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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5433235 | Foldable and lockable walker A foldable and lockable walker is disclosed that includes a pair of locking members provided on the cross-brace and cooperatively engaged to the horizontal portion of the side supports. The locking member receives a spring biased pin to lock the side supp... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433236 | Apparatus for moving a pipe inspection probe through piping A method and apparatus for controllably moving devices for cleaning or inspection through piping systems, including piping systems with numerous piping bends therein, by using hydrostatic pressure of a working fluid introduced into the piping system. The ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433237 | Dedrooped bypass valve A differential pressure regulator connected in a fluid system including a bypass line and including a valve body with a high pressure inlet and a compensation inlet connected to the high pressure side of the system, a low pressure inlet, and a bypass outl... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433238 | Pumping system for evacuating reactor chambers A system for evacuating a reactor chamber includes a main evacuation line connected at one end thereof to the reactor chamber and at another end thereof to a means for creating a partial vacuum. A valve in the main evacuation line divides the line into a ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433239 | Downstream fluid pressure responsive emergency shutdown valve In a fluid flow emergency shutdown valve a valve body is transversely interposed in a fluid line upstream with respect to a flow restricting unit, A valve stem is longitudinally slidably supported by the valve body and referenced to atmosphere at its resp... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433240 | Low-ratio proportioner The present invention provides a self-powered proportioner which can automatically, proportionally mix two fluids in a low ratio. A fluid gating means is disposed intermediate a fluid supply and a motor piston to cause reciprocating movement of the motor ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433241 | Fuel pressure regulator/fuel filter module The module contains a tubular filter cartridge within an enclosure and a fuel pressure regulator mounted on an end wall of the enclosure. The fuel pressure regulator is entirely self-contained allowing it to be a mass-produced part that can be used in var... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433242 | Pressure activated dispensing valve A combined solution dispensing and pressurizing valve is provided so that the dispensed fluid is pressure driven to exhaust through the valve.... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433243 | Fluid flow control device and method An automatic fluid flow control device and method are disclosed. The fluid flow control device provides a constant flow rate of strained fluid despite varying differential pressures and employs a combination of a unitary body with a first valve to open or... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433244 | Solenoid control valve A solenoid control valve includes a solenoid housing which encloses a solenoid and an armature which is actuated by the solinoid in order to control the flow of fluid through the valve. contact spring makes continuous electrical contact with the armature ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433245 | Online valve diagnostic monitoring system having diagnostic couplings A motor operated valve monitoring system utilizes two diagnostic couplings with quick disconnect electrical connectors. One coupling is used for monitoring switch actuation on the motor operated valve, and the second is for measuring three phase power to ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433246 | Pressure coupling for cleaning water lines A pressure coupling for facilitating connection of an air pump with a water faucet to expel water from water lines connected with the faucet by operation of the air pump. In a preferred embodiment the pressure coupling includes a valve stem threadably sea... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433247 | Coaxial breakaway coupling with vapor assist check A coaxial breakaway coupling and a coaxial hose connect a fuel dispensing pump to a coaxial fuel dispensing nozzle, and the coupling includes first and second tubular valve bodies releasably coupled together by an annular canted coil spring. Each valve bo... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433248 | Switching valve In an elongate housing (12), a valve body (30) comprising two annular chambers (36) is mounted so that it can be displaced longitudinally, one each of which communicates with a connection neck of the housing (12) via a radial hole (28). In the neutral pos... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433249 | Hydraulic pilot valve A crosswise controllable pilot valve for generating a pilot pressure corresponding to an amount of operation of a control lever. This valve has a spool reciprocable within a valve case between a pilot pressure supplying position for interconnecting a pump... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433250 | Hydraulic line switches Hydraulic line switcher (10) for use with a hydraulic food cutting system having flexible tube (50) supported in cradle (52). Flexible tube (50) is conically tapered from a larger inlet to a smaller outlet and attached to slide plate (78). Air cylinder (9... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433251 | Method of replacing branch mains A method is provided for replacing a length of a branch gas main 1 joined to a spine main 2 with a length of replacement main 7 having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the branch main. In the method access is gained to the bore of the ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433252 | Fluid containing coaxial tube for control systems The invention concerns a dimensionally stable, elastically bending plastic coaxial tube for fluids, consisting of an outer tube and of at least one inner tube mounted in said outer tube in hermetically fluid-tight but separate manner, said inner tube bein... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433253 | Cloth abnormality inspecting device within a sealed container for a loom A cloth inspecting device on a loom for detecting abnormality in the cloth being produced has a light emitting and receiving assembly mounted within a sealed container with a transparent window facing the cloth. Drive means for the assembly is within the ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433254 | Pulley-protecting shoe for drawing systems associated with the heddle frames A shoe for protecting pulleys in a drawing system associated with a heddle frame of a weaving machine. The shoe has an inner portion of concave profile from which a projection extends so as to be receivable within a groove of the pulley. The shoe also inc... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433255 | Wire knotter head yoke cover with replacement inserts A yoke cover assembly for attachment to a wire tieing machine includes a body member which has recesses therein and wire engaging inserts removably attached thereto. The inserts are secured to the body member by roll pins. The inserts are seated in the re... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433256 | Pill guide and dispenser tray A pill guide for use in combination with pill, capsule and caplet dispensing trays has a tapered guide channel for removable attachment to the pill return outlet of the tray. The guide combines with adjacent wall portions of the tray return outlet to form... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433257 | Heavy duty pneumatic radial tires with specified carcass turnup arrangement The bead durability of the heavy duty pneumatic radial tire for truck and bus is improved by arranging a rubber stock composed of three rubbers A, B and C each having particular properties between a carcass ply and its turnup portion in the bead portion a... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433258 | Gettering of particles during plasma processing Apparatus and methods for plasma processing involving the gettering of particles having a high charge to mass ratio away from a semiconductor wafer are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, magnets are used to produce a magnetic field which is transv... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433259 | Retractable awning with integrated solar cells A retractable awning includes a weather protective articulated slat system for protecting the awning when in a retracted position with a solar cell panel incorporated into an articulated slat and connected to a battery for charging the battery.... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433260 | Sealable electronics packages and methods of producing and sealing such packages Apparatus and methods for hermetically sealing materials that cannot be satisfactorily sealed directly to one another using conventional techniques are disclosed. A laminar sheet material having adjacent bonded dissimilar metallic layers is interposed bet... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433261 | Methods for fabricating shapes by use of organometallic, ceramic precursor binders Organometallic ceramic precursor binders are used to fabricate shaped bodies by different techniques. Exemplary shape making techniques which utilize hardenable, liquid, organometallic, ceramic precursor binders include the fabrication of negatives of par... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433262 | Method for manufacturing casting and apparatus for manufacturing a casting A process and an apparatus for manufacturing a cast product in which the cavity 2c is defined by a top die 1, a bottom die 2 and a slidable die insert 11 relative to the top die 1 and a pressure is applied to the die insert 11 by a hydraulic cylinder 13 b... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433263 | Casting ejector The casting ejector includes a forcibly cooled ejector plate and a plurality of depending, solid ejector pins of high thermal conductivity cooperate with a casting mold to increase the strength of specifying portions of the casting. Copper, nickel, and al... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433264 | Assembly to wind-unwind thin slabs Assembly to wind-unwind thin slabs which cooperates with a continuous casting plant (11) producing thin slabs (12) and is positioned on the same axis as that plant (11), a heating and temperature-equalization furnace (17) being included upstream of the wi... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433265 | Billet guide frame A billet guide in continuous casting installations for producing slabs, in particular according to the continuous casting and rolling process, including rollers which are located across from one another in pairs can be adjusted to different billet thickne... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433266 | Vehicle air-conditioning apparatus The present invention relates to an air-conditioning apparatus provided in an vehicle. The apparatus is adapted to deliver conditioned air into a passenger compartment so as to regulate an interior temperature of a passenger compartment at a desired tempe... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433267 | Fire truck cooling system A fire truck cooling system allows for precooling of hot water from the vehicle engine prior to receipt of same by the vehicle radiator. The system includes a precooler which is provided with cooling water either from an onboard water tank when the vehicl... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433268 | Radiator construction An improved radiator construction comprising a cooling tube having a barbed end, preferably with an adjacent collar, spaced apart sufficient to engage an elastomeric seal. The seal and tube are positioned in the opening of a radiator or heat exchanger hea... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433269 | Retrievable packer for high temperature, high pressure service In a retrievable packer adapted for service under high temperature and pressure conditions, improved sealing is provided by a seal element prop surface which is radially offset with respect to the seal element support surface of the packer body mandrel. A... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433270 | Cementing plug Cementing plugs for use in the cementing of casing in oil and gas wells. The cementing plugs are well-suited for use with a polycrystalline diamond compact drill bit.... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433271 | Heat injection process A method for heat injection into a subterranean diatomite formation is provided. The method utilizes a heater that is placed directly in the diatomite formation without cement around the heater. Diatomite is very soft, and will quickly fill in around the ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433272 | Methods for treating a permeable matrix Methods are provided for acidizing treatment of a permeable matrix by infusing a pre-acidizing composition and an activating composition. Components of the pre-acidizing composition include hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, a hydroxy carboxylic acid and... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433273 | Method and apparatus for production of subsea hydrocarbon formations A well tender system for controlling, separating, storing and offloading well fluids produced from subsea hydrocarbon formations. The system comprises a vertically aligned series of tethered cylindrical tanks which are torsionally stabilized by flexible c... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5433274 | Hydraulic connector A hydraulic connector having a first assembly releasably connected to a second assembly. The first assembly comprises a substantially cylindrical body having a longitudinal bore therethrough and a receptacle portion surrounding the longitudinal bore. The ... | 07/18/1995 |
