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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7491159 | Reversible resistance assembly for hydraulic exercise apparatus A resistance assembly for a hydraulic resistance exercise apparatus includes a single-action hydraulic cylinder having a longitudinal axis and extending from a first end to a second end. The single-action cylinder provides resistance to compression of the cylinder, ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 6735367 | Illumination light conducting optical-fiber configuration for endoscope cable An endoscope cable for use in an endoscope viewing apparatus for viewing an objective has an image viewing cable end portion for association with an image viewing device, a distal, image forming end portion including image forming means for forming an image of the o... | 05/11/2004 |
| 5971823 | Personal flotation device apparatus with hand-held tool An end portion of an elongate personal flotation device includes a hand-held tool. In one embodiment, a hand-held tool head assembly has a mounting cup with a cylindrical wall and a flat cup base. The cup is fitted over an end portion of a flexible, cylin... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5856636 | Electronic circuit prototype wiring board with visually distinctive contact pads Electronic circuit prototype wiring board is fabricated with layers of electrically conductive material separated by layers of dielectric material. Contact pads of electrically conductive material are arrayed on a surface of the board. Columns of electric... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5610470 | Spark plug for an internal combustion engine A spark plug has a base with a bottom end portion adapted to be received and retained by a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. An insulator retains a central electrode within the base with a combustion chamber end of the electrode extending in... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5519287 | Two terminal pulsed low voltage incandescent lamp dimmer with increased illuminating efficiency A two terminal pulse width modulated incandescent lamp dimmer using low frequency pulse repetition rate provides increased illuminating efficiency by compensating both for light producing inefficiency of a tungsten filament at dimmed level settings, and f... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5509678 | Recumbent bicycle A recumbent bicycle has a tubular frame member with a longitudinal axis running from front to rear. A rear support module includes a saddle for nestingly embracing a rear portion of the frame member. Cantilever support members extend downward from the sad... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5471848 | Refrigerant recovery and purification method and apparatus A refrigerant recovery apparatus for removing refrigerant from a refrigeration unit includes a pump for pumping refrigerant gas. A first channel for conducting refrigerant from a fluid circuit of a refrigeration unit to the pump has an upstream end with a... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5433081 | Refrigerant recovery and purification method and apparatus with oil adsorbent separator A refrigerant purification and recovery apparatus for removing refrigerant from a refrigeration unit and purifying the refrigerant includes refrigerant phase separation means for dividing a fluid refrigerant stream into a liquid phase and a gaseous phase ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5388413 | Portable nitrogen source A nitrogen gas source for providing nitrogen gas at sequential work sites includes a channel for containing flowing gas at a pressure greater than ambient atmospheric pressure. A compressor provides compressed air at a pressure greater than atmospheric pr... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5330406 | Hydraulic exercise apparatus An exercise apparatus (10) includes a hydraulic resistance member (50) with a single sided hydraulic cylinder (53) for pumping fluid through a fluid circuit (80). Lever members (31, 32) pivot in a common plane and extend outward to embrace the hydraulic r... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5289693 | Refrigerant recovery and purification apparatus with telecommunication monitoring facilitation device A refrigerant recovery device is provided with a pressure sensing means, liquid sensing means, fluid flow measuring means, telephone dialer for dialing a telephone number, telephone signaler for transmitting a signal over a telephone line to a telephone c... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5289555 | Optical-fibre cable coupler for endoscope light source An optical-fiber cable coupler for coupling an optical-fiber cable to an endoscope light source includes a heat conducting member which is in heat conductive contact with the end of a sheath of the light source end of an optical-fiber cable so that therma... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5273185 | Adjustable threshold firing apparatus for emergency breathing device A firing apparatus includes a firing pin on a longitudinal axis and biasing means to urge the pin in a firing direction. A central trigger body with a pull end and base end extends along the axis and includes a fruste-conical surface surrounding the axis ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5243831 | Apparatus for purification and recovery of refrigerant A refrigerant purification and recovery device which directly reitroduces the refrigerant to the refrigeration unit or to a storage container. The device is separable into two parts with one part containing a receiver-separator vessel and the other part c... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5218834 | Storage container for recovered refrigerant A refrigerant storage container includes a temperature indicator to indicate the temperature of fluid in the container, a pressure gauge for indicating the pressure of the contained fluid and a temperature indexed vapor pressure scale on the face of the g... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5099653 | Apparatus for purification and recovery of refrigrant A refrigerant purification and recovery apparatus for removing refrigerant from a refrigeration unit includes a compressor, condenser and receiver vessel. Second and third conduits conduct refrigerant flow from the compressor to the condenser and from the... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5078756 | Apparatus and method for purification and recovery of refrigerant A refrigerant purification and recovery apparatus for removing refrigerant from a refrigeration unit and for purifying the refrigerant removed from the refrigeration unit includes a compressor, condenser, a receiver-separator vessel having upper and lower... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5048515 | Respiratory gas supply apparatus and method A supplemental respiratory gas supply control apparatus and method for providing supplemental gas to an in vivo respiratory system includes a pressure sensor adapted to produce pressure indicative signals indicative of pressures sensed, a gas flow control... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5027143 | Apparatus and method for focusing a photographic camera A preferred embodiment of a photographic camera comprises a lens standard supporting an optical lens and a screen standard supporting an image screen. At least one of the lens standard and screen standard is movable to vary a distance along the longitudin... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4866872 | Apparatus and method for retrieving fish caught while ice fishing An ice fishing apparatus and method for retrieving fish through an ice hole during ice fishing provides a support member that is mounted to a base member that is supported by the upper surface of an ice layer. The support member is extended and retracted ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4863014 | Transparent building industry product with collapsible tube A product for the building industry includes a container having opposed transparent sidewall portions and a transparent caulking compound contained therein so that the appearance of a substrate surface with the caulking compound may be previewed before ac... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4856478 | Vacuum control valve A vacuum control valve logically selects between a pair of variable vacuum sources to provide a vacuum to a vacuum use station such that the supplied vacuum is the greater of the two vacuums (the lesser of the pressures). The valve has a main body with a ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4851178 | Process for thermoforming plastic materials such as pet The method for thermoforming articles out of a sheet of plastic material including initially applying a negative pressure to the cavity and a first forming gas to the second side of the sheet facing the male mold section, switching to a second pressurizin... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4849949 | Tide clock device A tide clock device is operative to display tide conditions cycling between low and high tides based on an average cycle time. The device includes a clock drive and a pair of relative rotatable elements, one of which is a display element and the other of ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4844106 | Apparatus and method for cleaning shards for recycling Apparatus and a method accomplished by the apparatus is disclosed for cleaning shards, such as clay pigeon fragments, of debris and contaminant materials for recycling. The apparatus includes a reservoir containing a washing fluid and a moving conveyor pa... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4841638 | Hand-held cutting tool apparatus A small, hand-held cutting tool which is light in weight and easily manipulated for use in cutting relatively soft materials. The cutting tool apparatus described herein is especially useful for the decorative carving of pumpkins.... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4839972 | Footwear with pivotal toe An article of footwear, expecially adapted as a ski boot or hiking boot, has a toe portion and a heel portion respectively having a first and second sole portion that are pivotally rotatable with respect to one another over a fairly large angular range ab... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4828114 | Pumpkin carving kit A pumpkin carving kit includes first and second sets of different types of cutting tools, preferably drill elements and saw elements, at least one pattern sheet having a decorative design and an instruction book having first instructions for securing the ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4824109 | Portable electronic bowling scoring device A computerized bowling device includes a microprocessor, logic and memory that drives a novel display panel. The display panel has a name display region for showing a team's name or a bowler's name and a plurality of primary regions and a final frame regi... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4825046 | Thermal interface device for heating elements A thermal interface device is inserted between a heating element and a cooking vessel, such as a coffee pot for an automatic drip coffee maker, to reduce scorching and burning from non-uniform heating. The interface device has a main flat plate dimensione... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823502 | Fishing lure An artificial fishing lure such as a fly is provided with ballast material. The fly includes a fish hook having a hook portion, a shank portion and an eye portion. The shank is encased by a chamber forming shell that extends circumferentially around the s... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4807500 | Reversing ratchet mechanism for tools A ratchet drive tool includes ratchet head that has a cylindrical aperture and a drive member rotatably mounted in the aperture. The drive member has a drive shaft that projects axially outwardly of the aperture and a pawl support structure oppositely pos... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4801123 | Support stand for pole-like objects A support stand for a pole-like object includes a base member and a plurality of legs that slideably engage the base member at equiangularly aligned positions. Preferably the base member is tubular, and a primary leg is rigidly attached thereto. Two or mo... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4797206 | Siphon device for cleaning spas A cleaning device for cleaning spas by removing particulate debris siphons liquids from the spa so that the debris is sucked out of the spa by the fluid flow. The device includes a rigid handle portion, an upstream nozzle and a downstream hose having a di... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4795153 | Golf club A golf club particularly adapted as a putter includes a club head, a handle portion and a shaft structure interconnecting the club head and the handle portion. The shaft structure includes a lower shaft portion and an intermediate shaft portion. The lower... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4791837 | Speed wrench and hand grip combination A speed wrench and complimentary hand grip is provided. The wrench includes a casing which mounts a standard drive mechanism which has a drive member axially projecting from the casing in order to engage a work piece. The wrench has an added feature in th... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4790787 | Bubble making system having rigid bow members A preferred embodiment of a bubble making system for making large bubbles comprises a pallet for holding bubble-making fluid and a bubble maker with a plurality of user controlled bow members. The bow members are pivotally attached to each other at upper ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4788806 | Assembly of molding strips adapted to mount flexible coverings on support surfaces A molding strip assembly is provided to secure a flexible covering on a support surface. The assembly includes a molding element attachable to the surface, and a mounting element that snap-fits into and is secured by the molding element. Each molding elem... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4783164 | Adjustable retaining strap for eyeglasses An adjustable retaining strap for eyeglasses includes an elongated tubular member formed of a flexible resilient material. End portions of the tubular member are reverse-fold to define end loops that are retained by end sleeves each having a passageway th... | 11/08/1988 |
