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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5475878 | Protective helmet assembly A protective helmet assembly (10) comprising a hard ballistic outer shell (12) in a clam shell construction of hinged shell portions (14, 16), the front portion (14) being provided with a window opening (20) and a facial seal (34). A transparent visor (22... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475879 | Swimming pool overflow protector A system for overflow protection for swimming pools and tanks that conserves water by taking excess water from the bottom of the tank including a weighted hose directed near the bottom of the tank and connected to the protector. The protector has inlet, o... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475880 | Foldable bathtub transfer seat A foldable bathtub seat that includes a plurality of elongated parallel generally rectangular slats interconnected by hinges such that the slats are foldable to a configuration in which the slats are in stacked facing engagement parallel to each other and... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475881 | Sleep enhancing posturized mattress and mattress cover A zoned posturized mattress which is longitudinally zoned to have at least three, and preferably four, zones of differing resistance to vertical deflection over the surface of the mattress comprises a resilient mattress core and a unique mattress cover. T... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475882 | Gel filled deformable cushion and composition contained therein This invention provides for a gel filled deformable cushion (10) which includes a fluid impervious flexible enclosure (12) forming an internal chamber (14). Contained within the internal chamber (14) is a plasticizer composition (16) and a plurality of pa... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475883 | Wave generating apparatus for waterbeds A wave generating device for waterbeds, including an undulation mechanism for producing a first wave motion on a mattress of a waterbed, with the first wave motion including a repetitive, upward force which is orthogonal to a bottom surface of the mattres... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475884 | Patient support apparatus A patient support apparatus comprises a first support plate which can be transferred from an undercarriage onto a table frame of the medical apparatus. The table frame is provided with a second support plate which receives the first support plate directly... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475885 | Couch system for x-ray diagnosis A patient couch for an X-ray diagnosis comprises a base portion to be fixed to a floor of an X-ray diagnosis room and a movable portion mounted to the base portion to be movable with respect to the base portion and having a table top on which a patient li... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475886 | Combination pillow and chair cushion with tie string accomodating pocket When in use on a chair, sets of strings which extend from the seam proximate an expandable pocket are tied around vertical elements of the chair back to secure the cushion. The strings are stored within the pocket when the product is used as a decorative ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475887 | Method and apparatus for warping using progressively controlled tension on a dye beam and dye beam geometry therefor A method and apparatus for winding yarn to produce a wound yarn package having a variable density profile. The variable density profile in the wound yarn is produced by variably tensioning the yarn during the winding process by an electrical apparatus whi... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475888 | Lip lifting mechanism for a dock leveler A lip lifting mechanism for the pivotable lip of a dock leveler moves the lip to an operative extended position as the ramp of the dock leveler is moved from a raised position toward a lowered position. The lip lifting mechanism includes a push bar, a lif... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475889 | Automatically adjustable brush assembly for cleaning semiconductor wafers An automatically adjustable brush assembly for cleaning semiconductor wafers. The brush assembly includes a first rotary brush, a brush carriage having first and second arms and a second rotary brush, and at least one pressure adjustment assembly position... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475890 | Gelatinous elastomer swabs A novel reusable swab having a gelatinous elastomer swab head attached to one or both ends of a handle is disclosed. The gelatinous elastomer swab head exhibits a combination of properties including unexpectedly high elongation and tensile strength and ex... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475891 | Silicone applicator for plastic eyeglass lenses An applicator for depositing a protective silicone coating onto a plastic eyeglass lens includes a plurality of soft bristles mounted on a gripping element, and the bristles hold the silicone. Preferably, the silicone is a mixture of two polydimethylsilox... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475892 | Semiconductor wafer particle extractor An alignment apparatus for aligning the flat edges on semiconductor wafers has a roller 13 used to turn the wafers 12 during alignment. The roller 13 is hollow and has a plurality of holes 14 in the surface of the roller though which a vacuum is drawn to ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475893 | Adjustable edge brush for vacuum cleaner A vertically sliding brush is provided along each edge of a vacuum cleaner nozzle. The edge brush is spring biased downwardly. A sliding lever operates the brush between engaged, self-adjusting, and disengaged positions. The edge brush acts to agitate or ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475894 | Handgrip for a tool and method of making same A handgrip for implements, utensils or tools, especially handtools and sporting implements, and particularly a screwdriver, has an elongated grip body formed at gripping regions engageable by the fingers or ball of a hand of a user with particles of inorg... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475895 | Tool hand grip A new and improved tool hand grip for providing a hand grip for pole-handled joint taping tube which increases leverage and frictional engagement between a user's hand and the tube's shank thereby improving tool control and reducing user fatigue. The tool... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475896 | Furniture handle A furniture handle including a handle frame having a coupling portion in the middle, and a hand grip mounted around the coupling portion, wherein the hand grip has a longitudinal through hole, a V-shaped opening extended from the longitudinal through hole... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475897 | Car door hinge A car door hinge comprises a rotating member 2 hinged on a fixed member I by means of a hinge pin 3. One end 5 of a wire spring 4 is attached to a point on the rotating member 2 distant from the hinge pin, and the other end 8 of the wire spring 4 is attac... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475898 | Method of fixing card clothing to carrier cylinder Card clothing including a strip of resilient material, wire carding teeth, and a carrier web is fixed onto the surface of a carrier cylinder by locating the ends of the carrier web in a slot in the cylinder and fitting them into a U-shaped clip which exte... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475899 | Sliver container structure and method of exchanging sliver containers A method and device for exchanging sliver containers on a sliver producing textile machine, particularly non-cylindrical containers, wherein the containers are supported on a support and are moved in a direction, perpendicular to their long axis past the ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475900 | Cable holder A holder device for use in coiling an elongate material e.g. a wire, cable, rope or the like, has a pair of opposed side walls extending upwardly from a base portion and forming with the base portion an upwardly open recess for receiving successive turns ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475901 | Swivelling snaphook A swivelling snaphook is provided having a retainer rotatably connected with a hook member. The retainer includes a receptacle, a base bar with opposing ends, and two converging bars having opposite ends with one of the opposite ends of each converging ba... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475902 | Burial casket incorporating cathodic protection A cathodic protection system for a burial casket comprises a sacrificial anode rod, nylon sleeves encircling the rod and metal straps positively positioned relative the sleeves and welded to the casket bottom. One of the sleeves encircles the resistor of ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475903 | Composite nonwoven fabric and method A composite nonwoven fabric and method for making the same includes subjecting a carded web to the action of a cross lapper (B) and then drafting the cross-lapped web by passing the same through a web drafter (C) utilizing a series of wire wound rolls of ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475904 | Method and device for producing composite laps and composites thereby obtained Two laps are needled together between longitudinal guide tubes which maintain spacing between the laps and downstream of the needling position, the tubes release an interleaving material between the laps and between the rows of bridges formed by needling,... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475905 | Apparatus to create an improved moire fabric An apparatus and method for creation of moire fabric. This can be achieved by placing a first piece of fabric against a support member and directing at least one stream of fluid at the surface of said first piece of fabric to provide lateral yarn displace... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475906 | Heald-separation apparatus for warp-thread drawing-in machines The separating apparatus contains carrier rails for the storage of healds in the form of a stack, a dividing-off member for pushing the foremost heald laterally out of the stack into an intermediate position, and a first transfer device for transporting t... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475907 | Apparatus and method for forming coils of yarn and for heat setting the same An apparatus and method are provided for forming coils of yarn and for heat setting the yarn. The apparatus has a coiler adapted to receive yarn from a yarn source ant to form the yarn into a plurality of loops of a desired size. The coiler preferably inc... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475908 | Device for entanglement of filaments in a multifilament yarn In entangling nozzles for entangling a plurality of filaments, a device is proposed which can be integrated into warping systems or the like, in which the entangling nozzles are arranged on a traverse which is movable with respect to the air-feed beam, th... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475909 | Threading assembly for a yarn entangling nozzle A yarn entangling device having a housing with an air pressure cushion in it for urging a piston normally outwardly of the housing. The piston has an air passage through it. Shifting the piston outwardly blocks the air passage. A blast nozzle is secured t... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475910 | Jewel setting method A jewel setting method comprising the steps of: making a hole in an elastic object; forming overhangs around the top circumference of the hole; and press-fitting a jewel into the hole by causing the overhangs to be yieldingly withdrawn, allowing the girdl... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475911 | Multi-stage dual wall hydroforming A method and apparatus capable of forming a dual tube conduit having a predetermined outer tube dimension, a predetermined inner tube dimension, and a predetermined gap between the tubes. A dual tube workpiece may be initially bent in one or more zones to... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475912 | Method for making dental prostheses Method for making dental crowns or onlays, comprising the steps of forming an aluminium foil (14) after the prepared surface (13) of the tooth or the top (23) of a dental post or implant (21), anodic oxidizing the foil all through to oxide foil, firing th... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475913 | Method for assembling fuel assembly A method of assembling a fuel assembly is presented so as to reduce radiation exposure to the assembly workers and to simplify the assembly procedure. Sleeves are pre-attached to an upper nozzle, and the guide pipes are inserted into respective grid cells... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475914 | Engraving head with cartridge mounted components An engraver having an engraving head is provided wherein replaceable components, such as tools, of the engraving head are formed with a cartridge-style construction. For example, in one aspect of the engraving head, a cartridge-type diamond stylus is prov... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475915 | Method for increasing extrusion yield in forming a superconducting rod A cylindrical billet of superconducting material is enclosed by a copper sheath circumferentially, and by a lid and nose of copper at its longitudinal ends. A short cylindrical nose piece of lesser diameter than the billet, is attached at the billet's fro... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475916 | Machine for staking a two part connector housing together A machine (10) is disclosed for staking a multi-part connector housing together. The machine includes upper and lower die assemblies (26, 30) that are brought into engagement by means of a manually actuated ram (18). The connector and cable assembly (12) ... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5475917 | Trim removing apparatus associated with a cutting-off machine for the formation of small rolls of toilet paper or the like An apparatus is provided for the removal of "trims" and other waste from small rolls of toilet paper, all-purpose wipers and other articles, with arrangement for thrust-operated advancement of rows of said small rolls (R). It includes at least a continuou... | 12/19/1995 |
