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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5430896 | Water resistant sock A water (and other moisture) resistant sock looks and feels like a regular sock but actually has a water resistant or water proof layer between two non water resistant or non water proof layers. The layers are preferably spaced slightly apart from each ot... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430897 | Toilet seat lowering device A device for lowering a toilet seat when the toilet is flushed comprises a trip wire attached at one of its ends to the toilet flush crank arm outside the toilet tank and leading through guide means to a point near the edge of the toilet seat. The trip wi... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430898 | Bath tub supporting mechanism A bath tub includes a board and a base disposed in the bottom portion for supporting the bath tub. The base includes a recess formed in the middle portion for receiving the board and a number of lugs extended inward of the recess for engaging with the boa... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430899 | Transition crib for infants and toddlers A crib having a headboard, a foot board, and opposite side gates surrounding a horizontal mattress support platform adjustably attached to the headboard and foot board and being selectively positionable at various levels. One of the side gates is removabl... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430900 | Bed emitting the far infrared rays A bed comprising a base having an internal area into which a heat source, in the form of a hot water pipe system is installed, and mineral powder which together with the heat source, fills the internal area of the base and provides a top sleeping surface ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430901 | Anatomically conformable therapeutic mattress overlay A therapeutic mattress overlay for supporting a recumbent human body so as to redistribute body weight away from prominent areas of the human body and also to support selected anatomical body portions, e.g., the lower extremities, of the recumbent human b... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430902 | Pillowcase construction A configuration for a pillowcase for use in covering of a conventional bed sleeping pillow wherein the pillowcase includes an upper planar member having two lateral edges and two longitudinal edges and a lower planar member also have two lateral and two l... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430903 | Suspended walkway A removable walkway is constructed of light metals and is designed for attachment to a bridge or viaduct during construction or repair, or for retrofitting such a structural built without a walkway.... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430904 | Paint film transfer device An instrument for transferring coating film onto a surface requiring transfer printing. An instrument of this invention for transferring coating film is in such a structure that: a transfer head (4) is composed of a pressing body (4A) having a tape pressi... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430905 | Sculpturing and priming brush A brush used for sculpturing artificial nails has a brush or bristles on each end. One of the brushes is a priming brush and the other brush is a sculpturing brush. The priming brush does not exceed 1.800 mm at its base section and the sculpturing brushes... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430906 | Bicycle tire scraper A bicycle tire scraper for removing debris from a bicycle tire. The scraper includes a brush movably attached to a brush arm which selectively engages the brush with the tire. A collar is attachable to the bicycle frame and supports the brush arm in a piv... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430907 | Windshield wiper arm with adjustable pressure A specially designed turnbuckle is serially connected to a tension coil spring located in the recessed portion of a windshield wiper arm. Rotation of the turnbuckle allows to adjust the tension of the coil spring and therefore the force with which the wip... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430908 | Windshield wiping system with wiper blade reversal mechanism A system for wiping a windshield includes a pivot shaft rotatably connected to a source of oscillatory rotation. The system also includes an arm for positioning a wiper blade against the windshield. The wiper blade forms an angle of inclination with respe... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430909 | Wiper arm including a coating for supporting a fluid hose A wiper arm with a wiper rod, at the one end of which a wiper blade is fixed. The wiper rod is provided with a coating, onto which coating a hose channel is formed. Furthermore, it is possible to fix additional hose supports onto the wiper rod or onto the... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430910 | Carpet cleaning apparatus A water/cleaning solution vacuum carpet cleaning apparatus includes a carpet cleaning wand having a carpet contacting end region, a source of pressurized water and a source of pressurized carpet cleaning solution. Piping and controls are included for sele... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430911 | Method for producing a random laid fiber web A feeder 1 for supplying a fiber material, a plurality of fiber opening cylinders 21, 22, 23, . . . 2n (n is a natural number) mounted adjacent to one another for transferring and opening the fiber material fed from the fe... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430912 | Clamping rings A clamping ring, for clamping an end collar of a protective bellows to one end of a universal joint in a vehicle transmission, is made of resilient material having two overlapping end portions. One end portion has a tongue extending through a slot defined... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430913 | Keyboard instrument for the natural tone system A keyboard instrument for the natural tone system with at least one keyboard whose keys are assigned to the overtones in a predetermined sequence. According to the invention, the keyboard is optimally adapted to the conditions of the natural tone system b... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430914 | Self releasing snap A self releasing snap receives and secures an object like a rope, cable or line, and the release of the object by the fastener is in response to a force applied to the opposing fastening end through a second line. The releasing feature is adjustable in re... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430915 | Apparatus for spreading rectangular cloth pieces In a cloth piece spreading apparatus which carries out a process in which, after a corner C1 of a rectangular cloth piece 15 and a position Ya on the side of the cloth piece which includes this corner C1 are gripped by a movable grip... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430916 | Simplified warp change in which a winding unit and clamping members are mounted on a carrier unit An apparatus and method for effecting a warp change in weaving machines involves clamping the warp yarns of a new warp on a tying-in frame by way of clamping members. In addition, the warp yarns of the woven-out warp, the end portion of which has previous... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430917 | Method and apparatus for piecing lap sheets A method and apparatus for piecing lap sheets in a textile machine, such as a comber or ribbon lap machine. The machine is stopped when a lap roll EL is nearly emptied. A pressing member 53 at a rest position C1 is moved to an operating position C2, and a... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430918 | Warper delivery system having constant delivery angle A method and apparatus for delivering a warp sheet onto a beam which includes a pickup beam on which the warp sheet is wound, a delivery device which is spaced apart from the beam for delivering the warp sheet at an angle, a detecting device for detecting... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430919 | Sucker rod guide clamping devices Sucker rod guide clamping devices which in a first embodiment include a scissor clamping device provided with a pair of pivotally-disposed clamping jaws pivotally attached to corresponding pivoting jaw arms. One of the clamping jaws is provided with a pro... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430921 | Method of and apparatus for cutting a pipe Cutting apparatus is provided for cutting a hole or `window` in the wall of a pipe, for example prior to joining a branch pipe to a host pipe. The apparatus comprises a chassis frame 14 carrying a cutter unit 42 supporting a cutter tool 62. The chassis is... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430922 | Method for calibrating a compliant guide assembly for a magnetic tape transport A compliant guide assembly in a tape transport provides a precisely calibrated biasing force to an edge of a magnetic tape to precisely position the tape with respect to a read/write head. The compliant guide assembly includes a plurality of guide buttons... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430923 | Method for removing a cap from a container with a cap engaging unit The automated container cap remover and method for cap removal includes a drive for causing relative rotation to occur between a container cap and a cap engaging unit. The drive brings the cap engaging unit into engagement with the cap and then slips to p... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430924 | Upper coupler table and method for removing an upper coupler plate from a semitrailer An upper coupler table for facilitating the removal of an upper coupler plate from a semitrailer. The upper coupler table includes a support frame which supports a jack and a guide tube. A vertically adjustable center plate has a support tube attached the... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430925 | Biofilm support media assembly method A method for the assembly of biofilm support structure modules from individual sheets of biofilm support structure. The apparatus consists of a number of dowel rods protruding from a base. Hollow tubes are placed over the rods. Alignment holes are made in... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430926 | Method of producing a rotatable brake component and bearing assembly A method of producing a rotatable brake component and bearing assembly is disclosed wherein the brake friction surface of the brake component is oriented in a predetermined relationship relative to an inner race of a bearing unit. In accordance with this ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430927 | Double walled tank and method of making the same A method of constructing a double-walled tank includes forming the two containers, and removing the top of the containment shell and filling it with hot water so that the containment shell expands temporarily increasing the diameter of the side wall of th... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430928 | Method for fixing a grid or perforated plate to the bottom of a cooking vessel In order to fix a perforated plate (2) to the bottom (1) of a vessel, the plate is fixed by closed-die forging, in particular by cold striking so as to make the metal of the bottom (1) penetrate into the openings (4) in the plate (2). At the same time as ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430929 | Hose construction, coupling therefor and methods of making the same A hose construction, coupling therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the hose construction comprising a tubular hose and a coupling secured to one end of the tubular hose, the coupling having an insert disposed in the one end of the tubular... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430930 | Method of manufacturing hot strip A method and apparatus for manufacturing hot strip steel includes a continuous slab caster adapted to cast a strand of 4 inches or more in thickness. The strand is cut to slab length and heated in a roller hearth furnace or a walking beam furnace prior to... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430931 | Method of manufacturing a two compartment motor A two compartment motor has a frame, a pair of end shields disposed adjacent opposing ends of the frame to define a first compartment, a stator winding supported by the frame within the first compartment, an armature rotatably supported by the end shields... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430932 | Apparatus for installing a valve on or into an existing pipe An apparatus for installing and/or replacing a valve on an existing pipe which may be under fluid pressure. A first version of the apparatus includes a main housing having a pair of separable housing members together defining a first bore extending along ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430933 | Method of manufacturing a multiple layer printed circuit board A multiple layer printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing multiple layer printed circuit boards which incorporate integral edge shielding in combination with top and bottom shielding to effectively provide a sandwich arrangement within a Farada... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430934 | Method for manufacturing a direct acting hydraulic tappet A method for making a direct acting tappet in which an oil groove and interior structure defining a weld interface are formed in a cupshaped body by a rolling process, the body is heat treated, a web and hub structure is positioned against the weld interf... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430935 | Method for repairing a combustion chamber assembly A method of repairing a combustion chamber assembly 32 from an axial flow gas turbine engine 20 is disclosed. Various details are developed which facilitate repair of the combustion chamber assembly of the engine. In one detailed embodiment, a laser beam ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5430936 | Method for making gas turbine engine blade attachment slots Blade attachment slots for gas turbine engines are prepared by grinding to a stepped, generally straight sided configuration, semi-finish grinding to an envelope about 0.005 inches to 0.010 inches above the blueprint configuration, and finishing by broach... | 07/11/1995 |
