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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5501353 | Collapsible container A collapsible container is defined having: a container base, a plurality of support members extending generally upwardly from the container base and a plurality of wall members each mounted to at least one respective support member by a hinge. Each wall m... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501354 | Collapsible container A collapsible container for use in the shipping of goods is formed from a single sheet (10) of a plastic material to form a box. The container has a bottom panel (12) and first (14) and second (16) pairs of like wall panels integrally hingedly connected t... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501355 | Work-box A work box comprises a central box unit and two lateral box units. Each of the box units has a bottom wall, a front end wall, a rear end wall, two opposing lateral side walls, and adjacent surfaces of complementary shape so that when the work-box is close... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501356 | File box closure catch A closure catch of resilient plastics material comprising two co-operating body parts (124, 126) adapted to fit onto the edges of the lid and sidewalls of a box file to hold it closed. The first member (124) carries an outwardly facing projection (160) wh... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501357 | Sealing device for metallic containers A device to be applied to the top of a metallic container after the top of the container has been completely or partially removed for the purpose of preserving the unconsumed contents of the container. The device includes a seal which is adapted to fit th... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501358 | Bottomless receptacle and bi-frustoconical liner system A system for receiving, storing, and removal of waste, laundry or other items comprises a frusto-conically shaped holder and a bi-frusto-coically shaped holder liner. The holder is open at a narrower top end and at a wider bottom end. The liner is held in... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501359 | Prefabricated structure for forming fluid-tight and thermo-insulated walls for very low temperature fluid confinement container The present invention relates to a prefabricated structure providing fluid-tight and thermo-insulated walls for a heat-insulated confinement container such as a fluid-tight reservoir for storage and/or transport of a very low temperature fluid. Said struc... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501360 | Basket lining material having a cohesive thereon and method A basket lining material, comprising a basket having an upper end, a lower end, an outer surface, and an opening in the upper end forming an inner surface, the basket opening being sized and shaped for receiving items and the items being retained in the b... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501361 | Document preservation system A container and method for containing documents which protects documents from damage by suspending the corners of the documents from the container's surfaces through an integral or attached mid-portion lining or raised surface. This lining or raised surfa... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501362 | Can bottom with inside or outside surfaces secured together by circular weld or bond A thin walled metal container is formed with a bottom wall having a substantially flat central panel connected to a container side wall through an annular rest radius defining an annular support surface for the container. The annular rest radius includes ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501363 | Combination drinking cup and megaphone The present invention relates to an apparatus which is easily convertible from a container such as a drinking cup, into a megaphone and thereafter back to a container. Ideally, the apparatus will include a team logo or other such representation of support... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501364 | Doorstops for multiple-product merchandising machine A variable doorstop selectively determines the opening distance of an access door of a merchandising machine, the access door being mounted in channels of the merchandising machine to be slidable between an open position wherein the access door permits ac... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501365 | Package and system for dispensing preformed nurser sacs There is provided a system for dispensing a plurality of nurser liners one at a time. The system includes a dispenser having a bottom wall with an edge that defines a flap, and a plurality of nurser liners stacked in a nesting arrangement. The flap is ada... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501366 | Single-seed dispenser of a pneumatic precision sower A single-seed dispenser of a pneumatic precision sower includes a seed supply container, a housing defining a suction chamber, and rotatable perforated dispenser disc interposed between the supply container and the housing. At least one partition member i... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501367 | Ice feeder An ice feeder stores ice in an ice container, and supplies ice from an ice gate provided in the ice container through a supply passage extending therefrom. A sensor arranged on the supply passage detects passage of ice delivered to generate a detection si... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501368 | Device for emptying a film tube For emptying a film tube 15 containing a flowable substance, the front end f the tube is provided with a ring 17 the peripheral portion 19 of which exceeds the inner diameter of a cartridge 1 which receives the tube 15. The ring 17 has a conical sealing su... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501369 | Device for squeezing the contents of flexible tubes A device for squeezing out a desired quantity of pasty contents from a collapsible tube. Two elongated members connected by a frame are provided with at least one resilient tongue disposed therebetween. The tongue is a U-shaped leaf spring having one side... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501370 | Container with nozzle cap The present invention relates to an improvement of a nozzle cap for a composite container containing a low-viscosity liquid such as a humidity-curing type adhesive of -cyanoacrylate-based adhesive, solvent-volatile type adhesive, various chemicals,... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501371 | Mixing syringe This invention relates to a mixing syringe capable of storage of a plurality of compounds that provides for selectively mixing the components, the mixing portion having a first position for separating the components within the storage area, a second posit... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501372 | Pump tip for fluid dispenser An improved pump tip for a fluid dispenser system using a pump tube, such as common hand soap dispensers, the improvement being a longer pump tip with a longitudinally-extended exterior surface that works with a correspondingly shorter pump tube. The long... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501373 | Atomizing dispenser for endonasal drug spray administration An atomizing dispenser for endonasal spray administration of drug solutions is disclosed. The dispenser comprises a main body, or slider (1), a piston/pump (12) axially slidable into a drug container (5), and a housing/button (3). The stem (4) of the pist... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501374 | Device for extruding high viscosity fluid having multiple modes of operation A device for extruding high viscosity fluids is described which has multiple modes of operation and provides a mechanism for relieving pressure being applied to fluid being extruded. The pressure release mechanism includes a first and second dog and a rel... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501375 | Dispenser valve for dispensing a pressurized liquid A liquid dispensing valve including a flexible length of tubing. The tubing is bent along two parallel lines transverse to the axis of the tubing. The tubing is held in an actuator which, in a first position folds the tubing along the two parallel lines t... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501376 | Device for providing assistance in donning garments equipped with sleeves A device is able to provide assistance to a person in donning a garment (10) equipped with sleeves. This device includes fixed tubular elements (2); movable parts (3) which are attached to the tubular elements (2) in such a way as to be able to slide alon... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501377 | Central sealing pin cap A rotatable central sealing pin cap having a stationary part and a detachable pouring screw cap, each with engagable threads, an axial stop and a twist stop. A plurality of pre-assembly positions or intermediate positions can be defined. A twist stop is p... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501378 | Garment hanger A garment hanger is comprised of a one-piece body having a hook portion for the receipt of a display rod, a central portion depending from the hook portion, the body defining in the central portion an opening therethrough and a garment support member disp... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501379 | Modular utility belt A modular utility belt (10) comprises a belt (12) which can be worn around the waist of a person and at least one selectively removable belt attachment (14). The belt (12) includes a plurality of equally spaced belt apertures (30) extending therethrough. ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501380 | Safety holster for handgun A safety holster for a handgun comprises a holster adapted for receiving a barrel and receiver portion of a handgun with a handgrip and hammer portion extending outward of the holster. The holster has an outer surface and a reverse surface with a belt loo... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501381 | Handgun holster A handgun holster having a pivotable semirigid safety strap which prevents withdrawal of the handgun until the strap is selectively released by a force on the strap from a detent by hand manipulation of the user in drawing the handgun after the strap has ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501382 | Universal hand tool holder A universal tool holder (100) including a holster (110) and a rigid mounting panel (120) attached to and extending above the holster (110). The holster (110) defines an epitrochoidal cavity (1) which includes a biasing crease (2) along the rear convex wal... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501383 | Coupon holder and dispensing apparatus A store coupon organizing and dispensing apparatus. The apparatus has a coupon holder disposed in an elongated frame with a lower notch adapted to engage a handle of a shopping cart. The lower notch is adapted also to serve as a carrying handle. The coupo... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501384 | Storage system A storage system for a vehicle includes a molded bin configured to fit within a trunk or rear storage area of the vehicle. A bin cover is pivotally secured to the bin to cover the bin for safe storage of articles in the bin. The bin cover includes an open... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501385 | Large core fiber optic cleaver The present invention relates to a device and method for cleaving optical fibers which yields cleaved optical fiber ends possessing high damage threshold surfaces. The device can be used to cleave optical fibers with core diameters greater than 400 μm.... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501386 | Tape guide roller with flange and tapered surface for use in video tape recorder In a tape transport portion of a tape recording and reproducing apparatus, the height of a tape is regulated without applying an excessive force to the tape. In a tape guide roller having a roller (9) which is brought in rotatable contact with a tape (2) ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501387 | Staple cartridge and staple sheet pack An object of the present invention is to provide a staple cartridge usable for a motor driven stapler wherein the staple cartridge can repeatedly be used to substantially reduce the quantity of disposable waste material, thereby saving a useful resource. ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501388 | Wire bonding apparatus A bonding apparatus used in manufacturing, for example semiconductor devices, including an adiabatic plate provided beneath a bonding horn for blocking the radiant heat from a heating block that heats up a workpiece. The apparatus further includes horn co... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501389 | Titanium tube seal welding head enclosure An arrangement for providing a seal fillet weld on a titanium tube sheet and tube includes an enclosure having a closed top and an open bottom opposite the top. The enclosure is positioned over the tubes to be welded on the tube sheet. A rotating seal wel... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501390 | Method for bonding thermally-mismatched elements of a traveling wave tube A method for bonding thermally-mismatched elements of a traveling wave tube employs a metallic plate of undulating character. The plate is located at the region of the interface between tube elements formed of materials of materially-differing thermal cha... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501391 | Method for applying brazing material to a metal structure, particularly subregions of a honeycomb body A method for applying brazing material to a metal structure includes applying a sticky material maintaining adhesiveness up to temperatures of at least 180° C. and preferably above 200° C., to at least a subregion of the structure. Then brazing powder i... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501392 | Folded single sheet mailer A folded single sheet mailer is provided which comprises a rectangular sheet (12) provided with transverse and longitudinal lines of perforation and transverse and longitudinal glue lines. The sheet (12) is folded onto itself along a transverse fold line ... | 03/26/1996 |
