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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6155648 | Power buggy A power buggy is configured to be safe, stable, easy to control, and comfortable. Frequently-used controls such as dump controls, a speed control, and a directional control, are located at or very near handgrips of the operator's handle so as to permit th... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6152722 | Device for receiving formwork elements for concrete building elements when manufacturing said building elements A device for receiving formwork elements used to manufacture concrete elements has a bearing static structure and a flat formwork joined therewith which can be driven to vibrate by an exciting device in order to compact the still-plastic concrete. The sou... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6135248 | Brake disk A brake disk has an inner annular portion or hub area and an outer annular portion or rub area that are interconnected by a number of spaced arms extending radially and circumferentially between the inner and outer annular portions. The arms can be formed... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6123158 | Electric tool with ducted cooled control electronics In a hand-held electric tool driven by an electric motor (2) and capable of being connected to a single-phase alternating current (4a), the electric motor (2) has no collector or slip ring, and its driving energy is supplied by control electronics (5) whi... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6121862 | Magnetic flux concentrator shield for use in overload relay A magnetic flux concentrator shield is disclosed for use with magnetic flux sensors in an overload relay for multiple pole electromagnetic contactor applications. The magnetic flux concentrating shield has slotted layers of laminated members. The layers h... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6120630 | Method of making a seat cushion A method of forming fabric for making foam-in-place molded articles such as preferably seat cushions. A film is secured to a frame and tacked by adhesive to a piece of fabric, not secured to the frame, that forms the outer covering of the seat cushion for... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6119796 | Pneumatic spring percussion mechanism with an air supply A double action pneumatic spring percussion mechanism has an air supply mechanism. A percussion piston is movable with a driving piston. In an air-supply position, ambient air is supplied through an air inlet to a front pneumatic spring. When the percussi... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6109638 | Honeycomb reinforced composite fiber bicycle frame A composite bicycle frame having at least a portion of the frame walls reinforced with an internal layer of honeycomb material is presented. The honeycomb material is essentially sandwiched between interior and exterior sections of the frame wall, with th... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6109485 | Self regulating valve assembly for controlling fluid ingress and egress from a transportable container which stores and distributes liquid under pressure A valve assembly, securable in an upper opening of a container for liquids, is simple and inexpensive to manufacture yet provides improved operability and is capable of relieving excess gas pressure within the container. The valve assembly preferably incl... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6106673 | Method for separating components of a fermentation process byproduct containing oil bound with fibers A process and system are provided for the separation of a fermentation process byproduct into its constituent components and for the subsequent recovery of those constituent components. The process is remarkably simple--requiring only 1) heating of a mixt... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6102413 | Snowmobile steering ski A snowmobile steering ski has an elongated one-piece blow molded body formed of polyethylene, preferably ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. The top wall of the body has raised portions defining hollow sections with the bottom wall and displays a ce... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6086482 | Billiard accessories combination and package construction A billiard accessories combination and package construction is disclosed which is used to effectively display billiard or pool accessories. The billiard accessories include a billiard ball, a billiard table brush and a billiard ball rack, all of which may... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6076616 | Working tool which can be guided in a grab handle A tool having an operating element that is driven by an integrated power drive for the percussive, pounding or vibratory loading of a material to be worked, in particular a tamper, a vibration plate or a vibration roll for ground compaction or a hammer fo... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6070723 | Reclosable package and method A reclosable package and method having an integral reclosable door adjacent one end that permits article removal from the end of the package. The package is comprised of a thermoformed blister body joined to a thermoformed backing body. The blister body h... | 06/06/2000 |