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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6595719 | Screed device in a road-paving vehicle such as asphalt finisher A screed device in a road-paving vehicle such as an asphalt finisher, enabling the width of pavement to be steplessly changed up to about three times the width of the main screed through a simple operation. The screed device is so constituted that a pair ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6428071 | Gripper with enhanced opening range A power gripper for a machine or robotic tool having a housing provided with a cylinder and piston for actuating a pair of finger carriers slidably mounted on the housing to reciprocate between open and closed positions wherein the range of opening is enh... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6399366 | Method and apparatus for composting organic waste together with its packaging cartons, boxes or crates on site The apparatus includes a housing having a shredding station, a blending or mixing station, a receiving chamber for receiving boxes and/or crates in a shredded state, and a decomposition chamber for receiving a mixture of the shredded organic waste and the... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6349889 | Coffee blending apparatus A coffee blending and dispensing apparatus whereby coffee purchasers can automatically customize a desired blend of two or more different types of coffee beans that weighs and packages the blended coffee in containers either as ground coffee blend or as a... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6334239 | Key holder This disclosure is directed to a key and memo pad holder which includes a garment clip in the form of an alligator clip having a bar like jaw to which a main key loop is detachably connected. The main key loop includes a slidably disposed sleeve on one en... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6309003 | Power gripper This disclosure is directed to a power gripper for use with a robotic tool that includes a housing having formed therein opposed pairs of piston and cylinder arrangements to effect the drive of a corresponding finger carrier slidably supported on each end... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6200029 | Heat retaining container and method of forming same A heat retaining container for maintaining heated food warm for a considerable period of time and method of making same that includes an outer cover formed of a rectangular blank of sheet material having reversely folded marginal portions to define oppose... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6199949 | Child safety seat A child safety seat having a child seat hingedly mounted on a seat support for use in a vehicle. The child seat includes a seat portion and a back portion with interconnecting sides, pivotally mounted on a seat support, whereby the child seat can be pivot... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6173847 | Storage rack A storage rack having a plurality of shelves between end frames. Each of the plurality of shelves has U-shaped retainers that are snap fit, press fit, or friction fit onto a vertical member of the tubular end frame. A lateral support member attached to th... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6146324 | Magnetic analgesic therapeutic device A therapeutic magnetic and analgesic pad or bandage formed of opposed strips interconnected to define a space or pocket therebetween for receiving a plurality of permanent magnets for generating a magnetic field to effect healing and/or reducing pain of a... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6144809 | Stereoscopic camera A stereoscopic camera for stereoscopic photography, which reduces losses in the screen when taking a picture in a close range and provides optimum stereoscopic effect without the need of adjusting the distance between the slides that are being mounted. A ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6135771 | Dental cartridge having an attachable delivery portion A dental cartridge or capsule for dispensing a dental material, such as an amalgam, cement, or glass ionomer. A body portion has a reduced diameter end. A frangible seal is placed adjacent or within the reduced diameter end. A delivery portion or cap has ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6116414 | Single patient dose medicament dispenser with applicator A tray having wells or depressions therein for holding a medicament or material and an applicator for applying the medicament or material. The applicator well has one open end from which a portion of the applicator extends. A cover seals the medicament or... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6114636 | Apparatus for weighing small articles such as gelatin capsules The capsules or other products (1) are fed by a vertically arranged tube-shaped conveyor (4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 112, 13) in single file and taken up one at a time by a tangential wheel (16) which is fitted with reference teeth (18), with each tooth supporting... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6099307 | Dental capsule for containing and dispensing low viscosity dental material and method of filling and applying said low viscosity material A dental capsule or syringe and method for packaging, storing and/or dispensing a low viscosity or liquid-like dental material in which the liquid dental material is saturated in a sponge or cellular foam-like filler confined within the body portion or ch... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6079055 | Protective shoulder pad A protective shoulder pad which is adapted to be worn on either the right or left shoulder of a wearer for supporting a load, and which includes a protective pad having a band forming an underarm loop connected adjacent one side thereof, and a pair of bod... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6076925 | Eyeglass holder This disclosure is directed to an eyeglass holder arranged to be worn on one's clothing and includes a base defining a jaw to which there is pivoted a movable jaw and a mounting ring connected to the base for supporting an elastic or flexible "0" ring for... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6059570 | Dental container type applicator A dental container type applicator in the form of a capsule, dental tip or squeeze bottle having a body portion terminating in a discharge nozzle having a discharge orifice upon which minute fibers or flocking is adhered about the external surface of the ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6003431 | Rotary actuator A rotary actuator including a housing provided with a fluid actuated drive assembly operatively connected to a rotary plate arranged to effect the drive thereof, wherein the housing and the rotary plate are provided with complementary cooperating stop abu... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5976550 | Dietary food supplement A dietary food supplement for weight reduction formed of a mixture of a sugar based confectionary containing therapeutic amounts of chitosan, kava and a fat burning nutriceutical which may include choline/inusital, chromium picolinate, beta-hydroxy-beta-m... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5970713 | Water engine A water engine having a rocking beam that includes a bucket. A reservoir is mounted on each end of the beam. The respective reservoirs are provided with a valved discharged opening which are alternatively actuated as the corresponding bucket is moved to i... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5967581 | Gripper assembly with improved center repeatability A gripper assembly for use in automated machines or robotics having a piston driven activator for effecting corresponding linear parallel displacement of opposed finger carriers and associated gripper fingers between a retracted and protracted position wi... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5934460 | Calcium hydroxide multi-pack container and method of forming same A calcium hydroxide unit-dose multi-package and method of forming the package that includes sealed chambers or compartments each containing a capsule having a connected needle forming a nozzle which is open at the discharge end. The capsule is pre-filled ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5919116 | Exercising device for facial muscles and mouth A facial muscle and mouth exerciser for maintaining the health, appearance, and flexibility of the facial and mouth muscles, and useful as a therapeutic device to prevent disfigurement of damaged tissues that may result from burns or cuts about the face a... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5907830 | Electronic coupon distribution An electronic coupon distribution system providing on-line coupon information for a potential consumer using a personal computer connected to a host computer. A potential consumer using a personal computer and a modem connects to a host computer via the I... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5876384 | Micro aspirator This invention is directed to a micro aspirator for use in performing microsurgery for the removal of blood, debris and fluids from around the micro surgical site. The micro aspirator includes an elongated flexible tube which is preferably transparent, wh... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5871355 | Dental mixing capsule for dispensing a multiple component dental material A dental capsule that requires a capsule body defining a reservoir that is loaded with predetermined amounts of one or more materials to be mixed, sealed by a removable plug having flexible gripping flange fingers extending laterally relative to the axis ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5819921 | Calcium hydroxide package and method of forming same A calcium hydroxide package and method of forming the package that includes a sealed vial containing a capsule having a connected needle forming a nozzle which is open at the discharge end. The capsule is prefilled with a predetermined amount of calcium h... | 10/13/1998 |
