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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6647630 | Stud punch tool The present invention provides a novel stud punch tool for punching a stud. The tool includes a first member, a second member, a third member pivotally connected to the first and second members, and a punch assembly. The first member has an opening for re... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647631 | Can opener A can opener includes a pair of handles, a traction wheel, and a cutter blade for removing a lid of a can. An operating knob is supported at one side of the can opener and rotates about an axis transverse to a central axis of a can being opened. The knob ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647632 | Position measuring apparatus A position measuring apparatus for an alignment of an array of devices such as a thin film magnetic heads on a semiconductor wafer with a high degree of accuracy and satisfactory reproducibility, comprising, on a base, an object holding unit on which an o... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647633 | Low profile compass with removable protective cover and magnetic bull's eye alignment system A low profile compass of the type including a transparent base member and fluid-filled vial contains a directional indicator in the vial in the form of a circle which is alignable with another circle imprinted on the vial. A hinged cover assembly can be d... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647634 | Reliably sensing bubble leveling means A bubble leveling device includes a bubble level having a gas bubble formed on a liquid surface, an illuminator projecting light through or towards the gas bubble for producing an optical image of the gas bubble, and a sensor having a coordinate screen fo... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647635 | Device for measuring the spur length on the leg of a turkey A device for measuring the length of a spur on the leg of a turkey. A pair of leg cradles are placed on the back side of a turkey leg with the spur being located between two slide rails. A slide indicator is moved towards the spur until a spur bar comes i... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647636 | Method for measuring road surface longitudinal profile A measurement block 10 which moves longitudinally on a road surface includes disk-shaped first, second, and third rollers 11, 12, and 13 having the same outer diameter with a predetermined spacing set therebetween, a first coupling rod 14 which is mounted... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647637 | Use of magneto-resistive sensors for borehole logging A downhole caliper instrument utilizing a linear or arcuate magneto resistive sensor to determine the position of one or more caliper arms which extend from a carrier tool to touch the surface of a borehole wall. A processor and firmware are included to c... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647638 | Deck spacer A method and apparatus provides a technique for uniformly spacing deck boards on a deck, as well as protecting the joists of the deck. The invention provides a deck spacer that can be placed over a joist between adjacent deck boards to provide uniform spa... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647639 | Moisture removal system The invention provides an improved method of drying wet or water damaged structures. Specifically, several improved features of a forced air system are provided.... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647640 | Drying station and method for drying printed sheets and printing machine having a drying station A drying station for drying printed sheets transported by a transport belt includes an irradiation device for irradiating the printed sheets, a deflection section located in vicinity of the irradiation device for guiding the transport belt away from the i... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647641 | Device and method for the treatment of substrates in a fluid container A device for the treatment of substrates has a fluid container and two substrate transport devices positionable above the fluid container. Each substrate transport device is a hood for receiving multiple substrates. Each substrate transport device has at ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647642 | Liquid processing apparatus and method A cleaning processing apparatus and method of wafers W held by a rotor capable of holding a plurality of wafers W, which is one embodiment of the liquid processing apparatus of the present invention, comprises an outside chamber, an inside chamber arrange... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647643 | Clothes dryer A clothes dryer, for drying washed clothes, including a drum supported in a case rotatably, for drying clothes inserted to the inside of the case, a driving means installed in the case, for rotating the drum, a suction duct connected to a side of the drum... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647644 | Welted shoe A welted shoe includes an insole disposed within an upper. A welt member underlies a lower peripheral edge portion of the upper and together with a peripheral portion of the insole to form a sandwiched structure which is fastened by uprightly extending fa... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647645 | Midsole structure of athletic shoe A midsole structure for an athletic shoe includes an upper midsole (3) formed of a soft elastic material and disposed from a heel region to a forefoot region of the shoe, a lower midsole (4) formed of a soft elastic material and disposed at least at the h... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647646 | Shoe with arch reinforcement Disclosed is a shoe sole comprising an outer sole 1F, 1B, a midsole 2 and a reinforcement device 4 made of a resin plate. The reinforcement device 4 is firmly secured to the underside of an arch portion 2M of the midsole 2. At a medial side 11 and a later... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647647 | Article of footwear with a ground-engaging member and method of altering a ground-engaging member An article of footwear provided with a ground engaging unit. The ground-engaging unit according to the present invention extends outwardly from a sole of the article of footwear, and has at least a portion that can be adjusted to present a varying height ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647648 | Method of manufacturing a bucket tooth A bucket tooth capable of preventing a bolt from being loosened during operation is provided. In order to allow the bucket tooth to generate a resilient return force after attachment, a warp is caused by resilient deformation so that a face on the bucket ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647649 | Microparticle taggant systems A microparticle taggant having two or more distinguishable marker layers corresponding to a predetermined numeric code. The plurality of particles comprises a plurality of microparticle sets of at least one microparticle, each microparticle set is charact... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647650 | Promotional display apparatus with rotating panel Promotional apparatus are provided that are configured to demonstrate to patients and others how one or more pharmaceutical products work within the human body (or within other living beings). The promotional apparatus includes a base and a display panel ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647651 | Animated theme shade An animation device is provided in which a series of pictures are arranged on a translucent shell, which is mounted upon an inner frame. A periodic light emitter is mounted on the inner frame. A driver, such as an electric motor, moves the translucent she... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647652 | Display board system An apparatus for display of information in a work environment is disclosed. The apparatus includes a display board having a substantially solid core and defining a first side having a first surface and a second side opposite of the first side having a sec... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647653 | Firing element for muzzleloading rifle A muzzleloading firearm with a barrel having a rearward end with a breech plug fastened to the rearward end of the barrel, a nipple that extends rearwardly from the breech plug, a receiver positioned rearward of the barrel and having an opening for receiv... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647654 | Revolver cylinder configured to accommodate blanks and method for simulating firearm operation A removable cylinder for a revolver according to the present invention includes a plurality of cartridge chambers, each appropriately sized to receive a blank cartridge therein. The cartridge chambers are sealed at their distal end to prevent debris from ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647655 | Model 1911 type firearm safety lock A firearm safety lock for an automatic pistol such as the Model 1911 firearm is disclosed. The safety lock includes a means of arresting the operation of the main trigger or hammer spring in the pistol grip of the firearm to prevent movement of the hammer... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647656 | Gun holding apparatus A gun holding apparatus consisting of an elongated adjustable support strap having a slidable pad thereon, whereby the slidable support strap is looped in an over and under fashion through a plurality of slit openings in each of two end sections of the sl... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647657 | Adjustable duck decoy A decoy for attracting waterfowl having an upper body portion, a non-parallely oriented keel and an anchor. The decoy body is non-parallely connected to a keel by an attachment means. This attachment means may be fixed or adjustable. This non-parallel ori... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647658 | Fishing rod support for semi-auto hooking A novel "Y" shaped fishing rod support for a novel semi-automatic fishing is comprised of, including but not limited to, an anchoring pole, a straight means of partially cut-out metal pipe consisting the upper part of the fishing rod support, a fishing ro... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647659 | Fishing lure A fishing lure has a hollow body that contains a battery and a selected recipient device (eg. a light emitting device, horn, vibrator motor). A switch interrupts a circuit to deactivate the light emitting device (or other recipient device) when the lure b... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647660 | Fishing lure with nylon hair tail A fishing lure is particularly constructed to effect a side-to-side swimming action and a life-like appearance. The lure is jointed at its midsection to enhance the life-like swimming action. The tail of the lure is formed using a plurality of hair-like n... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647661 | Method and system for exterminating pests, weeds and pathogens The method and the system are applicable in household activities, healthcare, industry, agriculture, forestry, etc. for exterminating pests, weeds and pathogens. The system performing the method comprises a source of lethal impact which is a microwave gen... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647662 | Plant treatment material and method The invention relates to a reflective plant treatment material comprising at least one pigment and having high reflectance of UV (280-400 nm), visible (400-700 nm) and near infrared (700-800 nm) radiation, but allowing at least part transmission of radiat... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647663 | Plant sleeve having an expandable portion A sleeve comprising a lower portion preferably having a base portion and a skirt portion for packaging a floral grouping or plant. The sleeve may have a protective upper portion which can be detached from the lower portion of the sleeve once the protectiv... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647664 | Hanger for a housing A control panel, which might be enclosed within an openable housing, can be movably supported on a pivotable support structure. The support structure which incorporates one or more pivot points facilitates movement of the control panel from a normal opera... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647665 | Door systems for low contamination, high throughput handling of workpieces for vacuum processing A workpiece handling system with dual load locks, a transport chamber and a process chamber. Workpieces may be retrieved from one load lock for processing at vacuum pressure, while workpieces are unloaded from the other load lock at the pressure of the su... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647666 | Sealing structure of opening section in vehicle A door weather strip, which is of annular form as a whole, includes a base section and a hollow sealing section as its basic constituent elements. The portion of the door weather strip corresponding to the corner part of the upper portion on the center pi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647667 | Trim and seal member The present invention relates to a trim or a seal member such as an opening trim weather strip. The trim or a trim body in the seal member has a holding lip portion and modified holding lip portions. And the holding lip portion and modified holding lip po... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647668 | Space erected inflatable structure An inflatable structure, such as a fabric confining a gas, can be regulated as to its shape by the provision of auxiliary tubes, integral or adjacent to the fabric which can be separately pressurized. The separate pressurization will create local tensile ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647669 | Supporting frame with assemblage nodes and braces The invention relates to a supporting frame with assemblage nodes and braces, which is characterized in that the joint between the assemblage nodes (3) and the end parts (27) of the braces (5) comprises a pin joint, that at least one of the elements (brac... | 11/18/2003 |
