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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5579800 | Rotary valve position indicator and method An improved rotary valve indicator apparatus (10) and method is disclosed that includes an electronics switch housing (15), filled with epoxy or other generally elastomeric material (29) to hermetically seal, thus environmentally seal, the switch housing ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5577527 | Method and apparatus for dispensing detergent to a dishwashing machine A container for use in liquifying granular detergent and thereafter dispensing such liquified detergent to an industrial dishwashing machine, in which the container has a threaded end cap having a 2" center hole through its 4" diameter flat end and a flus... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5556062 | Padding and chocking apparatus for pipe joints and/or pipe sections A pipe support apparatus including a length of flexible webbing having a first receptacle formed at one end and a second receptacle formed adjacent an opposite end of the webbing, a first rigid member received within the first receptacle, and a second rig... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5551509 | Whipstock and starter mill A mill kick out apparatus comprises a whipstock and a starter mill. The whipstock has a lower end pivotally connected to a supporting assembly, an upper end, an outer side for disposition adjacent one side of a well wall, and an inner side diametrically o... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5550192 | Dyeable polyolefin compositions and dyeing polyolefin compositions Disperse dyeable compositions of ethylene alkyl acrylate grafted onto polypropylene are provided. A process for disperse dyeing polypropylene fibers is provided. This process comprises (a) extruding the polypropylene with about 2 to 10% by weight of a the... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549158 | Field installed slotted rod guide and method A rod guide 10 may be installed on a sucker rod by two distinct impacts with a hammer or mallet. The rod guide 10 includes a slot 30 having a throat 38 defining therein a catch section 50 wherein a sucker rod 22 will be temporarily caught and held after t... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5549097 | Vehicular fuel control system and method A system 10 for controlling the operation of a propane powered vehicle engine includes a gas sensor 28 for providing a fuel rich signal and a fuel lean signal to a controller 20. The controller is also responsive to a tachometer 26 which senses the engine... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5550180 | "Alumina thickened latex formulations" A latex composition comprising, as a rheology modifier, an effective amount of a boehmite alumina having a crystal size (020 plane) of less than about 60 Angstroms and a surface area, when calcined to gamma phase, of greater than approximately 200 m2... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5536287 | Particulate collector assembly The particulate collector assembly 10 removes solid particulates from a gas stream. The assembly 10 includes an outer housing 12, an intermediate housing 40, and interior housing 54 to form therebetween a clean gas chamber 14, a particulate-laden gas cham... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5535645 | Power tong with improved guard and method A method and apparatus for an open throat power tong is provided to cover the rotary region of the power tong, including the pipe slot, wherein numerous moving parts may cause injury due to accidentally misplaced fingers or hands. Top and bottom movable g... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5535835 | Straight/directional drilling device Apparatus for steering a drill bit at the end of a drill string within the borehole to selectively effect drilling along either a curved path or a substantially straight path comprises a first downhole motor assembly coupled to the drill bit and operable ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5531976 | Preparation of alumina having increased porosity A process for making high porosity boehmite alumina comprising forming an aqueous dispersion of a boehmite alumina which has been obtained by hydrothermally treating an aqueous mixture of a precursor boehmite alumina at a pH of from about 5 to about 9 for... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5529637 | Formic-carboxylic acid mixtures for removing iron oxide sclae from steel surfaces Methods and solutions useful for removing iron oxide-containing scale from the interior surfaces of steel. An aqueous cleaning solution containing formic acid and at least one carboxylic acid having at least two carbon atoms wherein the weight ratio of fo... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5527406 | Method, a heating device and an apparatus for fusing separate thermoplastic bodies A method and apparatus for fusing adjacent surfaces of a pair of separate bodies made from thermoplastic, fusible material in which a heating device having a pair of mutually moveable parts is employed, each moveable part defining a heating surface that m... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5522708 | Fluid sampling pump with adjustable valve means and easily accessable filter An improved sampling pump has utility for withdrawing contaminated fluid from a low pressure source and outputting cleaned fluid to a sampling container. The fluid pump assembly of the present invention includes an operator unit for reciprocating plunger,... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5518028 | Adjustable magnet carrier for a valve position indicator An adjustable magnet carrier 100 for a rotary valve indicator apparatus 10 is disclosed. The adjustable magnet carrier 100 includes an extension member 117 having an extension member body 118, an extension member body top 119, and an extension body base 1... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5513545 | Head bolt stud and extractor tool A tool, comprising a head bolt stud and extractor, useful in the alignment of a cylinder head to an engine block when re-attaching the cylinder head to the engine block following replacement of the cylinder head seals.... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5514192 | Plastic stonewashing stone and method A porous and abrasive plastic stone is disclosed for use in a stonewashing process to commercially age garments or fabric. The plastic stone replaces the pumice stone that is typically used in the stonewashing process. A method for manufacturing the stone... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5511583 | Compressor valve A valve for intake or exhaust of gas with respect to a compressor comprises a seating plate and a guard plate releasably attached in opposed relation. The seating plate has a plurality of clusters of holes extending from an outer side of the seating plate... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5509490 | EMF sacrificial anode sub and method to deter bit balling A sacrificial anode sub and method are disclosed which provide a lower voltage at the proximately located bit than at the sacrificial anode disposed on sub to thereby deter bit balling. An electromotive force (emf) dynamo is built into the sacrificial ano... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5507469 | Valve actuator system for initial torque reduction A system for reducing the initial force required to actuate a valve, preferably a rotary valve, from its fully closed position is disclosed. The system comprises an operating arm fixed to and rotatable with the valve stem. Disposed and rotatable about, bu... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5505426 | Hydraulically controlled blowout preventer A hydraulically controlled blowout preventer 10 and method are disclosed for simultaneously moving two sealing assemblies 24, 27 to seal around an oilfield tubular 15 within the bore 14 of BOP 10. A single manual operator 20 may be rotated to simultaneous... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505244 | Retractable covering for a door opening A retractable covering for a door comprising a housing mounted on one side of the door and a latching strip mounted on the opposite side of the door, the housing containing a roll of screen or similar sheeting material that can be pulled out of the housin... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505926 | HCL adsorbent and method for making and using same An HCl adsorbent, and method of making and using the adsorbent, the adsorbent comprising an activated alumina promoted with an alkali metal in an amount such that if calculated as alkali metal oxide, the adsorbent contains at least about 5% by weight alka... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5503334 | Swivel jet assembly A swivel jet assembly 20 for a fluid distribution system delivers high pressure fluid from a pressurized fluid source to an object to be cleaned. A bearing housing 46 is removably affixed to a swivel body 32 having an inlet port 34 and a fluid transmissio... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501285 | Method for controlling the head of a drilling or core-drilling device and apparatus for carrying out this method Electrodes are provided in a drill bit, or alternatively, in a coring bit, to measure variations in formation resistivity surrounding an earth borehole. Three orthoganal accelerometers are also provided in the drill bit, or in the coring bit, to monitor t... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5499826 | Anti-extrusion lip seal An anti-extrusion lip seal device is disclosed for use that includes a flexible sealing lip portion supported by an annular braided anti-extrusion element. The braided anti-extrusion element is less resilient than the sealing lip portion to resist extrusi... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5499639 | Apparatus and method for cleaning exchanger tubes An apparatus and method for cleaning the tubes of a heat exchanger of a type having at least one header that defines a manifold chamber having a plurality of tubes extending therefrom, the tubes and the header defining tube openings to provide open commun... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5498138 | Sampling pump having a fluid motor pressure regulator An improved sampling pump has utility for withdrawing fluid from a pressurized source and outputting fluid to a sampling container. The fluid pump assembly of the present invention includes an operator unit for reciprocating a plunger, and a side body por... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5498545 | Mass spectrometer system and method for matrix-assisted laser desorption measurements The system for analyzing multiple samples includes a plurality of portable of sample supports each for accommodating a plurality of samples thereon, and an identification mechanism for identifying each sample location on each of the plurality of sample su... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5498753 | Process for preparing isethionate ethoxylates A process for producing alkali metal isethionate ethoxylates by reacting an alkali metal isethionate and a polyol, the mole ratio of polyol to alkali metal isethionate being greater than about 7:1, the reaction mixture produced being neutralized with a no... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5495174 | Method and apparatus for detecting boundary stratum and adjusting the direction of drilling to maintain the drill string within a bed of interest Methods and apparatus for detecting the approach of a boundary stratum while drilling in a substantially horizontal subsurface zone using sensor tools having sensors with different depths of investigation. The two depths of investigation signals are used ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5492373 | Wellhead flange for interconnecting a threaded wellhead and a flanged blowout preventer A wellhead flange assembly 12 is provided for interconnecting the threaded end of an upwardly projecting screwed wellhead 16 with a lower flange of the blowout preventer 24. The flange assembly comprises a threaded adapter 40 including a thin-walled porti... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5492375 | Drill pipe with improved connectors A tubular drill pipe having a pin connector at one end and a box connector at the other end has each connector adapted to mate with a connector similar to that at the opposite end of the pipe--but on another pipe, to form a tool joint. The connectors are ... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5490570 | Earth boring bit and lubricator/compensator therefor An improved pressure compensator of the top-vented type for a roller cone drill bit comprises an elastomeric compensator diaphragm having an annular, peripheral, radially outwardly extending flange. An annular, axially acting compression spring is at leas... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5488148 | Process for sulfonating internal olefins A process for sulfonating internal olefins wherein a dilute solution of the internal olefins in an inert hydrocarbon solvent is sulfonated to produce a reaction mixture containing intermediate sulfonated compounds, the intermediate sulfonated compounds in... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5484510 | Water distilling apparatus A water distillation apparatus and method include an improved control system for operation and maintenance, condensers with plastic to metal seals between a plastic condenser manifold and metallic cooling tubes, and a filter with steam bypass to allow for... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5484040 | Slip-type gripping assembly A slip-type gripping assembly comprises an outer body defining a longitudinal through opening for receipt of the object. A number of slip bodies are circumferentially spaced about the through opening and are radially movable toward and away from the locus... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5480163 | Lip seal with reinforced backup A replaceable sealing member is disclosed which includes a body, lip seal and bonded reinforcement section having a skirt portion and a lip support surface. The skirt portion and lip support restrict elastomeric flow of the body and lip seal portion of th... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5469805 | High visibility valve position indicator A high visibility indicator 12 for fitting to the rotatable drive shaft 11 of a rotary actuator 10 is capable of being rotated from a first position to a second position to indicate corresponding first and second positions of the actuator 10. The indicato... | 11/28/1995 |
