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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5083076 | Portable battery booster A wheeled cabinet contains two internal booster batteries. Jumper cables are connectible to the booster batteries by a plug-and-socket connector. With the plug disconnected from the socket, end clamps of the jumper cables are applied across a battery or b... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5076757 | High head centrifugal slicing slurry pump The rotary drive shaft of a centrifugal pump extends vertically through a cylindrical housing and into a casing defining a bowl for the impeller of the pump. A mechanical seal and bearings for the drive shaft are positioned between the pump bowl and the i... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5070548 | Water-saving tank construction, attachment and method for flush toilets A buoyant block of rigid material is positioned beneath the float of a water supply valve in the toilet tank of a flush toilet so as to maintain the float a predetermined level above the surface of water in the tank. The float determines the level to whic... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5070526 | Signal analyzing system An analog communication signal such as the signal transmitted over a telephone line is converted to digital form for storage in the memory of a computer. Segments of the digital representation of the signal are analyzed to determine whether or not the sig... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5067750 | Coaxial cable screw connector attachment A one-piece plastic body has a central cavity of hexagonal cross section for receiving the hexagonal rotatable end portion of a standard screw connector of a coaxial cable. When inserted into the central cavity, the connector is snugly retained between a ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5066213 | Wax-casting components A mold-forming cup has a frustoconical interior tapering in cross-sectional size from the top of the cup to the bottom. A metal master model is mounted generally centrally of the interior of the cup, whereupon the cup is packed with rubber mold material. ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5046202 | Water-saving tank construction, attachment and method for flush toilets A buoyant block of rigid material is positioned beneath the float of a water supply valve in the toilet tank of a flush toilet so as to maintain the float a predetermined level above the surface of water in the tank. The float determines the level to whic... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5044410 | Automatic latching swinging mast mount The foot of the mast of a sailboat is secured to a heel component which, in turn, is swingably mounted in a base component. The base component is stationarily mounted on the sailboat hull such that the mast is swingable between a generally horizontal posi... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5036797 | Animal husbandry housing and method Tiers of cages for animals to be raised or tended are disposed in opposing orientation at opposite sides of an elongated room. The tiers are spaced above the floor of the room and inward from the opposite sidewalls. The ceiling of the room has a multiplic... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5033984 | Illuminated marker buoy A spherical buoy of translucent plastic material has a circular cutout leading to the open interior of the buoy. A cylindrical insert having a closed inner end portion and an open unobstructed interior is inserted into the cutout. The outer end portion of... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5033221 | Fishnet hanging system Separate anchor members (1, 1', 1", 1'", 40, 60, 70, 80, 80', 80") are secured at regularly spaced locations to a rope or line (L) to which a net (N) is to be coupled. The anchor members carry separate connectors (11, 11', 11", 11'", 50, 65, 65', 12'") wh... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5031705 | Crop-sensing cultivator A transmitter is mounted on a cultivator hitched to a tractor or the like for emitting a noninvasive sensor beam generally parallel to and in front of a soil-cultivating implement which tills the soil. Mechanism detects echoes from obstructions in the pat... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5022445 | Log splitter and exit conveyor A double-acting hydraulic ram drives a log section or block through a blade assembly to split the log section into several smaller pieces. The blade assembly is configured to minimize the force required to split the log section into several pieces without... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5003890 | Stump burner A stand supports a blast pipe generally upright with its open bottom end engaging against a stump. Fuel is inserted into the pipe and ignited. A blower injects air into the pipe to intensify the combustion of the fuel and promote burning of the stump adja... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5003940 | Quick adjust tappet assembly An inverted cup follower is fitted in a bore of the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine in line with the upright stem of an intake or exhaust valve. Such follower has a threaded central bore receiving a complementally threaded plug. The plug ha... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4998514 | Self-operating lash-adjusting tappet assembly In an overhead cam internal combustion engine, an adjustable thickness shim assembly is interposed between the end of a valve stem and the underside of a conventional inverted cup follower engaged by the cam shaft. A body component of the shim assembly fo... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4995166 | Archery bow range finder and sight A sight pin and top and bottom range finder pins are mounted on a slide movable vertically relative to the handle of an archery bow. The slide has mechanism for moving the range finder pins equally toward the sight pin or away from it as the slide is move... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4994289 | Aging of alcoholic beverages An alcoholic beverage is confined in a containment vessel having an internal wall of inorganic material (glass, stone, ceramic, enamel, cement, metal) exposed to the beverage. The vessel contains additional interfacing elements of inorganic material so as... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4957155 | Cooling system for continuous casting machines The casting wheel of a continuous casting machine is cooled by a conventional external spray cooling system, but the continuous band looped around the casting wheel to close a predetermined segment of it and thereby form a continuous moving mold cavity is... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4955603 | Barbell weight lock Externally threaded opposite end portions of the bar of a barbell are insertable into the central apertures of cylindrical weights. Locking sleeves having manually retractable inward-projecting locking pins are fittable on the externally threaded bar end ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4944506 | Exercise device with underwater treadmill Upright sidewall and end panels are bolted to a unitary base component having a treadmill so as to form a composite exercise tank. One end panel has a door of transparent sheet material with specialized hinges and locking mechanism to assure a leakproof f... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4937717 | Lighting system for hazardous areas Conduits having the electric wiring for supplying power to lighting fixtures in an area classified as hazardous by reason of the presence of potentially explosive dust, vapor or gas have unobstructed interior passages for conveying nonexplosive gas under ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4927085 | Apparatus for recycling oil filters A specialized crusher has an upright compartment sized to receive an individual oil filter resting on a grate at the bottom. A crusher plate above the filter is guided for vertical sliding movement in the compartment and is moved up and down by a hydrauli... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4927104 | Collapsible bag-supporting frame A normally horizontal base section supports the side section of a frame in upright position. A top section of the frame is normally positioned horizontally and has an open interior through which the lip of a bag can be inserted. The bag lip is wrapped dow... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4920900 | Planting device attachable to an agricultural vehicle In a planting device for attaching to an agricultural vehicle a planting slide is mounted on a frame for reciprocating sliding motion horizontally in the direction of travel of the vehicle under the influence of a hydraulically operable pressure cylinder.... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4912899 | Drywall edge reveal trim strip In conventional drywall construction, a drywall sheet is installed on upright studs with a top edge of the sheet spaced below a top plate or track. A novel rigid trim strip of generally M cross section has a horizontal top lip or first leg resting on the ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4905276 | Telephone earpiece extension attachment The open end of a thin shell is snugly fitted over the earpiece of a standard telephone handset to secure the shell on the handset. Teeth or projections can extend inward from the sidewalls of the shell for snap-fit connection of the shell to the earpiece... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4900034 | Random gambling playing pieces and layout and game table for use with the same Small pentagonal prisms of regular pentagon cross section have two opposite end faces and five circumferential side faces. The prisms are marked with indicia to indicate uniquely on which of the seven outer faces each of the prisms is resting. The length ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4900187 | Hydraulic actuator and lift apparatus An elongated operating cylinder has an internal piston assembly including axially spaced diametral disks. Such assembly is movable lengthwise in the internal cavity of the cylinder. A flexible force-transmitting component is connected to the piston assemb... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899652 | Key stamp An elongated base block of hard metal material has a flat upper surface to act as an anvil for a key resting on such surface. A narrow key-clamping rail extends lengthwise of the anvil and thumbscrews at its opposite ends may be turned to clamp the key. A... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4895094 | Fender hanger A return bent clip of substantially rigid but resilient material has a flat back with apertures and a projecting tongue for adjustably securing the suspension cord of a boat fender. The front and back portions of the clip define a first recess sized and s... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4895479 | Lift for watercraft A stationary rectangular base frame is mounted underwater and supports generally upwardly extending, swingable, parallel links or arms. A lift platform or lift pads are supported at the upper end portions of the arms and, in combination with the base fram... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4890084 | Inductance strain gauge Side-by-side inductor coils are wound in a single layer around a thin flat tubular frame. The frame has a closed end portion and is mounted on an insulative base sheet. An elongated thin magnetic core is cantilevered from a insulative connecting rod and n... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4889237 | Pill container calendar An upright calendar holder has spaced front and back panels for receiving a calendar sheet therebetween. The front panel is transparent for viewing of the calendar sheet. Separate multicompartment containers are mountable on the holder, one such container... | 12/26/1989 |
