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Patent 5501326: Laser record protection folder
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR HOLDING A MACHINE READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM (E.G., COMPACT DISC, PHONOGRAPH RECORD, TAPE, FLOPPY DISK) : For holding plural diverse recording media in the same holder : Partial encasement (i.e., portion of article remains uncovered))
Patent 5501327: Compact dics holder
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR HOLDING A MACHINE READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM (E.G., COMPACT DISC, PHONOGRAPH RECORD, TAPE, FLOPPY DISK) : For holding an optical disc (e.g., compact disc) : Partial encasement (i.e., portion of article remains uncovered))
Patent 5501328: Cover for golf bag throat structure
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR A SPORT IMPLEMENT, EXERCISE DEVICE, OR GAME : For a golf club : Golf bag : Including means for separating club shafts : Foldable to compact use configuration)
Patent 5501329: Telephone handset cover
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE : Binoculars)
Patent 5501330: Packaging of hand tools
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR A TOOL (E.G., KNIFE, SHAVER) : Flaccidly or integrally (but not severably) connected)
Patent 5501331: Gas service line completion kit and method of fabrication and installation
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE : Packaged assemblage or kit : Collapsible)
Patent 5501332: Cigarette extinguishing storage device
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR TOBACCO, PIPE OR CIGARETTE HOLDER : With ash holder : With tobacco product)
Patent 5501333: Collapsible container
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : WITH PALLET FEATURE : Plural)
Patent 5501334: Pallet container with cover plate
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : WITH PALLET FEATURE : Plural)
Patent 5501335: Banded basket-style carrier
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR PLURAL BEVERAGE-TYPE RECEPTACLES : Plural)
Patent 5501336: Generic goods-containing crate
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : STRUCTURAL FEATURES FOR VERTICAL STACKING, I.E., SIMILAR RECEPTACLES : Having specified means for nesting instead of stacking : Coiled strip or fan-folded strip content)
Patent 5501337: Analgesic tablet container
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR AMPULE, CAPSULE, PELLET, OR GRANULE : Inwardly moving side member)
Patent 5501338: Food carrier system
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE : Packaged assemblage or kit : Camp or lunch type : With structural, or composition, insulating feature : With additional receptacle separator)
Patent 5501339: Packing box with cradle shaped portion
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : SHOCK PROTECTION TYPE (E.G., FREE FALL) : With distinct corner or edge protector : In situ)
Patent 5501340: Non-spill liquid toothpaste dispenser
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR A TOOL (E.G., KNIFE, SHAVER) : Brush (e.g., swab, sponge) : Plural blades)
Patent 5501341: Catheter packaging
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR A TOOL (E.G., KNIFE, SHAVER) : Body treatment (i.e., surgical, but not cosmetic) : Syringe (e.g., enema or catheter, per se) : Projecting handle)
Patent 5501342: Magnetic socket track
(SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE : FOR A TOOL (E.G., KNIFE, SHAVER) : Plural : Wrenches : Socket type : Plural)
Patent 5501343: Soil feeding apparatus with interruptor and method
(CLASSIFYING, SEPARATING, AND ASSORTING SOLIDS : SIFTING : Feeding and discharging : Material testing)
Patent 5501344: Process for the identification of randomly shaped and/or plane materials by determination of the structure of the materials through application
(CLASSIFYING, SEPARATING, AND ASSORTING SOLIDS : SORTING SPECIAL ITEMS, AND CERTAIN METHODS AND APPARATUS (E.G., POCKET TYPE AND LIGHT RESPONSIVE SORTING, ETC.) FOR SORTING ANY ITEMS : Condition responsive means controls separating means : Sensing radiant energy reflected, absorbed, emitted, or obstructed by item or adjunct thereof : Infrared, visible light, or ultraviolet : Ultraviolet : Electronic)
Patent 5501345: Garment holder assembly
(SUPPORTS: RACKS : SPECIALLY MOUNTED : Suspended type : Of wire)
Patent 5501346: Multistage telescope boom
(TRAVERSING HOISTS : BOOM OR MAST : Extensible by sliding sections : By fluid pressure : Discharging)
Patent 5501347: Variable angle friction clutch mechanism for a draft gear assembly
(RAILWAY DRAFT APPLIANCES : CUSHIONED : Combined spring and friction : Friction casings : Shoes and wedges : Draft gear assembly :)
Patent 5501348: Cap with a hinged top lid
(BOTTLES AND JARS : CLOSURES : Closure pivoted about receptacle opening : With straw)
Patent 5501349: Tamper-indicating plastic closure with selectively strengthened pilfer band
(BOTTLES AND JARS : CLOSURES : Frangible member or portion : Twist-off motion frees reusable closure : Spring type)
Patent 5501350: Process for producing printed wiring board
(ETCHING A SUBSTRATE: PROCESSES : FORMING OR TREATING ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR ARTICLE (E.G., CIRCUIT, ETC.) : Adhesive or autogenous bonding of self-sustaining preforms (e.g., prefabricated base, etc.) : Filling or coating of groove or through hole in a conductor with an insulator)
Patent 5501351: Reusable, multiple-piece storage container
(RECEPTACLES : SECTIONAL : Container formed of only two similar sections : Knockdown)
Patent 5501352: Height extension for crates and the like
(RECEPTACLES : SECTIONAL : Stacked or aligned similar sections : Identical halves)
Patent 5501353: Collapsible container
(RECEPTACLES : SECTIONAL : Folding : Removable fastening element)
Patent 5501354: Collapsible container
(RECEPTACLES : SECTIONAL : Folding : Fastening members : Retaining pin extends through aligned openings in knuckle-like elements)
Patent 5501355: Work-box
(RECEPTACLES : HORIZONTALLY ATTACHED RECEPTACLE SETS : Removable bag liner)
Patent 5501356: File box closure catch
(RECEPTACLES : CLOSURES : Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed position (e.g., fastening devices) : Clamps, clips, hooks, or latches : For applying radial pressure (e.g., contractable bands encircling member))
Patent 5501357: Sealing device for metallic containers
(RECEPTACLES : CLOSURES : Having means for securing or retaining closure in its closed position (e.g., fastening devices) : Clamps, clips, hooks, or latches : Screw actuated : Lever operated)
Patent 5501358: Bottomless receptacle and bi-frustoconical liner system
(RECEPTACLES : RECEPTACLE HAVING FLEXIBLE, REMOVABLE INNER LINER : Removable bag liner : Means for holding the bag liner open : Dishwasher rack)
Patent 5501359: Prefabricated structure for forming fluid-tight and thermo-insulated walls for very low temperature fluid confinement container
(RECEPTACLES : RECEPTACLE HAVING MEANS TO FACILITATE MAINTAINING CONTENTS ABOVE OR BELOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (E.G., COMPARTMENT FOR HOLDING A HEAT EXCHANGE MEDIUM) : Thermally insulated receptacle : Multiple insulation layers : Including a removable inner container)
Patent 5501360: Basket lining material having a cohesive thereon and method
(RECEPTACLES : RECEPTACLE SIDE WALL MADE OF TWO OR MORE LAYERS OF MATERIAL PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TOGETHER : Corner fold)
Patent 5501361: Document preservation system
(RECEPTACLES : COMPARTMENTED CONTAINER : Compartment partition is movable or removable : Closure has means to engage compartment forming elements (e.g., forms seal between closure and compartment))
Patent 5501362: Can bottom with inside or outside surfaces secured together by circular weld or bond
(RECEPTACLES : END WALL STRUCTURE : Joint or seam between sidewall and end wall : Adhered (e.g., welded, cemented, soldered, bonded, etc.) : Pressure responsive contour)
Patent 5501363: Combination drinking cup and megaphone
(RECEPTACLES : END WALL STRUCTURE : Support structure : Removable support structure : Pressure responsive contour)
Patent 5501364: Doorstops for multiple-product merchandising machine
(ARTICLE DISPENSING : AUTOMATIC CONTROL : Of article releasing outlet closure : By replacing depleted stack with a similar stack)
Patent 5501365: Package and system for dispensing preformed nurser sacs
(ARTICLE DISPENSING : CONCURRENT SEPARATION AND DISTORTION OF FLEXIBLE ARTICLE (E.G., NAPKIN HOLDERS) : Deformation by non-coextensive outlet opening : Pivoted container component)
Patent 5501366: Single-seed dispenser of a pneumatic precision sower
(ARTICLE DISPENSING : WITH DISCHARGE ASSISTANT : Article adhering or gripping type : Suction carrier : Movable segregating chamber)
Patent 5501367: Ice feeder
(DISPENSING : AUTOMATIC CONTROL : Constant weight, volume or pressure control by output : Indicating element rigidly carried by movable dispenser element)
Patent 5501368: Device for emptying a film tube
(DISPENSING : COLLAPSIBLE WALL-TYPE CONTAINER : With wall-collapsing means : With nonfriction fit means to secure discharge guide to container)
Patent 5501369: Device for squeezing the contents of flexible tubes
(DISPENSING : COLLAPSIBLE WALL-TYPE CONTAINER : With wall-collapsing means : Clamping type : Plural roller)
Patent 5501370: Container with nozzle cap
(DISPENSING : DRIP, LEAKAGE OR WASTE CATCHING OR DISPOSAL : Return to main supply : With enclosing cover : Plural roller)
Patent 5501371: Mixing syringe
(DISPENSING : PLURAL SOURCES, COMPARTMENT, CONTAINERS AND/OR SPACED JACKET : With discharge assistant for each source : Single, operable on material from all sources : Plural measured charges in single drink)
Patent 5501372: Pump tip for fluid dispenser
(DISPENSING : RESILIENT WALL : Supply container delivering to receiving chamber : Flexible wall)
Patent 5501373: Atomizing dispenser for endonasal drug spray administration
(DISPENSING : WITH DISCHARGE ASSISTANT (E.G., IMPELLER, PUMP, CONVEYER, MOVABLE TRAP CHAMBER, ETC.) : Container with follower : Container-mounted pump)
Patent 5501374: Device for extruding high viscosity fluid having multiple modes of operation
(DISPENSING : WITH DISCHARGE ASSISTANT (E.G., IMPELLER, PUMP, CONVEYER, MOVABLE TRAP CHAMBER, ETC.) : Container with follower : Intermittent grip-type actuator : Pump or pulsator casing within supply container)
Patent 5501375: Dispenser valve for dispensing a pressurized liquid
(DISPENSING : WITH DISCHARGE ASSISTANT (E.G., IMPELLER, PUMP, CONVEYER, MOVABLE TRAP CHAMBER, ETC.) : Fluid pressure : Valve actuated by nozzle or through valve outlet : With container end overcap having actuator : Scoop type)
Patent 5501376: Device for providing assistance in donning garments equipped with sleeves
(APPAREL APPARATUS : PUTTING ON OR REMOVING GARMENTS : Implement holders)
Patent 5501377: Central sealing pin cap
(DISPENSING : AXIALLY ROTARY AND LONGITUDINALLY MOVABLE TUBES, SLEEVES, OR APERTURED CAPS : Axial discharge : Axial sationary closure plug : With additional means to hold against motion)
Patent 5501378: Garment hanger
(APPAREL APPARATUS : GARMENT HANGERS : Sheet material : Form retainers)
Patent 5501379: Modular utility belt
(PACKAGE AND ARTICLE CARRIERS : CARRIED BY ANIMATE BEARER : Article held by receiver : Receiver closing means : Flap flexed between open and closed positions : Receiver removably attached to torso-encircling belt : Multiple receivers positioned on panel)
Patent 5501380: Safety holster for handgun
(PACKAGE AND ARTICLE CARRIERS : CARRIED BY ANIMATE BEARER : Article held by receiver : Retainer or positioner for article held by receiver : Handgun receiver : Receiver removably attached to torso-encircling belt)
Patent 5501381: Handgun holster
(PACKAGE AND ARTICLE CARRIERS : CARRIED BY ANIMATE BEARER : Article held by receiver : Retainer or positioner for article held by receiver : Handgun receiver : Receiver removably attached to torso-encircling belt)
Patent 5501382: Universal hand tool holder
(PACKAGE AND ARTICLE CARRIERS : CARRIED BY ANIMATE BEARER : Article held by receiver : Receiver mounted on, or formed as part of, means at least partially encircling the torso for attaching carrier to bearer : Receiver separate from attaching means : Removable connection : Apertured member or loop attaching receiver to attaching means : Slots in receiver wall : Torsion spring)
Patent 5501383: Coupon holder and dispensing apparatus
(PACKAGE AND ARTICLE CARRIERS : VEHICLE ATTACHED : Carrier attached to special purpose vehicle : Carrier attached to grocery or shopping cart : Carrier attached to truck bed portion of vehicle)
Patent 5501384: Storage system
(PACKAGE AND ARTICLE CARRIERS : VEHICLE ATTACHED : Complementary to vehicle : Holddown)
Patent 5501385: Large core fiber optic cleaver
(SEVERING BY TEARING OR BREAKING : BREAKING OR TEARING APPARATUS : Combined with preliminary weakener or with nonbreaking cutter : Preliminary weakener : Spaced from blade edge to provide lead-end therebetween)
Patent 5501386: Tape guide roller with flange and tapered surface for use in video tape recorder
(ADVANCING MATERIAL OF INDETERMINATE LENGTH : BY ORBITALLY TRAVELING MATERIAL-ENGAGING SURFACE(S) : Including details of roll or mount : Yieldable bite)
Patent 5501387: Staple cartridge and staple sheet pack
(ELONGATED-MEMBER-DRIVING APPARATUS : WITH MEANS TO MOVE OR GUIDE MEMBER INTO DRIVING POSITION : Including supply magazine for constantly urged members : Rotary)
Patent 5501388: Wire bonding apparatus
(METAL FUSION BONDING : MEANS TO APPLY VIBRATORY SOLID-STATE BONDING ENERGY (E.G., ULTRASONIC, ETC.) TO WORK : Critical work component, temperature, or pressure)
Patent 5501389: Titanium tube seal welding head enclosure
(METAL FUSION BONDING : INCLUDING APPLICATOR MOVABLE DURING FUSION : Orbital or plane curvilinear motion : Comprising endless wiper)
Patent 5501390: Method for bonding thermally-mismatched elements of a traveling wave tube
(METAL FUSION BONDING : PROCESS : Metal to nonmetal with separate metallic filler : With treating :)
Patent 5501391: Method for applying brazing material to a metal structure, particularly subregions of a honeycomb body
(METAL FUSION BONDING : PROCESS : Preplacing solid filler : Applied in powdered or particulate form : Indefinite length)
Patent 5501392: Folded single sheet mailer
(ENVELOPES, WRAPPERS, AND PAPERBOARD BOXES : WRAPPER : Letter sheets : Window : Soluble dye)
Patent 5501393: Mailing form
(ENVELOPES, WRAPPERS, AND PAPERBOARD BOXES : POSTAL CARDS OR PACKETS : Letter sheets)
Patent 5501394: Gable top carton having a U-shaped stake seal and method and apparatus for forming
(ENVELOPES, WRAPPERS, AND PAPERBOARD BOXES : PAPERBOARD BOX : With closure for an access opening : Foldable wall extension (e.g., closure flap) : Overlapping extensions bonded together : Extensions of adjacent box walls hingedly attached together : Nonunitary securing element on closure engages nonunitary securing element on box (i.e., securing elements are not of one-piece construction with the box))
Patent 5501395: Stackable box with reinforced walls
(ENVELOPES, WRAPPERS, AND PAPERBOARD BOXES : PAPERBOARD BOX : With closure for an access opening : Foldable wall extension (e.g., closure flap) : Extension includes a depending flange or tab which extends along an adjacent box wall : Flange or tab includes slit or aperture to receive a projection from a box wall : Box wall or portion thereof pivots with extension during opening of the box)
Patent 5501396: Mobile cyclonic power wash system with water reclamation and rotary
(FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING : PROCESSES : Including centrifugal force or spattering : Snowmaking)
Patent 5501397: Recirculating paint system having a valved quick disconnect fluid coupling assembly
(FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING : WITH SYSTEM FLUID RELIEF OR RETURN TO SUPPLY : Solid scraping or clearing member)
Patent 5501398: Device for liquid and solid delivery from crop spraying aircraft
(FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING : WITH MOBILE TANK-TYPE SUPPLY MEANS : Aircraft carried : Having means to selectively control discharge paths)
Patent 5501399: Automobile wheel cleaning device
(FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING : INCLUDING SUPPLY HOLDER FOR MATERIAL : To be mixed, dissolved or entrained in a flowing liquid stream prior to discharge : Holder for carrier fluid)
Patent 5501400: Water spray gun
(FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING : PLURAL INTERCHANGEABLE DISCHARGE MODIFIERS, OUTLET ARRANGEMENTS OR COUPLING MEANS : Selectively arrangeable outlet means : Movably mounted multi-terminal outlet carrying member : Member rotates on axis longitudinally of flow path : Concentrically arranged flow paths)
Patent 5501401: Ultrasonic fogging device with agitation chamber
(FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING : COMBINING OF SEPARATELY SUPPLIED FLUIDS (I.E., PLURAL FLOW PATHS) : Plural inlets to one stream from another : Three or more inlets to one stream from other : Normal to entered stream : Plural passages discharge one fluid to other)
Patent 5501402: Patching pan device
(FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING : CONTAINER FOR NON-FLUID MATERIAL, AND SCATTERING MEANS : Plural outlets with abutment operated flow diverter)
Patent 5501403: Spreading apparatus and a distribution chamber therefor
(FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING : CONTAINER FOR NON-FLUID MATERIAL, AND SCATTERING MEANS : With feature relating to liquid material : Laterally extending scatter unit)
Patent 5501404: Manure spreader with vertical expellers
(FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING : CONTAINER FOR NON-FLUID MATERIAL, AND SCATTERING MEANS : Including driven conveyor or follower feeding material horizontally towards scatterer : Including movable gate, barrier or valve upstream of scatterer : Pad type)
Patent 5501405: Dispenser apparatus for spreading particulate material
(FLUID SPRINKLING, SPRAYING, AND DIFFUSING : CONTAINER FOR NON-FLUID MATERIAL, AND SCATTERING MEANS : Rotating scatterer : Including agitating means : Rotating feed or strewing unit (e.g., beater, etc.) upstream of scatterer)
Patent 5501406: Plastic bobbin carrier
(WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING : BOBBIN OR SPOOL : Open-work structure : Resilient : Reinforcement)
Patent 5501407: Photo film cassette having light trapping ribbons in which pile threads are securely held in place and method of manufacturing the ribbons
(WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING : UNWINDING AND REWINDING A MACHINE CONVERTIBLE INFORMATION CARRIER (E.G., MAGNETIC TAPE OR PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM) : Cartridge system (i.e., cartridge work station or cartridge) : Single coil cartridge (e.g., film magazine) : Light occludent : Separable or hinged sections)
Patent 5501408: Jog device for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus
(WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING : UNWINDING AND REWINDING A MACHINE CONVERTIBLE INFORMATION CARRIER (E.G., MAGNETIC TAPE OR PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM) : With particular drive : Alternately or differently driven coils : By friction drive : With particular manual controller)
Patent 5501409: Method of and apparatus for winding all-thread bobbins
(WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING : LOOP FORMING (E.G., WINDING A BUNDLE OF WIRE COILS) : By rotatably driven loop collector : With loop bundle unloader : With loop bundle unloader)
Patent 5501410: Coil reforming chamber with auxiliary coil plate
(WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING : LOOP FORMING (E.G., WINDING A BUNDLE OF WIRE COILS) : With particular loop or coil transfer mechanism : With loop bundle unloader)
Patent 5501411: Towed vehicle deployment apparatus having guide to reduce line pull-off angle
(WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING : REELING DEVICE : With particular guide or guard : Friction)
Patent 5501412: Apparatus and method for controlling tension in a web
(WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING : TENSION CONTROL OR BRAKE : Supply controlled : Reserve loop former : Pneumatic : Transmission control)
Patent 5501413: Method and device for recognizing decoys serving to disguise a target with the aid of an active search head
(AERONAUTICS : MISSILE STABILIZATION OR TRAJECTORY CONTROL : Automatic guidance : Radio wave)
Patent 5501414: Structure having an aerodynamic surface for an aircraft
(AERONAUTICS : AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE : Airfoil construction : Sectional : Safety belts)
Patent 5501415: Method and apparatus for storing and dispensing a roll of photographic web
(WINDING, TENSIONING, OR GUIDING : COIL HOLDER OR SUPPORT (E.G., SPINDLE, DISPENSER, OR SPOOL) : Mounted coil holder or spindle (e.g., dispenser or mandrel) : Opposed stub spindles : Particular spindle formation : With actuator to retract spindle)
Patent 5501416: Method and apparatus for inductively receiving cab signaling on board a railway vehicle
(RAILWAY SWITCHES AND SIGNALS : BLOCK-SIGNAL SYSTEMS : Automatic : Electric : Cab signal or train control : Inductive : Cab signal or train control)
Patent 5501417: Noise cancellation in railway cab signal
(RAILWAY SWITCHES AND SIGNALS : BLOCK-SIGNAL SYSTEMS : Automatic : Electric : Cab signal or train control : Inductive : Cab signal or train control)
Patent 5501418: Switch point roller assist apparatus
(RAILWAY SWITCHES AND SIGNALS : SWITCHES : Chairs and plates : Adjustable)
Patent 5501419: Chair leg assembly with three legs
(SUPPORTS : STAND : Understructure : Radiating leg type : Telescoping)
Patent 5501420: Counterbalance mechanism
(SUPPORTS : BRACKETS : Adjustable : Plural joints : Vertical pivot at right angle to horizontal pivot : Counterbalanced : Laterally)
Patent 5501421: Stay bar support for vehicle door stop
(SUPPORTS : BRACKETS : Adjustable : Single joint : Ball and socket type : Having vertical adjustment)
Patent 5501422: Vehicular seat adjuster
(SUPPORTS : STAND : Adjustable vertically : With horizontal adjustment : With means to limit or inhibit rotation)
Patent 5501423: Portable easel with table
(SUPPORTS : EASEL; BOOK, COPY OR MUSIC SCORE HOLDER : Having biased clip holding means)
Patent 5501424: Wire cutting insert for gate valve
(VALVES AND VALVE ACTUATION : BLOW-OUT PREVENTERS (I.E., COOPERATING SEGMENTS OF ANNULUS) : Radial reciprocating ram :)
Patent 5501425: Magnetostrictively actuated valve
(VALVES AND VALVE ACTUATION : ELECTRICALLY ACTUATED VALVE : Including solenoid : With speed or braking control)
Patent 5501426: Medical coupling site valve body
(VALVES AND VALVE ACTUATION : WITH CORRELATED FLOW PATH : Valve operated by joining flow path sections : Joining motion includes linear valve operating component : Tapered metering plug)
Patent 5501427: Plate valve
(VALVES AND VALVE ACTUATION : MECHANICAL MOVEMENT ACTUATOR : With pivoted valves : Biased)
Patent 5501428: Stabilizer jack
(IMPLEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR APPLYING PUSHING OR PULLING FORCE : VEHICLE ATTACHED JACK : Screw actuated : With means pivotally connected to lever and adapted to engage rigid, in situ structure)
Patent 5501429: Partition pole system
(FENCES : MISCELLANEOUS :)
Patent 5501430: Immersion nozzle for continuous casting
(METALLURGICAL APPARATUS : MEANS FOR MELTING OR VAPORIZING METAL OR TREATING LIQUEFIED METAL : With means to discharge molten material : Having impeller means)
Patent 5501431: Melting furnace for residues from waste incineration plants
(METALLURGICAL APPARATUS : MEANS FOR MELTING OR VAPORIZING METAL OR TREATING LIQUEFIED METAL : Heated melting pot : With means to tilt heating means)
Patent 5501432: Motor vehicle air spring
(SPRING DEVICES : VEHICLE : Comprising compressible fluid : With retarder : Having flexible wall : Including rolling lobe between telescoping members : Including rolling lobe between telescoping members)
Patent 5501433: Liquid sealing and vibration isolator
(SPRING DEVICES : RESILIENT SHOCK OR VIBRATION ABSORBER : Including energy absorbing means or feature (e.g., supplemental vehicle equipment, such as motor mount, seat, etc., including additional fluid or friction energy absorber) : Axial : Seal)
Patent 5501434: Hybrid fluid and elastomer damper
(SPRING DEVICES : RESILIENT SHOCK OR VIBRATION ABSORBER : Including energy absorbing means or feature (e.g., supplemental vehicle equipment, such as motor mount, seat, etc., including additional fluid or friction energy absorber) : Rubber)
Patent 5501435: Mechanical cam clamp
(WORK HOLDERS : WITH FLUID MEANS : Plural positioning means sequentially operated :)
Patent 5501436: Substrate retention fixture
(WORK HOLDERS : HOLDER INSERTED WITHIN WORK APERTURE : With means to relatively array or arrange holders)
Patent 5501437: Adapter for use with clamping devices on multi-hole-machine-tool workpiece tables
(WORK HOLDERS : RELATIVELY MOVABLE JAWS : With means to fasten holder to support (e.g., portable) : Socket type fastening means : Unitary fastener-jaw and holder-jaw)
Patent 5501438: Motor vehicle vibration damper
(SPRING DEVICES : VEHICLE : Mechanical spring and nonresilient retarder (e.g., shock absorber) : Fluid retarder : Helical coil spring : Spring within coaxial fluid chamber : Plural mechanical springs for biasing vehicle parts)
Patent 5501440: Vise
(WORK HOLDERS : RELATIVELY MOVABLE JAWS : Means to actuate jaw(s) (i.e., apply holding force) : Screw-nut type : Screw travels with jaw : Means to keep faces parallel and/or translate jaw : Traveling means parallel to screw : Plural traveling elements coplanar with screw :)
Patent 5501441: Cutting board improvement
(WORK HOLDERS : WORK-UNDERLYING SUPPORT : With tool couple element)
Patent 5501442: Dual mode tamper/offsetter
(SHEET-MATERIAL ASSOCIATING : ASSOCIATING OR DISASSOCIATING : Sheet associating : Performing operation on stacks (e.g., binding, cutting) : Cover sheet)
Patent 5501443: Device for the release of folded products
(SHEET-MATERIAL ASSOCIATING : ASSOCIATING OR DISASSOCIATING : Signature associating : Webs of different material (e.g., paper and carbon))
Patent 5501444: Sheet supply apparatus
(SHEET FEEDING OR DELIVERING : FEEDING : Separators : Rotary : With means to urge pack toward separator : Including pivoted pack holder : Including restraining roller)
Patent 5501445: Automatic document handler tray cover system
(SHEET FEEDING OR DELIVERING : FEEDING : Pack holders : On peripheral face of drum or belt)
Patent 5501446: Paper strip transporting apparatus
(SHEET FEEDING OR DELIVERING : DELIVERING : With transfer means between conveyor and receiver : Means to bow sheets during delivery : Orientation-changing means)
Patent 5501447: Device for adjusting the positions of suction-type grippers on a sheet-transfer drum
(SHEET FEEDING OR DELIVERING : FEEDING : By means to convey sheet (e.g., from pack to operation) : On peripheral face of drum or belt : Including pneumatic means : Including couple-elements resiliently urged together)
Patent 5501448: Device for removing inspection copies at rotary cross cutters
(SHEET FEEDING OR DELIVERING : DELIVERING : Multiple discharge : For separating sheet from moving assemblage of sheets : By lateral margin or side-edge restrainer)
Patent 5501449: Sorting apparatus and sorting and processing apparatus
(SHEET FEEDING OR DELIVERING : DELIVERING : Multiple discharge : Of successive sheets to plural receivers in succession : With movable receivers or receiver portions : To bypass array of receivers)
Patent 5501450: Weight for baseball bat and method of manufacture
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : PLAYING FIELD OR COURT GAME; GAME ELEMENT OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE, PER SE : Practice or training device : Weight externally mounted by user to manually held and swung projector for warmup or exercise : Using moving arm or rotating wheel)
Patent 5501451: Warmup device for racket sports
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : PLAYING FIELD OR COURT GAME; GAME ELEMENT OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE, PER SE : Practice or training device : For game using field or court having dividing means thereon for separating opponents (e.g., for tennis, volleyball, table tennis, etc.) : Player worn or carried)
Patent 5501452: Putting training device using muscle memory
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : GOLF : Practice swingable implement or indicator associated with swingable implement : Swingable implement swing path indicator : Head or shaft continuously engaged during swing : Swingable implement head engaged : Integral with or attachable to swingable implement head)
Patent 5501453: Pretensioned golf club head
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : GOLF : Practice swingable implement or indicator associated with swingable implement : Device attachable to or integral with swingable implement : Adjustable swingable implement, or swing or position indicator : Adjustable implement or static position indicator (e.g., with respect to the golfer, projectile, target, etc.) : Integral with or attachable to swingable implement head : Top of projectile engaged)
Patent 5501454: Football kicking tee
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : PLAYING FIELD OR COURT GAME; GAME ELEMENT OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE, PER SE : Means removably supporting projectile in position to be struck and thereby projected by player (e.g., batting tee, etc.) : For projectile intended to be projected by kicking (e.g., kicking trainer or tee, etc.) : At acute angle with surface)
Patent 5501455: Racing game machine with varying track levels
(AMUSEMENT DEVICES: GAMES : PROPELLED RACING : Magnetically propelled object : Winner or finish order)
Patent 5501456: Children's sports trivia game
(AMUSEMENT DEVICES: GAMES : BOARD GAMES, PIECES, OR BOARDS THEREFOR : Piece moves over board having pattern : Sports or outdoor recreational activities : Judicial, legislative, or election process)
Patent 5501457: Game apparatus
(AMUSEMENT DEVICES: GAMES : SURFACE PROJECTILE GAME; GAME ELEMENT (E.G., TARGET, ETC.) OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTILE, PER SE) : Targets : Ball return : Electric or magnetic)
Patent 5501458: Electronic game controller covers
(AMUSEMENT DEVICES: GAMES : GAMES ACCESSORIES : All video game accessories : Duplicate games)
Patent 5501459: Hollow club head with weighted sole plate
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : GOLF : Club or club support : Head : Hollow body : With internal support rib or injected material : In vertical bore access through top)
Patent 5501460: Golf club set with constant projected topline angle
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : GOLF : Club or club support : Club set : Particular correlated head characteristic : Plural barriers, horizontally spaced apart)
Patent 5501461: Golf putter head
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : GOLF : Practice swingable implement or indicator associated with swingable implement : Device attachable to or integral with swingable implement : Adjustable swingable implement, or swing or position indicator : Adjustable implement or static position indicator (e.g., with respect to the golfer, projectile, target, etc.) : Integral with or attachable to swingable implement head : Used for putting : Adjustable lie)
Patent 5501462: Golf practice device for playing
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : GOLF : Projectile addressing surface and target, or distance marker (e.g., course, putting green with cup, driving range, miniature golf course, etc.) : Non-earth fairway : Target is surface positioned aperture : Projectile return : Motor actuation)
Patent 5501463: Method and apparatus to determine object striking instrument movement conditions
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : GOLF : Moving projectile responsive sensor or indicator : Electrical : Aperture forming surface forms plane parallel to support surface)
Patent 5501464: Golf swing forearm/wrist positioner
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : GOLF : Practice device attachable to body : Attachable to arm, hand, or wrist : Wrist : Displaceable by projectile impact)
Patent 5501466: Coin projecting game apparatus
(AMUSEMENT DEVICES: GAMES : AERIAL PROJECTILE GAME; GAME ELEMENT (E.G., TARGET, ETC.) OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE, PER SE : Target : With support having both target and movable mechanical projector attached thereto : Structurally different or nonparallel longitudinal axes)
Patent 5501467: Highly visible, point of impact, firearm target-shatterable face sheet embodiment
(AMUSEMENT DEVICES: GAMES : AERIAL PROJECTILE GAME; GAME ELEMENT (E.G., TARGET, ETC.) OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR OTHER THAN PROJECTOR OR PROJECTILE, PER SE : Target : Indication by movement of target or target having indicating means : Spaced conductors bridged by nonpenetrating projectile)
Patent 5501468: Slammer for use in playing milk cap type games
(GAMES USING TANGIBLE PROJECTILE : PROJECTILE, PER SE; PART THEREOF OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR : Disk- or ring-shaped (e.g., ice hockey puck, etc.) : Vane structure (i.e., flight guiding or stabilizing means))
Patent 5501469: Axially compact unitized lip seal
(SEAL FOR A JOINT OR JUNCTURE : SEAL BETWEEN RELATIVELY MOVABLE PARTS (I.E., DYNAMIC SEAL) : Circumferential contact seal for other than piston : Peripheral radially sealing flexible projection (e.g., lip seal, etc.) : Having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature : Interfitting projection and recess)
Patent 5501470: Non-contacting shaft sealing device with grooved face pattern
(SEAL FOR A JOINT OR JUNCTURE : SEAL BETWEEN RELATIVELY MOVABLE PARTS (I.E., DYNAMIC SEAL) : Relatively rotatable radially extending sealing face member (e.g., face, mechanical, etc.) : Particular sealing face member configuration : Hydrodynamic feature : U- or V-shaped cross-sectional profile)
Patent 5501471: Mechanical seal with blade-like sealing end
(SEAL FOR A JOINT OR JUNCTURE : SEAL BETWEEN RELATIVELY MOVABLE PARTS (I.E., DYNAMIC SEAL) : Relatively rotatable radially extending sealing face member (e.g., face, mechanical, etc.) : Particular axial biasing feature : Particular spring feature : Mounted in housing or casing)
Patent 5501472: Dual compression seal for conduits with compliance to both axial and angular movement
(SEAL FOR A JOINT OR JUNCTURE : SEAL BETWEEN FIXED PARTS OR STATIC CONTACT AGAINST RELATIVELY MOVABLE PARTS : Contact seal for a pipe, conduit, or cable : And wall : Covering fire ring or sealing formation)
Patent 5501473: Chuck
(CHUCKS OR SOCKETS : SOCKET TYPE : Obliquely guided reciprocating jaws : Threaded sleeve and jaw : Conical sleeve : Loose jaws)
Patent 5501474: Braking device for in-line skates
(LAND VEHICLES : SKATES : Wheeled skate : With brake : Brake element movably mounted to skate frame : Brake element pivotally mounted : Wireless brake controller)
Patent 5501475: Universal stainless steel truck step and adjustable support rod
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Attachment : Steps : Shiftable : Steps combined with shoe scrapers)
Patent 5501476: Muscle powered therapeutic vehicle
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Occupant propelled type : With propulsion means : Plural power application : Eccentrically mounted wheels)
Patent 5501477: Bicycle
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Occupant propelled type : Frames and running gear : One-wheel controlled)
Patent 5501478: Occupant propelled three wheeled vehicle
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Occupant propelled type : Frames and running gear : Polycycles : Frames and running gear)
Patent 5501479: Kickstand bumper
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Occupant propelled type : Attachments and accessories : Props and steadying devices : Independent wheel mounting)
Patent 5501480: Auxiliary frame for a wheelchair and wheelchair for use with an auxiliary frame
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Occupant propelled type : Attachments and accessories : Wheelchair : Extensible or sliding)
Patent 5501481: Motor home towing and carrying apparatus and method
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Articulated vehicle : Wheeled draft connection : Side draft)
Patent 5501482: Wheel coupling for attaching a vehicular device to a wheel of an automotive vehicle
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Articulated vehicle : Vehicle mounting or clamp : Axle connection : Bumper clamp)
Patent 5501483: Automatic release ski binding
(LAND VEHICLES : SKATES : Shoe attaching means : Ski fasteners : Hold-downs or clamps : Clamp comprises plural sole engaging members : Brake element engageable with skating surface)
Patent 5501484: Rivetless cushion retaining ring with tabs which lock the ring in place after rotation
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Attachment : Inflatable passenger restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag) or attachment : With specific mounting feature : Antirattler)
Patent 5501485: Snap-on air bag cover
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Attachment : Inflatable passenger restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag) or attachment : Deployment door : Antirattler)
Patent 5501486: Fault detection method and apparatus for air bag activation device
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Attachment : Inflatable passenger restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag) or attachment : Responsive to vehicle condition : Electric control and/or sensor means : Rack and pinion)
Patent 5501487: Driver side all mechanical inflator for airbag systems
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Attachment : Inflatable passenger restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag) or attachment : With source of inflation fluid and flow control means thereof : Electric control and/or sensor means)
Patent 5501488: Airbag with alternate deployment modes
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Attachment : Inflatable passenger restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag) or attachment : With source of inflation fluid and flow control means thereof : With confinement deflation means : Rack and pinion)
Patent 5501489: Fully extended pleat for passenger air bag fold
(LAND VEHICLES : WHEELED : Attachment : Inflatable passenger restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag) or attachment : Specific confinement structure : With means to diffuse inflation fluid)
Patent 5501490: Album
(BOOKS, STRIPS, AND LEAVES : BOOK, ELEMENT THEREOF, OR ACCESSORY THEREFOR : Binding : Loop engaging)
Patent 5501491: Peel off coupon redemption card and tracking system
(PRINTED MATTER : METHOD : Identifying : Identifying)
Patent 5501492: Deadbolt with infinitely adjustable backset
(CLOSURE FASTENERS : ADJUSTABLE BACKSET :)
Patent 5501493: Security device for dual doors
(CLOSURE FASTENERS : CLAMPS : Portable : Swingable)
Patent 5501494: Portable door lock suitable for use by people of all ages
(CLOSURE FASTENERS : EXTENSION LINK : Vehicle door latches)
Patent 5501495: Automobile door striker assembly
(CLOSURE FASTENERS : KEEPERS : Portable)
Patent 5501496: Wire mesh puller
(HANDLING: HAND AND HOIST-LINE IMPLEMENTS : HAND-HOOK TYPE : Compound tool)
Patent 5501497: Adjustable drum handling carrier
(HANDLING: HAND AND HOIST-LINE IMPLEMENTS : GRAPPLE : Load releasing means)
Patent 5501498: Methods and apparatus for mechanically intelligent grasping
(HANDLING: HAND AND HOIST-LINE IMPLEMENTS : GRAPPLE : Pivoted jaws : Pivoted jaw)
Patent 5501499: Topless container carrier
(HANDLING: HAND AND HOIST-LINE IMPLEMENTS : ARTICLE CARRIER GRIPPED AND CARRIED BY HAND : Having plural discrete receivers or supports for spaced articles : Having parallel flaccid members forming article support)
Patent 5501500: Truck bed extension apparatus
(LAND VEHICLES: BODIES AND TOPS : BODIES : Variable capacity of body : By changing length : Pivotally supported)
Patent 5501501: Truck-bed detachable seat assembly
(LAND VEHICLES: BODIES AND TOPS : BODIES : Seats with body modifications : Seating arrangements : Combined steps)
Patent 5501502: Foldable vehicle cover
(LAND VEHICLES: BODIES AND TOPS : TOPS : Cover : Flexible cover : Foldable : Telescopic)
Patent 5501503: Vehicular door
(LAND VEHICLES: BODIES AND TOPS : BODIES : Door or window with specified vehicle feature : Door extending across front or rear of body : Reinforcement)
Patent 5501504: Motor home construction
(LAND VEHICLES: BODIES AND TOPS : BODIES : Camper : Supported by self-propelled vehicle unit : Stock)
Patent 5501505: Shoulder straps for beach chair
(CHAIRS AND SEATS : PORTABLE BOTTOM WITH OCCUPANT ATTACHER : Inverting)
Patent 5501506: Bicycle saddle adjustment structure
(CHAIRS AND SEATS : STRADDLE SEAT (E.G., SADDLE TYPE, ETC.) : Adjustable to plural use positions : Angularly : Movable back support)
Patent 5501507: Seat with spring-loaded lumbar support
(CHAIRS AND SEATS : BOTTOM OR BACK WITH MEANS TO ALTER CONTOUR : Providing support for lower back (i.e., lumbar) region : Bottom dependent from subjacently mounted armrest)
Patent 5501508: Device for supporting the user of a chair
(CHAIRS AND SEATS : HEADREST : Portable, with seat attacher : Foldable forwardly over bottom)
Patent 5501509: Frame assembly for a vehicle seat
(CHAIRS AND SEATS : BOTTOM OR BACK : Framework : Interconnected cushions for bottom and back)
Patent 5501510: Structure for connecting flexible annular molding to wheel cap body
(LAND VEHICLES: WHEELS AND AXLES : WHEEL : With wheel cover : Tire sidewall : Retained on wheel cover : Rim secctions held together by transversely divided locking ring)
Patent 5501511: Two wheeled vehicle with a pressure actuated coupler between each actuator and wheel brake
(FLUID-PRESSURE AND ANALOGOUS BRAKE SYSTEMS : MULTIPLE FLUID-RECEIVING DEVICES : Multiple motors : Apportioning control : Motorcycle :)
Patent 5501512: System and method for automatically calibrating transducers in electro-pneumatic freight brake control systems
(FLUID-PRESSURE AND ANALOGOUS BRAKE SYSTEMS : MULTIPLE CONTROL : Fluid and electric : Spring operated motor)
Patent 5501513: Emergency vent valve
(FLUID-PRESSURE AND ANALOGOUS BRAKE SYSTEMS : MOTORMAN'S VALVES : Motor : Delayed : Blow down : Pump pressure operates fluid motor)
Patent 5501514: Hydraulic brake device having an anti-skid system
(FLUID-PRESSURE AND ANALOGOUS BRAKE SYSTEMS : SPEED-CONTROLLED : Having a valve system responsive to a wheel lock signal : System controlled by expansible chamber type modulator : Having pump pressure control : Compared to fixed reference)
Patent 5501515: Data cartridge carousel
(SUPPORTS: CABINET STRUCTURE : FOR STORING AUDIO OR VISUAL RECORDING MEDIUM (E.G., COMPACT DISC, PHONOGRAPH RECORD, FILM, TAPE) : Disk or parallelepiped shape : Removed by a master ejector : Stored in a carousel : To eject recording medium together with holder)
Patent 5501516: Universal modular apparatus for selectively forming curved concave and convex sections of a refrigerated display case
(SUPPORTS: CABINET STRUCTURE : SHOW-CASE TYPE : Refrigerator : Equalizers)
Patent 5501517: Current detecting device with temperature compensating device
(ELECTRICITY: ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND DEVICES : SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF SYSTEMS AND DEVICES : With specific current responsive fault sensor : With semiconductor circuit interrupter (e.g., SCR, Triac, Tunnel Diode, etc.) : With transistor circuit interrupter : With multiple timing characteristics (e.g., short, long))
Patent 5501518: Hand-held keyboard tester
(DATA PROCESSING: MEASURING, CALIBRATING, OR TESTING : TESTING SYSTEM : Of circuit : Including input/output or test mode selection means : Frequency)
Patent 5501519: Screw head for injection molding machine
(AGITATING : RUBBER OR HEAVY PLASTIC WORKING : Rotating and reciprocating stirrer : Including specific structure for controlling flow through the feed means)
Patent 5501520: Device for producing reduced porosity bone cement
(AGITATING : IN VACUUM CHAMBER : Recirculating from and to mixing chamber)
Patent 5501521: Mixing apparatus for test tubes
(AGITATING : BY MOVEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR REMOVABLE MIXING CHAMBER : Adjustable)
Patent 5501522: Multiple rotation materials processor
(AGITATING : BY MOVEMENT OF MIXING CHAMBER RELATIVE TO STATIONARY SUPPORT : Mixing chamber conveyed by support during agitation)
Patent 5501523: Impeller system for mixing and enhanced-flow pumping of liquids
(AGITATING : STIRRER WITHIN STATIONARY MIXING CHAMBER : Pump type : Centrifugal : Rectilinearly reciprocable only)
Patent 5501524: Method for mixing granulates, powders and liquids and a device therefor
(AGITATING : STIRRER WITHIN STATIONARY MIXING CHAMBER : Rotatable stirrer : Having cooperating stationary element : Element mounted on mixing chamber end wall : Parallel to axis of rotation)
Patent 5501525: Bone-guard bag
(FLEXIBLE BAGS : WITH VENTING OR VENTILATION MEANS : Opening in bag material : Reusable)
Patent 5501526: Sliding bearing
(BEARINGS : LINEAR BEARING : Lubricating : Edge down)
Patent 5501527: Linear movement ball guideway
(BEARINGS : LINEAR BEARING : Recirculating : No cylindrical race : For piston rod)
Patent 5501528: Track rail fixing structure for linear motion units
(BEARINGS : LINEAR BEARING : Recirculating : No cylindrical race : For piston rod)
Patent 5501529: Bearing support insert
(BEARINGS : ROTARY BEARING : Plain bearing : Mounting or support : For crankshaft : Block and cap type : Suction or pressure)
Patent 5501530: Double-row ball bearing of angular type for wheel
(BEARINGS : ROTARY BEARING : Antifriction bearing : Radial bearing : Ball bearing : Specified bearing race structure : Ball groove surface detail : Blocking by cage)
Patent 5501531: Cardan shaft bearing
(BEARINGS : ROTARY BEARING : Antifriction bearing : Radial bearing : Ball bearing : Resilient support member : Elastomer or plastic : Unitary uniform strip)
Patent 5501532: Trunnion roller bearing retainer
(BEARINGS : ROTARY BEARING : Antifriction bearing : Radial bearing : Roller bearing : Cage structure : Tapered race)
Patent 5501533: Roller bearing assembly having improved axial retention and angular clocking
(BEARINGS : ROTARY BEARING : Antifriction bearing : Radial bearing : Roller bearing : Cage structure : Tapered race)
Patent 5501534: Electronic apparatus which is automatically initialized when normal operation is resumed after the apparatus has been in a low power
(TYPEWRITING MACHINES : SAFETY SWITCH OR CONDITION-RESPONSIVE-CUTOFF SWITCH FOR ELECTRICALLY POWERED TYPEWRITER : Delay by storage of next character to be imprinted)
Patent 5501535: Electronic marking instrument
(TYPEWRITING MACHINES : POCKET TYPEWRITER : By projecting typed image on screen)
Patent 5501536: Typewriter cartridge apparatus having an outer housing with inner loop attached ribbon cartridge
(TYPEWRITING MACHINES : INCLUDING INTERPOSED INKING DEVICE (E.G., RIBBON) FOR RECORD-MEDIUM : Package for ribbon facilitating mounting of ribbon on typewriter (e.g., ribbon cartridge) : Package attached to typewriter : On single spool)
Patent 5501537: Ink ribbon
(TYPEWRITING MACHINES : INCLUDING INTERPOSED INKING DEVICE (E.G., RIBBON) FOR RECORD-MEDIUM : Ribbon, per se : Including differently pigmented fields : Including more than two fields : Ribbon is full-page wide)
Patent 5501538: Apparatus and method for adjusting character spacing
(TYPEWRITING MACHINES : CARRIAGE OR CARRIAGE-MOVING OR MOVEMENT-REGULATING MECHANISM : For varying carriage feed : For kerning or overlap imprinting : Stop setting by pivoting pawllike stop)
Patent 5501539: Tape cutting apparatus
(TYPEWRITING MACHINES : SHEET OR WEB (E.G., RECORD-MEDIUM FEEDING MECHANISM) : For feeding web record-medium : With web cutter (e.g., tear bar, wire tool, etc.) : Pin wheel (e.g., on platen cylinder))
Patent 5501540: Binder assembly with a loose-leaf sheet having a pouch for receiving a computer disk therein
(BINDER DEVICE RELEASABLY ENGAGING APERTURE OR NOTCH OF SHEET : DEPOSITORY (E.G., BINDER COVER, ETC.) : Collapsible on base)
Patent 5501541: Flexible coupling device
(JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS : WITH STRAIN-LIMITING MEANS : Including port or reservoir communicating with joint)
Patent 5501542: Rapid coupling for a supported, driven shaft
(JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS : DISTINCT END COUPLER : Separate screw or pin-type connections : Axially biased end portions)
Patent 5501543: Quick locking device for axial locking
(JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS : MANUALLY RELEASEABLE LATCH TYPE : Cam or thread lock)
Patent 5501544: Three-piece clamping assembly
(JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS : ROD SIDE TO PLATE OR SIDE : Crossed rods : Rod received in open channel)
Patent 5501545: Retroreflective structure and road marker employing same
(ROAD STRUCTURE, PROCESS, OR APPARATUS : TRAFFIC DIRECTOR : Attenuated lane marker type : Impregnated with reflective material :)
Patent 5501546: Apparatus for dissipating wave energy
(HYDRAULIC AND EARTH ENGINEERING : BANK, SHORE, OR BED PROTECTION : Wave or flow dissipation : Bed supported subsurface dissipator : Hinged concrete sections)
Patent 5501547: Modular channel section assembly for providing a drainage system
(HYDRAULIC AND EARTH ENGINEERING : FLUID CONTROL, TREATMENT, OR CONTAINMENT : Flow control : Open channel : Flume : Joint : With lift mechanism or latch)
Patent 5501548: Method for controlling the direction of a shield tunneling machine and an apparatus therefor
(HYDRAULIC AND EARTH ENGINEERING : UNDERGROUND PASSAGEWAY, E.G., TUNNEL : Boring : Shield : Direction control : Vitrify)
Patent 5501549: Pulling and connecting tool for subsea conduits
(HYDRAULIC AND EARTH ENGINEERING : SUBTERRANEAN OR SUBMARINE PIPE OR CABLE LAYING, RETRIEVING, MANIPULATING, OR TREATING : Submerging, raising, or manipulating line of pipe or cable in or from marine environment : With assembling of line structure : Pipe tensioner)
Patent 5501550: Pile assembly and method employing external mandrel
(HYDRAULIC AND EARTH ENGINEERING : FOUNDATION : Columnar structure (e.g., pier, pile) : Process or apparatus for installing : Having tensioner)
Patent 5501551: Mine roof expansion anchor, expansible shell element used therein and method of installation
(HYDRAULIC AND EARTH ENGINEERING : EARTH TREATMENT OR CONTROL : Rock or earth bolt or anchor : Bolt having wedge expander : With form or casing)
Patent 5501552: Conveying system for unstable articles having a neck ring
(CONVEYORS: FLUID CURRENT : WITH DIVERSE POWER-DRIVEN CONVEYOR : Rotary : Water)
Patent 5501553: Device utilizing fluid for effecting nested alignment of articles and particularly undecorated cans
(CONVEYORS: FLUID CURRENT : HAVING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING LOAD IN SUSPENSION ALONG FLOW PATH : By load supporting jets : At outlet to fluid conveyor)
Patent 5501554: Deburring tool
(CUTTING BY USE OF ROTATING AXIALLY MOVING TOOL : TOOL-SUPPORT WITH MEANS TO MOVE TOOL RELATIVE TO TOOL-SUPPORT : To move radially : Moving means including wedge, screw or cam : Tool-support including plural, adjustable sections)
Patent 5501555: Blocking device for tool holder of hand power tool and hand power tool provided therewith
(CUTTING BY USE OF ROTATING AXIALLY MOVING TOOL : MISCELLANEOUS : With tool-retaining means)
Patent 5501556: Retractable guide assembly for changing the effective width of a railroad freight car container well
(FREIGHT ACCOMMODATION ON FREIGHT CARRIER : LOAD BEARER ACCOMMODATION : Load bearer abutment : Pin-socket accommodation)
Patent 5501557: Screw fastener
(EXPANDED, THREADED, DRIVEN, HEADED, TOOL-DEFORMED, OR LOCKED-THREADED FASTENER : HAVING SEPARATE EXPANDER MEANS : Including sleeve and distinct tapered expander (e.g., anchor bolt type) : Expander threadedly engaged by mover : Spread by pressing element over initially inserted expander (e.g., push type))
Patent 5501558: Anti-friction Tee-nut with deflected edges
(EXPANDED, THREADED, DRIVEN, HEADED, TOOL-DEFORMED, OR LOCKED-THREADED FASTENER : THREADED FASTENER LOCKED TO A DISCREET STRUCTURE (E.G., PLATE, RAIL, WHEEL) : Nut, and means to engage substructure on its opposite faces for retaining nut at aperture therein, formed as unitary component : Fastener having a deformable portion or deforms substructure (e.g., prong) : Means to engage grasps an edge of substructure)
Patent 5501559: Screw connection for joining two components
(EXPANDED, THREADED, DRIVEN, HEADED, TOOL-DEFORMED, OR LOCKED-THREADED FASTENER : HEADED FASTENER ELEMENT WITH NUT, WASHER, SECURING MEANS OR CAP : Cap over the head : Attachable cap structure : Including sealing means)
Patent 5501560: Mailable documents, apparatus and method
(BOOKBINDING: PROCESS AND APPARATUS : APPARATUS : Edge binding apparatus : Adhesive applier : Lining or crash applying means)
Patent 5501561: Foot mountable drywall positioning device
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : APPARATUS FOR MOVING MATERIAL TO A POSITION IN THE ERECTION OR REPAIR OF A BUILDING : Flat wall or ceiling member manipulating means : For grip force amplification)
Patent 5501562: Hay bale stacker
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : VEHICLE-CARRIED BALE ACCUMULATOR : Removes intersupporting article from row)
Patent 5501563: Bulk material loading and unloading facility for sea-going ships
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : MARINE LOADING OR UNLOADING SYSTEM : Removes intersupporting article from row)
Patent 5501564: System for the storage and transportation of flat objects such as extra-flat boxes and its portable rack
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : MOVABLE RACK HAVING SUPERPOSED, CHARGE-SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, AND EXTERNAL MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING ELEMENTS : Rack moved by conveyor relative to charging or discharging means : Charging or discharging means having elevating means to present load at a predetermined level)
Patent 5501565: Device for storing thin plate-form parts
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : MOVABLE RACK HAVING SUPERPOSED, CHARGE-SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, AND EXTERNAL MEANS FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING ELEMENTS : Rack moved vertically by elevating means : Charging or discharging means is a conveyor : At least one of endless type)
Patent 5501566: System for positioning and supporting trailers on railcars
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : LOADING OR UNLOADING A RAILWAY CAR BY UTILIZING THE TRACTOR OF A TRACTOR TRAILER, LOAD-TRANSPORTING TYPE VEHICLE TO MANEUVER THE TRAILER, OR A PART THEREOF, ONTO OR OFF THE CAR : Rack moved vertically by elevating means)
Patent 5501567: Refuse vehicles
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : DEVICE FOR EMPTYING PORTABLE RECEPTACLE : For emptying contents thereof into portable receiving means : Having receiving means mounted on wheeled vehicle : Device includes vertically swinging arm and receptacle support pivotably attached thereto : With bucket or scoop-type holder)
Patent 5501568: Wafer aligning apparatus
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : DEVICE FOR EMPTYING PORTABLE RECEPTACLE : Nongravity type : Changes spacing between articles : Device includes haulage cable)
Patent 5501569: Non-contact type moving table
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : ARTICLE SUPPORTED BY AIR AND MOVED BY MECHANICAL OR MANUAL MEANS : Automatic stop)
Patent 5501570: Anti-rollback mechanism for a loader mechanism of an off-highway implement
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : VERTICALLY SWINGING LOAD SUPPORT : Shovel or fork type : Tilting : Control means responsive to sensed condition : To maintain pitch during swinging : And otherwise movable therein)
Patent 5501571: Automated palletizing system
(MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING : PROCESS : Of moving intersupporting articles into, within, or from freestanding, orderly layered, or mutually stabilizing orderly group : Article deposited on stationary supporting surface intermediate sequential turning members)
Patent 5501572: Inlet housing for centrifugal pumps
(ROTARY KINETIC FLUID MOTORS OR PUMPS : WITH SEPARATING MEANS OR GUARD FOR SOLID MATTER IN WORKING FLUID (E.G., DEBRIS, ETC.) : Diverse fluids to motor)
Patent 5501573: Segmented seal assembly and method for retrofitting the same to turbines and the like
(ROTARY KINETIC FLUID MOTORS OR PUMPS : BEARING, SEAL, OR LINER BETWEEN RUNNER PORTION AND STATIC PART : Between blade edge and static part : Labyrinth seal : On same radial plane with blade)
Patent 5501574: Blood pump
(ROTARY KINETIC FLUID MOTORS OR PUMPS : RUNNER HAS SPIRALLY ARRANGED BLADE OR FLUID PASSAGE : Extending along runner axis (i.e., axial flow) : With additional impingement means in fluid flow path : One runner support surrounds another)
Patent 5501575: Fan blade attachment for gas turbine engine
(FLUID REACTION SURFACES (I.E., IMPELLERS) : WITH WEIGHT-BALANCING MEANS : Member movement in rotation plane)
Patent 5501576: Static efficiency enhancer for axial fans
(FLUID REACTION SURFACES (I.E., IMPELLERS) : SPECIFIC BLADE STRUCTURE (E.G., SHAPE, MATERIAL, ETC.) : Blade cuff or shank construction : Angular or offset)
Patent 5501577: Gas operated pump leak preventer
(PUMPS : CONDITION RESPONSIVE CONTROL OF PUMP DRIVE MOTOR : By stopping pump in response to leakage into or from system : Pumps in parallel flow paths with common inflow or outflow)
Patent 5501578: Hydrostatic axial piston pump with three bearing arrangement
(PUMPS : DIVERSE PUMPS : Jet)
Patent 5501579: Axial multi-piston compressor having rotary valve for allowing residual part of compressed fluid to escape
(PUMPS : THREE OR MORE CYLINDERS ARRANGED IN PARALLEL, RADIAL, OR CONICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ROTARY TRANSMISSION AXIS : Reciprocating rigid stages)
Patent 5501580: Progressive cavity pump with flexible coupling
(PUMPS : MOTOR DRIVEN : Electric or magnetic motor : Rotary expansible chamber pump : Supported for rotation on vertical axis)
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