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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6148562 | Soundproof spring and cover for window jamb liners An improved soundproofing system for a window sash mounted for sliding vertical movement between jambs of a window case includes first and second jamb liners which are mounted on opposite jambs of a window case, and which each define a vertically extendin... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148563 | Reach-in door for refrigerated merchandiser A refrigerated, reach-in merchandiser having a product display area with a front opening defined by casing means having at least two mullion members, a reach-in door for closing the front opening and being hingedly mounted on one of the mullion members by... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148564 | Vehicle door module A module (16) for mounting in an aperture (14) in the inner panel (12) of a door (10) of a motor vehicle includes a structural member (18) having a central portion (20) and arms (22) extending away from the central portion in different directions. Each ar... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148565 | Roof assemblies A roof assembly for a hipped conservatory roof has a ridge end member and glazing bars mounted thereon via connectors, each connector having a first part mounted on the ridge end member and having a top surface and a second part connected to a glazing bar... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148566 | Corner panel assembly The invention is a corner panel assembly for mounting at the intersection of at least two surfaces. In detail, the panel assembly includes a panel for mounting in the corner, with the panel having a first principle surface facing the corner and a second p... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148567 | Wall panel system A space-dividing wall panel system which includes components which are compatible with various types of wall panels and furniture components therefor. These components include a connector bracket having multiple inserts for supporting furniture components... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148568 | Modular turntable for a building An improved turntable is provided for use in a building, such as in a residential or office environment, wherein the turntable is constructed from an assembly of modular components for facilitated installation within a relatively low profile space. The tu... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148569 | Fastening device for joining together furnishing panels A fastening device to join together panels comprises a body (12) that has a spreader (32); a U-shaped spring (14) with arms (47, 48) provided with outward facing gripping portions (47", 48") protruding from the body and drawn together in a resting positio... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148570 | Photovoltaic building assembly with continuous insulation layer A photovoltaic building assembly (2) includes a building support surface, typically a roof (4) or a wall (6), on which a PV module support assembly (12) is mounted. The support assembly includes a base (18) secured to the support surface, and an upper por... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148571 | Roofing device for modulating and distributing sunlight The invention concerns a device that creates a semishaded surface whose level of exposure to sunlight can be determined and on which the sunlight can be distributed uniformly for a given period. It consists of a fixed framework (1) supporting a mobile rec... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148572 | Wall construction A knockdown unit comprising a framework for holding one or more panels and one or more doors, having two outside vertical jambs; at least one vertical mullion; at least one horizontal frame member; at least one sill frame member; the vertical jambs, the a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148573 | Non coatable drywall finishing system A drywall finishing system for finishing 1) normal inside and outside corners of any angle, 2) stub wall or closet corners, 3) window wrap corners, and 4) L-metal for window sills and areas where drywall ends against some other surface like brick. The fin... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148574 | Roofing for buildings A roofing truss (3) has an end plate (10) for engagement against a flange (1a) of a supporting I-beam (1). To aid assembly of the truss and I-beam and to locate the same after assembly the upper end of the plate (10) carries on the surface to face the I-b... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148575 | Structural member and process for producing a structural member A structural member, in particular for wall and ceiling shuttering, has a working surface and a structural frame on which the working surface is mounted; and frame members perpendicular to the working surface that form the structural frame. The working su... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148576 | Energy conserving wall unit and method of forming same A wall which is energy conserving, particularly useful for a prison or other types of buildings, has a security inner structural element structure which may be formed of concrete blocks, the outer facings of which are formed with vertical sockets shaped a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148577 | Modular floor protection mat system A new modular floor protection mat system for protecting a variety of sizes and types of floor surfaces from contaminants such as dirt, petroleum products and thawing compounds and the like falling off of vehicles parked on the floor surface. The inventiv... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148578 | Slate and interlayment roof and a method of preparing the same An improved roof and method wherein each course of slate is underlain with an interlayment material layer such that the interlayment material acts as a base to the through joints, resulting in a reduction in the amount of slate used by approximately 40% t... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148579 | Prefabricated wood trusses with pre-braced compression web members A prefabricated wood truss with pre-braced compression webs comprising a pre-installed wood truss having at least one reinforcing brace attached along at least a portion of a length of an interior wood web member structured to be placed in compression.... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148580 | Safety frame In a first embodiment of the invention, a safety frame comprises at least four legs; a pair of spaced apart beams, each connected to two of the legs; and at least one cross-beam extending between and secured to the pair of spaced apart beams. At least one... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148581 | Internal high pressure formed nodal connection element for a frame construction, and method of making same A frame construction includes at least one nodal connection element and several tube-shaped frame elements connected thereto. The frame elements and the nodal connection elements are manufactured by hydraulic internal high pressure forming and are joined ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148582 | Doorjamb assembly with extruded unitary molding and stop members An improved door jamb and brickmold assembly is provided wherein an extruded thermoplastic molding and stop member is secured to wooden support members to define the door jambs and mullions of a door and jamb assembly. The co-extruded plastic molding and ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148583 | Reinforcing brace frame The reinforcing brace frame is utilized in building walls as a complete system of protection against both the severe shear stress and uplifting encountered during tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes. The reinforcing brace frame includes two vertically-s... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148584 | Trim attachment system Wood trim is attached to the wail around a door, window, etc, by means of an extruded plastic attachment strip. The strip is formed with a hollow box-shaped protrusion which serves as a spline, which engages a complementary groove in the profile of the wo... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148585 | Architectural column cover and wall panel assembly An architectural assembly comprising a plurality of panels and a plurality of hooking members. The hooking members are in locked engagement with longitudinal edges of the panels, and fixedly couple together these panels. The panels may be semi-circular in... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148586 | Panel-shaped building element A building panel with a folded-plate structure made of perforated, trapezoidally corrugated sheet metal, plastic foam being attached into the corrugations so as to fill them, narrow sides of the building panel run parallel to the corrugations and have dia... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148587 | Bag with an access hole in one panel A bag includes a first panel with at least one access hole in it, and a second panel without a hole corresponding to the at least one hole of the first panel. Preferably, two holes are present, preferably near the bag mouth. The panels are substantially e... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148588 | Fill-through-the-top package and method and apparatus for making the same A fill-through-the-top reclosable package includes first and second opposing body panels joined to each other along a pair of sides and a bottom bridging the pair of sides. The package is provided with a reclosable fastener extending along a package top d... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148589 | Method and apparatus for packaging group of cylindrical articles Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for sorting cylindrical articles such as dry cells and certainly cutting and heat-sealing a cylindrical film of thermal shrinkage resin at a boundary between a film portion enclosing one group and a film portion encl... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148590 | Packaging structure A packaging structure for holding an object securely against a rigid backing. The structure includes a substantially rigid panel having a pair of generally parallel fold lines which define respective folding side portions and a center portion. A flexible ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148591 | Packaging structure A packaging structure for holding an object securely against a rigid backing. The structure includes a substantially rigid panel having a pair of generally parallel fold lines which define respective folding side portions and a center portion. A flexible ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148592 | Direct contact rein A braided romal rein having a bit end that is directly attachable to a bit, without the need for a separate connecting piece, provides direct contact between the bit in the animal's mouth and the rider's hands. The bit end of the rein comprises a rigid me... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148593 | Multifunctional handle for controlling an agricultural combine The device is a multifunctional handle for controlling an agricultural combine. The device consists of palm grip with a finger rest. Attached to the palm grip is a crescent control region. The crescent control region has an upper control area and a lower ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148594 | Cotton retriever A method and apparatus for retrieving material, typically cotton, from the ground, comprising a main body, a rotating saw drum, a rotating brush drum, and a conveyor device. The main body is coupled to a large vehicle, such as a cotton picker. The saw dru... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148595 | Passive distribution deflector for grass clippings collection system A passive distribution deflector for use in a grass collection system on a riding mower or the like. The deflector has a lower body portion having substantially closed side walls and an open bottom portion, and an open top portion having a cross-sectional... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148596 | Individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister In an individual-spindle-drive type multiple twister that directly employs separate motors to drive the spindle shafts of each twisting unit, when a spindle is inserted into the housing during motor assembly, a rotor and a stator may attract each other an... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148597 | Manufacture of polyolefin fishing line Yarns and fishing lines are made by a process that includes the step of exposing an opaque yarn made from ultrahigh molecular weight, gel spun polyolefin filaments to a temperature within the melting point range of the filaments for a time sufficient to a... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148598 | Thread delivery device for a textile spinning, throwing, texturing or suchlike machine It comprises a bowl (2) driven positively in rotation and a guide finger (3) which is spaced from the bowl (2) and is mounted on an arm (6) articulated relative to a support (7) mounted on the frame of the machine. The shaft (8) supporting the bowl (2) is equi... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148599 | Process and apparatus for gasifying solid carbonaceous material having a high moisture content A process and apparatus for gasifying high moisture content carbonaceous material by introducing a solid first carbonaceous material (1) into at least one pressurized drier vessel (2), the first carbonaceous material having a moisture content above about ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148600 | One-piece sheet metal cowl for combustor of a gas turbine engine and method of configuring same A one-piece cowl for use in assembled relationship with a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the cowl being of a generally annular configuration defining a central cowl axis and being axially elongated and aerodynamically contoured relative to the central... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148601 | Engine fuel control system and method Accuracy and predictability are provided in a fuel control system for an engine system including a fuel supply and a combustion chamber. The fuel control system includes at least one fuel injector having a calibrated nozzle to direct a fuel flow from the ... | 11/21/2000 |
