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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6309127 | Caps for writing instruments Caps are provided for covering the writing end of a writing instrument containing a non-solid writing material. The caps include a cap body having an open end for receiving the writing end and a closed end for covering the writing end and having a long ax... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6307316 | Fluorescent lamp with replaceable light element The invention concerns a construction kit system for fluorescent lamps (1) with separate choke unit. Standard low-power modules which are cheap and easy to manufacture can in particular be plugged in any combinations into choke units fitted as compact lig... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6306337 | Nosepiece for directing a charge into a furnace A nosepiece for directing a charge into a crucible of a furnace. The nosepiece comprises a completely enclosed sleeve which more accurately directs the charge into the crucible. The sleeve has a distal portion that deflects the charge toward a center area... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6305403 | Aeration apparatus for a vertical riser in a vacuum drainage system A vacuum drainage system having a vertical riser with an aeration point. The aeration point prevents stalls in the vacuum drainage system by breaking up the formation of a solid fluid column in the riser. In certain applications, the aeration point allows... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6305214 | Gas sensor and methods of forming a gas sensor assembly A gas sensor assembly is provided with a non-conductive housing portion and a plurality of conductive housing portions, each of which are conductively separated from each other, and the conductive housing portions are composed of a conductive plastic mate... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6306870 | N-cinnamoyl derivatives of beta-carboline Carboline derivatives of formula (I), are potent and selective inhibitors of cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophoshate specific phosphodiesterase (cGMP specific PDE) and have utility in a variety of therapeutic areas where such inhibition is thought to be benef... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6303127 | Treatment of disease states The invention presents methods for the treatment of symptoms associated with diseases states including cardiomyopathy, Parkinson's Disease and degenerative liver disease including cirrhosis comprising treatment with an effective amount of a composition co... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6302307 | Coffee system with self-sealing coffee pot A coffee pot heating unit is provided with a base, a heating area associated with the base and having a size sufficient to accommodate a bottom portion of a coffee container, and a heating apparatus associated with the heating area to heat the heating are... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6304273 | Process for depicting paths within a graphical representation of a network In order to depict a set of paths which are available for transporting a stream from a first node (1) to a second node (6) of the network, one or more perimeters are placed around each symbol designating a departure node of an elementary link of a path of... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6299121 | Device for fixing a vehicle seat, vehicle seat having such a device and a slide bar for such a seat A fixing device is proposed for mounting the slide bars of a seat on a vehicle floor by means of vertical anchoring pins fixed to the floor. These anchoring pins are located in holes provided in the base of the fixed section of the slide bars and then blo... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6299387 | Method for evacuating a storage silo for bulk goods, E.G. cereal grain, and an evacuation conveyor thereto A conveyor comprises perforation bands arranged in the floor of a storage space. Some of the bands emit an air stream that in quantity or pressure differs from the air stream in the remaining bands and have apertures with a larger flow area than the apert... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6299355 | Recloseable easy-open industrial bag and tab for use therewith An easy open industrial bag includes a tab secured to a front wall on the exterior of the bag. The tab is secured between the front wall and a flap formed on a back wall of the bag and folded over and secured to the front wall for closing the bag. The fla... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6296163 | Carrier for straddle type four wheeled all-terrain vehicle and support structure therefor A substantially flat-shaped board type carrier (8) is placed on a carrier frame mounted on the front and/or rear of a straddle type four wheeled all-terrain vehicle. The carrier surface (8A) on which baggage is placed is provided with numerous lateral ant... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295804 | Pulsed thruster system A thruster system includes a power supply and a pulse forming circuit coupled to the power supply. The pulse forming circuit includes a capacitor and first and second diodes. The positively-charged plate of the capacitor is coupled to the anode of the fir... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6297573 | Three-phase motor A three-phase a.c. motor for operation with a three-phase mains supply (1), with three single- or multiple-strand windings (2u, 2v, 2w) in a star configuration (2) in which terminals (U2, V2, W2) at the neutral ends of the windings (2u, 2v, 2w) are access... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295889 | Means for anchoring an elongate member An anchoring device 1 for anchoring an elongate member to a flat plate 8 provided with a slot 6 leading to one edge 10 thereof, includes a sleeve 2 for fitting over the member and having a groove 4 slidable along the slot 6. A spring-loaded ring 14 is mov... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6297006 | Methods for sequencing repetitive sequences and for determining the order of sequence subfragments The present invention provides a method for detecting a target nucleic acid species including the steps of providing an array of probes affixed to a substrate and a plurality of labeled probes wherein each labeled probe is selected to have a first nucleic... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295488 | Method and device for locating faults and malfunctions in a complex system An apparatus and method of locating faults in a complex system for an aircraft which monitors operation of the system to detect a malfunction, transmits a malfunction signal when a malfunction is detected, continuously records information about the system... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6293558 | Gasket for a rotating shaft and a device incorporating such a gasket A gasket is inserted between a housing filled with pressurized oil and a rotating shaft projects out from said housing. This gasket has two sealing lips which delimit between them a collecting chamber provided with a discharge passage for lubricant. A cal... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6294171 | Methods for treating disease states comprising administration of low levels of antibodies The invention provides methods and compositions for treating the symptoms of disease states associated with the presence of a toxin or infectious agent having the step of administering an antibody specific for the toxin or infectious agent at a dosage of ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6291186 | Method for screening for unknown organisms A method for identifying a unknown organism by comparison of the nucleotide sequence of nucleic acid in a sample with known nucleotide sequences and a determination that an unknown nucleotide sequence is present in the sample.... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289965 | Take-up drum for a cordless shade counterbalance A spring motor with an improved take-up drum and idler gear assembly is disclosed. The spring motor includes a take-up drum proximate a drive drum with a coil spring interconnected between the two. First and second cord spools are mounted for rotation lat... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6290171 | Device for controlling a helicopter hybrid countertorque system The present invention relates to a device (1A) for controlling a hybrid countertorque system of a helicopter (He), which comprises a countertorque rotor (R2), and at least one aerodynamic steering surface (D). According to the invention, said device comprises ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6291803 | Method and system of regulating heat in a vehicle seat In order to ensure that a vehicle seat, having a supporting face and incorporating microcapsules of phase-change material having a phase transition temperature between 15 and 37° C., is comfortable to use in terms of temperature, the support face is heat... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6288467 | Rotor for an electric machine, specially a transversal flow machine The invention relates to a rotor for an electrical machine, specially a transversal flow machine, having at least one pole structure. The pole structure encompasses two adjacent rows of magnet arrangements which are alternatively magnetized in the periphe... | 09/11/2001 |
