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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5907868 | Facial shield, particularly for protection from the sun Facial protective wear including a facial shield member having a substantially transparent portion for allowing visible light to pass to the wearer's eyes and a support coupled to the facial shield for supporting the facial shield on the wearer's head. Th... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907869 | Vest that carries oxygen An adjustable vest that permits the wearer to carry an oxygen bottle and other necessary attachments while having free use of both hands. An expandable bottle pouch on the back of the vest has an adjustable strap and buckle and closure flap that retain th... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907870 | Anatomically-accurate surgical glove A surgical glove, manufactured from an elastomeric material, includes an enlarged thumb ball portion which extends across the entire width of the palm, from the base of the thumb to the base of the fifth finger. The enlarged thumb ball portion improves th... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907871 | Combined cap and ball glove A combination cap/glove selectively usable as a cap worn on a person's head and a glove worn on a person's hand for catching a ball. The cap/glove includes a concave crown having a peripheral bottom edge, an interior surface and an exterior surface. A han... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907872 | Process for manufacturing sleeveless tops, shirts, or blouses A continuous process for the manufacture of a camisole garment wherein the fabric is cut, defining openings that serve as arm holes in the finished garment. A portion of the fabric is folded back above the openings, defining shoulder straps. The camisole ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907873 | Toilet lid/seat closing return mechanism A toilet seat return assembly including a deflector element for placement on the front of the toilet tank and a rotatable and pivotable arm attached to the flush handle adapted to rotate upon rotation of the flush handle and cam against the tank mounted d... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907874 | Flushable portable toilet An apparatus for disposing of body waste in a portable toilet is comprised of a container (100) and an associated hollow housing structure (14) which are adapted to be seated on a conventional toilet (B). Waste in container (100) is dumped into the toilet... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907875 | Structural components of swimming pools Components of swimming pools, such as rims and base plates, are addressed herein. The rims and plates are adapted for positive interlock to prevent movement of one relative to the other, and the rims typically include dual flanges of differing heights. Am... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907876 | Portable pillow A pillow is provided including an exterior extent defining an interior space and a pair of open ends. A pair of interior extents are included each having a hollow tubular configuration. Each interior extent has a length equal to that of the exterior exten... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907877 | Sanitary disposable stirrup covers A cover for use on a medical examination table stirrup, the cover forming a pocket. The pocket is defined by an upper edge and side edges extending downwardly from the upper edge to a bottom edge, the bottom edge being open to form a mouth. The pocket rec... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907878 | Air spring bedding system An air spring bedding system includes a mattress matrix assembly and a box spring assembly. The mattress matrix assembly comprises first and second air support structures. Each support structure has alternating offset air springs and connecting tubes whic... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907879 | High flow steam carpet cleaner A lightweight portable steam carpet cleaning machine 10 comprised of two main structures, a handle assembly 45 and the recovery tank 12. Connected to the machine are two hoses, the supply hose 58 which supplies clear water to the machine and the discharge... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907880 | Method for providing active damping of the vibrations generated by the washing assembly of washing machines and washing machine implementing said method A shock absorber damps the vibrations that are generated in a washing assembly of a horizontal axis washer. The shock absorber is of the type containing a magnetorheological fluid. A method carried out in a real-time mode throughout the duration of the op... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907881 | Protective covering for a shoe outersole A method of manufacturing a shoe having an outersole with a removable protective covering, including the steps of applying a sheet of protective covering to a sheet of outersole material with adhesive to form a composite sheet; applying printed indicia on... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907882 | Lottery ticket scratch off device A lottery scratch off device is provided including a housing. A scratch assembly is situated within the housing and includes at least one roller and brush associated therewith. A motor is connected to the scratch assembly for rotating the roller and brush... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907883 | Wringing method and wringing mechanism for floor mop A floor mop having a stick 10, a mop head 11 including a mop fabric 12 and a lower handle 13 and an upper handle 19. The lower handle is axially and rotatably movable relative to the stick 10 and is attached to one end of the mop fabric 12 of the mop head... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907884 | Broom and method of making a broom A broom having a handle with a threaded end and a broom head connected to the handle which includes a generally cylindrical sleeve made of plastic having a first end which defines an open surface extending axially therethrough and a second end which defin... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907885 | Multi-functional apparatus for use in an automotive vehicle employing multiple tracks A multi-functional apparatus for use in an automotive vehicle employing multiple tracks has a housing, a rotatable member located in the housing, an electromagnetic device and multiple tracks. The electromagnetic device may be an electric motor which oper... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907886 | Detector device for filter bags for vacuum cleaners A detector device for filter bags in vacuum cleaners which comprises a sensor device adapted to sense a tabular or plate-like connection member of such vacuum cleaner filter bag and switching means controlled by the sensor device for preventing switching-... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907887 | Floor washing apparatus A floor washing apparatus for removing oil, grease and other residue contaminants from a floor surface includes a housing supported on wheels and a spray suction head removably attachable to the housing so that a suction intake mouth is maintained in clos... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907888 | Suction nozzle of vacuum cleaners A suction nozzle of a vacuum cleaner enables to reduce the noise produced by air friction and whirlpool in the suction flow route. A suction nozzle of a vacuum cleaner has a soft brush body provided with a front roller and a rear roller, thereby being mov... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907889 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner comprising: a main body having a dust collecting chamber and a motor chamber; a cover for the dust collecting chamber; and an inlet pipe formed on the dust collecting chamber. A lever is provided within the dust collecting chamber, the le... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907890 | Guiding device for sliding doors A guiding device for sliding doors is disclosed and includes a guide bar and door supporting elements that travel along the guide bar. The guide bar and each door supporting element form a recirculating ball bearing sliding pair. The guide bar and the doo... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907891 | Tree fastener with split wings The tree fastener includes a shank, a head and wings on first and second opposed sides of the shank. The wings are split along the tool parting line into wing portions which extend from the shank at different angles so that the spacing between wing portio... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907892 | Child safety apparatus for a seat belt buckle An apparatus (10) includes a latch mechanism (26) that releasably interlocks with a seat belt tongue (16), and further includes a safety apparatus (50) for the latch mechanism (26). The latch mechanism (26) includes a pushbutton (24) which is movable manu... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907893 | Methods for the manufacture of radially expansible stents Methods and articles for fabricating expansive stents having generally cylindrical configurations with a pattern therein include interconnecting portions from a generally planar sheet of material with a central portion. A pattern is formed in the sheet of... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907894 | Spring compression device for shock absorber of motor car A spring compression device for a shock absorber of a motor car includes a hollow vertical post, a rack mounted inside the post engaged with a pinion and being movable upward or downward by a compression handle. A spring holder includes a spring hanger fo... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907895 | Wafer tweezer assembling device The present invention provides a wafer tweezer assembling device by utilizing a chuck member and a plurality of tweezer blades separated by spacers having a predetermined thickness such that the mounting and the calibration of the tweezer can be accomplis... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907896 | Method for bending forging artistic metallic pipes A method for bend forging an artistic metallic straight pipe, wherein, a die core made from a steel rope is placed in the pipe bore, and a filler with plastisol uniformly mixed up is then introduced into the pipe bore until it is saturated to form a solid... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907897 | Method of manufacturing motor vehicle door A motor vehicle door is made in the following way. A door main body is assembled by connecting an inner panel to a door panel. A window pane assembly is assembled by mounting into a guide frame a window pane and a power transmission mechanism for vertical... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907898 | Securing method A securing method including the steps of inserting a core into a depression portion of a metal member having an open end portion, and connecting the metal member to the core by compressing circumferentially the core and metal member by means of a compress... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907899 | Method of forming electrodes for lithium ion batteries using polycarbosilanes A lithium ion battery electrode formed by the pyrolysis of a polycarbosilane followed by introducing lithium ions. These electrodes can be used to form batteries with large capacities, low irreversible capacity, high density and good safety behavior.... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907900 | Device for selectively using position determination chuck or camera to correct position of a component for mounting on printed circuit board A component mounting device mounts electronic components from several component stages on a printed circuit board. The component mounting device includes a mounting head, a camera unit, and a selection unit. The mounting head, movably installed between th... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907901 | Wire lead-in funnel for a terminal applicator A machine (40) is disclosed for crimping a terminal (12) onto a wire (10) thereby forming a crimped wire assembly (32). The machine includes a crimping bar 64 and a mating anvil (60) for performing the crimping operation. A terminal feed unit (70) is prov... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907902 | Belt-feed trim and form method A method is provided that increases the efficiency of material handling apparatus, such as those used to trim and form electrical leads on solid state electrical devices. The method uses a plurality of rotatable pulleys, an endless belt capable of retaini... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907903 | Multi-layer-multi-chip pyramid and circuit board structure and method of forming same The present invention provides multi-layer multi-chip circuit board comprising at least two ATAB carriers having chips thereon, stacked upon each other in a pyramid configuration and attached to a substrate, thus reducing the required area on the substrat... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907904 | Method of manufacturing an exhaust muffler with stamp formed internal components A muffler includes a pair of internal plates that are formed to define an array of channels and at least one chamber. The internal plates are connected in face-to-face relationship such that the channels define tubes that communicate with the chamber. At ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907905 | Method for manufacturing a hemisphere of a hemispheric bearing Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a hemisphere used in a hemispheric bearing apparatus capable of performing the mass production and enhancing the mechanical characteristic of the hemisphere by manufacturing a sphere using a pair of forging frames f... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907906 | Rotary blade spacer for corrugated tubing cutter A blade spacer for use in the cutting a length of corrugated tubing with a cutter of a variety including a rotary cutting blade rotatable circumferentially about the tubing within a plane defined by a radial axis of the blade. The spacer is mountable to t... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907907 | Laser leveling system The present invention provides a laser leveling system for forming a reference line or a reference plane by a laser beam. The laser leveling system comprises a laser light emitting means for emitting a laser beam, a projection optical system for projectin... | 06/01/1999 |
