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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5704465 | Coupling assembly for bulk material conveying systems An improved coupling assembly is disclosed for use in bulk material conveying systems. The coupling assembly includes a first tubular section having an annular flange. The assembly receives an endless rope assembly with spaced disks for moving bulk materi... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704466 | Feed tray attachment for vibratory feeder The vibratory feeder utilizes a releasable attachment mechanism for connecting a feed tray to a vibrator for ease of removal and installation. The attachment mechanism has a first coupling in the form of z-blocks which when pressed together align the feed... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704467 | Keypads A keypad is provided wherein the keys are sealingly mounted in keyholes provided in a housing by means of a key mount which centers each key and seals the space between each key and the edge of its keyhole. The key mount also provides an electrical contac... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704468 | Packaging arrangement for contact lenses A packaging arrangement for the containment in a blister package of at least one hydrophilic contact lens in a sterile aqueous solution. Provision is made for incorporating support structure in the form of stiffening groove or wall elements in flanges of ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704469 | Suture tray package having grooved winding surface A suture package having a base member, an upwardly extending outer wall about the periphery of the base member, a plurality of grooves in the base member for receiving a suture, and a top lid member. The package has a central needle park and a discharge o... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704470 | Article carrier with four-sided taper An enclosed carrier for beverage bottles. The side and end panels taper inwardly near the top panel to provide a tight enclosure for the bottles. The dust flaps are comprised of upper and lower sections separated from each other in the corner areas of the... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704471 | Packet for wet tissue A packet for wet tissue, has a packet containing wet tissues, and a lid unit having a sliding lid for covering and uncovering a tissue dispensing opening. The lid unit is fitted in an opening formed in the pouch and is attached to the periphery of the ope... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704472 | Photo holder for advanced photo system A photo/photo cartridge delivery/storage packet for the products of Advanced Photo Systems (APS) processing, comprising a first and second sheet-like cover members disposed in spaced, substantially parallel planes and each having a spine-adjacent edge, a ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704473 | Music strings and packaging A metal musical string having a plastic or polymer material covering an end of the string opposite to a ball end of the string is contained in a flexible enclosure or pouch. In a coiled configuration, the ends of the string are twisted around convolutions... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704474 | Disc carrier While the most popular currently available compact disc carriers are structurally simple, they are lacking in several areas. Such carriers are often difficult to open, they are fragile and thus easily broken, and they are usually stored vertically on edge... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704475 | Inflatable golf club protector A protective device for covering and protecting golf clubs in a golf bag comprises an inflatable body portion, the body portion comprising a tubular sleeve having a closed end and an open end for slipping over the golf clubs, and a valve for inflating the... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704476 | Hazardous material containment and storage unit A hazardous material containment and storage unit is disclosed. The unit comprises a basin in which a plurality of molded plastic pods are positioned to form a support surface for placing containers of hazardous material such as conventional fifty-five ga... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704477 | Pallet-type storage/transport container A storage/transport container has a rigid and floor-forming pallet having a generally rectangular outer edge having four sides, an annular and erect outer wall in the form of a gridwork of metal rods defining a plurality of generally flat side panels exte... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704478 | Centering bush A centering bush for connecting and centering winder cores which stand on one another. The centering bush, in one embodiment, has first and second cylindrical parts on both sides of a median plane, of which the first part lies above the plane, and the sec... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704479 | Wire storing and dispensing package An improved wire and cable packaging system for use with a spool wound with wire rotatable about a spiral-wrapped paper tube includes a container and a unitary insert, disposable in the container, both made of cardboard. The container includes a pair of r... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704480 | Moisture-proof resealable pouch and container The present invention relates to an easy-to-use and effective magnetically resealable moisture-proof pouch containing moisture-curable orthopedic splinting/casting product in bulk form or in individually packaged rolls. The preferred pouch incorporates a ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704481 | Easy open package An easy access tear-open paperboard package and method of making same are provided including a pair of corrugated paperboard sheets, each having an interior surface flood coated with a cohesive material which sheets are then joined together in surrounding... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704482 | Nestable display crate with extended handles A low depth, nestable display crate for bottles is integrally molded from plastic and comprises two basic components--a floor and a wall structure extending up from the floor and extending around the periphery of the floor. The floor has bottle support ar... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704483 | Folding tray type container A foldable shipping container or tray made of a single blank and preassembled to be unfolded into an open top tray having foldable leg structures depending from the corners of the bottom of the container to engage the outside upper corners of a like conta... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704484 | Protective bottle jacket A protective bottle jacket for transporting a container, bottle or the like is provided. The protective jacket has a bottom portion having a base and walls projecting upwardly from the base for receiving and protecting the bottom portion of the container ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704485 | Food container with cooling pack A food container and assemblage of internal components including a tray with a corrugated and slotted bottom panel supported within the container receptacle, and a cooling pack positioned within the container in a variety of positions to define food chamb... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704486 | Storage and transportation container for grain testing equipment The present invention provides a container for the transportation and storage of grain testing equipment. The storage container encloses the grain testing equipment and comprises: a box, a first plurality of spaced apart raised projections to hold a grain... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704487 | Shipping container and method of making same The shipping container comprises a box made from a foldable material, and has a pair of side panels and a pair of end panels interposed between and connected to the side panels. The side and end panels are provided with upper and lower edges, with the low... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704488 | Concealable pallet for shipping/display container A container arrangement for accommodating goods both while the same are being stored and shipped and while they are being displayed at the final destination includes a container including at least one compartment for holding such goods, a pallet of substa... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704489 | SIMM/DIMM board handler A circuit board handling and testing apparatus comprising a housing which defines a top surface. Attached to the housing is a magazine assembly which accommodates a plurality of circuit boards and is adapted to dispense the circuit boards onto a testing a... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704490 | Electrostatic separation of particulate material Electrostatic separation is used to separate electrically conducting particles from electrical insulator particles by attracting the conducting particles to a separating electrode, whilst the insulator particles remain substantially attached to a carrier ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704491 | Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents A method and device for off-sorting documents of a specific type using a device capable of discriminating among different types of documents. A stack of documents are received in an input receptacle and transported, one at a time, past a document type dis... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704492 | Wicking device for a drain rack and dish drain tray A wicking mat for use with a drain tray and a dish rack. The wicking mat includes a plurality of strips which are adapted to wick liquid from the dish drain tray towards a sink. The wicking mat preferably is made of a cotton material.... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704493 | Substrate holder Semiconductor substrates are held by a substrate holder having a parallel arrangement of bridges, and are capable of being dipped in processing liquids by the holder. Each bridge has an alternate arrangement of teeth and valleys to define Y-shaped notches... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704494 | Disc holder A plastic disc holder for holding a plurality of discs separately, comprises axially opposed end walls; and laterally opposed side walls which are united with the end walls to constitute a rectangular parallelopiped box which is fully opened at upper and ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704495 | Releasable restraining device This invention relates to a novel restraining device for releasably restraining containers. A restraining device for an object having a base and a top, said restraining device having a base, back and top comprising: (a) a first restraining member associat... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704496 | Modular tool rack system A modular system of racks for mounting on a wheeled container to convert the wheeled container into a tool-bearing yard and garden cart. The system of racks contains a plurality of individual racks for removably mounting to the peripheral edge of an open ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704497 | Rotating display rack A spinning display rack includes a base, a pole supported in a vertical position by the base, a top cap rotatably supported by the pole, a bottom cap rotatably supported by the pole, and a pair of generally U-shaped display grids attached in a back-to-bac... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704498 | Transportable crane A transportable multi-purpose crane includes a platform having outriggers disposed at opposite ends thereof. A turntable is rotatably mounted to the platform between the outriggers on opposite ends of the platform, and has a center axis of rotation. A ris... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704499 | Slack adjusting gravity wedge for railway slackless drawbar assembly A non-binding, slack-adjusting, gravity wedge member for use in a railway slackless drawbar system, the wedge member having a pair of opposed friction faces at an inclined angle to each other, with a first of the faces having at least one recess therein a... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704500 | Dispensing-sealing arrangement for a container A dispensing-sealing arrangement (10) is disclosed for a container (12) comprising a resiliently deformable dispensing apparatus typically in the form of a teat (14) connected about opening (16) of the container (12). The teat (14) is provided with an out... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704501 | Container closure assembly including barrier layer with a crystallized, brittle weakened portion A container closure assembly including a container, a barrier layer and a closure member. The barrier layer and closure member completely cover the access opening to the container and the barrier layer includes a weakened portion thereof comprising a crys... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704502 | Closure with forearm engaging tabs for medication containers An apparatus to assist a person having reduced manual dexterity in removing a cap from a container, the apparatus comprising a base and at least two tabs for removing the cap of the container by manual force against the tabs directly applied by one or mor... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704503 | Hot-fillable plastic container with tall and slender panel section A panel design for a hot-fillable plastic container has a tall and slender panel section. The panel configuration provides increased resistance to longitudinal bending and hoop failure, yet provides good hoop flexibility to maximize vacuum panel movement.... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704504 | Plastic bottle for hot filling A plastic bottle for filling with hot liquid, of the type including a circumferential lateral wall (10), which is incorporated at its lower part to a bottom portion (F) and at its upper part to a neck portion (G) of said bottle. A plurality of grooves (20... | 01/06/1998 |
