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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5245905 | Continuous bore evacuation system A continuous bore evacuation system for aspirating the noxious gas products associated with the firing of tank rounds and for cooling all or part of the gun barrel between rounds. The bore evacuator employs an annular container which is fixed to the exter... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5225631 | Liquid-pressurized radio frequency interference gasket A radio frequency gasket assembly having a flexible hollow tube enveloped a conductive layer, and filled with an incompressible fluid. In one embodiment thereof, the undeformed gasket is filled with a sufficient volume of incompressible fluid such that w... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5216535 | Optical deflection device An optical deflection device for redirecting and/or focusing a high-power collimated beam of light, comprising an optically transparent gas-filled hollow sphere, and a plurality of gas-filled lenses positioned within the sphere. When photorefractive or op... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5214241 | Pressure stabilized radio frequency gasket A radio frequency gasket assembly having a flexible hollow tube enveloped a conductive layer, and filled with a compressible fluid, or a combination of both compressible and incompressible fluids. In one embodiment thereof, the undeformed gasket is fille... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5197151 | Variable volume flushing device for water conservation The overflow tube and ball valve of a conventional water tank are replaced with a collapsible tube, one end of which is located above the water outlet of the tank, and the other end of which is located above the water line in the tank and able to be compr... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5192830 | Sabot for high dispersion shot shell A sabot for a shotgun shell provided with a recess in its base upon which opellant gases may act to radially expand and flatten the sabot thereby enhancing the dispersion of shot. In alternate embodiments the recess may be conoidal, parabolic, pyramidal, ... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5191168 | Sabot for high dispersion shot shell A sabot for a shotgun shell provided with a recess in its base upon which opellant gases may act to radially expand and flatten the sabot thereby enhancing the dispersion of shot. In alternate embodiments the recess may be conoidal, parabolic, pyramidal, ... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5189251 | Sabot for high dispersion shot shell A sabot for a shotgun shell provided with a recess in its base upon which opellant gases may act to radially expand and flatten the sabot thereby enhancing the dispersion of shot. In alternate embodiments the recess may be conoidal, parabolic, pyramidal, ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5165041 | Frangible sabot A sabot comprised of a frangible material, having a substantially smooth er surface, and an inner surface which accommodates one or more penetrators. The sabot is capable of surviving gun launching and flight without disintegration. In one embodiment the... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5164919 | Fluidic sonar sensor A sonar sensor comprising a substantially non-corrodible housing and a fluidic gainblock disposed therein. In addition, one or more fluid-filled laminar proportional amplifiers are arranged either in series or in parallel and contained within the fluidic ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5155619 | Optical AND/OR gate employing non-linear organic polymers and photovoltaic/piezoelectric optical interfaces A multi-channel/multi-layer optical gate contained within a fiber-optic housing having any number of optical cells disposed within the housing. The optical cells are made up of non-linear organic polymers surrounded by a piezoelectric crystal, which is in... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5154797 | Silicon shadow mask A shadow mask for sputtering is formed from a single crystal silicon wafer which is mechanically and chemically polished to produce top and bottom surfaces which are substantially flat and parallel to one another. The wafer is provided with one or more py... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5141034 | Chicken wire fence interweaving tool A hand tool for joining two lengths of a chicken wire fence or a plurality f parallel wires. The tool comprises a circular disk which is notched so as to accept a plurality of wires, and a ratcheting box end wrench which is notched in a similar manner. The... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5132860 | Magnetic media erasure system An erasure system for magnetic information storage media is disclosed by which magnetic media, such as computer, video and audio tapes, cassettes and discs, can be thoroughly erased. The system uses high energy product permanent magnets preferably positio... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5103735 | Splined sabot An improved segmented doubled ramp sabot for launching a sub-caliber projile, comprising a plurality of longitudinal ribs disposed on the forward and aft ramp sections of the sabot, and a plurality of longitudinal ribs disposed between an obturating band... | 04/14/1992 |
