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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5704263 | Saw guide apparatus and method A saw guide is provided for use with a hand held circular power saw thereby enabling a user to selectively cut either a 90 or 45 degree cut through a construction member such as a 2×4. The saw guide is adapted to be used with either a 2×4, 2×6, 2×8, 2... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704264 | Cutting die with elevated stripping land This invention pertains to cutting dies for cutting continuous strip elements from a continuous web of fibrous and/or polymeric material. An improved cutting die has an elevated stripping land between adjacent but spaced elongated cutting knives. The elev... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704265 | Conveyor/classifier system for versatile hi-speed food loaf slicing machine A versatile high speed slicing machine moves first and second food loaves along parallel loaf paths into a slicing station where both loaves are sliced by a cyclically driven knife blade. There are independent loaf feed drives so that slices cut from one ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704266 | Fiber cutting apparatus The present invention is designed to wind a long continuous fiber around a rotor and to cut the fiber in prescribed lengths by blades positioned at intervals on the circumference of a rotor. Scrapers rotate together with the rotor in order to scrape out t... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704267 | Guide shoe for a cutting machine especially for a drum or disk shearer The guide shoe arrangement for disk shearers having a pin wheel gear drive and a coupling sleeve into which engages from above a coupling piece disposed on a positioning arm of the disk shearer, to which a guide shoe is pivotably connected by a gudgeon tr... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704268 | Electro-hydraulic shower oscillator for papermaking The apparatus is an oscillator for a showerhead to keep the forming fabric of a papermaking machine clean and open. A hydraulic cylinder is formed with a piston cup assembly dividing the cylinder into first and second fluid chambers. The piston cup assemb... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704269 | Retainer in valve mechanism of booster An improvement of a retainer which constitutes a valve mechanism for booster is disclosed. The retainer is used to secure the rear end of a valve element against a tubular terminal end of a valve body by abutment. The retainer comprises a tubular holder s... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704270 | Vacuum brake booster for automotive vehicle In a vacuum brake booster including a housing the interior of which is subdivided into negative and variable pressure chambers by means of a movable wall assembled therein, a piston body assembled with the movable wall to be axially movable in the housing... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704271 | Muffler for booster A booster as may be used in a brake of an automobile is disclosed, which permits the generation of sounds during the suction stroke when pressure fluid is introduced into a variable pressure chamber to be reduced. The inner surface of a valve body, which ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704272 | Axial piston energy converting device An improved axial-piston energy converting device is provided by utilizing a thin ceramic wear plate insert, having a typical thickness of only about 0.005 to 0.040 inches in thickness, as a cam surface secured by atmospheric pressure to an underlying sup... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704273 | Hydraulic system for accommodating fluid pressure variations A hydraulic system for accommodating fluid pressure variations is provided. The system includes a housing for an actuating piston with the housing having a first end with a hydraulic fluid port and a second end. The actuating piston includes a body portio... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704274 | Axial piston machine An axial piston machine has a rotary shaft, a first group of concentric radially spaced cylindrical bores, and a second group of concentric radially spaced cylindrical bores axially spaced from and aligned with said first group of cylindrical bores. A wob... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704275 | Electronic brew control system A control system for a coffee brewer having a microprocessor in which the water heated in the heater tank must be a predetermined temperature before brewing. A double brewing cycle is prevented. Upon the system not being activated for a period of time, i.... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704276 | System for processing liquid foodstuff or liquid medicine with a supercritical fluid of carbon dioxide A system for continuously de-activating enzymes, sterilizing or deodorizing a liquid material such as liquid foodstuff or liquid medicine with a supercritical fluid of carbon dioxide. The system includes the following 1) a liquid material is continuously ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704277 | Breadmaker and a coding system therefor An improved breadmaker not only has a baking pan placed inside a baking chamber above a heater but also a centrifugal fan for pushing air upward therethrough. A partition wall with upper and lower openings separates the fan from the baking pan such that t... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704278 | Energy efficient high capacity rotary oven An energy efficient high capacity rotary oven (10) comprising a main oven body enclosure (12) having an exhaust pipe (14). A shelf assembly (16) is mounted in a rotatable manner within the main oven body enclosure (12) between lateral side walls thereof, ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704279 | Device for cooking or grilling small pieces of food and method of use A device for grilling small pieces of food is described which is a basket including a mesh. The device fits inside of conventional grills even when the lid of the grill is closed and can be easily removed for shaking and turning over of the small pieces o... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704280 | Food processing device An enclosed food processing device is provided having one or more conveyor belts and vertical agitators positioned above the belt. The agitators have forward and backward prongs that stir the food being processed without causing physical damage to it. The... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704281 | Washing container A washing container using water and a rotatable brush for washing various granular food, and is especially applicable for medium and small size granular fruits. It is comprised of: a receiving barrel, a rotatable brush and an upper cover. Food is put in f... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704282 | Method of generating proofs of print signatures The invention relates to a method of generating proofs of print signatures composed of first and second flats printed on opposite sides of a sheet. The method of the invention comprises the steps of (a) providing first and second digital printing units; (... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704283 | Automatic tie system for baler An automatic tie system for a baler for tying a bale of compressible material comprises a reciprocating ram for pushing the bale along a path. A continuous strand of baling wire extends generally transverse to the path and engages the bale front end and w... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704284 | Apparatus for automatically applying equilized pressure to a rotary cutting die An equalizer assembly that integrates into the die cutting station of a press and comprises two hydraulic actuators, each of which interacts with one of the jackscrews of the press to create an internal hydraulic pressure. The internal pressure of a first... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704285 | Calender for the treatment of a paper web A calender for the treatment of a paper web has at least one roller stack made of "hard" and "soft" rollers. The soft rollers have a covering made of a plastic whose recovery, after deformation, is such that the depth of the remaining deformation, after a... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704286 | Screen printing apparatus A screen printing apparatus for printing a printing material to the front surface of a work that has a protrusion portion, comprising a stage for mounting the work, a screen frame formed on the upper surface of the stage, a screen mask secured to the scre... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704287 | Flip up side stencil to be used with single site stencil printer Stencils to be used with a solder paste stencil printing process and apparatus in which the stencil plate having a porous figure printing area may be used for single component solder paste application. The printing operation is performed by alignment of t... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704288 | Printing unit with printing cylinders directly-driven by induction motors A printing machine including multiple interactively arranged printing cylinders, at least some of which are directly-driven by induction motors. The induction motors have rotors that are connected to the cylinder mantle of the printing cylinder, and stato... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704289 | Flexible beveled edge plate fastening device A flexible plate is securable to a cylinder by insertion of fastening tabs, provided on beveled or angled ends of the plate, into cooperatively shaped end positioned pockets on the cylinder surface. The pockets may be formed by insert strips that utilize ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704290 | Device for cleaning bearing surfaces on rotating cylinders Device for cleaning cylinder bearers of rotary printing-unit cylinders having cylinder bearers mounted at respective end faces of at least two of the cylinders for attaining a defined spacing between respective axes of the two cylinders, the cylinder bear... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704291 | Lithographic printing members with deformable cushioning layers Printing members resistant to handling damage include a porous compressible layer that deforms in response to applied forces, inhibiting overlying layers from tearing or scratching. One type of construction involves ablation-type printing members, wherein... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704292 | Belt transport arrangement for a machine transferring images onto sheets from the belts An arrangement for transporting metallized belts or bands in a machine for transferring the metallized images from the belts or bands onto a sheet comprises a support for the belt supply bobbins, advance rollers for intermittent unrolling and advancing th... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704293 | Lifting device for manipulating a track element A lifting device for manipulating a track element at a manipulating location at least partially above a track transported to a manipulating location on a transport platform of a transport vehicle and includes a lifting device frame provided with power and... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704294 | Waterfall ride attraction A theme park ride attraction includes a flume path having rafts floating on flowing water. The rafts are elevated and enter into a pipe. First and second pivoting ramps are attached to the pipe and supported by an actuator. As the rafts enter onto the fir... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704295 | Arm for automatically guiding a road vehicle along a guide rail An improved automatic guiding arm having a deformable hinged frame like construction controlled by an actuator. The actuator raises and lowers the end of the frame like construction which supports a pair of guide wheels in a "V" shaped arrangement for eng... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704296 | Cast draft sill with low profile center plate An elongated light-weight, cast draft sill mountable at the end of a center sill of a railway car body, and to which a railway car truck is pivotally mountable, the cast draft sill having a generally hollow, elongated rectangular body, with a pair of elon... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704297 | Dry powder composition of hydroxyethyl starch suitable for reconstitution The present invention relates to a dry powder composition of hydroxyethyl starch suitable for reconstitution and comprising hydroxyethyl starch of a molecular weight of up to about 2,000,000, a degree of substitution of from about 0.4 to about 0.7, and co... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704298 | Computer workstation A computer workstation comprising a keyboard support stand and a monitor support stand mounted to a support leg of said keyboard support stand so as to be swingable about a vertical axis of the support leg. The monitor support stand includes a base, a cro... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704299 | Keyboard support A keyboard support stand having a height-adjustable support frame and a keyboard support tray and arm rest which are carried by the support frame and are independently adjustable. The keyboard tray is pivotally mounted so as to be adjustable through a sig... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704300 | Load-handling pallet and method of assembly A load-handling pallet ((10) comprises a plurality of separate plastics elements which are connected together to define an upper-load beating platform (20) with spaced support members (40) therebeneath between which the forks of a forklift truck can be lo... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704301 | Rotary combustor and spring assembly therefor Rotary combustor and spring assembly therefor. The combustor includes a tire surrounding a kiln and a spring assembly interposed between the tire and kiln for interconnecting the tire and kiln. The spring assembly includes a clevis member attached to the ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704302 | Looper device having a thread feeding mechanism A looper device includes a rod slidably supported in a sewing machine and allowed to move up and down. A looper is secured on the upper end of the rod and includes a hole formed in the front end and includes a support formed on the rear portion. A lever i... | 01/06/1998 |
