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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5878638 | Positioning device for a driving shaft of a lathe chuck A positioning device for a driving shaft of a lathe chuck includes a casing, a motor received in the casing with a driving shaft of the motor extending through a first end and a second end of the casing, and a disk disposed to the first end of the casing ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878639 | Wall surface cutting and repairing apparatus and method A cutting apparatus in one form comprises a base attachable to one surface of a sheet of drywall or the like. An elongate blade assembly is rotatably attached to the base to permit blade assembly rotation along the drywall. A cutting blade is attached to ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878640 | Plate positioning and feeding system for a punch A pair of numerically controlled feed devices are successively operated, with the second feed device taking over from the first feed device when two or more punching steps have been performed. A trailing row of punching tools performs the first punching s... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878641 | Cutting apparatus A cutting machine for cutting elongated workpieces, having a work loading mechanism with a number of inclined, parallel supporting rails for supporting a plurality of elongated workpieces each having a longitudinal axis, the workpieces standing by on the ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878642 | Tool holder A tool retention apparatus for retaining a cutting tool in a tool holder which has a wedged shaped securing arrangement to hold the cutting tool against a pair of precision ground supports. The securing member provides both a vertical securing force and a... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878643 | Curl type sandwich automatic cutting device The present invention is related to a curl type sandwich cutting device which is comprised of a lift means, a cutting means, a feeding means and a rotation means; a chassis which may be controlled to rise and descend is installed on the body frame. The ri... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878644 | Pivotable carriage vertical band saw machine A vertical band saw machine in which a carriage assembly is mounted for pivoting on a base by rotational pivot points. Pivoting of the carriage assembly enables the band saw machine to make miter cuts to a workpiece. The head frame of the band saw machine... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878645 | Accordion fold curtains and method of manufacture A method for forming a ready-to-hang lace curtain and a lace curtain comprising stiffen vertical panel of woven fabric. Each panel being joined to an adjacent panel by an integrally woven vertical zone of open mesh. The open mesh zones formed from a plura... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878646 | Silent pneumatic brake servo A pneumatic brake booster having a casing (10) with an axis of symmetry (X-X') and divided in leaktight fashion by a movable wall structure (12,20) into a front chamber (14) and a rear chamber (16). The front chamber (12,20) is permanently connected to a ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878647 | Pilot solenoid control valve and hydraulic control system using same A pilot operated control valve has a housing defining an inlet and an outlet. A main valve poppet selectively engages a valve seat to control flow of fluid between the inlet and outlet. An aperture in the main valve poppet opens into a control chamber on ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878648 | Adjustable radial piston machine An adjustable radial piston machine (pump or motor) is described whose drive mechanism (10) has a comparatively compact structure and an especially good mechanical efficiency. The drive mechanism (10) has a bearing ring (19) which is arranged concentric t... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878649 | Controlled porting for a pressure transformer A pressure transformer is provided having a housing, with a rotating group disposed therein, an adjustable port plate is disposed between a barrel of the rotating group and a head portion of the housing. The barrel has a plurality of pistons slideably dis... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878650 | Power booster sealing mechanism A power booster includes a housing with a rear housing section and a front housing section defining an internal cavity. A housing wall separates the internal cavity into a first chamber and a second chamber with an opening formed in the housing wall, wher... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878651 | Tandem vacuum brake booster A tandem brake booster having a housing with a first front chamber separated from a first rear chambers by a first wall and a second front chamber separated from a second rear chamber by a second wall. The first and second front chambers are connected to ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878652 | Cast, substantially hollow, piston body In the embodiment shown, the body is formed of cast aluminum, and is devoid of clean-out holes in the upper and bottom ends thereof. Instead, the clean-out holes are formed in the outer, annular wall, through an annular recess formed in the outer wall, To... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878653 | Apparatus for preparing and pouring extraction beverages An apparatus for brewing and pouring coffee or tea in unit doses has an upwardly and downwardly moveable extraction chamber, a filter unit with an exchangeable filter, and a collection chamber. The collection chamber is covered at the top by a grating, wh... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878654 | Coffee extracting apparatus having a control valve for controlling a feed of pressed hot water to an extracting container In a coffee extracting apparatus in which an extracting container (51) extracts coffee essence from coffee powder with being supplied with hot water of substantially normal pressure and elevated temperature, a water control valve (48) controls a feed of t... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878655 | Automatic baking apparatus An automatic convection heating baking apparatus for bread or cake making with greatly improved automatic-baking quality is disclosed. Baking in this apparatus is achieved by two hot air streams each covering about half of the baking chamber space. Hot ai... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878656 | Interchangeable roasting pan/cover A disposable and interchangeable roasting pan/cover features a base panel with a side wall about its perimeter. A platform for supporting a food product is positioned on the interior surface of the base panel. A handle recess may form the platform so as t... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878657 | Device for cooking food A device for cooking food, in particular a grilling or baking device, includes a system for heating the air, optionally a grate, and hollow sections through which a coolant flows, arranged on two different levels above the air-heating system. The hollow s... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878658 | Apparatus and method for marking two sides of a pellet-shaped article A pellet-shaped article marking system marks two sides of a pellet-shaped article. A hopper is disposed over a ramp-type conveyor and feeds pellet-shaped articles onto the conveyor. A first marking device marks a first side of the pellet-shaped articles. ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878659 | Template for marking a golf ball A template for marking golf balls with identifying indicia includes an elongated, rectangular-shaped main body member which is foldable into a cylinder for encompassing the golf ball, a central body portion having a plurality of apertures in the form of l... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878660 | Stencil printing drum with friction reducing means A printing drum of a stencil printing machine is formed of a base member having two annular members spaced apart from each other and a transverse bar connecting the two annular members; a flexible multi-porous sheet having a filled portion at at least a p... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878661 | Self-shearing stencil There is disclosed herein a self-shearing stencil for use in applying solder paste or other bonding material atop a printed circuit board (PCB) in a predefined pattern. The stencil 50 has a top surface 12, a bottom surface 14, a first surface cavity 16 in... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878662 | Apparatus for making a screen printing screen A method of preparing a screen printing screen is provided whereby a screen with a printing surface is provided, along with a printing mechanism capable of movement in at least two directions. The screen is positioned so that a selected position of the sc... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878663 | Dampener recirculator apparatus for a printing press The subject invention is directed to a dampening system including a two-roller continuous type dampener, a solution recirculator, and a recirculator adapter. The solution recirculator is configured to supply solution through a supply conduit and to receiv... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878664 | Printing system and method A printing system has a print cylinder on which a raised printing surface is formed in situ preferably by a "rapid prototyping" or "fused deposition modelling" machine operating with electronic images from a computer image processing system. After a print... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878665 | Control system for the drive of a printing machine A control system for controlling the rotational speed of the printing cylinders of a printing machine in order to eliminate register offset or doubling phenomena on the printed matter. The control system uses one or more sensors to determine the operating... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878666 | Printing machine with at least one interchangeable cylinder A printing machine, having side walls and at least one form cylinder with an outer cylindrical surface carrying a removable sleeve-shaped printing form, the form cylinder having journals and being removably mounted in the side walls. A bearing rotatably s... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878667 | Method and apparatus for dispensing ink to a printing press A method and apparatus for dispensing ink to an ink fountain of a printing press. A flexible bag of ink is utilized and is compressed for forcing the ink into the fountain, and a sensor determines the level of ink in the fountain and thus controls the for... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878668 | Process for preparing stamp On the surface of an ink-permeable sponge material having open cells, a melted portion and an unmelted portion are formed by a thermal head printer controlled by a memory processor for desired imprint data to prepare a stamp having the unmelted portion as... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878669 | Cleaning device provided on a rotary printing machine A cleaning device provided on a rotary printing machine for cleaning the outer cylindrical surfaces of cylinders includes a pressing-on bar for pressing a cleaning cloth on a respective outer cylindrical surface, adjusting elements for engaging the pressi... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878670 | Method of forming a marking portion on a golf ball and golf ball bearing a marking A method of forming a marking portion on a golf ball. A toner image is formed on a release sheet on its release side by an electrostatic copying machine, and a transfer (adhesive) sheet is then placed on the release sheet under pressure such that the adhe... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878671 | Novelty cake stand device A novelty cake stand device 10 including a base member 20 and a cake support member 30 defining a peripheral opening 50 around the device 10 wherein the opening 50 is dimensioned to receive a portion of an elongated support arm 41 having one end attached ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878672 | Portable organizer desk for use while traveling A portable organizer desk 10 comprising a sheet 12 of a substantially planar flexible material, a pair of elongate handle straps 34, 35 attached to the sheet on a first fold line 36 defining a first panel 72 and a second panel 97 in the sheet, a pair of l... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878673 | Connectable/releasable computer furniture and the latching system used thereon The system of computer furniture includes a plurality of conference units which have a work surface with a straight portion and a 90° curved portion at one end of the straight portion, a plurality of units having a straight work surface, a plurality of u... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878674 | Adjustable computer keyboard support mechanism The present computer keyboard support assembly comprises a platform suitable for supporting a keyboard mechanism having one end of an arm pivotally mounted to the platform and the other end pivotally mounted to a mounting bracket which is attached to the ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878675 | Flue gas desulfurizer, boiler equipment and thermal electric power generation equipment A flue gas desulfurizer having an absorption tower for bringing untreated flue gas into gas-liquid contact with an absorbent slurry, wherein there is provided heat recovery means for recovering heat from the flue gas passing through the flue gas inlet sec... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878676 | Burner and furnace operated with at least one burner A burner is provided for a furnace having at least one windbox that is supplied with air for combustion and has extending therethrough at least one such burner, which opens out toward the combustion chamber. The burner has at least one primary air channel... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878677 | Process for cooling and cleaning flue gases To cool and clean flue gases from a furnace of a waste incineration plant, the flue gases are fed to a fluidized-bed reactor (6) as fluidizing gases in a first stage (1), into which solid sorbents are simultaneously introduced to remove gaseous pollutants... | 03/09/1999 |
