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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5428841 | Surgical glove An improved surgical glove is provided having reinforcing pads formed over the distal finger and thumb pulps and over the metacarpal-phalangeal joints. The fingertips and thumb tips are the most likely region of a surgical glove to be accidentally penetra... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428842 | Hat made of unitary sheet of cardboard or the like A cap being formed of thin flexible self supporting material cut to shape and assembled, having a band portion, overlapped lobes to form a crown, and a visor and a blank thereof.... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428843 | Adjustable cap, method and system for sizing caps A cap which is self-adjusting within a predetermined range of hat sizes, includes a crown having a dome and a continuous lower rim formed of a flexible substantially inelastic material. The crown has a front portion and a rear portion together having a fu... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428844 | Removable, advertising, sweat-absorbing cushioning band for headgear A cushioning, sweat-absorbing, advertising sweatband which is easily attached and removed from an existing hat or headgear that has an exposed headband. The band is a piece of material that has a foam cushion inserted inside the material and sewn in such ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428845 | Helmet removal device and method A helmet removal device for removing a helmet from a head of a wearer without applying tensile forces on the neck of the wearer. The removal device includes a bladder disposed between the helmet and the top of the head with the bladder so constructed and ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428846 | Batting trainer The present invention is concerned with a device for aiding the teaching and training techniques for hitting a baseball accommodating different initial head position and batting style, comprising: a helmet fitted with a mercury switch connected to a motor... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428847 | Drain assembly A drain assembly includes a drain body, a sleeve, a shaft and a plug. The drain body has an axial bore and a transverse cruciform web mounted in the bottom of the bore. The sleeve has an axial bore that is substantially coaxial to the drain body bore. The... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428848 | Flush regulator A flush regulator selectively operable in partial flush mode or a full flush mode for use with a water closet including a water storage tank having a flush drain aperture formed in the lower portion thereof and a buoyant flapper valve disposed to selectiv... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428849 | Portable spa with integral bottom pan, interchangeable side skirt, and interlocking cover A portable spa including a cover having two rigidly molded, interlocking halves, designed to conform with the contour of the rim of the spa. The rim includes a vertical extension which interfits with an extrusion used to attach an interchangeable decorati... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428850 | Shower apparatus A shower apparatus is provided with a plurality of shower discharge ports. More specifically, a shower apparatus is provided, in which hot water remains in a hot water line, that is communicated with the shower discharge ports, after the discharge has bee... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428851 | Transfer trolley A transfer trolley, to lift loads but particularly adapted to pick up a patient from a bet using a plurality of horizontally extending tines. Each tine consists of a tube having one end fixed in a position and a free open end. A sleeve surrounds the tube ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428852 | Mattress and pillowtop assembly A mattress and pillowtop assembly includes a reversible, invertible mattress which may have a generally horizontal top and with generally vertical sides extending between the top and bottom to define a central space containing supporting and cushioning co... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428853 | Fireman's combination tool assembly A fireman's personal hand tool is comprised of a spike member and a wrench member. Both members may be used in combination as a slide hammer with the spike member being hammered by the wrench member between objects to be pried apart. The wrench member may... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428854 | Replaceable brush rings for pool cleaners A replaceable bristle ring for removable attachment to a swimming pool cleaner, such bristle ring having bristles secured along it and projecting downwardly to terminate in bristle ends adapted to support the pool cleaner on a surface to be cleaned and me... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428855 | Rotatable toothbrush A toothbrush includes a handle and a head secured to each other. A spindle and a shaft are rotatably supported in the handle. Two rods for carrying bristles are rotatably supported in the head and fixed to the spindle and the shaft. Two gears are secured ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428856 | Playing card cleaning apparatus and adjustable rollers therefor A playing card cleaning apparatus and wetting-scrubbing rollers, wherein playing cards are separated from a deck thereof by an extraction and card spacing roller, and fed between pairs of traction, wetting-scrubbing, and squeegee rollers, the cards being ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428857 | Identifiable rubber backed product A dust control mat having a pile upper surface and a thermosetting rubber or rubber-like backing to which a thin thermoplastic identification strip or label has been vulcanized thereto.... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428858 | Mop head A mop head is made from a molded polymer carrier in the form of a channel with inturned lips or barbs on opposed flanges that retain compressed mop material, such as a block of sponge for a sponge mop. Glue is not required, and assembly does not require d... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428859 | Windshield wiper system with extendable wiper arm and pivotable wiper blade A windscreen-wiper system in which a wiper blade is rotatably mounted on a telescopically extendable part of the wiper arm and can be moved, lying substantially flat, laterally over the vehicle windscreen. The drive producing the pivoting motion of the wi... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428860 | Portable cleaning and wringing device for a mop A portable cleaning and wringing device for a mop having a mop head comprising a housing having an open top. A mop wringer mechanism is attached to the housing adjacent the open top. A component is for carrying the housing from place to place. An assembly... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428861 | Method and apparatus for cleaning a processing tube A method for cleaning a processing tube is performed by an apparatus providing a vacuum and a flow of an inert gas. The flow of the inert gas dislodges particles from the tube surface and assists in carrying the particles to the vacuum. The vacuum is cent... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428862 | Induct cleaning apparatus with sealing member An appliance adapted to be introduced into the interior of a pipe comprises a suction head arranged at the end of a flexible hose for suction air, which at the end adjacent to the hose has suction openings connected with the hose, carries a plurality of s... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428863 | Water suction mechanism A water suction apparatus for scrubbing machines having a non-rotatable frame (11), a rotatable scrubbing-brush (1 a) and a rotatably driven holder (1) therefore. The holder has a ring (7) around its periphery, the ring being provided with nozzles (2) whi... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428864 | Refuse collecting apparatus A refuse collecting machine in which a collection hose sucks refuse into a delivery chamber containing a rotating perforated wheel for separating lighter weight refuse from the air flow to a fan, and the refuse then drops into a rotary compression screw t... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428865 | Water-filtered vacuum sander Sanding apparatus in which dust raised by sanding is drawn by reduced pressure through a porous sanding sheet and directly through apertures into a plenum chamber and from there through an air passage into an air space in a closed container partially fill... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428866 | Extruded mounting plate for detachable heavy duty caster A mounting plate for detachably fixing a heavy duty, normally permanently attached, swivelling base plate caster roller unit to an object to be transported is cut from an extrusion shaped to form a flat bottom plate with raised parallel sides each includi... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428867 | Device for draping curtains A device for draping curtain fabrics includes a retainer for positioning the curtain fabric in a predetermined arrangement. A disk-like cover is secured to the retainer. The disk-like cover includes a mounting side and securing means removably secured the... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428868 | Retractable handle A handle mechanism for luggage or the like, the handle mechanism comprising a generally U-shaped handle member having a grasping portion, two axially elongated rods in spaced-apart parallel relationship, and an integral cross-rod including a portion trans... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428869 | Device for filling non-circular cans with a textile sliver A device for filling a series of non-circular cans, which are disposed on a conveyor, with sliver from a sliver producing textile machine. A coiler for delivering sliver to the cans is supported on an ancillary frame which is, in turn, supported for movem... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428870 | Method and device for regulating the draw of a drawing unit A drawing unit contains two drawing zones, one of which is variable and driven by two motors. The desired draw is set by means of a control of the speed of one of the motors, preferably of the motor for the predrawing zone. This control of the speed is ca... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428871 | Clamp for elastomeric bags A clamp for thin-walled elastomeric waste collection bags including a molded thermoplastic body with opposed elongate clamping legs. Each leg mounts an elongate rigid blade having a linear edge. The linear edges of the blades align to opposite sides of th... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428872 | Button rapidly fitted by means of a stud or thread with the possibility of recovering it after fitting A novel system of rapidly securing a button using stud or thread is described, with the possibility of recovering the button after fitting. Improved appearance is achieved by rendering the stud penetration hole invisible on its upper surface. The button c... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428873 | Ball Latch mechanism A ball latch mechanism including an annular cage concentrically located between a bearing member and a trigger. The cage includes a slot and a latch ball located in the slot in contacting relation with the trigger. The latch ball is radially movable betwe... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428875 | Theft deterrent tag with a cutting blade A theft deterrent tag for protecting an article is disclosed wherein the tag comprises a tag body, a tack-like assembly for securing the tag body to an article and a cutting blade for cutting the article upon a preselected force being applied to the tag b... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428876 | Low fluid pressure dual-sided fiber entanglement method, apparatus and resulting product A low fluid pressure dual-sided fiber entangling method and apparatus for manufacturing a nonwoven fabric. A fibrous starting material whose individual fibers are capable of movement relatively to one another under the influence of applied fluid forces is... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428877 | Sealing sheeting of swellable clay impervious to water and/or oil A method is provided for the continuous production of sealing sheeting impervious to water and/or oil, in the case of which between a substrate layer and a non-woven material covering layer a swellable clay is needle punched in position, a swellable clay ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428878 | Thread or yarn monitor for textile machines The thread monitor serves to detect the passage in a textile machine of a thread (F) moving in a direction transverse to the thread length. The monitor contains a pivoting member (B) which can be actuated by the thread and a sensor (7) monitoring the actu... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428879 | Method of maintaining parallelism of a pair of arms formed on a vehicle door handle component A door handle component made of a thermoplastic material and a method of maintaining parallelism of the pair of arms forming a part of the component during the manufacture thereof by having the two arms rigidly interconnected by a cross member which is in... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428880 | Process for manufacturing vehicle body for automobiles A process for manufacturing a vehicle body for automobiles in which at a welding step, a vehicle body and plate-like parts to be mounted onto the vehicle body, such as a bonnet, a trunk lid, fenders and doors, are separately fabricated, and at a painting ... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5428881 | Method of assembling modular flotation platform sections A tool for aligning modular flotation platform sections is lightweight and portable. Its principal components are a fulcrum lever arm, a link rod, and two adapters for gripping coupling means on adjacent flotation platforms. The fulcrum lever arm has a ha... | 07/04/1995 |
