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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5816120 | Slip joint adjustable jaw pry tool A slip joint adjustable jaw pry tool is a plier configured tool which has opposing jaws facing outboard. There are two levers, a first and a second lever, each of which include a jaw portion and a handle portion. There is a channel with intersecting arcua... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816121 | Cordless fastening tool A speed-increasing mechanism and a clutch mechanism are provided between a speed-reduction gear train and planetary gear trains, to realize a small-torque and high-speed rotation during a light load condition and a large-torque and low-speed rotation duri... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816122 | Apparatus and method for adaptive suppression of vibrations in mechanical systems A method and apparatus are provided for stabilizing at least one element of a mechanical system against echo-like responses to mechanical disturbances. One or more error signals are provided by sensing the motion of the system at one or more points. At le... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816123 | Attachment for a lathe A machine tool which is a template tracing attachment which significantly reduces the slack or hysteresis in the operation of a machinist's lathe. Optical or magnetic scales and respective sensors assist in the accuracy of producing workpieces from a temp... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816124 | Method and device for transverse separation of a running material web A device and method for separating a running material web includes a knife, having a substantially planar body and a toothed edge, and an apparatus for swinging the knife into the running material web. The method includes running the material web in a dir... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816125 | Method and apparatus for removing trimming strips In a method and apparatus for the removal of trimming strips located on point needles, it is intended to convey the trimming strips from a cylinder rotating at high rpm, in particular a blade cylinder of a scissors cut device, to a disposal device. This i... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816126 | Cutter for shortening blinds A cutter for shortening blinds of the type consisting of a top rail, a bottom rail and a plurality of suspended slats therebetween, the cutter comprising a framework, a stationary matrix fixed with respect to the framework and comprising a first opening f... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816127 | Continuous cutter for severing pieces of equal length from a coiled elongate article A continuous cutter for severing pieces of equal length from a coiled elongate article "T" includes a movable stand which carries a shiftable clamp. The cutter also includes a fixed clamp. The shiftable and fixed clamps are driven relatively to one anothe... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816128 | Severing device A device for severing flexible polymeric tube, pipe, or tubular extrudate, such as flexible light pipe, reproducibly, cleanly, and safely is described. The device comprises a block with two specially aligned cylindrical devices for holding the pipe and a ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816129 | Miter fence for radial arm saw A miter fence system for use with radial arm and other power saws is provided. The miter fence allows angled cuts to be made on a radial arm saw without having to adjust or move the radial arm of the saw. The miter fence system of the present invention in... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816130 | Rule die and anchor therefor A rule die and anchor therefor for use in forming a work piece, includes a support surface, a configuration forming member having a connecting surface connected to the support surface and having a configuration forming surface outwardly extending therefro... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816131 | Fluid-controlled actuator assembly A fluid-controlled actuator assembly for a gearbox of a vehicle. The actuator is provided with a four-position mobile element, with a first and a second chamber separated in a sealed manner from the mobile element, and with auxiliary positioning elements ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816132 | Load-sensing pneumatic control system A pneumatic control system for selectively controlling a pneumatically-operated device for controlling movement of a variable load, such as a material handling device or lifting and lowering device, is capable of automatically sensing the load exerted on ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816133 | Composite diaphragm for diaphragm pumps A pump diaphragm that is composed of two different shore-hardness materials of the same base polymer. The diaphragm includes a strong layer that will withstand hydraulic pressures and one or more soft layers that can be shaped into desirable sealing confi... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816134 | Compressor piston and piston type compressor A compressor has a piston (11) that reciprocates between a top dead center and a bottom dead center in a cylinder bore (2a) by means of a driving body (9) mounted on a rotary shaft (6) in a crank chamber (5) during the rotation of the rotary shaft (6). Th... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816135 | Method and apparatus for selectively dispensing hot water or hot beverages The invention comprises a tankless water heater combined with a beverage brewing/dispenser, whereby the user may selectively dispense either hot water or a heated beverage of the user's choice.... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816136 | Automatic stirrer for use with pots of different sizes A lid is adjustable for fitting over various sized pots. Fastening structure is provided for attaching the lid to the pot. A motor is configured to attach to the lid. A stirring apparatus is adapted to be disposed within the pot when the lid is attached t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816137 | Cooking machine with door latch A cooking machine includes a housing having side walls with doors that can be raised and lowered to vent the cooking chamber defined within the housing. A latching member is pivotally mounted on a channel member guiding the doors, and can be pivoted manua... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816138 | Apparatus for preparing a baked, non-oil containing snack food product A process and apparatus for preparing a snack food product by baking and without the use of cooking oil, begins with preparation of potatoes, carrots, bananas, etc, into slices, which are surface de-watered before exposure to a high intensity heat source ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816139 | Steam cooking device A steam cooking device, which can be used for steam cooking bain-marie with descending steam, comprising a pot-like body defining a space for containing food to be cooked is described. The body has a central chimney-like projection with one or more holes ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816140 | Bale wire tying apparatus and method A bale wire tying apparatus is provided to be used in conjunction with a baling press for tying looped ends of lengths of bale wire together around a compressed bale. The bale wire tying apparatus is formed by an elongated generally U-shaped channel membe... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816141 | Vertical door baler with tab and slot construction A baler for compression and baling of waste including a ram and a reinforced vertically sliding bale chamber door at one end of a baler chamber. Tab and slot construction provide for interlocking of heavy wall components and associated members and for com... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816142 | Method of stacking and compressing tires A device for compressing tires and other compressible items in a shipping container comprises a support frame 22 attached to the lift end of a forklift. A fixture 20 is attached to and moves vertically with the support frame. The fixture comprises a horiz... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816143 | Process for satining paper and calender for carrying out the process A process and device for satining paper may include guiding a sheet through a roll gap defined by a heated hard roll and a soft roll having with a covering. A paper sheet width of the paper may be less than a width of a cylindrical part of each of the cov... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816144 | Precision roll stand A precision roll stand includes a roll housing absorbing the rolling forces. In the roll housing rolls constituting a roll pair with their roll chocks are mounted so as to be rotatable and mutually adjustable by an adjustment device which changes the axia... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816145 | Trash compactor A trash compactor is provided that has a single ram that simultaneously precompacts trash in an auxiliary precompacting chamber and compacts trash that already has been precompacted in a main compacting and storage chamber. The ram has a single actuating ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816146 | Calender for satining paper A calender for satining paper through roll gap formed between a heated hard roll and a soft roller having an elastic covering. Overheating of an edge region of the covering, i.e., the portion not covered by the paper to be satined, may be prevented by uti... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816147 | Loss of funds prevention for postage meters that use transfer printing and ink jet printing This invention prevents the accounting unit of a postage meter from deducting funds when a mailpiece has been removed. The foregoing is achieved by giving the postage meter the intelligence to stop printing the postal indicia and deducting the value of th... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816149 | Device for automatically peeling off the leading edge of a stencil from a stencil roll and master making device having the same A master making device for a stencil printer and a device included in the master making device for automatically peeling the leading edge of a stencil from a stencil roll are disclosed. Even when the leading edge of the stencil has a noticeable curl, it c... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816150 | Dampening units of offset printing presses An improved offset printing press includes microcontrolled continuous film dampening units in combination with a water take-up roller, a dampening distributor roller, and a dampening form roller of a conventional offset printing press. The microcontrolled... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816151 | Device for alignment of images in a control system for a printing press A device for alignment of images for a control system of a printing press having a device for creating targets, a device for aligning a camera, a device for finding actual dot positions on at least one of the targets, a device for calculating the desired ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816152 | Reconfigurable printing press A reconfigurable web processor, comprising: a first and a second base modules, each of the base modules including an external surface with at least one alignment structure disposed on the external surface; a plurality of pacing rolls, with a different one... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816153 | Protective cover An arrangement for controlling a pressure medium of an actuator cylinder on a printing press, wherein the actuator cylinder is provided for moving a protective cover into respective opened and closed positions, includes a control circuit for setting diffe... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816154 | Print cylinder support for axial removal of a cylindrical sleeve Removable print roll sleeves are changed on a printing press without removal of a respective print roll from the press frame by securing the position of the print roll on the drive side axle bearing while the outboard axle bearing for the roll is removed.... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816155 | Sheet guiding device for printing presses Sheet guiding device for a printing press having a guide surface member for guiding sheets includes blast air or suction nozzles provided in the guide surface member, the guide surface member being formed, as viewed in a sheet transport direction, success... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816156 | Suction foot reapportioning system and printing press A hollow cylinder is fitted with a piston, whose hollow rod or shank protrudes downward from the cylinder to apply lifting suction to print media. The upper end of the cylinder communicates with a suction system. In the cylinder side walls, main passagewa... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816157 | Rotary printing press with retractable rubber cylinders A rotary printing press with rubber-rubber printing units arranged essentially vertically above one another. The rubber cylinders of at least one rubber-rubber printing unit can be retracted from one another in the formation of a usable gap between the tw... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816158 | Inverted stamping process Printing of a pattern from a die to a surface is performed by immersing the die in a bath of liquid print material with the die surface facing upward, then either lowering the bath liquid level or raising the die to expose the die surface wet with liquid ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816159 | Liquid transfer device for rotary presses A liquid transfer device for rotary presses includes at least two cylinders which can transfer the liquid, especially ink, and at least one liquid transfer element intended to interact with the two cylinders in order to transfer the ink from one cylinder ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816160 | Stamp unit capable of detachably holding stamp plate formed with stamp image In order to prevent a stamp plate or a stencil plate from falling off or shifting on. a stamp unit, and to simplify operations for exchanging the stamp plate (stencil plate) during stamping operations or stencil-producing operations, a support body is for... | 10/06/1998 |
