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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6047619 | Folding knife and interchangeable bit screwdriver Folding pocket-style knife and screwdriver having interchangeable bits in which a hinged sleeve folds integrally into the knife handle and unfolds to and locks in 90 and 180 degree angles with the handle to provide angled and straight screwdrivers. The sl... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6032557 | Driver tool kit with high energy magnetizer/demagnetizer on tool handle(s) A hand-held driving tool kit includes a plurality of hand-held driving tools each having an elongate handle which defines a tool axis and is suitably shaped and dimensioned to be graspable within the hand of the user. The driving tool may be in the form o... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6026717 | Driver tool with high energy magnetizer/demagnetizer on tool handle A hand-held driving tool includes an elongate handle which defines a tool axis and is suitably shaped and dimensioned to be graspable within the hand of the user. The driving tool may be in the form of a fixed, precision or other drivers in which the driv... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6026718 | High energy magnetizer and selective demagnetizer integral with driver tool or the like A magnetizer/demagnetizer for integration with a non-operative portion of a hand-held driving tool or the like includes an elongate handle which defines a tool axis and is suitably shaped and dimensioned to be graspable within the hand of the user. The dr... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5979074 | Method and device for drying sawn timber at reduced pressure This invention relates to a process and an apparatus to dry cut timber or other hygroscopical plate-shaped or bar-shaped goods in subatmospheric pressure in a vacuum-solid drying chamber, which is equiped with ventilators (fans) effecting crosswise to the... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5952683 | Functional semiconductor element with avalanche multiplication A functional semiconductor element, which is designed to perform an ultrafast amplifying, bistable, similar functional operation by initiating and stopping an avalanche multiplication in one of i-type layers of what is called a triangular barrier diode (T... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5947627 | Ball joint assembly having an integrally molded unitary or molded holder for the ball stud and link rod A ball joint having a ball stud provided with an integral spherical portion at one end thereof. A unitary molded synthetic resin body forms a molded holder having a concavity in which the spherical ball portion is tightly held disposed rotatable omnidirec... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5661505 | Single hand-controlled computer input device A single-hand controlled computer input device can be used as a keyboard or a pointing device. When used as a keyboard, a housing is mounted for rocking movements between three stable positions, including two angular end positions and one intermediate pos... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5618122 | Molded plastic one-piece loose-leaf binder ring structure A molded plastic one-piece loose-leaf ring binder for use in binding loose perforated sheets, book pages and the like. A plastic elongated base strip is ridgidified by ribs extending longitudinally thereof, and has paired integral flexible lugs spaced lon... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5598735 | Hollow stabilizer manufacturing method A method of manufacture of a hollow stabilizer for automobiles which uses a heat-finished seamless steel pipe 20 as a material, comprising an inner surface and/or an outer surface of a part corresponding to a bending R portion A-B of the steel pipe 20 is ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5452796 | Blind rivet-holding belt for feeding a blind rivet into a continous riveting machine Although the conventional continuous riveting machine was able to use only a special blind rivet having a longer core stem than that of the standard blind rivet provided on the market, the recently developed improved continuous riveting machine is able to... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5392884 | Slow-acting rotary device The device comprises a shielded outer cylinder (2), a shaft member (3) installed pivotally within, the cylinder (2), fins (4, 5) either of which are connected with the cylinder (2) or the shaft member (3) by means of base ends (4a, 5a) with edge ends (4b,... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5328454 | Pulsating transdermal drug delivery system An electrophoretic/electro-osmotic transdermal drug delivery system for passing at least one drug, or therapeutic compound, through the skin membrane of a patient by way of a drug reservoir or gel for delivery to the systemic blood of a patient in selecte... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5324114 | Temperature and pressure sensor for cooling systems and other pressurized systems A device for monitoring the temperature and pressure of a liquid coolant in a cooling system having a sealant which seals around a needle from a pressure or temperature probe and re-seals itself upon removal of the needle. The sealant is fitted within an ... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5314360 | Terminal block A terminal block is described in which each pole comprises a screw clamp (12, 14, 16) with a conductor protection element (20, 24) and a plug contact (18). The contact blades (26, 28) of the plug contact (18) are formed in each instance as a one-piece she... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5238155 | Foam generating device A foam producing device for the alternative dispensing of foams or liquids comprising a porous element comprising a partially gas permeable wall, a gas distribution plenum, a gas entry port in fluid connection with said plenum; a second wall opposite the ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5227763 | Anti-disaster monitoring system Disclosed is an anti-disaster system in which terminals are called by the polling system and in which the response signals from the terminals are received and decoded by a receiver to issue an alarming. Each of the terminals has an interrupt transmission ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5224928 | Mounting system for transdermal drug applicator A transdermal drug applicator (100) for application to a living body for the delivery of at least one drug through the skin (144) into the bloodstream comprising an applicator (100) including at least one drug reservoir (182A,182B) containing the drug for... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5222633 | Foam dispensing device Foaming device for mixing gas and foamable liquid in a container having a tube and cap configuration which enables the dispensing of foam from the container without need for squeezing or deforming the container.... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5220950 | Golf bag cover A protective cover protects and covers a golf bag. The protective cover includes a base portion and a middle portion which is connected to the base portion, and has an opening for allowing the golf bag to be inserted into the cover with the base of the go... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5210995 | Machine designed for packaging objects, particularly containers A machine for packaging objects, particularly containers comprising a frame having a conveyor belt and a pair of convergent tracks leading to a distributing means, at least two containers to be joined in a package, and means moving said containers towards... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5198646 | System for detecting punched holes of magnetic cards The present invention comprises a magnetic card 1 in which punched holes 5 are punched to indicate incidence of use data and a punched hole detection apparatus 4 for detecting the punched holes 5 of the magnetic card 1. The magnetic card 1 has a hole punc... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5195696 | Video tape reel support spring In a video tape reel support spring, the present invention is an improvement on the support spring and is designed for both cost reduction and functional improvement. Its main feature is that a spring of equal width is provided, but a reinforcing means wh... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5194272 | Pack for foods and process for the production thereof Pack for containing foods made from a porous material, and having for sealing purposes on at least one part of an inner wall of the food pack at least two different fat-based impregnations, at least one of which is a first or prime coat and at least one o... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5192294 | Disposable vascular punch A surgical tool for cutting an opening in a blood vessel. The tool or punch has pistol-like housing, a blade pusher barrel at the front end thereof and reciprocally movable therein with a trigger for causing forward movement of the blade pusher barrel and... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5189278 | Method for edge rounding of springs A method for the edge rounding of springs is characterized in that the springs are heated with a laser beam until the desired edge rounding is obtained by softening or, respectively, fusing of the surface, whereupon the heating process is terminated. The ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5188452 | Color mixing lighting assembly Light assembly for providing a focused image of varying color hue and saturation intensity which includes means for providing a point light source, a filter set in which the filters are complementary colors, and a light mixing channel to pass additively m... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5187919 | Process for filling containers with products in a predetermined distribution A method for automatically filling a plurality of containers with products arranged therein in rows in one layer or a plurality of superposed layers in a pre-programmed geometric pattern. Empty containers are delivered in N rows to a container-filling sta... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5187698 | Data reading apparatus for identifying position of data tracks A data reading apparatus for an optical card which reads the optical card having a data area by a reading sensor. The data area on the optical card is formed by aligning a plurality of data tracks, each of which consists of a plurality of data bits, along... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5182737 | System for reading optical recording medium using reference liners which are positioned perpendicular to data tracks The present invention relates to system for reading an optical recording medium having a data region formed by arranging, in parallel, a plurality of data tracks each of which is constituted by a plurality of bits along a reference line positioned perpend... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5181194 | Writing device for optical memory card A writing device for an optical memory card is disclosed. In this writing device, tracking correction is performed by moving a mobile objective lens of an optical system in the transverse direction of a track in accordance with a tracking error of the opt... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5174492 | Multiple purpose dispensing package and blank A multiple-purpose dispensing package having inner and outer shells wherein the inner shell is movable without the outer shell between fully closed and fully open positions. The inner shell is integrally pivotably connected to the outer shell. The package... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5170682 | Quick action bar clamp A bar clamp having a fixed jaw and a movable jaw which is radially movable over both short and long distances to clamp against a workpiece and is operable using one hand with complete control by the operator at all times. The jaws may either face one anot... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5167617 | Disposable electralytic transdermal drug applicator An electrically powered transdermal drug applicator a flexible, non-conductive substrate with a plurality of conductive coated areas forming drug reservoir electrodes with a plurality of drug reservoirs separated by occlusive dams are in electrical contac... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5164577 | Optical recording medium with region for identifying defective written data A card type optical recording medium according to the present invention relates to a card type optical recording medium arranged in such a manner that a plurality of tracks are formed on a recording region provided on a card type substrate and the tracks ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5163899 | Transdermal drug delivery system An electro-osmotic transdermal drug delivery system for passing a drug to the systemic blood of a patient through the skin. The delivery system includes a semi-dry drug patch containing a water solute with the drug and a selected level of current delivere... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5161635 | Motorized golf caddie The invention relates to an three-wheel electromotor-driven golf caddie. Two rear wheels (3), driven by an electric motor (18) via a drive transmission (11) are furnished at the cart frame. The front wheel (13) is supported at a wheel fork, which is offse... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5153121 | Microbial method for producing lignin peroxidase Method for producing lignin-peroxydase from the fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium. The method comprises a first step of culture wherein the phospholipids and the emulsified fatty acids are added to the culture medium; a second step during which veratryli... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5147389 | Correction of incompetent venous valves A cuff for restoring competence to an incompetent venous valve consists of a band of biocompatible implantable material that is not stretchable at blood flow pressures. The band is of sufficient length to encompass the vein at the site of the venous valve... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5142519 | Optical recording medium and device for writing and reading information in and from the recording medium The invention relates to an optical recording medium having a plurality of guide lines (1) and data regions (5) which are defined between adjacent guide lines and in which data is optically recorded. Each guide line (1) includes a start guide (2) indicati... | 08/25/1992 |
