Patents Examined by Frances Han
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Patent number: 5924824Abstract: A cutting insert for mounting in a cutting tool, comprises a cutting head portion with a substantially arcuate cutting edge and a substantially trapezoidal mounting body portion integrally formed therewith. The mounting body portion has substantially planar upper and lower surfaces and substantially straight side surfaces converging in the direction away from the cutting head portion. The entire cutting edge of the cutting head portion lies on a sphere and defines an arc substantially less than 90.degree., the cutting head portion having an imaginary chordal plane passing through peripheral ends of the arc. The side surfaces of the mounting body portion are directed substantially radially with respect to a center of the sphere and are substantially shorter than the length of the chordal plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1997Date of Patent: July 20, 1999Assignee: Iscar Ltd.Inventors: Amir Satran, Yuri Men
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Patent number: 5924827Abstract: A drill press including a vertically disposed support post and a pivot assembly supported upon the support post is disclosed. A table is supported on the pivot assembly. The pivot assembly is pivotable about a first substantially horizontal axis, with the table pivoting about the first horizontal axis jointly with the pivot assembly. The table also is pivotable relative to the pivot assembly about a second substantially horizontal axis. The pivot assembly also may be pivoted around a vertical axis defined by the post and may be raised and lowered along the vertical post. A clamp plate is adjustable secured to the table and a telescoping extension arm is fixably secured relative to the table by the clamp plate. A guide fence is slidably disposable along the upper surface of the table and may be secured at various locations. A clamp may be adjustably secured either directly to the table or to the guide fence to vertically clamp a workpiece on the table.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1997Date of Patent: July 20, 1999Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Ludwin Mora, Michael L. O'Banion, Richard K. Pallo, Robert P. Welsh
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Patent number: 5921583Abstract: An antitheft label which generates a high Barkhausen inversion when subjected to a magnetic field. The antitheft label comprises a laminate of upper and lower tape bases each having an inner laminated surface and an outer surface, a first adhesive layer disposed on the inner surface of the upper tape base, a second adhesive layer disposed on the inner surface of said lower tape base, a pulse-generating magnetic wire and first and second magnetic thin ribbons disposed on opposite ends of the magnetic wire. The magnetic wire and magnetic thin ribbons are arranged between the upper and lower tape bases.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1996Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: Unitika, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Hirano, Norio Tachioka, Hitomi Beppu
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Patent number: 5921693Abstract: A binding system for loose-leaf sheets of paper that securely retains the paper and provides facile removal and addition of paper bound by the system is provided. The system provides a variable width binding, for addition and removal of papers, and a flexible spine. A plurality of resilient connecting members extend arcuately between first and second backing members, when the system is in an open position. The connecting members extend through openings in an adjustment assembly coupled to the second backing member. The adjustment assembly is provided for simultaneously increasing and decreasing the length of the connecting members, and for maintaining the connecting members at different desired lengths for binding paper with the system or removing paper from the system. Paper having a plurality of slots is positioned on a cover, with a connecting member extending through each slot.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Inventor: L. J. Chris Martiniak
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Patent number: 5921584Abstract: A card display package and method for manufacturing same is provided. The card package includes a card carrier constructed of a synthetic sheet of paper laminated with a plastic material. The card package further includes a card constructed of the synthetic sheet of paper and laminated with the plastic material and having at least a portion of the card projecting from the card carrier. The card is integrally formed with and selectively detachable from the card carrier and is provided with an encodable magnetic strip extending transversely across the portion of the card projecting from the card carrier whereby the card may be swiped through an encoding device without removing the card from the card carrier.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 1996Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: SSI Photo I.D.Inventor: Ron E. Goade, Sr.
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Patent number: 5918908Abstract: An advertisement page for binding to or within a publication, comprising a first opposing layer; a second opposing layer attached to the first opposing layer; and a sample material disposed between the first and second opposing layers, wherein an edge of the advertisement page is flush with the outside edge of the pages of the publication. The present invention also relates to an advertisement page with offset and attachment characteristics which allow it to be bound within a publication such that an edge of the advertisement page is flush with the outside edge of the pages of the publication, wherein sample material is maintained between two opposing layers formed from one continuous sheet which has been folded and which may be trimmed at the fold line. The present invention also relates to methods of making such advertisement pages.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Arcade, Inc.Inventors: Roger Barnett, Hubert F. Brown, Lyudmila Feldman
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Patent number: 5918907Abstract: A reading apparatus capable to support a book with adjustable angle includes: a base having a guiding groove and two sleeves, a supporting mechanism for supporting the book, and a clamping member for clamping the book on the supporting mechanism. The supporting mechanism includes a M-shaped frame defining two side rods, an elongated middle rod and an adjusting plate. The two side bars of the M-shaped frame are pivotally connected to the sleeves respectively. The middle rod is connected at middle of the M-shaped frame at one end thereof and is parallel to the two side bars. The adjusting plate is slidably and rotatably engaged with the middle rod and is formed with an oblique edge which can be received by the guiding groove at an adjustable position. The clamping member is pivoted to the front edge of the base for providing a clamping force facing the M-shaped frame. By adjusting the position of the adjusting plate along the guiding groove, the angle between the M-shaped frame and the base can be changed.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Inventor: Cheng-Cheng Ho
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Patent number: 5915730Abstract: A mailing assembly for use in connection with non-domestic delivery of a mailpiece wherein the sender of the mailpiece is required to complete a sender's declaration. The assembly includes a mailing label, a receipt card and a backing sheet. The mailing label and receipt card are detachably connected to each other and form the entirety of the complete mailing form. Such form is, in turn, adhesively connected to the backing sheet having approximately the same size and shape as the form. An adhesive layer is only provided between the mailing label and the backing sheet and not between the receipt card and the backing sheet. The sender provides all the necessary information on the mailing label relating to the contents of the mailpiece being delivered. The sender also completes the receipt card which serves as a declaration in compliance with U.S. Customs' requirements. Upon completion, the receipt card is detached from the mailing label and retained by the U.S. Postal Service for recording purposes.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Inventor: Glenn Petkovsek
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Patent number: 5915733Abstract: Difficulties with removing an identification card as part of a business form and/or costs concerns in making such business forms with readily removable cards are avoided in a business form incorporating a removable identification card made by the steps of a) providing a base sheet (10) of a relatively destructible material such as paper and having an area (20) intended to be an identification card; b) adhering a laminate layer (30), (34) of relatively indestructible material to the base sheet (10) to cover the area (20) on at least the underside of the base sheet (10); c) placing a layer of adhesive (50), (52) on the laminate layer (34) and to the sides (40), (42), (44), (46) thereof to be on the base sheet (10) adjacent the laminate layer (34); d) adhering a liner layer (56) to the laminate layer (34) and the base sheet (10) with the layer of adhesive (50), (52) and e) placing a continuous, closed die cut (26) about the area with the die cut extending through the laminate layer (30), (34) and the base sheetType: GrantFiled: December 9, 1996Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: The Standard Register CompanyInventors: David H. Schnitzer, Gerard J. Maynard
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Patent number: 5915873Abstract: A notebook insert for use in a notebook that has a front cover and a back cover hingedly connected to an elongated spine where the spine has either at least two axially-aligned, openable rings evenly spaced longitudinally along the spine or a helical coil. The notebook insert includes a C-shaped frame and a rectangular support. The frame has a center portion and a pair of substantially equal-length arms, where the center portion has a plurality of openings near one edge for receiving the notebook rings and/or a plurality of catches for projecting through the loops of the coil. The support is pivotally connected to the frame by at least two axially-aligned, snap-together journals. The outer bearing surface of each journal is defined by the inner surface of a cylindrical depression located in a protrusion from one of support surfaces, where the cross section of the cylindrical depression forms an arc greater than 180.degree..Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: Clix Products, Inc.Inventor: Robert G. Karlis
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Patent number: 5913725Abstract: A secure mailer/receipt business form including a top and bottom ply and at least one intermediate ply constituting a separable receipt part which receipt part is associated with image transfer material for imparting information onto the bottom ply, the rear face of the top ply including a coated adhesive material covering at least part of the surface, adhesive being coated with a releasable non-adhesive backing materials connected to the separable receipt part such that withdrawal of the separable receipt part will release the backing material to expose the adhesive layer to adhere the top ply to the top face of the bottom ply thereby sealing the top and bottom plies together after removal of the receipt part to restrict tampering with the remaining business form without damage to the form.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1997Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: Moore U.S.A. Inc.Inventor: Tony Steven Goldring
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Patent number: 5913539Abstract: An improved wallet size card book which has been adapted to hold a card having the dimensions of a conventional credit card, and is particularly designed to be carried in the credit card compartment of a wallet or similar size compartment holder. The card book comprises: a) a cover having a fold which divides the cover into a front cover panel and a rear cover panel; b) a plurality of leaves attached along one marginal edge at the fold to form pages, each of the leaves and the front and rear cover panels being coextensive; c) a flood coated adhesive sealing the front surface of the first leaf to the inner surface of the front cover panel; d) an adhesive strip extending along at least two adjacent edges of the rear surface of the first leaf; and e) a pocket formed by the front surface of the first leaf being sealed to the inner surface of the front cover panel and a second leaf being sealed to the first leaf along the two adjacent edges by the adhesive strip.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1997Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: William Exline, Inc.Inventors: William B. Exline, Michael P. Exline
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Patent number: 5911441Abstract: The present invention provides an improved carrying case which is capable of storing a pad of fresh writing paper, wherein the pad of paper may be stored in a pocket that will enclose the pad and protect it from being exposed to the outside elements. The carrying case of the present invention provides the benefits that the notepad is easily accessible to the user, without having to open the case to expose the papers contained within the interior of the case. Thus, the user may write upon a fresh pad of paper without opening the interior of the carrying case. Further, the carrying case is sturdy enough so that the user can have a sufficiently stable surface to write upon the notepad without removing the notepad from its pocket.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1997Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Norman Curtis Yamamoto, Bruce A. Carter
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Patent number: 5909899Abstract: Methods of forming outserts used to provide printed information to the users and purchasers of pharmaceutical products in which a sheet of paper is folded a number of times in a direction parallel to a first direction and then folded a number of times in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The folds in the second direction are made to produce an outsert having no unfolded exterior sheet edges which lie in a direction parallel to the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1998Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Inventors: Joseph M. Vijuk, Robert Vijuk
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Patent number: 5910200Abstract: A support and centering device for a fed bar, in a bar magazine for lathes, comprises a plurality of rods (11) supported at the ends by a first (12) and a second (13) support elements facing each other. The rods (11) are such arranged as to identify a passageway (19) for the bar internally of the plurality of rods and the support elements (12, 13) are mutually rotatable about the passageway axis (36) to tilt the rods (11) relative to this axis, thereby varying the transverse size of the passageway. The supports are spring urged against each other to provide a spring support to the bar and enable passage of a pusher of the bar magazine.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1997Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignee: Pietro Cucchi S.p.A.Inventor: Pietro Cucchi
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Patent number: 5909897Abstract: A photo album includes a binder shaft which has a receiving space therein for receiving APS film cartridges, and an opening communicated with the receiving space for passage of the APS film cartridges. Top and bottom cover sheets and picture holding sheets are hinged to the binder shaft. A cover can close the opening. The picture holding sheets have a plurality of picture pockets which are 3 inches in width and 10 inches in length for receiving three common specifications of APS picture types.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1997Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Inventor: Tsung-Tai Lu
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Patent number: 5908208Abstract: The invention relates a combined sample dispenser and order form comprising a backing sheet that may be prepared from cardboard, and a generally planar retaining member, such as a clear plastic sheet, attached to the backing sheet along at least a portion thereof. The retaining member or plastic sheet defines a distention or pocket along a portion of its broad surface, that may contain samples of the product being dispensed, such as sample medications provided to physicians by pharmaceutical manufacturers. The invention is also useful for the sale of certain consumable items, including hardware, where the order form may be used by the consumer to directly request additional quantities of the product.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1996Date of Patent: June 1, 1999Assignee: Promex Medical Inc.Inventor: Joshua Lapsker
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Patent number: 5908258Abstract: A variable volume file for documents, includes a folder, constituted by two flat parts and by a back, and a box, corresponding in shape and volume to the folder, having two larger bases and by three lateral surface faces. The folder and the box are made individually in two separate parts, which can be partly overlapped on one another in the width direction of the back. Each folder part includes a flat and a back wing; each box part includes one of the bases and lateral surface wings. Provided in the back wings of the folder and in the lateral surface wings of the box are structures for sliding engagement which interact with one another for the relative movement of one part in relation to the other and structures for mutual locking of the respective parts in prefixed positions.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1997Date of Patent: June 1, 1999Inventor: Roberto Boccacci
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Patent number: 5906448Abstract: A combination of a paper holder and a paper punch consisting of a base, a paper clip, and a paper punch built into the paper clip. A "U" shaped steel spring is inserted into depressions in the base and held in place with projections formed in the base and a depression formed in the unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1997Date of Patent: May 25, 1999Inventor: Boman K. Najmi
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Patent number: 5904435Abstract: A locking booster ring binder mechanism includes a pair of locking levers, each having a tongue which extends through an opening at one end of the leaves of the mechanism. The tongue has a head wider than the opening, so that the head presses up on the leaves to open the rings when the trigger is pressed outward and downward. A pair of legs extend from either side of the tongue along the sides of the opening between the leaves. The legs have blocking protuberances which bear against the sides of the opening, and prevent the leaves from being opened, when the lever is in a locked position, but not when the lever is in an unlocked position.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1997Date of Patent: May 18, 1999Assignee: Hong Kong Stationary Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Vincent W. M. Tung