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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5897419 | Moving model device for use in a racing game A moving model device for use in a racing game machine having a racing field, the moving model device includes a base member provided with a rollable body rollable over the racing field, an animal model body disposed above the base member and a rotary sha... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5829732 | Exhaust pipe supporting device An exhaust pipe supporting device includes a generally elliptical body portion integrally formed of an elastic material, such as rubber. The body portion includes a first holder portion having a through-hole to receive a support member associated with a c... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5789947 | Phase comparator A phase comparator has a first comparing circuit and a second comparing circuit. The first comparing circuit produces a first output pulse having a duration equal to a phase lead of a first input signal with respect to a phase of a second input signal. Th... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5732953 | Boxing game machine A boxing game machine in which a pair of boxer dummies are opposed to each other, each boxer dummy having at least one extensible arm, includes: an extender which drives the extension of the arm; a rotary unit which is rotatable about a substantially hori... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5722345 | Method and apparatus for transporting live fish A method transporting live fish including shellfish for a long period of time and with less damage to the fish bodies includes immobilizing the fish prior to transportation. One electrode is provided at the head portion of the fish, and another electrode ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5711722 | Golf club head An enlarged golf club head has a front wall decreased in thickness, which is sufficient strength, easy to menufacture, and has no increase in total weight. It is a wood or iron golf club head with a plate wall made of a metal, a front side of which provid... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5580209 | Wrist mechanism of articulated robot A wrist mechanism for an articulated robot includes a first wrist link which extends on an extension of the robot arm and which is fixed to the outer peripheral portion of a rotary portion. A second wrist link is fixed to an output shaft of the rotary por... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5564948 | Shielded, printed circuit board, plug-in connection A shielded printed circuit board plug-in connection and particularly a multipole socket plug-in connection includes a mating connector having a basic body provided with a conducting coating all around with the exception of the plug-in region and the regio... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5554819 | Method and apparatus for the thermoelectric generation of electricity A thermoelectric generator includes a plurality of thermoelectric junctions embedded in each of a pair of thermally conductive and electrically non-conductive layers, these layers being separated by a thermally and electrically non-conductive layer. The j... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553147 | Stereophonic reproduction method and apparatus A method and apparatus for stereophonic reproduction uses conventional left and right stereophonic signals to energize a point source transducer in a complementary manner. The resultant interference sound pattern is interpreted by the brain of a listener ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5549433 | Binding equipment Apparatus for binding a plurality of sheets having aligned holes with a binding wire includes two bending elements which are pivotably connected to one another, one of the bending elements having a recess for partially accommodating the binding wire, the ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5476090 | Hard enclosure and sheath for same The sheath according to the present invention comprises the hard sheath member which can cover the entire hard insertion tube of the hard endoscope and the soft sheath member. So, when the hard insertion tube is inserted into the body cavity of a patient,... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5374291 | Method of processing photosensitive glass A method of processing a photosensitive glass includes exposing. Photosensitive glass by radiation from a laser whose oscillation wavelength lies within the range of wavelengths of exposing light to which the glass responds. Then, the exposed portions 1c ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5369473 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided with a rotatable photosensitive member; an imaging assembly for exposing the surface of the photosensitive member to light so as to form an electrostatic latent image thereon and developing the electrostatic latent i... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5367357 | Instant photocopying apparatus An instant photocopying apparatus has a rod lens array for imaging fine areas of a manuscript on a photosensitive surface of an instant film. The apparatus has a carrier which is movable in a direction parallel to the manuscript. A flourescent lamp illumi... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5278566 | Radar apparatus A radar apparatus radiates search signals successively in different directions, receives echo signals and displays the signals so that surrounding conditions in a wide range of directions are displayed. The radar apparatus comprises a buffer memory for te... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5246762 | Heat-adhesive paper sheet A heat-adhesive paper sheet suitable for use as fusuma paper and shoji paper in a Japanese style house, wallpaper, ceiling paper, liner for paintings and calligraphic works, and liner for plywood, and which is adhered to the object with heat by ironing. T... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5233536 | Method and apparatus for perforating a printed circuit board A method for perforating a printed circuit board on two perforating position identifying patterns using two perforating devices which have respective coordinate systems, wherein the two patterns are imaged by TV cameras. The pattern positions are detected... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5222395 | Thermal type flowmeter A heat-conductive stream pipe has an upstream side and a downstream side temperature-sensing element having resistance wires wound round the pipe at a certain distance there-between to assure that there will be no thermal influence with each other. A cont... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5220818 | Apparatus for bending pipes with hinged clamping jaws Apparatus for bending pipes, particularly plastic or composite pipes, includes a chucking fixture for anchoring the pipes near the bending region, a bending template, the profile of which is made to fit the pipe cross section, and a bending cylinder which... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5214888 | Installation duct An installation duct for utility lines, particularly for two-pipe installations, is formed by a retaining strip at the wall side and a capping attached thereto, and can be provided in the upper region with a feedthrough opening for vertical branch piping.... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5161777 | Control device for a valve The safety of control may be secured by decreasing error in the valve position detection to increase the accuracy of flow control and stopping the control function when the valve is in an abnormal condition, so as to prevent any malfunction. The valve pos... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5145242 | Elastic endless crawler An elastic endless crawler has cords arranged in a crawler body composed of elastic materials such as an endless belt-like rubber material in and along the longitudinal direction of the crawler body. Main cord layers are embedded in the crawler body to re... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5120119 | Spectacles having head retainers The present invention provides a pair of spectacles comprising a pair of lenses held by the respective lens frames, a side extending ackwardly from each of said lens frames and balancing means for eliminating or reducing the load on the nose of a user. Th... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5053248 | Method for fixing on cloth semiconductor material with a contact-potential difference, and cloth bearing such semiconductor material A cloth having a semiconductor material deposited thereon is capable of producing a contact-potential difference when contacted with the skin for removing stiffness and recovering muscles from fatigue. The cloth is produced by pulverizing a contact-potent... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5039852 | Semiconductor image sensor In the semiconductor image sensor according to the invention in which the photoconductivity of that region of the active layer producing carriers upon exposure to light which is on the light-transmitting electrode side is lower than that of the remaining ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5031492 | Basic tool holder for attachment in an accommodating recess, particularly a turret head A basic tool holder for attachment in an accommodating recess of a tool support, particularly a turret head, with a base part, to which can be attached a work-holding device by one or several clamping means, between which the tool is clamped. A component ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5025297 | Semiconductor light beam position sensor element and a position sensor and a picture image input device each using the same A transparent semiconductor light beam position sensor element comprises a semiconductor layer consisting of p-, i- and n-type semiconductor layers successively bonded in junction and an electrically conductive layer disposed on either side of the semicon... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5020310 | Lawn mower A lawn mower comprising a vehicle body including a first connecting frame in a forward portion thereof, and a vertically adjustable grass cutting unit including a second connecting frame for pin connection to the first connecting frame. The first connecti... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4987930 | Auxiliary sub-nozzle for fluid jet loom An auxiliary nozzle for a loom, such as an air jet loom within a shuttleless loom, jets pressurized gas in order to prevent stall of weft inserted into warp shedding. At least a tip portion of an auxiliary nozzle body is formed of ceramics material having... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4981722 | Apparatus for the gas-phase processing of disk-shaped workpieces An apparatus for the gas-phase processing of disk-shaped workpieces serves for maintaining cleanliness of the processing space and the workpiece or for avoiding deposits on parts of the workpiece which are not inteded to be coated. In particular a second ... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4974006 | Camera lens driving device A lens driving device for an auto-focusing camera includes a lens driving member biased to move in one direction, a ratchet wheel having a plurality of teeth and rotatably associated with the lens driving member, a rockable retaining member having two paw... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4969808 | Elastic tubing pump The present invention relates to an elastic tubing pump and more particularly to an elastic tubing pump. The pump has an elastic tube communicating with a liquid supply source, a pressing means for pressing at least two points of a section of the elastic ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4959680 | Camera system A camera system of the type having a lens shutter, a focal-plane shutter, an aperture defined by the lens shutter, and a camera lens, includes a selector circuit which sets an operation mode to either a lens shutter mode in which the lens shutter is opera... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4918423 | Tire inspection device A device for inspecting the pressure, temperature, etc. in a tire includes a pressure sensor attached to a valve mounted on the tire rim and having an output that varies depending upon the tire internal pressure, and a resonator including a resonant coil ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4908972 | Equipment for the mechanized handling of long lines A system for the mechanized handling of long lines uses a hook-collection tube scarfed at the intake and a long line storage winch with an auxiliary turn-around roller. The individual functional elements are mounted on the frame of the long line storage w... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4898526 | Vane pump with axial inlet and peripheral tangential outlet A vane pump comprising an intake port for sucking air into the pump, the intake port being extended axially with respect to a housing having an approximately cylindrical shape, and an outlet port for discharging air, the outlet port being extended from th... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4799629 | Flying object for collecting solar rays A flying object for collecting solar rays comprises a disk-shaped flying body equipped with floating and propelling means installed at the outer circumferential portions thereof. The flying object can detect its direction of flight and keep its position c... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4793790 | Apparatus for supporting tubular films of thermoplastic material Apparatus for the external support of tubular films of thermoplastic material consists of groups of outwardly curved supporting segments disposed successively in the direction of withdrawal of the tubular film. These supporting segments are adjustable sim... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4770484 | Light radiator A light radiator comprises a cylindrical optical conductor rod in which light rays are guided into the optical conductor rod from one end portion or both end portions thereof. The guided light rays into the optical conductor rod are radiated from the opti... | 09/13/1988 |
