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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410578 | Underdrain apparatus and method of manufacturing same A filter underdrain apparatus and a method for manufacturing such apparatus. The apparatus includes a cover member, a water orifice member and a bottom member, each being individual pieces. The cover is placed over the water orifice member and connected thereto by w... | 08/12/2008 |
| 5836595 | Combination stepladder/handtruck apparatus A stepladder/handtruck combination is used as a stepladder in a first position and as a handtruck in a second configuration. A plurality of steps are positioned to move between horizontal positions in the stepladder configuration and positions substantial... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5759024 | Fuel vaporizer A temperature compensated fuel control valve or regulator has a temperature sensor which senses the temperature of fuel entering the regulator. The temperature sensor controls the area of an orifice through which the fuel must pass in order to enter the b... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5707014 | Water cleaning apparatus A water jet cleaner for the underside of a vehicle. A plurality of jets are directed upwardly from a spray head which is mounted on a longitudinal member positioned closely to the ground on which the vehicle is resting. A handle is attached to the longitu... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5687770 | Flow control device A flow control device 1! for insertion into a conduit to control the flow rate of fluid flow therethrough. The device 1! includes two opposed dished baffle plates 2! and 3! defining a chamber 4! therebetween. Each baffle plate has a generally ce... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5685462 | Extruding apparatus with improved drive system An improved drive system for an extruding apparatus. A piston is mounted for reciprocal movement within a cylinder and moves between a power stroke wherein fluid is extruded from the cylinder and a return stroke wherein fluid is allowed to enter the cylin... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5490549 | Fender and fuel tank covers for a motorcycle A fuel tank cover to temporarily cover the top and sides of the fuel tank of a motorcycle. The fuel tank cover has an upper panel that is solid and intended to cover the entire upper portion of the fuel tank. Two side panels are adapted to snugly cover th... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5474029 | Animal watering apparatus An animal watering apparatus has a centrally located cylindrical casing extending vertically downwardly in the ground with the surface of the water in the casing being located generally at ground level. A liquid level device or regulator is located below ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5464040 | Safety valve actuator An emergency shut-down system to close a gate valve in a pipeline and therefore terminate flow. The closing action is initiated when a pilot valve senses pressure in the pipeline outside predetermined limits. This reduces the signal pressure in the system... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5460017 | Weight compensating apparatus A counterbalancing apparatus for dynamically balancing an out of balance rotating member. A first series of weights having identical size and weight are mounted to freely move within a first groove or race when the apparatus is rotating after being mounte... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5404967 | Extruding device A grease gun used to provide grease to a fitting. A first and second piston are reciprocated with respective passageways by an electric motor and act to press grease through the passageways into the fitting. The electric motor rotates a cam and the cam, i... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5355055 | Lighting assembly and an electronic ballast therefor An electronic ballast for discharge lamps comprises an open loop configuration of an impedance converter first stage and an inverter second stage linked by a limiting control stage. The impedance converter stage presents its load, passive or active, as in... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5341837 | Two line pilot valve A two line pilot valve used to exhaust hydraulic fluid from a control circuit when the operating conditions within which a flowline is intended to operate are outside of predetermined limits. The pilot exhausts fluid within a control circuit to a reservoi... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5325066 | Density compensated pipeline monitor Apparatus and method for determining the water content of an oil and water mixture such as is transported by pipelines and which oil and water may vary in density from time to time. A densitometer measures the density of the oil and water mixture in the p... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5230187 | Stake for landscape edging and concrete formwork A stake (10, 80) is provided which can be used for edging gardens and lawns or for the formation of forms for concrete foundations and slabs. The stake (10, 80) is moulded from a synthetic plastic material and comprises a leading end (12) which is tapered... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5167159 | Tension transducer An apparatus (30) for measuring the tension in an elongate flexible member (20) comprises a body member (32) provided with first and second engagement means (38, 40) thereon. The first and second engagement means (38, 40) are arranged in opposed relations... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5100538 | Magnetic trap assembly with a nonmetallic trap structure A magnetic trap in the pan floor of a vibratory conveyor comprises a recess in the pan floor for momentarily receiving articles falling therein. A magnet is provided beneath the recess to retain magnetic articles in the recess.... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5083851 | Full resolution sterescopic display A stereoscopic full resolution image is displayed on a monitor which is perceived to be substantially flicker free. A left and right eye image of the object are digitally represented. The digitized images are divided into a plurality of horizontal raster ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5048452 | Racquet-mounted scoring device A scoring device for use in racquet games. A track member is mounted to a base member by an attachment means which allows relative movement between the base and track members. Scoring indicators move along the track member. An adhesive label is attached t... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5025615 | Scarifier attachment for chain saw A hub and tine assembly for a rotary debris remover is provided which comprises a hub which is rotatable about a shaft and a plurality of tine members which are arranged symmetrically around the rotation axis of the hub. The tine members are pivotally con... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4972651 | Continuous constraint packaging method and apparatus A method of constraining a product while packaging and an apparatus to carry out the method. The product is positioned in a constraint cage having constraining fingers or plates on all four sides of the product in a first position. The constraint cage is ... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4961560 | Two way latching trip valve A latching trip valve for opening and closing a safety device. The trip valve is operable manually and from the pressure of a pilot circuit which monitors the operating conditions of a pipeline. A floating seat is movable under the influence of a longitud... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4934295 | Sailing vessel A sailing boat with an A-shaped mast pivotally connected to the topside of the cabin and sloping forwardly from the connection points. A backstay holds the mast in its inclined operating position. The jib and the mainsail are furling sails and are attache... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4930193 | Cable retaining apparatus A cable retainer or bundling hook for use in retaining cables used in logging and, more particularly, for securing bundles of logs. The retainer is mounted on a cable to which ferrules are attached, one at one end. A first shoulder in a first passageway s... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4920885 | Explosive charge containing magazine for RAM setting gun A propellant containing device for a power actuated tool used to drive fasteners into concrete and the like. A cartridge member has an inner substantially cylindrical recess. The recess has an inner area and is filled with propellant. A cap closure member... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4878668 | Indoor hockey puck A floor hockey puck has a generally cylindrical configuration. A felt-like layer is carried between two oppositely located, leather-like end discs and stitching is used to connect the end discs to the felt-like central layer.... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4841954 | Oculofacial massager An oculo-facial massager for simultaneously providing a massaging action to the eye, nose and temple areas. A contoured frame contacts the face of the user and a vibration generating device provides vibration to the frame which is transmitted to the facia... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4840376 | Poker and pool apparatus A poker game used with a pool table. A plurality of balls, each ball marked with the face and suit of a card, corresponds to representations of the cards on a wall mounted scoreboard, the scoreboard carrying the same card markings for each player. A pushb... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4807850 | Multi-viscosity metering valve A multi-viscosity fuel metering valve comprises a metering stem and a metering stem guide. The metering stem is rotatable relative to the metering stem guide. A port is located in the metering stem guide and a plurality of orifices, each having different ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4778554 | Water based adhesive packaging apparatus and method A method and apparatus for rapidly bonding two surfaces which are associated with paper elements and corrugated paper elements. A heater plate is utilized to raise the temperature of one of the surfaces while a water based adhesive is applied to the other... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4759738 | Floating cushion sub A floating cushion connection member is operable between a power head and a drill string member. A first cap member is mounted about the periphery of a piston. A washpipe extends from within the bore of the piston to a mounting area in a second cap member... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4703812 | Mobile drilling apparatus A mobile drilling apparatus having a support structure, a mast positioned on the support structure, a drill head and a hydraulic assembly vertically operable on and guided by the mast. The hydraulic assembly moves the drill head and includes lower hydraul... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4700102 | High intensity radiation apparatus having vortex restriction means A high intensity radiation source. A liquid vortex wall is formed on the inside surface of an arc chamber to restrict the diameter of an arc generated between electrodes. The liquid vortex wall is obtained by utilizing a vortex generating means which incl... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4677813 | Cane harvester A sugar cane harvester is disclosed in which chopped crop is conveyed from a chopping mechanism to a cleaning mechanism. The cleaning mechanism includes an extractor fan positioned in an upper portion of a cleaning cylinder and a substantially unobstructe... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4658917 | Enclosed jar tool A jar tool having a mandrel and a housing substantially surrounding said housing. The mandrel and housing are splined such that they may move longitudinally relative to each other. First and second pairs of abutment faces for the jar and bump strokes resp... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4616454 | Slant service rig A guide mat for a slant service or drill rig. The guide mat comprises rearward and forward portions and an open area in the rearward portion which is used to allow access to a wellhead. Adjustable pedestals are provided which move in orthogonal planes to ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4593914 | Wellhead sealing system A wellhead sealing system comprises a casing, a tubing spool and a bushing between the casing and tubing spool. A first recess is provided in the bushing and a first casing seal is mounted therein to act between the bushing and the casing. A second recess... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4572215 | Splitter blade for threshing rotor A series of cutting knives for a threshing assembly which comprises a rotor within a cage. The assembly is mounted substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis of the combine and crop is fed into the central feed area. The knives sever the crop at ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4555896 | Cane harvester A sugar cane harvester is disclosed in which chopped crop is conveyed from a chopping mechanism to a cleaning mechanism. The cleaning mechanism includes an extractor fan positioned in an upper portion of a cleaning cylinder and a substantially unobstructe... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4542550 | Apparatus for cleaning beaches A beach cleaner for removing petroleum deposits. The cleaner comprises a cylinder, an endless belt with a protuberance pattern thereon surrounding the cylinder, a scraper bar mounted adjacent the protuberance pattern and a conveyor mounted adjacent the sc... | 09/24/1985 |
