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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5804285 | Decorative sheet and method for producing the same A printed woodgrain pattern and a lustrous solid printed layer are formed by printing on the back surface of a transparent thermoplastic resin film to obtain a printed film. The printed film and a colored thermoplastic resin film are superposed, the print... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802845 | Exhaust gas purification system and exhaust gas purification method An exhaust gas purification system for an internal combustion engine is herein disclosed which comprises an exhaust system having an adsorption flow path provided with an adsorbent capable of adsorbing harmful components such as hydrocarbons in an exhaust... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5778530 | Method of manufacturing a camshaft A camshaft made of cast iron containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Bi, Te, Se, As, Sb and Sn in a total amount of 0.0001 to 0.1 weight %, preferably, 0.001 to 0.1 weight %. The cast iron may further contain at least one ele... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5763763 | Method and sensing device for measuring predetermined gas component in measurement gas Disclosed is a method and a sensing device capable of measuring a predetermined measurement gas component continuously and accurately with good response over a long period of time without being affected by a high oxygen concentration in a measurement gas.... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5756015 | Method for producing cylindrical ceramic body A method for producing a cylindrical ceramic body having a hollow portion and having an uneven thickness includes the steps of: granulating a ceramic material powder to obtain granules having an average diameter of 50-90 μm and an apparent bulk density o... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5751284 | Current signal correction process and device A signal representative of a rectified current supplied by a current sensor is applied to the input of a correction circuit. The form of the input signal of the correction circuit, deformed with respect to the form of a theoretical signal, is corrected so... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5749212 | Elastomeric core/staple fiber wrap yarn A jet spun twistless core/wrapped elastic yarn product. The core yarn of the core/wrapped yarn is a unitary elastomeric filament. The core yarn is contiguously provided around the core with staple fibers. The inner portion of the staple fibers extends in ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5746647 | Sleeve flange type mounting device for mounting a grinding wheel on a spindle of a grinding machine A sleeve flange type mounting device for mounting a grinding wheel on a spindle of a grinding machine consists of a sleeve flange defining a sleeve portion and a flange portion, a pressing plate fitted on the sleeve portion for clamping the grinding wheel... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5743209 | System and method for monitoring and controlling milk production at dairy farms An automated modular system for officially controlling the quantity and quality of milk production at a dairy farm site, including the steps of: assigning each dairy herd an identification code; assigning each milk producing animal in each herd a unique animal... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5733844 | Image-receiving sheet An image-receiving sheet including a substrate sheet, an image-receiving layer and, as a detection mark, an opaque porous resin layer that becomes transparent upon heating, the opaque porous resin layer being formed by coating a resin varnish including a ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5731560 | Operating mechanism of a circuit breaker with a locking system disengageable on a short circuit A mechanism for a multipole circuit breaker with high currents and high electrodynamic strength, comprising a toggle device associated to a trip hook and a switching bar, an opening ratchet cooperating with the hook to perform loading and tripping of the ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5725088 | Switch for use in electronic devices A stationary terminal 12 and a common terminal 13 are provided on a bottom of an insulating case 11. A pivot 14a is provided on an upper end of common terminal 13. A change-over plate 14 is rotatable about and brought into contact with the pivot 14a. A pr... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5720787 | Exhaust gas purifying filter using honeycomb monolith with random length sealing portions An exhaust gas purifying filter for removing carbon particles from combustion exhaust gas, having a honeycomb structural body, flow passages that are sealed alternately at both ends by means of sealing portions to form checkerboard patterns. In the exhaus... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5716578 | Method for molding a retainer for seat A retainer for a seat that can be molded by a pair of metal molds and which prevents water from entering into a portion which locks a hook member. The retainer for a seat comprises: a box-shaped leg body with an opening being inserted through a mounting h... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5712673 | Thermal transfer recording medium and thermal transfer recording method The invention relates to a thermal transfer sheet including a thermally transferable ink layer on one surface of a substrate film, wherein said ink layer contains a coloring agent, and a decoloring agent that prevents thermal color-developing paper from c... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5710529 | Surface acoustic wave filer device having a cascade filter structure and a piezoelectric substrate having mirror-polished surfaces A surface acoustic wave filter device includes a piezoelectric substrate having mirror-polished surfaces on both sides, so that it is essentially free from warping. One surface of the substrate is provided with two filter stages which are cascade connecte... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5708750 | Manufacture of a buried wave guide at several burying depths Method of locally embedding a waveguide in a substrate. A mask is arranged on the upper face of the substrate. An edge of the mask obliquely intersects, at a low predetermined angle A, the waveguide to define a partially masked transition portion between ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5708050 | Oxygen permeable contact lens having high durable hydrophilic surface and method for producing the same A hydrophilic oxygen permeable contact lens having a front surface which is not to be in contact with the cornea of a human eye when the contact lens is worn on the human eye, wherein at least the front surface of the contact lens is coated with a hydroph... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5707925 | Image formation on objective bodies The present invention relates to image-formation on any selected kind of objective body. The characterizing features reside in such that, based upon fed image data, required images are formed on an image-transferable sheet acting for image carry-over serv... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5707205 | Fan device An air moving device for improving P-Q characteristics and noise by suppressing the production of vortices. An annular wall spaced from blade tips, is formed of a plurality of annular plates and spacers with a slit defined between adjacent annular plates.... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5705775 | Corona control ring having elongated water discharge holes A corona control ring has a corona control ring main body and a water discharge hole having an elongated shape like a racetrack. The corona control ring main body includes a bottom portion and an inner wall portion and an outer wall portion respectively a... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5705289 | Process and apparatus for peeling outer tubes from spent NaS cells A process for peeling an outer tube of a spent NaS cell, including the steps of: (1) holding opposite end portions of the spent NaS cell; (2) forming annular cut lines in the outer tube of the cell at the opposite end portions; (3) forming a straight cut ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5705129 | NOx sensor An NOx sensor has the sensor element made of an oxide, the resistance of which is varied in response to an NOx component in a gas to be measured, and a measuring portion for measuring a resistance variation of the sensor element and for detecting an NOx c... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5703433 | Plasma display panel and method for forming fluorescent screens of the same Predetermined barrier ribs 2 are filled with three types of pastes of fluorescent substances 3 for R, G, and B by a screen printing method. Next, a sandblasting process is performed through a sandblasting mask 7. Thereafter, a sintering process is perform... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5702731 | Lateral type molding apparatus for the production of composite insulators A composite insulator-producing lateral type molding apparatus includes a mold body constituted by a first molding unit and a second molding unit, each of said first and second molding units being provided, at an inner peripheral face, with recesses for t... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5702104 | Method and apparatus for playing mixture of Twenty-one and Baccarat using three, four or five player cards A method and apparatus for playing a mixture of Twenty-one and Baccarat. Each player initially receives three cards, one for Twenty-one, one for Baccarat, and one common card to be summed with the Twenty-one card and the Baccarat card. The player then has... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5701729 | System for forming elastomeric core/staple fiber wrap yarn using a spinning machine A system for forming elastomeric core/staple fiber wrap yarn using a spinning machine such as an air jet, roller jet or roller spinning machine. The system includes a package drive assembly, yarn motion and presence sensors, an improved drafting assembly ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5700929 | Base for coating solid enteric pharmaceutical preparations A coating base for solid enteric pharmaceutical preparations having a dissolution pH ranging from 3.5 to 4.5 essentially consisting of hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose trimellitate obtained by substituting water-soluble hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose having 1... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5700194 | Joypad circuit for playing PC games A programmable joypad circuit for playing PC games includes a panel having a plurality of control buttons, a directional button, a switching button, a mode selecting switch, a four/eight direction mode switch, a setting switch and a control circuit having... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5698931 | Sensor element and particle sensor A sensor element for detecting solid particles in a fluid includes: a detecting unit including a piezoelectric film consisting essentially of a ceramic material, a first electrode coated onto at least a portion of the outer surface of the piezoelectric fi... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5698927 | Surface acoustic wave device A surface acoustic wave device including a substrate made of a lithium tetraborate single crystal (Li2 B4 O7) whose cut and propagating direction are determined such that Euler cut angles (.psi., θ, $c;) are .psi.=+5°... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5698489 | Thermal transfer image-receiving sheet A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet including a substrate sheet and a colorant-receptive layer, the substrate sheet having microvoids and having been formed by extruding a composition including a polyester resin and a polyolefin resin and biaxially s... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5698471 | Method of manufacturing a composite substrate and a piezoelectric device using the substrate A method of manufacturing a composite substrate and the composite substrate manufactured thereby wherein surfaces of first and second substrates having different thermal expansion coefficients are mirror finished and layered on each other. A first heat tr... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5698284 | Optical recording medium The present invention relates to an optical recording medium which has excellent scratch resistance and resistance to cracking derived from warpage and bending. It comprises a card substrate; and, laminated on the card substrate, an optical recording memb... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5695326 | Compressor for a refrigeration machine having a thrust bearing A compressor for a refrigeration machine is provided without any problems of reduction in the life of a thrust bearing structure even when a substitutive coolant not containing any chlorine is used. In the compressor for a refrigeration machine having a t... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5693988 | Filtering device A filtering device, connected between an electrical power supply source and a load, comprises an active filter connected to the source and to the load, and a passive filter connected to the load. A voltage, generated between two terminals of the active fi... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5693223 | Column and column device for low pressure-high speed liquid chromatography and a method for using said column device A column for low pressure-high speed liquid chromatography, including a column body being made of a transparent or translucent plastic and having a column chamber, said column body having one end opened and the other provided with an outflow opening, a pa... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5691594 | Piezoelectric/electrostricitve element having ceramic substrate formed essentially of stabilized zirconia A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element including a thin ceramic substrate, and a piezoelectric/electrostrictive portion formed on the ceramic substrate by a film forming technique without an adhesive agent, the piezoelectric/electrostrictive portion con... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5691593 | Piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator having at least one piezoelectric/electrostrictive film A piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator including a ceramic substrate, and at least one piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator unit formed on at least a portion of at least one surface of the substrate, each piezoelectric/electrostrictive actuator unit... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5691277 | 2-(unsubstituted or substituted) (benzyloxy or phenoxy)-4-substituted-6-(meta-substituted phenoxy)pyridine, process for producing the same, and herbicidal composition A 2-(unsubstituted or substituted) (benzyloxy or phenoxy)-4-substituted-6-(meta-substituted phenoxy)pyridine represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents C1 -C4 alkoxy or cyano; each X, which may be identic... | 11/25/1997 |
