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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6363567 | Vehicle mounted retractable golf shoe brush A shoe brush is mounted for slidable motion between a retracted position and an extended position. The brush is fixedly attached to longitudinally extending support members which are mounted for slidable motion on a support which is fixedly connected to t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363568 | Child's utensil A toothbrush or other utensil specifically designed for use by toddlers and small children provides a handle in the form of an animal figure having a body, which is essentially to scale. The handle carries either a rearwardly extending tail or forwardly e... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363569 | Device for connecting a wiper blade for windshields in motor vehicles to a wiper arm An apparatus for connecting a wiper blade for windows of motor vehicles to a driven wiper arm guided on one end of a motor vehicle with a free end of the wiper arm being pivotably connectable to a support element for an elongated, rubber-elastic wiper str... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363570 | Upright extraction cleaning machine with illumination A portable surface cleaning apparatus having a floor-traveling base module and an upright handle pivotally mounted to the base module, a liquid dispensing system including a dispensing nozzle associated with the base module and fluidly connected to a flui... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363571 | Convertible upright vacuum The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner operable in an on-floor mode and an above-floor mode. The filtration system of the vacuum cleaner is selectively fluidly connected to a brush housing directed toward the floor for the on-floor mode and, in an alte... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363573 | 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... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363574 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a tank assembly having an open end, a cap assembly removably connected to and generally closing off the open end, an inlet assembly disposed on one of the tank and cap assemblies, an exit opening disposed on one of the tank and c... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363575 | Door actuating system A door actuating system for the leaf of a fire door includes a safety fuse that detaches the fixture between the housing of the door actuating system and an arm on the door or the door frame, which then falls on the floor and are no longer in contact with... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363576 | Joint device for coupling a cover with a scanner body A joint device for coupling a cover with a body of a scanner. The joint device has a pivot means to enable the cover be lifted upward to a height desired according to the thickness of the scanning document. The pivot means has inner walls closed to the in... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363577 | Motor vehicle door handle assembly with maximized bearing interface A motor vehicle door handle assembly including a housing structure adapted to be mounted on a vehicle door and a handle pivotally mounted at one end thereof on the housing structure at an arcuate bearing interface. The bearing interface comprises an inner... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363578 | Handle of pistol nozzle A handle of a pistol nozzle with improved gripping comfort. It contains an inner tube and an outer tube and a soft cover engageable with the inner tube to cover the inner tube. The soft cover is structured such that the soft cover and the outer tube integ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363579 | Ergonomic hand attachable drain valves A hand attachable drainage valve having diagonally opposite ears with inwardly curved finger grasping areas between the ears to permit user with either larger or small hands to find a gripping postion that is comfortable for the user's fingers to grasp an... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363580 | Sifting net for a fiber distributor A fiber distributor for forming an air-laid fiber web on a running endless forming wire which, during operation, in principle is horizontal. The fiber distributor includes a suction unit positioned under the forming wire, a housing positioned above the fo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363581 | Distributed force hose clamp and method of use A hose clamp is provided for establishing a reliable, fluid-tight, seal between a hose and a receptacle therefore or to another length of hose. The clamp includes a plurality of clamp segments and a span ring, e.g., a spiral wound ring. Each clamp segment... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363582 | Pin-on clip The invention relates to pin-on clip, which is characterized by a support plate comprising a receiving orifice and a printable plate which can be applied to the support plate, having a visible side and a holding clip located on the outer face of the rear ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363583 | Fence-tightening device and method A tool for tightening a plurality of wire lengths that extend between a first bracing location on a first fence support and a second bracing location on a second fence support, the wire lengths defining an axis extending generally parallel to their length... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363584 | Cuff link with changeable element A cuff link includes a magnetic arrangement for ready substitution of alternative decorative elements. One or more links of the cuff link comprises a frame member that is magnetically engageable to a removable element having a decorative exterior surface.... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363585 | Cord-locking device and a milking unit removal device comprising such a cord-locking device A cord-locking device for releasably gripping a cord (4), which preferably may be used in a milking machine as a safety coupling. The cord comprises a grip member (12) arranged to receive the cord (4) and to hold releasably by a holding member (13). The g... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363586 | Set of parts for rigidly interconnecting the corners of two provided with hollow corner fittings, tools therefore, and assembly system A kit for rigidly connecting two containers provided at their corners with hollow corner fittings (4) has a spacer portion (120) which, when containers are rigidly connected together, ensures a predetermined spacing between them, a screwthreaded rod (116)... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363587 | Perforated release tape There is provided a mechanical fastener tape tab laminate comprising a tape tab backing having at least a first distal end portion, an inner tab portion and second distal end portion, the second distal end portion provided with a mechanical fastener mater... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363588 | Bag clamp A clamp for closing a polymer bag, including a pair of opposed clamp members wherein said clamp members are movable between a closed and an opened condition, each one of said pair of clamp members having a long axis and an inner and an outer surface. A hi... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363589 | Rescue hook with safety locking mechanism This invention relates to a rescue hook assembly that utilizes a spring-loaded gate across the opening into the hook and has an improved safety locking mechanism to prevent accidental opening of the gate. The locking mechanism works independently from the... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363590 | Safety buckle with buffer means A safety buckle includes a male buckle member and a female buckle member detachably fastened together, the female buckle member having a receiving chamber for receiving the male buckle member, wherein the female buckle member has a buffer element disposed... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363591 | Safety belt buckle An improved safety belt buckle for use with a buckle end pretensioner. The buckle for a vehicle safety restraint belt comprises a latch (5) moveable between a tongue engaging position in which the buckle is fastened and a tongue disengaged position in whi... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363592 | Diamond-coated fabric treatment rolls A process for angularly sueding a textile web containing fill and warp yarns with the steps of: supplying the web, controlling the tension of the web, engaging the web with at least one diamond-coated abrasive treatment roll disposed at an abrasion angle,... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363593 | Feeding a needling machine with a continuous spiral strip A machine for needling a textile structure built up from a wound strip of material to be needled that is delivered by strip supply means comprising a storage drum containing said wound strip of textile material, an unwinding assembly for continuously extr... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363594 | Apparatus for mounting a sleeve on a spindle An apparatus for mounting a sleeve on a spindle includes a frame, and a finger arrangement movably mounted on the frame, the finger arrangement including a plurality of fingers arranged at a common first radius around an imaginary centerline of the finger... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363595 | Cue tip installation apparatus A cue tip installation apparatus is provided comprising a clamp frame having a top portion that includes a threaded screw ram reception channel, and another portion that includes a pair of clamp wings. A cue reception channel is located between the clamp ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363596 | Mounting/demounting device for mounting and/or demounting a fuel injection valve An installation/removal device is used to install and remove a fuel injector in/from a receiving bore hole of an internal-combustion-engine cylinder head. The installation/removal device includes a sheathing member having a tubular section and a contactin... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363597 | Partial or complete use of a pressurized-gas cylinder known per se for compressed, liquefied or dissolved gases The invention relates to the partial or complete use of a pressurized gas cylinder known per se for compressed, liquefied or dissolved gases as a liner for a composite cylinder. This enables production costs of a composite cylinder to be reduced by 1/3 wh... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363598 | Method of assembling pipe joints A method of assembling pipe joints in a pipe string allows the circumferential orientation of a first pipe in the pipe string to be determined relative to a second pipe in the pipe string. Each pipe joint has a coupling member and at least one pin member,... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363599 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic disk including a glass substrate A method for making magnetic disks comprises the steps of: applying a protective layer of material on a sheet of glass; b) cutting the sheet of glass into glass squares; c) stacking the glass squares; d) removing a circular core from the stack of glass sq... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363600 | Method of removing photosensitive belt from printer A method of removing a photosensitive belt of a printing apparatus from rollers of a belt unit. In this method, since the photosensitive belt is circulated with at least one roller slanted with respect to the others so that the photosensitive belt moves i... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363601 | Process for the production of fittings and of a machine for the mechanical processing of suspended fibrous material as well as fittings and a machine produced according to the process Fittings and machine and process for production of the fittings and machine for a mechanical processing of suspended fibrous material that include at least one base and at least one processing element adapted to be exposed to flow of a fibrous suspension ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363602 | Clamp orientation machine and method of operation therefor to apply a clamp to a hose A clamp orientation machine and a method of operation therefor wherein the machine includes a magazine for containing at least one clamp, a movable clamp support member for supporting a clamp received from the magazine, a pair of movable gripper fingers f... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363603 | Erecting life-size resin lens array and method of manufacturing it The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an erect image, unity magnification, resin lens array by injection molding. Two injection-molded lens plates are stacked such that convexly warped sides thereof face each other or such that a conve... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363604 | Method and apparatus for cutting braided sheath of shielding wire Firstly, the tip portion of the braided sheath S3 exposed at the terminal thereof by stripping the outer jacket off S4 is widened into the shape of a funnel. Then the internal blades 9 disposed in the shape of a two-piece cylinder hold the periphery of th... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363605 | Method for fabricating a plurality of non-symmetrical waveguide probes A method for fabricating precision non-symmetrical L-shape waveguide end-launching probe for launching microwave signals in both vertical and horizontal polarizations is disclosed. The L-shape waveguide probe is in a form of thin plate, has a first arm an... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363606 | Process for forming integrated structures using three dimensional printing techniques An improved process for making a structure using three dimensional printing techniques is disclosed. Briefly stated, the method can be summarized by the following steps: A first type of powder material is deposited in a defined area to form a first layer.... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363607 | Method for manufacturing a high density connector A method of manufacturing a high density connector comprises five steps. The first step is to prepare essential elements of the connector, such as a dielectric cover, a metallic shell, a pair of guiding members and a plurality of contacts. Each contact is... | 04/02/2002 |
