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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5713156 | Shutter for curved windows A window shutter having pivoting louvers radially mounted in an arcuate frame. Each louver has a narrow end mounted to an inner frame member, a wide end mounted to an outer frame member, and two diverging lateral sides. The wide louver end is pivotally mo... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713157 | Deck hanger A deck hanger utilizes two sheet metal spring hanger clips to hook behind parallel accessible edges of a deck installation. Each clip has a body which includes a rectangular hole. A rectangular bar is positioned through the holes and U-shape blocking clip... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713158 | Roofing ridge installation A roofing ridge (or hip) installation includes a roof understructure having a pair of outwardly sloping walls which form an inverted V-shaped ridge. A support panel is mounted on each of the walls with the lower end of each support panel optionally termin... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713159 | Multi part plastic lineal A lineal of plastic material comprises multiple components extruded as a single piece and secured to one another by at least one wall formed in the lineal. One of the components is provided with a recess and another of the components has a leg which, upon... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713160 | Retractable bird deterring device A retractable device for deterring birds from landing, roosting or nesting on a surface of a building structure, the device including at least two holding mechanisms each having a mounting member to be attached to the building structure and an arm for sec... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713161 | Noise-protection screen A noise-protection screen (1) provided with a number of sound-damping elements (2) and over the length of the noise-protection screen, spaced at a distance from each other with girders for the support of the elements, and a sound-damping element for a noi... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713162 | Aseismatic system for constructions such as buildings, dry bridges, tanks and like An aseismatic system for constructions such as buildings, bridges, tanks and like comprising abutment/decoupling means for the deck structure from the piers or for the building from its foundation as well as return means for resisting any relative displac... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713163 | Vibration damping apparatus A vibration damping apparatus includes a frame having a rail member and end plates at longitudinal ends of the rail member. The frame is a hollow box-shaped element or a hollow tubular element. The rail member defines a downwardly arcuate surface. The fra... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713164 | Pool liner installation system The installation of a vinyl liner within an in-ground swimming pool is carried out using a direct drive, over-hung vacuum machine to exhaust air from between the liner and the steel walls and cement bowl within which the liner is installed. The vacuum mac... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713165 | Foam-filled extruded plastic decking with non-slip surface coating A foam-filled extruded plastic decking plank having a non-slip surface coating and a method for making same are described. The non-slip coating includes a layer of acrylic paint applied to the deck surface, grit material applied to the painted decking sur... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713166 | Monocoque staircase and method for joining wooden pieces A staircase of monocoque construction comprises a pair of stringers, a series of successive and alternating treads and risers and nosings which are all made of solid wood or of composite wood such as O.S.B., pyrock, plywood, particle board, etc. At locati... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713167 | Glazing system A glazing system for a sliding glass door includes an existing glass pane and an existing door frame having an existing door frame upper surface and having a glass receiving channel recessed into the existing door frame upper surface, the system including... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713168 | Junction box for low profile raised panel flooring A junction box that organizes and provides access to electrical, data, telecommunications or other service lines routed through numerous channels formed between a false floor and an existing floor is disclosed. The housing of the junction box can be place... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713169 | Anchorage device for high-performance fiber composite cables A conical anchoring system to anchor one or more loaded, stressed or pre-stressed tension elements (9) comprising a conical anchoring casing and an anchor body (7) fitting into the casing and retaining the tension element(s). The boundary surface between ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713170 | System and method for widening a highway and supporting a sound wall A system and method for widening a highway and supporting a sound wall is provided that includes a single row of caissons for providing the sole foundation of a breast wall and a sound wall. The caissons include a vertically-oriented network of reinforcin... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713171 | Deck railing assembly and an associated method A railing assembly for use in association with a deck having a deck surface, the deck including at least one post extending vertically upwardly from the deck surface. The railing assembly includes at least one plastic post cover for covering the post and ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713172 | Storage floor air vent and method of its use The present invention relates to atmospheric control in commodity storage buildings and in particular to the air flow floor vents installed during construction of concrete floors and employed in the control of flow and or circulation of air or atmosphere ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713173 | Hexagonal mosaic paving pattern A paving element has a body with oppositely directed major faces interconnected by a peripheral side wall. One of said major faces is generally planar and has at least one set of a plurality of predefined areas formed thereon. Adjacent areas of the set ha... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713174 | Concrete slab dowel system and method for making same A concrete dowel slab joint system for maintaining adjacent sections of concrete in alignment during contraction and expansion of the concrete, and for transferring shear stresses and bending moments across a joint formed between adjacent concrete slabs. ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713175 | Protective flooring A protective flooring which includes a plurality of floor segments wherein each one of the floor segments has a top surface, a bottom surface, and an interior peripheral edge. At least one anchor connected to and depending from the bottom surface of selec... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713176 | Combination metal and composite stud A combination C-shaped or U-shaped metal and composite construction stud for commercial and residential types of buildings. The stud may be made of various gauge galvanized structural or non-structural steel and has an insert made of softer material locat... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713177 | Glass spacer bar for use in multipane window construction and method of making the same A multipane window assembly has first and second panes of glass separated by a spacer frame that is constructed of joined tubular members. The tubular members are glass tubes, each of which has a first and second side adjacent the glass panes and a third ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713178 | Electromagnetic interference resistant enclosure panel and method of making the same! Electromagnetic interference across a structural panel is minimized in a construction wherein a metal skin (24) is bonded to a metal frame (22) by an adhesive (40) by providing a series of peaks (36) and valleys (38) at the area of the intended joint betw... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713179 | Combination of sheet roll with subshaft, producing apparatus thereof, packaging apparatus thereof, and production system thereof An uncrumpling and cutting apparatus cuts a predetermined length of an end portion of a heat transfer recording sheet of a sheet roll obtained by winding the heat transfer recording sheet around an outer periphery of a shaft roll, and a lead sheet stickin... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713180 | System for transporting containers for use with an apparatus to process containers such as a tablet filling monoblock A system for transporting containers in serial order through container-processing stations, such as filling and capping stations. The transporting system comprises a revolving turret defining a plurality of container receiving pockets in a spaced apart re... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713181 | Carton bottom seal A gabled carton is set forth that is comprised of a top gabled portion, a bottom gabled portion and a bottom fin extending from the bottom gabled portion. The bottom fin has a distal seal extending lengthwise along the bottom fin at a location between the... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713182 | Apparatus for manufacturing clear plastic packages The present invention provides a sturdy display package which, in an embodiment, is made of first and second peripherally sealed transparent PVC sheets approximately 7.5 mils thick each. The package is particularly useful for displaying and protecting sma... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713183 | Sticky element upon which insects adhere and materials and methods A sticky element, comprising a sticky element having an insect-attracting color and an insect-attracting scent, the sticky element comprising sufficient sticky qualities to cause an insect to become permanently attached to the sticky element when any port... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713184 | Sticky element upon which insects adhere and materials and methods A sticky element, comprising a sticky element having an insect-attracting color and an insect-attracting scent, the sticky element comprising sufficient sticky qualities to cause an insect to become permanently attached to the sticky element when any port... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713185 | Wrapping method for producing a package and for wrapping an article A method of the invention enables the production of a tubular package open at both ends and comprising a double- or multi-layered film. The film layers can be of one and the same or different materials. A package is formed around a mould (10), which is ea... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713186 | Method and an apparatus for producing bag packs The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing bag packs of plastic foil containing liquid or viscous contents. The production method, which may be divided into two parts, relates first to a method of producing the packaging material and... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713187 | Packaging apparatus A boxing apparatus having a substantially horizontal conveyor feeds overlapping folded boxes into a upright gravity fed hopper with a bottom gate portion. The boxes are generally aligned axially in the hopper on the gate portion to be individually removed... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713188 | Horse helmet A horse helmet for protecting the head of a horse from blunt force trauma experienced when the horse rears or jerks its head upwards and strikes overhanging framework. When horses are transported via trailers they sometimes rear or jerk their heads upward... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713189 | Interactive brake system for electric riding mower An interactive braking system for an electric mower is comprised of an directional control that is connected to a cam follower that, in turn, engages a brake lever. A linkage system connects the brake lever to a brake caliper assembly which is operable to... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713190 | Apparatus for controlling a position-adjustable implement The disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling the position of a header relative to the ground surface, the apparatus including one or more pivotable shoes arranged to contact the ground and to move in dependence on changes in the ground contour. ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713191 | Monofilament line based cutter assembly A replacement cutting head for a bump head cutter of a string trimmer which replacement head can also be utilized as a blade assembly replacement for a power lawn mower. The cutting head is conventionally attached to the drive shaft of the tool, and it fe... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713192 | Tow bar assembly for multiple hay balers A tow bar implement for a tractor wherein two or three balers may be simultaneously pulled through a field utilizing a conventional hitch of a tractor. The implement includes a pair of outrigger beams which are pivotally connected at opposite ends of a pr... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713193 | Self-cleaning rake A self-cleaning rake consists of a handle, a grip, a spring release button, and two sets of tines. The handle is made from fiberglass and consists of two telescoping pieces. One of the pieces is larger in diameter and the other piece is slidably retained ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713194 | Roving machine with replaceable flyers for winding roving bobbins of different diameters A roving frame for producing large-diameter and small-diameter roving bobbins has two rows of work stations with the work stations lying at vertices of a triangle for the production of small-diameter bobbins, flyers of a small span are provided for each o... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713195 | Multi-fuel, combined cycle power plant method and apparatus A power plant includes a gas turbine unit having a compressor for compressing ambient air, a burner for burning fuel and heating air compressed by said compressor, and a turbine for expanding air heated by said burner to drive said compressor and produce ... | 02/03/1998 |
