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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5362393 | Pressure filter for liquids A pressure filter includes a pressure vessel having a pressure chamber and a circumferential edge; a turntable rotatably mounted within the pressure vessel about a horizontal axis; a plurality of filters non-rotatably mounted to the turntable and spaced a... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5361797 | Sludge pipeline lubrication system A system for lubricating a plug flow of high viscosity material in a pipeline is disclosed. The system includes first and second pipes through which the plug flow of high viscosity material is pumped. The first pipe has a flange which is positioned adjace... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5361715 | Marine dock fender contact surface attaching boss A fender for absorbing the impact between converging bodies includes a supporting surface, a plurality of bosses and an energy absorbing member. The plurality of bosses protrude from the supporting surface at spaced locations. Each boss has an outer perim... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5360317 | Centrifugal blood pump A centrifugal pump for pumping biological fluids such as blood includes a housing which defines a pumping chamber. The pumping chamber encloses an impeller mounted on a spindle. The impeller carries coupling mechanisms which couple with an external source... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5360118 | Pea separating process using diatomaceous earth The present invention includes a process for separating food particles of different specific gravities. The process includes providing a feedstock of the food particles, providing a feedstock of diatomaceous earth and water having a specific gravity effec... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5359516 | Load monitoring system for booms A system for monitoring the operation of a boom is disclosed. The boom has at least one boom section, with each boom section being supported by an actuator assembly such that a load supported by a particular actuator assembly is representative of operatio... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5357973 | Measuring system for vital muscle activity A measurement device which can easily measure and analyze the activity of the muscles of the living organism, for instance, measure the strength of occlusion of the masticatory muscles and duration thereof. The vital muscle activity measurement device com... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5357553 | Radiographic grid A radiographic grid includes a grid housing having first and second side walls, a first cover sheet disposed on the grid housing, and a plurality of x-ray radiation absorbing lamellae disposed between the first and second side walls of the grid housing. E... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5357386 | Disc drive with head/disc assembly having sealed connectors A disc drive includes a sealed head/disc assembly that has airtight electrical connections. The head/disc assembly has a first flexible circuit having one end that has electrical contacts which provide power to a spindle motor and another end which is ter... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5357316 | Electrophotographic copying device An electrophotographic copier for forming an image on the exposing device of the copier which includes a camera lens adapted to form an image of outside objects like a camera.... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5356861 | Homogenous herbicidal adjuvant blend comprising glyphosate, ammonium sulfate, and alkyl polysaccharide The present invention includes a homogenous blend for use with a herbicide comprising water, ammonium sulfate and alkyl polysaccharide, with a concentration of about 8.5 pounds of ammonium sulfate or about 2.5 gallons of the blend. The present invention a... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5354100 | Weldable pipe fittings and pipe joints formed therewith A weldable pipe fitting includes a sleeve member of thermoplastic material, the sleeve member having a stress resistant portion of greater wall thickness, a terminal portion of greater wall thickness, and a fusion accommodating portion of lesser wall thic... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5354014 | System for de-icing airplanes A system for de-icing aircraft in a de-icing area includes a first recessed storage area located substantially below ground level on a first side of the de-icing area. A first spraying boom, having at least one boom section, is used to apply de-icing solu... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5353684 | Hydraulic control device for working cylinders with unequal piston speeds In a hydraulic slide valve control for working cylinders with unequal piston speeds, in which the volume stream of the hydraulic working medium that loads the piston is adjusted to the prevailing piston speed and the direction of motion of the piston is s... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5353574 | System and device for preparing checks for delivery A method and device for preparing one or more pads of checks to be delivered to an individual is disclosed. The method includes stitching a mailing label on top of an uppermost pad of one or more pads of checks. The one or more pads of checks are placed i... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5351100 | Glass multifocal ophthalmic lens with polarizing element and method of making The present invention includes a glass multifocal light polarizing ophthalmic lens having a glass multifocal lens portion with a multifocal element fused to a convex outer surface of the multifocal lens portion, a single vision lens portion opposing the m... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5349946 | Microprocessor controlled flow regulated molecular humidifier A humidification system humidifies breathable gas that is supplied to a patient with a ventilator or an anesthesia circuit having inhalation tubing connecting from the ventilator to the patient and exhalation tubing extending from the patient. The humidif... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5348447 | Improved fan housing with easy access A fan housing for allowing air to circulate through a fan having rotating fan blades while serving as a safety guard. The housing includes a circumferential wall located about the fan blades. The wall is shielded to a degree sufficient to inhibit the inse... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5349253 | Logic translator interfacing between five-volt TTL/CMOS and three-volt CML A logic translating buffer for low voltage operation for receiving a TTL compatible signal and providing a current mode logic signal. The logic translating buffer includes an emitter coupled differential pair of NPN transistors with the common emitters ea... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5348841 | Organic dye-in-polymer (DIP) medium for write-once-read-many (WORM) optical discs A dye containing solution composition for use in forming optical recording media comprises about 0.1 to about 5 parts cyanine dye; about 0.1 to about 5 parts polyvinyl acetate resin and about 100 to about 90 parts co-solvents. The dye containing solution ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5345857 | Thermoplastic bellows and method of forming the same A bellows for use in fluid control devices includes a head, a shoulder, a blind hole extending from an opening in the shoulder to the head, and a hollow compressible neck between the head and the shoulder, through which the blind hole extends. The neck in... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5346368 | Sludge flow measuring system A system for the transport of high solids sludge includes a positive displacement pump for pumping sludge through a pipeline. The volume of sludge transported is accurately measured by determining the fill percentage during pumping cycle.... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5347413 | De-swaging technique for head gimbal assembly In a magnetic head carrying device a method and apparatus for removing a magnetic head carrying arm from a support arm wherein ball stake mounting is used to affix the magnetic head carrying arm to the support arm. Tool receiving holes are provided in the... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5345375 | System and method for reducing harmonic currents by current injection A circuit is provided for generating a current that is a harmonic of the frequency of the utility system and which is of a selected amplitude and phase to reduce the total harmonic distortion of a system that converts alternating current to direct current... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5344442 | Cardiac valve A cardiac valve comprises a plurality of flexible trapezoidal membranes, each having an edge joined to an edge of another of the membranes to form an unsupported frusto-conical body. The body has an oval end portion and a plurality of flexible flap portio... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5345346 | Positive feedback low input capacitance differential amplifier A read preamplifier for use in reading data in a magnetic storage system uses positive feedback to reduce the preamplifier's input capacitance. The read preamplifier includes first and second voltage supply terminals. An input is coupled to the second vol... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5342512 | Floating aquatic plant treatment system with porous system A floating aquatic plant water treatment system (31) utilizes a serpentine channel (36) defined by dividing walls (34). Floating plants (72) are distributed across the water surface by a floating grid structure (32). The grid structure (32) is preassemble... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5343343 | Air bearing slider with relieved rail ends A self-loading slider supports a transducer proximate a rotating disc. The slider includes a slider body having a leading edge, a trailing edge and first and second side edges. First and second side rails are positioned along the first and second side edg... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5341844 | Crash proof solenoid controlled valve with manual override valve A solenoid controlled valve is mounted in a threaded opening of a pressure vessel which contains compressed natural gas. The valve includes a valve body having a head, which is exposed outside of the pressure vessel, and a neck, which is located within th... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5341914 | Device for feeding corn A device for placing elongated objects transversely onto a conveyor is disclosed. A preferred device is adapted for moving ears of corn. The preferred device includes a vibratory trough feeder which arranges and moves the ears substantially end to end and... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5342093 | Wrap around label An elongate strip label for being wrapped around a container includes a contact portion, an overlap portion, a transparent release coating and an adhesive coating. The transparent release coating covers a front surface of the contact portion. The adhesive... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5340098 | Single sheet supplier A single sheet supplier from a plurality of sheets inserted to reach a pair of inclined corner tabs past a resiliently restrained and under a roller. The roller is selectively rotated to force a paper sheet in contact therewith past the pair of inclined c... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5338452 | High rate anaerobic reactor for primary treatment of high strength wastewater An anaerobic reaction system for treatment of a continuous flow of wastewater comprises a wastewater inlet, a first anaerobic reactor connected to the inlet, a second anaerobic reactor connected to the inlet and parallel to the first reactor, and a split ... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5339016 | Crossover and spectral preemphasis networks for adaptive inverse control A feedback control system provides an adjusted command signal to a plant in response to a command signal having a plurality of command signal components. The plant controls a subsystem and provides a feedback signal representative of the subsystem's achie... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5336055 | Closed loop sludge flow control system A system and method for controlling operation of a sludge material handling system is disclosed. The sludge material handling system includes a positive displacement piston/cylinder pump, a sludge material feed system which delivers sludge material to the... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5335821 | Liquid chemical container and dispensing system A container for storage, transport, and dispensing of liquid chemicals includes a fluid container having a port, a dip tube having a fluid passage from an upper end to a lower end of the dip tube, a dip tube coupling at the upper end of the dip tube for i... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5335499 | Multiple hydraulic actuators with series/parallel operation The present invention includes a method for improving operating efficiency of a hydraulic actuator loop and an improved hydraulic actuator loop. The method includes transferring hydraulic fluid between a first and a second hydraulic actuator when the actu... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5335420 | Wheel alignment system An automatic wheel alignment system for aligning the wheels of an automotive vehicle includes head units adapted for coupling to the wheels of the automotive vehicle and a hand held module. The wheel units provide angle information related to the alignmen... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5336224 | Bone fixation plate An implantable bone plate comprises a solid, elongated, generally circular rod member having a plurality of axially-aligned flat members spaced apart along the length thereof. Each flat member has a width greater than the thickness of the rod member and a... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5335118 | Disc drive with write precompensation using window/pulse timing measurements A peak shift detection circuit receives digitized read data and provides a temporal measurement output representative of peak shift of data pulses read from a magnetic storage medium. A random data pattern is written upon the magnetic storage medium. The ... | 08/02/1994 |
