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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6334220 | Adjustable disposable garment protector According to the present invention, an adjustable disposable garment protector is provided and includes a protector support adapted to support the garment protector from the neck of a user; a protector cover supported at its first end by the protector sup... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334221 | Sleeping bag A sleeping bag (10) which includes a main body (11) for substantially enclosing the trunk of a user, and at least one body portion (12a, 12b, 13a, 13b) attached or attachable to the main body (11), the at least one body portion (12a, 12b, 13a, 13b) being ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334222 | Sock for athlete's foot A sock for preventing athlete's foot includes sheaths at the toe portion of the foot that can reach, cover, and fit into areas between toes. The sheaths can absorb moist, greasy and other secretions between toes and keep skins in the area dry. This preven... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334223 | Perineum cushioning device A perineum cushioning device for protecting the penile artery of a bicyclist. The perineum cushioning device includes a panel, the panel has a front edge, a back edge, a first side edge and a back side edge. A securing means, including a pair of loop memb... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334224 | Whirlpool jet assembly A whirlpool jet assembly has both an articulatable nozzle and a rotary face. The nozzle can be directed over a range of angles to provide a narrow stream of water and air to hit a selected spot. The rotary face is easily installed to fluidly and mechanica... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334225 | Moveable shower seat A displaceable seat is carried by support bars with outer support legs. The inner ends of the bars rest through rollers on rails extending across a bathtub. The outer support legs extend downwards to terminate in casters which rest on the bathroom floor a... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334226 | Faucet support member A faucet support member for fixing a faucet in a mounting hole made in a base plate, comprising tightening members which are fixed to a support seat, which is provided to support a base end portion of the faucet, by connectors so that the tightening membe... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334227 | Seat Seat that comprises an envelope containing incompressible filling pieces, such as polystyrene balls. In addition, this seat comprises a bottom wall and side walls made of a rigid, semirigid and/or impermeable material, and an upper wall of which at least ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334228 | Apparatus, system and method for quantifying carbon dioxide dispersal on ventilated sleep surfaces A method for quantifying airflow, in the form of a measured airflow rate, through a porous surface. The method is particularly useful for ventilated sleep surfaces used to prevent SIDS. Provided that one knows the correlation between air flow rate and CO | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334229 | Apparatus for cleaning edges of contaminated substrates An apparatus for cleaning edges of substrates is described. The present invention provides a cleaning mechanism that cleans particles off the edge of the wafer based on friction and/or a difference in tangential velocity at a point of contact between the ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334230 | Wafer cleaning apparatus A wafer cleaning apparatus includes a wafer holding mechanism and a wafer cleaning head; the mechanism contacts the outer edge of the wafer and has a surface substantially flush with the wafer surface. The wafer cleaning head includes a wafer cleaning ele... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334231 | Infant toothbrush An infant toothbrush is described that comprises a generally cylindrical handle member and a brush head. The handle member is in the form of a baby bottle having an upper end and lower end. The brush head is releaseably securable to the upper end of the b... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334232 | Toothbrush and electric toothbrush A toothbrush for removing plaque, tarter and calculus from teeth. The toothbrush includes an elongated grip handle having a plurality of toothbrush bodies mounted on an end. The toothbrush bodies are adapted to clean various surfaces of teeth simultaneous... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334233 | Vacuum cleaner with snap-fit handle and torque-reducing support A vacuum cleaner having an improved structural handle/support assembly for supporting a vacuum cleaner module. The handle/support assembly has a primary support member, a secondary support member and a snap-in handle section. The primary and secondary sup... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334234 | Cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner An upright vacuum cleaner has a cleaning head for cleaning a surface and an upper body portion mounted on the cleaning head. The upper portion comprises a longitudinally extending axis, at least one cyclone having an air entry port and a motor positioned ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334235 | Self-driving, self-locking and damping hinge strap, and a hinge fitted with such straps The invention relates to a self-driving and self-locking hinge strap for mounting between two adjacent elements (A1, A2), the strap being of the type constituted by at least one resilient strip (3) preformed to have a section that is... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334236 | Vehicle door prop clip for a vehicle hinge with split pins A vehicle door hinge-mounted prop clip for a vehicle hinge with split pins, comprises first and second interference lobes defining a undulating circumferential edge, said interference lobes being adapted to sequentially releasably contact a portion of the... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334237 | Sliver accommodation-conical method and device This invention relates to a method and apparatus for loading sliver onto a sliver tray placed in a designated location in a semi-truncated conical shape without using spindles. This invention enables sliver S spun out of a coiler system C to be accommodat... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334238 | Method of operating a draw unit of a spinning preparation machine A method of operating a sliver draw unit of a spinning preparation machine includes the following steps: applying, by incremental rotary displacement sensors, signals to an electronic control and regulating device; determining from the signals the angular... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334239 | Key holder This disclosure is directed to a key and memo pad holder which includes a garment clip in the form of an alligator clip having a bar like jaw to which a main key loop is detachably connected. The main key loop includes a slidably disposed sleeve on one en... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334240 | Lace buckle device A lace buckle device in the present invention includes a buckle base, an operative rod and a spring. The buckle base is provided with a central vertical hollow and a lateral hole. Two slant holes are respectively provided at the left and right sides of th... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334241 | Container lock The invention relates to a container lock including an upper and a lower locking lug (1, 24) capable of being passed into a respective lock groove (51, 53) in juxtaposed container corners (50, 52) and turned so as to lock therein in that the lower locking... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334242 | Fuel rail to intake manifold mounting clip A clip for mounting a fuel rail to an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The fuel rail has an outer surface and a projection on the outer surface. The engine has a retaining feature. The clip includes a body extending in a plane and first, second, a... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334243 | Method of and apparatus for manipulating tows of filter material for tobacco smoke A tow of filamentary filter material for tobacco smoke is stretched between an upstream pair and a downstream pair of advancing rolls. Suction nozzles are provided to evacuate air from those portions of the path for the tow which are located immediately u... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334244 | Method for producing ink-jet recording head In a method of making an ink jet recording head, oxide films are formed on both surfaces of a silicon substrate, followed by a first metal film, a piezoelectric film, and a second metal film. A positive resist is formed on the bottom of the substrate, and... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334245 | Method of making gas generator for air bag and air bag system An air bag gas generator has a cylindrical member that permits reliable welding of the cylindrical member with an inner surface of a ceiling portion of a housing even if the welding surface is slightly misaligned. It furthermore permits welding in such a ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334246 | Method for fixing an additional bottom to the external surface of the bottom of a container A method for fixing an additional bottom to the external surface of the bottom of a container, wherein the additional bottom and the container are mutually fixed by coining in a die with a male part and a female part which are connected to the footing and... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334247 | High density integrated circuit apparatus, test probe and methods of use thereof The present invention is directed to a high density test probe which provides a means for testing a high density and high performance integrated circuits in wafer form or as discrete chips. The test probe is formed from a dense array of elongated electric... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334248 | Apparatus and method for the continuous high speed rotary application of stamping foil A technique and machine for transferring discrete areas of material, such as hot stamping foil, from a carrier onto positions spaced apart along a substrate, such as paper. The carrier is dispensed at a rate that is much less than the speed of movement of... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334249 | Cavity-filling method for reducing surface topography and roughness A method of minimizing the volume of the depressions 240 in aluminum cavity filling processes, by-depositing a conformal first layer of aluminum alloy 220 by chemical vapor deposition, long-throw sputtering, collimated sputtering, or ionized physical vapo... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334250 | Method of fixing a flexible flat cable to a cable holder A cable holder for holding a flexible flat cable having a film portion, flat wires running in the film portion, a reinforcement portion where a reinforcement sheet is attached and notches formed respectively in opposite side edges of the reinforcement por... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334251 | Method of manufacturing a connecting structure for covered wires A method for manufacturing a connecting structure for covered wires is provided at first, a shield wire (1) and a ground wire (2) are prepared. After overlapping the ground wire (2) on the shield wire 1 across each other, respective overlapping portions o... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334252 | Production of vehicles A compact vehicle production line is disclosed. The production line comprises a floor process of assembling floor constituent parts. Each is an aluminum alloy extrusion die cast product, which has been made, in an extrusion die casting process, by forcing... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334253 | Adjustable wire stripper An adjustable wire stripper includes a housing, a cutter holder revolvably mounted in a top open chamber of the housing and holding a cutter outside the housing for cutting the insulator of an electric wire, a lever adapted to rotate the cutter holder in ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334254 | Wide blade scraper In order to ergonomically induce relative sliding between a base and a cover member wherein the base is slidably mounted on the base and wherein the two members go to make a wide blade scraper body, a cam bearing wheel is mounted on the base and arranged ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334255 | Shears capable of cutting simultaneously a plurality of objects of different dimensions and profiles A pair of shears comprises two pivotally-fastened handles, two blades pivoted to the handles, and a connection device pivoted with the two blades. The two handles are provided with a cutting edge. As the two handles are moved toward each other, the cuttin... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334256 | Sharpener unit The sharpener units includes a pencil or core sharpener and a cover housing, which surrounds and secures the sharpener and comprises a floor part and a hood that is detachably secured thereto. A throughgoing opening is also provided for guiding a pencil o... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334257 | Electronic angle-measuring device Electronic angle-measuring device with two legs which are pivotably attached to one another. An angle-measuring sensor having two measurement plates which can be displaced with respect to one another is situated in the pivot point of these legs. At the en... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334258 | Inspection device for examining a piece of aperture graphite of an extraction electrode An inspection device for examining a piece of aperture graphite of an extraction electrode, and the aperture graphite includes a to-be-examined curve and a to-be-examined engagement portion. The inspection device includes a sidewall surface having a stand... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334259 | Scoring tool for siding material and method of use A single tool is provided to score the surface of aluminum or vinyl siding regardless of profile. The tool comprises an extensible measuring rail at the end of which is attached a scoring knife attached, the rail and knife being extensible from a siding g... | 01/01/2002 |
