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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5873130 | Wrist guard for snowboarding A one-piece wrap-around wrist guard is provided that includes a plurality of flexible plastic supports or stays positioned above and below the wrist. The wrap-around support structure helps absorb and distribute forces from a fall rather than transmitting... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873131 | Aerodynamic system for bicyclists A garment is provided for aerodynamic assistance or propulsion of a rider-propelled wheeled vehicle comprising sail-like extensions extending from the abdominal portion of the garment and secured at the hand of the rider while gripping the handle bars of ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873132 | Protective garment with attachable hood In a protective garment, such as one worn by a firefighter, a rescue worker, or a racing car driver, in which fasteners, such as snap fasteners, are used for attaching a liner detachably to a coat, a hood having a cape hanging downwardly is provided with ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873133 | Belt including an extensible mid-portion and buckle and tail tab portions formed of injection molded synthetic plastic material A sports belt, particularly a baseball belt, which includes from one end to the other a buckle, a buckle tab portion, a loop, an elongated belt mid-portion which is preferably adjustable and a tail tab portion. The tail tab portion and the buckle tab port... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873134 | Swimming goggles with improved impermeability between protective pads and lenses A pair of swimming goggles includes a pair of protective pads each including an engaging section having an engaging groove defined therein. Each protective pad further includes an outer side having a mediate portion. A pair of lenses each has a flange sec... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873135 | Air pressure driven vacuum sewer system A vacuum sewer system comprises a normally closed sewer valve connected between the outlet opening of a waste receiving unit to be emptied and a sewer pipe, and an ejector. The ejector is an integrated part of the sewer pipe. The sewer pipe includes one p... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873136 | Pop-up bowl valve for toilet with two flush modalities A two flush modality toilet composed of a bowl, a tank connected with the bowl wherein the tank is connected to a water supply, a conventional flush modality for flushing solid waste from the bowl, and a urinal flush modality for flushing liquid only wast... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873137 | Pnuematic mattress systems A pneumatic mattress system includes a plurality of rigid ribs position side-by-side and hingedly interconnected so as to form a continuous overlay basis which is flexible in one direction. A plurality of pneumatic cushions is attached to each rib so as t... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873138 | Lost motion foot pedal linkage An operator controlled scrubbing machine includes a body, wheels for supporting the body, a scrub brush on the body and a mechanism for raising and lowering the scrub brush. There is a squeegee on the body and a mechanism for raising and lowering the sque... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873139 | Pipeline pig supply system An apparatus for supplying scraper pigs, e.g., to material supply pipelines, which has within a housing at least one feeder or supply magazine which has at least two chambers, each chamber being able to hold one pig. The apparatus also has at least one dr... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873140 | Toothbrush crimped contour filament A toothbrush for simultaneously brushing a plurality of tooth surfaces, outer inner and crown portions comprising a one head construction with anchored filaments arranged in bundles of bristles forming four longitudinal rows, the exterior angled facing in... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873141 | Windshield and wiper preservation device A device for providing protection from harmful effects produced when a vehicle is stored with its wiper blades in contact with its windshield. In a preferred embodiment, a device has a wiper arm support portion, an elongated body portion, and a windshield... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873142 | Lance head A lance tube formed of a tubular conduit having an inner end to be joined to a source of pressurized fluid, a closed distal end, a continuous wall between the inner and distal ends, and a plurality of tube discharge openings in the continuous wall; and a ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873143 | Exhaust filtration system for vacuum cleaners An exhaust filtration system that captures dust particles in water is provided. The filtration system removes a substantial part of the dust that is normally discharged into the environment with the air. The system includes: (a) device for filtering conta... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873144 | Protective roll guard for clearing obstacles from caster wheels A one-piece roll guard (10) having two half segments (12, 14) connected by an integral hinge (16) for protecting a caster (100) wheel by clearing obstacles away from its rolling path. The two segments of the roll guard (10) are closed and secured together... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873145 | Wheel assembly A wheel assembly has a wheel holder seat having a hollow pivot end and two lugs, and a main seat having a reinforced main body, a hollow pivot cover, a notch, two inner flanges, an inner interior, and a post. The wheel holder seat has two laterals engagin... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873146 | Holding device for a door A holding device (10) for a door (12) on hinges (14) in a doorway (16) of a room (18) in a building (20) comprising a plate (22). A facility (24) is for mounting the plate (22) over one of the hinges (14) of the door (12). The door (12) will be kept ajar,... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873147 | Multi-planar golf cart handle A golf cart handle adapted to be gripped using one's hands includes a central portion adapted to be mounted on the golf cart and a pair of laterally disposed winged portions. Each of the winged portions is connected to the central portion at an angle such... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873148 | Ergonomic handle system A handle system for a tool to fit the fingers of a hand of a user. At least two individual segments disposed adjacent to one another along a center sleeve. Projections and cooperating counterbores are formed on the edges of the respective segments such th... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873149 | Hood tilt hinge A hinge assembly includes an upper hinge section having a circumferential wall structure and a top plate and a lower hinge section having a circumferential wall structure and a bottom plate, the upper and lower hinge sections fitting together to form a si... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873150 | Method and apparatus for distributing long fibers A method and apparatus for distributing reinforcement fibers includes a chute for supplying reinforcement fibers, the chute having an outlet end, and a metering belt mounted for endless travel along a first path at the outlet end of the chute. The meterin... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873151 | Decorative belt loop pin The present invention relates to a decorative belt loop pin for the decorating of an article of clothing and for the securement of a belt to an article of clothing. The belt loop pin comprises a rectangularly shaped frame having a central internal opening... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873152 | Alternating actuation device and needling machine provided therewith The needling machine includes a support and a stripper defining a path for a lap. A needle board supported by sliding rods has a reciprocating motion between the represented maximum penetration position and the withdrawal position by means of two rod-ecce... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873153 | Method of making tunable thin film acoustic resonators An acoustical resonator comprising top and bottom electrodes that sandwich a PZ layer. The resonance frequency of the acoustical resonator may be adjusted after fabrication by utilizing heating elements included in the acoustical resonator and/or by adjus... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873154 | Method for fabricating a resonator having an acoustic mirror A Thin Film Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonator (FBAR), comprising a top electrode layer, a substrate, an acoustic mirror that is formed atop the substrate, and a piezoelectric layer that is formed between the top electrode layer and the acoustic mirror. The aco... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873155 | Apparatus for automatic fabrication of circuit boards Apparatus for automatic execution of operations in the fabrication of circuit boards or similar boards. The apparatus comprises a conveyor (4) consisting of two parallel conveyor halves (5, 6) provided with a traction element (7) to convey the circuit boa... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873156 | Coal pulverizer and method of improving flow therein An improved coal pulverizer classifying system including a classifier cone extension to protect coal flow into the pulverizer from the annular fine-lifting airflow from the pulverizer throat. The classifier cone extension replaces traditional intermittent... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873157 | Field installable rod guide and method A rod guide is provided for centering a sucker rod within a tubular string that powers the pump within a well bore. The rod guide comprises a spool securable to the rod and having tipper and lower end members thereon, and a plastic material sleeve extendi... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873158 | Method of manufacturing a multifilament superconductor with resistive barrier integrated into the outer ring The invention concerns a method of making a superconductor so that it includes, in cross-section: a central area, made up of a plurality of superconductor filaments of the NbTi, NbTiTa type or of any other alloy or substance based on Nb; a concentric, two... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873159 | Method of manufacturing a transducer suspension system A transducer suspension system has a transducer head, laminated member, and a load beam. The laminated member is comprised of a support layer, an electrically insulating layer, and an electrically conducting layer. The electrical lines are formed directly... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873160 | Method of making an electrical power cable An electrical power cable includes plastic-insulated conductors and a single wire, which is enveloped by a lengthwise incoming insulating tape and is twisted together with the conductors, all of which are surrounded by a common sheath. The conductors and ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873161 | Method of making a Z axis interconnect circuit Method for making Z-axis interconnections between adjacent circuit layers with electrically conductive traces, in multi-layered circuits, include connecting a conducting member of a deformable material to a circuit board layer and depositing an adhesive l... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873162 | Technique for attaching a stiffener to a flexible substrate The technique involves attaching a stiffener to a flexible substrate that has solder balls on the substrate. The steps include locating the flexible substrate on the stiffener with the solder balls on the side away from the stiffener, and drawing a vacuum... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873163 | Method for repairing corroded cylinder castings in water-cooled engine blocks A method for repairing the cylinder block of an internal combustion engine. The cylinder block engages a standard cylinder head and includes an outer cylinder casting that surrounds an inner cylinder sleeve. The casting has corrosion formed in an end surf... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873164 | Method for manufacturing a fan wheel A fan wheel for high-temperature operation, especially in ovens, includes a star-like or ray-like base plate having a central middle region, protrusions protruding substantially radially beyond the central middle region and having an outer contour, axiall... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873165 | Truck cab and box marrying and decking apparatus and method A pickup truck cab and box marrying and decking system for vehicle assembly plants is adapted to newer style pickup trucks in which portions of the box front end extend forwardly to wrap around the back corners of the cab to provide a flowing appearance. ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873166 | Combination cigar cutter and money clip device The present invention generally relates to a combination cigar cutter with a money clip and includes an ornamental design for the same. The device generally includes a front plate and a back plate separated by spacers and housing a blade. The back plate a... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873167 | Condiment utensil A walk away packaging for condiments comprising an eating utensil and at least one storage chamber formed in the handle of the eating utensil. The chamber has an open end at the distal end of the handle and extends therefrom longitudinally through a porti... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873168 | Shear knife with blade insert A two-piece shear knife replaces a conventional one-piece shear knife for use in a power shear. The two-piece knife includes a main body with a cutout formed by first and second inner surfaces. A blade insert with a single cutting edge is seated in the cu... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873169 | Blade guard stop for a circular saw An improved blade guard stop for a circular saw. The circular saw includes a saw blade driven by a motor for rotation about an axis, a blade guard rotatable about the axis between a covered position, in which the saw blade is covered, and an uncovered pos... | 02/23/1999 |
