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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7040197 | Opener providing large arm of force An opener comprises a holding portion; a front end of the holding portion being installed with a screwing portion; a rear end of the holding portion being installed with a rotation portion; a front end of the screwing portion being installed with an opener head; a r... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040198 | In-line strap wrench A wrenching tool with an anchored flexible strap that is placed around the rotating part of a screw type connector, the strap then being slide fitted and adjusted in one of two angular slots on the tool for the purpose of tightening or loosening the connector. With ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040199 | Pipe wrench retrofit The specification discloses a modified nut assembly and locking assembly for locking the shank of a wrench in place. The nut assembly preferably includes a nut for engaging and disengaging the shank of the wrench and a spring for biasing the nut to a position where ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040200 | Driving tool having irrotatable bars A driving tool includes a driving head with a passage defined therethrough so that a bar movably extends through the passage. A driving protrusion extends from a bottom end of the driving head and a top hole is defined through a top of the driving head. A positionin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040201 | Quick adjusting pliers A method and device is disclosed for clamping an object with quick adjusting pliers. A top jaw has a bottom handle, a slot, and a series of ridges located around the slot. A pin extends through the slot and includes an engagement element. A bottom jaw has a top hand... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040202 | Slide stop device of a hexagonal spanner A slide stop device of a hexagonal spanner comprises a spanner body; one end of the spanner body having a driving portion. The driving portion has at least one axial slots. Each slot is extended from a center of one end surface of the driving portion to an edge of t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040203 | Latch disengagement tools The latch disengagement tools may be used for disengaging a latch of a closure barrier. A tool may be a bar having a tooth and a heel at a latch end. The tooth may have a sloped front edge. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040204 | Method for preparing graphics on sheets A method for preparing a graphic on a sheet of material which also includes at least one registration mark at and about the graphic in predetermined positions. The method involves the steps of applying the graphic and at least one registration mark on a sheet of mat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040205 | Blind and shade cutting center with movable cutting station An apparatus for sizing a window covering in a retail outlet includes a housing having a first end and a second end, and a top operating surface adapted to support a window covering to be sized. Movably disposed at the first end of the housing is a first cutting sta... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040206 | Straddle safety pusher system An adjustable pushing apparatus (50) for safely moving a work piece (22) past a cutting tool (16). The apparatus includes a body (52), a first leg (56), a second leg (58) and a moveable center leg (60) defining a leg ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040207 | Log merchandiser A log merchandising apparatus includes feeding and staging feeders and a plurality of pivoting overhead truss-mounted saws. The saws are travelling saws, reversibly and independently movable along the longitudinal axis of the log by means of a rack and pinion drive ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040208 | Cutter cassette and cutting device A cutter cassette mechanism includes a holding mechanism for holding a cutter blade in a completely inserted state and an extending mechanism for protruding the cutter blade from the case holder. The cutting blade is held in the holding mechanism when not used, and ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040209 | Tool fixtures for use in rotational processing A fixture for holding tools to be processed in a rotational processing apparatus. The fixture includes at least one mounting rod with a plurality of spacers slidably disposed on the mounting rod. A plurality of tools are disposed about the rod, each tool being space... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040210 | Apparatus and method for restraining and releasing a control surface An apparatus includes a restraint for restraining a first control surface in a stowed configuration and a severing mechanism for parting the restraint to allow the first control surface to move into an operational configuration. A vehicle includes a body, a first co... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040211 | Mortar bomb retention apparatus A mortar bomb retention apparatus for retaining a mortar bomb in a mortar tube includes a lever arm; a lever positioner in which the lever arm is rotatably mounted; a generally cylindrical housing having a central opening therethrough, the central opening comprising... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040212 | Launching missiles A container (1) for acting as a storage enclosure and launch tube for a missile (3), the container (1) comprising an integral missile efflux management system including an efflux deflector (1d) positioned for receiving the missile ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040213 | Firearm receiver system with belt-feed capability A firearm receiver system including a receiver body, an ammunition belt feeding assembly and a bolt carrier. The receiver body includes a first face and a second face approximately opposite the first face. The receiver body is configured for having means for trigger... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040214 | Regeneration manifold for a hydraulic system A regeneration manifold for a hydraulic system used with a tool attachment on construction and demolition equipment redirects fluid from a reservoir back to the extension chamber to extend the cylinder at a much higher rate when the tool attachment is under little o... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040215 | Control device for a working device connected to a hydraulic circuit A control device for a working device (12) connected to a hydraulic circuit (10), especially for a load fork (16) which can be raised and lowered with a working cylinder (14) in a fork-lift truck. A valve control unit moves into an adjust... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040216 | Hydraulic motor A hydraulic motor is equipped with an output shaft (2), a cylinder (4) arranged around the output shaft and receiving a plurality of pistons (6) expanding with the fluid pressure, a diagonal plate (7) that contacts the plurality of the ex... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040217 | Tie rod for a brake booster A first and second tie rods locating between a front shell and a rear shell of a brake booster through which a master cylinder is connected to a support member. Each of the first and second tie rods have a head that engages the rear shell and a first shaft that exte... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040218 | Stirring coffee press A stirring coffee press for brewing beverage grounds, such coffee or tea, while simultaneously compressing and agitating the grounds in a single container. The stirring coffee press includes a container with a fitted lid, a plunger assembly slidably and rotatably re... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040219 | Chicken leg grill rack A rack for grilling chicken legs comprises a unitary wire structure including a base and inclined upwardly extending members at each end of the base and a transverse portion joining the tops of said members. A plurality of substantially U-shaped members are mounted ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040220 | Juice extractor appliance having improved cutter disc A juice extractor appliance for extracting juice from food articles, includes: a housing having an inlet feed tube for feeding food articles into the appliance, and an outlet for outletting juice extract from the food articles; a pusher rod for manually pushing the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040221 | Method of producing paste container for screen printing apparatus To keep a printing paste, which is most influential to a printing performance, always in a uniform state, carry out printing at a high accuracy and in a stable manner, and use an expensive paste with no waste, there is provided a printing paste automatic supplying a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040222 | Stencil printing machine A stencil printing machine includes: a drum which is freely rotatable and has an outer peripheral wall formed of an ink impermeable member, in which a stencil sheet is mounted on a surface of the outer peripheral wall; an ink supply device which has an ink supply po... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040223 | Stencil printing ink container, stencil printing ink cartridge, method of manufacturing the ink cartridge, and inner plug for the ink container A stencil printing ink container includes an ink container body. An ink charge port is provided in an end wall of the ink container body and an inner plug is mounted on the ink charge port. The inner plug is provided with an ink discharge port smaller in the outer d... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040224 | Roller moving apparatus A roller moving apparatus includes a pair of inner frames removably supported in a frame; a supportive holder member for supportively holding the roller; and a supportive holder member moving mechanism supported by the inner frames and adapted to support the support... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040225 | Method for reducing vibrations in rotating components Undesirable bending vibrations in at least one rotating component are reduced. An undesirable vibration is counteracted by the use of at least one actuator. A required sequence of signals to be applied to the actuator and/or an intensity level of those signals is ba... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040226 | Printing unit A printing unit contains at least one printing group which is comprised of at least two cylinders which cooperate to form a printing nip. At least these two cylinders are interconnected in a positive fit by a drive. The two cylinders can be engaged with one another ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040227 | Stamping devices and methods An adhesive-backed lenticular lens may be applied over an image. The image may be generated by transferring from an ink source to a ink transfer print plate having a regular pattern of raised and recessed areas or may be applied by a stamp having an image formed by ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040228 | Self-contained vacuum module for stencil wiper assembly A vacuum plenum module of a stencil wiper assembly for wiping and removing excess material from a stencil of a stencil printer includes a wiper blade to wipe the stencil, a plenum chamber in fluid communication with the wiper blade, and a vacuum generator attached t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040229 | Method for loading and exchanging the rollers of the printing units of a printing machine and device for working the method Method for loading and exchanging the rollers of the printing units of a printing machine and a device for working the method, the device loading station including a handling carriage for engraved rollers, a storage station for rollers, a reserve station at each of ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040230 | Achieving at low cost improved print quality and high gloss and recyclability on paper or paperboard substrates on sheetfed or webfed printing presses A method of reducing the paper or paperboard costs to the owners of a press in the printing of ink on paper or paperboard substrates. The method including providing a press with one or more printing stations. Before feeding the substrates involved to an ink printing... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040231 | Method for regulation of a web elongation in a rotary print machine Tension of a web in a rotary printing press is regulated. The web passes through at least two printing groups in the printing press. A change in the extension of the web during the print run is determined based on a phase shift between a first phase position of a pr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040232 | Method and system for monitoring printed material produced by a printing press A method for monitoring printed material which is produced by a printing press and includes images printed on a paper web. The method includes the steps of determining, in an original, reference values for chosen parameters of the printed material, detecting the val... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040233 | Method and device for controlling the drive units in a printing machine A method and a device for controlling drive units in a printing machine are disclosed. During continuous production, and in anticipation of a foreseeable disruption, one or more measuring values that are suitable for characterizing the disruption, are determined. Th... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040234 | MEMS safe arm device for microdetonation The present invention relates to a device for electronically arming and firing a MEMS-scale interrupted explosive train to detonate a main charge explosive. The device includes a MEMS slider assembly housing a transfer charge electrically actuated to move between sa... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040235 | Kinetic energy rod warhead with isotropic firing of the projectiles A kinetic energy rod warhead including a plurality of sections each enclosing a plurality of projectile and an explosive charge partially surrounding the projectiles defining a primary projectile firing direction. The firing direction of each section is different fo... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040236 | Environmentally-friendly training hand grenade and manufacturing method of the same Disclosed is an environmentally-friendly training hand grenade and a method of manufacturing the same. The training hand grenade is advantageous in that it is not necessary to recover fragments, generated by the explosion of the training hand grenade after use, beca... | 05/09/2006 |
