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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5733077 | Lens drill guide A drill guide apparatus for lens workpieces, having a substantially C-shaped base and threaded screw member, is provided. The drill guide apparatus includes a threaded aperture through the C-shaped base member for receiving the threaded screw member to cl... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5708244 | Handgrip switch assembly A safety improvement for a Motorcycles warning actuation switch. The hand grip commonly made of rubber or leather material incorporates a ribbon switch that encompasses a 360 degree area. The ribbon switch is preferably placed in the inside end of the han... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5698990 | Counterforce spring assembly for printed circuit board test fixtures A counterforce spring assembly for printed circuit board test fixtures is provided. A number of counterforce spring assemblies are provided in an array between the top plate and probe plate of the test fixture. Each counterforce spring assembly includes a... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5667870 | Plastic article with interrupted interior threads for securing a threaded heat sink to a heat generating member A article with interior interrupted threads and a mold apparatus for manufacturing the same is provided. The molded article includes an aperture positioned completely therethrough as defined by an inner wall. The inner aperture wall carries a series of th... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5664643 | Multi-purpose ladder adapter A multi-purpose adapter for ladders is provided. A support linkage member carries two clamping members for engaging and securing the ladder adapter to a rung of a ladder. The support linkage member also carries left and right L-shaped base linkage members... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5660758 | Mold apparatus for manufacturing a plastic article with interrupted interior threads for securing a heat sink to a heat generating member A article with interior interrupted threads and a mold apparatus for manufacturing the same is provided. The molded article includes an aperture positioned completely therethrough as defined by an inner wall. The inner aperture wall carries a series of th... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5660622 | Coating for ink jet recording sheets A coating composition for ink jet recording sheets, which includes a combination of hydrated amorphous synthetic silica, a synthetic binder, a cationic agent, a leveling-flow modifier, a dispersing agent, an optical brightener, and the remainder being wat... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5619943 | Portable watercraft with improved pontoon connection A portable watercraft having an improved cross-arm to pontoon connection is shown. The pontoon includes an attachment pad with a handle provided thereon which serves as the male portion of the connection. A cross-arm, with a downwardly curved free end, in... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5621369 | Flexible magnet A flexible magnetic sheet is made of a rubbery synthetic material in which magnetic ferrite particles have been embedded and which one surface of the sheet has a grid pattern of ridges and depressions. The magnetic material is magnetized so that one pole ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5611265 | Combination charbroiler and fryer with spinning food basket A combination fryer and charbroiler food cooking apparatus is provided. The food basket is slideably mounted to a centering rod mounted to a cooking oil container. The basket is moveable from a lower frying position to an upper spinning and/or charbroilin... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5597499 | Seal wire control for packaging machinery responsive to product flow A seal wire heat control system for sealing thermoplastic film as adapted to control the duration of heat impulses applied to the sealing wire by remembering the past history of the sealing machine. The application of power to the sealing wire is provided... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5560142 | Fly-tie fishing lure eye assembly An eye assembly for a fly-tie fishing lure is disclosed. A pair of eye sockets are provided with a central mounting rod connecting the two sockets together. Each socket includes an eye socket barrel having a convex free surface with a groove pattern there... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5556881 | Insect repellent An insect repellent and insecticide formulation for repelling and killing insects. The formulation includes a volume of water and essential ingredients of acetic acid and a limonene, particularly a mint extract.... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5553467 | Adjustable ear clip An adjustable ear clip device for relieving pressure on the ear lobe of a wearer is provided. The adjustable ear clip includes a base plate with a pair of spaced ears connected thereto. An angled stop plate emanates from the base plate at a location adjac... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5551259 | Adjustable ear clip An adjustable ear clip device for relieving pressure on the ear lobe of a wearer is provided. The adjustable ear clip includes a base member with a pair of spaced ears connected thereto. An angled stop plate is connected to the base plate and a mounting p... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5544437 | Instrument display cap with pivoting top An instrument display cap, which is capable of interchanging a display member without modifying the structure of the cap, is provided. The instrument display cap includes a tubular tapered body with a transparent disk, pocket and centering member arrangem... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5545115 | Snowboard simulator apparatus An apparatus which closely simulates actual snowboarding is provided. The snowboard simulator apparatus includes a board member with a curved or convex lower surface, a pair of stop members positioned on the longitudinal edges of the board, a pair of cros... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5535515 | Method of manufacturing a stress-free heatsink assembly A stress-free heatsink assembly and method of manufacturing the same with wire elements embedded into a cured, flexible support element without a rigid base is provided. The heads of the wire elements are embedded in the support element with the enlarged ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5533802 | Paint can accessory An improved paint can accessory that permanently replaces an original paint can lid is provided. The accessory includes a main body with three apertures therein. The first aperture is circular and provides access by a siphon hose from paint spraying machi... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5499450 | Method of manufacturing a multiple pin heatsink device A multiple pin heatsink device with U-shaped wire elements mechanically swaged into channels of a base element is provided. In the manufacture of the multiple pin heatsink, pins of the U-shaped wire element are introduced into respective pin receiving hol... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5498000 | Goaltender simulator system A goaltender simulator system, which closely simulates shooting on a goal tended by a live goaltender, is provided. The system includes a digital video camera which tracks the trajectory of the object launched toward the goal. The continuous image data is... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5463969 | Free standing boom with substantially constant leech tension A sailboat provided with a free standing boom and in one version with a free standing mast that is separate from and immediately adjacent and forward of the boom mounting. The boom is separately mounted to be self supporting by a stub shaft in a bearing s... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5452682 | Bird feeder A tubular feeder having a cylindrical body and a lower wall for holding feed is provided. A perch extender with a diametrical slot mates with the bottom of the feeder where the perch extender is keyed to the bottom of the feeder. The perch extender can be... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5430385 | Test fixture for printed circuit boards having a dual seal system A test fixture for printed circuit boards having an initial seal member and a final seal member. The test fixture includes a probe plate with a pair of channels about its periphery for receiving a pair of seal members. An initial seal member is positioned... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5406120 | Hermetically sealed semiconductor ceramic package A ceramic hermetic package is provided having conductive material bonded into apertures in the ceramic housing that connect with a die mounted on a thin substrate through wire and pad connections. The substrate has a heat sink affixed to the bottom and el... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5405577 | Lead-free and bismuth-free tin alloy solder composition A lead-free and bismuth-free solder alloy composition for electronic assembly applications having reduced toxicity. The alloy composition consists of, in weight percent, 90.3-99.2% tin, 0.5-3.5% silver, 0.1-2.8% copper, and 0.2-2.0% antimony. The alloy co... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5397919 | Heat sink assembly for solid state devices A heat sink assembly adapted for use with an electronic device package such as a microprocessor having a grid array is shown having, in a first embodiment, a threaded base of a finned heat sink adapted to be received in a threaded bore of an adaptor which... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5395118 | Crossword game board apparatus A game board apparatus for use by two teams of players is provided. The game board apparatus includes a grid of equal sized squares. Two of the squares represent starting points for each of the teams, respectively. Further, two adjacent clusters of square... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5379611 | Jewelry converter apparatus A converter mechanism is shown for converting a decorative button cover to another piece of jewelry. The converter has spaced plate members receivable on opposite sides of a U-shaped plate pivotally mounted on the button cover which is adapted, when in th... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5377874 | Single portion liquid dispenser A liquid dispenser is provided for dispensing fluid condiment materials, such as ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise as well as other liquids such as medicated salves, lotions and ointments. The dispenser includes a tubular body with a spherical plunger eleme... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5376415 | Removable hood ornament A removable and yieldable hood ornament apparatus which includes a compact structure for easy transportability is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base member with an ornament emblem mounted thereto, the base member includes a plurality of transversely... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5372386 | Automated reconciliation system An automated reconciliation system that permits instantaneous reconciliation of unsold product units. A pull tab, which contains hidden reconciliation data is affixed to a product unit. To reconcile the particular product unit, a vendor removes the pull t... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5367346 | Eyeglass hinge system and bolt therefore Eyeglass hinge system and bolt therefore for connecting the bow to the frame, wherein a hinge element is provided having a threaded bore in which the thread is either metric or U.S. standard and wherein the diameter, pitch diameter, and pitch dimensions o... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5354098 | Automated reconciliation system An automated reconciliation system that permits instantaneous reconciliation of unsold publications. A pull tab, which contains hidden reconciliation data is affixed to a publication. To reconcile the particular publication, a vendor removes the pull tab ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5352407 | Lead-free bismuth free tin alloy solder composition A lead-free and bismuth-free solder alloy composition for electronic assembly applications having reduced toxicity. The alloy composition consists of, in weight percent, 93-98% tin, 1.5-3.5% silver, 0.2-2.0% copper, and 0.2-2.0% antimony. The alloy compos... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5330075 | Single portion food condiment dispenser A food condiment dispenser is provided for dispensing fluid condiment materials, such as ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise. The dispenser includes a tubular body with a spherical plunger element connected to a spreader paddle member disposed within a tubula... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5321230 | Seal wire heat control system A seal wire heat control system adapted to record in memory the immediate history of the operation of the seal wire and to adjust the time duration of the application of voltage to the seal wire in accordance with a predetermined program. The application ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5313099 | Heat sink assembly for solid state devices A heat sink assembly adapted for use with an electronic device package such as a microprocessor having a grid array is shown having, in a first embodiment, a threaded base of a finned heat sink adapted to be received in a threaded bore of an adaptor which... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5311721 | Wire winding and tying machine with magnetized hanking head A wire winding and tying machine useful in the winding of steel wire strands or the like includes a tie stock dispenser that delivers a pre cut length of tie stock to a platform. A hanking unit picks up the tie stock and delivers it to a position above pr... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5301699 | Dental floss dispenser apparatus A dental floss dispenser is shown having two mirror image housing halves formed with a main body portion capturing a spool of floss and an arcuately extending arm with floss guided from the spool through a locking station out of the housing to the free en... | 04/12/1994 |
