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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5590420 | Low friction apparel The present invention relates to apparel, such as clothing, footwear, fabrics, and the like, which incorporates fabrics or chemicals having a low coefficient of friction either overall or in specific areas of the apparel that will minimize the development... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590421 | Device and method for treatment of hand involved habits A device and method for treating hand-involved habits, including smoking, hair-twirling, nose-picking, nail-biting, skin-pulling, and the like, is disclosed. The invention consists of a form-fitting barrier placed on the hand of a patient. The barrier is ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590422 | Combined headband and hair-retainer A combined hairband and hair-retainer includes an elastic, absorbent headband having a hair retainer attached thereto. The hair retainer is an elongated member which is sufficiently flexible to be deformed by hand from one shape to another sufficiently ri... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590423 | Commode odor extractor An odor extractor for commodes including a U-shaped suction fitting having an interior lip that extends into the commode bowl between one-half and one inch and a plurality of suction apertures each formed through a bottom surface thereof and in connection... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590424 | Device for providing sanitary covers for toilet seats A device provides a sanitary cover for a toilet seat when a toilet seat cover makes contact with a toilet seat as happens when the toilet seat cover is closed. The device includes a toilet seat cover which holds a plurality of toilet seat sanitary covers,... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590425 | Hygiene toilet seat handle A wafer container is permanently connected to a handle, and temporarily attached to the underside of a toilet seat or lid. The wafer container is attached to a base that is permanently connected to the toilet seat. The base has a top, two sides and two bo... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590426 | Urinal cover A urinal cover for out-of-order urinals in public restrooms. The urinal cover is made of hard plastic. It contains a clamp so that it may easily be attached to the urinal. The cover encloses the urinal and by a lower front area which is convex upwardly an... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590427 | Shower sitting structure Shower sitting structure (1) comprising a frame and seat support elements (2, 3) forming seat support surfaces for supporting a user's body, in which the seat support elements (2, 3) are designed in such a way that support is present only under the thighs... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590428 | Air pressurized person supporting device with ventilation A device particularly useful for comfortably supporting a person includes a hollow member having upper and lower walls joined to each other around their periphery and adapted to be air pressurized. The upper wall is formed with a plurality of openings at ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590429 | Electrophysiology table An electrophysiology table includes a dual section table top comprising a pair of elongated planar sections in superimposed planar to planar relationship. One of the table top sections is adapted to be manually moveable axially horizontally over the other... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590430 | Gel filled deformable cushion and composition contained therein This invention provides for an ultra low density gel filled deformable cushion (10) which includes a fluid impervious flexible enclosure (12) forming an internal chamber (14). Contained within the internal chamber (14) is a padding fluid composition (16) ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590431 | Stretcher frame clamp The invention comprises a novel stretcher frame clamp, which allows standard hospital-style traction components to be used in conjunction with ambulance cots or the like. In the preferred embodiment, the clamp comprises two clamp halves, which when joined... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590432 | Fastener driving wire uncoiling tool A tool for driving a fastener and uncoiling a spool of wire. The inventive device includes a handle for being grasped and manipulated by an individual. A driving assembly extends from the handle for engaging a fastener to permit manual rotation of the fas... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590433 | Monolithic cast bridge A monolithic cast bridge broadly includes a unitary, monolithic structure (12) having a pair of spaced haunches (14, 16) a span (18) having upper and lower surfaces (20, 22) and a pair of axially extending webs (24, 26). Haunches (14, 16) define support-e... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590434 | Electric toothbrush A cylindrical case body is formed by a front case and a rear case. An eccentric weight is secured to a rotating shaft of a motor mounted in the front case. A connecting shaft is formed on a front end of the front case, and a brush is attached to the front... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590435 | Floor covering storage rack with cleaning device The present invention relates to a floor covering storage and dispensing rack including a frame equipped with castors. Upper frame members of the rack support rollers in parallel spaced relation, and a crank or motor is provided to rotate the rollers to w... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590436 | Toothbrush A toothbrush having a handle which carries a figurine formed separately from but attached to the handle. The figurine can be attached directly to the handle of the toothbrush or can be attached first to a carrier which is then attached to the handle. The ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590437 | Wound broom construction A wound broom including an elongated tubular handle formed of metal and a plastic cover extending over an exterior surface of the handle. A plurality of elongated ribs are provided extending along the length of the handle, the ribs being defined by altern... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590438 | Bristled article The present invention relates to an improved bristled article and more particularly to an improved toothbrush which has a tuft cavity with a cross-sectional area that decreases such that the tuft cavity is broadest at the open top end and becomes narrower... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590439 | Apparatus for cleaning by spreading cleaning liquid and by suction of the used liquid A hand-held apparatus for cleaning by spraying cleaning liquid and by suction of the used liquid has a spray pump (20) for cleaning liquid associated with a brush (23) for spreading of the liquid on the surface to be cleaned. A flexible rubber wiper (14) ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590440 | Grab bar assembly A grab bar assembly for assisting persons between a seated and standing position is disclosed. The assembly includes a framework having a base plate and a housing. A pivot shaft and coil spring are mounted within the housing. The spring is affixed at one ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590441 | Lift-off door hinge An automotive lift-off type door hinge is provided which includes a body side hinge having a vertical leg for attachment with a body opening frame, the body side hinge having joined to the vertical leg a horizontal leg which has a stop pin aperture and sp... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590442 | Device for producing a nonwoven fabric made of fiber material A device for producing nonwoven fabric with a carding machine 3 and a nonwoven fabric layering apparatus 2. A web storage device 5 with a variable storage volume is arranged between the web producer 3 and the nonwoven fabric layering apparatus 2. The web ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590443 | Nonslip slide buckle A nonslip slide or buckle has elongated teeth projecting along edges of openings defined between the outer limbs and the central limb and through which straps are looped for lingerie or corsetry, thereby preventing slippage of the buckle relative to the s... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590444 | Side release buckle with improved distribution of stress under loads A releasable buckle is provided having a male member and female member. The male member includes a base having first and second sides, an end surface therebetween, at least one resilient spring arm extending from the end surface and at least one portion a... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590445 | Tape extension device for semiconductor producing apparatus and semiconductor producing apparatus with tape extension device In a tape extension device for a semiconductor producing apparatus having a vertical tension device for tensing a tape, which is withdrawn from a tape roller, in a down-web direction above a semiconductor wafer, the tape extension device in the present in... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590446 | Double depth crypt The double depth crypt which permits having two crypt compartments completely independent from each other. The double depth crypt including a lower crypt compartment having an upper edge, and an upper crypt compartment that has a lower cover portion confi... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590447 | Continuous process from interlacing to warping to provide a heather yarn Method to continuously merge two multifilament yarns supplied from bobbins on a creel by merging and entangling the two yarns in a commingling air jet and supplying directly to a warper to form a warp beam. The method includes feed rolls upstream and down... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590448 | Arrangement for producing short warps with orbiting thread laying device An arrangement can produce short warps, in particular for woven patterns in which threads (1) of different colors are wound onto a winding arrangement in single layers next to each other and sequentially with respect to each other. The arrangement has pos... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590449 | Apparatus for stretching plasticizing and gathering a tow of filter material for tobacco smoke An apparatus for processing one or more tows of filamentary filter material for tobacco smoke between one or more bales and the inlet of a filter rod making machine defines for each tow an elongated path having a substantially U-shaped or V-shaped part. S... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590450 | Method of sizing objects Method and apparatus for the sizing of annular objects by cutting through an arcuate portion of the object to be sized; separating and straightening the cut ends of the object; placing sizing stock coated with solder into temporary adherence with a holder... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590451 | Manufacturing method for ink jet printer head A manufacturing method for an ink jet printer head, includes the steps of cutting a plurality of channels for forming a plurality of ink chambers, on the upper surface of a substrate including at least one piezoelectric member polarized across its thickne... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590452 | Joint separation apparatus Joint separating apparatus comprises clamping means for releasably securing the apparatus to one element of a joint between it and a second element of the joint, and pressure means actuable to exert pressure on the second element to separate the elements ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590453 | System and method for ensuring proper installation of blind rivets by measuring the length of spent mandrels A rivet system (10) locks separate parts (12, 14) of an assembly (13) together on a support fixture (20) with clamping devices (28) and prevents release of the parts (12, 14) from the fixture (20) until a required number of rivets (51) have been placed. A... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590454 | Method and apparatus for producing parts by layered subtractive machine tool techniques A method of forming a three-dimensional object (38) is provided using a combination of molding and machining. In its most basic form, the method of the present invention is achieved by depositing a first layer of mold material (40) onto a support surface ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590455 | Apparatus for manufacturing a printed circuit board A work table is provided for mounting a PCB substrate. A cutting tool for cutting the PCB substrates a pin dispenser for inserting a pin into a hole formed in the PCB substrate, and a solder applicator for applying solder on the PCB substrate are attached... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590456 | Apparatus for precise alignment and placement of optoelectric components An apparatus and method is provided that superimposes an image of an optoelectric component on a substrate with the use of a single camera. Specifically, the camera looks through a transparent alignment tool that is holding the component, to the substrate... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590457 | Terminal insertion guiding apparatus A terminal insertion guiding apparatus includes an optical fiber sensor adapted to transmit light through a terminal cavity of the housing of a connector, thereby indicating to the operator a cavity into which a wire-crimped terminal is to be inserted. Th... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590458 | Locking system for securing a cable terminal in a plug case A locking system for securing a cable terminal in a plug case includes a turning tool defining an axis and insertable in the plug case in such a manner that locking pins of the cable terminal are deformed and forced against projections on the plug case fo... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590459 | Device for successively inserting rivets and the like into a long continuous rivet-holding belt A rivet inserting device for inserting multiple rivets and the like into a rivet-holding belt or device omprising a hopper containing the rivets, a rotatable rivet-receiving wheel having a plural of flanges installed on both sides of a core portion, and h... | 01/07/1997 |
