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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6113801 | Method of making colored replicas and compositions for use therewith Compositions and methods for producing colored replicas are described. A method includes: combining a polymerizable varnish and a dye to form a composition, wherein the dye is substantially dissolved in the composition; and replicating a surface topograph... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6051144 | Liquid filtration system and replaceable filter cartridge usable therewith A filter cartridge is capable of at least one-way communication with the base of a filtration system so as to confirm that the filter cartridge is properly configured for installation and use in the filtration system. Transmission and receipt of a filter ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6017181 | Cask transporter A cask transporter for engaging, lifting and safely transporting casks containing nuclear waste material. The cask transporter comprises a gantry structure including a plurality of extendible telescoping boom assemblies coupled to a beam. A platform is co... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5964044 | Conveyor oven usable as pre-bake oven in a print plate imaging and processing system and method of using same A conveyor oven is capable of heating precisely and uniformly an article to be baked as the article is conveyed through the oven at a designated speed. Precise and uniform heating is promoted by 1) a combination supply/return duct assembly positioned abov... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5934825 | Vibratory plate machine A vibratory plate machine has an improved baseplate, console, clutch, and/or cage assembly. The baseplate has a semi-spherical bottom surface and barrel-shaped side surfaces to improve stability and maneuverability. The baseplate also has ribs on its uppe... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5921315 | Three-dimensional heat pipe A heat pipe heat exchanger is provided in the form of a serpentine heat pipe that does not have the ends of the individual tubes manifolded to one another via a straight pipe or via any other common connector. Instead, it has been discovered that heat pip... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5897806 | Adaptor device for connecting sheathed heater with power supply terminal An adaptor device for connecting a sheathed heater with a power supply terminal wherein an end of a heater wire of the sheathed heater and an end of a lead wire are inserted into an adaptor sleeve and the ends of the heater wire and the lead wire in the a... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5890834 | Vibratory plate machine with a water supply system and mehtod of using the same A water supply system is adapted to spray lubricant, typically water, onto an asphalt surface in front of an asphalt vibratory plate machine at a generally constant rate regardless of the level of lubricant in the system's storage tank and regardless of m... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5878731 | Method and an apparatus for cleaning internal combustion engine crankcase blow-by-gas and an internal combustion engine including said apparatus An internal combustion engine in which the oil content of blow-by gas is reduced by conveying the blow-by gas (34) away from the engine to be cooled in a heat exchanger (30). Oil (40) condensing from the cooled blow-by gas (34) is returned to the engine a... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5880401 | Plastic housing of the flameproof enclosure ignition protection type In a plastic housing of the "Flameproof Enclosure" ignition protection type, one part of the housing is provided at the parting plane with a rib (31) and the other housing part is provided with a groove complementary thereto. The cross-sectional dimension... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5876610 | Method and apparatus for monitoring liquid flow through an enclosed stream A liquid flow meter is designed to monitor the flow of a liquid through an enclosed stream such as through the tubes or internal passageways of a device such as a filtration system. The liquid flow meter includes an axial-flow magnetic turbine and a detec... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5850957 | Vehicle business card dispenser A business card dispenser, mountable on an exterior surface of a vehicle used by a business person, stores business cards or other promotional materials and is accessible to prospective customers located in the vicinity of the vehicle so as to permit the ... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5845702 | Serpentine heat pipe and dehumidification application in air conditioning systems A heat pipe heat exchanger is provided in the form of a serpentine heat pipe that does not have the ends of the individual tubes manifolded to one another via a straight pipe or via any other common connector. Instead, it has been discovered that heat pip... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5839377 | Apparatus and method for applying and removing transversely applied elastic rail clips A machine is capable of automatically applying and removing transversely applied rail clips such as the so-called Safelok-type clip. The machine preferably includes a workhead on which is disposed one or more applicator/remover mechanisms, each of which i... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5830420 | Method to upgrade titania slag and resulting product A method is disclosed including: (a) sizing a titania slag to a particle size range of from 75 microns to 850 microns; (b) oxidizing the sized titania slag by contacting the sized titania slag with an oxygen containing gas at a temperature of at least abo... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5829395 | Rail saw power head with two cycle engine and lube oil metering system A rail saw has a power head which includes a two cycle engine which does not require premixing of gasoline and lubricating oil. Instead, undiluted gasoline is stored in the engine's fuel tank, and lubricating oil is supplied to the engine's fuel supply sy... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5742931 | System and method for allocating resources of a retailer among multiple wholesalers A computerized system is capable of receiving an input request from the orderer for a retailer, of searching selected wholesalers based on information obtained automatically from the wholesalers, and of then comparing these wholesalers to one another so a... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5695338 | Expansion device for oral reconstruction and method for the installation of the expansion device under a patient's gum in order to carry out oral reconstruction in cases of bone loss An expansion device for oral reconstruction formed by a closed pouch made of a film provided at one point with an additional thickness and a protective feature against being perforated right through, characterized in that the protective feature is a conca... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5690347 | Tractor trailer integrated jackknife control device An integrated jackknife control device for a tractor trailer assembly requires minimal if any modification to the existing fifth wheel coupler of the tractor trailer. The device comprises a computer controlled braking system including one or more pivot br... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5690439 | Thermal transfer printing apparatus A thermal transfer printing apparatus has an improved ink sheet interchanging device. A fusion type or sublimation type thermal transfer printing using a combination of many kinds of ink sheets can be carried out by a single printing apparatus. A desired ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5679614 | Steam reforming catalyst and method of preparation A steam reforming catalyst including Ni.Cr/MgO.La2 O3.Al.sub.2 O3 is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of preparing the catalyst. The catalyst is particularly useful for the catalytic reforming of paraffinic or polycyc... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5678894 | Dental chair with headrest Systems and methods for positioning the oral cavity of a dental patient are described. An apparatus, includes: a pivotable chair including: a reclinable back; and a headrest connected to the reclinable back, the headrest including: a bracket for attaching... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5672232 | Apparatus for producing tubular products from nonwoven fibers A system produces segmented tubular products such as filters from nonwoven fibers and includes a die assembly, a collector assembly including a rotating mandrel, a withdrawer assembly, and a post-treatment assembly. The withdrawer assembly utilizes at lea... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5655797 | Sanitary fitting A sanitary fitting provides a fluid-tight seal between the fitting and the axial end of the tube coupled to the fitting, thereby eliminating crevices between the end of the tube and the sealing point of the fitting and consequent fluid accumulation and po... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5595544 | Putter grip with stabilizing members A putter grip has at least one and preferably two stabilizing members each at least selectively extending generally radially outwardly from one of the front and rear surfaces of the body of the grip and each presenting a bottom surface which is designed t... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5564184 | Method for making heat pipes A metalworking tool is capable of making internally grooved and externally finned heat exchanger coils from ordinary tubes in a single operation in which the tubes are expanded into bonding mechanical contact with external fins at the same time that groov... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5540243 | Fingernail protector Systems and methods for protecting fingernails are described. A fingernail protector includes: a resilient arcuate section having a proximal open end and a distal open end, the arcuate section 1) defining a first axis, 2) including a recess formed in the ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5539646 | Method and apparatus for an AGV inertial table having an angular rate sensor and a voltage controlled oscillator A low-cost solid state replacement circuit for an inertial platform with the resulting consequence of increased resolution, significantly reduced cost, and improved reliability and accuracy. The invention comprises no moving parts and permits the use of a... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5539188 | System for the identification of containers, notably gas cylinders The system includes an electronic label (1) and a data terminal (6). The electronic label (1) is provided with a device for the emitting of electromagnetic waves (8) fixed to a ring (2) of the bottom of the protective bell (5). The data terminal (6) is co... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5538326 | Flexible unitary seat shell A flexible unitary seat shell including: a base section; a back section in angular relationship to the base section; and an intermediate section connecting the base section to the back section, the intermediate section forming a hinge between the base sec... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537972 | Fuel injection system having a pressure intensifier incorporating an overtravel safety feature A pressure intensified fuel injector incorporates an overtravel safety feature which prevents fuel flow through the high pressure chamber of the intensifier upon injection nozzle failure, thereby preventing further and uncontrolled injection events in the... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5539797 | Method and apparatus for digital stereotaxic mammography A mammograph is disclosed which includes: a positioning device defining a rotation axis, the positioning device including: an arm 댢 ; breast support plate connected to the arm 댢 ; a movement device connected to the arm ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537411 | Dual bus access network having a pair of virtual circuits Disclosed is a novel architecture for an access network of a mobile radiotelephony network formed by a dual bus or a dual counter-rotating ring to which there are connected an access point and several base stations capable of receiving several mobile stat... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536923 | Payment memory medium and method of use thereof A method of electronic payment comprising: providing a memory with an EPROM counter and a pointer; inserting the memory into a machine; decrementing the counter in steps which correspond to a unit of payment, in an irreversible manner, until the counter i... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536328 | Cleaning card for printing machine and for a work station for the electrical customization of the cards A cleaning card for a card-printing machine associated with a station for the electrical customization of the cards. The cleaning card has dimensions substantially identical to those of the cards to be printed, and is coated with two cleaning flat pads. T... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5533902 | Pocket panel educational or diagnostic tool A tool is usable as an educational tool, a diagnostic tool or a toy and is designed to develop or diagnose a user's matching, classifying, or labeling skills using primarily visual feedback and manual manipulation--skills possessed by even non-verbal stud... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5534686 | Twin-contact chip card and method of communication with a card reader The invention relates to chip cards. There is disclosed a chip card (12) with only two contacts intented both to information exchanges (instructions and data) between the card (12) and a card reader and to the power supply of the card (12). According to t... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533475 | Engine and gear drive combination A variable timing gear device for an engine component driven by a drive system from the engine drive shaft. The gear device comprises an epicyclic or differential gear mechanism, an input of which is driven from the engine drive shaft and an output being ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533603 | Internally-actuating and self-adjusting PTO clutch assembly A PTO clutch assembly includes coaxial primary and secondary clutches and in use is initially externally actuated but primarily internally-actuating so as to require relatively low manual or other external actuating forces to engage the clutch assembly--t... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5533828 | Method and apparatus for discharging paving materials on top of distributing auger A paving machine discharges HMA or other paving materials directly on top of a distributing auger located between the paving material storage hopper and the screed. The distributing auger is then capable of remixing any partially segregated paving materia... | 07/09/1996 |
