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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5240105 | Multi-purpose eyeglasses pouch A multi-purpose eyeglasses pouch includes a pouch body formed from a rectangular piece of cloth and having three sides provided with a row of evenly distributed holes. The pouch body is folded so as to align the holes in two opposite sides of the pouch bo... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240106 | Camera bag A camera bag having a substantially rigid rectilinear well with a plurality of rigid bins disposed therein. The bins are mounted for rotation about horizontal axes disposed toward the front of the bag and may be selectively rotated between a home position... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240107 | Razor holder with shave counter A razor holder having an automatic shave counter responsive to each use of a razor. The razor holder includes a delay circuit to permit short term use of a razor without advancing the counter.... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240108 | Sharps disposal system A sharps disposal system (2) includes a fiberboard container (6) mounted to a wall (8) by a lockable cage (4). The container has an entrance opening (70) formed through the top (20), sized for the deposit of sharps into its interior. A baffle (60) extends... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240109 | Shipping carton for floral grouping assemblies A shipping carton including a box assembly and a plurality of floral grouping assemblies. The box assembly has a inner surface partially enclosing a retaining space. An adhesive or cohesive is applied to at least a portion of the inner surface of the box ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240110 | Package with windows and shell secured to the back side of a card A shell made of a plastic sheet having a top wall, a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls and a rear supporting wall forming the shape of a pocket, one or more articles that fit within the pocket, a card having a front side and a back side, and said she... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240111 | Thermally shrunk package A package in which an article is sealingly enclosed with a thermally shrinkable film having a row perforations used as air discharge port during shrink packaging. A strip of a film is disposed inside of the package to close the perforations and to prevent... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240112 | Evacuatable or inflatable plastic bag A thin flexible plastic bag having a permanently closed end and an open end with a main zipper closure formed of mateable male and female interlockable portions extending across the entire open end. The bag is provided with a stem and pinch valve construc... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240113 | Child resistant drug assemblage A child resistant drug assemblage is disclosed comprising a container having rows of spaced drug cell cavities each of which receives a unit drug dose of medication. The container is provided with a lock means that enables it to be readily opened by an ad... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240114 | Process for reclaiming gravel, soil particles, and wood pieces from a mixture of the same A mixture of rock, soil particles and wood pieces (10') is introduced into a water tank (34) generally between a manifold (64) for a plurality of jet nozzles (62) and a vane or baffle (66) towards which the nozzles (62) discharge streams of water. Buoyant... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240115 | Field adjustable hydrocyclone An improved hydrocyclone and method of operating for centrifugal cleaning of pulp for papermaking wherein the hydrocyclone has a plurality of inserts each with openings of different sizes for selectively and interchangeably inserting into a stock entry op... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240116 | Method and apparatus for determining the orientation of a document To identify the orientation of specified documents, such as checks bearing magnetic ink markings, steps are taken to magnetize ink markings associated with the document, and to then detect magnetized ink markings on the document to develop electrical sign... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240117 | Method and apparatus for electro-optically scanning (cigarette) packs Disclosed is a method and apparatus for electro-optically scanning (cigarette) packs. For an inspection of (cigarette) packs (10) as regards exterior appearance, electro-optical inspection means, particularly a camera (48) and a mirror (49) are used to pr... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240118 | High-speed tablet sorting machine An apparatus for feeding tablets in an aligned and uniformly oriented sequence onto a tablet measuring device, including a movable turntable having a deflector for guiding the tablets to a circumferential edge, a guide member and plow assembly respectivel... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240119 | Video supporting furniture unit The invention provides a furniture unit for the support of a video set and video tape cassettes in conjunction with a television receiver, comprising a base element sized to be inserted under the television receiver, a first vertical side member rigidly a... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240120 | Apparatus for holding earrings An apparatus for holding earrings operates as a display case and a storage case. The apparatus includes one or more flexible sheets, each sheet having a plurality of typically symmetrically spaced apertures thereon. The apertures are for receiving the pos... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240121 | Holder for pool ball rack A triangular shaped holder is disclosed herein for removably retaining a pool ball rack on a wall which includes a base member having a back adjacent the wall for accommodating mounting fasteners. A mounting member is integrally carried on the front of th... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240122 | Bicycle support rack A bicycle support rack generally comprises metal rod or wire elements welded together, including a single rod or wire element that is bent at its ends to form a pair of horizontally spaced rim hangers. Each rim hanger can removably support one bicycle off... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240123 | Baseball cap holder Three preferred embodiments of a baseball cap holder are disclosed. Each embodiment includes a chamfered button ring for retaining a cap by the button typically found at the top of the crown of the cap. All three embodiments in a preferred method of manuf... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240124 | Storage cart A storage rack for storing and sequentially dispensing containers is disclosed. The storage rack comprises a base support having a length extending from a rear container receiving port to a front container receiving port. First and second side guides are ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240125 | Point of sale pusher device An apparatus for displaying goods packaged in glass containers on a shelf along the "glass aisle" of a grocery store is disclosed. Included is a bracket having two outwardly extending flanges positionable in a card channel on the front of a store shelf, o... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240126 | Dispensing rack apparatus A Dispensing Rack Apparatus is described having a spring biasing system that automatically advances the articles displayed within the rack towards the front of the rack as the foremost articles are removed. The dispensing rack apparatus also includes mean... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240127 | Modular display system A modular display unit employing a pair of spaced apart feet having prongs that engage a transverse beam or shelf unit. The display unit is composed of a series of shelves, beams, side portions and feet, which can be combined to provide units of varying w... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240128 | Airing and drying frame An airing and drying frame comprises a vertical mast (1), a plurality of arms (4) for holding a clothesline (22), the arms (4) being pivotally mounted to the mast (1), and a retraction device for retracting the clothesline (22) into the arms (4) when the ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240129 | Heavy duty crane with self-retracting/erecting live mast A traveling crane incorporates a self-retracting/erecting live mast or the like, pivotally mounted on the base unit and capable of moving to and from a flipped, stowed position on the opposite side of vertical from the positions of the normal operating mo... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240130 | Compressible bottle A compressible body comprising a container and a flexible annular wall member, and the container, in turn, includes a cylindrical side wall and a prestressed locking member. The side wall of the container forms an upper edge and defines a cylindrical spac... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240131 | Tamper evident container closure A tamper evident closure for a container has a seal member which is in a concave or convex condition to show closure integrity. The seal is visible through an opening in the cover of the container. Filling the container under pressure which is higher or l... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240132 | Protective cap with seal for beverage container A protective cap having a sealable cover for canned soft drinks and the like is disclosed. The cap comprises an outer periphery configured to receive and snap over a conventional beverage can such that a gas-tight seal is formed, a grate positioned to cov... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240133 | Clamped-wave lid seal structure An article is disclosed comprising a lid engaged to a container by the formation of interlocking waves of lid material and container material at the junction of the lid and container. The interlocking waves are geometrically aligned relative to the interi... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240134 | Basket liner A basket liner is designed for use with various types of baskets. A first liner is designed for a basket with a single handle, and includes a sheet of fabric with forward and rearward edges, and opposing side edges. The forward and rearward edges of the f... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240135 | Rigid wraparound shell defining a sealed inner space A rigid wraparound shell defining an inner space containing at least one sealed chamber is provided. The rigid wraparound shell (1) is comprised of flexible sealing walls (2,3) which together define a sealed enclosure (5) having a lower pressure that the ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240136 | Plate-and-glass assemblies Plate-and-glass or -container assemblies in which integrally formed or separately fabricated arrays of glass holder components are employed to detachably couple a glass or other container to the plate of the assembly. The container may be of the ubiquitou... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240137 | Method of manufacturing a cooking utensil A method of manufacturing a cooking utensil comprising a round container for the food, the container comprising a base, a plate of heat-conducting material and a cap enclosing the plate. A plate is inserted into the enclosing cap and leaves an annular flo... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240138 | Ringless paint container An especially configured, ringless, container-lid design is disclosed having improved sealing characteristics applicable to paint containers for the consuming public. The rim portion of the container is provided with a tapered, especially shaped wall sect... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240139 | Package vending machine The present invention relates to a vending apparatus for selectively dispensing one of a plurality of packages. The vending apparatus comprises: a) an outer cabinet; b) an isolated freezer compartment within the outer cabinet for storing the plurality of ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240140 | Card dispenser A card dispenser (32) comprising a body (33) having a compartment (38) for accommodating a stack of cards (39) and at least one outlet (43) through which cards (39) accommodated in the compartment (38) can be dispensed, transporting mechanism (41) provide... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240141 | Hand-held dispenser with pivotal cover for collapsible tubes A dispenser for dispensing material from a collapsible tube includes a housing and a cover connected to the housing by pins that enable movement of the cover in an arc toward and away from the housing in clamshell-like fashion. An inflatable bladder is re... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240142 | Article dispensing apparatus Dispensing machines are described which are suitable for use in a cold environment. The machines have a plurality of storage locations for supporting articles to be dispensed, each of which includes an electrical heating element. The heating elements can ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240143 | Pencil vending machine A mechanical vending system for vending long cylindrical objects such as pencils or the like. The system comprises a cabinet housing the unvended pencils and a coin receptor mechanism for receiving the coins and vending one pencil at a time. The coins are... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240144 | Beverage dispensing apparatus Apparatus for dispensing of beverages contained in deformable bottles, particularly family-size conventional PET bottles of more than one brand or taste. The apparatus comprises a housing with one or more beverage dispensing valves at the outside, an open... | 08/31/1993 |
