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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441565 | Fire protection zone penetrating member and injection-molding method for the same A low cost and mass-producible fire protection zone penetrating member is provided which can be set on piping or the like with a one-touch operation as well as a method of injection-molding the fire protection zone penetrating member. One expanding slot is provided ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438964 | Adhesive cord cover An adhesive cord cover for enveloping a cord, such as an electrical cord or chandelier chain. The adhesive cord cover is formed from a lengthwise strip of fabric. A pressure sensitive adhesive is attached to the fabric strip, preferably along a first lengthwise edge... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422036 | Dishwasher manifold assembly and associated method A tubular manifold device for a dishwasher and associated method are provided. The manifold device defines a contiguous interior channel between opposed inlet and outlet ends. The manifold device has an inner surface defining the interior channel and an opposing out... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7290568 | Pressure-resistance hose having watertight structure Disclosed is a pressure-resistance hose having a watertight structure capable of preventing a due condensation phenomenon, called a sweating phenomenon, from occurring on an exposed end or a surface of the pressure-resistance hose by coating adhesives on both overla... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279438 | Coated insulation board or batt An insulation composite for attenuating energy or sound transmission has a body layer of insulating material with a roughly textured face and a uniform thickness solid cover layer permanently embedded in the body layer to a partial depth so that material of the body... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7241482 | Protective sheath reclosable by overlapping and use thereof The invention concerns a protective sheath reclosable by overlapping comprising an outer longitudinal edge (10a) adapted to overlap an inner longitudinal edge (10b) of the sheath (10) in an overlap portion (13). Adhesive mea... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235737 | Electromagnetic shielding sleeve which is intended, for example, to protect bundles of cables for use in aeronautics A tubular electromagnetic shielding sleeve has a longitudinal slit. The inventive sleeve includes a substrate (11) and a layer (12) of electrically-conductive material which is fixed to the inner face of the substrate (11), the layer (12)... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7179989 | Device for locating electric conductor cables A device for locating electric conductor cables that includes a sleeve designed to engage at least one end of a cable. The outer surface of the sleeve includes marks for identifying the cable concerned. The sleeve is flattened, and a section of the sleeve is closed ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159377 | Powered appliance and accessory A powered appliance includes a working member, a handle operably coupled to the working member and a control movable between a first position proximate the handle in which movement of the working member is permitted and a second position distant the handle in which ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7119279 | Protective sleeve The present invention includes a protective sleeve assembly for cords having a longitudinal flexible sleeve for retaining the cords therein. The invention discloses various embodiments for obtaining a desired sleeve length. One such sleeve embodiment includes a pair... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7093807 | Device and method for grouping, organizing and separating multiple cables and other control lines A device for holding a plurality of associated cables in a defined orientation relative to each other is disclosed. The device includes a support structure that defines a plurality of cable retaining locations each adapted to receive and releasably retain an associa... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7080486 | Pass-through firestop device A cast-in-place pass through firestop device for providing a passage in a partition in a structure through which wires, cables, pipes, and the like are run includes a housing having a riser portion with frangible connections that define removable bands that can be r... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7021052 | Motorcycle exhaust control system A motorcycle exhaust control system for covering exhaust cross-over pipes is comprised of an elongate tubular crossover block-off member having a side wall. The crossover block-off member side wall has a slit extending the length thereof. The crossover block-off mem... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013929 | Self-closing thermal protection sheath and its method of fabrication A self-closing thermal protection sheath includes an interleaved structure comprising firstly a monofilament and secondly strips of metallized foil. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6964282 | Coated fibrous pipe insulation system A pipe insulation system includes a tubular core of fibrous insulation and a flexible closed cell foam layer overlaying the core and forming an outer surface of the system. The tubular core has a first longitudinal slit extending completely through the wall of the c... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6953061 | Protective sleeve for fluid circulation tube The invention concerns a protective sleeve for fluid circulation tube made of an interwoven fiber structure formed by a strip (10) of interwoven fibers comprising at least a pocket (11) extending in the transverse direction of the strip (10) and... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938645 | Protective sheath having a longitudinal strip made of flexible material, and method of manufacturing such a sheath An annulated tubular sheath which is split down a longitudinal section thereof. According to the invention, a longitudinal strip of the sleeve is made of a flexible material and is disposed in an angular position of 5-180 degrees in relation to the longitudinal sect... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935379 | Prefabricated insulation for HVAC ductwork and other fluid conduits An improved insulation and an improved method for preparing and installing sheets of insulation having a vapor-barrier jacket or “finish” to ductwork and other fluid conduits or other surfaces. Anchor tabs are provided on the insulation, as are also studs for an... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932116 | Fiber reinforced composite liner for lining an existing conduit and method of manufacture A reinforced liner for cured in place pipe rehabilitation of an existing pipeline having a plurality of high-strength low-elongation fiber bundles disposed circumferentially around the tubular liner at both inner and outer surfaces of a resin absorbent layer of the ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6904941 | Helically formed cylinder of varying length and diameter A variable diameter cylinder made from a sheet having first and second edges that are opposite to each other and that slideably connect with each other to form a helical joint of a cylinder such that sliding the edges of the sheet along the joint varies a diameter a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6858677 | Multimodal polyolefin pipe A solution polymerization process in a series or parallel of two or more reactors at different temperatures is used to prepare a multimodal polyolefin resin of narrow molecular weight distribution. This resin is used to manufacture melt extruded pipe that has an imp... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6854925 | Storm water reservoir with low drag A system using pre-molded polyethylene galleries, utilized for septic or storm water applications, to facilitate rapid and even distribution of effluent and particles across the gallery installation when utilized as a septic system, or minimizes the resistance to st... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6843279 | Jacketed pipe insulation with integral ruler A pipe insulation assembly includes a length of tubular insulation with a longitudinally extending slit so that the tubular insulation can be passed over and mounted on a length of pipe and a jacket overlaying the outer surface of the tubular insulation. To facilita... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6843276 | Corrugated tube and method for producing the same In a corrugated tube, a tubular body is provided with a first slit which extends in an axial direction of the tubular body. The tubular body formed with a plurality of hollow ridge portions extending in a circumferential direction of the tubular body on an outer per... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6622821 | Thin acoustic muffler exhaust pipes, method of sheet metal construction thereof, and exhaust systems which utilize such exhaust pipes for increased ground clearance on race cars A flattened acoustic muffler for use on stock cars. The muffler mounts to the standard exhaust system pipes and to the lower chassis of the car, routing exhaust gasses to one or both sides of the car while providing improved ground clearance between the e... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6575241 | Downhole communication apparatus A device for moving a tool lengthwise in a passageway such as a pipe or oil well hole, with a power or signal conduit connected between the tool and outside of the passageway, consists of a solid rod with a groove along the rod's length, the groove extend... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6571833 | Optic cable conduit insert and method of manufacture A conduit sleeve structure for use with fiber optic cables, coaxial cables and the like includes a pair of adjacent strip-shaped layers of flexible material that are joined along their longitudinal edges to define a channel through which the cable can ext... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6488053 | Corrugated tube In a corrugated tube, a tubular body is provided with a first slit which extends in an axial direction of the tubular body, and the tubular body is formed with a plurality of hollow ridge portions extending in a circumferntial direction of the tubular bod... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6429378 | Lead-in clamp with electric wire protective casing A lead-in clamp with electric wire protective casing are disclosed. The electric wire protective casing is a long plastic roll tube, whose longitudinal free edges are not sealed, but rather can be expanded out and drawn back, on the roll tube there being ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6311735 | Collapsible plenum A collapsible, pop-up plenum for central heating and air conditioning equipment folds substantially flat for shipping and storage. The plenum's planar sidewalls form a rectangular box having an open input end. An endwall opposite the input end is attached... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6256938 | Elongate hollow element An elongate element in the form of a longitudinally split tube (2) is arranged to be progressively flattened and wound about an axis (6) extending transversely to the longitudinal extent of the tube to form a coil (4). To enable the tube (2) to be structu... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6240968 | Membranes suitable for medical use A modified polytetrafluoroethylene resin membrane material is provided for a variety of medical or other applications. The material may be used as a bandage, tissue barrier, article covering or coating. Layers of the membrane may be combined to form tubes... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6189575 | Recoverable article A recoverable article comprising an inner resilient tubular member that is held out in a laterally expanded configuration by engagement with outer holdout structure, wherein the outer surface of the inner member is provided with a plurality of cavities, a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6134766 | Method and apparatus for installing cable-like elements inside pipes A method and apparatus for installing a cable-like element in a pipe by securing a buoyant element to the one cable-like element, the weight and buoyancy of the buoyant element and the cable-like element being matched with a fluid flowing agent so that th... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6129120 | Pipe-arrangement The invention relates to a pipe arrangement with a corrugated pipe (10a, 10b) which has a slit (14) in axial direction, whereby, in accordance with the invention, at least one pipe section (22a, 22b) is provided with corrugations, which can be brought int... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6113153 | Structure of a water spray hose device A water spray hose device includes a water spray hose and two connectors at the two ends of the water spray hose. The water spray hose consists of a rubber hose, a first nylon fiber layer, and a second nylon fiber layer. Each connector consists of a prima... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6111194 | Electrical and/or fluid power transmitting assembly in a manipulative robot A power transmitting elongate assembly transmits electrical or fluid power in a manipulative robot. At least one power transmitting elongate element has a longitudinal axis. Each elongate element is configured as an electrical cable or a fluid hose. A pro... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6102076 | Exhaust pipe cover An exhaust pipe cover that can be placed over the exhaust pipe of a truck or other vehicle that has a vertically oriented exhaust pipe. The purpose of the exhaust pipe cover is to prevent precipitation and dirt from entering into the exhaust pipe during t... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6096975 | Split grooved sheath and method and apparatus for making same A grooved tubular protective sheath (10) with a slot and a longitudinal flange. In particular, the flange (24) is provided on one edge (16) of the slot substantially at the bottom of the grooves (12) and positionable under the other slot edge (17). The gr... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6079451 | Integral corrugated jacket pipe and method of producing the same An enveloping corrugated pipe (1) comprises corrugated sections (3) which are disposed one after the other in the direction of the axis (2), extending over more than half its periphery. Further, it comprises corrugated partial sections (3", 3'") which are... | 06/27/2000 |
