Patents Issued in July 13, 2004
  • Patent number: 6761260
    Abstract: A system for transporting containers, which is especially suitable for use in a plant for the production of paints, varnishes and the like, includes a longitudinally extending bearing structure for containers. The structure in turn includes a first, fixed, portion defining one or more fixed bearing surfaces, and a second, movable, portion defining one or more movable bearing surfaces. Handling devices are coupled operatively to the movable portion in order, in use, to bring about coordinated movements of lifting/lowering and longitudinal advance/return of the movable portion relative to the fixed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Corob S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Bettini, Roberto Avanzi
  • Patent number: 6761261
    Abstract: A device for transferring articles from between two spaced locations, the device has at least two groups of inclined platforms, each platform having an upper article-receiving surface and a leading edge region, wherein each article-receiving surface of the first group is overlapped by a platform of the second group. The device is being operable to reciprocate each of the first group of platforms relative to a corresponding second platform between two positions, wherein the leading edge region of each of the first group of platforms is aligned with a corresponding leading edge region of a platform of the second group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Maxi-Tour Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Dussault, Guy Chabot, Francois Potvin
  • Patent number: 6761262
    Abstract: A conveyor system for moving articles, such as microtiter plates and the like, includes an endless belt with dividing ribs spaced to accommodate and position the plates to be moved. The belt is driven by a servo motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Thermo CRS LTD
    Inventors: Roger Barry Hertz, Daniel Curtis McCrackin
  • Patent number: 6761263
    Abstract: A method for controlling the run-up of a conveyor belt BY increasing a setpoint value of the belt's speed with an increasing acceleration in a first time interval, and with a decreasing acceleration in a second time interval, thereafter plotting a curve of the increasing acceleration against time which has a positive curvature in the second interval, a second time derivative of the acceleration in the first and the second time interval is at least approximately constant and at least approximately equal and opposite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Becker, Ingemar Neuffer
  • Patent number: 6761264
    Abstract: A conveyor belt for transporting objects is provided. The conveyor belt includes a plurality of body members. Also included in the conveyor belt are a plurality of surface platform members that are disposed at one side of the body members. An outside surface of the surface platform member is sloped from a first location of higher elevation to a second location of lower elevation. A rail member is located on the surface platform member and is proximate to the second point of lower elevation. The surface platform member is adapted to support an object that is transported by the conveyor belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hartness International
    Inventors: Dorian F. Steeber, Robert C. Beesley, Olivier P. Duterte
  • Patent number: 6761265
    Abstract: A plurality of I-beam segments is aligned end-to-end in a longitudinal series. An elongated flexible sheet is carried on each side of the aligned I-beam webs. A flexible lap plate interconnects juxtaposed pairs of I-beam webs and maintains the elongated sheets in a slidable relationship, such that the flexible sheets can move with respect to the webs when the track section flexes laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Serpentix Conveyor Corp.
    Inventors: Michael S. Dolan, Robert E. Nissen, Robert D. Nusz
  • Patent number: 6761266
    Abstract: A durable plastic case having three compartments for storing eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dentures, respectively, of a particular person. The lid of each compartment has the name of the item for which that compartment is intended imprinted thereon in text and Braille. Each compartment opens independently. An L-shaped overhang or pair of hooks is positioned on the back of the case for suspending on the bedstead of the person for whom the items are stored. The lids have hinges such that the left lid opens outwardly to the left, the center lid opens to the rear, and the right lid opens outwardly to the right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Lavonda L. Popish
  • Patent number: 6761267
    Abstract: A carrier for elongate, cylindrical chalk sticks comprises a body of flexible material having opposite ends, opposite sides, and inner and outer surfaces. Chalk stick pockets extend into the body from the inner surface toward the outer surface in four rows spaced apart in the direction between the opposite sides and each row includes 50 pockets spaced apart in the direction between the opposite ends. The pockets are elongated in the direction between the opposite sides of the body, and said body is rollable in the direction between the opposite ends to form a roll enclosing said pockets and which roll can be releasably held in the rolled condition by suitable fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Bruce DeFoor
  • Patent number: 6761268
    Abstract: A screw-holding belt (20) has a belt body (2) made from a plastics and having cutouts (8) that are formed at a pitch ‘P’ in and along side edges of the belt body so as to intermittently drive it. Passage holes (5) are formed at the same pitch as the cutouts in order to eject the screws (15), and have a diameter larger than their heads or washers. Screw-holding cylinders (3) are formed each in and coaxial with the central region passage hole (5), so that each screw's threaded leg is inserted into and held in the cylinder. Four stays (21) continue from the rim of upper opening (4) of each cylinder and extend outwards to the inner periphery of passage hole (5) in radial directions each intersecting the center line of belt body (2), so that the belt body can smoothly advance to eject the screws, without suffering from any trouble even if their heads or washers are of a large diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Yugenkaisha Shinjo Seisakusho
    Inventor: Katsumi Shinjo
  • Patent number: 6761269
    Abstract: A container for dispensing individual plastic wrap covers and a method of assembling such a container are disclosed. The container may be generally parallelopiped in shape and may include a hinged lid initially secured to the container along a score line. The lid may be torn along the score line and pivoted at the hinge to allow the user to access a smaller opening provided within the container. The smaller opening may be provided within a fifth flap provided integrally with the remainder of the template used to form the container. The opening may be sufficiently large to allow for the plastic wrap covers to be removed, but may be sufficiently small so as to prevent or substantially limit the removal of more than one plastic wrap cover at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson Home Storage, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Hamming
  • Patent number: 6761270
    Abstract: A filter assembly and a method of filtering a fluid using the filter assembly are disclosed. The filter assembly includes wave coils arranged axially to define a filter element. The filter element includes bottom and top ends and an inner cavity. The filter assembly also includes a base plate that engages one, or both, ends to support the wave coils. The fluid flows toward the base plate, and the base plate diverts the fluid inside or outside the inner cavity. The wave coils include crests and troughs engaging one another on adjacent wave coils to define filtration apertures. The diverted fluid is filtered through the filtration apertures such that a filtrate of the fluid passes through the inside or outside of the inner cavity, and a retentate of the fluid is retained on the other of the inside or outside of the inner cavity relative to the filtrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: E. Bayne Carew
  • Patent number: 6761271
    Abstract: A wash bucket screen has a slanting platform supported on a frustum skirt. The platform has a plurality of holes interspersed between raised ridges on the platform running radially generally toward its perimeter as an aid in releasing water from a cloth squeezed against the platform. To effectively prevent backsplash from the bucket bottom back through the screen, the holes taper from a diameter sized to readily collect water on the platform top to a smaller hole diameter on the platform bottom. The skirt includes a flange on its distal end that engages the bucket wall. To accommodate a frustum bucket with changing wall diameter, the skirt flexes resiliently with the flange engaging the bucket wall and the skirt flexing inward as the screen is inserted in a bucket with decreasing diameter. To allow movement of the skirt, a plurality of slits extend vertically, opening at the skirt distal end, providing an effective splash shield between the skirt and the bucket wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Lynn J. Cresswell
  • Patent number: 6761272
    Abstract: Filters and methods for producing filter paper or paper-like nonwoven materially consisting partially or wholly of fibrous cellulose containing material. The filters provided are characterized by high filtration capacity and are capable of absorbing and binding undesirable foreign and attendant substances in the filter medium. The cellulose containing material of the is at least partially carbamided with urea and phosphorylated with phosphoric acid or ammonium phosphate until a nitrogen content in the form of carbamide groups of 1 to 4% and a phosphorous content of 3 to 8% are reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Helmut Körber
    Inventors: Friedemann Pieschel, Bckehard Lange, Michael Knieling
  • Patent number: 6761273
    Abstract: A fast installation/removal structure includes an upper board, a lower board, and an installation/removal lever. The upper board has hooking grooves and at least a positioning pin. The lower board has snap fitting devices and at least a sliding slot through which slidably inserts the positioning pin. A front end of the lever is pivotally connected to the lower board there below, and has a guide groove through which the positioning pin inserts. A rear end of the lever is externally accessible to allow manipulation by the user. With the circuit board securely fastened thereon, the upper board is placed on the lower board. The snap fitting devices respectively engage through the hooking grooves. By turning the lever, the positioning pin slides along the sliding slot to have the snap fitting devices respectively snap fit through the hooking grooves, thereby fastening the upper board to the lower board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: First International Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Aries Chen, Chang Lu Chang
  • Patent number: 6761274
    Abstract: A rack includes a horizontal framework for holding or displaying various things. The horizontal framework can be adjusted in height by a plurality of expandable units by which the horizontal framework is mounted on a base. The expandable units are formed of an outer tube, and an inner tube slidably fitted into the outer tube in conjunction with a locating structure having a cylindrical seat, a sleeve, and an elastic lock ring. The lock ring is retained in one end of the sleeve which is rotatably fastened to the cylindrical seat. The bottom end of the inner tube is slidably fitted into the top end of the outer tube and is embraced by the lock ring which is made compact to embrace tightly the bottom end of the inner tube when the sleeve is turned clockwise. The lock ring is relieved of the pressure when the sleeve is turned counterclockwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Ching-Fei Chen
  • Patent number: 6761275
    Abstract: A liner disc for a bottle cap for sealingly closing a bottle includes an annular rim portion and a downwardly domed portion depending from the annular rim portion. The domed portion is convex toward the contents of the bottle. A seal layer is provided on the domed portion. Internal pressure of the contents of the bottle acts in a direction tending to flatten the domed portion which in turn expands an annular side wall of the domed portion outwardly to press the seal layer against the inside surface of the bottle to assist in effecting a seal between the bottle and the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Alcoa Closure Systems International
    Inventors: Stephen W. McBride, David Babcock
  • Patent number: 6761276
    Abstract: A covering system for use in connection with an appliance mount having a at least one self-closing tubular sleeve and a plurality of retaining rings. The retaining rings are adapted to engage a support structure. The sleeve wraps around the support structure and creates an inwardly directed clamping action which secures the sleeve to the rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Lucasey Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: Edward L. O'Neill
  • Patent number: 6761277
    Abstract: Disclosed is a square knock-down bin with “L” shaped side elements so as to deploy on the base along portions to two adjacent base sides. Each of the side elements includes locking elements along each of its two ends. The locking-element at one of the ends is configured to interlock with the locking element of the adjacent side element to which it abuts. At least one of the side elements includes a displaceable locking-element along one of its two ends. The shape of the side elements is such that disassembled side elements from several bins will nest inside an assembled bin for storage and return shipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Dolav Dvir Lahav Plastics Products
    Inventor: Moshe Dotan
  • Patent number: 6761278
    Abstract: An ambidextrous lid assembly that allows a lid to be opened from either side of a compartment is disclosed. The lid assembly includes at least a first frame member adapted to be pivotally attached proximate the compartment opening. The first frame member has an opening that allows access therethrough to at least a portion of the interior of the compartment when the first frame member is closed against the perimeter of the compartment opening. The lid assembly includes a second frame member that is pivotally attached to the first frame member and either by itself or in cooperation with a lid cover provides a closure for the opening in the first frame member. The first frame member carries a latch for securing it about the opening, and the second frame member carries a latch for securing it to the first frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Southco, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric D. Hyp, John Andrew Erikson
  • Patent number: 6761279
    Abstract: A package, particularly suited for containing viscous foodstuff, comprising a wide-mouth generally rectangular container and a dispensing closure. The closure seals onto the container with a push-on motion and includes a resealable flip-up hinged lid. The container is originally sealed, after being filled, with a seal membrane applied to the container mouth. The closure is configured to permit the seal membrane to be conveniently removed from the container mouth while the closure remains assembled on the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Weatherchem Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas S. Martin, Joel Wennerstrom
  • Patent number: 6761280
    Abstract: A sheet metal end shell for conversion into easy opening beer and beverage ends with reduced metal usage while maintaining commercially acceptable buckle resistance. The end shell has an upper chuckwall portion that is disposed at an angle of about 20-35 degrees to vertical, a countersink bead having a width of about 0.020-0.040 inch, and further preferably having a countersink depth of less than about 0.250 inch and a panel depth less than about 0.070 inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Alcon Inc.
    Inventors: Harry R. Zonker, Gary L. Myers, Robert E. Dick, Darl G. Boysel, John S. Ward
  • Patent number: 6761281
    Abstract: An ecology end member for a beverage container has a central panel wall with a product side, a public side, and an outer peripheral edge. A non-detachable tab is secured to the public side of the central panel wall by a rivet. A displaceable tear panel is located in the central panel wall adjacent the rivet. The tear panel is defined by a frangible score and a non-frangible hinge segment. The frangible score has a tear panel geometry with an outer periphery defied by a curvilinear score length. The tear panel geometry is asymmetrically skewed having a large radius of score curvature in a first outer quadrant of the tear panel to provide low resistance to opening the tear panel at the large radius. The tear panel has a radially outermost segment of the score located in a different quadrant of the tear panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Rexam Beverage Can Company
    Inventor: William H. Hartman
  • Patent number: 6761282
    Abstract: The invention provides a plastic container that comprises the container body with an integral handle and lid. The container body has a sidewall which terminates in an upwardly facing rim defining a surface to which a sealing member such as a sheet of plastic or aluminum foil can be adhesively bonded. A pair of hinge supports are integrally molded with the container body and each has an upper hinge end which is in alignment with the rim of the container. The handle has a central hand grip portion and a pair of legs each of which is hinged to the hinge support and molded integrally therewith. A pair of hinges defined by plastic ligaments of reduced thickness are both aligned with the top of the rim between one of the supports and the legs of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Dennis C. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6761283
    Abstract: The invention provides a container for viscous dressing products that includes a jar and a closure or lid. The lid may be hingedly attached to the container so as to remain attached to the jar after opening. The container provides protection for the viscous dressing product during packaging, shipping, handling, retail display and consumer use, and also makes the viscous dressing readily accessible to the consumer. The container preferably includes a shelf or wiper on the closure to permit the consumer to swipe a serving utensil on the shelf to remove excess viscous dressing product from the utensil. The jar is preferably provided with improved handling characteristics as compared with prior art jars of circular cross section. In the preferred embodiments, the shape of the jar as viewed in plan is generally oval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheryl M. Gilliam, Anne Bucher
  • Patent number: 6761284
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for detecting the presence or absence as well as the level of material in a beverage dispenser. The system includes a sensor assembly including a light source and a light detector. The source and detector are in close proximity to one another with the detector detecting a beam emitted from the source and the beam is reflected from material retained in the container. A controller is provided and receives a signal from the sensor assembly for controllably operating functions of the beverage dispenser based on the detection signal from the sensor assembly relating to material in the container. The apparatus for detecting a level of material in the container includes a comparator coupled to the sensor assembly for receiving a signal from the detector, the output from the comparator coupled to the controller. A variable gain amplifier is coupled to the detector for receiving an output signal from the detector. The variable gain amplifier provides an input signal to the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Bunn-O-Matic Corporation
    Inventor: John T. Knepler
  • Patent number: 6761285
    Abstract: An automated apparatus for dispensing a liquid whitener and a liquid additive in a cup or the like. The apparatus comprises a source of liquid whitener and a whitener tube having a whitener outlet and a source of liquid additive and an additive line having an additive outlet. The apparatus also comprises a whitener control connected to the whitener tube, an additive control connected to the additive line and a control board having at least one switch actuatable by a user for allowing the user to select a liquid whitener and a liquid additive. In operation, the whitener control allows dispersion of a predetermined amount of the selected liquid whitener through the whitener outlet, the additive control allows dispersion of a predetermined amount of the selected liquid additive through the additive outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Claudio Bertone
  • Patent number: 6761286
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a fluid includes a rigid vial that has a main fluid chamber containing a fluid, and a pump assembly that is in fluid communication with the main fluid chamber and is configured to dispense a predetermined quantity of fluid from the main fluid chamber. A flexible bladder is provided which is located within the main fluid chamber and is configured to expand to fill the ullage created within the main fluid chamber during dispensing of fluid by the pump assembly. The resilient bladder tends to force itself outwardly toward the rigid vial and, in turn, increases the pressure within the main fluid chamber in comparison to the interior of the bladder to thereby prevent the ingress of air or vapors through the bladder or otherwise into the main fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Joseph M. Ting
  • Patent number: 6761287
    Abstract: A port assembly for a paint or similar can, in which a port in the lid is fitted with a threaded collar and a threaded stopper that fits into it. The port assembly allows easy access to the contents of the can while maintaining a good seal around the rim. If the threaded stopper is transparent and colorless, a user may view the contents of the can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Caruso
  • Patent number: 6761288
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising a fluid reservoir (111) of variable volume, and a dispensing orifice (130), said reservoir being provided with at least one deformable actuating wall (112) urged by resilient means (15) into a rest position corresponding to the reservoir having its maximum volume, said dispenser being characterized in that the resilient means (15) are situated outside the reservoir (111), not in contact with the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Valois S.A.
    Inventor: Firmin Garcia
  • Patent number: 6761289
    Abstract: A method is described for preparing mixtures of salts and/or other substances in general, including calcium and magnesium salts with carbon dioxide in pressurized containers, for the purpose of producing systems for the delivery of said mixtures in soluble form and at a predetermined and constant saline concentration, for a wide variety of applications. The mixtures containing the substances are prepared in a stirred reactor under a pressure of carbon dioxide, and from there are brought into use after they have been transferred into containers that are suitable for maintaining the internal pressure generated by the carbon dioxide in the form of vapor, in the form of a liquid/vapor mixture or under supercritical conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Abiogen Pharma S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giorgio Valentini, Claudio Menicagli
  • Patent number: 6761290
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a device for applying fluid material on a substrate. The device includes a valve body, a pole piece, and an electromagnetic drive unit that generates a magnetic field that moves the valve body relative to a pole piece between a closed position that interrupts the flow of material and an open position that releases the flow of material. The effect of the magnetic field provided by the drive unit is strengthened by the presence of a flux element. The flux element incorporates a portion, such as a slit, that eliminates circumferential electrical current paths, which allows the flux element to demagnetize more quickly when the drive unit is de-energized to remove the electromagnetic field. The rapid demagnetization decreases the cycle time for moving the valve body from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Hendrik-Jan Righolt, Victor de Leeuw
  • Patent number: 6761291
    Abstract: A receptacle for protectively storing an article of clothing such as one or more brassieres including a lower housing member, an upper housing member, and a pair of brassiere cup support members connected to the lower housing member. In its preferred form, the brassiere cup support members are rotatable relative to the lower housing member so that non-concentrically positioned domed-shaped brassiere cup contacting surfaces connected thereto can be moved toward and away from each other to correspond to the natural distance between the cups of the brassiere(s). The upper housing member defines a planar surface upon which additional garment storage receptacles or other articles can be placed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventors: Michelle Moskovitz, Cynthia Watson
  • Patent number: 6761292
    Abstract: A device suitable for use in donning a ski boot and a method of using the device to don a ski boot. According to a preferred embodiment, the device comprises a wheel mounting bracket, the wheel mounting bracket comprising a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinally-extending slot disposed therebetween. A wheel is rotatably mounted within the longitudinally-extending slot and is shaped to include a proximal extension and a distal extension. A first handle is fixed to the distal end of the wheel mounting bracket, and a second handle is fixed to the distal extension of the wheel. A first spreader is fixed to the proximal extension of the wheel, and a second spreader is fixed to the proximal end of the wheel mounting bracket. The wheel is provided with a plurality of teeth along its periphery. A pawl, which is pivotally mounted on the wheel mounting bracket, is engageable with the teeth and is biased towards the teeth by a spring clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Elyse L. Newman
  • Patent number: 6761293
    Abstract: A support for a spare tire for the tailgate of an automobile. The support is configured to receive an anchoring disk of the spare tire and is positioned in the thickness of the tailgate between an internal lining panel turned toward the passenger compartment of the vehicle, and an external body panel, so that the spare tire is flush with the extension of the external panel. The support is carried by an internal tubular frame of the tailgate that carries the hinge and locking mechanisms of the tailgate on the body shell structure, and to which the internal lining and external body panels are anchored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: RENAULT
    Inventor: Patrice Vasseur
  • Patent number: 6761294
    Abstract: A sling assembly includes first and second straps with a shoulder pad therebetween, the straps releasably attachable to a user's belt. A flexible strap extending from the sling assembly includes a female fastener for connection to a male fastener previously affixed to the shotgun or the like. The male fastener includes a post with flared head attached to a first Velcro® strap. A second Velcro® strap is affixed to the weapon's stock. Upon wrapping the first Velcro® strap about the stock, a releasable connection occurs between the Velcro® straps with the male fastener in extension from the stock. The male fastener is presented for releasable connection to the female fastener in rotation therebetween to preclude interference of the sling with functional manipulation of the gun. A locking mechanism further secures the connection of the male and female fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Mil-Tech, Inc.
    Inventor: Larry N. Gann
  • Patent number: 6761295
    Abstract: A removable noise-reducing cover for a luggage rack bar, where the cover has an elongated main body portion having a lower surface and an upper surface with at least one integral noise reducer. The main body portion is arranged to be removable and reattachable to the luggage rack bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Sportrack L.L.C.
    Inventors: Joseph E Kubina, John E Klinkman, Robert J Ciarelli, Lance R Wagner, Abie Azadbakht, Randall B Flowerday, Jeffrey S Bordner
  • Patent number: 6761296
    Abstract: The present invention provides a convertible ladder and load platform including a vehicle articulating roof rack system having a selectively removable portion operable between a stowed roof mounted position and a slideably and pivotally repositionable back end mounted position, a stationary bottom portion received by the selectively removable portion of the articulating roof rack system, a removable top portion received by the stationary bottom portion, a frame received by the stationary bottom portion, and a plurality of rotatable steps operable between a vertically oriented ladder position and a horizontally oriented load platform position received by the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Ford, Noah Barlow Mass, Noel Ranka, Travis Steven Garland
  • Patent number: 6761297
    Abstract: A ride ready vehicle-mounted bicycle carrier includes a pair of spaced apart wheel supports and a stabilizing member which is engageable with the bicycle, preferably with one of the bicycle wheels, at a location above the wheel supports. One of the wheel supports is in the form of a pair of spaced apart wheel engagement members which are pivotably mounted to a structural member associated with the carrier, and which are configured to grip the wheel so as to provide initial support for the bicycle on the carrier. The stabilizing member is in the form of a clamp arm mechanism having a base mounted to the structural member and an extendible and retractable arm having a wheel-engaging portion at its outer end, which can be moved into and out of engagement with the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Fabio Pedrini
  • Patent number: 6761298
    Abstract: A wrapping plastic dispenser configured to dispense wrapping plastic supplied on a roll. The wrapping plastic dispenser is adjustable such that it can accommodate rolls of varying widths. To attain this, the dispenser has two opposed arms between which to mount a roll of wrap. In an embodiment, one arm moves with respect to the other in order to accommodate wider rolls of wrap. The wrapping plastic is particularly suited to dispense plastic with which to wrap gifts. To attain this, the wrapping plastic may be opaque or may be self-sealing through either static or pressure adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Sandra K. Cantrell
  • Patent number: 6761299
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool has a tool body with an axis, a piston, a muzzle extending from tool body, and a magazine coupled to the muzzle. The fastener driving tool has an axial locking mechanism associated with a rotatable muzzle to releasably lock the muzzle and coupled magazine in at least one position. The axial locking mechanism comprises male members and female members with the male members biased axially into the female members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony R. Caringella, Michael S. Popovich
  • Patent number: 6761300
    Abstract: A stapler comprises a loader device pivoted to a bottom plate and including the mechanisms for feeding the staples and operating the stapler, the loader device being, at least partially, engaged in a contoured handle body, the bottom plate being coupled to a bottom body so designed that the stapler can be used both as a gripper, by gripping the two bodies by a hand, and as a so-called table stapler, by causing the stapler to bear on a bottom plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Giorgio Balma
  • Patent number: 6761301
    Abstract: A soldering machine using lead-free solders is provided which can uniformly heat a printed circuit board and electronic parts to be mounted thereon, and which can solder the electronic parts without thermally damaging them. A porous member having a number of holes formed therein is disposed between a blower fan and a heater for making uniform the pressure of a fluid. A radiation plate is disposed between the heater and a heating target for blowing the fluid having been heated by the heater to the heating target in the form of a turbulent flow. The heated fluid is blown to the heating target for heating the same, whereby solder is melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Tamura/FA System Co., Ltd., Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd., Tamura Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Mukuno, Kazumi Tashiro, Hideaki Arita, Kiyoshi Kanai, Teruo Okano, Fumihiro Yamashita, Shoichirou Matsuhisa, Hidekazu Imai
  • Patent number: 6761302
    Abstract: When a substrate electrode (6) formed on a semiconductor substrate (5) and a device electrode (14) formed on an optical device (13) are joined to each other by solder to mount the device (13) on the substrate (5), a solder piece attached to the substrate electrode (6) is melted in inactive liquid (9) to form a solder bump (12). The substrate electrode (6) on which the solder bump (12) is formed and the device electrode (14) are matched with each other, and the device (13) is disposed so as to confront the substrate (5) in the inactive liquid (9). Thereafter, when the solder bump (12) is melted in the inactive liquid (9) and ultrasonic vibration (11) is applied to join the device electrode (6) and the substrate electrode (14) to each other, the positioning of the device electrode (14) to the substrate electrode (6) is performed by the surface tension of the melted solder bump (12), and then the solder bump (12) is solidified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Kaneyama
  • Patent number: 6761303
    Abstract: To offer a semiconductor light-emitting device capable of preventing a short circuit failure caused by adhesion of the solder, change of a beam shape, and decrease of a beam output. A semiconductor laser device 1 is manufactured by overlaying a laser chip having a p-side electrode and a n-side electrode in a crystalline substrate and a mounting plate having a first solder film and a second solder film in a supporting body. The laser chip has a level difference A such that the p-side electrode is projected beyond the n-side electrode. The mounting plate has a level difference B such that the first solder film is projected beyond the second solder film. The level difference B of the mounting plate is determined as higher than the level difference A of the laser chip. Therefor, when the mounting plate is overlaid to the laser chip, first, the n-side electrode contacts with the second solder film, and then, the p-side electrode contacts the first solder film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Masafumi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 6761304
    Abstract: A heating head for soldering and de-soldering surface mount devices (SMD's) using hot inert gas or air is comprised of a handle in which there is placed a heater sub-assembly on which there is secured a quick connect mechanism for mounting a heating nozzle. The heater sub-assembly is enclosed in a shroud and is secured to the end of the handle by a thermal insulating ring, such shroud housing a ceramic rod having elongated bosses on which a heating element is secured, while a laminar flow equilizer is used to provide more uniform gas flow across the heating element. Quick connect mechanism is secured to the heater sub-assembly shroud and uses a spring loaded winged locking mechanism to the secure heating nozzles to the heater head. In one embodiment, the heating nozzles have a truncated pyramid shaped chamber to which individual end nozzles are attached for directing gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Inventor: Czeslaw A. Ruszowski
  • Patent number: 6761305
    Abstract: A honeycomb structure with a plurality of flexible material strips which are arranged next to one another and are connected to one another is presented. The material strips have a corrugated shape with U-shaped cross section of essentially straight, vertical partial areas (3) and curved, horizontal partial areas (2). The material strips are connected to one another at contact points (4) of the straight, vertical partial areas. In addition, a device for manufacturing a honeycomb has welding sections (6). The flexible material strips (9) are guided by the welding sections (6), where the material strips are welded to one another by means of a comb-like finger system (10). The finger system or the welding sections are laterally displaced by two sections and by a pressing operation taking place between the finger and the welding section. This presses two material strips onto a heated welding wire (7), which leads to the thermal connection of the material strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd.
    Inventor: Achim Kehl
  • Patent number: 6761306
    Abstract: A phosphorus-copper brazing material formed of a phosphorus-copper brazing alloy which can easily be cold-worked into a thin sheet, a brazing sheet having a brazing layer of the phosphorus-copper brazing alloy, and a flow path structure for heat exchangers constructed by brazing with the alloy, are such that the phosphorus-copper brazing material includes a phosphorus-copper brazing alloy containing Cu as a major component and phosphorus of not less than about 2.0 mass % to not more than about 3.2 mass %. The brazing sheet includes a metal sheet, and a brazing material layer that is integral with the metal sheet on at least one side of the metal sheet, the brazing material layer being formed of the phosphorus-copper brazing alloy. The metal sheet may be formed of copper or a copper alloy containing Cu as a major component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Special Metals Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Ishio, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Ken Yamamoto, Norihide Kawachi, Kenichiro Kamon
  • Patent number: 6761307
    Abstract: A folding box for packing made from a high density foam polypropylene resin board, in which the strength in a connecting portion is secured, durability is improved, and reusability is secured in addition to returnability and recyclability is provided. A folding box for packing is made of high density foam polypropylene resin and contains a developed flat box forming board having two box forming bodies (P1) and (P2) respectively including a main face wall (2) extendedly provided on one lateral side thereof with a connecting piece (1), a side face wall (3), and extendedly provided bottom forming boards (4) and cover forming boards (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Daiichi Ohmiya Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takamine Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 6761308
    Abstract: An automated merchant banking apparatus (10) which is operative to carry out banking transactions commonly required by merchants. The apparatus includes a user interface (18) which includes a plurality of input and output devices. The apparatus further includes an item accepting depository (54) for accepting deposit items containing currency, instruments or other items of value. The apparatus includes cameras (58,326) for capturing images of a user and deposit items input by the user. The user and item inputs are stored in associated relation in a storage device. The images of the user and the deposit item are also output to the user simultaneously through a display (424) to assure the user that a record of the deposit transaction has been made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: J. Richard Hanna, Randall W. Jenkins, Mark A. DePietro, Alan J. Rozlosnik, Robert V. Artino, Steven R. Davis
  • Patent number: 6761309
    Abstract: A method of performing a send money transfer transaction through a financial services institution includes storing transaction details on a data base, wherein the transaction details include a desired amount of money to be sent, establishing a code that corresponds to the transaction details stored on the data base, entering the code into an electronic transaction fulfillment device in communication with the data base to retrieve the transaction details from the data base; and determining a collect amount based on the transaction details. A system for performing a send money transfer transaction is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Earney E. Stoutenburg, Dean A. Seifert