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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6227903 | Circuit connector block A 110-volt wiring connector wherein sets of wire connectors are positioned on each of four sides, each set of the sets of 1-4 having three in-line electrodes as connectors, corner electrodes are interconnected, and the center electrodes are bridged as bet... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6099348 | Circuit connector block A 110-volt wiring connector wherein sets of wire connectors are positioned on each of four sides, each set of the sets of 1-4 having three in-line electrodes as connectors, corner electrodes are interconnected, and the center electrodes are bridged as bet... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6017270 | Coin sorter A coin sorter wherein there area plurality of side-by-side V-shaped, elongated tracks. These tracks are on a slope and are fed from a common coin feeder and the tracks are terminated at lower ends by coin diverters varied in configuration to progressively... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5697321 | Flag-banner support assembly A flag or banner assembly wherein a flag or banner hangs from a generally horizontal staff and wherein an arm or rod extends downward from the staff and attaches to a lower region of the flag or banner wherein wrapping of the flag or banner around the sta... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5660145 | Chicken housing and egg receiving system An egg laying assembly wherein eggs are laid onto an endless belt, and a roller at one end of the belt effects a reversal in direction of the belt, and a brush is positioned against the belt where it passes under the roller, wherein debris is loosened fro... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5600903 | Ballast shoulder cleaner A ballast machine for plowing ballast from the outer ends of rail supporting cross ties of a railroad bed. The machine is provided with a ballast ridge plow assembly including a slider box having an inner section which is vertically movable by a hydraulic... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5587824 | Open collector communications link A bidirectional, long-distance open collector link is constructed between a pair of spaced-apart open collector ports, with each of the ports being coupled to one input of a comparator. The other input of the comparator is responsive to a reference voltag... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5576723 | VGA signal converter for converting VGA color signals to VGA monochrome signals A converter for converting VGA color signals to gray scale monochrome signals wherein each of the color signals, red, green, and blue, are processed through a circuit consisting of an emitter-follower, a selected value resistor, and a diode and wherein th... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5564327 | Piston/piston rod assembly A piston/piston rod assembly wherein a piston is secured to a piston rod, and a sleeve (shell) is secured around the piston rod at predetermined locations along the length of the piston rod. The shell may be removably mounted and made of a harder, heavier... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5558536 | Circuit connector block A 110-volt wiring connector wherein sets of wire connectors are positioned on each of four sides, each set of the sets of 1-4 having three in-line electrodes as connectors, corner electrodes are interconnected, and the center electrodes are bridged as bet... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5504540 | Conductor arrangement for VGA video cables A cabling arrangement is disclosed for transmitting analog VGA video signals via a cable having insulated conductors and without the use of micro coaxial conductors. In this cable, the red, green, and blue video signals are applied to a first set of condu... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5493795 | Ballast regulator having improved track cleaning means A ballast regulator machine for dressing the ballast of a railroad bed during movement of the machine along tracks on the railroad bed has a frame for supporting various assemblies for distributing the ballast across the bed and ballast removal apparatus ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5491722 | Eye pattern margin measurement and receiver stress detection device A system and method are provided wherein binary communications signals are received, and sequences of values of like types of these, such as positive ones, positive zeroes, negative ones, and negative zeroes, are observed. Responsive to a sequence of like... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5465105 | Autosensing switching system An automatic signal switching system is provided having a plurality of communications links, each link having at one end a plurality of conductors terminating in a plug configured to be uniquely couplable to a particular source of computer video and relat... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5459951 | Ballast shoulder cleaner A ballast machine for plowing ballast from the outer ends of rail supporting cross ties of a railroad bed. A ballast tie plow assembly is mounted to the frame of the ballast machine for vertical movement thereon. The tie plow assembly includes ballast eng... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5378105 | Cargo handling system A cargo handling and restraining system for loading, unloading, and transporting cargo containers in a carrier vehicle. The carrier is provided with a supporting floor (bed) having a plurality of tracks disposed thereon. The tracks include a channel dispo... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5363108 | Time domain radio transmission system A time domain communications system wherein a broadband of time-spaced signals, essentially monocycle-like signals, are derived from applying stepped-in-amplitude signals to a broadband antenna, in this case, a reverse bicone antenna. When received, the t... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5355895 | Ocular disease detection apparatus An ocular disease detection device is constructed having a defocusing mechanism that causes eyes of a subject to be defocused. This is primarily accomplished by providing a beamsplitter at a first focal distance from the eyes and projecting an image at a ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5252552 | Superconductive device and method for demonstrating autorotation Apparatus and method are disclosed for demonstrating autorotation in conjunction with superconductivity. First and second discs constructed of superconductive materials are stacked one on top of the other in an insulated container. A disc-shaped permanant... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5142322 | Electrophotographic copier process kit having support brackets for providing disassembly of internal process components A process kit for use in an image-forming apparatus. The process kit includes a development device, a corona discharger, and a cleaning device disposed in spaced relation around the periphery of a photosensitive drum. Each of the above-mentioned component... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5134550 | Indirect lighting fixture An area lighting fixture is constructed having a tubular pole member having a reflective interior surface and a light source mounted inside the pole and at a lower end thereof. A reflective, concave member is positioned below the light source and generall... | 07/28/1992 |
| 4986822 | Rectal-colon dilator and collector assembly A rectal-colon dilator and fecal collector assembly having a tubular member with a meltable cap at one end and an external base member for supporting the tubular member at its other end. The base member has a circular aperture communicating with the tubul... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4961656 | Endless loop ribbon cassette with ordered storage An endless loop ribbon cassette wherein the storage of a ribbon in a ribbon cassette is effected by a belt assembly which causes the ribbon to move along a generally linear path substantially corresponding to one dimension of a storage cavity. This effect... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4959734 | Prestored response processing system for branching control of interactive video disc systems An interactive control system including a wide bandwidth, random access recorder including a recording which contains sequentially recorded discete sets of co-located video, audio and digital information including, for example, a question or other interro... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4947216 | Cleaning blade assembly for electrophotography apparatus A cleaning device for an electrophotographic copying device wherein an electrophotographic latent image formed on the surface of a photosensitive member is moved past a series of processing stations including a developing station at which the latent image... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4932641 | Variable force exerting clamp assembly having a variable clamping area A variable force exerting clamp assembly having a variable clamping area. A stretchable strap which deforms or "thins" to a smaller width in response to stretching is provided with a first work-engaging clamp secured to one end thereof and a second movabl... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4933833 | Measurement and control system A measurement and control system for employment with a plurality of significantly spaced process access locations wherein a single cable extends in a loop by these access locations, and both ends of the cable are terminated at a central controller. The ca... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4923116 | Bath water control system A bath water control system in which the bath water is selectively supplied a bath or shower outlets, and the water supply is as to both temperature and period of supply. These parameters may be prestored in a memory along with discrete start times whereb... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4911342 | Pleating needle A pleating machine having a frame supporting two pairs of rollers formed with intermeshing teeth. Each pair is comprised of upper and lower intermeshing rollers, with a roller of the first pair intermeshing with a roller of the second pair to form a conti... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4888881 | Direct height measuring device for surveying instruments A direct measuring device for the direct and exact measurement of the height of a surveying instrument above a ground point. The direct measurement device includes a frame having an upstanding portion and a pair of arms substantially normally extending th... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4885718 | Extended communications link for keyboard and display units remotely located from a computer A communications extension link for use between a computer and a keyboard and display unit has at the computer site a first interface circuit connected to it and adjacent to the keyboard and display unit a second interface circuit connected to it. The two... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4884561 | Articulated brace for protection of the joint of a wearer's limbs A brace for protection and support of the joint of a wearer's limbs. The brace may be worn during periods of recuperation from injuries to the joint while also permitting the wearer to engage in contact sports, such as football, etc., while recuperating f... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4884813 | Golf club alignment device and method A golf club alignment device for recording a sight pattern showing the optimum position of the handle end of a golf club when held by a golfer addressing the ball and for reproducing that position. The device has a sighting barrel that is attached to the ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4861009 | Variable force exerting clamp assembly having a variable clamping area A variable force exerting clamp assembly having a variable clamping area. A stretchable strap which deforms or "thins" to a smaller width in response to stretching is provided with a first work-engaging clamp secured at one end thereof and a second movabl... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4856946 | Threading assembly A threading assembly including biasing means for biasing a threading tap or die in a selected direction and a reversible ratchet assembly for applying a torque about an axis coinciding with the axis of the tap or die. An alignment guide concentrically ali... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4850897 | Adapter for providing electrical access to circuits in a cable head assembly An adapter for providing electrical access to individual circuits of a telephone circuit cable head is disclosed. The adapter has an elongated rectangular housing and is intended for placement between rows of receptacles of the cable head and protective p... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4848821 | Tailgate ladder An unfolding ladder assembly for attachment to a tailgate is disclosed. The assembly includes a pair of plates for attachment to the outside of a tailgate, the plates providing surfaces against which edges of side frame members are biased in deployed posi... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4843324 | Apparatus for determining the location and distance to a concealed conductive structure A system for locating a buried structure in which a signal radiating from the structure is measured by its reception on the surface of the earth with the signal being attenuated by a selected amount and then measured by reception at varying distances abov... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4841702 | Insulated concrete building panels and method of making the same A three-layer insulated concrete panel includes as the middle layer an insulating slab having grooves which provide a form for casting of concrete supporting ribs integral with a layer of concrete cast over the grooved face. A layer of material, such as p... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4833010 | Composite chemical barrier fabric A multilayer chemical barrier fabric is made up of a base sheet of nonwoven polypropylene laminated on one side to a multilayer film sheet having a film of ethylene vinyl alcohol sandwiched between films of nylon with a surface film if linear low-density ... | 05/23/1989 |
