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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Koenraad Alexander Gieskes, Binghamton, NY (US);
Stanislaw Wladyslaw Janisiewicz, Endwell, NY (US);
Daniel Joseph Hibbard, Binghamton, NY (US);
Darrin Michael Weiss, Vestal, NY (US);
John E. Danek, Vestal, NY (US);
James W. Tripp, Whitney Point, NY (US);
Koenraad Alexander Gieskes, Binghamton, NY (US);
Stanislaw Wladyslaw Janisiewicz, Endwell, NY (US);
Daniel Joseph Hibbard, Binghamton, NY (US);
Darrin Michael Weiss, Vestal, NY (US);
John E. Danek, Vestal, NY (US);
James W. Tripp, Whitney Point, NY (US);
Delaware Capital Formation, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for moving a spindle along a longitudinal axis, the apparatus includes a spindle; a drive member for moving said spindle over a range of travel along said longitudinal axis in a first direction; a spring for applying a first force in combination with a second force to the spindle in the first direction; a stop element arranged so as to disengage the second force, such that when said spindle is within a first portion of said range of travel, said first force is applied to said spindle in combination with said second force, and when said spindle is within a second portion of said range of travel, said stop element disengages said second force so only said first force is applied to said spindle.