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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6890573 | Method for applying sauce and method for manufacturing rice cracker A baked dough of a soft-baked type is produced, and the surface of the baked dough is coated with the application of a fat and oil component. Then, an emulsified sauce is further applied onto the surface of the baked dough. Consequently, there can be obtained a soft... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6717827 | Switching power supply A switching power supply includes a noise filter; a bridge rectifying circuit; a smoothing capacitor; a primary winding of a transformer and a switching element; and a control circuit for controlling the switching element. Further, the first reactor and the first di... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6714756 | Image reading apparatus and image processing apparatus An image reading apparatus is disposed above an image forming apparatus and forms a storage space to store sheets together with the image forming apparatus. The image reading apparatus includes a platen glass, a reading device to read an original placed on the plate... | 03/30/2004 |
| D487942 | Mask sheet for facial pack | 03/30/2004 |
| 6546128 | Color image forming method, color image forming apparatus, covering sheet and color image In forming a color image, a covering device is placed upon a color area having a plurality of colors regularly arranged. The color area is light reflective and s formed of stripes. The covering device is formed of strips whose phase substantially matches ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 5908572 | Driving method of ceramic heating element for an infrared ray source A ceramic heating element has been conventionally driven by direct-current voltage, but the direct-current voltage causes a problem in the heating element. Therefore, in a method of the present invention, an alternating current is supplied to the heating ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5316233 | Seat belt retractor with springs connected in series and motorized spring force adjustment A seat belt retractor is formed of a frame having a pair of side plates which face each other and having a back plate which interconnects the side plates, a reel shaft rotatably mounted between the side plates and having both ends projecting to exterior a... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5306039 | Passenger's air bag assembly A passenger's air bag assembly includes a container (12), an air bag (18) held in a folded condition in the container (12), an inflator (16) held in the container (12) and adapted to deploy the air bag (18), and a modular cover (14) attached to the contai... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5299827 | Air bag system with a joining structure between a casing and a door A jointing structure between a casing and a door in a passenger's air bag system, comprises a casing having an opening at a front face thereof opened toward a cabin of a vehicle, a door covering the opening and having one of opposed sides connected with t... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5297577 | Culvert of vacuum sewerage An inverted siphon culvert of a vacuum sewerage in which a reduction in vacuum caused by a head at the time of passing under an obstacle such as a river is prevented. An upstream vacuum sewer 2 provided at one side of a river 1 and a downstream vacuum sew... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5297813 | Air bag device having a connecting arrangement to facilitate assembly An air bag device has a retainer, an air bag, a module cover and an inflator. The retainer has a flat plate portion and an erected piece projecting from the plate portion. The cover has a leg faced and fixed to the erected portion. A projection is provide... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5295296 | Method and apparatus for working a clad material The invention is concerned with a method and an apparatus for working a clad material used as a reed frame for a flat package type integrated circuit. When metal foils of a predetermined size is superimposed at a predetermined position on a strip-like mat... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5295707 | Shock absorbing air bag container An air bag device for a passenger, including a container, an air bag contained in the container, a lid covering the container, an inflator, a pair of extensions extending forward from the sides of a front face of the container, and a U-shaped frame extend... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5295699 | Metal laminate gasket with inner projection connecting mechanisms A metal laminate gasket of the invention is basically formed of first and second metal plates, and a sealing device situated around the cylinder bores. The first plate includes first holes corresponding to the cylinder bores, an intermediate area located ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5293013 | Switching cable A switching cable, for connecting a peripheral machine or a computer with another computer, comprises a pair of connectors each having a plurality of pins, a plurality of wires each adapted to connect each pin of one of the connectors with each pin of the... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5292153 | Seat belt retractor A seat belt retractor for an automobile comprises a reel for retracting a seat belt around the same, a frame for holding the reel in a rotatable manner, and a spring for biasing the reel in the direction of retracting the belt. The spring is consisted of ... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5291917 | Housing for a vacuum valve unit A housing for a vacuum valve unit is cylindrical in shape and made of synthetic resin. A vacuum valve assembly is mounted within the housing. The housing is composed of a pair of identical left and right housing halves shaped such that the housing is axia... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5292371 | Microwave plasma CVD apparatus comprising dual plungers for two-dimension plasma position adjustment A microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus allows the position of a plasma to be two-dimensionally adjusted in a reaction tube. A second plunger 9 (plunger assembly 8) is disposed on an H plane of a microwave waveguide 2a connected to a microw... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5285188 | Vehicle collision detecting system A vehicle collision detecting system includes an impact sensor, a distance sensor for detecting a distance to an obstacle, a differential circuit for differentiating the distance to provide a relative speed, and a microcomputer for computing a distance af... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5284355 | Treadle-type vehicle having a foldable front wheel shaft A human-powered vehicle includes a folding front axle with front wheels, at least one rear wheel, and rear castors. The vehicle may stand upright on the castors and the rear wheel in order to reduce the parking area. The vehicle driver reciprocates a manu... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5284359 | Air bag device An air bag device, in which an air bag molded by one-color molding is attached to a retainer to which a module cover for covering the air bag is fixed, is characterized in that the module cover is provided with an engagement portion for the retainer.... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5282387 | Shock sensor A shock sensor comprises: a piezoelectric element for generating, when pushed, a voltage having a level according to the pushing force; an inertia member held in close contact with the piezoelectric element; and holding means for holding the piezoelectric... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5282673 | Compound resin wheel A compound resin wheel with two or more moldings integrated to form the resin wheel, wherein at least one of the two or more moldings made of a long fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin, the other molding or moldings made of metal and/or FRP.... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5281498 | Sheet-like separator and valve regulated lead acid battery A sheet-like separator has an electrolyte dripping speed of 100 mm/hr or less, wherein the values of repellent force on the pouring repellent force curve of pouring of dilute sulfuric acid shown in FIG. 1 are the following: _____________________... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5280959 | Shoulder adjuster A shoulder adjuster which comprises: a guide rail shaped into a long plate and formed with a longitudinally extending slot at its central portion; a slider arranged along the vehicular compartment side of the guide rail and made slidable in a longitudinal... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5280929 | Steel laminate gasket with reduced hole A steel laminate gasket of the present invention is installed between two engine parts having at least one fluid hole. The gasket comprises a first plate having at least one first hole, a second plate situated above the first plate and having at least one... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5280872 | Vacuum valve for a sewage collection system A vacuum valve comprises inlet and outlet pipes connected together to form a pipe line through which sewage flows, a valve element inclined to the pipe line and providing a selective communication between the inlet and outlet pipes, and a flexible or mova... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5279868 | Method of preparing ultrafine particle dispersion material In the manufacture of ultrafine particles of semiconductor compound, pulse laser with high output is irradiated on an evaporation source having the same or similar composition as the above semiconductor compound to evaporate the source in a moment and the... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5279227 | Gas generator A mechanical ignition type gas generator ignited by a striker comprises a gunpowder holder incorporating a gunpowder, a striker caused to dash against the gunpowder in the gunpowder holder, a striker holding member having a striker guide aperture in which... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5279218 | Mimeographic printing machine A mimeographic printing machine comprising: mimeographic printing means for printing an image of an original document on successive sheets one at a time and for discharging the printed sheets; a sorter having a plurality of bins for receiving the printed ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5279217 | Mimeographic printing machine A mimeographic printing machine equipped with a sorter for moving a plurality of bins to sort printed sheets, comprises: speed set-up means for setting up a desired print speed; sorter mode set-up means for setting up the sorter for the sort mode; and con... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5279851 | Method of manufacturing a conductive glass with high strength and wear resistance A conductive glass with a coat constituted mainly of a potassium-contained stannic oxide applied on a glass substrate, wherein a film thickness of the coat constituted mainly of the stannic oxide comes within the range of 1 to 100 nm, a potassium concentr... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5277479 | One piece type resin wheel A resin wheel of a one piece wheel type comprising a rim and a disk molded integrally, in which a portion between an axle hole of the disk and the rim is in a form of a blind plate with no holes, and the wheel is formed by injection molding or injection c... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5277433 | Metal laminate gasket with surface pressure adjusting ring The metal laminate gasket of the invention is used for an internal combustion engine having a hole to be sealed. The gasket is formed of a plurality of metal plates for constituting the metal laminate gasket, and a device for defining the hole of the engi... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5276339 | Semiconductor with a conductivity modulating-type MISFET In a semiconductor equipped with a conductivity modulating MISFET (IGBT) with a high withstand voltage in blocking forward and reverse directions, a withstand power is maintained in lieu of a drain wall disposed to improve the withstand power, and a curre... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274890 | Seat belt tongue retaining device A seat belt tongue retaining device which comprises a buckle unit having an insertion passage into which a tongue is inserted, and a latch pawl capable of getting into and out of the insertion passage. A tongue has a latch hole for allowing the latch pawl... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275549 | Molding apparatus with degassing mechanism The molding apparatus of the invention includes a molding cavity, a flow regulating portion and a degassing portion. The flow regulating portion is situated in a die to communicate between the molding cavity and the degassing portion and regulates molten ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5273579 | Quick setting compositions The present invention concerns a quick setting composition capable of obtaining satisfactory strength developability irrespective of the fluctuation of the ingredients in a metallurgical slag, excellent in the strength developability at cold temperature, ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5272808 | Method of manufacturing a cylinder head gasket A cylinder head gasket prepared by a method of the invention is installed between a cylinder head and a cylinder block. In the method, a plate is prepared at first to have at least one hole smaller than a hole of the engine to be sealed. The first plate i... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5273294 | Game memory Game equipment having a read-only memory storing a game program, as well as a microprocessor, random-access memories (RAMs), an operation keyboard and a picture display screen, wherein the microprocessor controls registers such as those constituting a scr... | 12/28/1993 |
