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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6453694 | Air curtain horizontal merchandiser This merchandiser (10) with horizontal air curtain includes an insulated product compartment (11) having an open access top (20); an evaporator compartment (22) for cooling air supplied from a fan compartment (26) and an air circulation system (25) having... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6415508 | Hub assembly having minimum runout and process for producing the same An automotive hub assembly, which carries a brake disk, has a hub provided with a spindle which rotates in a housing on a double row antifriction bearing having its raceways oriented obliquely to the axis of rotation so that the bearing accommodates both ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6170198 | Prehung door installation aid An installation aid is provided for maintaining a door closed in a door frame during transportation and installation of a door assembly in a building. The installation aid can be used with both interior and exterior doors. The installation aid is a two pi... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168012 | Bottle carrier A paperboard carrier is provided. The carrier includes a two ply top panel, side walls, and a bottom panel. Apertures in the top and bottom panels allow for the carrier to be applied to a set of bottles. Tabs are formed in the top panel to support the bot... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6090166 | Process for dyeing a textile material with indigo using indoxyl, and system for exploiting the process The invention relates to a process for dyeing a textile fabric with indigo by using indoxyl which comprises the following stages: a. pre-washing a thread F by passing it thorough a pre-wash system (1) composed of two or more vats (2) containing a pre-wash solu... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6001437 | Method of making high-temperature glass fiber and thermal protective structures A glass fiber capable of withstanding temperatures in excess of 1900° F. is produced by treating a glass, preferably E-glass, fiber. The glass fiber is first leached with selected acids, and then the leached fiber is treated with organo-metallic material... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5918923 | Pipe laying attachment for hydraulic equipment An attachment for a hydraulically powered device such as an excavator or backhoe is provided, the attachment comprising an elongate frame; two elongate jaws, each jaw being pivotably mounted to the frame along a proximal long edge of the jaw, and an elast... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5816654 | Back and lumbar support and method An adjustable human back and lumbar support for use with a chair having an upwardly extending back and a defined seat. The support includes a strip of flexible sheet material with a pocket for mounting an upper end of the strip at an upper part of the cha... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5725812 | Melt blowing apparatus and method for forming a fibrous layered web of filter media including a fluid distribution arrangement An apparatus and method for distributing pressurized fiber attenuating fluid through a melt blowing multi-headed die body uniformly and contaminant filtered with a minimum of energy loss before reaching the fluid attenuating outlets of the die body.... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5619522 | Laser pump cavity A laser pump includes a pump housing defining a pump cavity. The pump cavity includes reflecting walls having two or more sections, which in combination, encircle the laser element of the laser. The two or more sections have centers which are off-set from... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5461777 | Apparatus for manufacturing a silencer The invention is directed to a method for easy and reliable manufacture of a silencer constructed with a multi-perforated inner tube and an outer tube, between which a sound-absorbing material such as glass wool, etc. is filled in, without use of a bindin... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5427234 | Disposal of used medical products A disposal device especially suited for used hypodermic needles and other such sharp contaminated medical devices includes a container having a hollow interior and at least one opening through the walls of the container into the container interior, and a ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5401218 | Outboard planetary gear assembly for tracked vehicles A track vehicle drive train, with a differential and outboard planetary gears driven by the differential has an outboard planetary housing containing the planetary gears. The planetary housing has a drive ring integral with it and extending circumferentia... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5363838 | Fiberoptic intubating scope with camera and lightweight portable screen and method of using same A fiberoptic/electronic intubating scope with camera and lightweight portable screen is used for the intubation of the trachea (or other body cavities and lumina) in patients where structures such as laryngeal and tracheal structures are not easily viewed... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5318560 | Laser delivery system A laser delivery system for ophthalmic surgery and the like includes a handpiece, a laser connector, and an optical fiber for transmitting laser light from a laser source to an eye to be treated. The optical fiber extends through the handpiece tip. The ti... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5314094 | Cloth fluidizing membrane for hopper car outlet A limp, porous membrane (18) is formed from a flexible sheet material (20). The membrane is used with a fluidized hopper outlet (10) containing a pulverant, particulate lading which is fluidized and unloaded via the outlet. A valve installed in the outlet... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5311839 | Poultry feeder A poultry feeder (10) comprising a generally vertically disposed feed tube (18) adapted to be installed on a generally horizontal feed conveyor tube (14) for receiving feed from the feed conveyor tube. The feed tube has an upper portion (26) fixed with re... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5305636 | Plate brake tester and method A plate brake tester for testing the adequacy of the brakes of a vehicle, particularly suited for testing the brakes of multi-axle vehicles, includes weight bearing plates suitably sized to receive thereon wheel/tire assemblies of a vehicle as the vehicle... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5279395 | Railway car brake system An improved brake linkage system for a railway car, especially a hopper car, having an air cylinder actuated to move a cylinder lever. The cylinder lever is directly connected to a floating operating lever by a slack adjuster which can be made substantial... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5154196 | Hair accessory A hair accessory having at least two barrettes each of which being separately clippable onto the hair of the user and the barrettes being joined together to form an ornamental assembly. Lacing joins the barrettes together and a plurality of decorative bea... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5155462 | Sub-miniature electrical component, particularly a fuse An electrical component, particularly a fuse for a surface-mount component, is formed by sputtering an electrical conductor onto a square tube, sleeving the tube into an outer tube, filling the assembly with a room-temperature vulcanizing silicone sealant... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5144179 | Superconducting brushless homopolar motor with multiple winding rotor A brushless homopolar dynamoelectric machine motor (1) has a rotor (3) with a least one winding (5) having multiple turns. The rotor is inductively charged using a flux pump or a rectifier. Solenoid pairs (15a, 15b, 17a, 17b) comprise field windings for t... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5122774 | Sub-miniature electrical component, particularly a fuse A sub-miniature fuse for electrical protection includes an assembly of an outer tube and an inner tube made of insulating material. The inner tube has electrodes and a fusible metal link sputtered onto its outer surface. The assembly of inner and outer tu... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5115464 | Multiline telephone answering system and interface therefore A multiline telephone answering system includes a playback deck for supplying a prerecorded message and a plurality of interface units for interconnecting a plurality of telephone lines and the playback deck. Each interface unit is associated with a parti... | 05/19/1992 |
