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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5699676 | Refrigerator unit with lighted door This refrigerator unit (10) with a lighted door (20) includes a cabinet (12) defining a front opening (18). The door (20) is mounted to the cabinet (12) and includes a door frame (22) having top and bottom framing members (26 and 28) and side framing memb... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699677 | Compressor mounted drain pan utilizing polyurethane adhesive Disclosed is a compressor and drain pan assembly utilizing a polyurethane adhesive to secure the drain pan to the compressor housing. The adhesive has an elasticity sufficient to dampen vibrations from the compressor, thereby significantly minimizing unde... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699678 | Charging device An improved charging device (20) comprising a vessel (22) for holding a liquid (24) therein. A component (26) on the vessel (22) is for allowing the liquid (24) to exit therefrom. A facility (28) on the vessel (22) is for dispensing the liquid (24) in con... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699679 | Cryogenic aerosol separator A cryogenic aerosol separator/classifier for separating and selectively removing particles from a stream of aerosol. The aerosol stream is produced by a cryogenic aerosol generator comprising a reservoir containing a cryogenic gas-liquid mixture at a firs... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699680 | Wires incorporating a helical component, assemblies thereof, and use of said assemblies as catalyzer and/or to recover precious metals A wire comprising at least one helically wound wire element is disclosed. The helical winding consists of a platinoid or platinoid alloy wire (20). Also disclosed are assemblies of these wires (20) such as knitted materials, fabrics and felts, and the use... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699681 | Method and apparatus for precision pattern knitting on a warp knitting machine A method and apparatus for controlling tension of lay-in warp yarns knitted on a warp knitting machine is provided for knitting a fabric having lay-in yarns with varying intermittent spacing between horizontally corresponding lengths thereof. The lay-in w... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699682 | Washing tub of a clothes washing machine Clothes washing machine provided with a washing tub made of plastic material and comprising a rear wall (2), a passing-through hub provided at the center of said rear wall and inserted in its central hub-holding portion (4) for supporting the bearing (7) ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699683 | Filter sleeve for tubular filter core A yarn carrier is provided of the type including a substantially rigid tubular core having passageways through the sidewall thereof for the passage of dye or wet finishing bath into the yarn to be wrapped thereon. A filter sleeve is wrapped around the out... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699684 | Bicycle security mount A bicycle security mount which includes a base and a pair of spaced supporting arms extending outwardly from the base. Each supporting arm has a threaded aperture for receiving a bolt. A shield is mounted on each bolt. Each shield has a bore and a counter... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699685 | Central lock system for an automotive vehicle with satellite processors at respective locks A centralized lock system for a motor vehicle, provided with a system-specific identity code word which is stored in memories of the satellite processors associated with the door locks as well as in the code word storage memory of the central processor an... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699686 | Device for electromagnetically securing a lock barrel The device for electromagnetically blocking the closing cylinder (2) of a lock (1) includes a rotary drive comprising a coil (12) and a rotor (7). Depending on the rotary position of the rotor (7), the movable tumbler (4) may be disengaged from the recess... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699687 | Firearm security device A firearm-securing device providing tamper resistance features which device includes a keyway that operates a threaded rod which, in turn, controls spring-loaded cams that obstruct a tubular area including a chamber, a barrel, and a muzzle of a firearm. T... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699688 | Feed control system A feed control system for a metal forming machine. The feed control system includes a feed assembly mounted on the metal forming machine. The feed assembly includes a slide assembly and a rotating ball-screw operatively connected to the slide assembly. Th... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699689 | Method of and apparatus for forming a disc-shaped blank There is provided a method for forming a disc-shaped blank in which a disc-shaped thin plate material is, at an outer peripheral portion thereof, swaged towards an axial side of the plate material with a roll die to thicken the outer peripheral portion an... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699690 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing hollow steel bars A method of manufacturing hollow steel bars comprising the steps of preparing a hollow billet with the dimensions meeting a condition expressed by the following formula (1) by piercing a steel billet with a piercer after heating, inserting a mandrel as an... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699691 | Adjusting apparatus for roll threading die head An adjusting apparatus for a roll threading die head with a head body having a plurality of threading rollers located on an imaginary circle concentrical to an axis of a cylindrical workpiece to be threaded. There are provided eccentric bearings which rot... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699692 | Tool mechanisms for deep rolling machines A lower work tool having a one-piece open style design with a plurality of openings and an upper work tool having a housing and cover plate each forming a plurality of openings.... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699693 | Widthwise compressing machine and method using vibrations to reduce material width A widthwise-compressing machine for applying a compression force through press tools to a material to reduce a width of the material while applying vibrations to said material to forcibly vibrate said material has a compression unit for producing a compre... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699694 | Heat shields Heat shield panels arranged below a hot material path are supported in a manner which allow limited movement. Carry-over bars at opposite ends of each panel are also displaceably mounted and have bearer elements which lie below the panels. When a carry-ov... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699695 | Spatial, parallel-architecture robotic carpal wrist A spatial parallel-architecture robotic Carpal wrist is shown. The structure of the robotic Carpal wrist allows for the application of a closed-form solution to the kinematic problem of determining all of the possible inputs to the actuators that result i... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699697 | Slotted swivel tube A motion transmitting assembly (10) for transmitting motion in a curved path by a core element (12) is movably supported in a conduit (14) which is, in turn, supported by a ferrule (16). A slotted swivel tube (24) is supported by the ferrule (16) and a te... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699698 | System for extending or retracting two members and cam-locking the members in the extended position A system for extending or retracting two rotationally interconnected members and locking or releasing the members in the extended position. The system includes a locking cam (4) on a shaft (5) combined with the first member (2) and connected to a drive (9... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699699 | Connecting structure between bicycle pedal and cleat, bicycle pedal and cleat A connecting structure between a bicycle pedal and a cleat is formed of hooks pivotably supported by a pedal body for engaging and releasing the cleat, and an urging device for urging the hooks toward engaging positions. A first cam mechanism is provided ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699700 | Hand tool and process for manufacturing same A process for manufacturing a hand tool includes the steps of assembling a tool handle to a molded composite handle adapter to form a tool handle assembly, and attaching the assembly to a tool head utilizing removable fasteners. The tool handle assembly i... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699701 | Tool for removing vehicle gas tank cap A tool for removing a vehicle gas tank cap having a cradle for engaging the lug on a conventional gas tank cap. One end of an extension is fixedly connected to the cradle, and a handle is pivotally connected to the other end of the extension. The handle i... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699702 | Wrenching tool with free-floating, self-relieving anti-rotation key There is disclosed an improvement in rotational wrenching tools used in the aerospace industry to apply a fastener nut to a fastener pin at a limiting, preload torsion. The pins used for the fasteners have an end recess which receives a rotational station... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699703 | Screwing device for measuring arrangement A screwing device provides an ultrasound-controlled tensioning of a screw connection. A measurement of the pre-tensioning force of the screw connection can be performed without complete fitting of a screwing tool on the screw connection. The screwing tool... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699704 | Exit locating collated screw strips and screwdrivers therefore A driver for fasteners, and particularly, a power screwdriver is described which is adapted to drive screws having different diameters. The power screwdriver has a removable guide tube and complementary drive shaft. The guide tube is sized to the diameter... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699705 | Powered circular saw retention apparatus for retractable saw blade guard A retention apparatus for an electrically powered hand-held circular saw having a retractable lower saw blade guard, that holds the lower saw blade guard in the retracted position as long as the power on/off switch is activated. This lower saw blade guard... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699706 | Apparatus for cutting a non-metallic magnetic component from a strip of non-metallic magnetic material useable on a rotor or the like An apparatus for cutting a non-metallic magnetic component from a strip of non-metallic magnetic material useable on a rotor or the like includes a pair of blocks placeable in juxtaposed position to form a support frame having a predetermined length. Each... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699707 | High speed sheet material cutter and method of using same A machine and method of using same for cutting soft sheet material, such as textile fabric, which includes a cutting table having a support surface with openings distributed thereover. An endless conveyor of relatively high air permeability overlays and i... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699708 | Punch press device The invention provides a punch press capable of impressing a plurality of holes or other changes in a workpiece. The central core piece of the punch press receives the workpiece and expands until it touches the inner walls of the workpiece. This holds the... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699709 | Device for severing packing strips having blisters from a continuous film A device for severing packing strips having blisters from a continuous film having a transport roller and, at a specific distance therefrom, a stamping device. The stamping device is combined with a stop, against which blisters of the packing strip to be ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699710 | Slotter wheel mechanism having selectively rotatable slotter blade An improved slotter wheel apparatus (10) designed for use in the formation of box blanks is disclosed. The apparatus (10) includes a rotatable drive shaft (22), a slotter blade (16) supported on the drive shaft (22) and blade coupling structure (20). The ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699711 | Saw guide A saw guide to enable a user to cut a straight line using a hand saw consists of a base having a slot formed therein which divides the base into first and second side-by-side sections. A fixed guide is mounted above the first section, with the central por... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699712 | Rotatable side saw for tree processing apparatus A side saw assembly for a tree processing apparatus. The side saw assembly is rotatably and pivotally attached to a mounting platform on a trailer such that the side saw assembly is selectively movable between a transport position, resting on top of the t... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699713 | Brake booster A brake booster having a fluid actuated piston in the form of a diaphragm (5) to which the supply of fluid is controlled by a valve mechanism (8A, 14A, 17), actuated by a driver-operated force input member (16) which acts via a reaction element (19) on an... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699714 | Adjusting switching device A switching device controlling at least one hydraulically operating apparatus has two check valves working in opposition to one another in a feed conduit and a discharge conduit, respectively. The conduits are connected to the operating apparatus, as well... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699715 | Piston for a reciprocating piston machine A piston for use in a reciprocating piston machine having a wobble plate has a first segment and a second segment axially spaced from and aligned with the first segment. A bridge segment connects the first and second piston segments for simultaneous recip... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699716 | Swash plate type variable displacement compressor A variable displacement type compressor having a rotary shaft, a swash plate with a through hole into which the rotary shaft is inserted for inclining movement of the swash plate, a lug plate mounted on the rotary shaft, a hinge mechanism between the lug ... | 12/23/1997 |
