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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7581459 | Device for transporting parts for supplying machines A device for transporting parts (1) includes a transporting member (3) whereon the parts to be transported (2) are to be arranged. The transporting member (3) is mounted mobile relative to a frame (9) of the device for reciprocatin... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581460 | Drive assembly A drive assembly, particularly for driving arms around a compartment in a waste material digester, comprises a rotatable hub having an inner drive plate and a ratchet plate secured thereto for rotation therewith. Positionally opposed, parallel piston and cylinder dr... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581461 | Transmission for vehicles A transmission for vehicles is composed of an input shaft provided with a plurality of drive gears and connected to a drive shaft of an engine, an output shaft disposed parallel to the input shaft, driven gears which mesh with the drive gears, individually, and are ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581462 | Transmission A transmission includes: a shift member, adapted to be moved in a shifting direction and a selecting direction; a shift lug, having a pair of claw portions spaced apart from each other in the shifting direction; and a shift fork, connected to the shift lug via a shi... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581463 | Gear modification that enables direct off-center engagement A gear and a method for combining a first gear with a second gear including the steps of moving the first gear relative to the second gear such that a first tooth of the first gear contacts a second tooth of the second gear, pressing the first tooth of the first gea... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581464 | Thumb throttle vehicle controller An improved vehicle throttle control mechanism in which a member captures the movement of an operators thumb beneath the underside of the said vehicle's handlebar. The operator is able to actuate the throttle without removing his thumb or the palm of his hand from c... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581465 | Joint structure of robot In a robot of an elbow joint of a humanoid robot, a first main link and a second main link are connected through a first movable link and a second movable link, and the two movable links are arranged to cross. Specifically, in a quadrangle whose apices are formed by... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581466 | Vehicle steering apparatus A vehicle steering apparatus includes a jacket for rotatably supporting a steering shaft, and an electric motor. The electric motor includes an annular rotor arranged coaxially with the steering shaft and rotating together with the steering shaft. The jacket include... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581467 | Transmission A motorcycle transmission (100) utilizes a shift fork (45), a shift collar (30) including a plurality of engagement teeth (30c) and a collar rib (30a) and a gear (34) (or one of the other six gears). The engage... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581468 | Control device for angle adjustable hand tool An angle adjustable hand tool includes a driving head pivotably connected to a handle and a pawl is received in the handle and removably engaged with the teeth in the driving head. A button is engaged with a hole in the handle and perpendicularly communicates with t... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581469 | Clamp gripping and actuating tool assembly A clamp gripping and actuating tool assembly includes a first arm and a second arm pivotally coupled together. Each of the first and second arms has a first end and a second end. A portion of the first and second arms define heads. The head of the first arm has an u... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581470 | Universal screwdriver bit set The present invention provides a universal screwdriver bit set, including a main rod, control bushing, movable tube and movable magnetic rod. An abutting end and a recessing slot are placed externally onto the movable tube. The movable magnetic rod is assembled into... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581471 | Over torque proof socket A torque adaptor includes a body, a driving portion that rotates with respect to the body when a threshold torque is exceeded, a receiving portion engageable with a workpiece, and a gear plate that drives the receiving portion. The gear plate is driven by the drivin... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581472 | Tool holder positioning device A tool holder positioning device includes: a plurality of protruded portions or a plurality of recessed portions formed to a seating surface of a tool rest; and a plurality of recessed portions or a plurality of protruded portions formed to a coupling surface of a t... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581473 | Tool holder and machine tool equipped with the tool holder The present invention provides a tool holder interchangeably attached to a machine tool such as a combined machining lathe. A combined machining lathe 1 comprises main spindles 20 and 30 for gripping a workpiece, and a machining main spindle hea... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581474 | Apparatus for slicing and arranging food products An apparatus for slicing food products includes a product supply device that supplies a product to a cutting plane and a support table, onto which the product slices fall. The support table is provided with a controllable motor drive that displaces the support table... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581475 | Stripper unit for a punch retainer A stripper unit incorporates a precision threaded plug that preloads a mechanical die spring that, in turn, preloads the movable or traveling stripper adjacent the punch tip. The precision threaded plug simultaneously accurately locates the stripper unit on a commer... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581476 | Connector assembly A quick engagement and disengagement connector assembly for a product processing line such as a pizza making assembly line. The connector assembly includes a connector having a stainless steel rectangular plate with two parallel rows of stainless steel pins projecti... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581477 | Saw table and clamping mechanism therefor A saw table includes a clamping mechanism for clamping a work piece on the saw table. The clamping mechanism includes a clamping bar having a first end and a second end. A longitudinal axis is defined between the first and second ends. A first pivoting arm is operat... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581478 | Apparatus for blast suppression An apparatus for blast suppression involves forming a foam barrier in proximity to a bomb or other suspicious device. The foam is maintained in position by a containment structure which is inflated and kept in an inflated state by the foam used to form such barrier.... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581479 | Method for producing fiber composite semi-finished products by means of a round braiding technique Method of producing fiber composite semifinished products by means of a circular braiding technique, a braiding core being braided with braiding threads which are unwound by means of bobbins circling concentrically about the braiding core in different directions, ch... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581480 | Distributed ground-based threat detection system A distributed ground sensor threat detection system, which is an automated missile warning system designed to provide reliable, timely and accurate missile location information of shoulder-launched SAMs within the volume under surveillance by a network of sensors. R... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581481 | Capsule for releasably retaining a missile A capsule adapted for disposition in a submarine launch tube for retaining the missile until launch thereof. The capsule includes a cylindrically shaped housing including a plurality of layers of glass fibers and layers of graphite, the layers including an outer lay... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581482 | Supersonic turning vane A supersonic turning vane includes a suction side and a pressure side; the suction side including an expansion turning wall wherein the expansion turning wall creates an expansion fan that projects into the supersonic flow passage to turn supersonic flow into the tu... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581483 | Shrapnel and projectile containment systems and equipment and methods for producing same In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a blast-resistant panel may include a layer of a pre-cured elastomeric material having a predetermined thickness, a body portion, and a plurality of flanges, each of the plurality of flanges having a substan... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581484 | Weapon system retention device An apparatus for retaining an object in a gun tube of a weapon system, the gun tube having a longitudinal axis, a chamber and a breech ring with an opening therein, the apparatus including a plunger that reciprocates in the opening in the breech ring and the chamber... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581485 | Working cylinder with terminal position damping A working cylinder with end position damping which has at least one telescoping damping pin, which upon the approach to the corresponding end position of the piston plunges into a receiving opening, which closes off a damping chamber and forms a damping element, in ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581486 | Hydraulic system A hydraulic system includes a reservoir for a hydraulic fluid, a pump, a high-pressure line network, a low-pressure line network and operating cylinders each of which can be connected to the high-pressure line network or to the low-pressure line network via control ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581487 | Pressure-compensating directional control valve A pressure-compensating directional control valve, for actuating hydraulic actuators, comprising at least one modular valve body, with one through receptacle for a slidable shuttle, a driving fluid delivery port connected to a pump, a discharge fluid port, a first o... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581488 | Coffee dispensing device and method A coffee dispensing device is provided with a transport device (300) that couples various components for the processing of unroasted coffee beans together. For example a roaster (200) may be coupled to a grinding and brewing device (400) to enab... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581489 | Beverage brewing device A beverage brewing device for brewing hot beverages such as coffee, tea, roasted-barley coffee, camomile tea and similar infusions. The brewing device includes a brewing chamber in which the substances needed to prepare the infusion are introduced through a mixing h... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581490 | Coffeemaker with water feed velocity decreaser A coffeemaker including a shower head comprising at least one first hole for dispensing water in a downward direction; and a diverter located below the shower head. The diverter includes at least one second hole for substantially gravity only feed of the water from ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581491 | Machines used for peeling and coring melons and pineapples The present invention relates to an improvement effected in the peeling and coring machines used for peeling and coring melons and pineapples, the improvements being that the machine: is able to indifferently peel one or the other ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581492 | Silk screen sample apparatus with integrated heat press device This invention relates to a combination silk screen and heat press apparatus, which is configured such that silk screening and heat pressing operations may be performed on an article, such as a garment, using the same apparatus without the need to remove or repositi... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581493 | Device and method for placing a roll against/removing it from a printing press A device is provided for engaging and/or disengaging a roller with or from a first mating roller. The device includes a second mating roller, with which the roller is engaged, and with a basic unit, with which the roller can be moved to or away from the first mating... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581494 | Cylinder for processing sheets of printing material and printing press having the cylinder A cylinder for processing sheets of printing material includes a clamping channel having a central region and edge regions. A tool plate punches and/or scores and/or perforates the sheets. A support plate carries the tool plate. A first clamping system clamps the su... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581495 | Wallpaper printer with cutter and dryer modules The invention provides for a wallpaper printer having a cabinet built around a frame, the cabinet configured to receive replaceable ink reservoirs and cartridges of blank wallpaper. The printer also includes pilot guides for guiding the blank wallpaper fed from the ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581496 | Exploding foil initiator chip with non-planar switching capabilities An initiator that includes a substrate, an exploding foil initiator and a first switch. The exploding foil initiator coupled to the substrate and includes a bridge and a first bridge contact. The first switch has a first contact and a first insulator. The first cont... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581497 | Self-contained, non-intrusive data acquisition in ammunition Various implementations are disclosed for self-contained, non-intrusive data collection in ammunition. In some implementations, a gun is loaded with a non-explosive, non-firing round of ammunition containing a data acquisition system. Such a data-collecting round of... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581498 | Injection molded shaped charge liner A shaped charge liner formed by injection molding, where the liner components include powdered metal and organic binder. The liner components are blended then processed within an injection molding device and urged from the molding device into a mold where a liner sh... | 09/01/2009 |
