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| 6073467 | Catalyst gauzes for gaseous reactions Three-dimensional knitted catalyst gauzes made from noble metals have recently come into use for ammonia oxidation and other gaseous reactions. Particularly high yields accompanied by a stable course of the reaction and an extended service life of the cat... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6005160 | Heterobifunctional membrane in application of artificial cornea This invention is a heterobifunctional artificial cornea or biomedical membrane and novel process for preparing the heterobifunctional artificial cornea. In this method, plasma induced graft polymerization is adopted to provide the surface property modifi... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5958260 | Eye mold device for calibrating the electrode of an electrical machining apparatus An eye mold device for electrical machining device in which the electrode with different outer diameter can be readily and firmly supported within the eye mold for machining. A substantially triangular passage is defined by three accurate rods which are d... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5946054 | Optical apparatus, projection display apparatus and optical compensation method In the optical apparatus, the projection lens has a first lens group and a second lens group, the color synthesizing optical system has a transparent plate, dichroic mirrors and a plane mirror, the second lens group is disposed between the color synthesiz... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5937921 | Stopper device for a bottle for a water fountain type liquid dispenser A stopper device for a bottle having a neck provided with an outside bead at its free end and intended for use with a water fountain type liquid dispenser comprises a plastics material capsule having an end wall from which project in the same direction a ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5929046 | Pyrimidine and purine derivatives and their use in treating tumour cells The present invention provides certain 6-hetarylalkyloxy pyrimidine derivatives of formula II ##STR1## wherein R is (i) a cyclic group having at least one 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, optionally with a carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring fus... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5928129 | Apparatus and method for performing presbyopia corrective surgery A process for surgically correcting presbyopia includes anesthetizing a patient and marking a portion of an eye of the patient which is to be ablated. At least a portion of the cornea is resected to expose the corneal stroma. An annular portion of the cor... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5915800 | System for controlling braking of an automotive vehicle A braking force control system comprises a yaw rate sensor for detecting an actual yaw rate of a vehicle, a target yaw rate calculating section for detecting a vehicle speed and a steering angle to calculate a target yaw rate, a yaw-rate difference calcul... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5912663 | Monitor adjustments made by a single rotatable and depressible knob which interfaces with a monitor control display menu A monitor flywheel control for use in adjustment of the color monitor display includes a flywheel type bit generator to replace the conventional adjusting pushbuttons and knobs so that by use of a micro-controller technique, a single flywheel control knob... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5908349 | Fluid jet cutting and shaping system A fluid jet cutting system that includes an X-Y axis support table that is adjustable in both the X and Y-axis direction and has frame structures that overhang a centralized support platform assembly. The frame structures include overlapping central openi... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907533 | Disc clamping device for alternatively loading a mini disc and a compact disc on a single turntable A mini disc or a compact disc can be alternatively loaded on a single turntable of a disc player. A compact disc is loaded, a first hub is inserted into a central hole of the compact disc so as for the compact disc to be placed on a first loading face, an... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5902052 | Color image-forming machine and method of forming a correction table therefor A color image-forming machine comprises a color image signal-forming means for outputting digital signals Cd, Md and Yd expressing, on tone levels, three primary colors C, M and Y for each of a number of pixels, and a correction means for correcting the d... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5897113 | Document feeder with responsive paper receiving tray An automatic document feeder according to the present invention is mountable on a copying machine. The automatic document feeder mounted on the copying machine is displaceable to a closed state and an open state with respect to the copying machine. In the... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5896853 | Controlled flow inhalers The invention relates to an inhaler for products such as medicaments, and particularly to an inhaler for transferring to a patient, at a controlled air flow, a metered dose of a medicament contained in a pressurised dispensing container. The inhaler inclu... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5898464 | Image outline enhancing method and circuit thereof A method which can be used to enhance an outline of an image displayed in an image display apparatus such as a television receiver, and a circuit performing the method. The circuit includes a peaking signal generation circuit which generates a first peaki... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5894514 | Positioning structure of the upper cover of a telephone receiver The present invention is related to a positioning structure of the upper cover of a telephone receiver, wherein the main design thereof is that the assembling portion of the receiver body is installed with a radial elastic piece, an axial elastic piece an... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5891296 | Apparatus and method for peeling and removing a coated film on resin product A film peeling and removing apparatus is provided for peeling or removing a film from a resin material of a coated resin member of a coated resin product. The film peeling apparatus includes a resin-material-side roll, a film-side roll and a third roll. T... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5890612 | Collapsible aircraft container This invention concerns a collapsible container, whose outer profile is shaped to fit the walls of an aircraft luggage compartment, consisting of a rigid base frame supporting an accordion folding frame and whose sides are covered by sheet plate and secti... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5892639 | Dual head azimuth alignment mechanism in an autoreverse car audio device A dual azimuth alignment mechanism of an autoreverse car audio device adjusts a head angle in contact with a tape by switching the screw installing portions inserted and connected with azimuth alignment screws by a changeover portion geared with a head mo... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5888448 | Tap-hole drilling machine The invention relates to a tap-hole drilling machine comprising a separate guiding means for a tap-hole drill and a driving means to move this guiding means between a working position and a rest position. In the working position, the guiding means forms a... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5886677 | Frame size regulating circuit A frame size regulating circuit capable of simultaneously controlling horizontal and vertical sizes to simply vary a frame size includes a key matrix formed by plural keys for simultaneously varying horizontal and vertical sizes of a frame, and a micropro... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5885345 | Method of fabricating shaped crystals by overhead-pressure liquid injection A shaper (2) is arranged within a shaping vessel (1). A raw material for a crystal is inserted into the shaping vessel (1) and a crystal melt (5) is formed by setting it in a predetermined atmosphere and heating it. A mechanical force F1 is applied to the... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5884917 | Thermal processing apparatus Annular groove portions are formed in each of facing surfaces of a sealing portion of a processing vessel that is kept in an atmosphere of a prescribed gas or an atmosphere at a reduced pressure, and a thin annular plate is arranged in such a manner that ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5884009 | Substrate treatment system A heat-treatment system comprises a first vessel made of a metal, defining a processing chamber and provided in its side wall with an opening through which a wafer to be heat-treated is carried into and the heat-treated wafer is carried out of the first v... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5881350 | Original guiding device An original guiding device capable of improving the conveyance of an original in an original conveying path. There is provided an original carrying-in path formed so as to be inclined from the original conveying path and a guiding mechanism for guiding th... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5881333 | Function-expandable image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is readily provided with an additional function besides its principal function and therefore is adupted for function expansion. A control operation for the additional function is enabled on condition that a component required fo... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5880437 | Automatic control system and method using same An automatic control system controls a controlled variable serving as an object 2 to be controlled so that the object 2 approaches a predetermined target value, by means of an optimum regulator 4. The automatic control system include: a gain setting secti... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5880053 | Method of producing zeolite y Y zeolites with an SiO2 /Al2 O3 ratio in the framework of>100 with a high hydrothermal stability and resistance to aqueous, alkaline solutions are produced by treating a Y zeolite with a SiO2 /Al2 O | 03/09/1999 |
| 5879000 | Automatic document conveying device An automatic document conveying device comprises a document table on which documents are placed; a vacuum separating/feeding means for feeding the set documents placed on the document table; a set document stopper for positioning the front ends of the doc... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5879139 | Vacuum pump with gas heating The inside of a vacuum pump is heated by means of a first heating unit to a temperature higher than the temperature at which products of reaction discharged from a process chamber are separated, and the inner surface of an exhaust pipe is heated to a temp... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878318 | Automatic document feeder In an automatic document feeder, an original tray has an original platen on its upper surface. Originals put on the original platen are fed along a conveying path by conveying rollers and conveyance auxiliary rollers. The originals fed are separated one a... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5878110 | X-ray generation apparatus An X-ray generation apparatus has an anticathode which includes a high thermal conductive substrate and a target for generating X-rays by irradiation with electrons. The target penetrates the high heat conductive substrate. Improved cooling efficiency and... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5877688 | Thermal object measuring apparatus A thermal object detecting method and apparatus. According to the method and apparatus, a thermal image of a measuring space is obtained by a two-dimensional thermal image detecting device. Then, position information of an object in the measuring space is... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5877463 | Shuttle switch assembly A shuttle switch assembly for performing both functions of shuttle and mode is disclosed. The assembly comprises a circuit board. A main base is formed on the circuit board. The main base has a stator protrusively formed at the inner center of the main ba... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5876959 | Method for testing infectious disease causing microorganisms A method for detecting, identifying and measuring infectious disease causing microorganisms is described. The method utilizes a plural medium arrangement in which a test liquid containing a microorganism is simultaneously introduced. Different media are u... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875909 | Screw cap with attached seal A bottle cap with a gas barrier seal for use in combination with the screw threaded neck of a carbonated beverage container and the like, having a body formed with an annular skirt and an end wall and a relatively stiff, high gas barrier, circular seal ha... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875890 | Soundproofing bag for single and double reed instruments, particularly for a saxaphone The invention relates to a soundproofing bag (1) for single and double reed instruments, particularly for a saxophone made up of a material providing a fabric outer layer, an intermediate soundproofing layer, and an inner layer made up of air and steam pe... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5878162 | Image processing circuit An image processing circuit which adds, by means of a yellow color image data, forgery tracing information to yellow, magenta and cyan color image data obtained by reading out of an original. A tracing information adder replaces the read-out yellow color ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875297 | Multimedia server A multimedia server has: a server section having a transfer-request accepting section for accepting a transfer request for data, a processor connected to the transfer-request accepting section, for discriminating the kind of the data and for converting th... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5874538 | Process for producing soybean protein A process for producing soybean protein comprising the step of adding to a soybean protein-containing raw material an aqueous solution of 0.05 to 3.0% by weight of an inorganic salt to form a suspension, causing soybean protein to dissolve in the suspensi... | 02/23/1999 |
