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Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5992155 | Notebook computer storage case A case appropriate for holding a notebook computer for use of the notebook computer while held in the case. The notebook computer storage case uses a member with high thermal conductivity at least in a position contacting the bottom of a computer located ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992156 | Air conditioning system for vehicles An air conditioning system for vehicles has a cooling circuit and a radiator supplying cooling water to an engine. The cooling circuit includes a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator. The system includes a water temperature sensor for detecting a wat... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992157 | Temperature controlled tank For heating or cooling the content of a tank, flow paths for a temperature controlling medium are provided in the form of longitudinal channels 13 of closed hollow profile separate from the tank envelope 12. The channels 13 are connected at either end to ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992158 | Cryosurgical instrument A cryosurgical instrument comprises a cooling tip operable to be cooled by a flow of a cryogenic fluid within the tip; and a fluid transfer chamber having a fluid inlet for receiving cryogenic fluid, a first fluid outlet communicating with the cooling tip... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992159 | Method and apparatus for heat extraction by controlled spray cooling Two solutions to the problem of cooling a high temperature, high heat flux surface using controlled spray cooling are presented for use on a mandrel. In the first embodiment, spray cooling is used to provide a varying isothermal boundary layer on the side... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992160 | Make-up air energy recovery ventilator In an air conditioning system designed to operate in relatively high humidity conditions, an auxiliary unit, including a complete and independent operating refrigerant circuit, is installed in air flow relationship therewith such that outdoor make-up air ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992161 | Make-up handler with direct expansion dehumidification A make-up air handler controls temperature, humidity and/or cleanliness of air. The make-up air handler includes a direct expansion chiller system. The direct expansion chiller may be integral to the make-up air handler or remote. A clean room facility us... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992162 | Process for the outside-moisture-dependent control of a motor vehicle air conditioner A process for the outside-moisture-dependent control of an air conditioner of a motor vehicle equipped with a window wiper system provides that at least one air conditioner component is controlled as a function of a window wiper activation signal for redu... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992163 | Process and arrangement for an air conditioner control with an evaporator protected against icing A process and an arrangement for controlling an air conditioner utilize an evaporator protected against icing and a refrigerant circulating system which includes at least one compressor and the evaporator. The evaporator temperature is sensed continuously... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992164 | Apparatus for and method of supplying cold air in refrigerators An apparatus for and a method of supplying cold air to a refrigeration compartment door passing through a distributing duct provided in the apparatus, are disclosed. A refrigerator with the apparatus includes at least one compartment for preserving foods ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992165 | Apparatus for supplying cold air in refrigerators An apparatus for supplying cold air in a refrigerator, wherein respective temperatures at a plurality of different portions of the interior of the refrigerator are sensed so that cold air is selectively supplied to each refrigerator portion based on the s... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992166 | Motorized damper for refrigerator A motorized damper and a control circuit for controlling the damper motor are described. More specifically, and in one embodiment, the control circuit includes a fresh food compartment cold control (FFCC) thermostatic switch, sometimes referred to herein ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992167 | Ice maker An ice maker has an ice tray with a plurality of ice forming cavities arranged in longitudinal succession therealong, and a water distributor extending along the tray and arranged to receive water from a water feed system. The distributor serves to distri... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992168 | Circuit board having an integral sorber An apparatus for cooling an electrical component is disclosed which comprises a sorber containing a sorbent; a condenser in fluid communication with the sorber; an evaporator in fluid communication with both the sorber and the condenser and connected in h... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992169 | Apparatus and methods for vacuum cooling produce Method and apparatus for vacuum cooling field harvested produce such as lettuce includes a vacuum chamber, a partial vacuum-forming mechanism in the chamber, a water discharging mechanism in the chamber for spraying water onto the produce to cool the prod... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992170 | Cylinder head-suction muffler assembly for hermetic compressor An improved cylinder head-suction muffler assembly includes a suction muffler (2), a cylinder head (1), a capillary tube (7) and a self-latching clip (5). The suction muffler (2), has a suction tube (3) with a mounting block (14) and a capillary tube hold... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992171 | Heat exchanger for evaporating cooling refrigeration system An air conditioner operating on a compressor-condenser-evaporator circuit utilizes water cooled by air flowing over an evaporative medium through which the water flows to cool a condenser coil located in a continuous serpentine channel in a sump member lo... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992172 | Fast thin-plate cooling apparatus An upper thermo module 4 is sandwiched between a cooling plate 1 the top surface of which is a cooling surface 10 for a thin plate W and an intermediate plate 2 forming a heat accumulator, while a lower thermo module 5 is sandwiched between the said inter... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992173 | Food product package chiller for dissipating packaging heat A food product package chiller is disclosed that dissipates heat generated in the packaging process so that there is a reduction of heat imparted to the food product. In particular, when the present invention is applied to, e.g., heat shrink vacuum sealed... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992174 | Insert for a collector profile of a condenser In known collectors for condensers of motor vehicle air conditioners, the dryer cartridge is inserted from an upper end into the collector via a spacing rod. According to the invention, the dryer cartridge can be secured by releasable connecting means to ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992175 | Enhanced NGL recovery processes The present invention is directed to methods for improving the efficiency and economy of processes for the recovery of natural gas liquids (NGL) from a gas feed, e.g., raw natural gas or a refinery or petrochemical plant gas stream. These methods may be e... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992176 | Shoulder clutch A jewelry item having a top member pivotally joined by a hinge to a lower base member used to retain a handbag's shoulder strap in place to the clothing of a user. The top and base members are curved lengthwise to resemble the natural curvature of a user'... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992177 | Gem stone mount A gem stone mounting which is able to receive any of a number of different cut gem stones, the mounting having a base member with a bore to provide an open area for the back of the stone, a sloped forward wall having an annular receiving channel, in which... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992178 | Method for stepwise bending of glass sheets Glass sheets are bent in stages into the final shape in a horizontal position in two successive bending stations. The glass sheets heated to bending temperature are laid on a fabric carrier arranged resiliently on a rigid support frame. The glass sheets a... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992179 | Process for manufacturing grin lenses A method of manufacturing an optical device having a profile of refractive indices along its optical axis. A desired volume of each of a plurality of types of optical material are dispensed into a mold of known plan area in the form of a frit or a melt an... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992180 | Method and apparatus for bend-shaping a glass plate A glass plate is heated in a heating furnace and is bend-shaped to be a complexly curved glass plate while the glass plate is passed on curved rollers wherein support pads of a pushing mechanism push the complexly curved glass plate from an upstream side ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992181 | Method of randomly irradiating an optical fiber core with a laser A method of manufacturing an optical fiber having a core portion doped with a dopant and a surrounding optical cladding portion is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of drawing a fiber from a molten extremity of a silica preform and moving the fibe... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992182 | Method for ladderproofing the last row of a knitted item A method for ladderproofing the last row of a knitted item consisting in that, upon execution of the last row of the item, the interstitch portions, i.e., the portions of the thread or threads that join two contiguous loops of knitting, are produced with ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992183 | Flat knitting machine A compound needle, of which slider and needle body can be moved forward and backward independently of each other, is guided by a cam lock into four routes, knit, tuck, transfer and receiving. As for the slider, the knit route is branched from the tuck rou... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992184 | Flat knitting machine having a transfer jack transferring mechanism A flat knitting machine having a transferring mechanism using transfer jacks wherein the transfer jacks each have (i) at a front end thereof a loop engaging portion; (ii) at a rear end thereof a selected engaging projection extending rearwardly from a rea... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992185 | Upholstery fabric A three-dimensional continuously knitted fabric cover knitted from yarn in a generally double jersey construction for covering a three-dimensional core, the fabric cover having an exposed front layer with a rear layer adjacent the core having formed integ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992186 | Shuttle hopper system for loading and unloading commercial washing and drying machines A shuttle hopper system for loading and unloading commercial washers and dryers is provided. The shuttle hopper is equipped with a bucket for receiving laundry items and further includes lift and tilt assemblies which lift and rotate the bucket into a dum... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992187 | Lockable shaft retainer A shaft retainer device that comprises three major components: a barrel shaped housing, a leverable gripping assembly which is located inside the housing along its central axis, and a key lock in one end of the housing. When the device is locked, the grip... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992188 | Door lock system A door lock system (20) comprising a door frame (22) mounted in an entry (24) of a building (26). An entrance door (28) is hinged at (30) along one side edge to the door frame (22). The entrance door (28) has a standard door lock unit (32) to engage with ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992189 | Door lock with clutch arrangement A driver element in this lock has two outer surface sections. The first of the sections has a first geometrical cross-sectional configuration which engages an outer lever spindle in both the locked and unlocked condition. In the unlocked condition the fir... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992190 | Vehicle anti-theft steering wheel locking mechanism The invention is a device for inhibiting the rim of a vehicle steering wheel from movement thereby rendering the vehicle inoperable. The invention is comprised of first and second semicircular casings wherein each casing has an inwardly curving lip dispos... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992191 | Anti-theft device for motor vehicles An anti-theft device for motor vehicles which selectively disables the vehicle by interrupting the operative connection of the steering wheel to the steering column. The device includes an outer cylindrical boss which is affixed to the steering wheel and ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992192 | Lock-handlebar combination A lock and handlebar attachment for a cycle comprised of a pair of oppositely curved end sections interconnected by parallel members at least one of which is selectively separable to enable the introduction of a fixed component to prevent the theft of the... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992193 | Vehicle anti-theft device A vehicle anti-theft device uses a rigid bar removably set between a turned vehicle wheel and the wheel well to block movement of the vehicle and prevent its theft. The anti-theft device consists of a rigid rod attached to a bracket by a locking pin locke... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992194 | Device for unlocking doors A lock including a device for unlocking the door of a motor vehicle in case of a malfunction of the lock, as in the event of an accident of the motor vehicle, to open the lock or allow the lock to be reliably opened manually. The unlocking is triggered by... | 11/30/1999 |
