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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5266893 | Method and apparatus for testing VCR servos The capstan and drum servo systems of a VCR are tested by processing the capstan reference signal and the drum reference signal in a microprocessor and displaying information which is useful in diagnosing any defects in either of the servo systems.... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5267319 | Method and apparatus for troubleshooting the stereo audio circuits of a Beta type VCR A composite test signal which consists of the combination of four audio modulated carriers is developed and injected into the stereo audio circuits of a Beta type VCR. The audio output of the VCR is observed or listened to in order to determine if the cir... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5238478 | Ceramic filter element and method of manufacture An improved filter candle is provided for filtering entrained particulate matter from hot gasses. The filter candle is constructed ceramic fibers bonded together into a porous unitary tubular mask having a bottom end and an annular flange at the top end. ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5228288 | Control system for hydraulic rotary device An hydraulic rotary device includes a rotor which is oscillatable in a cylindrical chamber to force hydraulic fluid through a bypass conduit from one side to the other of a stator mounted in the chamber. An adjustable fluid flow restrictor is mounted in t... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5223138 | Reinforced ceramic filter candle and method of making same A ceramic filter candle is formed by a skeleton of ceramic fibers and spaced apart metallic perforate reinforcing members bonded together by means of a ceramic binder and a porous ceramic coating material which partially fills the interstices between the ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5209844 | Hot gas filter with jet pulse cleaning A combined hold-down and manifold member is formed of ceramic and holds a plurality of candle filters in sealing engagement with a ceramic tube sheet from which the filters are supported. The hold-down and manifold member supports a plurality of gas nozzl... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5204746 | Method and apparatus for frequency modulating a phase locked loop with video information A new and improved method and apparatus, for use in video systems such as VCRs, for frequency modulating a phase locked loop with video information by modulating a video carrier signal with a video signal without alerting the frequency of the sync pulses ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5199616 | Combination discharge and refill valve for unit dose dispenser Dispensing apparatus incorporates a pressurized liquid reservoir and associated manually operable dispensing valve and a pressurized gas reservoir and associated manually operable valve respectively connecting the reservoirs to a common spray orifice. The... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5194758 | Automatic switching circuit Voltage sensing circuitry monitors the signal input lines of a standard RS232 serial data interface. The voltage levels at the inputs of the interface are compared to known voltages to determine if the correct interconnections have been made between the i... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5188320 | Nursing bottle holder A resilient member having a central section is adapted to fit against the chest of the infant and two generally parallel downwardly extending side sections are adapted to fit snugly under the arms and against the sides of the infant. The central section h... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5185018 | Structural fibrosics A strong and light weight tubular structural member is formed of a fibrous ceramic mat-like skeletal base filled with a ceramic binder. The ceramic filled base is coated in a chemical deposition process with a thin ceramic skin which is molecularly bonded... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5183187 | Piston operated fluid dispensing device In a fluid dispenser a spring biased piston is mounted for reciprocable movement along a stem member which is moved longitudinally to actuate the dispenser. A metering chamber is located between the end of the piston and the end wall of a cylindrical cham... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5176128 | Organ retractor An organ retractor includes a tubular introducer which is adapted to be inserted through a body into an underlying body cavity and a multi-fingered tool which is insertable into through the body wall into the body cavity. The fingers are formed of a sprin... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5152595 | Shelving system and method of installation There is disclosed a system for the installation of one or more shelves in a cabinet. Included in the system are a pair of shelf guide rail assemblies which are adapted to be respectively mounted to the side walls of a cabinet for slidably receiving the s... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5152815 | Type 114 tiered filter A pressure filter includes a filter tank into which a rigid outlet conduit extends, and a plurality of clusters of filter tubes are suspended in the pressure chamber within the tank from a multi-tube manifold which is connected to and hangs from the outle... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5145421 | Cable connector A cable connector for attaching a cable having stranded wires enclosed in an insulated enclosure has a metal plate attached to the stranded wires. A threaded bolt is passed through an aperture in the metal plate and held in position by a nut. The parts, w... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5143476 | Snap lock system for tubular parts A snap lock will hold in assembled relationship two tubular parts one within the other in telescopic relationship. The locking mechanism has a rectangular base with rectilinear outer ends and a button urged by a spring perpendicularly away from the base. ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5130665 | Audio volume level control An audio volume controller includes a variable gain amplifier which amplifies an audio signal and drives a sound transducer such as a loud speaker. A volume controller is responsive to the level of the audio signal to adjust the gain of the amplifier to m... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5125379 | Rotary engine A rotary engine includes a housing in which two rotors are mounted on mutually transverse axes and are provided with lobes which interact with the sides of the other rotor to provide compression and combustion chambers in which a fuel is compressed and su... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5125277 | Gas sampling apparatus A gas sampling device includes a tubular ceramic filter element sealably mounted to a mounting plate and a locking member which secures the filter element to the mounting plate. The locking member includes a filter element cleaning nozzle which directs hi... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5123333 | Seals for housing of a rotary actuator The present invention relates to a fluid operated device having a stator and a rotating vane mounted on a shaft enclosed in a cylindrical body with head members at each end of the housing. The pressure of the fluid is different on each side of the vane fo... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5119702 | Brake lathe A brake lathe for drum and disc rotor brakes for grinding the inside cylindrical surface of a brake drum and machining the opposite parallel surfaces of a disc rotor. The lathe includes rotating spindle output shaft extending along an axis of the lathe ho... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5106319 | Battery cable termination The present invention relates to a new and improved battery cable termination having an auxiliary terminal extending from one end of the termination in coaxial relationship with the associated cable.... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5105995 | Gas assist unit dose dispenser Dispensing apparatus incorporates a pressurized liquid metering reservoir and associated manually operable dispensing valve and a pressurized gas metering reservoir and associated manually operable valve respectively connecting the reservoirs to a common ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5097860 | Pressure regulator for underwater breathing apparatus The first stage regulator of a two-stage underwater breathing apparatus utilizes an imperforate force transfer mechanism to automatically increase the rate at which breathing air is delivered from a high pressure supply to the second stage regulator as th... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5094421 | Corner hanger A first bracket, which includes a base plate and side flanges which lie against the walls of a room near a corner thereof, has slots in the base plate which receive tongues on the end of a second bracket which has spaced slots in the top edge thereof for ... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5085298 | Pressure compensating relief and refill system There is disclosed a hydraulic fluid regulator for automatically supplying hydraulic fluid to the pressure chamber of a rotary torque resistance actuator to replace fluid which may move out of the pressure chamber of the actuator when the fluid is heated ... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5071457 | Composite for filtering hot gas and method of its manufacture A composite filter element for filtering hot gasses is made up of a porous ceramic core to which a porous ceramic, thin outer layer is integrally bonded. The outer layer has a mean pore size which is at least several times smaller than the mean pore size ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5072164 | Electric motor control unit An electric motor control unit for use in a vending machine includes a sealed housing containing an electric motor drivingly connected through an eccentric and a cam follower to a magnetic switch actuator operatively associated with a sealed, magnetically... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5061014 | Axle cap for truck wheels having four, five or six locators Certain truck wheels have stud-like locators to accurately position a wheel on the hub. Such hubs may have four, five or six of such locators. A cap is adapted to cover the hub of such wheels, including the locators, and fit hubs having all three configur... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5052111 | Method and apparatus for providing runout compensation in a wheel A method of measuring the runout between a gauge and the axis of rotation of a wheel to which the gauge is mounted in each of two orthogonally related planes uses measurements of the angle between the axis of rotation of the wheel and the axis on which tw... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5042881 | Universal wheel liner The present invention relates to decorative wheel liners for the rear wheels of trucks. An adjustable wheel cover is provided which will accommodate wheels having a variety of widths for a given diameter of a wheel. The invention has first and second line... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5043050 | Electrolytic treatment apparatus A device for precipitating metals out of a liquid by applying an electric field to a flowing liquid makes use of two spaced apart insulating plates provided with mutually facing grooves, and two pieces of metal flat stock sealably mounted between the plat... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5018228 | Brake lathe with hand-held grinder and method of grinding A hand-held grinder for applying a swirl finish to a brake disc mounted to a lathe spindle is driven through a flexible drive removably mounted to the end of the lathe spindle.... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4976637 | Outboard motor conversion kit A kit for converting a Weedwacker into an outboard engine and a method of using the kit includes the steps of rotating the tubular housing of the Weedwacker through one hundred eighty degrees, replacing the grass cutting device with a propeller, replacing... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4976687 | Apparatus for controlling the supplying of intravenous fluids Intravenous fluid is supplied under the control of a microprocessor from a reservoir to a cannula through a flow member and a flow control device which responds, via the microprocessor, to the line pressures upstream and downstream of the control device. ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4971452 | RTD assembly An RTD assembly is welded directly to the heat receiving surface of a heat exchanger and shields the resistance element from the combustion gasses and thermally isolates the resistance element from the sheath of a sheathed cable which electrically connect... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4970923 | Shaping die A die for use in a punch-press operation has a constant shear angle throughout the entire cutting edge and the surface profile of the die is convex to draw the workpiece away from the cutting edge of the die as the workpiece is being punched out.... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4960448 | High temperature gas filter A high temperature pressure filter utilizes a rigid ceramic support plate separating a pressure tank into respective inlet and outlet pressure chambers. The support plate has a hole therein and a hollow ceramic filter element is disposed in one of the pre... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4955320 | Dispenser for string for bird nests A bird nest string feeder includes a housing having a hole therethrough the receiving one end of a bundle of string pieces. A retention element is movably mounted in the housing and is biased against the bundle to hold the string in place within the hole.... | 09/11/1990 |
