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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5538147 | Wire shelf and cover assembly A wire shelf and cover assembly is disclosed. The wire shelf has at least two parallel, spaced apart support bars and a plurality of parallel, spaced apart, coplanar cross bars fastened at right angles to the support bars. The cover has a generally planar... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5523934 | Composite floor lamp A composite floor lamp and container for the floor lamp. The floor lamp includes a main elongated main body, a top assembly which is attached to one end of the main body and a bottom assembly, including a base, which is attachable to the opposite end of t... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5501792 | Energy and water saving laundry system An energy and water conservation laundry mechanism which includes a plurality of automatic washing machines, a rinse water storage tank, plumbing which connects the storage tank to the each of the washing machines, and electrical controls which are tied i... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5494098 | Fan driven heat sink A fan driven heat sink assembly which includes a fan assembly mounted on a heat sink for mounting on a microprocessor unit. The heat sink has a solid flat base, a plurality of spaced cooling fins and a housing which is fixed to the base. The cooling fins ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5483729 | Shearing machine having multiple close adjustment devices A machine for shearing pile fibers from the surface of a textile fabric which is conveyed over the narrow edge of a cloth holder. The cutting is accomplished by a scissors-like action between a stationary cutting blade and a plurality of helical blades wh... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5483019 | Utility structure having a utility pole and a closure apparatus A utility structure having a utility pole and a closure apparatus for the access port of the utility pole. The closure apparatus includes a removable cover which has grooves for receiving straps. The straps engage the cover along the grooves of the cover ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5476240 | Paintbrush holder A paintbrush holder having a hook portion for attachment to the upper rim of a paint bucket and at least three transverse segments wherein one segment engages one surface of the paintbrush handle and the other two segments engage the opposite surface of t... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5467997 | Method of using informational playing cards A deck of informational playing cards is disclosed, each card having a front surface with a primary printed indicia of a unique member of a class of items. The front surface also has a plurality of statistical elements directly related to the one member. ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5435148 | Apparatus for maximizing air conditioning and/or refrigeration system efficiency A compression-type refrigeration system is disclosed, in which "flash gas" formation is eliminated without artificially maintaining condenser temperature and pressure levels. Condenser temperatures and pressures are allowed to fluctuate with ambient opera... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5436798 | Spring clip and heat sink assembly for electronic components A spring clip for clamping a heat sink module which has a plurality of upwardly extending cooling elements to an electronic module. The spring clip includes a horizontal grid like foot portion which engages the upper surface of the heat sink module a vert... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5395296 | Exercise apparatus utilizing array of elastic means Exercise apparatus including a spaced array of tensioned elastic cords removably connected to a support and constitutes an inexpensive, compact, flexible mechanism for providing a substantial variety of continuously variable or controlled, repeatable exer... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5395159 | Headrest A headrest which is mounted to the rear window of a vehicle. Suction cups permit the headrest to be mounted, positioned and released. A specially designed compression device is utilized between the headrest and suction cup to create an intense vacuum in t... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5390095 | Visual signaling device A visual signaling device which has a horizontally extending lamp which is connected to an electrical housing and which is surrounded by a reflector body. The reflector body has a pair of oppositely extending horizontal parabolic troughs and a downwardly ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5382450 | Method for powder spray coating an article using a conveyor having a wiping surface An apparatus for and method of coating an article by the use of electro-static attraction of ionized particles which are subsequently cured. The apparatus includes a first foraminous conveyor for carrying the article through a powder coating zone and a se... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5381305 | Clip for clamping heat sink module to electronic module A spring clip for clamping a heat sink module to an electronic module. The heat sink module has a flat upper surface and a plurality of vertical cooling elements which extend upwardly from the upper surface of the heat sink module. The clip includes a cen... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5381041 | Self clamping heat sink A self clamping heat sink for releasable connection to an electrical component having a bottom surface and a top surface. The self clamping heat sink includes a base and a pair of inverted U-shaped spring arms at opposite sides of the base which extend up... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5345728 | Sewer chimney coupling A sewer chimney for connecting a surface branch sewer pipe to a deeply buried main sewer pipe having a fixture with an upwardly facing opening. The chimney is constructed of a plurality of precast concrete elements including a supporting base adjacent the... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5345890 | Milking claw ferrule aperture and sanitizing methodology A modified milking machine claw having ferrules or connectors with an aperture in the surface of each ferrule to allow complete sanitation of milk lines and removal of debris from pockets between the ferrule and the tube lumen of short milk tubes.... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5326409 | System for peripheral differential heat treatemnt to form dual-property workpiece A system for developing a metal workpiece in which the center and the periphery have different properties. The workpiece is processed to put it into a first metallurgical condition. Then, a portion of the periphery is dipped into a molten salt bath and th... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5322210 | Display box A display box for protectively packaging contents is disclosed. When the display box is in the closed position, the contents are retained by at least one depression or aperture in the forward wall of at least one right triangular prism that comprises the ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5320567 | Aquatic rescue device A rescue device for use by an operator on an ice surface and in water. The device has a pair of elongated buoyant bodies which are pivotally connected for movement relative to each other between an operative position in which the bodies are spaced and lie... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5313680 | Combination drilling and wrenching tool A combination drilling and wrenching tool which has three basic components, an inner housing for holding a drill bit, an intermediate housing for holding the inner housing, and an outer housing for holding the intermediate housing. The intermediate housin... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5314292 | Material clamping apparatus A clamping apparatus for use on a material handling machine. The clamping apparatus includes a mounting bracket which is fixed to the material handling element of the machine, a connecting bracket which is pivotally mounted on the mounting bracket and a c... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5307292 | Method of quantifying the topographic structure of a surface A fractal-based or "patchwork" method for analyzing topographic data simulates covering the surface of a specimen surface with triangular patches in order to determine the relative surface area which is a function of patch size or scale of observation or ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5306046 | Ski pole security system A ski pole with automatic retractable mechanism for securing ski equipment and preventing theft. The retractor mechanism has a ratchet mechanism in which a gear is fixed to a rotatable spool on which is wound a security line and a pawl which is positioned... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5306019 | Arrow with nock assembly An arrow with a nock assembly is disclosed. The rear end of the arrow shaft has a bore which has a rearwardly facing opening. One or more vanes are fixed to the outer surface of the arrow shaft. An adapter is mounted within the bore and is fixed to the sh... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5293719 | Sewer chimney coupling A sewer chimney and method of forming a sewer chimney for connecting a surface branch sewer pipe to a deeply buried main sewer pipe having a fixture with an upwardly facing opening. The chimney is constructed of a plurality of precast concrete elements in... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5289814 | Adjustable archery bow sight An adjustable archery bow sight for attachment to an archery bow to facilitate archery accuracy. The adjustable archery bow sight includes a base, a carriage which is slidably mounted to the base and a mechanism connected to the base to attach the adjusta... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5289344 | Integrated-circuit lead-frame package with failure-resistant ground-lead and heat-sink means The lead-frame in an integrated circuit package, a standard package designated SOT-89, has a plurality of leads of which at least one is an extension of a die-attach pad. At least one ground wing is formed as an extension of a peripheral portion of the di... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5271313 | Position-controlled actuator A position-controlled actuator including a double acting pneumatic actuator, a selector valve which causes function of the actuator, a comparator which controls the action of the selector valve in response to a comparison between an input signal and a sig... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5271829 | Treatment system for waste water A dispenser for introducing treatment material into an interceptor or grease trap for the purpose of digesting the grease or other hazardous materials which is separated from waste water which flows through the grease trap. The dispenser includes a housin... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5264255 | Method of applying a coating of loose particle material to an article A system for coating articles by the use of electrostatic attraction of ionized particles which are subsequently cured. The system includes a pair of carriers for jointly carrying each article through the system, from application of the particles to the a... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5264037 | Powder coating system An apparatus for and method of coating an article by the use of electro-static attraction of ionized particles which are subsequently cured. The apparatus includes a first foraminous conveyor for carrying the article through a powder coating zone and a se... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5264123 | Acid recycling system A system for removing acid from a metal-rich acid stream by diffusion dialysis. The acid stream is contacted with a water stream through an ion exchange membrane, in a series, counter-current flow contactor. The contactor is formed of a stack of layers of... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5244799 | Preparation of a polymeric hydrogel containing micropores and macropores for use as a cell culture substrate A hydrophilic substituent of a bicontinuous cubic phase in equilibrium is polymerized and the unpolyermized components subsequently removed and replaced with water, creating a hydrogel which is locally highly cross-linked but of high water content because... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5238036 | Gas nozzle adapter An adapter for a gasoline pump nozzle which is equipped with a gasoline fume return hose that extends over the rigid tubular portion of the nozzle. The hose has an outer open end which is normally aligned with the other open end of the rigid tube. The hos... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5238613 | Microporous materials A new type of polymeric microporous membrane has been synthesized which is distinguished by a highly-branched porespace morphology that is continuous and triply-periodic, and thus very precisely controlled and easily characterized. The membrane consists o... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5219250 | Cutting tool for plasterboard A tool for cutting an access hole in plasterboard which is mounted to a wall stud. The tool includes a housing portion, a plug or connector portion and a cutting element such as a screw which has a head and a threaded shank. The housing portion has an exi... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5201642 | Magnetic drive pump A magnetic drive pump which is a type of sealers pump which utilizes magnets to drive an internal rotating assembly consisting of an impeller and inner magnet ring which is located in a containment shell. An outer magnet ring is located outside of the con... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5200902 | Airport control/management system Image on a computer screen of a 3-dimensional vehicle path is superimposed on a 3-dimensional map of a local space envelope. The 3-dimensional image is then used to control/manage the traffic in an airport.... | 04/06/1993 |
