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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5489144 | Portable folding footstool A footstool for supporting the legs of an individual relative to a ground surface. The inventive device includes a support member for receiving the individual's legs. A folding leg assembly positions the support member above the ground surface and can be ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489145 | Chair cusion and upholstery assembly and method Disclosed is a chair cushion and upholstery assembly and method used in the construction of one and two piece office type chairs. A molded plastic cushion liner member having a marginal portion surrounding one or more open portions and adapted to fit with... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489146 | Substitute top for convertibles A substitute top is provided to close the passenger compartment of a convertible vehicle when the folding soft top is lowered. The soft top has a pair of J-hook latches for engaging the windshield header to latch the top in sealing engagement with the win... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489147 | Hub for spoked wheel axle A hub for a spoked wheel includes an annular peripheral portion having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a peripheral edge, wherein the inner surface and the outer surface define non-parallel planes, and wherein the inner surface forms an acute angl... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489148 | Partition wall component to the drawer division of the drawer A partition wall component for connecting a drawer partition wall to a drawer side wall is fastened to the hollow front face of the partition wall and is detachable from the partition wall. The partition wall component is resiliently fastened to the side ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489149 | Optical distance measurement apparatus provided with smear detector device An optical distance measurement apparatus for measuring the distance to an object 7 on the basis of the round-trip time of the light to and from the object. 7 includes an object detector means 32 and a smear detector means 33. The smear detector means 33 ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489150 | Mortar mixer frame having integral hydraulic fluid reservoir with means for cooling the hydraulic fluid A motar mixer driven by a hydraulic pump and motor which are powered by an gasoline engine. The mixer frame is configured as a trailer to facilitate transport of the mortar mixer. The trailer frame is further adapted so that the frame members form a fluid... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489151 | Portable mixing device for use with fluid container having threaded opening A portable fluid-mixing device. The fluid-mixing device comprises a container insert, an elongated shaft, a one-piece propeller, a wrench, a jam nut, and a crank. External threads of the insert are removably engageable with internal threads of an opening ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489152 | Hazardous waste transportation and disposal An apparatus for holding hazardous waste made up of solids and liquids during transportation includes a tank made of material selected to be impervious to and non-corrodible by the hazardous waste and having a non-critical portion, an agitator in the tank... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489153 | Static mixer assembly with deflection elements A static mixer distributes substances introduced into a flow duct as homogeneously as possible in a flow medium. The intention is to achieve complete intermixing over the shortest possible path distance. The static mixer includes a multiplicity of deflect... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489154 | Method and apparatus for mixing gases In a method for cooling a process gas with a cooling gas being admixed into the process gas, wherein one or more streams of the cooling gas are injected into one or more streams of the process gas and the streams of the obtained gas mixture being brought ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489155 | Tilt pad variable geometry bearings having tilting bearing pads and methods of making same A one piece hydrodynamic bearing which replicates the function and performance of more costly tilt pad bearings. The pads are supported on a single thin web for pivoting on a support structure which can include one or more beam-like members. The support s... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489156 | Bearing assembly utilizing improved clamping arrangement A bearing assembly includes an improved clamping arrangement for securement to a shaft. The inner ring of the bearing assembly includes a tapered inner surface generally complementary to a tapered outer surface of a tapered adapter. Each of the tapered ad... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489158 | Printer system for removable machine readable code A numbering and reading system with record having two-dimensional erasable bar code or a removable label with a two-dimensional bar code is disclosed. The bar code can be PDF417.... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489159 | Compact remote-driven encoder with deskewing roller assembly A remote-driven encoder which includes a feed tray assembly (12) and an autofeed roller assembly (14) which moves checks one at a time into a check guide path. A deskewing roller (46) moves the checks from the tray assembly (12) to the autofeed roller ass... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489160 | Print medium support mechanism for ink-jet printers Described herein is a print medium support mechanism for supporting a print medium such as paper in a print zone adjacent a printer's printhead. The print medium support mechanism includes at least one drive roller positioned upstream from the print zone ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489161 | Ball joint equipped with a dust cover In a ball joint, a ball seat member is fitted into a housing, a ball stud having a spherical head is rotatably received in a cavity of the ball seat member, and a dust cover extends between a stem portion of the ball stud and a peripheral part of the open... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489162 | Fastening In general, in one aspect, the invention features a fastener having two mating pieces. One of the mating has a rigid surface of thickness q, and a hole in the surface, the hole including a slot defined by two generally parallel edges separated by a distan... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489163 | Drainage channel The invention provides a drainage channel preferably formed from a sheet material, such as stainless steel. The channel has a flat bottom and upwardly extending sidewalls that form an acute angle with the bottom. A pair of shoulders extend outwardly from ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489164 | Method of connection The invention relates to a constructional element such as a tunnel lining, part of which is shown in the drawing, comprising adjacent segments which have facing surfaces between which there is a joint which is physically deformable under load. The joint c... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489165 | Earth retainer beam module and method A retaining module for forming a vertical wall for retaining the earth or similar medium from which a pool, pond or stream is to be constructed. The retaining module has a vertical beam and a horizontal beam integrally molded as a single module, or altern... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489166 | Method and device for removing solid residues from a gas purification installation A method and device for removing solid residues from a gas purification installation are presented. After discharge of a batch of solid residues into a first closed vessel, the vessel is isolated with respect to the gas purification installation. At least... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489167 | Chuck actuator with wedge-type locking A holder for a tool or workpiece has a tubular working spindle centered on and rotatable about an axis, an elongated pulling element axially displaceable in the spindle and having a front end provided with holder jaws and a rear end with a forwardly direc... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489168 | Metrology instrument arm system The present invention relates generally to a metrology framework for determining the position of a first object, such as an operator, relative to a second object when the first object is moved relative to the second object. The metrology framework compris... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489169 | Vertical broaching machine A broaching machine for cutting keyways in a bore of a piece part. There is a stationary bed plate on which is slidably mounted a moveable vise which slides along the bed plate. The jaws of the moveable vise clamp the piece part which is to be machined. A... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489170 | Anchoring apparatus for wheeled chair An anchoring apparatus for a wheeled chair mainly composed of a movable frame assembled with a seat frame structure of the wheeled chair to be movable in a vertical direction, a hydraulic damper assembled with the seat frame structure for biasing the mova... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489171 | Vehicle transporter A vehicle transporter for supporting cars for shipment in a shipping container includes a lower pallet and an upper pallet, each of which is adapted to receive a car with its wheels supported thereon. A pair of columns is pivotally affixed to each side of... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489172 | Quick-release fastening device A quick-change track lock for securing interior-design articles on C-shaped retaining tracks on a floor or walls in an airplane, a helicopter or a spacecraft includes a main body, a detent member for fixing the track lock in a retaining track, a locking b... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489173 | Device for attachment to a fastening rail An attachment device secures structural component (39) to a fastening rail (32) having a slot-like opening (34). The attachment device includes a flexural member (27) to afford better handling. The flexural member (27) is deflectable in the axial directio... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489174 | Locking system for threaded fasteners A locking system including a combination of a multi-strand locking wire and a ferrule having a thin walled crimpable section useful for preventing threaded fasteners from loosening due to vibration, each of the fasteners having an aperture for receiving t... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489175 | Flush-mounting right-angle fastener A self-clinching fastener used to join two sheet materials together at a right angle. The self-clinching fastener is of the flush-mounting type and thus provides for a smooth cosmetic appearance when installed.... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489176 | Male clinch fastener with cold-formed locking flange and associated installation method A male clinch fastener adapted to be secured to a sheet by cold-forming includes a generally cylindrical head having a threaded shaft extending outwardly therefrom and a plurality of circumferentially distributed splines. Longitudinally extending portions... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489177 | Fastener assembly with axially captivated washer A preassembled fastener assembly having a washer axially captivated on a threaded screw. The washer includes an elongated cylindrical sleeve, a radially outwardly directed flange and at least two inwardly extending detents within the sleeve to yieldably e... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489178 | Method and apparatus for improved masonry drive anchor An anchor bolt is provided having a shank which is retained within a recess via peak to peak reaction forces rather than a plurality of peak to base arrangements. This is accomplished through the use of one or more continuous "S" bends or undulations inte... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489179 | Fastener and building assembly comprising workpiece, substrate, and fastener A building assembly comprises a wooden board, a metal framing member, and a fastener having an elongate shank, an enlarged head, and a generally pointed end and fastening the board to the framing member. The shank has a ringed portion with annular grooves... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489180 | Vibration damping body and method for fabricating same A vibration damping construction, which is useful when it is applied to a vibration isolation washer or a pressed construction such as an oil pan, a ventilation buffle plate, etc. for an automobile, is disclosed, which is so constructed that raw materials... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489181 | Transport apparatus and method of using same A new and improved transport apparatus which can be used to transport a load between different level surfaces according to a novel method of use of the present invention. The transport apparatus includes an undercarriage including a front and rear trucks ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489182 | Lifting apparatus for a container An apparatus for lifting containers to elevated positions for charging or discharging of a fluent material. The lifting apparatus includes a support member for the container. This support member may include an integral means for inverting the container. T... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489183 | Hand truck for handling cylinders of compressed gas and the like In order to facilitate the weighing of large compressed gas cylinders, a hand truck which is used to move the cylinders to a set of scales is provided with a hydraulic or mechanical servo which allows the cylinder to be elevated while it is on the hand tr... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489184 | Pellet loader A loading device for picking up and repositioning a plurality of upright cylinders arranged in a rectangular array includes a rectangular-shaped frame and a lift mechanism for raising and lowering the frame. A first fixed wall depends from a first end of ... | 02/06/1996 |
