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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5359812 | Finger guard A slidable door guard for temporarily bridging covering the opening between a door and a casing, with the door guard having a first engaging or male member and a second receiving or female member having a pocket therein to slidingly hold at least a portio... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359813 | Locking mechanism for contouring head assembly for multiple belt grinding machine A locking mechanism for the contouring head assembly of a belt grinding machine that employs multiple, parallel, abrasive grinding belts, and back-up shoes for pressing the belts against the surfaces on a workpiece to be ground. The locking mechanism secu... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359814 | System for grinding a workpiece A machine for regrinding components of a constant velocity universal joint is disclosed. The machine contains (1) a chuck mechanism and an adaptor for mounting a component in the chuck mechanism, (2) a grinding bit comprised of a grinding tip, an arbor, a... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359815 | Profile grinder A rail maintenance vehicle includes a slide frame along which a grinder may move while the vehicle remains stationary. The grinder may be moved automatically away from the rail as the grinder moves longitudinally along the rail away from the center of a w... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359816 | Buildings and methods of constructing buildings A building (1) or other walled structure has a foundation (6) formed of concrete or the like, a substantially rigid load bearing space frame (2) comprising a plurality of beams (4) and columns (3) secured to the foundation, and lightweight wall panels (5)... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359817 | Architectural moldings of rigid thermoset polymer based material Trim moldings such as crown molding, chair rail molding, base molding and door casing for a building. The trim moldings are made of substantially acrylic or polyester rigid thermoset polymer components. The trim moldings may be manufactured to realistical... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359818 | Hand tool and methods of constructing and utilizing same A hand tool for the use in sanding, polishing or finishing of articles of manufacture including wood, plastic and metal articles. A length of abrasive material, such as sandpaper or emery cloth, is secured to the tool with a portion of the length of abras... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359819 | Sound and vibration damping device based on tires The present invention relates to a sound and vibration damping device using unit structures comprised of tires, portions of tires or similar elements as far as the shape and absorbing characteristics of the material are concerned, characterized in that sa... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359820 | Space saver wall insert for appliances A wall insert to be affixed within an opening in a vertical wall providing a finished recess for accommodating washer and dryer appliance fittings within the wall dimensions permitting the appliances to be mounted close to the wall. The insert is preferab... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359821 | Support system for mobil and manufactured housing A bracing system, useable beneath the habitable structures of mobil homes and manufactured housing to render such structures secure from loss of support due to seismic events, includes a plurality of tubular braces which are connected to chassis beams of ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359823 | Gas lane barriers between modules of heat recovery steam generators A barrier for blocking a passage between adjacent modules of a heat recovery steam generator comprises at least one plate for extending between the modules. At least one bracket is mounted to the plate for engagement with each structure. The bracket has o... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359824 | Slotted bolt seat fastening device A fastening apparatus and method for securely connecting a platform structure to a support element. A non-circular aperture is formed by joining two adjacent holes in an apertured platform structure. A seat element is provided, having a flat portion surro... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359825 | Modular construction system A modular construction system includes a plurality of coupled construction modules, with each module having a number of generally upright wall panels interconnected to define an enclosed interior space of preferred dimension. Construction modules are arra... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359826 | Structural framing member and prefabricated panel structure A structural framing member having a base and two opposing side walls projecting from the base in a direction approximately perpendicular to the base. Each side wall has an intermediate flange which is approximately parallel to the base and which divides ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359827 | Hollow fence post attachment fixture The invention is a support and retainer fixture for hollow fence posts. Angle irons extending up from a bottom plate are oriented with their corners on the inside of the structure and their legs pointed outward. The top ends of the angle irons are cut at ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359828 | Post assembly A wood post assembly for supporting signs or mail boxes is constructed entirely of wood parts without metal fasteners and without adhesives. It includes a post, cross beam and beam support member. A mortise runs through the post and the cross beam has a t... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359829 | Fabrication and installation of steel reinforcement cages for pier foundations A method and apparatus for fabricating a drilled, concrete pier in the earth at a construction site is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing a template from which vertical reinforcement bars may be suspended and disposed in spatial alignm... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359830 | Clip-type article carrier packaging mechanism An article clip packaging machine for applying carton members to the article rims of preselected article groups. The machine has a conveyor with an infeed end for receiving preselected article groups. At least two carton member feeding structures are sync... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359831 | Molded suture retainer A molded suture retainer is provided for retaining and storing sutures. Both absorbable and nonabsorbable sutures fabricated from natural or synthetic materials can be advantageously retained and stored therein. The retainer is characterized by a wide spi... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359832 | Accumulator and collator for packaging apparatus A packaging machine including packaging apparatus to form a chain of connected packages, a cutting station to separate the packages having a controllable variable speed drive, an accumulator between the packaging apparatus and cutting station to accumulat... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359833 | Method of depositing extruded pieces of substances onto individual wrapping sheets and apparatus for carrying out the method A method of cutting pieces of an extruded substance and depositing the pieces on individual wrapping sheets which are being conveyed in the same direction and at the same velocity as the extruded substance is disclosed. The wrapping sheets are fed in an o... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359834 | Conveyor system with variable spacing between the carrier units A cartonizing machine wherein articles are arranged either individually or in groups in trays passing through a feeding station and to and through a loading station wherein the articles on the successive trays are pushed transversely into respective carto... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359835 | Underwater weed roller A weed remover for removing weeds and preventing the growth of new weeds on the bed of a body of water. The weed remover comprises a housing a motor, a drive chain, and a roller having a plurality of fins attached thereto. The motor drives the drive chain... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359836 | Agricultural harvester with closed loop header control A method and apparatus for controlling an agricultural harvester having a cut crop receiving header coupled to a hydraulic cylinder. The header applies a force against the ground that is adjusted by applying pressure to the cylinder. A first proportional ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359837 | Hydraulic elevating mechanism for structural assemblies on agricultural machines An hydraulic elevating mechanism for lifting and lowering an engineering structure which is sluingly supported around a rotational axis on a base unit, has two or more hydraulic lift cylinders pivoted to the base unit at one end and to the engineering str... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359838 | Apparatus for controlling the direction of a crop discharge spout on agricultural machinery with respect to an associated collector An apparatus for controlling the direction of a crop discharge spout on an agricultural machine with respect to an associated collector vehicle. The discharge spout has a stationary first section, a second section rotatable relative to the first section a... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359839 | Toothbar release for harvester header reel A mower conditioner header has a reel which includes a plurality of rotatably mounted toothbars each carrying teeth. The toothbars are controlled during rotation of the reel so that they rock to maintain the teeth at the desired attitude relative to the c... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359840 | Combination handrake, scoop, grasping tool and method of use A one hand operable grasping tool having extended and crossing tines, or raking members, that transform the tool into a small one hand operable rake when in a closed position.... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359841 | Spinning machine In the case of a spinning machine with spinning stations preferably arranged on both sides of the machine, depositing sites for several rows of cans containing the sliver to be spun are assigned to each side of the machine while leaving an aisle. In a roo... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359842 | Spinning or twisting shaft bearing assembly with vibration isolation connection arrangement A spinning or twisting bearing assembly for supporting a spinning or twisting shaft is disclosed. The bearing assembly includes a spindle shaft neck bearing having roller bodies engageable with the spindle shaft at a first axial location above a step bear... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359843 | Method and apparatus for supplying empty bobbins to and removing yarn packages from textile machines A method and an apparatus for doffing yarn packages from and supplying empty bobbins to a textile machine with a vertically movable bobbin rail with a bobbin bearing, a flyer inverted U-shaped revolving device and spindle with a spindle holding mechanism,... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359844 | Sliver can exchange apparatus with can transport carriage having a rotatable platform with three can supports An apparatus for transporting full sliver cans to the spinning stations of a textile spinning machine for can exchange operations thereat during which empty sliver cans are exchanged for full sliver cans. The apparatus includes a can transport carriage ha... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359845 | Process and apparatus for cooling a heated yarn Process allowing the cooling of a yarn (2) in motion at the exit from a heater (5) before it passes through a treatment member such as a false twist spindle (7), consisting in passing the yarn inside a tube (10) through which a current of cool air or othe... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359846 | Spinning apparatus of rotor type open-end spinning unit and rotor driving method Opened fibers are supplied into a rotor in high rotation, and a fiber bundle collected at a fiber-collecting section of the rotor is drawn as yarn from a yarn drawing passage provided on the open side of the rotor. A rotary assembly which is actively driv... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359847 | Dual fuel ultra-low NOX combustor An ultra-low NOx gas turbine combustor having a dual fuel capability. The combustor has a pre-mixing zone and a downstream combustion zone. The pre-mixing zone has three concentric annular passages that surround a central diffusion-type dual fuel nozzle. ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359848 | Device for operation of a gas turbine engine thrust reverser system A device is provided for hand operation of a gas turbine engine thrust reversing system. Torque is applied to an input element and transmitted to an output element by way of a torque limiting means arranged to substantially remove the torque from the outp... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359849 | Afterburner assembly for a gas turbine engine An afterburner assembly is disclosed in which the flameholder ring is for by plurality of flameholder ring segments, each segment being integrally formed with a generally radially extending arm. The flameholder ring segments extend beyond each opposite s... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359850 | Self venting carbon or graphite phenolic ablatives Self venting ablative carbon or graphite composite materials are prepared by interspersing low temperature degradable thread within the woven carbon or graphite cloth prior to impregnation with a phenolic or resin matrix. The degradable threads do not deg... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359851 | Variable geometry exhaust nozzle for a turbojet engine A variable geometry nozzle for a turbojet engine is disclosed wherein the adjustment of the cross-sectional area of the nozzle in a converging-diverging configuration is controlled by a single control system. The single control system varies the positions... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359852 | Air fuel ratio feedback control An air fuel ratio control system for an internal combustion engine having an electronic engine control module and an upstream and downstream exhaust gas oxygen sensor positioned in the engine exhaust gas stream. A first feedback loop includes the upstream... | 11/01/1994 |
