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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5133831 | Method of concentrating black liquor by evaporation A method of drying black liquor to a dry solids content of about 100% in which water is evaporated from the black liquor by direct heat exchange contact with hot smelt from a recovery furnace in which the dried black liquor is burned.... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5115208 | PLL clock signal regenerator using a phase correlator A circuit for the regeneration of the clock signal within a message containing a preamble and random data. No assumption as to the message structure is required for the operation of such a circuit. The circuit operates on an autocorrelation principle whic... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5113623 | Method and apparatus for grinding the work rolls of a planetary rolling mill The work rolls of a planetary rolling mill are subject to high wear and must, therefore, be frequently reground to assure precision of the material rolled. With a life of the work rolls of about six hours, the expenditure of about 12 hours of a mechanic s... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5111354 | Process for the perfecting of the grounding of multi-layer insulations (thermal blankets) for space applications A method and apparatus for grounding multi-layer insulations (MLI) by electric contact, of either of each layer with the other or of all the layers with the underlying structure by means of one or more points of attachment of mechanical type. This makes i... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5107269 | Device for the automatic correction of the differential error, to be applied preferably to monopulse type radar receiver A device for automatic correction of differential and deterministic errors in a radar receiver, preferably a monopulse radar receiver, which comprises a closed loop feedback system in which raw Off-Boresight Angle (OBA) data as well as current azimuth dat... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5101653 | Mechanical pipe expander A mechanical pipe expander having a pyramidal, polyhedronal cross-section, segments resting against the pyramidal surfaces which are displaceable in axial direction relative to the polyhedron, and grooves formed in the longitudinal centers of the edges of... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5100290 | Turbine generator for use in axial water flow A Kaplan turbine is provided. The Kaplan turbine includes a turbine shaft having a solid shaft and turbine blades on one end thereof. The turbine shaft has an end distal from the turbine blades which distal end includes a hollow shaft, a portion of the ho... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5101386 | Track jumping apparatus for an optical disk pickup A track jumping apparatus for an optical disk pickup which can detect a tracking error signal in performing a track jump, and determine a time of acceleration or deceleration of a jump signal by comparing the tracking error signal with a reference level, ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5094715 | Arrangement for removing thread-like impurities from a defiberizing drum The present invention provides an improved arrangement for removing thread-like impurities, such as wire rope, wire and the like, from a defiberizing drum or the like used in the defiberizing of waste paper. A ramped or inclined member, in the form of a b... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5094730 | Method for forming a metallic coating on steel pipes A method of applying a metallic coating to metallic sealing and/or threaded regions of steel pipes which are under high pressure per unit of surface by a pretreatment of the surface to be coated which consists of a cleaning and degreasing and an electroly... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5095406 | Circuit board arrangement for electronic/electromechanical apparatus A circuit board arrangement that is for an electronic/electromechanical apparatus and that has a mechanically actuable switch for at least two different power line voltages includes a circuit board having a polygonal cutout therethrough, which defines a p... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5093052 | Method of controlling injection molding machine with hydraulic loads An injection molding machine for manufacturing plastic moldings contains a plurality of hydraulic loads for individual subassemblies including a closing unit, an injection unit, an ejector and cores. A plurality of the pumps are respectively connected to ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5092314 | Adjustable supraglottiscope and methods therefor An adjustable supraglottiscope designed to be used in the supraglottic larynx is disclosed, in particular, an improved apparatus for endoscopic surgery in the supraglottis and the lower pharynx is disclosed by having at least one blade that is at least as... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5090826 | Printing with automatic on page text replacement without changing memory A method of printing with an automatic replacement includes the steps of specifying a memory; setting a sheet of paper on which a character group stored in the memory specified has been printed, to a printer having a carrier; inputting a search text and a... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5080454 | Arrangement for detachably securing together pairs of substantially perpendicular structural parts An arrangement for detachably securing together pairs of substantially perpendicular thin-walled, planar, generally flat structural parts (1, 2) which may define wall, top, bottom and/or side members as in the frame of data processing apparatus. A first s... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5081640 | Method of controlling a temperature of a molten metal A method of controlling the course over time of a target temperature of a molten metal in a ladle, for example, in which the required heating power is produced by at least one plasma torch. Determination is made of the variation with time of a target temp... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5080272 | Device for improved control in the transport of edge-perforated paper webs in printers A device for the feeding or advancement of an edgeperforated paper web (1) in a dot-matrix printer or the like includes a pair of drive belts (3) transversely spaced apart proximate opposite transverse edges of the web, each belt carrying on its upper sur... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5078052 | Infrared proximity fuze with double field of view for moving carrier applications Infrared proximity fuze, obtained by joining two infrared IR proximity sensors, preferably of the open field type, which have different fields of view (F.O.V.) so that the target sources presence signal is given by the simultaneous presence of an alarm si... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5078573 | Liquid ring pump having tapered blades and housing A liquid ring vacuum pump includes a vacuum pump housing composed by two opposed end walls spaced by an annular wall defining a vacuum pump chamber; a shaft extends into the vacuum pump chamber; a rotor is mounted on the shaft and is arranged eccentricall... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5079724 | Word processing apparatus having image-format control functions A word processing apparatus with a function of an image-format control includes an image data storage for storing image data imputted in a certain format, an reading unit for reading the image data from the image data storage, a display device for display... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5077725 | Optical memory device and apparatus for manufacturing the same An apparatus for manufacturing an optical memory device, which comprises supplying rolls for continuously supplying a sheet-like substrate, a masking endless belt having a plurality of windows of size corresponding to the optical memory device, rolls for ... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5075649 | Adaptive phase and amplitude distributor Adaptive phase and amplitude distributor for use with satellite antennae which require distribution of transmitter-generated microwave power over many elementary radiators having predetermined amplitude and phase characteristics thus achieving required ra... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5073359 | Process for manufacturing ceramic magnetic material A process for the manufacture of ceramic materials by production of the citrates and pyrolysis thereof. Specifically, the process yields ultra-fine powders by preparing solutions of respective oxides and/or carbonates in nitric acid, either separately or ... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5071642 | Dihydropyridine containing compositions Solid drug formulations for oral administration containing one or more dihydropyridines in doses of between 10 and 240 mg and suitable to be administered as a single dose per day for the treatment of circulatory disorders and high blood pressure.... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5069761 | Method for pretreating the connecting elements of a gas-tight pipe connection Method for pretreating the connecting elements of a gas-tight pipe connection of the type including an internally threaded coupling for being screwed to externally threaded spigots at pipe ends to be joined, a metallic sealing seat, and an abutment should... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5069442 | Transport device for paper sheets of varying or different widths and thickness A device for the transport of recording media (3) of varying or different widths and/or thicknesses while automatically aligning the same includes a rotatably mounted and driven friction roll (1) and a plurality of rotatable pressure rollers 2a, 2b, 2c ar... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5068760 | Thin film magnetic head for a bidirectionally moveable recording medium A thin film magnetic head includes first and second head chips, each of the head chips having a substrate, a reproducing head portion and a recording head portion provided in a side edge portion on the substrate, and a protecting plate covering the reprod... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5064972 | Current contact line arrangement A current contact line arrangement includes a plurality of energy and control current contact lines for engagement with current collectors of a movable energy consumer such as a crane, trolley carriage or the like which is not intended to pass beyond a pr... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5060457 | Pasta handling apparatus Apparatus for automatically removing pasta nests from drying frames and introducing such nests into packaging containers are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a mechanism for interspacing groups of the nests on the drying frames in a checkerboard pattern... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5061931 | Recursive system for image forming by means of a spotlight synthetic aperture radar Recursive system for the forming of a radar image by means of a SAR sensor, for application preferably related to the radar field, essentially having a monodimensional transformation system (1) of the signal received by the radar; a convolution element (2... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5058615 | Method and apparatus for pumping high consistency pulp A method and apparatus for pumping a liquid-fiber suspension, and specifically for pumping high consistency fiber suspensions in the pump and paper industry. The method of pumping a liquid-fiber suspension includes the moving of the suspension into a pump... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5058036 | Device for secret registration of display data A display data secret registration drive is adapted to add secret registration data to the data in a desired row or column of table data comprising rows and columns of data and stored in a memory. When the table data is to be shown on a display, the displ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5055363 | Electroluminescent device of compound semiconductor The present invention provides an electroluminescent device of a Group II-VI compound semiconductor which comprises a substrate, a light-emitting portion, and a conductive portion provided at least between the substrate and the light-emitting portion for ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5054759 | Apparatus for feeding individual sheets in office machines In an apparatus for the feeding of individual sheets (1) into office machines (2) in which the individual sheets (1) form a stack (3) of sheets atop which rotatively-driven fixed delivery rolls (4) rest and from which individual sheets (1) can be drawn ov... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5053252 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing optical memory devices A method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical memory device. The method comprises the steps of forming a secondary medium layer on a substrate and forming on the substrate guide track grooves for guiding a light beam, both steps being carried out in... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5050419 | Method for eliminating of longitudinal upset seams In accordance with the invention, immediately after the completion of the upsetting process using an upset tool to form a pipe end of increased wall thickness, the upset half shells which have been pressed together are opened and the supporting mandrel is... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5048196 | Position sensing arrangement in a working device A guided working device (1) is driven by an operable traction motor (2) for movement along a travel rail (3). The working device carries a driver (4) provided with articulated heads for a measuring carriage (5), which measuring carriage always travels the... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048871 | Screwed pipe joint A screwed pipe joint with a bell for connecting two pipes of a drill pipe string. The screwed pipe joint includes, in opposed relation, a first pipe having a first tapered threaded end (10) and a second pipe having a second tapered threaded end (11), the ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048200 | Process and apparatus for dehumidifying wet air Wet air preferably from a liquid ring pump is dehumidified by the use of a desiccant liquid absorber. The heat released by condensation of water vapor in the absorption liquid will be taken up by the air. The air is further heated by water vapor produced ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5047956 | Information processing device having a function of designating a printing-start position An information processing device having a function of designating a printing-start position comprises a keyboard for inputting various data and applying various designations, a printer for printing various data on a sheet, a memory for storing data inputt... | 09/10/1991 |
