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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5840741 | Arteriosclerosis depressant 9-methyl-3-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-4H-pyrido1, 2-a!pyrimidin-4-one represented by the following formula; ##STR1## and the physiologically-acceptable salts thereof showed to have excellent inhibitory effect on the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5836624 | Metal part including a spherical wall element, and an exhaust ball-coupling including such a part The spherical wall element (2, 15) is provided with a series of work-hardened annular strips (16, 17) spaced apart and extending substantially coaxially so as to form reinforcement that is not very deformable for the spherical wall element.... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5825722 | Timepiece comprising a case wherein a clockwork movement is housed Timepiece comprising a caseband (2) capable of being elastically deformed whose internal wall (20) has a first protruding part (23, 24) and a second protruding part (28) forming a stop for the movement (50) associated with the dial (52). When the movement... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5816456 | Laminar flow filler spout A tubular body has a conical wall portion adjacent to a flow orifice. A conical valve member disposed facing the conical wall portion is connected to a position control member. A flow rate regulation member disposed upstream from the valve member relative... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5768781 | Method of making a metal heat insulator A generally elongated, thin, metal sheet heat insulator (1) having at least two generally elongated, thin, metal sheets (3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) disposed generally one above the other in a spaced apart relationship and a metal separator (2) therebetween contact... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765852 | Directional or adjusting plate for ski-boots A directional or adjusting plate is arranged between the upper surface of the ski and the safety binding for fixing the boot, the position of which can be adjusted so that its longitudinal axis is coincident or translated parallel and/or rotated through a... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5753901 | Chip for an electronic card coated with a layer of insulating material, and an electronic card including such a chip The chip of an invention for an electronic circuit card comprises a semiconductor microplate having an active face provided with contact pads and on which projections are formed of different heights. The active face of the microplate is coated, at least i... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5751749 | Laser oscillator and method for controlling the same The invention provides a laser oscillator including (a) laser medium having a characteristic that distortion is caused in the laser medium by applying electric field thereto, (b) an optical pumping source for exciting the laser medium to thereby generate ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5749537 | Method of wrapping cryogenic insulation around an inner cryogenic tank A method of wrapping cryogenic insulation around an inner tank disposable within an outer tank of a cryogenic tank system, where cryogenic insulation paper is unrolled from a roll thereof, wrapping the paper in serially disposed wraps around the inner tan... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5749200 | Method of reinforcing concrete made construction and fixture used therefor The present invention provides a method of reinforcing a concrete made construction having the step of fixedly securing a grating member acting as a reinforcement onto a surface of a concrete made construction with a fixture so that the fixture imparts te... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5746498 | Vehicle lamp mountable in an interior of a vehicle, particularly a raised auxiliary brake lamp This invention concerns an auxiliary brake light mountable in a cab of a vehicle which includes a housing on which a light-transmissive pane is snapped. According to the invention, a covering cap placed over the housing has an outer surface which forms th... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5741392 | Card comprising at least one electronic element and method of manufacture of such a card One object of the invention concerns a card comprising an electronic element (2) and a coil (42), the ends of which are directly coupled to the electronic element, such latter and the coil being encased in a binding material (10). Another object of the in... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5741118 | Multiblade radial fan and method for making same Noise is minimized in the design of multiblade radial fans, wherein the specifications of the impeller of a multiblade radial fan are determined so as to satisfy the correlation expressed by the formula .nu.ࣙ-0.857Z1 +1.009 (in the preceding ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5740002 | Electronic load relay for motor vehicles An electronic load relay which can be manufactured in an uncomplicated and cost effective manner can, because of an arrangement of its contact-plug parts, replace an electromechanical load relay. This invention particularly solves the problem of heat diss... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5739647 | Multi-rotor electromechanical transducer and method for controlling such a transducer In order that each of its rotors (18 to 21) may he individually controlled, the transducer (1) comprises a stator (2) having two main parts (3, 4) and 2N+1 transverse parts (5 to 13). N openings (14 to 17) through each of which a stator (18 to 21) passes,... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5739507 | Keyboard for cash registers and other registers A keyboard for cash registers and other registers of a type having long and short stroke keys (3) allows a structural reconfiguration for meeting various needs of customers. The keyboard, with all keys (3) thereof being at uniform key spacings, includes s... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5738443 | Flexible fabric container A flexible fabric container having stiffening webbing attached to the outside thereof. At least one bottom flap is releasably attached to the bottom and is attached to the container by a quick release buckle that has a free portion, not attached to the co... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5723038 | Process for producing a gradient coating made of calcium phosphate phases and metal oxide phase on metallic implants The invention concerns a process for producing a gradient coating of calcium phosphat phases and metal oxide phases on metallic implants, in particular made of titanium or titanium alloys, for use as dental, jaw or joint implants. A solution containing ca... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5722671 | Seal arrangement A seal arrangement for sealing a shaft with respect to a housing containing a fluid comprises a face seal exposed to a buffer gas on a portion thereof facing away from the fluid. Disposed upstream of the face seal at the fluid said portion thereof is a co... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5721022 | Disposable pan Two types of disposable pans made from a paper sheet material by press means are disclosed, particularly designed to prevent its paper configuration from easily deforming and/or to prevent its bottom portion from easy burning or scorching. The one type in... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5720425 | Method of splicing rolled plates and aparatus for the same The invention provides a method of splicing rolled plates with each other, including the steps of (a) positioning a rear end portion of a leading rolled plate above a front end portion of a following rolled plate by a distance slightly greater than a diam... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5720301 | Guide tube having at least one channel for guiding a cable A guide tube having at least one channel for guiding a cable has an elongated cylindrical sheath body incorporating at least two pull wires, located in the same diametrical plane of the guide tube. The sheath body may be composed of several parts, and a n... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5720221 | Assembly for controlling the temperature of a fountain fluid and/or selected drums of a printing machine An assembly for controlling the temperature of a fountain fluid and/or selected drums of a printing machine comprises a fountain fluid circulating system for supplying a fountain fluid application means with a fountain fluid, a cooling fluid circulating s... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5719827 | Highly stable frequency generator A highly stable frequency generator (G) comprises an oscillator (10) for generating a first frequency (F1), and further comprises a time base (BT) providing a time stable frequency signal which is independent of the temperature, and a feedback circuit arranged... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5718908 | Topical formulations based on mineral gels The present invention relates to topical formulations containing a gel or suspension obtainable by treatment of suitable pulverized minerals with aqueous solutions. The compositions of the invention can be used for the topical treatment of degenerative di... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5718686 | Anchoring system and method for indwelling urethral catheter An anchoring system for a urethral catheter (14, 36), and a method of its use, involve a resilient anchor-interval portion (40) of a catheter drainage shaft (42, 42'), positioned between a bladder balloon (26) and a urethral anchoring cuff balloon (44). T... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5717214 | X-ray beam position monitor and its position measurement method The present invention provides a X-ray beam position monitor, including a diamond plate placed so that the X-ray beam pass through diamond plate, and a plurality of electrode pairs placed on both sides of the diamond plate. The monitor makes it possible t... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5716272 | Moisture/yield monitor grain simulator A monitor for measuring the moisture content of grain comprises an AC signal source for transmitting a measurement signal along a measurement signal path that includes a sensor region in which grain may, or may not, be present, and an analyzer for determi... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5716254 | Turkey call A turkey call comprises a brass striker plate (36) and a charred-wood striker (10). The striker plate has a convex striker surface (46) and the striker (10) includes an elongated wooden shaft (14) being charred at opposite, curved, cone-shaped, end tips (... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5715142 | Electronic power module The present invention concerns an electronic power module comprising several integrated power circuits which may, for example, be insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT).... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5714887 | Fixture for use in microwave grain moisture measurement A fixture for use in the microwave measurement of the moisture content of grain comprises a hollow support member, an antenna support assembly supporting antennas for transmitting and receiving microwaves, and a sample scoop. The support member, antenna s... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5714850 | Insertion device for use with synchrotron radiation The invention provides an insertion device for use with synchrotron radiation, including a horizontal undulator including a plurality of magnets linearly arranged along an axis of electron beams so that alternately positioned magnets have common polarity,... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5713877 | Indwelling magnetically-actuated urinary catheter, and method of its construction An indwelling magnetically actuable urinary catheter (35) involves the molding of a valve housing (32) to a catheter drainage shaft (16) by using a drainage-valve-cavity mandrel (22) and two inflation-valve-cavity mandrels (24). The drainage-valve-cavity ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5712958 | Analog fuzzy rule circuit comprising a network of controlled and fixed resistors in combination An analog type fuzzy logic controller is adapted to permit the implementation of a set of rules. The controller includes a circuit (B,C) for determining the overall degree of truth of each rule and a circuit (D,E) for determining the values to be supplied... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5709296 | Feeder tube The invention relates to a feeder tube intended for bulk product, which comprises a cylindrical tube (2) in which there are inlet openings (8, 18) distributed along the length of the tube, a screw conveyor (3) disposed coaxially within the tube, rotating ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5707999 | Use of alfuzosin or terazosin in the treatment of premature ejaculation The method of use of the -1 blockers, alfuzosine and terazosine, in the treatment of premature ejaculation is disclosed.... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5706865 | Pipe for high pressure fluid A pipe comprising a multilayer inner core (1) whose outer layer is made of polyamide or of EVOH to provide an effective barrier function, and outer reinforcement that withstands pressure. The outer reinforcement comprises at least one filamentary reinforc... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5706632 | Method for obtaining an output stream of mutually different graphic products in a desired order, for instance sorted according to address code, and apparatus for practicing such method A method for obtaining an output stream of mutually different graphic products in a desired order, for instance sorted according to address code, wherein the products are assembled in an assembly line as desired by an addressee and/or a sender, and after ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5703332 | Apparatus for conveying vulnerable articles in the article holders An apparatus comprising a conveyor (1) having article holders for conveying vulnerable articles (V), such as for instance fruits, in the article holders (2), the artices (V) during conveyance being subjected to a treatment for the purpose of the classific... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5700668 | Process for the industrial preparation of phosphatidylserine The invention relates to a process for the preparation of phosphatidylserines by reacting racemic or enantiomerically pure serine, preferably (L)-serine, with natural phosphatides, such as soybean or egg lecithin, or with synthetic phosphatides, in the pr... | 12/23/1997 |
