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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7506407 | Torque adjusting type hinge A torque adjusting hinge capable of easily and precisely controlling its frictional torque, being totally downsized and free from wear in its pivot pin. The hinge employs a cylindrical drive element is between the pivot pin and a sleeve-like bearing of a stationary ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7484953 | Synthetic resin injection molding assembly A synthetic resin molding mold assembly, is provided for rapidly heating a cavity surface without suffering from any temperature variation in the cavity surface when a temperature of the cavity surface increases; this condition is not affected by a contour of the ca... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485047 | Putter head The putter head has a front face with a heel and toe edge extending from the front face. Both the heel and toe surfaces have cavities extending from the outer surface toward a central wall that is perpendicular to the face of the putter to provide visual indication ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 6955069 | Door locking handle assembly with built-in combination lock In the handle assembly, a combination lock (6) is disposed adjacent to a cylinder lock (13) in the handle (2). A locking plate (11) is interlocked with a rotor (8) of the lock (13), and it engages with a shoulder (15)... | 10/18/2005 |
| D500190 | Sole for footwear | 12/28/2004 |
| D496578 | Door locking handle for an electrical apparatus box | 09/28/2004 |
| 6755063 | Side bar type cylinder lock with variable key code In a side bar cylinder lock with a variable key code, plug (6) engages within casing (1) at two opposite portions in preventing plug (6) from rotating in locking state. This improves the lock in resistance to attack. Plug (6) has holes ( | 06/29/2004 |
| 6722169 | Door locking handle assembly Although a door locking handle assembly is small as a whole in thickness, it permits through a computerized personal management system of users a plurality of persons or users to have access to instruments contained in a box provided with the door locking handle ass... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6694786 | Door locking handle assembly with built-in combination lock In the handle assembly, a combination lock (6) is opened by turning each dial discs (4) a given number of times to establish a combination of marks on the discs, and is incorporated in a handle (2) and disposed adjacent to a cylinder lock (13) in the hand... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6668603 | Door locking handle assembly Although a door locking handle assembly is small as a whole in thickness, it permits through a computerized personal management system of users a plurality of persons or users to have access to instruments contained in a box provided with the door locking... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6564598 | Door locking handle assembly with built-in combination lock Although a door locking handle assembly is small as a whole in thickness in construction, it permits, through its computerized personal management system, a large number of persons or users to have easily and quickly access to their instruments contained ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6550296 | Door locking handle assembly with built-in combination lock Although a door locking handle assembly is small as a whole in thickness, it permits through a computerized personal management system of users a plurality of persons or users to have easily access to instruments contained in a box which is provided with ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6546764 | Door locking handle assembly of double lock type A door locking handle assembly with two locks makes its locking function and appearance stricter. Keys of these locks may lock and unlock a door handle (15). The assembly may permit only one of the keys to unlock the handle (15), if necessary. The handle ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6516641 | Door locking handle assembly with built-in combination lock A handle assembly of thin type permits through a computerized personal management system a plurality of persons to have easily access to instruments in a box with the handle assembly in which: a combination lock (6); opened by turning each of its dial dis... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6490896 | Door locking handle assembly of pull-out and side-swinging lever-action type In a door lock handle assembly of pull-out and side-swinging lever-action type, an operating handle is released from its retracted position without fail upon receipt of an unlocking signal issued from a site remote from the handle assembly, and is automat... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6357268 | Fastener lock apparatus It is possible for a fastener lock apparatus to reverse the rotational direction of a handle (4) by simply pulling forward a locking shaft (3) against a resilient force exerted by a spring member (14), and then rotating both the locking shaft (3) and a ro... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6207256 | Space truss composite panel A space truss composite panel is excellent in structural mechanics and capable of being efficiently and economically produced. The space truss composite panel has a construction in which a sheet 1 provided with a series of slits 2 is formed into a space f... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6146070 | Bolt/nut unfastening preventing structure After a bolt (3) and a double-structured nut (6) are fastened to each other, it is not possible to unfasten the bolt (3) and nut (6), because a predetermined part of the nut (6) is designed to break when subjected to a predetermined torque necessary for f... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6048074 | Miniature lamp assembly having external interlocking device A miniature decorative electric lamp assembly includes an electric bulb inserted into a lampbase member, with the lampbase lower end being received in the upper end of a central longitudinal passageway in a socket member which contains dual electrical con... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6039363 | Door locking handle assembly of pull-out and side-swinging lever-action type In a door handle assembly: the number of parts of a handle holding mechanism for holding a handle (10) in its retracted, its projected and its swung position is reduced to the lowest possible one to accomplish its cost reduction, its downsizing and its im... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6017261 | Animated mechanized figure An animated mechanized figure which can be dressed as a tiger Santa character and is electrically-operated to provide vertical movements of the body and arms, forward and backward tilting of the head and vertical movements from the lower lip, together wit... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5969469 | Miniature lamp assembly utilizing lampbase having lower projection A miniature decorative electric lamp assembly includes an electric bulb having dual bare wires inserted into a lampbase, with the lampbase lower end being received in the upper end of a lampholder socket which contains dual contact or blades each connecte... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5954063 | Adjustable hair cutting device A hair cutting and styling device includes a semi-rigid inner band member which has a curved generally semi-circular shape and is sized to substantially encircle the head of a user and be retained in place by an elongated strap member attached onto one en... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5950417 | Topping combustor for low oxygen vitiated air streams A multi-stage topping combustor unit having rich burn, and lean burn zones followed by a quench/dilution zone. Combustible fuel gas is supplied only to the rich burn zone, and an oxygen-containing air-flue gas mixture is supplied to all three zones in a f... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5947674 | Coking vessel unheading device and support structure An unheading device for removable attachment onto a lower flanged opening of a vertically-oriented vessel such as a coking drum, the unheading device being controllably supported by multiple elongated vertically-extendable actuators such as hydraulic cyli... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5941580 | Clamping type lock assembly In the clamping type lock assembly, a base-end portion 2a of a latch ring 2 is pivoted to a fixed base plate 1. In a locked position in which a front-end portion 2b of the latch ring 2 engaged with an engaging concave portion 3a of an operating lever 3 pa... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5921869 | Perimeter weighted iron type golf club heads with multiple level weight pads A golf club head set having the club head back side divided into four areas, including the perimeter weighted region A; the sweet spot area B located directly behind the ball striking area, two separated non-striking areas C, and the low central region D.... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5855045 | Ratchet buckle assembly A assembly is improved in rigidity to sufficiently bear the stress imposed thereon under a tensile force exerted by a strap 27. In the assembly, the strap winding shaft 7 is constructed of a pair of the main-shaft segments 7a, 7b and a core plate segment ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5855502 | Animated characters utilizing face unit mechanism and control system An animated character having a face unit provided in a support structure upper body portion so as to resemble a singing tree. The face unit includes a face member and mechanism which consists of two pivotable eye elements and a lower lip element each sepa... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5827167 | Three-piece wound golf ball A three-piece wound golf ball having improved characteristics of moment of inertia, initial spin and total flight distance with minimal dispersion, the ball comprising: a solid center core portion which is substantially spherical, is composed mainly of po... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5823847 | Moving mouth mechanism for animated characters A moving mouth mechanism for an animated character, the mechanism being mounted within the head of the animated character, such as a doll. A head member of the character has an electrical motor mounted in the head upper portion, and has an elongated flexi... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5816686 | Electric lamp assembly with reflector having interlocking connection joint A miniature electric lamp and reflector assembly including a bulb holder unit with an electric memory retaining bulb and a base socket member for receiving the insert plug. The base socket has a member shaped cavity to accept the plug and a reflector memb... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5771844 | Cyclone separator having increased gas flow capacity A cyclone separator adapted for attachment to the upper outlet end of a fluidized bed reactor such as an atmospheric (ACFB) or pressurized fluidized bed combustor (PFBC) has its gas flow capacity increased while maintaining high inlet gas flow velocity an... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5772708 | Coaxial coal water paste feed system for gasification reactor A system for feeding a coal-water paste material coaxially upwardly through a feed nozzle assembly into a pressurized fluidized bed reactor having a lower portion and a larger diameter upper portion. The feed nozzle assembly includes a nozzle unit for ato... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5746455 | Gate or door spring-biased bolt latch In a bolt latch with a minimum number of parts, compact size, lightweight and operable by a snap action: socket 13 is fixable to stationary frame 1; latch body 3 has longitudinal groove 3a and circumferential groove 3b; latch body 3 is fixable to door 2, ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5737832 | In and relating to machines for forming helically wound lock-seam tubing having multiple wall thickness This invention pertains to a machine for forming helical lock-seam tubing. The machine includes rollers for forming flanges on edges of laterally staggered overlapped strips, a forming head for forming the strips into a helical configuration, rollers for ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5735726 | Animated sitting and standing santa character An animated character such as a Santa figure which is capable of moving repeatedly from a sitting to a standing position, and also producing vocal speaking or singing sounds synchronized with movements of the character. The character includes a body havin... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5726303 | Method of preparing lacitol monohydrate and dihydrate The invention relates to the new product lactitol monohydrate and to a method for the production of crystalline lactitol. The crystalline lactitol monohydrate can be obtained bij seeding an aqueous lactitol solution of a special concentration under specia... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5711350 | Piping systems providing minimal acoustically-induced structural vibrations and fatigue Piping systems adapted for handling fluids such as steam and various process and hydrocarbon gases through a pressure-reducing device at high pressure and velocity conditions can produce severe acoustic vibration and metal fatigue in the system. It has be... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5704661 | Holding assembly for holding movable members A holding assembly for holding movable members such as doors and the like in their closed positions comprises: a female element 1 fixed to one of a movable member 17 and a stationary member 18; and, a male element 11 fixed to the other thereof. The female... | 01/06/1998 |
