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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111060 | Precision AC current measurement shunts A more precise and cost effective means than previously commercially available for measuring alternating currents up to 100 amperes in the frequency range from direct current to 100 kilohertz can be measured with precision approaching 0.001% employs a shield around ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7938416 | Air suspension adapter kit A kit for providing an air suspension as a retrofit to an existing trailer using a leaf spring suspension makes use of hanging brackets, support arms and air bladders connected to a control system that determines whether the bladders require inflation or deflation t... | 05/10/2011 |
| D626715 | Pet casket | 11/02/2010 |
| 7159344 | Plow moldboard assembly having multiple ground engaging blades A plow moldboard assembly having multiple ground engaging blades is provided with a plurality of elongate blade receiving slots having an open top and an open bottom and each defined by front and rear walls and two end walls disposed rearward of the rear major face ... | 01/09/2007 |
| D522125 | Floor register grille | 05/30/2006 |
| D520917 | Bicycle | 05/16/2006 |
| D519626 | Floor register grille | 04/25/2006 |
| 6758007 | Twisted fly line leader A fly line leader made from a single length of monofilament line that is folded upon itself to provide at least four strand portions that are twisted together. The leader has a loop at each of opposite ends thereof provided by the single length of monofilament line ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6669841 | Marine vessel for collecting floating debris Marine vessels used for collecting floating debris from water employing a collection bucket which dumps debris in one spot directly behind the collection area are known. A debris collection bucket locatable in an open chamber, both of which having water p... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6625944 | Right angle connector for framing members A connector for joining two elongate framing members in abutting right angle relationship to form either a right angle corner connection or T-connection between the framing members is disclosed. The connector can optionally include panel receiving means t... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6203245 | Culvert end guard A culvert end guard for use in surrounding and protecting an exterior end portion of a culvert and which is assembled from first and second like half shell sections is disclosed. Each half shell is T-shaped in configuration and includes a central limb por... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6158189 | Wooden I-beam and wooden structural beam and bridging assembly An engineered or manufactured elongate wooden I-beam of the type having continuous upper and lower flange sections and a central web section therebetween is provided with a rectangular opening in the web along the span of the beam. A rectangular and open ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6131939 | Snow ski having slidingly interconnected upper and lower ski sections A snow ski of the type having separately constructed and joined together upper and lower elongate ski sections wherein the two sections are joined together by an elongate slide rail which slidingly interconnects the opposed faces of the upper and lower sk... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6079929 | Refuse bag opener A refuse bag opener that includes a material metering cylinder and a knife cylinder mounted therein and driven by a suitable power mechanism to rotate in opposite directions to feed bagged refuse therebetween. The metering cylinder and the knife cylinder ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6053143 | Method of improving combustion efficiency and reducing exhaust emissions by controlling oil volatility in internal combustion engines A method of improving the operating efficiency and reducing certain exhaust emissions in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. By continuously subjecting a portion of recycling engine lubricating oil to heat treatment in the range from 170° C. to 2... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5960581 | Twisted fly line leader A fly line leader made from a single length of monofilament line that is folded upon itself to provide at least four strand portions that are twisted together. The leader has a loop at each of opposite ends thereof provided by the single length of monofil... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5915429 | Compact small diameter log sawmill A sawmill that is a compact integrated unit of a multiplicity of components all mounted on a common frame for performing different functions to produce pieces of lumber from a log. Logs can be processed that have a minimum diameter of approximately 2" and... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5911331 | Dome lid for drinking cup A plastic dome lid for a drinking cup is disclosed which has the capability of functioning as a complete closure lid for the cup and as a drink through lid employing a recloseable flip-open lid segment for this purpose. The dome lid is provided with a low... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5897441 | Golf swing practice device A golf swing practice device is disclosed and which comprises a carrier member which is removably attached to the shaft of a golf club and which is preferably attached to a lower portion of the hand grip on the golf club. Two spaced apart light sources ar... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5831391 | Timer controlled outdoor ground lighting system with intruder detection An outdoor ground lighting system that includes one or more low voltage lamp units, provided from a step down transformer connectable to a high voltage AC power supply and an on/off timer operative to turn the lamps on for a selected time period during ho... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5686037 | Method and raw ceramic mass for manufacturing building elements This invention relates to a novel ceramic mass or material and the use of same in the building materials industry for manufacturing bricks, ceramic stones, roofing tiles, large block and the like. A formable ceramic mass is prepared by mixing clay, a fill... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5548500 | Lamp fixture with adjustable lamp socket A novel electrical lamp fixture of the type having a lamp housing, a housing axis, a housing sidewall co-axial with the housing axis and a lamp receiving socket supported interiorly of the housing by a housing support means is disclosed and is also of the... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5261130 | Spacer for supporting water catchment basins A spacer for positioning between the underside of a water catchment basin, such as a bathtub or shower pan is disclosed. The upper surface of the spacer is contoured so as to receivingly engage the underside of the basin and has a thickness dimension so a... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5246652 | Method of making wood composites treated with soluble boron compounds A novel method of producing a wood composite treated with a soluble boron compound is disclosed. Either a phenol-formaldehyde resole or novolac type resin can be used as the binder for a wood furnish. The wood furnish is surface treated with either the re... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5183172 | Drink through container lid A drink through container lid of the type formed from thin thermoplastic material and which is used as a closure cap on open mouthed beverage cups is disclosed. Conventional lids of the foregoing description include one or more lines of weakness in the ma... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5173527 | Fast cure and pre-cure resistant cross-linked phenol-formaldehyde adhesives and methods of making same Fast cure and "pre-cure" resistance thermosetting adhesives and methods for their production useful for binding lignocellulosic materials together, are disclosed. A fast curing adhesive is obtained by cross-linking binary phenol-formaldehyde consisting of... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5171496 | Process for making wood composite employing blast-furnace slag as the binder A novel method of making a wood composite employing cellulosic material as the wood component and pulverized blast-furnace slag as the binder component and the product produced thereby is disclosed. A settable mixture of the wood component, binder compone... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5058941 | Vehicle interior barrier A barrier for partitioning the front and rear seat compartments in a motor vehicle is disclosed. The barrier includes a transparent wall dimensioned to approximate the cross-sectional area of the vehicle interior at a location behind the front seat. The w... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5048134 | Restraining device A novel restraining device for immobilizing a preselected portion of a prostrate human body when disposed on a body support platform or board having attachment locations has first and second panel sections which are detachably interconnectable in overlapp... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5012892 | Escape ladder A normally retracted escape ladder assembly that includes a framework mountable on a building wall, a plurality of ladder sections movably interconnected and having at least one such section attached to the framework, a platform, and a latch maintaining t... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4966850 | Production of thermostable xylanase and cellulase The present invention provides for the use in the production of cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes, particularly xylanase and cellulase, of the microorganism Thermoascus aurantiacus in a culture medium containing at least one of a cellulose or hemicellu... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4963031 | Cement slurry batcher apparatus and process A novel process and apparatus for discharging, on a batch basis, cement and water as a slurry or in the form of separate discharges of slurry and cement, where the materials so discharged contain a predetermined amount of water and a predetermined amount ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4850849 | Apparatus for steam pressing compressible mat material A press apparatus and method for steam pressing a mat of compressible material and a binder into a formed product and has particular application to the steam pressing of lignocellulosic material and a binder to form composite board and includes a border p... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4725544 | Method for purifying xylanase The separation of xylanases from mixtures thereof with other hemicellulases, particulary cellulase produced by the culturing of hemicellulolytic microorganisms, particularly the fungus Trichoderma harzianum E58 and Trichoderma reesei by ultrafiltration th... | 02/16/1988 |
