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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5550938 | Cordless image scanner An image scanner comprises an image sensor for inputting image data, a rotary encoder, LED and read out window for reading image data, a buffer D RAM, ROM and S RAM for storing image data, a LCD display for displaying input image data, a power source for ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5546796 | Method and apparatus for measuring axle load of a running vehicle Axle load meters are arranged in an axle load measuring area of a road. Instantaneous axle load values W1, W2, . . ., Wn are sampled from outputs of the axle load meters at time points t1, t2, . . ., ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5537920 | Rotary stencil printing drum equipped with a wireless data communication device To allow data to be exchanged between a printing drum and a stencil printing device main body in a highly adaptable manner with regard to the increase in the kinds of data to be transmitted without requiring any change in mechanical structures, light emit... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537514 | Method of rearranging and method of coding fuzzy reasoning rules, and method of fuzzy reasoning processing in accordance with said rules In the antecedents of a group of fuzzy reasoning rules, a proposition x1=PL which appears the most frequently is extracted, and one group consisting of Rules 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 which contain this proposition is formed. Rule 8, in which only the proposition x1=... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536926 | Optical scanner and optical scanning device, optical sensor, coded data reader, and POS system which employ the optical scanner An optical scanner and an optical scanning device, an optical sensor unit, a coded data reader, and a POS system employing an optical scanner. The optical comprises an elastically deformable element, a vibrational input segment disposed at a first end of ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5534071 | Integrated laser ablation deposition system A laser ablation deposition system includes a movable platform for supporting ferroelectric target material and a support structure for supporting a thermally sensitive semiconductor substrate within a chamber mounted on a moveable cabinet, and a laser fo... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5534035 | Leather treatment compositions A copolymer for use in rendering leather water repellant is formed from ethylenically unsaturated monomer and ethylenically unsaturated monofunctional monomer, wherein the monomers include mono- or di- fatty alkyl ester of dicarboxylic acid and a free car... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5531510 | Hub mechanism for a bicycle A hub mechanism attachable to a bicycle frame includes a hub spindle having contact portions for contacting the frame to be fixed to the frame. The hub spindle includes small diameter portions disposed in axially opposite end regions thereof, respectively... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5531170 | Compound curvature, domical structure for waste-to-energy facilities The present invention relates to a domical structure capable of enclosing the majority of operational and structural elements of a waste-to-energy or waste processing facility. The domical structure according to the present invention improves the aestheti... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5530282 | Semiconductor device having a multilayer interconnection structure A semiconductor device having a increased freedom of design in the connection between an electrode and one or more inner leads. In a semiconductor device 2, a semiconductor element 4 is fixed onto a die pad 2 which is a part of a lead frame. On the surfac... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529384 | Bit holder block and cutter bit therefor A bit holder block is provided composed of a foot portion for being received in a seat of a rotary member and a bit holder portion for releasably holding a cutter bit with respect to a bit bore therein. The bit bore has a forward opening at a bit abutment... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529975 | Sprayable agricultural compositions The systemic activity of systemic active ingredients in sprayed foliar systemic compositions is improved by incorporating water soluble polyacrylamide in the sprayed composition. The polyacrylamide can have a molecular weight sufficiently low that its pre... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5526032 | Method for processing a stencil master plate by using a thermal head In processing a stencil master plate by making perforations in the manner of a dot matrix on a heat sensitive film of a thermal stencil master plate by using a thermal head having plural minute heat elements, perforations in a solid dark region of the dot... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5525790 | Handy image scanner A handy image scanner according to this invention comprises a light source, a transparent cover through which a light emitted from the light source passes to illuminate a script, and an optical system into which light reflected from the script is input, w... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5525575 | Sprayable agricultural compositions The systemic activity of systemic active ingredients in sprayed foliar systemic compositions is improved by incorporating water soluble polymer. The polymer can have a molecular weight sufficiently low that its presence does not substantially affect the s... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5526467 | Membership function data preparation method and an apparatus thereof and an adaption degree operation method and an apparatus thereof There is provided an improved system wherein a storage capacity for storing membership functions is reduced. In the system, a plurality of sections T11 through T16 are set having boundaries at vertexes or tops where the respective grades of a plurality of... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522282 | Connecting structure between bicycle pedal and cleat, bicycle pedal and cleat A connecting structure between a bicycle pedal and a cleat is formed of hooks pivotably supported by a pedal body for engaging and releasing the cleat, and an urging device for urging the hooks toward engaging positions. A first cam mechanism is provided ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5524251 | Microcomputer having ALU performing min and max operations All data to be compared are stored in a register group (1) in advance. When a MIN operation is executed, a maximum value (e.g, FF) is initially set in a memory (2). Source data outputted by the register group (1) and destination data outputted by the memo... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5520108 | Ejected master plate processing device for a stencil printing device To positively compress ejected master plates at a high compression ratio without requiting any complex structure, a piston member for compressing ejected master plates is placed in an ejected master plate box for receiving ejected master plates from an ej... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5521987 | Image processing method and apparatus employing gray scale images having fewer bits per pixel and gray scale image restoration using small areas of an image window Input image data representing the image of a subject imaged by a video camera 9 is applied from an A/D converter circuit 11 to a dither-image generating circuit 13, in which the image data is binarized in accordance with the error diffusion method, whereb... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5517913 | Stencil printing device using a sensor for detecting an ink type In a stencil printing device in which printing ink is supplied to the inner surface of a printing drum, and printing paper is pressed onto a stencil master plate sheet mounted on the outer circumferential surface of the printing drum by using a press roll... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5515545 | Pillow case tee-shirt A pillow case tee-shirt is disclosed. The tee-shirt pillow case includes a body portion having an upper portion and a lower portion, and a pair of sleeves each extending from the upper portion of the body portion. The body portion forms a lateral opening ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515564 | Sun shield The present invention is a sun shield which can be easily attached and/or detached from most standard sized beach chairs. In another embodiment, the sun shield is attached to a frame which has a bag stretched around the frame to provide a carrying case fo... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515616 | Seal splitter gage A gage for splitting annular seals by establishing two points on a seal's outer edge for cutting lines, and planes through which the cuts should extend. The gage includes two pivotally connected arms equipped with collar assemblies. The collar assemblies ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5513565 | Stencil printing device, and assembly for supporting a plurality of printing drums In a stencil printing device, a plurality of printing drums are mounted on a turret-like printing drum supporting member, and the indexing rotary movement of the printing drum supporting member and the rotary actuation of each of the printing drums thereo... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5514061 | Machine tool for working rear surface of workpiece A machine tool for continuously working the surface and the back of a workpiece, comprising a chuck base which is supported so that it is able to approach to or move away from the workpiece, on which a tool spindle for holding a cutting tool and a chuck f... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5515156 | Electromagentic wave generating device and a distance measuring device A safety distance measuring device employing an electromagnetic wave is provided. A laser diode 2 is energized to emit laser beams by a laser diode drive circuit 3 in accordance with a clock signal generated by a control circuit 29. The emitted laser beam... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5515476 | Fuzzy control apparatus in which rules can be changed, method of operating same, control system in which changeover is controlled by fuzzy reasoning, and method of controlling the same In a fuzzy control apparatus in which a rule is capable of being changed during operation, a fuzzy reasoning output which prevails immediately prior to a rule change is stored when a rule change is made, and a fuzzy-control output is generated by combinin... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513289 | Optical integrated lens/grating coupling device An optical device manufacturing method includes a step of accumulating an optical device inorganic material on a stamper by use of a vacuum thin-film growing method, and a step of removing the accumulated material from the stamper, thereby producing an op... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5512822 | Magnetic sensor with member having magnetic contour antisotropy A magnetic sensor includes a member having a magnetic contour anisotropy. A counterpart yoke is disposed above a magnet. The thickness of the counterpart yoke is equal to or slightly smaller than the resolution. The counterpart yoke has a magnetic contour... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511421 | Acceleration sensor An acceleration detecting method and an acceleration sensor are disclosed. An inverted potential distribution structure of a metal-insulator-semiconductor type is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The deflection of the weight fixed above the semiconduc... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511142 | Rib optical waveguide and method of manufacturing the same On a substrate (1), a core layer (2) is formed such that the core layer (2) includes a rib section (2a) fabricated to be integral therewith. The core layer (2) and the rib section (2a) are formed with a liquid material to be solidified under an energy irr... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5508944 | Apparatus and method for checking features of a camshaft A camshaft checking apparatus, in particular for checking the parameters of the profiles of cams, comprising a support structure and a motor means for positioning and axially rotating the shaft, linear transducers for determining radial dimensions of cams... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5505111 | Connecting structure between bicycle pedal and cleat, bicycle pedal and cleat A connecting structure between a bicycle pedal and a cleat is formed of hooks pivotably supported by a pedal body for engaging and releasing the cleat, and an urging device for urging the hooks toward engaging positions. A first cam mechanism is provided ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5506936 | Fuzzy inference system and a pattern input type membership value generator An input variable and a category of pattern are combined in antecedent of a fuzzy rule. Input pattern data of the input variable is stored in a pattern memory. An extracting program proper to the category is read out from a library by a category signal in... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5503463 | Retainer scheme for cutting tool A cutting tool assembly including a cutting bit having a head and a cylindrical shank portion of substantially constant diameter depending from the head as well as a bit holder including a cylindrical bore for receiving the cylindrical shank portion of th... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5503342 | Spinning reel having rotational balance mechanism for rotor A rotationally balanced spinning reel has a rotor rotatable about an axis, a line guide portion formed on an arm lever of one of a pair of arm portions formed on the rotor, and a bail extending between the line guide portion and the other arm portion with... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501538 | Apparatus and method for adjusting character spacing Disclosed is a system for automatic adjustment of character spacing suited to characters in innumerable combinations, such as in the case with Chinese characters and hiragana and katakana characters in the Japanese language. In character dot data of a plu... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5497680 | Apparatus for securing a shoe to a bicycle pedal A bicycle pedal including a front engaging device and a rear engaging device arranged with a cleat bearing surface therebetween in a fore and aft direction of the pedal for engaging the cleat. The rear engaging device is pivotable about a pivotal axis ext... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5499276 | Method for minor actinide nuclides incineration Neptunium of minor actinide nuclides separated from spent fuel is added to fuel of reactor cores (inner reactor cores and/or outer reactor cores) of a fast reactor and americium of the separated minor actinide nuclides and rare earth elements are added to... | 03/12/1996 |
