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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5402535 | Restraining inflatable neck guard The restraining inflatable neck guard is adapted to be located around a person's neck when deflated. A source of compressed gas is coupled to the neck guard for inflating the guard. A normally closed electrically actuated valve is provided for releasing t... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402536 | Forearm protector for medical, dental and other health care workers A forearm and skin protector worn over the hand and forearm to be used underneath standard rubber surgical gloves. The protector is a crushable, lightweight, semi-rigid material encompassing the palm and back of the hand and the forearm, and having openin... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402537 | Injection molded baseball glove A baseball or softball glove comprising a shell having a concave, frontal, ball-receiving surface and a rear surface to which a handpiece is attached. The handpiece may be removably or permanently attached and may comprise finger receiving loops formed on... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402538 | Size adjustable cap A size adjustable cap utilizing a new and improved size adjustment strap is disclosed. The size adjustable cap has an opening in the back of the cap between the cap and the size adjustment strap which extends across the opening. The size adjustment strap ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402539 | Firefighter's pants with floating back brace Firefighter's pants include a torso portion having an upwardly extending rear panel. A plurality of loops are permanently connected to the rear part of the torso portion. The loops slidably receive and support a conventional back brace. One of the straps ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402540 | Waterproof, breathable articles of apparel A footwear article and the method of making the same which will allow water vapor due to perspiration to transpire through the article but will prevent liquid water from external sources from reaching the wearer's foot. One form of the footwear article of... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402541 | Bathtub lifting apparatus The lift platform (16) of a lifting apparatus (10) can be raised and lowered by a hydraulically operated lifting device (12) . The back rest (18) can be swivelled backwards and forwards by a swivelling device (19). A multi-valve housing (20) is connected ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402542 | Fluidized patient support with improved temperature control A fluidized bed includes an air blower, a heater, an air/air heat exchanger with auxiliary fans, and an air/cold water heat exchanger. The fluidized bed includes a remotely disposed portable water chiller that provides the cold water for circulating in th... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402543 | Patient support apparatus including stabilizing mechanism A patient support apparatus such a surgical table or a stretcher is provided. The apparatus includes a top assembly for supporting a patient in a variety of selected positions. The top assembly is supported by first and second hydraulic column assemblies ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402544 | Combination chair and gurney A combined mobile chair and gurney (10) having an outer base support frame (12) and an inner movable frame (14). Outer support frame (12) has a pair of opposed vertical side frames (16) and a plurality of lower cross members (30) extending between the low... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402545 | Orthopedic seat cushion with upstanding projections An orthopedic seat cushion for permitting free circulation and protecting the user's coccyx comprising a unitary body formed of expanded polymeric foam and a skin enclosing said foam is disclosed.... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402546 | Access facilitating system for chair assisted passengers embarking or disembarking a small aircraft Access means for chair carried passengers embarking or disembarking an aircraft in which a pair of separate spaced-apart longitudinally extended pathways are disposed to traverse a stairway leading to the aircraft cabin, and the pathways each receive one ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402547 | Ballast broom A ballast broom machine for sweeping ballast off a track comprises an elongated machine frame supported on the track by undercarriages, and at least three ballast brooms vertically adjustably mounted on the machine frame, the ballast brooms being spaced f... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402548 | Duct cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus for cleaning the inside surfaces of HVAC ducts or the like is provided by the present invention. The apparatus broadly includes a rotatable cleaning head, a fluid driven drive means, and a variable length lightweight handle. The clean... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402549 | Ticket scraper A scraper for scraping a coating from a coupon, card, or ticket is disclosed which, in one aspect, has a scraping apparatus rotated by a motor mounted in a housing with a ticket holder into which a coated ticket, etc., is inserted. Rotation of the scrapin... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402550 | Arm extender An arm extender, in accordance with the present invention, comprises a pair of spaced curved extending members which are joined at one end by a connecting member. Further, a bracket for mounting a sponge is pivotably attached to the connecting member. A s... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402551 | Vacuum hose storage and access apparatus for a central vacuum cleaning system A vacuum hose storage and access apparatus for a central vacuum cleaning system is described, which includes a power unit. A 12 volt direct current retraction motor powered by the power unit is mounted on a base and has an output shaft. A gear reduction u... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402552 | Henge connector for pivotal glasses temple An improved hinge connector for pivotal glasses temples is equipped with a hinge mounted onto a glasses frame and a pivot connector having a deep hole disposed at the rear portion thereof; -shaped block in which part of the pivot connector is housed; a s... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402553 | Refrigerator door handle and method of attaching A refrigerator door handle and a method of attaching the handle to a door panel. A door handle retainer strip includes an elongated channel having a shoulder opposite a laterally extending longitudinal groove. After the retainer strip is screwed to the do... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402554 | Clamp structure with sawtooth-like locking arrangement A reusable clamp structure in which the clamping band is provided with a tongue-like extension at one end and with a fork-like end portion at the other end which includes a slot-like opening; a form-locking connection of the open ends of the clamping band... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402555 | Line fastener The present invention provides a line tightening and fastening device which may be effectively used by mentally and physically handicapped persons. The fastening device includes laterally extending arms, each of which is equipped with an eyelet. The arms ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402556 | Tentering frame with a tentering chain for treating film webs simultaneously in two axial directions A tentering frame is equipped with a tentering chain for the simultaneous treatment of a film web in two directions or in a so-called biaxial manner. The film web is carried by endless tentering chains which hold the film web edges by grippers carried by ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402557 | Dynamic self-adjusting tie-down device for transportable items A tie-down device of the type comprised of an inelastic element, a locking device, and an elastic element. The elastic element is used to maintain tie-down tension under conditions where the use of an inelastic tie-down alone could develop slack thereby r... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402558 | Resilient clip A resilient clip or spring clip is disclosed which has a pair of jaw members and a generally U-shaped biasing member for connecting the jaws together and for biasing the jaws into a closed position. The biasing member has a pair of legs connected by a cur... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402559 | Floor scrubber A floor scrubber is provided which consists of a rectangular head assembly. A rectangular scrub pad is of a larger area than the head assembly. A structure is for removably mounting the scrub pad to a lower surface of the head assembly, in which two longi... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402560 | Bearing setting apparatus A bearing setting apparatus for a pair of bearings mounted on a spindle or an axle. Mounted on the spindle or axle are two bearings, each having an inner bearing race. Interposed between the inner bearing races is an adjustable spacer. A mechanism is empl... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402561 | Crimping tool having angularly offset crimping dies A tool for applying an electrical connector to an electrical cable comprises a pair of jaws relatively pivotable on a pivot axis between closed and a range of open positions. A first one of the jaws has a support surface configured to receive a bottom sur... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402562 | Device for removing metal terminal A driving slope of a disengaging member of a terminal removing jig is pushed into a gap between an electric contact portion of a metal terminal and a disengaging free end part of a cantilever-like flexible engagement portion of a connector housing so that... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402563 | Apparatus for removing electronic device from printed circuit board An apparatus for removing an electronic device from a printed circuit board includes a board support for supporting the printed circuit board with the first main surface thereof directed upwardly and for vertically moving the printed circuit board; a lowe... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402564 | Parts mounting sequence determination method and apparatus The present invention relates to a parts mounting sequence determination method which determines mounting sequence of m parts so that each of the total m parts is sequentially mounted on a board by a turret table mounter, comprising steps of: (a) obtainin... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402565 | Method of connecting screened multicore cables to a connector body An electrically conductive ribbon is wound into contact with the screen of each of a plurality of individual conductors in a multicore cable and is passed through a continuous boundary aperture in the tubular body portion of a backshell which is rotated t... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402566 | Method and machine for attaching an electrical connector to a coaxial cable A machine and method are disclosed for attaching a coaxial connector to the end of a coaxial cable. The machine seats the cable end having a preassembled contact into the connector housing, latching the contact in place, then conducts a pull test to verif... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402567 | Method of making a jet burner construction A method of making a jet burner construction having an outlet opening provided with a central opening part and a plurality of spaced apart opening portions interconnected thereto and radiating outwardly therefrom whereby flows of fuel respectively issuing... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402568 | Method of securing a tip in a tappet In a tappet for use in an internal combustion engine, a tip is fitted in an engage bore between the top wall of the tappet and an engine valve shaft. The tip has a chamfered portion over which a circumferential projection is pressed by a punch so as to fi... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402569 | Method of manufacturing a pump with a modular cam profile liner An improved method for manufacturing a sophisticated cam profile liner used in pumps and compressors. A non-circular cam profile liner is fabricated from multiple parts, preferably two identical cam liner halves mated together. Each cam profile liner half... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402570 | Method for repairing boiling water reactor shrouds A method of repairing nuclear reactor core shrouds having horizontal cracks in heat affected zones of welds includes applying vertical compressive forces to the shroud in situ to urge opposed surfaces of the cracks toward one another. A plurality of tie r... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402571 | Method of making a heat exchanger A method of making a heat exchanger including header pipes, flat tubes extending between the header pipes and fin units extending between the flat tubes. The header pipes include a plurality of holes on one side thereof for accepting the flat tubes. On th... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402572 | Apparatus and method for retrofitting a metal roof A method for retrofitting a metal roof formed of overlapping R panels having major ribs and panel flats spaced therebetween includes the steps of removing fasteners disposed along the overlapping margins of adjacent R panels; plugging the holes formed whe... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402573 | Twin blade spray razor A twin-blade safety razor comprising a two compartment handle or bulb, one for storing air, the other for storing a liquid. Air and liquid are simultaneously dispensed from the separate compartments so as to form a fine spray for cleaning debris from betw... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5402574 | Shaving apparatus The shaver head has a chamber that has an enclosing wall. An upper blade port and a lower blade port is cut or formed through the enclosing wall. A first pair of upper tab guides and a second pair of upper tab guides is formed on the enclosing wall. An up... | 04/04/1995 |
