Patents Issued in March 19, 1996
  • Patent number: PP9477
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of primocane-fruiting red raspberry, characterized by its ability to product fruit of high quality and flavor suitable for the fresh fruit market. The variety is distinguished by its good fruit appearance when picked for fresh fruit sales and by its distinctly rugose leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Daratech Pty.
    Inventor: Graeme McGregor
  • Patent number: PP9478
    Abstract: A new and distinct Chrysanthemum cultivar named `Charibo` is provided. The new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program. Attractive very large double incurved blossoms of the pompon type are formed generally in the shape of a round ball. The response period of the flowers is approximately nine weeks. Recurrent profuse flower production throughout the year is possible. The plant possesses strong stems, forms large deep green leaves, and commonly assumes a height of approximately 40 to 45 cm. The new cultivar is particularly suited for use in the production of a decorative pot Chrysanthemum and can be grown single-stem, disbudded, or center budded. No growth regulator is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Selection New Plant Sarl
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Challet
  • Patent number: PP9479
    Abstract: A new and distinct Chrysanthemum cultivar named `Chakuse` is provided. The new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program. Attractive double bright yellow blossoms of the spider type are formed in profusion (as illustrated). The response period of the flowers is approximately eight and one-half weeks. Recurrent flower production throughout the year is possible. The plant possesses strong stems, forms attractive leaves, and commonly assumes a height of only approximately 25 to 30 cm. The new cultivar is particularly suited for use in the production of a decorative pot Chrysanthemum. No growth regulator is required to achieve the short plant height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Selection New Plant Sarl
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Challet
  • Patent number: PP9480
    Abstract: A new and distinct Chrysanthemum cultivar named `Chatupa` is provided. The new cultivar is a mutation of the `Chalecat` cultivar (U.S. Plant patent application Ser. No. 08/273,998, filed Jul. 12, 1994). Attractive extremely large double incurved blossoms of the pompon type are formed that are honey gold in coloration. The blossoms are long lasting and commonly keep their form for approximately three weeks on the plant and more than four weeks in a vase. The response period of the flowers is approximately nine weeks. Recurrent profuse flower production throughout the year is possible. The plant possesses strong thin stems, forms dark green glossy leaves, and commonly assumes a height of approximately 45 to 50 cm. The light blossom coloration contrasts nicely with the dark green foliage. The new cultivar is particularly suited for use in the production of a decorative pot Chrysanthemum that grows well disbudded. No growth regulator is necessary to achieve the short to medium plant height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Selection New Plant Sarl
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Challet
  • Patent number: PP9481
    Abstract: A new and distinct Chrysanthemum cultivar named `Charemi` is provided. The new cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program. Attractive very large double incurved light pink blossoms of the pompon type are formed generally in the shape of a round ball. The blossoms keep their form for weeks without showing an open center. The response period of the flowers is approximately eight weeks. Recurrent profuse flower production throughout the year is possible. The plant possesses strong stems, forms large deep green leaves, and commonly assumes a height of only approximately 30 to 35 cm. The new cultivar is particularly suited for use in the production of a decorative pot Chrysanthemum and can be grown single-stem, disbudded, or center-budded. No growth regulator is required to achieve the short plant height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Selection New Plant Sarl
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre Challet
  • Patent number: RE35180
    Abstract: A high frequency thermode-driven device for use in hotbar soldering has a unitary metal support frame which is used as part of .[.for.]. .Iadd.as part of .Iaddend.the secondaries of four individual transformers. The support frame also serves as the structural member to which the transformer and thermodes themselves are fastened. This is possible because the secondaries require only one turn; the upstanding ears of projections which extend radially outwardly from the support frame so as to protrude through the apertures in the transformer cores provide a source of voltage and become a secondary winding when connected to a load impedance, such as a thermode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Eldred H. Paufve, Richard Porterfield
  • Patent number: RE35181
    Abstract: A thermo-magnetic vaporizer carburetor comprised of a vaporization reaction chamber which includes South pole exposed magnetic means uniformly around the chamber. The South pole magnetic field alters the molecular structure of the fuel so that it is more rapidly dispersed in the fuel/air mixture entering the I.C. engine. The liquid fuel enters the thermo-magnetic vaporizer under high pressure at ambient temperature and is conducted into a circular spiral arrangement of tubing of approximately six turns where the change-of-state transition is made from a liquid fuel to a fuel vapor. The circular spiral tubing assembly of the vaporization reaction chamber is the conduit for the fuel, as well as an electrical heating element that vaporizes the fuel that is flowing through it. The vaporized fuel exits vaporization reaction chamber and is directed to the exit port of the central vane gimbal where it is injected into the low pressure point of the spinning intake air vortex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Paul H. Hudz
  • Patent number: RE35182
    Abstract: A reel for a gaming or amusement machine, of the type commonly known as a fruit machine, has a reel strip which has symbols at least partially within sunken regions of the .[.reel strip.]..Iadd.reel-strip.Iaddend..The symbols may be formed in relief in the sunken regions but do not project above a frame which surrounds the sunken regions. The surface of the frame may be arcuate, such that the reel is cylindrical in shape, or flat, such that the reel is polygonal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Bell-Fruit Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventor: Terence Howard
  • Patent number: RE35183
    Abstract: A deflection yoke for color cathode ray tubes, the deflection yoke including a vertical deflection coil for generating a vertical deflecting magnetic field having a barrel-shaped distortion, and a horizontal deflection coil for generating a horizontal deflection magnetic field having a pin-cushion shaped distortion, a differential coil connected to the horizontal deflection coil, a pair of cores located in opposite positions at a smaller rim portion of the yoke, the cores being provided with coils for generating a quadripolar magnetic field, a pick-up coil magnetically coupled to the differential coil or the horizontal deflection coil, and a current waveform shaping circuit for supplying a current to the quadripolar magnetic field generating coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Ose, Toshifumi Yoshida, Katsuyo Iwasaki
  • Patent number: RE35184
    Abstract: A remote transaction system is disclosed which may be used to conduct business transactions wherein visual contact between a buyer and a seller is desired or required. A transaction booth is located remotely from an operations center, the booth and the center being connected by audio and video communication lines. The booth includes audio and video equipment for transmitting and receiving audio and video signals between the booth and the center. Decoders are provided in the booth to receive telephone touch tones or pulses from the operations center and to control the audio and video equipment and other equipment in the booth. Alternatively, a programmable device, such as a controller or microcomputer, generates control signals for controlling the equipment. A dispenser unit is controllable from the operations center utilizing a decoder to selectively dispense items or objects to a customer. A payment module facilitates payment for items or services by cash, credit card, or other appropriate means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Mark E. Walker
  • Patent number: RE35185
    Abstract: Method of chromatographically separating a mixture by contacting said mixture under chromatographic separation conditions with a chromatographic separation stationary phase comprising an N-acyl diazepine polymer. In a preferred from, the polymer has been rendered substantially alkali-stable by substitution for the hydrogen at the C3 position on the diazepine ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Cohesive Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry S. Kolesinski
  • Patent number: RE35186
    Abstract: Method of chromatographically separating a mixture by contacting said mixture under chromatographic separation conditions with a chromatographic separation stationary phase comprising an N-acyl diazepine polymer. In a preferred from, the polymer has been rendered substantially alkali-stable by substitution for the hydrogen at the C3 position on the diazepine ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Cohesive Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry S. Kolesinski
  • Patent number: 5499400
    Abstract: Work gloves having a flexibility that is improved by the restriction of the degree of infiltration of the coating so as to produce a thin coating when the outer surface of a knit glove is covered with a coating made of vinyl chloride resin, rubber or the like, and subjected to an antimicrobial and/or deodorizing treatment by a facilitated manufacturing technique. Yarn processed by an antimicrobial and/or deodorizing agent and a water and/or oil repellent agent and non-processed yarn are combined together. A glove is knitted such that the processed yarn appears on the inner surface side of the glove, and the outer surface of the glove is coated with a coating material such as a vinyl chloride resin paste or natural rubber while the infiltration of the coating material into the inner surface is suppressed by the water and oil repellency. Thereby, a flexible coating is obtained, and the inside of the glove that comes into contact with a hand is subjected to an antimicrobial and/or deodorizing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Nankai Technart Corporation
    Inventors: Haruyuki Masuda, Yasuo Takata
  • Patent number: 5499401
    Abstract: An insulated hand warmer adapted to be attached to the user's waist by a belt apparatus. The insulated hand warmer has a front wall, a top wall, a back wall, a bottom wall and a collapsible wall, and a plurality of adjustment straps. The hand warmer can be compressed against the user's body by the adjustment straps when not in use. The insulated hand warmer also features a central pocket wherein a heat source can be placed. The user's hands are inserted from each end of the insulated hand warmer to come into contact with the heat source. A front pocket for storage of the user's travel articles is also taught herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Helen Heinmiller
  • Patent number: 5499402
    Abstract: Caps of the type used by baseball players but also used by other athletes and their fans have an opening at the back. A strap is attached to the headband of the cap on either side of the opening and the straps can be used to adjust the cap to fit the head size of the wearer by overlapping the ends of the straps to the necessary extent. One strap usually has spaced holes and the other spaced studs which fit into the holes. The present invention provides a panel which may carry the logo of a team, a merchandiser's advertisement or other design. The panel is secured to the overlapped straps in various ways described in detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Michael J. Rose
  • Patent number: 5499403
    Abstract: A disposable pocket for temporary attachment to a person's outer garment and for receiving and holding an animal treat. The pocket is constructed such that there are front and back panels joined to each other along a leakproof seam to form a pocket and wherein a top panel is attached along its front and back edges to the upper margins of the front and back panels. The pocket is constructed of greaseproof material and there is a slot in the top panel. The rear panel has a pressure sensitive adhesive thereon to attach the pocket to a garment as desired. The front panel may be textured to give the appearance of fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Lora Harrigan
  • Patent number: 5499404
    Abstract: An article of men's underwear having a front aperture bounded by two edges and having a front portion of a waistband with two strips for independently supporting the edges, at least one of the edges is slidable along its respective strip between a position in which the two edges are at least partly superposed and a position in which they are spaced apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Piero Marchiorello
  • Patent number: 5499405
    Abstract: A urinal for capturing and directing urine into a drain line. The inventive device includes an adjustable mounting structure securable to a wall surface within a bathroom. A urinal is supported by the adjustable mounting structure and can be positioned at a desired height. A water conduit communicates with a water supply line of a nearby sink or the like to permit selective flushing of the urinal, and a drain conduit communicates with a sink drain line to receive and dispose of the urine and flush water. The device can be readily installed into existing bathroom structures to provide an alternative to a conventional toilet, thereby reducing flushing of the toilet and saving water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: William T. Collins
  • Patent number: 5499406
    Abstract: A suction assembly employs an air induction tube to induct air into the recirculating water pump to cause the pump to cease pumping operation when the front face of the assembly is blocked. The induction tube is connected to a bleed path formed between the induction tube and a surrounding coaxial face tube extended into the assembly from the front face. When the face is blocked by hair or the like, water in the induction tube bleeds into the main chamber of the assembly and empties the induction tube. Air is then pulled into the pump, causing the pump to lose prime thereby reducing pump pressure to zero and allowing the hair or other blocking material to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Hydrabaths, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip E. Chalberg, Paul N. Kenchel
  • Patent number: 5499407
    Abstract: A display device for illustrating the internal construction of a conventional bedding system displayed on the sales floor of a store is adapted to be superposed on a corner of the displayed bedding system. The novel display device comprises three generally-planar members, one planar member corresponding with the horizontally-disposed body-receiving surface of the mattress and the other two generally-planar members corresponding to the two side surfaces of the bedding system forming the corner on which the display device is superposed. On each of the three generally-planar members of the device is a different picture, each picture portraying the likeness of the individual components of the innerspring assembly of the mattress on which the display device is superposed in such a way that these likeness simulate in two dimensions the structures and arrangement of the corresponding components in the innerspring assembly of the mattress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Ohio Mattress Company Licensing and Components Group
    Inventors: Michael J. Atwell, Thomas J. O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 5499408
    Abstract: A lift for an invalid for moving the invalid between a first horizontal and a second sitting position. The apparatus includes an overhead frame extending over the first and second positions. A hoist assembly is supported by the frame and includes independently operable first and second retractable sling frame supports. The apparatus also includes a sling frame. The sling frame includes a central framework with opposed upper and lower ends. Parallel sides join the upper and lower ends. Upper and lower attachments connect the sling frame to the hoist assembly. Upper and lower support legs are attached to the central framework and are adapted to rest on a surface, such as a bed, at the first horizontal position. Sling attachments connect a sling beneath the frame. The sling attached beneath the sling frame includes a head support section, a trunk support section, and a pair of leg support sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: John W. Nix
  • Patent number: 5499409
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toughened cycloaliphatic epoxy resin composition useful as a coating comprising:(a) a curable cycloaliphatic epoxy resin,(b) an epoxidized low viscosity polydiene polymer wherein the polymer contains from 2.0 to 6.0 milliequivalents of epoxy per gram of polymer,(c) a curing agent,(d) an aromatic epoxy resin, and(e) a hydroxy functional material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: David J. St. Clair
  • Patent number: 5499410
    Abstract: A coupling device for coupling a mattress to a mattress base comprises a lower coupling element, which can be attached to the mattress base, and an upper coupling element, which can be attached to the mattress, which lower coupling element and upper coupling element can be mechanically connected to one another. To facilitate the making of said connection, said upper coupling element and lower coupling element can be coupled in various positions which are offset with respect to one another. Furthermore, upper coupling element and lower coupling element can also be coupled electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Koninklijke Auping B.V.
    Inventor: Bernardus A. T. F. Assink
  • Patent number: 5499411
    Abstract: A blanket for weighted anchoring to a surface. The inventive device includes a blanket web positionable upon a beach surface. A plurality of anchor assemblies are secured to the blanket web and operate to receive sand to anchor the blanket web relative to the beach surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: King Wong
  • Patent number: 5499413
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composite foam chair cushion and method used to produce the composite chair cushion. The cushion is especially suitable for use in the construction of one and two piece office type chairs. The cushion is comprised of an insert of foamed material of predetermined density and compressibility and bonded to a foamed border material of less density and greater compressibility than that of the insert. Also disclosed is a method for producing the composite foam chair cushion of this invention using a cushion mold and a foamable reaction mixture of a foam material, such as polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hendrik R. Van Hekken
  • Patent number: 5499414
    Abstract: An improved innerspring construction such as a mattress or box spring unit which includes improved edge support characteristics. A torsion edge support unit is disclosed which may be placed about the periphery of an innerspring construction with a minimum of interference with more interiorly-positioned coil springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Simmons Company
    Inventor: Paul J. Dillon
  • Patent number: 5499415
    Abstract: A patient trauma table is described which is adapted for use with medical imaging systems so that the patient can be easily positioned in the imaging system without the necessity of transferring the patient to a special table, making the table extremely useful for supporting a patient during emergency or surgical intervention. The patient trauma table has an elongated top patient-supporting panel capable of being moved into a cantilevered relation to the table base so that a portion of the panel is disposed in an imaging position with respect to the medical imaging equipment. A system for stabilizing the patient supporting panel preferably includes means for releasably locking the table to the imaging equipment to fix the imaging position; and stabilizing support assembly including a support arm having a roller at one end and mounted on the medical imaging equipment so that the roller can be incrementally, vertically moved into and out of contact with the underside of the cantilevered end of the table panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Analogic Corporation
    Inventor: Gilbert W. McKenna
  • Patent number: 5499416
    Abstract: Floating stretcher, designed, in particular, for recovering injured persons at sea, of the type including a metallic framework (1) capable of being winched by helicopter and supporting a panel of composite material (2) ensuring the buoyancy of the whole, characterized in that the panel of composite material (2) is pivotably fixed to the front of the metallic framework (1) and in that means (25, 34) are provided for maintaining the said panel (2) either in a position inclined at a given angle in relation to the plane of the framework (1) and above the latter, or in the plane of the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Antar Daouk
  • Patent number: 5499417
    Abstract: A multipurpose floating pillow including an ellipse dish-like lower member having a spherical recess formed on its top surface for receiving an inflatable sac therein. A molded and resilient upper member covers and engages with the lower member. A container may be disposed in a recess formed on the bottom side of the lower member to receive, for example, a weight scale. Pads made of slightly rigid material may be disposed between the inflatable sac and the upper member. The resiliency and softness of the floating pillow can be adjusted through the inflation of the inflatable sac. The floating pillow will therefore not become deformed after long periods of use and may provide different functions on different occasions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Chih C. Wang
  • Patent number: 5499418
    Abstract: A body support for a young child or a baby having a pair of bolster cases containing bolsters, the first bolster case being connected to one end of a flexible sheet connector and the second bolster case being connected to the other end of a flexible sheet connector. A pair of mating releasable fastening material strips are mounted to the first bolster case and the flexible sheet connector such that the first bolster case may be rolled under a portion of the flexible sheet connector. Thus, the flexible sheet connector is adjustably attached to the first bolster case and the distance between the first and second bolster cases is infinitely adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventors: Sze W. Tan, Valerie A. Capper
  • Patent number: 5499419
    Abstract: An improvement in apparatus for assisting the transit of a person seated in a chair transport device in either direction between a lower level and an upper level in which a longitudinally extended pathway having upper and lower ends is disposed between the lower level and the upper level to accommodate a support on a side of a chair and in which the pathway includes at least one stop for maintaining the location of the chair at a predetermined location along the length of the pathway, the stop being at a location along the length of the pathway intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Edwin M. Baranowski
  • Patent number: 5499420
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a brush holder for a toothbrush, in particular for cleaning the interproximal spaces, for releasably locating a brush preferably comprising an in particular stem-shaped bristle supporting structure having bristles secured thereto, with the bristle supporting structure including a portion carrying no bristles, and the brush holder including a receiving structure adapted to receive the bare portion. The brush holder is of an approximately disk-shaped configuration. The receiving structure is associated with a recess, and the recess carries pivotally therein a clamping structure for clampingly, yet releasably, positioning the brush in its proper location relative to the brush holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernhard Boland
  • Patent number: 5499421
    Abstract: A new and improved toothbrush has a pair of discreet twin brushing heads. The heads are arranged side-by-side with independent head flexure. The heads are attached to the handle through use of two discrete neck segments that have purposeful flexure. Each head is connected to one neck segment, thereby permitting independent head flexure. The heads may be angled relative to each other so as to provide two discrete stabilizing contact areas, these contact areas being the respective "high" areas of the two brushing heads that initially meet the teeth and gum surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Michael F. Brice
  • Patent number: 5499422
    Abstract: A manually rotatable head toothbrush with a minimum number of parts and utilizing properties of an elastomeric material in the construction thereof, so as to thus providing suitable resistance to rotation such that any desired orientation of brush head to handle can be maintained when the toothbrush is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Rudi Lavazoli
  • Patent number: 5499423
    Abstract: A noise control apparatus for a vacuum cleaner, having a simple construction and capable of easy installation in the vacuum cleaner which effectively attenuates noise in a wide frequency band. The noise control apparatus includes a control unit, a noise detecting unit for detecting a noise generated from a noise source, generating a noise level signal on the basis of the noise detection, and sending the noise level signal to the control unit, a control sound generating unit for generating a control sound adapted to attenuate the noise from the noise source under a control of the control unit, and an error sound detecting unit for detecting an error sound resulting from the noise attenuation by the control sound from the control sound generating unit, generating an error sound signal on the basis of the error sound detection, and sending the error sound signal to the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Man Joo, Yong-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 5499424
    Abstract: A cleaning head for use with suction means particularly suitable for cleaning hard, flat and smooth surfaces, such as glass or marble walls. The cleaning head is equipped with attachments for cleansing liquid application, scrubbing, wiping and waste liquid removal in one piece and is normally closed so that no waste liquid inside the head will leak out during quiescent operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Senson Investments Limited
    Inventor: Alfred T. Lau
  • Patent number: 5499425
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner and a method for constructing a vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner utilizes interchangeable detent bars having different numbers of detents thereon to selectively determine the number of height adjustment selections the vacuum cleaner will have. The vacuum cleaner includes a chassis, a detent bar attached to the chassis, a cam member slidably mounted to the chassis and a wheel retainer with laterally spaced wheels thereon. The wheel retainer is pivotally mounted to chassis such that the wheels may pivot toward and away from the chassis. The wheel retainer has a cam follower surface thereon which operatively cooperates with a cam surface on the cam member to raise and lower the wheels relative to the chassis as the cam member is moved. The cam member has a finger selectively engageable with individual detents on the detent bar to selectively laterally position the cam member relative to the chassis and thereby selectively establish the height of the chassis from a floor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Ryobi Motor Products
    Inventor: William K. Glenn, III
  • Patent number: 5499426
    Abstract: A handle device includes a pair of storage tubes adapted to be mounted on a rear face of a wheeled suitcase, a seat frame, a handle member and a locking mechanism. Each storage tube has a top open end and a first engaging hole adjacent to the top open end. The seat frame is fastened to and extends between the storage tubes. The handle member has two arm portions which are inserted slidingly into the storage tubes and which are provided with at least one second engaging hole. The seat frame confines a receiving space which is communicated with the first engaging holes of the storage tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Dick M. Hsieh
  • Patent number: 5499427
    Abstract: A knob assembly for drawers and the like comprises an integral knob having a flat base member, a longitudinally-extending stem connected at one end to the base member and a threaded bore opening in a second stem end for receiving a screw fastener therein. An insert piece having a top portion and a recessed shoulder portion extending around the perimeter of the top portion is received by a collar having a central opening size to receive the top portion of the insert while blocking the passage of the shoulder portion of the insert therethrough. The collar is adapted to be crimped so as to securely engage the base member by its periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Blaser Die Casting Co.
    Inventor: Myrlen L. Bowman
  • Patent number: 5499428
    Abstract: A flush hinge for pivotally connecting a door to an adjacent wall wherein first and second hinge members are connected by a pintle to move about a pivot axis. The pivot axis is substantially centered in the width dimension of each of the first and second knuckle portions and an inside face of each knuckle portions forms a stop face for the door or wall to position them inside the pivot axis so the ends of the hinge members remain in close proximity as the first hinge member moves. The first and second hinge members have a tongue and groove fitting and stop faces that abut to hold the hinge member in both open and closed positions. In a first embodiment the pivot axis is substantially centered between adjacent edges of the door and walls with an inner face of the hinge being in the same plane as the door and wall to fill a gap therebetween. The first embodiment has a base portion that extends into a hollow wall support and fastens to the inside thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Paul M. Okada
  • Patent number: 5499429
    Abstract: A clip (405) for attaching a portable electronic device (400) to an external article (805) comprises a first end (415) for coupling the clip (405) to the portable electronic device (400) and a second end (422) having an aperture (425) formed therein. The external article (805) can be positioned through the aperture (425) to secure the portable electronic device (400) to the external article (805).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Sandra Higginbotham
  • Patent number: 5499430
    Abstract: A hose clamp with supplemental holding fingers comprising: a worm drive clamp of a resilient material positionable in a loop about the free end of a hose to be clamped to an interior cylindrical member, the clamp having one free end with recesses for use with a worm in tightening the clamp; a tightening member having a radially interior end secured to the interior face of the clamp adjacent to the recesses with a hollow tubular member radially outward thereof, the tubular member having internal threads with a threaded rotatable member interior thereof, the rotatable member having a component at one end for rotation thereof whereby the threads of the rotatable member function to cooperate with the recesses of the clamp for movement thereof to tighten or loosen the clamp; and a pair of generally V-shaped fingers each with a flat central section secured to the interior surface of the clamp at diametrically opposed points, each of the fingers extending at obtuse angles from the central section in opposite directi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Andrew A. Strazar
  • Patent number: 5499431
    Abstract: This invention pertains to spring clip garment holders for holding garments, especially small garments such as pairs of socks, while the garments are being processed. In the rest position, the clip generally has a "U-shaped" configuration, including a bight and a pair of legs extending from the bight. The legs have upper sections extending toward each other, and lower sections extending away from each other, and the legs reside in surfaces which preferably intersect at an angle of no more than about 20 degrees. At least one of the legs includes a lock, such as a lock slot, for locking the legs together. In use, the spring clip garment holder is compressed, creating an opening for receiving a garment, and providing clearance for one leg to pass the other, thereby crossing one leg over the other. The compression is released after the garment is inserted into the opening, with the legs still crossed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventors: Erik D. Mortensen, Donald W. Mortensen
  • Patent number: 5499432
    Abstract: A fastening device for fastening a web-like material to a bag or like garment article comprises a connecting member, a link rotatable relative thereto, a cylindrical retaining member fitted rotatably over the connecting member and having a retaining bar, and a hook member having a J-shaped hook. A retaining pin member is adapted to interconnect the connecting member, the retaining member and the hook member and is resiliently releasable from the retaining member to permit the latter to rotate so that the retaining bar moves out of registration with the J-shaped hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Yoshida Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Yasuharu Terada, Tsuneo Suzuki, Hideyuki Matsushima, Yoshiyuki Horita
  • Patent number: 5499433
    Abstract: An apparatus for shearing, tigering, napping or other surface treatment of a finite length of a textile fabric, particularly pile and plush fabrics, is disclosed which is especially adapted for experimental research and development usage in a laboratory setting. The apparatus includes a rotatably driven roller having a fabric surface-engaging periphery and an arm assembly for supporting the fabric piece for presentation to the roller, the arm assembly being movable between a fabric-loading position spaced from the roller and a treatment position in close adjacency to the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Guilford Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Moghaddassi, Arne Nielsen
  • Patent number: 5499434
    Abstract: A tool for compressing valve springs of overhead camshaft internal combustion engines in which the tool is provided with a J-shaped hook member for engaging the camshaft and utilizes the latter as a fulcrum and in which the hook member is formed with an extension for facilitating the engagement with and the removal from the camshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventor: Julian Zdral
  • Patent number: 5499435
    Abstract: A tool for placing and securing sealing strip (11) into a joint gap (19) between structural parts (17, 18) includes a lead-in device (10) guiding the sealing strip (11) into the joint gap (19), an insertion device (8) aligning the sealing strip (11) and a contact pressure device (7) with two coextensive contact pressure faces (12, 13) for pressing the sealing strip (11) within the joint gap (19). A spacing (A) between the contact pressure faces (12, 13) transversely of their coextension is variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Hilti Akiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jurgen Kortenkamp, Gebhard Gantner, Walter Winkler
  • Patent number: 5499436
    Abstract: A tool for attaching or detaching a filmstrip to a cartridge. The tool includes a blade and a base section having an upper end and a lower end. The blade is integrally secured to the upper end of the base section. The tool is made by first providing the blade with a predetermined configuration and placing the blade in a mold and introducing a resin material so as to form the base section of the tool and integrally securing the section to the base section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thomas C. Merle, Dale W. Ryan, David L. Rowden
  • Patent number: 5499437
    Abstract: A method of assembling a variable speed belt drive of the type having a pair of shiftable discs received on respective input and output shafts with a drive belt entrained thereabout. Methodology of the invention includes providing a drive housing with a relatively large interior access opening. The drive housing has a support backbone at a generally central location in the interior access portion. The support bracket is mounted to the support backbone to straddle support the output shaft having a pair of variable speed discs mounted thereon. A singular one of a pair of constant speed discs is mounted on the input shaft. The drive belt is installed about the output shaft entrained in between the variable speed discs and with the loop of the drive belt placed about the input shaft. A second one of the constant speed discs is mounted onto the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Reliance Electric Industrial Company
    Inventors: Todd C. Lucich, Edward F. Krome, Jr., Michael G. Howe, Larry D. Fields, Joseph R. Mihelick
  • Patent number: 5499438
    Abstract: A pallet container (1) for liquids has a replaceable inner container (2) made of sheet metal, an outer jacket (6) made of latticework, as well as a pallet (9)in the form of a bottom tray (10), which receives the bottom (16) of the inner container. The inner container (2)is made of sheet steel, preferably constructed as a double-walled structure, and is welded together from a jacket (11), a bottom part (12) and a cover (13). For the production of the inner container, a rectangular sheet-metal blank is bent to form a pipe element, whose mating edges are welded lengthwise. The pipe element is stretched to form a jacket of rectangular cross section. Then, a peripheral bead with a V-shaped cross section in each of the two end areas of the jacket is formed at a distance from its edges, which then are cut. Then, the deep-drawn, tray-shaped bottom part with a rounded edge is superposed or joined exactly to the outer sides of one bead of the jacket and the bottom part is attached to the jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Inventor: Udo Schutz