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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6128886 | High speed inner packing inserter A method for simultaneously creating a pair of inner packing and then simultaneously placing them into side-by-side cartons by pulling the lead inner packing from two sets of inner packings, moving the pulled inner packings towards each other until they a... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5839190 | Methods for fabricating solderless printed wiring devices Methods for making a printed wiring device including a substrate having a metal-plateable member and an electrical component having a metal plateable lead connected with the metal-plateable member, the lead and the member being electrically interconnected... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5720403 | Shipping crate A generally rectangular shaped shipping crate formed from abutting plywood panels and having at each one of the vertices an externally ribbed fitting made from high tensile strength, impact-absorbing plastic fixedly fastened to and securing abutting panel... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5630625 | Tank truck Fuel delivery tank-truck has rear and forward tanks which can independently receive, store and discharge fuel and a pair of tag wheels located to the rear of the drive wheels underneath the rear tank. The rear tank occupies the area conventionally occupie... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5613660 | Sanitary ice-scoop holder An ice scoop holder includes a flat back member, two flat side members which extend normally outwardly from the back member and have inwardly turned flanges. The back member, the side members, and flanges form a hollow, free-from-obstruction cavity to rec... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5587072 | Storm sewer outlet filter A filter device made from netting mounted on the end of a storm sewer to receive the flow of water and debris carried by same and allow the water to flow on through while retaining the debris. The filter has multiple parts joined by quick release fastener... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5574629 | Solderless printed wiring devices In a printed wiring device, the combination of a substrate having a metal-plateable member and an electrical component having a metal plateable lead connected with the metal-plateable member, the lead and the member being electrically interconnected by a ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5535682 | Utility table A utility table having a top and foldable legs. The top has openings. On the underside of the top, flexible strips extend across the respective openings. Each opening and strip form an open-sided pocket for drinking containers. The folding of the legs up ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5505154 | Boat bottom scrubbing device The device includes a tubular support which has a contoured section compatible with the curvature of boat hulls, a scrubbing brush on one end of the support and a loop-type tubular handle section on the opposite end of the support. The handle section has ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5457821 | Hat simulating a fried egg A novelty hat in the form of a baseball cap has a yellow colored dome shaped top and a white colored brim, the outer periphery of which is irregular and part of which projects outwardly to form a visor. On the head of the wearer the hat makes the visual i... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458184 | Removal of volatile organic pollutants from drinking water Volatile, toxic organic pollutants are removed from drinking water by partially filling a container with water and drawing a vacuum in the space above the water so that the pollutants exit the water into the space above the water for subsequent disperseme... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5437448 | Tee sight A sight for mounting on a golf tee having a target arm to be pointed at the target by the golfer when he places the tee on the ground together with a club face alignment arm fixed to the target arm and extending outwardly on opposite sides thereof and spa... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5429281 | Condiment shaker Shaker for the condiments such as salt and pepper having a structure which provides for the salt or pepper to be discharged by shaking up and down but without reversing the shaker from its storage position, the condiment remaining is effectively isolated ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5297692 | Cover retainer means A barrel cover retainer in the form of a flexible band: end of the band is looped around one handle of the barrel; the band extends across the cover; and the opposite end of the band is looped around the other handle, folded back on itself, pulled taught,... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5201105 | Tool for replacing Corvette door hinge spring Hand tool for installing an S-shaped cam follower spring on a door hinge of a motor vehicle. The spring has an elongated shaft with a handle section on one end and an arm on the other end terminating in a tip. The axes of the shaft and arm are oriented at... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5160808 | Access means for flush floor fitting Simplified access device for flush floor fittings in the form of a track mounted slider. The slider can be manipulated between a closed position wherein the interior of the fitting is shut off to any desired minimum opening position to accommodate exiting... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5152150 | Removal of volatile organic pollutants from drinking water Volatile, toxic organic pollutants are removed from drinking water by partially filling a container with water and drawing a vacuum in the space above the water so that the pollutants exit the water into the space above the water for subsequent disperseme... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5129179 | Tree trunk holding means Device to hold a newly planted tree. Elongated flexible band is wrapped around the first of a pair of stakes and extends to and is wrapped around the tree trunk and then extends to and is wrapped around the second of the pair of stakes. Rings at each of t... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5094789 | Method for eraser manufacture Fiberglass strips are arranged in a desired pattern. Parts of the strips are outside of a cavity and parts are inside surrounded by a quantity of polystyrene beads. The temperature of the beads is raised. This causes the beads to expand against the cavity... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5078612 | Electrical contacts An electrical contact to be inserted into an aperture in an electrical board, the contact has an elongated body with a pair of alignment surfaces each having the configuration of a segment of a cylinder whose diameter is substantially the same as the diam... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5060802 | Dividable cartons In a dividable shipping carton, there are abutting C-shaped dividers which angled or chamfered to provide a space adjacent each side wall, each being dimensioned to receive the blade of a severing knife and to continue to receive the blade even with subst... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5049702 | Afterset An afterset comprising a plastic flush floor fitting assembly to service a work station with high and/or low tension, a metal attaching ring clamped to an in-floor duct, and screws bearing on the assembly and threaded into the attaching ring.... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5039827 | Power cell feed An elongated power compartment to be disposed inside of a trenchduct. The compartment having a bottom wall and two side walls. Centrally of the compartment, an opening is formed in the bottom. On each side wall and centrally of the compartment there is a ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5035038 | Tool for replacing corvette door hinge spring Hand tool for installing the S-shaped cam follower spring on a door hinge of a Corvette motor vehicle. The spring has an elongated shaft with a handle section on one end and an arm on the other end terminating in a tip. The axes of the shaft and arm are o... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5033197 | Dry wall/panel applicator's tool For applicators of panel board and/or dry wall, a combination tool which replaces three conventional applicator's tools, namely a T-square, a circle marker and a linear marker.... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5034567 | Access unit and bracket for mounting multiple duplex receptacles over a power cell Three service access units are mounted on a cellular raceway. A bracket inside of the unit is mounted on the power cell. The bracket offers no interference with the passage of communication cable. This bracket carries plural duplex receptacles accessible ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5030795 | Low tension access hatch An access hatch for flush floor fitting assembly which is mounted by pivots comprising open ended slots and pins slidingly disposed in the slots. The pivots providing for the hatch to move between a closed position and any of a plurality of open positions... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5021608 | Activating undercarpet cable from infloor conductors A junction splice and an adaptor for electrically connecting the flat conductors of under carpet cable with the round power conductors from an underfloor raceway or a pokethru.... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5003737 | Side rail for trenchduct Side rail structure for trenchduct side rail has a lower section and an upper section. The lower section is thin, galvanized sheet steel and the upper section is an aluminum extrusion clamps connect the upper and lower sections so that in a full bottom tr... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4997379 | Electrical contacts An electrical contact to be inserted into an aperture in an electrical board, the contact has an elongated body with a pair of alignment surfaces each having the configuration of a segment of a cylinder whose diameter is substantially the same as the diam... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4986045 | Cellular raceway A cellular raceway constructed of roll formed pieces all welded together including a base member, an upper member, and a barrier. The base member has a center section and outboard sections with ribs respectively connecting the center section to the outboa... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4967041 | Floor box for access floors Cable management system for flush floor fitting. The fitting has a retainer opening (adapted to pass cable) in communication with the normal access opening. The fitting cover has an opening (adapted to pass cable) which is aligned with retainer opening wh... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4965972 | Combined deck unit and cellular raceway A combined deck and cellular raceway unit. The deck has at least a pair of parallel extending crests, each with a top member and a pair of webs together with a valley between the crests. The cellular raceway is formed by an assembly including a hat-shaped... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4962625 | Container packing machines In an integrated, continuous, container packing machine, where a constant supply of filled containers are moved along an axis and separated into discrete groups with each group fed to an insert station wherein a partition is inserted between containers of... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4923181 | Springs for a corvette rear-seat storage compartment cover opener Leaf and wire form springs for use in the rear-seat storage compartments of Corvette motor cars. Either spring can be attached to the compartment frame and extend inwardly to engage the bottom of the push button housing. The spring allows the keeper finge... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4916258 | Three service recessed afterset Afterset to access each cell of a three-cell cellular raceway. Comprises a base connected to and extending across the three raceways, an adjusting ring threaded on the base and a flat cover on the adjusting ring. Cover and ring are arranged so that the si... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4905434 | Aligning and coupling means for trenchduct A trench duct side rail having an upper section and a lower section, the upper section including a pair of spaced-apart downwardly extending legs and with the lower section being disposed between the legs. The upper and lower sections are axially off-set ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4896595 | Print head and backer plate assembly for carton marker A marking machine for automatically marking cartons passing on an intermittently moving conveyor includes a printing head cyclically moved by a pneumatic cylinder into engagement with the cartons. The motion of the printing head is controlled by guide ele... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4892571 | Equipment and method to remove particulate and dissolved particles from steam Equipment takes in steam from a boiler and expands same to form water droplets. A baffle causes steam and droplets to swirl. Solubles are dissolved by droplets and insolubles separate. Both are collected by a receiver.... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4890748 | Product display and take-out cart The cart has an upright, open frame, a plurality of trays arranged one over the other with an anti-bend pivot supporting and connecting each tray with the frame so as to be tiltable as between a horizontal product load position and an angled product take-... | 01/02/1990 |
