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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290371 | Combined security strut apparatus and threshold cover for sliding doors and windows A locking strut for use on sliding doors, windows and other sliding closures. The locking strut is supplementary to any closure lock. The strut has at least one receiver in the bottom surface to receive one or more guide rails included in the guide channel of the ca... | 11/06/2007 |
| 6955382 | Wafer carrier door and latching mechanism with c-shaped cam follower A wafer container, and methods of constructing a wafer container. The wafer container has an enclosure portion with at least a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides, a back, an open front, and a door to close the open front. The door includes a door chassis with a... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955378 | Latch assembly The latch assembly includes a housing, a crank member disposed within the housing for limited rotational movement therein, a pawl, a crank pin, and an attachment pin. The latch assembly may further comprise an actuating member or system, such as a rod. The pawl is s... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6212910 | Forehearth feeder tube clamp down system A feeder tube assembly for a feeder bowl of a glass melting furnace forehearth. The feeder tube assembly has an horizontally extending elongate support arm, and a feeder tube that is carried by the support arm at a location near an end of the support arm.... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6151918 | Forehearth feeder tube lift system A feeder tube assembly for a feeder bowl of a glass melting furnace forehearth. The feeder tube assembly has an horizontally extending elongate support arm, and a feeder tube that is carried by the support arm at a location near an end of the support arm.... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6079585 | 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... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5906405 | Automotive vehicle sliding door interlock mechanism An interlock mechanism, for an automotive vehicle having a fuel filler door and a sliding door on a same side of the vehicle body, has a sensor mounted proximate the filler door for sensing movement thereof, a latch for releasably latching the sliding doo... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5875948 | Truck box with end-mounted paddle handle and latching mechanism therefor A truck box is provided including a chest, a lid, first and second latching mechanisms, and at least one locking mechanism and release mechanism. Two locking mechanisms and two release mechanisms may be provided. The locking and release mechanisms may be ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5603538 | Casement window sash locking system A casement sash locking system including locking assembly, drive assembly and lock strike that can be mounted on either side allowing the window to open from the left side or right side. The locking assembly includes a lock catch that functions to first l... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5520423 | Anti-burst latch A latch catch has a pair of rotors 24, 25 and a pair of spring biased spreader plates 30,31 that bear stops 30', 31' which straddle the rotors. Springs 33 bias the spreader plate stops 30', 31' towards a position stopping the rotors from moving to their u... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5386664 | Window security system The window security system is provided for conventional horizontally sliding double slash doors and/or windows. The security system includes a removable and replaceable security member which is mountable upon a top portion of the inner sash to prevent the... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5382060 | Latching apparatus for double doors Latching apparatus for first and second adjacent swinging doors prevents locking of the first door unless the second door is latched and prevents unlatching of the second door unless the first door is open.... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5076620 | Flush bolt mechanism for double doors A flush bolt including override protection is disclosed for flush mounting on the inactive one of a pair of swinging doors. In one embodiment of the invention, an automatic flush bolt comprising a trigger member senses whether the active door is closed. I... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4864466 | Arc-proof shield for switch gear compartment An arc-proof shield for covering a rectangular switch gear compartment having slotted channels secured to the inner face of each side wall thereof; the shield comprises a metallic cover consisting of a rectangular panel and flanged. Flaps are mounted on t... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4858971 | Electronic vehicle door lock/unlatch control An electronic door lock/unlatch control in which the latching mechanisms latch mechanically upon door closing and include electric motor driven unlatching mechanisms but no mechanical locking apparatus. Locking is accomplished electronically for each door... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4348036 | Safety binding for nordic skis A safety binding for cross country skis that is capable of releasing a ski boot when the binding is overstressed by forces acting in any direction. The binding includes a boot mounted toe piece capable of being mounted upon the skier's boot that has a pai... | 09/07/1982 |
