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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6318292 | Clean water system and structure of the system A clean water system and structure that positively utilize the natural water purification system present in rivers, the ocean and other natural water bodies to prevent water fouling and stench over the long term and enable low-cost maintenance of ponds an... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6278679 | Supra-density optical photochromic rewrite data access system The invention provides a near-field photochromic device for a supra-density optical memory, comprising a scanner carrying a data storage medium, an optical head having a tip, to be used for recording, readout and erasing, and located in close proximity to... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6240922 | Laryngeal mask assemblies A laryngeal mask assembly has an elliptical mask portion at the patient end of a tube. The mask portion has a mount attached to the tube and a cuff extending around the periphery of the mount. The patient end of the tube opens into the center of the mount... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6226614 | Method and apparatus for editing/creating synthetic speech message and recording medium with the method recorded thereon A three-layered prosody control description language is used to insert prosodic feature control commands in a text at the positions of characters or a character string to be added with non-verbal information. The three-layered prosody control description ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6217422 | Light energy cleaning of polishing pads A method and apparatus for cleaning polishing debris from the surface of a polishing pad by wetting the surface with a liquid and irradiating the wetted surface with a beam of light. The light beam has sufficient intensity at the polishing surface of the ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6219382 | Method and apparatus for locating a caption-added frame in a moving picture signal Every frame represented by a moving picture signal is divided into blocks. Calculation is made as to a number of pixels forming portions of a caption in each of the blocks. The calculated number of pixels is compared with a threshold value. When the calcu... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6214902 | Nonelution type antifouling method and antifouling coating composition The present invention provides a nonelution type antifouling method which comprises applying a nonelution type antifouling coating composition comprising at least two resins insoluble in seawater and incompatible with each other on top of the outermost la... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6205839 | Device and method for calibration of a multi-axis industrial robot An equipment for calibration of an industrial robot which has a plurality of axes of rotation and wherein, the equipment comprises a measuring device is adapted for rotatable connection to a reference point the position of which is known, is adapted to be... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6200843 | High-voltage, high performance FETs A method for forming a semiconductor device. A substrate is provided. A first electrically insulating layer is formed on the substrate. A second electrically insulating layer is formed on the first electrically insulating layer. Openings are formed throug... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6194516 | Method for producing hydroxyl-terminated (meth) acrylic polymer A method for producing a hydroxyl-terminated (meth) acrylic polymer which comprises converting a halogen atom in a terminal structure of the general formula (1) --CH2 --C(R1)(CO2 R2)(X) (1) wherein R1 is ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193858 | Spouted bed apparatus for contacting objects with a fluid A vessel for contacting a plurality of objects with a fluid and including at least one bottom wall inclined downwardly from at least one sidewall to an inlet for providing an upwardly directed stream of fluid, and a distribution shield arranged in spaced ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193739 | Assembly comprising a blood filter for temporary or definitive use and a device for implanting it, corresponding filter and method of implanting such a filter The invention relates to an assembly using a vascular filter accommodated in an implanting sleeve from which is can be partially expelled in the case of temporary filtration use by means of a maneuvring rod to which the filter is connected in separable ma... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6193167 | Plant for automatic spray application of paint In a plant for automatic spray application of paint through a spray nozzle (12), two parallel lines (9,10) each lead from an associated arrangement (1,2) for supplying paint to the spray nozzle. After paint has been fed through one of the lines to the spr... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6194699 | Photoconductive switch with multiple layers A photoconductive switch comprises a first layer (1) of a first material sandwiches between two contact layers (2,3). The first layer is adapted to be conducting upon applying a voltage across said contact layers when irradiated by light (5) of an energy ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192078 | Motion picture converting apparatus To perform a motion picture format conversion at high speed in a motion picture converting apparatus, the apparatus comprises: input device 101 for inputting a digital image signal constituted of blocks, each block being orthogonally transformed; a frame ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6191900 | Digital signal recording and reproducing apparatus and recording medium A digital signal recording and reproducing apparatus includes a plurality of heads. A digital signal containing an information signal is recorded on a recording medium via heads among the heads while tracks are sequentially formed on the recording medium.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6188578 | Integrated circuit package with multiple heat dissipation paths An integrated circuit package has a printed circuit board, a die mounted on the printed circuit board, and a heat spreader attached to the printed circuit board to cover the die and contact with the backside of the die. The heat spreader is formed by a pi... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6187977 | Process for producing chlorinated tertiary carbon-containing hydrocarbons The present invention thus provides a process for producing (D) a chlorinated hydrocarbon compound of the general formula (2): Cn R1m Hk (CR2 R3 Cl)j (2) [wherein n is an integer of 1 to ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6187966 | Process for preparing optically active alcoholic compounds A process for preparing optically active alcoholic compounds wherein a carbonyl compound is assymmetrically reduced in an economical and practical manner. The process comprises treating a prochiral carbonyl compound represented by the general formula (1) ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6187932 | Simple process for producing high quality captopril A process for producing captopril of the following formula (1) comprising subjecting a substrate compound of the following general formula (2) to a hydrolysis reaction in aqueous medium to remove the RCO group and isolating the product compound, said hydr... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6187144 | Method for sizing paper A method for internal sizing of paper using cationic starch is provided. The starch used is cationized with a mixture of epichlorhydrin, trimethylamine, and mono-or dimethylamine or N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine. Cationizing results in a higher ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6188190 | Multi-axis motor controller A multi-axis motor controller is provided wherein connectors made to common specifications are provided on a multi-drive control unit of a motor drive control section operated by DC power received from a power supply unit, servo amplifier units and an int... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6184255 | Pharmaceutical composition comprising coenzyme Q10 The present invention has for its object to provide a medicinal composition comprising coenzyme Q10 as an active ingredient, which composition features an enhanced absorption after oral administration. The present invention is directed to a med... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6183872 | Silicon-containing organic fluoropolymers and use of the same Novel silicon-containing organic fluoropolymers which are appliable to materials over a wide range and which have excellent antifouling property. The silicon-containing organic fluoropolymer of the invention is represented by the general formula and has a... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6183647 | Method and apparatus for treatment of liquid The invention relates to a method for treatment of liquid, that is meant particularly for filtering of pressurized liquid, such as water led from a water distribution system, by way of an apparatus, which has an essentially closed frame (1), in connection... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6183616 | Method of electrolyte bath stabilization A method of stabilization of electrolyte bath in electrocoating by immersing a substrate in the bath filled with a cationic electrocoating composition containing a basic resin and an amine compound and carrying out electrocoating; wherein said basic resin... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182501 | Leak test method and apparatus In a leak test method and apparatus which introduces high-pressure gas into a work and a master from a high-pressure gas source through first and second electromagnetic valves, respectively, closes the first and second electromagnetic valves, detects the ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6185108 | Equipment control panel with operation signal generating switch An equipment control panel (1) is provided which is capable of preventing malfunction of a control unit (11) arranged in a casing (5) of an equipment or a failure in operation thereof due to discharge of static electricity. An insulating spacer (33) inclu... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6181022 | Keyboard in stationary vehicle control units A keyboard means in stationary control units (23) in a vehicle. The keys (24) thereof are arranged at an outer edge portion of the unit (23), which has the shape of a thin plate (23), which may be embraced in a pinching movement, preferably a pinching mov... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6178866 | Field howitzers Improvements in or relating to field howitzers A light weight field howitzer includes a barrel which is supported by a cradle constructed from hollow members and which is pivotally mounted about a trunnion bearing secured to a chassis. The trunnion bearin... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6175746 | Multiband mobile unit communication apparatus A multiband mobile unit communication apparatus is disclosed which comprises: an antenna for receiving L FRQ bands of M radio wave SIGs modulated by N modulating methods, M>L, M>N, NࣙL; a frequency synthesizer for generating a LO SIG; an IF SIG generati... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6173473 | Electric cleaner efficient for carpet and its head An electric cleaner head including a first bank of a plurality of spaced apart nozzles each including an interior passage having a narrower width than length slit. Sources of air flow including at least one suction source are connected to spaces between t... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6174707 | Process for producing L-allysine acetals The present invention has for its object to provide a method for producing an L-allysine acetal which involves a fewer steps and is efficient. This invention relates to method for producing an L-allysine acetal which comprises; converting a D,L-allysine acetal... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6172666 | Equipment operation panel An equipment operation panel capable of being readily mounted on an outer surface of an equipment and facilitating connection thereof to a control unit in the equipment. A first flexible circuit board is formed on a front surface thereof with contacts of ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6171487 | Dual-flow filter for biological effluent purification Dual-flow filter for the biological purification of effluents, particularly water, comprising at least two filtration cells, arranged in series, in fluid communication, with one another so that the effluent to be treated passes through them successively, ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6171916 | Semiconductor device having buried gate electrode with silicide layer and manufacture method thereof A semiconductor device in which a salicide structure is applied to a buried gate transistor to largely reduce a difference of level or height in a element and to reduce the resistance of a gate electrode and a source/drain structure, thus enabling reliabl... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168864 | Multilayer coating film A multilayer coating film which comprises: a cationic electrodeposition coat formed from an epoxy-based cationic electrocoating composition containing 5 to 300 millimoles of sulfonium group and 50 to 2,000 millimoles of carbon-carbon unsaturated bond per 100 ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167882 | Delivery conduit for a breathing equipment Breathing equipment for use in toxic atmospheres or beneath water including a breathing mask, a pressure regulator adjacent the source of breathing gas, and a source of breathing gas. A conduit transports breathing gas from the source of breathing gas to ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6167984 | Device and a method for sound reduction in a transport system for gaseous medium and use of the device in an exhaust system for ships A device and a method for achieving sound reduction within a frequency band in a transport system for gaseous medium, the transport system being arranged between an inlet, which is connected to a sound source, and an outlet. The transport system comprises... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6166775 | Video signal sampling circuit and an image display apparatus including the same A video signal sampling circuit searches the optimum sampling frequency and phase of the sampling clock signal by detecting level changing points in the sampled video signal in the horizontal direction with the sampling frequency varied every predetermine... | 12/26/2000 |
