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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7086870 | Electrical connector (receptacle) with easily removable bottom A structure of an array of connectors fastened to a planar insulator, usually formed of a high temperature thermoplastic. The planar insulator has a pattern of substantially cylindrical openings formed therein into which is inserted a machined copper alloy sleeve wh... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6472605 | Frangible work cover for breaker box A frangible cover, generally made of a synthetic material, such as plastic, which fits over and grips the "hot" or energized bus bars in an electrical breaker box and fits under the insulating panel fingers in the breaker box. In this arrangement, the nov... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6311330 | Outdoor spectator cover A novel cover for a spectator having a generally tubular or cylindrical shape open at one end and closed at the other end having an approximate twenty inch diameter and an axial length of about forty-five inches when finished. The lower portion of the cyl... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6164097 | Portable locking device for protection of stringed instruments An apparatus for locking musical instruments having "necks" to a fixed structure having first and second rigid arm members each having a curved portion and a straight portion; in which the first and second rigid arm members are mirror images of each other... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5954509 | Educational device An educational device having a base page, which may be transparent and multiple intervening transparent pages and a structure to hold the multiple intervening transparent layers in registration in which the base layer has a set of problems which are modif... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5752340 | Rod anchor fishing tackle box A combination rod anchor and fishing tackle box formed of a bottom and molded top in which one or more recesses are formed in the top and a portion of each recess is threaded to receive an essentially hollow tube member which has a threaded external porti... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5524400 | Wall assembly and method of making the same A wall assembly of a building structure which utilizes a plurality of panels having preformed grooves thereon and supports which interface with these grooves. Supports are positioned within the various grooves of each of the panels and are appropriately i... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5397326 | Knot pusher for videoendoscopic surgery Four embodiments of videoendoscopic knot pushers are shown having a main body and first and second fingers whose ends are shaped in a smooth rounded shape to guide a suture and knot into position with a patient's body. The finger members define either a "... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5203324 | Contoured anatomical mouthpiece A mouthpiece for use in diving or medical equipment, among others made of moldable resilient material having an offset between upper and lower jaw, a bite plane which is tapered with the bite plane formed by wings which have varying thickness to create th... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5092740 | Composite vacuum pump A composite vacuum pump system having first and second vacuum pumps each having its own rotor and drive motor in which the exhaust of the first vacuum pump is removably coupled to the inlet of the second vacuum pump and the first vacuum pump rotor is driv... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5062422 | Offset anatomical mouthpiece A mouthpiece for use in diving or medical equipment, among others made of moldable resilient material having an offset between upper and lower jaw and a bite plane which is tapered with the bite place formed by wings which have varying thickness to create... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4955731 | Bearing equipment for vacuum devices A bearing for a vacuum device having an annular permanent magnet disposed about a rotatable shaft which has one end exposed to low pressure and the other end exposed to atmospheric pressure in which the rotatable shaft has a spherical member formed on the... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4908044 | Semi solid ethanol based fuel A solid or semi-solid fuel produced entirely from vegetable products having an approximate formulation of 86.1% ethanol, 2.2% water and 11.7% sodium salts of fatty acids produced by virtually any commercially available process for producing ethanol from v... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4862557 | Animal slaughtering chemical treatment and method A material and method for processing meat in production in which the meat, both carcass and head, which can proceed on different production lines, is rinsed and treated with acetic acid after hide removal. The water and acid are maintained at a temperatur... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4852216 | Animal slaughtering chemical treatment and method A material and method for processing meat in production in which the meat, both carcass and head, which can proceed on different production lines, is rinsed and treated with acetic acid after hide removal. The water and acid are maintained at a temperatur... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4847526 | Variant-pole electric motor A compact, high-torque electric motor in which one motor element (either the stator or rotor) has magnetic poles whose effective magnetic width is substantially equal and which span equal center angles. The second motor element has a plurality of armature... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4799904 | Compliant tail connector An electrical connector formed from a solid material having a compliant end with a plurality of barb-like concentric rings formed about a hollow cavity formed in the material in which an axially extending channel has been formed for engaging a press fit t... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4596584 | Solid fuel and method of manufacture thereof A solid fuel consists of a mixture of one or more paper products and one or more oil products. Preferred mixtures one waste paper with fuel oil, waste oil, petroleum coke or refinery bottoms. A binding agent and/or an amount of water may be added to the a... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4497470 | Powered cart mounted cable puller A device for pulling electrical cable through conduit having a rigid frame with two wheels mounted thereon for being moved in a wheelbarrow like fashion and having attached to the frame a motor for driving a torque converter and speed reduced which drive ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4441160 | Point of sale terminal having prompting display A point of sale terminal includes a computer, a keyboard, and a key-controlled prompting display for eliminating a need for the attendant to memorize sales information. The keyboard has a set of first item keys each of which corresponds to a different fir... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4312628 | Turbomolecular vacuum pump having virtually zero power magnetic bearing assembly with single axis servo control A turbomolecular vacuum pump utilizes a virtually zero power magnetic bearing assembly with a single axis sevo control and has an optimized L/D ratio and an optimized number of pole faces. In such a structure, radial stiffness is low and radial damping is... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4310885 | Point of sale terminal having prompting display and automatic money handling A point of sale system includes at least one computer, a keyboard, and money receiving, dispensing and storing mechanisms. The keyboard has item keys corresponding to an item for sale, category keys, function keys and a numerical pad. A bill tendered as p... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4249552 | Automatic money handling device An automatic money handling device for receiving bills and coins and for dispensing bills and coins as change. The device has a storage reel, first and second bill belts extending from a first and supply reels around a first and second entrance rollers at... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4231593 | Check with electrically conductive layer A check has first and second coatings one of which is electrically conductive and the other electrically non-conductive. The coatings are of contrasting colors and one of the coatings is electrically vaporizable for exposing the underlying coating during ... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4230938 | Computer input/output device A combination electrosensitive reader-printer able to perform both functions by sensing the condition of a recording medium in the read mode and by altering the condition of the recording medium in the printing mode. The change of mode is accomplished man... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4230344 | Business form with electrically conductive layer A business form has first and second coatings one of which is electrically conductive and the other is electrically non-conductive. The coatings are of contrasting colors and the second coating is electrically vaporizable for exposing the underlying coati... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4202114 | Sailing training device A training device for teaching individuals the proper positioning of a sailboat's boom relative to the boat in a given wind. The device has three planar members, a front (base) member indicating wind position and having sailing terms printed therein, a se... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4174033 | Double walled rotary tubular conveyor A conveying device having a flexible member with inside and outside surfaces and first and second end positions forming inlet and outlet orifices. Support mechanisms disposed intermediate the inside and outside surfaces and a drive mechanism for engaging ... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4169065 | Ear cleaning mixture for canine A mixture for cleaning ears of pets, especially dogs, containing a mixture of alcohol, acetic acid, peroxide, soap in a water base.... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4164038 | Combination calculator and time billing device A portable calculator is adapted to provide a time billing function and a calculating function. A "stop watch" function is actuated to start the billing period and stop the billing period attributable to a particular account. A memory stores the accumulat... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4162731 | Lightweight, quick assembly furniture A wide variety of lightweight, simple to assemble furniture items are formed from rigid load bearing (normally vertical) members, rigid cross rods (normally horizontal) fastened to the rigid load bearing members and flexible sheet material. The sheet mate... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4161806 | Snap fastener A class of snap fasteners is described each of which includes at least one male and at least one female member. The female members have at least one socket portion which may be in the nature of a cavity in a hollow housing accessible by a fenestration in ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4159823 | Multiple product folder A multiple product folder in a high speed rotary web printing machine for the production of signatures with various folds has a plurality of various operating cylinders, such as a pair of web cutting cylinders, a signature collecting cylinder, signature t... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4126387 | Microform reader A pocket-sized microform reader is realized by employing a unique lenticular (screen) assembly and a projection lens assembly, the latter permitting a fold in the middle of an optical path allowing the size requirements of such a reader to be met. The coo... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4074599 | Paper web perforating machine A machine for performing certain operations in the production of endless business forms has a plurality of cross-perforating knife blades for perforating the endless paper webs at predetermined increments, whereby the perforating knife blades are mounted ... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4054338 | Rotatable cabinet with slidable top A cabinet having at least two sections, one rotatable with respect to the other, and an upper section having a top slidable in two directions.... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4047986 | Epitaxial film formation of a light emitting diode and the product thereof The preparation of a semiconductor substrate for epitaxial deposition and the deposition of a solution from which the epitaxial film is formed is carried out at room temperature. The solution is deposited on the condensing surface in two discrete layering... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4044405 | Target in a bowl or urinal to attract the attention of urinating human males A target fixedly connected to a urinal or toilet to attract the attention of human males.... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4000437 | Electric display device A solid state light emitting display device utilizing two light emitting elements displayed in a single channel having ends in which each element is disposed closer to the ends of the channel than to each other.... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3943501 | Printing machine high voltage power system and circuit The high D.C. voltage power supply device for the electrodes of an electrostatic ink mist prevention system in rotary printing machines has a conventional full-wave voltage doubling circuit consisting basically of a transformer, plug-in rectifiers, plug-i... | 03/09/1976 |
