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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5857461 | Multiple channel sample port A multiple channel sample port for an airway adaptor, which includes a substantially spherical projection with a plurality of inlet tubes and an outlet, which is designed to be placed substantially within the main channel of the airway adaptor through an ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857462 | Systematic wavelength selection for improved multivariate spectral analysis Methods and apparatus for determining in a biological material one or more unknown values of at least one known characteristic (e.g. the concentration of an analyte such as glucose in blood or the concentration of one or more blood gas parameters) with a ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857463 | Remotely controlled apparatus and system for tracking and locating a source of photoemissions System and apparatus particularly suited for tracking a radiopharmaceutical present within a lymph duct and locating a sentinel node within which the radiopharmaceutical has concentrated. A smaller, straight, hand-held probe is employed carrying two hand ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857464 | Catheter for media injection An improved endocardial catheter includes a plurality of longitudinally extending openings adjacent intermediate portions at its distal end. The catheter is actuable from a retracted or collapsed mode, wherein the sealed openings are arranged around the t... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857465 | Biosignal display apparatus A variable accuracy biosignal detector includes a biosignal detector for detecting a biosignal such as a pulse wave from a living body and supplies the detected signal to a biosignal analog-to-digital converter. The analog-to-digital converter converts th... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857466 | Prophylactic A prophylactic apparatus reduces the risk that a venereal disease will be transmitted during sexual intercourse and reduces the risk that the prophylactic will, in use, cause physical injury. The prophylactic is provided in a wide variety of differing siz... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857467 | Reinforced surgical drapes for use with thermal treatment systems Reinforced surgical drapes are utilized in combination with a thermal treatment system including a basin recessed in a top surface of a system housing to ensure sterility of a sterile medium and to reduce drape costs. A reinforced surgical drape typically... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857468 | Hair forming device A hair forming device for arranging a pony tail or braid. The device comprises a series of rings each attached to an adjacent ring in end to end fashion. Adjacent rings overlap just enough to enable a connecting pin formed in one ring to pass through a ho... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857469 | Barrette with system of modularized ornamental appendages A clasp is affixed to the underside of a barrette body. The barette body supports a reusable adhesive tape on its upper surface. At least one ornamental appendage includes a smooth surface attractive to the adhesive tape, wherein the ornamental appendage ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857470 | Device for the styling and drying of hair The invention is directed to a device for the styling and/or drying of hair, including an exothermic material that is enclosed by a gas-permeable film. Applied to the outer surface of the film at least in certain areas thereof is a water-absorbent fabric,... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857471 | Interproximal floss brush A dental hygiene device for cleaning enlarged embrasures includes a brush portion having a plurality of bristles projecting from a rigid spine opposed ends of which are secured to lengths of flexible filament such as dental floss. A free end of at least o... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857472 | Device for rinsing a fluid-storage space The invention concerns a device for rinsing a fluid-storage space that is provided with a rising chamber fillable with a fluid arranged in the region of the high point of the storage-space floor, which chamber, when the storage space runs empty, abruptly ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857473 | Dishwasher rack retainer The present invention relates to a new and improved retaining device designed to hold articles in a top or bottom dishwasher rack preventing them from dislodging during a wash cycle. The device comprises a substantially rectangular net member attached to ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857474 | Method of and apparatus for washing a substrate A substrate washing apparatus includes a cooling system for cooling a substrate to below zero, a wet gas supplying system for supplying a gas containing atomized water to the surface of the substrate cooled by the cooling means to form ice on the surface ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857475 | Optical component cleaning apparatus An apparatus and method for cleaning an optical component having opposed lens surfaces and an outer peripheral area. The apparatus includes a rotatable holder for supporting and retaining the optical component via the outer peripheral area so that at leas... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857476 | System for cleaning threaded and unthreaded portions of tubular members A system for cleaning both the box and pin ends of tubular members, recovery of the fluid residue, filtering of the residue to recover the heavy solids, and disposing of each of the components of the residue in an environmentally safe manner. A first hous... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857477 | Portable carport A portable carport having a frame, a flexible fabric cover, and mechanisms for attaching the frame to the outsides of the wheels of an automobile. Because the frame is secured to the outsides of the wheels rather than beneath the wheels, the frame can be ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857478 | Demand responsive flow control valve A demand responsive flow control valve including a housing in a fluid conduit between a pump and a motor vehicle power steering gear, a flow control orifice in the fluid conduit, and a valve pintle supported on the housing for linear translation. An inboa... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857479 | Precontrolled three-way pressure reduction valve A precontrolled three-way pressure reduction valve having essentially vibration-free operation is encased in a cartridge and has a hollow control piston wherein a working fluid space is formed as a T-shaped cavity within the control piston. In the cavity,... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857480 | Water purging system A water purging system is disclosed. The system includes a primary water line having a first end with threads for the receipt of a faucet constituting a source of water and a second end with threads for coupling to a supplemental water line adapted to be ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857481 | Tire inflation system and process Tire inflation system and process, especially intended for truck or heavy equipment tires. A tire inflation system of this invention comprises, in the order named, a tubular air-inlet member adapted to be connected to an air pressure source and having an ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857482 | System for control of fluid vessel overflows An overflow control system includes a vessel having a liquid input and output, the vessel having a top and bottom defined by the gravity vector. The system further includes a housing peripherally surrounding the vessel about all surfaces, other than the b... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857483 | Plastic float valve A plastic float valve wherein the piston is provided with a number of thin ridges as bearing surfaces which contact the valve bore, an annular cup seal to seal the valve bore and a tip washer having a truncated cone portion and mounted onto a tapered post... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857484 | Liquid supply device and valve structure A liquid supply device is disclosed which includes a reservoir and a supply tube for providing liquid to a basin. A shut-off valve includes a support structure for retaining the supply tube to the basin. The shut-off is attached to the supply tube and eng... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857485 | Pneumatic controls for ophthalmic surgical system A pneumatic control system for providing pressurized air and vacuum to ophthalmic microsurgical instruments. The pneumatic system is constructed in a drawer assembly to allow it to be readily inserted into or removed from a modularly constructed cabinet o... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857486 | Pressure relief or back pressure valve A pressure relief or back pressure valve has a valve body with a tubular outlet member having an outlet surrounded by an end face and an annular inlet chamber surrounding the outlet member. The annular inlet chamber has an outer periphery defined by a wal... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857487 | Automatic water shut off valve A valve is formed by an intersection of an open ended water supply pipe and a sprinkler outlet pipe. The outlet pipe has a closed end and an outlet end that is adapted for connection to a sprinkler. A cylindrical guide post connected to the closed end ext... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857488 | Multi-mode selector valve assembly for marine steering system A hydraulic valve apparatus is for controlling pressurized fluid flow to at least a pair of coupled hydraulic actuators in response to operator signals. The valve apparatus comprises a main body having main ports communicating selectively with a fluid sup... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857489 | Control unit for hot and cold water A control unit for a hot and cold water mixer that includes one cartridge, one movable disc, one fixed disc, and one valve seat. Within the structure, the first and second openings and the third shell shape opening of the fixed disc will provide the maxim... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857490 | Structure of a pump valve for concrete mixture pumping trucks A pump valve assembly includes a pair of pistons containing cylinder bores opening to a front wall for conveying a concrete mixture from a feed chamber to a delivery tube. A pivotal S-bend tube establishes fluid communication between two valve body wear r... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857491 | Valve arrangement A valve arrangement comprises a piezo electric member arranged to control fuel flow through an orifice, the piezo electric member being operable to flex away from the orifice to allow an increased rate of fuel flow therethrough. The piezo electric member ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857492 | Electromagnetic friction lock for a dual axis control devices A manually operable control device, such as a joystick, includes a plurality of actuators for operating hydraulic valves of a machine. A handle has a sphere received within a cavity formed between a pair of seat portions which are moveable with respect to... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857493 | Lawn and Garden edging system The instant invention is a lawn and garden edging system which provides for a border device positionable adjacent walks and plant beds with provisions for the attachment of watering and lighting components. An insertion structure is provided which is inse... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857494 | Pipeline structure with a lining material, an end structure of said pipeline and a method for applying a lining material to a pipeline A pipeline structure with a lining material wherein a hermetic outer tube is disposed at the inner surface of a pipeline, and an inner lining material is disposed at the inner surface of the outer tube, said inner lining being made of a rigid fiber-reinfo... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857495 | Device for forming a doup fabric edge The device for forming a fabric edge from two doup ends and one stationary thread comprises three guides for the doup ends and the stationary thread. The doup ends are twisted by the device after every second weft thread insertion. The thread guides for t... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857496 | Weaving apparatus including switched reluctance drive Weaving apparatus comprises a warp beam bearing warp threads, a loom on which the warp threads are woven with weft threads, and a take-up roller for taking up the woven material. The loom is powered by a main loom motor. Either or both of the take-up roll... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857497 | Woven multilayer papermaking fabric having increased stability and permeability A papermaking fabric for use with papermaker machines having a system of shaped monofilament machine direction, yarns hereinafter MD yarns, which are woven in stacked, vertical alignment throughout the body of the fabric. Preferably, each upper MD yarn de... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857498 | Papermaker's double layer forming fabric The forming fabric has a top machine side and an opposing bottom paper side and comprises machine direction (MD) yarns and cross machine direction (CMD) yarns interwoven in a repeating pattern of multiple repeating units. The repeating unit of the pattern... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857499 | Device for manipulating a wound coil A device (10) for manipulating a wound coil (18) includes a mechanism for grabbing a wound coil (18), a first pair of opposed fingers (12), and a second pair of opposed fingers (14). The first pair of opposed fingers (12) oppositely engage a start lead (2... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857500 | System and method for testing for error conditions in a fuel vapor recovery system A vapor recovery system used with fuel dispensers and having error detection capabilities incorporated therein for detecting vapor leaks and performance deficiencies in the vapor recovery system. The vapor recovery system includes a fuel nozzle connected ... | 01/12/1999 |
