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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5857623 | Device and method to provide stabilized delivery of pressurized liquid A nozzle body and coupler bearing assembly for discharging a liquid material. The nozzle body consists of approximately thirty-two serially and concentrically arranged ports which receives liquid from an attached hose under high pressures. The various poi... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857624 | Windshield washer nozzle with drain port A windshield washer nozzle with a drain port is disclosed. In the nozzle with liquid inlet and outlet ports, a partition wall is formed in the middle portion of the passage between the two ports, thus branching a drain port from the main passage. A pressu... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857625 | Paint gun incorporating a laser device A spray gun for applying a liquid spray coating, such as paint, to a surface incorporates a light source system for gauging the position of the spray gun relative to a worksurface in order to optimize application of the coating to the surface. The light s... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857626 | Atomizer producing a superfine spray Disclosed is an atomizer producing a superfine spray which is assembled mainly from a base, an interconnection member, and a cock, and is connected to a union connecting two water pipes. The base has filter material disposed therein, the interconnection m... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857627 | Foam-forming nozzle A nozzle arrangement for a medium expansion foam fire extinguisher. The nozzle arrangement comprises a discharge tube with a discharge port for the foam at one end. At the other end there is a full cone supply nozzle for the foam concentrate solution. The... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857628 | Nozzle plate, particularly for fuel injection valves, and method for the production of a nozzle plate A nozzle plate (10), particularly for fuel injection valves, with at least one flow path which has at least one supply opening (12), which path comprises a ring gap (15) which opens into a ring-shaped exit opening (19), as well as a method for the product... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857630 | Jaw crusher There is provided a jaw crusher capable of making unnecessary repair of abrasion or settling of a contact surface between a side frame receiving plate provided on a side frame receiving a crushing reaction caused by crushing of rock or the like, and a tog... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857631 | Spinning reel with bushing including tiltable flange A spinning reel includes a reel body having a rear section; a rotor; a spool; a spool shaft; a bushing; and rotation control element for controlling the relative rotation between the reel body and the bushing. The spool has an axis of rotation. The spool ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857632 | Casting fishing reel with torque converter and clutch A casting reel is provided with a stationery reel spindle having a clutch cavity. A clutch assembly having a draw bar and a plurality of spring washers and a clutch plate is contained within the clutch cavity. A torque converter having a first race and a ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857633 | Cupholder with engaging rings A cup holder for holding receptacles such as cans, bottles and the like includes a housing and a pair of receptacle holding rings rotatably mounted on the housing for movement in different planes between a retracted position in which the holding rings are... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857634 | Take-up reel lock A locking system for preventing a take-up reel of a tape drive from rotating when a tape cartridge is not inserted to the drive. Locking elements are defined about the take-up reel, a buckling mechanism, and a load ring to interact and provide locking eng... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857635 | Cable drum for a cable driven apparatus A cable drum assembly comprises a cable drum for a cable-driven apparatus such as a cable window lifter, in particular of a motor vehicle, which automatically compensates for cable slackness without deforming the window lift system. The cable drum has the... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857636 | Method and apparatus for providing securement for toy balloons A mechanism is provided for unwinding ribbon from a supply spool, for rolling the ribbon to form a wound roll, and for cutting the roll free of the supply. The rolled ribbon segments resulting from this operation are transported to a conveyor for assembly... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857637 | Cheese-producing textile machine A cheese-producing textile machine 1 has a plurality of winding stations 2 and a service unit 23 for servicing the winding stations 2. The textile machine 1 has a central control unit 37 as well as separate winding station computers 39 for the individual ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857638 | Method and device for preparing randomly cross-wound yarn packages A friction roller of a winding station of a winding machine is driven at a base angular velocity and is alternately accelerated and braked when the winding ratio is otherwise within a predetermined range of a selected whole number for causing slippage bet... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857639 | Method and apparatus for extracting leader tape from a cassette and loading the cassette with use tape An apparatus for extracting leader tape from a cassette to load the cassette with use tape is provided. In this apparatus, a first staging area is adapted to receive a cassette from an input mechanism wherein a pin orthogonally mounted on a rotating pick ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857640 | Method of wrapping cryogenic insulation around an inner cryogenic tank An improvement of the conventional method of wrapping cryogenic insulation around an inner tank disposable within an outer tank of a cryogenic tank system, where cryogenic insulation paper is unrolled from a roll thereof, wrapping the paper in serially di... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857641 | Winding core having integral entangling mechanism A winding core useful for winding and storing a nonwoven web or other fabric material includes a main core body and a mechanical entangling mechanism disposed on an outer surface of the core body. The mechanical entangling mechanism ensnares an end of the... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857642 | Paper towel dispenser A dispenser for feeding perforated paper towels from a continuous roll. The dispenser includes a dispenser body for containing the paper towel roll which may be mounted to a supporting surface such as a wall. A unique feeder assembly is attached to the di... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857643 | Core for winding a web of deformable material A core for winding a web of deformable material which is thicker along its margins, particularly knurl-edged webs. The core includes a rigid cylindrical member (24) and a deformable cover (26) supported by the rigid member. First and second detachable end... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857644 | Homing process The invention describes a target approach procedure for a guided, mobile missile for use against ground targets, particularly bridges, roads, rail junctions, hangars, shelters, command posts, harbor installations as well as ships, in which the missile is ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857645 | Crown balloon system A helium balloon transport system comprised of two separate helium balloon clusters (31) with underslung framing (2, 3, 4, 21) for use with two separate balloons (15) of comparable size, the entire system being interconnected (19) with moorings (16) to th... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857646 | Aircraft de-icing and recovery system A system for collecting and recovering de-icing fluid that is sprayed onto an aircraft. The de-icing system includes a mat that is assembled onto the approaching ramp of a runway. The de-icing mat has a plurality of channels that collect and direct the de... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857647 | Integral accumulator valve and ram assembly for pneumatic weapon ejection system A pneumatic actuation assembly for use in an ejection system capable of unlocking and forcibly ejecting stores from racks mounted on an aircraft or similar weapon carrier. The actuation assembly including a primary valve and release ram attached to one-an... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857648 | Precision deployable boom assembly A precision deployable boom assembly 10 for terrestrial and celestial applications comprises an extendable and retractable boom 12 having a fixed end 14, a movable distal end 20 and three or more cables 30 attached to the distal end to form a tripod confi... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857649 | Stabilizing and memory musical instrument stand The present invention is for an improved stand (2) typically of the music variety. The improvements consist of a stabilizing cam (10) and a compact, centrally located, adjustable position memory element (16). The stabilizing cam (10) may be used in a vari... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857650 | Extension for adjustable leg and method of using This invention provides an extension comprising a first and second side wall each having an aperture, a back wall extending between the first side wall and the second side wall, a spring-loaded releasable lock positioned adjacent to the apertures of the s... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857651 | Bow holding device A compact, foldable holding device for holding a bow or other weapon from a tree. A telescoping bracket member allows for convenient adjustment of the holding position. The holding device does not scar the tree and provides convenient storage of the bow o... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857652 | Finial adaptor Adaptors and devices for displaying decorative finials. The adaptors and devices of the invention include devices for engaging various table lamps and utilitarian objects, including table lamps having clip-on lamp shades and European standard table lamps,... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857653 | Shade mounting brackets Improved shade mounting brackets. The shade mounting brackets comprise a first bracket and a second bracket. The first and second bracket each have a first arm and a second arm, wherein the first arm has a slot and the second arm has at least one aperture... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857654 | Document stand A document stand to support paper (or other flexible sheet material) for use as a copy holder while typing or for use to display graphic matter. Using a form with a bent slot on the device's top surface, it allows the bottom edge of either a single or mul... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857655 | Thermometer mount The invention relates to an assembly kit comprising a thermometer having a circular cylindrical groove attached at its rear side and which is open across an angle of less than 180°, and a holding device having a circular cylindrical member which can be p... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857656 | Livestock or poultry house heater suspension system A suspension apparatus is provided for hanging a space heater having a generally circular top cover for use in a livestock or poultry house. The suspension apparatus is designed to decrease the distance from a support cable end to the top of a space heate... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857657 | Stand for medical instruments In a stand for medical instruments according to the present invention, a first coefficient of friction adapted between an outer circumferential surface of a sliding column and an inner circumferential surface of a bush is adapted to be smaller than a seco... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857658 | Clamping bracket A clamping bracket for clamping an object to a structure includes a bracket having height (H), an opening for receiving the object, two sides, and an end, said two sides having a cutout provided therein for receiving the structure; and, an adjustable grip... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857659 | Mounting component for a cylindrical bushing and a mounting body The mounting component for a cylindrical bushing is comprised of a holder into which a cylindrical bushing can be fitted. An opening is formed at one location in a circumference direction of the holder such that the opening extends in an axial direction. ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857660 | Portable outboard motor support and lift An improved portable outboard motor support and lift. The base further has a base exterior cylinder securely attached at a bottom end thereto. A base interior cylinder is movably positioned within the base exterior cylinder. The base interior cylinder fur... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857661 | Valve drive control method, valve drive control apparatus and fluid member supply apparatus A valve drive control apparatus having a communication unit for communicating a flow-in-side tube path with a flow-out-side tube path, which guide a fluid member, and a control medium storage chamber into which an attenuation characteristic control medium... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857662 | Electrohydraulic stop device A electrohydraulic stop device contains a piezoelectric actuator (P) which acts on two coupled hydraulic stroke transformers having identical transmission ratios. Essential components of the stop device are the pressure piston (DK) driven by the actuator ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857663 | Ball valve assembly and method for forming A rotary ball valve assembly and method for forming utilizes a compression spring subjected to a non-torsional, axially directed compressive force to urge an annular seal into sealing engagement with a rotatable ball and, while so subjected, inwardly defo... | 01/12/1999 |
