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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6868689 | Condensate drain pan A condensate drain pan comprises a compound-sloped floor surface having intersecting sloped faces which slope from a high point to a low point. The intersecting sloped faces form creases therebetween to facilitate condensate elimination, and the floor surface includ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6467843 | Collapsible seat A collapsible seat having a human support position when in an assembled condition and a transportable condition. The collapsible seat includes a seating member and a base member that are both substantially identical wherein the seat member and the base me... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6450196 | Float valve A liquid level responsive shut-off valve for filling a tank, such as a toilet water tank, comprises a valve housing having an inlet passageway for connection to a source of liquid under pressure, an outlet passageway opening into the tank, and a diaphragm... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6443054 | Hands free tortilla forming machine A hands free tortilla forming machine for molding dough balls into a tortilla shell. The forming machine includes a forming portion, a linkage mechanism, a vertically extending hinge block, and a foot pedal which can be mounted to a moveable cart. The for... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6443514 | Hoist ring A hoist ring for fixed engagement, in a mounted position, in a threaded bore on a load surface of a load member includes a load bearing ring, a support member and a post. The support member has a cylindrical passage having a first axis and further include... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6441342 | Monitor for electric arc welder A monitor for an electric arc welder as the welder performs a selected arc welding process by creating actual welding parameters, such as arc current and arc voltage, between an advancing welding wire and a workpiece, where the process involves an arc and... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6436133 | Expandable graft An expandable intraluminal graft for use within a body cavity having a tubular shaped member with two ends and a wall surface disposed between the ends. The wall surface is formed by a plurality of intersecting elongated members wherein the elongated memb... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6431205 | Damper for diaphragm-operated pressure regulating valves The pivotal lever arm of a diaphragm-actuated fluid pressure regulator is provided with a damping spring arrangement for frictionally restraining pivotal displacement of the lever arm in response to turbulent flow of gas through the valve.... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428093 | Device for adjusting the cover of a sunroof of an automobile An apparatus for a sunroof that contains at least one cover part for selectively closing and at least partially opening an opening in a rigid roof surface of an automobile. The apparatus is used in conjunction with a roof opening that contains a base part... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6426483 | Electrode and method of making same A welding wire for use in electric arc welding and method of making same, wherein the wire has an effective outer diameter and comprises a length of solid metal formed into a series of distinct segments each having a selected volume and having an indented... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6422377 | Belt conveyor device for the suspended transport in particular, by means of vacuum, of goods to be conveyed A band conveyor device used for the suspended transport of plate-like workpieces, metal sheets or the like and has a conveyor belt which is moved along a holding track. A vacuum device holds the goods to be conveyed by suction against a transport side of ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6420680 | Welder foot pedal A control pedal for a welder that controls the output current level of the welder. The control pedal includes a foot pedal, a start switch, and a current level controller. The foot pedal is movable between an off position, an intermediate position, and a ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6417489 | Welding wire and method of making same A welding wire for use in electric arc welding and method of making same, wherein the wire has an effective outer diameter and comprises a length of solid metal formed into a series of distinct segments each having a selected volume and joined together by... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6412136 | Drain cleaning apparatus The inner end of a snake or drain cleaning cable coiled in a rotatable cable storage drum of drain cleaning apparatus is provided with a torque arm which frictionally engages the outer wall of the drum to restrain sliding of the cable relative thereto dur... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6409609 | Golf ball ejector A novelty golf ball ejector for ejecting a golf ball from a golf course cup with a cylindrical side wall, a top opening and a bottom portion with a centered hole. The golf ball ejector comprising a base plate having a top surface for guiding the golf ball... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6409403 | Glue stick A glue stick product allows a user to hold the product in a natural pen-like orientation when applying glue to a substrate. The product has a cap which is separable along a mating line offset from perpendicular at about 35° with the upper part of the cap... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6408869 | Safety valve A liquid level responsive shut-off valve for filling a tank, such as a liquid propane tank, comprises a valve housing having an inlet passageway for connection to a source of liquid under pressure, an outlet passageway opening into the tank, and a diaphra... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6409962 | Powder injector for ladle A powder injector for a ladle of molten metal having an exposed upper level with a given shape. The injector comprises a splash deflector with a cast body of heat resistant material with a downwardly facing lower surface defining an outer periphery and ma... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6407364 | Method and system for welding railroad rails A method and system of depositing molten metal from an advancing welding wire to form a root pass of weld metal in the bottom of a gap between first and second metal members having generally flat base elements joined by a metal backing plate extending bet... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6405812 | Drilling tool for the air-lifting process A drilling tool for drilling bore holes into the ground and for removing the drilled material using an air-lifting process. The drilling tool has a drilling head equipped at its lower surface with curing elements, whose upper surface is connected to hollo... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6406341 | Shallow draft boat A shallow draft sports boat for use in in-shore fishing has a tunnel in its bottom allowing one to place an outboard motor higher with respect to the hull of the boat than is conventional. The tunnel is relatively short with respect to the overall length ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6402822 | Furnace filter system A furnace filter system or kit for installation on an existing furnace duct includes upper and lower supply roll supports respectively mountable on the top and bottom walls of the duct adjacent one side wall of the duct for removably receiving a supply ro... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6398137 | Mount and feeder arrangement for a precision placement spreader A truck having a material spreader and a control mechanism to regulate the velocity of materials ejected from the material spreader. The material spreader includes a material guider to guide the trajectory of substantially all the materials in a direction... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6395058 | Method of alloying ferrous material with magnesium injection agent A treatment agent and method to introduce magnesium into ferrous material. The treatment agent includes a mixture of high melting temperature particles and magnesium particles. The content of high melting temperature particles in the particle mixture is p... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393700 | Tube cutter A tube cutter for cutting a circular tube having a central tube axis, the cutter comprising: a housing with first and second parallel rollers defining a cradle for receiving a tube cut with the tube axis generally parallel to the axes of the rollers, a cu... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393893 | Measuring device and method for measuring gas load in liquids, especially in liquid plastic materials This invention relates to a measuring apparatus for measuring the gas loading of a liquid, comprising a measuring device which substantially consists of a piston pump, by means of which a sample quantity of the liquid is subjected to a reduced pressure in... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6391376 | Cold process oven stable fruit paste and method of making such paste A cold process bake fruit paste including a fruit concentrate, water, a corn syrup sweetener, and a stabilizer system comprising a blend of first instant granular modified corn starch hydratable into a highly viscous free standing mass when exposed to fre... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6389989 | Twin sheet pressure formed pallet A pallet formed of a pair of thermoplastic sheets molded and fused together. The sheets have configurations that impart high stiffness and high strength, and the ability to be stacked on full pallets or nested on empty pallets. In particular, the molded c... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6385870 | Control system for an excavator thumb and a method of controlling an excavator thumb A control system and method of using a control system for a thumb on an excavator allows the thumb to follow a workpiece held in a bucket when the bucket moves. The thumb control circuit is activated by the press of a button and thereafter maintains a con... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6383249 | Magnesium desulfurization agent A method and composition for removing sulfur from molten ferrous material, particularly molten pig iron. The desulfurization agent includes a magnesium particle coated with a heat absorbing compound. The heat absorbing compound absorbs heat around the mag... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6381798 | Spring clutch for drain cleaning machines A belt driven drum-type drain cleaning machine in which the drive motor is spring biased to tension the drive belt is provided with a spring arrangement by which slippage between the drive belt and drive pulley is intentionally achieved in response to the... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378246 | Method and apparatus for growing vined produce Apparatus for growing vined produce such as tomatoes comprises a container rotatable about a horizontal axis and supported above an underlying surface, which container has an interior filled with rooting media, a plant opening, radially through the contai... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6372014 | Magnesium injection agent for ferrous metal A treatment agent and method to introduce magnesium into ferrous material. The treatment agent includes a mixture of high melting temperature particles and magnesium particles. The content of high melting temperature particles in the particle mixture is p... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6365864 | Cleaning device for welding wire and method of cleaning welding wire A wire cleaner for removing impurities from the surface of an elongated welding wire as the wire travels along a given path, the wire cleaner comprises a tunnel with a tube having a central passage surrounding the path with a gap between the tube and the ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6364598 | Removable feedgate The dump body of a dump truck includes a tailgate having an opening through which material in the receptacle can be dispensed by an endless conveyor in the dump body, and a feedgate for adjusting the rate of discharge is removably mounted on one of the ta... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6365874 | Power supply for electric arc welding A power supply connectable to a source of AC line voltage for AC electric arc welding by an AC arc current across a welding gap between an electrode and a workpiece, the power supply comprises a high capacity transformer that converts said line voltage to... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6361266 | Rotatable feedgate A dump truck having a dump body which includes an adjustable feedgate for adjusting the size of a passageway through a rear opening at the rear of the dump body. The feedgate is rotatably mounted within the rear opening to provide for improved control of ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6360475 | Damped fishing rod A fishing rod is provided in which unwanted vibration is damped and casting characteristics are improved. Vibration damping elastomeric material is provided as a tapered element within the hollow rod blank near the rod tip and/or as an intervening layer b... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6360397 | Feed control device for plumbing apparatus A device for axially feeding a drain cleaning snake relative to a storage drum therefor comprises axially spaced apart support members having openings therethrough for receiving the snake and a plurality of snake driving rolls spaced apart about the axis ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6360596 | Web tension transducer A web tension transducer for mounting between a stationary fixture and a pillow block rotationally supporting a web roller shaft is provided. The transducer includes a body mounted to said fixture for pivotal movement about a single horizontal axis at one... | 03/26/2002 |
