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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6189529 | Collapsible cooking apparatus A collapsible cooking apparatus including a collapsible generally circular shaped hollow cooking enclosure that has containers in its interior for holding fuel during the cooking process. A collapsible structure is also included for suspending articles ab... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189530 | Portable outdoor cooker with convex cooking surface A portable outdoor cooker is provided which includes a round, sheet-like heat transfer plate adapted for easy movement between operative and inoperative positions by a single person. The heat transfer plate has an upwardly facing convex cooking surface wi... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189531 | Adjustable flow regulator device An adjustable gas flow regulator device primarily for use in medical care, said device comprising a two-part body (8/25) having a high pressure gas inlet connector (1) and a gas outlet connector (16) mounted thereon. Mounted within the body is a conventio... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189532 | Valve for use in a gas delivery system A safety valve for use in closed systems wherein there is a flow generator delivering oxygen or some other type of breathing gas to a patient. The safety valve of the present invention vents to the open atmosphere in the event that the breathing gas gener... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189533 | Endotracheal intubation device The present invention relates to an endotracheal intubation device that will allow visualization of the airway of a patient during intubation simultaneous with suctioning ability to remove debris in the airway. The endotracheal intubation device includes ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189534 | Bi-functional in-line phonation valve An in-line phonation valve system including a valve body having first and second ends through which gas passes into and out of the valve body. The first end is connectable to a breathing tube connected to a patient's airway, for passage of gas between the... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189535 | Deflatable vaginal pessary The pessary 22, which will alleviate the common female problems of stress incontinence and prolapse, includes an annular hollow body 24 and an air tube 26. The hollow body is ring shaped and is made deflatable. While the body 24 is being inserted into the... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189536 | Method for protecting implantable devices A pulse waveform is provided to at least one surface of an implantable device to protect it from corrosion from a corrosive fluid. The pulse waveform can be delivered through ether anodic or cathodic monophasic or asymetrical biphasic pulses using one ele... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189537 | Process for producing osteoinductive bone, and osteoinductive bone produced thereby The invention produces osteoinductive bone using a controlled-flow apparatus. The apparatus allows for the controlled extraction of undesirable constituents from a body tissue. The invention provides for the demineralization of ground bone particles or pi... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189538 | Tourniquet and method of using A non-pneumatic tourniquet for use in treating deep vein thrombosis including: a band, the band having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end and said second end have structure for adjustably connecting to one another; and an adjustable disc... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189540 | Hair styling comb A hair styling comb includes a molded plastic or metal core member including a body part having first and second sets of integrally formed spaced apart comb teeth extending in directions substantially normal to each other. The first set of teeth extends f... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189541 | Method and machine for creating nail art on person's digit A hand operated self-contained machine made out of molded plastic for applying an image on a nail of a person's digit or a golf ball includes a base frame including side rails. An element is provided to establish a reference point. An image creating holde... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189542 | Multipurpose hair clip An improved hair clip employs a pair of cooperating main members that are pivotally connected and biased into a hair engaging orientation. Each of the main members is contoured and includes a first end spaced apart from a second end by a middle portion. T... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189543 | Device and accessory for styling hair A device for styling hair includes a flexible. relatively long body portion having a separating opening therein through which to receive a user's hair. This body portion has clasp portions extending from either end which can be closed into a corresponding... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189544 | Hair grip with pairs of teeth A hair grip has two elongate one-piece jaws connected by a spring-loaded hinge and delimited by two respective first longitudinal edges, two respective other longitudinal edges. The respective other longitudinal edges each carry spaced curved penetrating ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189545 | Apple-shaped dental floss dispenser and method therefor A dental floss dispenser having the external appearance of an apple. In one embodiment, the dispenser consists of two simulated apple halves, hingedly connected to one another. In another embodiment, the dispenser consists of a simulated apple half hinged... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189546 | Polishing process for manufacturing dopant-striation-free polished silicon wafers A multi-step polishing process for producing dopant-striation-free semiconductor wafers. The process includes polishing a surface of the wafer using a sodium stabilized colloidal silica slurry, an amine accelerant, and an alkaline etchant, polishing the s... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189548 | Piston cleaning and coating method and apparatus A method and apparatus for washing and drying a piston and thereafter coating the piston skirt with a dry film lubricant coating and oven-curing said coating. In the washing and drying operation the piston is carried through the apparatus on a conveyor, i... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189549 | Waste material skimming device A compact, self-contained skimming system for removing waste material from aqueous cleaning solutions used in parts washers. A single tank contains a sloped floor, two compartments separated by a baffle, and an opening between a bottom edge of the baffle ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189550 | Pump-connector The pump-connector has an elastic member that seals a connecting socket against a connecting piece that partly projects into the connecting socket. The elastic member is folded in between the connecting socket and the nozzle.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189551 | Dishwasher A dishwasher having a cabinet and wash chambers in the form of drawers which slide in and out of the cabinet. Rigid and flexible closures are disclosed for sealing off the wash chambers when retracted into the cabinet. A detergent dispenser for the dishwa... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189552 | Substrate processing device An apparatus for processing substrates is provided. The apparatus includes a receptacle for containing processing fluid, and at least one substrate support. Components of the receptacle and/or substrate support that come into contact with processing fluid... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189553 | Sunroom for pop-up type camp trailer A tent-like structure for a pop-up type camp trailer is disclosed. The tent-like structure includes an A-type frame which is attached to the top surface of the trailer and a cover which is received thereon. The side panels and the adjacent top panels of t... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189554 | Flush relief valve having floatable sleeve member Apparatus for delaying initiation of a successive flush cycle in a plumbing system utilizing a diaphragm flush valve having a relief valve assembly provided with a buoyant relief valve sleeve member that can rise in water trapped in the relief valve assem... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189555 | Valve arrangements for cleaning the interior of a valve member A valve arrangement is provided for connecting first and second conduits. The valve arrangement comprises a valve member mounted in a socket for movement between a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition, the valve member communicat... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189558 | Universal port vacuum breaker adapted for mounting within the upper ends of standpipes of different sizes A vacuum breaker having inlet port arrangements for accepting either a single input flow or multiple input flows, and adapted to vent multiple input flow substantially independently of one another, and further adapted for mounting within the open upper en... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189559 | Portable trough for water heaters A portable trough for water heaters for reducing the amount of time and effort taken to replace heating elements in water heaters. The portable trough for water heaters includes a container having side walls, a bottom wall which has a depressed back porti... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189560 | Connector assembly for medical gas service outlet A secondary valve unit is provided to interconnect a front/finish assembly and an existing wall outlet for supplying medical gases. The secondary valve unit includes a cylindrical body containing a secondary valve assembly to prevent gas leakage when the ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189561 | Valve cartridge for lift valve having the closing pressure on the sealing limited Valve cartridge (10) includes a housing (32) having inlet member (54), outlet member (52) and screw thread (34). Cavity (36) extends axially through housing (32) within which is a piston (38) which moves axially against piston seal (44) to open and close ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189562 | Overflow valve For operating pumps above the respective system resistance for all volume flows, for a spring-loaded, directly acting overflow valve for limiting the pressure in a system in which a liquid is lifted by a positive-displacement pump and flows through the sy... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189563 | Electronic pressure control pilot operated relief valve A pilot operated pressure relief valve is formed by a valve body having an inlet and outlet port forming a passageway therebetween. A centrally bored valve is slideably supported by the body for movement toward and away from the valve inlet. The valve bod... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189564 | Metering valve The present invention provides adjustable flow control valves 10 for controlling flow of a fluid from a fluid supply. The valves of the present invention can accurately regulate a wide range of flow rates and require a relatively small amount of torque to... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189565 | Valve with light emitting and detecting and detecting arrangement for monitoring opening and closing of the valve A valve arrangement includes a variable aperture through which fluid may flow, a closure element adjustable to vary the size of the aperture, and a sensor unit which generates an output signal dependent on the aperture size. The sensor unit has a light de... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189566 | Liquid distributor for column packings A liquid distributor for column packings is provided for the supplying of a liquid medium which includes a material or a material mixture and which tends to the development of inhomogeneities, for example, as a result of a segregation or of a polymerizati... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189567 | Tank valve mounting assembly An apparatus for mounting a vent valve assembly in an aperture of a fuel tank comprising a valve assembly including a housing having a body portion and a flange coupled to the body portion and with a retainer block extending from the body portion spaced-a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189568 | Series mountable gas valve A gas flow control valve configured to facilitate back-to-back mounting with a second, similarly constructed valve. The gas valve includes a valve body defining an inlet port and an outlet port, the inlet and outlet ports being surrounded by seal forming ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189569 | Faucet housing assembly The faucet housing assembly comprises an escutcheon and an undercover plate. The undercover plate fits into the undersurface of the escutcheon forming a snap-fit engagement, there being no need for any fasteners between the undercover plate and the escutc... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189570 | Gas panel A gas panel for use with a tool for manufacturing a semiconductor includes a one-piece manifold body having an inlet for receiving a process gas. The manifold body has at least one lateral wall extending in the general direction of gas flow. The lateral w... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189571 | Valve manifold device A valve manifold device for mounting pressure fluid valves (2) on a surface comprising a valve interface (A--A) and including channels (7-7',8) for supply and possibly return fluid, wherein channels are arranged for leading fluid to and from the valve int... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189572 | Pressure accumulator The present invention relates to a pressure fluid accumulator which includes a housing with a pressure fluid port and a body which is movably arranged in the housing and isolates at least two chambers in the pressure fluid accumulator from one another. Th... | 02/20/2001 |
