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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5887285 | Insulated liner for headgear A headgear assembly including a flexible cap and an insulator adapted to increase the heat retention of the cap. The cap includes an interior surface and a peripheral edge which surround and define a hemispherical interior cavity. A sweatband is affixed t... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5881523 | Mechanical packers for concrete repair A mechanical packer (10) for injecting repair compound into a damaged concrete structure (13) comprises a rigid insertion portion (20) having distal (24) and proximal ends (26). A feed stem (22) that can be broken off is attached to the proximal end (26) ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5873227 | Combine harvester rotor speed control and control method The combine harvester has a threshing and separating rotor with a threshing cylinder section that cooperates with a concave to thresh crop material. A hydraulic motor drives the rotor. A hydraulic pump, driven by an internal combustion engine, supplies hy... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5865363 | Construction and method of making prop shaft having enlarged end sections An automotive prop shaft assembly particularly suited for coupling a transfer case to the front axle drive components comprises a tubular drive shaft having an initial uniform inner diameter relatively smaller than the outer diameter of a pair of forged i... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5860385 | Crossing arm assembly A school bus is equipped with a crossing arm mechanism that is mounted on the front bumper at the passenger side. The mechanism includes a crossing arm assembly that is pivoted between a retracted (stored) position adjacent the front bumper and an extende... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5845431 | Aquarium fish catcher An aquarium fish trap (18) has a container (20) made from molded transparent PETE plastic material. The container is elongated in shape and has a standing closed end (34) and an open end (24). The open end is surrounded by flexible plastic fingers (26) th... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5839845 | Adjustable torque pivot joint A preloaded pivot joint has a threaded ball seat that is screwed into an open end of the joint housing to adjust the axial load on the ball stud and consequent torque characteristics. The adjusted position of the ball seat is then maintained by swaging th... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839568 | Reciprocating floor conveyor control system The reciprocating floor conveyor (10) has a frame (14) guide beam assemblies (46) and floor slats (50) slidably mounted on the guide beam assemblies. An A group of floor slats (50) are connected to a transverse drive beam (100) and reciprocated back and f... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839327 | Drive axle assembly with lubricant cooling system A drive axle assembly has a gear housing, two axle tubes extending outwardly of the gear housing, a lubricant reservoir in the gear housing and a gear assembly rotatably mounted in the gear housing that has a rotatable ring gear that is partially disposed... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5832947 | Gas shut-off and pressure relief valve for a high pressure gas vessel A gas valve (10) includes a shut off valve mechanism (11) with a control stem having two annular grooves (54) that receive a deformed teflon sealing member (52) to seal the control stem against leakage. The gas valve (10) also includes a pressure relief v... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832546 | Flush toilet having a reseal water chamber A flush toilet (10) is operated by a flushometer (14) which passes water to a water chamber (36). The chamber is sized to assure that the bottom (48) of the toilet bowl and waste outlet (22) are resealed against sewer gas backup. The chamber has outlets (... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5829940 | Bale handler attachment and bale stacking method The bale handler attachment (10) has a frame (26) with a base member (26), an upper member (30) parallel to the base member and a pair of connecting members (32 and 34). A pair of connector assemblies (118 and 120) are connected to the frame (26). A plura... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5823716 | Method for providing on a landscape a series of terraces with augmented availability of usable level surface A method for providing on a landscape a series of terraces with augmented availability of usable level surface comprising: providing an upper substantially level surface on at least one portion of said landscape; providing one or more gallery support memb... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5823397 | Personal hygiene liquids dispenser with an improved valve seat A liquid dispenser assembly (10) for personal hygiene liquids includes a container (14) and a dispenser valve (16). Each valve includes a valve plunger (60) with a head (62) having a flexible peripheral skirt (64) that provides increased bypass of liquid ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5816645 | Adjustable resting surfaces for automotive interior trim An arm rest (18, 20, 22) is mounted for vertical adjustment relative to the door panel (14) or center console (16). The arm rest is operably connected to an air spring bladder (32, 46, 54) or an adjustable mechanical mechanism (72). The bladder is control... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816609 | Trim panel having air bag door An interior trim panel for a motor vehicle has an opening for deployment of an air bag and a discrete air bag door that is attached to the interior trim panel for closing the opening and for being opened by an air bag when it is deployed. The door include... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5813435 | Single handle mixing valve with an improved ball valve A mixing valve (10) has a control stem (42) for adjusting the movable ball valve (24) for controlling the flow rate and temperature mix of the mixed water. The ball valve (24) has a pair of slots (60) and a pin (64) extending through the slots (60) of bal... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5810050 | Ball valve faucet with improved flow characteristics and handle operation A single handle ball valve faucet (10) having a ball valve element (24) mounted in the housing (12) such that the handle lever (82) is moved to a rearward and up position to place the ball valve in an off position and to an easily accessible forward and d... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5806924 | Baby seat An infant carrier (10) has an upper opening (32) that has a track (42) at each edge. A sliding door (40) is mounted in the track (42) for movement between an open and closed position. The door has mesh covered windows (43) that provide visibility to the i... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5806371 | Gear arrangement with backlash adjustment An automotive differential has two annular housing parts that are screwed together and an adjustment collar that is screwed into one of the annular housing parts. A ring gear is supported by bearings in the respective housing parts for rotation on a longi... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5800407 | Multiple hole epidural catheter An epidural catheter which combines the benefits of the open-end and closed-end three lateral holes type catheters. The epidural catheter of the present invention is designed to include an end hole and a plurality of lateral holes epidural catheter. The c... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5799483 | Combine harvester header lateral levelling The combine harvester (10) has a bar (94) with male ends (96) and (98) attached to the elevator housing (20). The male end (96) has an arcuate surface (100) and the male end (98) has an arcuate surface (102). A left female arcuate section (158) and a righ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5789005 | Method of packaging an edible product and a related confection unit A method of packaging an edible product, which significantly simplifies the manufacturing procedure, includes the introduction of an insert (8) into the base of a cavity (4) of a disposable package (2), which also serves as a mold, before pouring-in the p... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787507 | Headgear stabilising and ventilating apparatus A headgear stabilizing and venting apparatus comprises a flexible material having attachment means provided on a first side thereof and a plurality of resilient flexible spacing means provided in a second side thereof. The length of the flexible material ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787340 | Radiation shielding apparatus for communication device A device for radio communication (PH), such as for example radiophone, includes a shielding layer (RFS) which under operating conditions is between the antenna and the user. The shielding layer (RFS) reduces electromagnetic irradiation of the user. The sh... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5783016 | Instrument panel having integrated airbag deployment door An automotive instrument panel includes a molded plastic retainer formed with an integral airbag deployment door surrounded by a channel defining a tear seam enabling the door to separate and hinge outwardly upon deployment of the airbag. A foam-backed co... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5773115 | Fabrication of multiple color gauge and textured interior auto components An automotive trim panel is made by using an apparatus and method that bond together two trim coverstock segments having different colors, gauges or textures and two rigid substrate components into a single trim panel with the two coverstock segments meet... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5765901 | Tarpaulin roll-up assembly and method The tarpaulin (54) has a first edge (56), clamped to the right side wall (18) by a fixed shaft (60) and pipe retainers (62). A tubular rotatable bar (66) is secured to the second edge (70) of the tarpaulin (54). A square shaft (74) is slidably mounted in ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5751202 | Electromagnetic coupling device The electromagnetic coupling device 1 has a one piece armature hub (8) with a central bore attached to a compressor drive shaft (3). Flanges (8b) extend tangentially from the boss (8a) of the armature hub (8). The peripheral edges of the boss (8a) and the... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5743682 | Hole saw guide A hole tool guide assembly (10) for use with a hole saw (20) includes a conically shaped core member (12) with a central longitudinal aperture (24) and an offset parallel aperture (32) to receive a pilot of a hole saw. A coil spring (18) biases the member... | 04/28/1998 |
