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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5374230 | Muscle stretching apparatus Muscle stretching apparatus characterized in that it comprises a support structure (3) mounted so as to pivot on a frame (1) by means of a pin (2), this support (3) being provided with means (51, 52) for supporting the two legs of th... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5374661 | Composition and method for transdermal delivery of diclofenac The topical drug delivery composition and method of the present invention provides a composition and method for delivering amounts of diclofenac effective for treating inflamed and/or painful joints or muscles percutaneously via a gel. Diclofenac sodium i... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5372737 | Lubricating oil composition for refrigerant and method of use The present invention provides for a refrigeration lubricant for use with R-134a refrigerant. The lubrication composition of the invention combines a polyalkylene glycol synthetic lubricant or a polyolester synthetic lubricant with conventional mineral oi... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5371797 | Secure electronic funds transfer from telephone or unsecured terminal A secure electronics funds or other financial transaction system that provides substantially equivalent security to that obtained by the use of secure point of sale terminals such as automatic teller machines, yet is conducted from unsecure terminal devic... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5370661 | Method and apparatus for re-approximating tissue Provided is a method for attaching tissue to a bone, which includes the use of a filament member and a head member which engages the filament member and holds a tissue in place. Also provided is a device and method for repairing a break in tissue, which i... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5370461 | Carrying bag convertible into an envelope A convertible carrying bag/envelope suitable for carrying and shipping printed materials and other items. The bag/envelope provides a handle that may be used to carry the bag/envelope while allowing items to be placed into or removed from the interior of ... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5370290 | Wire feeder allowing for wire slippage without damaging wire A pusher system (12) extracts a wire (11) from a reservoir (10) and feeds the wire through a wire guide (13) to a puller system (14). The puller system then feeds the wire (11) through a tip (15) to the welding operation represented by an arc (16) and a w... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5371803 | Tone reduction circuit for headsets A tone reduction circuit for headsets designed to attenuate high frequency signals while permitting low frequency signals to pass undistorted. Input signal is supplied to a low-pass filter, a high-pass filter and an automatic gain control circuit (AGC). O... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5369711 | Automatic gain control for a headset An improved automatic gain control circuit for a telephonic headset having a variable gain stage in the audio signal path, the gain of which is controlled by a control signal appearing across a capacitor. A peak detector is used to detect the presence of ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5369263 | Embossed card reader A low cost, compact embossed card reader for reading embossed characters on credit or debit cards and for integration into a combined embossed character/magnetic stripe terminal. A low-profile housing forms a card path and provides a surface for mounting ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5369687 | Apparatus for electrically isolating a telephone line from a data device A data access arrangement circuit (60) for supplying electrical isolation between a telephone line (11) and a data device, such as a data terminal or a computer, connected to a modem (10). An isolation circuit (17) connected between a first modem circuit ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5367571 | Subscriber terminal with plug in expansion card A subscriber terminal with a plug-in expansion card provides for memory expansion and security renewal. The subscriber terminal has a memory control bus including data, address, and control lines which are extended to an expansion connector. In addition, ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5364618 | Method for the control of insects A method has been discovered for the control of arthropod pests which comprises treating the pest with an effective amount of selected fluorocarbons.... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5362952 | Card transaction terminal A low cost, easily-manufacturable circuit for a data card transaction terminal for reading a magnetic stripe on a data card. The circuit comprises a single, double-sided circuit board having minimized circuit components. The printed circuit board mounts a... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5362107 | Pipe coupling with sealing plate A one-piece pipe coupling includes a cylinder with an axial joint and a sealing plate attached in spaced apart relation to the inner surface of the cylinder with a portion of the sealing plate extending beyond the axial joint for sealing the fluid pathway... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5362577 | Diffusion vent for a rechargeable metal-air cell A vent system for exhausting gas generated within a battery case is provided. The vent system exhausts gas from the battery case while maintaining the hermetic seal of the case. The vent system provides a small gas exit hole that is sufficiently small to ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5360728 | Modified apoaequorin having increased bioluminescent activity The present invention encompasses modified apoaequorin nucleotide and amino acid sequences capable of emitting light in the presence of luciferin and a light-triggering cation such as Ca2+, which possess bioluminescent activity greater than unm... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359168 | Switching and control mechanisms In FIG. 1, an electrical circuit on a circuit board 9 can be controlled by operation of switches 2B, 3B, 4B. These are operated by removing portions of the board 9, effected by the snapping off of respective corresponding cover member portions 2A, 3A and ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5358622 | Procedure for the production of printed circuit boards provided with pads for the insertion of SMDs A procedure for producing printed circuit boards with pads for insertion of SMDs. A copper lined base plate is provided with a positive photoprotective layer with a coating thickness lesser or equal to the depth of the pads to be built up for the connecti... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5358280 | Apparatus for assembling and displaying information A group of cards containing printed information on one or more selected topics and interconnected to form a deck of such cards. The deck may include a title card bearing indicia denoting a particular topic of information on other cards in the deck, and al... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5357855 | Screw press for dewatering a slurry A screw press for dehydrating slurry and comprising an outer screen casing, a screw shaft, a slurry supplying portion, and a driving unit which rotates the outer screen casing and the screw shaft. The driving unit rotates the screw shaft in one rotational... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5357563 | Data card terminal for receiving authorizations from remote locations A data card terminal, such as a credit card transaction terminal, is disclosed. The terminal is capable of requesting and receiving electronic authorization indicia via alternative communications links. The terminal includes first communications means for... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5355554 | Flush door pull handle and means for mounting A flush mount door pull is disclosed which is secured within the face of a door in such a manner that there are no exposed fasteners. The disclosed flush mount door pull is further mounted in a manner which resists premature loosening of the fasteners and... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5356729 | Diffusion controlled air manager for metal-air battery An air manager system is disclosed which maintains a more stable water vapor and carbon dioxide equilibrium across the air cathode of a metal-air cell while still providing new oxygen needed for operation of the cell at desired power levels. Oxygen is pre... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5354625 | Metal-air power supply and air-manager system, and metal-air cell for use therein A metal-air power supply which provides improved control over air flow is provided. The reactant air and cooling air inlets are separate from one another and isolated from the exhausted reactant and cooling portions of the air flow. The reactant air flow ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5353578 | Drive system for lawn mowers A lawn mower is provided with a speed control mechanism which is controlled by a single cable. A return spring, floating power transfer shaft, and biasing assembly provide a speed control mechanism which is effective in design and operation.... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5353454 | Adjustable lumbar support for flotation systems A water mattress construction is provided with a tray providing a cavity adapted to support a liquid filled bladder, with at least one lumbar support member positioned intermediate the bladder and the tray, the lumbar support being slidably adjustable alo... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5353581 | Mulching blade including multiple cutting edges A grass or vegetation cutting blade is provided, which includes multiple cutting edges, including a leading cutting edge positioned below a trailing cutting edge. An upturned foil is provided behind the leading edge, such that grass initially cut by the l... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5352307 | Method of producing a breast prosthesis The invention relates to a method for producing a breast prosthesis in which a two-component addition cross-linkable soft elastic silicone rubber composition is introduced into a synthetic resin film constituting the inside and the outside of the prosthes... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5351640 | Portable manual boat hull cleaner A portable manual boat hull cleaner is disclosed in which a plurality of cleaning loops are attached to a strap having handles at either end, said cleaning loops comprising support pads sandwiched between a strap and a detachable scrubbing pad by two anch... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5350108 | Self-locking box A box for containing goods during storing, delivering, mailing, or shipping. The box has at least one end panel secured to a body panel by a locking tab and slot assembly so that the end panel cannot be unsecured without providing visible evidence of tamp... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5349758 | Woodworking square having multiple uses A woodworking square having multiple uses. The square may be used to locate long and short points for trimming an opening and may be used to locate pitch line for rafters in a quick, efficient manner. The device also serves as a arc or circle drawing inst... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5349627 | Method and apparatus for marking a film in a dark room The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for marking a radiographic film in a dark room with patient data and/or similar information. The marks to be produced are made latent onto the film (F) in a form turning visible during the development of th... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5347389 | Push-pull optical receiver with cascode amplifiers An improved optical receiver for an optical signal amplitude modulated with broadband RF signals is described. The optical receiver includes an optical detector which receives the optical signal and generates a radio frequency electrical signal which vari... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5345583 | Method and apparatus for momentarily interrupting power to a microprocessor to clear a fault state A method and apparatus for providing notice of impending initialization prior to initializing a microprocessor to enable the microprocessor to store operating data prior to initialization and to use the stored operating data after initialization. The appa... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5344277 | Strapping equipment Strapping apparatus for applying strapping to packages, and in particular to packages mounted on pallets, including at least one fork which may also be used to lift the pallet, a strapping retaining mechanism attached to a distal end of the fork, strappin... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5344124 | Suspension system The present invention pertains to a suspension system, in particular, for wheel support of motor vehicles with at least one shock absorber leg consisting of a cylinder and a piston moving in this cylinder for contraction and extension, and actuated by a h... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5343646 | Sign apparatus with improved mounting of message panels Sign apparatus for directory or other applications and having removable sign inserts positionable at any location along a dimension of the sign. The sign inserts are held in place by a number of elongated rails located behind the inserts. Each rail contai... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5345225 | Tamper detection system for load management device A tamper detection system for promptly warns a utility that it has lost control of a load which is part of a load management system, and may be giving price incentives to a customer without receiving the corresponding benefit arising from the intended con... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5341763 | Removable screen for animal litter box A litter screen for use with an animal litter box, for removing solid waste products from the litter box. The litter screen has a hollow body of circular cross-section, open at an upper end and having a perforate screen element at a lower end. A plane spi... | 08/30/1994 |
