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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4611085 | Vapour phase hydrogenation of esters The present invention relates to the vapour phase hydrogenation of carboxylic acid esters to give alcohols. More particularly, this invention pertains to a process for the production of an alcohol by hydrogenation of an ester with a hydrogenation catalyst... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4608717 | Flexible armor A flexible protective armor has the form of a laminate having front and back layers of an aramid fibre fabric sandwiching a bag of packed feathers, foam, or felt material. The laminate is drawn tightly together by stitching or similar process. The armor m... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4607843 | Automatic bowling position indicator The Automatic Bowling Position Indicator (ABPI) of the present invention provides assistance to a bowler in order to achieve better scores by helping him to position himself on the approach. The positioning is dependent on variables such as whether the bo... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4608180 | Separation process A process for separating suspended material from a fluid comprising flowing the fluid through a porous matrix. The porous matrix is elastically deformable and restrained at its outlet end. The flow rate is sufficiently large so as to produce non uniform d... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4605461 | Method of transferring a retroreflective pattern onto a fabric A method of transferring a retroreflective pattern onto a fabric, wherein a retroreflective pattern transfer sheet comprising a base film, a temporary holding adhesive, a mass of transparent fine glass spheres partially embedded into the temporary holding... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4605293 | Spectacle frame with resilient hinges A spectacle frame having two interconnected parts (for example, the front and one of the side pieces or the two portions of the bridge of the front or the two portions of one of the side pieces in the case of a foldable frame) which are pivotable relative... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4603555 | Apparatus for containing an energy storage flywheel Apparatus suitable for containing a rotatable body such as a flywheel comprising at least two parts which together define a housing within which the rotatable body can be rotated. The parts of the housing are not rigidly fixed together but instead they ar... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4604679 | Method of assembling a motor vehicle headlight, and headlight produced using such a method Method of assembling a motor vehicle headlight whereby the open end of a rear parabola reflector on the said headlight is fitted round with a flange having a front annular groove designed to receive a rear edge on the front glass, the position of which in... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4604299 | Metallization of ceramics An article comprised of metal directly and adherently bonded onto a ceramic substrate, and a process for producing same, wherein the ceramic is adhesion promoted with molten inorganic compound, treated with halide compounds that promote adsorption of cata... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4602318 | Substrates to interconnect electronic components Substrates for interconnecting components in which a filament is applied and affixed to a base in a pre-determined pattern, the base surface and applied filaments are coated with a coating and the coating is hardened to form a substantially flat surface o... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4601916 | Process for bonding metals to electrophoretically deposited resin coatings An economical process for producing metal plated through holes in metal core circuit boards which permits the formation of small holes and fine conductor lines is disclosed. A metal sheet, which will become the core of a metal core circuit board, is provi... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4600571 | Catalysts and their use in ammonia production Catalysts as prepared by impregnating a carbon support with a halogen-containing compound of Ru, reducing the Ru to metal with hydrogen, and then depositing an alkali metal and a barium compound. The catalysts may be used for ammonia production.... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599858 | Ocean wave energy device A buoy type wave energy extraction construction in which the natural frequency of vertical oscillation of the buoy is mechanically altered to at least partially conform to the wave frequency occurring during a period of operation, whereby the maximum amou... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4600026 | Tobacco composition with bluish dogbane and a process for the preparation thereof The present invention relates to a tobacco composition comprising tobacco and bluish dogbane in the form of bluish dogbane leaves or bluish dogbane extract, a process for making the tobacco composition and a process for producing bluish dogbane extract. T... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4599442 | (Bisalkoxycarbonyl)alkyl 5-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]-2-nitrobenzoates There is provided herbicidal (bisalkoxycarbonyl)alkyl 5-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]-2-nitrobenzoates. These compounds are particularly useful when applied in a post-emergence application to soybean fields containing broadleaf weeds.... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4599358 | Pyrethroids There are described 3-phenoxy-benzyl or -cyano-3-phenoxy-benzyl esters of 2,2-dimethyl-cyclopropanecarboxylic acids substituted in position 3 by a dienic polyhalogenated chain, as well as their use as insecticides and acaricides. Moreover, there ar... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4599281 | Wearing part There is disclosed a wearing part comprising a basic body, a coating applied directly to the basic body or to a backing provided on the basic body and which coating consists of one or a plurality of layers of oxycarbides and/or oxynitrides and/or oxyborid... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4599701 | Complex magnitude computation A digital circuit is disclosed for computing the magnitude of a complex number employing piece-wise linear approximations to achieve precision without the need for iteration. An illustrative implementing circuit employs a first stage for converting the in... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4597549 | Aircraft mid-cabin divider An aircraft mid-cabin divider comprises a double-bulkhead, a vertical wrapping-post within the double-bulkhead, and a wrap-around door having a series of parallel vertical panels flexibly interconnected wherein the first vertical panel is hingeably secure... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4597630 | Self-derived reference beam holography using a dove prism A method and associated system for providing interference patterns generated from light, including visible, ultraviolet and infrared, carrying desired information comprises the steps of and associated apparatus for modulating a light beam emanating from a... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4597893 | Dispersant composition A dispersant composition suitable for dispersing crude oil or petroleum products floating on the surface of water comprises a combination of a selected non-ionic surfactant and an anionic surfactant in a suitable solvent. The non-ionic surfactant is an es... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4598097 | Pig feedstuff A feedstuff component for pigs contains one or more polyhydric alcohols in an amount to provide from 0.01 to 5% wt of polyhydric alcohol by weight of total feed. Preferred polyhydric alcohols are sugar alcohols, particuarly sorbital. The invention include... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4596586 | Separator for oil and gas, and separation process A separator suitable for separating a crude oil feed containing gas into gas and liquid the separator comprising a vessel (4) having an inlet (6) for feed disposed so that feed introduced under a pressure gradient is caused to form a downwardly flowing vo... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4596653 | Demulsifying process Emulsions of oil and water are broken by treating them with a demulsifier which is a polysiloxane polyalkylene oxide copolymer in which the polyalkylene oxide segment is composed of random ethylene oxide and propylene oxide units. The demulsifier is parti... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4594353 | Azolyl-furan-derivatives having fungicide activity There are disclosed compounds of formula: ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of H, an alkyl, and alkenyl, an alkynyl, an alkoxyl, a phenyl, a phenoxy, an alkoxycarbonyl, an alkylcarbonyl, a benzoyl and a cyano group; R1 | 06/10/1986 |
| 4594311 | Process for the photoselective metallization on non-conductive plastic base materials Catalytically imaged thermosetting and thermoplastic resin objects including printed circuit boards are provided. A hydrophilic, adhesion promoted insulating base material is treated in selected areas to produce metallic nuclei in the form of an image of ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4594369 | Process for producing corrosion inhibiting particles A process for producing corrosion inhibiting particles comprising binding corrosion inhibiting anions to particles of an inorganic oxide by ion-exchange to form anion-exchanged particles, the anions of which are releasible by further ion-exchange in which... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4592153 | Heel construction There is disclosed a heel construction capable of providing an optimal response for an individual wearing a shoe to which it is attached. The construction is adaptable to being permanently or detachably fixed to a shoe having an upper section and sole sec... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4591370 | Cryogenic process for removing acid gases from gas mixtures by means of a solvent A process for removing acid gases from natural or synthesis gases by absorption, comprising the following stages: (a) cooling the natural or synthesis gas to be purified to condense part of the CO2 contained in said gas; (b) feeding the cooled and p... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4591596 | Treating pain, inflammation and/or platelet aggregation This invention relates to chemical products of general formula ##STR1## wherein R is an amino group, mono or bi-hydroxyalkyl substituted, or a thio group, mono hydroxyalkyl substituted, in which one or more of the available --OH groups have been este... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4591615 | Thermoplastic elastomer composition A process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer comprising curing a blend of nitrile rubber and a thermoplastic under dynamic curing conditions. The thermoplastic comprises a copolymer of ethylene and an acrylic or methacrylic ester, e.g. ethylene-ethyl... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4591987 | Video rangefinder A system for determining range and orientation of distant objects such as a ship. By utilizing split imaging the observed height on a video monitor can be accurately determined despite movements of the image on the monitor. The observed ship can be visual... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4591620 | Copolymer, a film forming composition and a method of coating a surface with the composition A water soluble copolymer of polymerizable esters of unsaturated carboxylic acids having the hydrazide group as a substituent comprises a major proportion of monomer units which are methyl acrylate and/or methyl methacrylate and a minor proportion of co-m... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4585683 | Structural panel A structural panel having a core of a phenolic foam plastics material surrounded by a woven fibre cloth impregnated with a phenolic resin. In the case of large panels, internal stiffeners may be used to improve the structural rigidity. Also the panels may... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4585636 | Process for the manufacture of purified phosphoric acid The present invention relates to an improved process for the manufacture of purified phosphoric acid from phosphate rock. According to the invention, phosphate rock is decomposed by a mineral acid selected from hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid or mixtures... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4583738 | Golf swing training apparatus and method A golf swing training apparatus and method for teaching a golfer to swing a golf club along a predetermined path whereby through repeated practice the golfer becomes habituated to swing form and body posture, the apparatus comprising a base, a timing devi... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4581984 | Apparatus for measuring human respiration A lightweight and portable volumetric spirometer for measuring the volume of and rate of flow of air inhaled by human lungs. The device includes a movable piston within a first transparent cylindrical chamber provided with calibrated markings along its su... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4582091 | Leak sealing method The flow of liquid escaping from a leak in a vessel, e.g., a pipeline, is reduced or eliminated by introducing particles into the liquid. The particles are dispersed in a slug of material of higherviscosity than the liquid in the vessel and the size of at... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4580617 | Induction casting machine and method of casting A casting system includes an enclosure for covering a bowl-shaped entry port to an investment cavity for use in the lost-wax casting process. A delivery system is provided for delivering an inert gas to the enclosure to displace the original atmosphere wh... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4579012 | Compact electromechanical actuator A compact actuator is disclosed in which the motor, gear reduction and motion control functions are performed by an integral array of components. Instead of having separate interconnected units to perform these functions, the integral array compacts these... | 04/01/1986 |
