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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5526571 | Pivoted tool with foldable handles A pivoted tool with foldable handles, such as a pair of scissors, includes a pair of opposed elongated members, each member comprising a jaw at a front end portion thereof, a handle at a rear end portion thereof, and a midportion where the members cross o... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526572 | Cutting head for a cord type mower A cutting head for a cord-type mower driven by an engine is disclosed. The cutting head includes a rotor capable of rotating about an axis and a bobbin with a cord wound on it. The bobbin can rotate relatively to the rotor about the axis in the rotor. The... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526573 | Device for circumscribing circles and ellipses A device for circumscribing selectively both circles and also ellipses of variable proportions includes a housing in which is rotatably mounted an armature. The armature is constrained to move on two axes disposed at right angles to one another, so as to ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526574 | Device and method for locating astronomical objects A method for use by a teacher (38) to illustrate the location of a star (41) or other celestial object which consists of a rod (12) which is illuminated with a red light (14) at its far end. The rod is placed on the shoulder of a student (40) and pointed ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526575 | Fish measuring apparatus A fish measuring apparatus includes an elongated base presenting a fish support surface having first and second opposed axial ends, and an upstanding wall connected to the base and extending perpendicular to the support surface. The wall is generally V-sh... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526576 | Coordinate measurement machine having a probe head and an electronic system for processing probe signals The electronic system (20) of the probe head of a coordinate measuring machine permits the digital setting of parameters which determine the nature and manner of signal processing, such as trigger levels, the characteristic of frequency filters, and time ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526577 | Shingling device A shingling device is provided for installing shingles on a roof. The shingling device includes a strap having a first end and a second end, the strap including longitudinally spaced apart pin-receiving holes. A strap hanger is appended to the first end. ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526578 | Comb-type hair dryer A generally disk-shaped comb-type hair dryer with drying air discharge nozzles projecting from a concave bottom surface. The bottom surface of the disk shaped hair dryer housing is gently concave in a manner to ergonomically conform the distal ends of the... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526579 | Dryer section The present invention relates to a dryer section of a machine for the production of fibrous web, such as a paper web. The dryer section comprises at least one dryer group having at least one drying cylinder and an endless porous support belt that guides t... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526580 | Method and heat-exchanger for preheating broken glass and glass-batching melt-goods or similar bulk goods using a heating gas As a rule a melt-good consisting of glass fragments and glass batching will be moist and tend to agglomerate and bridge-form when being preheated in a plate heat-exchanger 10 whereby the travel of the melt-good through the plate heat-exchanger 10 may be b... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526581 | Process for adjusting the moisture content of organic materials A process for reordering tobacco or other suitable hygroscopic organic material, which results in no significant decrease in the equilibrium CV of the tobacco or other hygroscopic organic material, or significant degradation of the tobacco or other hygros... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526582 | Pressurized reactor system and a method of operating the same A method and apparatus are provided for operating a pressurized reactor system in order to precisely control the temperature within a pressure vessel in order to minimize condensation of corrosive materials from gases on the surfaces of the pressure vesse... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526583 | Portable dry kiln for drying or treating lumber The present invention provides a portable dry kiln for drying or treating lumber. The kiln can operate with an electrical generator and a gas, oil or waste burning heater to allow use in remote areas. The kiln is small enough to be readily transportable w... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526584 | Sock-like shoe insert A sock-like shoe insert is provided which incorporates an upper of waterproof, water-vapor permeable functional layer for waterproof, breathable footwear and a sole of a waterproof, non-porous plastic film that can be stretched in two directions.... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526585 | Attachment device for use with a lace-substitute hand-actuable shoe-closure system An attachment device is described that is fittable on a variety of lace-closable shoes for use with a lace-substitute hand-actuable shoe-closure system. The device is used with conventional shoes that include dual flaps positioned on opposing sides of a t... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526586 | Ski boot with improved lateral support Ski boot with improved lateral support including a shell connected to a quarter and having a rigid element which is monolithic or formed integrally with the shell and at least partially affects the inner side of the foot and leg and the plantar arch. The ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526587 | Locking device for sports footwear, in particular for ski-boots In a locking device for sports footwear, in particular for ski-boots comprising a body (12) on which a leg-piece (18) is pivotably mounted two levers (24,26) are hinged together at one of their ends and pivotably mounted at their opposite ends on the body... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526588 | Adjustment device for controlling the pivot resistance of the shaft relative to the shell of a ski boot A ski boot having a shell and a shaft hinged to the shell for the support of the skier's leg. The shell consists of a lower part enclosing the foot and of a raised shell part. The ski boot has furthermore a device for controlling the pivotal resistance du... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526589 | Athletic shoe with retractable spikes An athletic shoe including a shoe upper and an outsole connected to the shoe upper is provided. The outsole defines a plurality of spike receiving openings therein. A plate is located between the shoe upper and the outsole, and includes a plurality of spi... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526590 | Trench compactor A vibratory compactor mounts onto the loader arms of a skid steer, and includes a freely turning packing wheel that is vibrated at a desired frequency and intensity. The vibrator and the packing wheel are mounted onto a subframe which in turn is mounted t... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526591 | Excavation bucket and method of digging An excavation bucket includes a bottom assembly which defines a scoop slot opening along a portion of the bottom assembly. The excavation bucket is useful for excavating material in a conventional manner in a first operating mode, and for fine-grading mat... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526592 | Tooth assembly for excavation bucket A lip shroud system which requires no additional hardware to hold a lip shroud on the front lip of an excavation bucket. The front shroud is held by mating lugs to the adapter and to an adjacent tooth pinned to the adapter. The lip bottom is protected by ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526593 | Replaceable adapter for excavating cutterhead An adapter assembly for an excavating cutterhead comprising the combination of a blade socket with a hemispherical recess, an adapter with a hemispherical-bottomed shaft to fit in the socket, and a mounting ring around the adapter head which can be indexe... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526594 | Steam iron with steam and spray pump An electric steam iron comprises a pump (20) adapted to remove a quantity of water from a reservoir (17) and to send this quantity, via a selection device (24), either into a steam chamber (14) so as to obtain abruptly an abundant emission of steam throug... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526595 | Steam iron having a cartridge for treating water or cloth to be ironed A steam iron has a reservoir from which water is supplied to a vaporization chamber. A plurality of cartridges are placed within a housing of the iron and at least one cartridge contains a product other than a demineralizing product for the purpose of tre... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526596 | Electric iron with storage base and method of storing the iron An electric iron includes a storage base. The iron includes a switch for selectively connecting the iron to a source of electrical power. The iron is automatically disconnected from the source of electrical power when the iron is placed in the storage bas... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526597 | Self authenticating pictorial work presentation system A presentation system, by which a pictorial work can be protected in a manner appropriate for presentation as a gift or sales item and directly used by the recipient in a traditional manner without alteration and can be simultaneously authenticated in a m... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526598 | Display plate for wire-netting cage A display plate for a wire-netting cage is composed of a metallic plate member having a circular central opening portion and two opening portions each having a different sectional contour formed therethrough and a display member molded of a synthetic resi... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526599 | Manually operable display device A display device for allowing quick and easy manual modification of the displayed information. A set of display plates each having two sides and a central bore which are parallel to one another are kept releasably biased against a backboard by a correspon... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526600 | Cartridge magazine capacity extender An extended capacity cartridge magazine assembly for containing and feeding cartridges to a firearm is disclosed. The magazine includes a metal body for containing cartridges having an upper outlet through which cartridges may exit the magazine into the f... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526601 | Flexure sensor and fishing rod equipped therewith A generally tubular flexure sensor is constituted by winding a piezoelectric element including a polymeric piezoelectric strip provided with oppositely disposed surface electrode layers on both surfaces around a central axis (helical axis) so that the sur... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526602 | Fishing lure and hook apparatus A new and improved fishing lure and hook apparatus includes a housing assembly which has a longitudinal axis and includes a housing assembly which includes a guide aperture located at one end of the housing assembly along the longitudinal axis. The housin... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526603 | Fishhook having tip portion with upper and lower lateral cut faces and method of making the same A fishhook including a fishhook body and a tip portion having a hook tip and a barb and extending from said hook tip to said barb, the tip portion having upper lateral cut faces and lower lateral cut faces on upper and lower lateral sides thereof and shar... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526604 | Insect trap with a housing and walk through passage for removing insects from animals An insect trap (10) including a housing having a support frame (11), a skin (18) of flexible transparent or translucent material attached to and substantially covering the support frame (11) to provide a housing interior (17A) which is substantially total... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526605 | Spray shield A polymeric spray shield assembly adapted to be connected to a support frame moved over plants growing in spaced rows from the earth and to be moved along the earth between the rows of plants while liquids such as herbicides not intended for contact with ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526606 | Landscaping divider cap A landscaping cap for use as a protective or ornamental covering for landscaping dividers. In one embodiment an elongated extruded plastic cap has an internal shape adapted to substantially conform to an exterior shape of an upper section of a landscaping... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526607 | Water dispersible delivery system for an agriculturally active chemical A delivery system for a biocide or fertilizer comprises a body or carrier portion including a first water dispersible agriculturally inert and essentially nontoxic composition containing a predetermined amount of the biocide or fertilizer. The body or car... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526608 | Extruded window jamb liner with yieldable sealing means A jamb liner is provided for a window assembly including a frame and a sash operably mounted in the frame by use of the jamb liner. The jamb liner includes a sash-engaging portion having at least one pair of opposing wall sections and a bottom wall sectio... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526609 | Method and apparatus for real-time structure parameter modification A method and apparatus for structural deflection control, as well as associated sequential controls that are based on new control laws. The apparatus of this invention is of relatively low cost and performs better than prior art devices. The essence of th... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526610 | Inflatable vault A multi-lobed, double-wall inflatable vault includes a plurality of distinct, inflatable hollow beams. Each beam is formed by a single continuous envelope and has four zones including two lateral zones defining webs of the beam and upper and lower zones d... | 06/18/1996 |
