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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5269032 | Portable, readily assembled, easily upholstered headboard A portable, readily assembled, easily upholstered and re-upholstered headboard of two posts or stiles, two inter-fitting rails which are readily assembled and locked to the posts or stiles without tools, and a muslin or a muslin-like covered cushioned pan... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5244280 | Flexible intermediate bulk containers A flexible woven fabric bulk container made of four panels with vertical selvage sides, vertical warps and cut edges in the direction of the weft at the top and bottom, with diagonally extending interlocking hemmed corners with upper portions splayed or f... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5177917 | Modular panel wall structure Modular wall panel structure comprising panels having a supporting skeleton of stiles, rails, and mullions of substantially uniform hollow rectangular section and wherein each vertical margin of a panel includes two spaced stiles and wherein each panel in... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5121750 | Apparatus for locating a catheter adjacent to a pacemaker node of the heart A method and apparatus for locating a catheter adjacent to a pacemaker node of the heart. The placement of a catheter tip just before SA heart pacemaker node is a common and desired procedure in medicine, with the most serious complication being its accid... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5078678 | Method and apparatus for locating a catheter adjacent to a pacemaker node of the heart A method and apparatus for locating a catheter adjacent to a pacemaker node of the heart. The placement of a catheter tip just before SA heart pacemaker node is a common and desired procedure in medicine, with the most serious complication being its accid... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5078714 | Method and apparatus for placement of a probe in the body and the medical procedure for guiding and locating a catheter or probe in the body A method and apparatus for guiding a physician in the placement of a probe in the body. The method of placement of a catheter or probe in the body through a multi-directional walled path departing from a straight line involving inserting an insulated cath... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5006048 | Electrically-operated gear rotor pump The present disclosure is related to an improved electrically-operated gear rotor pump mainly adapted for automobile fuel injection system; a dc motor in driving connection with the pump is housed together with the pump in a unitary housing. The driving s... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4942685 | Light illuminated photo frame The present disclosure is concerned with a photo frame with a hidden light illumination loop made of light transmitting material, a DC or AC-operated light source can provide necessary light delivered by the light illumination loop all around the frame an... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4942894 | Multi purpose cartridge type handle assembly and tools "A multi-purpose cartridge type handle assembly" utilizing a movable block wedged in a "U"-shaped bracket and urged by a spring to hold various adaptors fitted with special sanitary tools for flexible operations.... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4938776 | Integrated ankle and foot prosthetic system Integrated prosthetic ankle and foot structure comprising an ankle portion of larger longitudinal dimension and smaller lateral dimension with a flexible and resilient ankle portion capable of both compression and expansion and a foot structure including ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4934394 | Umbrella with hollow staff and spring influenced canopy chords An umbrella comprising a staff, a canopy, and chords having their outer ends secured to the canopy margin and their inner ends slidable on the staff and being under the influence of a spring while the canopy is moved from folded position to open position ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4930264 | Polishing device The present disclosure is concerned with a grinding type polishing device equipped with a debris-intaking rotor which is disposed in the interior of the polishing device; and on the reverse side of the polishing plate are disposed a plurality of spaced ar... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4928465 | Modular privacy screen assemblies Modular privacy screen assemblies having one or more panels and vertical consolidating or joining members of channel formation mated to the panels by side openings or slots on the panels extending outwardly and downwardly and engaging upwardly and outward... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4903179 | Indoor/outdoor light decoration The present disclosure is related to an indoor/outdoor light decoration asssembly operable by either AC or DC power source, including a number of light strings sealedly disposed in corresponding transparent tubular holders which are well guarded against r... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4885664 | Sheathed string of christmas tree lights A flexible thermoplastic sheath for a string of Christmas tree electric lights which is generally tubular and formed with a set cross sectional shape corresponding to the spiral of Archimedes so that when the ends of the section of the spiral are forced a... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4807539 | Multi-station modular office furniture Multiple station modular office furniture including a primary table top partitioned to be shared privately by four users and coordinated with two lateral table tops partitioned to be shared by said four users so that each user has a primary table portion ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4610887 | Process for concentration of fermented juices by reversed osmosis The present invention relates to a process for treating fermented juices by reversed osmosis in particular for increasing concentration thereof in organic substances. The fermented product is treated under a pressure of from 30 to 120 bars and a strong tu... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4608729 | Lockable steering structure having a vertically slidable locking block A lockable steering structure suitable for the front wheels of a baby cart for children including a grooved block slideable upon T shaped rails attached to both a support frame and a wheel mount so that in a locked position the block engages both rails, s... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4604819 | Imitation medal An imitation medal including a pair of plastic casing parts arranged together to give an appearance of a unitary medal having a pair of spaced apart outer faces which can be decorated or inscribed. An internal cavity is defined between the casing parts, a... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4602656 | Receptacle for use in a portable power driven machine Disclosed is a receptacle for use in a portable power driven machine, which is arranged such that a flexible elastic hose at least partly provided with a coiled portion is allowed to stay within the receptacle by being drawn thereinto from a liquid take-o... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4602397 | Writing instrument An improved writing tool consists essentially of a punctuation marking and error designation rubber seal supplemented by a capping furnished with seal stamping paste; two holes within the body, to permit insertion of a pen or a pencil stick, and a ruler; ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4598856 | Process for making bimetallic seamless tubing of steel or special alloys for extrusion A process of making round tubes covered on the inside with a sleeve of a thickness on the order of 20 to 30% of the total thickness of the tubes. The components of the tube consist of steel of strong mechanical characteristics and of an interior of stainl... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4595142 | Blower/spray device A blower/spray device includes a liquid tank removably mounted on a main body, and a seal located between an outlet end of an air extracting line and an outer end of a tubular air introducing member for connecting and disconnecting an air extracting devic... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4593538 | Refrigeration cycle operatable by low thermal potential energy sources The invention provides an absorption-refrigeration system including: generator means in which the vapor of a volatile refrigerant, dissolved in n absorbent, is driven off the absorbent by heat exchange with a source of thermal energy; condenser means in which t... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4593866 | Magnetic brake for braking the line spool of a fishing reel A fishing reel comprising a frame, a line spool rotatably and releasably mounted in the frame and an induction-type magnetic brake for braking the fishing reel during casting is disclosed, in which a number of permanent magnets are mounted on a support wh... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4592484 | Seed-sowing element and drill for experimental plots A seed-sowing element intended to be mounted on a drill of the pneumatic type having a turbine, a general low pressure conduit circuit and a seed-sowing element, with the seed-sowing element comprising a low pressure assembly for recovering excess seeds i... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4592950 | Composite assembly forming thermal protection or dissipation screen The invention concerns a composite assembly forming a thermal protection or dissipation screen comprising a hot wall and a cold wall, wherein it includes between said hot wall and said cold wall at least two adjacent elements called vaporizer superheaters... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4590249 | Cationic ampholytic tetrapolymers and cosmetic compositions containing them The invention relates to new cationic ampholytic water-soluble tetrapolymers for cosmetic compositions for treating keratinous fibers and resulting from copolymerization of: a moles of acrylamide, AAM, b moles of 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-propane sulfonic acid, AM... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4587958 | Ultrasonic surgical device An ultrasonic oscillation device adapted for use in surgical operations includes, for the purpose of producing ultrasonic vibrations of an amplitude and power capable of exhibiting a satisfactory tissue shattering capacity in a wide field of living tissue... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4586693 | Shut-off apparatus The apparatus comprises a disk shaped shut-off flap located in the passage of a main body. The shut-off flap is mounted such to a rocking shaft that the flap can be lifted off its seat during one phase of movement of the rocking shaft and may be rotated i... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4586588 | Chain saw safety-brake system A chain saw safety-brake system including a pivotable member, and a screw located in side-by-side relation to the pivotable member and having a brake band connected thereto at one end. The screw can be operated from outside of the chain saw to adjust the ... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4583771 | Concrete pipe A concrete pipe has a socket end and a spigot end which consists of an annular cap made of plastic material and having an inner wall with an inner diameter corresponding to the inner diameter of the pipe, an outer wall with an outer diameter smaller than ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4584173 | Aluminium alloys An aluminium base alloy having a composition within the following ranges in weight percent: one or more constituents selected from the group consisting of Zirconium, Hafnium and Niobium as follows: ______________________________________ Zirconium ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4583699 | Level winding fishing reel A level-wind mechanism for fishing reels using a line-laying element having two parts normally reciprocable by means of a slide operated by a hand crank via a transmission. The two parts are disengageable and reengageable relative to said slide by rotatio... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4581931 | Differential level-monitoring float device A high-sensitivity device for measuring the mutual level differentials among a certain number of reading locations, the device comprising a plurality of containers, one for each reading location, mutually connected at the bottom ends by a piping opening i... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4582566 | Article die forming method A method of etching a surface of a metal object to obtain an etch pattern having a plurality of etch depths. The surface is provided with a first etch resistant coating so that at least one first designated surface region remains uncoated and the surface ... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4580742 | Magnetic brake for braking the line spool of a fishing reel An induction-type magnetic brake for braking the line of a fishing reel during casting is disclosed, in which a number of permanent magnets are supported by an annular support which is carried in a coaxial position relative to the axis of rotation of the ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4581402 | Novel stable water in oil dispersions of hydrosoluble cationic polymers based on salified or quaternized dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, process of preparation thereof and application thereof as flocculents The invention relates to stable water in oil dispersions, of hydrosoluble cationic polymers based on salified or quaternized dimethylaminoethyl acrylate copolymerized or not with acrylamide, and containing more than 5%(in moles) of cationic units uniforml... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4579712 | Composite material for sliding member having graphite-containing phosphor bronze sintered layer and method of manufacturing the same A composite material for a sliding member has a back metal layer and a graphite-containing phosphor bronze sintered layer bonded to the back metal layer. The graphite-containing phosphor bronze sintered layer consists essentially of 0.03 to 1 wt % phospho... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4577416 | Tracing sensor A sensor pin carrier (34) is disposed in a housing (20) and rests on a support member (26) by way of a bearing which is arranged all around a central longitudinal axis (40), and the sensor pin carrier is designed for securing at least one sensor pin (38).... | 03/25/1986 |
