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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5136555 | Integrated diver face mask and ultrasound underwater voice communication apparatus A novel totally integrated divers face mask and ultrasound underwater voice communication apparatus having integral transducer-transmit-receive-power source enclosures of low profile, flexible hands-free-voice or push-to-talk operation while submerged, an... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5096738 | Siloxane polymers and copolymers as barrier, coatings and method of producing barrier coating properties therewith A method of imubing polymer films as of polyethylene and polypropylene with gas, aroma, fragrance, flavor, grease and oil impermable surface characteristics involving coating the film with appropriate silane compounds and cross-linking the same while prov... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5070516 | Method and apparatus for reducing noise on a signal encodable on a plurality of predetermined levels The invention relates to filtering a periodic digital signal having N logic levels and having noise superposed thereon. The instantaneous probability of existence of each of these logic levels is converted into a corresponding one of N signals each having... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5023138 | Method of in-line production of successive barrier- and silicon-coated inexpensive porous and absorbent paper and similar substrates, and products produced thereby A silicone release paper comprises a porous and highly absorbent paper substrate integrated with a radiation-insensitive hardened hot melt barrier coating, upon which coating a radiation-cured silicone coating layer has been secured. The barrier coating i... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4996091 | Product comprising substrate bearing continuous extruded fiber forming random crisscross pattern layer The invention relates to an apparatus and method of controlling the generation of somewhat-to-highly viscous fluid fibers, droplets and combinations of the same, including hot melt adhesive and other fluids, that comprises, spraying a stream of such press... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4968396 | Method of and electrolytic-catalytic cell for improving the completion of combustion of oxygenated hydrocarbon fuels by chemically modifying the structure and combustibility thereof, including through developing hydroxyl ions therein A method and electrolytic catalytic cell that chemically modifies the structure of hydrocarbon fuels in which the cell is immersed, by the electrolytic, electromotive catalytic action of preferably platinum cathodic and zinc anodic elements movably contin... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4933807 | Method of and apparatus for improved capacitive displacement and pressure sensing including for electronic musical instruments A capacitive pressure-sensitive and displacement-sensitive sensor apparatus and method in which first electrode means comprising a thin resilient conductive inclined or arcuate plastic sheet having a plurality of resilient projections protruding from the ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4920270 | Radon detection Detection and quantitative measurement of the radioactive isotope of 222 Rn, as encountered in air in habitats is accomplished in a passive detection system in which the radon at the test site is adsorbed into an adsorbent, e.g. activated charc... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4908629 | Apparatus for locating and/or tracking stolen or missing vehicles and the like An improved vehicle or other object-tracking and location system, preferably, though not essentially, of national scope, wherein transponder or transceiver-equipped stolen or missing vehicles or other objects may be located and/or tracked, as by appropria... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4907741 | Poppet-valve-controlled fluid nozzle applicator A novel preferably poppet-valve-controlled fluid applicator for extruding hot melt and other coating fluids and the like as fibers or filaments and/or droplets upon moving webs and other surfaces wherein the valve seat tip blocks or permits the flow of th... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4901982 | Method intended to facilitate disengagement of mechanisms applying high stress to one another A system and method are provided to facilitate disengagement of two mechanisms engaged with one another with a high stress therebetween, such as in rack locking arrangements used on offshore platforms. The first mechanism (e.g., a rack) is mobile in relat... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4899211 | Semiconductor cooling mechanisms A cooling mechanism for power semiconductors comprises a metallic evaporator (1) filled with a heat-carrying fluid and designed to be brought into close contact with one face of a smeiconductor (2); at least one condenser constituted by a tube (5) whose i... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4893346 | Apparatus for automatically inspecting objects and identifying or recognizing known and unknown portions thereof, including defects and the like, and method Apparatus and method for automatically inspecting objects and identifying or recognizing known and unknown portions thereof, including defects and the like, involving storing digital signal information representing an image of the desired predetermined ob... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4883691 | Method of and apparatus for maintaining uniform hot melt coatings on thermally sensitive webs by maintaining dimensional stability of silicone and rubber-like web back-up rolls Uniformity of hot melt coatings on thermally sensitive plastic and other webs is maintained by use of a silicone or other rubber-like web back-up roll the dimensional stability of which is maintained during hot melt coating of the webs by a heat-conductin... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4878002 | Multi-axis DSP-based parallel processing servo controller for machine tools and robots A multi-axis Digital Signal Processor based servo controller system in which all servo and sensor interface boards are connected to a common backplane bus system enabling inter-board communication, with parallel processing using dual port memory and multi... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4852443 | Capacitive pressure-sensing method and apparatus A novel capacitive pressure-sensitive sensing technique and apparatus wherein an elastomeric conductive electrode carrying a two-dimensional array of projections is pressure-deformed against a fixed coextensive cooperative electrode to generate signals, s... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4836340 | Anti-backlash device for a pump shaft The present invention is concerned with an anti-backlash device for a pump shaft comprising an asymmetrical idler (3) pivoting around a fixed axis (4) and an elastic device (5) which produces a restoring force that tends to press the idler (3) against the... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4835542 | Ultra-broadband linearly polarized biconical antenna A biconical antenna for ultra broad-band linear polarization operation in which capacitive sleeve VSWR tuning is effected between the apex regions of the two cones and zig-zag substantially V-shaped spokes are provided conically diverging from the cone ba... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4821653 | Process and apparatus for fixing, encapsulating, stabilizing and detoxifying heavy metals and the like in metal-containing sludges, soils, ash and similar materials Heavy metals and compounds thereof and other toxic materials in industrial wastes, sludges, soils, incinerated ashes and the like are fixed and stabilized in a char residue, obtained by critical region pyrolyzing techniques and appropriate proportions of ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4819462 | Locking clamp for a trailer tire-carrying wheel and the like A locking clamp for a wheel secured by external lug bolts to an axle of a trailer or other vehicle and having an inner annular hub peripherally surrounded by a tire, the clamp having, in combination, first and second interlocking L-shaped members, the fir... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4820266 | Method of stopping nose bleeds A method of stopping nose bleeds at the Little's area employs a single-piece flattened strip of material that is inserted into a nostril. The strip has sufficient rigidity to permit the strip to be manually inserted by grasping a lower region between the ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4818969 | Method of fixed-length binary encoding and decoding and apparatus for same A novel method of adapting Fibonacci number weighting to raw binary code data of variable length to use the code as a fixed length code by using only those code sequences with a fixed number of cells rather than a fixed number of bits, converting the code... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4809616 | Device for controlling drive couplings of the axles of a locomotive Device for controlling drive couplings of motor bogie axles of a locomotive. The axles are individually driven by motors (4, 5) controlled by a control assembly receiving signals from sensors (6) which are constituted for measuring the vertical load of at... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4803126 | Process to permit improvement of functional properties of polyolefin articles by electron-beam initiated polymerization A process is described for modifying the surface of polymers such as polyolefins and the like to improve the wetability by barrier and other coatings and to enhance interlayer adhesion by graft polymerization through initiation by electron-beam radiation,... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4795026 | Conveyor drive system utilizing driven and idler dog chains Combined driven and idler dog chain assemblies engaging opposite sides of a main chain conveyor enable the driving of heavily loaded and long conveyor systems at one or more selected straight-line track sections, with minimal wear.... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4791422 | Methods of and apparatus for measuring time of arrival of remote Loran-C and related signals and effective time of transmission of local signals at transmitter sites A method of and apparatus for measuring time of arrival of remote Loran-C and related signals and effective time of transmission of local signals at Loran transmitter sites through use of a simulated Loran signal locally generated and coupled into the rec... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4781944 | Process and apparatus for fixing, encapsulating, stabilizing and detoxifying heavy metals and the like in metal-containing sludges, soils, ash and similar materials Heavy metals and compounds thereof and other toxic materials in industrial wastes, sludges, soils, incinerated ashes and the like are fixed and stablized in a char residue, obtained by critical region pyrolyzing techniques and appropriate proportions of c... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4778098 | Process for mechanical/welded assembly of chassis elements for railway vehicles The invention concerns a process for assembly of the end of a girder (16,18',18",20', 20"and the associated region of a crossbrace (10,12), constituting components of the chassis end of a railway vehicle, with the girder and crossbrace each comprising at ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4767999 | Method of and apparatus for radio-frequency generation in resonator tank circuits excited by sequential pulses of alternately opposite polarity A method of and apparatus for exciting harmonic generation of radio frequency in a tank resonant circuit by bipolar spaced, half-cycle pulses, wherein the period of the tank resonant frequency oscillations is 1/N the period between successive pulses of si... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4765395 | Device for the continuous production of heat and cold A device for continuous production of heat and cold comprises a combination of an external heat source (10), at least first and second units (1, 2) each of which operates by using different solid-fluid adsorbent-refrigerant pairs, and each of which includ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4759438 | Method of and apparatus for adjusting the length of chain conveyors and the like to accommodate for elongation or contraction thereof resulting from variations in load, wear, resiliency, tension and similar factors An automatic method of and apparatus for taking up slack or relieving undue tension in a closed loop chain conveyor traveling in a corresponding track loop by dividing the track into separate sections, sensing the elongation or contraction in the chain in... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4752431 | Permanent conforming pipe for conducting fluids and the like and method for producing the same A process for making a rigid pipe with the aid of flexible parallel coextensive skins interiorly filled with a catalyst-curable flexible filler, where the flexible skins and filler are laid along any desired surface contour and then the interior space wit... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4746545 | Fluid coating and web-handling method and apparatus particularly adapted for low-tension and/or unevenly thick webs A method of and apparatus for the hot melt or other fluid coating and the web handling of lightweight low web-tension-supporting, non-woven and similar materials, having a novel nozzle region using entrance and exit web-supporting surfaces and positioning... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4745412 | Lightweight tower assemblies for antennas and the like A lightweight extruded aluminum tube and longitudinal fin structure and assembly enabling the use of two or three pluralities of identical parts only for ready hand-carrying and erection.... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4743055 | Automatic gripper for gripping and holding a rod, especially on a drilling rig An automatic gripper, useful especially for gripping and holding drilling rods on a drilling rig, has a chassis with a front end in the form of a fork equipped with retractable jaws (50). The jaws are retracted by pushing contact with a drilling rod (40) ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4742779 | Bogie with swiveling axles A bogie with swiveling axles for pivotable mounting under the body of a rail vehicle of the metro or tram type having a bogie chassis (1) carried by two axles (2) provided with axle boxes (3) and capable of being swiveled by an articulated system moved by... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4743912 | Method of and apparatus for reducing cycle slippage errors in Loran-C and similar radio-frequency signal reception, particularly in vehicles undergoing acceleration Method and apparatus of obviating cycle-locking slippage errors in reception of Loran-C and similar radio-frequency signals covered by receiver location acceleration effects and other distortion effects simulating the same, that comprises, receiving the r... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4740895 | Method of and apparatus for external control of computer program flow This apparatus controls the execution and content of computer programs in equipment containing a computer by causing the transfer of program data elements, including computer instructions, with a memory means of the apparatus, wherein the selection of dat... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739631 | Adsorption-desorption thermic machine The invention concerns a thermic machine comprising a reactor of the adsorption-desorption type, a condenser and an evaporator. According to the invention, the machine is constituted by a first vertical hermetic cylindrical tank section (1), traversed by ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4738321 | Process and apparatus for vertical racking of drilling shafts on a drilling tower The invention concerns a process and an installation for vertical racking of drill shafts on a drilling tower. The installation comprises mechanisms (34, 36, 38, 40) to grasp an upper intermediate portion of an assembly (26) of shaft sections removed from... | 04/19/1988 |
