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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5897317 | Dental handpiece with disposable filter cartridge Dental drill handpiece having a disposable filter cartridge for cleaning drive air, water, chip air, and exhaust passing through the handpiece.... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5836227 | Weed cutter head A head suitable for use on any weed cutter, regardless of whether it has a left-hand or right-hand threaded shaft. The head includes, in order from top to bottom, an arbor enclosing an elongated hexagonal nut with internal threads to engage the shaft of a... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5642659 | Pancake and egg cooker An electric pancake and egg cooker having two spaced cooking surfaces, the pancake and egg cooker having a cooking dish clamped in a pivotable cooking dish ring adapted to rest on the first cooking surface, and a cooking dish cover adapted to rest on the ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5634309 | Portable dance floor A dance floor of assemblable square sections that are held together magnetically and are aligned by male/female couplers and ramp members attachable to the outer perimeter of the assembled square sections.... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5597585 | Vitamin/mineral composition Vitamin/mineral nutritional mixture in the form of a dry powder soluble in water.... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5582476 | Illuminating safety razor A safety razor having a head that illuminates the area to be shaved. The razor has an internal hollow filled with bundles of optical fiber leading from a source of light within the razor handle to windows directed to the area adjacent the razor blade.... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5574195 | Method of preparing selected monocyclic monoterpenes Process for the preparation of a moncyclic monoterpene having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R=--C.dbd.CH2 or --CH--CH3. which comprises treating limonene in a liquid reaction medium with a strong base followed by addition to the... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5543435 | Using limonen-10-ol to kill bacteria, yeast, and fungi Bacteria, fungi, or yeast are treated in their habitat with lethal concentrations of limonen-10-ol.... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5533523 | Medical mouthpiece A hollow tubular mouthpiece that is clampable between the front teeth of a patient that is to receive a medical instrument through the mouth and into the esophagus. The mouthpiece has two spaced flanges to fit over the outside of the lips on the proximal ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5481963 | Automated pancake maker An electric pancake maker having a liquid batter container that is thermally protected; a metering pump system arranged to dispense separate, equal portions of batter simultaneously onto a first cooking surface assembly including a plurality of concave co... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5447039 | Beverage can cooling system The present invention relates to the use of a pop top mechanism of a disposable beverage container which includes a lance in the pop top lever which can be pressed downwardly to penetrate the top of the container allowing a refrigerant inside the containe... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5361658 | Hose guide tool A hand tool adapted to guide a rubber hose being wound on a reel, the tool being T-shaped with the cross bar as a handle and the stem having at its distal end a helix designed to be easily connected to the hose such that the hose runs lengthwise along the... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5353760 | Multiple engine oil and fuel system A system for draining and filling oil reservoirs in the crankcases and the generators of marine vessels with at least one or two diesel engines, including a motor driven pump, conduits connecting the pump to the reservoirs of the generator and of each eng... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5308871 | Method of killing yeast or fungi with dihydrocarvone A method of killing yeast or fungi which comprises treating the yeast or fungi with a toxic amount of dihydrocarvone.... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5308873 | Method of killing yeast and fungi with carveol A method of killing yeast and fungi which comprises treating the yeast and fungi with a toxic amount of carveol.... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5308872 | Method of killing yeast or fungi with dihydrocarveol A method of killing yeast or fungi which comprises treating the yeast or fungi with a toxic amount of dihydrocarveol.... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5294645 | Using menth-1-en-9-ol to kill bacteria, yeast, and fungi MENTH-1-EN-9-OL kills bacteria, yeasts, and fungi by lysing the cell membrane of the organism.... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5275526 | Truck freight loading and dock device Wheeled elevator apparatus for use in loading and unloading freight into and out of a highway truck; the apparatus including a platform raised and lowered by hydraulic power engaging lever arms arranged in a parallelogram structure, drawbridge access ways... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275463 | Cover for lounge chair A lounge chair cover which can be rolled up and fastened so as to be carried like a duffel bag, the cover including a panel to cover the top of the chair back, seat, and leg rest portions, having a hood pocket into which the top of the back portion of the... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5229425 | Process of producing reference bactericidal endpoint (RBE) limonene A process for producing a stable, bactericidal and fungicidal composition which consists essentially of bubbling air or oxygen into limonene, to produce an oxidized limonene having a rapid bactericidal activity as evidenced by the capability of killing su... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5222643 | Hair treatment servicing container An open top container attachable to the back of the hand, the container having upwardly directed side walls with adjacent walls having flanges slanting inwardly from the side walls toward the open top.... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5200518 | Anti-inflammatory carboxycyclic acetal pregnane derivatives Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is H, F, Cl, or CH3 and Y is ##STR2## wherein R1 is H, alkyl of 1-5 carbon atoms, phenyl, or benzyl; R2 is COOR6, R5 COOR6, or R5 | 04/06/1993 |
| 5193325 | Standardized portable housing unit A housing unit built with load bearing structures (12) at the two ends thereof and including lifting eyes (26) at the corners of the unit such that units can be stacked vertically on each other for transportation.... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5046411 | Apparatus for peeling food products Apparatus for continuously peeling food products such as citrus fruit and shrimp comprising a rotating drum having separately operable and closable compartments which when closed are subjected to steam and then to a suddenly applied vacuum, the peelings a... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4976913 | Nuclear energy system using pelletized fuel in a boiling liquid reactor An energy producing system employing nuclear fission of fuel in pellets disposed in a boiling liquid to produce superheated vapors.... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4931948 | Method and system for controlling a single zone HVAC supplying multiple zones An improved monitoring and control system for a heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) unit which provides zone control in plural zones in which each zone includes a thermostat which controls a damper for its zone. One thermostat is selected and... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4896450 | Spear gun tip assembly An underwater spear assembly, including a shaft and a detachable sharpened tip, and an extension tip which is slidably attachable to the sharpened tip, a flexible cable attached between the extension tip and a releasable clamp slidably mounted on the shaf... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4891893 | Dredge cutterhead tooth assembly Tooth assembly for a dredge cutterhead, the assembly including a universal male adapter edge for attachment to the cutterhead, a female detachable tooth, a key for locking the tooth to the adapter edge, and a key retainer for locking the key in place.... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4892421 | Bearing with composite load bearing surfaces A nonlubricated roller or ball bearing in which a resilient surface is placed between the roller or ball and the raceway in which the roller or ball is retained. The bearing is useful in environmemnts that are damaging to precision roller or ball bearings... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4889214 | Brake and clutch hub A circular hub containing an outside brake drum, an inside clutch drum spaced concentrically inward from the brake drum, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced supporting webs rigidly connecting the drums to each other; a plurality of spaced heat con... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4887435 | Refrigeration cleaning and flushing system A portable refrigeration system and process for flushing and cleaning an installed refrigeration system includng disconnecting the compressor from the installed system and connecting the disconnected lines to a portable refrigeration system including a co... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4886503 | Disposable covered needle for syringe A covered needle assembly having a needle member and a cover member pivotably connected to each other, the cover member having a long narrow opening for the needle to pass through when the cover member is pivoted away from the needle when ready for use, t... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4885059 | Edge curling device for Fourdrinier fabric A roller device attachable to the frame of a Fourdrinier paper-making machine near the lateral edges of the forming fabric in the sheet forming zone to press against each of the lateral edges of the forming fabric and cause them to curl upwardly so as to ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4884214 | Thermostat A microcomputer-controlled thermostat for use in monitoring and controlling a single zone HVAC system which provides conditioned air to one or more zones. The thermostat can be programmed and used either as a monitor thermostat to control the HVAC unit al... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4881667 | Siphon dispenser An improved siphon dispenser has a hollow body divided into measuring and liquid receiving chambers by a partial partition. A lower neck portion has an air supply tube and a liquid supply tube. An elongated pouring spout is mounted through the body with t... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4882724 | Shoppers communication system and processes relating thereto A communication system for a marketing area locates a light signal generating system and a master computer at a control center and delivers message bearing light signals over optical channels to predetermined subdivisions of the marketing area. Message re... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4881338 | Telescopic gaff hook device Gaff hook device having a tubular body of a plurality of telescoping sections. At the butt end of the body there is a hand grip and at the tip end there is a hook fastened to the body so as to be nonrotatable. A removable protective cover over the pointed... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4872473 | Dual float valve control for regular and douglas type valve A reversible buoyant and non-buoyant flush tank valve is adapted for use in various types of flush tanks each having different selective valve operating attachments for moving the valve. The valve for use in one type of tank includes an elongated base wit... | 10/10/1989 |
