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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5884743 | Clutch plate with centering feature A clutch plate in which the support of the hub provides for pivoting as well as radial compliance relative to the remaining components. This support is accomplished by a component, which is centered directly or indirectly on the hub plate of the load comp... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5538115 | Motor driven rotational to translational actuator for a piston cylinder Pneumatic, hydraulic or hydropneumatic adjustment device with a tubular container under pressure, which is divided into two work chambers by a piston fastened to a piston rod, whereby there is a locking device which can be tripped by a tripping tappet whi... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5356576 | Process for the manufacture of plastic moldings with decorative coating A process for the manufacture of plastic moldings with decorative coatings by injection molding, on an injection molding machine with an injection screw, which introduces the plastic into a cavity located in a mold clamping device, and an apparatus for th... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5301776 | Hydraulic adjustable vibration damper Hydraulic adjustable vibration damper with a piston fastened to a piston rod and dividing a work cylinder into two work chambers filled with damping fluid, whereby at least partly to control the damping force, an electromagnetically activated damping valv... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5296040 | Process for cleaning debris containing pollutants Process for the cleaning of debris containing water and contaminated with pollutants using solvents, including the steps of: addition of the solvent to the material to be treated, followed by thorough mixing; separation of the liquid phase containing the ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5258090 | Hand-held portable labelling device and the inking roller mounting therefor A manual, or hand-held labelling device has a printing apparatus and a pivoting lever on which pivoting lever there is a journal pivot pin on which an inking roller can be loosely mounted. For axially securing the inking roller on the journal pivot pin, w... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5255410 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner generally has a working head which is positioned on the floor surface when the machine is in use. The working head of a vacuum cleaner essentially includes a rotating brush, a suction blower and a motor for operating both the brush and th... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5256884 | Method and apparatus for the alignment of paper stacks in a printing press by optical beams reflected therefrom A method and apparatus for the alignment of paper stacks in a printing press provides essentially uninterrupted printing through the transfer of supply of sheets of paper from a first stack of papers to a second stack of papers by reducing mechanical stra... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5226642 | Delivery pile at a printing machine Apparatus for forming a sheet delivery pile in a printing press, the apparatus including a sheet receiving surface for the formation thereon of the sheet delivery pile, a rotatable shaft, a sheet stop member attached to the rotatable shaft and extending a... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5178068 | Print unit cylinder for rotary presses The invention relates to a print unit cylinder for rotary presses, the cylinder having a narrow non-printing gap for accommodating the rubber blanket or pressplate ends, the gap running parallel to the axis of the cylinder, and also an elastomeric filler ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5167755 | Adhesive scraper which can be adjusted in relation to an adhesive roller in a labelling machine A device for adjusting the size of the gap between an adhesive scraper of a labelling machine and an adhesive roller of the labelling machine. The device includes at least two independently controllable actuators that adjust the gap to different sizes fro... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5166495 | Method and apparatus for automatic multi-run welding This invention relates to a method and apparatus for automatic multi-run welding of a joint such as a square butt joint, a V-type joint, or a U-type joint, etc. This invention incorporates a sensor which moves along the joint and which scans a number of p... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5108498 | Method of cleaning debris A method of cleaning debris, which involves the separation of heavy metals and oils, simultaneously, from the debris, which debris is primarily an inert substance, such as soil from a coking plant. The process employs acetic anhydride, which is mixed with... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5076088 | Drive for a pilger cold rolling mill A drive for a pilger cold rolling mill which includes a crankshaft and a connecting rod. The connecting rod provides a balancing or equilibrium of moments while the crankshaft provides a balancing or equilibrium of mass.... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5027576 | Apparatus and method for providing a throughgoing duct in a raised seam joint metal roof An arrangement for sealing an opening in a roof deck by mounting a baffle plate in the roof deck so as to provide a throughgoing ducting channel, the roof deck having at least one raised seam joint intersecting the opening, the baffle plate being dimensio... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5026357 | Injection device The invention relates to a medicament injection device in which the material to be injected can be distributed through injection points over a large area surface, whereby simultaneously the device can be easily secured at the injection points and can lie ... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4988846 | Contact tip for arc welding apparatus A contact nozzle for a wire-shaped welding electrode for arc welding is designed as a contact tube in the front section and as a guide channel for the electrode in the rear section. The guide channel is formed by an open groove made in the nozzle body. Th... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4986393 | Adjustable vibration dampers for motor vehicles An adjustable vibration damper is for a motor vehicle or the like. The vibration damper includes a cylinder containing a damping medium. A piston is disposed within the cylinder for movement of the damping medium. A valve device is connected to the cylind... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4968288 | Variable speed transmission device A transmission mechanism for continuously variable transmissions comprises at least one endless flexible connecting element which is non-metallic, flexible, quasi-inextensible longitudinally, and a plurality of transverse links, also non-metallic. Each li... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4964690 | Pin-and-socket connector for light wave conductors On a pin-and-socket connector for light wave conductors with an apparatus for the automatic axial orientation of the pug pins 2,3 holding the fiber line ends E mounted elastically in a sleeve 1, the guide sleeve 1 located in the plug housing 8 has longitu... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4955588 | Bearing for the elastic mounting of machines, machine parts and/or vehicle parts Bearing for the elastic mounting of machines, machine parts and/or vehicle parts in which the rubber body located between the fasteners is designed so that the oxygen in the atmospheric air cannot come in contact with the rubber body. For this purpose the... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4954896 | Electronic projector system such as a high definition television (HDTV) projection television system or the like having a fluid therein with increased resistance to damage from projection system radiation An electronic projector system having a fluid, preferably an oligo (phenylenemethylene) resorcinol, having optical and improved hydromechanical, hydrodynamic, electrical and other physical and chemical properties oriented to HDTV requirements, and thus to... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4953717 | Hinged multiple garment hanger An improved multiple garment hanging device is for simultaneously hanging and storing several articles of clothing or the like on a clothes hanger rod, which includes a rigid bar having a plurality of holes extending therethrough for receipt of clothes ha... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4953833 | Hydraulically damping elastic bearing A hydraulically damping elastic bearing comprises an inner tube, an outer tube concentric or eccentric in relation to and located at some distance from the inner tube. An elastic part is inserted between them to include at least two chambers filled with d... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4952343 | Process for the manufacture of thin plates with low binding strength Very thin plates of ceramic material with low binding strength are difficult to manufacture, since the stability of the moldings is very low, so that they can hardly be fed to a subsequent treatment stage after shaping. Therefore, after the ceramic materi... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4952284 | Locking device for an oven door A locking device is for an oven door of an oven which extends horizontally and includes an interior defined by interior walls and a door opening which is surrounded by a door frame. The door frame includes an external sealing surface. The oven door includ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4950473 | Method for reducing nitrogen oxides in flue gas Apparatus and method for reducing nitrogen oxides in flue gas within a flue gas duct includes a number of distributor tubes for the injection of a reducing agent into the flue gas within the duct. Each distributor tube includes a control valve to be able ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4950350 | Machine for labelling bottles This invention relates to a labelling machine for bottles which includes a bottle feeding mechanism to feed the bottles to a revolving bottle support platform. The support platform directs bottles to a labelling mechanism and an application mechanism prio... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4947746 | Print control strip A print control strip which allows the optional use of both solid tone control/regulation and halftone control/regulation, and in which the color control/regulation is optimized on the basis of values derived from the solid tone density and the halftone d... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4944830 | Machine for labelling bottles This invention relates to a labelling machine for bottles which includes a bottle feeding mechanism to feed the bottles to a revolving bottle support platform. The support platform directs bottles to a labelling mechanism and an application mechanism prio... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4941106 | Apparatus for recognizing and approaching a three-dimensional target An apparatus for recognizing and approaching a target in a space not directly visible within the maximum range of an industrial robot with camera on the end of a boom. The camera is used to observe an environment of the space including the target and to s... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4936159 | Movement transmission system in the ventilation system of a vehicle A movement transmission system is for a ventilation system of a vehicle. A manual adjustment device is located remotely from a control device for controlling the ventilation system. The manual adjustment device includes a first rotatable element which is ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4934577 | Guide post for magnetic tapes A guide post for magnetic tapes manufactured by injection molding of a composite material prepared by mixing a thermoplastic resin used as a basic ingredient with an electrically conductive carbon black and a spherical silicon resin. This guide post can e... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4935392 | Process for the manufacture of catalyst members for the reduction of oxides of nitrogen and catalyst members produced thereby This invention relates to a process for the manufacture of catalysts for the reduction of oxides of nitrogen from exhaust gases and in chemical air cleaning processes in which a catalytically active material containing iron ores, chromium ores and/or zeol... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4928335 | Orthopedic pillow and sizing kit therefor An orthopedic pillow having a block made of deformable material, the block having a substantially quadrilateral perimeter, an upper surface of the block having a substantially airfoil-shaped reverse curved surface, and a groove being provided in the upper... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4929179 | Roof structure A roof structure has a plurality of layers of heat resistant material, at least a first of the layers including a first brick layer, at least a second of the layers above the first of the layers including a heat resistant compound, and the heat resistant ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4927501 | Oven door A metal shield is for an oven which has an interior, a door opening which is surrounded by a door frame, and a door for extending across the door opening. The door is for making sealing contact with the door frame. The metal shield includes a plurality of... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4922818 | Wetting/inking mechanism for offset printing presses In general, the invention features a mechanism for applying a wetting agent or ink in a printing press, the printing press including a plate cylinder, an ink reservoir and an ink transfer apparatus for transferring the ink from the ink reservoir to the pl... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4922214 | Apparatus to couple laser radiation and microwave energy using a microwave waveguide An apparatus for the coupling of laser radiation into a microwave waveguide, in which the laser radiation and the microwave enter the waveguide perpendicular to one another and, after the microwave is deflected, exit the waveguide colinearly. To enlarge t... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4919064 | Hydraulic system for ship rudder roll stabilization and steering In a hydraulic system for roll stabilization of a vessel by motions of the rudder an arrangement for supplying a hydraulic fluid to the rudder engine comprises a constant delivery pump, a pressure accumulator, and a valve gear unit. While the valve is ope... | 04/24/1990 |
