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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380682 | Garbage bin A garbage bin includes a base. A barrel is installed on the base and defines two apertures. A cover is pivotally installed on the barrel. A pedal is pivotally installed on the barrel and includes an external member and an internal member. The external member of the ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7017626 | Oil filler neck for an internal-combustion engine An oil filler neck assembly is provided for an internal-combustion engine, which includes a hinged lid and a lock. The lock, in turn, includes a rotating device and a fixing device. The rotating device is rotatably arranged in the lid. The fixing device is arranged ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6925785 | Bear-resistant pannier A bear-resistant pannier including an open top pannier preferably constructed of metal with a recessed cover for covering the open top. A spring loaded latch selectively secures the pannier. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6802429 | Floating lid assembly for a steam kettle A steam kettle lid assembly includes an elongated arm movable between an up position and a down position. A steam kettle lid includes central portion non-rotatingly attached to the arm in a manner which permits floating movement of the lid for proper seating on a ke... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6540268 | Closure device for a container and furthermore a container fitted with the closure device A closure device for a container, which possesses a locking element for mutually locking of two container parts when the container is closed. The locking element has first and second locking instrumentalities, which are arranged on the different container... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6334560 | Truck box with improved operating rod A truck box is disclosed comprising a front wall carrying a pair of spaced paddle latches and being formed with a channel extending at least between the paddle latches, a back wall, a bottom wall, opposed end walls and a top lid pivotally mounted to the b... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6059135 | Safety container for storing items A safety container is described which can simultaneously store and secure containers of liquid and solid medications without any mingling of the two types of medications occurring. The safety container can also store and secure medical equipment and suppl... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5215726 | Two-tiered sterilization and storage cassette A sterilizable instrument cassette for use in storage and sterilization of medical and dental instruments includes two individual storage trays with base plates carrying silicone instrument-locating rails, and rotatable clamping members provided with sili... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5197567 | Replacement drain hole closure A replacement closure assembly for the drain hole of a fluid reservoir is disclosed. The assembly is comprised of a threaded shaft portion which includes a clamping member at one end thereof and a backing member at the other end thereof. A sealing member ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5097976 | Fluid containment apparatus with well closure assembly A fluid containment apparatus including a fluid tank, a well wall and a closure system. The tank has a tank shell, which defines at least in part a fluid containment compartment and has a tank shell opening therethrough. The well wall is secured to the ta... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4944233 | Hatch arrangement for covered hopper cars A hatch cover assembly (1) for a railway car (C). A hatch cover (7) is hingedly mounted to a roof (R) of the car for pivotal movement of the cover to open and close a hatch. The axis about which hinging movement occurs is perpendicular to the center line ... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4621559 | Detonation chamber The present invention relates to a readily replaceable liner for a detonation chamber (1) intended to protect the inside of the chamber from damage when the detonation chamber is used for test firings of fragment-producing charges. The liner consists of a... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4583513 | Foldable wrist braced slingshot with ammunition storage and dispensing means A folding, wrist braced slingshot having a yolk, a hand grip that stores and dispenses ammunition for use and elastic members connected to said yolk. A wrist brace is frictionally, detachably and pivotably mounted to the hand grip near the base thereof. A... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4560283 | Apparatus for closing and continuously emptying the container of a treatment machine Described is an apparatus for closing and continuously emptying the container of a processing machine by means of a closure cover (6-9) which is arranged in the bottom (1) of the container and which is driven so that it can be moved into and out of the em... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4516859 | Apparatus for closing a discharge opening in a rotary table An apparatus for closing a discharge opening (3) in the bottom (1) of a container, preferably a rotary mixing table of a processing machine, comprising a closure cover (4) which is arranged on a rotary shaft (5) through a support arm (6). The rotary shaft... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4398564 | Sealed lay-in wireway A sealed lay-in wireway comprised of channel members secured together in end-to-end relation with sealing flange gaskets thereinbetween and having longitudinally spaced covers having resilient gaskets extending continuously along their periphery and havin... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4286727 | Tank cap A retractable cap for a tank storing oil or the like for airplane use carries a handle that prevents the nacelle access door from closing unless the cap is secured in position. A double hinge arrangement for the cap assures that the "O" seal doesn't becom... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4223788 | Reclosable thermoformed blister-type package A rigid blister package includes a rigid thermoformed plastic cover piece and a flexible backing sheet, a score line for opening said package, and a slide fastener for reclosing the blister package, along with stops to hold the slide fastener in the open ... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4188869 | Door for a steam peeler The invention relates to a device for opening and closing an inwardly opening door of a pressurized steam peeler which, in operation, is rotated on trunnions. The device consists basically of an operating arm and means for moving the arm all of which are ... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4187758 | Bomb container with gravity-closed internal door The bomb container comprises: a hollow steel spherical housing, mounted on trailer vehicle, having a single circular access port to which is welded a massive steel re-inforcing ring; a circular steel plate door disposed within the housing with its outer p... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4132327 | Hatch cover opening and closing assembly In accordance with the present invention a hatch cover opening and closing assembly is provided including a locking handle having a yoke pivotably mounted about a vertically extending shaft located in the center portion of the cover. The shaft extends dow... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4096968 | Door mounting and actuator for a pressure vessel A pressure vessel such as a steam cooker is provided with a door closure comprising a horizontally disposed door mounting and actuating member pivotally mounted for swinging movement across an access opening of the vessel and supporting a warped door for ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4056212 | Portable pressure vessel and closure A portable spherically shaped pressure vessel utilizes a noninterfering sle pivot internally operable door slidably supported against an interior wall surface for safely storing and transporting an improvised explosive device therein. The door in its ope... | 11/01/1977 |
| 3989160 | Container cover seal A container is utilized to hold fluid under pressure and has a non-circular arcuate opening. A cover member is movable from an open position through the opening to a closed position in which a seal on the cover member sealingly engages a wall of the conta... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3961817 | Door latch for a pressure vessel A pressure vessel such as a steam cooker has a novel variably sloped cam arrangement for sealing a warped access door against the inside of an access opening. Such access openings are typically of circular configuration, and the access doors are warped ab... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3931910 | Closure lid for closing the opening of a food cooking receptacle A closure lid for effecting an air-tight seal of the opening in a receptacle for the pressurized cooking of food in high temperature, non-aqueous liquids, wherein the closure lid is manually positioned through said opening into the receptacle and is held ... | 01/13/1976 |
