Patents Issued in January 29, 2008
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Patent number: 7322536Abstract: The present invention relates to a control system for a rock crusher which is adapted for use with Vertical Shaft Impact rock crusher which divides the rock it processes into a stream which is supplied to a central rotor and a stream which cascades past the rotor. The control system is used to control the ratio of material placed into the cascade and includes a processing means which is adapted to receive a throughput signal from at least one throughput sensor. The processing means is adapted to transmit at least one control signal to at least one control mechanism of the crasher, and at least one control signal or signals are transmitted to said control mechanism or mechanisms to adjust the amount of material entering the crusher rotor to provide a specific cascade ratio for the crusher in response to a variable throughput of material.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Metso Minerals (Matamata) LimitedInventors: Alan Mark Garvin, Gary Johnstone Martin
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Patent number: 7322537Abstract: Truck for shredding and mixing products for zootechnical use having, on a chassis with wheels that is self-propelled or towed, a container that is substantially shaped like an inverted frustum, is open in an upper region and contains shredding and mixing elements which have at least two adjacent rotating screw feeders with substantially vertical axes arranged at staggered levels on corresponding staggered bottom regions of the container, each screw feeder having an external profile that lies on a substantially conical imaginary surface and at which shredding cutters are mounted, contrast cutters substantially shaped like circular sectors being hinged to the internal wall of the container by their respective vertices in a vertical arrangement in substantially radial positions and being insertable and removable trough appropriately provided slots.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2002Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Tiziano Faccia
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Patent number: 7322538Abstract: Slag crusher having a shaft extending through a pressure housing which shaft is provided with inlet baffle plates in a funnel-shaped arrangement, stationary cutting knives and cutting knives rotating on the shaft. The shaft is offset with respect to the vertical center line of the pressure housing, so that the crushing area is concentrated in the middle of the slag crusher. The rotating cutting knives are angularly offset on the periphery of the shaft, so that only one rotating knife and two stationary knives are in engagement at a time.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1998Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Metallgesellschaft AGInventors: Wolfram Gruhlke, Hans-Otto Ramm
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Patent number: 7322539Abstract: The invention relates to a refining surface in a refiner for defibering material containing lignocellulose, which refiner has two coaxially rotating refining surfaces. The material being defibered is fed between the refining surfaces that both have grooves and bars. According to the invention, at least some of the refining surfaces have on their outer surface a bevel that becomes lower starting from the incoming direction of the bars of the other refining surface so that when the refining surfaces rotate relative to each other, a force that pushes the refining surfaces away from each other is created between them.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.Inventors: Juha-Pekka Huhtanen, Reijo Karvinen
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Patent number: 7322540Abstract: In a recording tape cartridge, a compression coil spring urges a reel downward via a brake member. Due to the biasing force of the spring, a gear of the brake member securely meshes with a gear inside a reel hub preventing the reel's inadvertent rotation. The biasing force urges lock members outward in a radial direction from the center of a mount or the reel. Engagement portions of the lock members engage with an upper edge of the hub. The outer side surfaces of the engagement portions press against the inner peripheral surface of the hub, and ends of the engagement portions at a further outer side than the body portions intervene between the upper surface of an upper flange and the inner surface of a top plate to prevent rotation of the reel and to control movement of the reel in either a radial or an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Kazuo Hiraguchi
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Patent number: 7322541Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus and method for dispensing elongated material, such as tape, from a spool of such material are disclosed. In one embodiment, a dispenser includes a rotatable spindle for supporting a first spool of material and a feedback mechanism for providing a controlled braking force to the spindle in response to changes in tension in the material being dispensed. The dispenser also can include another spindle for supporting a second spool of material. The trailing end portion of material from the first spool can be spliced to the leading end portion of material from the second spool to provide a continuous feed of material between the spools.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Adalis CorporationInventor: Michael A. Fairchild
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Patent number: 7322542Abstract: An automatic web winding system for creating a registered perforated web stock roll, from a perforated web, that includes a web leader, a web trailer, and a die assembly that creates the web leader of a first web stock roll and the web trailer of a second web stock roll. A winding assembly automatically wraps and cinches the web trailer to an associated core prior to forming the second web stock roll; and a core loader assembly automatically loads a core onto the winding assembly and transfers the web trailer to winding assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Stephen M. Reinke
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Patent number: 7322543Abstract: A dispenser provides a roll support with a belt attachment for mounting to a belt during use. Rolls of crepe paper streamer are engaged on the roll support. The support has a notch for securing ends of the rolls and may have a cutter for severing the streamers as they are unwound from the rolls. A tape dispenser is also engaged with the support for dispensing tape for tacking the streamers to the walls of a room.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Philip Moores
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Patent number: 7322544Abstract: A decorative cover for containing a roll of a flexible sheet material, such as a paper web product, and dispensing lengths of the flexible sheet material from the roll. The decorative cover includes a tubular sidewall with opposite open ends through either of which the roll may be inserted into an at least partially concealed position within the sidewall and a longitudinal slot through which the paper web product may be dispensed from the roll when the roll is positioned in the at least partially concealed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Bonnie Collins
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Patent number: 7322545Abstract: A structural mechanism for an aircraft includes a support, a hinged surface, and a hinge assembly joining the hinged surface to the support. An actuation system includes an actuator shaft engaged to the hinges and lying coincident with a hinged-surface hinge axis and extending through the aligned center passagways of the hinges of the hinge assembly. A lock is selectively operable to lock the hinged surface to the support when the actuator shaft engages the lock. An actuator structure is controllably operable to move the actuator shaft longitudinally along the hinge-surface hinge axis between a first shaft axial position wherein the actuator shaft engages the lock and the hinges, and a second shaft axial position wherein the actuator shaft does not engage the lock but does engage the hinges, and is controllably operable to rotate the actuator shaft about the hinged-surface hinge axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James J. Sheahan, Jr., Charles E. Morris
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Patent number: 7322546Abstract: The present development relates to an improved wing having a tip tank assembly. The tip tank assembly is attached to a distal end of an outer wing section. The tip tank assembly includes a tank, a pair of mounting brackets and a fairing assembly. The fairing assembly includes a nose piece, a central piece, a tail piece, an inner end plate, and an upper close out piece. The inner end plate extends perpendicularly downward from a lower surface of the outer wing section eventually terminating at a bottom portion of the central piece. The inner end plate acts as an air dam to trap high pressure air that is generated during flight, substantially increasing the lift of the wing. Lastly, the upper close out piece extends between an upper wing surface and an upper portion of the central piece increasing the overall wingspan of the aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventors: Harry T. Snow, Jr., Ralph E. Alden
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Patent number: 7322547Abstract: Aerospace vehicle leading edge slat devices and corresponding methods are generally disclosed herein. One aspect of the invention is directed toward an aerospace vehicle system that includes an airfoil having a leading edge. The system further includes a first flow body fixedly coupled to the airfoil to form at least one gap between the leading edge of the airfoil and the first flow body. A second flow body can be coupled to the airfoil and can be movable between at least a retracted position where the second flow body is positioned to at least approximately aerodynamically seal the at least one gap, and an extended position where the second flow body is positioned to allow fluid flow through the at least one gap.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Christopher A. Konings
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Patent number: 7322548Abstract: In a suspension for elongated objects, in particular cables (22) or the like, having a tension band (1) formable into a ring encircling the object and held together by a closure, and having a holder (30) separate from the tension band (1) for attachment of the tension band (1) to a support, the holder (30) comprises a finger (37) one end (39) of which overreaches the tension band (1) on the inside facing the cable (22). The end (39) of the finger (37) is opposed to an area of the holder (30) having a spring element (44) in contact with the outside of the tension band (1). A lock (42) secures the finger (37) in its position of engagement. After installation of the tension band (1), the holder (30) may be attached to the tension band (1) in a plurality of locations.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Newfrey LLCInventors: Karl-Heinz Mielke, Karin Wimmer, Klaus Zoltner, Michael Schmidt
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Patent number: 7322549Abstract: A refuse container retainer includes an elongated member, defining an open chamber, that is screwed in to the ground. A collar attached atop the elongated member has a central opening extending the chamber, a base plate adjacent a top portion of the elongated member, and opposed flanges positioned above the base plate. A telescoping upright member seats in the chamber and extends through the collar. The base plate contacts the ground halting embedding of the elongated member and the cover plate conceals it and the upright member to which it is attached. Lifting the cover plate also lifts the upright member to receive a refuse container turned upside down. The refuse container rests on the ground over the cover plate and upright member.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Melissa M. Luna-Keaton
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Patent number: 7322550Abstract: A magnetic holder for holding a non-magnetic sheet against a magnetically attractive surface contains a body having a first end and a second end, an upper surface and a lower surface. The body is formed from a first material having a first co-efficient of friction. The lower surface has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is joined to the second portion at a fulcrum line that defines an obtuse angle between the first portion and the second portion for preventing the first and second portions from engaging the magnetically attractive surface simultaneously. A magnet member is disposed on the second portion for magnetically coupling the holder to the magnetically attractive surface. A first gripping member is disposed on the second portion for frictionally gripping the non-magnetic sheet.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Thomas Killion
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Patent number: 7322551Abstract: An apparatus with a first and second loaf spring portions extending from a bridge portion, the second leaf spring portion provides an article support mounting aperture for attachment of an article support to the second leaf spring portion by structure for attaching said article support, and additional structure for securing the article support to the second leaf spring portion is disclosed. In a first embodiment, the article support is a towel ring, the structure for attaching the towel ring to the second leaf spring portion includes a shaft extending from a distal end of a post, and a retention groove formed at a distal end of the shaft. The additional structure for securing the shaft to the second leaf spring portion includes: a compression spring enclosing the shaft and interposed between the second leaf spring portion and the post; and a fastener affixed to the retention groove.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Joseph M. Simonsen
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Patent number: 7322552Abstract: A curtain rod support includes a bracket having a top plate, securing holes and an extension extending downward from a bottom face of the top plate, a hook having positioning holes aligned with the securing holes in the top plate to allow two bolts to extend through the aligned securing holes and the positioning holes to secure engagement between the bracket and the hook and a bend formed on a distal end thereof receivable therein a first curtain rod and a base having two arms extending upward from a base and a connecting hole defined through the base so that a second threaded rod is extended through the connecting hole and into the extension to secure engagement between the seat and the bracket such that a second curtain rod is receivable inside a receiving space between the base and a bottom face of the hook.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Wen-Jui Lin
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Patent number: 7322553Abstract: Described is a corner extension mounting system used to secure a net system to buildings or structures that have obstructions such as corners. The corner extension mounting system easily and quickly attaches to a floor beam or other structure around the perimeter of a building or structure. The corner extension mounting system includes a mounting bracket, a corner extension, a support bracket, and a cantilever arm. The mounting bracket is adjustable and also reinforces the corner extension and the support bracket. The support bracket attaches to two cantilever arms that are positioned perpendicularly around the corner of a building. The cantilever arms are attached to the support bracket with pivot pins that allow the cantilever arms to rotate. A debris net is suspended between the upper end of the cantilever arm and the building. Among other things, the corner extension mounting system allows for easy installation of a net system around a building or structure undergoing construction or maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: John Rexroad
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Patent number: 7322554Abstract: A holder for a clothing article, such as a purse, scarf, or glove, the holder generally including a base and a hanger, wherein the hanger supports the clothing article but does not compress the clothing article.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: C & W Design, LLCInventors: Carol Caroselli, May Wang
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Patent number: 7322555Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjustably mounting tracks that suspend horizontal sliding doors at a freight elevator landing. The apparatus comprises a plurality of brackets adapted to be mounted in the shaft on the header above the landing opening. The brackets are each secured to the header with anchor bolts. Each anchor bolt is set in the header but initially allows vertical movement of the bracket. An adjusting screw, carried on each bracket, is arranged to easily and precisely move the bracket up or down relative to the anchor bolt as needed to position the tracks and, therefore, the door panels at a proper height. Once adjusted such that a specified gap is established between the lower edges of the door panels and the threshold, each anchor bolt can be tightened to fix its respective bracket in its adjusted position.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: The Peelle Company Ltd.Inventor: Zygmunt Dziwak
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Patent number: 7322556Abstract: A pinch valve for regulating fluid flow includes a close mechanism for closing a sleeve by pinching its sides together. The pinch valve also includes an open mechanism integral with the close mechanism for opening the tube by urging the sides apart. The open mechanism pushes against the ends of the closure in the sleeve as the tube is being opened. In one embodiment of the invention open cams push against the end of the closure, and in another embodiment open followers, which are part of a four bar linkage, push against the sides of the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Robert E. Bernstein
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Patent number: 7322557Abstract: A chemical liquid control valve is provided with a barrier on an outer circumferential end portion of a protruding part (an outer circumferential bottom portion of a valve seat). The barrier is placed so that an angle between the center line of an outlet passage and the line extending between the center of a valve port and each end of the barrier. The barrier is designed to have a height relative to a contact surface of the valve seat with a valve element is substantially half of the travel distance of a diaphragm valve element.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: CKD CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Nagao, Shigeru Osugi, Hiroshi Tomita
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Patent number: 7322558Abstract: A non-refillable valve is provided that allows for an initial filling of a container, but prevents subsequent refilling of the container. In one embodiment, the valve includes a valve core having a retaining means for maintaining the valve core in an open or non-sealing position to allow flow through the valve and filling of the container. The valve core may then be advanced to seal the container, and subsequently selectively operated to discharge the container as desired. Further refilling of the container is prevented by the force of fluid reentering the valve which forces the valve core to its seated engagement with the valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Discount Refrigerants, Inc.Inventor: Jing Jie Cong
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Patent number: 7322559Abstract: The invention relates to a valve with high flow resolution within a flow range, which valve comprises a valve housing and a valve plug, whereby the valve plug comprises a cavity and a flow regulating slit which in cooperation with the valve housing forms a flow passage. On the shell surface of the valve plug, when the valve is in a fully open position, there is an area which, relative to the outlet of the valve housing, is situated on the other side of the axis of rotation of the valve plug, which area is free from the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Scania CV AB (Publ)Inventor: Ola Hall
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Patent number: 7322560Abstract: A coaxial valve includes a valve box having an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and a common flow channel. An axially movable cylindrical valve casing has an opening for a fluid inlet port and an opening for a fluid outlet port, both of which are joined up in the flow channel. A coaxially positioned shutoff mechanism located inside the valve box closes off the inlet port or the outlet port of the valve casing. To provide for axial movement, the valve casing has at least one external circular groove. The drive casing has at least one inner circular groove, which is adapted to the outer circular groove so that the inner and outer grooves are engaged, via inside ball bearings, to create a ball planetary gear and ball rotary spindle drive. The drive casing is turnable and forced to turn by a drive motor inside of the valve box.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: EADS Space Transportation GmbHInventors: Adolf Gauss, Arno Voit
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Patent number: 7322561Abstract: The invention provides a highly reliable plasma processing apparatus having stable sealing performance.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies CorporationInventors: Susumu Tauchi, Akitaka Makino
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Patent number: 7322562Abstract: In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a shut-off valve is disclosed that has particular application for opening and closing a high pressure compressed gas storage tank. In one embodiment, the valve includes a single sealing member and a bellows. High pressure is provided at inlet port to one side of the sealing member and a bellows chambers so that both sides of the sealing member are at high pressure to provide equalization. A spring bias is the sealing member against a valve seat in one direction. An electromagnetic coil is energized to draw the sealing member away from the valve seat against the bias of the spring.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventor: Rainer Pechtold
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Patent number: 7322563Abstract: Underground water valves having square operating nuts, such as but not limited to critical water valves which control different pressure zones or different demand areas, are secured by a shielding cap, each of which have a recess that receives a valve operating nut and a cylindrical projection which frustrates attempts to rotate the operating nut. When an authorized person decides to open or close one of the valves, the shielding cap is retrieved from the operating nut by a retrieving head which has the socket defined by a frustoconical recess. Within the recess are a pair of opposed pins which seat in J-shaped slots in the frustoconical projection. Upon rotating the retrieving head, the pins move into alignment with open ends of the J-shaped slots, down shank portions of the slots and abut closed ends of the slots so that the shielding cap may be pulled from the valve operating nut and withdrawn through the valve operating box.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Custodian Patent, LLCInventors: Fred J. Stehling, Terry R. McWilliams, Roy Istre, Jr.
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Patent number: 7322564Abstract: A fence having tubular rails, tubular pickets and tubular posts formed from pultruded fiberglass has several advantageous features. Lightweight fiberglass components are very strong and will not rust like metal fencing and do not require frequent maintenance like wood fencing. Pultruded fiberglass components are easy to manufacture and transport and the finished fence can be assembled using conventional fasteners. Once formed the components of this fence system can be bundled in easy to ship sets for assembly in the field. The fence system adapts well to difficult yards to fence because it can be modified with conventional hand tools.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: John Fakhari
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Patent number: 7322565Abstract: The invention describes a stirring device made from a gassing stirrer and a liquid mixer or two liquid mixers, which are arranged on a shaft and each have a feed and at least one exit opening, wherein the exit openings of the gassing stirrer and of the liquid mixer or the liquid mixers are at a distance from one another, the ratio, a/d, of the distance, a, between the exit openings to the diameter, d, of the gassing stirrer or liquid mixer being 0.02 to 0.5 and the ratio, b/d, of the distance, b, between the outer edges to the diameter, d, of the gassing stirrer or liquid mixer being 0.01 to 0.4.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Rainer Buse, Berthold Keggenhoff, Jürgen Münnig, Friedhelm Steffens, Joachim Ritter
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Patent number: 7322566Abstract: A device for conditioning breathing air includes a housing (1) provided with an inlet (5) for non treated breathing air and an outlet (6) for the treated breathing air. The housing (1) contains a passive humidifier (7) and an active humidifier wherein the active humidifier includes a water supply inlet (13), a heating device for the supplied water, a membrane (12) having substantial water impermeable and water vapor permeable characteristics, and a heat exchange element (14). The membrane (12) is divided into a hydrophilic membrane (12a) and a water vapor permeable and water impermeable membrane (12b). The heat exchange element is a perforated metal plate (14) and/or a heating resistance. A method for the conditioning of breathing air includes the steps of: supplying through the inlet opening non treated breathing air, passively humidifying the supplied air through the passive humidifier, and actively humidifying the breathing air, through the active humidifier of a device.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: BVBA Medisize BelgieInventor: Jean-Michel Anthony
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Patent number: 7322567Abstract: An air spring assembly is mounted to a shock absorber to form a strut assembly. The shock absorber includes an outer cylinder with an internal piston and piston rod mounted within the outer cylinder. The piston rod is mounted to a vehicle frame member and the outer cylinder is mounted to a vehicle wheel. The air spring assembly includes a flexible member and an air spring piston that is supported by the outer cylinder. One end of the air spring piston is crimped around the flexible member to form a sealed attachment interface between the outer cylinder and the flexible member.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLCInventor: Jeffrey Lloyd
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Patent number: 7322568Abstract: A damping spring assembly particularly but not exclusively useful for damping the motion of rake wheels in agricultural wheel rakes. The damping spring includes a pair of extended U-bolts and a coil compression spring. The extended U-bolts are connected to spring holder bushings which bear on the ends of the coil compression spring. As the coil compression spring is compressed, a constrained resilient damping rod located within the extended shafts of the extended U-bolts is likewise compressed in length and expands in diameter to bear against the extended shafts of the extended U-bolts, thus providing a damping action to prevent snapping back of the damping spring.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: H & S Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventor: Kenneth J. Peeters
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Patent number: 7322569Abstract: A two mass vibratory apparatus for processing work material includes a bed defining a transport surface for receiving the objects, an elastic amplifier having a first end connected to the bed and a second end, and a base connected to the elastic amplifier second end. A linear actuator is mounted on the base and adapted to generate a linear vibratory force that is amplified by the elastic amplifier thereby to move the bed in a vibratory motion, so that the work material moves in response to the vibratory motion of the bed.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: General Kinematics CorporationInventor: Richard B. Kraus
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Patent number: 7322570Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration damping device including: an elastic body connecting a first and a second mounting member, defining a pressure receiving chamber undergoing pressure fluctuation during input of vibration; an equilibrium chamber defined by a flexible layer for permitting its volume change; an orifice passage connecting the pressure receiving chamber and equilibrium chamber; a movable member; and a short passage for connecting two chambers with a length smaller than that of the orifice passage. When pressure in the pressure-receiving chamber increases, the movable member is displaced or deformed toward to close the equilibrium-chamber-side opening of the short passage to have the short passage substantially closed, while when pressure in the pressure-receiving chamber decreases, the movable member is displaced or deformed to have the short passage operative.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Maeno, Atsushi Muramatsu
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Patent number: 7322571Abstract: A clamp is adapted to be secured to a second substantially identical clamp in order to accommodate a larger workpiece than can be held by a single clamp. The clamp includes a first jaw that is secured to an intermediate member, such as a bar or pipe, and a second jaw that is removeably securable to the intermediate member so as to selectively oppose the first jaw. The second jaw includes a surface thereon that is configured to interlock with a complimentarily-shaped surface on a second jaw of the second clamp.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Adjustable Clamp CompanyInventor: Scott D. Springer
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Patent number: 7322572Abstract: A mechanism includes a first push button at one side and a spring-biased second push button at the other side such that pressing the first push button will lock a slide bar of a vise and a fixed jaw carrier thereof by inserting a first pin of the first push button into one positioning hole of the slide bar, pressing the second push button to insert a second pin thereof into one positioning hole by pushing the first pin out of one positioning hole with the spring being compressed, and releasing the second push button will cause the spring to expand to push the second push button outwardly and push the second pin out of one positioning hole for unlocking the slide bar.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2007Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Great Clamp CompanyInventor: Ching-chen Yang
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Patent number: 7322573Abstract: An apparatus and method are shown for fileting fish. The apparatus includes a retaining pan and a pair of support elements capable of spanning the width of the pan interior by attachment to the opposing outer edges of the pan. The support elements have retaining elements which are used to securely afix a cutting board to the support elements. Once assembled, the cutting board creates an ideal location to filet a fish while allowing the fluids discharged from the fish to flow over the edges of the board and collect into the surrounding retaining pan.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2007Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Jay Jeffrey Edmond
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Patent number: 7322574Abstract: The present invention is embodied in a separator sheet handling assembly 10 that includes a lifting assembly 20 adapted to receive a pallet 12 containing a stack of separator sheets 14. The lifting assembly 20 positions the stack of separator sheets 14 into a predetermined location where a feed assembly 30 engages a separator sheet 16 positioned at the top of the stack of separator sheets 14. The feed assembly 30 removes the separator sheet 16 and transports it to a test assembly 50 where the separator sheet 16 is monitored for a particular characteristic such as cleanliness or structural integrity. The separator sheet 16 is delivered to a first storage assembly 60 if the separator sheet 16 has the particular characteristic, or a second storage assembly 70 if the separator sheet 16 does not include the particular characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Busse/SJI CorporationInventors: Jeff G. Van Nice, Dennis A. VanderHoeven, Brian E. Busse
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Patent number: 7322575Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for aligning at least the front edge of several sheets arranged in a stack, one above the other, whilst maintaining the order of the sheets. Said device comprises a stacking table, one side of which is provided with a front edge stop for aligning the front edge of the sheets. A supporting platform, upon which a stack of sheets can be placed with non-aligned front edges, is arranged upstream of the stacking table. The device is provided with a sheet feeder, which removes the sheets from the supporting platform by placing them in an overlapping stream with the front edges placed under the preceding sheets. A turning device is provided downstream of the sheet feeder, said device turning the overlapping stream in such a way that the front edge area of each sheet is freely accessible.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2002Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: KBA-Giori S.A.Inventors: Hartmut Karl Sauer, Rudolf Wukovich
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Patent number: 7322576Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into a second group of cards, wherein the second group of cards is randomly arranged or shuffled. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for receiving the first group of cards, a single stack of card-receiving compartments generally adjacent to the card receiver, the stack generally vertically movable, an elevator for moving the stack, a card-moving mechanism between the card receiver and the stack for moving cards one at a time into a selected one of the compartments, another card moving mechanism for moving cards from one of the compartments to a second card receiver and a microprocessor that controls the card-moving mechanisms and the elevator. A count of cards within specified areas of the card handling system is maintained and card handling is halted and all cards counted by adding a count of all cards not within the specified areas to the total of cards counted within the specified areas.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Shuffle Master, Inc.Inventors: Attila Grauzer, Feraidoon Bourbour, Troy D. Nelson, Robert J. Rynda, Paul K. Scheper, James B. Stasson, Ronald R. Swanson
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Patent number: 7322577Abstract: A board game and method to play that includes a board, green numbered pieces, a card set, and a point chip set for both adults and children, wherein players make logical decisions based on the possibilities of gaining or losing points. There could be different figures and/or diagrams on the card set, depending on whether the board game is intended for child and/or adult players. In the preferred embodiment, the board game is played by two or more players, and up to twelve players in total. The player who is able to accumulate the highest amount of points is the winner.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Vladimir Jaimes-Ojeda
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Patent number: 7322578Abstract: A casino-based poker card game played with a conventional deck of cards and multiple rounds of betting, that provides each player with two face up cards and the house with two face down cards. Additionally, there are five exposed community cards that each player and the house can use in any combination of his/her two cards to form the best five-card poker hand. The player, or the house, having the highest five-card poker hand is the winner. This invention allows the house to participate in the poker game as a risk-bearing participant.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventors: Adam Marshall Swartz, Leopold Bushkin
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Patent number: 7322579Abstract: The present invention relates to seals and, in particular, to a seal that retains lubrication between the interface of a spline shaft and a sleeve shaft, which move relative to each other. The seal body has a flexible body with an axis and alternating projections and recesses aligned with the axis. A wiper element on at least one of the rows of projections and alternating recesses includes a tapered surface extending away from the axis, and an engagement face substantially perpendicular to the axis and adjoining the tapered surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Automotive Components Holdings, LLCInventor: William M. Riley
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Patent number: 7322580Abstract: A stabilizer control device includes a pair of stabilizer bar positioned between right, left wheels of a vehicle, an electric motor, an actuator positioned between said pair of the stabilizer bar, the actuator comprising the electric motor, and a control means for controlling the electric motor in accordance with a turning state of the vehicle. At least one motor relay positioned in parallel with corresponding number of coil of the electric motor. The motor relay is short circuited when electric power is not supplied to the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsumi Suzuki, Akiya Taneda, Yoshiyuki Yasui
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Patent number: 7322581Abstract: The present invention provides a caterpillar type bicycle, comprising a bicycle frame, a saddle, a steering handle, and a sprocket pedal power mechanism, as well as a caterpillar type driving structure (A) and a multi-functional switchable front guide mechanism (B), wherein the caterpillar type driving structure (A) comprises a driving wheel drivingly connected to the sprocket pedal power mechanism, an auxiliary wheel pivotally supported on the tail of the bicycle frame, a caterpillar provided on the driving wheel and the auxiliary wheel, and a connecting rod for determining the positional relation between the driving wheel and the auxiliary wheel; the multi-functional switchable front guide mechanism (B) comprises switch means fastened to at the distal end of the a front rod of the bicycle frame, a front guide rolling wheel rotatably connected to a pivotal shaft provided by the switch means, and a front guide sliding board fixedly connected to two hinge support points provided by the switch means.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Kwai Chung Leung
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Patent number: 7322582Abstract: A new shopping cart includes a wheeled base having forward and rear portions, a pedestal formed on the base for supporting a container or basket thereon, where the pedestal is secured to the base at a location between the forward and rearward ends of the base, and the container is supported on the pedestal so that the rear of the container is disposed forwardly of the rear of the base, and the cart as a whole exhibits a lowered center of gravity. The cart also includes an upwardly extensive handle member, and the pedestal includes a surface for supporting the rear of the basket forwardly of the rear of the base. The basket is hung from the handle member at a location disposed a substantial distance from the upper part of the handle member. A pair of connecting rods attaches the handle member to the rear of the pedestal to support the latter against excessive longitudinal forces.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Mind Wurx, LLCInventors: James G. Prather, Patrick A. Maandag
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Patent number: 7322583Abstract: The present invention is directed to a wheeled luggage item with an ergonomic telescopic handle assembly. The ergonomic telescoping handle assembly of the present invention allows a user to use the luggage using just one hand. Furthermore, the ergonomic telescoping handle assembly shifts the weight of the bag onto the bag, rather than the user's arm, reducing strain on the user's arm, and it provides for a greater space between the user's heel and the bag, reducing the chance that the user will kick the bag while walking. Finally, the ergonomic telescoping handle assembly of the present invention is stored compactly within the luggage, maximizing the volume available within the luggage for storage of personal items.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: JanSport Apparel Corp.Inventors: Daniel Kim, Doug Golenz
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Patent number: 7322584Abstract: A pedestrian trailer is disclosed. The pedestrian trailer includes a trailer frame for supporting a load and at least one wheel which renders the trailer frame portable. A load-stabilizing towing belt may be worn by a pedestrian and removably engage the trailer frame as he or she pulls or tows the pedestrian trailer.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: George C. Parker
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Patent number: 7322585Abstract: A bowling ball carrier such as a wheeled cart which, in one preferred embodiment, includes one or more removably attached ball bags which may have end supports for stability. In another embodiment of the invention, the bowling ball carrier may include removably attached panels to facilitate the placement of embroidery on the panels. In another aspect of the invention, a pouch with a resilient, elastic portion may be used to transport a bowling ball, and may be attached to the cart frame, allowing easy access to and removal of the ball from the pouch without having to remove the pouch from the cart frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Strikeforce Bowling, LLCInventors: Bradley Handelman, Michael Stout