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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5339594 | Post, especially for supporting electric power supply cables Post, particularly for sustaining electric power supply cables. The post may be used as a high and thin structure in order to hold at a certain height various elements such as lamps, flags, signs, sails, video cameras and the like. It is comprised of an e... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5080907 | Pharmaceutical preparations containing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents Pharmaceutical preparations for oral administration are disclosed which comprise (a) an acidic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent having the mean particle size of about 100 Ī¼m or less and (b) a protein hydrolyzate or a polypeptide having the mean mole... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5054853 | Infant safety chairs Described herein is a infant safety chair which is adapted to be secured to an adult seat in a vehicle while in turn the infant is secured to the safety chair by a suitable harness. The three major elements of the chair being he base, chair back and chair... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5051140 | Surface treatment method for titanium or titanium alloy A method for treating the surface of a titanium alloy comprising a pretreatment process for cleaning a workpiece to be treated comprising a titanium alloy with an acid, a heating process for heating the pretreated workpiece in an oxidative atmosphere for ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5048271 | Bale wrapping machine A machine for wrapping cylindrical bales comprises an open-fronted wheeled frame for attachment to a towing vehicle, a roller extending transversely of the rear of the frame, and a pair of semi-rollers mounted at or adjacent the forward free end of each s... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5044899 | Fuel pumping apparatus A fuel pumping apparatus of the rotary distributor type is provided with a spill control muff on the distributor member and which controls flow of fuel from a bore containing the pumping plungers to a chamber. Slidable in the chamber is a spring loaded pi... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5042658 | Holder for a personal razor A case for the storage of single edged razors is formed as a unitary molding comprising a first tubular portion for reception of a handle of the razor, and a second tubular portion offset on one side of a plane including the longitudinal axis of the first... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5038490 | Ceramic tile gauge A ceramic tile gauge for determining the shape of a space between a fixed tile and an adjacent fixed member and for enabling a tile to be cut to the shape of the space comprises a body member having an abutment surface thereon and a pair of arm members ex... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5036406 | Method and apparatus for obtaining identical output signal from nominally identical time base corrector unit having slightly different characteristics A standard reference video tape, a source of a standard reference video signal and a source of a variable offset signal are adapted for use with a plurality of time base corrector units. Each unit is capable of playing a video tape to produce a correspond... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5036311 | UV Exposure monitoring system A UV exposure mointoring system for measuring UV radiation impinging on an object, the system comprising apparatus for measuring incident solar UV radiation in a weighted manner corresponding to the erythemal action spectrum of human skin, whereby the acc... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5036166 | Electric fence line An electric fence line for use in confining livestock is formed of strands of a high strength and high visibility electrically insulative material, which have been woven, twisted, or braided, together with at least one highly electrically conductive low e... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5030105 | Process for the long-term surviving culture of hepatocytes A process is disclosed for the long term surviving culture of hepatocytes maintaining their morphological and functional characteristics for long-term-periods, suitable to assest the acute and chronic hepatotoxicity of drugs, chemicals and environmental p... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5030158 | Optical construction toy An optical construction toy assembly including modular optical apparatus having optical power and construction apparatus for permitting selectable arrangement of the modular optical apparatus having optical power to selectably define a plurality of differ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5030838 | Quality inspection device for printed matter and method thereof Light received by a light receiving element in a quality inspection device for printed matter, is controlled to a constant value by passing the received light through a graduated neutral density filter that is adjusted in position relative to the optical ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5027769 | Throttle valve control apparatus Throttle valves are individually disposed in a plurality of intake passages of an engine. In normal operation condition of the throttle valves, a first control device controls the throttle valves according to the detection result of an operation condition... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5026314 | Magnetically actuated amusement device A magnetically actuated amusement device includes a supporting structure having side pieces which pivotally support rigid suspending elements each having a permanent magnet at its lower end. The magnets are arranged in a row, such that they will repel the... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5025012 | Nicotinic acid derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same Compounds are disclosed of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen or C1 -C6 alkyl; Y is --CH2 --, --O--, ##STR2## R2 is C1 -C6 alkyl; C2 -C6 alken... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5018704 | Pipe coupling with in-coupling flow controller A segmented pipe coupling provides a housing for a butterfly valve, and preferably is provided with oppositely angled end faces of saw tooth configuration at the respective ends of the coupling segments, thus allowing the inclined end faces to emerge at t... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5018548 | Segmented coupling for pipes A segmented pipe coupling provides a housing for a butterfly valve, and preferably is provided with oppositely angled end faces of saw tooth configuration at the respective ends of the coupling segments, thus allowing the inclined end faces to emerge at t... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5016920 | Pipeline coupling A pipeline coupling comprises first and second substantially annular connecting pieces at each end of a length of pipe, an internally threaded nut on the first connecting piece and a corresponding external thread on the second connecting piece, and a seal... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5014405 | Jig pallet for an automatic assembly device An automatic assembly device includes a jig pallet for carrying and positioning parts used in an assembly line, and a holding device for holding fastener members used to mount the parts to assembled members. A drive is positioned between the fastener memb... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5010863 | Apparatus for preventing engine from stalling A stalling preventing appartus for an engine comprising intake air amount increasing means for increasing the amount of intake air to the engine from idling condition when the vehicle is in a start preparation condition, and rotation speed increase preven... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5008266 | 4(3H)-quinazolinone derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions 4(3H)-Quinazolinone derivative of formula (I) are provided. ##STR1## wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a C1 -C6 alkyl group, an aryl group, a substituted aryl group, or an aralkyl group; R2 is a C1 ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5007248 | Beverage cooling system A vehicle having an integrated air conditioning system and beverage cooling system comprising apparatus for compressing a refrigerant fluid, first apparatus for receiving and evaporating the compressed refrigerant fluid, apparatus associated with the air ... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5007667 | Crimped sleeve to tube joint A sleeve to tube joint is provided of enhanced resistance to pressure loading and which can be enployed with relatively large diameter pipes, in which the sleeve and tube are crimped to each other by diametrically opposite crimps extending concavely inwar... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5005652 | Method of producing a contoured work surface A method of producing a work surface by producing a reference plane 2--2 and traversing a working tool 104 in a direction generally parallel to said reference plane. So that the required work surface can be a surface other than of flat planar form, the di... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5004735 | Pharmaceutical compositions for the inhibition of tumor metastasis Polyprenols and polyprenyl phosphates are of the formula ##STR1## wherein ##STR2## represents a trans-isoprene unit, ##STR3## represents a cis-isoprene unit, ##STR4## represents a dihydroisoprene unit, l is an integer of 2 to 8, m... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5000022 | Presswork machinery A presswork machine having location pins protruding from the upper of the bolster, of which the top ends are engageable with location holes provided on the bottom of the press die, thereby enabling easy and exact positioning of the press die to the bolste... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4994456 | Pyridinecarboxylic acid amide derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same Compounds are disclosed of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen; C1 -C6 alkyl; C3 -C6 cycloalkyl or diphenylmethyl; Y is --NH(CH2)n --R2 or ##STR2## R... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4984318 | Method and system for the recovering of solvents in dry cleaning machines In a dry cleaning machine of type that includes, a cleaning chamber adapted for receiving an amount of articles to be washed and dried; means for supplying chemical solvents within of said chamber in order to carry out washing and draining stages of the a... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4984483 | Control system for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle A control system for an automatic transmission apparatus for vehicle in which, when an instruction signal to start a speed shift is generated, the engaging force of one engaging element to be released is controlled so that the rotation speed of the input ... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4978019 | Modular frame for fruit baskets A modular frame for use in combination with one or more such modular frames has a ring-shaped member from which loop-shaped arms extend in a downward and outward direction, the ring having one or more support members extending therefrom in an axial direct... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4976241 | Method for determining combustion condition in spark ignition internal combustion engine and combustion condition control device A method and device for determining and controlling the condition of a spark ignition internal combustion engine involves detecting a physical value of combustion varying in association with combustion in the combustion chamber, then calculating the heat ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4976411 | Christmas tree stand A Christmas tree stand comprises a lower, upwardly-open, downwardly-tapering socket for receiving the lower end of the trunk of the tree, an outer wall surrounding the socket and a top wall of a resilient plastics material capping the outer wall. A centra... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4974414 | Particulate purging apparatus for diesel engine exhaust A Diesel engine exhaust particulate purging apparatus includes sensors (11a, 11b) for detecting the quantity of particulates accumulating in a trap (2), a temperature sensor (10) disposed on the upstream side of the trap for measuring the temperature of e... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4971591 | Vehicle with vacuum traction A vehicle comprising a chassis and slidable vacuum apparatus mounted on the chassis and arranged for slidable vacuum seal engagement with a support surface.... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4968080 | Device for attaching a lifting mechanism to a container or the like A device for attaching a lifting mechanism to a container provided with an aperture through its end wall comprises a probe member secured to the lifting mechanism and including a head portion for location through the aperture in the end wall of the contai... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4964585 | Slitting and rewiding machine A machine for slitting sheet material into continuous strips and winding those strips into coils includes a change-over mechanism by which a fully wound coil is replaced by a replacement core and the winding of a subsequent coil proceeds without interrupt... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964827 | Floatation device for swimmers A flotation device for use by swimmers and which is to be positioned over a user's upper arm in encircling relation therewith, includes at least one extension that extends in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the flotation device, and whi... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4961341 | Testing device for an oxygen sensor An oxygen sensor testing device having an oxygen sensor disposed in a rear stage of a synthetic gas passage to evaluate the oxygen sensor using a synthetic gas supplied to the synthetic gas passage, in which a sulfur dioxide gas passage supplied with sulf... | 10/09/1990 |
