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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5305470 | Sports band A sports band for absorbing perspiration and for cooling the wearer is comprised of a band of elastic absorbent material, generally toroidal in shape, and is configured to be worn upon a person's head or wrist. The sports band has a slit formed upon its i... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305471 | Insulated cooling vest A cooling vest having opposed front and back panels to substantially cover a user's torso. At least one pocket (but preferably a plurality of such pockets) is provided on at least one of the panels and preferably both. The pocket has an opening to receive... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305472 | Ventilation unit for a toilet A toilet ventilation unit including a vacuum motor mounted in the wall voids surrounding the toilet that is connected to the back of the tank and utilizes the water passageway of a conventional toilet to draw odors and aromas from the toilet. A vacuum shu... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305473 | Urinal having a smell release function A urinal having a smell release function, comprising: a bowl unit including a drain trap provided at the bottom thereof; a urinal shell unit for surrounding the bowl unit with an air space being interposed between the bowl unit and the shell unit itself; ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305474 | Stoppable flushing mechanism with assured minimal flow Stoppable flushing mechanism having an assured minimum flow of water is provided with an evacuation orifice having a sealing edge adapted to be positioned in a base of a flushing tank, and a substantially axially movable valve capable of being applied to ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305475 | Pump operated plumbing fixture A toilet has a pump to deliver selected quantities of water from a reservoir to a toilet bowl so as to effect a water savings. In one aspect, both the motor and pump are positioned in the reservoir to deliver water to both the rim and bowl portions. In an... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305476 | Shower bathing device A shower bathing device comprising a passage through which hot water is passed, a chamber filled with a medical solution to supply the medical solution into the passage, a stream pump for mixing the medical solution in the chamber with hot water passing t... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305477 | Shower curtain brace A shower curtain brace is provided for securing a lower portion of the shower curtain away from the shower stream when the shower curtain is extended across the shower entrance. The brace includes a bar with two ends perpendicularly oriented to a longer m... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305478 | Ecology sink A waste storage and removal assembly for use with a waste chute under a sink wherein a carrier for a waste container is pivoted from positions outside and under the sink as well as raised and lowered in conjunction with a sealing member of the waste chute... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305479 | Sofa sleeper having sinuous spring reinforced shoulder area A sofa sleeper comprises a stationary wooden sofa frame and a foldable sofa bed assembly mounted to the frame which is adapted to move between a fully folded or retracted position within the frame to provide a seat when used as a sofa and an extended unfo... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305480 | Bed spread saver The invention is a pull-out bed attachment apparatus for supporting a bed spread or similar articles. e.g. luggage at night. The attachment comprises a flat, stationary base board abutting the end of the bed, usually a mattress and box spring. The base bo... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305481 | Mobile salon station A mobile salon station comprises a cart having two generally upright frame members which are vertically adjustable. The cart further has wheels and feet and two horizontal shelves. Two supporting rods are mounted on the frame members and support a basin h... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305482 | Lifting device A lifting device for turnable parts of a furniture article has a scissors-type element, an electric motor actuating the scissors-type element and having a driven member formed as a rotatable nut, and a stationary threaded spindle on which the electric mot... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305483 | Infant body support and providing air flow for breathing The present invention solves a possible contributing cause of Sudden Infant Death syndrome. A body support pad having a support portion and a pillow portion is disclosed. The support portion is connected to the pillow portion. The pillow portion provides ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305484 | Clothes steaming and drying cabinet A clothes steaming and drying cabinet comprising a housing defining an interior region for the clothes. Hangers and a bar are provided for suspending jackets and trousers respectively. Weighted bars tension the clothes during steaming. A sub housing house... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305485 | Cloth detection system for an automatic washer An automatic washing machine having an automatic liquid level control system including an ultrasonic transmitting and receiving arrangement. The automatic washer includes a vertical axis tub disposed within a cabinet and further having a rotatable perfora... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305486 | Vehicle passenger boarding system A ramp stowable beneath the floor of a vehicle is normally power driven between retracted and extended positions. The drive, or propelling, mechanism for the ramp provides for the ramp to be manually disconnected from the propelling mechanism for manual e... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305487 | Spherical rod end with flexible conduit A spherical rod end with a flexible fluid conduit is disclosed. The spherical rod end includes a housing having an outer region and a spherical inner race surface, with a fluid passageway extending between the outer region and the inner race surface. A sp... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305489 | Ergonomic topographic toothbrush A toothbrush having a handle rotated by forty five degrees with respect to its detachable and replaceable bristle head, whose bristles form a contoured brushing surface having three to four alternating rounded peaks and valleys, and which has a raised hel... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305492 | Brush element for an acoustic toothbrush The brush element (10) includes a base (14), the base (14) including a connecting portion (18) at one end (16) thereof, which is capable of receiving the lever arm (15) of a vibrating toothbrush. Successive lateral rows of spaced bristles (19-27) are anch... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305493 | Pneumatic device for cleaning air filters Pneumatic device for cleaning air filters, and industrial filters in general, particularly filters mounted on endothermic engines such as motor vehicle engines, comprising a casing 1, provided with a water tight door 1b; the casing 1 communicates with a c... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305494 | Airbrush vacuum system An airbrush vacuum system for removing paint particulate from the air that results from an airbrush painting operation. The airbrush paint vacuum system includes a vacuum chamber designed to fit interiorally of the garment being painted. A vacuum source i... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305495 | Pest trap for vacuum device An apparatus for collecting insects or small objects combines a vacuum cleaner and a disposable trap made of paper and mounted in the intake orifice of the vacuum cleaner hose. a frusto-conical funnel is wedged into the mouth of the trap to secure it and ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305496 | Shock and vibration isolating caster A caster has two spaced apart wheels with an elastomeric torsional shock and vibration isolating suspension between them. The wheel axis is spaced longitudinally from a bearing axis to subject elastomeric disks positioned between the wheels to torsional s... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305497 | Method to separate polypropylene in the processing of silk and device to separate polypropylene which employs such method Method to separate polypropylene in the processing of silk schappe, whereby a lap (14) of silk fibers which are partly combed or are at least made sufficiently parallel undergoes an action of heating between 110° C. and 160° C. together with a simultane... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305498 | Arrangement for cleaning a pressure roller of a drafting unit In the case of an arrangement for the cleaning of the circumferential surface of a delivery roller pair of a drafting unit of a spinning machine, devices are provided for the reinforcing of the cleaning effect while the drafting unit starts up again after... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305499 | Hose clamp An open clamp structure capable of withstanding very high tightening forces, with a clamping band whose overlapping inner and outer band portions are mechanically locked by a mechanical interconnection including outwardly extending hooks near the free end... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305500 | Bag clip A bag clip comprising first and second elongate jaw portions defining front and back ends and inner and outer surfaces. Extending between and interconnecting the first and second jaw portions intermediate the front and back ends thereof is a first spring ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305501 | Spring clip A spring clip is arranged to include confronting first and second clamp plates biased together by a spring member mounted between first and second actuator plates, with the actuator plates biased towards one another by the spring member. The first and sec... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305502 | Clamp The invention relates to a clamp comprising a first C-shaped jaw having first and second limbs and an interconnecting bight portion. A second jaw is mounted pivotably to the second limb, and a releasable ratchet-and-pawl arrangement is provided for lockin... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305503 | Buckle for watch bands A buckle has a cover rotatably connected to an end of one of bands, a middle plate rotatably connected to the cover, and a bottom plate rotatably connected to the middle plate and rotatably connected to the other band. A guide housing is secured to an und... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305504 | Method and apparatus for forming a scrim with yarns oriented in the bias direction A method and apparatus for forming a scrim with fibers oriented in the bias direction comprising of at least two belts and at least one plate which forms a three dimensional mandrel over which the bias scrim is formed. The plate is shaped so that any cros... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305505 | Process of making a multi-section bomb casing A process for making multi-section bomb casings of high strength alloy steel at a reasonable production rate that have the strength and fracture properties of single-piece casings, with the sections being joined using friction welding techniques.... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305506 | Formation of an element for an article of jewellery The invention relates to the formation of an element, called an "illusion", for an article of jewelry, including a method for forming an illusion, and a device for forming an illusion. First and second substantially parallel grooves are formed in an opera... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305507 | Method for encapsulating a ceramic device for embedding in composite structures A piezoelectric actuator/sensor package and corresponding method for its fabrication, and a method of embedding a ceramic actuator/sensor in a laminated structural member, such as a graphite-epoxy laminate. A ceramic actuator/sensor, with lead wires first... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305508 | Cable-bundling equipment for cable-processing machines Cable-bundling equipment for cable-processing machines, wherein, a first cable slack can be finally bundled and withdrawn already properly oriented, while the bundling operation for a second cable slack continues to proceed and is not interrupted when a f... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305509 | Non-contact rotation waterproof and dustproof method and machine using the same A non-contact rotation waterproof and dustproof method and a machine tool using the same. A viscous fluid is continuously or intermittently supplied to a labyrinth clearance formed between a rotating body and a fixed body from a fluid supply device so as ... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305510 | Hydraulic assembly tool with improved load bearing arrangement for tube fittings A hydraulic assembly tool (70) includes a fixed jaw (76) and a movable jaw (78). The movable jaw (78) includes load bearing surfaces (86,118) which provide for even wear and counter torsional forces in order to increase the useful life of the tool (70).... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305511 | Hand tool for applying a motion stop ferrule to a safety cable A hand tool for applying a ferrule to a safety cable is disclosed having a ferrule positioning device to position the ferrule while a safety cable is placed through the ferrule and through the tool, a mechanism for applying a tension to the cable and a me... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5305512 | Method of making a specialty-truck conversion van A method of producing a truck-like conversion van starts with a conventional, cargo van, and vertically cuts the conventional van only partially along a vertical section of the main frame of the vehicle, just rearwardly of the side doors of the van. There... | 04/26/1994 |
