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...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7343830 | Adjustable pedal unit for a motor-vehicle An adjustable pedal unit for a motor vehicle includes a first plate onto which are mounted at least the accelerator pedal (2) and the footbrake pedal (3). The plate is mounted slidingly onto longitudinal guides inclined upwardly and forwardly, so that ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343831 | Adjustable motorcycle handlebar assembly A clamp kit for motorcycles permitting a wide range of handlebar positions to fit the size of the rider, the comfort of the rider, or to change the riding style of the motorcycle. The clamp has two split rings, one for attaching to the fork tube of the motorcycle an... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343832 | Torsional vibration damper A torsional vibration damper is described having at least two parts rotatable around an axis of rotation, which are pivotable toward one another against the effect of at least one energy accumulator, the parts pivotable toward one another having regions using which ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343833 | Breather apparatus of crankcase A breather apparatus of a crankcase, in which lubricating oil is circulated with economy of space and efficiently, is provided. An opening is formed in the top of a vertical wall of a case body, and a breather hole is formed in the top of an outer circumferential wa... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343834 | Beverage holder A combination beverage holder and container opener having a tubular body that includes an open upper end sized for receipt of a beverage container, a lower end, and a wall that defines an inner receptacle and a lower inner surface for receiving the beverage containe... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343835 | Safety opener Safety Opener is a device having a toothed opening corresponding to the ridges of a standard twist off bottle cap. To use Safety Opener, a consumer simply places a twist off bottle cap attached to a bottle underneath the toothed opening. When the bottle opener or bo... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343836 | Bender wrench A bender wrench for removing fasteners from hard to reach places. The bender wrench includes a wrench having a pair of first ends coupled to a plurality of head members that are positionable with respect to the handle. Each of the head members is designed to remove ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343837 | Multi-plane flexible handle for ratchets and wrenches An improved wrench for loosening and tightening objects having flexibility in two different planes of movement. The flexible drive wrench consists of an adjustable handle capable of rotating to achieve different angles along with a flexible shaft comprising of numer... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343838 | Tool device A tool device comprising two sides connected by two axles on which one or several functional tools and two covers are arranged. The tool device is configured to provide a stable T-construction by opening a first cover arranged on a first axle, rotating one of the fu... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343839 | Bar feeder A bar feeder includes a feeder tube mounted on a machine base, a transmission mechanism, a driving mechanism having a rotary shaft, a projecting rod connected to the driving mechanism and rotatable with the rotary shaft to engage or disengage from the transmission m... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343840 | Sawing machine having cutting angle adjustment mechanism A sawing machine has a cutting angle adjustment mechanism for adjusting the cutting angle of a saw blade. The adjustment mechanism includes a handwheel for rotation by the user to bias a bracket on which a saw unit having the saw blade is mounted so as to further ad... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343841 | Blade clamp assembly A blade clamp assembly for retaining a rotary blade on the arbor of a rotary tool includes a blade washer for engaging the blade to hold the blade on the arbor and a clamp assembly threaded into the arbor to clamp the blade washer against the blade. The clamp assemb... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343842 | Apparatus for cutting film tubing The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting film tubing in a machine for applying tubular labels to each of a series of containers that are transported on a conveyor. The film tubing is advanced incrementally through a ring gear and a bore in a platform on whi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343843 | Explosive effect mitigated containers and enclosing devices Containers and enclosing devices such as pipes or tires can be protected from explosive shocks and blasts by incorporating blast mitigating material in at least one of the top and bottom sides of a container, or by wrapping or lining the enclosing device with a blas... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343844 | Firearm recoil absorbing system An anti-recoil system for counteracting recoil in firearms and weapons using a gas actuated piston assembly is disclosed. A recoil piston is acted upon by gas pressure routed from the receiver/barrel. High pressure gas causes forward movement of the recoil piston th... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343845 | Fluid operated position regulator A fluid operated position regulator comprises a servo means, arranged in a regulator housing and by which a supply connection, a venting connection and a power connection can be placed in circuit in an adjustable manner. To predetermine or set its position the servo... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343846 | Actuator having external load supporting member A hydraulic actuator is provided for supporting a load. The actuator includes a cylinder, a lower end closed by a base, and an annular side wall connected between the base and the upper wall. A piston is disposed partially within the cylinder, and includes a rod ext... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343847 | Actuator for a brake system and method of making a brake actuator In an actuator for a brake system or a method for making a brake actuator, an attachment mechanism for attaching a diaphragm to a piston includes a plurality of protrusions on one of the piston and diaphragm and a plurality of cavities on the other of the piston and... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343848 | Self-vacuum arrangement for pneumatic equipment A self-vacuum arrangement for pneumatic equipment is provided. A Venturi device having first and second ports and a central tap is provided. A first check valve having a first port operably coupled with the central tap of the Venturi device is configured to prevent ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343849 | Cylinder apparatus A piston, which is provided in a cylinder tube, is connected to a pair of guide rods by the aid of a plate. The guide rods are arranged displaceably in the axial direction along guide holes of the cylinder tube. The displacement of the piston is guided by the guide ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343850 | Cooking appliance with an extractor fan A cooking appliance including at least one heating unit for heating a cooking area and including at least one extractor fan. At least one parameter of the extractor fan can be controlled to different values by a control unit, regardless of the selected cooking mode.... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343851 | Knotter hook and cord knotter equipped with the same A twine knotter (10) for bale compactors comprises a knotting frame (11) with a knotting hook (9), supported rotatably on a knotting hook shaft (40), which forms a swivel pin in the knotting frame (11); with a hook part (41)... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343852 | Loose media compacting apparatus including a charging chamber with retractable walls A loose media compacting apparatus including a charging chamber with retractable walls where variable geometry components including pivotable opposed front and rear retractable charging chamber walls of a closed and compact charging chamber are retractably and expan... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343853 | Press, particularly a multilevel press A press, especially a multilevel press, has a press stand of one or more press frames whose head and foot pieces are of cast iron and whose vertical uprights or tension shanks are of steel plate construction and formed with T or hammerheads bearing on the head piece... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343854 | Plantain press A food press for pressing plantains has a base having an arcuate-shaped side, a press support connected to the base, a pressing mechanism having a first end, a second end, a pressing surface and a handle, the first end of the pressing mechanism being operably connec... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343855 | Offset waterless printing press having a screen roller with ceramic coating and surface markings A rotary printing press has at least one printing group with at least one waterless planographic printing forme. An inking unit is assigned to the printing group as is provided with a screen roller for use in conveying printing ink to the printing group. The screen ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343856 | Apparatus for controlling the temperature of an exposure drum in a printing plate exposer An apparatus for controlling the temperature of a recording material, in particular a printing plate, in an exposer for recording printing originals. An exposer has an exposure drum for holding the printing plate, and has a cylinder. An internal pipe and webs connec... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343857 | Imprint apparatus and method for imprinting An imprint apparatus configured such that it can press a laminate structure in which a magnetic film and a resist film are sequentially laminated on a substrate. The imprint apparatus includes a first press plate configured to mount the laminate structure, a second ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343858 | Method for tracking a registered pattern to a continuous web A method of applying a registered pattern to a continuous web of material involves determining a position of a next pattern such that the next pattern is in registration with a previous pattern, adjusting the position to maintain a transverse location relative to th... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343859 | Squib A squib for bus connection includes a communication and ignition unit which is connected via a pin to a bus line and is received within an inner cap, along with a quantity of a first explosive which does not emit corrosive gas. Furthermore, between this inner cap an... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343860 | Safe and arm device and explosive device incorporating safe and arm device A safe and arm (S&A) device is disclosed. The device utilizes a no-fire separation distance and a mechanical configuration of primary explosive/booster explosive and secondary explosive to establish a safe mode. While in safe mode, the device would allow no more tha... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343861 | Device and method for producing an infrared emission at a given wavelength An infrared emitting device produces a certain heat emission. The device has a heat source for generating a specific amount of heat for heating inert material to a given temperature and expelling this heated material to form a cloud. The heated inert material produc... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343862 | Gas generating system A gas generating system (10) including a baffle system for cooling a gas generated by the gas generating system. The baffle system (40) includes a first enclosure and a second enclosure (80) spaced apart from a wall (14) of the first encl... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343863 | Self-righting, bi-directional pipe caster An apparatus for transporting a payload along the inside of a substantially horizontal pipe. The apparatus includes vertically aligned upper and lower roller elements which are relationally pivotably connected to each other, both of which contact the inside surface ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343864 | Modular worktable and shelving unit A modular worktable assembly and a shelving unit are described. The modular worktable assembly has a pair of side panels with a tabletop secured over a top end thereof. A rear, hollow cross-channel is secured between rear vertical end posts of the side panels and ha... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343865 | Rackable twin sheet pallet A plastic twin sheet pallet and a method of forming the pallet. The pallet includes an upper plastic sheet and a lower plastic sheet selectively fused together to form a generally rectangular pallet having an upper platform structure. The pallet further includes a m... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343866 | Waste-throughput limiting control Waste-throughput limiting control device (MBR) comprising at least one averaging unit (ME), a waste-throughput limiting controller (MBr) and a minimum unit (MIN). Starting from a waste weight (MG) applied to a charging system of the waste incineration plant and a pr... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343867 | Method for prescribing site-specific fertilizer application in agricultural fields A map of site-specific amounts of a soil nutrient, to be applied in fertilizer to an agricultural field is created using a map of site-specific amounts of the soil nutrient needed to produce the maximum possible yield at the particular site. Subtracted from the site... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343868 | Seed placement system for use in a seeding machine A seeding machine includes at least one seed metering system and at least one seed placement system. Each seed placement system is in communication with a corresponding seed metering system. Each seed placement system includes a housing having a seed slide, and a wh... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343869 | Seat structure for small planing craft A storage space can be defined above an engine hatch of a hull. A rear end portion of the hatch cover can have an opening into which a seat can be retracted into the storage space. A rear end portion of the seat can define part of the hatch cover when the seat is re... | 03/18/2008 |
