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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6565788 | Process for the production of cellulosic flat films The invention relates to a process for the production of cellulosic flat films whereby a solution of cellulose is extruded in an aqueous tertiary amine oxide by means of an extrusion die which has an extrusion gap whereby the solution is moulded in the sh... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6295170 | Alignment element for multiple channel sight and method The invention comprises an alignment element for a multiple channel sight and method. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an alignment element (456) may comprise a first prism (492) and a second prism (494). The second prism (494) may be d... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6263579 | Hand-held power working machine A hand-held power working machine in which the clipper blades thereof can be easily dismounted for the exchange or grinding thereof in a way that minimizes the possibility of damage to the power transmission device or the clipper blades in the course of s... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6186039 | Spacecraft launch system and method A spacecraft launch system includes a support assembly and a seat coupled to a hinge having a hinge axis. In operation, the support assembly and the seat rotate about the hinge axis to move the spacecraft from a horizontal position to a vertical position ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6163934 | Multi-purpose paper clip A multi-purpose paper clip formed of a strand of flat cross section of a resilient material has a first loop portion and a second loop portion that are joined by mutually crossing portions, the first loop portion and second loop portion being of the same ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6167380 | System and method for allocating manufactured products to sellers A software system is provided for managing available to promise (ATP) and making promises to fulfill customer requests. The software system includes a plurality of generic product models (600) each representing a generic product. Each generic product mode... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6161394 | Method and apparatus for condensing and subcooling refrigerant This invention provides a refrigeration system which includes in a closed loop connection a compressor for compressing a refrigerant into a condenser for condensing the compressed refrigerant into a liquid refrigerant, a control valve to controlling the d... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6151047 | Direct electrostatic printing apparatus having a magnetic brush with a core rotating at high speed A DEP device is provided that comprises a printhead structure with control electrodes in combination with printing apertures and a magnetic brush assembly delivering a cloud of toner particles in the vicinity of the printing apertures, wherein the toner p... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6137107 | Thermal detector with inter-digitated thin film electrodes and method Thermal sensor (36) may include a thermally sensitive element (50), a first thin film electrode (52) and a second thin film electrode (54). The thermally sensitive element (50) may include a plurality of preferentially-ordered crystals. The first thin fil... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6137440 | Microwave active solid state cold/warm noise source A microwave active noise source and method used for calibrating a radiometer includes a transistor configured as a noise equivalent model having a gate port, drain port and source port. During calibration of the radiometer the drain port is terminated and... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6135071 | Two-stroke internal combustion engine A two-stroke internal combustion engine having a crankcase provided with a crank chamber, a suction port which opens to the crank chamber, a scavenging passage opening into the crank chamber, and a crankshaft is provided with a flow control surface formed... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6133577 | Method and apparatus for producing extreme ultra-violet light for use in photolithography A method and apparatus for producing extreme ultra-violet light comprising a nozzle for flowing a gas at a supersonic velocity, a source for directing a radiated energy beam into the flowing gas to stimulate emission of extreme ultra-violet light therefro... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6122184 | Method and system for an improved converter output filter for an induction drive system A converter output filter for an induction drive system is provided. The converter output filter (40) comprises an L-R-C network (41) that can be coupled between each converter output (38a, 38b, and 38c) of a converter (16b) and a DC-link midpoint node (3... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6115710 | Portable and dynamic distributed transaction management method A system and method is shown for enabling a plurality of computers and associated computer resources, some or all of which may be of heterogeneous configuration, to cooperatively process various applications such that the execution is transparent to the u... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6113260 | Configurable interface module A configurable interface module particularly suited for processing of digital and analog information includes at least one field programmable gate array (44, 46, 48) mounted on a mezzanine board (30) to provide functional flexibility and not requiring an ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6115711 | Method and apparatus for generating transactions and a dialog flow manager A method for generating distributed application architecture transactions includes providing menus to obtain names and relationships of variables for desired transaction and input data form from an application developer. The input data is stored At least ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6111762 | Switching power supply A switching power supply for outputting an isolated DC voltage includes a transformer TR1 having a secondary winding N21 and a tertiary winding N3; a semiconductor switch Q1; a DC voltage source (capacitor) C1 connected to the transformer TR1 and the semi... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6110631 | Photoconductor for electrophotography and method of manufacturing and using a photoconductor There is disclosed a photoconductor for use in an electrophotographic apparatus. The photoconductor includes a conductive substrate and a photoconductive layer formed on the conductive substrate. The photoconductive layer includes an As2 Se | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105205 | Power working machine A power working machine has a noise level display device which enables the noise level of the machine to be easily recognized with the naked eyes. When compressed air that is pressurized and delivered by a blower fan is delivered to an air-ejecting pipe, ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6102688 | Combustion apparatus for liquid fuel and combustion wick As regards size reduction of a burner that draws up liquid fuel to be burned utilizing capillarity, a wick and an igniter are brought into proximity without causing contact with the flame, either a flame-producing section (61) of the wick (6) being consti... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6102155 | Combined window and emergency escape ladder An emergency escape system (16) for a window (13) of a building (10) includes an escape ladder (36) stored within a window frame (21). A sill part (23) covers a recess (32) containing the escape ladder and allows a window part (22) to form a normal seal w... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6102706 | Compliance support package for increasing health management system compliance The invention is a compliance support package for improving the compliance of a patient with a dietary health management system, which provides a predetermined daily calorie content and level of nutritional enhancement. The dietary health management syste... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6094463 | Phaselock threshold correction A noise estimator for threshold correction of a receiver includes a low pass filter to remove wideband noise from an input signal that includes a signal component and a noise component. The output of the wideband filter is applied to a square-law power de... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6090613 | Bacillus pumilus strain The present invention relates to an antifungal agent obtained from a bacterium, Bacillus sinaii. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that in mixed cultures of the bacterium and various fungi, zones of inhibition of fungal growth were found in ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088434 | Method and system for communicating telecommunications provisioning information A method of communicating telecommunications services provisioning information in a telecommunication system includes establishing a connection between a user and a generic provisioning unit in a telecommunications node of a telecommunication system. The ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6088140 | Segmented display system for large, continuous autostereoscopic images The present invention is an apparatus and method for displaying large, continuous, autostereoscopic images. The present invention overcomes the size limitation of typical autostereoscopic images by recording a continuous, autostereoscopic image onto separ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6084881 | Multiple mode xDSL interface A multiple mode xDSL interface (60) is disclosed. The multiple mode xDSL interface (60) includes an xDSL termination unit (62) operable to couple to an XDSL link (64) and to manage communication of data across an xDSL physical layer. The mulitple mode xDS... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6083712 | Biotechnological method of producing biotin In DNA fragments and plasmids comprising the bioB, bioF, bioC, bioD and bioA genes responsible for biosynthesis of biotin, or their functionally equivalent genetic variants and mutants from enteric bacteria, the genes are arranged in a transcription unit.... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6080455 | Broadband composite structure fabricated from inorganic polymer matrix reinforced with glass or ceramic woven cloth A structure, preferably a radome (1) which comprises a honeycomb (11) of ceramic cloth in the form of fused woven fibers bonded with a matrix to provide a ceramic fiber composite. The fibers are quartz and the matrix is a silica matrix. A cloth (13) is im... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6074016 | Flexible axle embodying a crosspiece and trailing arms An axle comprises having a crossmember coupling two arms, each arm carrying a stub axle for receiving a wheel, the crossmember being formed essentiy by two coaxial half-crossmembers partially inserted into each other. Resilient rings non-slidingly integ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6074536 | Electroyltic cell and method for removing silver from silver-containing aqueous liquids The cell comprises a housing (10) including a base (15), an anode (20) positioned within the housing (10), a cathode (30) surrounding the anode (20) in the housing (10), an inlet opening (18), and an outlet opening (19). The outlet opening (19) through th... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6071090 | Process pump A diaphragm-type double-acting process pump has a reduced number of members to be assembled to a center plate and also a reduced number of hermetically sealed portions. A space defined by the center plate, together with a side cover and a side body, which... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069547 | Bobbin for electromagnet of electromagnet clutch A bobbin of an electromagnet of an electromagnetic clutch used for a refrigerant compressor for an automotive air conditioning system includes a cylinder and two flanges, each extending radially outward from the an end of the cylinder. The two flanges hav... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6065203 | Method of manufacturing very small diameter deep passages A method of fabricating very small diameter deep passages is provided. The method of fabricating very small diameter deep passages may include fabricating a recess (206) in a first side (202) of an article (200). An article passage (216) may be fabricated... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6064726 | Fully flexible routing system A telecommunications network with fully flexibly routing is disclosed. The telecommunications network (100) includes switching systems (112, 114) and a service control system (104) that controls at least one of the switching systems. The service control s... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6062178 | Method of operating uni-flow two-cycle engine during reduced load conditions A method of operating a two-cycle internal combustion engine under low load conditions. A throttle is placed at the intake air system to reduce air intake into the engine cylinders. A pump is placed in the exhaust system, such that it creates reduced pres... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6061945 | Optical clamping system The invention comprises an alignment element for a multiple channel sight and method. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an alignment element (456) may comprise a first prism (492) and a second prism (494). The second prism (494) may be d... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6064706 | Apparatus and method of desynchronizing synchronously mapped asynchronous data A digital desynchronizer (10) includes an elastic store unit (12) that receives a synchronously mapped asynchronous data signal (14) and outputs asynchronous output data over an asynchronous output data signal (20) in response to an output clock signal (2... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6061328 | Integrated multi-fabric digital cross-connect integrated office links An integrated multiple cross-connect system (10) having remotely located components interconnected by integrated office links is provided. The system (10) includes a broadband matrix (20), at least one remotely located high speed line terminating equipmen... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6059398 | Printhead structure having electrodes not extending to the edge of printing apertures A printhead structure is provided comprising individual control electrodes (106a) in combination with printing apertures (107) and a shield electrode (106b), both electrodes separated by an insulating material wherein both the shield electrode and the con... | 05/09/2000 |
