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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4614224 | Aluminum alloy can stock process of manufacture Aluminum alloy sheet for use in drawn and ironed can bodies, having a content of 0.45-0.8% Mn, 1.1-2.2% Mg, 0.3-1.2% Fe, and 0.1-0.50% Si, produced by casting a continuous strip ingot of the alloy between chilled moving belts while maintaining a heat flux... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4608576 | Multi-pen plotter-printer A plotter-printer includes a carriage assembly which is reciprocatingly movable along a platen, and the carriage assembly is comprised of a carriage main body, a plurality of pens movably mounted on the carriage main body in a predetermined pattern such t... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4605778 | Process for the preparation of aromatic musks The present invention relates to novel musk compounds, useful as fragrance materials which have the structure: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or methyl and R1 and R2 are hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl, and provides methods for prepa... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4604177 | Electrolysis cell for a molten electrolyte A cell for producing magnesium or other metal by electrolysis of molten chloride or other electrolyte comprises at least one electrode assembly of an anode 24, at least one intermediate bipolar electrode 28, 30, 32, 34 and a cathode 26 defining generally ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4604368 | Method of producing an aluminium boride A method of producing an aluminum boride (AlB2 or AlB12) in solid form comprises providing a body of molten aluminum containing suspended particles of an aluminum boride, and separating the particles e.g. by filtration from the bulk ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4599320 | Refractory lining material for electrolytic reduction cell for aluminum production and method of making the same A method of making a refractory material, e.g. suitable for use in lining Al electrolytic cells, comprises passing molten Al containing suspended particles of a transition metal diboride (e.g. TiB2) through a refractory filter, on and in which ... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4598301 | Thermal printer A thermal printer for printing characters or the like on a recording medium, heat-sensitive paper or plain paper, by a thermal printhead which is mounted on a carriage movable along the recording medium in a reciprocating manner is provided. The printhead... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4595286 | Spread document copying method with variable magnification capability A spread document copying method for a copier having a variable magnification copying function is disclosed. In order to adequately copy right and left faces of a spread document even when magnifications other than a 1 magnification is selected, one of th... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4594691 | Sonic well logging Disclosed is sonic well logging which gives good results both in open and in cased boreholes. New use is made of the energy content output from a multireceiver tool to find a coherence measure for the received sonic energy and to find the peaks of that co... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4594599 | Image recording method An image recording method capable of allowing an optical scan type electrophotographic recording apparatus to record images with a high resolution. The pulse width of video data adapted to modulate a light beam is varied. An optimum light beam scanning co... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4592820 | Electrolytic reduction cells for aluminium production In conventional electrolytic cells for aluminium production, heat loss through the side walls is necessary to cause the formation of a protective layer of solid electrolyte. In this invention, the side walls are lined with a ceramic material, e.g. titaniu... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4589943 | Apparatus and procedure for applying adhesive labels A machine for applying tax stamps or like adhesive labels to articles such as cigarette packages arranged in two or more rows in a carton, including mechanism for advancing the carton lengthwise with exposed ends of the packages facing upwardly, and a hea... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4589637 | Apparatus for melting scrap metal and ingestion of solids in molten metal Solid scrap metal particles are ingested into molten metal by use of a linear induction motor which establishes a strong upstream in the molten metal adjacent one boundary wall to establish a standing wave at the surface and a corresponding downstream adj... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4590167 | Thin-layer chromatographic method for the separation of enantiomers Thin-layer chromatography is employed to separate enantiomers of the general formula, ##STR1## in which C* represents an asymmetric center and the substituents R1, R2, and R3 are such that they supply the structural e... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4588059 | Lock-up clutch control system for automatic transmissions A lock-up clutch control system for automatic transmissions having a lock-up control valve supplied with said line and solenoid pressures in opposite fluid chambers for engaging and releasing a lock-up clutch, the lock-up control valve being constructed t... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4587250 | Thiazaspirane derivatives, process for their preparation, and medicaments Novel thiazaspirane derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## including salts thereof with physiologically acceptable acids and bases, processes for their preparation and medicaments containing them.... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4586587 | Elevator brake control method and arrangement The present invention controls the braking of an elevator by reversing its driver motor. The real time speed of the elevator is compared with a theoretical value to generate a signal for controlling the braking power of the motor. The theoretical value is... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4585103 | Automatic transmission locking mechanism for parking An automatic transmission locking mechanism including a detent lever rotatively interlocked with a manual shift lever and provided with notches corresponding to the shift positions, respectively, of the manual shift lever for receiving the detent of a det... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4586059 | Collected toner conveying device of electrostatic recording apparatus A collected toner conveying device of an electrostatic recording apparatus for receiving a toner remaining on a latent image carrier after a toner image is printed on a transfer-printing sheet and discharging the toner to outside. The collected toner conv... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4585686 | Two-layer structure molded by using thermoplastic resin A two-layer structure molded by using thermoplastic resin is provided in the instant invention. Said two-layer structure comprises one layer (a) of thermoplastic resin in which no electroconductive filler is mixed, and the other layer (b) of thermoplastic... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4584458 | Welding wire feeder system for electric arc welding apparatus A welding wire feeder system for an electric arc welder in which the wire feed motor M is powered from a pulse width modulated power supply comprising a power transistor Q10 controlled by a pulse signal on line 31 from a pulse width modulator comprising a... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4581860 | Saddle-shaped cable dome system for large span lightweight roof structures Disclosed is a shelter structure using a saddle-shaped cable dome system for a large-span, lightweight roof membrane. The structure uses the curvatures of a saddle surface, combined with two orthogonal cable nets separated by a set of compression struts, ... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4578801 | Radiography A radiographic apparatus contains at least one source and at least one detector bank mounted on respective concentric annular rings; the patient's body being disposed inside the smaller ring. The rings are rotated in opposite directions and at such respec... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4576651 | Treatment of scrap lining material from aluminium reduction cells A process for treating fluoride-contaminated scrap lining material from electrolytic reduction cells comprises mixing the material with 7-30 parts of sulphuric acid and sufficient water to bring liquid content to 60-80 parts per 100 parts of lining materi... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4572338 | Lock-up clutch system for vehicular automatic transmission In a hydraulic control system for automatic transmissions of motor vehicles, a lock-up control circuit for controlling a direct-coupling clutch of a torque converter, the lock-up control circuit comprising: a lock-up control valve having a spring-biased v... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571258 | Recovery of aluminium scrap In a process for recovery of aluminium metal from coated light gauge aluminium scrap the scrap fragments are first decoated and then fed substantially continuously onto the surface of a body of molten metal above a channel-type induction heater. The molte... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4568949 | Thermal transfer printer with improved adhesion of colored material spots to the record medium A thermal transfer printer including a printhead having a plurality of individually energizable thermal elements arranged in a primary scanning direction, wherein a carrier sheet bearing a plurality of different color record-forming materials arranged on ... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4568829 | Real time filtering in nuclear well logging and the like Disclosed are a method and a system for well logging in which gamma radiation detected in five energy windows is converted into logs of formation thorium, uranium and potassium (Th,U,K), and of borehole barite and potassium chloride (KCl), in a process wh... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4565960 | Power supply switching circuit A power supply switching circuit for supplying a pair of power supply voltages different in level, such as programming voltage Vpp and reference voltage Vcc, selectively is provided. The circuit includes a plurality of P-channel and ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4563703 | Video processing systems A processing system includes a processor 10 and frame store 11. Both the frame store and processor are under the control of address mechanism 12. The addressing mechanism 12 can generate the desired information from address information which is only provi... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4561381 | Voltage-controlled developing device A device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an imaging surface by applying a thin film of uniformly charged magnetic toner includes a sleeve which is driven to rotate at constant speed in an intended direction, a hopper for supplying t... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4560461 | Electrolytic cell for use in electrolysis of aqueous alkali metal chloride solutions In electrolytic cell for use in electrolysis of aqueous alkali metal chloride solutions, which comprises one or more vertical expandable anodes, one or more vertical cathodes and one or more cation-exchange membranes each located between a pair of the opp... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4560656 | Production of γ-decalactone Optically active γ-decalactone is produced by culturing a microorganism capable of hydrolyzing castor oil and effecting ଲ-oxidation of the resulting hydrolysate in the presence of castor oil or castor oil hydrolysate and a co-oxidant. The resulting... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4559223 | Silver sulfadiazine and/or zinc sulfadiazine-containing toothpaste or oral medicament This invention discloses compositions useful as dentifrices or oral medicaments and capable of inhibiting microbial mouth infections. The compositions contain an effectiveamount of silver and/or zinc sulfadiazine and a suitable carrier. By inhibiting micr... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4556165 | Method of brazing aluminum employing fluoaluminate flux In the brazing of aluminum a flux composed of a mixture of alkali metal fluoaluminates, with or without admixed AlF3, is employed. The flux has a composition of AlF3 about 53-62%, KF about 35-44%, and LiF about 2-7%, in terms of simp... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4556311 | Electrophotographic copying apparatus An electrophotographic copying apparatus including a photosensitive member having an image forming surface large enough to form a plurality of sizes of images thereon, and control signal generating means located on the image forming surface of the photose... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4552761 | Method for influencing the immune systems of mammals using leukorecruitin The invention relates to SERUM-DERIVED "LEUKORECRUITIN", which is A PROTEIN MEDIATOR OF INFLAMMATION FROM MAMMALIAN SERUM specifically inducing positive leukocytosis reaction and leukocyte recruitment from the bone marrow into the blood of animals and hum... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4551218 | Electrolytic reduction cells In an electrolytic reduction cell in which molten metal is produced by electrolysis of a molten electrolyte, less dense than the molten metal product, the molten product metal collects at the bottom of the cell. A filter is provided at this location and i... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4548099 | Torque ratio control device for a V-belt type continuously variable transmission The transmission comprises a hydraulic power transmission device, a V-belt stepless shifter and a planetary gear train. At restart time when the vehicle is at rest with the V-belt stepless shifter in high gear, the hydraulic power transmission device is o... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4546229 | Metal pretreatment for resistance spot welding of aluminum A process is described for preparing aluminum sheet for resistance welding, which increases the useful life of the welding electrodes used for welding the thus prepared sheet. The process comprises the steps of: (a) treating both surfaces of the sheet por... | 10/08/1985 |
