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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4408279 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the supply of fuel to an internal combustion engine for an acceleration condition For controlling an internal combustion engine for the acceleration of an automobile, a change in the amount of air passing through an intake manifold is detected and a correction for the fuel injection time is performed on the basis of the change. After t... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4393388 | Liquid droplet projection apparatus A liquid droplet projection apparatus is disclosed which comprises a nozzle arranged at a liquid droplet ejection head, a liquid droplet supply tank, and an electro-mechanical transducer section interposed on the head between the nozzle and the tank. The ... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4379231 | Electron microscope An electron microscope is disclosed in which an electron beam impinges upon a specimen at a predetermined angle of incidence, the incident azimuth of the electron beam incident upon the specimen is continuously changed, and the electron beam having passed... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4378717 | Circuit arrangement for an adjusting drive for a press ram adjustment A circuit or control arrangement for an adjusting drive of a press ram of a high-speed cutting press which includes top and bottom dies respectively attached to the press ram and a platen of the press with the top die being adapted to dip or penetrate dur... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4375099 | Link performance indicator with alternate data sampling and error indication generation A link performance indicator card analyzes incoming analog data from a demodulator on a bit by bit basis and compares the individual bit amplitudes with a fraction of the average bit signal levels. The data bits that lack sufficient amplitude to be clear-... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4372859 | Method of removing minuscule solid particles from liquid and system therefor A method of and a system for removing miniuscule solid particles from liquid wherein the liquid to be processed is supplied to one end of at least one filter element which may be a porous tube filter open at opposite ends and formed with a multiplicity of... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4368354 | Discriminator apparatus for detecting the presence of a signal by using a differential beat signal having an inaudible frequency A discriminator apparatus for a television multivoice system comprises a mixer for mixing a program identifying signal with a reference signal thereby to produce a differential beat signal. A reference signal generator includes a signal source of an origi... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4366470 | Converter A converter includes a voltage selector which employs IGFETs as voltage switching elements, and a controller which controls the IGFETs. Each of the IGFETs in the voltage selector is made either the P-channel type or the N-channel type, depending upon a vo... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4361625 | Plasticizer-containing films of partially acetalized polyvinyl alcohols A plasticizer-containing film of a partially acetalized polyvinyl alcohol resin contains as the plasticizer a mixture of an ester of an organic cyclic acid and/or a conventional acetal plasticizer for said resin, and an ester of an oxygen acid of phosphor... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4361829 | Device for the turn indicator blinker lights of a motor vehicle, especially of a motorcycle A device for indicating engagement or operable condition of turn indicator blinker lights of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle is provided with a gripping member adapted to be contacted by the driver of a vehicle, such as a grip of a handlebar of a motorcycl... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4361866 | Power converter apparatus A power converter for power conversion between an a.c. system and a d.c. system includes a full-wave bridge circuit having GTO connected in at least one arm of the full-wave bridge circuit on the positive polarity side. During a conduction-enabled period ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4355845 | Roof for vehicles, especially motor vehicles, for agricultural purposes A roof assembly for vehicles, especially motor vehicles for agricultural purposes, utilizing a roof member having approximately the shape of an inverted trough that is mounted upon a roof frame. The roof is made of plastic, is releasably mounted to the ve... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4353727 | Method for fabricating fluorescent lamp A mount having a flared portion is so located that it is coaxial with a straight glass tube having an unconstricted end part and that an end face of the flared portion lies slightly inwards with respect to an end face of the glass tube. Subsequently, an o... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4353204 | Method of water level control for a combined cycle power plant and control system therefor A method and system for controlling water level of a drum of a heat recovery steam generator for a combined cycle power plant is provided. The combined cycle power plant includes gas and steam turbines and the steam generator for recovering heat in exhaus... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4352649 | Apparatus for producing a non-woven web from particles and/or fibers A system for production of non-woven sheet material by the dry forming method, comprising a moving carrier web to receive a uniformly distributed layer of loose fibres and a fibre distributor unit located above and across the moving web. The distributor u... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4351435 | Magazine for the protected storage of a set of drills A magazine for a protected storage of a set of drills and for enabling a selective withdrawal of drills arranged in individual pockets in the magazine. The magazine includes a flat magazine body having narrow end faces with at least two straight rows of p... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4352008 | Electric heating device for heating the interior of a switch cabinet An electric heating device for heating the interior of a cabinet containing electrical apparatus, such as a switch or distribution apparatus, to prevent sweating or condensation therein, includes at least one PTC electrical resistance heating and temperat... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4349964 | Viewing angle measuring device for automotive vehicles A viewing angle measuring device for automotive vehicles. The measuring device includes an elliptical template representing a so-called visual ellipse. The template is arranged in the vehicle in a prescribed position with respect to a driver's seat regard... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350288 | Fluid fuel heating system A heating system in which the rpm of the combustion air blower can be selectively decreased by an especially simple and economical arrangement and is achieved by selectively connecting an incandescent plug, utilized for igniting the fuel-mixture only duri... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350320 | Valve, especially a solenoid valve A valve for controlling the inlet and outflow of fluid into a housing chamber is provided. In order to minimize the forces necessary to move the sealing body, while also assuring a reliable sealing of inlet and outlet openings on a sealing surface of the ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350989 | Ink-jet printing apparatus An ink-jet printing apparatus having a plurality of nozzles for projecting ink droplets which are selectively deposited on a printing medium in accordance with an information signal so as to form a printed pattern, such ink-jet printing apparatus comprisi... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350986 | Ink jet printer When an ink stream spouting from a nozzle is subjected to mechanical vibrations of a certain magnitude, the fore end of the ink stream alternately separates into larger and smaller ink droplets in synchronism with the vibrations. This invention varies the... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350924 | Color picture tube A color picture tube with an in-line multi-stage focusing type electron gun assembly which can suppress generation of spark discharges and which can be improved in withstand voltage characteristics. The electron gun assembly comprises a metallic shielding... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350872 | Electrical heating element for fluid media and method for producing same An electrical heating element for fluid media, more particularly for hot air appliances, comprising a support member of insulating material and at least two heating conductors which are made of resistance wire and which surround the support member, the he... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350510 | Centrifugal separator A centrifugal separator comprises a centrifugation chamber, gas inlet ports for introducing a gas into the centrifugation chamber so as to whirl the gas, a clean gas discharge pipe provided on the upper portion of the centrifugation chamber, and a guide m... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350385 | Sliding roof for vehicles A sliding roof for automobiles with a sliding top for closing a roof aperture in its closed position and which can be selectively lowered from its closed position and pushed underneath a fixed rearward roof section or can be swung out in an upward directi... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350367 | Roll bar for vehicles, especially motor vehicles A roll bar for vehicles, especially motor vehicles, comprises two vertical segments mounted on opposite sides of the body which are connected together by at least one cross member. Each segment comprises, according to a preferred embodiment, two elements ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4349877 | Electronically controlled carburetor An electronic controlled carburetor includes sensors for sensing engine speed, intake air pressure and water temperature. An arithmetic unit digitally processes output signals from the sensors and generates signals for controlling the air-fuel ratio of a ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349872 | Interrupt control system In an interrupt control system for a data processing unit for microprogram control including a processor constructed dividedly between an arithmetic unit and a control unit, a signal representing the absence or presence of an interrupt request to be perfo... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349834 | Chroma signal gain control circuit A chroma signal gain control circuit is constructed to include a first band pass amplifier, a second band pass amplifier, a burst gate circuit, a switch circuit and an ACC detecting circuit. The output signal of the first band pass amplifier is fed to the... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349810 | Signal lamp apparatus with a lamp burnout detecting circuit A signal lamp apparatus with a lamp burnout detecting circuit has a right turn signal lamp group and a left turn signal lamp group which are connected to a power source through a turn signal switch and a relay contact coupled in parallel with a burnout de... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349783 | Ground isolated electrostatic field detector An instrument for locating the position of hidden live continuous or broken wires utilizes an indicator such as a series of light emitting diodes to indicate the adjacency or the strength of the electrostatic field surrounding the wire. By watching the nu... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349766 | Directly heated cathode for electron tube A directly heated cathode for electron tube having a stable electron emission characteristic is provided. The cathode comprises a base metal of Ni-W alloy consisting essentially of 20-30% by weight of tungsten, the balance being nickel and incidental impu... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349746 | Frequency generator A frequency generator module has a first generator circuit and a second generator circuit, the frequencies of these circuits being variable by a physical parameter, especially a distance or angular value, with two coils arranged coaxially at a mutual spac... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349743 | Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device wherein a MOS sensor is employed for a photosensor part, a CTD shift register is employed for a read-out circuit, first and second transfer gates are connected between vertical signal output lines and the CTD, and a reset gate... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349727 | Heater unit An elongated heater unit including an elongated resistor helix, terminals connected to the ends of the helix, at least a first surrounding metallic sheath, powder insulation material disposed within the first sheath and spacing the resistor helix from the... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349722 | Moisture protection and drainage arrangement for motor vehicle closure locks A lock for vehicle closures or flaps, especially doors, trunk lids and fuel tank caps or lids, wherein the cylinder of the lock includes a drain opening in the lower part thereof which communicates with the interior of the cylinder and through which moist... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349718 | Installation for the resistance-welding of structural parts An installation for resistance-welding of structural parts, especially in the automotive industry, with a half-tong that is pivotal about an axis and longitudinally displaceable; the half-tong supporting thereon the welding electrode is pivotal about all ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349699 | Speech synthesizer This PARCOR-type speech synthesizer replaces a ten-stage lattice type filter with a pipeline multiplier and feedback loop, and provides a loss circuit (for bandwidth broadening) using subtraction circuits for multiplication.... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349696 | AM Stereophonic demodulator circuit for amplitude/angle modulation system An AM stereophonic demodulator circuit for an amplitude/angle modulation system, comprising an AM detector circuit for producing a stereophonic sum signal (L+R), an FM or PM detector circuit for producing a stereophonic difference signal (L-R), and contro... | 09/14/1982 |
