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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6496220 | Method and arrangement for driving door installations as a function of the presence of persons The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for driving door installations as a function of the presence of person wherein the region of the door installation is continuously observed by at least one videocamera. According to the invention throug... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6493982 | Arm cradle for fishing rod A device supporting the arm of a fisherman using a spinning-type fishing rod having a cylindrical rod handle providing a gripping area for the hand of the fisherman, comprising a cradle member supporting the upper forearm of the fisherman and a rod handle... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6470133 | Integrated circuit electronic equipment and method of assembly which uses said integrated circuit A memory capacity of a memory circuit has a program data system which practices a software function and has a fixed amount corresponding to each of a series of upper rank functions to lower rank functions of the software. This program data system selects ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6469966 | Disc apparatus with a disc discriminating function In a disc apparatus, a tracking error signal from an optical pickup is outputted to a micro-computer. The micro-computer discriminates a disc that is different in bit density (track pitch) based on amplitude and/or waveform of the tracking error signal.... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6446949 | Workpiece mounting for a working machine A workpiece mounting for a working machine, with a circular mounting plate rotatable in a horizontal plane for chucking a workpiece and with a conveying unit for moving the mounting plate in the horizontal plane, wherein the mounting plate is movable on a... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6432002 | Collapsible/portable soccer goal A collapsible soccer goal, comprising vertical side frame supports, each having a pair of adjacently disposed vertical section. An elongated top beam having a plurality of adjacently disposed horizontal sections including opposite end sections resting ato... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6422718 | Non-imaging light source for uniform illumination applications A light source system in which light scattered inside a chamber (2) exits from a hole (3) to provide a light output from the system. The interior wall of the chamber (2) consists of a material which is very efficient at scattering incident light. Light em... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419139 | Pinch roller bearing structure for magnetic tape apparatus A pinch roller is rotatably provided around a roller shaft by way of a bearing member and abutted against a capstan roller by way of a magnetic tape to rotatively drive the capstan roller, thereby causing the magnetic tape to run. The bearing member has a... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6392983 | Optical disc apparatus and method for controlling turntable rotation An optical disc apparatus includes a turntable. The turntable is first rotated at a low speed in response to turning on of a reproduce switch on the disc apparatus, and the balancer is, in turn, brought to rest at an optimal position for low speed rotatio... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6377622 | Method and apparatus for coding/decoding scalable shapes by using scan interleaving A plurality of layers having other resolution are coded in order to encode scalably shape information. A base layer having the lower resolution is coded and transmitted to a decoder, and an enhancement layer is coded by employing a scan interleaving metho... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6365865 | Process for welding fixture pipes to opposite ends of hollow stabilizer's suspension arm for vehicle A welding process in which fixture pipes 3 are resistance welded to opposite ends of a hollow stabilizer's suspension arm 1 for a vehicle and thereafter, these two parts are subjected to arc welding, but with a first step of the ends of the hollow stabili... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6329922 | Fire detector and noise de-influence method It is prevented that a malfunction occurs because of a noise. A smoke detection section samples as a smoke detection signal a signal digitized after being output from a light reception section when a light emission section glows, and updates a previous sm... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6327228 | Disk device A disk device for recording data onto a disk in accordance with a predetermined layout containing a footer portion. In the disk device, upon receipt of a record command entered by a user, a CPU reads out a TDB of a track finally subjected to data recordin... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6319398 | Degassing unit To provide a degassing unit having a wide range of flow speed, high-efficiency compactness in size, this degassing unit consists of both a degassing module composed of a gas permeable flat-shaped tube 201 wound around the internal vacuum space 401 and a v... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6320582 | Image generation apparatus, image generation method, game machine using the method, and medium In a conventional shooting game machine, it lacked the versatility and appeal of a screen due to the movements of the viewpoint and enemies on the screen being uniform. The present invention comprises an image generating means, which selects one from a pl... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6294240 | Protective cover for vehicle floor mat A protective cover for a motor vehicle conventional floor mat comprising a removable fabric protectively enclosing the top side of the mat. An elastic strip integral with the inner rim of the cover removably engages the cover to the underside of the floor... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6286400 | Electrical installer putty-filled screw hole clearing 10-in-1 driving tool An electrical installer hand tool has multiple interchangeable rethread bits and drive bits in the one hand tool. The 10-in-1 hand tool optimally has 4 interchangeable rethread bits, 4 interchangeable drive bits and 2 nut drives. The 4 rethread bits optim... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6285570 | Power mains supply unit for directly and/or indirectly supplying consumers with power A mains power supply unit for the purpose of supplying consumers that are connected directly or by way of a voltage system converter to a direct voltage branch of a mains power supply unit comprises a buffer capacitor (C) that can be charged from the main... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6263757 | Cable end structure for pull-cable A cable end structure in which the cable end device and an intermediate cushion are tightly engaged with each other by mating conical surfaces without an apprehension that they might be shifted relatively to each other. In this way, inflection of the cush... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6262590 | Supply voltage abnormal condition indicating device A multi-system power supply circuit for providing power supplies different in system, has signal generating circuits which correspond to the power supplies different in system, and generates repetitive frequency signals corresponding to the number of powe... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6260836 | Suspension system for vehicle The invention relates to a shock absorber loaded therearound with a compression coil spring so improved that a side force generated by the compression coil spring can be effectively alleviated by making both or any one of an upper sheet 13 mounted to an a... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6260453 | Pivoted sleeve screw driver pocket tool A pocket tool has a handle with a first sleeve pivotally connected at one end of the handle for pivoting the first sleeve from an inoperable position to an operable position, and a second sleeve slidably disposed in the first sleeve with 4 tool bits slida... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6260852 | Sealing device for an annular gap between two sealing surfaces of machine parts The invention relates to devices for sealing an annular gap between two sealing surfaces of machine parts with the aid of a ring which is in contact on these two sealing surfaces, in particular on extrusion machines, where this sealing is of significance ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6259661 | Disk reading apparatus with rotary speed adjustment feature A disk reading apparatus for reading data recorded on a disk medium is disclosed. The disk reading apparatus comprises a motor for rotating the disk medium, a vibration sensor section for detecting vibrations generating inside the disk reading apparatus a... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6257106 | Hand/survival tool having multiple implements A hand tool has a pliers with pivotably disposed handles with one handle having a closed ended sleeve pivotably connected to one handle head for removably operably receiving tool with the sleeve non-removably bits pivoting 180° from an inoperable positio... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6254365 | Compressor A compressor capable of reducing the number of components and simplifying a step of forming a connection hole is obtained. In this compressor, a connection hole of a casing is formed substantially flush with the outer surface of the casing without project... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6252484 | Transformer A transformer arranged to be mounted on a subject, such as a printed circuit board or the like, such that the central axis of a winding thereof is positioned horizontally. The transformer includes a bobbin portion having flange portions which are formed p... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6252841 | Optical disc apparatus and method for controlling turntable rotation An optical disc apparatus includes a turntable. The turntable is first rotated at a low speed in response to turning on of a reproduce switch on the disc apparatus, and the balancer is, in turn, brought to rest at an optimal position for low speed rotatio... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6249220 | Detected information display system in fire detecting system A detected information display system in a fire detecting system of the present invention which is equipped with detectors arranged in a warning area and a control panel and achieves a specified information display on a physical quantity detected by the d... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6244176 | Printing apparatus for printing on a medium by transferring a plurality of different color inks onto an elastic endless blanket Disclosed is a printing apparatus comprising a driving roll, a supporting roll, an endless offset blanket stretched between the driving roll and the supporting roll, a plurality of plate cylinders for transferring inks having a plurality of different colo... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6237156 | Visor for a baseball cap An adjustable visor (40) having the means for adjustment built into the visor (40) enabling the wearer of the cap (44) to change the angle of the visor (40) to a multitude of positions by means of a hinge (20) without requiring detaching the visor (40) fr... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6227476 | Take-up control device for loaded tape casette in information recording/reproducing apparatus A take-up reel sensor measures a rotation cycle of a take-up reel of a loaded tape cassette in a take-up operation. A changing rate calculating section calculates a changing rate of the rotation cycle measured by the take-up reel sensor. A type discrimina... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6224756 | Apparatus for treating organic raw water utilizing anaerobic microorganisms A raw water purifying apparatus utilizing anaerobic microorganisms comprising a casing (1) and a carrier assembly (2). The casing (1) is a vertical type and comprises a body (3), a bottom wall (4) and a ceiling (5). At the upper portion of the casing an i... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6220731 | Cyclorama light A cyclorama light includes a housing having generally opaque rear, bottom and side walls and an open front wall defining a window that extends from a region proximate to the upper end of the rear wall and a region proximate to the front end of the bottom ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6216357 | Wheels-on brake drum gage A brake drum gage is described for measuring the inside diameter of a brake drum of a vehicle with the wheel mounted on the vehicle in the presence of an axle tube and other undercarriage components or parts. The brake drum gage includes an elongate gener... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6209428 | Complete hand tool set in one hand tool An essentially complete screwdriver set or tool bit drive set is encompassed in a single hand tool with an ergonomic handle. Upwards of 26 different tool bit drives in combination with multiple hex nut drives are readily interchangeably used in the hand t... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6204616 | CRT driving circuit A CRT driving circuit includes a cathode control circuit for controlling a cathode voltage of a CRT on the basis of a video signal created by a video circuit, a power supply circuit for creating a power supply voltage for each of the cathode control circu... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6196035 | Door lock assembly having an automatically actuated latch mechanism A door lock assembly includes a hollow casing, a latch, an actuator rod, and a drive mechanism. The casing has left and right side walls that are opposite to one another, and a rear wall interconnecting the left and right side walls. The left side wall ha... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6182541 | Multiple driver and pliers handtool A hand tool having a plurality of tools attached thereto. The tool includes a sleeve with a plurality of bits. The sleeve is disconnectably attached to a handle by engagement with a polygonal socket connection drive which is pivotally attached to the hand... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6181229 | Tool holders with high energy magnetizers/demagnetizers A high energy magnetizer/demagnetizer on a non-operative portion of a tool holder includes a magnetizer/demagnetizer body on the non-operative portion of the tool holder and defining a mounting axis. At least one permanent magnet is formed of a magnetized... | 01/30/2001 |
