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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7591162 | Protective guide assembly for a roll forming machine A roll forming machine for forming a rain gutter wherein an internal guide assembly uses rollers to contact the finished surface of the partially formed gutter. ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7275403 | Longitudinal curvature adjustment assembly for a rain gutter roll forming machine A rain gutter roll forming machine wherein the final forming station has the exit drive rollers removed therefrom. The forming rollers for the lower front and back corners of the gutter are mounted for rotation about a single substantially horizontal axis and are su... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7336493 | Cold plate cooling apparatus for a rack mounted electronic module Apparatus which is capable of providing efficient cooling of rack mounted electronic modules while accommodating relatively large tolerances in the mounting of the modules. A plurality of thermally conductive sliding wedge blocks are interposed between the lower sur... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332913 | Method and apparatus for determining to which battery cell in a string of battery cells a test instrument is connected A method and apparatus for determining to which battery cell in a string of battery cells between a pair of busses a test instrument is connected. Knowing the average voltage of the battery cells in the string, the voltage from one of the busses to the side furthest... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7272966 | Multiple level entry guide for a roll forming machine An entry guide for a roll forming machine having fixed stop members for the different widths of sheet metal material which can be accommodated by the roll forming machine. The fixed stop members are offset in the vertical direction. Accordingly, when the roll formin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7252194 | Trash container liner dispenser box including a reinforcing insert A dispenser for trash container liners including a rigid box containing a supply of liners in the form of a cylindrical roll of a continuous strip of liners. The liners extend through an open slot in the top of the box and the innermost liner of the roll is securely... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7204179 | Shear assembly for a roll forming machine A shear assembly for a roll forming machine which forms a rain gutter. A pair of coplanar blade members separated along a vertical line are caused to first move vertically downwardly, then have their lower ends pivot outwardly and, finally, have their upper ends piv... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7161416 | Programmable filter A filter wherein the poles and zeroes are programmable in a high speed control loop to form a particular desired filter profile. The control loop retrains the filter's poles and zeroes during the “off” time between the reception or transmission time slots. Desir... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148708 | Probe assembly for minimizing excitation pick-up voltages A probe assembly for use with a battery impedance meter which minimizes excitation pick-up voltages by routing the wires from the meter to the battery cell terminals without forming a loop within a changing magnetic field caused by current drawn from the battery cel... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7077795 | Feet-binding apparatus for a tilting inversion exercise machine A feet-binding apparatus for a tilting inversion exercise machine comprising an adjusting device, a control device, and an ankle holder. The adjusting device is connected to the tilting inversion exercise machine. The control device includes a pivoting member pivota... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067740 | Conversion kit for a remote monitoring system transmitter A conversion kit for providing a sealed environment for containing a remote monitoring system transmitter and providing electrical connections between the transmitter and an existing environmentally sealed cable harness. The existing cable harness is terminated by a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6981397 | Roll forming machine with improved adjustability and profile changing capability A roll forming machine wherein a single operator can quickly replace roll forming stations to change the desired lateral profile and wherein adjustments to the lateral positions of the roll forming stations can be quickly effected. This is accomplished by mounting t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6948349 | Rain gutter roll forming machine with independent adjustments A roll forming machine for a debris shedding rain gutter having a lower trough and an upper hood, wherein independent adjustments are made to the front wall of the trough to insure that its upper edge is behind the forward end of the trough. An independently adjusta... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945604 | Lifting toilet chair A lifting toilet chair having arm rests which are utilized to provide a leveraging action to allow the user to control the ascent and descent of a pivoting toilet seat as well as to assist the user in raising himself/herself from a sitting to a standing posture.... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6922058 | Method for determining the internal impedance of a battery cell in a string of serially connected battery cells A method for determining the internal impedance of each battery cell within a system including at least one parallel string of serially connected battery cells without disconnecting the battery cells from the system, which initially makes measurements of two battery... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6846124 | Collar for a barbed connector A collar for a connection between a resilient tube and a rigid barbed connector. The collar comprises a generally cylindrical sleeve member having interior annular ridges. When the collar is installed on the tube surrounding the barbed connector, the ridges press in... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6789989 | Screw having a head with concave underside An integrally formed screw, such as a wood screw has a threaded cylindric stem and a head (9). At least a part (25) of the head (9) is shallowly convexly curved (25) and is provided with a screwdriver recess (26). The head (9 | 09/14/2004 |
| 6772629 | Diaphragm gas meter tangent assembly utilizing a cam for stroke adjustment An adjustable tangent assembly for a positive displacement diaphragm gas meter is provided with a cam on the stroke adjuster. Use of the cam results in a linear relationship between angular movement of the stroke adjuster and the stroke adjustment. ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6766676 | Roll forming machine with quick-change profile A roll forming machine of the type which forms an indeterminate length panel of a desired lateral profile from a uniform width supply strip of sheet metal having a pair of parallel straight edges, wherein the machine defines a predetermined path of travel for the su... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6684431 | Angle-adjustable tabletop personal support apparatus An angle-adjustable tabletop personal support apparatus includes a positioning base for positioning on the top of a table, a supporting mattress unit pivoted to the positioning base and adapted to support the user's head and chest, and an angle adjustment... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684426 | Folding collapsible massage bed A folding collapsible massage bed constructed to include a bedstead formed of two equal open frames hinged together by leaved hinge means, two mattress elements respectively mounted on the open frames, two legs respectively pivoted to the open frames, two... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6660396 | Molded encapsulated indicia system A system for permanently associating identifying indicia with a previously manufactured product. Silicone sheet material having imbedded therein a quantity of thermally activatable crosslinking catalyst is secured to the product. An indici-containing elem... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6651426 | Loader drive system A hydraulically operated drive system for mini-loaders and like machines is disclosed. The system incorporates hydraulically operated wheels or sprocket/track arrangements as well as auxiliary functional mechanisms. Tandem hydraulic pumps are used, each o... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6632164 | Silicone bag assembly manufacturing apparatus Apparatus for forming a bag assembly from a tube and a tubular flexible membrane operates in accordance with a four step process. This process includes the steps of clamping the tube within an open end of the membrane, injecting liquid adhesive into the o... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6432345 | Single-step method of manufacturing a silicone tube manifold A method for forming, in a single step, a silicone manifold interconnecting a plurality of silicone tubes is performed by providing a silicone insert piece having a network of interior channels dimensioned the same as the silicone tube interiors. Solid no... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6388642 | Bidirectional multispeed indexing control system A bidirectional multispeed indexing control system for a display unit which has an increment input and a decrement input so as to be controllable to sequentially index through an ordered list of discrete elements. The control system has a two-button user ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6379596 | Method of forming a fitting for a reinforced silicone tube A method for forming a fitting at an end of a braid-reinforced silicone tube. A short length of the outer layer surrounding the braiding is removed and the exposed braiding is folded back over a first silicone ring and then a second silicone ring is place... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6375361 | Optical fiber connector electromagnetic shield assembly An electromagnetic shield assembly for an optical fiber connector which comprises a conductive frame member enclosing an open space and a plurality of conductive fibers each secured at only one end to the frame member and extending into the open space. Th... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6371769 | Magnetic clamp adaptor An adaptor for use with a magnetic clamp device to ground electrical apparatus to a metallic ground plane. The adaptor has a conductive baseplate and at least one clamp member secured to the baseplate for clamping a ground plate flange of the apparatus to... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6345874 | Cabinet mounting structure Cabinet mounting structure where the rear of the cabinet is inaccessible. The structure includes anchors mounted to the rear of the cabinet. A base plate having receptacles secured thereon is installed on a supporting surface. The receptacles are formed w... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6324933 | Planar movable stage mechanism Apparatus for moving a platform in X and Y directions including a first shaft secured along a first edge of the platform and oriented axially in the X direction and a second shaft secured along a second edge of the platform and oriented axially in the Y d... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6322175 | Circuit card enclosure with integral circuit card guides and heat dissipation apertures A circuit card enclosure formed of sheet metal with its top and bottom walls having integrally formed circuit card guides. The guides are lanced and formed projections extending inwardly from the top and bottom walls and are spaced from the respective wal... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321925 | Multiple layer hinged enclosure A multiple layer hinged enclosure utilizes two sets of parallel hinge pins to be able to stack as many layers as desired. An outer set of hinge pins is utilized by the cover and an inner set of hinge pins is utilized by intermediate layers to form an offs... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6309158 | Adjustable length captive panel fastener A captive panel fastener has a telescopically adjustable two-part sleeve which provides a mechanism whereby the length of the fastener is selectively adjustable.... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6301424 | Distribution frame cable routing apparatus Apparatus for routing cables in a distribution frame. The apparatus includes a planar panel having takeup spools mounted thereon for the storage of excess lengths of cable. A hollow cylindrical member is mounted for pivoting movement about a pivot axis, w... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6295399 | Non-linear temperature compensating device for fiber gratings and a package therefor A non-linear temperature compensating device for optical fiber gratings includes first and second expansion members having different coefficients of thermal expansion. The expansion members are elongated in a direction parallel to the fiber grating and le... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6288562 | Test pin for a printed circuit board A test pin for providing test probe access to a plated via in a multi-layer printed circuit board. The test pin comprises a first straight part adapted to extend through the via in contact with the via plating and a second part formed into a loop for enga... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6287284 | Silicone bag assembly The combination of a bag and tubes connected thereto for use in pharmaceutical manufacturing and for holding health care related solutions is formed entirely of silicone. This avoids the previous problem of the releasing into the held fluids of plasticize... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6285324 | Antenna package for a wireless communications device An antenna package for use in a wireless communications device. The package includes a metallic leadframe section having a plurality of leads and a paddle shaped as a planar antenna, and dielectric material encapsulating the paddle and portions of the lea... | 09/04/2001 |
