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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5530495 | Apparatus and method for projecting and receiving image information using a screen A device for the projection of image information comprises at least one screen 1,2 on which the image information can be displayed using a plurality of individual light spots 3,4,5. The viewer of the screen 1,2 and particularly his eye movements, can be o... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5513923 | Connection piece on the end of a wire cable Connection piece (3), which is mounted on the end of a wire cable (2), for connecting the wire cable (1) to a mounting support taking up tensile forces caused by longitudinal stresses in the wire cable (2), in which the external dimensions of the connecti... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5508490 | Laser machining head and auxiliary equipment for a numerically controlled machine tool A laser machining head for a numerically controlled machine tool having a tool holder for coupling with a mechanical machining head is disclosed. The laser machining head comprises a first element comprising a tool shaft, the tool shaft being configured f... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5505772 | Process for conglutinating wood particles into formed bodies A process for conglutinating wood fragments wherein the wood has middle lamella lignin, comprises incubating the wood fragments in an incubation mixture containing a phenol oxidizing enzyme thereby activating the middle lamella lignin. This makes it possi... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5503537 | Gas compressor The present invention relates to a gas compressor which prevents noise being produced in the suction conduit during idling. In conventional systems, the noise results from the collision of arriving and returning gas by means of a check valve provided betw... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5497556 | Ripping tool A ripping tool, particularly for the paper-hanging trade, to rip existing water-resistant wall-paper before removal of same. The ripping tool is characterized by a spiked roller which is split in two to form at a spiked roller pair which can be rolled ove... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5497532 | Vacuum cleaner nozzle The vacuum cleaner nozzle of the invention is provided with a nozzle body equipped with a suction pipe connecting piece and with a bottom plate which closes off the nozzle body towards the bottom, whereby at least one flow channel which is open towards th... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5472227 | Device to control the trailing axle of a vehicle The inventive device controls the trailing axle of a vehicle having at least two rear axles, wherein at least one rear axle is a driving axle. Pressure fluid chambers, mounted on both the driving and trailing axles, support the vehicle structure. Their pr... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5467471 | Maintaining databases by means of hierarchical genealogical table The present invention describes a system and method for maintaining databases. An ordered genealogy table is provided for implying hierarchical relations on an as-needed basis. The invention further provides relational search capabilities to a hierarchica... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5465518 | Shooting arms with a safety device A sporting or hunting arm comprising a barrel assembly, a casing containing the triggering mechanism, a safety means for changing the arm from a safe to a ready-to-fire position, and a supplementary safety device comprising a time-lag relay started by a s... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5463771 | Image data filing system comprising of an optical disk library and a disk array An electronic file equipment which duplicates stocked image data and which permits the image data to be accessed at high speed. Using a console, an operator instructs a control device to register an optical disk housed in an optical disk library. The cont... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5459288 | Tuft weighing machine Continuous belt weighing machine for fibre tufts. The fibre tufts are opened by an opening unit and drop onto a transport belt with weighing cells. The speed of the transport belt is constant, the speed of the feed cylinders is varied in accordance with t... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5451902 | Fully differential CMOS transconductance-transimpedance wide-band amplifier A fully differential, wide-band transconductance-transimpedence amplifier with a tuneable gain is disclosed. The amplifier includes a transconductance stage for generating a current signal from an inputted voltage signal. The amplifier also has a current ... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5448560 | V.110 communication protocol fractional rate adapter for an ISDN network A system and method are disclosed for adapting the rate of a data terminal equipment having a V-series type interface connected to an integrated services digital network which supports more than two simultaneous communications. A V.110 rate adapter is pro... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5427974 | Method for forming a capacitor in a DRAM cell using a rough overlayer of tungsten In accordance with the invention a rough overlayer, e.g., a tungsten film, is used to define a plurality of pillars in a polysilicon electrode layer. This increases the surface area of the polysilicon electrode and thus increases capacitance of a capacito... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5420591 | Method for the discriminating of obstacles by means of radar, and applications Disclosed is a method for the discriminating of obstacles by means of a radar, and its different applications to the measurement of a liquid in a tank or vessel, or again to the elimination of unwanted or parasitic echos coming notably from the ground, fo... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5416617 | Image projection display screen employing polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer and electrochromic layer A diffusing display screen resulting from the combination of a cell comprising a polymer dispersed liquid crystal material which can be made diffusing, and of a cell comprising an electrochromic material which can be made absorbing and reflecting. Outside... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5409493 | Single-handed surgical drill depth guide A surgical drill guide for treating fractures in the craniomaxillofacial region is disclosed. The drill guide includes a telescopic sleeve having an inner telescoping segment slidably mounted within an outer telescoping segment. The telescopic sleeve also... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5406288 | Method and device to improve the probability of validity of the codes of secondary radar responses Disclosed are a method and device for the real-time processing of the responses constituted by pulse signals emitted by secondary radar transponders. The device has an analyzer of sampled magnitudes characterizing the pulses, said magnitudes being prepare... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5394901 | Exhaust pressure modulation valve An exhaust gas pressure modulation valve for a diesel engine vehicle combines the functions of an exhaust brake and a warm-up valve and has a single butterfly valve (12) to close the exhaust passage. The butterfly is reactive and opens automatically at a ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5394393 | Method for the routing of a packet of data in a digital transmission network A method for the routing of a packet of data in a digital transmission network where each packet is formed by a header, enabling this packet to be identified and guided, and a part containing information elements to be conveyed. This method consists, at e... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5382146 | Control device for the mechanical thermal adjustment of the nozzle of an extruder for elongate products The invention relates to a control device for the mechanical or thermal adjustment of the nozzle (1) of an extruder for elongate products (2). In order to eliminate components for wall thickness fluctuations in the longitudinal direction of the elongate p... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5323870 | Adjustable viscous shear coupling for an all-wheel drive vehicle and a process for its control A viscous shear coupling for distributing torque between front and rear axles of an all-wheel drive vehicle is provided which comprises a housing, a set of inner blades interdigitating with a set of outer blades, the inner and outer blades being axially s... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5321145 | Process of producing phosphatidylcholine derivatives A process of producing phosphatidylcholine derivatives by the reaction of glycerophosphatidylcholine with at least one fatty acid anhydride in the presence of a pyridine catalyst is described. The reaction is carried out in a melt of the glycerophosphatid... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5310734 | Phospholipid composition A phospholipid composition exhibiting a phosphatidylcholine content of at least 80% by weight is described. Whereby this pulverized or granulated composition is free from additives. In order to prepare such a phospholipid composition the phospholipid star... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5304028 | Method and apparatus for the dejacketing of flat parallelipipedic deep-frozen blocks packed in one-piece folding cartons The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the dejacketing of flat, parallelipipedic blocks packed in folding cartons. Dejacketing is performed in three steps. First the flaps provided overlapping one another on opposite sides are unfolded by bei... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5286230 | Apparatus for dividing deep-frozen foodstuffs, with recovery of foodstuffs detached during said division A device for cutting up deep-frozen foodstuffs, in particular fish, has a plurality of saw bands (6) of a band saw arranged side by side at a distance apart, which cut the right parallelepipedal bodies (2, 3) into a plurality of smaller right parallelepip... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5277484 | Relay valve arrangement A relay valve arrangement useful in an ABS system comprises a relay valve, a source of control pressure, a control pressure circuit, a control chamber which receives the control pressure from the control pressure circuit and thereby determines the configu... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5274744 | Neural network for performing a relaxation process In accordance with the present invention, a neural network comprising an array of neurons (i.e. processing nodes) interconnected by synapses (i.e. weighted transmission links) is utilized to carry out a probabilistic relaxation process. The inventive neur... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5268594 | Cascadable multi-pulse generator for generating one-shot pulse and delayed triggered signal A cascadable multi-pulse generator stage for generating a one-shot pulse signal and a delayed trigger signal is disclosed. The cascadable multi-pulse generator stage includes a first pulse signal generator for generating a first one-shot pulse signal in r... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5265468 | Error detection and display system An error detection and display system for an apparatus having first and second operating states comprises a testing device, a display unit (e.g., a warning light), and a switch-on control unit. The testing device runs primary error test cycles for detecti... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5264970 | Digital signal reproducing apparatus A digital signal reproducing apparatus includes an address continuity check circuit, in addition to a parity check circuit, to check the validity of a reproduced block address. The address continuity check circuit checks the address continuity of n consec... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5263302 | Packing device A device for the packing of rigid or flexible receptacles, especially filled plastic bags, which are triangularly or teardrop-shaped in section, comprises a conveying belt for conveying the receptacles one behind the other, a discharge unit for dischargin... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5256870 | Input screen of a radiographic image intensifying tube having a radially variable thickness intermediary layer An image intensifying tube, such as a image intensifying tube which converts X-rays into a visible image, comprises a curved input screen which comprises a substrate that receives input radiation and a photocathode supported on the substrate, and an outpu... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5254898 | Vibrator A vibrator is disclosed having a vibrating body with a polygonal lateral cross-section. Two piezoelectric elements are disposed on nonparallel side surfaces of the vibrating body. A support structure is provided which supports the vibrating body at two su... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5254860 | Apparatus for guiding an optical character reader over an information containing card An apparatus for supporting and guiding an optical character reader across a document containing information to be read, such as a business card or an identification card, comprises a frame having a top surface, and a pair of rails disposed on the top sur... | 10/19/1993 |
