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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5272348 | Method for radiation detection and measurement Dose of radiation to which a body of crystalline material has been exposed is measured by exposing the body to optical radiation at a first wavelength, which is greater than about 540 nm, and measuring optical energy emitted from the body by luminescence ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5251071 | Color filter The color filter according to the present invention contains black matrix formed by polyimide, which contains light shielding pigments such as carbon black, triiron tetraoxide, etc. instead of the black matrix used in the past, which is formed by metal th... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5241220 | Phase shifting circuit utilizing a transistor, a capacitor, and a diode A phase shift circuit having an input terminal for receiving an input signal having a sinusoidal waveform and an output terminal for providing an output signal that has a sinusoidal waveform and is adjustable in phase relative to the input signal, compris... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240142 | Article dispensing apparatus Dispensing machines are described which are suitable for use in a cold environment. The machines have a plurality of storage locations for supporting articles to be dispensed, each of which includes an electrical heating element. The heating elements can ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239172 | Light converging filter and method for manufacturing the same In a color filter or a monochromatic filter (4) to be used by bonding to imaging sensor (1), at least two resin layers (A) and (B) adjacent to each other on transparent substrate and having different refractive indices are furnished, and the boundary surf... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5231675 | Sheet metal inspection system and apparatus An apparatus for inspecting sheet metal parts includes a computer for comparing a master representation to an inspected part. A part is scanned by passing the part in front of a computer vision system and an approximation of the part is thereby generated ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5224719 | Skateboard A skateboard having a deck; a frame mounted under the deck; a pedal pivotally mounted to the frame substantially below the deck and adjacent a forward portion of the deck; a plurality of wheels and clutch bearing retaining drive wheels rotatably mounted t... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5224444 | Walking aids for animals A walking aid for a four legged animal. The walking aid comprises a cradle attachable below the animal's hind quarters, and a support member pivotally attached to the cradle. A wheel arrangement is provided on the support member at its end remote from the... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5220426 | Circuitry for removing information from, or modifying information in, the vertical interval of a television signal Composite sync is separated from a video signal and integrated in order to produce a vertical control pulse. This pulse is then applied to the input of a one-shot multivibrator which provides an output essentially equal in duration to the time from the en... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5218917 | Icebreaking ship An icebreaking ship has a hull including a forward part and an aft part and a screw arrangement in the aft part of the ship. The screw arrangement is designed for propulsion of the ship in the forward direction and is turnable substantially in a horizonta... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5218338 | Coded anti-theft system A coded anti-theft system of the present invention employs a keyswitch board, a number of relays and timers, and a number of peripherals including a first sensing device, a second sensing device, a starting device, an indicating device, and an alarming de... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5214807 | Vacuum toilet system A vacuum toilet system comprises a small number of toilet bowls, a sewer, a small number of normally closed sewer valves connecting the toilet bowls respectively to the sewer, a sewage collecting tank in open communication with the sewer, a vacuum generat... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5215080 | Attachable insulating icing system An icing system is disclosed that has an insulating layer of wetsuit rubber, with a nylon pouch sewn onto it. The nylon pouch is divided, depending on configuration, into two or three compartments by hook and loop fasteners that are used in strips to both... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5214948 | Forming metal parts using superplastic metal alloys and axial compression A method for forming metal parts from superplastic metal alloys uses axial compression of the blank starting material. A blank of the superplastic metal alloy is enclosed within a die press. The blank is generally tubular, although not necessarily circula... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5213068 | Arrangement for connecting pressure medium systems to cylinder head in big diesel engines The invention relates to a connection arrangement for pressure medium systems in a big diesel engine including a number of cylinders (3), wherein different pressure mediums provided for a cylinder (3) are transported through respective passages in a cylin... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5212994 | Measuring cell The invention relates to a measuring cell for analyzing solid granular or pulverous material, which measuring cell (1) is provided with an aperture (5) in the wall for a measuring window (6). Through the measuring window, the material fed in the measuring... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5214500 | Color encoder measurement system with adjustment of amplitude ratio of R, G and B component signals Characteristics of a color encoder can be measured under the same condition as a practical operation without modifying the color encoder as a device under test. A test signal generator generates R, G and B component signals as test signals and they are ap... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5205143 | Cylinder lock A cylinder lock comprising a lock body (1) and inside it a rotatable lock cylinder (2) enclosing a number of locking discs (4;6) turnable by the key (3) of the lock and provided with a peripheral notch (8) determining the combination of the lock, and a lo... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5205753 | Circuit board structure A circuit board comprises a substrate, a connector part, and a mounting mechanism attaching the connector part to the substrate at an edge thereof in a manner allowing forcible movement of the connector part relative to the substrate in a direction having... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5202577 | Leadframe having a particular dam bar A leadframe comprising a thin-walled portion that is formed in a dam bar portion or a portion that extends from the dam bar portion to a pair of inner leads which are adjacent thereto. By cutting the dam bar portion along the thin-walled portion, the stre... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5202593 | Bi-directional bus repeater A bi-directional bus repeater includes two unidirectional bus repeaters connected for retransmitting signals in opposite directions between two buses. When an external bus driver pulls either bus low, one of the unidirectional bus repeaters pulls the othe... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5199288 | Electromechanical door lock An electromechanical door lock comprises a lock body, which includes a bolt movable between a protruding locking position and a withdrawn releasing position by an electromechanical force transmission mechanism, a dead-locking element for dead-locking the ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5199398 | Fuel injection valve arrangement Improved fuel injection valve arrangement for so called dual fuel engines operated using two types of fuel, comprising a valve housing (2), which includes at least one nozzle orifice (5) opening into a combustion chamber of a cylinder in a combustion engi... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5198730 | Color display tube A color cathode ray tube employs a shadowmask having substantially vertical slots positioned between a single electron gun and substantially vertical color phosphor stripes on the faceplate of the tube. Piezoelectric bimorph actuators translate the shadow... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5192634 | A-selenium-tellurium photosensitive member and electrostatic information recording method The a-selenium-tellurium photosensitive member according to the present invention comprises an electric charge injection preventive layer, an a-selenium-tellurium mixed vacuum evaporation layer of 0.03-0.2 μm thick having tellurium concentration within t... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5188705 | Method of semiconductor device manufacture Semiconductor devices are modified and/or repaired by gas enhanced physical sputtering. A focused ion beam is scanned over an area to be removed while iodine vapor is directed toward the same area. The iodine vapor, which is focused by heating solid iodin... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5185015 | Filter apparatus Filter apparatus for removing contaminants from air includes a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and a fan for maintaining a flow of air through the housing from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. A first filter element removes ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5185064 | Means for controlling wires in a paper machine or cardboard machine A means for controlling wires in a twin-wire section in a paper or cardboard machine where the wires run over the other for dewatering stock that is present between the wires, where a dewatering box is provided on one side of the wires and where a number ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5176055 | Bandmill with automatic track and strain control system A bandmill has first and second wheels and an endless saw blade trained about the wheels. The wheels are mounted to rotate about respective axes which lie in a common plane, but the first wheel is adjustable in position relative to the second wheel with r... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5169217 | Controlled environment chamber apparatus Controlled environment chamber apparatus for maintaining biological material under controlled conditions of temperature and/or humidity comprises a cabinet defining a chamber, a door for controlling access to the chamber, and a clean air source for provid... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5167192 | Damper controller for a chemical recovery furnace A controller for a damper in a chemical recovery furnace relieves physical engagement between the damper mechanism and an operating handle therefor when such handle is being repositioned. The damper is repositioned to prevent interference with an adjacent... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5165457 | Vacuum sewer arrangement A vacuum sewer arrangement comprises a valve controlled air inlet duct to let air into the vacuum sewer at a position downstream of the sewer valve. The sewer valve can then be closed immediately after the sewage has passed into the vacuum sewer, because ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5161477 | Ice going ship A ship's hull designed for traffic in icy waters has a general form defining a bottom that is substantially horizontal in longitudinal section and has a central longitudinal keel line, and, at both sides of the bottom, sides that extend upward from the bo... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5160410 | Press cynlinder shell structure for paper machine press section The invention is related to a cylindrical shell structure (1) for paper machine press section, said shell structure being arranged to enclose at least four support rolls (5, 6, 7). According to the invention the shell structure (1) has at least three laye... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5158202 | Plate A glazed ceramic dinner plate has inner and outer foot-rings that protrude from its underside and have their bottom surfaces at upper and lower horizontal levels when the plate is disposed horizontally. The foot-ring having its bottom surface at the upper... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5156086 | Method of calendering a paper web The invention concerns a method in calendering, wherein one or several pairs of rolls are employed through which the web to be calendered runs. One roll in each pair of rolls is a hard roll which is a heated metal roll, and the other roll in each pair of ... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5153930 | Device employing a substrate of a material that exhibits the pyroelectric effect An article is manufactured from a substrate of a material that exhibits the pyroelectric effect by depositing a film containing a selected material in a first state over a front surface of the substrate. At least one electrode is formed on the film, porti... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5148552 | Assembly space cover for an installation module As assembly space cover for installation modules, especially foamed ones, in the sanitary field, in the form of a molded apron (5) to be joined to the bottom side of an installation module (1) with its outside surface substantially flush with the front su... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5144825 | Elevated temperature envelope forming Elevated temperature envelope forming includes enclosing a part blank and form tool within an envelope sealed against the atmosphere, heat treating the combination while forming pressure holds the envelope and part against the form tool, and allowing part... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5145350 | Ozone generator A conversion cell for an ozone generator comprises a first electrode that is hollow and has a right cylindrical internal surface, a second electrode that has a right cylindrical external surface of smaller radius than the internal surface of the first ele... | 09/08/1992 |
