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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6566485 | Water-soluble fiber and a method for manufacture thereof This invention relates to a water-soluble fiber and a method of manufacturing the fiber. The water-soluble fiber of the invention is composed of a high molecular compound with a weight average molecular weight of not less than 10,000, which high molecular... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6521627 | 5-Iodo-4-phenethylaminopyrimidine derivative, intermediate thereof, processes for producing the same and agricultural and horticultural pesticides The present invention is to provide a novel 5-iodo-4-phenethylaminopyrimidine derivative represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R1 represents a halogen atom, a C2-4 acyloxy group or a hydroxyl group; R2 | 02/18/2003 |
| 6472618 | Electronic weighing scale using general purpose block member A weighing scale includes an integral block member having a load receiving portion for receiving a load of a scaled object; a fixing portion for fixing the integral block; and a Roberval portion having recessed portions between the load receiving portion ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6279443 | Die cut roll A die cut roll includes a rotary driving roll having projecting pressure cutting blades on a surface thereof formed in accordance with the shape of a product to be cut to thereby form a die cutter and an anvil roll adapted to receive an edge of each of th... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6159265 | Powered metal injection compacting composition The object is to provide a powdered metal injection compacting composition adapted to give compacts free from deformation, cracking or blistering without being compromised in compactability or debinder characteristic and without the aid of a special jig. ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6070979 | Plastic lenses for spectacles with high refractive indices A base lens of a polyurethane resin comprising a polyisocyanate compound and a polythiol, a sulfur-containing polyol or the like is coated with a primer layer having a thickness sufficient for shock absorption, an organosiloxane-type, hard coat layer havi... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6050111 | Guide drive device in warp knitting machine A guide drive device permits compact reception of a greater number of guide bars and nests within an existing installation space at a side portion of a knitting machine, by disposition of a drive source for guide attaching members in a space above a fan-s... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5961489 | Spray adaptors for spraying collunarium and sprayers employing the spray adaptors A spray adaptor includes a main adaptor element having a pair of spray nozzles and a connector attached to the main adaptor element. A sprayer for spraying collunarium is prepared by fitting the connector of the spray adaptor to an outlet of a syringe. Th... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5931413 | Aircraft An aircraft of the present invention has an envelope used in such an air balloon and/or airship. The aircraft can be in flated continuously to the envelope with supplying an air into the envelope without extending the envelope on the ground, and the envel... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5933560 | Branched type light transmission system A branched type light transmission system including a plurality of light transmission tubes each comprising a flexible cylindrical cladding and a transparent core filled in the cladding and which has a higher index of refraction than the cladding. The cor... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5929127 | Fine-celled polyolefin foam materials Fine-celled polyolefin foams of high dimensional stability at elevated temperatures and high stiffness, with foam densities ranging from 10 to 600 kg/m3, consisting of mixtures of polypropylenes and polyolefins, which were reacted with bifuncti... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5929417 | Image reading apparatus with data density and gamma correction means An image reading apparatus in which reference density data corresponding to a reference document having a predetermined reference density is stored in advance, while a plurality of gamma correction curves are also stored in advance. Light intensity data i... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5918413 | Coated seed and process for producing the same The present invention is characterized by coating a seed with from 0.1 to 25% by weight of a powder (A) composed of one or both of montmorillonite and bentonite and having an average particle diameter of 30 μm or less and from 99.9 to 75% by weight of a ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5917611 | Facsimile machine with combined transmission data and transmitted image data divided for printing according to print sheet size except final page A facsimile machine with a plurality of cassettes which is capable of printing a transmission report including first data and second data on a printing sheet accommodated in the cassette where the first data being a result of the transmission and the seco... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5908347 | Polishing system for polishing wafer In the polishing system of the present invention, a adhering unit adheres a wafer on a carrying plate using liquid. A polishing unit polishes the wafer using a polishing plate. A feeding unit conveys the carrying plate from the adhering unit to the polish... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5908268 | Method of making a hole for a foundation pile A method of constructing foundation piles provides improved hole stability and bearing characteristics. A boring a hole is initially formed by drilling. A horizontal pressure is then applied to the inner walls of the hole over a vertical portion of predet... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5908642 | Extrusion head for plastics extruder The extrusion head for plastics extruders includes a die head, which is disposed axially in the extrusion direction downstream from a jaw plate. The die head is divided in an at least approximately radial direction into a main part and an orifice part and... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5901950 | Document feeding devices for image reading apparatus A helical gear connected to a lower discharge roller is made movable in its axial direction toward a bracket when a stepping motor is activated. A friction pad formed from felt or sponge rubber, for example, is attached to a side surface of the helical ge... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5900691 | Piezoelectrically actuated driving and adjusting element A piezoelectrically actuated driving and adjusting apparatus transmits both pure translation movements and rotation movements. The object of the present invention is to provide a piezoelectrically actuated driving and adjusting apparatus having a simple, ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5900217 | Apparatus for purifying waste gases An apparatus for purifying waste gases, particularly waste gases from CVD (chemical vapor deposition), plasma etching or similar processes, with at least one combustion space, which is in a vertical arrangement within an outer pipe and is limited at the t... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5896645 | Method of assembling a magnetomeasuring apparatus A magnetomeasuring apparatus includes a cooling vessel holding a plurality of magnetic field sensors and a coolant. The magnetomeasuring apparatus comprises a sensor support with the plurality of magnetic field sensors removably mounted thereon, and fixin... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5897092 | Liquid enclosing type vibration isolating mount A liquid filled vibration isolating mount has upper and lower metal fittings for fixing the vibration isolating mount to a supporting body and a supported body. A rubber vibration isolating body has a tubular shape defining a central cavity and has upper ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5894929 | Vacuum packaging bag and vacuum packaging method Disclosed is a sterilizing and vacuum packaging bag having at least one non-fused degassing portion, wherein an insufficiently fused area is present inside the degassing portion. The insufficiently fused area is lower in fusion strength than the vertical ... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5895552 | Bonding apparatus for cutting label continuum having labels formed successively and bonding label to object The bonding apparatus includes a belt for feeding a label continuum (10) in which labels have been continuously formed. The label continuum fed by the belt is cut to a predetermined length to obtain a label strip by a cutter. A pressure-sensitive adhesive... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5894703 | Fiber glass-reinforced plastic mast A fiber glass-reinforced plastic mast in the form of several fiber glass-reinforced pipes, which are at a distance from one another and braced relative to one another, the pipes preferably three pipes fixing an equilateral prism, are connected to one anot... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5886717 | Printing head for an ink jet printer with titanium plate comb A printing head for an ink jet printer is provided with a plurality of ink jet sets. Each of the ink jets. Each of the ink jets includes an ink nozzle through which ink is ejected; a pressure chamber communicated with the ink nozzle and having a diaphragm... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5884574 | Air bag for vehicle An air bag for a vehicle has a peripheral part of an occupant-associated panel and a peripheral part of an inflator-associated panel stitched together. At portions of the peripheral part of each panel where constituent threads of a fabric of that panel an... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5878079 | Data reception control device A data reception control device for receiving a group of commands transmitted by a start-stop transmission method including a first type of commands of which data transmission rates are detectable and a second type of commands of which data transmission r... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5873949 | Device for pressurized water discharge pipe A pressurized water drain apparatus, for cooling rolling stock, has a pressurized cooling pipe heat exchanger for applying water through nozzle heads onto the rolling stock in a parallel flow and a storage chamber at an outlet of the cooling pipe heat exc... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873267 | Patterning unit of warp knitting machine and control method thereof The present invention provides a patterning unit of a warp knitting machine having a holding member with a stator of a linear pulse motor disposed thereon and a plurality of moving elements provided at arbitrary intervals on the holding member with parts ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5874568 | Coupling unit of (6-4) photoproduct, process for preparing the same, process for preparing oligonucleotide containing (6-4) photoproduct by using the same and process for preparing DNA containing (6-4) photoproduct by using the same A coupling unit of a (6-4) photoproduct represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 represents a protective group, R2 represents a methyl group or a 2-cyanoethyl group, and R3 represents ##STR2## wherein ... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5873598 | Air bag device In an air bag device, a diffuser 5 is provided with a partition wall 51 partitioning a space on a case opening side of the diffuser 5 into a passenger side and a side further from the passenger; a gas guiding passage 7 for guiding gas produced by an infla... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5874581 | 2-silyloxy-tetrahydrothienopyridine, salt thereof and process for preparing the same A 2-silyloxy-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothieno3,2-c!pyridine represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1, R2 and R3 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group, and a salt... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5875277 | Optical attenuator and a method of making the same, an optical fiber cable incorporating the optical attenuator and a method of making the same One or more parts of an optical fiber is(are) exposed to a high temperature of gas flame for about 30 minutes so as to form one or more radially expanded core part(s) where a diameter of a core of the optical fiber is increased greater than its original s... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5872418 | Piezoelectric motor A piezoelectric motor achieves maximum mechanical performance, high safety of operation and low costs with a negligible exciting voltage. The piezoelectric engine has a stator whose oscillator designed as a closed waveguide is provided with at least one g... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5872482 | Amplifier circuit having a pair of differential transistors with differing threshold values for perform offset compensation An amplifier circuit for analog-signal processing has an operational amplifier having an output, an inverting input, and supply inputs for accepting a single supply potential and a reference potential. The operational amplifier has a noninverting input ca... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5868978 | Injection molding method for thin components The separation of a lower mold from an upper mold in an injection molding machine is either temporarily paused or carried out at a lower speed so as to maintain deformation of a thin component within a permissible range, while a jet of air is applied to h... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5868062 | Coffee making apparatus for making coffee using heated and unheated water Coffee liquid extracting apparatus comprises an extractor vessel, a combined-use decanter that retains water for extraction, receives extracted coffee liquid and is usable for pouring coffee liquid into cups. A circulation path and a circulation pump tran... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5867901 | Method for producing a bevel gear shaft A method for producing a bevel gear shaft, adaptable to produce a shaft having a desired recess shape, such as an involute spline, in the longitudinal direction. A blank, having a bevel gear portion complementary to an upper die and a shaft portion small ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5868620 | Multidirectional switch and a driving game machine using the same A multidirectional switch is provided with a lever, a lever support assembly for supporting the lever in such a way that it can be slanted in directions of first and second axes intersecting each other, an automatic lever reset mechanism for causing the l... | 02/09/1999 |
