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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5121505 | Tourist map construction in combination with an article of clothing A map construction for use by a tourist at a new site or location such as an amusement park or a college campus. The illustrated construction is in the form of a shirt having a front panel with an outwardly facing surface. The surface is provided with a m... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121506 | Collapsible visor-like head covering A collapsible head covering is in the form of a visor-like cap having the usual head-encircling portion, and a visor or bill extends from the head-encircling portion which includes a normally shapeless crescent-shaped section and a wire-like reinforcing m... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121507 | Headwear accessory attachment An accessory (10) that can be connected to, and detached from, various forms of headwear comprising a means of attaching units (20) such that the accessory (10) and the headwear forms a continuous surface. Such a continuous surface increases coverage to t... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121508 | Firefighter's helmet having head securing means A firefighter's helmet having a rigid shell provided with a forward portion and a rearward portion and side portions. Attached to the rigid shell and extending downwardly therefrom are support members which are positioned at the rearward portion of the sh... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121509 | Overflow and drain fittings for sanitary devices The overflow and drain fitting has a drain pipe (10), into which a closing plug (4), a float (3), as well as a mushroom-shaped plug (2) are inserted. The closing plug (4) can be lifted via bars (15), thus opening a partition (10b) between a riser channel ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121510 | Double valve water discharge unit for water casings or tanks A water optimizing system comprising a single or double water flush assembly and an activation mechanism for maximum and minimum water flush. The flush assembly of the system includes a threaded discharge pipe capable of being raised and lowered selective... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121511 | Shower device A shower device includes a plurality of nozzles provided to a housing, supplied hot and cold water to the nozzles being turned on and off through solenoid valves which are provided in a self-maintaining type and are supplied with a power from a low voltag... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121512 | Auxiliary inflatable device serving as mattress The invention relates to an auxiliary device serving as mattress and consisting of a number of cells (4) fixed to a mattress bottom and extending along the mattress. The cells are individually fillable and evacuable for changing the position of a patient ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121513 | Air sack support manifold An air sack support manifold defines a plate having a flat top surface, a bottom surface, two opposed ends and two opposed side edges, a plurality of inlet openings defined through one of the side edges, a plurality of separated enclosed channels, a plura... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121514 | Emergency support device with flexible polyethylene sheet This invention is an advancement in the safe and practical methods of transporting sick or injured patients. The Manhandler is a flexible stretcher constructed of pliable materials. The injured patient is firmly secured to the cot portion of the system by... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121515 | Pillow A pillow comprising a container made of edge-joined slabs of polyurethane foam filled with a mixture of polyurethane foam chips averaging about one-quarter inch square and polyester fibers averaging about two inches in length, said fibers being coated wit... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121516 | Appliances for use with beds A first part fixable on a bed and a footboard with two depending legs carried by the first part. The position of the footboard is adjustable relative to the first part enabling its height to be varied. The first part is a framework having two subframes ea... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121517 | Method of setting and dyeing yarn A bobbin sleeve for a setting bobbin, consisting of a cylinder jacket bounded on both sides by end flanges and consisting of rigid, more especially metallic material is characterized in that the cylinder jacket is provided with continuous apertures, so th... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121518 | Cable-stayed bridge and construction process A cable-stayed bridge including at least one concrete platform consisting of an assembly of caisson elements, at least partly prefabricated, extending transversely to the bridge. Each element is composed of an upper table and a lower table separated by sp... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121519 | Golf club groove cleaner and turf repair tool The invention provides a small, inexpensive cleaning device that is particularly made to clean the grooves in the face of most golf clubs heads, both irons and drivers. The object of these grooves is to give the ball direction and backspin. If these groov... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121520 | Twin-headed toothbrush A new and improved toothbrush has a pair of discreet twin brushing heads. Each head is attached to the handle portion at a predetermined angle relative to the handle portion. The heads are arranged in a side-by-side manner with the angle of the heads tilt... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121521 | Mechanism for opening and closing an openable apparatus A mechanism for opening and closing an openable apparatus has a body consisting of a first body portion and a second body portion. The first body portion is rotated about a pivotal axis between the closed position and the fully opened position. An arcuate... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121522 | Humidity and temperature air conditioning in a textile processing line A fiber tuft processing line for processing fiber tufts preparatory to spinning, includes a plurality of fiber processing machines, fiber tuft conveying ducts serially connecting the machines, a blower generating a fiber tuft conveying air stream flowing ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121523 | Metering method and metering apparatus for dispensing predeterminable quantities of fiber flocks A metering method or a metering apparatus for dispensing predeterminable quantities of fiber flocks per unit time by two feed rollers (18, 20; 18.1, 18.2, 170, 172) which are arranged at the lower end of a flock shaft (14, 14.1, 14.2), which are rotatable... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121524 | Cable tie A high strength, low strap insertion force cable tie having a locking head that locks the distal ends of a strap in two strap positioning channels in the head with two metal barbs each carried by a pawl hingedly mounted to a side wall of the head.... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121525 | Shim of a cable clamp A cable clamp shim, wherein a side part thereof is bent at a right angle to the remainder thereof, with the slit being in the remainder portion for holding the sleeve of the clamp, so that the side part of the shim fits closely to the outside surface of t... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121526 | Interconnection clip for model structures The preferred clip is comprised of a hub with four equally spaced arms, each having at least one coin-engaging slot. Coins are retained by frictional engagement and by cooperation between the residual coin rim and ridges in the slots. Structures may be bu... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121527 | Automatic release device for seat belts on motor-vehicles or the like An automatic release device for seat belts on motor-vehicles, or the like is designed to be disposed between the locking buckle (1) of the seat belt and the retaining catch (2) provided with an unlocking pushbutton (102) and secured to the frame of the ve... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121528 | Buckle device for seatbelt system A buckle device is provided, for use with a seatbelt system of a vehicle, into which a tongue plate is inserted for engagements with a lock member, and which has in addition to the lock member with which the tongue plate engages when it is inserted into t... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121529 | Burial shell and method of making A casket or burial vault is made of thermoplastic material, either by vacuum forming or injection molding, as two longitudinal half-shells which are joined along a parting line into a leakproof, integral shell.... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121530 | Textile reinforced composite structure or spar and method of producing the same Textile structures for producing structural members such as reinforced spars of composite material and a method for producing the textile structures. In the textile structure at least two textile planar members, or plates, are integrally joined together b... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121531 | Refractory susceptors for epitaxial deposition apparatus A hollow graphite susceptor for supporting semiconductor substrates during processing in epitaxial reactor systems. The susceptor has reduced wall thickness to provide lower thermal mass for rapid heating and high wafer throughput. Early failure of this t... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121532 | Apparatus and method for mechanically applying a sealing strip The invention provides an apparatus and method for mechanically applying a weather strip or other channel-shaped strip to a peripheral lip of a body or an opening, notably a vehicle door opening. The apparatus comprises a plurality of radially extensible ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121533 | Fitting method utilizing both continuous and intermittent ultrasonic vibration A fitting of a first member into a second member is performed until an insertion depth becomes a predetermined value while applying ultrasonic vibration continuously to either or both of the members and, thereafter, the application of ultrasonic vibration... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121534 | Method of assembling a unitized window system for a vehicle door A window regulator 20 for a door 12 of vehicle 10 which is separately assembled and tested prior to assembly to the vehicle door. The vehicle door 12 has a window opening 13 defining on its lower edge the beltline 15 of the vehicle 10. A window 14 covers ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121535 | Method for production of thin sections of reactive metals A method of forming thin metal sections of reactive metals which prevents high-temperature accelerated corrosion during hot working. The reactive metal section is placed in a non-reactive metal frame. Two non-reactive metal sections are machined to form d... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121536 | Method for making prestressed column A catheter includes a spring having a plurality of convolutions disposed along a longitudinal axis, and a first modulus. A sheath overlying the spring engages the convolutions of the spring and imparts to the spring axial compressive stresses which increa... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121537 | Method of production of anchor-bonded composite structures A method of producing an anchor bonded composite plate. Anchor cavities are formed in a base plate by placing a forming plate with a circular hole therethrough over the base plate at a selected anchor cavity location. A punch placed through the circular h... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121538 | Deceleration method and apparatus for a moving bolster for a press A method and apparatus for changing dies on a moving bolster for a press including a control circuit in combination with a cam-actuated deceleration valve. A ramp is located at a predetermined location along a path for the moving bolster. Upon reaching th... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121539 | Apparatus and method for cutting stacked sheet-like workpieces A machine for the simultaneous maching of a stack of plate-like workpieces has a frame with an overhead arm portion, a worktable below the arm portion, and a workpiece guidance assembly for moving the workpiece stack on the worktable. A rotary tool drive ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121540 | Plating apparatus for constructing or repairing a pallet The invention is embodied in a plating apparatus having a pivotally mounted unitary c-shaped plating member including opposing arms joined at a bight portion. Pressing means extend between the opposing arms to force a splice-plate and a portion of a palle... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121541 | Electric razor with built-in mister An electric razor which houses a misting mechanism for misting a lubricating agent, such as water, cologne or beard softener on to the user's skin while shaving is shown. The misting mechanism comprises a mist conduit, a misting container and an ultrasoni... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121542 | Cable which is easily strippable by a transversely-acting pincer, and a cable-stripping pincer A cable which is easily strippable by a transversely-acting pincer. Its sheath has a cross-section including at least two pairs of ribs delimiting longitudinal grooves which face one another in planes intersecting the inside surface of the sheath, but out... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121543 | Portable circular saw having sawdust discharge arrangement A portable circular saw device having sawdust discharge arrangement which prevents sawducts from being discharged toward an operator. The circular saw has an upper blade guard which has one side wall and an opposite side wall, and a discharge opening is f... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5121544 | Replaceable blade knife A replaceable blade knife comprises two elongate handle portions and a blade carrier assembled together; the blade protruding, or being arranged to protrude, from a front end of the handle, between respective front ends of the two handle portions. The upp... | 06/16/1992 |
