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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5634535 | Composite brake disc In a composite brake disc such as a carbon composite brake disc having reinforcement provided by layers of carbon fibre material, the drive region is provided with additional reinforcement to that of the friction region by laying or otherwise providing ad... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634536 | Brake for multi-positionable rotatable member The present invention provides a brake that allows an object to rotate continually through its full range of movement, but allows the object to be reliably secured at any position within this range. The object is carried by a brake that includes a deforma... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634537 | Locking and positioning device A locking and positioning device (20) for allowing unlocking and adjustment and then relocking of multiple degrees of freedom with a singular actuation mechanism (26). The device (20) includes a first locking mechanism (22) and a second separate, independ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634538 | Wheel assembly mounting structure for trunks A wheel assembly mounting structure includes a trunk body having a back frame covered with a back cover, which back frame having an arched bottom end defining with the bottom side of the trunk body two wheel assembly mounting chambers, two wheel assembly ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634539 | Means for and methods of manufacturing a luggage frame A box-like luggage item, such as a trunk, has panels forming ends, sides, top, and bottom of the box. Extruded strips having coves therein receive and grip edges of the panels in order to form the panels into the box-like structure. The box-like structure... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634540 | Fixing structure for outer ring in one-way clutch A fixing structure is provided for an outer ring in an one-way clutch. The fixing structure includes a ring-shaped leaf spring having angular waviness, interposed between an outer side wall of the outer ring and an opposing inner wall of a housing and int... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634541 | Automatically adjustable friction clutch A friction clutch wherein the wear upon the friction linings of the clutch disc is automatically compensated for in response to each disengagement and subsequent engagement of the clutch whenever an adjustment for wear is necessary. The compensating unit ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634542 | Friction clutch with a flywheel A friction clutch/flywheel assembly includes a flywheel with a predetermined diametral area designed to hold a preferably cylindrical wall of a basin-shaped clutch housing, so that the clutch housing does not rotate and is also secured against axial movem... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634543 | Damper disc assembly having multiple friction generating portions In a first embodiment, a clutch disk assembly has a retaining plate 5, a hub 2, a first coil spring 6, a second coil spring 7, and a first friction washer 8. A connecting plate 3 is positioned in an outer circumference of the of the hub 2. The first coil ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634544 | Coin counting and escrow system A coin escrow unit including a first and a second body where the first body has a first and second flange, where the first flange is adapted to impart a tumbling movement to downwardly moving coins, and the second flange is downwardly distending, and wher... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634545 | Apparatus for continuously conveying coal from a continuous mining machine to a remote floor conveyor An apparatus for use in a conveyor train for continuously conveying a supply of coal provided by a machine working at a mine face to a remote floor conveyor is provided. The apparatus includes at least one propelled conveyor assembly which may be pivotall... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634546 | Newel guide for a handrail A newel guide for supporting a passenger conveyor handrail traveling over a newel includes an integral one piece body and a plurality of rollers. The one piece body may be formed by an extrusion process and formed into the desired shape. In a particular e... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634547 | Apparatus for automated sorting of plastic utensils An apparatus for handling irregular shaped linear items comprising a hopper for holding a plurality of irregular shaped linear items, and a lifting device operable with the hopper for upwardly removing the items from the hopper. The upward movement of the... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634548 | Brick dehacker A brick dehacking apparatus. The dehacking apparatus is operable to blend the upper and lower courses of brick from a kiln car with each other and further blend these brick with brick from the middle courses of the stack in preparation for stacking and st... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634549 | Food item conveyor lane multiplier A rotary displacer is provided on a conveyor which carries food items in predefined lanes. The rotary displacer has a rotating member with spokes extending therefrom. The spokes serve to deflect the food items to one side or the other along a direction tr... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634550 | Direction changing mechanism for transferring articles between transverse conveyors The invention provides a conveying apparatus including an upstream conveyor, a downstream conveyor oriented perpendicularly to the upstream conveyor to form a butt turn, and a mechanism for transferring conveyed articles from the upstream conveyor to the ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634551 | Method and apparatus for regulating the advancing movement of articles, for example in installations for the automatic packaging of food products A device for regulating the advancing movement of articles in a given direction comprises a plurality of conveyors, such as for example belt conveyors, between an input supply conveyor and a positive drive output conveyor operating to supply, for example,... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634552 | Terminal/blade contact assembly A combined connector terminal blade contact is formed by stamping a flat blank from sheet stock and following an end portion to form a double thickness connector terminal which is sufficiently rigid to provide for mounting through a slot in a housing; and... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634553 | Handle assembly having self-adjustable axial length for coupling with different size circuit breakers A handle assembly for use with a circuit breaker includes an elongated shaft mounted through a hole in a cover of an enclosure containing a circuit breaker having an actuator lever movable between a plurality of different positions. The shaft is mounted t... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634554 | Interface connection for a circuit breaker plug-in trip unit A circuit breaker including a sliding connection between a trip unit and associated contact arm is disclosed herein. The sliding connection facilitates assembly of the circuit breaker and also permits a reduction of size for a circuit breaker of a given r... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634555 | Package for shipping-dispensing communion cups The Christian sacrament of communion, particularly in Protestant churches, most often includes the service of wine or the like in small, individual disposable cups. These cups, selectively packaged in cartons, are transferred to trays for filling and subs... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634556 | Hinge-lid box for cigarettes or the like and blank for producing the same In order to reduce the material and production costs, a hinge-lid box comprising a single all-in-one blank is desirable. In the case of a blank designed, in particular, in accordance with the transverse folding principle, the collar (12) is connected to a... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634557 | Golf bag with foam organizer A golf bag holds golf clubs in a cavity in which a golf club receptacle structure is disposed. One version of the receptacle structure has an external, truncated, conical end portion at least partially extends outward from the cavity, with a plurality of ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634558 | Flower pot assembly formed from a sheet with an opening A decorative plant assembly and a method for making such including a flower pot or other pot or plant container, a sheet of material having an opening formed through a portion of the sheet of material and a bonding means for holding the sheet of material ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634559 | Package tray having reversible nesting and enclosing fastening feature A package tray configured for use with at least one other such tray in forming reclosable enclosed packages includes a recess portion having an upper edge, a flange portion projecting from the upper edge and having upper and lower sides, at least one snap... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634560 | Hair implement storage device The invention is to a storage device for storing hair accessories such as a comb, brush, and/or a can of hair spray internal to the storage device. At the same time the outside of the storage device is used to store and display fabric covered elastic pony... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634561 | Antistatic blow-molded bulk container A molded synthetic-resin container having a wall with an outer surface has a layer of conductive particles imbedded in at least a portion of the wall at the outer surface thereof. This layer is made according to the invention, after blow-molding of the co... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634562 | Method and apparatus for separating, feeding and sorting A method and apparatus for separating, feeding and sorting stacked products utilizes a computer controlled conveyor transport path. The transport path comprises infeed, separating and output sections. The infeed section includes an infeed conveyor and fee... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634563 | CD storage rack A CD storage rack including a casing, and a plurality of individual sliding CD carriers slidably mounted in the casing at different elevations to carry a respective individual CD, wherein each individual sliding CD carrier has spring means fastened to the... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634564 | Pusher device for dispensing articles A pusher device for dispensing merchandise is disclosed. The device includes an elongate plastic track having a floor on which a row of articles are positioned for movement therealong, a pusher connected to the track for movement therealong and having a f... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634565 | Method for anticollision method and apparatus for cranes movable on a common path To prevent a collision between first and second mobiles, such as travelling cranes, on a common movement path, a method implemented in the first mobile entails measuring a first distance between the first mobile and an origin in a fixed system of axes and... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634566 | Cover for a waste container Cover for a waste container consisting of a cover plate (3) with peripheral wall which fits onto the standing upper rim (2) of the container, in which cover plate is recessed a circular opening (4) which is closable by a circular lid (7), wherein an outer... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634567 | Heat bondable container closure This relates to an end closure for conventional types of containers which may be in the form of glass or plastic jars and bottles or in the form of specially formed metal containers having a folded outwardly projecting annular rim at the top thereof. The ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634568 | Forearm supported tray A forearm supported tray (33) includes one or more compartments (37a, 37b), a corrugated roll-on area (50) and handle means (39, 42) allowing securement and control by hand or part thereof. The tray is designed to add convenience and improve safety when u... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634569 | Food container with dispensing means A container including an internal carrier vertically positionable in a receptacle, guided by vertical ribs in the receptacle, and manually moved by a central handle on the carrier. The handle is hollow and releasably receives a food gripping fork.... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634570 | Dispenser for linerless labels An inexpensive material dispenser for a roll or rolls of linerless labels may be in tube form, or constructed from a folded sheet blank. The tube may be removably closed at one or both ends and have an exterior peripheral surface with at least a portion o... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634571 | Apparatus for dispensing two sprayable substances in a user selectable ratio An apparatus for dispensing two sprayable substances in a user selectable ratio. The dispensing apparatus comprises first and second pressurized containers for holding first and second sprayable substances. The dispensing apparatus further includes a mani... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634572 | Dispenser system with collapsible pouch A dispenser system having a substantially large pouch (20) for holding a substantially large amount of viscous food product for dispensing from a dispenser (122). The pouch is formed so as to include a tear strip (38) to open a funnel-shaped, centrally di... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634573 | Dispensing system and method for viscous materials A device for storing tapered containers in an inverted position, so as to cause viscous material inside the containers to settle at the container's dispensing end, comprises a sleeve that is shaped so that it will fit over the container in a form-fitting ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634574 | Bakery mix dispenser The present invention, in one form thereof, is an ergonomically useful dispensing assembly including a short dispensing tube adapted to be coupled at its inlet to a mixing bowl outlet. The outlet of the dispensing tube is coupled, for example, to a nozzle... | 06/03/1997 |
