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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5307521 | Protective device A protective device for a body part is formed of a pliable material and adaptable to conform to the body part to be protected. The device comprises a substantially planar member having an enlarged central portion with a depending lobe, and is adaptable to... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307522 | Snowboarding sock A cushioning pad of heavy fabric thickness (P-2), including double terry loops (T-1 and T-2), is formed in the high pad area (12) at the medial portion of the rear of the leg (L) to provide cushioning characteristics in this area to protect the rear of th... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307523 | Protective eyewear An eye protection device comprising two eye cups joined by a bridge with the eye cups being mirror images of each other, each of the eye cups being generally oblong as viewed from the front with longer tops and bottoms and shorter inner and outer sides, e... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307524 | Automatic toilet seat device An automatic toilet seat device which will cause a toilet seat to be either raised or lowered at the push of a single button and further, will automatically lower the toilet seat after the flush action of the toilet. A first switch associated with the dev... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307525 | Bathroom odor eliminator As an improvement for eliminating lingering bathroom odor, a few drops of an appropriate fluid mixture such as a chlorinated hydrocarbon containing a small amount of a volatile fragrant fluid is added to water in a toilet bowl prior to the use of the toil... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307526 | Hammock style campers' toilet seat A hammock style campers' toilet seat for suspension between trees. The toilet seat includes a web of support straps for lending longitudinal and lateral strength to the seat, and a resilient stiffener ring running about the toilet opening for lending stif... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307527 | Pool chair Disclosed is a pool chair 10 adapted to be partially submerged in water in a swimming pool 11. It includes a frame 12 having a seat 72 and an upper cross member 22 adapted to rest along the perimeter 11a of the pool 11 to hold the pool chair 10 upright in... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307528 | Handle A handle for sanitary facilities such as toilet stalls for handicapped persons includes a middle portion with an elongated axis and two end portions which are bent at oblique angles from the axis. Each end portion is received in a projecting portion of a ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307529 | Massage bubble generating inflatable article An inflatable article for a person to rest thereupon and which is capable of generating massage bubbles for the person when the inflatable article is immersed in water. The inflatable article is composed of at least three layers of PVC sheets which includ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307530 | Shampoo box for shower enclosure A shampoo box for holding toiletries within a shower enclosure has a watertight one-piece body which is disposed within a frame attached to the interior of a shower wall. The frame is formed to substantially surround the body such that it snugly receives ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307531 | Rocking cradle aided by magnets A rocking cradle is provided which allows for a hanging cradle contained within a supporting frame to be aided in its cyclical transverse displacement by magnetic attraction and repelling forces. Central magnets are mounted on the hanging cradle and are a... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307532 | Composite pillow A pillow of composite construction comprises a first mass of resilient material for conforming to the head and neck region of a human body resting thereon and providing a comfortable support thereto, and an underlying mass of resilient material having a g... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307533 | Modular bridges A bridge module for a modular bridge comprises a central deck structure (10), to the lateral edges of which are pivoted first and second main girder structures (12,14). These main girder structures can be pivoted from a use position, in which they define ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307534 | Portable rotary copper pipe cleaner A multi-purpose rotary pipe or tubing cleaner especially adapted for cleaning copper pipe and fittings for sweat soldering joints having rotary internal and external brushes and an internal reamer.... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307535 | Cleaning apparatus for optical and magneto-optical disks A cleaning apparatus for optical or magneto-optical storage disks includes a first rectangular part having four lateral edges and a raised interior, the interior having at least three troughs for holding utensils for cleaning the optical or magneto-optica... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307536 | Windshield wiper arm The invention proposes a windshield wiper arm of the kind comprising a wiping strip (12) for the glass and a structure acting as a wiping strip support, which is connected to the free end of a driving arm and which comprises a profiled member (10) in a si... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307537 | Converter for a vacuum cleaner nozzle The present invention teaches a converter whereby a power driven agitator brush type vacuum cleaner such as a hand held cleaner, may be converted for use with an extended vacuum hose and associated suction tools. The converter incorporates a tool caddy ha... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307538 | Carpet cleaning machine for particulate removal The improved carpet cleaning machine, intended for use with "dry" carpet cleaning systems using dampened granules or particles, can be used in either of two modes. One involves carpet "brushing" for dirt removal by urging particles into the carpet and alo... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307539 | Adjustable casement hinge A connection for adjustably holding two window hardware members in pivotally connected relationship, including a first hardware member with a first cylindrical opening, a second hardware member with a second cylindrical opening, and a stud. The stud has a... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307540 | Wool card A wool card includes a rotatable Morel roller and first and second burr beaters rotatable relative to the Morel roller and relative to each other and spaced apart about the periphery of the Morel roller. The wool to be carded moves in one direction about ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307541 | Clamping device The present invention relates to a clamping device for semipermanently fixing a part, such as a fluid conveying hose, dustproof bellows, axial boot or the like, on the circumferential surface of an desired mating device. According to this invention, even ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307542 | Buckle for adjustably securing a belt or the like A buckle has a pair of side flange portions interconnected in spaced relation by a plurality of transverse bars. A first anchoring bar and a second anchoring bar are held in spaced partially superimposed relation to each other to define therebetween a sub... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307543 | Clip for attaching thermostats to pipes A one-piece clip for attaching thermostats to pipes has a peripheral wall that is circumferentially interrupted to define adjacent end portions that are reversely bent into cooperative hooks. The clip has a top portion attachable to a thermostat and an op... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307544 | Seat belt buckle guard A seat belt buckle guard comprises a one-piece, molded plastic, box-like enclosure having one open end and an opposite end wall with a slot. The seat belt buckle fits through the open end into the enclosure with its latch plate receiving slot aligned with... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307545 | Corrugated cardboard coffin A corrugated cardboard coffin for use in cremation funeral services, comprising a body receiving portion and a lid which is telescopically mounted thereon. Two embodiments of the lid are presented, one of them being of a unitary construction and the other... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307546 | Apparatus for feeding a fiber batt to a needle loom Apparatus for feeding a fiber batt to a needle loom, in which a gusset gap is filled between the reversing roller of an upper pre-compression conveyor band and an upper supply roller by means of a slim transmission roller, which is suspended at its length... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307547 | Process and device for hydrodynamic drawing of a polymer thread Threads consisting of one or more filaments are drawn by being pulled through a braking fluid. Threads consisting of a plurality of filaments are formed into a ribbon for the drawing process. Inside the drawing bath, the thread is heated to a temperature ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307548 | A method of forming tapered channels for scissors jack A method of forming a tapered channel for a jack which uses less material comprising forming curved openings in the center portion of the channel and then stretching the middle portion of the channel so that it is tapered to produce a tapered channel.... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307549 | Apparatus and method for synchronized control of machine tools A machine tool for performing drilling operations at a high speed on a rotating workpiece and for subsequently performing threading operations while minimizing loss time due to speed changes, based upon synchronization of the workpiece with tools that sep... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307550 | Apparatus for repairing lower units Worn screw threads in the lower unit of a motorboat are repaired by cutting off the trailing end of a housing that is formed integral with the lower unit. The cut off part has the worn screw threads formed in it. A replacement part having pre-formed screw... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307551 | Method of installing a filter belt on a filter housing mounted roller A method of installing a filter belt onto each of a pair of wind up rollers disposed on either side of a filter housing is disclosed. The filter belt is detachably secured at either end to a respective roller by a sewn in flexible element received in an u... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307552 | Method of making a zipper for reclosable thermoplastic bag Disclosed is a zipper for a reclosable thermoplastic bag having opposing rib and groove profiles wherein at least one of the opposing zipper profiles has an longitudinally extending part interlockable and substantially free of interdigitation with the opp... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307553 | Crimping tool A crimping tool resembling tongs is disclosed, with an anvil in which, by means of the swing of a handle, a component can be supplied, via a feed device, to the anvil and in the latter is capable of being crimped with the cable end, where the swing motion... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307554 | Pallet dismantling machine and cutter head assembly therefor A cutter head assembly for dismantling pallets includes a cross member pivotally supported on a machine. The cross member supports one or more cutter heads thereon in forwardly projecting operational position which is freely slidable in a lateral directio... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307555 | Part pitch independent electrical component feeder An apparatus for forming the leads of electrical components such as five-leaded TO-220 packages is provided. Taped components are supplied from a reel to a sensor which detects the presence of an electrical component contained on the tape, and stops advan... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307556 | Method of manufacturing a micro-strip antenna A method of manufacturing a micro-strip antenna in which when a radiating conductor is installed on one side of a dielectric which has a grounding conductor on another side. A projection is installed at an edge portion of the radiating conductor and cut a... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307557 | Method of manufacturing a chip inductor with ceramic enclosure A chip inductor is provided and a ceramic enclosure is formed with a central bore therein by means of known powder metallurgy techniques. The ceramic powders are bonded with a suitable bonder, such as polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), to form particles of a suitab... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307558 | Parts mounting apparatus In a parts mounting apparatus, suction nozzles are mounted on a rotating carrier driven by a motor. With rotation of the rotating carrier, parts are sucked by the nozzles at a feed station and carried to a mounting station where the parts such as electron... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307559 | Method of providing a capacitor within a semiconductor device package A capacitor is disposed within a semiconductor device assembly atop a plastic layer pad, beneath which passes a pair of leads connected to a semiconductor device. The capacitor is connected to the pair of leads, such as by soldering, spot welding or condu... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5307560 | Automated test pin loading method There is disclosed a method, and apparatus useful in the method, for the automated loading of probes in a probe head intended for use in automated testing of printed circuit boards. The invention automatically places probes in a probe head at on-grid and ... | 05/03/1994 |
