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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8097829 | Laser processing method and laser processing apparatus A laser processing method involving moving first and second laser beams relative to a workpiece, wherein the first and second laser beams have at least a differing wavelength or intensity. The method including irradiating the first and second laser beams through fir... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094350 | Laser processing apparatus A laser processing apparatus which performs a predetermined processing by irradiating a laser beam (2) emitted from a laser oscillator onto a surface of a workpiece (1) through a condenser lens (3). There are provided microdeformation lenses ( | 01/10/2012 |
| 8093338 | Biopolymer originating in Provided is an eucommia-derived biopolymer, which is obtained by biologically decaying an eucommia to obtain an eucommia decomposition product, and washing the eucommia decomposition product. The biopolymer is obtained by such a convenient method, and contains mainl... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7743444 | Cable stayed suspension bridge making combined use of one-box and two-box girders A cable-stayed suspension bridge having characteristics of a cable stayed bridge and those of a suspension bridge at the same and time and using one-box and two-box girders in combination is disclosed. The bridge grinder of the cable-stayed suspension bridge include... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7605345 | Method and device for prevention of adhesion of dirt and contamination on optical parts in laser beam machine In a laser machining system, gas is injected while air is inducted from the rear of a plurality of injection nozzles (9c) disposed in the space between the machining head (3) and the workpiece (M) and disposed at stipulated intervals in the dire... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7544283 | Method and apparatus for removing thin metal films A system for removing a thin metal film is disclosed. The system comprises an inclined metal plate electrode for guiding a downward electrolyte flow, an auxiliary electrode placed on either the upstream or downstream side of the metal plate electrode such that a par... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7396518 | High-temperature denitration catalysts and processes for preparing same The present invention provides a method of high-temperature denitration characterized in that NOx in an exhaust gas is reduced at 450° to 800° C. using ammonia as a reducing agent in the presence of a catalyst which comprises zirconium oxide and SO3 or ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 6795041 | Mixed reality realizing system According to a mixed reality realizing system of the present invention, when a viewer wears a head mount display (HMD) including a video display and a CCD camera, and views an exhibit using an optical see-through type system, identification signals and position sign... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6752595 | Propeller type windmill for power generation A plurality of wind turbine blades (3) are distributed equiangularly within a plane perpendicular to a horizontal rotating shaft (2) and around a hub (1) provided on the horizontal rotating shaft (2); the blade body of each turbine blade ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6483006 | Method of decomposing organochlorine compound The present invention relates to a method of decomposing organochlorine compounds such as dioxins reductively or catalytically. The organochlorine compounds such as dioxins and o-chloroanisole are decomposed in an aqueous alkali solution in the presence o... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6431074 | Blasting apparatus, blasting method and retainer member used for the blasting method Supplying a predetermined amount of electric energy to a fine metal wire 4 in a short time causes the fine metal wire 4 to melt and evaporate. Following this phenomenon, a blasting substance 10 expands in volume, so that the evaporative expansion force re... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6434509 | Method and apparatus for measuring displacement of object using GPS Relative vector between an observation receiver located at an object and a reference receiver are divided into long period variation components not dependent on object displacements and short period variation components dependent on object displacements, ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6423283 | Method for removing NOx The invention provides a process for removing NOx which is free of impairment in denitration efficiency at a reaction temperature of up to 300° C. even when the component molar ratio of NOx in the gas to be treated is NO2 >NO. For use in remov... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6408761 | Blasting apparatus A melting/vaporization substance 2 is melted and vaporized by supplying an electric energy of a predetermined amount from an electric energy supply circuit to the melting/vaporization substance 2. An explosive blasting substance 3 is exploded by a phenome... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6379548 | System for recovering and treating waste water This invention provides a compact effluent water reclamation apparatus which is minimized in the kinds and amounts of chemicals to be used for the recovery of water to thereby reduce the amount of waste and eliminate equipment which necessitates a large a... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6366854 | Method and apparatus for measuring displacement of object using GPS The present invention is a method for measuring a distance between a GPS receiver installed in a floating body and a GPS satellite, subjecting this measured distance data to a moving averaging process, removing from the measured distance data, distance da... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6279514 | Method of recovering heat in sulfuric acid production plant The invention provides a heat recovery method for use in sulfuric acid production plants by which the heat generated in the step of drying SO2 gas or the step of drying air, and the step of absorbing sulfur trioxide in the plant is effectively ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6278903 | Working robot for heat exchangers and method of operating said working robot A robot body (21) is carried into the water chamber (2A) of a condenser (1) and disposed on a tube sheet (4) through which a number of narrow tubes (3) open. Inner nozzles (23) are inserted into narrow tubes (3) from working devices (24) installed on the ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6264465 | Combustion device A combustion apparatus for use as a boiler wherein RDF is burned as the fuel, or as an incinerator for burning municipal waste. The apparatus is diminished in the quantities of NOx produced, permits a dust collector to achieve an improved efficiency in se... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6171372 | Nitrogen dioxide absorbent The present invention provides a nitrogen dioxide absorbent for the exhaust gas purifying facility designed to remove by absorption or adsorption of NO2 from a gas (such as ventilation gas from road tunnels) containing NOx in low con... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6058857 | Fluidized bed type incinerator A plurality of dispersive air pipes for combustion (11) containing a plurality of dispersive air holes and projecting in a cantilever fashion from the side walls (1b, 1c) in an oblique downward direction are provided in the lower portion of a combustion z... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5997822 | Ammonia injection device for use in exhaust gas denitration systems An ammonia injection device for use in an exhaust gas denitration system comprises ammonia injection pipe units arranged in a multiplicity of stages within an exhaust gas duct and each comprising a horizontal header pipe and a plurality of ammonia injecti... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5979116 | Floor apparatus A floor apparatus (1) comprises a support base (8) and a passage base (10), each being rotatable about axes (11, 12) of rotation respectively, the support base (8) having a seat surface (13) mounted with seats (7) and a first selective surface (14), the p... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5915309 | Fluidized bed incinerator The oblique bed wall (6) of the furnace main unit (1) is inclined in downward direction towards the ash discharge outlet (5). Oblique side walls (24R, 24L) are formed in the right and left side walls (1c, 1d) on the inlet (4) side of the furnace main unit... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5862762 | Method and facility for refuse incineration using a fire-grate-type incinerator and with separation of non-combustibles Combustible is comminuted and dried, and metal and noncombustible are removed from the coarsely comminuted combustible. Then, the combustible is secondarily comminuted and separated into coarse combustible and fluff which is fine combustible. The coarse c... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5850652 | Method of suspending bridge-girder of suspension bridge A method of suspending a bridge-girder of a suspension bridge is provided. The method is characterized in that where the bridge-girder is suspended by main cables supported by main towers through hanger ropes, the central portion of each of a plurality of... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5840649 | NOx adsorbents The present invention relates to a Mn-added titania carrier obtained by adding a Mn salt to amorphous titania and baking the titania. The invention also relates to an NOx adsorbent comprising the above-mentioned titania carrier and adsorbing components co... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5749307 | Refuse incineration facility including material crusher and melt burner There are provided a pretreatment facility (1) and a incineration/melting facility (2). In the incineration/melting facility, an incineration chamber (3) and a melting chamber (5) are integrally formed through a partition wall (7) so that incineration res... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5735157 | Roll width adjusting device A bearing mount assembly is installed in opposed relation to a roll support frame with the pass line interposed therebetween, the bearing mount assembly being provided with bearings capable of removably supporting the front ends of roll shafts carried on ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5723048 | Method of anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge A method of anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge including the steps of subjecting surplus sludge to preliminary heat treatment at 60° C. or higher, dewatering the surplus sludge to make dewatered sludge of 10 to 25% by weight, mixing the dewatered sludg... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5667151 | Process and apparatus for collecting waste plastics as separated A process for collecting waste plastics as separated comprises the steps of presorting out waste plastics from separated municipal refuse, crushing the waste plastics, reducing the volume of expanded polystyrene included in the waste plastics by heating t... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5635142 | NOx adsorption and removal apparatus The invention discloses a NOx adsorption and removal apparatus employed in the method of passing NOx containing gas into the adsorber 1 filled with NOx adsorbent to adsorb a specific volume of NOx on the adsorbent, passing hot air into the adsorber to des... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5612276 | Adsorbents for removing low-concentration nitrogen oxides The invention provides first to fourth adsorbents for removing low-concention nitrogen oxides. The first adsorbent comprises a carrier of gamma-alumina, and ruthenium supported-thereon. The second adsorbent comprises a carrier of anatase-type titania, an... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5597451 | Apparatus for thermally decomposing plastics and process for converting plastics into oil by thermal decomposition A thermal decomposition apparatus for plastics wherein plastics are melted and thermally decomposed, and the resulting decomposition gas is cooled for condensation and recovered in the form of a thermal decomposition oil. The apparatus comprises a thermal... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5597498 | Method for welding corrugate portions by means of welding robot for corrugation lap joint There is disclosed a method for the plasma arc welding of corrugate membranes, which can prevent a welding failure from occurring around the corrugate portion. In this welding method, NC data for robot control are modified so as to gradually change a torc... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5584969 | Apparatus for thermally decomposing plastics and process for converting plastics into oil by thermal decomposition A thermal decomposition apparatus for plastics wherein plastics are melted and thermally decomposed, and the resulting decomposition gas is cooled for condensation and recovered in the form of a thermal decomposition oil. The apparatus comprises a thermal... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5550347 | Method of reducing welding distortion in one side welding for joining plates The present invention relates to a method of reducing an amount of welding deformation in the case where steel plates to be welded are butted and subjected to tack-welding and then the tack-welded portion is subjected to one side welding for joining the p... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5520137 | Twin-hull boat with hydrofoils A twin-hull boat equipped with a pair of transverse hydrofoils 4 and 5 which are respectively secured to the bottom surface of twin-hull structures 3A and 3B adjacent the stem and stern. A pair of auxiliary wings 6A and 6B are installed opposite to each o... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5501240 | Cleaning method and cleaning apparatus The invention provides a cleaning method comprising: a step of immersing the object of cleaning first in a first tank to wash roughly by bubbling from beneath, and showering with purified water from above when lifting the object, a step of immersing the object... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5495948 | Ash melting furnace arrangement and method for supplying ash to ash melting furnace A dry sorting machine having a separating function for removing solids of more than a predetermined size from ash and a drying function for drying the ash, and a magnetic sorting machine for removing metals from the dried ash are arranged in a pretreatmen... | 03/05/1996 |
