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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6032325 | Portable drive unit for rotational cleaning tools This invention is a portable device for cleaning air ducts, other parts of ventilation systems, and similar spaces. The device prevents motor burn-out by providing an adjustable slipping means in the transmission connecting the motor's shaft to a cleaning... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032326 | Surface cleaning appliance The vacuum nozzles in a rotary surface cleaning appliance are skewed with respect to the path of travel of the nozzles to enable the nozzles to glide smoothly over the surface being cleaned. A flexible mount for each nozzle on a rigid, radial vacuum duct ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032327 | Electric vacuum cleaner A rotating brush including a hollow cylindrical rotor having through holes in its peripheral wall and bristles on its peripheral surface is provided in a nozzle of an upright electric vacuum cleaner. A reflux passage connecting a fan chamber in the cleane... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032328 | Crevice cleaning tool for a vacuum cleaner apparatus A crevice cleaning tool having an elongated hollow body portion extending between a first end configured for attachment to a wand of a vacuum cleaner and a second end providing an opening for passage of vacuum cleaning air. The body portion has a base sec... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032329 | Device for manual release of a gate from a respective powered actuator A device (10) designed to be placed between a gate (12) and a powered actuator (16) to permit release on command and free movement of the gate with respect to the actuator. The device comprises a first plate (11) designed to be fastened to the gate and a ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032330 | Locating structure of oil pressure door closer A locating structure of an oil pressure door closer is composed of a locating plate, a main body of the door closer, and a plurality of fastening pins. The locating plate is fastened with a door and provided with a plurality of fastening holes. The main b... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032331 | Checking mechanisms with variable plane trigger plates An improved mechanism (22) for checking reciprocating operative devices (10) to include door systems, by means of an improved rocker-washer mechanism (22) adapted to pivot (24) and frictionally engage the device (10) comprising at least one rod (16) that ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032332 | Tool handle having a tool receiving structure A tool handle includes a housing having a chamber and a slot communicating with the chamber. A rod is rotatably receiving in the chamber and has a number of channels for receiving tool bits. A lid is engaged with the slot of the housing and biased to enga... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032333 | Hinge A hinge to mounted door on an article of furniture includes a base plate to be mounted on the article of furniture. An intermediate member is mounted on the base plate by a spring mechanism in the form of a tilting lever mounted on the intermediate member... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032334 | Handle apparatus A handle apparatus includes a spring member formed of a wire rod is bent in an approximately U-shape. Both tip end portions of the spring member formed in the approximately U-shape are bent approximately at a right angle and are shaft portions for rotatin... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032335 | Apparatus for drawing a fibrous strand into an element of a textile machine The invention relates device for drawing an elongated textile intermediate product (2), such as a staple fiber fleece or sliver, into a receiving element (3) of a textile machine station. In order to be able to take in, transport onwards and twist elongat... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032336 | Top roller for a draft apparatus When a roller cylinder of a top roller is installed, it may collide against an outer bearing and damage it. Since the roller cylinder is loosened, when drafting is executed at a high speed, the roller cylinder may vibrate, causing non-uniform drafting. A ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032337 | Spring loaded belt clip assembly for a communication device A belt clip assembly (100) attaches to a communication device (103) to be worn by a user. The belt clip assembly (100) includes an attachment base (104) and a spring loaded cantilever slide (106). The attachment base (104) includes a bracket (116) having ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032338 | Apparatus for swaging a ferrule onto a wire rope The invention relates to a swaging method and apparatus for swaging flemish eye splices. In particular, the invention concerns the production of swaged joints in which, by virtue of providing ferrules (5) and swage blocks (16, 17) of a particular construc... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032339 | Locking fastener for a strap A fastener for fastening a strap to an article having an end pin attached thereto, the fastener having a retention portion and an engagement portion defining a fastener aperture where movement of the engagement portion relative to the retention portion ac... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032340 | Method and device for pretreatment of a carpet yarn having tiny fine hairs on its surface A method for pretreating a staple-fiber carpet yarn (5) before it is processed to make a carpet, in order to reduce the hairiness and fuzz accumulation associated with such yarns. The surface of the carpet yarn (5) is exposed for a brief time to the actio... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032341 | Single impingement bulking jet The present invention is directed to: a non-interlacing expirating yarn bulker comprising a body having an enclosed yarn passage extending therethrough. The yarn passage includes an inlet region, a throat region and an expanding region. A single pressuriz... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032342 | Multi-filament split-yarn sheet and method and device for the manufacture thereof The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a high-quality multi-filament spread sheet by spreading the filaments in such a manner that they are orderly disposed in parallel to each other without the quality deterioration and an apparatus ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032343 | Automated swage wind and packaging machine The present invention is directed to improvements in an Automated Swage Wind and Packaging Machine that is particularly adapted to assist in the automated singulation of surgical needles to enable subsequent automated handling of the needle, automatic swa... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032344 | Multiplexing of pneumatic tooling A system for operation of pneumatic tooling has a plurality of pneumatically operable tools (2). A servo-controller (21) is switchable to actuate any of the plurality of tools, to move that tool to a desired position. A position transducer (4) includes an... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032345 | apparatus for fitting quilting braces to mattresses The apparatus has a structure with two frames which can move towards each other and between which the mattress is locked. The frames support a plurality of devices for applying the quilting braces. Each device comprises a needle, to which a quilting brace... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032346 | Bleacher seat cap installation tool A bleacher seat cap installation tool is provided that has a first guide surface that slides along an edge of the seat board of the bleacher seat to be retrofit, and a second guide surface that guides a free end of a bleacher seat cap into position. The t... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032347 | Tank and manufacturing method for the same In a manufacturing method for a tank with an opening and with a device for damping a splashing movement, porous filler bodies which fit through the opening are introduced as a damping device into the tank until the tank is completely filled with them. Acc... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032348 | Method of forming a modularized adjustable holding fixture The invention resides in a method of forming an adjustable holding fixture comprising the steps of providing a frame, providing a plurality of elongated beam modules each containing a plurality of translating members which are arranged at uniformed spacin... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032349 | Alignment coupling and method An alignment coupling and method of joining an extensible member of a linear actuator to an actuated member for moving a load utilize an enlarged coupler (A) carried by the extensible member within a receptacle in the actuated member formed by a transvers... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032350 | Method of slotted component manufacture This invention relates to a method for manufacturing a plurality of longitudinally extending slots in the bore of a component (1). One example of such a component is the sleeve element of an automotive power steering rotary valve. More particularly the in... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032351 | Machine for removing stringers from pallets A machine for removing stringers from pallets includes a table assembly that establishes a working surface upon which a pallet can be placed and a carrier assembly that is movable relative to the pallet. The carrier assembly includes a pair of spaced, par... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032352 | Method of manufacturing rigid disk drive with dynamic head loading apparatus A method of manufacturing a rigid disk drive of the dynamic head loading type which includes a rotary actuator, and a load beam having a lift tab which cooperates with a cam surface of a cam assembly to load and unload a read/write recording element with ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032353 | Magnetic head with low stack height and self-aligned pole tips A magnetic head includes pole tips with aligned sidewalls and a low head profile. The aligned sidewalls are formed by depositing a stack of pole tip layers on a substrate. The stack of layers are etched through a common overlying mask. The stack of layers... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032354 | Apparatus for manufacturing a rotor for an electric machine A device for manufacturing a rotor for an electric machine, for example, a permanent-magnet excited rotor for a high-speed a.c. machine, the rotor including an inner part constituting a rotor body and an outer part including a capsule tube which, when the... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032355 | Method of forming thermal conductive structure on printed circuit board A method of manufacturing a thermal conductive structure on a printed circuit board comprises the steps of forming a thermal conductive layer having an embossed pattern on its surface, and then forming an adhesive glue layer over the thermal conductive la... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032356 | Wafer-level test and burn-in, and semiconductor process Resilient contact structures are mounted directly to bond pads on semiconductor dies, prior to the dies being singulated (separated) from a semiconductor wafer. This enables the semiconductor dies to be exercised (e.g., tested and/or burned-in) in) by con... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032357 | Method of fabricating a printed circuit The present invention comprises a printed circuit having a three-dimensional surface capable of conforming to a contoured surface of a vehicle trim panel. Printed circuit comprises a plurality of electrical conductors and connectors secured to a polymeric... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032358 | Connector for coaxial cable A connector assembly for a coaxial cable with a corrugated outer conductor, includes a housing being so configured as to define a recess at formation of an annular surface for contacting an inner end face of the outer conductor, and a clamp mechanism for ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032359 | Method of manufacturing a female electrical connector in a single layer flexible polymeric dielectric film substrate A method of making a wiping connection between a male connector and a female connector in a single layer of a flexible polymeric dielectric film substrate having a thickness of less than 0.012 inches is disclosed. A laser directs a beam towards the substr... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032360 | Tool and method to adjust eccentric timing on adjustable stroke crankshaft The invention includes a tool for adjusting the timing of eccentrics on a crankshaft connected by an infinitely variable, pressure actuated connection. In cases where there is more than a single adjustable eccentric on the crankshaft, it is preferable tha... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032361 | Gas turbine multi-hole film cooled combustor liner and method of manufacturing Provided are a gas turbine multi-hole film-cooled combustor liner, which can be manufactured with improved accuracy in shape and position of cooling holes in a very short time, ensuring desirable buckling strength and satisfactory cooling performance. A p... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032362 | Method for producing a heat spreader and semiconductor device with a heat spreader A heat spreader for a semiconductor device is constituted by an integral laminate of alternatingly stacked and diffusion-bonded Fe--Ni alloy sheets and copper-group metal sheets, the laminate having a one-directional stripe pattern of the Fe--Ni alloy she... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032363 | Manufacture of fitting from metal billets or stock having centerline inhomogeneities Manufacture of a fluid connector fitting from an elongate metal stock, such as a plate or barstock, or a billet having an indefinite length and the potential for one or more centerline inhomogeneities which may extend along a longitudinal central axis the... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6032364 | Tool for extracting a bearing, especially intended for roller skates or in-line skates A tool adapted for the extraction of a bearing from a wheel, especially from a skate of the in-line type, the wheel having a concentric cage, adapted to house at least one bearing having an outer frontal face. The bearing has an outer ring and an inner ri... | 03/07/2000 |
