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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5548841 | Headband magnifier A headband magnifier comprises a one-piece polypropylene headband having a front portion, a back portion and two opposed sides where the back portion is disengageable so that the headband is movable between an at rest position and a compression position f... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548842 | Protective garment with harness access A protective garment with a support harness conduit for safety harness access while maintaining reduced fluid flow between the inside and the outside of the garment.... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548843 | Back support with means to secure the belt on the wearer while in an open position A back support for a human user includes an elastic support belt having first and second free ends, members secured to the support belt for releasably joining the free ends for maintaining the belt in a closed position in which it forms a closed surface a... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548846 | Headwear with detachable brim This invention pertains to headware equipped with a weather and environmental protection device insert that stores in a hidden fashion within the headware, and instantly self expands upon removal and upon reattachment to the headware exterior forms a effe... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548847 | Cap with a picture retaining pocket A picture cap for removably retaining a picture or the like and visually displaying the same. The picture cap includes a head covering portion with a window opening formed therein. The cap has an inside and an outside surface. A picture retaining pocket i... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548848 | Mouldable composition and method of making it A thermoplastic article formed of a composition for customizable moulding parts of devices such as hand grips or sports equipment or orthopaedic equipment comprises a composition which is set below 37° C. and is conformably mouldable between about 50° C... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548849 | Water conservation device and a method of installing the same in a toilet tank A method of conserving water in a toilet tank. Firstly, provide a line having a first end and a second end. Secondly, secure the first end of the line to adjacent a peripheral edge of a flapper valve. Attachment can either be made to the flapper valve its... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548851 | Aquatic safety slide and wading pool An aquatic safety slide and wading pool which provides increased comfort and cushioning through placement of the slide surface atop inflatable gas filled tubes. A ramp element is connected to the slide surface at the far end of the slide to slow down and ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548853 | Shampooing device A device for supporting the neck and back of a person over a water receiving receptacle, such as a sink, which has a lip defining a top opening and a substantially planar surface, such as a counter top, adjacent to the lip, is described. The device compri... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548854 | Hydro-massage tub control system A whirlpool tub has a first set of nozzles located to direct water against the back of a bather and a second set of nozzles to direct water against the bather's neck. A controller has different modes of operation in which water is emitted by either one or... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548855 | Vanity for use with a bathtub A vanity including a cabinet and a door is mounted next to a bathtub. The door closes the cabinet in an up position and serves as a tray in a down position.... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548856 | Mobile sanitation station A mobile sanitation that includes at least one conventional self-contained chemical toilet and at least one hand washing system that are mounted together onto a flat bed of a trailer. The self-contained chemical toilet or toilets are arranged to gravity d... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548858 | Information exhibiting single use sleeping bag A low cost disposable sleeping bag for use on a bed or cot or other support. The sleeping bag includes opposing single sheets of nonwoven, soft paper forming an envelope, an apron for writing messages, keeping records, locating advertisements or playable ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548859 | Method and apparatus for preventing soiled clothes from becoming permanently stained An apparatus for saving soiled clothes from being permanently stained is disclosed. The apparatus includes a resealable bag having an inside portion and an outside portion. A rupturable container is fastened to the inside portion of the resealable bag, an... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548860 | Ultra-speed conversion means for floor treating machines This invention relates to a ultra-speed conversion apparatus for floor treating machines which comprises a wheeled frame, an impeller member attached to the floor treating drive of the floor treating machines for rotation therewith, a plurality of floor t... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548862 | Cleaning utensil A cleaning utensil includes an elongated handle having proximal and distal ends and a substantially spherical sponge having a cavity for fixedly receiving and retaining the distal portion of the elongated handle. The sponge is formed from material having ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548863 | Integrated depressed park and snow pack mechanism for windshield wiper system A vehicle window wiping system has an integrated depressed park and snow pack mechanism providing a variable depressed park wiper position. The system has a dual direction motor which rotates a lost motion mechanism having a drivepin attached to a drive a... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548865 | Floor cloth bucket and wringer device Device for collecting dirty washing liquid and for containing liquid for wetting a floor-cloth or the like, for washing floors or the like by hand, including a main container, which supports a wringer and forms a compartment for collecting the liquid prod... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548866 | Cleaning solution applicator The present invention relates to an improved cleaning solution applicator for use in a hot water carpet extractor. The applicator comprises an elongate, multi orifice, liquid distributor positioned within the discharge opening of an air distributing nozzl... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548867 | Vibroisolating apparatus of vacuum cleaner The present invention relates to a vibroisolating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner adapted to absorb and inhibit the vibrations generated in a suction motor from being transmitted to a body of the vacuum cleaner to thereby reduce the noise resulting from th... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548870 | Hinge cup with releasable fastener in a cabinet component A hinge cup with releasable fastener for use with a cabinet component having a bore hole includes an assembly component anchorable in the cabinet component bore hole. The assembly component is provided with a receptacle, and a cup casing is receivable in ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548874 | Tongue assembly for seat belt device A tongue assembly for a seat belt device has a tongue body formed in a plate shape having a first slit through which a belt webbing extends, and a locking plate having a second slit through which the belt webbing extends. The tongue body has a front end p... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548876 | Lever-type clamp A clamp structure with a clamping band, with a lever-type band tightening closure mechanism including a relatively fixed part and a lever part relatively movable with respect to said relatively fixed part, whereby the relatively fixed part has a base port... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548878 | Load spreading belt with buckle closure A load spreading belt includes a buckle closure and an elongated flexible strap having a pair of ends. A pad of locking catches is mounted on one end of the strap and a pad of catch receivers is mounted on another end of the strap. When the strap encircle... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548879 | Fastener device A fastener device including a male fastener, a female fastener and a lock button. The male fastener has a pair of opposite outward projecting pressing latch boards integrally formed at two front ends thereof. Each pressing latch board has an integral inwa... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548880 | Burial compartment A burial compartment for two bodies comprises an outer container and two inner containers separated by two inner panels and a center panel. The burial compartment is configured so as to provide for burial of two bodies in a burial plot dimensioned for onl... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548882 | Storage oven for thin slab casting The invention is directed to an oven installation as intermediate storage between the non-mandrel type coiling device for the strip-shaped slab located downstream of a thin-slab casting installation and its uncoiling device corresponding to the rolling mi... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548886 | Method of manufacturing floating magnetic head device A method of manufacturing a floating magnetic head device includes forming a pedestal on a substrate by positioning and adhering a plurality of blocks each having a plurality magnetic head elements, on the substrate in a manner that the magnetic gaps betw... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548887 | Method of making a transformer core from strips of amorphous steel This method employs a rotatable mandrel having a circular outer peripheral portion comprising a section that is removably held in place within the peripheral portion and has an arcuate outer surface forming a part of said circular outer peripheral portion... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548890 | Lead frame processing method In a method for forming a lead frame (1) from a metallic plate, a metallic plate (11) is first etched to form outer leads (4) and outer portions (3b) of inner leads of the lead frame (1). Inner portions (3a) of the inner leads (3) are then laser-cut under... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548891 | Method of automatically mounting electronic connector onto an end of printed circuit board A connector 1 is provided with first leads 3--3 protruding forward from a front surface of a connector main body 2 so as to constitute a longer lead row, and second leads 4--4 shorter than the first leads 3--3 and protruding forward from the front surface... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548892 | Machine for assembling an insulation displacement connector and terminating a conductor thereto The present invention is an improved machine (10) that automatically severs an insulation displacement contact (80) from a carrier strip (90), inserts the contact into an insulating connector housing (210), terminates a wire (242) to the contact (80), and... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548894 | Ink jet head having ink-jet holes partially formed by laser-cutting, and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing an ink jet head including an ink-chamber member having ink chambers, and a nozzle plate secured to a front end face of the ink-chamber member and which has ink-jet holes communicating with the respective ink chambers, wherein a b... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548895 | Method of connecting a clean socket fit connection A method of connecting an end of a plastic, male vacuum-component to a female component in a vacuum system, by attaching an elastomeric sealing member to the end of the male vacuum-component, and inserting the end of the male vacuum-component into a femal... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548896 | Method of manufacturing a full face wheel assembly A full face wheel assembly comprises a full face disc and a rim. The disc is preferably cast from aluminum whereas the rim is rolled from aluminum strip stock. The full face disc comprises an outboard bead seat flange, an outboard bead seat and an outboar... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548897 | Method of fabricating lightweight ink transfer roll A method of fabricating a lightweight ink transfer roll adapted for use in a flexographic printing apparatus. The roll comprises an aluminum body member having a cylindrical outer surface, tubular opposite end portions, and a solid medial portion which fo... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548899 | Reciprocatory dry shaver A reciprocatory dry shaver has a head from mounting three elongated cutter heads, one center cutter head and two outer cutter heads extending in parallel with each other. Each cutter head comprises a holder carrying a stationary cutter and a movable cutte... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548900 | Measuring instruments In a downhole measuring caliper for oil well casings, comprising a circumferential array of radially extensible sensing fingers (30) between upper and lower sets of centralizing arms, the fingers are actuated through integral pre-stressed spring arms (34)... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548901 | Centering tool for cylinder gauge A centering tool that adapts to cylinder gauges to provide a fast, accurate one-time reading of the cylinder gauge. The centering tool provides adjustable interalignment elements to provide positive positioning of the gauge within the interior of the cyli... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5548903 | Wrench selector A wrench selector provides for the quick and accurate checking of the dimension of a nut or bolt across the flats thereof, in order to determine the corresponding size of the wrench or socket required for use therewith. The selector incorporates two jaws,... | 08/27/1996 |
