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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5595039 | Chairs of adjustable height for use in concrete constructions A chair for supporting, positioning and retaining a concrete reinforcing bar in place at predetermined height in the pouring and construction of concrete slabs or beams at a jobsite wherein the concrete reinforcing bar remains as an integral, strengthenin... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5578495 | Apparatus, and process, for automatically sampling solids and semi-solids materials for analysis Apparatus, and process, for extracting organic fluids and solids specimens from weighed amounts of semi-solids and solids samples for collection, concentration and transfer to an analytic unit. The organic specimen is picked up by a probe assembly from a ... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5540406 | Hydrofoils and airfoils A low turbulence cambered surface foil, hydrofoil or airfoil, which contains indentations located on maximum camber across which a fluid can be flowed. The indentations create turbulence in the boundary layer downstream of the indentations, changing the c... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5450801 | Fuel gas from incineration process An incineration process which can utilize any type of incineration means for disposing of hazardous, as well as non-hazardous, burnable waste. Such wastes include toxic combustible liquids, oil slurries, soils contaminated with dioxin, PCBs, creosote, or ... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5432098 | Apparatus, and process, for automatically sampling solids and semi-solids materials for analysis Apparatus, and process, for extracting organic fluids and solids specimens from weighed amounts of semi-solids and solids samples for collection, concentration and transfer to an analytic unit. The organic specimen is picked up by a probe assembly from a ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5402739 | Closed loop incineration process An incineration process which can utilize any type of incineration means for disposing of hazardous, as well as non-hazardous, burnable waste. Such waste include toxic combustible liquids, oil slurries, soils contaminated with dioxin, PCBs, creosote, or a... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5360778 | High surface purity heat transfer solids for high temperature fluidized bed reactions High surface purity heat transfer solids are formed, suitably by washing and treating particulate refractory inorganic solids, notably alumina, which contains as impurities up to about 0.5 wt. % silicon and/or up to about 500 wppm boron, with an acid, or ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5360777 | High performance alumina heat transfer solids for high temperature fluidized bed synthesis gas reactions Alumina heat transfer solids are admixed with a catalyst, or catalysts, and used in conducting high temperature fluidized bed reactions, particularly in a process for the production of hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a low molecular weight hydrocarbon b... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5318783 | Compositions which show biological activity against herbivorous insects, and process for the production of such compositions A composition and method of making same comprising a grass of the family Graminae with the addition of an extract from bermuda grass in an amount effective to render said composition as an attractant or phagostimulant for hervivorous insects wherein the e... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5262328 | Composition for the clarification of sugar-bearing juices and related products A non-toxic composition, and method, for the clarification of raw sugar-containing juices, especially sugar cane juice, and related products, for analysis. A composition constituted of A) aluminum chloride hydroxide, B) lime and C) activated bentonite, be... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5233866 | Apparatus and method for accurately measuring formation pressures Test apparatus, and method for accurately and quickly measuring formation pressure, and permeability in oil and gas producing formations; especially low or high permeability formations. The test apparatus can be transported on a drill string, or cable. Pr... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5234168 | Liquid atomizing spray nozzle A liquid atomizing spray nozzle for admixing a liquid hydrocarbon fuel with oxygen (air) and burning the mixture to supply heat. The burner body portion of the device is constituted of a pair of concentric tubes, each provided with an inlet and annular ou... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5229277 | Process for the production of dextran polymers of controlled molecular size and molecular size distributions A process for the production of dextran polymers of controlled average number molecular weight sizes, and molecular weight size distributions via the mixed culture fermentation of Leuconostoc mesenteroides and a constitutive mutant microorganism capable o... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5211961 | Composition, and method, for premilking udder hygiene A gel composition for cleaning and sanitizing the teats and udder of an agricultural animal for machine milking. Residual surface water, a source of milk contamination and mastitis, is eliminated from the teats and udder by use of the gel composition. The... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5179903 | Closed loop incineration process An incineration process which can utilize any type of incineration means for disposing of hazardous, as well as non-hazardous, burnable waste. Such waste include toxic combustible liquids, oil slurries, soils contaminated with dioxin, PCBs, creosote, or a... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5147551 | Solids and semi-solids sampling apparatus, method, and fluid injection apparatus Apparatus for processing solids and semi-solids specimens for the extraction therefrom of non-solids or fluid components for analysis. As a sub-assembly, the solids preparation and extraction device can be employed in combination with other sub-assemblies... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5143968 | Polystyrene-polyisoprene-polystyrene block copolymers, hot melt adhesive compositions, and articles produced therefrom Polystyrene-polyisoprene-polystyrene block copolymers, hot-melt adhesive compositions constituted of polystyrene-polyisoprene-polystyrene block copolymers, and articles of manufacture produced therefrom. These copolymers possess blocks of high average mol... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5125834 | Apparatus, and method, for simultaneous flossing and subgingival injection with antibacterial liquid solution to prevent plaque buildup on teeth Apparatus, and method, for flossing the teeth, and simultaneously applying an antibacterial liquid solution to the teeth being flossed. The apparatus is constituted generally of a flexible hollow fiber with porous walls of diameter sufficiently small for ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5110363 | Composition, and method for the clarification of sugar-bearing juices, and related products A non-toxic composition, and method, for the clarification of raw sugar-containing juices, especially sugar cane juice, and related products, for analysis. A composition constituted of A) aluminum chloride hydroxide, B) lime and C) activated bentonite, be... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5056595 | Wireline formation test tool with jet perforator for positively establishing fluidic communication with subsurface formation to be tested A wireline tool, and process for its use, for lowering into wellbores for testing the gas pressure, and connate fluid flow rates, in low permeability oil or gas producing subsurface formations. The tool features a jet charge perforator for detonation to p... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5052906 | Plastic transfer molding apparatus for the production of fiber reinforced plastic structures Apparatus for the production of high strength fiber reinforced plastic structures via an improved vacuum assisted technique. A fluid impervious outer sheet is marginally sealed upon a mold to provide an enclosure, or chamber, in which a fiber lay up can b... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5031846 | Filament winding machine Apparatus for the formation of laminar, fiber-reinforced resin composite tubes of elbow shape. The apparatus, a filament winding machine, is employed by winding a continuous strand, or plurality of strands, of a resin-wetted yarn, roving, or filament abou... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5021088 | Biohydrometallurgical processing of ores, and microorganisms therefor A process for the separation and recovery from an ore of a metal, or metals, particularly strategic and precious metals, notably gold. A carbon-containing, gold-bearing ore, notably a carbonaceous or carbonaceous pyritic ore, is contacted and microbially ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5016554 | Line storage reel for boat fenders, respectively, boat fenders equipped with line storage reels A boat fender provided with a reel about which the line, or rope, from which the boat fender is normally suspended when in use, is wound for containment and storage when such line, or rope, is not in use. The storage reel provides a means for the quick, f... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5012845 | Fluid injector An automatic fluid injector, useful for the injection of preselected small, accurately measured quantities of fluid specimens into, e.g., an analytical instrument, particularly a purge and trap analyzer. The injector includes generally a syringe, or syrin... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5006526 | Method of treating a vertebrate animal to reduce plasma triglycerides and cholesterol levels and to alleviate and prevent atherosclerosis A method for the treatment of conditions associated with atherosclerosis in vertebrate animals, particularly man. A prolactin-inhibiting compound administered to the animal exhibiting the atherosclerotic conditions, in dosage sufficient to decrease the to... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4956278 | Anaplasma marginale antigen, antigen compositions, vaccine and process for the production of said antigen, antigen compositions and vaccine Anaplasma marginale antigen, antigen compositions, vaccine and process for the production of said antigen, antigen composition and vaccine are disclosed. The Anaplasma marginale is free of the erythrocyte antigens that cause neonatal isoerythrolysis, and ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4955892 | Neural cell adhesion protein nerve prosthesis The neural cell adhesion molecule is used in nerve prostheses for the repair of peripheral nerve damage in mammals, both animal and man. In particular, in a process wherein a crushed or severed nerve ending is entubulated by use of a prosthetic device, a ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4925343 | Oil spill cleanup compositions Compositions useful for absorbing oil from the surface of oil contaminated water, or land, constituted of a particulate admixture of wood fiber, preferably in concentration ranging about 20 to 70 wt. %, and hydrophobic, organophilic water wettable cotton ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4913321 | Bulk particulate solids transport bag with gas assist unloading feature A particulate solids transport bag with a gas assist unloading feature. The bag is one having an enclosing flexible side wall, or walls, flexible bottom wall provided with an opening, preferably a spout, and a gas distributor. The gas distributor is of tu... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4902215 | Plastic transfer molding techniques for the production of fiber reinforced plastic structures A process, and apparatus for the production of fiber reinforced plastic structures, particularly high strength fiber reinforced plastic structures via an improved vacuum assisted technique. In apparatus which includes a fluid impervious outer sheet, or ba... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4896545 | Automatic fluid injector An automated fluid injector which includes, in combination, (A) a syringe, (B) an injector feed assembly for introducing a fluid specimen into the syringe, (C) a magazine for transporting fluid specimens for pick up by the injector feed assembly, and (D) ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4885094 | Anaerobic digestion process, and forced fed fast rate digester An anaerobic process for the digestion of organic wastes, and novel anaerobic digester. In digestion of the organic wastes in the presence of anaerobic microorganisms, at anaerobic conditions, the carbon:nitrogen and nitrogen:phosphorus ratios of the dige... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4882066 | Decontamination of contaminated streams This disclosure relates to compositions characterized as porous solids on the surfaces of which thin films of chitinous material are dispersed, and to a process employing chitin per se, and preferably the chitin coated compositions, supra, as contact mass... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4875427 | Boat fenders with internal rope storage capacity A boat fender provided with internal capacity for storage of the rope from which it is normally suspended when in use. A mechanism is also provided retaining the rope when it is in storage, and for quick release of the rope when it is withdrawn from stora... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4859594 | Microorganisms for biodegrading toxic chemicals This invention relates to novel microorganisms separated from natural environments and purified and genetically modified, process for immobilizing these microorganisms by affixing then to substrates, the biocatalytic compositions formed by these microorga... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4855139 | Fungicidally active cellulosic textile compositions, or articles of manufacture Fungicidally active cellulosic textile compositions, or articles of manufacture, which can be placed in contact with infected human skin, or worn for the treatment and cure of skin diseases. A fungicidally active phenolic compound, drug, or medicinal, is ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4815325 | Capillary fluid injectors A capillary fluid injector, particularly an automated capillary fluid injector, for dispensing very small accurately measured quantities of a fluid into a medium. A capillary opening of adjustable volume is located on the dispensing end of the fluid injec... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4806315 | Water vapor addition for gas chromatography, and gas chromatographs The disclosure relates to improvements in the art of gas chromatography, and gas chromatographs containing a detector operated on the thermal conductivity principle. In the conventional gas chromatograph, a pair of resistance filaments constitutes an oppo... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4791894 | Reciprocating piston engine This invention relates to improvements in engines of the reciprocating piston type, especially reciprocating piston internal combustion engines suitable for stationary and non-stationary uses. The pistons of the engine are operatively connected to the dri... | 12/20/1988 |
