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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6647832 | Wrench having two rigid supporting areas for a pawl A wrench invention includes a handle having a cavity defined by a wall. A head extends from the handle and includes a compartment that is communicated with the cavity. A drive member is rotatably received in the compartment of the head and includes a plur... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647833 | Ratchet wrench A ratchet wrench comprises a handle having a head portion, provided with a through hole, a first chamber and a second chamber. A toothed driving device is installed in the through hole for free rotation. A toothed pawl is received in the first chamber to ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647834 | Method for processing a hand tool A method is provided for processing a handle tool. Raw material formed into the hand tool is firstly hardened by heat treatment. A surface of the hand tool is polished after hardening. A layer of metal is deposited on the surface of the polished hand tool... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647835 | Pliers with replaceable jaws A scissors pair of pliers where the pair of jaws of the pliers are to be replaceable with a different pair of jaws.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647836 | Lockable telescoping screwdriver A driver attachment (12) for a collated screwstrip (13) carrying screws (16) in which a slide body (20) is slidable in a housing (18) parallel a longitudinal axis (52) about which a drive shaft (34) is rotatable. The slide body (20) receives a screwstrip ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647837 | Hand tool A hand tool includes a handle, a plunger, an elastic element, a driver, a device for transforming a blow into a torque and a clutch. The handle is hollow. The plunger includes a first end and a second end. The plunger is inserted in the handle so that it ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647838 | Coupler tool The coupler tool of the present invention includes a ring having oppositely facing radial flat parallel sides and radial outer edges beveled toward one another. Extending axially outwardly from one of the sides is a handle portion. The handle portion incl... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647839 | Method of forming an integral tubular projection in a work by spinning and a product produced by the same A method of forming an integral tubular projection in a disk-shaped work by spinning is provided. In the method, h=0.1 to 0.5t, d=0.25 to 0.94D, T=0.5 to 7h, and V=0.029 to 0.234πD2 h where h is a depth by which a forming roller cuts int... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647840 | Combined video camera and toolholder A method and apparatus for indicating a reference point on a workpiece for a program in a CNC machine tool is disclosed. A camera is mounted in a CNC toolholder so that the lens of the camera is coaxial with a rotational axis of the CNC toolholder. A pair... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647841 | Device for the end face driving of toothed workpieces The device serves for the end face, angularly true driving of a pre-toothed workpiece (21) clamped between work centers by the rotating work spindle (3) of a tooth flank grinding machine. It takes place by means of a wobble plate (10) connected without pl... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647842 | Calibrated angle and depth scissors A scissors with built-in ruler and protractor allows precision cuts to measure lengths and angles without the use of separate external measuring tools and marking devices.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647843 | Method and apparatus for cutting belts from a belt sleeve material A cutting system including a belt sleeve, a support subassembly, a cutting subassembly, an imaging subassembly, and a control system. The imaging subassembly generates an image of the actual lateral relationship between a cutting edge and a predetermined ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647844 | Precise strip material cutter An apparatus for precisely cutting lengths of strip material includes a supply of strip material, a feed mechanism for conveying the strip material from the supply and a reciprocating cutter mounted downstream of the feed mechanism. An adjustable stop is ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647845 | Sheet retainer for punching ceramic green sheet and punching apparatus Move, deformation, or damages of a green sheet can be securely prevented by improvement of the material and shape of a green sheet retainer 40 affixed to a punching tool 30 provided with a cutter section 32 for punching a via hole on a ceramic green sheet... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647846 | Machine tool with feed system A machine tool having a C-shaped frame has a workpiece processing station adjacent the open end of the throat, and an elongated guide rail extends in a first axis perpendicularly to the throat. A carrier extends along the guide rail, and a multiplicity of... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647847 | Fence A fence for guiding a work surface past a saw blade supported by a table having a support tube running substantially perpendicular to the saw blade. The fence includes a rip fence having a plurality of studs disposed on opposing sides thereof. A pair of f... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647848 | Cake-layer cutting apparatus A cake-layer cutting apparatus for allowing a user to slice layers of cake accurately and evenly. The cake-layer cutting apparatus includes a frame, which includes a first support, a second support and a handle portion that extends between the first suppo... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647849 | Device for varying a cylinder's effective diameter The present invention is related to a device for varying a cylinder's effective diameter. It includes a shell member being removably mounted on a surface of a cylinder. On the easy exchangeable shell member having a base plate an elastic material is provi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647850 | Food slicing apparatus A bagel or bun slicing apparatus includes a frame mounted to a vertically adjustable stand and base. The frame defines a vertical channel which houses a reciprocating blade and rollers for transporting the bagel or bun through the channel and across the b... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647851 | Method for suppressing ejection of fragments and shrapnel during destruction of shrapnel munitions A method of suppressing shrapnel ejection inherent with fragmentary and shrapnel munition destruction. The present invention utilizes a method of imploding an initiating explosive onto the munition device whereby the munition device is exploded. The metho... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647852 | Continuous intersecting braided composite structure and method of making same A continuous intersecting braided composite preform including a first member with at least one ply of biased fibers and a second member also with at least one ply of biased fibers. The first member intersects with the second member and passes continuously... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647853 | Seabed mine clearance This disclosure relates to a vessel having means at the bow of the vessel to direct a water flow ahead of the vessel downwardly towards the sea bed in front of and to either side of the path of the vessel to displace material from the sea bed including an... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647854 | Device and method for neutralization of underwater mines A method and device to neutralize influence mines has a control module to generate signals representative of acoustic and magnetic signatures of a ship. These representative signals will either detonate the threat mines or ensure that transiting ships wil... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647855 | Apparatus and method for deploying a hypervelocity shield Provided herein are apparatuses for deployment of at least one hypervelocity shield on a structure in exoatmospheric space. The apparatuses comprise a means of attaching to the structure at least at one place on the structure and further comprise at least... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647856 | Turbine compressor armor shield A method and apparatus comprising combining fragment resistant fabrics in multiple layers in a resin, wherein the multiple layers present a fragment projectile with alternating tougher and softer resistances to penetration to enhance the stopping power of... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647857 | Bullet protective sunvisor The invention is directed to a foldable bullet protective shield for mounting to the backside of a sunvisor of a motor vehicle, said shield having an upper portion and a lower portion, each portion being formed of at least one plate of bullet protective m... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647858 | Linearizing shunt for a force sensor An intelligent input push rod assembly for applying an input force from a brake pedal to a power booster of a brake system. The input push rod assembly includes a sensor that is capable of generating an electrical output having a magnitude that varies wit... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647859 | Belt-fixing mechanism First and second adjusting screws are screwed into screw holes of an end plate respectively. An upper belt is interposed between the second adjusting screw and a fixing member. Either one or both of the first adjusting screw and the second adjusting screw... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647860 | Thin-walled brake diaphragm A fabric reinforced, resilient brake diaphragm for use in a fluid pressure operated braking system is provided. The diaphragm comprises an annular outer flange for engaging the housing of the braking system, a bottom planar wall having an interior surface... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647861 | Cooled piston for internal combustion engines The invention relates to a cooled piston for internal combustion engines. The inventive piston is provided with an annular cooling channel on the periphery of the piston head. Said cooling channel, at its end that is open towards the piston shaft, is clos... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647862 | Upper lid of a coffee maker The upper lid of a coffee includes an upper lid body, which is provided inside with a rotatable receiving unit having a female-threaded portion and a central through hole. A support post fitted with a prop member is inserted upward through the central thr... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647863 | Device for making mocha coffee A device for preparing of mocha coffee is disclosed. The device comprises a cooking vessel, an electrical heating body electrically insulated supported relative to the cooking vessel, however, thermally coupled to the cooking vessel, and a temperature sen... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647864 | Automatic stir-fry machine An automatic stir-fry machine to be placed on a commercial burner for cooking stir-fry dishes. The automatic stir-fry machine has a closed cooking chamber with only a rear exhaustion port, containing a cooking vessel formed primarily by two oppositely spa... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647865 | Hot-air lid A hot-air lid (1) for containers (2) used for cooking and frying is proposed. In order to provide advantageous construction conditions it is proposed that it consists of an upper part (3) and a lower part (4) which can be fixed in said upper part and whic... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647866 | Processing device for coffee beans A processing device for coffee beans to undergo a de-husking, bean-halving, membrane removing and roasting device to proceed with a de-husking, bean-halving, membrane removing and roasting step of coffee beans, wherein the de-husking, bean-halving and mem... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647867 | Pasteurizer A pasteurizer (1) comprising an endless circulating transport conveyor (3) guided around deflection rolls (7, 8) and used for transporting through the pasteurizer (1) the products (18) to be pasteurized, and having a feed conveyor (5) and/or a discharge c... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647868 | Position adjustment in laser-assisted pressing A method of laser-assisted pressing is used to adjust the pressing position with a laser projector and an impressible element while pressing an opaque object. The apparatus in this invention is characterized by a platform, a pressing unit with at least on... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647869 | Positive lock for infinite adjustable stroke mechanism A positive lock for infinite adjustable stroke alignment mechanism for a mechanical press with an eccentric bushing disposed within a press connection member with a second eccentric member disposed within the eccentric bushing. A rotatable crankshaft is c... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647870 | Drive apparatus, press machine slide drive apparatus and method thereof An electric motor and hydraulic pump/motor are combined on a torque level, a press machine is controlled with controllability of an electric motor, and kinetic energy of a slide is regenerated during braking without constraints of slide pressurization or ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647871 | Loader for a printer for printing flat articles and printer provided with such a loader A loader (1) for a printer for printing flat articles (2), this loader (1) which delimits a storage magazine (9) for the articles in the stacked condition being provided internally with a pivoting member (4) arranged to hold the articles (2) in bearing co... | 11/18/2003 |
