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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4373188 | Cigarette weight monitoring system Cigarette-rod weight monitoring system in which the signals from a scanner, e.g. a nucleonic device such as Molins "MODIC", are processed and stored in a memory in a digitized form, and the memory contents are used to drive an analog display device. These... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4369707 | Short circuit fuse for electrical igniters A short-circuit fuse for electrical igniters with a plug-in connection wherein the short-circuit is automatically eliminated upon a connection of the igniter to a current carrying line. At least one pin-shaped electrode, extending out of the igniter, is s... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4354372 | Method and apparatus for cold roll forming metal strip A method for producing, from metal strip, a cold roll formed shape strip, curved longitudinally a predetermined amount and having its edge portions on the concave side of the curvature and its web on the convex side thereof to inhibit elongation deformati... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4354138 | Television camera tube with electrostatic focusing and magnetic deflection A television camera tube with electrostatic focusing and magnetic deflection comprises in an cylindrical envelope a beam current control, a main lens section and a sixth grid in the form of a mesh electrode. The beam current control section includes a cat... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4350225 | Elevator control system A control logic for an elevator servicing a plurality of floors of a building comprises two microcomputers. The two microcomputers are provided with abnormal state detectors of their own. When the abnormal state detector of one microcomputer is actuated, ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4346682 | Carburetor for a multicylinder internal combustion engine and method of operation thereof A carburetion arrangement and method of carburetion for a multicylinder internal combustion engine wherein at least one carburetor acts as a main mixture forming device with the main mixture being guided through individual intake lines which connect the c... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4347545 | Burglarproofing device for automotive vehicles A burglarproofing device for vehicles is provided wherein a key contains two partial codes. Device on the vehicle compares at least one of the two partial codes with a stored code. Coincidence of the codes will unlock a central locking device. A partial c... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4346157 | Complex type electrophotographic plate A complex type electrophotographic plate comprises a conductive support; a first layer, adhered to the support, of a charge generating material, said first layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 5 μm; and a second layer, superposed on the first layer, of a h... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4346405 | Visual information processing apparatus A visual information processing apparatus which processes image data produced by a TV camera to detect the change in image with the lapse of time. The visual information processing apparatus comprises a circuit which generates the data of coordinates X an... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4345312 | Method and device for inspecting the defect of a pattern represented on an article Herein disclosed is a pattern defect inspecting method which is characterized: in that an image is picked up from an article having a preset pattern thereby to extract the data of the pattern to be inspected while shifting the article with respect to the ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4343988 | Electrical resistance water heating device, particularly for beverage preparation machines An electrical resistance water heating device, particularly intended for use in coffee or other beverage preparation machines, includes a solid metal heating plate having planar upper and lower surfaces. A fluid throughflow duct is formed between the uppe... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4338554 | Automatic gain control apparatus for a motor servo system When the number of revolutions of a motor, or a motor speed is reduced half, a gain of a frequency-voltage converter is doubled. By taking advantage of this fact, a gain of an error signal amplifier disposed at the poststage of the frequency-voltage conve... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4337513 | Electronic type engine control method and apparatus A process for electronically controlling an internal combustion engine employ a plurality of engine controlling programs to be executed by a central processing unit classified into a number of task programs in accordance with processing functions of the C... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4337443 | Semiconductor laser device with facet passivation film A semiconductor laser element is disclosed which includes a film of an amorphous material deposited on at least an optical output facet of the laser element and contains silicon and hydrogen as the indispensable components. The thickness of the amorphous ... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4334654 | Apparatus and method for controlling the tension on a yarn bundle withdrawn from a mass of compacted yarn An apparatus for controlling the tension on yarn withdrawn from a mass of compacted yarn within a confined space has a yarn guide element with a tubular wall portion defining a confined space for guiding and for accumulating a compacted mass of yarn, an i... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4335425 | Data processing apparatus having diagnosis function A data processing apparatus incorporating a function referred to as the scan-out diagnosis function for reading out and checking sequentially internal states of the apparatus. In addition to the address designating means for the scan-out diagnosis functio... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4335341 | Automatic control method and apparatus An automatic control system in which a controlled quantity of an object to be controlled is compared with a preset quantity through a comparator, the output signal of which is applied to blind controller means having a dead zone set therein. When the outp... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4335337 | Control system for electric motor vehicle A control system for an electric motor vehicle adapted to be driven by a group of induction motors, comprises a converter for producing an a.c. output to energize the group of induction motors, a frequency command circuit for producing a value representin... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4335324 | Rotor for hydrogen-cooled rotary electric machines A rotor for hydrogen-cooled rotary electric machines is provided with a gas inlet chamber and a gas outlet chamber which are circumferentially defined by radially extending partition walls and disposed in a region between a retaining ring holding field wi... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4335431 | Skid control method Various arithmetic processings for skid control are performed by using the memory in which the data representing the relationship between the brake releasing period and the slip rate to be controlled and by using a microcomputer having at least one free-r... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4332980 | Multiple services system using telephone local loop A multiple services system using telephone lines to supply various data services to subscribers, including alarm surveillance, meter reading, energy management and digital data service, provides a multi-conductor subscriber bus at the subscriber premises ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4333105 | Beam-indexing color television receiver A beam-indexing color television receiver having a phosphor screen including one index stripe for every predetermined integral number of phosphor stripe sets each including a red, a green and a blue phosphor stripe. The minimum bias current is supplied to... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4332507 | Water level control system for a reservoir A water level control system for a reservoir includes steps of detecting water level, outflow rate and inflow rate of the reservoir detecting modified water level corresponding to the reservoir's content depending on the actual water level, the outflow ra... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4332050 | Self-propelled record cleaner A self-propelled record cleaner comprising a cleaning brush, a drive wheel, and a battery-operated motor unit for driving both of the cleaning brush and the drive wheel in the opposite directions with respect to each other. The self-propelled record clean... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4333040 | Gas discharge display device A gas discharge display device comprising alternately disposed anodes and cathodes, wherein the anodes and the cathodes are interconnected respectively in multi-phase connections whereby a bar-graph display can be effected by means of a self-scanning func... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4333173 | Optical information processor with prismatic correction of laser beam shape An optical information processor comprising a semiconductor laser device which has a rectangular light emitting region, a disk, and an optical system which includes a prism for converting a non-circular beam emergent from the laser device into a circular ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4331286 | Method for pressure bonding metal members by utilizing eutectic reaction A method for pressure bonding metal members by utilizing eutectic reaction comprising the steps of bringing two metal members of dissimilar metals to be bonded into contact with each other under a predetermined contacting pressure P1 lower than... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4331506 | Method of manufacturing target of image pickup tube A method of manufacturing a target of an image pickup tube comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of groups of transparent conductive signal electrodes on a transparent insulating base plate; forming a first layer on at least a portion constituting ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4331049 | Numerically controlled automatic notching press An automatic numerically controlled slotting or notching press arrangement which includes a multi-armed feed and removing device having a turnstile or turntable which is selectively indexed or rotated so as to convey blanks to various processing stations.... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4331078 | Instantaneous detonator with insert member within fuze casing An instantaneous detonator has a detonator casing containing a primary charge and a secondary charge with fuze wires extending from outside the casing to an electrically actuated ignitor system located in the casing. An insert member is positioned in the ... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4331280 | Method of jointing pipes by friction welding A method for jointing two pipes such as an aluminum pipe and a copper pipe by friction welding. The aluminum pipe is inserted into a bore of a ring made of a heat resistant material, the bore having a straight section and a tapered section continuous from... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4329871 | Undesirable combustion characteristic detection apparatus An apparatus for detecting undesirable combustion characteristics in spark-ignited internal combustion engines. A sensor and a band-pass filter tuned to the frequency of the knock vibration are provided with an output of the band-pass filter being compare... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4330033 | Constant pressure type ebullient cooling equipment A constant pressure type ebullient cooling equipment has a liquid receiver at a position higher than a condenser. The liquid receiver is connected with a vaporizer containing a liquid refrigerant by a coupling pipe. A valve and a device for opening or shu... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4330084 | Method for operating a heating power plant and heating power plant for carrying out the method A heating power plant and a process for operating the power plant with the power plant containing a thermal power installation for producing mechanical motive energy for driving an energy supply device as well as waste heat which may be utlized for heatin... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4330207 | Fluorescence spectrophotometer A fluorescence spectrophotometer comprising a light source, an excitation side monochromator which makes light from the light source be subjected to spectroscopic analysis for illuminating as actinic light a sample, a fluoroscence side monochromator which... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4330384 | Process for plasma etching Micro-wave plasma etching is carried out with a gas containing at least SF6 as an etching gas at a high etching rate of silicon, and a high selectivity, with an easy monitoring and a low temperature dependency.... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4329772 | Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device utilizing selective epitaxial growth and post heat treating Disclosed is an improved method of growing an epitaxial layer preventing auto-doping from a doped region exposed to a surface of a semiconductor substrate. A surface of a semiconductor substrate of one conductivity type is covered with a mask having a pre... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4328679 | Capability control apparatus for cooling system having direct expansion type evaporator A capability control apparatus for a cooling system having a direct expansion type evaporator comprises a control valve mounted in a heating system for a generator for controlling an amount of heat to be given to the generator. Temperature sensors are mou... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328774 | Device for controlling negative pressure in suction pipe of internal combustion engine A suction pipe is provided to suck and introduce air from its one end and is connected at its other end to an internal combustion engine. The suction pipe is provided at its one end with a venturi portion and a throttle valve. A first negative pressure de... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4328854 | Casting core for an intake pipe assembly for an internal combustion engine A casting core for an intake pipe assembly for an in-line four to six cylinder internal combustion engine. Core parts for each two similar individual intake pipes form, together with the core parts for the intermediate part of the intake manifold, an inte... | 05/11/1982 |
