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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5455969 | Multi-purpose improved hinged knee protector An apparatus for protecting a user's knee or other joint which comprises two generally semi-cylindrical rigid members each having semi-hemispherical overlapping portions and hingedly connected to allow a movement of the joint. Additional features of the p... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455970 | Adjustable shower and rain cap An adjustable shower and rain cap is provided, which consists of a headband worn about a head of a person. A waterproof pliable crown is affixed to the headband, so as to extend over the head of the person at different changeable heights. A structure is f... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455971 | Water-closet bowl automatic flushing system An automatic toilet flushing system which detects when a user sits on the toilet for use and, instead of operating a flush handle for flushing, performs flushing in association with the user's action of standing up to leave the toilet. A forced flushing s... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455972 | Disposable bed pan bag and method of using same A bag constructed from synthetic plastic material which is impervious to liquid and other human waste has a pouch bonded to an exterior surface. The pouch has a wall remote from the surface of the bag which is constructed from a material which may be perm... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455973 | Cushion cover with adjustable peripheral sideguard A reversible cover adapted to protect the cushion used with infant furniture comprising a upper and lower half sewn together on three sides and releasably closed on the remaining side. A protective cushion, having a radial tab, is attached at the juncture... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455974 | Cushioned frame for full flotation water bed A rail for forming a full flotation water bed has a lower member of wood or the like placed on its edge to achieve height, and a flange fixed to the lower member to provide flexural strength and the desired width for the upper, cushion member. The upper c... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455975 | Hospital bed with pivoting headboard In a hospital room, arms are pivoted on vertical axes that pass through the head and foot ends of a patient's bed. One of the arms carries a computer terminal at its free end. The other arm carries a power column or a portion of a power column at its free... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455976 | Apparatus for automatically brushing chalk powder off from a blackboard eraser The invention relates to an apparatus for brushing chalk powder off from an eraser surface of a blackboard eraser in which elastic brushes attached to rotatable shafts of rotatable bodies are brushingly engaged with the eraser surface and are rotated in f... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455977 | Bowling lane dressing apparatus with continuously variable speed drive A bowling lane dressing apparatus is provided which has a carriage for movement along the bowling lane between the foul line and the pit. Drive wheels are rotatably mounted on the carriage for moving the carriage along the bowling lane by means of drive m... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455978 | Sponge mop with mop head connector requiring no external fasteners A mop head connector for a wringer type sponge mop includes a pair of substantially identical shell halves, each shell half having a face and opposing sidewalls extending from the face. The sidewalls of the respective shell halves are positioned in cooper... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455979 | Apparatus for monitoring cleaning element wear The present invention discloses the use of wear measuring elements to monitor the wear of cleaning elements on cleaning devices, such as cleaning machines and vacuum cleaners. The wear measuring elements are located adjacent to cleaning elements and have ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455980 | Mop including a frame block holder with a removable tube-shaped cover A reversible mop that includes a frame formed of a solid block of material presents two supporting horizontal surfaces having a centrally mounted, pivotally attached handle. The mop is easily reversible by simply rotating the handle through an interruptio... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455981 | Paint scraper An improved paint scraper to permit a user minimum arm fatigue and cramping due to the paint scraper including a blade for scraping paint from a surface by pulling or pushing the blade along the surface while the blade is held in pressure contact with the... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455982 | Hard and soft floor surface cleaning apparatus Apparatus (10) is disclosed including an interchangeable brush (88) and either a removable vacuum shoe (38) for soft floor surfaces or removable squeegee and carriage assemblies (56, 68) for hard floor surfaces. A spindle (32) is rotatably mounted in the ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455983 | Wet/dry utility vacuum cleaner The present invention teaches a utility, wet/dry, tank type, vacuum cleaner suitable for domestic use whereby wet or dry material may be alternately vacuumed. Two storage or receiving chambers are provided, preferably positioned one within the other. Two ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455984 | Cleaning machine and control switch therefor A switch and connector for selectively creating an electrical circuit between a motor mounted in a power foot and a combination vacuum cleaning/water extraction machine is disclosed. The motor mounted in the power foot drives an agitation member rotativel... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455985 | Steerable side squeegees In a floor scrubbing machine, side squeegees for control of water on the floor are mounted with linkages that include vertical pivots so the squeegees can swing from side to side. They are interconnected with a tie rod so they swing in unison. A rear sque... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455986 | Leakproof insert A metal insert, usually threaded, for use in a prepared hole in a plastic part and a method for its installation. The upper parts of the hole and the insert and fit together by melting the plastic. After cooling, expandable ridges in the lower part of the... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455987 | One-piece hinge A simple hinge is defined from a single-part component which is used in pairs as hinge halves which mutually engage to define a tough, long-lasting hinge. The hinge pin, and hinge sleeve which engages the pin, are in effect separated into component length... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455988 | Ball support A support with ball for moving loads, is of the type having a hollow body to which the load is applied and in which a ball is housed, partially coming out from the lower part of the hollow body and free to rotate on a plurality of rolling wheels assembled... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455989 | Easel hinge An easel hinge includes an outer hinge plate and an inner hinge plate interconnected with each other for relative pivotal movement therebetween. The outer hinge plate has a relatively flat leaf portion terminating in a curled barrel at one side thereof an... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455990 | Device for cleaning Morel cylinders on a card Device for cleaning Morel cylinders of a wool card, comprising a tool carrier (1) displaceable along the Morel cylinder (2). The tool carrier (1) is mounted on a carriage (3) displaceable on a tube (4), extending parallel to the axis of the Morel cylinder... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455991 | Method and apparatus for collecting fibers, and product Disclosed are an improved apparatus for collecting fine fibers, such as glass fibers, having a mean diameter of less than two microns from a gaseous stream, a method of collecting fine fibers using the apparatus and the novel new product produced by this ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455992 | Roller assembly for expanding the width of a web A widening device for increasing the width of a moving web of material comprises a rotatable profiled roller, the outer surface of which defines a plurality of radial projections and recesses distributed along the length of the roller and first and second... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455993 | Tool turret for a machine tool, in particular a lathe Tool turret for a machine tool, the turret head of which is designed to be equipped with drivable tools, wherein for shortening the times required for indexing the rotatable turret head a three-part HIRTH tooth system is used to lock the turret head and a... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455994 | Method of manufacturing an in-the-ear hearing aid In a method of manufacturing an in-the-ear hearing aid an auxiliary element, whose cross-section is larger than that of an auditory canal, is introduced into the auditory canal. As a result, the auditory canal is expanded. Subsequently, a hollow vent tube... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455995 | Tool for uncoupling quick connect tubular couplings A unitary molded tool for decoupling telescoping tubular members includes two companion spring engaging sectors joined along one longitudinal edge by a collar which has a greater radius than the sectors and which is attached to the separate sectors by spa... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455996 | Brake spring tool A method of using a brake spring tool which includes a shaft cooperative with a slotted collar. The slot may be fitted over the lead wire of the spring and the shaft tightly engaged against the lead wire to facilitate installation or removal.... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455997 | Threading initiation method Disclosed is a tool 20 for grasping a nut 9 and initiating the threading of the nut to a the difficult-to-access threaded counterpart element 28 which is in a difficult-to-access location. The tool 20 includes a socket body 1 having expandable jaws 5 that... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455998 | Method for manufacturing an ink jet head in which droplets of conductive ink are expelled A method for manufacturing an ink jet head which involves the steps of casting a first synthetic film on a metal film, etching the conductive metal to produce a pair of etched electrodes facing each other across an opening according to lithography and etc... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455999 | Method for making electrochemical device An electrochemical device for production of electrical energy including a case, a primary Faradaic component in the case comprising an active metal anode and a cathode material, an electrochemical capacitor component in the case comprising first and secon... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456000 | Method of making an electrolyte activatable lithium-ion rechargeable battery cell Li-ion rechargeable battery cell electrode and electrolyte/separator elements formulated as layers of plasticized polymeric matrix compositions are laminated to form a unitary battery cell structure. The structure may be stored indefinitely, since it is e... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456001 | Apparatus for automatically packaging electronic parts on printed circuit board An automated pick-and-place apparatus for assembling a printed circuit board includes a housing portion for housing a plurality of electronic component dispensing mechanisms. A packaging portion is included in which selected component dispensing units are... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456002 | Apparatus for installing instrument panel assemblies in automotive vehicle bodies Apparatus for transferring an instrument panel assembly from a pick-up station to the interior of an automotive vehicle body for installation while the body moves along a path spaced laterally from the pick-up station. A bridge is mounted for movement alo... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456003 | Method for packaging a semiconductor device having projected electrodes A method for packaging a semiconductor device having projected electrodes is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) placing the semiconductor device on a substrate having a plurality of groups of metallic projections formed thereon; (b) bonding e... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456004 | Anisotropic interconnect methodology for cost effective manufacture of high density printed circuit boards An interconnect sheet for connecting multiple layers of a circuit board for the manufacture of high interconnect density PWBs. The interconnect sheet preferably comprises an area array grid of 0.003 inch solder columns having a 0.006 inch pitch. The inter... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456005 | Method and apparatus for securing a crimp-style terminal to a cable The present invention provides a method and apparatus for securely crimping a crimp-style terminal to a small diameter conductor of a cable. A dummy conductor is prepared and a crimping portion of the terminal is crimped about both the dummy conductor and... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456006 | Method for making a heat exchanger tube A method for making a tube for an automotive heat exchanger is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of feeding the tube stock and turbulator stock into the tube mill; forming the tube stock into a tube; and forming the turbulator stock into a general... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456007 | Assist method and apparatus for fitting close tolerance valves into bores A method for assembling a part, such as a spool valve into a bore of a body, such as a transmission valve body. A vacuum means creates suction within the bore in the direction of insertion of the spool valve. A gripper tool attached to a robotic arm suppo... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456008 | Process for hard-coating a ball This invention relates to a process for hard-coating a ball, consisting in: hollowing in the outer surface of the ball a depression whose periphery lies at a certain distance from the two polar faces of the ball in order that it is bordered by elevated zones; ... | 10/10/1995 |
