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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4840817 | Method for treatment of fibrous materials A fabrous material is impregnated with a treating agent comprising (1) a tetrakishydroxymethyl phosphonium compound or an ammonium condensate of a tetrakishydroxymethyl phosphonium compound, (2) methylolmelamine and (3) urea, thiourea or a guamidine salt,... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4838249 | Lower back therapy device An apparatus for relieving back stress composed of a body support cushion which is attached on its bottom surface to a rigid base member. The body support cushion supports the torso of a user. Attached to the rigid base member is an elevated restraint cus... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4837692 | Electric power steering system for vehicles An electric power steering system (20) comprises a control device (32) which controls a direct-current motor (49) for operatively providing auxiliary torque to a steering shaft (26) in dependence on steering torque (Ts) acting on the steering shaft. The c... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4833519 | Semiconductor device with a wiring layer having good step coverage for contact holes A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving step coverage of a wiring layer of a semiconductor device especially at the contact holes thereof. The inside of the contact holes are covered by a polysilicon layer deposited by chemical vapor deposition... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4829944 | Intake manifold and process for producing same An intake manifold comprising a main pipe made of wrought aluminum material and having an open end, a closed end opposite to the open end, a plurality of holes formed in its peripheral wall and outward tubular projections integral with the peripheral wall... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4829126 | High water-absorptive soft contact lens A highly water-absorptive soft contact lens made of a copolymer comprising (A) 10 to 40 parts by weight of an acrylate or methacrylate polymer having a hydrophilic group and at least one polymerizable group in its molecule and (B) 90 to 60 parts by weight of a... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4826837 | Cinnoline-carboxamides and process for their preparation The invention relates to compounds having the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein n is zero, 1 or 2; each of R1 and R2 is independently: (a) hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl or C1 -C6 alkyl; (b) hydroxy, C1 | 05/02/1989 |
| 4826924 | Antibacterial polymer An antibacterial polymer containing a repeating unit of the formula ##STR1## wherein A, l and n are defined in the specification.... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4827160 | Dynamic decoder circuit with charge-sharing prevention means A dynamic type decoder circuit including a first power source line; a second power source line; and output node; a first transistor connected between the first power source line and the output node, the first transistor being turned on during a reset peri... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4827339 | Moving picture signal transmission system Moving picture signal transmission system, wherein the data-compression is effected for the moving picture by the intraframe-encoding and the interframe-encoding, the signal is divided into the fixed frame-length transmission frame, the transmission frame... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4826090 | Hammer assembly for a rotary material crusher A hammer assembly for a rotary material crusher having a rotor. The hammer assembly includes a hammer member and a base member. The base member is mounted at one of its ends on the rotor. The hammer member is mounted on the other end of the base member. T... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4821573 | Ultrasonic method of inspecting contents of a package and apparatus thereof The invention provides an ultrasonic method of inspecting contents (fluid food, for instance) of a package by disposing an ultrasonic transmitter-receiver system on at least one side of the package and evaluating the occurrence or degree of degradation of... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4822684 | Sandwich glass A sandwich glass comprising a glass plate with one or more glass plates or hard plastic sheets which are laminated and united through a resin interlayer in which the resin interlayer comprises a block copolymer (a) comprising both terminal blocks comprisi... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4821515 | Control device for liquid or gaseous medium There is proposed a volumetric control device acting on a liquid, a gas or an emulsion and comprising a rotary body arranged within a housing having openings. The rotary body is axially displaceable. The regulation of the volume results on one hand from t... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4823248 | High voltage generator High voltage generators are generally arranged to step up flyback pulses from a horizontal deflection circuit by means of a flyback transformer consisting of a primary low voltage coil and a secondary high voltage coil, rectifying the high voltage output ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4822245 | Torsible, flexible linking arm with integrated flexion damping, in particular for linking a rotor blade to its hub, and rotor and hub equipped with such arms The torsible, flexible linking arm with integrated flexion damping according to the invention includes, between two rigid end portions, a flexible central portion constituted by a peripheral bundle (6) of rods (8) of fibres with high mechanical strength e... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4819674 | Curly hair correcting iron This invention relates to a curly hair correcting iron for correcting natural curly hair into straight hair. The iron comprises two rods containing therein heaters, respectively, one rod having its surface provided with two spaced rows of projections whic... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4820492 | Apparatus for denitration A denitration apparatus is useful for the treatment of an NOx-containing untreated gas from an offgas source. The apparatus includes a means for feeding the NOx-containing untreated gas, a means connected to the feeding means so as to charge ammonia into ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4821218 | Method and apparatus for determining at least one characteristic value of movement of a body With the apparatus of the invention, any acceleration/deceleration in the direction of movement is sensed by a pendulum. Electrical signals derived therefrom are used for solving the differential equation of oscillation of the pendulum for determining the... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4819704 | Radial tire having reduced ply steer A radial tire wherein part or the whole of the blocks present on the tread area have an angle θ of the direction in which the maximum shear rigidity is attained relative to the circumferential direction of the tire in the range of 40°ࣘθࣘ75°, the d... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4817372 | Power lawn mower A power lawn mower has a cutter blade mounted on a vertical output shaft driven by an engine and extending substantially horizontally, and a housing covering the cutter blade. The power lawn mower has a throw-out plate for throwing out the grass cut by th... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4819071 | Solid state imaging apparatus A solid state imaging apparatus includes an internal amplification type of light-receiving element which constitutes a picture element, a signal processing circuit incorporating a pre-amplifier for processing a video signal current of the light-receiving ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4818579 | Sheet for forming twisted flaps in continuous arrangement and method of producing same The invention provides a sheet for forming twisted flaps in a continuous arrangement which comprises a sheet material and a stitching thread attached to the sheet material to form one or a plurality rows of stitches in a wave pattern or stitches in a reti... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4816099 | Method for the production of a composite pipe and an apparatus for the same A method for the production of a composite pipe with at least the inner surface thereof covered with a plastic layer, comprising: forming a coiled metal sheet into a cylinder, during the conveyance of the metal sheet, by a cylindrical inner mold and at le... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4816909 | Video endoscope system for use with different sizes of solid state devices An endoscope contains or is externally fitted with a color imaging device using a solid state imaging device and a signal processing device processing a signal for the endoscope. The color imaging device and solid state imaging device are provided so that... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4813300 | Power transmission with torque converter A transmission having a two-stage torque converter with a turbine and two stators, a one-way clutch and a stator shaft, one of the stators being connected to the stator shaft through the one-way clutch. The reverse drive of the stator connected to the sta... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4813518 | Brake release mechanism A brake release mechanism for a spring-loaded, normally applied vehicle brake releasable by system hydraulic pressure when the system is disabled includes a pilot-operated brake release valve for isolating the brake from the disabled system, a brake contr... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4813529 | Conveyor system for use in automobile assembly line A conveyor system for use in an automobile assembly line having a body-carrying tact conveyor arranged in an endless form past an engine mounting position, and switchable between a running mode and a stopping mode, a body-carrying continuous conveyor arra... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4813844 | Apparatus for setting industrial robot at standard position An apparatus for setting an industrial robot at the standard position comprises a block (19) to be measured, which is attached to a top end portion (18) of a wrist of the industrial robot, and a supporting member (23) for the measurement, which is attache... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4813920 | V belt with blocks A V belt for high load transmitting having at least one endless load carrier and a plurality of blocks engaged with the load carrier in the lengthwise direction of belt. The center of gravity of the block is situated near the tensile members of the load c... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4813697 | Rear fork for motorcycles A rear fork for motorcycles swingably supported at its front end portion from a body frame and supporting at its rear end portion a rear wheel axle, is built-up by interconnecting a plurality of constituent elements. The interconnection between the respec... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4812473 | 1,5-Disubstituted imidazoles as inhibitors of juvenile hormone The present invention provides a 1,5-disubstituted imidazole represented by the formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R1 is a lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group or a phenyl lower alkyl group, and R2 is a 2,6-dimethyl-1,5-heptadienyl g... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4811834 | Mechanical transfer feeder A transfer feeder for operating to successively transfer articles from a certain position to a next position by clamping, lifting, advancing, lowering and unclamping repeatedly articles with a pair of parallel feed bars. The transfer feeder is provided wi... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4811406 | Compound speaker system A compound speaker system comprising a woofer, a squawker, a tweeter, and a super tweeter. The squawker, the tweeter, and the super tweeter are attached to a plate and the assembly is rotatably positioned within the cone of the woofer. Since the squawker,... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4811073 | Gate array arrangement A gate array arrangement formed on a semiconductor chip includes a plurality of I/O cells aligned along the four sides of the chip and a plurality of basic cells aligned in a plurality of rows extending parallelly to each other. A ground bus line and a po... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4810440 | Process for pre-expanding thermoplastic resin particles In a process for pre-expanding thermoplastic resin particles which comprises releasing into a low pressure zone a mixture of water and thermoplastic resin particles containing a volatile blowing agent, the mixture being maintained at an elevated temperatu... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4810423 | 1,2-beta-methylene-4-substituted androstene-3,17-dione derivatives and process for their preparation The invention relates to new aromatase inhibitor agents having the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen or a group=CHR3 wherein R3 is hydrogen or C1 -C6 alkyl; the symbol indica... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4810344 | Water electrolyzing apparatus An electrolytically ionized water forming apparatus including: a plurality of electrolysis devices, each comprising an electrolysis vessel having a cathode and an anode opposed to each other and an electrolysis diaphragm partitioning the space between bot... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4810295 | Impression composition The present invention provides an impression composition of the alginate type which comprises (a) an alginate, (b) calcium sulfate and/or lead silicate, and (c) a filler as its main components and which is characterized in that the alginate component comp... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4809743 | Fuel pipe device for motor vehicles and process for producing same A fuel pipe device for motor vehicles comprising a pipe main body having a plurality of holes formed in its peripheral wall and outward tubular projections each formed around each of the holes integrally with the wall for connecting branch pipes to the pi... | 03/07/1989 |
