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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5220992 | Apparatus for conveying rods of the cigarette industry Apparatus for conveying rods of the cigarette industry, comprising a fluted drum for carrying rods in the flutes thereof, and means for feeding rods into the flutes of the drum, comprising movable conveyor means disposed in proximity to said drum for conv... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5104211 | Splined radial panel solar concentrator A splined radial panel solar collector structure approximates compound curvature surfaces by a three-dimensional arrangement of compactly stowable flat reflective panel segments mounted on a collapsible, space-deployable support structure of linear compon... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4971196 | Surface package type semiconductor package In surface packaging of thin resin packages such as resin molded memory ICs or the like, cracks of the package occur frequently at a solder reflow step where thermal impact is applied to the package because the resin has absorbed moisture before packaging... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4959036 | Doll assembled of prefabricated weave sections of rush stalks A doll made of rush stalks assembled of prefabricated body sections comprising rusk stalk fabrics woven into a ball shape form or other body forms and a head section fitted into the body such that the doll makes best use of the original nature of rush sta... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4951349 | Hinge motion regulator for eyeglasses A motion regulator for a hinge such as, for example, a tripartite eyeglass hinge, with at least two hinge tabs and a hinge screw, a sleeve surrounding the hinge screw disposed in a hinge eye of the hinge tab. The sleeve projects beyond the hinge tab and r... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4947641 | Pulse accelerating turbine A self starting turbine (10) is disclosed. An auxiliary pulse combustor (23) is provided having a separate output nozzle (36) from the discharge orifice (20) of a constant pressure combustor (18) for providing pressure pulses which impinge on the blades (... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4946229 | Adaptive air brake control system An adaptive brake control system monitors a plurality of brake pipe/air line parameters, such as fluid path volume and air flow rate, and controllably modifies action taken by the engineman or performs emergency control of the brakes, in order to continuo... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4943857 | Synchronizing circuit for an external signal and an internal sampling clock signal A video signal and a horizontal synchronizing signal provided from a work station are delayed by a plurality of delay circuits having different delay amounts, and phase differences between a sampling clock signal and the delayed signals are detected. A cl... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4943912 | Parallel processor system having control processor and array control apparatus for selectively activating different processors A parallel processor system comprises a main storage, a processor array control apparatus, a control processor which requests the processor array control apparatus to execute the processing in accordance with a procedure start instruction, and a plurality... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4941525 | Automotive air conditioner An air mixing type automotive air-conditioner is disclosed in which an air fed by a blower is heated to a hot air by a hot water type heater, and a mixture ratio between a cold air flowing through a bypass passage around the heater and the hot air is adju... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4941199 | Uplink power control mechanism for maintaining constant output power from satellite transponder Compensation for rain fades in a VSAT communications network is obtained by a uplink power control mechanism incorporated in a master station, which maintains the power output level of the satellite transponder constant without incorporating excessive sta... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4939663 | Elevation map-referenced mechanism for updating vehicle navigation system estimates A drift correction mechanism for a vehicle (e.g. aircraft) navigation system makes use of a digital map data base, in order to correct for errors in position estimates, so that the estimated flight path of the aircraft will more closely track its actual f... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4936967 | Method of detecting an end point of plasma treatment The present invention relates to a method of and apparatus for detecting an end point of plasma treatment of a specimen. There is included selecting plasma spectrum having a characteristic wavelength from the plasma spectrum generating at the time of reac... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4936968 | Ion-beam machining method and apparatus In an ion-beam machining method and apparatus of effecting sputtering by deflecting a focused ion beam and scanning it on a material surface, the relationship between the diameter d of the beam on the material surface and the height h of a stepped portion... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4936247 | Visual and tactile indication of coupling status of an integrated drive generator An improved visual and tactile indicator (30) for indicating the status of a connection between a shaft (14) and a constant speed drive transmission (22) by a coupling mechanism (20) is disclosed. The invention utilizes a first movable member (32) which i... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4937755 | Production system for an expert system A production system for an expert system comprising: a production rule memory unit storing circuit conversion rules, each having a condition part describing circuit connection and an execution part describing a conversion of the condition part to an equiv... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4935285 | Ceramic substrates for microelectronic circuits and process for producing same A ceramic substrate for densely integrated semiconductor arrays which is superior in a coefficient of thermal expansion, dielectric constant, strength of metallized bond, and mechanical strength, comprising a sintered body composed essentially of mullite ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4934823 | Staging method and system in electronic file apparatus In a staging method and system for an unrewritable storage medium such as an optical disk in which the updating or deletion of stored information is possible only by annotatively recording information concerning the updating or deletion, information store... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4935732 | Paging receiver with programmable areas of reception A paging receiver is disclosed which is compatible with transmissions from analog or digital paging transmitters. The paging receiver has a command structure which permits it to be dynamically programmable to change its functionality including programming... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4934328 | Method for feedback controlling air and fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to internal combustion engine A method for feedback controlling air-fuel ratio of the mixture supplied to an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders comprises the steps of, detecting respective air-fuel ratios of the exhaust gas from the respective cylinders with an... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4935415 | UCN-01 and process for production thereof UCN-01 having an anti-tumor activity and an anti-bacterial activity is produced by culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Streptomyces.... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4932352 | Method and device for impregnating an elongate element The invention provides a method and device for impregnating at least one elongate element by transferring a thermostabilizable substance from a supply station by means of a supply means, the element being moved in front of the transfer means which include... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4931410 | Process for producing semiconductor integrated circuit device having copper interconnections and/or wirings, and device produced Disclosed is a process for forming a patterned copper layer on a substrate, using a patterned photoresist layer for forming the patterned copper layer. Etching mask and anti-oxidizing layers are formed on a copper layer (from which the patterned copper la... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4931919 | System for converting variable frequency multiple phase alternating current into constant frequency multiple phase alternating current with neutral A system for converting variable frequency multiple phase current into multiple phase current of constant frequency with a neutral having a multiple phase inverter with a neutral (N) is disclosed. A first input (34) is connected to the multiple phase inve... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4932070 | Mechanism for deriving accurate frequency reference for satellite communications burst demodulator Accurate tuning of a satellite system's burst demodulator to a signal which is subject to frequency offset in the course of its transmission over the satellite link is achieved without the use of high precision oscillators at remote sites, or the transmis... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4929915 | Protective device for enlarging the effective diameter of a probe in large diameter wells The present invention relates to a device and method for using a logging probe of small diameter with respect to a well in which it is to operate. The device of the invention is characterized in that it includes a widener for widening the diameter of said... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4928281 | Semiconductor memory A semiconductor memory includes a memory array which outputs storage data, at least one data unit at a time, each data unit having a plurality of bits including a parity bit, a parity check circuit for performing a parity check on storage data, at least o... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4928198 | High voltage electrode device A high voltage electrode device including a plurality of individual electrodes having end portions projecting beyond an insulating surface and arranged to form at least one group or electrically connected electrodes and apparatus for energizing and deener... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4927735 | Novel naphthalocyanine dye, method for preparing the same, and optical information recording medium employing the same Disclosed are a novel naphthalocyanine dye shown in the specification, a method for preparing the same, and an optical information recording medium employing the same. According to the present invention, there can be obtained a novel naphthalocyanine dye,... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4927598 | Radioactivity reduction method of a nuclear power plant and a nuclear power plant reduced in radioactivity The primary cooling water in a primary cooling water recirculation path of a nuclear power plant is heated and recirculated in the presence of beryllium, and a film of nickel ferrite and/or cobalt ferrite is formed on the surface of pipings and various ap... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4926665 | Remotely programmable key and programming means therefor A key holding system comprises one or more locks responsive to key codes stored by a programmable key to enable the selective operation of that lock. The key is programmed by a key programmer carried by the key holder or installed in a vehicle. A database... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4926686 | Method for determining the wear of the cutting means of a tool during drilling a rocky formation A method for determining the wear of cutting portion of a tool during drilling of a formation wherein a measurement is taken of the weight W applied to the tool and the torque T required to rotate said tool, the weight on the tool W and the torque T being... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4925012 | Device for the positionally accurate transport of containers The present invention describes a device consisting of an endless flat conveyor belt arrangement for the positionally accurate transport of containers wherein the flat conveyor belt arrangement comprises two parallel convex load-bearing surfaces (3). In t... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4924699 | Position measuring method using a satellite A method position measurement in which position about satellite orbits and information about time are received from satellites to determine a position of a point. The method includes a step to calculate a direction in which an error occurs based on positi... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4925318 | Packing, method of manufacturing same, and strip material therefor A packing comprising first and second opposed surfaces in a closure area of the packing has profiled portions secured to and extending over each of the opposed surfaces, which profiled portions are adapted to be releasably interengaged to permit connectio... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4925378 | Rotary vane compressor with valve controlled pressure biased sealing means A rotary vane compressor comprising a cylinder, a rotor rotatably mounted within the cylinder and cooperating with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder to define a compression chamber therebetween, two side plates for closing both ends of the cylin... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4925438 | Bags made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheeting and process for the production of said bags Bags, especially shopping bags, of a thermoplastic synthetic resin sheeting, are made to be free-standing. In the process for the production of the bags, the bags are provided in pairs. Each bag is provided with a handle hole and designed as a standing ba... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4925600 | Process for the production of particulate ammonium nitrate for solid fuels or explosives Particulate ammonium nitrate for use as an oxidizer in solid propellants or xplosives is, according to a first alternative, produced in that a solid mixture of ammonium nitrate with phase stabilizers, e.g. metal oxides is melted in several small batches ho... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4925314 | Device for detecting a thermal phenomenon occurring in a product A device for detecting and/or measuring a thermal phenomena occurring in a product showing a liquid state at a temperature within the range of temperatures swept by the detecting and/or measuring device. An enclosure is provided with a calorimetric head c... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4924383 | Method and apparatus for measuring performance of a multiprocessor A method for measuring performance of a multiprocessor having a plurality of processors and a resource shared by the processors. A master processor extracts, from an external unit, variable measurement data for creating a competition state in which the co... | 05/08/1990 |
