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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6076226 | Controlled self operated vacuum cleaning system A controlled self operating vacuum cleaning system which comprises a stationary housing for the storage of a mobile vacuum cleaner apparatus and where the housing is provided with an automatically openable and closable closure allowing exit and entry of t... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076227 | Electrical surface treatment device with an acoustic surface type detector The invention relates to an electrical surface treatment device which is provided with an acoustic surface type detector with which a type of a surface to be treated can be detected during operation. According to the invention, the surface type detector d... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076228 | Floor cleaner with vacuum dryer A floor cleaner is provided including a housing having a grip extending from a top portion thereof for gripping purposes. Also included is a scrub assembly mounted on a bottom portion of the housing for cleaning a floor. Next provided is a vacuum port mou... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076229 | Aqueous cleaning solutions incorporating ozone-resistant surfactants with low foam characteristics An aqueous surface cleaning composition consists essentially of water and a surfactant. The surfactant is incorporated, preferably, at a concentration of 10-100 parts per million, by weight as a proportion of the entire composition, and more preferably is... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076230 | Vacuum cleaner height adjustment mechanism A height adjustment mechanism for a vacuum cleaner includes a wheel carriage pivotally mounted to a foot of the vacuum cleaner, a height adjustment cam which engages the wheel carriage, and a cam actuator which attaches to the height adjustment cam for ca... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076231 | Nozzle for a lawn and garden blower An output nozzle for allowing plural air flow passage channels in different directions from a gas/electric yard/lawn air blower. The blower uses nozzles having a primary airstream for blowing debris such as leaves, dirt and trash upward above an obstacle ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076232 | Hinge structure for electronic apparatus A hinge structure for electronic apparatus such as a word processor, a personal computer and the like having a cover is provided. The hinge structure can meet the demand for making an electronic apparatus thin and light in weight and also can reduce the m... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076233 | Grab rail and hook assembly for a vehicle A grab rail assembly for a vehicle includes a base element, a handle, a pivot pin, a cantilevered spring, and a fastener. The base element is engageable with a structural portion of the vehicle. The pivot pin is operatively connected to the handle for piv... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076234 | In-line cable tie A cable tie includes an elongate generally planar strap and a head. The head includes a tapering entrance into a passageway therethrough for inserting the strap and a flexibly hinged locking pawl adjacent the passageway. The head also includes a fixed loc... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076235 | Cable tie A ball/roller-lock cable tie for holding an article or group of articles together in a bundle including a elongate strap body capable of being deformed to encompass the article or group of articles; a locking head disposed adjacent one end of the strap bo... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076236 | Top opening cable connector A cable connector for securing the end of a cable includes a body supporting opposed jaws for sliding motion for gripping a cable with a wedge action. A slot in the top wall of the body permits the cable to be loaded from the top of the body. T-shaped gui... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076237 | Quick-release buckle for connecting two strap ends A quick disconnect buckle made of a strong and flexible plastic such as poly carbonate, the buckle intended for personal or industrial use, with a high degree of strength relative to buckle dimensions achieved through the incorporation of a latch that emp... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076238 | Mechanical fastener A mechanical fastener including a plurality of engaging stems located in unordered arrangements, which repeat on a substrate. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a mechanical fastener with a plurality of repeating unordered arrangements, wher... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076239 | Seat belt buckle with slide sensor A belt lock for a safety belt has a frame (10), a latching element (14) for the latching of the belt tongue (18) and a securing element (16), which secures the latching element (14) in the latched state. Furthermore, a detector device (24, 26, 28) is prov... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076240 | Locking snap-fastener and its releasing device A snap-fastener having a male member and a female member, respectively having a cap with a rivet shaft piercing through a sheet member and a male part or a female part. The rivet shaft is inserted into an insertion hole so that an inner edge of a hole of ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076241 | Guide and blocking device for a boot, and a boot incorporating such device Guide/blocking device for a lace of a boot, and a boot incorporating same. The guide/blocking device includes a sliding part defining a passageway for a lace oriented along a direction corresponding substantially to the direction of traction of the lace. ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076242 | High and-low piles-revealing cut pile fabric cut pile fabric, having rugged surface with snarled piles and process for producing same A cut pile fabric with substantially vertically standing tufts made of a synthetic multifilament yarn which is an intermingled yarn comprised of (a) a crimped multifilament yarn and (b) a non-crimped highly heat-shrinkable multifilament yarn having a heat... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076243 | Yarn end uncrossing apparatus Apparatus used with a yarn warper or beamer to uncross yarn ends that have become crossed during a warping operation. An element shaped like a knuckle moves back and forth across a side of the yarn sheet while protruding into the path of yarn ends making ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076244 | Heat treatment method of actuators for an ink jet printer head and method for manufacturing an ink jet printer head A method of manufacturing an actuator including an ink pump section made by forming a spacer plate with a plurality of window portions formed therein, a closure plate stacked on one side of the spacer plate for covering the window portions and a connectio... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076245 | Method of assembling a golf club organizing assembly A golf club organizing assembly includes divider members having upper and lower longitudinal edges and respective slits and notches defined through the divider members between their upper and lower longitudinal edges for intersecting and interfitting the ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076246 | Method for manufacturing an automotive interior trim component and the resultant construction thereof An automotive interior trim panel has an outer flexible skin that overlies a rigid backing panel formed with a foam entry hole through which foam precursors are poured into a space between the skin and panel and they react and expand to generate a foam la... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076247 | Method of connecting a ball and socket joint to a control arm in a vehicle suspension system A method for connecting a ball and socket joint to a control arm in a vehicle suspension system includes providing the ball and socket joint with a socket portion having a circumferential flange. The ball and socket joint is initially aligned with an open... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076248 | Method of making a master tool The present invention provides a master tool and method for making a master tool. The master tool includes a plurality of precise three-dimensional shapes upraised from the surface of the master tool. Each of the precise shapes is defined by a distinct an... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076249 | Method of making a tube for use in a vibratory finishing machine A vibratory finishing machine includes a base having an upper face, coil springs mounted on the upper face of the base, a vibrator having an outer peripheral face and mounted on the base via the coil springs for vibration, a vibrating motor mounted on the... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076250 | Process for producing a heald shaft for weaving shafts out of a metal hollow section The invention concerns a process for producing a heald shaft for weaving shafts out of a metal hollow section, the height of which diminishes towards the ends on both sides. A light-weight extruded metal section is selected and adjusted to the maximal hei... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076251 | Method of manufacturing a field coil for motors A method of manufacturing a field coil for motors that does not require winding of a field coil on a pole core of a stator and that improves the space factor of the field coil. On a part of a conductor, an opening is formed to pass a pole core laid out in... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076252 | Method of manufacturing combination type thin film magnetic head A combination type thin film magnetic head including an inductive type writing thin film magnetic head and a magnetoresistive type reading thin film magnetic head successively stacked on a substrate is manufactured in the following manner. A metal or meta... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076253 | Method of manufacturing chip conductor A chip inductor has a coiled conducting wire and a magnetic core which is formed by sintering and in which the coiled conducting wire is embedded. Both end portions of the coiled conducting wire are exposed to both end surfaces of the magnetic core in an ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076254 | Apparatus for automatically pressure fitting parts The invention concerns an apparatus for automatically pressure fitting parts. In the apparatus, a work with part fitting holes is set on a work bench, and parts are fed to a predetermined position while being heated. The work bench is moved in an X- and a... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076255 | Apparatus for manufacturing needle attached sutures This invention relates to a needle attached suture manufacturing method and apparatus capable of cutting a suture exactly at the same length, with a simple construction and high efficiency. A transport/holding device 42 holds a suture Y and transports the... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076256 | Method for manufacturing magneto-optical data storage system A method for manufacturing a magneto-optical data storage system. The method includes the steps of providing a support surface and rotatably mounting a magneto-optical disk having a planar storage surface with a plurality of concentrically disposed data t... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076257 | System for making a printed circuit board A cutting apparatus wherein a blade holder includes two blades which are each designed for cutting web material (e.g., dry film photoresist) in a reverse manner prior to application of the material to a substrate (e.g., dielectric-conductor structure) des... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076258 | Method for insert molding and method for producing a connector A method for insert molding comprises the steps of assembling an insert to a holder, the holder having a support for the insert; setting the assembled insert and holder inside a metal mold; and casting resin into the metal mold. This invention dissolves t... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076259 | Valve bearing replacement A method of removing or replacing a trunnion bearing of a rotary valve having a downstream side with a downstream connection and having an upstream side with an upstream connection to a high pressure penstock, the rotary valve including a valve rotor insi... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076260 | Cigar clipper and method A clipper for cutting an end from a cigar preparatory to smoking the cigar includes a pair of relatively slidable body sections, each of which has an opening at an outer end dimensioned to permit a finger to pass thereinto and a pair of slide rails dispos... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076261 | Sheath for handsaws A sheath for handsaws of the kind having an elongated toothed blade and a handle at one end includes an elongated body with an open groove along the majority of the length of the body to receive the tooth line of the saw. Near a free lower end, the body c... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076262 | Wick trimmer A wick trimmer includes a gauge for assisting a user in trimming a candle wick to an appropriate length. The wick trimmer is adapted to be of a shape and size to allow a user to trim the wick within a votive holder, hurricane lamp, or the like without rem... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076263 | Hair clipper with resiliently removable cover portion enclosing a blade drive assembly Disclosed herein is a hair clipper comprising a blade set, a blade drive assembly located in rearward relation to the blade set and drivingly connected to the blade set, a housing assembly extending rearwardly from the blade set and including a main porti... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076264 | Coated manicure implement A manicure implement is coated with a corrosion-resistant, wear-resistant material, such as zirconium nitride, titanium nitride, di-titanium nitride, and titanium carbonitride. Deposition is preferably accomplished by a cathodic arc process using linear d... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076265 | Lawn mower having reciprocating cutter blade A lawn mower includes a housing, and two cutter members rotatably attached to the housing and rotated relative to each other in a reciprocating action, such that the cutter members may be actuated as a shearing action for cutting and trimming purposes. Th... | 06/20/2000 |
