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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6435070 | Automatically sharpenable saw chain A saw chain formed in part from planar cutting link blanks including a cutter portion having a top edge surface and a side surface that intersect to form a line edge. A leading portion of the cutting link blank is twisted out of the plane of the blank so ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435071 | Vehicle for traveling through hostile environments An inexpensive, highly maneuverable vehicle is provided for operating within the proximity of landmines. The vehicle is preferably hydrostatically propelled and includes an adjustable hydraulic suspension for providing a varying ground clearance depending... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435072 | Rotary actuator with cushion mechanism The invention provides a rotary actuator having a rack driven in an oscillating manner by an air pressure, a pinion engaged with the rack, and a cushion mechanism for stopping the rack to at least one normal or inverse stroke end in a cushioning manner. T... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435073 | Outer casing for a hydraulic cylinder A combination of an outer casing and a hydraulic cylinder includes a tubular and transparent tube which has two open ends and the hydraulic cylinder is received in the outer casing. A fitting and a piston rod on two ends of the hydraulic cylinder respecti... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435074 | Bearing device for swash plate type compressors In a swash plate type compressor comprising a piston 4 slidably received in a cylinder bore disposed parallel with the driving shaft and a swash plate 2 obliquely attached to the driving shaft and engaged by the piston 4 through a bearing device, the bear... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435075 | Fluid actuator for hinged vehicle safety devices A fluid actuator attaches a hinged safety device to a vehicle and pivots the hinged safety device between retracted and extended positions. The housing of the actuator has a base and a removable cover. A sub-assembly is attached to the base. The subassemb... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435076 | Air compressor assembly with bearing pocket An apparatus includes an air compressor containing a piston in a cylinder, a flywheel having an axis of rotation, and an elongated linkage structure interconnecting the flywheel with the piston. A support member projects from the flywheel. A bearing suppo... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435077 | Piston head The invention relates to a piston head (10) of a piston for an internal combustion engine, in particular for diesel engines, comprising an upper part (12) having a piston crown extending substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis (A) of a pist... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435078 | Cooking apparatus with grease removal system An integrated system including an oven and a separator for converting a grease/water mixture exiting the oven into a grease component and a gray water component is disclosed. The oven, which may be considered to be independent of the integrated system, in... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435079 | Machine for preparing food products A machine for preparing food products, for example lasagne, comprising a feeder which is suitable to take a plurality of lines of product and to feed each line to a respective product conveyor; each line comprises product distribution units suitable to di... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435080 | System for securely and removably attaching a food processing adapter to a food processing and juicing unit A system for attaching a food processing adapter to a food processing unit includes an upper processing adapter attached to a pressure assembly of the unit, and a lower processing adapter attached to a holder at a base of the unit. The holder includes a f... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435081 | Toaster cover A toaster cover, such as for use with a toaster, that safely and effectively covers a toaster while enhancing usability is described. The toaster cover includes first and second rigid side panels spaced apart from one another. The toaster cover also inclu... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435082 | Portable electropressing apparatus A portable electropressing apparatus is provided with an installing base having an installing surface extending in a plane in parallel with the axial movement directions (horizontal, vertical and oblique) of a pressing ram so that the apparatus may be may... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435083 | Press having a plunger adjusting system, particularly for massive forming A press has a press plunger with an adjustable pressure piece. By way of an adjusting device, this pressure piece is supported on the remaining press plunger. A motor-operated tensioning device is additionally assigned to the motor-operated adjusting devi... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435084 | Rotary type stencil printing machine To adjust positions of pinch rollers without rotating a press drum, in a nonprinting state, the pinch rollers are lifted to upper positions at which the pinch rollers are not brought into contact with the press drum by pivoting arms and cams, and the pinc... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435085 | Print screen frame assembly and method of making A print screen frame assembly used in the textile screen print industry. The frame assembly is formed of electrical conduit comprised of a rigid metallic conduit material which is coated to resist solvents, dyes and other chemicals commonly used in the pr... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435086 | Retractable inking/coating apparatus having ferris movement between printing units A retractable in-line inking/coating apparatus selectively applies either spot or overall ink/coating to a blanket or flexographic plate on a blanket cylinder or spot coating or overall ink/coating to a flexographic printing plate on a plate cylinder in a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435087 | Printing press cylinder having metal foam interior and method of making A printing press cylinder for a rotary printing press is light in weight and has vibration dampening properties. A metal foam filling is placed inside the cylinder.... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435088 | Sheet guide unit for sheet-fed press A sheet guide unit for a sheet-fed press which will prevent the sheet from flapping or fluttering, and allow sheets of thinner paper to be conveyed smoothly even when using a skeleton cylinder, The sheet guide unit is provided under an intermediate cylind... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435089 | Manual imprinter for transferring the image of a relief formation to a writing surface A manual imprinter for transferring the image of a relief formation to a writing surface, preferably to imprint a document with the number of a security seal personalized by a relief numbering. The manual imprinter, in the presently preferred embodiment, ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435090 | Sheet receiving apparatus in sheet-fed rotary printing press A sheet receiving apparatus in a sheet-fed rotary printing press includes at least one paper receiving bar, an air cylinder, and a moving plate. The paper receiving bar is inserted in a dropping path for a sheet-like printing product to temporarily stop i... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435091 | Apparatus for clamping plates to external drum devices, based on movable clamps A system for loading and clamping one or more plates onto the cylindrical surface of a rotatable drum, such as used in a platesetter for printing, and for unloading the plates from the drum. The system is characterized by clamps that are movable over the ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435092 | Method of producing a newspaper A method for producing a printed product, such as a newspaper using a plurality of product and part-product webs. The webs, or selected ones of the webs can be longitudinally or transversely perforated or both. This allows a simple way for accomplishing t... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435093 | Printing apparatus for detecting and controlling an amount of ink solvent impregnated into a blanket The present invention provides an offset printing apparatus for transferring an ink pattern onto a medium to be printed through a blanket. The apparatus includes a detector for detecting an amount of ink solvent impregnated into the blanket.... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435094 | Web processing with electrostatic moistening An apparatus for processing a web of material by applying a liquid material to the web, heating the web, cooling the web and moistening the web is provided with an applicator that applies the liquid material to the web, a drying apparatus that heats the w... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435095 | Linear ignition system A linear ignition system for a metal-sheathed linear explosive including in one embodiment the ends of two metal-sheathed linear explosives are connected by a non-electrically conductive sleeve leaving a gap between the ends, and a Pyrofuze.RTM. bridge co... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435096 | Method and apparatus for controlled small-charge blasting by decoupled explosive A cartridge containing an explosive charge is inserted at the bottom of a short hole drilled in the rock. The cartridge is held in place or stemmed by a massive stemming bar of high-strength material such as steel. The cartridge incorporates additional in... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435097 | Protective device for deployable fins of artillery projectiles A low cost protective cap that will offer protection of deployable fins for full bore artillery projectiles. A form fitting, composite cap that disintegrates on muzzle exit acts as a protective measure. The cap interfaces with the projectile obturator to ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435098 | Suspension system for a railway repair machine A suspension system configured to provide suspension to a railroad maintenance machine having a frame and a chassis, where the suspension system is selectively operable between work and transportation modes of the machine. The suspension system includes a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435099 | Powered pushing unit A powered pushing unit transfers ads no greater than a predetermined magnitude in one direction along the length of a load transfer system. The pushing unit includes a frame and a source of power for moving the pushing unit back and forth along the length... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435100 | Machine for transport of passengers and cargo An electrically powered vehicle transportation system utilizes a guideway with parallel enclosed rails. Each enclosed rail has an electrical bus bar for supplying power to vehicles on the guideway. The guideway will accommodate dual-mode vehicles that are... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435101 | Flexible vandal-resistant panels A strong, flexible and vandalism-resistant panel is provided. The panel has a flexible interwoven skeleton structure that is embedded in a layer of polymer material. The skeleton structure is formed from a generally parallel arrangement of linear cross-me... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435102 | Front section of a railway car The invention relates to the front section of a railway car comprising a motor transverse beam (2) which is horizontally arranged and vertical to the railway car axis (1). Both front section ends are firmly connected to the longitudinal supports located o... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435105 | Suspended storage structure An overhead storage assembly, vendable as a kit, includes a plurality of panels each of a rectangular planform having dimensions that are integer multiples of conventional structural spacing. The panels may be joined to each other to form a common support... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435106 | Modular table system with cable management A table assembly consists of a table top supported by a leg assembly, which includes a vertical tubular leg member. The leg assembly further includes a foot member mounted to the lower end of each leg via a mounting member. The length of the foot member c... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435107 | Variable workstation furniture system having a furniture frame comprised of columns and foot extensions A variable workstation furniture system having a furniture frame with vertical columns and foot extensions, whereby the lower ends of the columns can be connected to base elements to which the front and rear foot extensions can be connected. The design of... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435108 | Disposable and reusable spacer rack, and method of using same A disposable and reusable spacer rack apparatus, for cooperating with a pallet to suppport a stack of thin sheets of printable stock thereon. A spacer rack apparatus includes a body member, having an upper surface and a substantially flat lower surface. T... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435109 | Mobile workstation A mobile workstation capable of supporting various types of electrical or diagnostic equipment for use primarily in the health care environment comprising a work surface supported by a pedestal and a base. The base includes casters for easy portability of... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435110 | Mobile veterinary treatment prep table The present invention relates to a veterinary medical lift device to treat animals. Specifically, this invention relates to a mobile veterinary preparation table with a sloping flange or an angled ramp that is height-adjustable and that allows a large deg... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435111 | Counterbalance table A counterbalance table includes telescoping members for supporting the table. The telescoping members are augmented by gas cylinders which may be locked to preclude engagement with the table or unlocked so as to engage the table and facilitate supporting ... | 08/20/2002 |
