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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5454119 | Bed jacket A bed jacket has a torso portion. The torso portion has a closed frontal portion and a neck opening seam attached to a top portion of the closed frontal portion. A left arm opening seam and a right arm opening seam are attached to the closed frontal porti... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454120 | Ball cap with replaceable pennant panels A baseball cap having one or more pennant panels attached to the cap crown bearing a graphic of a particular theme such as being emblazoned with colors and marked with a sports team identifier to resemble miniature pennants. The pennant panels are detacha... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454121 | Ring shaped scarf, bow and clip combination The present invention relates to an improved fashionable neckwear ensemble for women. More particularly I have provided a method of creating a fashionable scarf and clip ensemble. The clip being of the type having a ring shaped clip portion that is hinged... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454122 | Toilet ventilator with room air freshener and comfort heater A toilet ventilation system which ventilates the air within the bowl of a water closet, deodorizes it, adds air freshener and returns it to the toilet bowl. The system may also serves as a room air freshener and/or a comfort heater for warming the air wit... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454123 | Arrangement for and method of automatically cleaning a sanitary fixture A toilet is automatically washed and dried after each use by a carriage mounted on a rear wall for translatory movement between a concealed, vandal-resistant position and an extended cleaning position.... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454124 | Foldable playyard with improved mechanism for collapsing the top rail structure A foldable playyard comprises a novel release mechanism for preventing the top frame structure from being inadvertently collapsed. The release mechanism comprises a manually actuated member offset from and positioned alongside one of the rails of the uppe... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454125 | Self-contained multipurpose comfort device A self-contained comfort device having a generally rectangular body portion and two pocket members disposed one on each surface of the body portion for containing the device when the device is folded and the pocket member is inverted thereabout. A general... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454126 | Foot egress chair bed A hospital bed that is convertible to a chair for patient egress from the foot end of the bed. A patient support platform has serially hinged, normally horizontal head, seat, thigh and foot panels. To convert the horizontal bed to the chair configuration,... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454127 | Unbalanced bascule bridge with concrete slab roadway An unbalanced bascule bridge having an unbalanced bridge span including a pair of longitudinal girders with a low torsional stiffness interconnected at a pivoting end by a torsionally rigid cross-girder and interconnected along a longitudinal expanse of t... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454128 | Prefabricated bridge deck form A prefabricated metal deck form to provide bridge deck construction and/or bridge deck replacement. The construction is simplified to both shorten construction time and to save on construction costs. The deck form, including a concrete slab is sufficient ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454129 | Self-powered pool vacuum with remote controlled capabilities A self-powered pool vacuum with remote controlled capabilities. The vacuum including a head having a lower base in a generally rectangular configuration with side openings extending vertically therethrough and an enlarged leading edge. The head also inclu... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454130 | Ratcheting flange scraper A flange-cleaning tool unites an actuating disk and integral handle with two cleaning disks in a primary embodiment. Union is achieved with a hub and bushing, both fitted through central circular apertures in the disks. The outward-facing sides of the cle... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454131 | Apparatuses for cleaning and sanitizing combs through mechanical bristles and disinfectant fluids Disclosed is an apparatus for cleaning and sanitizing combs through mechanical bristles and disinfectant fluids. The apparatus includes a container having a rectangular base with enlarged rectangular front and rear walls and smaller rectangular side walls... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454132 | Device for removing snow, water, and/or ice from ski goggles Disclosed is a device for use by a skier to remove snow, ice and/or water from the glass inside and outside surfaces of a ski goggle and from the vent holes of the ski goggle. The device generally comprises a hand gripping portion having a longitudinal ax... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454133 | Toothbrush A toothbrush, comprising a handle, having a head portion and a grip portion. The head portion has a plurality of bristle cavities, each for receiving a bristle group. The bristle cavities are connected with passage ways. The bristle groups are mounted in ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454134 | Windshield washing system with fluid pipe in wiper shaft A windshield washing system, especially for motor vehicles, is provided with a wiper shaft, on which a wiper arm can be non-rotatably fastened and which wiper shaft includes an axial bore in order to receive a line made from form-stable plastic material w... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454135 | Windshield wiper superstructure with airfoil A vehicle wiper for use with a vehicle windshield includes a first lever having opposing end portions, a plurality of second levers supporting a rubber wiper blade, the first lever having the second levers pivotably connected to the end portions of the fi... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454136 | Forced air vehicle dryer and proximity control system therefor A non-contacting forced air dryer mechanism for vehicle laundering operations wherein the nozzles move rectilinearly relative to the vehicle surfaces and under the control of a sonar transducer which detects the vehicle surface and measures the distance b... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454137 | Vacuum hose assembly A vacuum hose assembly comprising an elongate tube member having a first end spaced from a second end, with a rigid blade fixedly mounted to the elongate tube coaxially thereof projecting beyond the first end, with first and second conduits directing pres... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454138 | Squegee mounting for floor scrubber An integral gimbal housing is trunnion mounted beneath and to the rear of the frame of a floor scrubber. The gimbal housing includes a vertical pivot shaft to which a yoke is mounted. A spring biases the gimbal housing to the use position. The yoke swings... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454139 | Vacuum cleaner for vehicles A portable vacuum generation device uses a conventional gas stream source such as is commonly available on vehicles. A specially constructed annular venturi-type nozzle pipe is capable of generating substantial vacuum from the gas stream. A removable conn... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454140 | Cord locking device A cord locking device of this invention comprises a casing having openings respectively at opposite ends and a longitudinal aperture in a front plate, and a slide adapted to be inserted in the casing. The slide has a pair of resilient grip portions extend... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454141 | Casket structure, laminate covering therefor, and method of making same A folded-up corrugated fiberboard casket having top and bottom framing members on its exterior is provided with a decorative covering in the form of a laminate comprising a layer of a pliable, foldable and creasible cellulosic material, for example E-flut... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454142 | Nonwoven fabric having elastometric and foam-like compressibility and resilience and process therefor A needlepunch fabric of staple polyester fibers is disclosed that is elastomeric and has foam-like compressibility and resilience. The polyester staple is formed of fibers having a differential birefringence. Mechanically crimped fibers are carded, crossl... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454143 | Doorstop A doorstop including an elongated shaft slidably and rotatably received within a receptacle seated in a floor proximal a door. The shaft extends vertically from the receptacle and has a cross-member integrally connected thereto and extending therefrom in ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454144 | Furniture hinge including base plate with claw member A hinge for an article of furniture having a frame and a door includes a frame-side base plate with a hinge arm and which base plate embraces the frame in the manner of a U by means of two side webs and a central connection web. the hinge arm and a hinge ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454145 | Method for manufacturing a nonwoven product, a nonwoven product obtained in particular by said method and an installation for the manufacture of said nonwoven product A high-quality nonwoven product is manufactured by making use of an intermediate product in which the majority of fibers are distributed in two orientations which form an angle with each other. The intermediate product is fed to a spreading and lap-formin... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454146 | Method of manufacturing a microactuator A microactuator having a piezoelectric material and a drive electrode formed adjacent to the piezoelectric material is manufactured by forming an electroplating electrode on a substrate and providing a photosensitive material layer on the substrate on whi... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454147 | Method of manufacturing solid electrolytic capacitor The invention provides a method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, including the steps of forming an oxide film serving as dielectric substance around a porous compact composed of valve action metal having an anode lead projecting therefrom,... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454148 | Tombstone fixture A tombstone style machine tool fixture for machining valve castings having hexagonal flanges on each end and a bonnet intermediate the ends of the castings, the fixture including a column having a number of work stations mounted on the column, each work s... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454149 | Palette changer for machine tools A palette changer for work tool machines, wherein a palette (44) is pushed by means of a swing arm (42) from the palette receiver (20) of a sled (14) over a bridge table (28) onto a transfer station (50). The sweeping movement of the swing arm (42) is dri... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454150 | Manufacturing methods for machining spring ends parallel at loaded length A first end surface of a coiled compression spring at its relaxed length is machined to a plane transverse to the spring axis. The spring is then placed in a press structure having first and second opposed planar support surfaces, with the machined spring... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454151 | Arrangement for setting the tension of a thread Arrangement (15) for adjusting the tension of a thread which is pulled from a spool by means of a thread take-off arrangement, has a thread measuring device (23). This thread measuring device, positioned sequentially in the direction of thread travel, can... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454152 | Roller swaging tool A swaging unit which is portable and which has a locking fitting to co-operate with separable components to the secure a sleeve in an engagement with the swaging unit. In this manner, a tube can be swaged onto the sleeve. The locking fitting has internal ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454153 | Adjustable assembly for use in the repair or replacement of a pitch change link or rod end of critical predetermined length For use while repairing or replacing an elongate variable length device of critical overall length, such as a pitch change link device for a helicopter blade, which device includes a joint threadably connected for axial movement on each end to effect adju... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454154 | Photoreceptor stripping methods A method is disclosed for the removal of layered material from a photoreceptor comprising an electrically conductive substrate, wherein the method comprises: employing a magnetic field to expand or shrink the width of at least a portion of the substrate, ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454155 | Method for interconnecting a handle and a lever arm A method and apparatus for interconnecting with a lanyard a handle and lever arm of the type used in rapid inflation applications includes apparatus for impaling a first end of a lanyard with multiple spikes to secure the first end to a handle and further... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454156 | Apparatus and method for inserting stator coils An annular tool for insertion of stator coils to a stator includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced pivotally mounted cuff support fingers to facilitate separation of the tool from the stator after the coils have been inserted. The tool is in the f... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454157 | Method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed disk drive A disk drive having a hermetically sealed disk chamber capable of being filled with gas at pressures above ambient pressure with a specially designed connector assembly for use with the sealed chamber. Helium or nitrogen is injected into the sealed disk c... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454158 | Method of making integral transducer-suspension assemblies for longitudinal recording An integral combination magnetic transducer and suspension assembly suitable for use in both contact recording and in winchester-type applications is described. A generally rectangular elongate flat suspension member includes a ring-type inductive read/wr... | 10/03/1995 |
