J. Clarke wrote:
> The "art" of patent writing is to write in such a manner that your idea is
> protected but nobody else can figure out how to replicate it from the
> patent.
Hah! Got it! Or at least I think so, and it gets better by the minute!
Found this link first [1], where it is stated:
***
In another and quite famous solution, Robert Jupe developed around 1835
a radial table containing sections that diverge from a common center
to allow for insertion of expansion leaves.
***
From there worked may way to USPTO.gov[2]. From this latest page (the
actual patent, or at least what I think it is):
***
In 1835, Robert Jupe was granted British Patent No. 6788 for an
expanding table.
***
Here's another page selling similar designs: http://www.jupetables.com/
[1]:
http://www.freshpatents.com/Expansible-table-dt20060413ptan20060075940.php
[2]:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=Robert&s2=Jupe&OS=Robert+AND+Jupe&RS=Robert+AND+Jupe
There's some UHMWP and other exotic stuff in there, worth a look (I'm
drooling as we speak, sorry).
To view the images on the USPTO-site you'll need a TIFF-viewer (plugin),
but I just installed it in IE7, works like a charm. Go to the "Images"
page, click the "Help" link top right for instructions. Haven't tried it
in Firefox though. Enjoy!
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Meilleures salutations,
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[Firefox]
Update: works equally smooth, except after a few modifications (at least
in my case):
-the program installed under my Thunderbird plugins-folder
-cut and paste it to your firefox plugins-folder instead
-reboot (might be possible that this isn't even necessary)
-saving files works as well, but only for a certain amount of downloads
in the case of the freeware version.
-TIff-files can be viewed and adapted with the standard Windows-viewer.
-There are also rectangular tables in the patent
-Allow me to drool on.
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Vriendelijke groeten,
Meilleures salutations,
Flint
John L. Poole wrote:
> Google is now into serving up patents -- what a wonderful project.
Huge fan of Google here, didn't even know they had this. Will the fun
ever end? :)
> Here's the jupe table reference, and there is a patent as recent as
> January 4, 2000, that references the original patent.
>
> See:
> http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT6994032&id=Ghp3AAAAEBAJ&dq=robert+jupe
Amazing indeed, and it doesn't even require you to fiddle around with
software. Thanks much for this link!
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On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 06:24:13 +0000, John L. Poole wrote:
> Flex Flint wrote:
> [snip]
>> From the link that Mr. Smith gave: "PATENT GRANTED. DESIGN RIGHT."
>> I'm quite sure you're not *meant* to know how it works.
> [snip]
>
> If it is patented, then the design is suppose to be disclosed. That's
> the whole point of the patent system: you disclose to the
> government/public your invention and how to create it so others can
> create it after the patent expires and the government gives you a
> monopoly on it for a duration of years. If a patent was granted
> recently, then you may be able to access the patent via the Internet and
> learn about the inner workings.
The "art" of patent writing is to write in such a manner that your idea is
protected but nobody else can figure out how to replicate it from the
patent. Or so they taught us at Georgia Tech many years ago.
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Flex Flint wrote:
> J. Clarke wrote:
>> The "art" of patent writing is to write in such a manner that your
>> idea is
>> protected but nobody else can figure out how to replicate it from the
>> patent.
>
> Hah! Got it! Or at least I think so, and it gets better by the minute!
>
> Found this link first [1], where it is stated:
> ***
> In another and quite famous solution, Robert Jupe developed around 1835
> a radial table containing sections that diverge from a common center to
> allow for insertion of expansion leaves.
> ***
>
> From there worked may way to USPTO.gov[2]. From this latest page (the
> actual patent, or at least what I think it is):
> ***
> In 1835, Robert Jupe was granted British Patent No. 6788 for an
> expanding table.
> ***
>
> Here's another page selling similar designs: http://www.jupetables.com/
>
> [1]:
> http://www.freshpatents.com/Expansible-table-dt20060413ptan20060075940.php
> [2]:
> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=Robert&s2=Jupe&OS=Robert+AND+Jupe&RS=Robert+AND+Jupe
>
>
> There's some UHMWP and other exotic stuff in there, worth a look (I'm
> drooling as we speak, sorry).
> To view the images on the USPTO-site you'll need a TIFF-viewer (plugin),
> but I just installed it in IE7, works like a charm. Go to the "Images"
> page, click the "Help" link top right for instructions. Haven't tried it
> in Firefox though. Enjoy!
Google is now into serving up patents -- what a wonderful project.
Here's the jupe table reference, and there is a patent as recent as
January 4, 2000, that references the original patent.
See:
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT6994032&id=Ghp3AAAAEBAJ&dq=robert+jupe
Juvenal wrote:
> One of the still pics of the Brazillian table shows some of the mechanism,
> but it would sure be nice to be able to inspect one of these in person to
> see exactly how it works.
From the link that Mr. Smith gave: "PATENT GRANTED. DESIGN RIGHT."
I'm quite sure you're not *meant* to know how it works.
Good thing I checked to see whether this had been posted, I came in here
to link to that exact same page.
Here are some more links on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=capstan+table&search=Search
Simply amazing. They must have spent hours design the mechanics inside.
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Flint
Flex Flint wrote:
[snip]
> From the link that Mr. Smith gave: "PATENT GRANTED. DESIGN RIGHT."
> I'm quite sure you're not *meant* to know how it works.
[snip]
If it is patented, then the design is suppose to be disclosed. That's
the whole point of the patent system: you disclose to the
government/public your invention and how to create it so others can
create it after the patent expires and the government gives you a
monopoly on it for a duration of years. If a patent was granted
recently, then you may be able to access the patent via the Internet and
learn about the inner workings.
John L. Poole wrote:
[...]
> If a patent was granted
> recently, then you may be able to access the patent via the Internet and
> learn about the inner workings.
Valid points, valid points; I posted too eagerly. Perhaps I'll try and
find one or two things if the day permits.
Note: there's two treads reporting these tables, see subject "Amazing
expanding circular table".
Link:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.woodworking/browse_frm/thread/8068cdf814813915/66f14adb50da8e67?tvc=1&q=circular+table&hl=en#66f14adb50da8e67
The walking table is nice too by the way ;).
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Flint