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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5104548 | Controlling and recovering oil spills from the environment There is disclosed a method for treatment of an oil slick resulting from an oil spill on a body of water. The oil slick is treated with a mixture of a granular elastomeric gum comprising a block copolymer of ethylene/butylene and styrene and an oleochemic... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5104074 | Fence support Disclosed is a fence support including a generally vertically oriented main support post 31 in the form of a T shaped iron bar and a pair of braces 18. Each brace 18 includes an elongated bearing element 26 that is received in the bites of the T and a col... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5094739 | Methods and apparatus for treatment of water There is disclosed a method and an apparatus for treatment of water in an electrolytic cell having stacked plates of magnesium and copper in alternating array, separated by thin metal, brass washers. The stacked plates are disposed transversely across a c... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5087374 | Removal of contaminates from granular solids There is disclosed a method for the removal of impurities, particularly organic impurities from granular solids, having its greatest immediate application for the regeneration of spent adsorbents which are used to purify waste water. The spent activated c... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5086759 | Chiropractic belt Disclosed is a chiropractic belt 10 having two belt segments 16 and 18 joined together by a central elastic section 12. There is an elastic cross-structure 26 which overlies and is connected at the intersection of the cross-structure to the mid-section of... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5084924 | Mounting apparatus for wall beds with safety jamming feature Disclosed is a safety feature for wall beds which provides for jamming of the linkages of a counter-balancing mechanism if anchors for the mounting frame of the counter-balancing mechanism accidentally dislodge.... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5078668 | Garment protector and method of making said protector Disclosed is a method of making garment protector that is of high quality, having an envelope structure made of cloth fabric with an easy access opening in one of its sides covered by a flap member.... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5074576 | Combination container and cart A golf club container and cart combination comprises a frame on which is carried the container element for the golf clubs and ancillary golf equipment. The container, interior, is divided into two coaxial spaces, a center space and an outer circumferentia... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5071408 | Medical valve Disclosed is a medical valve comprising a pair of plates holding in tension a membrane folded over to form a chamber with an elongated, slit-like opening along adjoining edges. The plates include interlocking members which interlock the plates together. A... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5048507 | Endothermic building With reference to FIG. 3, the sloping roof (250) of a building (10) incorporates inner and outer juxtaposed metal panels, (15, 16) spaced from each other to define passageways (20) which serve as heat exchangers. A closed-loop water circulation system (18... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5047961 | Automatic battery monitoring system There is disclosed an instrument for the continuous monitoring of emergency stand-by batteries during operation of the batteries. The invention monitors the emergency batteries during all discharge operations and records the usage and conditions of the ba... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5040839 | Head liner and retractable window screens for an automobile There is disclosed a retractable sun screen for a motor vehicle. The sun screen can be provided for any or all of the windows of the vehicle and is used in combination with a head liner which has a storage recess for each sun screen. The sun screens can b... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5038481 | Saber saw tracking light There is disclosed a tracing light for a saber saw in which the light source is located on the shoe of the saber saw, immediately adjacent the cut line marked on the work piece. In one embodiment, the light source is the terminal end of a fiber optic tran... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5036558 | Wall bed imitation fireplace Disclosed is a wall bed within an enclosure that looks like a fireplace when the bed is in a vertical position.... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5033599 | Clutch with dissimilar frictional facings and centrifugal assist There is disclosed an automotive clutch in which frictional engagement faces of a clutch are provided with an organic composite facing and a sintered metal facing. By this combination, the benefits of both types of facings are obtained without any of the ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5008780 | Illuminating devices An illuminating device comprises a tubular outer sleeve (12) provided with an elongated transparent window (13), with an inner sleeve (22) formed with an aperture (27). The inner sleeve (22) houses a pair of self-luminous light sources (30). Relative rota... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5003681 | Brake tool Disclosed is a tool for use with brake pistons and the like having a generally cylindrical body with a working face at one end of the body member which has an area and configuration corresponding to the face of the piston. The piston has one or more shall... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5002817 | Form liner and method for forming concrete panels with artistic relief patterns There is disclosed a form liner having a thickness no greater than 0.5 inch and having planar dimensions of approximately 2 feet by 4 feet, with one of its planar surfaces having a molded negative impression of a desirable surface relief pattern for a con... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4990804 | Self-luminous light source There is disclosed a self-luminous source of light preferably as applied to illuminated signs and safety markers which emits a high level of uniform light. The invention utilizes a beta emitter, preferably tritium gas, which is contained within a sealed g... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4986649 | Eyeglasses frame with improved frontal support An eyeglass structure having frame means interconnecting left and right ocular frames to support respective ocular lenses with upper frame edges and with laterally supported and pivotally attached temples. The improvement in the frontal support comprises ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4985115 | Method for etching glass A method is disclosed for etching glass surfaces, particularly the windows of vehicles, which includes the steps of preparing a graphic image including a bar code; transferring the image to a tissue stencil by means of a plurality of cylindrical rods; app... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4982656 | Steamer There is disclosed a food steamer having a food tray with a stepped sidewall to provide a subjacent section of lesser cross-sectional area than its upper section. An internal cover is received within the upper section of the food tray and it is slidably r... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4982959 | Water sprinkler mat game An outdoor game for a plurality of players who on a novel game mat having a flat playing surface which bears a plurality of position-identifying indicia. The mat also has a water distributor and a plurality of water spray orifices which are located at pre... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4978500 | Inhibitor for metal corrosion by brine An inhibitor composition of sodium hexametaphosphate and a water soluble orthophosphate, together with a pH adjusting, water-soluble alkali, effectively prevents corrosion of metal surfaces by sodium chloride brines. This corrosion inhibitor can be used t... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4966422 | Desk and file drawer lock There is disclosed a latch mechanism for locking the drawers of items of furniture such as desks and file cabinets. The latch mechanism is manufactured of plastics using injection molding techniques. The mechanism includes an open sided housing having a o... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4958879 | Auto sun visor Disclosed is a portable, compact sun visor adapted to be placed over the rearview mirror of an automotive vehicle. The visor comprises a generally rectangular member which is opaque and had dimensions which block sunlight from directly striking the driver... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4955274 | Violins The invention relates to the manufacture of a violin (and other instruments of the violin family), in which the component parts of the acoustic box are made from sheet material. The sheet material is composed of substantially unidirectionally oriented man... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4954690 | Modular welding gun Disclosed is a welding gun which includes a mounting block, a motor mounted to the welding block and a barrel through which welding wire is fed by drive rollers turned by the motor. There is a passageway through the welding block which has a valve therein... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4951793 | Clutch assembly with improved dual frictional facings There is disclosed an automotive clutch in which frictional engagement faces of a clutch are provided with an organic composite facing and a sintered metal facing. By this combination, the benefits of both types of facings are obtained without any of the ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4949933 | Document holder for computer keyboard There is disclosed a document holder having a clip to secure one or several pages of a document, supporting the pages in a convenient position adjacent a computer keyboard, typewriter, and the like. The document holder has a universal base which is formed... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4950453 | Inhibiting corrosion by water There is disclosed a method for the protection of metal surfaces against corrosion by the formation of a passivating coating of zinc silicate on the surfaces of the metals exposed to the water. The metal surfaces are preconditioned by contact with water c... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4949489 | Edge-lit multiple image display device There is disclosed an edge-lit multiple image display device. The device utilizes a plurality of internal-reflecting-light sheets which are provided in a stacked array. Images are formed on the surfaces of the sheets with a coating of a material that chan... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4945825 | Indexing machine for baking pans Disclosed is a machine for moving bakery pans in a stepwise fashion to enable rows of cups in the pans to be filled with dough packets. The rows of cups are spaced apart a predetermined distance which will vary depending upon the type of bakery product be... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4941978 | Controlling and recovering oil spills from the environment There is disclosed a method for treatment of an oil slick resulting from an oil spill on a body of water. The oil slick is treated with a granular elastomeric gum comprising a block copolymer of ethylene/butylene and styrene. The treatment material has a ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4940964 | Vehicle control and theft deterrent with remote transmitter There is disclosed a motor vehicle control system having a vehicle control unit located in the motor vehicle and a hand held portable control unit, which are in two-way communication. The vehicle control unit which is located in the motor vehicle includes... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4927113 | Valve control mechanism Disclosed is a valve operator which includes a spindle screwed into a sleeve that is seated in a cavity within the housing of the valve operator. The sleeve has a pair of openings therein and the housing has a pair of grooves in its walls. A pair of rolle... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4924919 | Method of filling a balloon with articles and air A method of filling a balloon with articles and air wherein a container having a removeable cover having an outlet pipe therein the latter is evacuated after the opening of a balloon is attached to said pipe within the container to thereby expand the ball... | 05/15/1990 |
