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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5816161 | Erasable printing plate having a smooth pore free metallic surface A printing plate which can be repeatedly directly provided with an image and erased and is suitable for a wet offset printing method. The printing plate has a smooth and pore-free surface which is hydrophilic or can be hydrophilized after being provided w... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816162 | Method for making a lithographic printing plate by image-wise heating an imaging element using a thermal head The present invention provides a method for making a lithographic printing plate wherein an imaging element is image-wise heated by means of a thermal head. The imaging element comprises on a flexible support (i) an ink-repellant layer containing a cross-... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816163 | Process for cleaning a doctor blade device for a rinsable color inking unit of a rotary press A doctor blade device of a rinsable ink application device of a rotary press is cleaned by first pumping ink back out of an ink chamber of the doctor blade device via a discharge line into an ink tank. Subsequently, from a solvent tank and via a feed line... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816164 | Method and apparatus for monitoring image formation on a printing form Method of controlling imaging of a printing form includes producing on printing material or stock, with a printing press, control patches of an imaged printing form, generating image signals with an image-detecting device from the control patches of the i... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816165 | Method of encoding roll length indicia on printer media Rolls of printer paper are marked with information which indicates the length of paper remaining on a roll by measuring the distance between indicia successively applied by two separate print drums which each apply indicia at substantially equally spaced ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816167 | Playground carriage In accordance with the present invention, a playground carriage (10) is provided for moving people (100) from one play area to another. The playground carriage comprises a rotatable support pipe (12) having a first end (14) and a second end (16). The supp... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816168 | Track cleaning device for model railroad cars This track cleaning device is for model railroading enthusiasts that can be easily installed into many different types of model railroad cars. The track cleaning device car will provide an efficient method of keeping the electrical rails clean of foreign ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816169 | Model monorail system A model monorail system having at least one engine and at least one car coupled thereto, both being configured to move along a single upper rail member that is supported in an elevated position by a plurality of upright rail supports. In the preferred emb... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816170 | Tractor bogie with incorporated gauge-change system A tractor bogie with an integral gauge-change system which includes two frames which support sets of running gear and have sliding and centering blocks to support the bogie and unweight the wheels as they pass through a gauge changer; a toothed extendible... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816171 | Rotating illuminating table A rotating illuminating table with a circular top portion connected to a stem portion which is mounted in a circular base portion. The circular base portion contains light bulbs and a rotational drive for rotating a top surface which is contained within t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816172 | Paperboard pallet A pallet constructed from paperboard has longitudinally extending runners formed from paperboard cylindrical cores and connected to a deck formed from a number of elongated arcuate segments of cylindrical paperboard cores. The deck members have arcuate sl... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816173 | Pallet made from plastic flute board A pallet (1) which has its primary structural members (6, 7, 8, 9) manufactured of a plastics material (10) comprising a top sheet (11), a bottom sheet (12) and a plurality of interconnecting supporting ribs (13). Generally, the members (6, 7, 8, 9) are f... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816174 | Island payment terminal mounting system Automated attendant terminals and a mounting system for such terminals. Each attendant terminal is substantially L-shaped and comprises a housing formed by front, opposing side, rear, and first and second contact surfaces. The first and second contact sur... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816175 | Thread control apparatus for a double chain stitch sewing machine A thread control apparatus for a double chain stitch sewing machine of the present invention is applied to the case of sewing a cloth with a double chain stitch sewing machine having multiple needles, and forming a thread chain consecutively to the sewing... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816177 | Material feeding, aligning cutting and edge finishing system A sheet material advancing and cutting apparatus for incrementally advancing the cut end of a supply of terry cloth sheet material (11) past a cutting blade (66), drawing out the supply of material to its cutting position, and cutting the material along l... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816178 | Automatic unloading and stacking apparatus An automatic unloading and stacking apparatus and method for automatic unloading and stacking tubular articles from a circular sewing system. The system includes a mechanism for clamping and removing sewn garments from a circular sewing station that does ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816179 | Anti-ventilation device for sailboards An improved sailboard (10) including a hull (12) with a fin (20) secured at the rear thereof, a flexible skirt (24) secured to the hull (12) and extending aft of the fin (20), and a rear extension (29) of the hull that extends aft of the skirt (24). The t... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816180 | Rotating rig A rig on a sailboat adapted to be mounted on a deck or cabin top of the boat, the rig having a mast, mast step, vertical stabilizing structure for the mast. The rig is mounted for rotation about a center and may be provided with more than one mast.... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816181 | Ballast water treatment system A ballast water treatment system has a source of hot water from the cooling water overboard discharge associated with the propulsion plant of a cargo or ship vessel. The heat exchangers are placed to receive ballast water from ballast tanks or in ballast ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816182 | Tension mooring system An offshore system is described that minimizes mooring loads attributable to oscillating wave drift. A tension member (24, FIG. 1), such as a chain, has a lower end (32) fixed to the seafloor and has an upper end portion (40) coupled to the vessel (12), s... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816183 | Submerged CALM buoy A Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) buoy (1) comprises a body (2) with buoyancy, elements (3) for connecting the buoyant body to catenary anchor chains to anchor the body to the seabed, a turntable (5) rotatable elements with respect to the body with buo... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816184 | Rider support assembly for parasailing A parasailing assembly designed to suspend a rider from a parachute being towed by a boat, the assembly including a rider support structure formed of a rigid yet lightweight and buoyant material and having a front end, a rear end, a pair of oppositely dis... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816185 | Ratcheting means for quickly securing a cover over a boat and the method of using the same A ratcheting means for securing a cover about a boat includes a first and second straps extending in opposite directions about the perimeter of the cover and coming together at the bow of the boat, and further includes a ratcheting device having a spindle... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816186 | Whistle A whistle is provided which will create two frequencies when blown to produce a beat. The whistle has a mouthpiece defining an inlet opening and an inlet passageway extending axially from the inlet opening to a main body which has two similar chambers ext... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816187 | Diver's safety flag A storable diver's flag which is visible in substantially all directions. The flag includes three flexible rectangular panels connected to one another along a common central pocket formed between the panels. The panels are thus vertically automatically ra... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816189 | Automatic milking means removal device A device for automatic removal of milking equipment from an animal's udder, comprising a motor (1) and a removal member (3) rotatable by the motor. According to the invention, a coupling device (K) is adapted to keep the removal member (3) operably connec... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816190 | Apparatus for milking animals The Invention relates to a construction including an implement for milking animals, such as cows, provided with a milk box (2). In the milk box (2) the floor (15) is designed as a flexible conveyer (16), below which there is disposed a flexible floor (31)... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816191 | Stall manager system, module and feeding device for management of mealtimes and food distribution in animal stalls The stall manager system controls food distribution and mealtimes in a given number of animal stalls arranged in stall lines. The system comprises a given number of electronically controllable feeding devices mounted in the animal stalls, which are contro... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816192 | Feed wagon A feed wagon for feeding silage or concentrate, or both, to animals, such as cows, which comprises automatically operated loading and unloading mechanisms. The wagon selectively automatically loads silage at ground level at two slot silos and silage or co... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816193 | Feeding unit for small pets A new feeding unit for small pets for simulating a surrogate mother for feeding purposes. The inventive device includes a housing having a foam front wall. The foam front wall includes a plurality of rows of a plurality of equally spaced angularly dispose... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816194 | Animal operated water dispensing valve A structurally simple and inexpensive valve enables caged small animals to obtain water on demand by moving the tip of a rod which protrudes from an end of the valve. An annular valve body has a first end fitted into one end of a tube and an opposite end ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816195 | Debris containment system for use by animals and related method A debris containment system for use with a litter box for containing litter tracked from the litter box by an animal's paws includes a collection pan for collecting the litter. The collection pan is formed to include a funnel portion to facilitate quick a... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816196 | Device and method for volitionally orienting fish A device and method for volitionally orienting fish relies upon the instinctive reactions of fish in order to ensure that when the fish exit a containing vessel, they do so with a uniform anatomical orientation, such as head-first, dorsal-side-up. The con... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816197 | Injection shield An injection shield for protecting a person's hand during the injection of a needle into a rodent's tail. The shield comprises a frame which includes a coupler for a rodent restrainer, and contains an opening for a rodent's tail. The frame includes an inj... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816198 | Counterweighted pet leash retracting collar A pet leash retracting collar which includes a pet collar with reflective strip, a leash, a counterweight, and a leash retractor. The pet leash retractor collar is weighted using the counterweight so that the pet leash retractor rests in a position superi... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816199 | High efficiency water heater A water heater having a vertical tank and a coil pipe located coaxial around the tank with a vertical ring space between them that serves as a ring combustor (bottom portion) and a flue for hot gases (upper portion). Assembly of low pressure (from about 5... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816200 | Windbox with integral truss support and air admission, fuel admission and ignitor modules A steam generator apparatus which includes an enclosure comprising vertically extending front and back waterwalls joined by opposed spaced first and second waterwalls, The enclosure also includes a plurality of spaced vertically extending windboxes, each ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816201 | Offset crankshaft mechanism for an internal combustion engine An offset crankshaft mechanism for an internal combustion engine which allows for greater efficiency and increased torque. The invention includes an engine block, a crankcase, one or more piston cylinders each having a piston reciprocally disposed therein... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816202 | High efficiency explosion engine with a double acting piston A high-efficiency explosion engine has a double-acting central piston mounted on a shaft within a cylinder to form two combustion chambers. Auxilliary pistons mounted on the ends of the shaft control the intake of gases to the combustion chambers. In one ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816203 | Rotary valve internal combustion engine A rotary valve engine includes an engine block having at least one combustion chamber which is sealed by a rotary valve which also can function as a head. The rotary valve includes an intake passage and an exhaust passage for directing intake air into the... | 10/06/1998 |
