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Pizza Pie With Concentric Rings of Crust
A pizza mold for forming a plurality of concentric raised ridges of dough (i.e., crust) on the surface of a pizza pie.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7862716 | HPLC schematic with integrated sample cleaning system The disclosed HPLC flow schematic back-flushes the guard column with mobile phase once every operating cycle, the regular cleaning maintaining its effectiveness and useful life. This mobile phase flow reversal is accomplished by imposing a two position multiple port... | 01/04/2011 |
| 6732669 | Machine and method for closing and stitching final edge of filled quilt cover Support members are mounted to move between two separations, respectively less than and greater than the open end of a two-panel cover otherwise seamed together around its edges. Flaps sized to define a desired closure hemm can be in-turned manually along short oppo... | 05/11/2004 |
| 7484644 | Decorative hanger and method of making same A narrow wrap of colorful cloth is helically wound end-to-end over a hanger body, including its upstanding central and downwardly sloping shoulder regions, but not covering the hanger swivel hook at the central region. A decorative yarn holds the wrap in place, bein... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7354513 | Countertop water treatment unit An improved residential countertop water treatment unit for producing potable water suitable for human ingestion such as by drinking or cooking that comprises a vertical arrangement of a base, a cartridge, and a spigot at the top. The base includes an elongated thre... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7246462 | Reusable device for release of caught fishing accessories A small reusable lure retriever device formed as one piece metal casting and comprising features to enable the device to slide down onto the fishing line 6 using the gravity force, pull the tied string 7 into the water, rotate and grip the lure 8 | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204267 | Modular rough-in plumbing accessary The modular plumbing accessary utilizes an open sided box secured during rough-in to and between exposed wall studs. A unitary water pipe and anti-hammer assembly is connected to the box with only an outlet pipe exposed in the box interior. The water inlet pipe and ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7125489 | HPLC column design and method of making same The disclosed HPLC column is formed with overlying concentric inner and outer tubes. The flow path is established via the inner tube bore that holds packed absorbent, end filters and capping sealing members, and end coupling members cooperate with the inner tube at ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100779 | Board for pegboard system This pegboard is injection molded of plastic yielding a unitized flat panel, and rearwardly projecting peripheral flanges and cross webs terminating along a single plane, suited to provide clearance for a cooperating hook between a panel rear face and a flat mountin... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7045059 | Universal bonded phase material for chromatographic separation The invention provides a new universal bonded phase material used for separation of a wide variety of organic and inorganic substances by liquid chromatography. The material is produced by bonding a charge-bearing hydrophobic functional group to the surface of a sup... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7003836 | Portable car ramp This portable car ramp has two structural components coupled longitudinally together, while allowing limited relative vertical movement when each's bottom edge rest on a medium surface. The first component has an elevated wheel run while the second component has an ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6893569 | Method and apparatus for high pressure liquid chromatography This modified HPLC instrument has the HPLC pump force only solvent through the serial flow line including a sampler, column, and detector; while buffer is discharged into the solvent from a syringe pump via a tee connection in the flow line downstream from the HPLC ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6871452 | Modular shelf unit enclosure or greenhouse A modular greenhouse enclosure is formed by mounting on a conventional shelf storage unit having spaced shelves supported on upright posts a rigid frame on which an impervious transparent cover is supported. The cover overlies and extends past the side edges of the ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6779202 | Plunger appliance for toilets The disclosed portable plunger has an elongated shaft with a hand gripping portion adjacent one end and a plunger head fixed to the shaft adjacent the opposite end. The plunger head has an impervious flexible material defining an exterior surface sized slightly larg... | 08/24/2004 |
| D491018 | Sports bottle and bottle carrier for bicycle use | 06/08/2004 |
| 6471271 | Tool for cleaning rain gutters The inventive tool has two elongated tongs pivoted together at corresponding ends, to have the remote tong ends gapped apart when opened and touching when closed. A spring biases the tongs to opened positions, and stops center the tongs when fully opened.... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6432083 | Mechanism and method for monitoring dual lumen body fluid suction system The invention is characterized by a sealed vessel defining a chamber that is partially filled with a liquid, preferably transparent and safe such as water. The vessel has an inlet for atmospheric air that via a tube is extended to open into the vessel und... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6422343 | Collapsible sawhorse This collapsible sawhorse is comprised of two substantially identical side panels, a utility tray and links, and a top rail. The side panels, oriented back-to-back, are hinged together near their tops by laterally spaced mutually complementary structures ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6390472 | Pseudo-commodities interactive futures trading game The disclosed trading game is comprised of a clearing house setting up specific contracts defined as issues each having no innate financial value but of local, national or international interest and involving social, financial, business, political, sports... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6364457 | Continuous ink jet printing head having feedback control housing parts and field replaceable filter and nozzle assemblies The disclosed continuous ink jet printer nozzle assembly defines a flow path having a powered sonic oscillator associated therewith for inputing vibrations to ink flowing in the path, and a cavity for holding closely adjacent but isolated from the ink flo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6257052 | Pump, sample feed and valving for high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) The disclosed syringe pump and valve assembly utilizes a cylindrical housing having a piston axially moved therein for defining a pump chamber, where the housing is mounted to rotate about its longitudinal axis. A port seat is disposed concentrically of t... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6241125 | System and kit accessories for dispensing reactive two component materials The invention teaches a kit-like system and apparatus for dispensing a multiple component reactive material from two cartridges each having an exteriorly threaded semi-cylindrical outlet nozzle, where the respective components need not be mixed together i... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6139219 | Docking/support system for personal water crafts The disclosed portable docking/support system has a frame structure including end stands and elongated members connected at opposite ends thereof to and between the end stands. The elongated members include a pair of upper members and a lower member space... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6129249 | Accessory fitting used with equipment for filling surface cracks A material handling fitting consisting of a tube having inlet and outlet ends, with the tube being stepped between its ends and having a plurality of respectively opposed outer and inner land areas of progressively smaller to larger diameters from one of ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6123038 | Stitching machine and method of stitching The disclosed stitching machine has fabric handling structures, including a rack and rack support structures suited for allowing rack movement between spaced loading/unloading and stitching stations, and clamps on the rack suited for holding fabric for st... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6086049 | Mechanical assistance mechanism for shovels A shovel accessory for assistance in lifting and moving material in a shovel scoop includes an elongated, length adjustable, ground contacting support rod attached to the shovel handle. The rod is pivotable through half-circle arcs around an axis perpendi... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6067834 | Method for stamping bowed piece-parts A method of forming finished piece-parts having a slight but variably adjusted three-dimensional bow from a continuous web. The method comprises the steps of advancing the web axially of its length by bowing the web in the same direction of desired bowing... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6065412 | Vertical stitching machine and method The disclosed stitching machine has perimeter clamps to grip the edges of flexible sheet(s): the leading edge clamps being carried on a conveyor to pull the sheet(s) to the stitching area, and the side edge clamps at the stitching area being positioned in... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6053169 | Medical strap for treating injured patient The disclosed medical device having an elongated strap sized to fit around a patient's body area with overlapping opposite under and outer layer strap ends, and with an inside strap face then lying proximate the patient and an opposite outside face. A lev... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6011231 | Electrode wire recovery system for electric discharge machine The invention relates to an improved manner of recovering the used electrode wire discharged from an electric discharge machine (EDM). A more detailed object of this invention is to provide an efficient and effective system for electrode wire scrap collec... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6000808 | Optionally lighted fishing pole The disclosed optionally lighted fishing pole has a portable source of light held relative to the pole proximate its handle, with a operable on-off switch. A continuous light-transmitting element is extended axially along the pole body from the handle tow... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5984152 | Combination devices for surface crack filling The disclosed port device has a tube with a base that can be permanently bonded to a surface with its outlet throughbore aligned with a crack therein, for funneling the material into the crack; and the port device tube can have a low silhouette of possibl... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5981272 | Composite medium for attaching and growing microorganisms A new composite material for process application is described in this document. The composite material combine a regular base material (10) and small particles (14) using a layer of adhesive (12). The base material can be a sheet (10), a molded packing ri... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5946961 | Web bowing apparatus The inventive apparatus allows for bowing a continuous web being advanced axially of its length, about either or both axes that lie parallel to or perpendicular to its length. The parallel axis bowing structures include a plurality of separate stations sp... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5921154 | Accessory for opening easy-open bottles with twist-off caps A hand-mounted accessory for opening a twist-off cap bottle, the accessory being comprised of an elongated flexible web and flexible loops off the web near its opposite ends. The flexible loops are sized to fit over and be secured onto the user's thumb an... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5920006 | Liquid chromatographic pump and valve assembly The disclosed HPLC syringe or pump has valve components housed immediately adjacent a defined pump chamber, effectively minimizing dead flow passage spaces and the needed volume of flushing liquid between tests. The mated surfaces of the valve components ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5906137 | Linear drive with screw and threaded follower This linear drive has cooperating threaded screw and follower components suited to be rotated relative to one another to create a corresponding axial shift between the components, where the follower is improved by having spaced drive members each threadab... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5809996 | Collapsible metered dose inhaler The disclosed inhalation apparatus is suited for easily administering aerosol medication via a metered dose pressurized canister. The apparatus has a collapsible tubular body comprised of axially nested rigid pieces including end pieces with opposite conn... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5792003 | Golf putter The disclosed golf putter has a shaft and supported head with a bottom face or sole and a ball striking face angled relative thereto, similar to most any conventional putter, but the ball striking face is curved convex somewhat as a segment of a cylinder,... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5792006 | Axially collapsible golf clubs and golf club shafts The disclosed collapsible golf club shaft is formed of a conventional stepped one-piece tubular golf shaft having diameters progressing from a large ID and OD end to a smaller ID and OD end, being cut in two at the end of one cylindrical axial sections ne... | 08/11/1998 |
