaft provided on the pedal bracket, a pedal arm pivotally supported by the pedal shaft in a freely rotatable manner around th... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279419 | Steering wheel A method of manufacturing a motor car steering wheel with an external shell made of carbon fibers, which comprises preparing a pile of sheet materials, hot molding thereof for obtaining respective half-shells with a shape corresponding to that of respecti... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279420 | Balance weight for a rotary component in turbomachinery, methods of installation and installation tools A balance weight has first and second margins at right angles to one another with the second margin larger than the first margin. A balance weight groove in a rotor has outer and inner wall portions, with the outer wall portions spaced a distance less tha... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279421 | Connecting rod assembly with reduced length variability A connecting rod assembly for rocking piston compressors, diaphragm compressors and vacuum pumps is provided where the overall height of the connecting rod assembly is dependent only upon the overall height of the connecting rod structure and is not depen... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279422 | Endplay adjustment mechanism for colinear shafts An endplay adjustment mechanism for a co-linear shaft assembly. More specifically, the co-linear shaft assembly includes an input shaft and a mainshaft aligned along a common longitudinal axis. A threaded adjuster plug and a thrust bearing are interdispos... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279423 | Countershaft transmission A transmission case comprises first, second and third casings 1, 2 and 3, which are connected side by side in this order from an engine. An input shaft 11 and a countershaft 12 with speed change gear trains and clutches are disposed in a first room 8 whic... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279424 | Machine for machining workpieces with cutting teeth, especially saw blades A tool head (46) in which a tool spindle (52), adapted to be equipped with a disc-shaped tool (100), is supported so as to be driven in rotation about a spindle axis (C), is associated with a workpiece support (82) on which a workpiece (10) can be arrange... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279425 | Method of producing tools and dies A method of producing a tool or die from a model that includes producing a rigid mold from the model, forming a die shell of the model from a sheet of material in close conforming relationship over the rigid mold, and applying a reinforcing substrate to t... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279426 | Power tong with improved door latch An open throat power tong 10 for making up and/or breaking apart an oilfield tubular connection includes an open throat in the tong body 15. Motors 18, 20 rotate a partial ring member 12 and a pair of heads 16 with respect to the tong body. A door 40, 140... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279427 | Crosshead jam nut torque tool A uniquely designed torque wrench having a torque body, the torque body attached to a drive head, with the head having an opening through its center, for fitting over a nut, such as a multi-sided jam nut positioned on a compresor shaft. The drive head fur... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279428 | Ratchet wrench A ratchet wrench including a main body, a ratchet, a switching unit and two stopper members. The stopper members are slidable within the recesses of the main body to abut against the ratchet so that the ratchet can be only one-way rotated. The ratchet wre... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279429 | Adjustable wrench The present invention is directed to an adjustable wrench that permits quick and effortless speed slip adjustment and locked positioning.... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279430 | F-type socket wrench A F-type socket wrench including a handle, a coupling block mounted in an opening of the handle, a steel ball stopped between a transverse back groove of the coupling block and a spring inside the handle, a tightening up screw threaded into an axial screw... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279431 | Self-adjusting pliers A self-adjusting pliers is operable to grasp a workpiece between an upper jaw and a lower jaw. The pliers includes an upper arm having the upper jaw and a lower arm, with the lower jaw linked to the lower arm but not integral with the lower arm. A control... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279432 | Force multiplication hand tool A hand tool comprising a first handle member with integral jaw, a second handle member, and a third jaw member, all three members pivotally connected by a single common pivot pin. All three members are also cooperatively connected by a force multiplying m... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279433 | Locking pliers with extended grip A locking pliers includes a body that supports a fixed jaw and a movable jaw. A lever is pivotably connected to the movable jaw, and a locking mechanism including a stub arm is coupled between the body and the lever to lock the jaws in a closed position. ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279434 | Skateboard tool The present invention is directed to a tool for use on a skateboard and easily carried in a pants pocket of a user. The tool has a body is in the general shape of a "T" having a crossbar bisected by a stem and provides for three sockets of differing sizes... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279435 | Folding tool A multi-purpose hand tool which includes a handle body with a plurality of drive tools mounted on an axis at one end allowing various tools such as hex tools, screwdriver tools, torx tools and others to rotate for use. Pivoting folding wingbars are affixe... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279437 | Pipe beveling machine A pipe beveling tool employs a draw bolt that pulls an actuator rearwardly. The draw bolt does not extend all the way through the device, enabling smaller diameter pipes to be engaged. Wedge keys provide adjustable engagement of the driving system to prev... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279438 | Metal cutting machining device, with massive block and sliding column and machine integrating this device A device for machining a part by metal cutting comprising a massive block in a bore of which is located a sliding column guided in a front bearing and a rear bearing, at least the front bearing and the section of the column sliding therein being continuou... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279439 | Method for manufacturing a one-way clutch cage A method for manufacturing a one-way clutch cage allows slits of the cage to be formed with a short punching distance, wherein the slits are narrow in width and the cage is less prone to deformation. In this method for manufacturing a one-way clutch cage,... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279440 | Heavy duty knife apparatus and cutting method A novel knife apparatus and method are disclosed for cutting a plurality of articles from a sheet or web of material. The knife can be formed in or secured to the outer surface of a rotary die cutter. The knife includes a first cutting member having a fir... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279441 | System and apparatus for cutting logs into shorter lengths A log processing system contains a row of tipple units for supporting a log to be cut into programmed lengths by saws swing-mounted on carriages selectively positioned on a truck extending beside said row. Each tipple unit has two oppositely extending win... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279443 | Die cut roll A die cut roll includes a rotary driving roll having projecting pressure cutting blades on a surface thereof formed in accordance with the shape of a product to be cut to thereby form a die cutter and an anvil roll adapted to receive an edge of each of th... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279444 | Cutting tool, especially plane blade head or plane blade shaft A cutting tool, especially a plane blade head or plane blade shaft, includes a supporting body (1) having at least one recess (3) which is open radially to the outside, a wedge shaped clamping jaw (4) housed in the recess (3) and a blade (6) which can be ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279445 | Multi-tool alignment apparatus A self-aligning multi-tool for use in a punch press having a ram. The multi-tool includes a housing carrying a striker and a magazine bearing a plurality of circumferentially spaced tools and rotatable with respect to the housing so as to bring a single d... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279446 | Tape cutting apparatus A blade assembly particularly for preforming a tab cut in a label. The blade assembly comprises a blade received in an injection molded plastics holder. The holder has shoulders on either side of the blade to assist in locating it and spacing it from a la... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279447 | Method for the manufacture of gun ammunition having elongated projectile and a cartridge produced thereby A method for the manufacture of a gun ammunition cartridge including multi-stage insertion of a projectile into a case a distance beyond the inboard terminal end of the neck of the case without deleterious effect upon the gun powder disposed within the ca... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279448 | Cartridge ammunition and method of making the same A method of making a cartridge ammunition includes the following steps: providing a cartridge case having a longitudinal axis; introducing bulk propellant powder into the cartridge case; and oscillating the cartridge case about its longitudinal axis for c... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279449 | Rapid deployment countermeasure system and method A rapid deployment countermeasure system comprises a base attached to a plurality of tubes which are in fluid communication with at least one deployment module. A guidance bar is attached to the top ends of the tubes, and a guidance shroud is proximate to... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279450 | Loading apparatus for a large-caliber weapon A weapon includes a weapon barrel having a longitudinal axis and a magazine positioned behind the weapon barrel and formed of two spaced, facing partial magazines situated on either side of the barrel axis. Each partial magazine has at least one tier acco... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279451 | Air cylinder with cushion mechanism A small-sized and inexpensive air cylinder with a cushion mechanism having a simple structure is provided. Therefore, discharge outlets for discharging cushioning air are disposed in positions closer to ends of the stroke than the openings of the ports in... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279452 | Axial piston motor with bearing flushing The invention relates to an axial piston motor constructed as a swivel-slide structure with a channel to feed cleaning fluid to the driving shaft bearings. The axial piston motor (1) comprises a swivelling cylinder drum (8) and a driving shaft (3) support... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279453 | High-pressure system A high-pressure apparatus with driving device (10) and pressure generating device (30) has a frame configuration (20) through which the driving device and the pressure generating device are connected but detachable (FIG. 1A).... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279454 | Fuel injection pump A fuel injection pump for high pressure injecting gasoline, fuel whose main component is gasoline or light oil having a sulfur content of 0.05% by weight or less by a reciprocation of a piston sliding relative to a cylinder, wherein at least a sliding sur... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279455 | Method and apparatus for making a two piece unitary piston Past pistons have been susceptible to reduced longevity due to increased forces of combustion thereon during operating cycles of an engine. The present two piece unitary piston increases the longevity of pistons used with increased forces of combustion. F... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279456 | Piston A recessed portion 15 for removing a circlip 13 is formed in such a manner as to coincide in location with a broached groove 12 formed in a piston bore 2a for relieving the compression deformation of a piston pin 10 that would be caused by a thrust load.... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279457 | Fermentation tank, particularly for making red wine A fermentation tank particularly for plants for making red wine is described and comprises a main tank for holding the must, an upper tank disposed above the main tank, apparatus for periodically supplying a portion of the must from the bottom of the main... | 08/28/2001 |
