Did You Know...
...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6056148 | Toy box A new and improved toy box structure includes a transparent, hollow spherical member having an interior chamber for receiving toys and an aperture on its exterior surface in communication therewith. The aperture is selectively enclosable using a removable... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056149 | Beverage container with self-contained drinking straw A beverage container has a straw-dispensing mechanism that is disposed within the container and is responsive to appropriate manipulation of the container to bring the straw into alignment with the orifice in the top end of the container. In one embodimen... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056150 | Apparatus for dispensing tickets, cards and the like from a stack An apparatus for dispensing articles such as tickets and cards includes a cabinet. A plurality of article dispensing assemblies are disposed inside the cabinet. Each article dispensing assembly includes a base and a frame for enclosing the articles to be ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056151 | Gumball machine A bulk vending amusement device has multiple, visible tracks extending from a bin for moving a product to a dispenser for dispensing the product to entertain a user. A diverter, disposed between the bin and the multiple tracks, diverts the product from th... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056152 | Apparatus for dispensing refrigerating elements and said refrigerating elements A piece of apparatus for dispensing refrigerating elements enabling consumers to make sure that the cold chain is not broken when buying fresh and frozen food. The apparatus (101) for dispensing refrigerating elements (11) comprises a housing (102) in whi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056153 | Method and apparatus for extruding a highly viscous fluid from a tank A method and an apparatus for extruding a highly viscous fluid from a tank. A pressing member having an air flow path is disposed in the tank containing the highly viscous fluid and having a discharge outlet for discharging the highly viscous fluid. Air i... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056154 | Fluid refilling and dispensing system A fluid dispensing system is provided for receiving fluid from a container positioned near the ground and for transporting the water up to a reservoir suitable for dispensing. The system has a cabinet having first and second chambers. A slidable support b... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056155 | Liquid dispensing device A liquid dispensing device including a body generally having an air passage and a liquid passage. A valve seat element is connected to the body and a needle is mounted for movement within the body with respect to the valve seat element. First and second c... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056156 | Caulking gun with a built-in spout cutter A caulking gun has a built-in cutter being formed between a handle (14) and a trigger (18) for cutting off a tip (34) of a caulking spout (36). The cutter has a cutting blade (62) being mounted in the handle and a cutting forwarder (40) for pushing the sp... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056157 | Device for dispensing flowable material from a flexible package A device for sanitary dispensing from a flexible package a heated flowable material, such as cheese sauce, to be maintained at or above a predetermined temperature level after the package is opened. The dispensing device includes a housing defining heated... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056158 | System for the preservation, transportation and dispensing of dyes, as well as a dispensing machine particularly suitable for use in the system A system for the preservation, transportation and dispensing of dyes provides for a combination of a hollow reservoir having at least one deformable wall so that its internal volume can vary from a maximum to a minimum substantially close to zero, and an ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056159 | Holder for full or folded collapsible tubes A combination of a compact, economical, decorative, rigid, one-piece holder and a squeezable collapsible dispensing tube, where the holder has a supporting base with a planar bottom standing surface to which are attached two side walls such that their sub... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056160 | Heated foaming liquid dispensing apparatus A dispenser for heating and dispensing, to a user through an outlet, a foaming liquid, such as shaving cream from a pressurized can of such cream. The foaming liquid, when initially heated in the dispenser's heat chamber may undesirably produce steam and ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056161 | Push-pull dispenser A single piece push-pull dispenser for sealing water, juice, detergent containers and the like is provided. The push-pull dispenser has a tubular skirt sized to longitudinally adjustably engage the exterior sidewall of a container neck, and a cylindrical ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056162 | Self-contained service tool for adding fluorescent leak detection dye into systems operating with pressurized fluids A dispensing device is provided for introducing a fluorescent leak detection dye into an operating system containing a pressurized fluid. An embodiment of the dispensing device of the invention comprises a hollow capsule for containing dye having an inter... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056163 | Liquid dispenser A liquid dispenser includes a hollow shank having top and bottom openings and a fluid chamber. A closure member is sealingly mounted on the top opening. A hollow piston rod has closed and open ends, an inner fluid passage, and an aperture in communication... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056164 | Container for stencil inks The present invention provides a cylinder/piston type volume reduction container which does not occupy much space for storage and transportation, and is easy in disposal and recovery. The container comprises a head tubular body (1) an end of which is clos... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056165 | Free standing cordless gun for dispensing liquid glue and similar materials A free standing cordless gun for dispensing liquid glue that includes a housing that is pistol-shaped and dispensing apparatus that is contained in the housing for dispensing the liquid glue. The liquid glue is dispensed through a muzzle bore in a barrel ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056166 | Portable liquid dispenser The present invention provides a portable dispenser of potable liquid, and includes an insulated container for storing the liquid, and a secondary container connected to the insulated container. A pump is positioned in either the insulated container or th... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056167 | Pressure sprayer A non-round pressure sprayer unit for dispensing liquids from a closed container including a pressure pump, tube/hose connection, and applicator wand. The pressure pump mechanism further includes a pump housing sealingly insertable in the pressure sprayer... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056168 | Fuel tank for a trailer A fuel tank for a trailer including a tank that is adapted for securement to an underside of a trailer. The tank has a generally trapezoidal configuration with a top face and a bottom face. The top face has recesses formed therein for receiving cross memb... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056169 | Inhaler apparatus for dispensing accurate and reproducible doses of powder An inhaler (1) for dispensing accurate and reproducible doses of powder. The inhaler includes an expulsion channel (2) opening out in an outlet orifice (3), and is characterized by a combination of or: a pre-dosing device (100) having the powder in indivi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056170 | Form for folding shirts The invention concerns a device for facilitating the uniform folding of shirts and T-shirts in household ironing. It is characterised by a main part (1) almost rectangular in shape of fine thickness and with a surface not adhering to cloth materials, comp... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056171 | Sock donning aid A sock donning aid for holding open the ankle opening of a sock for aiding the insertion of a user's foot into the sock. The sock donning aid includes an elongate main member a proximal handle portion, a distal heel portion, and a bend interposed between ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056172 | Backpack chair A backpack unit comprising a frame of a material selected from a metal alloy, including, but not limited to, aluminum, aluminum alloy, steel, and steel alloy or plastic. The frame includes a U-shaped seat frame pivotally coupled at its ends to ends of a U... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056173 | Holding device A holding device comprises a clip, and a flexible cord. The cord is looped upon itself and its ends are received in a trough on a stem of the clip. The trough has laterally spaced tabs which are crimped over the ends of the cord to secure the cord to the ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056174 | Compact disc player holster The present invention 10 discloses an apparatus whereby whereby an individual 12 is able to conveniently carry a compact disc player 14 within the holster 16 of the present invention made from strap material which forms the various sides and layers of the... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056175 | Mobile phone housing for a vehicle In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, an installation device for a vehicle is disclosed which in particular is for the releasable mounting of a handheld mobile phone. The installation device is designed with a housing (2) which is ope... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056176 | Vehicle article carrier having clamping cross bar A vehicle article carrier including a cross bar having a pair of bracket assemblies at each end, where each bracket assembly includes a fixed jaw and a movable jaw which may be cooperatively clamped around a side rail of the article carrier system. The fi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056177 | Collapsible storage container for vehicles A collapsible storage container for mini-vans and sports utility vehicles having a floor panel, a front wall, a back wall, and a pair of side walls. A partition wall extends between the front and back walls, separating the container into separate compartm... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056178 | Auxiliary bin for a shopping cart An auxiliary shopping cart bin that is securable to the mesh bin of an existing shopping cart. The auxiliary bin includes a small collapsible bin having a very small open grid work for holding small toys, cosmetics, candy, etc., that would fall through th... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056179 | Single bag dispenser rollholder A rollholder for a roll of polyethylene bags is formed from a hollow polygonal box having rectangular sides with a shaft in the middle upon which the roll of bags is placed. One of the sides of the box has a toothed slot from which the bags are dispensed ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056180 | Method and apparatus for pinless feeding of web to a utilization device A system and method for utilizing web that is free of tractor pin feed holes comprises the driving of the web along a predetermined path within the utilization device. A web guide is provided in an upstream location from a utilization device element. The ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056181 | Fastening machine A fastening machine includes a magazine having a sliding member slidably disposed thereto in which an aperture is defined and a coil member is disposed with one end thereof fixedly connected to a top edge of the magazine. An operating member is disposed t... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056182 | Staple ejection device for a power stapler A staple ejection device for a power stapler includes a guide plate having two hooks, a strip and a cover member are respectively and pivotally connected to the two lugs. The cover member has a retaining plate which defines a gap between the retaining pla... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056183 | Clinch mechanism in stapler A clinch mechanism in a stapler in which legs of a staple penetrating a work are bent in a bending groove, comprises: a pair of right and left movable clinchers being movable in the bending groove in an operative direction, a pair of receivers formed symm... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056184 | Apparatus for shaping liquid portions of solder in soft soldering semiconductor chips The apparatus, in preparation of soft soldering semiconductor chips to a substrate (6), is for the shaping of spherically domed liquid portions of solder (8) into flat solder applications (8"), as evenly distributed as possible and correctly positioned on... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056185 | Method of connecting batteries to electronic circuits A method of securing a metal lead of a polymer battery to a flexible circuit, comprising the steps of positioning a metal lead of a polymer electrolyte battery onto a connection pad of a circuit; clamping the metal lead and the connection pad between two ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056186 | Method for bonding a ceramic to a metal with a copper-containing shim A method is provided for the bonding of ceramics to metals for the production of semiconductor packages. The method includes forming a copper-copper oxide eutectic on a substantially planar copper shim. The shim and its copper-copper oxide eutectic are pl... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056187 | Modular wire band stent A radially expandable device particularly adaptable for use as an endoprothesis is described along with a method of fabrication. The method begins by obtaining a number of individual, separate generally circular hoops by a number of ways, such as cutting ... | 05/02/2000 |
