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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5179735 | Optical equipment mounting device A head support assembly is disclosed which may be worn continuously whenever it may be desirable to mount optical equipment, such as night vision goggles, on the head of a person. The head support assembly includes a main head piece which has a relatively... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179736 | Combination headset and face mask device Motion limiting means are provided on a combination headset and face mask device to eliminate the necessity of a rear head strap which is normally utilized to position the headband and to prevent its relative movement on the wearer's head when the face ma... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179737 | Odor remover device An odor removing device for toilets includes an odor collector secured to the conventional hinge posts of a toilet bowl. The odor collector has a single inlet opening and is connected in communicating relation to a downwardly convex auxiliary venturi hous... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179738 | R. V. toilet venting system A remotely operable exhaust blower is operatively associated with the upper discharge end of the vent pipe of a recreational vehicle holding tank. A vent line including an inlet end and an outlet end is provided with its outlet end opening downwardly into... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179739 | Water conserving toilet assembly A toilet flushing apparatus designed to prevent excess loss of water that may happen when the flush valve stays open as the inlet valve is putting water into the tank. The initial flushing lifts the flush valve which acts in conjunction with a counter-wei... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179740 | Encapsulated overflow system for sinks and the like An encapsulated overflow system for use in a sink to interconnect the overflow opening and the drain opening. The system including a tube, an overflow opening adapter and a drain opening adapter. The tube includes an internal supporting rib which prevents... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179741 | Easily stored infant pillow and blanket An improved easily stored combination pillow and infant blanket that can be used as a pillow when folded and secured by a zipper or when not folded and secured can be used as an infant size blanket. The blanket folds into itself to minimize any sharp edge... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179742 | Pressure reduction mattress A pressure reduction mattress intended to prevent and/or treat pressure sores includes within a cover a middle layer made of a densified polyester fiber, a top layer disposed on the middle layer and having a foot support section and an upper body support ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179743 | Waterbed sheet attachment system A waterbed sheet attachment system having a waterbed harness assembly formed from a plurality of straps that criss-cross each other underneath a waterbed mattress. The outer ends of these straps are secured to sheet attachment assemblies. Each of these sh... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179744 | Hospital bed with inflatable and collapsible side edges and laterally-movable side guards A hospital bed has a frame mounted on a base. Articulating head, seat and leg patient support panels are mounted on the frame. Side guards are mounted on the panels. Patient support panels have longitudinal edges that are collapsible to narrow the bed for... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179745 | Elevating convertible wheelchair The invention relates to an elevating convertible wheelchair which converts to a flat bed to facilitate movement of a patient from the converted flat bed to a regular patient bed. The backrest hingedly pivots in relation to the seat portion to move into a... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179746 | Stretcher A stretcher operated by one or more persons for transporting an injured patient and including a body board for supporting a patient's upper legs and body, a slide member received within the body board and extendible selected distances therefrom, and a bas... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179747 | Pillow radio apparatus A pillow including a top and bottom fibrous web defining a casing includes a radio mounted within the casing cooperating with a remotely located speaker. The pillow further includes the speaker mounted within a speaker housing, including fluid filled wall... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179748 | Key ring and screwdriver device A key ring and screwdriver device is disclosed as including a hollow tubular handle having opposite open ends. A reversible screwdriver having different blade ends at an intermediate polygonal cross sectional area is capable of being stored in one open en... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179749 | Seamless modular tile Method to jet dry carpet tiles by controlling the solenoid valve to the dye jet to provide a subliminal design over which a darker geometric design is imposed with the darker geometric design crossing the seam line so that the seam line between abutting c... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179750 | Method for warping using progressively controlled tension on a dye beam A method and apparatus for winding yarn to produce a wound yarn package having a variable density profile. The variable density profile in the wound yarn is produced by variably tensioning the yarn during the winding process by an electrical apparatus whi... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179751 | Vehicle for laying dismountable bridges A vehicle for laying movable bridges formed of bridge sections which can be coupled end-to-end on the vehicle. The vehicle has at one end a laying device for displacing and laying the assembled bridge. Spaced longitudinally from the laying device is a pic... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179752 | Cover for trenches A cover (1) for temporarily covering a trench, e.g. in a thoroughfare such as a road or footpath, by extending over, and resting on the ground on opposite sides respectively of the trench, the cover (1) being releasably engageable with other adjacent cove... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179753 | Jet thruster with spinner head A jet thruster for attachment to the outlet end of a high-liquid-pressure hose for use, among other things, in clearing drain lines or the like. The jet thruster comprises a body formed of at least hemi-spherical shape about a fore-and-aft axis that is su... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179754 | Ice scraper apparatus A cup member is arranged for scraping accumulated ice from a vehicular windshield, including a cylindrical body formed with a conical lower skirt projecting exteriorly of the cylindrical body and formed with a planar top wall, including securement apparat... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179755 | Back scrubber mat A pliable, waterproof mat has a rough, fibrous surface and a woven backing. A fabric tape extends about the mat perimeter which, along with stitching, serves to hold fabric closure pieces in place on the mat backing. Wall surface attachment, either to a r... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179756 | Magnetic pick up bar for vacuum cleaners A magnetic pick up bar for vacuum cleaners made of flexible material to prevent marring and disfigurement of furniture, appliances, and the like, with which it may make contact and covered with a flexible plastic to prevent unwanted marking, streaking and... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179757 | Apparatus for descaling a process vessel Apparatus for removing deposits from the interior surface of a vessel wall including an elongated support column having its upper end attached to a cable to position the support column vertically within the vessel. A hammer assembly pivotally and rotatabl... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179758 | Wiper attachment for rear view mirrors A rear view mirror wiper accessory to be removably attached to the rear view mirror of a truck, bus, or similar vehicle, characterized by: a low profile vertically oriented armless wiper assembly that wipes from side to side, an electric power control tha... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179759 | Drive mechanism with lost motion play for a windshield wiper device of motor vehicles A drive mechanism for a motor vehicle windshield wiper device has a crank which is driven in a rotating manner and produces a pivoting movement of a windshield wiper via a drive rod. If the movement of the windshield wiper is obstructed by a snow wedge bu... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179760 | Apparatus for changing wiping range of wiper An apparatus for changing the wiping range of a wiper enables the wiping range to be changed easily but without involving the risk of unwanted changes. The motor caused movement of the drive link is converted into a movement of the drive link for causing ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179761 | Aerodynamic windshield wiper superstructure A windshield wiper superstructure of which the primary yoke has transversely spaced leeward and windward sides extending along the length thereof and transversely extending alignment means adapted to maintain a predetermined distance between said sides, t... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179762 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner having a housing having a front and a rear and laterally opposite sides, and an opening in each side of the housing permitting communication with the interior of the housing. Each opening is generally located intermediate the front and re... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179763 | Method and apparatus for opening fiber bales along an inclined plane A method of detaching fiber tufts from a top surface of serially-arranged fiber bales by a bale opener includes the steps of propelling the bale opener for back-and-forth travel along the fiber bale series, vertically moving, simultaneously with the prope... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179764 | Cleaning belts for the drafting mechanism of a spinning machine A cleaner for a spinning machine which includes a plurality of drafting mechanisms arranged along an axis of the spinning machine. The cleaner includes a cleaning belt, arranged in each one of the drafting mechanisms to contact at least one drafting rolle... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179765 | Plastic paper clip In a preferred embodiment a plastic paper clip having a generally flat, horizontal, relatively rigid, base gripping member having an opening defined therein and a generally flat, generally horizontal, relatively rigid, upper gripping member fitable within... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179766 | Belt buckle A belt buckle having a decorative face is described and is formed of a molded plastic material in which the decorative face is integral with the remainder of the buckle body. A rigid frame member is encased within the plastic material and includes a loop ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179767 | Connector apparatus A connector comprising a body having generally flexible, C-shaped cross section structure defining recess structure in planes crosswise of and normal to a major dimension of the body; the body having a base and a succession of side walls together defining... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179768 | Clothespin A clothespin made of plastic as one unit, having two opposite pin plates, an elastic bridge formed between intermediate portions of the pin plates, an elastic plate respectively extending from a bottom end of each pin plate and bending inward, one elastic... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179769 | Vision system for bobbin stripping Apparatus for assuring complete stripping of fibers from a bobbin in a bobbin stripping system includes a bobbin stripping station including oscillating water jets, a viewer to view bobbins as they are being stripped at the stripping station and to genera... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179770 | Machine and method for fabricating a sheet metal structure having a corrugated core Three metal foils are simultaneously fed in opposing relationship through a machine which automatically fabricates a sheet metal sandwich structure therefrom. The foils are first tensioned in aligned opposing relationship. The center sheet is then fed thr... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179771 | Apparatus for assembling slats of venetian blinds A machine for production of finished lath packs for Venetian blinds, which have holes at the ends for draw cords and ladders consisting of bands or strings, every cross band of which carries a lath, and where two neighboring cross bands of a ladder are pl... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179772 | Apparatus for removing burrs from metallic workpieces Apparatus for removing burrs which develop on semifinished metallic produ in the course of a flame cutting operation has a shaft which is driven to rotate about a horizontal axis and carries an array of round, polygonal and/or oblong cutting tools which ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179773 | Process of manufacturing multilayer ceramic capacitors A process of manufacturing thin monolithic multilayer capacitors having improved resistance to delamination. Basically, the process comprises the steps of providing a support sheet having registration indicia, such as a series of registration holes along ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5179774 | 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 ... | 01/19/1993 |
