Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050098047 | Oven shelf with heat shield that prevents bottom surface burning of baked goods Baked goods are often burned by exposure to heat radiation (infrared rays) from heating coils in an electric baking oven. The infrared rays strike the bottom surface of bakeware and heat the surface to the point of burning. The present invention provides a heat shield t... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098048 | Dryer for fruit and vegetable The dryer is disclosed. The dryer comprises a base seat, at least a netted-rack and a top cover, the top portion of the base seat being mounted with a cutting for fruit and vegetable or a netted-rack for placement of food, and the top portion of the netted-rack being di... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098049 | Screw compactor A screw compactor comprising a housing (4) having an opening for the insertion of wet waste to be compacted and defining a compaction volume (14); a screw (8) rotatably mounted in the housing; a guideway for transporting compacted waste from the com... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098050 | Apparatus for pressing sheet-like printed products An apparatus serves for pressing sheet-like printed products, in particular for pressing folded printed products. The apparatus has a first pair of pressing rollers, with a first, lower pressing roller and a second, upper pressing roller. A further pair of pressing roll... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098051 | Printing blanket construction and method of making An improved printing blanket construction is provided which includes at least a top ply, a bottom ply, and a non-extensible backing ply. The blanket includes leading and trailing edges which are secured directly to the backing ply, where at least a portion of the leadin... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098052 | Rotary dies and rotary printing units A semi-rotary unit for continuously cutting or printing articles from sheets or from a continuous web, includes a rotary cylinder for supporting about its circumference a removable plate and defining a cutting or printing station, a conveyor for sequentially conveying s... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098053 | Device for attaching a roller to an abutment moving essentially at the peripheral speed of the roller by means of a spindle-nut combination For applying a roller to a counterbearing moved essentially at the circumferential speed of the roller, [sic] consists of a spindle-nut combination. In order to be able to adjust the play of the spindle in a simple manner, an additional nut is associated with, and displ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098054 | Method of and device for producing information carriers, for example cards For producing information carriers the information carriers are transported by at least one transporting device; processing a surface of the information carriers by is processed a processing unit; and the information carriers are treated on the surface so that the surfa... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098055 | Irritation bodies It is proposed to introduce an irritation body (1) into a crowd of persons, which is applied in a sequence of highly-accelerated rolling movements in random directions on the ground by means of integrated impulse drive mechanisms (2). The body (1) c... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098056 | Amusement device An amusement device comprising a vehicle that can be moved over an elongated track as well as a track portion that can be moved jointly with said vehicle from a first, relatively low position to a second, relatively high position, or vice versa, which track portion can ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098057 | Watercraft amusement ride Passenger boats are accelerated along a submerged guide rail structure that is arranged in various closed loop courses, including “Figure-Eight,” hour-glass, serpentine and oval patterns, as well as linear guide track structures that extend in parallel between a lau... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098058 | Mass transit system A mass transit system providing for the exiting of a first vehicle from a first lower track to the opposite side of a second lower track without entering the space occupied by a second vehicle traveling along the second lower track, comprising providing an upper track s... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098059 | Rail system for suspension crane and profile for such rail system The invention concerns an overhead crane track which includes at least one crane track rail (1) and at least one carriage (2) guided on the crane track rail (1). The crane track rail (1) is composed of a plurality of portions of a hollow prof... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098060 | Trolley system for a railway boxcar door A trolley system for positioning the door of a railway boxcar to cover or uncover an opening in a wall of the boxcar has an upper track mounted to the boxcar and an upper trolley with at least one roller rotatably secured therein and co-acting with the upper track. A sa... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098061 | Electroless gold plating solution An electroless gold plating solution is provided that includes a cyanide compound and ascorbic acid or a derivative thereof, the electroless gold plating solution containing one or more than one deposition accelerator selected from the group consisting of a copper compo... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098062 | Granulated hydrophobic additive for cementitous materials A cementitious material in powder form comprising cement, also comprises sufficient of a granulated hydrophobing additive, which comprises form 5 to 15 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane component, form 10 to 50 parts by weight of a water-soluble or water-dispersi... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098063 | Ink composition An ink composition is provided including an amide compound represented by formula 1, a coloring agent and a solvent. The amide compound and the polyhydric alcohol in the ink composition decrease the mobility of coloring agents and increase the adhesion to media, thereby... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098064 | Lithium silicate materials Lithium silicate materials are described which can be easily processed by machining to dental products without undue wear of the tools and which subsequently can be converted into lithium silicate products showing high strength. ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098065 | REDUCED-PETROLEUM-DISTILLATE MIXING GRADE EMULSIONS AND METHODS A medium-setting bituminous composition or mixing grade emulsion for coating aggregates at ambient temperature with reduced levels of petroleum distillates or other solvents. These emulsions are formed from the combination of about 50 weight percent to 75 weight percent... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098066 | Use of colloidal PCC The invention relates to a process for regulating the porosity and printing properties of paper, in particular uncoated wood-containing paper such as SC-paper, wherein a sufficient quantity of colloidal PCC having a BET surface area of 10-100 m2/g is used as ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098067 | Foldable pallet with minimized use of material and having self- locking fasteners The pallet assembled from two sheets of material, preferably corrugated paper board and stamped with cutouts. Once the cutouts have been scored. the two sheets are then either manually or machine folded to form upper and lower frame members. The frame member are then in... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098068 | Stackable tabletop for fordable table A stackable tabletop includes a tabletop member having a top surface defining a peripheral edge portion and a first contour formed therealong and a bottom surface adapted for pivotally connecting two leg assemblies thereon, and an engaging rim, which is provided along a... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098069 | Book rack and pencil tray combination A book rack and pencil tray combination has a book rack and a pencil case attached to the bottom wall of the book rack. The pencil case is optionally attached to the bottom wall of the book rack by a pencil case attachment plate attached to the bottom wall of the pencil... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098070 | Plastic tabletop with longitudinal mid-support arrangement for foldable table A tabletop includes a tabletop member and longitudinal mid-support arrangement. The tabletop member includes a plastic made top panel and a plastic made bottom panel which is overlapped connected with the top panel in an edge to edge manner and defines a receiving cavit... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098071 | Shaft preheater The invention relates to a shaft preheater for preheating material in lump form with at least one shaft for receiving the material as well as a bridge disposed in the shaft for delivering hot gases which flow through the material from the bottom upwards. The bridge is d... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098072 | Method and apparatus for the gasification and combustion of animal waste, human waste, and/or biomass using a moving grate over a stationary perforated plate in a configured chamber An apparatus for the combustion of organic waste such as poultry litter/manure, cow manure and swine manure, and/or human waste, and/or biomass using a moving grate over a stationary perforated plate to convert organic waste into usable energy. The unprocessed fuel is f... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098073 | Non-polluting high temperature combustion system Disclosed is a non-polluting high temperature combustion system which comprises in combination a graphite-lined combustion chamber fueled by a controlled-burn thermite fuel, wherein the fuel burns a temperature of up to 6000 degrees Fahrenheit, wherein the resulting gas... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098074 | Semiconductor device In order to provide a semiconductor device which makes it possible to mount a semiconductor element on the substrate of the semiconductor device main body at the correct position with a higher degree of accuracy, a semiconductor element 2 is mounted at a circuit ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098075 | Fluid injection apparatus having biasing brackets The apparatus is propelled or towed in a longitudinal direction over a field and the apparatus components engage the field surface to inject fluid beneath the field surface. Generally, the apparatus is a frame and at least one series of fluid distribution discs rotation... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098076 | Depth control for seed planter A disc opener assembly connected to a tool bar linked to a vehicle for movement over the ground for opening a seed trench therein, the assembly comprising a main arm member attached to the tool bar, a disc mounted for rotation on the main arm, a gauge arm member having ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098077 | Pontoon boat A multi-hull boat having a plurality of pontoons. The pontoons are coupled together by cross members that are recessed within the pontoons. A multi-panel floor or deck is coupled to the pontoons with joints that receive edges of the panels. ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098078 | Stabilizer, flotation and mast mount mechanisms and methods The invention relates to mechanisms, devices and methods for providing increased stability and functionality to vessels through the use of one or more flotation device(s), leeboard(s), mast or sail mounting mechanisms, or associated mounting mechanisms or techniques. ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098079 | REMOTE MOORING PULLEY SYSTEM An adjustable pulley device which resides on a boat's anchor rope, which, when the anchor has been set offshore, allows an operator to pull the boat from shore to a predetermined point on the anchor rope, and retrieve it. It comprises a housing with an integral pulley s... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098080 | Protective cover for a windshield of a boat A protective cover for a boat having a deck, a windshield with a top peripheral edge and a bottom peripheral edge and a plurality of twist stud fasteners includes an inner layer, a center layer and an outer layer. The inner and outer layers are constructed of a water-re... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098081 | Tire pressure gauge A portable tire pressure gauge measures a value of tire pressure. The gauge may display the measured value digitally and may output the measured value aurally. The tire pressure gauge may also aurally output a verbal message warning the operator if the measured value ap... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098082 | Underwater chime and method of use thereof An underwater chime and method of use thereof, wherein the underwater chime functions to enhance the pacifying effect of any swimming pool, whirlpool, jet tub and/or spa environment by effectively transmitting soothing, relaxing and meditative chimes/sound waves through... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098083 | FLAG LOCK A flag lock is an approximately flat plate that has a middle section between two larger end sections. A flag display has a flag having at least one eyelet with an aperture therethrough, a halyard, and a flag lock having end sections that can not pass through the apertur... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098084 | Flag display device A flag display device has a handle to be grasped by a flag waver. The handle is rotatably attached to the flag at one point. The flag may be in the shape of a variety of athletic shirts. The rotatably attached handle allows easy swinging of the flag in the air with one ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098085 | Laser designating apparatus A laser designating apparatus includes a 1.5 V carbon-zinc battery (an 1.5V alkaline battery or a 1.2V nickel-metal hydride battery), a control circuit and a laser diode, wherein the control circuit is connected to the electric output port of the mentioned batteries to ... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050098086 | Tactile guidance system A tactile guidance system is provided comprising a plurality of tactile indicators in a first form located at pre-determined spaced intervals along a surface to mark a route to be followed by a user to a particular location. The user moves towards the particular locatio... | 05/12/2005 |
