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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6158185 | Resilient flooring A resilient base flooring for assembly on a base surface having a plurality of sub-floor panels carried above the base surface in substantial side-by-side and end-to-end arrangement to form a base floor having continuous uninterrupted surfaces. A pluralit... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6138326 | Mote knife A mote knife for use with a cleaning system including a rotating cylinder which creates a binary air flow while which entrains a fiber web formed of fibers of various fiber lengths about a circular path. A waste removal duct is arranged adjacent the perip... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6115981 | Resilient flooring A sleeper system, used to attach covering flooring with a base floor. The improved arrangement comprises a metallic channel secured with the base floor. The channel comprises a horizontal base, spaced vertical and parallel sides, and an inwardly directed ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6082281 | Automatic pillow sham sewing machine An arrangement of sewing successive edges of material which extend in two directions. The arrangement comprises a stationary sewing table having a prescribed sewing area. The sewing table supports a carriage. A sewing machine is supported by the carriage.... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6055785 | Resilient flooring A resilient flooring formed over a non-resilient base floor comprising an upper surface of hardwood flooring secured with a subsurface of plywood panels and a plurality of spaced parallel sleepers arranged across the base floor for supporting the flooring... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6035887 | Valve assembly A valve housing assembly for use with permanent watering systems for yards, gardens, etc. The watering system includes underground substantially rigid conduits for supplying water to the system and delivering water to the delivery units. The valve assembl... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6033310 | Variable length drive shaft A variable length light weight drive shaft for a rolling mill roll including: a driven first end including a universal joint connecting with an end of a male splined shaft having an axial bore and counter bore and a driving second end including a universa... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6029331 | Brake shoe spreader/holder A tool for spreading apart opposed spring biased brake drum shoes adjacent one end to facilitate access to a brake cylinder. The tool includes a pair of fork members having depending prongs mounted on a shaft having screw threads along its length. A first... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5988229 | Papermakers forming fabric with weft dominated paper support surface A forming fabric for use in papermaking machines having a paper support surface and a machine contact surface. The support surface comprises first weft yarns interwoven in a weaving pattern with warp yarns to form a weft dominated surface having alternati... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5979124 | Door system for columbarium A columbarium which includes a pair of end walls disposed along substantially vertical planes resting on a base and supporting a top forming an enclosed open area. A plurality of containers which are arranged in horizontal and vertical rows are positioned... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5950282 | Textile chute feed A chute feed assembly for opening and moving fibers through a chute delivery system into an infeed chute for an opening station. The chute feed assembly includes a beater for opening the fibers which is drivable in a selected of two directions. The beater... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5948250 | Filter berm A portable berm for use in and out of doors. The berm includes a impervious flexible synthetic floor which has a berm wall formed about its periphery. The berm wall comprises a plurality of elongated plastic strips which are attached to the floor along th... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5945357 | Multi-layer press fabric comprising looped, knit yarns woven in an upper layer of fabric A multi-layer papermaking fabric for use in a papermaking machine. The multi-layer fabric includes an upper fabric layer having a paper fiber support surface which is formed of first warp yarns interlaced with first weft yarns with at least one of these b... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5927264 | Extended wear stone polishing disk The invention is directed to an extended wear stone polishing disk for use with an automatic polishing head. The disk consists of a first plastic plate of prescribed flexibility having a pair of mounting studs secures therewith to extend above its upper f... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5928751 | Drip berm A flexible lightweight drip berm comprising a pillow having an inner area which receives a hydrocarbon absorbing pad. A opening in the upper surface allows access to the pad and inner area. A retractable screen secures and protects the pad while allowing ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5921743 | Dump attachment A detachable dump bucket assembly for selective attachable with a skid steer loader. The assembly includes a substantially rigid frame having side rails connecting with opposed ends of front and rear rails. An attachment frame which is operative to connec... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5913959 | Rotably driven braiding machine with third yarns carried and delivered by stationary carriages about a braiding point A braiding machine which operates to deliver a first set of yarns about a vertical axis along a first plane to a braiding point and a second set of yarns about the vertical axis along a second plane located above the first plane to the braiding point and ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5899134 | Braided fabric and method of forming An axially stable tubular braided fabric comprising a longitudinal set of yarns extending longitudinally of the fabric, a first set of yarns arranged substantially along a first cylindrical plane and at an angle relative to the longitudinal yarns and a se... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5894976 | Article carrier An article holder for concealed use beneath an outer garment about a wearers torso in a selected position at the waist or chest. The holder comprises an elongated elastic band having loop and hook securing members attached at each end for adjustable attac... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5857497 | Woven multilayer papermaking fabric having increased stability and permeability A papermaking fabric for use with papermaker machines having a system of shaped monofilament machine direction, yarns hereinafter MD yarns, which are woven in stacked, vertical alignment throughout the body of the fabric. Preferably, each upper MD yarn de... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5834693 | Computer I/O support bracket and cable assembly The support bracket and cable assembly of this invention allows an internal circuit board of a host computer to be directly connected to a plurality of peripheral devices using a plurality of interface cables through a first port of an input/output frame.... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5817213 | Paper product formed from embossing fabric A wet-laid paper having an outer surface configured to be pleasing to the eye and further having improved bulk, softness, and width wise stretch ratio without loss of tensile strength. The paper is characterized spaced diagonally arranged continuous zones... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5800091 | Configurable containment system and wall strip A containment wall strip composed of a pliable, severable material which may be cut into selected lengths for defining a containment area for containing hazardous materials. The containment wall strip includes a base and a free standing deformable berm wa... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5778689 | System for maintaining refrigeration doors free of frost and condensation An energy conservation device, for use with display type refrigeration and freezer units having glass display doors for preventing the formation of condensation and frost on the glass of the doors. The device comprises heating elements arranged with porti... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5773762 | Cable with varying cell arrangements A woven wire harness assembly for use in restricted areas of varying sizes. The harness assembly includes a fabricate cable carrying a plurality of insulated conductor groups. The cable is formed of warp yarns woven with a weft yarn to form a trunk portio... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5715620 | Mechanized animated display for an automobile A mechanical animated display assembly is attached to an automobile wiper arm assembly. The display assembly includes a displayed article and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes a clamp mechanism to be attached to the automobile wiper arm as... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5699589 | Laser cleaning and bleaching apparatus A method and apparatus for bleaching and cleaning fibers of a fiber web. The method and apparatus includes continuously forming and moving a fiber web through a bleaching and cleaning station. Directing ultraviolet light onto the surface of the fiber web ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5694980 | Woven fabric A thin dual layer papermaking fabric having an upper layer of weft yarns and a lower layer of weft yarns weaving with a single layer of warp yarns. The upper weft yarns and warp yarns form a paper fiber support surface while the lower weft yarns and the w... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5647183 | Resilient flooring A resilient base flooring for assembly on a base surface comprising a plurality of subfloor panels carried above the base surface in substantial side-by-side and end-to-end arrangement to form a base floor having a continuous uninterrupted surface. A plur... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5638909 | Bolt removal device and method for an air hammer This invention relates to an attachment device for a pneumatic hammer tool used to remove a bolt or rod being held in a fixture. The low cost attachment device consists of an alignment sleeve and a tapered coil spring which aligns a driving bit of an air ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5634243 | System and method for producing a bleached cotton, nonwoven web A continuous textile processing system and method are disclosed for producing a non-woven web containing bleached cotton fibers in a single line system which includes a supply of fibers delivered from a bale opening device, a plurality of fiber delivery l... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5617613 | System for producing a bleached cotton, nonwoven web A continuous textile processing system and method are disclosed for producing a nonwoven web containing bleached cotton fibers in a single line system which includes a supply of fibers such as a bale opening device, a plurality of fiber delivery lines tra... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5555917 | Sixteen harness multi-layer forming fabric A wear resistant dual layer papermaking fabric having an upper paper fiber support surface and a lower machine contact surface. The support surface comprises a first plurality of weft yarns interwoven with warp yarns in a balanced twill weave pattern. The... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5554262 | Laser curtain edge tracking systems for papermaking machines An edge tracking apparatus for maintaining a continuous circulating papermaking fabric in an aligned position as it moves through a papermaking machine. The edge tracking apparatus includes a pivotally mounted guide roll and a laser scanner. The laser sca... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5551226 | Disk for open end spinning A disk for use in a bearing assembly of an open end spinning machine having four disks arranged in two pairs and which operate at up to 15,000 RPM's while the rotor shaft turns at up to 125,000 RPM's. The disk pairs are arranged to form a wedge shaped gap... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5542455 | Papermaking fabric having diagonal rows of pockets separated by diagonal rows of strips having a co-planar surface A woven fabric for use in papermaking machines and particularly with through air drying machines. The fabric comprises a paper support surface having spaced diagonal rows pockets which are effective to create diagonal rows of uncompressed paper forming fi... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5540166 | Edge steer finishing device and method A fabric conveying, aligning and fabricating system comprising a table having a support surface having a length over which fabric blanks are conveyed with continuous and uninterrupted movement. Conveyors are associated with the table which are adapted to ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5536551 | Method for binding tufts A tufted pile fabric in which the pile yarns extend from a backing fabric to form the face of the fabric. The backing fabric comprises a fibrous substrate comprised of a blend of synthetic filaments having a high-melt temperature and synthetic filaments h... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5520225 | Pocket arrangement in the support surface of a woven papermaking fabric A woven fabric for use on papermaking machines having first and second sets of filaments interwoven with each other to provide a first grouping of coplanar top surface crossovers and a second grouping of recessed sub top surface crossovers. The first grou... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5518188 | Method of recycling carpet forming components from waste carpet A system for separating and packaging carpet forming fibrous material and backing material from carpet pieces for recycling. The system comprises a shredding apparatus for separating carpet pieces into substantially even sized small pieces of between two ... | 05/21/1996 |
