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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4870803 | Method and apparatus for packing envelopes in cartons The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for packing envelopes o cartons, cardboard boxes, and the like. The apparatus has a machine frame, a laying-down apparatus for individually arriving envelopes, a stacking stage, a filling station for fil... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4869800 | Cell arrangement for a filter press type stack of cells An electrical contact to a porous metal layer forming an anode of a diaphragm cell in a stack of such cells, is established by sintering a plurality of metal platelets into the porous metal layer. Preferably, the sintering-in of the platelets takes place ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4867122 | Throttle opening control actuator A throttle opening control actuator is provided between a throttle (2) which is regularly urged by a return spring (5) in a direction for decreasing its opening in order to regulate engine output of a vehicle and an acceleration pedal (1) which is coupled... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4868065 | Alloy tool of hard metal An alloy tool of hard metal has a working part and a non-working part. The working part is made of a hard metal containing carbide of at least a metal selected from a group of elements belonging to the groups IVa, Va and VIa of the periodic table as a bas... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4867557 | Reflection type oximeter for applying light pulses to a body tissue to measure oxygen saturation A reflection type oximeter comprises light emitting diodes (11 to 16) as first to sixth light sources which emit first and second beams of a wavelength involving a change in absorption due to a change an oxygen saturation of hemoglobin in blood of a tissu... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4866642 | Method and apparatus for determining the diameter of rail vehicle wheels The diameter of railroad wheels is calculated from data obtained by simultaneously producing two marker points on the tread surface of the wheel and simultaneously sensing these marker points and from data representing the known fixed location of the mark... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4866229 | Apparatus for transmitting optical information through a viewer's headset Optical informations or data are transmitted by an essentially stationary transmitter and received by a mobile receiver attached to an operator's helmet or headset. A receiving lens and an optical wave guide lead to the operator's eye for the receiver. Th... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4863040 | Apparatus for separating a contaminated portion of bulk material from a flow of bulk material Contaminated portions of bulk material are removed from a flow of bulk material with the aid of a flow or drop pipe in a casing that is movable back and forth between a discharge position and a normal flow position. The flow or drop pipe is equipped with ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4862587 | Harness producing apparatus and method A wire harness is produced by attaching terminals to one of the respective ends of a plurality of wires and gathering the other ends and attaching a single terminal thereto. The plurality of insulated wires are intermittently fed by respective predetermin... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4861638 | Molded article made of a composite material including metals and nonmetallic substances A composite material of metals and nonmetallic substances exhibits the following structure: (a) a first material of high mechanical strength and (b) a second material of high oxidation-resistance, both at elevated temperatures are arranged so that the latter comple... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4861204 | Turn broaching tool A broaching tool is provided with at least nine cutting tool edges arranged at its circumference. The cutting tool edges cover only a certain sector along the circumference of a tool disk while leaving another sector between a first and last cutting tool ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4861405 | Method and apparatus for applying baby powder to disposable diapers A laminated continuous sheet which, when cut, forms individual disposable diapers is moved at high speed in the direction of the length thereof, whereby in an air zone of predetermined thickness disposed on at least a predetermined surface of the laminate... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4861996 | Observation and guide beam apparatus for day and night use An observation and guide beam apparatus, referred to as a spotter scope, has in addition to a laser guide beam generator an optical daytime channel for daytime spotting or viewing and a day- and nighttime channel for both night and day observations. These... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4859531 | Method for bonding a cubic boron nitride sintered compact A method for bonding a cubic boron nitride sintered compact to other cubic boron nitride sintered compact or to a body of shank material is disclosed. The method comprises forming a Ti layer of 0.01-1 μm in thickness over a bonding interface between two ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4859811 | Electrical conductor A conductor has a core wire and a surface coated with the same kind of material as the core wire material. A copper wire (1) which forms the core wire has its surface cleaned by a preparatory processing mechanism (3) and then it is fed to a continuous spu... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4859506 | Dispersion for protective coatings and method for applying such coatings Synthetic material substrates are protected against erosion and corrosion by a lacquer type coating which is baked or bonded onto the substrate at relatively low temperatures below 200° C. to protect the synthetic material substrate against damage. The c... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4854153 | Automatic calibration apparatus for a partial gas pressure measuring sensor An automatic calibration apparatus for a partial gas pressure measuring sensor supplies a gas having a high partial pressure (referred to as the high gas) and a gas having a low partial pressure (referred to as the low gas), to a gas selection device (103... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4852332 | Process for treating filamentary or thread textile material Filamentary or thread textile material is wound onto lap creels (2), which are capable of being pushed, in a telescoping manner, one into the other to form stacks (3). Each stack (3) is covered with a film tube or hose (6) which is shrunk onto the stack f... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4851858 | Reflector antenna for operation in more than one frequency band A reflector antenna is constructed for operation in at least two frequency ranges. For this purpose the concave surface of the antenna reflector body, which preferably has a paraboloid configuration, is provided with surface zones arranged in regular arra... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4851658 | Color sensor having improved uniformity of sensitivity A color sensor produced in accordance with the present invention comprises a colorless and transparent substrate; at least one color filter disposed on a main surface of the substrate; a colorless and transparent front electrode layer of transparent condu... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4848787 | Baby carriage A baby carriage has front legs, rear legs disposed to cross the front legs, push rods pivotally connected at the lower ends thereof to the upper ends of the front legs, cross rods crossing each other in the form of the letter X and pivotally connected at ... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4849251 | Method of manufacturing an electric resistance element A method for manufacturing an electric resistance element first prepares carbon particles by thermally treating these particles, such as carbon black at a temperature of at least 300° C. Then a separate mixture of the carbon particles in an epoxy resin i... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4848903 | Method and apparatus for measuring the optical axis of a guide beam projector The optical axis of a guide beam projector operating in accordance with the reticle field modulation method, is measured by projecting the guide beam through a retroreflector into the optical axis of a sighting instrument. When the two axes are coincident... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4847485 | Arrangement for determining the number of persons and a direction within a space to be monitored or a pass-through In an installation for determining the number of persons inside a monitored room or so-called pass-through, a sensor field is generated by IR-sensors. An evaluation unit uses as discriminating criterion the detection of moving bodies and generates for an ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4845805 | Caster A caster has a fixed bracket (15), a rotary yoke (16) rotatably supported on the fixed bracket (15), and a wheel (2) rotatably supported on the rotary yoke (16) by a horizontal axle (16). The axle (16) is mounted for movement in a predetermined range in a... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4847557 | Hermetically sealed magnetic sensor A hermetically sealed magnetic sensor for detecting variations in a magnetic field has a sensor element with an output terminal for detecting variations in the magnetic field and generating a signal. An output wire is connected with one end to the termina... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4846494 | Baby carriage A baby carriage comprises a pair of push rods, a push rod connecting member for connecting upper end portions of the pair of push rods with each other, a pair of push rod locking members for fixing positions of the push rods, a pair of opened state lockin... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4845033 | Process for a continuous fermentative production of low aliphatic alcohols or organic solvents Low aliphatic alcohols or organic solvents, especially ethanol are continuously produced by fermentation from sugar containing nutrient substrates. The process includes two fermentation steps or stages in which the substrate is subjected to the effects of... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4843849 | Door lock mechanism for a motor vehicle A motor vehicle door lock is equipped for cooperation with a central locking system able to lock all doors of a vehicle from a single control. The lock also has a pull closed mechanism which is driven by the same motor driving the locking elements in resp... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4843672 | Boot oversole and carrier A boot oversole and carrier attachment for boots, such as ski boots, provides several advantages. The boot oversole is characterized by a wedged thickness which compensates for the unnatural leg angle imposed by ski boots. A pair of oversoles may be easil... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4843451 | Photovoltaic device with O and N doping A photovoltaic device has at least one set of amorphous semiconductor layers forming a p-i-n junction structure, wherein at least one of the semiconductor layers having a given thickness, is doped with nitrogen and oxygen to a depth forming at least part ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4842571 | Flexible link belt A flexible link belt has a flexible belt woven of weft and warp threads or filaments leaving interstices between the filaments. Links, such as snap buttons or gear teeth of synthetic material, have one portion on each side of the flexible belt. The link p... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4840536 | Axial guide blade assembly for a compressor stator In an axial guide blade assembly for a compressor stator, the root end of each guide blade is attached in a ring gap of a preferably axially split, i.e. split along a normal plane, compressor housing made of a fiber reinforced synthetic material. The root... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4838942 | Dispersion for protective coatings and method for applying such coatings Synthetic material substrates are protected against erosion and corrosion by a lacquer type coating which is baked or bonded onto the substrate at relatively low temperatures below 200° C. to protect the synthetic material substrate against damage. The c... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4836024 | Impact sensor for motor vehicles or the like An impact sensor for detecting a collision of a motor vehicle or the like has at least two acceleration detectors, and a signal evaluating circuit for each detector for evaluating the output signals of the respective acceleration detectors. The evaluated ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4837485 | Method and system for starting a power loom A power loom is started by first accelerating a flywheel mass to an r.p.m. higher than a rated operational r.p.m. of a loom drive shaft while the flywheel mass is disconnected from the loom drive shaft but connected to the loom drive motor which is operat... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836473 | Apparatus for influencing a boundary layer on the surface of a body moving through a medium The pressure drag on the skin of an aircraft is reduced by rigidly securing boundary layer influencing members to the skin of the aircraft, including the wings, the elevantor and fin/rudder assemblies, and the body near the tail end. These members may be ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836031 | Method and apparatus for measuring deformations of test samples in testing machines In a method and apparatus for measuring deformations of test samples in testing machines, a test sample (4) is clamped into force transmitting units (10, 11). A light source (1) emits a light beam (2) which is reflected from at least one mirror (6, 6') ar... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836762 | Apparatus for molding concrete blocks or bricks Concrete elements, such as blocks or bricks, are molded or cast by forming in a primary mold cavity a secondary mold made of a portion of a thermoplastic film which has been contacted with a flat heater surface to assure a uniformly heated film portion wh... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4834147 | Weft thread cutting mechanism for shuttleless looms A scissors mechanism for cutting the weft thread in a shuttleless loom performs an excess stroke to bring the scissors mechanism, which is combined with a clamping mechanism, as close to the weft thread insertion gripper as possible in order to reduce wef... | 05/30/1989 |
