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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5116172 | Composite rotary cutting tool and adaptor and method of making same A composite rotary cutting tool and adaptor includes a straight cutting tool, such as a drill bit or the like, having a cylindrical shank adhesively bonded within a close fitting axial bore in an adaptor or gripping member which has an outer circumferenti... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5114521 | Method for producing a sliding coupling by a monomer casting method A method for producing a sliding coupling, w hich comprises injecting a casting material comprising the following components (A) and (B) into a clearance between a bearing and a shaft fitted in and rotatably or reciprocatively supported by the bearing, wh... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5114508 | Filter element and its production The present invention provides a filter element made wholly of fluorocarbon resin and production thereof. As the filter element is wholly made of fluorocarbon resin, it has an excellent chemicals resistance, and temperature resistance and is free from met... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5114634 | Method of lining a host pipe with a liner using cryogenic cooling A method and apparatus for lining a host pipe with an elastomeric liner having an outside diameter which is initially greater than the inside diameter of the host pipe. A length of the liner is reduced to a downsized outside diameter and the downsized lin... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5114523 | Process and device for manufacture of adhesive rolls for roller reversing mechanisms of web-processing machines, particularly web-fed printing presses A method and device for adhesive rolls for a roll-reversing mechanism of web-processing machines, particularly w-fed [rotary] printing presses. A flexible tube-shaped piece (14) consisting of a soft elastic material is shifted onto a support tube (1), whi... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5108533 | Method and combination for installing a liner within a service pipe transversely connected to a main pipe An apparatus for installing a liner within a service pipe having an access end and a terminal end wherein the terminal end is transversely connected to a main pipe for allowing fluid to flow therebetween. The apparatus includes a flexible tubular member h... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5108525 | Method of twisting and heat shrinking a tubular catheter member section onto an inner member A method for bonding a heat shrinkable tubular member to an inner member where a section of the tubular member is first twisted and then subjected to heat and tension to cause the twisted section to sealingly bond to an inner member disposed therein. The ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5108228 | Method of lining branch pipe portion of underground main pipe with rigid plastics tube A method of forming a rigid or semirigid plastics tube lining over the inner surface of a branch pipe portion as joined at its one end to an underground main pipe through the other end thereof substantially open to the surface of the ground as a work open... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5106440 | Method for repairing manholes or wetwalls Cavities, such as manholes of differing sizes and shapes are repaired by an apparaatus that includes an inflatable bladder enveloped by a carrier formed of a resin-impregnated fiberglass fabric. A hoist lowers the bladder and fabric into the manhole and a... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5105523 | Method and means assuring repeatable concentricity A chuck support base for very accurate machining of parts includes a pair of interengaging members through which rotary motion is delivered to a tool holding chuck. The member on which the chuck is mounted has a ring with an internal frusto-conical exteri... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5091137 | Pipe lining process A method is provided for lining a pipe wherein a thermoplastic liner is initially formed in a cylindrical shape with a diameter slightly larger than the internal diameter of the pipe. The liner is temporarily deformed at an elevated temperature to a diffe... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5091041 | Bonding apparatus for bonding friction material A bonding assembly for bonding carbon fibrous segments with adhesive on one side, to a frustoconical surface of an annular clutch member. The bonding assembly includes a ring member with a frustoconical surface complementary to the annular clutch member f... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5089074 | Flexible hose construction and method of making the same A flexible hose construction and method of making the same are provided, the flexible hose construction comprising an inner corrugated hose made of polymeric material and having a plurality of outwardly convex projections with recesses therebetween and ex... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5078822 | Method for making refractory lined duct and duct formed thereby A refractory lined duct is provided having sheet metal tube lined with a ceramic fiber matrix bonded with binder material forming a tubular refractory liner of predetermined thickness and thermal characteristics. This duct has the refractory liner held in... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5074943 | Slip control for helically wound pipes A method and means of slip control for helically wound pipes wherein the pipe is formed by helically winding a strip of plastics material and the edges of the convolutions of the strip are interconnected, wherein a slip-control member applied to the inter... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5071425 | Atherectomy catheter and method of forming the same An atherectomy device includes a transparent lumen for providing inflation medium to an inflatable balloon. A dual lumen flexible tube includes an opaque flexible torque member in a first lumen, while the second lumen serves as an inflation lumen. The dis... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5071616 | Method of inserting rigid plastic lining tube through pipe In inserting a rigid plastic tube through a pipe while paying out the tube from a drum having the tube wound thereon in a flat form, a heating fluid is supplied into the plastic tube to pass the fluid from its one end toward the other end thereof and ther... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5069736 | Method of pail construction In a method of constructing a reinforced pail from an existing pail having a covered top, an annular ring is formed from a top portion of the side wall by removing the top cover and cutting the side wall around a periphery parallel to the top end of the e... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5069353 | Housing for fiber-bundle filter modules A housing made of plastic material for hollow fiber filter modules, includes both an abutment ring close to that end thereof which will be the bottom end after the module has been mounted vertically, and a centering ring at a short distance from the oppos... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5062910 | Method of assembling a rigid element in a module, the element having a membrane for separation, filtration or catalytic transformation purposes A method of assembling a rigid element in a module, the rigid element having a membrane for separation, filtration, or catalytic transformation purposes. The outside shape of the element is substantially cylindrical or prismatic. The element is made from ... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5061336 | Gel casting method and apparatus A gel casting method and apparatus are used to cause a pre-gelled liquid mixture to gel sequentially in a given travelling direction, allowing still-liquid material to flow to the gelling front, replacing volume lost due to shrinkage during the change of ... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5059054 | Process for bonding tubing with polytetrafluoroethylene glass reinforced tape This invention presents an improved process for the bonding of tubing which permits the tubing members to be maintained in the appropriate alignment during the curing of the bonding adhesive. Specifically, the process involves the slip-fitting of a male m... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5053100 | Method of making apparatus for dispensing small amounts of fluids A method of making apparatus for dispensing very small and precise amounts of fluids is disclosed which includes forming a main body with a bore formed coaxially therethrough, attaching a first housing to the main body such that the bores thereof are coax... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5053097 | Method of joining tubes having a corrugated wall of plastic material A method of joining tubes (A and B) having a corrugated wall (10) of fusible plastic material and terminating at a cut through a corrugation rib, comprises the following steps. An annular body (14) expanding when energy is supplied to it, is positioned in... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5049224 | Method of fabricating pipe units A method of fabricating a bundle-like pipe unit using a blow molding machine having a plurality of heads feeding parisons into a molding die includes the steps of forming a plurality of hollows independent from each other in the molding die, forming one o... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5049225 | Method and apparatus for terminating an optical fiber with a curved bore blocking member An apparatus for terminating an optical fiber includes a resiliently deformable spherical member disposed in contact with a front end of a bore of an optical fiber contact body. Subsequent to softening an adhesive disposed within the contact body bore, an... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5044405 | Method and apparatus for repair-lining of short sections of pipe To facilitate the repair of short sections of pipe by providing a lining in situ, a repair carrier containing the repair lining is moved into position adjacent the pipe length to be lined, the lining is forced out of the carrier into position in the pipe ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5034082 | Method of constructing a tennis racket A tennis racket includes a frame with a head and a shank portion. The shank portion has an outer periphery with top, bottom, side and diagonal outside surfaces arranged generally in an octagonal configuration. A preformed handle includes a core with a hol... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5034180 | Method for installing a substantially rigid thermoplastic pipe in an existing pipeline A thin, flexible tubular membrane provides a heat containment tube for inserting into and inflation within an underground conduit to be repaired. Folded rigid thermoplastic pipe is inserted into the tube while hot and flexible. The tubular membrane is pre... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5031272 | Tool handle and method of attaching a handle to a percussive tool head A tool handle includes a tapered shaft retainer which is dimensioned for insertion into the eyehole of a tool head, a high strength handle shaft bonded within the shaft retainer, and a grip which ensheathes the handle shaft. The shaft retainer includes an... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5029615 | Method for lining a pipe laid in the ground The method for lining a pipe laid in the ground, especially a sewer conduit made from concrete, asbestos cement or stoneware, comprises making a lining tube for the pipe with an outer layer and an inner layer made from fiber fleece and a barrier layer imp... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5024364 | Unitized oil seal and method of making a unitized oil seal A unitized oil seal having an annular inner seal case (12) having a J-shaped cross section formed by an inner wall (24) and a first axial flange (28) interconnected by a first radial flange (26). The oil seal also has an annular outer seal case (14) havin... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5017259 | Preparation of catheter including bonding and then thermoforming A catheter is manufactured by tapering a distal portion of a hollow catheter body, bonding a tip member of relatively soft material to the tapered distal portion of the catheter body, and thermoforming the catheter body distal portion and the tip member.... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5017258 | Pipe rehabilitation using epoxy resin composition An epoxy resin composition containing an imidazole curing agent is useful in processes for lining the interior surfaces of buried pipes. The imidazole is non-substituted at the 1 position and is preferably alkyl-substituted at the 2 position, such as 2-pr... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5009737 | Method of joining pipes at their ends to form a pipeline A pipeline arrangement includes first and second pipe sections joined at the axial ends thereof and has a heat-sensitive covering extending between the axial ends of the pipe sections and lining the inner walls thereof. The heat-sensitive covering extends... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5003689 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a surge arrester A distribution class surge arrester comprises a core formed of distributed zinc oxide varistor blocks, aluminum blocks acting as heat sinks and as spacers providing voltage grading and required arcing distances, and terminal blocks held in face-to-face co... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5000611 | Attachment structure for cylindrical member A combination mechanically retained and adhesively bonded attachment structure and method for a guy wire, cable, rod, tube or like member is described which comprises an elongate fitting of preselected external shape having a plurality of axially spaced c... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4997502 | Process and apparatus for applying an adhesive to the interior surface of a bulk bag and gluing a plastic liner within the bag A process for adhering a polyethylene liner to the interior of a fabric bulk bag, which would include the steps of providing a source of pressurized air flow; attaching the upper pour spout of the fabric bag to the source of air flow; causing the bag to i... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4997500 | Method for joining thermoplastic parts A technique for permanently joining thermoplastic parts in a single stroke converts kinetic energy into thermal energy. In this technique, one of the thermoplastic parts includes a linear shaft while the other includes a cavity having the same general sha... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4995929 | Method of protecting conduits including helically winding a strip A method for protecting conduits in which a tube produced by helically winding a strip and interconnecting the edges of the strip to allow longitudinal slip is placed adjacent the area to be lined or overlapped. The tube is held at a selected diameter dur... | 02/26/1991 |
