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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5775611 | Support for a traveling strand of rubber yarn A support for a traveling strand of rubber yarn being wound on a winder is disposed intermediate a rubber yarn supply in the winder with the support including a vertically oriented support member disposed upstream of the winder and downstream of the yarn ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5704350 | Nutritional microcomputer and method This invention relates to a microcomputer and method for selecting foodstuffs from a foodstuff database, nutrients from a nutrient database, minerals from a mineral database, vitamins from a vitamin database and physical activities from a physical activit... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5687461 | Yarn end aspiration apparatus An apparatus for pneumatically aspirating a yarn end from a spinning cop (15) with a suction nozzle (33) whose working position is adjustable has a housing (16) defining a vertical aspirating slit (19) over which a sealing belt (31) is disposed. An air pa... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5685257 | Pet support cushion A cushion for supporting humans and animals, particularly domestic pets, includes a plurality of layers including a layer of absorbent and anti-static material providing a cover, a first intermediate layer formed from an absorbent material, a second inter... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5681000 | Servicing apparatus for a yarn package-producing textile machine A servicing apparatus for automatic repair of yarn breaks in open-end spinning machines is provided with a device for replacing finished yarn packages with empty tubes, and a multi-functional yarn manipulating element having a work head equipped with a ya... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5678253 | Adjustable pool flooring structure An adjustable flooring structure for a pool includes a platform and three groups of hydraulic cylinders. The first group of cylinders is vertically mounted to the platform and is extendable between a minimum first length and a maximum first length for lif... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5677517 | Gravimetric weighing hopper In a gravimetric weighing hopper, an infeed chute on the fixed hopper frame and a removable annular wall supported by a load cell are formed with respective annular edges which are angled relative to their aligned axes or are correspondingly notched or ot... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5677017 | Natural tree camouflage material Natural tree camouflage sheet material having a three-dimensional camouflage effect for use in clothing shelters, blinds and other general purpose camouflage applications includes a sheet of three-dimensional camouflage material having the appearance of n... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676328 | Method and apparatus for controlling tension in a traveling strand of rubber yarn during traverse winding An apparatus for controlling the tension on a traveling strand of rubber yarn being wound on a winder includes the yarn guide defining three yarn passage regions, a first assembly for detecting the presence of the traveling strand in the second region, an... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676247 | Golf club cover for golf bag and method of storing A golf club cover is disposable about the neck of a golf bag and extendable above the neck of the golf bag to define a sufficient space thereabove to enclose completely and protect any golf clubs contained in the golf bag. A zipper is provided in the cove... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5673610 | Apparatus for conveyorized toasting of breads and like food items An apparatus for conveyorized toasting of sandwich buns and like bread and food items simultaneously on opposite sides comprises a central heated platen with two bun transport conveyors traveling in spaced relation along opposite sides of the platen and w... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5673549 | Method and apparatus for producing randomly variegated multiple strand twisted yarn and yarn and fabric made by said method A method and apparatus for producing randomly variegated multiple strand wrapped yarn in twisting together two or more yarns at a plurality of yarn twisting stations. At each station a pneumatic twisting head is disposed in which randomly turbulent air cu... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5673548 | Sliver feeding devices for open-end spinning frames A sliver feeding device for an open-end spinning frame, comprising a sliver draw-in roller and a sliver feed trough pivotable about a supporting shaft for movement toward and away from the draw-in roller. The draw-in roller has an annular sliver conveying... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5673464 | Cargo securement system and tie down strap A tie down strap includes two end portions and a main body portion extending therebetween having a plurality of openings integrally formed therein. The openings extend in a sequential manner linearly aligned along the main body portion intermediate the en... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5669247 | Underwire brassiere, warp knitted textile fabric for use in fabricating same, and method of warp knitting such fabric In an underwire brassiere, a generally inelastic and dimensionally stable two-bar warp knitted fabric is provided as a covering for the underwire. One set of warp yarns is knitted in a pattern of coursewise spaced stitches with extended underlaps and anot... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5667699 | Method and device for removing waste oil from oil filters A method and device for removing waste oil from a cartridge-type oil filter with the filter including a plurality of openings formed therein in a predetermined pattern and an oil retention gasket disposed within the filter. The device includes an elongate... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5664395 | Thermally insulating glass panels A thermally insulating glass panel comprising two spaced-apart sheets of glass enclosing a low pressure space, and interconnected by a peripheral joint of fused solder glass and an array of pillars transversely between the glass sheets. The pillars may be... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5662431 | Self-propelled slip-form paving apparatus The present invention provides a novel arrangement for selective mounting and demounting of a mold to a self-propelled slip-form paving machine. The paving machine basically comprises a frame, a drive engine, a hopper for concrete or another suitably flow... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5657607 | Thermally insulating glass panel and method of construction A thermally insulating glass panel comprises two spaced apart sheets of glass enclosing a low pressure space and interconnected by a peripheral joint of fused solder glass and an array of support pillars, and a pump-out tube used to provide communication ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5653326 | Yarn package conveyor system with package shunting means A conveyor system for transferring yarn packages or other yarn packages from one conveyor belt to another downstream located conveyor belt traveling in the same conveying direction and at the same speed. The conveyor belts are guided on support structures... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5651507 | Yarn splicing device for bobbin-winding textile machines A yarn splicing device for textile winding machines comprises a splicer mechanism for pneumatically joining yarn ends, upper and lower clamping and cutting devices, and suction-actuated yarn placement devices for placing the yarn ends to be spliced. Accor... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5652509 | Device for determining the velocity of a longitudinally traveling elongate textile material, especially a yarn, using electronic sensors A device for determining the velocity of a longitudinally traveling textile material, especially a yarn, using the closed-loop correlation of a transit time correlator in such a way that its reliability is improved. At least one sensor g1 consi... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5647196 | Open-end spinning frame A pneumatic debris aspirating device adapted to be retrofitted on open-end spinning frames originally designed for a mechanical debris disposal installation utilizes an asymmetrical debris pickup funnel which can be connected via a connector conduit to a ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5644825 | Method and apparatus for increasing the yield of rubber yarn A method and apparatus for stabilizing and increasing the yield of natural rubber yarn includes stretching the yarn three times while allowing the yarn to relax intermediate and following the stretching steps. The method is accomplished using a plurality ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5646465 | Drive for a shaftless spinning rotor of an open-end spinning kmachine In a shaftless spinning rotor assembly wherein the spinning rotor is the rotor of an axial field motor, an improved transfer of power and improved running properties are attained by forming the stator windings in channels which extend substantially radial... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5642548 | Apparatus and method for wet processing traveling textile material In a textile wet processing machine and process wherein an indeterminate length of a textile fabric or other material is washed or otherwise subjected to a wet treatment operation by transportation sequentially through a plurality of processing chambers, ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5640938 | Rotary engine with post compression magazine A rotary internal combustion engine includes a housing having a separate compression chamber and power chamber formed therein with a fuel and air mixture reservoir disposed intermediate the two chambers. A plenum chamber is disposed in the housing interme... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5641117 | Foldable container and method for forming same A foldable hand-held container includes a generally frusto-conical body formed from a single sheet of foldable material having two opposed inner wall members and two opposed outer wall members each having a plurality of panels defined by a plurality of di... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5641281 | Lubricating means for a gear pump An improved self-lubricating bearing arrangement for gear pumps utilizes a system of material feed channels and reservoir pockets to divert a portion of the material being pumped from the pressure side of the intermeshing gears to lubricate the gear-suppo... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5642091 | Method and apparatus for data transmission in a textile machine A method and apparatus for transmitting data within a textile machine of the type having a central main power supply and many identical work or spinning stations is disclosed with the data being for controlling operational at independently operable work s... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5640896 | Conveyorized cooking apparatus for imparting charcoal flavoring to foods and gas-fired burner assembly for use in such apparatus A conveyorized charcoal cooking apparatus comprises two sets of horizontally aligned gas-fueled burner assemblies arranged in staggered facing relation to one another, between which a food conveyor travels at a controlled speed, the lower burner assemblie... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5639036 | Apparatus for controlling a yarn package creel of a textile machine In a textile machine wherein a creel is pivotably supported on a pivot shaft, pivoting movements of the creel and its shaft are controlled via an electrical motor generating torque and a belt transmission unit connecting the motor to the pivot shaft. The ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5638859 | Float controlled valve A drain valve is disclosed which comprises a float chamber for accumulating a fluid. A float is disposed within the float chamber for fluid level determined movement therein. A pivotable arm is operatively connected to the float. Pilot valve means are pro... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5637941 | Shaftless spinning rotor for an open-end spinning machine A shaftless spinning rotor for an open-end spinning machine is adapted to operate as a rotor driven by a stator in an axial field motor supported thereon by a combined magnetic and gas bearing producing separate magnetic fields for guiding orientation of ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5634603 | Service arrangement for a textile machine for producing wound yarn packages An open-end rotor spinning machine is equipped with a service structure for the automatic correction of yarn breaks occurring in the course of the bobbin winding and for the automatic exchange of empty tubes for finished packages, wherein empty tubes are ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634602 | Open end spinning machine with associated service device An open end spinning machine with an associated service device having a supplementary yarn conveying device utilizing a delivery tube disposed on a delivery tube holder which can be pivoted into various work positions. A yarn guide plate is movably seated... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5630559 | Device for locating a free end of yarn wound on a cop A device for searching for the yarn end on the conical windings of textile yarn cops increases the dependability of the detection of the position of the conical windings by providing a nozzle element in the yarn grasping mechanism for contacting the conic... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5628173 | Method and apparatus for feeding sliver to a spinning machine without sliver cans at spinning stations Sliver is delivered from a drawing frame to an open-end spinning frame in sliver containing cans and, at a transfer location along the travel path of a servicing device for the spinning frame, sliver is removed from the cans in partial lots and transferre... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5626676 | Sizing applicator A sizing applicator with two pairs of rollers arranged in sequence with one another along the transport path of a yarn sheet can be converted, without changing the position of the pairs of rollers, between an operating mode as a pad-type sizing applicator... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5626504 | Toy vehicle and track assembly A toy vehicle and track assembly includes an electrically operable vehicle for movement along an elongate flexible track of a predetermined length having flexible electrical conductors along the longitudinal extent thereof. The vehicle is configured for a... | 05/06/1997 |
