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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6279503 | Chemical vapor deposition apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices There is provided a method of optimizing recipe of in-situ cleaning process for process chamber after a specific process on semiconductor wafers by using Residual Gas Analyzer Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (RGA-QMS). According to the present invention, a C... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279504 | Plasma CVD system A plasma CVD system has a reactor which can be evacuated, a substrate holding means in the reactor, a material gas feed means for feeding into the reactor a material gas for plasma CVD, a high-frequency power supply means for supplying an electrode high-f... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279505 | Plastic containers with an external gas barrier coating A coated plastic container provides for low permeability to gases and vapors. A method and system for coating plastic containers includes applying a thin inorganic oxide layer to the external surface of the containers with plasma-assisted vacuum vapor dep... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279506 | Reactor for coating plane substrates and method for producing said substrates A reactor for coating flat substrates and particularly wafers is described which has a reaction vessel into which reaction gases can be introduced, and a substrate holder unit in which substrates are held in a holder such that the main surface of the substrate... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279507 | Construction including an implement for automatically milking animals An apparatus for automatically milking animals, such as cows, which comprises teat cups for connection to the teats of the animal to be milked and separate cups for connection to the teats of the animal for the purpose of cleansing, disinfecting or foremi... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279508 | Pet watering fountain A pet watering fountain including a box-shaped housing, a water supplyer, a hose, two pipes, a control valve unit (body), a helical or expansion spring (spring), a bowl, a drain, and a pedal. A thirsty dog walks onto the spring-biased pedal. The spring-bi... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279509 | Pigsty with an excretion area A pigsty includes a horizontal base member and a fence member extending upwardly from the base member and cooperating with the base member to confine a raising space adapted for accommodating and raising pigs therein. The base member is configured to have... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279510 | Veterinary treatment table Disclosed is a veterinarian treatment table having a base upon which an elongated tub rests. The tub has an inclined bottom wall to drain fluids towards a drain at the bottom of the tub. Also provided is a fluid dispersing means which, in one embodiment, ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279511 | Powered multichannel infusion and monitoring system A method and system for infusing and monitoring a tethered laboratory animal includes a platform suitable for carrying the laboratory animal. A tether assembly includes a flexible conduit for connecting to the animal and a tether for tethering the animal.... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279512 | Method and apparatus for sorting livestock A method and apparatus for sorting livestock such as hogs, sheep, cows, and poultry within an enclosure and guiding the livestock to an exit opening therein is disclosed. The present invention includes an elongated, foldable livestock barrier constructed ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279513 | Conversion fluid bed chamber assembly A fluid bed chamber assembly that is affixed to or incorporated onto the bottom portion of a combustion chamber of a package boiler assembly to increase combustion efficiency of the boiler. The fluid bed chamber assembly comprises a lower region and an up... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279514 | Method of recovering heat in sulfuric acid production plant The invention provides a heat recovery method for use in sulfuric acid production plants by which the heat generated in the step of drying SO2 gas or the step of drying air, and the step of absorbing sulfur trioxide in the plant is effectively ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279515 | Coolant pump chamber cover with ignition module supports A coolant pump housing for an internal combustion engine includes a cover having integral supports for an ignition module. Each ignition module support projects outwardly to define an elongated member having a mounting end defining a bore sized to receive... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279516 | Cylinder head with two-plane water jacket A cylinder head for an engine having a two-plane water jacket in which a lower chamber at one plane through the head cools the fire deck of each cylinder and a cross-flow passage for the coolant is spaced above the lower chambers in a second plane through... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279517 | Free piston engine provided with a purging air dosing system A free piston combustion engine and method by which additional combustion air is supplied by a charge air system. The charge air system includes a piston-cylinder charge air pump in which the piston is movable independently of the movement of the free pis... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279518 | Rotary engine having a conical rotor A rotary engine includes a central rotor having a frustoconical shape with an ellipsoidal groove machined into the outer surface of the rotor. The rotor is rotated by the movement of a series of pistons mounted in cylinders surrounding the rotor. A series... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279519 | Air and water cooled opposed cylinder aircraft engine An internal combustion piston engine with horizontally opposed cylinders. Each opposed pair of cylinders fires simultaneously, providing symmetric cranking force on the crankshaft 13. Each cylinder 1 is a simple solid of rotation with air-cooling fins 10.... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279520 | Adiabatic, two-stroke cycle engine having novel scavenge compressor arrangement An engine structure and mechanism that operates on various combustion processes in a two-stroke-cycle without supplemental cooling or lubrication comprises an axial assembly of cylindrical modules and twin, double-harmonic cams that operate with opposed p... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279521 | Two-cycle engine A two-cycle engine includes scavenging passages on the cylinder side and the crankcase side as the passages to supply scavenging gas into the cylinder. The passage on the cylinder side includes a passage inside the cylinder sidewall having substantially t... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279522 | Drive train for overhead cam engine A drive train for a four stroke, overhead cam engine is provided, comprising a crankshaft, connecting rod, and piston assembly for reciprocating the piston within the cylinder bore of a cylinder block. An internally profiled cam gear is driven around an a... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279523 | Valve driving apparatus provided in an internal combustion engine The present invention offers a valve driving apparatus provided in an internal combustion engine. The valve driving apparatus drives an exhaust valve by using electromagnetic force. The exhaust valve is movable between an open position and a closed positi... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279524 | Electromagnetic actuator having a pneumatic dampening element An electromagnetic actuator for operating a driven member includes an electromagnet having a yoke provided with a pole face and a coil supported by the yoke and adapted to be supplied with electric current to produce an electromagnetic force; and an armat... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279525 | Cam follower formed without removing any material A finger lever for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, said finger lever being made by shaping without chip removal and comprising two side walls (5,6) which are connected to each other in a first end region (1) by a first bottom wall (4) to f... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279526 | Valve gear for an internal-combustion engine A valve gear controls a gas exchange in an internal-combustion engine with a valve spring which holds a valve in its required position at all times and is clamped between a valve head and a valve-spring support. The valve spring support is adjustable in t... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279527 | Apparatus for routing electrical signals in an engine There is disclosed herein an apparatus for routing electrical signals in an engine having n cylinders and an intake manifold, one embodiment of which comprises: (1) a generally rigid housing generally conforming in shape with and being removably attachabl... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279528 | Intake device Inlet pipes extend from a collector to the cylinder inlets of the internal combustion engine. The inlet pipes are formed with mutually facing openings in their adjacent walls. Control flaps each have a shaft, which is respectively provided with a damping ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279529 | Cam and tappet carrier for engine A cylinder head constructions wherein the cylinder head is comprised of a main cylinder head member that slidably supports the valves for the engine, and which has an upper peripheral edge that defines a cam chamber. At least one camshaft and the tappets ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279530 | Method for triggering the controlling elements of an internal combustion engine There are a number of controlling elements of an internal combustion engine which have an influence on the charge of the cylinders. For each controlling element, a triggering instant is determined that is adapted to its individual reaction time, so that a... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279531 | System and method for controlling engine torque A system and method for controlling an engine include determining a desired engine brake torque and modifying the desired engine brake torque based on current engine operating conditions to determine a requested engine brake torque prior to determination ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279532 | Fuel pressure control apparatus for cylinder injection engine A fuel pressure control apparatus for cylinder injection engine having a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into a cylinder of an engine, a pipe for conducting the fuel to the fuel injection valve, a fuel pump for supplying the fuel from a fuel suppl... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279533 | Load adjustment device A load adjustment apparatus for an internal combustion engine has a torsion spring (4) which is attached in a positively locking manner to a control shaft (3) for a throttle valve and a supporting part (2). At one end, the torsion spring (4) is bent in a ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279534 | Method for controlling the power supply to a vehicle engine A method for controlling a power supply for a vehicle engine utilizes two sensors monitoring a power supply control member. In the event of a disturbance of the one of the sensor signals, the other sensor signal is used for determining the actuator contro... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279535 | Throttle control device A throttle controller includes a main body to which is connected a body cover which accommodates therein a power transmitting mechanism constituted by a pinion gear, a secondary gear, and a final gear. Accommodated in the body cover are a built-in throttl... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279536 | Method for knock regulation in an internal combustion engine A method for knock regulation in an internal combustion engine, includes using signals from at least one knock sensor to obtain knock values (KW) and using these knock values (KW) to form knock thresholds (KS) with which the knock values (KW) are compared... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279537 | Air fuel ratio control apparatus for an internal combustion engine In order to improve estimation accuracy of estimating the value of the NOx exhaust concentration, the air fuel ratio control apparatus is adapted to estimate the NOx exhaust concentration from at least either one of a value depending on the air fuel ratio... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279538 | Method for evaluating an ion current signal of a self-igniting internal combustion engine A method for evaluating an ion current signal of a self-igniting internal combustion engine, with the ignition shift being derived from the time shift of the local maximum in the curve of the ion current signal relative to an injection point in time. Simi... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279539 | Hydraulically actuated fuel injector with cold start features A hydraulically actuated fuel injector includes an injector body which has an outer surface. An armature cavity is defined by the injector body and a solenoid. The solenoid includes an armature, which is positioned within the armature cavity. Attached to ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279540 | Connector A connector, for example as shown in FIG. 1, for use in supplying fuel to a fuel injector comprises a tubular member arranged to be received, in use, within an opening provided in an engine cylinder head, the tubular member being shaped, at a first end th... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279541 | Fuel supply system responsive to engine fuel demand A no-return system for supplying fuel from a tank to a fuel injected internal combustion engine of an automotive vehicle in response to the fuel demand of the engine. The pump supplies more fuel than that required by the operating engine and the excess fu... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279542 | Method and arrangement for controlling the injection pressure of liquid fuel Methods and apparatus for controlling fuel injection pressure for fuel through a nozzle for combustion in an engine are disclosed. These include methods and apparatus for injecting the fuel at an injection pressure by means of an injector, maintaining the... | 08/28/2001 |
