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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6397710 | Screwdriver with slotted blades A cross-point shaped screwdriver has a cylindrical metal shaft with an axis coaxial with an insertion direction for driving a screw having a socket. A bit section, formed on the end of the shaft, has four blades. A circumferential groove is formed in the ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397711 | Hand tool A hand tool for providing increased force and accuracy for a variety of applications comprising a tool head, a first shaft and second shaft is provided. The first and second shaft each have a proximal end and a distal end, the distal ends of the shafts ar... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397712 | Lathe chuck with jaw-position monitor A lathe chuck has a rotatable chuck body formed with jaw guides and with respective secantally extending rack guides crossing the jaw guides. Jaws are radially displaceable in the jaw guides between radial inner and outer end positions and have axially ba... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397713 | Automated infeed system An apparatus and methodology are presented for automatically infeeding workpieces to a saw. A first workpiece is selected at an input station. A servo-driven friction belt system is connected to the input station, and advances the workpiece under a laser ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397714 | System for adjusting the position between a waste ejector and a cutting cylinder The cutting cylinder of a rotary cutting machine has at least one radial needle for retaining waste projecting radially from its surface. A waste ejector has a rectilinear part parallel to the generatrix of the said cylinder and traversed by at least one ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397715 | Slug-retaining punch press tool A punch and die tool for cutting a slug from a sheet of material that is retained in the opening of the die and does not adhere to or follow the punch on its upward stroke, and a method for retaining a slug in a die, are disclosed. The die is formed with ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397716 | Bevel saw angle indicator A bevel angle indicator for a saw is disclosed. The saw 10 consists of a table 16, a pivot support 26 pivotally mounted with respect to the table 16 about a bevel axis 92 and a mechanical saw blade pivotally mounted with respect to the pivot support 26 ab... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397717 | Cut line indicator for power cutting material A kerf indicator for use with a power saw provides a source of light directed towards a blade of the saw. The light passes through a plurality of slots in an opaque barrier member. The barrier member planarizes the light such that a shadow of the saw blad... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397718 | Device for reducing the eccentricity and non-uniformities among cartridge cases A device for machining a cartridge case that has a neck comprising a circular neck wall, a mouth and a primer pocket. The device includes a gripping assembly, adapted to accept and retain a cartridge case and a neck machining assembly, positioned to engag... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397719 | Method for loading slurry explosives in blast holes or cartridges A method for loading and sensitizing a slurry explosive in a borehole or in a cartridge, where a gassing agent is added as a thin string inside the slurry explosive after the explosive has been pumped into a loading pipe, and wherein the slurry explosive ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397720 | Cartridge case reforming die having precise measuring system A novel resizing die (100/300) for a cartridge case has been provided for efficiently and quickly resizing a cartridge case during a reloading operation. The novel die includes a precise measuring system (122, 124, 108/122, 306, 108) for being able to acc... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397721 | Cartridge feed device for a repeating firearm In an automatic firearm, a cartridge feed device is provided in order to convey the uppermost cartridge in a magazine into an intermediate station transverse to its extent. A lifting device is used to grasp the cartridge in the intermediate station and to... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397722 | Variable torque accommodating, pressure fluid driven, transmissionless engine A pressure fluid driven piston and cylinder engine capable of providing high torque output at any engine speed for direct connection to a vehicle or machine to be driven. The engine may be used for any purpose, but is especially advantageous for powering ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397723 | Negative pressure booster A negative pressure booster comprises a repulsion force mechanism 24 provided among a valve cylinder 10, a valve piston 18 and an output rod 25. The repulsion force mechanism 24 includes: a flexible piston 22 positioned between the valve cylinder 10 and t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397724 | Negative pressure type servo unit A negative pressure type servo unit which allows the size of the actuator to be reduced includes a housing, a movable wall positioned in the housing, a power piston, an input member, a plunger, a valve mechanism, an output rod, an actuator and a seal memb... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397725 | Piston and cylinder assembly and flow restrictor device therefor A piston and cylinder assembly is described having a piston which partially defines a fluid chamber in the cylinder from which fluid is expelled through an outlet port of the cylinder by movement of the piston along the cylinder, the assembly including a ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397726 | Device for path-dependent control of force generated by a piston The invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling in a path-dependent manner the force generated by a piston. A first piston travels in a first cylinder--divided into a first and second chamber by the first piston--together with a pressure flu... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397727 | Actuator for pivot chuck A pivot-chuck actuator has a housing extending along an axis, a piston chamber centered on the axis, and a vane chamber offset and separate from the piston chamber. A piston is axially displaceable in the piston chamber and axially fixed to a shaft extend... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397728 | Linear stopping and positioning apparatus A linear positioning apparatus has a positioning actuator assembly including a cylinder and movable piston to be used for moving a workpiece or a moveable worktable along a rectilinear path or thrust axis. The apparatus includes at least one stop member a... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397729 | High pressure pump having bearing assembly pre-load apparatus An apparatus is described for capturing a bearing assembly in a device such as a high pressure pump or the like so that undesired pre-load within the bearing assembly is substantially reduced or eliminated. The apparatus is comprised of a fastener for cap... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397730 | Sandwich and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a sandwich consisting of two toasted slices of bread and an edible filling placed between said slices. According to the invention, the filling is essentially arranged in the inner region of the surfaces of the slices of bread and ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397731 | Quick assembly barbecue grill and cart assembly A barbecue grill cart including a right and a left leg frame assembly, each of the leg frame assemblies having a lower frame assembly and an upper frame assembly. Each of the upper leg frame assemblies also includes a support member configured to receive ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397732 | Toaster-being see-thru and having a plurality of different sized toast wells, one of which being adjustable A toaster that includes a housing, a carriage that is operatively connected in the housing for racking the bread to be toasted, an audio alarm that is operatively connected to the housing and in electrical communication with the timer for activating eight... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397733 | Food roaster A food roasting apparatus has a roasting main body and an upholding device is mounted on the roasting main body at the far end with respect to the oil-collected hole. The upholding device includes an upholding element and a covering body, which can shield... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397734 | Device for detecting the raising state of small piles of dough The present invention relates to a device for detecting the raising state of lumps of dough (11) submitted to a fermentation process which is for example induced by yeast in a raising chamber and during which the volume of said lumps increases. The device... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397735 | Electronic food processor A food processor incorporates an electronic motor control and display. Times relevant to the operation of the food processor are displayed for reference by the user. A user can select a food processing cycle duration, in which case the display is operated... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397736 | Fruit and vegetable juice extractor A fruit and vegetable juice extractor includes a lower and an upper base, a strainer basket and a disc cutter received in the upper base, and a top cover having a centered feed tube via which a whole piece of fruit or vegetable may be fed toward and groun... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397737 | Nutcracking apparatus A nutcracking apparatus including a housing having opposing sidewalls. A hammer plate having an upper and lower portion is pivotally attached at its upper portion to the opposing sidewalls of the housing. A camshaft is positioned in abutment with a lower ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397738 | Hay bale stacking and bundling method Apparatus for stacking bales of hay into large bundles such as, for example, three bales high and seven bales wide, positions bands about the stacked array to provide a tightly bound, compressed stack of bales. The stacking apparatus compresses the stacke... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397739 | Calendering method and a calender that makes use of the method A calendering method and calender in which a web material is passed through a calender, the calender nip being defined between a heatable hard roll and an endless, flexible and substantially non-compressible calendering belt. The heatable roll is heated i... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397740 | Printing machine including at least one screenprinting station and at least one digital inkjet printing station A printing machine includes an endless conveyor carrying a plurality of spaced object supports, at least one screenprinting station vertically aligned with the path of movement of the object supports and at least one digital inkjet printing station adapte... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397741 | Squeegee holder with electronic measuring apparatus A squeegee blade system having a pair of squeegee blade holders, each holder having a squeegee blade secured thereto. When one squeegee blade moves to and from a print stroke position, the other holder moves its associated blade from and to a non-print st... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397742 | Single plane screen printer A stencil screen printing machine includes a screen retention frame horizontally reciprocable forwardly and rearwardly in one dimension for retaining and reciprocating a print stencil screen in a plane during a forward print stroke and a rearward return s... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397743 | Printing unit A printing unit for a web-fed rotary printing machine is provided having at least one carrying wall, a plurality of cylinders mounted on the carrying wall, a drive motor corresponding to each cylinder and a slide corresponding to each cylinder. Each slide... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397744 | Method and device for influencing ink distribution Ink distribution to the transfer roller of a printing machine is rapidly influenced. The ink duct roller is driven at a maximum speed and the ink distribution roller is caused to rotate at the ink duct roller speed. The ink vibrator roller is brought ink ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397745 | Method and apparatus for maintaining ink level in ink fountain of printing press An ink management system for an offset printing press includes a cartridge of offset printing press ink, wherein the cartridge has an exit opening in one end through which ink is dispensed and an open end opposite said exit opening. A movable member is di... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397746 | Camera-ready copy sheet for lithographic printing plates The present invention provides for a camera-ready copy sheet to be inserted between a plate cylinder and a lithographic printing plate at least the back side of which is made of a non-metallic material. The copy sheet has asperities of a predetermined sha... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397747 | Magnetic cylinder for printing plate with nonmagnetic shell A magnetic cylinder for printing plates and the like has a core of low-cost magnetically permeable material with an outer shell of higher cost low magnetic permeability material with magnetic elements resting in cavities or channels formed in the shell.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397748 | Vacuum printing plate mounter and registration system A printer plate having an integral alignment target and a printing plate mounter having a vacuum cup with an alignment member thereon to permit visual alignment of the alignment target with the vacuum cup alignment member with the vacuum cup connectable t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397749 | Heat-sensitive lithographic printing plate precursor A heat-sensitive precursor of lithographic printing plates, which comprises a hydrophilic layer provided on a substrate having an ink-receptive surface or coated with an ink-receptive layer; the printing plate precursor further having a water-soluble over... | 06/04/2002 |
