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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5234005 | Protective mouthguard assembly A tethered, protective mouthguard assembly for attachment to a helmet or headgear including a mouthpiece portion, a connecting member integrally formed with the mouthpiece and provided with a tether attachment element therein, a separate breakaway tether ... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5201024 | Double loop heat storage space heating furnace using an air-to-air heat exchanger A double loop heat storage space heating furnace has a housing with an upper heat storage section containing an electrically heated heat storage brick portion and a lower section containing an air-to-air heat exchanger having first and second air flow pas... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5185085 | Water craft and method for treating a body of water A boat and method for treating a body of water which includes continuously scooping surface water as the boat traverses the lake. The method may include the step of adding a neutralizing agent such as lime to a body of water. To avoid forming "hot spots" ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5181413 | Pipe collapsing attachment An apparatus for collapsing and crushing heavy-duty steel well casings and similar pipes to terminate flow of liquids such as crude oil therethrough, a housing portion gripping and sealing spaced portions of the casing, casing collapsing rams at opposite ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5181655 | Mobile heating system A mobile heating system for thawing frozen ground. The system includes a hot water heater, antifreeze reservoir, and pumps mounted on a mobile apparatus such as a trailer for being towed by a car or truck. A line is connectable to the heater and antifreez... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5178565 | Lower unit guard A guard attachable to the lower unit of an outboard motor preventing direct impact between submerged hazards and the elements of the lower unit. The guard includes two angle brackets, a rigid bar attached to the angle brackets at a top end, and a skeg poc... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5176056 | Panel cutting machine A machine that includes: A transportation system is disclosed for transporting panels such as wood panels between two cutting stations which cut the panels along different axes. The transportation system includes, between the cutting stations, a work surf... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5171079 | Fire extinguisher cabinet An improved fire-extinguisher cabinet for insertion into a vertical wall surface consisting of double fire wall cabinets creating an internal cavity which hold a fire-retardant material. The improved double-walled fire extinguisher cabinet satisfies all t... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5169279 | Interfacting lift hitch The present disclosure includes an interfacing lift hitch for connection between a tractor and an implement. The hitch includes retractable, implement connecting hooks and is U-shaped to allow operation of the power takeoff of the tractor. The disclosure ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5169408 | Apparatus for wafer processing with in situ rinse A wafer processing apparatus including a head defining an etching chamber, the sidewall of the head being slidable along the base so that the sidewall and base will normally define an etch chamber; and the sidewall may be moved upwardly to open a discharg... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5165490 | Boring tool having electromagnetic wave generation capability A boring head for boring the ground includes a housing of substantially cylindrical configuration. An electric power source, a coil, a switch and an oscillator are mounted within the housing. The coil generates an electromagnetic wave, and the oscillator ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5162138 | Pumpkin decorations A pumpkin decoration wherein a first decorative piece of vinyl sticks via an adhesive to the pumpkin and a second decorative piece of static cling material clings via static cling to the first piece. Third and fourth pieces of static cling material may al... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5160034 | Vibrating bucket screen for beaches The present vibrating bucket screen attachment for cleaning beaches and for being mounted on mobile machines such as skid-steer loaders includes an outer excavating bucket with a sand-scooping blade and runners on the outer bucket for supporting the outer... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159829 | Device for measuring gas permeation A system for measuring gas permeability of membranes under precise temperature and humidity controls, by the use of a gas detector made from a single metallic block, wherein the gas flow passages are virtually entirely confined within the metallic block, ... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5159869 | Cutting station for a panel cutting machine A cutting station comprising a bed; a work surface supported on the bed; a carriage traveling along the longitudinal axis of the bed by virtue of a first motor; two cutting members connected to two second motors; and a structure supporting the cutting mem... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5156368 | Combination music rack and case A combination rack and carrying case for carrying and displaying sheets of paper such as sheets of music. As one of its sidewalls, the rack includes a swingable generally Z-shaped rack with outer and inner ledges for supporting the sheets of music. The ou... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5155950 | Tick repellant belt A tick repellant belt to be worn about the waist of an outdoorsman who wears pants with tightly closed cuffs to ward off or trap bloodsucking arachnids. The belt is comprised of a flexible band having outer and inner surfaces and two ends adapted to relea... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5154301 | Wafer carrier A moldable plastic, distortion and warp resistant wafer carrier with forked end wall portions that tie into the sidewalls of the carrier. The forked end wall portions from triangular column like supports between an end wall and sidewalls of the carrier su... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5150475 | Protective wristband A protective wristband with integrally woven inner and outerlayers of an absorbent stretchable fabric material to provide an endless generally hollow interior, and a cushioned shield disposed between the layers such that the shield is concealed to provide... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5148923 | Apparatus for sorting or otherwise treating objects An apparatus for sorting or otherwise treating objects, wherein the apparatus includes an endless belt which is in contact with a guide by means of which the endless belt is given a curved portion. At least one path between the guide and the curved portio... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5148648 | Quick-release frame connector The invention is a quick-release connector to be used with a collapsible display frame structure as taught in U.S. Pat. No. 4,658,560. The invention permits quick coupling and release between a rear and front hub as taught in U.S. Pat. No. 4,627,210. Duri... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5143468 | Articulable joint and support frame for exhaust hose An articulable joint with two opposing disk-like joint portions or plates which are joined by and pivot about a central locking bolt. The joint portions also engage each other via ball and ball seat contact points. Spring pressed balls on one joint portio... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5142991 | Inclined rail trolley safety device with lever operated cable shieve for taking up slack in the cable to control trolley drive A safety device for a trolley riding an inclined track. The safety device includes a safety line running parallel to a tow cable operating the trolley. The trolley includes a lever with a distal end continuously engaging the safety line. When the lever is... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5142779 | Mobile wood and tire shear A heavy duty mobile wood and tire shear having a lower stationary jaw rigidly attachable to the dipper stick of a hydraulic excavator. The lower jaw has a forwardly extending face plate for receiving and supporting the workpiece with two forwardly extendi... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5143369 | Apparatus for parting a shingled flow of flat products, particularly of at least two-layer paper products An apparatus for parting a shingled flow of two-layer paper products in the vertical direction with a rotatable deflector sheave and a wedged-shape deflector, both pivotally mounted above the shingled flow, wherein the wedged-shaped deflector may be inser... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5141467 | Powered toy utilizing explosive caps to drive a toy vehicle from a launcher A powered toy utilizing caps of the type used in toy cap guns to propel a toy vehicle. The vehicle is assembled with a launcher by a partible connector portion which has a piston portion assembled into a detonation chamber wherein the cap is detonated. Th... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5139638 | Oxygen sensor A method apparatus for constructing an oxygen sensor in a layered construction including an anode element, a cathode element and an intermediate electrolyte-retentive insulator, wherein the layered anode element has a central flat metallic plate with two ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5135113 | High-speed tablet sorting machine A device for sorting tablets by capacitive measurement, including a disk rotating between capacitor plates, a tablet fielding device for sequentially metering a series of tablets onto the disk, an arcuate guide assembly for guiding the tablets along a gui... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5132288 | Method for controlling Salmonella enteritidis in poultry In vitro results indicate that trimethoprim may be ineffective against S. enteritides. However, in vivo results show that trimethoprim alone and in combination with polymyxin B sulfate is effective on S. enteritidis infections in poultry.... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5131194 | Sound barrier window The present sound barrier double-pane window includes panes wherein each pane is of a different thickness or a different density or a combination thereof. Since panes of different thicknesses or densities block or dampen different sounds, the double-pane ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5131181 | One legged frog fish lure An improved artificial fishing lure simulating in motion and appearance an injured frog bait. The invention in body shape, coloring, and single-leg vibration is designed to glide above the surface of the water imitating the motions of an injured frog. The... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5127567 | Rail processor A rail breaker attachable to the boom structure and hydraulic system of a hydraulic excavator and having an elongate frame tiltable by a hydraulic cylinder of the excavator, a grapple and a swingable breaker arm on the outer end of the frame, the grapple ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5129056 | Method for cursor control of scrolling movements on certain computer workstations A process for controlling cursor-scrollable display information for a plurality of dependent workstations from a single workstation controller, including the steps of prestoring format tables and scrollable panel areas for each dependent workstation in th... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5125882 | Resistance exercising apparatus for strengthening a golf swing The present resistance exercising apparatus for strengthening a golf swing includes a golf club swingably connected to a telescoping shaft. The telescoping shaft in turn is axially connected to a wheel which is mounted in a frame transversely of the golf ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5125193 | Foldable panel display system A graphic display panel system formed in sections, wherein a graphic display image may be affixed to each section, the sections respectively having transparent edge caps and/or hinge connectors and/or locking pin assemblies for selectively interconnecting... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5123681 | Latch for wafer storage box for manual or robot operation A silicon wafer storage box must be secured by a functional and convenient latch during the fabrication and transportation of silicon wafers. The present invention encompasses such a functional, convenient latch adaptable for either manual or automated ma... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5123394 | Rotary reciprocating internal combustion engine A rotary reciprocating internal combustion engine is disclosed and includes a rotor with a set of four pistons driving respective spaced apart cranks. Each of the ends of the rotating cranks extends through a bearing in support plates on the rotor and inc... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5123000 | Optical disk cartridge handling apparatus An optical disk cartridge handling apparatus for storing, handling, reading and writing of optical disks contained in cartridges which store data for a host computer. The apparatus comprises an import/export element for loading and unloading cartridges in... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5120389 | Pipeline coating machine A machine for compressively applying an outer cementitious coating received from a pressurized source on a continuous pipeline as well as on pipeline segments includes a cementitious material accumulating chamber with an aperture for receiving the pipelin... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5118961 | Turbine generator A turbine generator with a rotor having magnets secured in a receptacle shaped portion and spinning about a stationary core to produce electricity. Jets of fluid impinge tangentially upon a circumferential roughened surface of the rotor and are spaced suc... | 06/02/1992 |
