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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5428094 | Resin composition A resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) having an ethylene content of 20 to 60 mol % and a water-swellable phyllosilicate, said water-swellable phyllosilicate being dispersed in the EVOH with a basal spacing satisfying th... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5406240 | Device to reduce the hazards of surrounding electromagnetic radiation In combination with an electric apparatus emitting electromagnetic radiation, an arrangement for reducing the radiation hazards on an operator in front of the apparatus is provided, the arrangement comprising at least three magnetic devices approximately ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5403093 | DT/Dt detector for cell pack charge determination A technique for detecting when a full charge for a cell pack is reached based upon sensing an actual temperature of the cell pack. The initial actual temperature is the first value stored as a reference temperature. During subsequent sampling events, the ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5395525 | Apparatus for exchanging substances An apparatus for exchanging substances, such as artificial lung, in which, for raising exchange efficiency by feeding liquid to the outer wall of hollow fiber membranes efficiently without channeling and for reducing the size of the apparatus, an exchangi... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5389709 | Resin composition Provided are resin compositions comprising the following (A), (B), (C), which is at least one member selected from (C1) through (C3), and (D): (A): a polyolefin, (B): a saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having an ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5388572 | Dry powder medicament inhalator having an inhalation-activated piston to aerosolize dose and deliver same A dry powder inhalator for delivering a precise dose of a medicament contains a mesh disc impregnated with a series of spaced, medicament doses about the disc periphery. The inhalator is armed by manually retracting a finger pull extending downwardly from... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5388573 | Dry powder inhalator medicament carrier A carrier impregnated at spaced locations along its circumference with a dose of powdered medicament. The carrier is selectively indexed so as to present the impregnated doses of medicament seriatim between a pair of holes in an upper and lower pressure p... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5384616 | Photographic lighting system using incident light meter A photographic lighting system for use with a camera provides fill light from the direction of the camera to alleviate shadows in a photographic image obtained by the camera. The photographic lighting system includes an incident light sensor for sensing t... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5377219 | Wavelength matched OPO/OPA unit A device includes a transmitter for transmitting a first optical signal towards a target, which incorporates an optical parametric oscillator. A receiver is capable of receiving a second optical signal from said target. The second optical signal is the re... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5366258 | Flexible couplings for flexible tubes designed to be rolled up flat on themselves Flexible assembly designed for coupling flexible tubes comprising a sleeve (1) designed to receive the ends of two tubes to be coupled and provided with assembly means designed to cooperate with complementary assembly means carried by the ends of said tub... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5361913 | Reverse bottle vending, crushing and sorting machine The apparatus consists of a machine for refunding glass bottle deposits, crushing the bottle and sorting the crushed glass as to color, either clear, brown or green. The bottle has a label provided with an optically read bar code which identifies the bott... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5360670 | Multilayered structure containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol layer This invention provides an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition having specific flow characteristics in the relationship between the heating time and the extrusion rate measured with a capillary rheometer (Koka Flow Tester), and a multilayered str... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5352750 | Process for producing ethylene-vinyl ester copolymers, ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers, and process for producing shaped articles therefrom Process for producing ethylene-vinyl ester copolymers using a polymerization solvent of a dialkyl sulfoxide (process X); process for producing ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer by liquid phase saponification using a solvent of a dialkyl sulfoxide (process ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5350120 | Method of crushing a bottle and a glass crushing apparatus An improved glass crushing apparatus for a reverse bottle vending, crushing and sorting machine having an opentop, rotatable receptacle mounted at the top of the bin for catching the bottle to be smashed in the bin. After receipt of the bottle, the recept... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5348704 | Apparatus and method for waste disposal An apparatus and method is provided for disposing of infectious waste. A decontamination chamber decontaminates the waste by dry heat sterilization, and a compactor reduces the volume of the waste subsequent to decontamination in the decontamination chamb... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5348475 | Trimodal method of curing dental restorative compositions A trimodal method of curing dental composite restorative materials involves the use of visible light illumination for the initial curing of the composite resin and a combination of dry heat and vacuum for the complete cure of the composite restorative mat... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5349538 | Method for determining the distribution of constituent subpopulations within a population of particles having overlapping subpopulations A method and apparatus for determining the parameters (i.e., proportion, mean, and standard deviation) of constituent subpopulations within a sample population of particles which contains overlapping populations. The invention includes the use of the EM a... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5344715 | Heat shrinkable film and multilayered film A heat shrinkable film or multilayered film comprising at least one layer comprising an EVOH (A) having an average ethylene content of 20 to 60 mol % and an areal shrinkage when immersed in hot water at 90° C. for 1 minute of at least 10% and having ther... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5340480 | Polysulfone-based hollow fiber membrane and process for manufacturing the same The polysulfone hollow fiber membrane of the invention has an inner dense skin layer composed of a polysulfone and a less amount of a polyvinylpyrrolidone, a content of the polyvinylpyrrolidone in the dense skin layer being higher than that in an outer su... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5328665 | Method and apparatus for controlling a combustion process In an apparatus and method for controlling a combustion process, the output of an optical parametric oscillator/laser (OPOL) is directed into the combustion chambers of an internal-combustion engine to initiate combustion of an air/fuel mixture. A control... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5328575 | Photochemical process and sytem for performing a photochemical process An apparatus and method photochemically converts a first hydrocarbon into at least one other hydrocarbon, such as the conversion of methane to ethane and other higher hydrocarbons. The first hydrocarbon is injected through a high-temperature nozzle into a... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5316725 | Reagent system for the improved determination of white blood cell subpopulations A lytic reagent composition highly selective in its interactions with the cell membranes of white blood cells and also provides a method of using the reagent composition in a particle analyzing system to effect a significantly improved white blood cell di... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5297694 | Device with constant magnetic field to preserve perishable substances A container made of a substantially dielectric material adapted to contain and preserve a perishable substance, comprising: a substantially elongated tubular portion defining an enclosure adapted to contain a perishable substance, the tubular portion being mad... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5299054 | Optical switch An optical medium, which may be nonlinear, is provided with a matrix of conductors ("select lines") parallel to a face (planar surface) of the optical medium. The select lines are preferably superconductive, and are arranged in a two offset planar, prefer... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5291503 | Internally stimulated optical parametric oscillator/laser An optical parametric oscillator/laser system includes an optical pump source for generating pump radiation and an embedded dual optical resonator containing an optical parametric oscillator/laser crystal. The embedded dual optical resonator includes a la... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5272200 | Aqueous dispersion and substrate coated with the same An aqueous dispersion comprising a dispersoid of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene content of 15 to 65 mole % and a dispersion stabilizer of a saponified product of an ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer having an ionic group and having an... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5265507 | Process for producing pellets A process is provided for producing pellets which comprises introducing strands between two upper and lower feed rolls using a belt conveyor slanted downwardly in the direction of travel with a press roll mounted thereon, then introducing the strands to a... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5262329 | Method for improved multiple species blood analysis A lytic reagent composition highly selective in its interactions with the cell membranes of blood cells and also provides a method of using the reagent composition in a semi-automated or an automated system to effect a significantly improved white blood c... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5256269 | Method and apparatus for separating biological substances and organic compounds in solution A method and apparatus is described for separating materials on the basis of differences in isoelectric points. In one aspect of the invention an electrochemical cell is provided which has a cell compartment having a plurality of interwaterproof compartme... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5250810 | Mid-infrared light hydrocarbon dial lidar A DIAL LIDAR system, and methods of operating same are disclosed. A plurality, such as six, distinct coherent beams are combined into a single transmitted beam. Atmospheric targets, such as light hydrocarbons cause a portion of the transmitted beam to be ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5240997 | Process for producing ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers Process for producing ethylene-vinyl ester copolymers using a polymerization solvent of a dialkyl sulfoxide (process X); process for producing ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer by liquid phase saponification using a solvent of a dialkyl sulfoxide (process ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5237497 | Method and system for planning and dynamically managing flow processes A method for prospective planning and dynamic management of a flow processes comprising a plurality of interrelated and interdependant processes, resources and commodity flows using a computer system. The method includes providing a database containing in... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5221566 | Multilayered container and package utilizing the same A multilayered container comprising an intermediate layer of a resin composition (A) which comprises 50-95% by weight of a specific EVOH, and 50-5% by weight of an inorganic filler, and inner and outer layers of a moisture resistant thermoplastic resin (B... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5215680 | Method for the production of medical-grade lipid-coated microbubbles, paramagnetic labeling of such microbubbles and therapeutic uses of microbubbles This invention relates to a large scale method for the production of medical grade lipid-coated microbubbles, to the paramagnetic labeling of such microbubbles and to therapeutic applications for the microbubbles. More particularly, the invention relates ... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5214669 | Code acquisition process and circuit for a spread-spectrum signal The spread-spectrum signal (S1) is converted into a one-bit quantized binary signal (S2) and this signal is coupled to a plurality of parallel detection circuits (10), each of said detection circuits being adapted to detect a distinct code epoch. Each det... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5208675 | Video camera with integral light assembly A video camera comprises a video camera body and a light module. Structure is provided, integral with the video camera body, for selectively positioning the light module. The light module can be removably connected to the video camera body.... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5205592 | Underground containment tank and piping assembly An underground double containment system consists of a concrete outer containment receptacle housing a primary fluid flow pipe which extends therethrough and is slidably supported on double I-beam structures within the concrete receptacle. The concrete re... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5199223 | Device for clamping a disc-shaped tool A compact device for clamping a disc-shaped tool on a tool spindle of a portable machine tool with a clamping anchor arranged in the tool spindle, with a clamping flange attachable to the free end of the clamping anchor, with an abutment arranged at the t... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5197518 | Centering support assembly for double containment pipe systems The centering support assembly features a half moon shaped support base with two upright stanchions at opposite sides of the base, providing proper spacing between the base support and a crosshead clamping piece. The entire assembly is bolted together by ... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5196109 | Trivalent chromium electrolytes and plating processes employing same An improved aqueous acidic trivalent chromium electrolyte and process for increasing the tolerance thereof to the presence of deleterious contaminating metal ions and organic impurities which normally progressively increase during commercial operation of ... | 03/23/1993 |
