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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5636457 | Method of dredging via freezing and removing sediment A freezing cell having one or more freezing tines may be used to remove contaminated sediment from the beds of water bodies. The freezing tines are to be immersed into the sediment. Refrigerant is supplied to the tines by a refrigeration unit during the f... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5630293 | Rhizome clip for orchid plants and the like A device having a coiled section (13) and clip (12) attached over the rim of a pot (10) with an elongated stem (14) extending over and holding a plant in the pot. The coiled section (13) contains spring-like semi-circular loops and an outer vertical clip ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5620223 | Gripping device A device for gripping objects having a body with opposing sides, each side having a plurality of inwardly directed cylinders aligned with cylinders from the opposing side to receive a plurality of pistons extending between the aligned cylinders. The cylin... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5615856 | Book holding device and method A book-holder assembly (45) has a first-side book-support plate (1) and a second-side book-support plate (2) that are oppositely disposed at a desired angle on a plate-connecting member (3) that is attachable to a connector bracket (4) with which universa... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5611686 | Pin stabilizer for dental model A pin stabilizer fir dental models (14) has a plurality of positioning pins (1) extended from an articulator base plate (2) for insertion into positioning sleeves (3) that are cast in a dental model while the positioning pins are in the positioning sleeve... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5605326 | Object hitting apparatus An object hitting apparatus has an object, such as a ball (7), attachable to a swivel arm (1, 33) which may actuate an impact-measurement device (11, 14) when the object is struck with a bat, a racket, one's foot, hand or other hitting device. On a ball-j... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5588048 | Geographically mapped telephone routing method and system A method and system for direct routing of telephone calls made by a caller originating from within specific calling areas to one of a plurality of locations of a second party according to certain criteria established by the second party. This routing is a... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5558779 | Method and apparatus for extracting water from marine sediments A mesh enclosed container is provided to remove melt water from frozen blocks of contaminated sediment which has been extracted from a marine environment. The mesh enclosure has a number of porous wicking tubes for insertion into corresponding cavities in... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5549494 | Inboard motorboat engine flusher An inboard-motorboat-engine flusher has an inlet enclosure (1) with a means for attachment (5, 6, 11, 16) to a bottom (3) of a boat (4), a conduit (7) in fluid communication between an outside and an inside of the inlet enclosure, and a hose connector (8)... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5544610 | Cargo submarine A cargo submarine has a cargo section (2) between tapered peripheral buoyancy sections (2-5) and an on-board cargo-handling components (32-49) capable of rapid loading and unloading of large volumes of cargo. A hydrodynamic tower (14) conveys fresh air in... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5544056 | Computerized control of automobile speed A speed selector (24, 25, 40) actuates a computer (32, 35, 38, 39) to calculate optimum engine speed, speed-change rate and gear ratio for achieving a selected speed of a motor vehicle (18). An actuator (36) then accomplishes throttling of an engine (19) ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5543178 | Grout finishing method with kit A method for accomplishing the above and other objectives has steps of applying a mild solution of acid to surfaces of grout and tile, letting the surfaces dry for approximately 12 hours, applying a grout colorant and sealing material, referred to as grou... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5542766 | Waterproof closure seal for bags, clothing and other uses A waterproof closure seal (20, 22) for closing openings on bags, pockets and other items having two components, a male (2) and female (1) component. The male component (2) has a planar base (12) with a wide insert having indentations (10a, 10b) on each si... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5540158 | Sectional folding table A sectional folding table has a first-tabletop frame (3) with an outside periphery into which a second-tabletop frame (4) and foldable legs (16, 18) of the second-tabletop frame are pivotally foldable. An attachment side (20) of the first-tabletop frame i... | 07/30/1996 |
| 4914853 | Fish dehooking device A fish dehooking device is provided with a rigidly holdable T-shaped handle and a long rod with a smoothly-bent angled section at the opposite end for removing fishhooks from any depth within a fish. An optional enlarged spreader section of the rod is pro... | 04/10/1990 |
