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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6088873 | Floor cleaning machine and method A floor cleaning machine having a body in which the body cover assembly is hollow and serves as the recovery solution reservoir; while the lower body assembly, which is also hollow, serves as the cleaning solution tank or reservoir. In addition, the lower... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088874 | Grommet A grommet including a cylindrical wire fitting portion for fitting on and holding a wire harness passing therethrough, and a panel fitting portion of a substantially oval tubular shape for being elastically deformed to be fitted in a through-hole of an ov... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088875 | Grommet A grommet is provided with an elastic grommet body, a mounting groove, a seal material and a cover portion. The grommet body has a first cylindrical portion disposed at one side, a second cylindrical portion disposed at the other end and a third cylindric... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088876 | Sealing grommet A grommet for sealing the interface between two vertically stacked building entrance protector and for protecting wires and/or cables traversing through openings of one building entrance protector to another. The grommet comprises a tubular body defining ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088877 | Glide attachment plate for furniture leg A glide attachment plate for supporting a glide with respect to the end of a furniture leg has a perimeter portion and an interior portion. The perimeter portion extends inboard from the exterior edge of the attachment plate to an interior edge which is s... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088878 | Height adjustable automotive deck lid bumper A deck lid bumper having a stud with a head and a shaft, the head adapted to bump against the deck upon closure of the deck against the bumper, the receptacle adapted to receive the shaft of the stud, the receptacle having means to secure the receptacle i... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088879 | Hinge A hinge has a hinge arm (5, 15) which is mounted on a mounting plate (10, 16) directly, or indirectly by way of an intermediate plate (8), and is rotatably connected by way of at least one hinge pivot to a hinge cup (4) securable to a door (3) of an artic... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088880 | Adjustable shoe for awning window hinge A sliding shoe portion of a awning window hinge includes a cantilevered rail fitting within a channel of a track on which the shoe slides. A wedge screw placed between the fulcrum of the cantilevered portion and its open end deforms the rail to control th... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088881 | Method and apparatus for separating foreign matter from fibrous material An apparatus for separating foreign matter from fiber tufts includes an air duct in which fiber tufts are pneumatically conveyed into the system via a high speed air stream. The air duct provides an air stream that conveys the fiber tufts with trash on to... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088882 | Regulated sliver drawing unit having at least one drawing field and method of regulation A regulated drawing unit for drawing fiber material includes an inlet through which the fiber material passes before being drafted; an outlet through which the fiber material passes after being drafted; a first arrangement defining a drawing field includi... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088883 | Clip connected unit This invention relates to a clip with which sheets can be fastened without being pricked. A plurality of long-and-narrow rectangular plate-like clips to be used in a clipping apparatus are arranged to be spaced away from the neighboring clips in parallel.... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088884 | Jewelry clasp A jewelry clasp is provided, comprising a first hollow member having a base end and a distal end, wherein the distal end includes a first eyelet member fixedly inserted therein; a second hollow member having a base end and a distal end, wherein the distal... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088885 | Strap retainer The device is a strap retainer having a generally arcuate retainer body 10 and a generally straight, cylindrical post 11. One end of retainer body 10 is integrally connected to one end of post 11. Two catch arms 12a&b are located on the free end of retain... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088886 | Hose clamp having a spring ring disposed within the clamp A clamp for clamping a hose fast on a pipe clamp that includes a clamp band and a spring ring that is fixed with a first portion thereof to the clamp band. The spring ring elastically clamps the hose when the clamp is initially fitted on the hose, but is ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088887 | Bags comprising matching closure profiles actuated by slider The present invention relates to a bag having complementary closure strips (30, 40) actuated by cursor (50), the bag being characterized by the fact that it comprises means (60) adapted to ensure sealing between the inside walls of the bag when the bag is... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088888 | Separable bottom stop assembly of slide fastener The present invention provides a separable bottom stop assembly which can be easily operated by children or people who are handicapped with one of their hands. A coupling member and a locking member respectively provided at lower ends of left and right fa... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088889 | Clamp operable as a hemostasis valve A manually operable clip operable as a hemostasis valve for use with intravenously inserted catheters. The valve preferably comprises a unitary piece of wire formed to have first and second jaw portions defining front and back ends that preferably include... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088890 | Safety belt buckle A buckle for a vehicle safety restraint for use with a pretensioner has an actuating button for operating a latch for the tongue of the safety restraint. The button is connected via pulleys to a counterbalancing mass. When the pretensioner is operated and... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088891 | Device for crimping synthetic thread bundles or strips A device for crimping synthetic thread bundles or strips has a machine frame, two rollers supported in a machine frame and forming between their jacket a narrow roller gap for delivering a thread bundle or strip, with the first roller provided on its face... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088892 | Method of aerodynamic texturing, texturing nozzle, nozzle head and use thereof A method of air jet texturing is described wherein the intensity of texturing is proposed to be increased in that an air flow exceeding Mach 2 is obtained by the design of the nozzle duct. The total opening angle of the nozzle duct (11) directly in front ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088893 | Method for producing a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film-type element A piezoelectric and/or electrostrictive film-type element comprises a zirconia substrate with a thin-walled diaphragm section provided integrally to cover and close a window to serve as a hollow space, and a film-shaped piezoelectric and/or electrostricti... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088894 | Methods of making composite ultrasonic transducers An improved composite ultrasonic transducer, and elements therefor, which may be made autoclavable, and a method of making these elements. A number of planar precursors comprising strips of piezoelectric ceramic material separated from one another by a po... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088895 | Method for descaling hot rolled strip This invention relates to a process for producing a cold rolled, recrystallation annealed, stainless steel strip having lustrous surfaces without being hot band annealed and/or pickled prior to cold reduction. The process includes the sequential steps of ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088896 | Prestressed compressor mount installation apparatus An elastomeric compressor mount has a hollow convex cylindrical head portion which must be passed upwardly through a substantially smaller diameter circular opening in a support foot portion of the compressor. To facilitate the passage of the mount head p... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088897 | Bucking bar end-effector for upsetting a rivet The present invention relates to a bucking bar assembly that positions a bucking bar for clamping a first panel and a second panel along a lap joint and upsets a rivet to fasten the first panel to the second panel at the lap joint. The assembly includes a... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088898 | Blind hole bearing puller A puller tool is comprised of a finger guide member having a central through bore and containing one or more fingers arranged for radial movement therein, an elongated actuating member having a rearward end and a forward end which passes through the centr... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088899 | Anti-splash apparatus for securing the lid of a container An apparatus for securing the lid of a container without causing any substance which has collected in the can rim to splash during the recovering process. More particularly this invention relates to an apparatus that secures the lid of a standard gallon o... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088900 | Apparatus for cutting light waveguide cables A method for cutting an outer cladding or tube of a light waveguide cable to form a gap includes removing material on the opposite lateral portions of the outer cladding to produce flattened areas, forming an annular cut on each end of the flattened area ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088901 | Method for producing a carrier element for semiconductor chips A carrier element for a semiconductor chip, in particular to be built into smart cards. The carrier element has a substrate that carries the chip and a stiffening sheet which also carries the chip and has a recess for receiving the chip and its connection... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088902 | Method of fixing a tubular metal member in an aperture and tool therefor A method of fixing a tubular metal member in an aperture which comprises, locating the tubular metal member in the aperture and deforming the 10 metal of the tubular member to expand to extend within the confines of said aperture, which may be formed in m... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088903 | Latching method for preventing off-axis error To provide a lathing method and apparatus capable of realizing lathing of a bar member made of a hard cutting material and lathing a stock made of a hard cutting material by a lathe including an NC automatic lathe, although lathing of the hard cutting mat... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088904 | Modular generator frame construction The generator frame includes an inner frame module having openings at opposite ends sufficiently large to permit installation of various elements of the stator core, including the laminations and windings. Separate end cap modules having openings for rece... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088905 | Method for manufacturing a dynamoelectric machine A dynamoelectric machine constructed for speed and accuracy of manufacturing has a stator core constructed of 90° symmetrical stator laminations and the windings have differing numbers of poles which overlap in slots of the stator core are wound of the c... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088906 | Method of manufacturing squirrel cage rotors A method of making a squirrel cage rotor of copper material for use in AC or DC motors, includes forming a core with longitudinal slots, inserting bars of conductive material in the slots, with ends extending out of opposite ends of the core, and joining ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088907 | Method for fabricating a head/slider assembly integrated with a track-following micro actuator A head/slider assembly is integrated with a track-following electrostatic micro actuator. A method for fabricating the head/slider assembly includes the steps of: forming a micro actuator structural layer on a slider substrate with a cavity formed therebe... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088908 | Method of making a head slider In a method for forming a horizontal head slider having a media opposing surface flying above or coming into contact with a recording medium, a film-like surface of a head for recording/reproducing information provided in parallel to the media opposing su... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088909 | Manufacturing method of complex magnetic head core A method for manufacturing a magnetic head core of a complex magnetic head includes binding a first core material of a U-shaped cross section and a second core material of a flat plate shape to form a tubular core material having two bonded portions betwe... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088910 | Apparatus and method for preloading antifriction bearings An apparatus and method for preloading roller bearings which rotatably support a pinion shaft in a differential gear assembly includes a drive mechanism which selectively engages and rotatably drives the yoke of the differential gear assembly in a counter... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088911 | Electronic component transferring apparatus An electronic component transferring apparatus for transferring electronic components, including at least one movable member, a movable-member moving device which moves the movable member, a rotary head which is supported by the movable member such that t... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088912 | Self-aligning slider and platform clamping system for manufacturing integrated lead suspensions A clamp assembly holds an integrated lead suspension during assembly. The clamp assembly has a number of features for precisely positioning the integrated lead suspension while transducer heads are being mechanically and electrically connected to it. The ... | 07/18/2000 |
