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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5540310 | Hold-down device for a brake shoe in a drum brake A brake shoe (12) is guided on an anchor plate (10) of a drum brake and held down by a pin (32) which extends through a hole (34, 36) each in the anchor plate and in a web (18) of the brake shoe (12). The pin (32) has a foot (38) which is supported on the... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5540770 | Luster pigments with nitrogen-containing metal layers Luster pigments based on coated plateletlike substrates comprising nitrogen-containing metal layers and if desired additionally one or more layers consisting essentially of colorless or selectively absorbing metal oxide, are prepared and used for coloring... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5540098 | Transfer device A transfer device an ultrasonic sensor having an oscillating section for oscillating an ultrasonic beam toward wafers which are horizontally arranged in a carrier and a receiving section for receiving a reflected ultrasonic wave, and driving mechanism for... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5539141 | Mixed boric acid/phosphoric acid esters of polyols, their preparation and use Described are mixed boric acid/phosphoric acid esters which may be obtained by subjecting at least one phosphorus compound capable of ester formation and at least one boron compound capable of ester formation simultaneously to an esterification reaction w... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537912 | Bearing adjusting mechanism for rodless cylinder A rodless cylinder has adjusting mechanisms, each comprising a gear shaft rotatably mounted in a hole defined in an outer wall of a slide table and having a first gear on an end thereof, an adjustment shaft having a second gear on an end thereof which is ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537889 | Gear device having tooth profile improved in reducing local frictional heat value and method of producing such a gear device A gear device improved in lowering the product of the load F acting on a pair of intermeshing teeth and the relative sliding velocity v at the area of contact of the gears, thereby minimizing the frictional heat. The gear device includes a first gear and ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5539043 | Aqueous dispersion Disclosed is an aqueous dispersion comprising a carboxyl group-containing chlorinated polypropylene with acid value of 10 to 60 and chlorine content of 15 to 35 wt. % and a carboxyl group-containing propylene--olefin copolymer with number average m... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5539015 | Synthetic resin composition and interior material coated with the same A synthetic resin composition comprises an aqueous medium, a surfactant, and a resin and filler dispersed in the aqueous medium by the surfactant. The surfactant comprises a first high molecular weight compound having a weight-average molecular weight of ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5536884 | Mixture of at least two alkoxylated alcohols and use thereof as a foam-suppressing surfactant additament in cleaning compositions for mechanized cleaning processes A mixture suitable for use as a foam-suppressing surfactant additament in cleaning compositions for mechanized cleaning processes comprises at least two mixtures of alkoxylated alcohols I R--O--(C2 H4 O)x --(C3 H | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536842 | Purification of indigo A process for purifying indigo comprises extracting an aqueous leuco indigo alkali metal salt solution with an inert solvent under oxygen-excluding conditions and conventionally regenerating the indigo by oxidation.... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536877 | Preparation of arylbenzylamines A process for the preparation of arylbenzylamines by the reaction of arylamines with a benzyl chloride, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of both a phase-transfer catalyst and a base selected from the group consisting of the inorganic ba... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5534577 | Aqueous polyolefin resin composition An aqueous polyolefin resin composition of (a) a polyolefin or a modified polyolefin selected from the group consisting of polyolefins which have been modified by graft copolymerization with an unsaturated carboxylic acid, unsaturated carboxylic acid anhy... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5534481 | Indazolesulfonylurea derivative, its use and intermediate for its production The present invention provides an indazolesulfonylurea derivative represented by the general formula: ##STR1## [wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, etc., R2 and R3 are the same or different and represent ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5534316 | Molding and method of producing the same A molding with the cross-section thereof varying in the longitudinal direction. The molding includes a support strip; and a protector provided along the length of the support strip so as to bring the molding into contact with a window glass; the support s... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5534294 | Process for producing Semiconductor silicon wafer Provided is a process for producing a semiconductor silicon wafer by which an intrinsic gettering effect can be improved and at the same time the top side can be made free from faults. A silicon ingot is produced and sliced to obtain silicon wafers. Then,... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5535159 | Multiport memory cell circuit having read buffer for reducing read access time In order to improve ability for driving the potential of a read bit line (192) to a high level, an output terminal (201b) of a memory circuit (21) and a read word line (182) are connected input terminals (204, 205) of a NAND gate (15) respectively. A gate... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5531080 | Refrigerant circulating system A refrigerant circulating system that uses a highly polar refrigerant, as typified by a hydrofluorocarbon-based one, and a refrigerating oil that has slight solubility with a liquid refrigerant on the condensation side. Also, a refrigerant circulating cyc... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5529646 | Process of Producing high-formability steel plate with a great potential for strength enhancement by high-density energy Disclosed are alloying elements and microstructures suited for realizing a marked increase in strength of low-carbon or ultra-low-carbon steel plate using a high-density energy source such as a laser. Steel blanks satisfying both high formability and high... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5529907 | Method of determining patient neutrophil activity and apparatus for practicing the same The present invention relates to a method of determining the metabolic state of neutrophils present in the body of a patient. In particular, the present invention involves the measurement of the rates of in vitro glycolysis in blood samples taken from ind... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5530146 | Furobenzopyran derivatives, process for preparation of same and herbicides containing same as active components Furobenzopyran derivatives of the general formula (I): ##STR1## in which R1 is a lower alkyl group, R2 is a lower alkyl group, lower alkoxy group, halogen atom or lower alkyl group substituted by a halogen atom, R3 is... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5521865 | Non-volatile semiconductor memory device for storing multi-value data A non-volatile semiconductor memory device having a plurality of electrically rewritable memory cells for storing multi-value data. The cells are arranged in an array and are coupled to a plurality of bit lines which transmit and receive data to and from ... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5519070 | Soft ocular lens material A soft ocular lens material prepared by copolymerizing copolymer components consisting essentially of: (A) from 5 to 70 parts by weight of a fluorine-containing (meth)acrylate; (B) from 5 to 60 parts by weight of an alkoxy-containing (meth)acrylate; (C) from 3 to 4... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5518978 | Difunctional catalyst useful in wax hydroisomerization and process for preparing it A difunctional catalyst is disclosed which is constituted by: (a) silica particles partially coated with zirconia, acidified by means of the introduction of sulfate moieties, (b) one or more metal(s) from Group VIIIA. The preparation of said catalyst and its use in... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5518904 | Method of producing alpha crystals of L-phenylalanine A method of producing L-phenylalanine employing a microorganism in which cultivation of the microorganism is continued while precipitating alpha-crystals of L-phenylalanine in the culture by means of seed crystals or a pH shift.... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5518724 | Infectious bursal disease virus A new virus not neutralized or bound by monoclonal antibodies which are group neutralizing to all IBDV vaccines of current art, and capable of inducing infectious bursal disease in poultry is identified, in essentially pure form. A test kit, and assay for... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5519231 | Pressure-connection type semiconductor device having a thermal compensator in contact with a semiconductor base substrate in an alloy-free state In order to obtain a pressure-connection type semiconductor device while preventing misregistration of a semiconductor base substrate and a thermal compensator with no penetration of an insulating/holding material and a method suitable for fabricating thi... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5516998 | Laser beam machining process and apparatus A laser beam machining process and apparatus, applicable to laser beam perforation and cutting, in which a laser beam is directed onto a wall (4) of a component (6) to be machined from one side of the said wall and emerges on the other side thereof follow... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5516682 | Subtilin variant of enhanced stability and activity A subtilin mutant substituting isoleucine for Glu4 of the native sequence (SEQ ID NO: 7) exhibits a 57-fold improvement in stability, resisting modification of the dehydroalanine residue at position 5. This stable mutant exhibits 3-4 times the ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515260 | Current-voltage conversion circuit, current compressing and extension circuit, automatic exposure control system, and automatic exposure control system with built-in sensor A current-voltage conversion circuit which is capable of performing logarithmic compression is obtained using only CMOS processes. An emitter of a PNP transistor (10) and a current input terminal (51) are connected commonly to a reverse input terminal of ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5515184 | Waveguide hologram illuminators A waveguide hologram illumination system is based on thin substrate waveguides bearing a hologram on the surface through which light is diffracted out. A light source is optically coupled to the waveguide such that light emitted from the source is caused ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5515145 | Color image forming apparatus having integral multiple length belt A color image forming apparatus of the type having a photoconductive belt for forming a latent image thereon electrostatically. The latent image is developed to turn out a corresponding toner image. The toner image is transferred from the photoconductive ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5515022 | Multilayered inductor A multilayer inductor 1 is fabricated, for example, by sandwiching a first magnetic material sheet (21) between a second magnetic material sheet (22) and a third magnetic material sheet (23) and integrating the three layers. The first magnetic material sh... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5514454 | Transparent substrate provided with a metal nitride layer The invention relates to a transparent substrate (1), more particularly of glass, surmounted by a metal nitride layer (3) for filtering solar radiation, characterized in that with a view to protecting said metal nitride layer particularly against high tem... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513564 | Stencil duplicating machine A stencil duplicating machine comprises a rotary cylindrical drum, an ink supply disposed inside the rotary cylindrical drum, a stencil supply unit, a stencil take-up unit, and a stencil making section. The rotary cylindrical drum is adapted to support a ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5515272 | Apparatus for diagnosing automatic transmission based on engine speed as compared with reference range A diagnosing apparatus for diagnosing a vehicle automatic transmission system including an automatic transmission having frictional coupling devices, and solenoid-operated valves for controlling the frictional coupling devices to shift the automatic trans... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5513206 | Apparatus for preheating and charging scrap materials An apparatus for preheating and charging scrap material includes a throat section (38) having at one end thereof a material charging inlet (37) connected to a furnace shell (2), the throat section extending laterally and upwardly obliquely, a heat exchang... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5512069 | Seeds, coated or impregnated with a PPFM Seeds coated or impregnated with at least one pink pigmented facultative methylotroph (PPFM) have improved germinability. PPFMs can be cultured to produce the cytokinin zeatin.... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511496 | Method of recovering glass and metal from solid residues produced in refuse incineration plants Glass and metal are recovered separately by melting from the solid residues produced in a refuse incineration plant, particularly from slag. The melting is effected in two zones. In the first, top melting zone the oxidic constituents of the residues are c... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5511865 | Apparatus for resonance control in a brake intervention traction control system An apparatus for attenuating wheel speed variation during periods of brake intervention traction control is provided. The speed of the or each driven wheel is monitored and the braking force applied to the or each driven wheel is controlled in accordance ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5510502 | Catalyst component for use in the polymerization of -olefins and process for producing -olefin polymers using the same A catalyst component for use in the polymerization of -olefins, comprising a compound represented by the following general formula I!: ##STR1## wherein R1 s represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-6 hydrocarbon group or a C... | 04/23/1996 |
