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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5255390 | Gas ventilated garment having a low gas consumption valving configuration A gas ventilated garment including a primary manifold for receiving air at 20 to 125 pounds per square inch which is connected through a plurality of gas conduits to a plurality of radial dispersion valves positioned at various locations throughout a garm... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255391 | Knee pad A pad for protecting the knee area of a wearer while engaging in activities such as snowboarding, skating, or the like, the pad comprising an elastic, waterproof body portion of nominal wall thickness and low weight, generally configured in a concave shap... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255392 | Concealed pocket A concealed pocket assembly, and more particularly, a concealed pocket assembly which can be incorporated into swim wear, beach wear, active wear, exercise wear and related articles. The concealed pocket assembly is generally provided for incorporation in... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255393 | Form fitting garment A form fitting garment is provided which accommodates a large abdomen of a user. The garment is maintained in form fitting contact with the abdomen and a remainder of the user covered thereby by being formed generally of a first stretchable material. The ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255394 | Overhead load holding helmet A device for supporting an overhead load such as a drywall panel in an overhead location, consisting of a helmet including a hard hat and a rotatable flat turntable supported from the hard hat. In one form, a base for the rotatable turntable is demountabl... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255395 | Ventilating system for toilet bowl The invention consists of a ventilating system and particularly a ventilating kit to be installed on a conventional toilet bowl at the rear of the toilet seat above the apertures used to anchor the toilet seat to the toilet bowl. The kit includes a parape... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255396 | Sanitary cleaning device including a rotation deceleration device A rotation deceleration device used for a sanitary cleaning device which includes a toilet seat and a toilet cover and is attached to a toilet bowl, thereby injecting warm water in the toilet bowl. The rotation deceleration device includes a cylinder havi... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255397 | Urinal A urinal including a pair of substantially vertical sidewalls having front edges lying in a plane defining an entrance opening of the urinal, and rear edges defining a substantially vertical slot, the pair of sidewalls converging inwardly so as to form a ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255398 | Flow control apparatus, system and method A water flow control device, flow control system and method of using available swimming pool water for a source of water, adapted to be connected to conventional swimming pool hose apparatus for rapidly serving swimming pools for winter and spring cleanup... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255399 | Far infrared rays sauna bath assembly A far infrared rays sauna bath assembly includes a small prefabricated construction assembly for easy carrying and construction and several ceramic plane surface exothermic heaters having a very thin thickness about 1 mm of which occupy a minimum area whe... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255400 | Apparatus for containing a liquid The present invention is directed to bathing tub apparatus primarily for invalid persons. The apparatus includes a tub with a sealable door through which a person may walk or be moved on a transfer unit. The apparatus further includes a prefillable reserv... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255401 | Shower caddy A shower caddy that comprises a bottle holder/drainer that allows a bottle to remain stable in either an upright or inverted position, permitting the easy and convenient use or drainage of the bottle; a soap bar holder that allows wet soap to drain withou... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255402 | Fastening assembly for a sink trap having a removable bottom portion A trap for a sink, or the like, having an easily removable bottom portion by which to permit the trap to be cleaned and lost articles removed. The bottom portion of the trap is detachably connected to a dip portion by a plurality of locking clips. The dip... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255403 | Bed control support apparatus An apparatus for permitting the pivotal positioning of a bed controller relative to an associated bed rail is provided to include a support bracket arranged for mounting to the bed rail, having an L-shaped support shaft pivotally mounted to the bracket. T... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255404 | Anti-decubitus mattress pad A mattress pad primarily intended for use with a standard hospital bed frame to reduce the development of decubitus ulcers or bed sores in patients using the pad. The pad is multi-layered and includes a cover or casing containing interior strata of a plas... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255405 | Tool holding apparatus A tool holding apparatus for use with extension poles has a substantially hollow longitudinal handle for mounting on an end of an extension pole. A tubular support member is rotatably engaged with the upper end of the handle and is rotatable about an axis... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255406 | Adjustable barbeque grill scraper An adjustable barbeque scraper (10) for removing accumulated deposits from a variety of barbeque grills (100) having different spacing between their rods (101); wherein the adjustable scraper (10) includes a plurality of individual scraper tooth members (... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255407 | Multi-scrubber type roller windshield wiper A windshield wiper is disclosed having a rotatable roller scrubber mounted on a roller retainer which is attached to the windshield wiper frame or blade. The roller retainer may have a semi-cylindrical configuration defining an internal space in which the... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255408 | Photographic film cleaner A cleaning device for removing dust particles and other impurities from the surface of data carriers such as photographic film. Two counter-rotating brushes sweep across the film surface to remove the impurities while air flows on either side of the film ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255409 | Electric vacuum cleaner having an electric blower driven in accordance with the conditions of floor surfaces An electric vacuum cleaner comprises a main body having an electric blower and a dust collecting chamber, a triac controlling the electric blower, a floor nozzle coupled to the main body, a pressure sensor sensing the pressure in the vicinity of a suction... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255410 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner generally has a working head which is positioned on the floor surface when the machine is in use. The working head of a vacuum cleaner essentially includes a rotating brush, a suction blower and a motor for operating both the brush and th... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255411 | Lift-off mechanism for an upright vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner comprises a base which has a surface cleaning nozzle and a wheel housing which is moveable between a raised position and a lowered position. Wheels are rotatably mounted on the wheel housing. An abutment arm is attached to said wheel hous... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255412 | Air amplified mini-vacuum An air pressure powered vacuum has a housing with a continuous channel through it. Positive pressure air is introduced into and accelerates in an annular shaped plenum in the housing. The high velocity air is diffused from the plenum into the channel towa... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255413 | Furniture knob and process for attaching to furniture The invention concerns a furniture knob suitably having a rectangular or oval front peripheral contour, the knob comprising a knob portion having a front face and a back face, part of the back face being adapted to be gripped by the fingers of a hand, and... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255414 | Replacement handle for suitcase, attache case and the like A replacement handle is disclosed that may be retrofit for use on conventional suitcases, attache cases and the like having conventional posts, links and the like formed thereon. The handle includes a body portion having a pair of opposite ends. Formed on... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255415 | Integral common duct with suction hoods for waste removal A fiber processing machine includes a clothed roll arrangement for entraining fiber along a circular path; a housing surrounding the roll arrangement; at least two waste discharge openings; a separate mote knife bounding each waste discharge opening; a su... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255416 | Combing machine with means for limiting movement of top nipper The combing machine as provided with a nipper jaw unit in which a nipper lip is provided on the top nipper plate to project in overlapping relation to the lower nipper plate for clamping a wadding therebetween. In a fully closed position of the nipper pla... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255417 | Decorative multi-part ornamentations and the fabrication thereof Rib and groove snap-type action securing elements are formed respectively on ornamentation bases and caps so that a number of different ornamentation caps can be disposed for co-action with a single base to fabricate a number of different ornamentation as... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255418 | Automatically locking slider for concealed zipper An automatically locking slider for concealed zipper, which comprises a slider body formed with a substantially Y-shaped guide channel for the fastener elements, separator being fixedly mounted on the slider body in a central position at the front end the... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255419 | Tentering apparatus and method A tentering system having a pair of spaced tenter rails defining a first end, a second end and a tentering path, and moveable material securement members carried by the tenter rails is disclosed. The tentering system may include first material guides at t... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255420 | Plate replacing apparatus for a printing press In a plate replacing apparatus for a printing press, a plate lockup opening/closing unit opens/closes leading- and trailing-side plate lockup devices upon pivotal movement of a cam shaft. A loader drive unit drives a loader on the plate replacing apparatu... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255421 | Wreath making apparatus Apparatus (10) for making wreaths is disclosed as including a pair of jaws (30) mounted on a support (20) to provide initial wreath wire deformation for capturing greens (14). A third jaw (34) also mounted on the support 20 provides further deformation to... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255422 | Scalpel blade on-off tool A tool for both attaching and removing surgical scalpel blades safely from any standard surgical scalpel handle. The tool taking the form of hand held normally open pliers with an upper jaw including a clear protective cover and a protruding lower jaw. Th... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255423 | Process for installing a helical added thread in an internally threaded orifice for repairing the internal threads of the orifice To repair the internal thread (2b) of a large diameter orifice, an added thread is screwed into the orifice in a form wound on a threaded part of the surface of a drum screwed into an internally threaded centering ring engaged in the entry part (2a) of th... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255424 | Manufacture of a heavy duty elastomeric bearing For the manufacture of a heavy duty elastomeric having a stack of elastomeric and metal reinforcing layers interleaved with one another use is made of a mould sufficiently large to allow an elastomeric cover layer to be formed and cured simultaneous with ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255425 | Method of manufacturing laminated core for dynamo-electric machine A method of manufacturing a laminated core for a dynamo-electric machine, having a shaft and a plurality of core sheets with through holes in the center thereof for inserting the shaft therethrough and a plurality of slot holes in the peripheral portion t... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255426 | Method of making a carbon commutator A method of making a carbon commutator is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a planar substrate having a series of current-carrying regions; providing a carbon base having a brush-contacting surface and a second opposite surface; substan... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255427 | Ceramic hollow bodies and method of manufacturing such bodies A hollow body integrally formed of ceramic material and comprising a cavity formed therein and an integral connecting joint including a passage to said cavity at least one side of said cavity being confined by a diaphragm integral thereto. The ceramic hol... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255428 | Electrooptic polymer voltage sensor and method of manufacture thereof An optical voltage sensor utilizing an electrooptic polymer is disclosed for application to electric power distribution systems. The sensor, which can be manufactured at low cost in accordance with a disclosed method, measures voltages across a greater ra... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255429 | Component mounting apparatus A component mounting apparatus includes a holding section for holding a plurality of component mounting heads, each head having a component sucking nozzle. One of the component mounting heads selectively held by the holding section can be mounted on a com... | 10/26/1993 |
