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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6049064 | Heat fixing device for fixing a toner image A heat insulating layer is provided between the stay and the ceramics heater in a heat fixing device. The heat conductivity of the heat insulating layer is lower than that of the stay. The heater includes a heating element provided on an aluminum nitride ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5943893 | Roll-hardening machine for crankshafts A machine for hard-rolling a workpiece such as a crankshaft includes a drive apparatus (7) for rotating the crankshaft (8, 113), suspension apparatuses (9 to 17), hard-rolling devices (18 to 26, 111) movably supported by the suspension apparatuses, and a ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5843211 | Method and apparatus for separating a heavier phase from a lighter phase in a material flow by centrifugal force Phases of different densities are separated from each other in a vortex separator chamber. A primary flow to be cleaned drives a secondary vortex flow in the chamber. The primary flow is introduced into the chamber centrally between the chamber ends throu... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5843590 | Epitaxial wafer and method of preparing the same A high performance epitaxial wafer which is useful, for example in a light emitting device is produced with a buffer layer. The epitaxial wafer has a substrate of a compound semiconductor selected from a group consisting of GaAs, GaP, InAs and InP. The bu... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5836421 | Lubricating system for internal combustion engines A lubricating system for an internal combustion engine maintains lubrication even in extreme emergency positions of the engine such as slants within the range of about 90° to about 270°, relative to the horizontal and even for upside down engine positio... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5830269 | Method of preparing group II-VI or III-V compound single crystal A method is provided for industrially preparing a group II-VI or III-V compound single crystal from a polycrystalline group II-VI or III-V starting compound, such that the resultant single crystal has a small number of crystal defects by effectively preve... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5830603 | Separator film for a storage battery A separator film for a battery is formed as a hydrophilized porous biaxially oriented film. The porous biaxially oriented film has a porosity of at least about 70%, a thickness in the range of about 10 to about 500 μm, and a pore size in the range of abo... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5817933 | Sensor arrangement for measuring the mass of a flowing fluid A film sensor element is used to determine the mass of a flowing fluid, in particular an air mass flow in the intake tube of an internal combustion engine. Such a sensor is part of a measurement bridge and operates on the hot-wire anemometer principle, de... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5813096 | Snap fastener with a safety lock A snap fastener for securing two structural components to each other has a fastener section with a head and stem with at least one axial slot (6, 7) in the stem opposite the head to form snap-on members (3A, 3B, . . . ) spaced by the slot (6, 7) in the st... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5814763 | Clamp for securing a flexible protection hose to an electrical connector, especially in an aircraft A clamp for securing a protection hose to an electrical connector is formed as a cuff with a longitudinal gap. The cuff has an inherent bias which normally tends to close the gap. The cuff is provided with tool insertion elements for widening the gap to i... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5809999 | Method and apparatus for supplying breathable gas in emergency oxygen systems, especially in an aircraft In an emergency oxygen supply system of an aircraft equipped with a pressurized cabin, breathable gas is supplied by a gas generator (1) for generating an oxygen-enriched gas either from the ambient air, or from air tapped from the engine, or from fresh w... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5806798 | Bending beam type structural component especially aircraft component A structural component, especially a substantially hollow aircraft structural component such as a wing or tail section having an upper chord or shell and a lower chord or shell interconnected to form a substantially hollow bending beam in use, is so const... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5803135 | Method and selvage forming device for an air weaving loom A wide selvage is formed along a fabric edge in a weaving loom by at least two selvage forming heads arranged in a row with an outer selvage forming head (9) and an inner selvage forming head (8) positioned between the outer selvage forming head (9) and a... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5797182 | Method for producing rotors with blades A blade for a rotor, especially a turborotor, is made of two hollow blade foot sections having matching seam surfaces to form a hollow blade with a thickened foot that is butt-welded with its blade foot sole (7) to an integral welding stub of a rotor hub ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5794888 | System for removing incident heat from aircraft during flight The invention relates to a system for removing the heat that is incident upon an aircraft, and especially a supersonic aircraft, during flight. The incident heat is generated by the constant heating effect of aerodynamic friction on the outer skin of the ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5794885 | Weaving loom with a fabric winding mandrel trolley A weaving loom is equipped with a trolley or several trolleys, each of which carries a cloth winding mandrel. A single drive which is either separate from the main loom drive or which derives its power from the main loom drive is provided to drive one or ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5787702 | Propulsion plant operating on the basis of catalytic and/or chemical decomposition of a propellant A propulsion plant operating on the basis of a catalytic and/or chemical decomposition of a liquid propellant, is equipped with a so-called aspirator ring (19) that covers the exit openings of the injection pipes (11), thereby screening these openings tow... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5787645 | Motor vehicle door frame A vehicle door frame has at least three, preferably four frame members (2, 3, 4, 5, or 2', 3', 4', 5') made of hollow tubular stock having a uniform cross-section substantially along the entire length, either of each individual frame member or along the e... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5785039 | Single-crystalline diamond tip for dresser and dresser employing the same A diamond dresser having a long life and excellent wear resistance includes at least one diamond tip. An end surface of the diamond tip perpendicular to its longitudinal direction is formed by a {211} crystal plane. Two opposite side surfaces of the diamo... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5782271 | Multi-section reed for air jet loom A multi-section reed for a pneumatic loom includes at least two partial reeds or reed sections that are arranged spaced apart from one another, and a respective reed filler member arranged in the gap between the two reed sections. A substantially continuo... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5782121 | Apparatus for the inner profiling of tubes or pipes A pipe profiling machine improves the utilization of the working length of a profiling stone in the inner profiling of heat exchanger pipes. The press-on width of the revolving roller bodies, such as spherical, cylindrical, or barrel-shaped roller bodies,... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5776285 | Method and apparatus for applying adhesive to a closure flap of envelopes Adhesive, preferably pressure sensitive adhesive, is applied to an article f manufacture, such as the closure flap of an envelope or paper bag in such a way that the adhesive is protected against activation prior to closing the article. For this purpose, t... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5769124 | Fresh water supply system for an aircraft A water supply system for an aircraft includes a ventilatable water tank, a water supply line to supply water to water-using devices such as galleys and handwash basins, fill and drain lines, and a multi-function valve for carrying out filling and drainin... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5764316 | Liquid crystal dimmer plate and lighting system including the same A lighting system has a light source (2), a liquid crystal dimmer plate (4) for scattering a desired quantity of light from the light source (2), and a control power supply (5) for controlling a light scattering rate or effect of the liquid crystal dimmer... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5759216 | Diamond sintered body having high strength and high wear-resistance and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a diamond sintered body includes the following steps: preparing a diamond powder having a particle size within a range of 0.1 to 10 μm, coating the surface of each particle of the diamond powder with a sintering assistant agent ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5758629 | Electronic ignition system for internal combustion engines and method for controlling the system An electronic ignition system for an internal combustion engine is so controlled that an ignition current or secondary current caused by an ignition spark at the respective spark plug in the secondary coil of an ignition transformer is evaluated for initi... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5759005 | Apparatus for removing stackable units from a container on board an aircraft An apparatus is provided for removing stackable units containing food service items from a container having the form of a typical freight container, on board an aircraft. The apparatus cooperates with means for further transporting and then delivering the... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5756374 | Compound semiconductor light emitting device and method of preparing the same A compound semiconductor light emitting device of high performance and a method which can industrially prepare the same are provided. The compound semiconductor light emitting device includes a GaAs substrate, a buffer layer consisting of GaN, having a th... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5755268 | Loom warp tensioning device with torque moment compensation A tensioning unit for breakage-prone or rupture-sensitive warp threads in a weaving loom is constructed to avoid a torque responsive characteristic that gently tension the warp threads. For this purpose the tensioning unit is equipped with a torque moment... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5753725 | Dry friction material and method of preparing the same A friction material includes a composite hard grain disperse metal powder dispersed and held in a thermosetting resin matrix. The metal powder consists of a metal base comprising copper, aluminum, copper alloy or aluminum alloy and hard grains which are s... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5752738 | Seat for baby carriage A seat for a baby carriage has a backrest core member held by a backrest holding member through a connecting mechanism combining a bracket (77) with a slot (75) and a guide pin (76). When the backrest core member is most inclined, the pin is located again... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5752673 | Passenger aircraft with increased passenger capacity It is a problem in conventional aircraft having a fuselage of substantially circular cross-section, that a conventional lower deck would have an insufficient standing height for passengers if the lower deck were to be equipped as a passenger cabin space i... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5753538 | Method of sealing electronic parts with molded resin and mold employed therefor In a method of sealing electronic parts with molded resin, a hollow sealing member is arranged on a mold surface of an upper mold section of a mold comprising the upper mold section and a lower mold section, so that the hollow sealing member is pressurize... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5750154 | Resin sealing/molding apparatus for electronic parts A fixture for fixing an annular upper air isolation member which is provided around an outer side of an upper mold section to an upper mounting plate is released, thereby rotating the air isolation member by a rotational member and fixing the same by a ro... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5749706 | Turbine blade wheel assembly with rotor blades fixed to the rotor wheel by rivets Rotor blades (1) are held by means of toothed roots (3) in correspondingly profiled axial grooves (4) of a rotor wheel rim (5). Between each root end and the base of an axial groove (4), there is formed a radial gap (S) accommodating a rivet (6). Each riv... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5750059 | Method of molding resin to seal electronic parts A method of and an apparatus for molding resin to seal electronic parts are adapted to use molding units to seal with molded resin materials electronic parts that are mounted on lead frames. Additional molding units are detachably mounted with respect to ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5747727 | Method of making a thermocouple A metal oxide layer is provided around a thermocouple element. The metal oxide layer is formed by preparing a sol, in which particulates of a metal oxide are dispersed, by a sol-gel method, dipping the thermocouple element in this sol, energizing the ther... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5746420 | Clamping device for securing a first component, such as a tool, to a second component A clamping device for holding, for example a work piece in a machine tool, has a housing with a cylindrical bore and a clamping piston with a dead-end cavity axially slidable in the housing. A clamping lever extends through a ball-bushing with an inner en... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5746377 | Apparatus for comminuting waste materials The housing of a waste cutter is divided in a central, vertical plane so that each housing section (23, 24) is tiltable about a respective hinge (26, 27) each preferably having a vertically extending hinging axis (26B, 27B) positioned at a rear bearing sh... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5746256 | Method and apparatus for a controlled pneumatic removal of a faulty weft thread in an air jet loom A method and apparatus remove a faulty weft thread from a beat-up edge or cloth fell by pulling its leading end with a pneumatic thread removal device, which adaptably takes into account the thread characteristics and particularly the twist of the thread.... | 05/05/1998 |
