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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7131507 | Tracked ATV The invention relates to a tracked ATV which is fully supported, driven and steered by a pair of parallel endless tracks driven by means of an internal combustion engine. Steering means are arranged to control the differential speed between the tracks for steering t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131508 | Terrain conforming track assembly An endless track assembly that mounts to a wheeled vehicle. The assembly provides 1) a track suspension having fixed or adjustable, independently biased sets of idler wheels to vary the track contour without affecting track tension, 2) an eccentric bearing housing a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131509 | Reverse operation safety circuit A safety system for a riding lawn mower that prevents powered operation of a PTO driven implement while in reverse unless an override switch is “ON”. The override switch may be a sustained action two position switch and the PTO driven implement may be a lawn mow... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131510 | Method and a system for controlling the propulsion of a hybrid motor vehicle The system comprises control devices (CS) arranged to implement a stop-start function in which, during a stop stage, the internal combustion engine (1) is disconnected from the electric machine (4) and from the transmission system (2) and is swi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131511 | Motorcycle with a rear suspension having a pull shock track system A motorcycle including a main frame, a rear swing frame, and a pull shock assembly operatively disposed between the main frame and the rear swing frame. The swing frame is pivotally mounted to the main frame. The main frame includes a pair of slide tracks that recei... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131512 | Collision detecting device and passive safety system A collision detecting device providing the accurate and early determination of a collision with a vehicle or the like, and a passive safety system using this collision detecting device. A low-rigid portion and a crash box are arranged ahead of a high-rigid portion i... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131513 | Occupant discriminating method for vehicular seat A flat spring of a vehicular seat is elastically supported by means of supporting springs that extend in accordance with the load of an occupant. The seat has displacement sensors, first-stage determination step, second-stage determination step, and third-stage dete... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131514 | Noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system A noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system is provided. The device includes an exhaust pipe having a passageway for receiving exhaust gas pulses from an engine. The device further includes a plurality of vanes extending from an inner surface of the pass... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131515 | Compact descent controller A load lowering descent controller having a fixed cylindrical body or capstan about which a rope or cable is turned. The descent controller allows for lowering of the load at a controlled rate by adjusting the amount of friction between the controller and the rope o... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131516 | Safety and accessibility assembly A safety and accessibility assembly (10) having a pair of substantially identical hook portions (20, 26) which are coupled to a support frame having several pillar portions (12, 14, 16, 18), wherein the pillar portions (12, 14, 16, 18) ar... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131517 | Gradual catch system for a bidirectional safety device A bi-directional safety mechanism used in an elevator safety device and which produces a gradual catch on a guide rail. The bi-directional safety device has a roller and two hinged rectangular frames, each having a friction element. One hinged rectangular frame is d... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131518 | Motion control apparatus with backlash reduction A motion controller for use with a rod (10A, 10B, 10C) has a backlash reducer (88A, 88B, 88C) that substantially reduces or eliminates the space created after manufacturing parts with specified tolerance dimensions to substa... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131519 | Drum brake device with an automatic shoe clearance adjustment apparatus A drum brake device prevents shoe clearance over-adjustment by using a thermo-sensitive member with a lower leg opening force and provides a smaller thermo-sensitive member with a lower cost. A portion between both ends of the brake lever (50) in a direction ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131520 | Actuator unit for an electro-hydraulic brake system An actuator unit for an electro-hydraulic brake system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type, the first and second pistons thereof being preloaded by a resetting spring each in opposition to the actuating direction. The first pressure chamber of the tandem master cylinder... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131521 | Synchronizer A double acting synchronizer (18) includes cone clutch friction surfaces (24,40a and 26,42a) and jaw clutch teeth (28,38b and 30,38c) for frictionally synchronizing and positively connecting gears (14... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131522 | Stair lift system A stairs lift system capable of converting stairs climbing operation into a walking movement along a horizontal plane. The system comprises an existing substrate, flight of stairs, and a second, overlying layer of stairs. Each one of the overlying stairs comprises a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131523 | Transport system, in particular an airport luggage transport system A transport system, in particular an airport luggage transport system, and guide means for a transport system of this type, for transporting individual items, are disclosed. The items are transported along a transport path with at least one straight section, with su... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131524 | Apparatus and method for the transfer of rod-shaped articles An apparatus for transferring rod-shaped articles from a longitudinal conveyor transporting the articles in a longitudinal axial direction onto a transverse conveyor transporting the articles in a transverse axial direction, in which the directions of transport of t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131525 | Conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade with sensor and control system therefor A conveyor belt cleaner scraper blade for cleaning the surface of a conveyor belt and a method of manufacture of the scraper blade. The scraper blade includes a body having a base member adapted to be attached to a cross shaft of a conveyor belt cleaner and a scrapi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131526 | Slat conveyor with V-slats and slat support beams Fixed conveyor slats (12) in the nature of beams extend over a window in support framework (53, 100, 102, 116, 118) for the movable and fixed slats (10, 12) in a reciprocating slat conveyor. The fixed slats (12) support the movable slats ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131527 | Lumber unscrambler and conveyor A lumber unscrambler and conveyor having first and second rigid units mounted at an incline on a support structure. Each unit has a plurality of spaced apart parallel plates in series along the incline and parallel thereto. The plates on the respective first and sec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131528 | Chain guide for a continuous running transport chain A chain guide for a continuous running transport chain includes chain links with track rollers and guide rollers that correspond to a guide rail with two tracks for the track rollers at a distance from one another and in between a groove profile for the engagement o... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131529 | Oven conveyor alignment system apparatus and method An oven conveyor alignment system for maintaining a conveyor belt centered on its supporting rollers is disclosed. The system comprises a camera that generates an image of alignment and stores it as a digital pixel representation. Thus, the system is able to take ad... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131530 | Interlocker for a conveyor belt and method of utilizing an interlocker for a conveyor belt The invention is related to drive units for conveyor belts. A flexible rider connected to the belt includes a gear for meshing with a gear of the rotable driver. The meshing of the gears allows the conveyor belt to be pulled about the conveyor. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131531 | Roller shoes in modular-belt conveyors Roller return and holddown shoes for a modular-belt conveyor. The shoes have a body that extends in height from a base to a convex outer face. Cavities in the body open onto the base and the outer face. Rollers rotatably received in the cavities have salient portion... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131532 | Belt attachment device and method A conveyor belt assembly including a flexible belt body with a plurality of spaced flexible teeth and at least one hardened tooth coupled to the belt body. The flexible belt body and flexible teeth comprise a resilient material. The hardened tooth comprises hardened... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131533 | Eyeglass protective device An eyeglass protective device, comprising a body portion with an edge. The edge defines an opening through which a pair of eyeglasses may be inserted into the body portion. The body portion protects the eyeglass lenses. An eyeglass bow is accessible when the eyeglas... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131534 | Golf bag and strap system A golf bag and strap system for supporting a golf bag, having a central hub including a number of arms. Each arm has at least one attachment point to which straps are connected. The arms include upper arms and lower arms, and upper straps are attached to the upper a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131535 | Apparatus for displaying tools & merchandising method A method and device is disclosed for displaying a plurality of tools on a point-of-sale display. The device may comprises a pair of support members, each retaining a tool such that one tool partially obscures the other while allowing a customer to properly identify ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131536 | Overcap packaging device for disc-shaped items and related materials and method for packaging such discs and material A packaging device is provided for packaging at least one disc-shaped item such as a CD-ROM or a DVD. The packaging device includes a first member for the storage of disc-shaped media in a chamber or cavity, which container may be attached to storage devices of vari... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131537 | Separation of single wall carbon nanotubes A method has been developed for the post-synthesis separation of nanotubes by size and/or type. Solubilized, functionalized nanotubes are passed over a GPC column such that length-separated fractions are collected. These length-separated fractions can then further b... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131538 | Material classifier having a scoop wheel A material classifier for classifying a liquid-solid mixture containing solid material to be separated. The material classifier includes a tank and an angularly mounted scoop wheel for scooping solid material which has settled on the bottom of the tank. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131539 | Paper sheets corner fold detection method and paper sheets corner fold detection program When a thickness sensor detects a corner fold in a front end part of the paper sheet being carried, a light sensor checks whether a break exists or not in the front end part. When there is no break, it means the thickness sensor does not detect a corner fold but a f... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131540 | Separating device, particularly for separating solids from liquids The invention relates to a separating device, particularly for separating solids from liquids, preferably from the quantity of reverse flow of a reverse flow filter system. The separating device comprises: a spinning screen provided in the form of a drum screen (... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131541 | Electrical system assembly with mounting bracket A bracket assembly for tool-less mounting in a raceway including a pair of substantially identical brackets, mated together, including a first bracket and a second bracket. Each bracket includes a support body, at least one lockable protrusion connected to the suppo... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131542 | Lockable merchandise display hook A merchandise display hook attaches to a display board and has a rod assembly from which items of merchandise are hung and a base assembly that moves relative to the rod assembly. The base may lock directly to the rod or to an inner base member attached to the rod. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131543 | Display device A display device for at least one modular merchandise unit having a substantially flat base includes a base, a housing supported by the base, a cover, at least one wheel connected to the base, and at least one shelf supported in the housing for receiving the base of... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131544 | Wall conforming wine rack for a plurality of bottles A wine rack for holding a plurality of bottles is configured to follow the contour of a curvilinear structural wall, whether convex or concave. The wine rack has a frame for holding open-ended elongated compartments. The compartments are loosely attached together at... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131545 | Glass rack Apparatus for a rack for stemware includes a main base plate having a device for engaging and retaining the positioning of a first and second portion of an article to be held. A pair of straps are predeterminedly fastened to the base whereby a plurality of glasses h... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131546 | Product display support systems and methods A support system for supporting a product for retail display comprises an accessory, a rear portion, a front portion, and a magnetic portion. The accessory is adapted to support the product for retail display. The front portion supports the accessory and is rigidly ... | 11/07/2006 |
