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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5649326 | Flexible hydrophilic coating for orthopaedic casting gloves and method for making such gloves A lubricous glove is disclosed wherein the lubricous glove is made of a base material having a coating thereon of a hydrophilic lubricant mixed with a substantial portion of the material of the base material. For example, a natural rubber latex glove may ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649327 | Cap/visor with neckpiece retractable into a pocket A cap, hat, or visor is provided with a headband. The headband has an inner face for engaging the head of a wearer and an outer face. An elongate pocket is formed in the outer face portion of the headband extending along at least half of the headband circ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649328 | Shock absorbent abrasion resistant sports garment A garment for wearing while In-Line Skating comprised of a pair of loose fitting outer shorts (12) and form fitting inner shorts (14). Both shorts having padded portions to absorb the impact of a fall when landing on the hips, buttocks and or coccyx. The ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649329 | Device for lifting and/or transporting of a person, in particular a patient lifter A patient carrier unit for a person lifting and transporting device comprising a first and a second section mounted on opposite sides of a vertical shaft and capable to rotate with respect to a holding device. The first section including a belt for suppor... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649330 | Heated flexible bathing container A self-heating outdoor bathtub to better simulate natural hot spring pools. Allows use of major components salvaged from discarded water heaters. Inconspicuous appearance, low value, and durability, eases concerns of theft or vandalism. A water heating un... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649331 | Self-adjusting pressure relief support system and methodology A pressure relief support system utilizes a self-adjusting approach to maintaining generally constant pressure in fluid support bladders. A constant force, such as from a constant force linear spring or from a counterweight system, is applied directly to ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649332 | Posturized continuous mattress spring core A spring interior of a mattress comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending bands of springs disposed side by side and connected together with helical lacing wires in the top and bottom faces of the bands. Each band of springs comprises a single le... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649333 | Rapid articulated pontoon bridge The articulated pontoon floating bridge arrangement comprising plurality of pivotably interconnected pontoon modules. The actuation means installed inside of each module facilitate rapid folding and unfolding operation. Pontoon modules when unfolded in ex... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649334 | Water and soap dispensing scrubber apparatus A primary fluid, e.g. water, and auxiliary fluid, e.g. soap, dispensing scrubber apparatus includes a pistol-shaped housing which has a hand-grip portion and a scrubber-holder portion. A primary fluid conveyance assembly includes, in sequence, an inlet en... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649335 | Automatic bottle scrubber An automatic bottle scrubber for use with automatic bottle washing machines utilizes vertical powered brushes which rotate as the bottles go by on a conveyor system to scrub the bottles in a wet environment to remove dirt. The bottles are allowed to rotat... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649336 | Child's mitt wipe A mitt wipe is provided for wiping and cleaning waste from the body. The mitt wipe includes a mitt body having a top layer and a bottom layer forming an interior space and a mitt opening. An access flap member is adjacent to the mitt opening and extends o... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649337 | Heated windshield wiper blade A heated windshield wiper blade including an elongated heated wiper blade having an arm portion pivotally secured to a central portion thereof. The arm portion has a distal end rotatably coupled with an automobile adjacent to a windshield thereof. A tempe... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649338 | Automatic interior cleaning system for a powdered material processing device An automatic interior cleaning system for a powdered material processing device cleans interior surfaces of powdered material processing devices such as silos, mixers, and dust collectors. A compressor and an accumulator tank supply a cleaning gas, prefer... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649339 | Door closing device An assembly is arranged to include a tensioning means mounted within a housing structure. The assembly attaches to the head of an installed door hinge pin in order to store energy into such attachment to cause the door to close after having been opened th... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649340 | Cord retainer A cord retainer comprising an outer tube, a slide, and a plug. The slide has a cord insertion hole and a pair of legs. The outer tube has a pair of horizontal cord insertion holes and in its inside surface a number of guide grooves; some guide grooves hav... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649341 | Cinch latch plate and buckle A manually activated seat belt device comprising: a latch plate (20) and cooperating buckle (100). The latch plate comprises: a tongue (22) lockingly engaging a cooperating part of a seat belt buckle (100) and a second part (26) having a seat belt clampin... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649342 | Decorative device for attachment to and securing of shoelaces The present invention device for securing shoelaces includes a base, a cover and an attachment mechanism for hingedly connecting the base and cover. The base has at least a bottom, a front and a back. The bottom has side cutouts adapted to allow a shoelac... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649343 | Method for the needling of material webs, apparatus suitable therefor and use of same An apparatus having a plurality of needle rollers (1) which are rotatable about their longitudinal axis (3) and the respective longitudinal axes (3) of which are themselves movable on a circular path. In this apparatus, the needle rollers (1) and support ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649344 | Process and device for drawing in new warp threads A method for advancing and drawing in new warp threads connected by knots to existing warp threads in a weaving machine wherein the warp threads are advanced through apertured elements such as heddles of shed-forming devices or a warp stop motion wherein ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649345 | Texturing machine with heat exchanger for forced yarn cooling A texturing textile machine has at least one heating oven for the yarn (20) and downstream thereof a relevant texturing or false-twist spindle (22). There is provided between the yarn heating oven (20) and the relevant texturing spindle (22) yarn cooling ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649346 | 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 composed of a plurality of layers including at least one piezoelectric ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649347 | Apparatus for use in assembling a frame An apparatus is disclosed for assembling a frame, wherein the frame includes slotted side members connected by corner members insertable into slots of the slotted side members. The apparatus includes a table for holding side members of the frame, and a pa... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649348 | Method of assembling and mounting a torque transmitting apparatus A multiple-component torque transmitting apparatus for attachment to the crankshaft of an engine is assembled by: (a) moving the pressure plate of an assembled friction clutch by a force applying device axially in a first direction toward a clutch housing... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649349 | Method for manufacturing of laminated components A method and apparatus for manufacturing laminated rotor cores in which lamina thickness variations are compensated for without disturbing the relative alignment of lamina shaft holes throughout the rotor core. The rotor core includes several truing lamin... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649350 | Method of mass producing printed circuit antennas A method of mass producing printed circuit antennas is disclosed including the steps of providing a substrate of dielectric material having a first side and a second side, removing portions of the substrate to produce an array of interconnected segments o... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649351 | Method of making thin film magnetic write head A thin film magnetic write head and method are provided wherein the write head has a pole tip region between a planarair bearing surface (ABS) and a zero throat level and a back region which extends back from the zero throat level to and including a back ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649352 | Process for assembling a coil on a printed circuit The process for assembly of a coil with or without a core on a printed circuit comprises placing the printed circuit in the winding machine before starting the winding. When the Flyer brings the wire for the winding, it causes the latter to pass over a me... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649353 | Method for making an electrical coil A method for making an electrical coil such as a superconductive switch or an energy dump resistor. The midportion of a coil wire, whose ends are wound around two supply spools, is looped around a radially-extending pin on a shaft. The shaft is turned in ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649354 | Method of manufacturing a fuel injector core A block of material used for making a movable core for a fuel injector is prepared from a bar or coil of material by clamp shearing using a working fluid containing an extreme-pressure additive (such as sulfur, chlorine or phosphorus). The additive reacts... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649355 | Welding electrode with flat blade and related method of manufacture A welding electrode for providing a significant improvement in the detrimental tensile residual stress condition on the root side of welds, especially on the inside wall of piping welds. The electrode has a tungsten alloy blade. The blade is made from she... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649356 | Method and apparatus for supplying and placing components A method and apparatus for automatically supplying surface mount chip components from a bulk feeder and placing the chip components on a substrate. The apparatus includes a base frame, a substrate feeding mechanism, a placement head, and a placement head ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649357 | Method and apparatus for attaching connectors A machine (46) for attaching an Insulation Displacement Connector (IDC) (10) to a cable (20) includes a fixture (76, 240) for engaging and arranging individual wires (18-18) in the cable in parallel, spaced-apart relationship. The machine also includes a ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649358 | Method of making a valve seat A method for affixing a valve seat insert into a cylinder head recess using pressure or pressure in conjunction with resistance welding. The preferred method avoids the creation of tensile stresses within the valve seat insert during installation into the... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649359 | Ink jet head manufacturing method using ion machining and ink jet head manufactured thereby An ink jet recording head manufacturing method for manufacturing ink jet recording head having an ink passage, wherein a droplet of ink is ejected through the passage from an ink ejection outlet at an end of a passage onto a recording material. Ions are i... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649360 | Method of making a vent valve A vent valve for a thermostatic valve of a coolant circuit of an internal combustion engine has a ball with a radius and a diameter and serving as a sealing element, and a one-piece metal cage for the ball. The cage has a pot-shaped part with an inside di... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649361 | Method of making an heat exchanger having a compression fitting with a load bearing ring A method and apparatus provide a heat exchanger having a compression fitting for sealing connecting a refrigerant flow line to a tube brazed to the heat exchanger in a brazing furnace. The heat exchanger compression fitting includes a female tubing connec... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649362 | Permanent magnet member and method of producing same A permanent magnet member composed of an integral sintered body made of a ferrite magnet material, the integral sintered body including a cylindrical center portion and shaft portions formed at the opposite ends of the cylindrical center portion and each ... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649363 | Method of manufacturing printed springs A spring to operate a merchandise dispenser used for storing and dispensing a plurality of like items of merchandise. The dispenser utilizes a metal spring having indicia imprinted or engraved thereon to provide both a biasing force to the merchandise and... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649364 | Disposable multi-blade straight razor A straight razor has a handle portion and a disposable multi-blade assembly with at least two blades as the cutting edge on at least one of its sides. A molded guard portion at the bottom of the blade portion prevents the blades from cutting into the skin... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5649365 | Blade and cover assembly for a multiple function cutting tool An assembly including a wheel-shaped cutting blade and protective cover may be attached to a multiple function cutting tool by inserting an engagement member of the assembly into a connecting chamber of the tool and securing the member to the tool with a ... | 07/22/1997 |
