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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5549125 | Relating to smoking articles A cigarette having a region having means to reduce the vapour phase constituents of tobacco smoke, such as carbon, surrounding a tobacco smoke flow path is provided with ventilation means to channel the tobacco smoke away from the vapour phase constituent... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5546643 | Method to reduce forming fabric edge curl A method for reducing or eliminating forming fabric edge curl includes slitting or scoring the knuckles formed by cross-machine direction yarns on the long-shute knuckle side of a papermaker's forming fabric. The knuckles are scored or slit to a depth no ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5544198 | Procedure for the identification of transmitter or region in common-wave broadcasting networks The method pertains to wireless transmission in the common-wave operation. For the operation of common-wave networks, it is required that the modulation contents of the transmission frequencies (1 . . . m) transmitted by the individual transmitting statio... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5536340 | Gas generating composition for automobile airbags A nitrogen gas-generating composition for use in airbags is prepared from an alkali metal azide and a heavy metal sulfide. The gas-generation is initiated by ignition of the composition and results in low residues of solid particulate material.... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5527464 | Method and system for the treatment and utilization of waste products A method of handling the waste from a community begins with the collection of raw sewage and the separate collection of other bio-degradable solids. The raw sewage is separated into a liquid component and a sludge component. The sludge component of the se... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5526966 | Condiment shaker A salt and pepper shaker includes a pair of mating body parts joined along a vertical edge. A rotatable top is coupled with the upper part of the body members and includes an opening that is adapted to be sequentially aligned with a filling opening in one... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5521976 | Modular subscriber device The device is a subscriber apparatus with one or more modules interconnected by a bi-directional bus which communicates both digital and analog signals. The module perform different telecommunication functions, such as telephone, telefax, etc. Each module... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5515598 | Method for winding an inner coil of a transformer This method is for winding an inner coil of a transformer, the transformer including a ferrite core with an inner groove for receiving the winding, the ferrite core being provided with a radial inlet groove for feeding in and feeding out of the winding wi... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515082 | Device for selectively displaying text received from a high-speed communication An apparatus for receiving high-speed bursts of input news-type text data and displaying this data on a low-speed LED matrix display is disclosed. The input data is placed into one of two circular input buffers, one buffer is for regular stories and the o... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5509734 | Wedge activated zipper A reclosable bag is formed of walls defining a closure with a mouth. The walls have interlocking profiles on their internal surfaces adjacent to the mouth to enable the bag to be sealed. One of the two profiles has a spreader which fits between and spread... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5508094 | Press fabrics for paper machines A press fabric for use on the press section of a paper machine has a multilayer structure, and is woven according to techniques normally applied in the weaving of forming fabrics. The press fabric is woven from at least one system of warp yarns and two or... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5503195 | Combination-type seaming pintles with wire leader A composite pintle for joining the ends of a pin-seamable papermaker's fabric together with a pin seam includes a monofilament yarn having at least one monofilament strand, and a filler yarn, so-called because it fills the void volume surrounding the mono... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5503196 | Papermakers fabric having a system of machine-direction yarns residing interior of the fabric surfaces A papermaker's fabric having a smooth surface and a prolonged life includes flat machine-direction yarns which define the upper and lower surfaces thereof. The fabric has two layers of cross-machine direction yarns, each of which is interwoven with the fl... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5502897 | Scissors Improved scissors comprise a cutting assembly and a grip assembly, and a kinematic connection between said two assemblies, whereby said blade assembly is actuated for cutting action by applying pressure to said grip assembly.... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501589 | Injection blow molding apparatus A parison injection blow molding apparatus injection molds parisons, transfers them to cooling stations then to orient-stretch blow stations and thereafter ejection stations. While at the injection molding station, cooling stations and during transfer the... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501487 | Driver side all mechanical inflator for airbag systems An inflator for inflating air bags has a housing for holding a self-sufficient initiator, i.e. an initiator containing a crash sensor and a small explosive charge set off by the sensor. The housing also includes a gas generating material set off by the sm... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501593 | Parison molding apparatus A parison injection molding apparatus injection molds parisons, transfers them to cooling stations and then ejection stations. While at the injection molding station, cooling stations and during transfer therebetween up to the time they are ejected, the p... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5498037 | Door lock assembly A door lock assembly includes an elongated latch bolt having an enlarged front end portion and a cylindrical rear end portion which is formed with axially spaced and aligned first and second protrusions that cooperatively define a rear engaging groove the... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5499026 | Conductive touch pad with capacitive blocking filter A touch sensitive pad consists of a number of electrical conductive pads (10) surrounded by a conductive pad (11). Each pad (10) is connected via a respective capacitive blocking filter to a multiplexer (13) and an oscillator (14). When the touch pad is t... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5492267 | Method and apparatus for laminated honeycomb package A package for preserving perishable food products such as produced shipped in large quantities on a pallet wherein the invention includes panels formed of honeycomb material covered by aluminum foil panels to provide a stronger and better insulated packag... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5493721 | Receiver for a digital radio signal The apparatus includes a mobile receiver for digital audio broadcasting. The transmission process is substantially entirely digital and a whole frequency range is used for the terrestrial transmission. The apparatus includes a receiver for a digital radio... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5487227 | Ski boot with a collar having a closure slide A ski boot comprising a lower shell (1) on which a boot leg (5) in the form of a collar fitted with tightening buckles (6, 7) is articulated. At the rear, the boot leg (5) is provided with a slot (9) extending, from the upper edge, over most of its height... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5463605 | Method of processing information of recording disc and apparatus for processing the same A method of processing information of a recording disc among a plurality of recording discs having different standards or recording formats, includes the steps of: selecting and exchanging an objective recording disc to be reproduced among the plurality o... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5458693 | Fabric for papermaking machines and the like The invention relates to a woven machine clothing comprising at least two warp thread systems (3, 5) and one weft thread system (4). Characteristic of the invention is that the two warp thread systems (3, 5) have been interlaced with each other by thread ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5456836 | High-efficiency, self-supporting filter element made from fibers A self-supporting filter element is produced from a precursor fiber web according to one of several methods. The precursor fiber web contains heat-shrinkable fibers or binder fibers or both. The web is exposed to temperatures sufficiently elevated to caus... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5454405 | Triple layer papermaking fabric including top and bottom weft yarns interwoven with a warp yarn system A triple-layer papermaking fabric includes top and a bottom weft yarn layers interwoven with a system of warp yarns. The warp yarn system includes pairs of associated, stacked first and second warp yarns. The first warp yarn in each pair interweaves with ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454483 | Holder for containing flexible container A holder for containing an inner flexible container comprising side walls 15, a bottom wall 16 and a top wall 17 is disclosed. The side walls 15 comprises; a first side wall having a handle 18 projecting in an outer direction, a second side wall having an... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5450301 | Large scale display using leds A large scale display is made of several panels, each holding several display elements defined by LEDs. Preferably, each panel is arranged so that it can directly replace, both mechanically and electrically, a panel having incandescent bulbs as display el... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5442936 | Device for clamping and guiding crocheting needles for a crocheting machine A device for clamping and guiding crocheting needles for a crocheting machine. On the one hand a clamping device for the crocheting needles and on the other hand a knock-over comb are to be created, which permit a very fine spacing. To this end, in the bo... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5440601 | Counting station for counting the notes of value, in particular banknotes, of a banderoled pack of notes The counting station has a transporting section (2b), on which the banderoled packs of notes (P) are moved at certain intervals uniformally past the rotating counting disk (1a, 1a') of a note-counting device (1, 1') fixedly installed on this transporting ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5436988 | Optical slip ring An optical slip ring for acting as an interface between rotary member and a stationary detector includes a source for generating a light beam directed at a sensor on the rotary member and an optical fiber transmitting said beam to the sensor. The sensor g... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5435469 | Pump for compression sprayers A pump assembly for a compression sprayer includes a cylinder and a piston reciprocal therein with means for releasably latching the piston in its fully inserted position. An integral cup and spring are coupled with the inner end of the piston with the sp... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5433905 | Production process and apparatus A process for the production of particulate board from a matrix of flake or particles mixed with a cementitous material includes the steps of continuously feeding the matrix into a press, applying at least one of steam and gas or gases to the matrix to cu... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5427653 | Press and method for modifying a press for use in the press section of a papermaking machine A press is devised for a papermaking machine. The press is of the type having a rotary press roll, a substantially stationary pressure shoe, and a press belt running in an endless path around the pressure shoe between this and the press roll and having a ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5427322 | Dye spring This invention is directed towards improvements in collapsible dye tubes, commonly referred to as dye springs. The dye springs of the present invention are characterized in that they are resiliently compressible and are further able to withstand elongatio... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5425187 | Ski boot with a locking device Ski boot with a variable-volume shell (1), the shaft of which, which is articulated on the lower shell, is constituted by a front part (5) equipped with flaps and by a rear part (11), these two parts coming to be applied edge to edge against one another i... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5423370 | Foundry sand core removal and recycle Metal parts formed by casting in a foundry and which contain the sand cores used to form internal passages are cleared of the sand cores by subjecting them to temperatures sufficient to pyrolyze and/or combust the bonding agents holding the sand cores tog... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5419585 | Retrofit vehicular steering wheel assembly having an air bag assembly A retrofit steering wheel assembly having an air bag assembly comprises an armature including a casting and an insert in the casting for coupling with a steering wheel column, with different inserts being used for different columns peculiar to different m... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5417223 | Method for fabricating intra-uterine contraceptives The invention relates to a method of fabricating intra-uterine contraceptives, the said contraceptives comprising an elongated component (2), a copper wire spiral (3) placed around the elongated component (2) and a crosswise component (1) attached essenti... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5417568 | Gingival contoured abutment An abutment for an implant of a dental prosthesis is contoured to follow the gingival margin.... | 05/23/1995 |
