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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5185889 | Shield system for helmet In a helmet shield system, a shield plate is comprised of a shield body covering a window opening in a front surface of a cap body, and an end plate pivotally mounted on the cap body, the shield body and the end plate being coupled to each other by eyelet... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185890 | Toilet bowl sealing assembly This invention relates to a toilet bowl sealing device or assembly for use with floor closet flanges when capped upon the sewer drain pipe to which the toilet bowl is attached so that gas and water leakage is prevented. A plastic sealing ring is used that... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185891 | Water conserving toilet flapper valve control A manual flush control for toilets having a normally closed flapper type float valve held shut by the head of water pressure in the flush tank, and characterized by a height limiting means for said valve to cause servo closing and preempting automatic ope... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185892 | Tub and shower seat A tub and shower seat adapted for mounting on a wall surface in a tube or shower stall includes an upright seat back, a seat member pivotally connected to the seat back for up and down pivotal movement between an upright storage position and a substantial... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185893 | Water tap with single knob hot/cold water flow control and shower switching control A water tap having a hot water intake hole and a cold water intake hole respectively connected to a water passage and controlled by a knob through two plungers, said water passage having a first water outlet at the top connected to a shower head and a sec... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185894 | Apparatus for shifting patients to and from a bed In an apparatus for shifting patients and having a mobile frame supported on rollers, a cantilevered platform arranged on the frame, and a transport band (44) which is movable by means of a drive mechanism in both directions and which proceeding from a fi... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185895 | Patient lift and transport aid Apparatus for lifting and transporting invalids, patients and the like which includes a base frame, a wheel assembly affixed to said base frame for transporting the latter over a support surface, vertically oriented guide posts affixed to said base frame,... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185896 | Inflatable mattress An apparatus is provided for increasing the useful surface area of a rear seat of an automobile. A first inflatable cell of approximately rectangular block shape fits between the front and rear seats of the automobile. The cell has an upwardly facing top ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185897 | Inflatable maternity mattress An inflatable mattress construction having use as a maternity mattress. The mattress is provided with a central, generally cylindrical cavity which extends through the thickness of the mattress. The lower end of the cavity is enclosed by a bottom panel, w... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185898 | Bottle and can picker including rotatable flexible loops A bottle and can picking apparatus includes a portable carrier frame, a rotatable member mounted on the carrier frame, a plurality of flexible loops attached to the rotatable member and extending radially therefrom for picking up the bottles, cans and oth... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185899 | Apparatus for sludge removal A vehicle for the removal of sludge from the interior bottom of liquid storage tanks is disclosed. The vehicle includes a gathering header at the lead edge of the vehicle and a gathering arm extendable out over the header. The gathering arm reaches out an... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185900 | Apparatus for removing coatings from fingernails A motorized device for removing nail coatings such as fingernail polish or the like and usable by either a professional manicurist or by an individual caring for her own nails, the invention includes a container controllably rotatable in both clockwise an... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185901 | Bowling lane maintenance machine capable of self-indexing from lane-to-lane A bowling lane maintenance machine (10) performs selected maintenance operations on the surface of the bowling lane, shifts itself to the approach area spanning a plurality of lanes behind the foul line end of the lanes, indexes to another lane, and then ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185902 | Folding pocket brush and shoehorn A collapsible hair brush employs a flat rectangular flexible membrane with a plurality of bristles projecting perpendicularly from one of its flat surfaces with this membrane having its opposite edges journalled on two spaced-apart, parallel elements whic... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185903 | Electric vacuum cleaner with an ozonizer An electric vacuum cleaner has an air discharge duct and an ozonizer arranged within the exhaust duct for defining air passages through which the exhaust air is constrained to flow and generating a corona discharge laterally across the air passages. Ozone... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185904 | Plastic carrying handles Flexible plastic carrying handle adapted for self-stick application as handling assist for large books, e.g. directories, catalogues and other disposable or renewable publications. The handles comprise a continuous contact base strip and a hand grip secti... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185905 | Fiber processing roll having a helical sawtooth clothing A fiber processing roll includes a groove provided in a roll surface helically about a longitudinal roll axis. The groove has at least one side wall which is inclined to a radius of the roll that extends to the inclined side wall. The groove has a top ope... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185906 | Belt clip spring with E-ring fastener A belt clip assembly clamps a device (30) onto thin material. The device has a backcover (31) which includes a first set of ears (32) with a first set of pin holes. The belt clip assembly comprises a belt clip (44), a pin (130), and a spring (100). The be... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185907 | Hose clamp assembly A hose clamp assembly comprises a belt form of a plate spring body which is in an annular form having opposite ends and is provided with a grooved notch in which an extending piece to be described just below is inserted in a free state to form the same ci... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185908 | Method for connecting two parts along abutting edges and connection obtained thereby In a connection of two edges of areal parts which extend at least along one common section essentially parallel to one another, at least one retaining element is arranged at the one edge which form-lockingly engages from behind, as viewed in the edge dire... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185909 | Zipper for closing the mouth of a bag A zipper for closing the mouth of a bag that is formed by a groove on an internal face of tape, on one side, and a rib to be fitted to the groove on another internal face of the tape, on the other side. A bonding agent layer is provided on the outer side ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185910 | Reversibly releasable latching apparatus A latching apparatus including a tab member detachably securable with respect to a base and housing combination which includes a trigger assembly therein and an ejector assembly for selectively achieving securement or detachment of the tab member with res... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185911 | Apparatus and method for converting side operated machine controls to be front operated An apparatus for converting side operated controls of a machine to be front operated. A front control panel or apron is vertically mounted on the machine, preferably using preexisting mounting hardware. Any preexisting front operated controls and front in... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185912 | Method and guide device for slide fastener chain with cloth pieces attached A guide device for guiding a slide fastener chain with cloth pieces attached to opposed fastener tapes of the chain. The guide device is adapted to be located near and upstream of a discharge unit for discharging the slide fastener chain with the cloth pi... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185913 | Method of making a fastening member for a hose construction A hose construction, fastening member therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the hose construction comprising a tubular flexible hose having opposite ends and an outer peripheral surface, a fastening member, and a clamping unit fastened to ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185914 | Golf club and method of making same A golf club includes a straight shaft and a metallic member having a first end connected to the lower end of the shaft. The other end of the metallic member is bent to define an obtuse angle with the first end. In a preferred form, a flat metallic stiffen... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185915 | Pneumatic booster output rod adjustment method A method of adjusting the length of a vehicle brake booster output rod and assembling the same into the brake booster is provided, the output rod being a thermoplastic or thermoset material that is generally cylindrical in shape with a central longitudina... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185916 | Method for producing cylindrical bushing with hydraulic damping A method for producing a cylindrical bushing with hydraulic damping includes the steps of preparing an internal ring having an elliptical cross-section including a major axis and a minor axis, disposing within the internal ring a vibration-damping rubber ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185917 | Method of machining keyways in shafts A method of machining keyways in shafts comprises the steps of aligning a central line of a spindle of a machine tool with a center line of a shaft to be machined, preliminarily machining a keyway in the shaft with keyway mill arranged on the spindle so a... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185918 | Method of manufacturing a copper bar induction rotor An improved method of manufacture of a shorted turn copper bar rotor which is amenable to high volume production and which provides a copper-to-copper electrical bond among the conductor bar end turn portions at each end of the rotor core. Once the rotor ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185919 | Method of manufacturing a molded fuel injector A fuel injector having major components formed by an injection molding process. A coil bobbin assembly is positioned within a magnetic permeable core. An injection molding process provides a plastic housing with the magnetic core and coil bobbin assembly ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185920 | Installation and method for carrying out metallic reinforcements An installation for carrying out assembly of metallic reinforcements for construction and public works, in which trestle bents (A-frames) are arranged on moving wagons or carts that slide along rails. The workers remain stationary while the reinforcements... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185921 | Method of making a string of cathodic protection anodes A tubular anode includes an electrical connector formed of a diagonally split two-part generally cylindrical slug. The diagonal slit provides an elliptical wedge interface between the two parts and a jack screw is threaded in one part and extends through ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185922 | Method of making submicrometer microelectrodes Microelectrodes and methods for making the same are disclosed which have electrode tip diameter of less than 10 μm. The microelectrodes include a tapered electrode wire sealed in, and surrounded by, a tapered insulator tube. In one preferred embodiment, ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185923 | Method of making a frictionally sliding component In a frictionally sliding structure, a metallic intermediate member is provided, which has a head and a stud. The stud is interfit into a recess provided with a tappet, while the head has a ceramic chip on which a cam is adapted to frictionally slide.... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185924 | Method of repair of turbines A method of repairing stator blades in a turbine comprises the steps of making a pre-shaped insert of a material the same as or compatible with the material of the stator blade, the size of the insert is such that it forms a substantial part of the stator... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185925 | Method of manufacturing a tube for a heat exchanger A condenser having two piece die formed condenser tube parts that are joined along a beveled outer edge. The tube material is braze cladded on both sides for corrosion resistance and for high quality internal braze bonding of (1) longitudinal tube webs fo... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185926 | Multiple foil and cutting blade assembly for electric dry shavers By providing at least three separate and independent foil members each of which cooperate with a separate and independent cutting blade system which is biased into engagement with the foil member and freely flexible in a plurality of directions, a substan... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185927 | Segmented guard bar with improved skin flow control A segmented guard bar and skin flow control members disposed in the spaces between the guard bar segments. Though not limited to any specific type of razor, the present invention is particularly suited for use with a flexible safety razor having a cap mem... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5185928 | Window cutter for gas service tie overs and tie-over method A pipe slitter comprises a base for fixing the slitter to a pipe to be slit thereby. The base includes a pair of end plates for mounting transversely of the pipe and a carriage guide for coupling the end plates to each other. The carriage guide extends lo... | 02/16/1993 |
