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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5299733 | Detachable multi-unit package with flap Disclosed is a package formed from a one-piece wrapper, typically made of carrier board, that is folded around twenty-four cans or bottles including a top and bottom of the package having cuts or perforations that partially separate the package into two t... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299734 | Foldable cartons A carton includes a longitudinally extending sidewall portion which circumscribes and defines a carton cross-section interior and is provided with at least two tiers of integral support ledges which extend into the carton interior. Each support ledge is f... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299735 | Track-bed system for model railroad The present invention shows a system for providing a track-bed with a real-life appearance in a model railroad. The system is comprised of three separate components which may be assembled in combination to meet the needs of various track formations. A fir... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299736 | Air freshener device with a ceramic container and an absorbent pad An air freshener device, comprising a container with porous ceramic walls defining a closed internal space, a closure member for selectively permitting access to and sealing the internal space, and a replaceable absorbent pad the absorbent pad being impre... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299737 | Spraying device with intermittent flushing system A spraying device having an automatic flushing system. A pressurized tank of formulation is mounted on a wheeled frame and connected to a plurality of nozzles via a three-way valve. The valve is further connected to a container of flushing medium. A progr... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299738 | High pressure fuel injector with cushioned plunger stop An improved high pressure fuel injector for internal combustion engines of the type having a plunger assembly, with a plurality of plungers, that is mounted within a central bore within the body of the fuel injector for reciprocal movement, the plunger as... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299739 | Ultrasonic wave nebulizer An ultrasonic wave nebulizer for converting water or liquid to mist has a disc-shaped piezoelectric vibrator (1) which has a pair of surfaces one of which is defined as an operation surface. A mesh (3) is located close to said operation surface so that a ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299740 | Plural component airless spray gun with mechanical purge A plural component airless spray gun for mixing and dispensing coreactive liquid materials has a mixing chamber into which coreactive components are introduced and mixed, an airless tip at a forward end of the chamber and from which the mixed components a... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299741 | Texture spray gun bleed valve A spray gun is designed for use with a texture pumping unit which requires of air through the spray gun in order to start the pump. A bleed valve is provided which alternatively directs air to the front of the gun or may be bled to the outside to allow th... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299742 | Irrigation sprinkler nozzle An irrigation sprinkler nozzle comprising a nozzle body having a range nozzle passage therethrough and a spreader nozzle disposed therebelow, the spreader nozzle being formed by a generally rectangular cross-sectional chamber having a generally rectangula... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299743 | Body spray nozzle A body spray nozzle is disclosed wherein the spray pattern can be easily adjusted and the nozzle can be oscillated in a support in a shower fixture. A movable valve element which is cup-shaped is positioned in a valve body and with the base thereof to the... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299744 | Granulating, separating and classifying rubber tire materials A rubber tire component reclamation technique which provides tire rubber fragments classified according to size. Preferred apparatus for rubber tire component reclamation includes a feed hopper for receiving pieces of discarded tires, a granulating chambe... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299745 | Process for the preparation of a dry aggregate for the production of electrodes The preparation of carbonaceous dry aggregates for the production of electrodes requires, for electrode plants, extensive and expensive silo installations in order for dry substances to be processed and stored in a discrete manner until they are mixed. Fo... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299746 | Apparatus and method for direct solid-fortification of fuels with ferrocene The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for direct addition of solid ferrocene to fuels. The liquid addition or fortification of fuels with ferrocene is known. The new apparatus and the new method enable an addition of solid ferrocene to fuels.... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299747 | Paper material screening/refining apparatus A paper material screening and refining apparatus has a tank which receives a paper material to allow the paper material to accumulate therein; a cylindrical screen which divides the space in the tank into a primary chamber and a secondary chamber; a cyli... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299748 | Apparatus and method for reducing vehicle tires to particles An apparatus for reducing extra large vehicle tires to particles or to prepare them for recapping comprises a tire holder assembly, made up of a set of dual jacks, in combination with a rotary cutter blade assembly made up of a side-by-side series of disc... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299749 | Method of winding hollow fiber membranes Bundles of hollow filament membranes suitable for use in fluid separation, such as in the separation of air into gases more concentrated in oxygen and nitrogen are made in a cylindrical form and annular cross-section with multiple filaments of each layer ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299750 | Doffing method and paper tube supply system for an automatic winder On an automatic winder, at the time of doffing, a signal is sent from a doffing device to a winding unit, a drum motor of the winding unit is driven at a low speed in response to said signal to rotate a package on a traverse drum, and a bobbin yarn is pic... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299751 | Clamping mandrel-engagement sensor combination, particularly for clamping printing substrate web rolls in a roll changer To sense misalignment between a clamping mandrel (1, 2) of a web roll carrier and a web center sleeve or tube (5) into which the mandrel is to be inserted, the mandrel is formed with a sensing head (8, 10, 11, 14) which is spring-loaded and projects by a ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299752 | Cassette delivery system The present invention is an improved cassette delivery system. A plurality of cassettes to be loaded are maintained in a magazine. Cassettes are fed one at a time into an orientor which rotates them into the appropriate position for movement into the load... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299753 | Cloth takeup and method A loom cloth takeup having pivotally mounted arms A exerting a force upon a friction roll (F) has first and second control devices (E) and (H) respectively for controlling tension on the cloth ahead of the friction roll (F) and for controlling a motor (G)... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299754 | Ferromagnetic insert for use with a magnetic tape cartridge and method of manufacturing the same An insert that is to be mounted on a hub of a spool positioned in a magnetic tape cartridge for permitting the spool to be attracted to the magnetic element of a computer drive mechanism includes a circular ferromagnetic disk having oppositely positioned ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299755 | Lid locking mechanism for a tape cassette A tape cassette for use in a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, wherein tape reels for winding a recording tape are rotatably accommodated in a box-shaped cassette casing which is formed by combining upper and lower cassette halves, the recording mat... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299756 | Foil wrapped flexible web guide A hydrodynamic tape guide includes a thin metal foil attached to a substrate by a pin inserted into a groove in the substrate. The groove is of a geometry including a first region of a relatively small width and at a relatively shallow depth and a second ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299758 | Baitcasting reel having a clutch control mechanism A baitcasting reel has a clutch mechanism mounted in a transmission line between a handle and a spool, a slide type cam plate for operating the clutch mechanism, and a rotary member interlocked to the handle. A return piece is supported by a reel body thr... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299759 | Helicopter turn coordination and heading hold mode control A mode control (25) controls a helicopter flight control system (21) between a heading hold mode and a turn coordination mode according to switching patterns resembling the natural response of an expert pilot to flight conditions. Helicopter operating par... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299760 | S-duct for a turbo-jet aircraft engine An improved S-duct for turbo-jet engined aircraft. The present invention allows a high volume of high energy air to traverse the S-duct at a high pressure recovery ratio.... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299761 | Raisable landing gear having a shortenable leg The invention relates to raisable landing gear having a shortenable leg, including a shock absorber fitted with a plunger rod, and a linkage connecting said plunger rod to the strut of the shock absorber, under the control of a resilient connecting rod ha... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299762 | Injection-cooled hypersonic leading edge construction and method A leading edge construction for reducing drag on an airfoil, the construction includes a relatively thin solid plate extending forwardly from the air foil, the plate having an exposed top surface and an exposed bottom surface, and a relatively sharply rad... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299763 | Aircraft cabin air conditioning system with improved fresh air supply An improved air conditioning system is provided for an aircraft, particularly with respect to providing an enhanced supply of fresh air to the aircraft cabin or cockpit. The system includes a dual inlet turbine driven at least in part by pressurized bleed... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299764 | In-space servicing of spacecraft employing artificial life robotics Artificial life robotics are utilized in a system for in-space service of spacecraft. An Earth Launch Vehicle (ELV) carries an Exoatmospheric Mothership Vehicle (MSV) into a space trajectory. The MSV, in turn, carries at least one Operational Service Vehi... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299765 | Apparatus and methods for controlling aircraft thrust during a climb A controller for automatically controlling aircraft thrust during a noise abatement climb operates so as to smoothly reduce aircraft thrust during a reduction in aircraft climb angle at the noise abatement altitude so as to maintain a selected noise abate... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299766 | Retrofit bracket for wall mount speakers A retrofit bracket for wall mount speakers has a support surface configured for mounting at least one speaker thereto and a pair of elongate clamping bars extending across to opposite sides of the rear of the support surface and adjustably attach thereto ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299767 | Pressure washer frame having gunvalve and hose rack A pressure washer frame is modified to include a hose reel and a gunvalve rack so that those items can be transported to a job site with the pressure washer. The hose reel is created by connecting a stop member to the conventional handle with a pair of br... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299768 | Mixing bowl support apparatus A cage member arranged for supporting a mixing bowl is utilized in automatic mixing machines and includes an annular band having a base plate positioned below the annular band in a coaxially aligned relationship, with a plurality of support bands extendin... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299769 | Adjustable mounting assembly An adjustable mounting assembly for mounting a bird bath bowl or other object to a wide variety of base types, shapes and sizes. The adjustable bracket assembly includes components that can be assembled to one another so as to create a variety of embodime... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299770 | Safety shield usable at multiple work stations A face-protective safety shield supported on arms held to a base including an angularly positionable transparent panel to be disposed in a parallel plane to a worker for use at multiple work stations including work stations that are not disposed directly ... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299771 | Vertical seat position adjuster A mechanism used to control the vertical height as well as fore-aft position of a vehicle seat while presenting a minimum height profile when adjusted to minimum vertical elevation. The seat is connected to a pair of rails, one stationary and one reciproc... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299772 | Multifunctional tools for artists A swing clamp detachably clamped onto the frame of a vertical artist's canvas structure. A hand bridge releasably mounted on the clamp, and movable relative to the art surface, for resting the hand thereon, and also for detachably holding a pallet. The ha... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299773 | Mounting assembly for a pole The invention relates to a mounting assembly for a pole, such as a pole light conventionally carried by a stern of boat hulls. The mounting assembly provides for the use of a ratchet mechanism having a pair of cooperating members, with the pole being secu... | 04/05/1994 |