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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5024313 | Coin return control system for vending machines A coin return control system for vending machines including an apparatus for comparing the counted number of deposited smaller denomination coins with the number of the smaller denomination coins corresponding to a denomination of a larger denomination co... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024314 | Escalator system with convertible steps for wheel chair An escalator system has a plurality of steps connected to form an endless loop having a load-bearing run and a return run and circulatingly driven along a circulating path defined on a main frame. A movable member mounted on at least one of the steps is m... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024315 | Method of distributing workpieces between a conveyor and workstations A workpiece manipulating apparatus for faceplate panels of cathode ray tubes includes a conveyor for carrying panels along two groups of grinder stations in a pattern coordinated with carriage mounted loaders which move along the conveyor. The conveyor in... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024316 | Sorting unit for belt conveyor systems A sorting unit for belt conveyor systems is disclosed wherein the actuating mechanisms of the sorting conveyor belt comprise a driving roller exially connected to one of the transmission rollers between which the sorting belt extends, and controlled by an... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024317 | Method and apparatus for closing cartons An apparatus for closing lidded cartons has a turning station including a flightless horizontal conveyor, and a chain conveyor which extends along one side of the flightless conveyor and has light restraint members pivotally mounted on its links. The chai... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024318 | Conveyor storage apparatus A selectively operable, continuous-loop conveyor provides support and transporation of containers containing spices or the like to and from a transfer station in which the containers are inserted in or removed from carriers which support them along the co... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024319 | Belt heater for conveyors A conveyor belt is provided for carrying granular coal or ore from a mine or a crushing station, together with a belt heater in the form of a fuel burner which turns on to melt ice which as formed on the belt at temperatures below freezing. The belt heate... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024320 | Vibratory spiral elevator A spiral elevator is described for conveying product from one level to another level up a spiral track. The elevator is powered by a two-mass system having an exciter resiliently supported on the vertical tube. The exciter has a pair of parallel shafts wi... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024321 | Modular center drive conveyor belt A conveyor belt composed of a plurality of interconnected modules, each of identical construction and end to end mateable. Each module includes a multiplicity of elongated parallel spaced link elements terminating in first and second link ends. An interme... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024322 | Armed suture package A package for storing a quantity of single or double armed sutures is formed from a single sheet of paperboard or other stiff material.... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024323 | Suture extender and needle guard The needle guard protects medical personnel from accidental punctures associated with a surgical needle. The needle guard apparatus comprises two members, and a retainer. The surgical needle is securely retained between the two members when the retainer i... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024324 | Single use dental floss spindle and method There is disclosed a variety of single-use dental floss spindles and the process for their production from an elongated strip of semi-rigid sheet material such as paperboard, plastic or a combination thereof, such spindles being generally rectangular, pre... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024325 | Prewetted absorbent pads and dispensing package therefor A dispensing package for dispensing discrete portions of a vaporizable material in the form of prewetted absorbent pads, wherein the dispensing package broadly comprises a container and a plurality of such absorbent pads. The absorbent pads are closely st... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024326 | Medical instrument holder and sharps disposal container A medical instrument holder and sharps disposal device is disclosed wherein a pair of plastic container body halves are provided to be manipulated between opened and closed positions by associated hinge means and a mechanical lock. A medical instrument re... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024327 | Restricted access opening for disposable sharps containers A limited access closure cover for an opening in a top of a disposable sharps container comprises a frame for securing to the periphery of an open top of a container, an opening in the cover, the opening having the configuration of a cross section axial v... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024328 | Foam packing frame and blank for forming the same A packaging frame to protect parts formed from a blank including interior cuts and minimal cutouts, said blank being operable shift to and form a single piece frame having an exterior quadrilateral to interfit within a packing container and conform to the... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024329 | Lockable container for transporting and for storing semiconductor wafers A container for transporting and for storing semiconductor wafers situated in processing cassettes comprises a bottom plate, a hood, a locking lever and a seal element that is provided between the hood and the bottom plate. In order to avoid contamination... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024330 | Package for grouped articles Package for grouped articles (5) presenting at least one extreme portion (4) having an outside cross-section which is lower than any analogous cross-section, essentially parallel to the first-named cross-section, of another portion (6) of these articles (... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024331 | Packing wrapper for packaging pasty products and pasty product packaged therewith A packing wrapper for packaging pasty products of parallelepipedic form. The wrapper comprises a foldable foil forming five faces (12) with dimensions substantially equal to the faces of the parallelepiped, and an opening device (18) for opening the packi... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024332 | Non-smear erasable label kit A method and apparatus for placing identifying information on video cassettes, computer floppy disks, containers, file folders, and the like, whereby the identifying information is erasable. The apparatus comprises a kit with vinyl coated labels and a mar... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024333 | Cigarette segregating apparatus Single cigarette rejection, particularly in a passage (10) between vanes (12) in a cigarette packing machine hopper, is performed by axial ejection of faulty cigarettes using suction generated by exhausting high pressure air adjacent an ejection aperture ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024334 | Method and means for gravity table automation A system for gravity table separation including a gravity table for separating materials and a detector operatively associated with the gravity table for detecting the movement of control particles with respect to the gravity table during its operation. T... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024335 | Automatic sorter A sorter for separating waste material such as aluminum cans, large plastic containers, cardboard containers, cardboard, small lumber or wood material, paper and similar lightweight material by directing the waste material to be sorted downwardly onto pai... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024336 | Composite organizer A composite structure for supporting and displaying articles includes a main rectangular planar element having front, rear and opposed side edges, an auxiliary rectangular planar element having front, rear and opposed side edges one edge of the auxiliary ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024337 | Band and label carrier A sensitive sticker and rubberband dispenser designed to hange or to rest upright on a level surface having a chamber divided for holding rubberbands in an upper chamber and boxes of sensitive stickers in a bottom chamber, the bottom chamber having an two... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024338 | Drape rod assembly There is provided a pair of plates swivelably connected together forming a hinge. The hinge is used to join a pair of drape rods so that the drape rods may be mounted at various angles with respect to each other and presenting continuity at corners.... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024339 | Plastics bottle A plastics bottle for carbonated drinks has a side wall (4) and a base (5) formed with a central area (8) surrounded by circumferentially spaced projecting feet (6) separated by substantially parallel-sided straps (7). The central area (8) and the straps ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024340 | Wide stance footed bottle A blow-molded bottle of thermoplastic resin has a hollow body with a generally cylindrical side wall rotationally symmetric about a longitudinal axis of the bottle and an integral base merging with the side wall. The base is defined by an outer surface ha... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024341 | Nipple adapter for a bottle comprising a screw ring A nipple end-piece adapter is disclosed for a bottle having a threaded neck, and further comprising an inner threaded chimney adapted for cooperating with the thread of the neck of the bottle, a sidewall also threaded for receiving the ring of the end-pie... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024342 | Corrosion resistant containers A composite wall for storage of organic liquid is disclosed. The wall has an outer layer and the outer layer is a resin that is reinforced with chopped glass strands. The wall has an inner layer that is positioned adjacent the outer layer. The inner layer... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024343 | Container assembly and method A container assembly including a plastic container formed by rotational casting in a multiple piece mold, particularly for use in tumbling and treating small articles such as in coating, electroplating, washing and cleaning such articles while the contain... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024344 | Reusable, flexible bag with foldable support structure A reusable bag incorporating a foldable support structure, used for containment of item(s) for carrying by a person, comprising a bag made of a flexible, durable material removably attached to a pair of essentially U-shape, semi-rigid support members, tha... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024345 | Vehicle air venting cap A one piece plastic vent cap having its open end adapted for receiving one end of a flexible hollow conduit with the conduit other end connected to a vent hole in a housing enclosing a vehicle component. The vent cap closed end if formed a central stem el... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024346 | Container for storing and transporting a liquid with a deformable liner which assists drainage A storage and transport container for a fluent material has a stiff outer vessel having an upright side wall formed of a grid of steel bars and a floor. The floor is inclined with respect to the horizontal downward to a predetermined low point at the side... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024347 | Adjustably controllable accuracy-enhancing pump arrangement and method An adjustably controllable accuracy-enhancing pump arrangement and method is disclosed, as embodied in a digitally pulse-driven rotary peristaltic pump having a rotor which acts on a fluid pumping conduit to effect pumped output of fluid. Inaccuracies in ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024348 | Magazine assembly for labels or the like in a labeling machine A magazine assembly for labels having a main magazine for feeding the labels to a take-out location, a stationary support disposed rearwards thereof for retaining a replaceable supply magazine in alignment with the main magazine, the support having a late... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024349 | Tube dispenser for flexible sheet material A dispenser comprising an elongate rigid hollow cylindrical tube including opposed ends and a transverse elongate dispensing slot laterally therethrough at a midpoint along the length thererof. The dispensing slot includes opposed serrated edges with the ... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024350 | Dispensing apparatus A dispensing apparatus for dispensing items from a plurality of dispensers in one or more vending or amusement machines includes a plurality of elongate support members each having a rotatably mounted support plate at one end. Items are releasably support... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024351 | Dispenser device for removing planar panels from a hopper A dispenser device for removing planar panels from a hopper is provided with a panel engagement drum located at the discharge of the hopper which includes friction surfaces at spaced apart locations around the perimeter for sequentially engaging subsequen... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5024352 | Apparatus for the automatic determination of a continuous bulk material throughput by a continuous balance A method and apparatus for the automatic determination of a continuous bulk material through a continuous balance wherein a weighing vessel, an adjustable closure member movable in the weighing vessel for adjusting an outlet cross-section of the weighing ... | 06/18/1991 |
