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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6313828 | Electronic book This invention relates to an electronic book comprising a structure capable of being spreaded into two sections, connected to each other by means of assembly element of the hinge type, which provides the controlled movement of said two sections upon said ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6295483 | Automatic MDF (main distribution frame) apparatus One matrix board aggregate accommodating two matrix boards is made one unit of a switch. Three of the matrix board aggregates are vertically located, groups of such three vertically-located matrix board aggregates are laterally located and robots are prov... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6266548 | Indotracheal tube A double balloon endrotrachael tube has a hose section (1) and at least two adjacent balloons (3; 6) that may be independently inflated. Atraumatic sensors for monitoring the motor larynx nerves are associates to the upper balloon (3). For that purpose, e... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6021845 | Wide temperature range heating/cooling interface with rapid response A sapphire interface with a closed cycle cryogenic cooler replace liquid nitrogen in cryotraps for gas chromatographs, cryofocusers for gas chromatographs, DMA's and DSC's. Inverse thermal properties of sapphire allow the closed cycle cooler to function a... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5949862 | Traffic measuring apparatus and method A traffic measuring apparatus provided in an exchange measures traffic caused by call control for a plurality of terminals accommodated in the exchange. The traffic measuring apparatus includes a traffic measuring section for measuring traffic in accordan... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5900906 | Image communication apparatus having automatic answering and recording function Video data is coded at either a minimum transfer rate or maximum transfer rate and stored in a storage unit as a video reply message. In a case where the video data has been coded at the minimum transfer rate and stored, the video reply message is transmi... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5873492 | Dispensing bag for dynamic mixer A pliable dispensing bag containing a flowable material includes an internal rigid adapter plate having an offset or asymmetric integral nozzle through which the flowable material may be extruded. The deformable material of the bag is clamped around a col... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5754545 | Add-drop multiplexer with enhancement of accessibility to signals in different hierarchical levels and flexibility in various services and circuit setting operations An add-drop multiplexer contains a partial drop unit and a partial add unit. The partial drop unit selects a number n of first signal(s) of n channel(s) among a number N of first signals of N channels, which are received from a first transmission line, an... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5696886 | Data replacement system using high-speed clock for initialization A data replacing unit replaces a data packet among a plurality of predetermined data packets in the data replacement manner, which manner is provided by a first control unit as is necessary. An initializing unit generates initializing data using a high-sp... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5636275 | Hinge mechanism and foldable portable telephone having the hinge mechanism A hinge mechanism for use in a portable telephone in which a foldable lid is rotatably supported by the hinge mechanism to rotate the foldable lid between an opened position and a closed position, includes a rotary shaft on which the lid is rotatably supp... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5600648 | SDH transmission system An SDH transmission system including a container selection unit for selectively extracting a specific virtual container VC-m of a particular hierarchy from among the uppermost layer virtual containers VC-4 obtained from a demapping circuit that is a part ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5537812 | Fine jewelry diamond cut chain and method of manufacture thereof A fine jewelry hollow rope chain comprising a plurality of interfitting hollow wire links, each link defining a circumference, each link having a wire cross-section defining a hollow base portion of generally uniform wall thickness and at least one reinfo... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5535562 | Saddle anchorage and mounting method thereof A saddle anchorage in which the direction of the prestress is not perpendicular to the compression surface of the concrete structure. The anchorage comprises a saddle including a rectangular metal plate provided with two parallel locking portions defining... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5535583 | Method of faceting a hollow rope chain A rope chain is fabricated of hollow links that have been intertwined to form a rope chain of the double helix type. The hollow rope chain is moved continuously, in a continuous length, over pulley guides whereon the exposed surface of the rope chain is d... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5531317 | Tilt-type steering column device A tilt type steering column device comprises a stationary bracket 7 having a protrusion 8 on one side thereof, a tilt lever 11 provided on the one side of the stationary bracket, a tilt bolt 9 extending through the stationary bracket 7, a rotating plate 6... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5528786 | Toothbrushes A toothbrush comprising an elongated handle, a bristle support member articulately mounted on one end of the handle so as to be constrained, in use, into limited reciprocal movement with respect to the handle and in a direction of longitudinal axis of the... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529261 | Missile A missile comprising a missile body having a missile tip housing, a seeker head mounted into the missile tip housing and a positioner which selectably positions the seeker head in either an extended, seeking, position or a retracted, cruising, position.... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5527219 | Cleaning sieve for the harvested crop of agricultural machines A cleaning sieve assembly disposed at the end of and below a transporting conveyor of the harvested crop in the harvesting machine includes an upper or shaff sieve and a lower sieve both subjected to an air current blown from a blower. The upper sieve inc... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527114 | Tapered roller bearing with rotational speed detection unit The tapered roller bearing with rotational speed detection unit has a tone wheel 30 which is externally fixed to an outward-facing cylindrical surface 28 formed on the outer peripheral surface of an inner ring 21 on the front face side, a casing 32 which ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5528152 | Method for measuring transmission parameters of balanced pair In a method for measuring transmission parameters of a balanced pair, a unbalanced type equipment which is widely used as compared to a balanced type equipment which is not used in practical is used. In the measurement, the balanced pair is connected to t... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5527983 | Method for the destruction of noxious materials Destruction of noxious materials. The noxious material is fed batchwise into a combustion furnace holding a burning coal bed which induces combustion or detonation and also serves as damper for explosion fragments. Burning combustion gases are withdrawn f... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524320 | Floor scrubbing machine A floor scrubbing machine has a floor scrubbing device with at least two floor scrubbing elements, of which at least one is mounted to a chassis to be adjustable in such a manner that the operating width of the floor scrubbing device can be changed. An ad... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5524577 | Rotary engine A radial engine assembly (10) includes a crankcase (12) supporting an annular cylinder closure means (23) having a part-spherical sealing surface (26). A crankshaft (11) supported by the crankcase (12) operates piston (32) within radial cylinders of a cop... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522762 | Tool for applying surface coated abrasives for use on a machine for abrasion machining of cylindrical surfaces on workpieces A tool for applying surface coated abrasives on a machine for abrasion machining of cylindrical bearing surfaces on workpieces such as crankshaft journals and crankpins comprises for each bearing surface to be machined a pivoted arm mobile vertically and ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522686 | Self-boring blind rivet A self-drilling blind tension rivet has a sleeve with a stop flange and a rivet shank and having at one end a drilling unit and at the other end a flattened section for engagement with a rotation and tension applying tool for drilling in and setting the b... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5521508 | Method and apparatus for predicting the occurrence of an earthquake by identifying electromagnetic precursors A method and apparatus for predicting the occurrence of an earthquake in a monitored area as described by detecting the vertical component of the Earth's magnetic field at a plurality of pairs of spaced points, the spacing "d" between the points of each p... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5517883 | Fastening element as well as device to screw in said fastening element The invention pertains to a fastening element consisting of a screw (5) and a metallic washer (6) to attach insulation sheeting, and possibly additional waterproof sheeting onto a solid substructure, whereby the screw is provided with a drill tip (7), a s... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5519799 | Optical fiber array structure In an optical fiber array structure, a ferrule is provided around an optical fiber array. The ferrule has an outer configuration defined by combination of, preferably, two circles. Thus, eye glass-shaped outer configuration is obtained for the ferrule. Th... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5515939 | Metal-air battery-powered electric vehicle The invention provides a metal-air battery-powered electric vehicle of the type having a motor powered by a plurality of metal-air cells wherein air is continuously provided to the cells by a blower system energized from a power source, in combination wit... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5516599 | Means for storage and transportation of electric fuel The invention provides a rigid reusable transport and storage vessel for retaining a plurality of anode cassettes of pressed zinc particles saturated with aqueous alkaline solution, and utilizable as an electric fuel in a zinc-air battery, the vessel havi... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5514324 | Preparation of an absorbent sheet A sheet of an absorbent material which, comprises a blend of a fibrous substance and of a granulated substance in which the granulated substance is non-uniformly distributed in the sheet, there being alternating zones of higher and of lower density of sai... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5511298 | Device for setting a self-drilling clamping fastener A device for setting a self-drilling clamping fastener has a fixed external housing, a sleeve-shaped mounting member in which clamping jaws for gripping the shaft of the fastener are retained, a drive sleeve coupled to a rotary drive and a guide sleeve. T... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5509644 | Modified T-slot arrangement A modified T-slot arrangement is provided for firmly holding objects to be fastened to a holding surface. A mounting member is provided with outwardly flaring inclined surfaces to cooperate with a mating member having similar surfaces. The outer surface o... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5510015 | Process for obtaining a range of colors of the visible spectrum using electrolysis on anodized aluminium A process for obtaining a range of colors of the visible spectrum includes a first phase to form an anodic film, a second phase to modify a barrier film and a third phase to deposit metallic particles on the barrier film. During the formation of the anodi... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5507390 | Pile up tray for transporting goods A pile up tray includes a base piece shaped as a cask, cast to be a bottom of the tray in which a rising double marginal flange is provided and to which at least one other piece is jointed. The other piece forms at least part of the side walls of the tray... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5505376 | Envelopes A mailing envelope (10) has a stick down closure flap (11) extending from a fold line (12) along the top edge of a front panel (20). The closure flap (11) includes a graspable tear-out tab (19) to which is adhered a flexible line member (18) which extends... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505211 | Biopsy needles The set of biopsy needles of the invention is provided with a shaft member for an inner needle 6 which has an inner needle base 22 at the front end to fix an inner needle 24, a shaft member for an outer needle 13 which has an outer needle base 21 at the f... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505161 | Pendant pet toy A toy such as a stuffed mouse is mounted above a floor by an elastic cord attached to a resilient clamp. The clamp is adapted to grip opposite sides of a wall or door frame to suspend the toy in midair. A length adjustment member is provided for changing ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505026 | Aseismatic load-supporting structure for elevated constructions This invention concerns an aseismatic steel structure for supporting elevated constructions or works to be interposed between a plurality of reinforced concrete supporting pillars and the lower base of a block of the elevated construction. In an embodimen... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5506709 | Electro-optical communication station with built-in test means A station-to-station communication system with a built-in testing arrangement in at least one of the stations. The testing arrangement includes a transmitter/receiver pair with associated light/electricity and electricity/light transducers connectable at ... | 04/09/1996 |
