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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5537694 | Multi-purpose water pressure plunger A multi-purpose water pressure plunger is provided having a compressible cup defining an interior cavity and having a solid rubber upper portion with a top and a bottom. The cup has an outer wall which extends to form a barrel-like bottom with edges for p... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5535883 | Insulated beverage box for golf carts An insulated beverage box is provided which is compatible with standard golf cart baskets and is designed to minimize problems of poor fit and excessive movement of current beverage box designs. The beverage box provides a plurality of chambers for the st... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5533286 | Luminous electric sign An electric luminous display unit for conveying visual information including a housing comprising an opaque front face portion of substantially rigid molded plastic, an elongated groove in the front face portion of the housing, inert gas-containing glass ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5520945 | Method of rolling dough using a disposable sheet A disposable sheet is provided that may be used in food service applications to prevent the cross-contamination of foods and eliminate the need for time consuming clean-ups. The sheet comprises a porous layer for allowing materials such as oil or flour to... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5517091 | Modular electrical system for device units A modular electrical system (10) supplies power to and controls a plurality of electric motors (M1, M2, M3, M4) associated with a plurality of drive units folding or extending rows in a telescopic seating system... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5513751 | Hook dispensing apparatus and method A dispensing apparatus for housing a stacked supply of hooks which permits the individual withdrawal of a lowermost hook from the stack. A dispensing apparatus provides a chamber having an open top, a rear wall, two side walls, a front wall, a spaced floo... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5509650 | Automated practice target for goal-oriented sports and a method of training using the practice target An apparatus and method for improving the scoring skills of a player practicing a sport, such as hockey, ringette, broomball, soccer and lacrosse, involving propelling a playing piece into a goal tended by a goalkeeper is disclosed. A target support is si... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5505389 | Closed circuit grinding system A recirculating grinding plant with a crushing high-pressure roller press and sifter which has low energy consumption and which operates without a separate drive disagglomerator for disagglomerating the roll press scabs. The raw material together with the... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5502933 | Modular staircase system An "off the shelf" modular staircase system is described that allows for a flexible fit of the staircase into custom plan areas and/or areas in which the ceiling-to-floor height varies. The modules form a complete staircase and not a mere skeleton of a st... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5502342 | Machine having devices to reduce transmissions of structure-borne noise In the fastening of noise-generating machines, particularly centrifuges, the noise in the form of structure-borne noise is often transmitted to other parts of the plant. In order to largely to prevent this, separating joints (16, 17) filled with structure... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5492316 | Method and apparatus for opening signature sheets A method and apparatus (10) is provided for opening sheets of a signature (7) preparatory to its transport to a thread sewing machine. A plurality of suction plates (30, 32, 34, 36) are spaced from a conveying surface (12), each suction plate having a wor... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5485699 | Hospital bed guard An improvement for a standard hospital bed having a guard rail which provides for gap space, such improvement being a closure mounted on the bed rail at a gap and movable between a first position maintaining the gap and a second position closing the gap t... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5481864 | Cloth scrap recycling method A method for producing high quality fabrics using recycled fabric scraps is disclosed. By use of pre-gin contacting of the virgin carrier fibers as well as moistening the fiber scraps that are recycled, fiber length and fiber uniformity percentages are ma... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481786 | Method of manufacturing a recyclable carpet A tufted fabric (1) devoid of external chemical binders is formed by crosslapping a carded web of fibers (10) onto a back side (15) of a tufted primary backing (12), the opposed front side (19) of which having tufts (17) projecting therethrough, while it ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5480038 | Toothbrush holder A reversibly mounted holder for storing toothbrushes within a gap defined between a platform and an adjacent plate, the toothbrush being further attached to the holder by a coiled strap to prevent removal of the toothbrush from the immediate vicinity.... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5479864 | Trader desk nosing assembly A nosing assembly (10) is provided for a desk work surface (14) having a front end portion (12) and comprises a lower block (18) attached to the underside of the desk work surface, the lower block having a first exterior surface (19). A nosing (22) is att... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5479763 | Rotary filament assembly and method A rotary filament assembly is provided wherein a plurality of resilient monofilaments are attached to a rotary member such that free portions of the resilient monofilaments extend substantially vertically when the rotary member is at rest and such that up... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5477657 | Method of stacking a supply of hooks on a card A dispensing apparatus for housing a stacked supply of hooks which permits the individual withdrawal of a lowermost hook from the stack. A dispensing apparatus provides a chamber having an open top, a rear wall, two side walls, a front wall, a spaced floo... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5474515 | Method of discharging light-weight substances by abrupt change of rotational speed of a screw conveyor centrifuge component When a screw-conveyor centrifuge is turned off and its rotation speed diminishes to the point where the centrifugal force is smaller than the force of gravitation, the liquid ring formed inside the centrifuge bowl under the centrifugal force collapses, an... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5471964 | Apparatus and process for blending and treating fuel A fuel treatment apparatus and process is provided utilizing a blending head thereon defining a plurality of passages therein including a first passage and a second passage connected by a blending passage which includes a thermostat for blocking off the b... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5467915 | Lift-up handle A flexible handle for a container having unitary construction which has a substantially flat profile with a strap attached to flexible hinges and which can be secured flush with a surface of a container.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467840 | Drive unit for movement of telescopic seating system A drive unit (10) is provided for extending or retracting a telescopic seating system and includes a frame (14) into which a front axle (24) and a rear axle (26) are journaled, a plurality of transversely spaced wheels (28) mounted on the front axle (24) ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5465565 | Apparatus and method for delivery of sliver to ringless spinning machine A plant structure having three floors with first and second ringless spinning apparatuses located on the first floor and with vertical sliver feed tubes extending from the first and second ringless spinning apparatuses respectively to the second floor for... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5459990 | Facility and method for producing yarn A high efficiency facility for producing yarn is provided wherein fibers pass through machines in the following order: a mixing mechanism (1), a first pair of cleaners (5, 7), a laydown cross blender (11), a second pair of cleaners (15, 17), an air fiber ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5456369 | Telephone directory storage device and method Disclosed is an efficient and simple device and method for storing books such as telephone directories. This device supplements normal hanging vertical files such as produced by PENDAFLEX (TM) and, therefore, requires no substantial installation.... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5450702 | Decorative molding A decorative molding utilizes a tongue and groove system which produces a stable bond between a frame and covering. The frame possesses a projection which corresponds to a groove on the shell, and the two units are slidably engaged to form a connection. T... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5449422 | Method and device for the heat treatment of heat treatable material in an industrial furnace In the heat treatment of heat treatable material in an industrial furnace, in particular for the annealing of annealable material such as, for example, aluminum strip wound into a coil (1), by means of blowing of the annealable material with hot gas jets ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5441199 | Sonically welded handle A rotatable handle for a container is provided by sonic welding an inner disk to an outer strip of a handle, the disk permitting the rotation of the handle and providing a seal for the container openings through which the handle is connected.... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5437594 | Process for applying a handle A continuous motion apparatus for installing handles onto cartons includes a handle dispenser and a handle conveyor. The handle conveyor comprises a track associated with an overhead belt in a pronged pick-up arm. The pick-up arm inserts through a handle ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5431334 | Slide weld handle A sliding and rotatable handle assembly for a container is provided by sonic welding an inner disk to an outer strip of a handle, the disk providing a flexible tongue which permits the rotation and sliding of the handle with respect to container openings ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5428945 | Cleaning device for harvester-thresher The cleaning device for a harvester thresher includes a cross-flow fan supplying air to the cleaning sieve section and air guiding structure in the discharge flow from the fan to effect desired air distribution.... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428884 | Yarn conditioning process An automated yarn conditioning apparatus and process is provided. This apparatus and process allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conv... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5425432 | Oil addition device The apparatus according to the invention causes the level of lubricating fluid in a crankcase of an internal combustion engine to be maintained at a predetermined level at all times without reliance on power to operate the valve used to control the flow o... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5423109 | Yarn conditioning apparatus An automated yarn conditioning apparatus is provided. This device allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conveyor. Yarn conditioning is ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5421811 | Orthopedic support apparatus and manufacturing process An improved wrist brace is described wherein the improvement comprises the brace being formed generally from one piece of fabric having uniform elasticity, the fabric being folded and sewn in such a manner to provide tension in the carpal ligament area wh... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5419389 | Fuel treatment and measuring apparatus A fuel heater formed form an elongated structure which defines a fuel channel passing through the length thereof and which defines in the bottom thereof a fuel intake. The unitary structure also defines a heating fluid inlet and outlet on one side of the ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419298 | Internal combustion engine A fuel injection pump element 15 is mounted in an engine crankcase (1) adjacent its associated cylinder 9, and in substantially parallel orientation thereto so that the high pressure outlet 20 of the injection pump element 15 is close to the injection val... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5410788 | Yarn conditioning process & apparatus An automated yarn conditioning apparatus and process is provided. This apparatus and process allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conv... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5404828 | Rim lock apparatus An apparatus for securing a glass table top to a table rim, the apparatus providing a first ledge and a second ledge, the ledges rotating into respective gaps, thereby securing the table top within the rim. The apparatus further provides a spacing member ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5395451 | Paint temperature control system A paint system for an automotive plant circulates various colors of paint, primers and seal coats in individual circulation loops to the many paint booths in an automotive finishing facility. A plate type heat exchanger is used for each circulation loop a... | 03/07/1995 |
