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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5247706 | Face shield detachably mounted to spectacles A face shield assembly is releasably attached to a pair of spectacles and is adjustable so that it may be placed close to or away from the wearer's face. It is lockable into each position of adjustment. Multiple apertures are formed in a clear or tinted l... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247707 | Utility vest with an integrally carried pack A utility vest with a pair of straps running through the shoulder areas of the vest and terminating in loops that extend proximate to the outer surface of the garment. These straps are engageable with a belt and thereby transfer the weight of items clippe... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247708 | Firefighter pants Each pant leg of a pair of firefighter pants is formed of a front section and a back section each of which is of one-piece construction. Both the inseam edge and the outseam edge of the front section of each pant leg bulge outwardly only at the knee porti... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247709 | Folding paper hat A paper hat is formed from stiffly flexible paper-like material such as kraft with a rectangular top panel forming a crown, and four planar side panels and four planar side panels attached to the top panel along fold lines. The side panels have lower arcu... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247710 | Reservoir level control system An automatic sensor system for detecting and adjusting a level of contents held within a reservoir is disclosed. The system has a sensor probe having a probe housing with opposing ends, an interior cavity that opens through one housing end, and a constant... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247711 | Bidet device A bidet device comprising a stationary pipe provided with a water inlet pipe and three nozzles arranged to be spaced from one another. The bidet device also comprises a rotatable actuating pipe adapted to change water ejecting directions of the nozzle. Th... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247712 | Inflatable bathing device A bathing device for use in a hospital or nursing home environment comprises a rectangular chamber surrounded on five sides by inflatable interconnected panels. An integral head and neck support are provided at one end of the rectangular chamber. A drain ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247713 | Waterbed mattress liner tray A waterbed mattress liner tray includes a bottom wall, headwall, footwall and opposite sidewalls integrally formed into an open-topped water retaining tray. Each sidewall is formed with a spring portion which is compressible under a downward load but whic... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247714 | Convertible mattress system Applicant's invention comprises a mattress system which may be used as a conventional mattress or with minor modification may have a recess formed at one end thereof whereby an individual's arm may be comfortably placed in such recess with the individual'... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247715 | Multiple use spanner tool An adjustable spanner wrench and combination tool for use by firefighters provided. An elongate handle has first and second ends between which a variety of firefighter's tools are defined. A first jaw portion is affixed on one end thereof to one end of t... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247716 | Removable brush-head for ultrasonic toothbrush A removable brush-head for an ultrasonic toothbrush for daily dental hygiene purposes, including a plurality of bristle clusters, a substantially tubular body constructed of a flexible material and tensioning means securing the brush-head to the ultrasoni... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247717 | Debris/litter collecting apparatus An apparatus for collecting litter from the ground includes a frame adapted for movement along the ground, a hopper mounted at one end of the frame; and a collector assembly supported on the frame. The collector assembly includes a pair of rollers having ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247718 | Toothbrush with replaceable bristle head A disposable bristle toothbrush is formed by an elongated aperture in the head end portion of the toothbrush handle which removably receives a bristle bearing insert which is snapped into and out of place in the aperture of the toothbrush head in one embo... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247719 | Vacuum cleaner tool storage A tool storage arrangement is provided for a hard bag upright cleaner by forming a covered compartment in the hard bag portion and tool mounting means in the compartment.... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247720 | Valving structure for air passageways of floor nozzle and auxiliary inlet of a vacuum cleaner A suction cleaner includes a floor nozzle and a handle pivotally connected to the floor nozzle. A suction creating device is located in one of the handle and the floor nozzle and a filter bag is secured to the handle. A first passageway leads from the flo... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247721 | Grid for the opening roll of a spinning machine In order to better accommodate the cleaning functions of a cleaning machine or those of a licker-in roll of a card to the different and increased requirements placed upon the cleaning action, a grid is provided for a cleaning machine. This grid is displac... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247722 | Method and apparatus for pneumatically introducing fiber to a fiber processing machine An apparatus for pneumatically delivering fiber tufts to a fiber processing machine includes a duct; a blower having a pressure side communicating with the duct for pneumatically driving fiber tufts therein in a stream M1 ; a branch conduit ext... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247723 | U-shaped closing staple for bags and flexible tubes In U-shaped closing stables for bags and flexible tubes, which staples are made of strip material and consist of a crosspiece (7) and two legs (4) and in which the leg ends of the staple have been bent off outwardly to constitute a connecting web (2), by ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247724 | Amusement device An anamorphic amusement device particularly suited for use by children while traveling, and who have access to a cup-retaining device normally used to prevent engaged cups containing a liquid from spillage due to upset. The device includes a cup of genera... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247725 | Fixture installation device An attachment device for attaching both compressible spring-type ceiling fixtures and noncompressible ceiling fixtures on an inverted T-shaped ceiling bracket. Opposed gripping surfaces on the outer ends of first and second pivotally attached arms are mov... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247726 | Gripper tool for engine valve disassembly/assembly The gripping tool has a base consisting of a flat ring onto which are mounted three posts extending upwardly therefrom. Rotatable and slidable clips with magnets are mounted on at least two of the posts to capture the loosened key bolts. A plate is attach... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247727 | Ceramic membrane removal tool A tool for removing filter membranes from a filter housing without breaking the membranes. The tool comprises a threaded screw means (27) for pressing the membrane (60) though holes in opposing sides of the housing (48) and a guide means (21) for maintain... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247728 | Device for mounting a wiper system A method and a device for mounting a wiper system on a motor vehicle includes individual structural members of the wiper system fitted in places on the motor vehicle body which are remote from each other. Thereby the individual structural members (19) are... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247729 | Wreath-making machine An apparatus for manufacturing a wreath from a plurality of elongated objects, such as boughs by securing the boughs to a frame with a securing member such as a wire.... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247730 | Method for attaching and bidirectionally tensioning a porous fabric over a form support Apparatus and method for attaching and bi-directionally tensioning a porous fabric over a flexible, rectangular form support. The frame comprises a pair of rigid, parallel frame members connected by a pair of parallel cross members. The ends of the frame ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247731 | Method for forming a restraint for a circular part in a tubular part The object of the method is to form a restraint intended to retain a split ring 5 for fixing a part, in particular a circular part 3 on an internal bearing surface 4 of the tubular part. The method consists in deforming a thinned portion 7 of the tubular ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247732 | Cable handling and preparation apparatus Cable handling and preparation apparatus comprising a cable source (12), cable stripping and crimping means (14), length determining means, robotic control means (13), cable guidance (43) and marking (11) means and cable conveying means (16). The arrangem... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247733 | Component assembling apparatus A component assembling apparatus includes an intermittently rotatable index table for holding a plurality of positioning tools for use in positioning components to be assembled, and an index table driving mechanism for intermittently rotating the index ta... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247734 | Method and apparatus of an improved heat sink A first heat sink member with extension slots and component detailing is cast from a thermally conductive material. Fin members are constructed from a similar, but not necessarily identical, thermally conductive material. The fin members are constructed s... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247735 | Electrical wire deletion A method of removing conductors in inner layers of circuit boards by applying a constant heating current for a predetermined time period, and then applying an increasing-magnitude current until the conductor vaporizes.... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247736 | Method of manufacturing a multipiece eccentric shaft A drive shaft having a main bearing portion, formed by metal forging, casting or powdered metallurgy, and having coupled thereto a rotor stub portion comprising a steel tube fixedly secured to the main bearing portion, such as by press fitting, friction o... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247737 | Camshaft holding and installation method A method of holding a camshaft, one end of the camshaft having a bore, the bore having at least one orientation groove on its interior surface, including the steps of attaching an installation tool to an end of the camshaft, the installation tool having a... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247738 | Method for assembling motor driven fluid compressor A method for assembling a motor driven fluid compressor having a compression mechanism, such as a scroll type fluid compression mechanism and a drive mechanism which are contained within a hermetically sealed housing. The compression mechanism includes fi... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247739 | Method of making a heat exchanger using an adjustable brazing fixture A brazing fixture apparatus for holding an article to be brazed comprises a frame and a mechanism connected to the frame for holding the article so that the weight of the article causes a force to be transmitted through the mechanism and applied to anothe... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247740 | Method and apparatus for cutting a keyway in a mill roll A method for forming a longitudinally extending keyway portion in a mill roll having a central bore, in which the keyway portion may be either a keyway or a tab portion. A cutting head is provided, and includes a body and one or more cutting tools extendi... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247741 | Footwear having a molded sole A mold for making a sandal having an injected molded sole comprises a last for receiving an upper, a ring, and a sole plate. The last, ring and sole plate form a sealed cavity where the sole is formed in response to plastic material being injected into th... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247742 | Athletic shoe with pronation rearfoot motion control device A cushioning sole for use in footwear, in particular athletic shoes, is disclosed. The cushioning sole includes a pronation control device incorporated into the midsole. The device functions to gradually increase the resistance to compression of the midso... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247743 | Method and apparatus for digging trenches A trenching apparatus comprises a boom assembly having a lower end mounted on a support base and an upper end connected to a boom mounting bracket which is joined by a coupler to a digger arm operative to form a trench alongside the support base following... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247744 | Concealed compartment in picture frame A picture frame that includes a concealed compartment includes three frame members connected at their ends to form a U-shaped structure and a fourth frame member that is unconnected to the three frame members and to which a picture-bearing panel is affixe... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5247745 | Illuminated picture frame apparatus A picture frame having a perimeter framework having a plurality of intercommunicating legs having a continuous channel directed within the legs. The channel includes a plurality of illumination bulbs in electrical communication with a battery and an on/of... | 09/28/1993 |
