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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5776875 | Use of biodegradable polymers in preventing scale build-up A biodegradable scale inhibitor and dispersant is provided. The scale inhibitor includes a copolymer comprising at least one of N-oxygenatedhydrocarbonamide monomers and at least one of amino acid monomers. A method of reducing scale build-up on heating e... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5755846 | Regenerative glass melting furnace with minimum NOx formation and method of operating it A method of operating a regenerative glass melting furnace with end-firing or cross-firing utilizes burners to provide sub-stoichiometric combustion and super-stoichiometric combustion along the sidewalls or transverse walls of the furnace and equipment a... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5697607 | Device for controlling grippers engaging sheet-like workpieces at an infeed station of a processing machine A device for controlling the gripping action of grippers on a plate-like workpiece at the end of the feeding table of a machine that processes sheet-like workpieces has an arrangement for controlling the upper mechanisms for positioning, respectively, the... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5684720 | Method and apparatus for adaptively producing noise-reduced digital image sequences In a method and apparatus for adaptive noise reduction of digital image sequences an input sequence of images obtained from a subject is subjected to pixel-by-pixel, temporal low-pass filtering, with the sequence of filter coefficients for this temporal l... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5615157 | Semiconductor memory testing apparatus A memory device comprising memory cells associated with word lines for storing data. A timer is connected to determine the length of time during which a selected word line(s) is activated. The word line activation time length is shorter in a testing mode ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5573569 | Method for conditioning and homogenizing a glass stream A continuously flowing glass stream is conditioned and homogenized along a conditioning stretch, which extends from an entry side to at least one extraction point, and at the beginning of which there is a cooling zone, to which a homogenizing zone for the... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5561720 | Method for extracting individual characters from raster images of a read-in handwritten or typed character sequence having a free pitch Image-pattern-specific separation values are calculated in each case per column for a separation image of standardized width, with the aid of a separation classifier, and the column having the maximum separation value is defined as the right-hand separati... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5546057 | Antenna/filter combiner An antenna/filter combiner for connecting a plurality of frequency transmission signals to an antenna having an arrangement with n circulators connected in a waveguide with m transmission channels being supplied thereinto via respective combining networks... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5542019 | Optical cable and process for the manufacture thereof Supporting elements (SE1-SEn) are provided between chamber elements (KE1-KEn) of an optical cable (OC1), which are disposed annularly in at least one layer. These supporting elements extend substantially in a radial direction, in which case their radial e... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5534477 | Image receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing An image receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing according to the present invention comprises a dye receiving layer, a foam film, an adhesive layer, a release layer, a support layer and a lubricant layer which are successively laminated. The image r... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5530201 | Shielding for openings in a shielded housing, particularly a monitor shielding Shielding for openings of shielded housings, particularly monitors, has a frame of soft-magnetic material arranged in front of the opening, an electrical coil whose current, controlled by magnetic field sensors, compensates penetrating noise fields in a d... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5523770 | Plasma addressing display device A plurality of signal electrodes D arranged in parallel to each other are formed on a major surface of a first substrate 4. A second substrate 6 is opposed to the first substrate. A plurality of plasma electrodes 7 arranged in parallel to each other and i... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5517991 | Urological workstation A urological workstation has a patient support table with a support plate having a length which does not significantly exceed 145 cm, and an x-ray diagnostics installation that is adjustable relative to the patient support table. The x-ray diagnostics ins... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5498839 | Cable sleeve composed of a pipe section and seal members at the face end A cable sleeve composed of a socket pipe and end-face seal members. The matching of introduction openings in the end-face seal members to the diameters of the cables to be introduced ensues with the assistance of seal member inserts that are fit into the ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5468580 | Condition optimization method for measuring overlay accuracy of pattern A method of optimizing measurement conditions of an overlay metrology system without etching process, and this method comprising the steps of forming a first overlay measurement pattern formed of first measurement marks and a second overlay measurement pa... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5403752 | Method for manufacturing a pyrodetector apparatus A method for manufacturing a pyrodetector apparatus having hole structures produced by electrochemical etching in a first principal face of a substrate of n-doped, monocrystalline silicon, so that a structured region arises in the substrate. At least one ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5326404 | Plasma processing apparatus A plasma processing apparatus for processing a semiconductor wafer by using a plasma to fabricate a semiconductor device comprises: a film forming vessel having at least one film forming chamber for forming a Ti/TiN laminate layer or a Ti/TiON/TiN laminat... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5312782 | SOI type vertical channel field effect transistor and process of manufacturing the same A thin film field effect transistor manufactured using a cladding technique wherein parasitic capacities of the source and drain with respect to the ground are low and a substrate biasing effect is low. The vertical channel field effect transistor compris... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5293550 | Cassette loading mechanism for a recording and reproducing apparatus A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing information signals with the use of a tape cassette is provided with a pair of reel shafts, each having an engaging member mounted with a bias towards the end of the supporting shaf... | 03/08/1994 |
