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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082880 | Cat pad A pad for a pet, for example a cat, to rest on includes a foam block encased in a fabric covering with generally parallel top surface portions that includes a head top surface portion for the front part of the cat to rest on and a rear main body top surface portion ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7533504 | Cable mechanism The cable mechanism includes an elongated flexible cable that has one end portion adapted for being attached to a supporting structure, for example, the exterior surface of a building by a cleat or clamp, and an opposite end portion mounted to one end portion of an ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7481932 | Water treatment apparatus The water treatment apparatus includes a first and a second fitting adapted for being connected to a supply of fluid and to a container for the treated fluid, a longitudinally elongated rod having a first end mounting the first fitting and a second end mounting the ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7424791 | Cable bracket apparatus The cable bracket mechanism is extendable between a cleat or clamp mounted to a building and a part of a bay or bow window that is remote from the building. The mechanism includes an elongated bracket having a a flange at one end extending about right angles to the ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7322162 | Bag top folder and labeler The bag top folder and labeler includes bottom and side conveyor assemblies for conveying a filled bag to extend between a pair of folder subassemblies wherein, with the bag top extending above the subassemblies, a second subassembly is operable to in cooperation wi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7279098 | Water treatment apparatus The water treatment apparatus includes a first fitting having a first leg adapted for being connected to a supply of fluid and a second fitting having a first leg adapted for being connected to a container for the treated fluid, an elongated rod having a first end m... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7181953 | Moisture detector assembly The moisture detector assembly includes a moisture detector having a probe extending into a housing bore to have fluid flow in contact with the probe and exiting through a housing bore orifice. A pressure regulator is mounted to the housing with its outlet opening t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7163502 | Carton erecting apparatus Rotary transfer mechanism is mounted on a frame for removing a flat folded carton from a storage hopper to move the carton to a flight conveyor assembly and in cooperation therewith erect the carton to be in an open rectangular condition. The transfer mechanism incl... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159611 | Inline flow control device The inline flow control device includes housing with a tubular portion coaxially aligned with the tubular portion of a fitting threaded to the housing. A piston has a bore extending therethrough with the tubular portions extended thereinto in axial spaced relationsh... | 01/09/2007 |
| D532436 | Pushbutton tripod | 11/21/2006 |
| 7032867 | Cable clamp The cable clamp is mountable to a supporting structure and includes a base and a cover mountable to the base. The base is longitudinally elongated and has a channel extending longitudinally therethrough with longitudinally spaced, elongated, somewhat bubble shaped r... | 04/25/2006 |
| D518961 | Shoulder strap for a musical instrument, a case, a bag or the like | 04/18/2006 |
| 6997493 | Lockable overshot Lockable overshot (10) includes an elongated body (12), lifting dogs (14a, 14b) and a locking sleeve (16). Ends (18) of the lifting dogs (14) are configured for latching a conventional spearhead point th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6997440 | Packless valve apparatus The valve includes a dome shaped diaphragm clamped between a base and valve body with the base having an inlet and an outlet opening to the diaphragm and a plastic button having a concave central portion surrounded by an annular convex portion for abutting against t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6928704 | Cable support apparatus The cable support apparatus includes a cleat mountable to support structure for having one end of a cable laced thereto and mechanism for supporting a load. The cleat includes a longitudinal elongated base having transversely opening jam lugs, hook lugs with the jam... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929028 | Gas control assembly The gas control assembly includes a control body threaded to a vessel neck to extend into the vessel containing pressurized fluid and has a fitting in the body bore which in conjunction therewith provides a part of a first fluid passageway from an inlet in the vesse... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6820641 | Internally piloted dome loaded regulator The internally piloted dome loaded pressure reducing regulator includes a regulator body with a main valve portion and a pilot valve portion. The inlet is fluidly connected to the main valve bore which in turn is connected to the pilot valve bore. Each of the pilot ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6802336 | Hose reel apparatus The hose reel apparatus includes a tube motor having a housing that at one end is bolted to a mounting bracket leg to extend within the reel drum and a motor shaft extending within and connected to one end portion of a sheath tube which is also extends within the dr... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6705343 | Pressure regulator with internal filter The pressure regulator has a regulator body with a control chamber and outlet and inlet passageways opening thereto, a bonnet with a bonnet chamber and a diaphragm separating the chambers. A filter housing is mounted in the control chamber and mounts a filter and a ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6691980 | Balanced valve with actuator The valve device includes a valve body and a bonnet with a fitting clamped therebetween and extending within body and bonnet bores. The fitting and valve body have bore portions with a valve stem extended therein and through a valve seat and having opposi... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6685065 | Garment folding aid The garment folding aid has two bed subassemblies that are laterally telescopically adjustable and retained in selected adjusted positions by detent mechanism. To the remote vertical longitudinal edge portions of the subassemblies there is mounted the low... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6564885 | Up-hole overshot and safety drilling apparatus The drilling apparatus includes a safety sub mountable to the drill string outer end to retain the combination of an overshot assembly and an overshot adaptor extending within the drill string outer end during a drilling operation and preventing the drill... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6371205 | Bore hole grouting apparatus and method The grouting apparatus includes a tubular body, an outer end closure removably mounted to the outer end of the tubular body and a nozzle mounted to the inner end of the tubular body to form a container for grouting material. The tubular body has a landing... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6290608 | Golf club The golf club in a position of use of initially impacting a golf ball at ground level has a shaft that is joined to the hosel in a horizontal plane that is parallel to ground level and at an elevation that is the same as maximum vertical spacing of the to... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6135277 | Vacuum resealable display/storage case A portable airtight inner case (W, Z) includes a receptacle (121) for having an item stored therein, for example a guitar (105), a hingedly mounted cover (11, 111) and a perimetric seal (39) to form a fluid seal between the cover (11, 111) and receptacle ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6109373 | Cable overshot apparatus The overshot apparatus includes a head subassembly coupleable to the overshot coupling device of an inner tube assembly, a jar subassembly having an outer swivel end portion for having a wire line attached thereto and a tubular member and a cable subassem... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6089335 | Positive latch core barrel apparatus The drilling apparatus includes a wire line core barrel inner tube assembly movable to a drill string bit end to have its landing ring seat on the drill string landing shoulder and its latches latchingly retain the assembly adjacent the bit end. The assem... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6029758 | Retractable core barrel valving apparatus The drilling apparatus includes a wire line core barrel having a head assembly and a drilling tool connected to the head assembly. The head assembly includes a latch body with a landing shoulder seatable on the drill string landing ring, latches seatable ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5934393 | Core barrel apparatus The core barrel apparatus includes a wire line core barrel inner tube having a latch body main body portion and an inner portion threaded together to cooperatively provide a radial outer groove mounting a landing ring seatable on the drill string landing ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5788401 | Rod joint Joints for coupling the box and pin ends of drill rods and casings, particularly for the mineral exploration industry, have single start, helical tapered threads extending axially intermediate cylinder sections. The threads have frustoconical crests and r... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5775388 | Valve bag spout apparatus A valve bag spout is mountable to a bag filling machine for being extended into the valve sleeve to discharge product into the valve bag. The maximum peripheral dimension of the spout filling tube is much smaller than the inner peripheral dimension of the... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5704197 | Bag filling and closing machine Bag pick up and feed assembles pick up a flat folded bag from a magazine and direct the picked up bag to a bag positioner assembly, the feed assembly including a first set of rollers moved away from a second set before the bag is moved therebetween and th... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5687953 | Jack apparatus The jack apparatus includes a jack having a tubular housing that is elevated by jack screw mechanism. Arm members are mounted to the tubular housing to extend transversely outwardly in opposite directions for mounting a chain to permit adjustably varying ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5679072 | Emergency vehicle exhaust system An emergency exhaust system is couplable to a vehicle for conducting exhaust fumes from the vehicle exhaust pipe to an enclosure ventilation system to be exhausted from the vehicle enclosure when the vehicle is normally parked when not being used. The exh... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5609531 | Golf training apparatus A golf training apparatus constructed in the form of a golf club and having a handle, a shaft and a head wherein the head is constructed to have an elongated rod having one end affixed to the shaft and a flat, blade-like weight affixed to the end portion ... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5601152 | Vibrator core drilling apparatus A drilling tool, for example a core barrel inner tube assembly, includes a latch body mounting latches for movement into a latch seat to removably retain the assembly adjacent to a drill string bit end and to impart rotary movement to the latch body as th... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5601045 | Sailboat flotation apparatus A flotation hood removably extendable over the top portion of a main sail of a watercraft and being movable with the sail without being joined thereto. The hood includes a first and a second flotation panel section contained in pockets of an envelope on o... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5514402 | Apparatus and method for making pizza A secondary pan is positionable in a main pan in centered relationship to the main pan on top of pizza dough in the main pan to provide raised radial inner and outer peripheral dough rims of greater thickness than the central part of the pizza dough and r... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5452567 | Dual bag filling apparatus Two bag pick up assemblies and a feed assembly pick up two bags at a time from two bag stacks and direct the bags to a bag positioner assembly. The positioner assembly moves the bags to a nearly vertical position in longitudinal alignment to be conveyingl... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5340310 | Dental prophy angle A disposable attachment for reciprocably mounting a dental tool and being mounted to a conventional handpiece which provides the drive for the tool. The attachment includes a plastic housing having a neck and sleeve to rotatably mount a shaft which is dri... | 08/23/1994 |
