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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5967956 | Tilting inversion exercise table mount A mount for a tilting inversion exercise table includes a stand composed of spaced A-frames having spaced trunnion-supporting bearing plates with blind bearing slots receiving trunnions in such slots, and swingable keeper arms pivoted on the trunnion-supp... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5957689 | Method for installing throat insert A flat blank of circular segmental shape having a recessed chord and made of thermoplastic material is heated in a bath of hot water in the range of 145 degrees F. (63 degrees C.) and 160 degrees F. (71 degrees C.) to render the material soft and supple. ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5951476 | Method for detecting brain microhemorrhage Continued bleeding into a pocket or hematoma in the cranium could exert pressure on the brain which would move it relative to the cranium to force the brain stem into the medulla oblongata to arrest breathing. Such brain micromovement is detected by proje... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5833970 | Deodorant material and deodorizing method Malodorous substances resulting from the decomposition of organic products derived from living organisms, such as acrolein, ammonia, aldehydes, cadaverine, indole, alkaloids including primary and/or secondary amines, butyric acid and skatole, separately o... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5818359 | Process and apparatus for computerizing translation of motion of subcutaneous body parts Apparatus for tracking the motion of subcutaneous body parts such as tendons in the carpal tunnel of the wrist by use of an ultrasonic sensor, and supplying signals from such sensor to a computer for comparison with reference data in a memory and utilizin... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5741052 | Tractor endless tread Endless loops spaced lengthwise of elongated grouser-mounting plates of a tractor endless tread in which each loop includes two side-by-side stretches of wire rope having the interstices between the strands of both wire rope stretches filled with elastome... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5546715 | Fabricated jamb or the like In a fabricated door jamb, the opposite edges of a rib component core of low-grade lumber are faced with strips of high-grade wood, and the face is veneered. Two flange components are fabricated from cores of low-grade lumber, each having one edge finishe... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546614 | Refuse collector drainpipe insert A refuse-collecting drainpipe insert is a generally helical coil formed by a strip of rectangular cross section and having a bulge located axially generally centrally of the coil, and frustoconical end portions tapered oppositely from the central bulge of... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5540249 | Automatic shutoff valve mechanism The valve in automatic shutoff valve mechanism is held in a predetermined elevated open position by a magnet spaced above the valve, and the valve can be released for downward movement into shutoff position either by melting of a fusible nut holding a thr... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5527099 | Tunnel boring machine anchor shoe structure and process of operating a tunnel boring machine having such anchor shoe structure The anchor shoes of a tunnel-boring machine arranged in a circular configuration are individually truncated by being tapered rearwardly so that the girth of the circular anchor shoe configuration can decrease progressively in order to accommodate converge... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5458287 | Prefabricated bay window conservatory enclosure for recyclable waste receptacles A prefabricated conservatory enclosure for a waste recycling center to be attached to a building includes an upper bay window recess having a bottom counter and a lower housing for enclosing one or more receptacles for recyclable material, the counter hav... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458535 | Fish-beheading apparatus and process The head of a fish is severed from the fish body in a two-stage operation, in the first stage the root of the fish head beneath the gill covers being cut partway through and in the second stage the severance of the fish head from the fish body being compl... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5454912 | Suspension quality monitoring apparatus A sample of slurry is withdrawn continuously from a pressure pipe through which the slurry flows by a diluting sample-extractor mounted on the pipe. Dilution water is added continuously to the extractor to mix with the withdrawn sample to provide dilute s... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5441274 | Adjustable putter A golf clubhead includes a lower part with stepped ramps spaced apart and inclined downwardly toward each other engageable by stepped undersurface slopes at the opposite ends of an upper clubhead part carried by the golf club shank, which lower part and u... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5439073 | Foldaway splay-legged stand The upper end portions of splayed legs are connected by pins that slide lengthwise of slots extending transversely of a crosspiece, the opposite ends of which can be supported by pairs of splayed legs, respectively. Sliding of the pins in their slots enab... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5417263 | Log chipper for lowering peak power requirements and raising chip quality A log chipper is provided for allowing a lower horsepower rated motor to drive the chipper. Peak power demand is reduced by cutting shorter chips from large diameter logs, while the length of chips cut from logs of small and medium diameter continues to b... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5409047 | Chipper knife A chipper apparatus including a rotating disc with one or more knife assemblies mounted on the disc operable to produce wood chips under the cutting action of the knives. Each knife comprises an elongate knife body bounded by opposed cutting edges. The cu... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5409010 | Vector doppler medical devices for blood velocity studies An ultrasonic pulse-echo medical device for determining the angular heading and magnitude of the velocity of blood flowing through a blood vessel by transmitting a pulsed ultrasonic beam from a single transmitting transducer and receiving echoes from samp... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5407338 | Manual resin extruder for effecting glass repair A resin extruder for supplying resin to flaws in laminated glass includes a casing forming a resin reservoir from which resin is dispensed through a nozzle by screwing inward a ram partially received in the casing and carrying a pressure gauge communicati... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5380346 | Fortified hydrocarbon and process for making and using the same Fortified hydrocarbon torch gas is a mixture of a major portion by weight of hydrocarbon base gas and additive selected from 1,2-ethanediol, 1,2-propanediol, 1,3 butanediol, glycerol, diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol mo... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5375366 | Tripanel hydrodynamic depressor for fishing lines The plate body of a hydrodynamic depressor is composed of a flat central panel flanked along its opposite longitudinal edges by side panels disposed at dihedral angles to the central panel. A housing carried by the forward portion of the body has a cylind... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5373995 | Vented refiner and venting process In a refiner having ribbed refining disks to form a refining zone between such disks, the refining spaces of such disks including radial ribs forming grooves between them, which grooves are blocked at intervals by dams connecting the ribs at opposite side... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5368320 | Automatically releasing ski binding A binding for two feet in tandem on one ski that includes a boot for holding the front foot having a detachable toe holder and keeper member secured to the ski between the two feet for holding the forward boot heel. A further engageable member for the rea... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5364075 | Retractable mount for a mooring line guide and process for operating the same As a carriage carrying a mooring line guide is lowered by paying out a hoisting line two retaining projections mounted on the carriage are inserted into complementary stationary sockets to anchor the carriage in a lower position, As the carriage reaches s... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5282927 | Concentrating evaporator The concentrate holding lower portion of a sample and concentrate holding vessel has a jacket for shielding such concentrate holding portion from heat sufficient to volatilize appreciable solvent therefrom when the vessel is subjected to sufficient heat f... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5249614 | Laid flooring end jointer The end of a laid flooring board between adjacent laid flooring boards can be jointed by a jointer including a router mounted on a slide slidable along ways carried by a frame held in position on flooring by pressure on a positioning plate attached to the... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5228275 | Process and apparatus for packaging limp articles Stacks of limp articles such as flour tortillas are deposited on a conveyor having slotted blocks to support the stack in arched configuration with the central portion raised and side portions drooping from the central portion. A pusher having depending f... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5211722 | Divot anchoring process A turf anchor stake having a flat shank with a pointed lower end and a headed upper end or two flat shanks connected by a crossbar can be driven through turf into the soil beneath the turf to hold such turf in place until the turf root structure knits wit... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5210903 | Furniture caster stop and process of immobilizing a caster The roller of a caster mounting an article of furniture is lodged in an upwardly opening diametral groove in a flat circular caster stop having a central aperture in such slot and opposed ramps in the slot sloping oppositely upward with a gentle incline o... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5197612 | Freestanding bottle stand The edges of crossing legs of rectangular cross section have interfitting notches for holding the legs in approximately perpendicular relationship to form an X-shaped bipod bottle stand, and such legs have through them apertures for receiving the necks of... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5193300 | Tripanel hydrodynamic depressor for fishing lines The plate body of a hydrodynamic depressor is composed of a flat central panel flanked along its opposite longitudinal edges by side panels disposed at dihedral angles to the central panel. The central panel carries a guide rod extending fore and aft alon... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5147027 | Article group-segregating apparatus and method Article group-segregating mechanism having a plurality of orbiting pusher members includes a conveyor for pushing a row of articles against an orbiting pusher member and a clamping conveyor or clamp arms for arresting movement of the row of articles behin... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5113845 | Portable solar heating device and heating process utilizing solar energy A concave parabolic reflector receiving solar rays directly and by reflection from an angularly adjustable auxiliary collecting plate and from a stationary side plate reflects such solar rays to a line focus at which material to be heated is located, whic... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5109899 | Cant-making apparatus and process Coaxial centers for engaging opposite ends of a log sector to turn about the axis through the centers are mounted on a frame below an overhead sawing device movable along a track extending lengthwise of such axis. Such frame is tiltable about an axis exte... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5094585 | Mechanism for stacking flat articles Stacking mechanism includes an accelerating conveyor for launching flat articles edgewise toward a stacking station, a continuously moving conveyor for moving stacks of articles away from the stacking station, two intermittently rotatable rotors and a sta... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4860718 | Projectile toy A wooden stock has opposite elongated barrel and butt portions and an inclined central or joining section to resemble a standard carbine. The tip of the barrel end of the stock has a rearward-extending blind bore into which an end portion of a tubular ela... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4852322 | Wooden I-beam with integrated insulating foam Two elongated parallel rails have facing surfaces each with a longitudinally extending central groove opening toward the groove of the other rail. A rigid web sheet has its opposite longitudinal margins fitted in the grooves so as to form, in combination ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4846807 | IV tube anchor and shield A continuous frame of resilient foam material is strapped to a patient with a central aperture of the frame surrounding the puncture area of an intravenous (IV) needle inserted into the patient. A separate dome with ventilation apertures is attachable ove... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4840384 | Face-type shaft seal with shroud The face seal of a centrifugal pump has a stationary seal component mounted on the pump casing and a rotary seal component rotatable with the drive shaft extending into the casing and connected to the inner rotary pumping member or impeller. The rotary se... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4836787 | Construction kit educational aid and toy Sheet material building components or units in the shape of different regular polygons of equal edge length have strips of hook-and-pile fastening materials permanently secured so as to extend along their side edges. Hook type fastening material is dispos... | 06/06/1989 |
