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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5386955 | Control of fluid flow To modify a turbulent boundary layer flow over a surface to reduce its drag, a series of streamwise riblet projections is provided on the surface arranged in a pattern consisting of spaced larger height projections between which are a plurality of smaller... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386956 | Adjustable wrist support for use with office machines having a keyboard A wrist support device (10) that is positioned in front of a computer keyboard, typewriter or the like to support a typist's hands at the keyboard, is described. The wrist support device comprises a pair of blocks (12, 14) having similar rectangular shape... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386957 | Hand gliding support A hand support positions the hand of a user over a computer keyboard for digital actuation of the keys comprising the keyboard. A hand rest is supported by gliders for parallel and perpendicular movement relative to the keyboard and is at an elevation for... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386958 | Feeding tube support apparatus A feeding tube support includes a base plate having a pedestal, with the pedestal having a support leg pivotally mounted to the pedestal, the pedestal and support leg further including a further support leg pivotally mounted to an uppermost end of the sup... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386959 | Box support An electrical box support assembly for stud wall construction includes two channel shape struts with one being confined by and telescoping in the other. Both have a longitudinally extending V-shape groove opening toward the box or boxes to be supported th... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386960 | Temporary holder for license tags and other plates A holder for temporary and secure attachment of license tags (2) and personalized plates (12) to a vehicle, particularly an automobile (1), a window or other surface using one or more suction cups (7 or 9a and 9b) with a holding wire (5) attached through ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386961 | Multi-directional mounting unit for mounting a bicycle lock on a tubular frame A multi-directional mounting unit is used to mount a bicycle lock on a tubular frame. The mounting unit includes a tubular mounting part that is to be secured tightly on the tubular frame, and a separate tubular retaining part that confines a receiving sp... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386962 | Shock and vibration absorbing mounts A mount for a compressor or the like which sits on a base includes a top surface which is securable to the base. The top surface defines a well having a floor. An opening is formed in the bottom of the floor and a shaft extends from beneath the well floor... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386963 | Form liner A form liner, for use in forming a wall having a natural stone wall contour from hardenable construction material, includes a first non-linear mating edge and a lateral relief mode face. The lateral relief mode face includes a plurality of interlocking co... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386964 | Desk pad comprising a fibrous backing and a substantially smooth facing A desk pad comprising a fibrous backing and a substantially smooth facing, the backing and facing being bonded to one another peripherally and also at some short distance inwardly from the peripheral bond, thereby to form a central zone having a pocket an... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386965 | High pressure flow valve with pressure assist valve seal A high pressure valve having a gland with a pressure assist chamber therein, a body with an inlet and an outlet and a seat between the inlet and outlet. A piston in the pressure assist chamber. The stem having a lateral tip having a soft stem tip is conce... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386966 | Rotary slide valve for metallurgical vessels A rotary slide valve for controlling the flow of molten material from a discharge opening of a holding vessel into an inlet of a rotatable casting mold has three valve plates which are in face-to-face contact. A first valve plate at the inflow side of the... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386967 | Ball valve coupling A coupling for use in a rotary Ball valve having a spherical ball with a passageway therethrough controlling the flow of fluid through the valve. The coupling is particularly suited for use with non-metallic, for example, ceramic, spherical balls which ar... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386968 | Aircraft wing de-icers with improved holdover times De-icing compositions, such as used on aircraft wing surfaces, are found to not need thickeners to obtain acceptable holdover times. The compositions are based on an alkylene glycol component (such as propylene glycol, diethylene glycol and mixtures there... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386969 | Plastic load rest for a jack An integral plastic load rest for a pantograph jack having a laterally extending channel to engage a vehicle and a reinforced seat centrally positioned under the channel to transfer vehicle load to the jack while allowing clearance for the jack teeth.... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386970 | Portable winch power drive A power handle for rotating the capstan of a manual winch about its axis is disclosed. The handle includes a housing, a motor, a star stub for removably securing the handle to the capstan and rotating the capstan relative to the housing, a gear reduction ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386971 | Plastic pellet delivery system and method of use A plastic pellet delivery system including an extruder nozzle having an orifice and an arcuate surface adjacent the orifice and rigid cutting knife which is eccentrically mounted on a shaft that is positioned and is rotated adjacent the orifice to move th... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386972 | Spring arrangement for a wheelchair A spring element (7) acting in the vertical direction on the rear wheels (12) of a wheelchair is connected on the one hand via a supporting tube (3) to the frame (1) of the wheelchair and on the other hand via a supporting tube (5) for the wheel axle bear... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386973 | Elastomeric bearing An elastomeric bearing, such as a hydraulically damping bearing for motor vehicles can have at least two fastening parts which are connected to one another by means of an elastomer spring. Such a bearing can also have a vertically acting hydraulic damping... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386974 | Apparatus for treating gases and particulate solids in a fluid bed A method for treating gases and solids in a fluid bed, the fluid bed reactor substantially comprising, regarded downstream, a mixing chamber, a riser pipe and a cyclone with a solids return pipe to the mixing chamber, the gases being introduced into the m... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386975 | Gas die cylinders A gas cylinder for use in die systems for forming lightweight parts. In one form, the cylinder forms a self contained gas spring which is interchangeable with a coil spring that is constructed such that it is not adversely affected by the deleterious effe... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386976 | Hydraulically damped rubber engine mount An outer supporting body (2) surrounds an inner supporting body (1) at a radial distance therefrom, the bodies being supported on one another by a cushion (3) of rubber-elastic material which defines at least three chambers (4, 5, 6) filled with damping f... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386977 | Hydraulically damping engine mounting A hydraulically damping engine mount has two fluid-filled chambers and a connection passage located in a partition between the two chambers. The mount also has an additional flexible wall which encloses an intermediate space, which intermediate space can ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386978 | Cutting board A cutting board which is substantially rectangular in shape and made of a polymer material such as polyethylene. The cutting board includes a handle at one end, and an inner groove surrounding three of the edges and the handle on an upper portion of the c... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386979 | Rotary folding apparatus with a special cylinder arrangement for web-fed rotary printing presses Folding apparatus for signatures having a given format includes at least a first longitudinal folding device, a plurality of cylinders arranged in succession thereafter and followed by at least a second longitudinal folding device. Also included are a cyl... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386980 | Image forming apparatus and sheet inverter providing increased sheet beam strength A sheet inverter generally of the type having a chute for receiving a moving sheet fed in through an input nip and out through an output nip includes an edge engaging stop which is resilient or movable to push the sheet into the output nip. The chute is d... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386981 | Automatic paper processing method and cut-sheet feed rotary press having automatic paper processing apparatus A method and apparatus for processing printed paper in a cut-sheet feed rotary press comprising receiving printed sheets from a printing press on a receiving device at a paper discharge, one sheet at a time, and stacking such received sheets, one on the o... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386982 | Paper feeding apparatus A paper sheet feeding apparatus which includes a paper sheet separating device and a paper sheet tray, with the paper separating device further including a pick-up-roller, a feeding roller and a paper sheet separating roller. Significantly, a curl holding... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386983 | Sheet feeding apparatus with reduced generation of static electricity A sheet feeding apparatus having a sheet support for supporting sheets, a rotatable sheet supply roller for feeding out the sheets supported by the sheet support, a first biasing mechanism for biasing the sheet support to generate pressure between the she... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386984 | Separating device A separating device wherein two belts with different friction coefficients present respective straight portions facing each other and converging at a contact portion. The belts are fed with a number of mail items which are wedged in the V-shaped opening d... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386985 | Instant bingo game card Disclosed is an instant game card, preferably of the BINGO type, having a substrate onto which is printed a series of playing numbers. An unscratchable translucent varnish is applied onto the substrate and covers the playing numbers. A scratchable rub-off... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386986 | Baseball batting practice device A batting practice device includes a base which may be secured to a chain-link fence without the use of tools, an adjustable-length rigid arm fixed to the base and extending generally perpendicularly thereto, and a tethered free-swinging ball supported fr... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386987 | Two-in-one batting tee A new baseball practice tee and a method of assembling it, in which two different configurations can be employed to allow for various types of practice. The practice tee has a lower assembly that is common to both configurations. In this assembly, a metal... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386988 | Tennis practice device A tennis practicing device includes a foldable base frame assembly, a tube pivotally mounted on the base frame assembly, and a ball returning assembly mounted in the tube. The ball returning assembly includes a tubular member consisting of an upper elasto... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386989 | Elasticized ball game An elasticized ball game is provided in which a ball is attached to one end of a first elastic cord, the other end of which is attached to the ends of two further elastic cords, the free ends of the latter two cords being connected to two spaced-apart pos... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386990 | Golf course timing method and system Embodiments of a golf course timing method and system are shown and described. A countdown timer is carried by a golfer or flight of golfers to indicate the golfer's progress relative to an allotted maximum time for the total course and/or for each hole. ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386991 | Games rackets A games racket or the like of the type having a strung head frame connected to a shaft, grip or handle wherein the shaft has a longitudinal slit accessible for feeding a string or band (hereinafter string) loop for stringing across t he head frame to prov... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386992 | Police baton with ball bearing striking surface The invention relates to a police baton, or night stick containing multiple roller bearings imbedded in the shaft of the baton, such that they partially protrude from the surface of the shaft.... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386993 | Rotatable puzzle with octahedral base and connected tetrahedral members This invention provides a three-dimensional puzzle, rotatable about three orthogonal axes, the three orthogonal axes consisting of a vertical axis, a first horizontal axis, and a second horizontal axis, the three-dimensional puzzle comprising: a hollow sp... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386994 | Board game A star maze game, comprising marbles, a die, and a game board. The game board has four sides, three levels, and a continuous hole path near the periphery of the game board. There is a center star in the center of the board. The game board has four identic... | 02/07/1995 |
