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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5363508 | Finger and palm guard A finger and palm guard for barbers and cosmetologists may be made up of a pair of tubular members or rings that accommodate the middle and index fingers of the user's hand. Attached to and extending from each of these members is a projection that extends... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363509 | Pinch resistant child's toilet seat insert A pinch resistant toilet seat insert is provided for use in combination with conventional toilet seats to restrict the dimension of the opening thereof to facilitate safe and effective use by children. A seat insert body forms an outer peripheral recess a... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363510 | Pressure relief vent for a waste holding tank A vent for a removable toilet holding tank includes a valve member that is in communication with both the holding tank interior and the ambient atmosphere and is moved off its valve seat when the pressure within the holding tank exceeds the ambient pressu... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363511 | Panties and a method of fabricating the same A panties is described which includes a shell-form body having a back panel and a generally "T" shaped front panel. The back panel is adapted to substantially cover a ladies buttocks and has a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side. The generally "... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363512 | Protective goggle and lens with adjustable ventilation A ventilation adjustment assembly is provided for a goggle having a ventilated lens mounted in a frame. In one embodiment, the lens has one or more ventilation apertures forming a linear or curved path. An elongated shutter housing is formed by a base hav... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363513 | Pressurized flushing toilet A pressurizable flushing toilet includes a pressurizable water container having a movable stopper closing a water discharge outlet in the container. A controller energizes a solenoid to move the stopper between an outlet closing position and an outlet ope... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363514 | Portable bedpan A portable bedpan operated by pump comprising a body including a water box, a remnant box, two filth boxes, and a vacuum pump, a pan engagable with the body, a pushing cylinder located in the body for pushing the bedpan and the front end of cylinder being... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363516 | Toilet training device for children A toilet training device for children comprising a receptacle for receiving urine from a child, thermally actuated latent image element positioned in the receptacle, the receptacle having an open top for viewing the thermally actuated latent image element... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363517 | Protective covers for P-shaped traps and for water supply valves Protective covers for an exposed horizontally disposed P-shaped sink trap and for an exposed water supply valve for protecting a wheelchair bound person from burning when using the sink. Select embodiments of the P-shaped trap protective covers can be adj... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363518 | Popup drain stopper A plunger assembly 42, which functions as a popup drain stopper, includes a one-piece plastic body 44 formed with a head 50 at an upper end thereof. A connector 48 is formed at a lower end of body 44. A dome-shaped decorative cap 52 is removably assembled... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363519 | Drain valve assembly Disclosed herein is a drain valve for a bathtub or other gravity drained container. When energized with an electrical pulse, a solenoid mounted directly below the drain elbow drives the poppet upward, which unseals the outlet drain. A permanent magnet lat... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363520 | Space-saving bed A free-standing, self-supporting bed has a movable platform supported by a stationary frame. The platform may be elevated vertically to a stored position higher than head height when the bed is not in use. Counterweights allow the platform to be elevated ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363521 | Collapsible playpen A collapsible playpen having a pair of spaced apart articulated end frames, wherein the end frames are separated by articulated upper and lower rails. The end frames and rails are constructed so that the playpen is collapsed by folding the lower rails to ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363522 | Spring assembly and perimeter support spring therefor A perimeter support spring for use in a mattress or furniture spring assembly having an array of coil springs connected with spaced parallel border wires along the perimeter of the spring array is connected between the border wires to provide supplementar... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363523 | Surgical pillow with removable weight A post-operative pillow includes a weight and means to removably secure the weight to the pillow, the function of the weight being to assist in the application of pressure to a localized area of the patient's body, for example to the chest area following ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363524 | Multi-adjustment cervical pillow A pillow adjustable to maximize comfortable support of the cervical area of the neck and head includes a cover comprising upper and lower fabric cover panels forming therebetween an interior space filled with a flowable filler material such as buckwheat h... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363525 | Ceiling wire tool An apparatus (26) for attaching a screw-type fastener (64) and wire (70) to an overhead support structure (72) for hanging suspended ceilings is disclosed. The apparatus (26), which is coupled to an extension pole (74) and driven by a source of rotary pow... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363526 | Last for use in making cycling shoes, last and cycling shoe sole, and a method for making shoes using a last A last for use in making cycling shoes includes a sole supporting surface opposed to a shoe sole. The shoe sole defines a mounting bore for attaching a cleat or a shoe plate. The sole supporting surface includes position setting projections for engaging t... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363527 | Spanning beam structure for clearing breaches by vehicles A spanning beam structure for clearing breaches by vehicles, having a locking member including at least one pair of locking shafts made fast to a raisable access jib and to a central box, respectively, of the spanning beam while extending longitudinally o... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363528 | Window washing tool A window washing tool includes a sponge-like applicator for applying water and cleaning fluid to a window and a resilient squeegee blade in a head portion of the tool. An elongate handle is attached to the head. A rear bar of a pair of hinged blade wiping... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363529 | Dental brush A dental brush comprises two intertwisted wire sections between which fibers for cleaning the teeth and tooth gaps are arrested by the twisting. To achieve an increased retaining force acting on the fibers, it is provided in such a dental brush that at le... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363530 | Pipe joint cleaner A pipe joint cleaner device primarily for plastic pipes which after being cut are to be joined together comprising an open tapered cone member having a plurality of sharp raised projections on both the exterior face of such cone and on the interior face t... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363531 | Windscreen wiper arm, particularly for a high-speed vehicle The arm (1) is intended to be mounted, at one end, on a drive shaft (6a) capable of imparting to it an alternating rotational movement, the said arm being equipped, at its end (16) remote from the drive shaft, with a windscreen wiper blade (21) and being ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363532 | Apparatus for clamping eyeglasses A method and apparatus for cleaning eyeglasses is disclosed in which a holding device is provided with a clamp mechanism for mounting eyeglasses in the holding device in a manner which provides clear access to the lens surfaces of the eyeglasses. A cleani... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363533 | Surface sweeping machine with over-the-cab hopper dumping A road sweeper which includes a hopper between a cab and a centrifugal separator, a pair of relatively telescopically extendable and retractable members, one member of each pair being pivoted to a frame of the vehicle and another member of each pair being... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363534 | Vacuum cleaner and suction tube for use with a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is provided which comprises a housing (100) provided with an electric motor (110) and with an electronic circuit (120) for controlling the electric motor (110), which housing (100) is constructed for the connection of a suction tube (200)... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363535 | Carpet cleaning machine with convertible-use feature An improved carpet cleaning machine convertible for brush-aided cleaning or vacuuming includes a pair of powered brushes counter-revolving for stroking solvent-dampened carpet cleaning particles through the carpet and along carpet fibers during initial cl... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363536 | Closing band A closing band used for closing bags, sacks or for bundling lines, contains on one end of an elongated, flexible band (1), a holding head (2) with a fixing device for the band. In the vicinity of the facing end the band has a gripping member (3). The band... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363537 | Vehicle window weather seal retaining clip A retaining clip for securing a weather sealing strip to the perimeter of a window opening of an automotive vehicle includes a substantially planar vertical centered portion; an integral downwardly depending, substantially planar arm connected to one side... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363538 | Cord clasp A cord clasp is disclosed for holding together several loops or folds of an appliance cord in order to keep the cord tidy. The clasp includes two complementary facing jaw members, each having a cord surrounding portion and a handle portion separated by a ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363539 | Flexible tube clip A tube clip for mounting a plurality of tubular elements thereto includes a base member having a plurality of channels on one side thereof, each channel being substantially parallel to each other and open on a top surface thereof for receiving a tubular e... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363540 | Process and apparatus for controlling the gap width of a reclosable closure profile for a thermoplastic container A process and apparatus for forming a reclosable closure profile, wherein the configuration of the closure profile is mechanically altered for controlling the width of the gap in a groove member by passing the closure profile, while still hot enough to be... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363541 | Method for repairing a transport pipe This describes a method and apparatus for repairing a plastic transport pipe with a defective section while the pipe is under pressure. A pressure vessel encloses the defection section and seals with the pipe. The defective section is cut in two and the d... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363542 | Method of assembly for inflatable packer The strength of slats attached to an inflatable packer assembly by welding is increased by forming the slats of an age-hardening materials, welding the slats to the inflatable packer assembly in an annealed condition followed by age-hardening of the welde... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363543 | Method of aligning two bushings in a bore Two bushings are aligned coaxially with a bore in a part in preparation for installation concentrically in the two ends of the bore with an interference fit, using an elongated mandrel which is maintained coaxially on the bore centerline by a guide insert... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363544 | Multi-stage dual wall hydroforming A method of forming a dual tube conduit having a predetermined outer tube dimension, a predetermined inner tube dimension, and a predetermined gap between the tubes. A dual tube workpiece may be initially bent in one or more zones to a desired nonlinear c... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363545 | Method of producing a coupling for oil country tubular goods Producing a coupling for oil country tubular goods having a metal seal and a screw thread tapered toward its end. A plain pipe is cut to a predetermined length and hot-forged with longitudinal compression to form a predetermined thickened shape of its ins... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363546 | Apparatus for making armatures for electrodynamic machines An operator sequentially inserts into an automated system for making armatures for electrodynamic machines loaded magazines containing a required number of hairpin conductors for an armature to be made, an armature core comprising a plurality of substanti... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363547 | Method for attaching rotors to crankshafts An internal induction coil is used to heat the rotor of an ECM. This provides a localized heating and dilation of the bore of the rotor prior to the heating of the outer surface of the rotor. The crankshaft is located in the heated bore and acts as a heat... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5363548 | Sheet-wound coils A procedure when joining the tail ends of sheet-wound coils stacked one on top of the other around an inductive apparatus core with a certain axial space between them, the joint being effected using a thin leader strip which is connected to adjacent parts... | 11/15/1994 |
