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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5423935 | Methods for applying discrete coatings Apparatus and methods for producing intermittent, discrete patterns of coating material, such as hot melt adhesive, onto discrete substrates or substrate areas, where the patterns have sharp, square leading and trailing edges, as well as side edges. A slo... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5424703 | Magnetization of permanent magnet strip materials Disclosed is an apparatus and process for magnetizing permanently magnetizable strip and sheet material to form a pattern of band-like poles on the material. Two parallel stacks of permanent magnets are used, each magnet in each stack having a direction o... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5423126 | Flexible flail trimmer A flexible flail trimmer for conventional trimming of grass, weeds and other vegetation and for edging of sidewalks includes a rotatable combined guide and guard having a depth gage for providing positive vertical indexing during an edging operation. A tr... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5423349 | Diverting fluid flow A three-way diverter valve comprising a rotatable valve member to which are mounted a number of sealing faces, each face being adapted to seal against one of the inlet or outlet of one of the paths the member being movable between a first position in whic... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5423548 | Golf swing plane guide and training apparatus Golf swing training apparatus includes a first guide surface and a second, steeper golf club guide surface. The first guide surface is angularly adjustable to set the appropriate initial plane of the back swing for a particular golfer and the second guide... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5421761 | Concealable toy doll An improved concealable toy doll, whose garments may be inverted to conceal the doll and form a convenient carrying sack. Improvements include a construction in which the toy doll wears a single-piece, full-body gown and has an interior sack within the bo... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5421921 | Segmented slot die for air spray of fibers A slot die for producing a fibrous web of adhesive material includes a segmented shim having a plurality of fingers in said slat dividing adhesive material into a plurality of adhesive streams. The fingers have tapered ends which are flush with or extend ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5422172 | Elastic laminated sheet of an incrementally stretched nonwoven fibrous web and elastomeric film and method An elastic laminated sheet of an incrementally stretched nonwoven fibrous web and elastomeric film and method of making are disclosed. The elastic laminates are especially useful in diapers, surgical gowns, sheets, dressings, hygienic products and the lik... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5422521 | Foot operated control system for a multi-function device A foot-operated control system for use with a multi-function device includes a movable foot control device, one embodiment of the device comprising a pedal mounted on a base to pivot azimuthally with respect to the base and also downwardly in elevation wi... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5421147 | Nut harvester A nut harvester includes a frame drawn by a tractor over nut and debris windrows on the ground of a nut orchard. The nut harvester collects the nuts from the windrows and separates the debris collected therewith while minimizing the dust emissions and air... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5421180 | Casket locking crank collapsible into compact configuration A collapsible locking crank for use in locking burial caskets including a body pivotally housing a crank key arm and crank handle. The crank key arm includes a hexagonal key head on its free end for engaging the locking mechanism of the casket. The arm an... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5419142 | Thermal protection for superconducting magnets Apparatus for maintaining a superconducting magnet which is refrigerated within a cryostat at or near its operating temperature in the event of the cryostatic refrigerator ceasing to operate comprising a heat sink within the cryostat and in thermal commun... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419047 | Stainless steel plier-type cutters Plier-type cutters for cutting metal objects having a pair of plier halves which are each of one piece construction and made of a hardenable stainless steel. Each plier half has a cutting edge hardened to a cutting hardness suitable for cutting the metal ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5420359 | Chlorofluoroether compositions and preparation thereof Normally liquid chlorofluoroether compositions consisting or consisting essentially of one or a selected mixture of perhalogenated chlorofluoroether compounds are provided by direct fluorination of the corresponding chloroether or chlorofluoroether precur... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5417673 | Whole blood sample needleless sample site A whole blood sample needleless sample site includes a flow diverter between the ports and below the seal member to divert fluid away from the normal flow path between the ports and up towards the underside of the seal member to thereby flush same.... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5418009 | Apparatus and methods for intermittently applying discrete adhesive coatings Apparatus and methods for producing intermittent, discrete patterns of coating material, such as hot melt adhesive, onto discrete substrates or substrate areas, such as book spines, sift-proof carton flaps and pinch-bottom bags. The adhesive patterns have... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5416997 | Collapsible display An advertising display is convertible between an expanded display configuration and a collapsed configuration for storage and transportation. The display includes a cylindrical tube with generally circular end walls attached to the inner surface of the tu... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5417395 | Modular interconnecting component support plate A modular interconnecting component support unit has a rigid plate (14) with a planar face (16) and a rib (24) and a slot (38) extending parallel the plate face but from opposite sides or edges (22, 34) of the plate so that two such units may be slid toge... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5417765 | Apparatus for cleaning a powder coating booth An apparatus for cleaning a powder coating booth used to coat elongated articles while oriented vertically includes a pair of opposing vertical walls forming a coating booth, powder spray guns extending through the walls to powder coat articles located th... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5415753 | Stationary aperture plate for reactive sputter deposition The aperture plate of the present invention is positioned between a sputter target and a substrate to be coated with a film of target material. The substantially non-collimating plate contains a plurality of apertures which intercept a percentage of the s... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5414941 | Diesel engine service tool kit A service tool kit to perform synchronizing, fuel setting and fuel timing on a diesel truck engine. These adjustments are done without removing the rocker arm assemblies through the use of the access positioning tool included in the kit. All three calibra... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5414871 | Sofa sleeper deck with welded grid panels An improved sofa-sleeper deck includes a number of serially interconnected welded grid panels secured to a foldable bed frame. Each panel is hingedly interconnected to the adjacent panel to form the deck of a sofa-sleeper structure. Each welded grid panel... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5412874 | U-bolt torquing method and tool A method of determining the optimum torque for securing a U-bolt assembly calculated according to the formula T=UL.multidot.d.multidot.K.multidot.LF, where T is the optimum torque, UL is a calculated value for the ultimate tensile load of one U-bolt leg, ... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5410760 | Tennis ball cap A cap to be worn on the top of the head comprises a crown that is fabricated to simulate approximately one-half of a game ball. The crown is formed by a plurality of generally triangular-shaped fabric gores which are collectively stitched together along t... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5411390 | Apparatus for producing shaped products A machine for producing configurated products including a rotary die roll having die cavities therein and a pair of feed rollers for feeding viscous product into the die cavities. The feed rollers may be easily moved away from the die roll and the die rol... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5412121 | Process for the preparation of 4-hydroxy-3[2H]furanones A process is provided for the preparation of 5-alkyl-4-hydroxy-3[2H]furanones and/or 2,5-dialkyl-4-hydroxy-3[2H]furanones, wherein each alkyl group independently has one to six carbons, comprising (a) saponifying an ester selected from the group of 3,4-di... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5409651 | Method of forming tubular parts A method of forming a tapered tubular part including the steps of: providing tows of filaments, the filaments being adapted to fuse together when subjected to combined heat and pressure; braiding the tows of filaments into a sleeve; providing a tapered mo... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5409590 | Target cooling and support for magnetron sputter coating apparatus A target of a thickness, which varies across its radius according to the amount of material required to be sputtered, is supported in a nest in a chamber of a sputter coating apparatus. Positioned behind the nest is a rotating magnet carrier having arrang... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5409120 | Slot wall display support system A slot wall module (10) includes a plate (20) with forwardly extending rib pairs (24, 26). A channel (30) depends from one of the ribs (24) to provide hanging support for one type of display member (14). A slot space (40) defined between the rib pair (24,... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5409382 | Mechanical simulator for modeling thermal properties of a premature infant An infant simulator for modeling the thermal properties of premature infants comprises a head, a pair of arms, a pair of legs, and a torso, a fluid circuit connecting and supplying fluid from a fluid source to the pair of arms, pair of legs and torso, a p... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5409649 | Method of forming foam buns having no skin on a surface A method of forming foam buns including the steps of pouring foam in a liquid state onto a fall plate, preventing the forming of skin on upper and lower surfaces of the foam during a creaming state thereof as the foam advances along the fall plate and ont... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5409733 | Apparatus and methods for applying conformal coatings to electronic circuit boards Apparatus and methods for producing intermittent, discrete patterns of coating material onto discrete irregular substrate areas, such as electronic circuit boards, where the patterns have sharp, square leading and trailing edges, as well as side edges. A ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5408322 | Self aligning in-situ ellipsometer and method of using for process monitoring An ellipsometric measuring system is set-up in association with a vacuum chamber on a production line for thin film samples. The ellipsometer has a scanner for directing the incident light beam to different locations on a thin film sample, and the ellipso... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5407163 | Sliding IV pole A pole support for an IV pole mounted adjacent a patient support and having two pole supports separated by a pair of tracks providing guided paths between the two pole supports. The IV pole has a pole locking block at one end with pins that engage the tra... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5407979 | Biodegradable film and method of making same A biodegradable thermoplastic film is disclosed comprising an alkanoyl polymer, a destructured starch and an ethylene copolymer. The film can be stretched providing breathability and enhancing its biodegradability.... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5404927 | Overhead garage door bottom bracket A bottom bracket for an overhead garage door having a spring tension assisted lift system. The bottom bracket has protrusions that interlock with mating slots in the stile of the garage door bottom panel thus preventing the bracket from detaching from the... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5405355 | Method of radial keratotomy employing a vibrating cutting blade Radial keratotomies can be performed by incising centrifugally. A vibrating diamond front cutting blade with a reverse cutting edge incises centrifugally to form a squared-off incision at the optical zone. The incision can be retraced if an enhancement is... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5406129 | Flashing locator switch control with built-in lamp operation test A flashing locator switch control includes an audible alert circuit with the switch and flasher to provide assurance to the user that the outside light is operating to flash on and off and by which to test the outside light at any time day or night.... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5405017 | Modular casket display system A casket display structure has a back wall and wing walls that are removably-attached to the back wall to form an alcove. A double-tiered display rack is mounted between the wing walls. The display structure includes a lower casket rollout rack connected ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5405451 | Method for arresting deterioration of concrete vehicle parking structures A system and a method are disclosed for controlling structural deterioration of a vehicle parking structure by arresting deterioration caused by road salt erosion and corrosion of concrete floors and reinforcing steel in that structure. The invention incl... | 04/11/1995 |
