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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5433201 | Method and apparatus for stimulation of posture Apparatus for assessing posture, limb positions, and limb movements comprising a transmitter and a receiver for application to respective first and second skin positions, a microprocessor, and a biofeedback stimulus unit. The microprocessor measures the t... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5363384 | Audio signal demodulation circuit A digital audio signal demodulation circuit comprises a synchronous detection circuit (18) and a muting circuit (17) for muting the output from an interpolation circuit (16) using a synchronization lock signal generated from the synchronous detection circ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5360639 | Method of providing a decorative pattern on a screw head A decorative screw is manufactured by forming a three-dimensional pattern on the whole surface of the head of a screw, depositing a coating or plating film on the whole surface of the pattern and grinding the projecting areas of the pattern to provide the... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5360616 | Injectable pharmaceutical composition Formulations of programmed-release medicinal products intended for parenteral administration by injection, comprising calibrated solid microspheres (1 to 300 microns) of active substances. Provided in this form, steroids (for example progesterone and 17-&... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5361408 | Direct conversion receiver especially suitable for frequency shift keying (FSK) modulated signals A direct conversion receiver for providing a direct conversion of a radio frequency signal having a carrier frequency comprises a local oscillator for substantially equal frequency to the carrier, and a semiconductor integrated circuit mounting mixers and... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5357602 | Apparatus for transforming a two-level image into contour vectors by decomposing composite figures into "unitary" (open) and closed-loop figures, especially suitable for minimizing memory use while maintaining system processing speed An apparatus for transforming a line image, in the form of a two-level digital image, into contour vectors, and forming a center line for the image. First, the contour (or contours) of the image are traced and corrected, after which the center line of the... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5357583 | Graphics processing apparatus for smoothing edges of images A graphics processing apparatus includes a first detection part for detecting, with respect to each pixel of an image, whether or not an edge of the image starts on a scanline, and for setting a control data depending on whether or not the edge starts on ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5356366 | Process for the operation of a pusher centrifuge A pusher centrifuge, in which the pusher plate is moved cyclicly relative to a perforated drum in the axial direction in an advanced and a retracted position in a forward or a reverse movement, can be operated with a higher throughput if the drum is suppl... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5355797 | Device for printing objects comprising means for bringing the images of a number of printing plates in register and method applied with the device A device for printing objects which has an offset cylinder rotatably supported by a frame and a plurality of plate cylinders arranged around the offset cylinder. The offset cylinder is adapted to be secured in a plurality of positions, each of the positio... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5356535 | Oil tank An oil tank including an oil tank body for storing oil and an oil filter disposed between an oil inlet for allowing oil into the oil tank body and an oil outlet for sending oil out. An oil inlet chamber is formed, inside the oil tank body, from a portion ... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5355433 | Standard pattern comparing system for eliminating duplicative data entries for different applications program dictionaries, especially suitable for use in voice recognition systems A standard pattern comparing system recognizes a data by comparing the data with a standard pattern registered in a dictionary, a plurality of kinds of data being supplied to the standard pattern comparing system. The standard pattern comparing system has... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5353450 | Headboards A bed headboard having a headboard panel and support means supporting the panel in a generally vertical position and in at least one inclined position. The support means includes mounting means secured to the end of the bed and struts pivotally connected ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5353639 | Method and apparatus for sizing multiple tubes A sizing die for sizing a plurality of micro-extruded tubes has a side fence, a clamping fence in substantial parallel relation with and movable with respect to the side fence, a base fence adjacent to and perpendicular to ends of the side fence and the c... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5353381 | Intelligent test selection for machine failure isolation using qualitative physics Variables associated with hypotheses of a qualitative physics model are grouped into type I variables and type II variables, wherein any possible value measured for a type I variable is guaranteed to render at least one hypothesis inconsistent and some, b... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5353359 | Methods for generating character pattern data and making image A method for generating character pattern data includes steps of providing contour information of a character having m1 ×m2 coordinate values in a coordinate space; and making and outputting gradated character pattern data of l... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5353017 | Call selective receiver built in with vibrator A call selective receiver body includes a built-in rechargeable small battery and a small vibrator, and a belt clip for receiving the receiver body includes a built-in dry battery having an electric capacity significantly greater than that of the small ba... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5351514 | Locking mechanism A locking mechanism is provided which is characterized by one or more blocking elements each consisting of two complementary semi-cylindrical parts (2),(3) snugly located in a correspondingly shaped aperture (4) defined between two relatively movable part... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5351455 | Method and apparatus for wallboard attachment A method and apparatus for attaching sheets of wallboard to an EPS side panel and concrete wall assembly. A metal fastener strip is positioned against the outer surface of the outwardly facing side panels with its upper edge a predetermined distance below... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5352805 | Water soluble derivatives of taxol Sulfonated 2'-acryloyltaxol and sulfonated 2'-O-acyl acid taxol derivatives are synthesized which have improved water solubility and stability while maintaining bio-activity. In particular, 2'-[(3-sulfo-1-oxopropyl)oxy]taxol sodium salt is synthesized by ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5351315 | Apparatus for smoothing outlines of images An image processing apparatus includes a detection part for detecting an inclination of an outline from an image data stored in a memory, a dot counting part responsive to the detected inclination of the outline from the detection part for calculating sel... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5351313 | Binarization method A binarization method obtains an optimum threshold value for binarization which is used when converting a multi-level image data which describes an input image into a black-and-white bi-level image data. The binarization method includes the steps of count... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5351283 | Vehicle-mounted charging apparatus for portable telephone sets In a vehicle-mounted charging apparatus for a portable telephone set comprising a portable telephone set and a vehicle-mounted charger in combination, a constant voltage charging control microcomputer in the charger receives information on a voltage of a ... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5351138 | Image area discriminating device An image area dicriminating device for a digital copier, facsimile machine, scanner or similar imaging equipment. The device determines whether areas constituting an input image each has undergone dot processing or not automatically.... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5348883 | Selecting device for cells and the like Cells and the like, such as granular cells, granular microorganisms and gel beads which embrace cells or microorganisms, are arranged on a support member in a single layer. A detector detects each optical property of the cells and the like, and detectors ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5347612 | Voice recognition system and method involving registered voice patterns formed from superposition of a plurality of other voice patterns After sampling a voice signal by a microphone (31), a voice interval is detected by a voice interval detector (32). Then, the voice signal is processed by a frequency analyzer (33) having a predetermined number of channels at a predetermined time interval... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5347208 | Charging equipment for charging a portable apparatus and separable cell pack Charging equipment includes a portable apparatus charging portion for receiving a portable apparatus containing a cell pack to be charged, and a simple cell pack charging portion for receiving a simple cell pack separated from the portable apparatus and c... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5346101 | Sparger container for shipment of dry materials A sparger container comprises a pair of opposed end walls, a pair of opposed side walls, and a closed floor. The closed floor has an open-topped, longitudinally-extending channel and two generally planar sides slanting upwardly from the top edges of the c... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5347527 | Process of adjustment of a continuously tunable light source This invention relates to a continuously tunable external cavity light source and a process for adjusting the source. The source includes a laser, a diffraction grating placed on the laser's axis that together with the laser forms an external cavity, and ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5345546 | Method and apparatus for generating fillet surface between two surfaces A 3-dimensional (3-D) Computer Aided Design (CAD) System generates a fillet surface which smoothly connects two surfaces to each other. This is accomplished by sliding a circle on a normal plane of a user-designated spine curve which is in contact with tw... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5344672 | Process for producing powder coated plastic product Plastic substrates, such as but not limited to phenolic cellulosic composites such as those used in conventional toilet seats, are heated at a temperature and for a time sufficient to degas the substrate, and are then coated with a powder, and heated to c... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5344022 | Stackable and nestable multi-level bread tray A stackable, nestable, multi-level tray or basket useful for storing and transporting baked goods is provided which includes a floor and a pair of upstanding side walls configured for stacking identical trays as well as allowing the stacking of a tray wit... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5342513 | Multipurpose pool skimmer A strainer basket is integrally connected to a rectangular frame that is integrally connected to an elongated handle. At the end of the handle opposite from the frame, the handle broadens into a grip and then narrows and terminates in a small hook; the sm... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5342470 | Method and apparatus for welding of plastic pipe elements Equipment for welding pipe elements of a melt-weldable plastic material comprises a heatable metal plate and first and second heat-conductive elements attached respectively to first and second opposed faces of the plate. The first element has a concave me... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5340651 | Glass fiber evaporative cooler media, method of forming same, use thereof in an evaporative cooling method, and an evaporative cooler apparatus utilizing glass fiber cooling media Hydrophilic glass fibers are formed by coating glass fibers with a blend of an amine-aldehyde with an acrylic. Evaporative cooler pads are produced by coating glass fibers with a blend of an acrylic and an amine-aldehyde during hot melt spinning of the gl... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5340166 | Conduit collar and method of installing the collar The invention relates to a conduit collar and method for installing the conduit collar in a circular hole through concrete and stone structures used in industrial construction work. The conduit collar includes at least one circumferential rib with an oute... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5339795 | Method for cutting stone laminate panels A power driven workpiece infeed conveyor supports a honeycomb-stone-honeycomb laminate on edge for feeding to an elevator conveyor in a work station. A fixed rear vertical panel of vacuum pads and a forward movable vertical panel of vacuum pads are separa... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5339576 | System of modulable walls A modulable wall system is shown including panels that are flexibly hinged to each other along vertical main frame sections. Each individual panel consists of a flat core made of a light material and is peripherally limited by a rigid area. The rigid area... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5339171 | Image processing apparatus especially suitable for producing smooth-edged output multi-level tone data having fewer levels than input multi-level tone data An image processing apparatus includes a scanner for inputting image data indicative of an image with a multilevel tone, a multilevel data part for generating multilevel tone data from the input image data through a prescribed error diffusion process, the... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5338976 | Interactive language conversion system A language conversion system includes a database of expression patterns in the object language, a relevance evaluation mechanism for evaluating a relevance of each expression patterns in the object language with respect to an input in the original languag... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5339412 | Electronic filing system using a mark on each page of the document for building a database with respect to plurality of multi-page documents An electronic filing system files one of a plurality of documents each having a mark associated with the document for recognizing each document. The electronic filing system includes an input part for inputting retrieval information for one or a plurality... | 08/16/1994 |
