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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6477737 | Single-pin hinge with improved features A hinge for furniture comprises a bowl (11) adapted to be fastened to a door (12) of a piece of furniture and a wing (13) designed to be fixed to the piece of furniture. The wing has an end (15) which is pivotally mounted to the bowl for rotation relative... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6474383 | Automotive wheel with improved inflation system An automotive wheel rim has intermediate its ends a wall extending transversely of the axis of said rim and having formed therein a first air duct opening at one end on the outer periphery of the rim for communication with the interior of a tire mounted t... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6366816 | Electronic stimulation equipment with wireless satellite units Electronic equipment for the production of stimuli for treatment of the human body comprises a base unit (11) and at least one satellite unit (13). The satellite unit comprises in turn a power supply battery (23) and means (21, 22) powered by this battery... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6279200 | Hinge with levers for fastening to a piece of furniture A hinge for furniture comprises a bowl (11) intended for being flush-recessed into a piece of furniture. Close to one side (20) of the bowl, arms (12) for hinge articulation are pivotally mounted. The bowl is provided with wings (13) having fastening dowe... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6270296 | Fluid pressure operated spotfacing and counterboring tool A tool holder, which has a tool bit pivotal in a recess in one end thereof, extends coaxially through a generally bell shaped piston housing, and through the center of a piston slidably mounted on the holder for limited reciprocation in the housing axiall... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6250620 | Maching vise A machining vise which includes a main body having a recess for guiding movable vise jaws therein is disclosed. The vise also includes a stationary jaw removably mounted at a mid-point on the main body, a first movable slide and a second movable slide. Th... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6237453 | Two position tool slide for screw machine A rigid tool slide support is disposed to be mounted in a screw machine in either of two different operating positions in each of which a tool slide reciprocates on the upper surface of the support to convey a cutting tool to and from the work that is to ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6149790 | Method of making iron-electroplated aluminum materials A method for making an aluminium material which is electroplated on its aluminum or aluminium alloy base with iron or an iron alloy containing 2-20 weight % of chromium, and which can be utilized as a new structural or functional material in various indus... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6112970 | Continuous atmosphere heat treating furnace So that the brazing of aluminum parts with the use of a flux can be made effectively without employment of a corrodible metallic muffle, furnace inner walls made of carbonaceous refractory sheets are utilized as a brazing space, and an inert atmosphere su... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5916344 | Rod centering device for an automatic lathe feeder A centering device for rods fed to a lathe is designed to be arranged between a rod feeder outlet and a lathe inlet and comprises at least one centering unit (11) having a passage port therein to be run through by a rod to which it supplies lateral contai... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5809855 | Roller bearing assembly for shave tool holder The body section of the holder carries at one side a shaving tool bit and work supporting roller, and is removably mounted at its opposite side on the slide section of the holder by a quick release pin, which is reciprocable in a bore in the slide section... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5781966 | Cam adjusting device for furniture An cam adjusting device (30) comprises a first and second element sliding reciprocally and a cam (32) pivoted to the first element by means of a pivot (33) rotating around an axis (48) to react with one of its lateral surfaces (35, 38) against a bearing s... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5740614 | Tool for cutting elongate strips from carpet A plurality of blade supporting blocks are secured on the face of a base plate, which has a flange along one side thereof adjustably secured by bolts to one leg of a right angular support plate, the other leg of which extends beneath and in spaced paralle... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5740294 | Optical sound head combined with a sound film projector An optical sound head (L), comprising a red laser diode (11) and a inspection window (90), allowing easy functional inspection, but also simple adjustment during manufacture. The laser diode (11) and all optical (10) and electronic (20) assemblies to be a... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5737984 | Shave tool holder roller work support with quick-release pin and adjustments The body section of the holder carries at one side a shaving tool bit and worm supporting roller, and is removably mounted at its opposite side on the slide section of the holder by a quick release pin, which is reciprocable in a bore in the slide section... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5731536 | Audio signal processing circuit for electric guitars for simulating the sound produced by the combination of an amplifier and microphone The device is designed to receive at its input the analog AC output signal of an electric guitar either directly from the guitar, its amplifier or a speaker. The incoming signal is fed to three series connected circuits which successively boost the bass a... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5713214 | Level control machine for producing and dispensing cooled beverages or water-ice A machine for cooling and dispensing a product substantially behaving like a fluid, such as beverages or water-ice, comprises a base (11) and a tank (12) for treatment of the product to be dispensed. The tank is positioned on the base in a removable manne... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5685646 | Linear ball slide The two sets of ball bearings which support an inverted, generally U-shaped slide on the base member of the assembly are carried in the leg sections of an inverted, generally U-shaped ball cage which is positioned between the base member and slide. A pist... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5679202 | Process for removing fluorocarbon resin-based coatings A process for removing fluorocarbon resin-based coatings from a metal substratum, in which the coating is treated with a laser beam for progressively impinging on the whole coating surface until delamination of said coating from the substratum is achieved... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5669108 | Fastening unit for quick fastening of iron fittings, and iron fittings with such fastening unit A unit for fastening iron fittings (43) to furniture parts, comprises an expansion plug (11) which axially receives a pin (12) rotatable between an insertion position and an expansion position of the expansion plug. The pin has a radial protrusion (34) de... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5634242 | Compact furniuture hinge A furniture hinge (10, 110) has a wing (11, 111) and a cup (12, 112) interconnected with each other by a lower link rod (14, 114) and an upper link rod (15, 115). A torsion spring (25, 125) is wound round a pin (21, 121) inside the wing and parallel to th... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5626450 | Expansion plug fastening assembly with position adjustment for hardware elements in particular for runners for drawers An expansion plug fastening assembly (15, 115) for fastening a hardware element (13, 113), in particular a runner for drawers, to a hole (11, 111), comprises an expansion plug casing (10, 110) which fits into the hole. The casing (10, 110) comprises an ax... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5609002 | Security window bar system The subject of this invention is a security window bar system containing three types of elements. The first type comprises a plurality of vertical bars, the second type comprises at least two horizontal metal plates, and the third a plurality of right ang... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5601485 | Blackout panels A light eliminator or blackout panel for use with air circulating fans and the like includes a series of plates each having a plurality of spaced fins protruding from one face thereof to form a plurality of channels opposite ends of which face the lateral... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5599757 | NPO dielectric ceramic compositions and capacitors made therefrom A low temperature fired NPO type ceramic dielectric composition is employed for making high frequency multi-layer capacitors having dielectric constants between 25 and 40 at room temperature, and which do not vary from this base line value by more than &#... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5591274 | Heat treatment method for metals An exhaust gas of hydrocarbon is converted to an exothermic generated gas when it is burnt with air in a burner. The exothermic generated gas which has been dehydrated, is employed as a furnace atmosphere for decarburization or carburizing heat treatment,... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5567120 | Electronic infusion device and novel roller clamp holden therefor A holder for an IV tube roller clamp is removably secured in the housing of an electronic infusion device, and has in opposite ends thereof a pair of photo-electric devices, one of which detects when the roller of the clamp is in its tube opening position... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5529659 | Machine and associated apparatus for attaching zippers to plastic bags The two separable elements of a conventional plastic zipper are advanced through a zipper guide slot from the inlet to the outlet end of a machine, simultaneously with two sections of a plastic film or web, one section of which overlies one of the zipper ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5523583 | Telecentric variable magnification optical system for video based inspection system A video camera and a set of telecentric imaging lenses are mounted in spaced relation on a reciprocable support for movement in unison by the support toward and away from a workpiece to focus its magnified image, which is projected by the imaging lenses t... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5507606 | Back spotfacing tool Adjacent one end thereof the shank of a back spotfacing tool has therein a transverse slot, and a cutter mounting pin which extends between opposite sides of the slot parallel to the shank axis. A cutter has in one end thereof a U-shaped slot which is ins... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5468575 | Maintenance-free high capacity lead battery or accumulator The invention refers to a gas-tight, maintenance-free high capacity lead accumulator with a sulphuric acid thixotrope (13) as electrolyte. To ensure operatability of the accumulator in upright as well as in horizontal position, the liquid electrolyte rele... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5460443 | Device for fastening and adjusting the front panel of a drawer with respect to the side A device (10) for fastening and adjusting the front panel (12) of a drawer with respect to the side panel (11) comprises a sliding element (26) which is made to slide by shifting means (19, 21) in the direction of the length of the side panel. The sliding... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5450655 | Hinge with anti-shear device A hinge (10) comprises a first (13) and a second (24) fastening element connected to each other by means of a kinematic articulated chain comprising at least two elements (18, 26) articulated to each other and defining space (28) between two of their oppo... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5436882 | Method and device for improving digital audio sound An analog signal which forms part of a digital audio recording system is split into at least two signal paths in one of which it is delayed slightly before being recombined with each signal of the other signal path or paths. The delay can be effected by u... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5425160 | Magnetic paper clamp and method of producing same The clamp comprises a strip of heat-settable plastic which has two spaced, parallel strip magnets secured on one surface thereof, and which is bent into generally U-shaped configuration, for example by directing a heat Knife onto the plastic strip mediall... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5417095 | Thread rolling attachment and method One end of a rotating workpiece is threaded by using a single threading roll having on one end thereof a plurality of annular threading ribs the diameters and/or pitches of which increase slightly and progressively from one end of the plurality to the oth... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5400623 | Leg/ankle arrestor An elongate, rigid restraint member is disposed to be positioned by an arresting officer vertically behind a suspect's back. One ankle of the suspect is then releasably secured by a clamping mechanism to the lower end of the member, and a strap at the upp... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5373609 | Four-bar linkage hinge with improved opening mechanism A four-bar linkage hinge comprises two fastening elements (11, 12) with a first (14) and a second link (13) pivoted by their ends, respectively, to each fastening element (11, 12). The first link (14) has an extension (20) which rests on a free arm (25) o... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5366135 | Method of making composite electrical contact A method for making a bimetallic or trimetallic electrical contact. Features that only its shank portion, made of copper or copper alloy, is covered by a thin layer of silver or silver alloy for protecting the shank portion from environmental erosion. Thi... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5355943 | Vacuum steam condensing plants using air as the cooling fluid A condensing plant (10) comprises a steam receiving inlet manifold (11) connected to one end of tube nests (14) externally grazed by air for therein achieving the at least partial steam condensation. At their opposite end the tubes (14) are gathered into ... | 10/18/1994 |
