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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5446235 | Drawer and lid activated musical rotating ornament A musical article of furniture, here jewelry armoire (10') which includes a pivotal lid (38') for activating and deactivating a musical movement (19). Mechanical spring wound musical movement (19) is attached to a supporting surface (14') which in turn is... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5411457 | Infant exercise and entertainment device An infant entertainment and development device (10) is disclosed which in its preferred embodiment includes a sliding inclined bed (11) which has a stationary perpendicularly disposed kick board (25) positioned at the lower foot end of the bed (11). The i... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5400510 | Windshield glass knife brace The invention is a brace for a windshield glass knife. In a preferred embodiment, the brace has a hollow, cylindrical sleeve which fits over the top of the handle of a conventional manual windshield glass knife. The cylindrical sleeve is rotatably attache... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5394700 | Stirling engine with ganged cylinders and counter rotational operating capability A Stirling cycle engine having its cylinders ganged together by connecting through a cross connect passage and valve the cold variable volume chamber of one cylinder with the compression chamber of a cylinder in which the displacer piston and the power pi... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5394832 | Equine feed bin The invention is a feeder for horses comprising an elongate feeder housing with a feeding chamber. Feeder has a rounded front forming an elliptical arc in relation to the back with a feed access opening in the front. The feed access opening accommodates e... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5390590 | Apparatus for breaking and coring food products A toroidal shaped impact assembly (10) for use in a hydraulic food cutting system is disclosed. Impact assembly (10) includes frustum shaped housing (22), an attachment plate (28) for mounting the assembly within a hydraulic food assembly, and a toroidall... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5389059 | Honeycomb structural material A honeycomb structural material formed from flat sheet material 60 by establishing a plurality of channels along parallel channel fold lines 68 and reverse channel fold lines 74 and reverse channel cuts 70. A spaced array of holes 66 are cut in the top su... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5386990 | Golf course timing method and system Embodiments of a golf course timing method and system are shown and described. A countdown timer is carried by a golfer or flight of golfers to indicate the golfer's progress relative to an allotted maximum time for the total course and/or for each hole. ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5375582 | Method and apparatus for regulating temperature of natural gas fuel A combined LNG vaporizer and engine to aftercooler coolant heat exchanger 72 is provided for use in maintaining vaporized gas fuel at a design temperature band within the charged combustion air temperature so as to automatically compensate for ambient air... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5372535 | Leafcutter bee management system including a laminate bee board A bee nest made from a plurality of bee board laminates held in close side by side relation by a permanent, flexible and lightproof backing material. The nest includes a closure for releasably opening and closing the nest at the front edges of the laminat... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5370436 | Dual composition bed liner A dual composition bed liner (10) is disclosed which includes a unitary side and front wall member (11) formed of a resilient plastic, such as polyethylene, and which has a rubber bed mat (18) integrally attached to the unitary wall member (11). A plurali... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5368633 | Pressurized radioactive gas treatment system A system for collecting, transferring and storing radioactive gas released from other radioactive materials. In the described process, gas pump (24) removes gas from a headspace volume within an unvented radioactive material storage vessel (8). The gas is... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5367793 | Winter golf shoe spikes The invention is a replaceable golf shoe cleat or spike 10 for use in place of a standard metal spike 4. Winter golf shoe spike 10 preferably has a main cleat body 11 molded from a durable plastic type material in single unitary fashion. A threaded stud 1... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5366699 | Apparatus for thermal destruction of waste An apparatus for the thermal destruction of waste which includes an afterburner assembly for removing pollutants from industrial waste streams by high temperature thermal destruction using a mixture of gas and gaseous hydrocarbons which is injected into t... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5365970 | Gravity flow chemigation system and low level shutoff valve A gravity flow chemigation system (10) is disclosed which generally consists of chemical supply tank (37), in which chemical (29) is contained, a supply line (37) connected to the bottom of chemical supply tank (36), and a low-level shutoff valve (11) sus... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5358095 | Removable conveyer flight A removable conveyor flight formed of a flight body 12 having downwardly extending arcuate clamp arms. A pair of opposing arcuately shaped rigid clamps (14) and (16) are embedded within the flight body. Formed integrally with clamps (14) and (16) are comp... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5358573 | Method of cleaning a pipe with a cylindrical pipe pig having pins in the central portion A pipe pig is reciprocated through a section of a pipe having deposits of scale. In the case of very hard deposits, each pass through the contaminated sections removes a thin layer each time. The location of the coated section can be located by first runn... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5356240 | Soil gas and moisture removal A system for removing soil gases, including radon, and moisture from the proximity of building foundations is disclosed. In one embodiment, a network of grooves is scored in the top surface of a cement slab foundation. Tubing with filtered openings for th... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5354954 | Dielectric miniature electric cable A multiple conductor electric cable (10) having a plurality of conductors (12), each formed of a multi-filament tensile core (14) of unbonded aramid fibers (16). The conductors (12) further have at least a pair of tinsel conductor ribbons (18, 20), spiral... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5351893 | Electromagnetic fuel injector linear motor and pump The invention is a linear electromagnetic motor which operates to reciprocate a pump plunger within a central pump barrel. The motor has a ferromagnetic armature annularly connected to the pump plunger, located in an annular space in the motor core about ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5349186 | Electrospray interface for mass spectrometer and method of supplying analyte to a mass spectrometer A novel electrospray interface provides high sensitivity and signal stability for mass spectrometric detection of analytes in solvents with high water content including 100% water. The electrospray capillary tip section is heated close to the boiling poin... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5342062 | Gallery, silhouette, and target system which is easily resettable, collapsible, and portable A multiple option gallery, silhouette and target system having a remotely resettable silhouette or other target support apparatus which is operative to reset the target system merely by the pull of a small rope or cord. The apparatus includes a reset mome... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5335625 | Portable programmable liquid feed dispensing device An apparatus for dispensing a liquid feed supplement to animals in measured quantity according to an established schedule within which both quantity dispensed and times when dispensed are user definable. Liquid feed is allowed to flow from a bulk storage ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5328228 | Cover for truck bed and cargo Embodiments of a cover for a truck bed are shown and described. A lever assembly rotates bi-directionally and parallel to a side of the truck bed to swing a roller above the truck bed. A tarp is attached to the truck bed and to the roller and is extended ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5329437 | Retractable electric candle system Embodiments of a retractable electric candle system are shown and described, each for installation into a window sill so that the candle rises out of the sill for use and retracts down into the space under the sill for storage. The candle system includes ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5318786 | Suspended beverage infusion bag A suspended beverage infusion bag (10, 20) is disclosed. The bag has a cover (13, 23) which is two generally planar leaves (12, 22) separated by a fold line (14, 24). The fold line (14, 24) may be vertical or horizontal, depending on the style of the infu... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5314289 | Vehicle crane unit Various embodiments are shown and described, each of a vehicle crane unit for loading, unloading, and dumping objects from a vehicle and for moving objects that rest on the vehicle or off of the vehicle. The vehicle crane unit includes a vehicle horizonta... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5061077 | Knock out paddle shaft for mixing machines A removable three-piece paddle shaft assembly (30) for use in a mixing machine such as a mortar mixer (11) is disclosed. Three-piece paddle shaft assembly (30) includes paddle shaft drive spindle (31), main paddle shaft (32), and a paddle shaft supporting... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5058478 | Cutter blade assembly for hydraulic food cutting apparatus A cutter blade assembly 100 for producing elongated string cuts of food product using a hydraulic cutting apparatus where the elongated string cuts produced are free from feather cuts and compression cell damage, and further have small cross-sectional are... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5035915 | Helical split ring french fry A cut food piece formed in the shape of a helical split ring (10) by means of first cutting a slot in the whole food product by slot cutter (30) prior to urging the whole food product into engagement with cutter blade assembly (20) having wheel plate (21)... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5033135 | Disposable sleeping bag A disposable sleeping bag (10) is disclosed which is manufactured using a spunbonded olefin material in place of the standard paper or cloth outer cover and inner lining. A layer of polyester batting (16) is used as the primary insulation material while a... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5027691 | Fiddle stick An electric stringed instrument, namely a fiddle stick (10) and a combination magnetic and contact pickup (20) are disclosed. Fiddle stick (10) has a set of five metallic strings (16) being attached under tension along the length of elongated body (11). E... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5026094 | Adjustable mud flap assembly An adjustable mud flap assembly (10) which utilizes the transverse bar member (6) of a trailer hitch assembly (5) as the main support for the mud flaps. Mud flap assembly (10) has a pair of right and left L-shaped mud flap frame members (11 and 22) being ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5010796 | Helical split ring french fry and apparatus for making the same A cut food piece formed in the shape of a helical split ring (10) by means of first cutting a slot in the whole food product by slot cutter (30) prior to urging the whole food product into engagement with cutter blade assembly (20) having wheel plate (21)... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5010880 | Home traction device A home traction table 10 having a generally planar table 11 being supported by a pair of T-shaped leg members 20 and 21. A pelvic support frame 48 is disposed perpendicular to the plane of the table. A pelvic harness 42 is provided for supporting the pelv... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5009152 | Reverse diffusing baffle for applying sprout inhibitor to stored potatoes A diffusing baffle assembly (30) for use in diffusing a fog of sprout inhibiter chemical in the discharge of a potato storage ventilation fan centrally positioned in front of the discharge of fan (11) and having a central plenum (31) and with a plurality ... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5005030 | Hand held camera steadying device A camera steadying device (10) is disclosed which includes a motorized flywheel (14) for creating an inertial moment which tends to oppose sudden movements and vibrations, thereby substantially reducing or eliminating "camera shake." Flywheel (14) is hous... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4998727 | Athletic training timer An athletic training timer (10) including a selectable time-delay timer (11), a selectable signal duration timer (12), buzzer (14), a power supply (16) for powering the circuit and a remote foot switch (15) which is adapted to be activated by an athlete i... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4985813 | Light for emergency use An internally illuminated sphere 10 which will provide portable high intensity light suitable for emergency use, police use, traffic control or other purposes. It consists of a light source 21, a power source 27, and a control which may be internal or ext... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4977825 | Diffusing baffle applying sprout inhibitor to stored potatoes A diffusing baffle assembly (30) for use in diffusing a fog of sprout inhibiter chemical in the discharge of a potato storage ventilation fan centrally positioned in front of the discharge of fan (11) and having a central plenum (31) and with a plurality ... | 12/18/1990 |
