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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5683095 | Interface between front and rear ski bindings Interface device between a ski and front and rear bindings (3, 4), designed to hold in place the ends of a boot on the ski. The device comprises a longilinear plate (15), each end of which is fastened to the ski to the front and rear of the bindings. One ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5598884 | Device for guiding a cast bar from the output of a casting wheel to the input of a rolling mill The device comprises an element for progressively taking charge of the strand, having at least one movable jaw which can move between a first, open position for introducing the tip of the strand and a second, closed position for centering the strand.... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5512723 | Self-cleaning type switch A switch compartment 20R is formed in a switch body 20 of electrically insulating material and opens at the top surface of the body. First and second fixed contact members 23C, 24C are secured to the opposed inner walls of the compartment. The open top of... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5378998 | Current measurement circuits A circuit for measuring current flowing along a line including a resistance has two transistors with their emitters connected to the line on opposite sides of the resistance and with their collectors connected to a zero voltage rail via respective resisto... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5372337 | Unmanned aerial aircraft having a single engine with dual jet exhausts An unmanned aerial vehicle incorporates a single engine with bifurcated exhausts which are coupled to side mounted rotating nozzles through a swivel joint. Jet deflection means are mounted to the end of the rotating nozzles to achieve additional degrees o... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5372848 | Process for creating organic polymeric substrate with copper A copper layer is coated onto an organic polymeric substrate in the presence of a gas containing nitrogen and a noble gas.... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5371611 | Method for and system of decoding compressed continuous-tone digital image data For decoding compressed digital image data of source image, end-of-block (EOB) codes appearing in entropy coded data are utilized to detect a portion of "0" elements in a frequency range coefficient matrix. An inverse orthogonal transform process is fully... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5312244 | Burner with grille and heating installation fitted with such a burner Gas burner comprising a gas distribution chamber (3) fed with combustive air and combustible gas and communicating with a combustion chamber (15) through a main flame stabilization grille (11) having a lacunar structure, porous to the air/gas mixture. Pre... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5312718 | Method of manufacturing dies for pressing optical disks An optical disk die is manufacture from a laminated disk which includes a substrate, an overlying heat sensitive layer, a reflective layer, and a final output protective layer. A laser beam forms micro-pits in the heat sensitive layer. These micro-pits be... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5311716 | Waterproof covering device for a roof or the like A corrugated waterproof roof covering has a plurality of adjacently positioned sections. Each section includes an intermediate series of separated, adjacently positioned ridges interconnected by identical U-shaped channels. An additional lowered ridge is ... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5311191 | Automatic anechoic chamber calibrator A calibration reference target fixture is mounted on a pylon having a motorized spline extending longitudinally therethrough. The body of the fixture is teardrop shaped so as to present a low reflection cross section to a transmitting antenna. The referen... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5309230 | High-sensitivity infrared detector and an infrared camera using such a detector A high-sensity infrared detector system includes circuitry for summing the luminance values of flux received by the photosensitive cells in a detection matrix, these values being read in succession by a CCD read circuit at a frame rate and then converted ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5305401 | Optical connection device and data processing apparatus fitted with optical transmission means An optical connection device includes at least one first rigid element fitted with an end which is preferably pointed; and at least one second element comprising a part made of elastic material such as silicon. Fasteners hold the end of the said first ele... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5301206 | Spread spectrum communication system A spread spectrum communication system comprising a transmitter including an angle modulator, a frequency divider, a spread code generator, and a spread spectrum modulator, and a receiver including a despreading circuit, an angle demodulator, a sync detec... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5297559 | Apparatus for testing color vision An opaque plate is positioned in front of a patient undergoing color vision testing. A number of openings are formed in the plate. Behind each disk is a hollow sphere having colored light sources mounted therein. By selectively energizing the colored ligh... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5296705 | Imaging system with integrated measuring of the wear of its optical elements working in transmission mode and optronic imaging equipment comprising an imaging system such as this An imaging system is provided with integrated measurement of wear in at least one of the system's optical elements working in the transmission mode, in a given spectral band. The system includes a combination of optical elements and an imaging detector on... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5297277 | Apparatus for monitoring data transfers of an oemi channel interface A channel adapter monitoring device for tracing OEMI channel data and tags. The device is configurable via a support processor and supervisory microprocessor. A trace array memory stores events identified by a configurable write register. A timer is provi... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5289111 | Bandgap constant voltage circuit A constant voltage circuit is to stabilize a constant voltage output with respect to a source voltage and produce the constant voltage output at a lower level of the source voltage. The constant voltage circuit is arranged to generate an output of constan... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5289528 | Automatic telephone answering apparatus with call forwarding arrangement The automatic telephone answering apparatus of this invention is capable of connection to a plurality of telephone lines. The user registers in this apparatus the telephone number of a telephone equipment where the user will be staying (destination teleph... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5285564 | Method of making a magnetic head support A decrease in the quality of parts constituting the magnetic head structure of a magnetic disk device is prevented and the degree of freedom of design for oscillation characteristics is increased. A magnetic head support structure 10 comprising an attaching ba... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5282082 | Day-and-night optical observation device A binocular-type optical device for night as well as day vision. A night vision optical device is located in a central body. The night vision optical device includes an optical path which is folded through a pair of opposed holes in a central body contain... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5280172 | Fiber optic sensor for measuring gas This is a system of fibre optic sensors comprising at least one such fibre for measuring a physical or chemical parameter sensitive to the change in an environment (E) within which the sensor is placed, the said fibre comprising a cladding (3), a core (5)... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5265473 | Oscillator type accelerometer An elongated mass is extended from the center of a U-shaped support frame and oscillators are disposed between the mass and leg portions of the support frame. The oscillators each have a flat, plate-like configuration which oscillates in a distorted-slidi... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5267225 | Automatic disc player system loaded with a multiplicity of selectable discs An automatic disc playback system for playing back discs such as compact discs or the like includes a pair of juxtaposed racks each housing a plurality of trays (3) with respective discs (4) placed thereon, a disc playback unit (120, 121) for playing back... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5262852 | Method of detection for a panoramic camera, camera for its implementation, and surveillance system equipped with such a camera The invention relates to a method of photodetection for a panoramic camera and to a system for implementation of such a method. A panoramic camera can incorporate a photodetector system of the charge transfer type, an optical system for focusing on a sect... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5261630 | Ejection seat control using aircraft radio altimeter A pilot's ejection seat is propelled in an upward direction after ejection by employing a high gain signal from a radio altimeter on board an aircraft. The vertically downward high gain vector is inverted by adding 180° to its phase component and providi... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5261454 | Multiport selector valve A multiport selector valve incorporates a polished interface between a respective poppet of each port and a displaceable valve spool. A controlled gap exists between each poppet and its respective port fitting to pressurize a recess in which an O-ring is ... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5262862 | Black level compensation circuit for a luminance signal A black compensation circuit for compensating a luminance signal which is subjected to edge enhancement, comprises: a black-level expanding circuit responsive to a control signal including an edge enhancement component and the luminance signal for perform... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5262093 | Cowling for a rotary surface aerator used for the aeration of tanks intended for water treatment Cowling for a rotary surface aerator used for the aeration of tanks intended for the aerobic treatment of water, consisting of a skirt surrounding the aerator, wherein the skirt is made of a flexible substance or material and is ballasted in its lower par... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5258772 | Antenna device This invention provides an antenna device of the type including a main antenna composed of a retractable flexible antenna, wherein the main antenna is slidably received in a tubular antenna case, a coil spring composed of a conductor is connected at one e... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5253834 | Alignment fixture for unobstructed pivot point A fixture comprising three plates capable of exercising decoupled motion along three angular axes. A first end of a connecting rod is mounted, by way of a spherical bearing in one of the plates, while an opposite end is secured to the peripheral center of... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5253788 | Device for dispensing and dosing a product, such as a cosmetic product, contained in a receptacle Device for dispensing and dosing a product, comprising a first valve disposed across the aperture of the receptable; a slide system comprising a fixed part and a movable part including a piston sliding into a zone of said fixed part delimiting externally ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5255021 | Ink-jet printer having an ink jet print head end of life detection circuit In an ink-jet printer of the type wherein a current is passed through a conductive ink contained between a pair of electrodes to cause the ink to become vaporized and cause trapped gasses or bubbles to expand suddenly, exerting a sufficient pressure upon ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5254179 | Photovoltaic device and solar module having a partial transparency The specification discloses a photovoltaic device comprising a transparent, electrically insulating substrate, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements using thin-layer technology, disposed as a stack on the substrate, these photoelectric conversi... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5252021 | Handling installation for iron and steel products A system for handling iron and steel products, such as, in particular, slabs, blooms, billets and similar products, which have intersecting translation movements. These include apparatus for gripping, handling and transporting iron and steel products and ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5252555 | Microemulsion containing a perfuming concentrate and corresponding product The invention relates to a non-alcoholic perfuming product comprising a lipophilic phase based on a concentrate of odoriferous substance or perfume and a water-soluble phase, the said phases being combined in a microemulsion and the content of concentrate... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5252139 | Photovoltaic thin layers panel structure Panel structure suitable for forming a photovoltaic device, comprising an electrically insulating transparent support substrate; photosensitive elements constituted by thin layers stacked on a first face of the said substrate and comprising an opaque elec... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5249959 | Device for the rapid repair of a blast-furnace plate A device repairs worn depressed surfaces around a tap hole opening in a blast furnace plate. The device includes a preformed frusto-conical member made of a refractory material that is flexible and rapidly baked. A ferrule is formed of frangible material ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5249529 | Self-nulling hybred MAGLEV suspension Normal and superconducting magnets are employed in an electromagnetic (attractive) suspension system for MAGLEV vehicles. The super conducting magnet provides the principal magnetomotive force (MMF) to the system while the normal electromagnet compensates... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5248949 | Flat type dielectric filter A flat type dielectric filter comprises a substantially U-shaped strip line formed such that each center frequency of spurious output deviates from each odd number frequency times the center frequency of the dielectric filter. That is, it comprises a firs... | 09/28/1993 |
