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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6032870 | Process for fitting a gas-injecting nozzle in a wall and means for carrying out this process The invention concerns a process for fitting a gas-injecting nozzle in the wall of an installation. The process is characterized in that an external supporting surface (11) whose shape matches the so-called internal supporting surface (12) of the passage ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5534999 | Monitoring sub-micron particles Sub-micron particles in fluid such as ultrapure water are detected or monitored by a simple apparatus in which a light beam from a coherent light source (1) is converged (2) in such a manner that the light beam is focussed in a stream (3) of particle-cont... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5529979 | Oxide superconducting material and process for preparing the same Superconducting oxide material containing compound represented by the formula: (Tl.sub.(l-p-q) Bip Pbq)y γz (.sub.(l-r) ଲr)s Cuv Ow in which each of ""... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5517337 | Retractable holographic combiner A retractable holographic combiner, of the type comprising a movable holographic mirror placed before the pilot's eyes and designed for the presenting of light images collimated at infinity, superimposed on the external scene, and coming from a projector ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5490545 | Vortex connector A vortex connector system has a connector body with a projection therein to selectively abut one of a plurality of removable inserts. The removable inserts have holes with different sizes, shapes, patterns, depths, and numbers in order to allow observatio... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5488897 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus uses a cooking grid having an upper surface with a series of parallel rails and parallel valleys. The cooking grid has a continuous upper surface such that juices and other drippings from food which is being cooked upon the upper surfa... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5487341 | Spiker with hole sensing A spiker vehicle and associated method of spiking apply a line of laser light which is reflected from a tie plate and imaged by a CCD camera connected to a computer programmed for image recognition by simultaneously determining the locations of two spike ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5480601 | Method for producing an elongated sintered article Method for producing an elongated sintered article, characterized by the steps including filling powder material in a pipe, carrying out plastic deformation of the pipe filled with the powder material, and heating the pipe filled with the powder material ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5473459 | Optical telecommunications system using phase compensation interferometry Optical telecommunications systems use phase compensation interferometry wherein receiver units have interferometer configurations with path length differences identical to path length differences of arms in interferometer configurations at corresponding ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5467212 | Addressable grating modulation system for optical cable TV system An optical cable television system provides a large channel capacity and uses shared resources, whereby the more expensive hardware is shared over a large number of customers so as to minimize the cost per customer. A video switch network is provided whic... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5464404 | Cardiac ablation catheters and method A catheter uses a steerable outer catheter with an inner catheter rotatable and extendable with respect to the outer catheter. The outer catheter may be positioned within a patient's heart and a portion of the outer catheter may provide movement like that... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5459367 | Collector element for thermionic electric converters A collector element for a thermionic electric converter that reduces electron scatter and improves conversion efficiency is provided. The collector element includes an outer casing and a highly charged member surrounded by insulating layers that minimize ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5447244 | Towel curtain assembly and method A towel curtain assembly attaches to a shower curtain rod, top of a shower door, or towel rack within a shower enclosure to allow easy access to a towel. The assembly has a towel curtain which shields the towel from water even when the shower is in use. A... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5441434 | Magnetic conveyance system A magnetic conveyance system uses magnetic drivers within a tube having pressurized fluid moving therethrough. The magnetic drivers have magnets mounted at an angle other than 90 degrees to the central axis of the tube. Outside of the tube, a cart has a m... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5424282 | Process for manufacturing a composite oxide superconducting wire A process for producing a composite oxide superconducting wire is disclosed, which comprises the steps of compacting material powder for an oxide superconductor in a noble metal pipe; heating the metal pipe filled with the material powder at a temperature... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5410138 | Magnetic tag reading apparatus A reading apparatus simultaneously detects all the magnetic states previously recorded on a length of a magnetic strip on a substrate. The apparatus has detectors for simultaneously detecting all the magnetic states coded on the magnetic strip and for gen... | 04/25/1995 |
