Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5048442 | Spinnaker handling devices A spinnaker pole for controlling a spinnaker on a catamaran or other sailcraft has a cap on its fore end and a guy is reeved through a bore that extends axially through the cap and the fore end of said spinnaker pole to exit the pole through an opening in... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048443 | Sail handling system The specification discloses a sail handling system having a series of lines interwoven through a sail, and lines passing through grommets on the sail to prevent the sail from falling freely down the mast and to stack the sail. The sail handling system has... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048444 | Adjustable wheel for yacht pedestal steerer A shaft for a yacht steering pedestal has a swivel between the pedestal outer bearing and the steering wheel. The swivel permits the wheel to be rocked from a normal athwartships position to an angular position alongside the pedestal and thereby gain walk... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048445 | Fluid jet system and method for underwater maintenance of ship performance A fluid jet system for underwater maintenance of a ship hull is provided. The fluid jet system includes an open frame cart having a high pressure fluid nozzle manifold for cleaning and smoothing the submerged hull of the ship. One or more thruster assembl... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048446 | Harness for securing a fender to a boat A harness for securing a fender to a boat, particularly a competition ski boat, is disclosed which includes an elongated strap member having at least two shorter strap members transversely disposed across one end of the elongated member to retain the boat... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048447 | Tournament style tackle box affixed to boat Multiple lures are made accessible for display and fast selection by fishermen such as bass tournament fisherman without significant delays of fishing time by means of an onboard resident tackle box secured to a deck of a fishing boat adjacent a fisherman... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048448 | Boat dock structure A dock structure, adapted to mount to a frame, having clips which are attached to the frame and plank members which are assembled to the clips. Both the clips and the planks are integrally formed of plastic to provide high weatherability, durability and p... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048449 | Adjustable boat stabilizer A boat stabilizer for attachment to the lower drive unit of a boat motor. The stabilizer comprises a first lifting member having a first interior side wall for positioning adjacent to a first side of the drive unit and a first arm portion for extension ar... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048450 | Seat latch for watercraft A small watercraft having a detachable seat that is affixed to the hull by a latching mechanism that is positioned at the rear of the seat and which is operated by an operator accessible at the side of the seat and by a rider seated on the seat when he is... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048451 | Vehicle caution sign A vehicle safety or caution sign is attached to the side of a vehicle. The sign is held by an elongated member which is coupled by a first pivot to a mounting member that attaches to the vehicle. The first pivot enables the sign to be swung in a fore and ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048452 | Racquet-mounted scoring device A scoring device for use in racquet games. A track member is mounted to a base member by an attachment means which allows relative movement between the base and track members. Scoring indicators move along the track member. An adhesive label is attached t... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048453 | Coating device A coating device for one-sided or two-sided coating of a travelling web (15), including at least one backing roll (9) and an applicator (2) cooperating therewith to supply size or coating agent to the backing roll (9), and a device (17;19) for smoothing o... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048454 | Device for application of glue strips A device for application of a glue strip on a movable paper web by means of at least one glue sprayer for glue under pressure. The device incoporates a valve housing (12) for two diaphragm-magnetic valves (13, 14) or the like, the spring loaded rubber dia... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048455 | Process and apparatus for automatic finishing of flexible materials, and particularly leathers and hides A continuous finishing process for flexible materials using a continuous printing machine of the thousand dot type. A small controlled amount of a finishing product, comprising 90 to 100% of photopolymerizable active material, is deposited at a rate of 5 ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048456 | Device for continuously coating a carbon fiber fabric with a carbide-based passivating protective layer Improved device for continuously coating a carbon fiber fabric or similar with a carbide-based passivating protective layer, comprising: a leakproof and corrosion-resistant enclosure; a set of unwinding (3) and winding-up (1) pulleys respectively; a member (2, 4) c... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048457 | Plasma/radiation assisted molecular beam epitaxy method and apparatus A molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth method and apparatus is disclosed which achieves a significantly improved sticking coefficient for materials like Hg upon a substrate, and thus a higher efficiency. A highly ionized, low pressure plasma is formed cons... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048458 | Method of breeding fish There is disclosd a novel method which, based on the brief application of electrostatic fields, induces to lasting useful and desirable properties in fish, which properties cannot otherwise be induced at all or can only be induced by dint of substantial a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048459 | Apparatus for raising experimental animals In an apparatus for raising experimental animals, a cage for confining animals is placed in a received position within a cage rack. The cage includes a casing and a lid separate from the casing, for closing an open top of the casing. Slide rails are mount... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048460 | Modular animal kennel A modular animal kennel is provided having a first fixed wall, a second fixed wall and a third fixed wall forming three sides of the kennel. A frame is attached to the open side of the kennel. A removable wall is selectively received with the frame to for... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048461 | Bird feeder apparatus A feeder apparatus wherein a counter-balanced perch is pivotally mounted adjacent a forward and rear face of the feeder structure, wherein the forward and rear face are mirror images relative to one another. The perch is pivotally mounted to trunnions ort... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048462 | Hanger for water supply system and method of installation The present invention is a water supply system for fowl and small animals which includes a hanger slidably engaging a ballast pipe connected to a conduit having a plurality of dispensing valves. The hangers are connected to flexible lines of a suspension ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048463 | Control system for accessories used with small animals and pets A control system for accessories used with small animals and pets comprises an accessory module, such as a pet flush toilet, small animals feeder, or small animals trainer, coupled with a detector systems that senses the presence of said small animal or p... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048464 | Self cleaning litter system A litter system includes a chamber for containing a quantity of particulate litter. The chamber includes front and rear walls, the front wall thereof including an aperture providing an entry way to the chamber for an animal. A helical shaped screen is dis... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048465 | Self-cleaning kitty litter box A self-cleaning kitty litter box and method for cleaning the litter box are disclosed. The kitty litter box has a removable pan in which kitty litter is placed. A motor and timing device are provided for periodically moving a rake through the kitty litter... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048466 | Supercritical pressure boiler with separator and recirculating pump for cycling service A steam generating system particularly adapted for load cycling and two-shift on/off cycling operation in which the stored heat from fluids and metals in a main fluid flow path is utilized to eliminate thermal shocking of the equipment and consequent fail... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048467 | Water jacket arrangement for marine two cycle internal combustion engine An outboard motor having an improved cooling system wherein liquid coolant is circulated through an exhaust manifold cooling jacket then through a cylinder head cooling jacket and then through an upper portion of the cylnder block cooling jacket. A thermo... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048468 | Marine propulsion device with closed deck cylinder block construction Disclosed herein is an engine comprising a closed deck cylinder block including a cylinder bore having an outer end, a counter bore at the outer end of the cylinder bore, and cylinder liner received in the cylinder bore and defining, with the counter bore... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048469 | Internal combustion engine inlet manifold An internal combustion engine inlet manifold comprises upper and lower castings which together define a plenum and a vacuum reservoir separated by a common dividing wall. Inlet tracts connect the plenum to an engine to be supplied with air and an inlet po... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048470 | Electronically tuned intake manifold An electronically controlled intake manifold system for an internal combustion engine includes an intake manifold for conveying charge air to each of the cylinders of the engine, an electronically driven pressure pulse generator operatively connected with... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048471 | Intake system for automotive engine An improved compact high performance induction system for a V-type engine. The induction system includes a pair of plenum chambers each disposed above a respective one of the cylinder heads and each plenum chamber is provided with runners that serve commo... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048472 | Two stroke cycle internal combustion engine Two stroke cycle internal combustion engine comprising; a ported cylinder, a cylinder head with an opening, a piston with an opening, a ported sleeve which is axially displaced inside the cylinder, extending through the cylinder head opening and the pisto... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048473 | Method and apparatus for equipping a two-stroke engine which is self-supercharged by post-charging and in which an admission duct provides pre-exhaust into a storage chamber The invention relates to a method and apparatus for arranging a post-charging two-stroke engine. The apparatus includes a post-charging system (16) including an air admission duct (22) to the cylinder (14). The duct communicates intermittently either with... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048474 | Valve train for automotive engine In a valve train for an I.C. engine, a cam shaft has cams formed with compound curvatures which allow the valve timing to be altered while the engine is operating, to suit the engine driving conditions by shifting the cam shaft along its axis. To reduce t... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048475 | Rocker arm A rocker arm has a one-piece metal body made by cold-forming operations, including staming, extruding, coining, and back-packing. The rocker arm includes an intermediate portion and two end portions. The intermediate portion has substantially parallel sid... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048476 | Two-cycle internal combustion engine A two-cycle, internal combustion engine utilizing a stepper motor to vary tension on an air intake valve. An air pump forces air through the valve but is opposed by forces due to a spring on the valve and pressure in the cylinder. By varying the compressi... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048477 | Fuel supply system for an engine This fuel supply is characterized in that a starting pump 49 for supplying the fuel in a fuel tank 25 by suction to a starting nozzle port 41, is driven by a fuel motor 53. Starting of the engine is executed by the use of a starting motor or a recoil star... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048478 | Single cylinder engine having multi-functional bracket and method of assembling same A single cylinder air-cooled internal combustion engine has a bracket which is mounted to the engine encircling the crankshaft between the flywheel and the crankcase. A plurality of engine accessories are mounted to the bracket as a subassembly prior to a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048479 | Electronic engine control for a motor vehicle The invention relates to an electronic engine control (EEC) equipped with a fuel cutoff safety device in the form of a relay 12 for controlling the winding of the fuel pump 16. A single conductor (FCOM) connects the fuel pump power supply line with the EE... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048480 | Variable timing process and mechanism for a compression release engine retarder A process and apparatus are provided to maximize the retarding horsepower of a compression release engine retarder driven from the intake or exhaust valve pushtubes or the fuel injector pushtubes throughout the operating speed range of the engine without ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048481 | Throttle actuator safety method for automated transmission A safety method is provided for use with control systems for vehicles such as trucks, and in particular for electromechanical controls (10) that assist the driver in shifting the gears (12), operating the clutch (16), and in actuating the throttle (22, 24... | 09/17/1991 |
