Patents Examined by Julie Krolikowski
  • Patent number: 5857705
    Abstract: A perforated multiweb product in the form of a folded display product or insert has a width greater than the width of any single web forming a part thereof. Gutterless joints are used to allow the display to lay flat when opened. Perforations allow the insert to be removably bound within a book or magazine. In several embodiments, the displays have widths exceeding commercially available web widths. Alternatively, two or more webs are combined to yield web printed single or double magazine inserts or displays having an active viewing width in excess of seventy inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Dixonweb Printing Company
    Inventor: Ake L. Dahlquist
  • Patent number: 5839673
    Abstract: Apparatus for grinding material which enters the grinder in a wet condition and is subject to drying heat at the grinder to leave moisture in the ground material directed for independently material separation so the propelling initially hot gases looses its temperature level before returning to the grinder. A portion of the returning gases carrying ground fine with moisture therein is directed into a bag house to recover the fines and a portion of the drying heat is directed into the bag house to independently maintain a temperature level above the dew point temperature level in the bag house to prevent moisture from plugging the bag house. The apparatus provides two circulation loops, each with its independent moisture control, and a common transport for collecting product from each loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Inventor: Robert M. Williams
  • Patent number: 5799887
    Abstract: A cutting cylinder for a paper shredder has a shaft with a first end and a second end. A plurality of spaced-apart cutter discs are arranged on the shaft between the first and second ends of the shaft. Each cutter disc has an inner surface defining an inner diameter. In addition, the shaft has a first outer surface lining the inner surface of at least one cutter disc, and a second outer surface adjacent to at least one cutter disc. The second outer surface has an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the adjacent cutter disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Fellowes Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: Bruce R. Kroger
  • Patent number: 5743567
    Abstract: An integral printed sheet product includes a planar core formed by first and second strips of different materials positioned side-by-side, the second core strip being printed on a first major side with a plurality variable data fields, the variable data fields being spaced apart from one another on the second core strip, each variable data field being printed with a unique code, the codes printed in all of the variable data fields of the sheet product being identical. A first cover strip is integrally secured to each of the first and second core strips holding the first and second core strips in side by side position. The first cover strip only partially covers the second major planar side of the core and at least partially covers each of the first and second core strips while extending completely across the second major side of the core and the first and second core strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Vanguard Identification Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard O. Warther
  • Patent number: 5727740
    Abstract: A method of removing fractional components from earthen material, including processes for removing precious carbon jewels from soil, precious metals from low grade ores, lead pellets from contaminated soil, and free sulphur from coal, is initiated with a pulverizing of the earthen material bearing the fractional component to be removed therefrom. Subsequent process steps vary, but include the washing of the pulverized material and then removing the fractional component through electromagnetic extraction, chemical dissolution and sieving. Since no contaminate is added to the residue remaining after removal of the fractional component, the residue can be returned to the ground from which the original material was obtained without effecting any additional pollution to the ground or water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventors: Forrest L. Robinson, Willis R. Campbell
  • Patent number: 5725163
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system for a gyratory crusher has a hydraulically supported main shaft. An inlet line to the cylinder is provided with a pressure relief valve. When the pressure in the cylinder, e.g. because of a disturbance, exceeds the opening pressure of the relief valve, fluid flows from the cylinder through the pressure relief valve to the lubricating circuit of the crusher and further to the return line. The safety system of the crusher is simple, reliable, and quick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Nordberg-Lokomo OY
    Inventors: Jarmo Eloranta, Kari Rikkonen
  • Patent number: 5722602
    Abstract: A process for enhancing the flowability of a powder is disclosed. In this process, a powder of metal, ceramic, or mixtures thereof is mixed with polyvinyl alcohol. A paste of the powder-polyvinyl alcohol mixture is formed and dried. The dry paste is particulated and a flowable powder having a particle size the range of about 50 .mu.m to about 300 .mu.m is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Kurtis C. Kelley
  • Patent number: 5722783
    Abstract: A file folder is provided which includes a pair of foldable front and rear covers 4 and 5, a back cover 6 integrally located between and connected to them via hinge sections 7, and a binding fastener 3 fixedly attached on the inner face of the back cover. An engaging projection 8 is formed on the inner face of at least one of the front and rear covers 4 and 5 for abutting engagement with the binding fastener when the file folder is closed. With this arrangement, the file folder having a plurality of loose papers bound together along their longer edges by the fastener 3 can be kept standing with its back cover 6 positioned above and horizontally oriented without causing the back cover 6 and hinge sections 7 to be distorted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takio Kiyomi
  • Patent number: 5718391
    Abstract: A gyratory crusher includes a frame structure; an eccentric member rotatably mounted to the frame structure about a first axis; a main shaft rotatably mounted to the eccentric member about a second axis angularly offset from the first axis; a crusher head mounted to the main shaft and supported by a plurality of hydrostatic bearings, mounted on the frame structure in abutting engagement with the crusher head; a first drive mechanism for rotating the eccentric member about the first axis; and a stroke adjusting mechanism having an outer race continuously and dynamically rotatable about a third axis, angularly offset from both the first and second axes, for adjusting the angular offset of the second axis relative to the first axis. A hydraulic drive mechanism, including a hydraulic motor and a rotary hydraulic connector, distribution lines and ports, for distributing pressurized hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor, is provided for rotating the outer race relative to the eccentric member about the third axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Cedarapids, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph E. Musil
  • Patent number: 5709346
    Abstract: A condiment mill has a catcher device installed on the bottom thereof opposite the grinder to catch and prevent the dropping of condiment grindings left over after the mill has been used. The catcher device is in the form of a receptacle and cover which is pivotally mounted on the mill. This cover is resiliently urged towards a closed position by a leaf spring and can be manually placed in retention in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Inventors: William E. Bounds, deceased, by Helen J. Bounds, executrix
  • Patent number: 5704560
    Abstract: A concrete crusher has cutting shears with a first cutting arm forming an additional arm on one of the jaws of the breaker tongs and a second cutting arm rigidly joined to the frame of the concrete crusher. An hydraulic piston/cylinder unit drives the jaws such that the first cutting arm is in an open position relative to the second cutting arm when the jaws are in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Wimmer Hartstahl GesmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alois Wimmer
  • Patent number: 5700037
    Abstract: A security improved credit, debit, pass, or cash card is a colorless and transparent semirigid plastic card member with non reflective faces, with no permanent imprinting on the card member to visually identify an issuer, an owner or a card number, but with temporary identification that can be removed by the owner of the card and can be visually read only when backed by an opaque sheet. The card has a bending line across a face of the card member that is a slit through the card with a hinge of flexible plastic film attached over the slit. The card has an opening cut through the card member to allow a person's finger nail to engage the opening to pull the card from a wallet or to attach the card on a shirt button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Inventor: John A. Keller
  • Patent number: 5699970
    Abstract: A discharge mechanism for meat-comminuting machine is disclosed, which comprises a housing structure and a discharge rotor. The housing structure defines a discharge chamber adapted to receive meat comminuted by the meat-comminuting machine, through a front mouth of the discharge chamber, and defines a back wall of the discharge chamber and a cylindrical wall thereof. The discharge rotor is arranged to be rotatably driven in the discharge chamber for discharging the comminuted meat from the discharge chamber, through an outlet of the cylindrical wall, via centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: 2 M Tool Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Vladan Mihailovic
  • Patent number: 5697722
    Abstract: A ring binder mechanism has a base plate that may be mounted in a binder or the like and preferably two spring closure mechanisms that each comprise a filing pin and a tube perpendicularly secured to the base plate. A longitudinally sliding and rotary closing bow is mounted in the tube to open and close the mechanism. A pressure spring is mounted between a disk-shaped bulge of the closing bow and a closed end of the robe to generate a closing force in the direction of the filing pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Herta Hladik
    Inventors: Herta Hladik, Hans Igler
  • Patent number: 5697561
    Abstract: A modular ice crusher assembly for use in conjunction with an ice storage unit can be easily removed for cleaning or maintenance. Two parallel brackets are used to mount and support the ice crusher below the discharge opening for the ice storage unit. A release mechanism allows the ice crusher to slide relative to the brackets between a first position in which the inlet chute of the ice crusher is in vertical alignment with the opening of the ice storage unit for receiving ice to be chipped, and a second position in which the ice crusher can be removed for cleaning or service. For example, the release mechanism can consist of a series of pins extending laterally outward from the ice crusher housing that slideably engage a corresponding series of inverted L-shaped slots in the brackets. During normal operation, the ice crusher is held in position below the ice storage unit because the pins are supported in the horizontal portions of the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Kloppenburg & Company
    Inventors: Robert G. Plank, Ralph E. Williams
  • Patent number: 5695132
    Abstract: A mill for grinding marking particles utilizing a source of a pressurized fluid is provided. The mill includes a grinding chamber having a peripheral wall, a base and a central axis. The mill also includes a nozzle associated with the peripheral wall of the grinding chamber. The nozzle defines an inlet of the nozzle. The inlet is connectable to the source of pressurized fluid. The pressurized fluid propels the marking particles about the periphery of the chamber. The mill further includes a plug cooperable with the nozzle. The plug is in engagement the nozzle when the pressure within the grinding chamber is substantially greater than the pressure at the inlet of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph F. Gorzka, Jr., Scott M. Smith, Gene T. Tomasino
  • Patent number: 5692848
    Abstract: In this ring binder, a pair of opposing swing base plates 3 are connected together at two locations near the center of their longitudinal swinging edges 3a by means of a joint mechanism 6 through operative engagement between the recessed joint section 61 having a projection 63 and the extended joint section 62 having a slot 64, so that the opposing swing base plates 3 are pivotally movable together in unison, and the swinging edges 3a are pivotally movable together toward and away from the top face 21a of the recessed section 21 in the fixed base plate 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takao Wada
  • Patent number: 5692849
    Abstract: A file folder improved in stiffness otherwise to fall down or deform when the S-binding file folder is placed in the E-type storage mode comprises a pair of foldable front and rear covers 4 and 5, a back cover 6 integrally located between and connected to them, and a binding fastener 3 fixedly attached on the inner face of the back cover 6 or the inner face of one of the foldable covers 4 and 5 near the back cover 6. A top wall section 8 and a tip wall section 9 are provided along the top and tip edges of one of the covers 4 and which detachably engage with the another cover 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takio Kiyomi
  • Patent number: 5692689
    Abstract: A cutter device is provided for being attached to an end of a movable working arm of a self-propelled vehicle for clearing and mulching trees. The cutter device includes a rotatably mounted drum with a plurality of spaced cutter teeth attached to an exterior of the drum for engaging and grinding the trees. A shield covers a portion of the drum and contains the deflection of wood debris outwardly from the drum during operation. The shield has an interior wall spaced apart from the cutter teeth and cooperating with the rotating drum to define a debris flow path through the device. At least one deflector plate is attached to the interior wall of the shield. The deflector plate extends inwardly into the debris flow path in a direction towards the cutter teeth of the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Inventor: Rickey D. Shinn
  • Patent number: 5690367
    Abstract: A lottery card comprising a given number of fields, arranged in a successive order. Each field is divided into a given number of frames. At least one of the frames of every field contains a mark. All marks are related to each other according to a successive order, and are concealed by being coated with a removable coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Shmuel Fromer