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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6144087 | Semiconductor nonvolatile storage and method of fabricating the same A semiconductor nonvolatile storage that is an inter-gate insulating film breakdown type memory is configured by providing a field oxide film on a semiconductor substrate 1, a gate electrode on the field oxide film and a mask oxide film on the surface of ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6138448 | Yarn heating apparatus To provide a yarn heating apparatus offering greater heating efficiency and ease of manufacture than a conventional yarn heating apparatus. Provide two heating spaces for yarn, and make the middle heating part 13a between these two heating spaces 10a, 10b... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6139973 | Method for forming wear-resistant layer and iron-based material, on which wear-resistant layer is applied A thin sulfurizing layer having high iron-sulfide content is formed by an electrolytic deposition method using an alkaline electrolytic solution which contains ferric ions, sulfide and a chelating agent of the ferric ions.... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6134400 | Toner image fixing apparatus having standby mode temperature control device A toner image fixing apparatus has a fixing roller, a pressing roller normally urged toward the fixing roller for pressing a sheet with an unfixed toner image carried on a surface thereof against the fixing roller to fix the unfixed toner image to the she... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6130482 | Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same The present invention relates to a metallization technique of a semiconductor device, more specifically to a semiconductor device having a wiring or plug of a suitable structure for high integration and a method for fabrication of the semiconductor device... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6123283 | Automatic winding machine To provide an automatic winding machine wherein even if a yarn splicing operation is carried out during the reduction of yarn winding tension at the time of winding yarn splicing, the subsequent winding tension can be maintained at an appropriate value de... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6117439 | Wet tissue A wet tissue prepared by impregnating a main body of paper-made tissue with a dilute aqueous solution of epigallocatechin gallate and introducing the impregnated main body into a waterproof container provided with a takeout hole. The tissue is withdrawn a... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6117592 | Porus metallic material having high specific surface area, method of producing the same, porus metallic plate material and electrode for alkaline secondary battery The porous metallic material of the present invention has an overall porosity of 80 to 99%, and a skeleton in a three dimensional network structure which is entirely composed of a sintered metal powder having a porosity of 10 to 60%. The specific surface ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6103963 | Page turning apparatus Disclosed is a page turning apparatus for turning over a page of a medium. This page turning apparatus comprises a drive roller for turning over a page of the medium and carries the medium on a carrier path, a pressing roller, a carrier motor for driving ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101840 | Air separation plants The air separation plant is provided with a housing for containing cryogenic equipments, at least one free-standing column to be disposed in the housing, at least one column to be disposed in the housing on a frame constituting the housing, and a powdery ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6102711 | Socket for mounting package and mount structure of package using the same A socket for mounting a package has a socket body on which the package is mounted and a plurality of contacts which are integrated in the socket body. The socket has a flexural rigidity which is smaller than a flexural rigidity of a substrate on which the... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6098834 | Cap for beverage container A drinking receptacle cover comprising a slant cover plate having a top surface and a bottom surface and covering a heat insulating cup at the open top; a rim surrounding the cover plate; a valve assembly having a valve element for opening and closing a s... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6097744 | Cooling device of a planar light source A cooling device of a laser diode array includes a stacking of a plurality of metal plate members formed with a branched groove pattern or apertures acting as a cooling water path, by a chemical etching process.... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6091053 | Heat-reserving container for pizza and furnace for the same A heat-reserving container for pizza comprising a disc case having a flat circular portion, with a resin-made heat reservoir stored therein is disclosed. The entire surface, of the pizza can be in contact with the flat portion of the heat-reserving contai... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089563 | Paper supply apparatus for image reading apparatus and image reading apparatus with paper supply apparatus as well as paper supply apparatus The invention provides a paper supply apparatus for an image reading apparatus, an image reading apparatus with a paper supply apparatus and a paper supply apparatus which can be used suitably with an image scanner wherein a large amount of paper sheets c... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6086103 | Pressurized-fuel tank installation structure in motorcar A structure arranged under a floor panel for mounting a tank to be charged with a pressurized-fuel such as natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas in a motorcar of front engine --front drive type is provided. The pressurized-fuel tank installation structu... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6079231 | Stitch loop holding apparatus for a flat knitting machine A stitch loop holding apparatus for a flat knitting machine using compound needles wherein in addition to needle operation means for knitting stitch loops, in order to hold a knitted stitch loop to the tongue of a slider of another needle without forming ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6079553 | Carrier chain A carrier chain is provided which vibrates less when moving on the curved portion of the guide rail. The carrier chain can carry the article to be carried smoothly and in a more stable state, and can prevent the one-sided wear of the guide rail and the ch... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6077878 | Foam made from modified polypropylene resin and process for the production thereof The present invention relates to a foamed article comprising a modified polypropylene resin which is a graft copolymer of a polypropylene resin and an aromatic vinyl monomer and has an average number of the grafted aromatic vinyl chains of not less than 1... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6077382 | Mounting method of semiconductor chip The invention provides a mounting method for a semiconductor chip, wherein after disposing the anisotropic conductive adhesive on a circuit board, the circuit board is preheated to a temperature lower than the hardening temperature of the anisotropic cond... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6074893 | Process for forming fine thick-film conductor patterns A process for forming fine thick-film conductor patterns on a ceramic substrate which comprises the steps of forming grooves in a positive-working photoresist layer on the substrate by the photolithographic technology, filling the grooves with a conductiv... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073503 | Cam device A cam device comprises a cam, a follower and elastic means for causing the follower to follow the cam. The cam is in the form of a disk and has in a side surface thereof a cam groove having opposite open ends at the outer periphery of the cam. The cam out... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6074318 | Low-noise roller chain having rollers which include elastic member protrusions to prevent collision of the rollers with inner plates A roller chain (10) for reducing noise and vibration generated during engagement of the roller chain with a sprocket. The roller chain (10) has a plurality of inner link assemblies, each including a bushing (12) and inner plates (14) connected together an... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6072000 | Curable resin composition for use in water based paint The present invention proposes highly practical curable resin compositions for use in water based paints, which contain no, or much less organic solvent when compared with current organic solvent based paints, and which produce painted surfaces which have... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6068568 | Silent chain A silent chain is provided which has reduced elongation based on wear and which is capable of maintaining a high accuracy over a long period of time in use. The inner surfaces of pin holes formed in at least joint trains of plates have been subjected to s... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6067230 | Electronic device with heat radiation members An electronic device including a circuit part having a semiconductor chip. The device includes a first heat radiation member kept in contact with the circuit part for radiating the heat generated by the circuit part, a second heat radiation member, and an... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6065637 | Connector supply method and device In a connector supply apparatus, a plurality of connectors are successively shifted along a shifting passage of a rail member, and a desired number of preceding connectors are separated from the succeeding connectors by the rise/fall of a pair of stoppers... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6062139 | Device for adjusting ink supply gap for ink fountain apparatus A device for adjusting an ink supply gap is employed in an ink fountain apparatus in which the bottom portion of the ink fountain apparatus forms a space for storing ink in cooperation with a peripheral surface of an ink fountain roller while a forward ed... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6056592 | Connector device equipped with switch A switch-equipped connector device, comprises: a case having an opening; a cover to be removably mounted on the case so as to cover the opening; a first connection terminal on the side of load and a second connection terminal on the side of a power supply... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6055892 | Work feeder for a vertical machine tool with movable spindle A vertical machine tool with a movable main spindle has a headstock for supporting a spindle having an axis in a vertical direction. A work feeder gives and takes a work between the work feeder and a chuck. The work feeder includes a work feeder frame pro... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6054652 | Thin-film multi-layer substrate and electronic device The thin-film multi-layer substrate includes an insulating substrate base plate, and a thin-film structure including a plurality of conducting layers and a plurality of insulating layers formed on the substrate base plate. A via structure is formed in the... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6053758 | Door trim connector connecting structure A door trim connector connecting structure is provided. In one embodiment of such structure, the switch unit is provided with fixed connectors, a connector securing wall provided with movable connectors is integrally formed inside the bulging portion of t... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6054245 | Electrophotographic developer and producing method thereof An object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic developer having a good fluidity, an excellent shelf stability, and a lesser reduction in image quality under various conditions. An electrophotographic one component nonmagnetic developer... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6051889 | Semiconductor device having a flip-chip structure A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a first principal surface carrying thereon a first wiring pattern and a semiconductor chip having a second principal surface carrying a second wiring pattern thereon. The semiconductor chip is disposed on... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6050142 | Yarn tension detecting apparatus To enable accurate yarn tension measurement by the elastic substrate in a yarn tension detecting apparatus including an elastic substrate 3, a yarn guide support 4 attached to the elastic substrate 3 approximately perpendicularly, a yarn guide 7 fixed at ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6050862 | Female terminal with flexible contact area having inclined free edge portion A low inserting force terminal is provided. An elastic contact arm for a male terminal is formed inside the electrical contact unit, and the free edge portion of the elastic contact portion is slidable along the inner wall of the electrical contact unit. ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6049003 | Azoamidine compound Azoamidine compounds shown by the general formula [1] ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are independently a lower alkyl group, R3 and R4 are independently a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and X is a divalen... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6048924 | Aqueous resin composition and aqueous paint The subject of the present invention is to provide a water-borne resin composition having excellent hydrophilicity, that is, water reducibility or water dispersibility, can decrease the amount of organic solvent contained in a coating, has excellent curab... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6046164 | Therapeutic agent for diseases of periodontal tissue The present invention relates to a method for treating diseases of periodontal tissue by administering a basic fibroblast growth factor, by which the tissue injury is treated to induce regeneration, curing or new attachment.... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6045165 | Threaded connection tubular goods A threaded connection for the oil country tubular goods, according to the invention, is provided with either an internal shoulder or an external shoulder or both, each comprising a seal portion and a torque shoulder, and characterized by satisfying the fo... | 04/04/2000 |
