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- OT-2026-000003193
An apparatus for controllably moving a work implement is disclosed. The implement is connected to a work machine and is moveable in response to operation of a hydraulic cylinder. The apparatus includes an operator controlled joystick. A joystick position sensor senses the position of the joystick and responsively gener
- OT-2026-000003192
A workpiece attracting device for attracting a workpiece having a curved surface has planar first and second housings securely coupled to each other by fasteners, and a suction pad made of a synthetic resin material and having a flange sandwiched between the first and second housings, and a bellows disposed in a hole d
- OT-2026-000003191
A switching valve has a cylindrical housing including a bore, an inlet port, a first inlet-outlet port, and a second inlet-outlet port which open to the hollow. A valve member slidably disposed in the bore has a ringed groove around its periphery. The valve member can open or block a portion between the groove and the
- OT-2026-000003190
A level indicator attachment for a power hand tool to indicate the angle of inclination of the tool for making cuts at a predetermined angle. In a preferred embodiment, the level indicator comprises a circular bubble level adjustably positioned in a housing and frame mounted to the tool by use of preexisting fasteners
- OT-2026-000003189
A paint roller frame includes a handle having a radial bore and a wire shank having an outer end for rotatably supporting a paint roller cover and an inner end rotatably received in the bore. The outer end of the wire shank extends at an angle relative to the inner end whereby turning movement of the inner end within t
- OT-2026-000003188
An elongate fastening element for a device for use in forming a joint between two members having at least one engaging surface cooperably engageable with a respective arcuate camming surface of a rotatable tightening element. In use, the fastening element is fitted to one of the joint members and the tightening element
- OT-2026-000003187
Apparatus for transporting substrates to and from at least one device (1) for holding substrates (2), the at least one device having a substrate support (5) disposed in a vacuum chamber (4, 4', 4"). The apparatus includes at least one displaceably disposed gripper (75), which can be displaced by a mechanical an
- OT-2026-000003186
An attachment for a hydraulically powered device such as an excavator or backhoe is provided, the attachment comprising an elongate frame; two elongate jaws, each jaw being pivotably mounted to the frame along a proximal long edge of the jaw, and an elastomeric liner on an inside surface of each jaw, the jaws being mov
- OT-2026-000003185
Drawing sheets for gauge with mechanical indicator and reconfigurable gauge display, reproduced from the published facsimile. The written description is in the original document, which is linked above.
- OT-2026-000003184
The pick-up device comprises a plurality of pick-up members connected together and articulated by means of arms so as to be disposed at the vertices of a polygon. Cam surfaces defined by the sides of slots provided in one or more motion plates allow the geometry, and possibly the length of one or more sides of the poly
- OT-2026-000003183
A modular storage and display device for essentially flat containers. The display device has a vertically retained column and a plurality of connecting members mounted on the column. The connecting members have a pair of resiliently displaceable gripping arms integrally formed at one portion of the connecting members.
- OT-2026-000003182
A computer controlled method and apparatus for meat slabbing according to updated information from the meat product and/or the slab cut from the meat product. Such information may include the weight and fat content of the cut slab. This information may be used to reoptimize the slabbing of the meat product and also may
- OT-2026-000003181
The present invention relates to a vacuum handling apparatus, having a suction gripper device which can be connected by means of a lifting hose to a vacuum-creating device and can be placed upon an object, in order to suck up the object for lifting or conveyance. The apparatus has a control valve for controlling the va
- OT-2026-000003180
The present invention involves both an apparatus and a method for handling and holding panels and other substrates for photolithographic exposures. In one of its aspects, the present invention comprises bi-modal vacuum cup-bellows devices which automatically retract behind (below) the surface of a chuck, and to remain
- OT-2026-000003179
A hand held article, such as a golf club, includes an elongated handle with an inner support structure mounted to the handle and a vibration absorbing material mounted around the inner support structure. The inner support structure includes a plurality of spaced rigid projections which extend into the vibration absorbi
- OT-2026-000003178
A windshield repair apparatus includes a bridge for holding an injector adjacent to a break area of a windshield. The bridge includes a suction cup for mounting the bridge to the windshield. The bridge includes a pivotally mounted arm which allows for pivotal movement of the injector away from the break area, and a reg
- OT-2026-000003177
A pneumatic power tool includes a housing (10) with a pistol handle (11), a pneumatic motor provided in the housing (10), a pressure air inlet passage (13) and an exhaust air passage (14) extending substantially in parallel through the pistol handle (11), and a manually operable throttle valve (12) provided in the hous
- OT-2026-000003176
A spiral drive system for threaded fasteners includes driver-engageable surfaces on the head end of the fastener in which at least some of the driver-engageable surfaces are defined by a spiral segment configured to maximize torque transmission while spreading the driving load over a broad driver-fastener interface to
- OT-2026-000003175
There is provided a structure for joining an impeller to a rotatable shaft, including (a) a bushing through which the impeller is joined to the rotatable shaft, the bushing including a hollow cylindrical portion which is to fit into a recess formed with the impeller and into which the rotatable shaft is to fit, (b) a f
- OT-2026-000003174
A flow sensor device includes a main passage having a normally open shut off valve therein which is configured to shut off at a predetermined rate of air flow therethrough. The shut off valve includes a seating structure and a centering structure positioned within the main passage, a sealing member being positioned bet
- OT-2026-000003173
The device comprises a transfer unit with a block (44) containing wells (48) in which suckers (50) are located. The wells (48) comprise a border (72) made of a sealing and friction material. The peripheral wall (60) of the sucker (50) is flexible enough to permit axial movement of the lip (62) between an expanded posit
- OT-2026-000003172
Sterile bone fixation devices, such as bone screws, pins, anchors and plates, fabricated from bone tissue and the method of making such devices.
- OT-2026-000003171
A cross-beam for a vacuum hold-down table formed by a monoblock section upon which a vacuum hold-down table is fitted and movable on slides. The monoblock section houses a first tubular chamber which extends along its length and is connected to external vacuum source. A part of the first chamber has an opening on which
- OT-2026-000003170
A biocompatible fastener that may be used for attachment of a fixation plate to bone is described herein, where the fastener has features that facilitate its deployment in a surgical environment. The fastener is composed of a screw, having a threaded shaft and slotted head, and a detachable body that is used for deploy
- OT-2026-000003169
A hand-held pneumatic device, such as a C ring clamping device, comprises a main body, a grip joined to a lower portion of the main body, a pneumatic cylinder contained in the main body, and a directional control valve contained in the main body. A first air discharge passage formed in the grip is connected to a first
- OT-2026-000003168
An air ratchet hand tool has an elongated, generally cylindrical handle portion with an axial air inlet passage therethrough, and having an outer surface with two longitudinally extending channels formed therein, each communicating with the air motor. A thermoplastic grip jacket covers the handle portion and cooperates
- OT-2026-000003167
An apparatus for holding flitches for slicing in a vertical slicing process. The apparatus includes a clamp having a centrally located vacuum pocket disposed between two opposed clamping dogs. The clamp provides a vacuum assisted clamp for vertical slicing of thin veneers.
- OT-2026-000003166
A screw device for the coaptation of two small bone fragments includes a threaded proximal head part and a threaded distal part, the proximal part having a diameter greater than the distal part and having a thread pitch smaller than that of the distal part. The distal part is threaded over substantially its entire leng
- OT-2026-000003165
An automated packaging system that can simultaneously process a single case or a plurality of cases and can be adjusted to accommodate packages and cases of various sizes. Individual packages are fed to the packaging system on the package conveyor. The packages are recognized by the system when they energize an electri
- OT-2026-000003164
The present invention comprises a tractor tool that attaches to and detaches from a tractor frame easily. In one embodiment, as few as four bolts and two actuator control couplings are used to mount the inventive tool to a tractor. The inventive tractor attachment tool is capable of grasping and lifting a heavy or awkw
- OT-2026-000003163
A hybrid tool serves as a form on which constituent materials are applied for bonding or curing into a part in a desired configuration. It also serves as a holder for the bonded or cured materials in the originally applied position during subsequent machining. The hybrid tool is made by fabricating a face sheet of comp
- OT-2026-000003162
A vacuum based lifter device is provided for displacement of an article. At least one suction plate or suction cup is designed for connection to and disconnection from a vacuum source. The suction plate or suction cup is secured to equipment in order to be able to move it together with or relative to the article which
- OT-2026-000003161
A device for converting a rotary motion into an axial motion comprises an outer tube (10) with internal contours (10a), an inner shaft (11) with head (11a) with external contours (11b), an inner chamber (R) formed between tube (10) and shaft (11) and a plurality of roller elements (12) arranged in the inner chamber (R)
- OT-2026-000003160
A vacuum manipulation device with a lifter hose, which can be connected to a vacuum-generating device, and with a suction gripper device, which can be placed on an object to be manipulated, by means of which the object can be drawn-up and, by contracting the lifter hose, can be lifted. In order to prevent the suction g
- OT-2026-000003159
An apparatus for lifting and moving articles, comprising at least one arrangement with a vacuum chamber, which is connected to an arrangement which is capable of producing negative pressure in the vacuum chamber, the underside of a lower plate being provided with an elastic airtight bottom and also being provided with
- OT-2026-000003158
A vacuum pump operated suction cup is utilized to form tools to assist the installer in laying flooring. In one embodiment, the suction cup is provided with a bracket which supports the vacuum pump and a handle having a knee pad at the end. In use, the suction cup is vacuum bonded to the flooring and pressed against th
- OT-2026-000003157
A modular shelf system having a plurality of shelf modules of various sizes for constructing a modular system for storing or displaying variously sized items. Each module includes opposed walls with an open front side. One wall presents a male attachment structure while the opposed wall defines a female receptacle conf
- OT-2026-000003156
Pressure sensors sense a pilot pressure Pa corresponding to the amount of boom raising operation of a boom operation lever and a pilot pressure Pb corresponding to the amount of arm pulling operation of an arm operation lever. When the condition of Pa>Pb is met during the horizontal pulling operation, the rate of su
- OT-2026-000003155
An automatic inspection method and apparatus using structured light and machine vision cameras to inspect an object in conjunction with the geometric model of the object is disclosed. Camera images of the object are analyzed by computer to produce the location of points on the object's surfaces in three dimensions.
- OT-2026-000003154
Apparatus and methods for coupling a driving shaft (60) and a mating tool shaft (50, 50') to transmit rotational forces and axial tension and compression between the shafts. The coupler (15) provides for axial tension transmission through tension transmission surfaces (80, 80') spaced-apart from torque (54, 54&
- OT-2026-000003153
A thermophoretic vacuum wand that is particularly suited for transporting articles in a cleanroom environment so that potential particle contaminants in the air do not become adhered to the surface of the article is described. The wand includes a housing having a platen with a front surface with suction port(s) through
- OT-2026-000003152
A vacuum assisted assemblage for handling an object has a formable vacuum chamber. Formable vacuum chamber, when formed, has first and second rotatable suction chambers each operably connected to an actuator for cooperative rotational movements. Rotational movements of first and second suction chambers include a first
- OT-2026-000003151
The, present invention is a gripper for use in combination with a machine for repositioning a component. Structurally, the present invention includes a housing formed with a chamber. A fixed-pole housing magnet is positioned inside of the chamber. A pair of grips are slidingly mounted for movement relative to the housi
- OT-2026-000003150
A replaceable, flexible and resilient grip is slidably fitted over a generally cylindrical handle portion of a power hand tool housing. In one embodiment, for use with a pistol grip housing with a separable end cap, the grip has a flange which is clamped between the end cap and the barrel of the housing and has lugs wh
- OT-2026-000003149
The present invention provides a reconfigurable modular drive joint that can be used as the basis for building and configuring robotic and automated systems as an interconnected network of individual nodes, with each node representing a single modular joint. Each modular joint can be quickly set up in either a roll, pi
- OT-2026-000003148
A mechanism for selectively securing a cover to a flange of a pressure vessel. The cover and flange each have openings that are aligned when the cover is in position facing the flange. The mechanism includes an anchor plate having a hole therethrough. A piston is slidable in a direction normal to the cover in alignment
- OT-2026-000003147
A device on hand-held tool-driving machines for the coupling of pounding and/or drilling tools is proposed, wherein on the tool shank (11) and the tool holder (10) are located at least three couplings comprising grooves (17, 18, 22) that run axially to the shank end and coupling gibs (19, 20, 23) on the tool holder (10
- OT-2026-000003146
The present invention relates to a device for transferring at least one fluid from a stationary machine part (1) to a machine part (3) rotatable about an axis of rotation (10), wherein at least one of at least two mutually engageable sealing surfaces (2, 4) is arranged on each of the stationary (1) and rotatable (3) ma
- OT-2026-000003145
A housing (11) has a piston (17) inserted thereinto. A pull rod (12) is connected to the piston (17). An annular collet (13) is externally fitted onto the pull rod (12). When clamping, an engaging member (14) provided on a peripheral wall of the collet (13) is inserted into an engaging hole (2) of a workpiece (1) and t
- OT-2026-000003144
A device to facilitate lifting and repositioning of articles, suitably materials of slab-like construction, the device comprising a vacuum source, a housing and a sealing joint, preferably made of soft-seal material, on the base of the housing which, in use, will contact the article being lifted.