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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7222690 | Awakening degree determining system When a variation amount of a driving operation falls outside of a determining reference, a determining system determines that an awakening degree of a driver is decreased. The determining system changes the determining reference by whether or not a preceding vehicle... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222691 | Work vehicle door interlock with override position A door interlock for a door of a work vehicle is provided, the door interlock including a switch, wherein the door interlock is movable between (a) an operating position in which the switch alternately indicates (1) that the door is open and (2) that the door is clo... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222692 | Auxiliary machine mounting structure of fuel cell vehicle A structure for mounting auxiliary machines of a fuel cell vehicle, which includes a motor, a power supply unit, and auxiliary machines, provided in a motor compartment of the fuel cell vehicle. The motor is disposed at a lower part in the motor compartment. The pow... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222693 | Hydraulic control valve and power steering apparatus using the same The present invention provides a hydraulic control valve and a power steering apparatus using the same in which chamfer portions are provided only on throttle portions between oil supply chambers and first oil feed chambers and between the oil supply chambers and se... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222694 | Control unit for electric power steering An electric power steering control unit is provided which is capable of detecting a motor current stably irrespective of a temperature variation to improve steering feelings. In this control unit, a temperature detecting circuit located in the vicinity of a motor cu... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222695 | Ladder leveller A ladder leveller for mounting onto at least one stile of a hollow runged ladder includes an elongate stile extension member, a cross bar sized for mounting journalled through a hollow rung of the ladder. A locking pin extends from the cross bar, through one of an a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222696 | Independently adjustable extensions for leveling a ladder Independently adjustable ladder extensions for use with folding, step, or extension ladders includes at least one pair of adjustable support legs slidably disposed within the channels of the side rails and having apertures that align with through holes on the side r... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222697 | Elevator An elevator is described, comprising a first series connected pulley set installed in a fixing frame, a carriage located below the first series connected pulley set, a second series connected pulley set installed on the top of the carriage, a rotary wheel installed ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222698 | Elevator arrangement The present invention relates to a method and a system for testing the condition of the brakes of an elevator. In the method, a test weight is set to apply to the drive machine of the elevator, by means of which weight a first torque required for driving the elevato... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222699 | Brake lining wear visual indicator for cam actuated brakes A multicolored indicator part and cover part are attached to a truck brake slack adjuster and S cam shaft. Relative motion of the brake slack adjuster and the S cam shaft causes relative motion of the two parts to reveal the colors on the indicator part. Good, warni... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222700 | Roller disk brake for a winch A brake mechanism having a motor output shaft outputting a driving torque in a power-in and a power-out direction. A camming device operably couples the output shaft to a drive shaft for fixed rotation. A one-way clutch operably couples the drive shaft and a brake d... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222701 | Backing plate with friction material retention members and method and apparatus for manufacturing same A backing plate for a friction assembly includes a body having a first surface and a second surface and a thickness defined therebetween. One or more retention members are provided on the first surface for engaging a friction material mounted thereon. Each retention... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222702 | Gas spring A gas spring (7) comprises a cylinder main body (20); a rod member (21) slidable to cylinder main body; a gas filled chamber (23) filled with compressed gas and urging the rod member in a first direction; a rod inserting hole (32) ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222703 | Apparatus for controlling hydraulic brakes in bicycles, motorbicycles and the like Apparatus for controlling brakes in bicycles and the like, made with a pump connected to a relevant reservoir, characterized in that the reservoir is disposed inside a containment body and exhibits a concave portion shaped complementarily to a handlebar's portion to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222704 | Damping of vibrations A selective damping apparatus includes at least one sensor for detecting, and producing signals indicative of at least the frequency and amplitude of vibrations of a first structural component (a “resonant structure”) having one or more resonant frequencies. At ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222705 | Floor shield carrying bag accessory A carrying bag accessory featuring a mat that is externally affixed to a bag or any variant bag designs such as a gym bag, duffle bag, rucksack, backpack, etc., and conveniently stored in a folded configuration when not in use and deployed in an unfolded configurati... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222706 | Lockup device for hydraulic torque transmission device In a lockup device, a drive plate has a frictional coupling portion adjacent to a friction surface, and can provide torque to a turbine. The piston is a disk-like member arranged between a front cover and the turbine, has a pressing portion arranged on a side of the... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222707 | Dog clutch and differential gear having same A dog clutch operative to provide shiftably connection. A first clutch element includes a plurality of dogs selectively engagable with a plurality of counterdogs coupled to the second clutch element for selectively coupling primary and secondary rotatable parts. The... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222708 | Clutch actuator A clutch actuator is provided for operating a clutch between a drive motor and a gearbox on a motor vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, including a linearly operating pin, acting on a release mechanism which is coaxial to a mid-axis of the clutch. The pin i... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222709 | Clutch release bearing A clutch release bearing device including an operating element, a rolling bearing equipped with a non-rotating race and a rotating race secured axially to the operating element, and an annular fixing ring provided with an axial portion mounted in the operating eleme... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222710 | Conveyance apparatus, conveyance system, and conveyance method A load conveyance device composed of: a load supporting device having a through hole passing in a gravity direction, and a fluid supplying device to supply a fluid into the through hole, | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222711 | Multiple coin actuation mechanism A multiple coin actuation mechanism has a carrier wheel with angularly spaced first and second coin recesses aligned with first and second coin slots of a front cover plate when the carrier wheel is in an initial home position at which a user initially deposits firs... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222712 | Document validator with locking cassette A method and apparatus are provided for authenticating a document. The apparatus includes a profile processor adapted to collect a plurality of data profiles from a suspect document, a comparator adapted to compare the plurality of data profiles with a set of envelo... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222713 | Step attachment on the step chain of an escalator The invention pertains to an escalator (2) with an endless stair band (6) that is composed of several interconnected steps (4), wherein a step (4) contains a walking surface (16) and a front side (18) and is connected to res... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222714 | In-line slide gate for conveyor system An in-line gate is provided for a conveyor for particulate lading. The gate comprises a gate plate which is movable between a raised position in which the gate plate engages a seal extending at least along the sides of the conveyor exit and a lowered position in whi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222715 | Fruit handling equipment A conveying assembly for fruit handling, comprising a carriage (20) adapted to be attached to a conveying chain arranged to displace the carriage in a conveying direction, a cup (30) adapted to support a single piece of fruit, the cup being secured to ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222716 | Retractable transfer device metering apparatus and methods Product is conveyed as a continuous stream by a meter conveyor (12) unto a transfer plate (32) and a transfer device (42). The transfer device (42) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position extending over a sweep co... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222717 | Device for collecting and recycling articles directed to feeding channels A hopper releases articles onto a selecting sieve which selects and keeps complying articles, separating them from defective and/or fragmented ones and from powders. A linear conveyor, situated downstream of the selecting sieve, receives the complying articles for s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222718 | Accumulating conveyor system A conveyor system transports a multiplicity of product items from an input portion to an output portion and is provided with a first conveyor that transports the product items from the input portion to a distal turnaround region. A second conveyor transports the pro... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222719 | Container transport and organizing apparatus for use in manufacturing operations and method thereof An apparatus and method for transporting containers to be processed in a manufacturing operation includes a transfer assembly that transfers containers from a load area on an upstream conveyor assembly to a discharge on downstream conveyor assembly for further proce... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222720 | Device for transferring electronic components from an inclined supply track to another element Device for transferring electronic components (2) from a inclined gravity supply track (3) to another element, more particularly a receiving element (6), characterised in that it comprises at least one swing arm (14) fixed to an inclined ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222721 | Transferring apparatus, carrying apparatus, and transferring method A transferring apparatus is provided between a plurality of carrying apparatuses, each carrying apparatus comprising support means for supporting carried products Wf, guide means for controlling the moving direction of the support means, the guide means being provid... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222722 | Apparatus and method for conveying objects transversely Apparatus and method for conveying objects generally transversely to a direction of initial delivery. The apparatus uses two conveying arrangements which can move independently of one another. Each of the two conveying arrangements have a transport region and a retu... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222723 | Apparatus for diverting a stream of articles Apparatus is disclosed for diverting a stream of articles, the apparatus including a framework, a first conveyor supported in the framework and conveying stream of articles along a first conveying surface, and a second conveyor supported in the framework parallel to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222724 | Apparatus for transporting flat work pieces An apparatus for transporting flat work pieces has a first conveyor and a second conveyor. An inlet mouth is formed from the first conveyor and the second conveyor. The apparatus is distinguished by a geometry of the inlet mouth which can be optimized with regard to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222725 | Pin conveyor for pasty materials such as animal waste A pin conveyor for pasty materials such as animal waste including a housing with a cylindrical inner surface extending along and about an axis. Within the housing surface, a shaft is mounted for rotation about the axis and has a plurality of pins attached to it in a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222726 | 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... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222727 | Low cost food processing belts and other conveyances manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Conveyors, chutes, skids, guides, and ways for the transporting of material are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material such that fragments of these structures can be detected by a metal detector. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micro... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222728 | Adjustable shield for a conveyor belt The present invention is related to an adjustable finger guard or shield for a conveyor. The housing's slide can include the combination of a plate, one or more connectors and a rotable bearing's housing. Moving the slide from a first direction to a second direction... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222729 | Conveyor belt clamping device and method A clamping device or anchor, at least two of which are used to clamp onto separated sections of a conveyor belt, which sections lie to each side of a repair site in the belt, whereby the belt sections can be pulled together by a power mechanism affixed between the c... | 05/29/2007 |
