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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050005737 | Method for recovering metal values from concentrates of sulfide minerals A method of recovering precious metal values from refractory sulfide ores is provided. The method includes the steps of separating clays and fines from a crushed refractory sulfide ore, forming a heap from the refractory sulfide ore, producing a concentrate of refractor... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005738 | Stripper tool for sheathed cable A stripper tool is provided for cutting an outer sheath of an electrical cable. Inside the sheath is parallel spaced apart insulation covered wires and a core member containing an uncovered ground wire between the insulation covered wires. The sheath has spaced apart cu... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005739 | Fluorescent life hammer The invention relates to safety device (1) for breaking glass, provided with a housing (2) and a head (4), wherein the head is provided with a relatively hard end (14), wherein at least a part of the housing is provided with a fluorescent out... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005740 | Universal golf spike removal tool The golf spike removal tool includes a primary shank with opposite proximal and distal ends. A handle is secured to the proximal end of the primary shank and projections extend from the distal end of the primary shank for engaging apertures in a golf spike. A supplement... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005741 | Wire connector fastening tool A wire connector fastening tool comprises an elongate body having a first end, a second end, an outer hand-engaging surface and an interior surface. The outer hand-engaging surface has a generally uniform outside diameter from its first end to its second end. The interi... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005742 | AUTOMATIC TOOL ATTACHMENT APPARATUS An apparatus for automatically coupling a tool to a manipulator having a spindle. The apparatus includes a first adapter and a second adapter. The first adapter includes a spindle mating portion and a first threaded portion. The second adapter includes a second threaded... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005743 | HURRICANE SHUTTER FASTENER INSTALLATION BIT A novel driver bit for mounting in a sleeve of a rotary driving tool for driving a slotted screw having a hollow cap with a threaded interior cylindrical wall having an inner minor diameter comprises a driver portion at one end thereof and a sleeve engaging portion at t... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005744 | High-speed cutting process for generating desired curved surface on workpiece A process for generating a curved surface on a workpiece with high speed is disclosed, in which an acceleration of a slider is set to a predetermined desired acceleration while a rotating velocity of a work spindle is made varied to keep the acceleration of the slider a... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005745 | Apparatus and process for dicing a deformable product An apparatus for cutting a product includes a conveyor assembly and a slitter assembly. The conveyor assembly conveys the product in a feed direction and defines a conveyance surface, on which the product is conveyed. The slitter assembly slits the product into strips a... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005746 | Method for preparing three-dimensional signs An improved method of preparing an intermediate for the return of a channel letter wherein the intermediate is cut from the same sheet stock as the back and face of the letter using a router, which removes material along the edge of the return and along the width of the... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005747 | Method and apparatus for transferring a paper web A method of, and apparatus for, transferring a web, in particular a paper web or cardboard web or an insertion tail severed from the web, from a web-discharging web-guiding surface, via a web conveying apparatus, to the next structural unit of a machine for producing an... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005748 | Method for opening the plastic housing of an electronic module Method a method for the opening of a plastic-housed electronic module. Previously, the electronic module can be only inadequately protected during the opening of the plastic housing, so that the electronic module is damaged during the opening. According to the new metho... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005749 | DEVICE FOR TRIMMING CORNER OR SHEET MEMBER A corner trimming device includes a base having a seat and a platform to support sheet members to be cut or trimmed, the base includes a channel formed between the seat and the platform. A cutter blade includes a bar engaged into the channel of the base and secured betw... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005750 | Multipurpose blind cutting machine A multipurpose blind cutting machine is constructed to include a machine base, a first cutter unit and a second cutter unit mounted on the machine base and stacked with each other. The first cutter unit has a circular cutting blade and a cutter drive adapted to rotate t... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005751 | Coolant nozzle A coolant nozzle is used in a machine tool having a rotating bit. The nozzle includes a through-aperture for accommodating the bit. The nozzle has a coolant inlet and a number of coolant outlets at more than one angular position about the through-aperture. Internal surf... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005752 | Power miter saw The present invention relates to a quick actuating mechanism for a movable guard of miter saw, the mechanism comprises: a mounting arm 7, a fixed guard 3, a drive means and a circular saw blade 6, a movable guard 5 is pivotally connected to t... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005753 | Work piece guiding system for a table saw An improved table having improvements related to stock support, such as a rip fence stock support, as well as a lateral-table support system; features of laterally-slideable front and back rip fence guide rails, including an improved front rail configuration, an improve... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005754 | Woodworking tension board A tension board comprises a bow member that can deform resiliently to apply lateral force to a workpiece pushed between it and the fence of a table saw, and that may have an associated tension gauge element. Combination tools may employ two bow members having different ... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005755 | Method and apparatus for cutting a sheet material A dispenser for sheet material includes a box and a cutting apparatus attached to the box, wherein the cutting apparatus includes a track assembly and a slider assembly disposed on the track assembly for movement therealong. The track assembly includes a base and a rail... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005756 | Rotary cutting knife A rotary cutting knife for the cutting of print shop products is provided with a blade carrier at whose outer periphery blades are arranged such that only one cutting edge of the blades essentially projects over the outer periphery of the blade carrier. The blade carrie... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005757 | Method of forming bridges in tamper-indicating closures A tamper indicating closure comprising a base wall and a peripheral skirt having an internal thread adapted to engage the threads of a container wherein a tamper indicating band is provided on the skirt by a plurality of circumferentially spaced bridges. The band includ... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005758 | Back check for piano A back check for a piano is provided for locking a returning hammer in a pivotal movement without fail and for saving the manufacturing cost. The back check is used for locking the hammer in a pivotal movement for returning after it has struck a string to prevent the ha... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005759 | UNIVERSAL TUNER MOUNT A universal mount for acoustically coupling a musical instrument tuner to an instrument has a link connected to the tuner at one end, the link adapted and arranged to have selectable loose and fixed states, with the link including complementary first and second clamping... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005760 | Music processing printer An audio processing device receives, processes, and outputs music and audio files to a variety of electronic and paper-based formats. In one embodiment, the audio processing device generates a score based on a music or audio file, and/or can match the file to melodies s... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005761 | Method for teaching music One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for teaching music to one or more students. The instructor's manual operation of a musical instrument controls in real-time the illumination of guide lamps on each student's musical instrument. This allows the ... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005762 | Armored assembly An armor for providing ballistic protection, the armor comprising a front panel that is comprised of a side-by-side arrangement of a plurality of movable pieces made of a deformable material and detachably retained into the panel in a manner that a piece is removed from... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005763 | Piston assembly A hydraulic pump includes a housing, at least two pistons mounted to the housing to rotate relative to the housing, and a transition arm coupled to each of the pistons to rotate therewith. The transition arm is set at a predetermined angle relative to a longitudinal axi... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005764 | On/off switch for liquid additive injection pump Operation of a system for injecting a predetermined amount of a secondary fluid into a primary fluid stream uses a liquid additive injection pump driven by a fluid powered motor driven by the primary fluid stream can be selectively suspended by an on/off switch mechanis... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005765 | Method for separating a gas mixture with a permeation membrane unit A method of separating a gas mixture using a permeation membrane unit, wherein the gas mixture, containing primarily hydrogen and carbon monoxide, is first treated to reduce the level of secondary components to lower than 100 molar ppm. ... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005766 | Barium-and calcuim-based zeolitic adsorbent for gas purification in particular air The invention concerns a calcium and barium cation-exchanged zeolitic adsorbent for use in a process for purifying and or separating a gas or gas mixture, in particular air, so as to eliminate impurities contained therein such as hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides (NxOy),... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005767 | Filter element, air cleaner, and methods A filter arrangement includes a filter element, a frame construction secured to the filter element, and a handle member secured to the filter element. In preferred embodiments, the handle member is secured to the frame construction. Preferably, the filter element includ... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005768 | Method of preventing air bypass in a filter bank and a filter assembly A method of preventing air bypass in a filter bank and a filter assembly in accordance with the teachings of the method. Filter panels are inserted through an access opening of a filter bank. As the filter panels are inserted they are connected in side by side relation ... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005769 | Adsorption element and methods An adsorbent article having a base body or matrix onto which is applied an adsorptive coating. The body or matrix can be a honeycomb matrix or structure having a plurality of cells defining a plurality of passages extending through the body. The adsorptive coating compr... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005770 | Adsorptive duct for contaminant removal, and methods A duct for passage of air therethough; one particular use for the duct is as a passage for intake air for a vehicle engine. The duct has an interior, adsorptive region that is adapted to remove contaminants from the air stream passing therethrough. The adsorptive region... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005771 | Modular pressure swing adsorption process and apparatus A pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system including a first group of PSA modules having a plurality of first PSA modules, and a second group of PSA modules having a plurality of second PSA modules. The system includes a feed gas manifold, a product manifold, and a waste ... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005772 | Multi-phase separation system A multi-phase separation system utilized to remove contaminants from fluids includes a pre-filtering module for filtering a contaminated fluid to provide a filtered contaminated fluid. A condenser module receives the filtered contaminated fluid and a contaminated gas ph... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005773 | Arrangement for mounting electrical components to an aftertreatment filter An exhaust gas aftertreatment filter system for an internal combustion engine includes an aftertreatment filter disposed in-line with an exhaust gas conduit coupled to an internal combustion engine, a mounting bracket defining a mounting surface and at least one leg ext... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005774 | Holder for coffee pod A coffee holder has a cup shaped to hold a coffee pod and having a radially projecting rim and a floor, a collar projecting downward from the floor, forming a downwardly open outlet passage opening upward into the cup, and having a lower end, and a screen extending acro... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005775 | Locking device sustaining high pressure for coffee maker lid This invention provides a locking device sustaining high pressure in a coffee maker which comprises a brew head assembly which comprises: a slide assembly, a sealing assembly and a pop-up and roll-back assembly, operatively linked to sustain pressure up to four (4) bars... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050005776 | Reversible cooking appliance A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance has a heating plate with at least one cooking surface, a heater for heating the heating plate, a support structure for supporting the heating plate, and an interface mechanism that, in response to the heating plate ... | 01/13/2005 |
