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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5936112 | Mixtures consisting of bis (silylorganyl) polysulfans and silyorganylthiocyanates, their production, and use Mixtures are disclosed of bis(silylorganyl)polysulfanes and silylorganylthiocyanates, which are produced by reacting polysulfanes with cyanides. The inorganic thiocyanate formed is subsequently allowed to react with a haloalkylalkoxysilane to form the sil... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5919566 | Inorganic support materials containing sulphonate and mercapto groups, process for the production thereof and use as catalyst Inorganic support materials containing sulphonate and mercapto groups, and a process for the modification of these materials with the corresponding difunctional organosilicon compounds and use thereof as catalysts in acid-catalyzed reactions.... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5913978 | Apparatus and method for regulating pressure in two chambers A gas is supplied to a second chamber so that the pressure in the second chamber is raised to a predetermined level. A communication passage is provided for internally connecting the first and second chambers. When the pressure in the first chamber attain... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5914075 | Process for preparation of alkali metal cyanide granulates New alkali metal cyanide granulates based on sodium cyanide or potassium cyanide and a method for their preparation are disclosed. Commercially available alkali metal cyanide granulates consist of irregular particles; disadvantages are in particular the t... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5904262 | Folding container This patent application concerns a parallelepiped folding container having two horizontal walls capable of being folded towards the interior of said container so that the two walls can be then brought one against the other.... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5902359 | On-line and/or batch process for production of fuel mixtures consisting of coal/asphaltenes, fuel oil/heavy crude oil, surfactant and water (CCTA), and the obtained products An on-line and/or batch process to obtain a liquid mixture consisting of coal/asphaltenes-fuel oil/heavy crude oil-surfactant-water, through dispersion of a coal-water mixture, using a mechanical element defined as a static mixer or a tank with shaking.... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5902682 | Coated sodium percarbonate particles, a process for their preparation and their use Coated sodium percarbonate particles contain, in the coating, sodium carbonate and also one or more magnesium compounds, preferably magnesium sulfate, optionally in a partially hydrated form, in a single layer or in separate layers in the coating. Preferr... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5892129 | Process for the preparation of 1,1,3-trialkoxypropane A process for the preparation of 1,1,3-trialkoxypropane by acid-catalyzed reaction of acrolein with a C1 to C6 alcohol, which can be carried out well on a large scale and leads to a higher selectivity. The process involves (a) the re... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5886230 | Process for continuous production of methyl mercaptan A process for continuous production of methyl mercaptan by catalytic reaction of methanol and hydrogen sulfide. Significant improvements in the pretreatment of the feed gas mixture and in utilization of the heat of reaction and the heat content of the pro... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5882549 | Pastes for fired-on layers A stable paste for fired-on layers which produces few pyrolysis products contains 0.3 to 3 wt. % of polyethylenimine as binder. The binder inhibits sedimentation of the contents of the paste.... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5876557 | Safety device for film removing apparatus A safety device is provided for a film removing and peeling apparatus, which rolls a coated resin member between a pair of rolls facing each other and rotating at different peripheral rotating speeds and which applies a shearing stress between the resin m... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5875019 | System for the determination, the evaluation and the control of the refractive and accommodative status of the eye The system for the determination, the evaluation and the control of the refractive and accommodative status of the eye according to the present invention includes: a scanner (AN) to be placed before the eye optically corrected or not, and completely or pa... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5871867 | Precipitated silica Precipitated silica with a sodium sulphate content of 4 to 18 wt. %, particularly with the physical-chemical data: ______________________________________ Sodium sulphate content: 4-14 wt. % BET surface area (DIN 66131): ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5868642 | Right/left driving torque distributing device for vehicle A right/left driving torque distributing device for distributing the output driving torque of a power unit mounted on a vehicle to a pair of lateral drive shafts coaxially extended in opposite directions and connected to a right wheel and a left wheel, re... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5869951 | Battery management system for electric vehicle A battery monitoring routine is executed at a short period such as one minute as an initial value when a key switch is turned on to drive an electric vehicle (so that the battery is discharged). On the other hand, when the key switch is turned off to stop... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5868981 | Injection moulding process for soles in expansible and cross-linking "Eva" b This invention concerns an injection moulding process for soles in expansible and cross-linking "EVA" based compounds characterised in that during the cooling stage of the moulded sole the spontaneous shrinkage of the same is arrested by means of a templa... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5866721 | Process for separating the product gas mixture from the catalytic synthesis of methyl mercaptan A process for separating the product gas mixture from the catalytic synthesis of methyl mercaptan. Because of improved separation of the product gas mixture into its components, less hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan are lost in discharging the inert ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5862867 | Gas-liquid mixture as well as unit and method for the use thereof The present invention relates to a gas-liquid mixture especially for use as a fire extinguishing agent. The mixture contains a) at least one halogenated carbon or C1 -C10 hydrocarbon, b) a chemical compound having a high stream pressure and a ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5864797 | Pitch-synchronous speech coding by applying multiple analysis to select and align a plurality of types of code vectors A speech coder using a pitch synchronous innovation code excited linear prediction (PSI-CELP) speech coding system. The speech coder is capable of representing a portion which is not sufficiently represented by an adaptive codebook in a periodic portion o... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5861222 | Gas diffusion electrode for membrane fuel cells and method of its production A porous gas diffusion electrode for membrane fuel cells on an ion-conducting polymer. The electrode contains a finely divided electrocatalyst which is dispersed in a proton-conducting ionomer and has a total porosity of more than 40 to less than 75%. It ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5862441 | Image-forming machine An image-forming machine comprises a movable mounting plate disposed in said machine housing in a manner to be moved toward, and away from, a photosensitive material drum, and a push-operation mechanism for moving the developing device mounted on the mova... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5862302 | Thermal processing apparatus having a reaction tube with transparent and opaque portions A heat insulating member is disposed, enclosing a reaction tube, and a heat source is provided through a heat linearing member disposed above the reaction tube and between the reaction tube and the heat insulating member. The reaction tube is made of quar... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5858800 | Optical measurement method and apparatus thereof An exciting light 2 is introduced within a slab-type optical waveguide 1, an evanescent wave due to the exciting light 2 excites fluorescent light, and among the fluorescent light, a fluorescent light which is radiated in a direction which direction cross... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5859932 | Vector quantization coding apparatus and decoding apparatus To transmit and record an input pattern efficiently by dividing the input pattern into a vector quantization index and its difference signal, and sequentially optimize the vector quantization code book. A least distortion vector determining unit 101 issue... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5859120 | Carbon black and processes for manufacturing Carbon blacks containing silicon and a process for manufacturing them. The carbon blacks containing silicon are suitable as reinforcing carbon blacks for rubber mixtures and give the latter viscoelastic properties such as reduced rolling resistance in tir... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5859117 | Precipitated silicas, a process for their preparation and their use in vulcanizable rubber mixtures Precipitated silicas, characterized in that they have a CTAB surface area (in accordance with ASTM D 3765-92) of 200 to 400 m2 /g, a DBP index (in accordance with ASTM D 2414) between 230 and 380 ml/100 g as powder and 180-250 g/100 g as granul... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5851712 | Electrophotosensitive material An electrophotosensitive material of the present invention is formed by providing a photosensitive layer containing a bis-azo pigment expressed in formula (1): ##STR1## wherein A1, A2, R1 and n are as defined, as a ch... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5852768 | Process for producing precious metal powders In order to produce precious metal powders of uniform particle size and low BET specific surface, appropriate aerosols are introduced into a flame reactor, whereby the aerosols are first freed of solvent as completely as possible by a thermal treatment.... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5852219 | Catalyst, process for its preparation, and use for synthesis of methyl mercaptan A catalyst for the synthesis of methyl mercaptan from hydrogen sulfide and methanol, as well as a process for preparing the catalyst. The catalyst contains active aluminum oxide on which 15% to 40% by weight cesium tungstate is deposited as the activator.... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5849657 | Catalyst for the dehydrogenation of C6 -C15 paraffins and to a process for making such catalysts A catalyst for the dehydrogenation of C66 -C15 paraffins is disclosed. The catalyst contains, on a support, at least one platinum group component, at least one promoter component from the group tin, germanium and lead, and at least o... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5842706 | Skate having simplified accelerating device A skate having simplified accelerating device generally includes a truck having a plurality of rollers rotationally mounted thereunder. A boot is pivotally installed to the front portion of the truck by means of a shaft pin. The rear portion of the truck ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5839421 | Evaporation gas intercepting system for automotive vehicle An evaporation gas intercepting system prevents the entrance of an evaporation gas leaked from a canister into a passenger compartment of a vehicle with an air conditioning system in which an outside air intake or inside air circulation is selected. An en... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5842107 | Sintering process for AIN powder coated with Al film This patent application discloses a new process for preparing the sintered article of aluminum nitride at low temperature. It comprises coating aluminum metal film on aluminum nitride powder, then directly molding or homogeneously cold pressing, followed ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5840057 | Device for iontophoretic physiotherapy with frozen medicament crystals The device for physiotherapy according to the present invention includes an electric current generator (4) with variable and in case modulated frequency, supplied between two electrodes that comprise the sick anatomic part to be treated, the first electro... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5836777 | Electrical outlet device for connection with various types of plugs An electrical outlet device includes a base casing; a cover covering the base casing; a grounding conductive assembled including a base frame formed with at least a first clamping portion having a pair of elastic pieces, a second clamping portion having a... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5837628 | Low cost and environmentally improved infrared transmitting germanate glasses This patent discloses the composition of germanate glass and a new method for its fabrication. The composition comprises germanate, the oxide of an alkali earth group, Al2 O3, ZnO, a halides compound eg. CaF2, CaCl2 | 11/17/1998 |
| 5834130 | Organic electroluminescent device The first organic electroluminescent device is prepared by laminating the hole-transport luminescent layer 1 in which a dye is molecularly dispersed, and the electron-transport layer 2 containing a triazole derivative of the following formula (1). The sec... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5835828 | Stirrer and toner cartridge equipped with the stirrer A toner cartridge comprising a container having a toner discharge port, a toner contained in the container and a stirrer for stirring the toner existing in the container. The stirrer includes a rotary shaft rotatably mounted between both side walls of the... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5835827 | Stirrer and toner cartridge equipped with the stirrer A toner cartridge including a container having a toner discharge port, a toner contained in the container and a stirrer for stirring the toner existing in the container. The stirrer includes a rotary shaft rotatably mounted between both side walls of the ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5835656 | Coated optical fiber A coated optical fiber comprising a light-transmitting fiber and a resin coating layer disposed on the outer periphery of the light-transmitting fiber is formed, an external flaw is imparted to the surface of the resin coating layer while running the coat... | 11/10/1998 |
