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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6056684 | Locking centrifuge rotor cover assembly A centrifuge rotor cover assembly for use with a centrifuge having a rotor and a housing enclosing the rotor and including a lid movable between a closed position overlying the rotor and an open position providing access to the rotor. The cover assembly i... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6038725 | Unicast paraffin removing pipeline pig incorporating multiple diameter and thickness discs and having a central bending portion for turns A bendable, unicast pig formed of polyurethane is disclosed. It has symmetrical front and rear end discs, seal discs there between and can wipe paraffin from a pipe. The body is devoid of intermediate discs to bend about 15° or more.... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5826297 | Dustpan A dustpan includes a pan with a lip at one edge of the perimeter of the pan floor and a wall surrounding the perimeter of the pan floor from one end of the lip to the other. A grip and a generally U-shaped footplate are attached to the pan opposite the li... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5816142 | Method of stacking and compressing tires A device for compressing tires and other compressible items in a shipping container comprises a support frame 22 attached to the lift end of a forklift. A fixture 20 is attached to and moves vertically with the support frame. The fixture comprises a horiz... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5815881 | Universal vacuum cleaner A universal vacuum cleaner comprising an inlet aperture, cylindrical top cover, a cylindrical liquid container, a centrally placed outlet pipe, a nozzle, a detachable pick up tray, an air pump, and a central outlet pipe. The cylindrical top cover is posit... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5768738 | Optical connector cleaner An optical connector cleaner includes a cloth for cleaning a ferrule end surface, a casing for protecting the cloth provided with a portion for inspecting a ferrule end surface, a guide member arranged in the casing and formed with a plurality of various-... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5768741 | Flexible pipe cleaning device and system This invention relates to a device and system for cleaning the interior of conduits, gun barrels, or pipes, including drain pipes. The pipe cleaning device of the present invention is capable of (a) penetrating and removing restrictions that block flow, (... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765252 | Finger or hand mounted brush A finger brush device including bristles of a configuration which taper towards a pointed apex or are of a traditional toothbrush bristle configuration. In addition, the brush device may include a plurality of bumps which would act as a massaging device. ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5765254 | Toothbrush with flexible neck An improved toothbrush is provided with a flexible neck to avoid damage to teeth and gums due to excessive brushing pressure. The toothbrush has a bush head made of a semi-rigid material to adequately support bristles, and a handle and neck made of an ela... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5758383 | Contouring toothbrush head A toothbrush having two head sections, the sections being normally biased to assume an angle with respect to each other, to thereby define a generally concave bristle tip configuration. The two sections of the head have facing ends joined by a thin bridge... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5758380 | Device for comprehensive oral hygiene An oral hygiene device having, in one embodiment, a unique, unrestricted, self-adjusting two-headed gum-specific brush on one end of a handle; and in another embodiment, a two-headed gumbrush on one end of an elongated handle and a toothbrush on the oppos... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5749116 | Tongue hygiene device A tongue hygiene device to be used with a mildly abrasive cleanser, the tongue hygiene device having a generally elongate handle section and a generally disk-shaped cleansing section. The handle section is ergonomically designed to allow the user to effec... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5733239 | Plant for freeing a liquid from a substance dispersed therein and having a larger density than the liquid In order to free a liquid form a substance dispersed therein and having a larger density than the liquid a centrifuge rotor is used having a stack of conical separation discs. Elongated spacing members (11a, 11b) in the spaces between the separation discs... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5706989 | Container with improved activatable mounting assembly Disclosed is a generally elongated container of stiff, durable material, preferably hard molded plastic, adapted to store within the interior thereof relatively large and bulky personal items such as skis, snowboards, bicycles, golf clubs and the like. Lo... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5701626 | Brush cleaning and disinfecting device A brush cleaning and disinfecting device, for cleaning a brush having brush bristles, comprising a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion having a cavity capable of retaining a fluid disinfecting solution. The upper portion... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5701633 | Vacuum cleaning device with a suction nozzle A vacuum cleaning device has a suction nozzle with a housing and an air guide chamber. The housing has an inflow opening. The suction nozzle further has a brush roller rotatably mounted adjacent to the inflow opening inside the housing. A bearing shaft is... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5699586 | Vacuum cleaner with improved suction inlet A vacuum cleaner with a floor traveling head having a housing, a rotatable brush, and two motors. The housing has a suction inlet with an entrance at its bottom and a separate pocket in the bottom of the housing for the rotatable brush. A wall of the hous... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5697294 | Device for compressing tires for shipment in containers A device for compressing tires and other compressible items in a shipping container comprises a support frame 22 attached to the lift end of a forklift. A fixture 20 is attached to and moves vertically with the support frame. The fixture comprises a horiz... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5697120 | Wet/dry cleaner A suction tube assembly for a wet/dry cleaner comprising a suction tube (60), a shampoo delivery conduit (44,45) extending along the suction tube, a valve forming a part of the conduit and operating means (50) for the user to operate the valve whilst mani... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5697115 | Cleaning apparatus with triangular shaped mount for attachment and quick disconnect A cleaning apparatus having a housing, a motor, a transmission, an attachment stud, and a cleaning attachment removably connected to the stud. The stud has a leading section with a general triangular block shape and three generally triangular shaped canti... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5692260 | Tooth brush with coiled spring shanks A bent wire serves to form a loop for assembly receiving a brush head of a toothbrush, the bent wire also forming a pair of shanks which are received in a handle holding the shanks together to close the loop and return the brush head assembly therein. At ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5693150 | Automatic paint gun cleaner A paint gun cleaner includes a spray unit mounted in an enclosure in spaced relation to an opening in the enclosure through which the paint gun to be cleaned is inserted. A ring shaped spray unit combines a solvent dispenser, which may be either a solvent... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5690602 | Centrifuge with pivot-out, easy-load processing chamber A centrifuge comprising a yoke element that rotates about a rotational axis and a processing chamber having an axis. The processing chamber includes a bowl element, a spool element, and a mechanism for joining the spool and bowl elements for relative move... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5689852 | Portable blower/vac An improved convertible electric blower/vac. The blower/vac includes an improved air inlet cover with an adjustable choke member. The air inlet cover also includes a pressure ring for increasing the efficiency of the blower/vac impeller when the unit is o... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5687449 | Soot blower unit A soot blower unit with an axially moved soot blower for the cleaning of heating surfaces of a heat exchanger (1) consists of a lance tube (4) and of a travel carrier (11), which is provided with a track rail (9) and fastened at the wall (2) of the heat e... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5683343 | Feed accelerator system including feed slurry accelerating nozzle apparatus A feed accelerator system for use in a centrifuge, the system comprising a conveyor hub rotatably mounted substantially concentrically within a rotating bowl, the conveyor hub including at least one passageway connecting an inside surface of the conveyor ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5680667 | Head for a floor-cleaning mop A floor-cleaning mop head includes an oblong textile base fabric with, attached to the top at both ends, slide-in pockets for the head-holder and, attached underneath, material designed to collect moisture and dirt in the form of hair tufts, fringes, loop... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5678275 | Toothbrush with bristles having intermediate roughened portion A toothbrush (10) has a head portion (14) with a plurality of individual bristles (16) wherein each bristle consists of a smooth stabilizing post (22) which is rigidly attached to the head portion, a smooth tip (18) at a free end of the bristle, and a rou... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5675857 | Mop with a water-removal device A cleaning mop includes a hollow device handle carrying a mop head at its lower end. A cylindrical press sleeve is mounted on the outside of the device handle for longitudinal movement relative thereto. A press head stick is slidably mounted inside the de... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5671499 | Vacuum cleaner with all components in floor traveling head A vacuum cleaner having a floor traveling head with wheels and an elongate handle pivotably connected to the head. The head has two motors; one connected to an impeller and one connected to a rotatable brush. The head has rechargeable batteries therein fo... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5669098 | Floor cleaning machine with an additional fluid nozzle with connector and suction by-pass A floor cleaning machine having an additional nozzle which is slidably insertable with respect to the machine's dirty liquid suction duct to thereby by-pass the dirty liquid suction duct to provide suction to a suction conduit associated with the addition... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5664277 | Golf grip washing device A golf grip cleaning device mounted on a support which is in turn mounted on a base. The base can be stationed at the tee box of the golf course or can be mounted on a golf car itself. For convenience and economics, the entire assembly can be made out of ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5664276 | Brush-type sweeper A brush-type sweeper unit includes a prism-like body that has a base with an open front part, an open front face, and an upper face provided by a removable cap from which a handle for moving the sweeper unit extends. The body also includes parallel sidewa... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5664285 | Vacuum cleaner with combined filter element and collection unit A vacuum cleaner with a removable collection module. The module has a combined collection assembly and filter element. The collection assembly has a one-piece frame and a cover attached to an open rear end of the frame. The filter element is permanently a... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5659920 | Blower vacuum device of improved design A blower vacuum device of the kind having a motor (2) which is located in a housing (4) and which drives an impeller (12) located in a the volute (16). The volute (16) has an air inlet (18) and an air outlet (20). When the device is used as a blower a blo... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5657927 | Fruit processing machine A washer for a fruit processing machine includes a rotary nozzle paddlewheel gear mounted in a nozzle housing. The rotary nozzle paddlewheel gear meshes with combination gears which in turn mesh with a wash nozzle. Fluid pumped into the housing drives the... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5658076 | Apparatus for storing and handling waste water slurries A method and apparatus for mixing solid and liquid components of a slurry which have settled in a storage tank, suspending the solids in a substantially homogeneous slurry mixture are practiced by directed flow apparatus. A plurality of jet nozzles or pro... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5658232 | Feed accelerator system including feed slurry accelerating nozzle apparatus A feed accelerator system for use in a centrifuge, the system comprising a conveyor hub rotatably mounted substantially concentrically within a rotating bowl, the conveyor hub including at least one passageway connecting an inside surface of the conveyor ... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5657503 | Automated rotary mopping, waxing, and light sweeping systems A device for cleaning floors or other hard surfaces is disclosed. The device includes a roller, a shear member, and a pump. The cylindrical surface of the roller contacts a hard surface as it is being cleaned. The roller has an absorbent outer surface ada... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5657505 | Drain cleaning apparatus Drain Cleaning Apparatus for rotating a drain cleaning snake comprises a frame and housing assembly supporting an axially displaceable clutch actuating shaft which supports a first clutch actuator for rotation relative thereto and axial displacement there... | 08/19/1997 |
