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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5549180 | Emergency escape apparatus An escape apparatus is designed for placement adjacent to an exterior entrance of a multi-story residence or other building. The escape apparatus includes an escape platform and cage which is attached to and supported by a sleeve which extends around the ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549181 | Brake shoe retractor clip for disc brake assembly A retraction mechanism for a disc brake assembly which applies a generally constant restoring force urging the brake shoes apart from one another regardless of the amount of wear of the friction pads. The disc brake assembly includes an anchor plate upon ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549182 | Frictional damper, in particular for spinner-type washing machines A frictional damper for spinner-type washing machines comprises a housing and a tappet, which is coaxially displaceable within the latter and the inner end of which is provided with a damping piston. The damping piston is disposed on a piston-bearing sect... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549183 | Motor locking unit A locking unit for a motor which is to be locked in which a plurality of fingers at the ends of flexible arms, coupled to a locking motor, move into and out from engagement with a plurality of spaces bounded by ridges in a member which is connected to the... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549184 | Hydrodynamic converter with a bridging coupling A bridging coupling is actuated by an annular piston to which the converter's internal pressure is applied on one side thereof in an opening direction and a closing pressure is applied in the closing direction. The closing pressure is controlled by a prec... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549185 | Power take off torque limiting control system A power take off (PTO) clutch control system is disclosed herein. The PTO clutch is a hydraulic clutch which is operated by a proportional valve capable of pressurizing the clutch with hydraulic fluid at a pressure related to the pulse width of a pulse wi... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549186 | Clutch/brake assembly A clutch/brake assembly for selectively connecting a source of rotational power to a driven device includes an input hub and a flange secured to the input hub for rotation therewith. An output hub is journalled within the clutch/brake assembly for rotatio... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549187 | Free-wheeling coupling sensitive to the direction of rotation A free-wheeling coupling sensitive to the direction of rotation for a motor vehicle comprises a first ring which constitutes a driving element in a towing mode of the motor vehicle, a second ring which constitutes a driven element in the towing mode, clam... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549188 | Split pin for transmission synchronizer assembly A transmission synchronizer assembly includes a pair of annular friction races mounted for movement co-axially with each other in a fixed, spaced apart relationship, with the spacing between the two friction races being at a fixed distance, the friction r... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549189 | Machine for automatically positioning and aligning containers A machine for automatically positioning, aligning, and continuously feeding containers, for example, bottles or other hollow articles made from synthetic material, which may be of very different sizes and shapes. The machine includes a main hopper for rec... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549190 | Adiabatic transfer device for an dry diamond milling system A transfer device for a very high speed adiabatic face milling machine whose configuration and operation provide a highly efficient machining process suitable for production manufacturing conditions. The milling machine preferably operates at speeds of ap... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549191 | Apparatus for transferring containers to a moving conveyor A mechanism is provided for transferring containers from a packaging machine to a pair of continuously moving outfeed conveyors which then route the containers to another location in the packaging facility. The packaging machine includes a vacuum cup whic... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549192 | Return mechanism for gravity conveyor A drive mechanism for driving roller supported trolleys around a radiused track to the upper end of a gravity conveyor, in which one or more rotating rod assemblies each having a spring loaded plunger which is retracted as the rod assembly rotates across ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549193 | Endless seamed belt An endless flexible seamed belt formed by joining two ends of the material from which the belt is fabricated is provided, the belt having at least one overlapping, butting, interlocking joint to form the endless belt, each end of the at least one overlapp... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549194 | Accumulating conveyor chain In an accumulating conveyor chain, which is composed of a link chain with alternating inner and outer link plates coupled via hollow or solid hinge bolts, in which the sleeves are fixed in the inner link plates and the hinge bolts rotatably traversing the... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549195 | Movable surface with articulated plates Articulated plates (L) are assembled in combination with at least two drive rums supported by a framework (6). The plates (L) present longitudinally, two by two, complementary guiding and articulation profiles (R) and (C) defined to create at least one con... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549196 | Condom applicator and packaging A packaging for a condom includes an applicator having a memory of its original shape, which is secured in compressed condition within a cap member, and which is manually releasable from said confinement within said cap member to permit axial extension of... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549197 | Wrap-around carrier with bottle neck retainer tabs A wrap-around carrier for packaging necked bottles. Downwardly folded retaining flaps are connected to the transverse edges of bottle neck openings and engage opposite sides of an associated bottle neck to hold the bottle neck in place. Bottom retaining f... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549198 | Multipack for recording media in tape form wound onto hubs The invention relates to parallelepipedal packaging containers for recording media in tape form which are wound up onto hubs provided with internal bores and are stacked one on top of the other, comprising a bottom part, a top part and side parts, which a... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549199 | Compact disc storage case A compact disc storage case of the type having a cover section slidably connected to a compartment section. The compact disc storage case comprises: a compartment section having a top surface forming a substantially cylindrical storage recess and two para... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549200 | Swab dispenser A swab dispenser system is provided that includes a reusable outer receptacle and a replaceable refill container insertable therewithin. The outer receptacle is formed with a fin projecting vertically upwardly and centrally positioned on the bottom panel ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549201 | Package for dental floss A plurality of packages of dental floss are provided including a plurality of separate elongate enclosures. The enclosures each have a width and a length with the length being at least nine times as great as the width. The separate enclosures are each ind... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549202 | Packaging container blank A blank for forming a U-shaped support envelope for a container package containing rectangular carton containers of uniform height, shape and size, the containers each having a top, a bottom and sides, the U-shaped support envelope having an uncovered top... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549203 | Container for video game and booklet A container for removably storing an article such as a video game, and for securing sheet material to the container, such as the instruction booklet for the video game, to prevent separation of the booklet from the container. The container has a base and ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549204 | Blister packs A blister pack for tablets or capsules having a flexible plastic sheet (1) thermoformed to define a plurality of open faced pockets (2) each pocket being shaped to receive an individual tablet or capsule, the open faces of the pockets being closed by a sh... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549205 | Flat box for confining a flat article under a special atmosphere A box is provided for confining a semiconductor water in an ultra clean atmosphere between working or storage points. It is mainly constituted by a body closed by a door and equipped with a gas distributing block making it possible to diffuse a quasi-lami... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549206 | Nonferrous metal separator An apparatus for separating aluminum scrap material from copper, brass and zinc scrap materials, the apparatus including a hopper having a weir on one side, a first fluid nozzle on the other side of the hopper for directing a stream of water having a spec... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549207 | Metal particle sweeper A hand held tool for gathering and later releasing metallic particles such as paper clips or a spilled box of pins or tacks includes a handle with a magnetic attached at the bottom and a sweeper cover covering the magnet and hinged to the handle. Ferrous ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549208 | Adjustable target holder An adjustable target holder comprised of a pair of vertical extents. Each of the vertical extents has three coupling braces theresecured at intermediate points thereof. Three horizontal extents are securable between the coupling braces of the pair of vert... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549209 | Closure brush The present closure is a measuring cup closure for a bottle which has bristles on the lower peripheral edge of the measuring cup portion. The closure can have a skirt disposed outwardly from the measuring cup portion, with this skirt having threads to att... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549210 | Wide stance footed bottle with radially non-uniform circumference footprint Hollow plastic blow-molded containers have a tubular bodies and integral improved, self-supporting bases. The bases have distinctly shaped supporting feet disposed on legs at or near the periphery of the container bottom. The container legs extend outward... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549211 | Method of producing magnetic disk There is disclosed a magnetic disk having a surface shape so designed as to satisfy flying characteristics and sliding characteristics in CSS and the head adhesion even in a high-density recording. The surface shape of the contact surface of the magnetic ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549212 | Method for forming rough surface with controlled convex shape First two or more layers are formed on the substrate, the layers having different etching rates such that the etching rates ascend from a bottom layer to a top layer. Second, a mask pattern is formed on the surface of the layers, the mask pattern comprisi... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549213 | Reusable re-collapsible container and resealable cap A container and associated cap assembly includes a container body having an open upper end defined by an annular rim, the rim having a substantially horizontal uppermost edge surface and a radially outwardly and downwardly extending bevelled surface. The ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549214 | Closure devices A flap 10 has a first portion 11 flexibly connected to a lid 2 and a second portion 13 connected to the first portion 11 by an integral flexible hinge strip 14. The second portion also 13 carries pivot pins 15 which locate into an upstanding rim 16 of the... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549215 | Plastic open frame basket construction and method of making the same A plastic open frame basket is made by molding from plastic material, a tapered body portion, having integrally interconnected smoothly contoured longitudinal rib members and cross members in an interconnected, open frame configuration. A plurality of rai... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549216 | Paint holder and delivery device A paint holder and delivery device comprising a container. A disposable insert fits within the container to facilitate the application of paint with a paintbrush.... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549217 | Device for withdrawing spherical products of the same dimensions, such as granules A dispenser for dispensing granules from a container having a circular mouth, includes a body having first and second cylindrical components joined together by an axial spindle, a cylindrical roundel including a radial slit which is adapted to clip onto t... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549218 | Paper towel dispenser Spaced arms position a fixed curved guide surface in front of a roll of paper towels in about the same plane as the axis of the roll of paper. The paper can come off the top or bottom of the roll and passes over the guide surface and then goes down behind... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549219 | Method and apparatus for cooling and preparing a beverage Method and apparatus for preparing and dispensing a cool beverage utilizes a heat exchanger for directly contacting water and ice to produce cooled heat exchanger water in the heat exchanger from the water and ice and an outflow of the cooled heat exchang... | 08/27/1996 |
