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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5475838 | Extensible entity management system including rule-based alarms A system for managing an assemblage of entities. The entities interface within the assemblage for control of primary information handling functions and further interface with the system to permit the carrying out of management functions. The system includ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5474667 | Reduced stress sputtering target and method of manufacturing therefor A sputtering target assembly in which the region of attachment between the sputtering target and the backing plate has varying stiffness, thereby reducing stresses in the target during sputtering. In the region of attachment, the backing plate has varying... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5472100 | Greeting card display rack A greeting card display device comprising a base and a pair of display modules stacked one atop another and mounted on the base. Each module comprises four upright support panels secured together at adjacent vertical edges, and a plurality of card-support... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5473114 | Clear tube section for pneumatic transport tube system A quadrilateral transparent tube section that is used with a heavy payload captive carrier in a pneumatic transport system. The tube section is constructed of four transparent panels connected at their longitudinal edges with four corner structures which ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5471730 | Method for refurbishing worn turret punch press bores A method for restoring worn bores in a turret or other tool punch press is disclosed. The worn turret bore is refurbished by using a special boring bar and drive mechanism to enlarge the diameter of the worn section of the bore. A cylindrical sleeve is in... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5469796 | Multi-layer panels for modular vault structure A lightweight, multilayered panel for use in a modular vault or safe structure has multiple layers of cross-grained wood boards secured together by a grid of hardened masonry nails. The nails are driven into the panel layers from both major face surfaces ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5467804 | Wire twister-cutter assembly There is disclosed an assembly mountable as a unit in a wire-tieing machine, including a bearing block in which a twister pinion is rotatably disposed. Wire restraining yoke members and cooperating cutter members are mounted to opposite ends of the bearin... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467481 | Glove with hand-coloring material A user of gloves is automatically reminded to wash his hands, after taking off the gloves, by using a glove having an interior surface with a hand-coloring material that transfers onto the wearer's hand during use and remains on the hand after the glove i... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5465548 | Prefabricated sleeper for anchored and resilient hardwood floor system A prefabricated sleeper reduces labor costs associated with installing an anchored, resilient hardwood floor system. The prefabricated sleeper includes an elongated channel, pads located along the channel and an elongated nailing strip supported on the pa... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5467002 | Adjustable chair having programmable control switches An adjustable chair including a control system based around a microprocessor and operated by way of switches preferably located on each side of the seat back. The switches are low voltage flat membrane switches by which the operator moves the chair to a d... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5464349 | Orthodontic appliance providing for mesial rotation of molars An orthodontic bracket, preferably in the form of a buccal tube, is provided for connecting an orthodontic archwire to each mandibular first molar of a patient. The bracket has an archwire groove oriented to maintain the archwire at a positive rotation an... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5463800 | Seal sustaining hardware for caskets Casket hardware comprises a corrosive trim plate adapted to be secured to an outer surface of a wall or a casket, an arm adapted to support a casket handlebar and having a bolt connected thereto, the bolt being adapted to pass through the plate and the ca... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5464701 | Leakproof, valve regulated, maintenance-free lead acid battery A valve-regulated, maintenance-free lead acid battery has plate compartments which are substantially surrounded by chambers that contain electrolyte absorptive material. Electrolyte droplets escaping through the pressure relief valves of the battery are d... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5462221 | Tote box handle An improved handle for use in a tote box is securely retained in a hole or cutout in a wall of the tote box without mechanical fasteners, The handle includes a flange which extends upwardly so that a portion thereof is captured within the channel sidewall... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462158 | Disc package A disc package comprised of a paperboard carton adapted to store, e.g., a compact disc, and a separate paperboard sleeve of substantially the same thickness as the carton. The carton is slideable into and out of a shallow seat defined at one end of the sl... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461984 | Apparatus and method for enabling a two-wheeled vehicle to travel along a railroad track A track traveling system for enabling a two-wheeled vehicle to travel along a single rail of a railroad track has an elongated guide component (18) having vertically spaced apart guidance surfaces (24, 26) and a stabilizer component (20) that has a proxim... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5461965 | Cushioned hydraulic lift mechanism with slot in cylinder wall A hydraulically operated piston apparatus including an outer cylinder having an inner telescopically received piston rod. An elongated slot forms a hydraulic fluid outlet through the wall of the cylinder adjacent the closed end of the cylinder. The piston... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5463405 | Cellular telephone coupling network A cellular telephone coupling network (12) includes a generally rigid dielectric substrate (50) having a pair of tuning stubs (64, 66) formed thereon by confronting thin conductive strips (68, 70) and (72, 74) positioned on opposite face surfaces (60, 62)... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462160 | Storage container with integral flap A compact disc storage container for single compact discs, having storage locations for identifying graphics and a graphics in booklet form. The compact disc storage container includes a flexible sheet, preferably transparent, which is cut to form a flap,... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5459892 | Triple beam frame A box spring assembly for use as a foundation for a bedding mattress has a triple beam frame. The frame has three layers of which the bottom layer consists of longitudinal side rails equally spaced from a center rail and connected at each end to a double ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5460124 | Receiver for an electronic animal confinement system A system (10) for confining an animal (18) in an area (16) defined by a boundary signal. The system includes a transmitter (22; 22A) to generate the boundary signal and an emitter such as a wire (20) to define area (16). The system also includes a receive... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5458291 | Fluid applicator with a noncontacting die set A fluid applicator having a multi-zone noncontacting die set for dispensing a selected plurality of thin flat fiberized adhesive streams as uniform rectangular strips of adhesive on a substrate. The die set uses shims to establish the fiberizing air slot,... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458227 | Product package inverting apparatus and method An inverting apparatus for inverting a product package being moved by a conveyor belt comprises an auxiliary conveyor having a pick-up end to receive the package from the conveyor surface and a discharge end located vertically above the pick-up end and th... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458721 | Dual format adhesive process for intermittently disrupting parallel lines of adhesive to form adhesive bands A laminate is made by applying a plurality of parallel fine lines of adhesive to a first web, intermittently agitating the adhesive prior to deposition to intermingle the adhesive to form spaced apart bands extending across the fine lines, and then applyi... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458407 | Merchandising display A merchandising display including a housing enclosing a product display compartment having at least two adjacent columns of circularly shaped shelves rotatably mounted within the display compartment. When viewed in top plan view, the housing includes a fr... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459447 | Aftermarket installable dual sensitivity shock detector An aftermarket mechanical shock detector for mounting to protected property containing an existing alarm system. The shock detector incorporates a piezoelectric transducer detecting mechanical vibration and generating an electrical vibration signal, and c... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5456669 | Method of front loading an injector and injecting fluid into animals therewith An animal fluid injector, replaceable syringe and method of replacement of the syringe in the injector are provided in which the syringe is loadable and unloadable into and from the injector through the open front end of a pressure jacket of the injector,... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455975 | Hospital bed with pivoting headboard In a hospital room, arms are pivoted on vertical axes that pass through the head and foot ends of a patient's bed. One of the arms carries a computer terminal at its free end. The other arm carries a power column or a portion of a power column at its free... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456670 | Power injector for injecting fluid into animals An animal fluid injector is provided with a syringe guide, preferably in the form of a pressure jacket, having an open front end through which a replaceable disposable syringe is loadable into and unloadable from, thereby permitting replacement without re... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456600 | Coordinated orthodontic archwires and method of making same Coordinated orthodontic archwires are provided based on a method of designing custom orthodontic appliances based in individual patient anatomy and, based on a plurality of such custom designs, designing and manufacturing a standardized appliance for pati... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455197 | Control of the crystal orientation dependent properties of a film deposited on a semiconductor wafer A method of controlling the crystal orientation dependent properties, such as residual stress, barrier layer effectiveness and resistivity, of reactively sputtered films such as titanium nitride, provide a method of optimizing the design parameters of the... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454717 | Custom orthodontic brackets and bracket forming method and apparatus Custom orthodontic brackets are provided for supporting an orthodontic archwire at custom positions and inclinations on the teeth of a patient. The preferred brackets each include a bracket base mountable on a tooth and a support extending therefrom for s... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454256 | Powder coating system with dew-point detection A powder spray coating system has a controller configurable to a variety of different system configurations. Configuration data is keyed by an operator from menu prompts and stored for use by a microprocessor based operating program to operate the supply ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454888 | Warm forming high-strength steel structural members High strength steel structural members and method of making are disclosed by providing a blank of high-strength steel material having a tensile strength of at least about 120,000 psi and a yield strength of at least about 90,000 psi and warm forming the b... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454819 | Spring biased laparoscopic surgical needle holder A surgical needle holder particularly adapted for use in laparoscopic procedures include a first and a second jaw element which have parallel engaging jaw faces. The first jaw element is stationary relative to the needle holder and the second jaw element ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5452807 | Accessories for pivoted power column A power column is a hollow post having six vertical walls and is mounted between horizontal arms pivoted to the floor and ceiling respectively. The pivotal axis for the arms passes through the head end of a hospital bed, enabling the power column to swing... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5453139 | Method of making cold formed high-strength steel parts A method of making high-strength steel parts is disclosed by providing a blank of high-strength steel having a ferrite-pearlite microstructure and high-strength mechanical properties and cold forming the blank by upsetting, forging, or extrusion to provid... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5450777 | Method and apparatus for processing chopped fibers from continuous tows An apparatus for processing chopped fibers from essentially continuous tows, each consisting of individual strands, comprises selectively feeding at least two tows to a venturi pump and associated cutter mechanism where the tows are cut or chopped into re... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5450968 | Shelving system with adjustable width merchandise channels A gravity feed merchandising display system includes a plurality of adjustable and variable width channels to support and organize variously sized merchandise items thereon. The channels are formed by a pair of adjacent slats which extend between a front ... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5451211 | Disposable front loadable syringe for power injector for injecting fluid into animals An animal fluid injector, replaceable syringe and method of replacement of the syringe in the injector are provided in which the syringe is loadable and unloadable into and from the injector through the open front end of a pressure jacket of the injector,... | 09/19/1995 |
