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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5485636 | Rape protective device A rape preventing undergarment is formed from flexible cut-resistant cable and covered with fabric. The cable forms a crotch covering web with very small openings. Each side of the crotch covering web is attached to a leg encircling cable free at one end ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485637 | Holding tank for waste A tank for liquidous material is disclosed having a single aperture for accessing an interior volume. A collar formed as a truncated cone circumscribes the aperture to provide sealing with a cap having a mating conical band. A band surface and a collar su... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485638 | Self locking futon frame The present invention is for a futon frame which, in combination with a futon, will serve as a sofa or couch when in the closed position and a bed when in the open position. The futon frame has a base having a first end with a first base end slot and a se... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485639 | Modular innerspring and box spring assemblies A mattress spring clip to secure the wire of a border wire assembly to coils of adjacent coil springs in an innerspring assembly for a mattress, wherein the clip comprises a unitary length of spring bias material, such as metal having a relatively broad w... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485640 | Bedding foundation frame A bedding foundation frame for use in manufacturing a bedding foundation. The foundation frame includes side rails and end rails formed into a rectangular configuration and a plurality of slats extending between the side rails and parallel to the end rail... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485641 | Composite/plier cutter tool with shear action cutter insert A composite, non-electrically conductive, non-sparking, non-magnetic and lightweight cutter/plier hand tool has two pivotally interconnected lever members, each of unitary, one-piece construction and formed by compression molding of multiple plies of a di... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485642 | Purse file with pop top opener A nail file and pop top opener comprising a nail file blade having abrasive surfaces on opposite sides for filing and trimming fingernails. A case has an open end to retain the nail file blade therein when not in use, so as to be carried in a purse. A sle... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485643 | Apparatus and process for trimming a sole of a shoe An apparatus for trimming a sole of a shoe includes a support structure and a shoe carriage mounted on the support structure. The shoe carriage is constructed and arranged for mounting a shoe thereon and is movable along x and z axes. A sensing station is... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485644 | Substrate treating apparatus A substrate treatment apparatus includes a loader 1 for soaking a plurality of wafers W in deionized water, a back surface cleaning portion 2, a front surface cleaning portion 3, a rinsing and drying unit 4 and a plurality of transporting units 6. The bac... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485645 | Outer wall cleaning robot An outer wall cleaning robot includes an arm pivotable about a first rotation axis and a rotational body supported by the arm for pivotal movement about a second rotation axis. The rotational body can be driven independently of a pivotal movement of the a... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485646 | Hairbrush with electronic stroke counter A brush which includes a stroke counting mechanism used to count the number of strokes made in the brushing of hair. The number of strokes is displayed on a digital read out which is mounted to the brush handle for easy reference. The brush can be used as... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485647 | Sporting event scraper brush A scraping brush from cleaning dirt and debris from a surface. The inventive device includes a handle having a brush extending from a first end thereof and a scraping block extending from a second end thereof. The scraping block is configured to include a... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485648 | Covering for the partially coating of articles such as broom backs and articles such as broom backs so covered An article such as a broom back coated with a covering comprising a layer (9) of thermoformable plastic material. The broom backs (1) are introduced in a chamber (6) of a thermoforming machine (5) radiating panel (8). A plate of thermoformable material is... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485649 | Beach brush The invention relates to a brush capable of brushing off sand and dirt from humans or animals and remain in a good, clean condition. The novelty resides in the use of an adjustable handle and cover that can vary the length of the bristles that are exposed... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485650 | Windscreen wiper with elongated, curved backbone A windscreen wiper includes an elongate curved backbone which is of a resiliently flexible material and which has a connecting formation at a position intermediate its length for connection to a displacing and force applying member. The backbone has a fre... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485651 | Vacuum cleaning and shampooing system having high-pressure air means A vacuum cleaning system utilizing a small-mouthed nozzle on a vacuum hose member, such nozzle having an air outlet member disposed therein for the directing of a high-pressure air stream out of said nozzle at selected times onto the surface to be cleaned... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485652 | Suction cleaning head A suction cleaning head (10) characterised in that it comprises a suction chamber (12) having an open mouth (36) and an outlet (40) adapted to be connected to an air extraction means, a cleaning liquid chamber (14) located at a point external to the sucti... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485653 | Floor cleaning apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus for cleaning floors. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes four wheels, two of which are steerable wheels, and a steering mechanism that permits the two steerable wheels to turn to a degree that allows very ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485654 | Spacecraft handle A spacecraft-component handle assembly for use as a single replacement of most handles on most components of a spacecraft is provided. This handle assembly includes a baseplate having a slot with an axis and with diametrically opposite inner bearing surfa... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485655 | Hinge device for armrails of a playpen A hinge device for armrails of a playpen. The playpen includes an essentially rectangular upper support formed by four pairs of rods each centrally coupled by a hinge device, an essentially lower support formed by four rods each centrally coupled by a hin... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485656 | Hinge for mounting a door on a frame A hinge for mounting a door on a frame includes a hinge arm receiver and a hinge arm connected at one end to the hinge arm receiver and having at its other end a hinge plate with a depending ledge having a terminus portion which is engageable in a pre-mou... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485657 | Garment hanging clip and method of using the same Four embodiments are disclosed of a garment-hanger clip having a central portion adapted to be received with a garment to be hung and manually bendable wing portions adapted to be manually bent into close confrontation with the opposite sides of the centr... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485658 | Garment closure A hook-type closure has a stirrup on a plate member which fits in a window of an eye member and passes over a tongue projecting into the window and flanked by a pair of detents past which the stirrup is forced and which retain the stirrup against inadvert... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485659 | Buckle for watch bands A buckle for watch bands has a cover (1), a guide housing (15) secured to an inside of the cover, the guide housing having a pair of push plates (19) each of which has an engaging projection (21) and springs. A middle plate (16) and a tongue (6) are rotat... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485660 | Machine for connection connexion elements into connectors The invention relates to an automatic connection machine having at least two connecting devices for connecting connexion elements equipping the ends of electrical conductors into connector housings. The device (5) comprises: a body (7) which can be displa... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485661 | Environmentally-protective combination burial/shipping/cremation case An environmentally-protective body container comprises a burnable double-walled utility case which can be used either as a shipping container and/or as a casket for burial or for cremation. The case is blow-molded from an organic thermoplastic which does ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485662 | Apparatus and method for crimping fiber for nonwoven applications Apparatus and method for crimping fiber, especially polypropylene fiber, includes feeding a tow through driven rolls into a stuffer box. Heat, in the form of steam, is applied to the tow prior to the rolls. The stuffer box includes doctor blades for cooli... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485663 | Method of fabricating an ink jet print head An ink jet print head comprises a piezoelectric plate (2) formed of a piezoelectric material, a base plate (1) formed of a nonconductive, nonelectrostrictive material having rigidity lower than that of the piezoelectric material and joined to the piezoele... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485664 | Method for producing globe-shaped bells with single piece shells A method for manufacturing a bell continuously and automatically with a number of mold pieces which are movable downward toward a lower mold having a number of mold cavities for engaging with one half of the bell. A plate member is fed step by step throug... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485665 | Gasket size control The size of the spiral gaskets which are formed by winding a sealing strip and a compressible filler strip around a mandrel is controlled by measuring the angle through which the mandrel turns, e.g., by means of an encoder. The lengths of arcs on the peri... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485666 | Rotor assembly apparatus and method A rotor assembly machine for assembling spring biased starter pawls to a rotor. The machine includes three loaders. A first loader positions a coiled spring around a post of a rotor. A second loader connects the starter pawl onto the post. The third loade... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485667 | Method for attaching a marker to a medical instrument The method for securely attaching a radiopaque marker device to a medical instrument, such as a catheter, comprises the steps of providing a medical instrument, providing a marker device formed of a radiopaque shape-memory material, such as Nitinol, havin... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485668 | Needle and suture swaging method A swaging station incorporates a drawing tower that automatically draws, cuts, and inserts an indefinite length strand of suture material within the suture receiving end of a surgical needle for swaging thereof. The suture receiving end of the surgical ne... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485669 | Method of making an electrical coil A method for a loop of a predetermined turn of a coil located inside the width of the coil and beneath at least one layer of the coil.... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485670 | Stator coil lacing machine The present invention relates to a stator coil lacing machine having improved cord handling capabilities and lacing cord handling components that can be adjusted without disassembly of the machine so that the machine accommodates a range of stator stack h... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485671 | Method of making a two-phase thermal bag component cooler A two-phase liquid cooling system for an electronic component comprised of flexible sealed bag which is partially filled with a liquid coolant. Sufficient residual non-condensing gas is maintained in the bag so that some of the gas dissolves in the liquid... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485672 | Method for encasing a printed wiring board The invention provides an apparatus (10) for encasing a printed wiring board (12). Apparatus (10) comprises a substantially tubular housing (14) having internal ribs (30) formed along first and second sides (32) and (34) of housing (14). Printed wiring bo... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485673 | Environmental connector An environmental connector formed by insert molding a thermoplastic rubber insert into a plastic cylindrical housing having an external shoulder adjacent to an exit aperture for the thermoplastic rubber to flow to an annular void in the cavity of the mold... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485674 | Method of constructing an apparatus for compressing gas An internal combustion engine having cylinders and a head assembly adapted for compressing gas, wherein one or more cylinders of an inline-cylinder engine are modified to compress flammable gas, such as natural gas. The engine cylinders and head assembly ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5485675 | Process for producing an activated carbon adsorbent with integral heat transfer apparatus A process for producing an integral adsorbent-heat exchanger apparatus useful in ammonia refrigerant heat pump systems. In one embodiment, the process wets an activated carbon particles-solvent mixture with a binder-solvent mixture, presses the binder wet... | 01/23/1996 |
