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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6076277 | Process for enlarging the surface of particles In order to enlarge the surface of particles which absorb liquids at least o a limited extent, the particles are exposed to a liquid or to a humid atmosphere containing this liquid at least until said liquid has penetrated into the area of the particles cl... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6062585 | Ski construction A ski having a longitudinally extending core, a longitudinally extending running board, which defines a running surface, and longitudinally extending edges extending from each longitudinal side of the running board. Each longitudinally extending edge incl... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6060883 | RF coil system for an MR measuring means An RF coil system (1) for an MR tomograph comprising a magnet coil system and a gradient coil system is characterized in that the RF coil system is constructed of two partial systems (2, 2') which are arranged essentially laterally reversed with respect t... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6050123 | Device for forming a spout in a container A device for forming a spout in a container (8) such as a can or the like, comprises a pressure element (11) for introduction into the container (8) and a cutting element (10) for engagement at an outer side (26) of the container (8) which move towards ea... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6048478 | Process for producing bristle material for bristle goods For the manufacture of bristle material for brushes with different types of plastic bristles, which are produced as continuous monofilaments by extrusion, different types of continuous monofilaments are combined in the composition desired for the finished... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6046661 | Electrical switching device A device (11a; 11b) for switching an electrical circuit has a contact element (15a; 15b) which closes or opens the circuit between a first and a second terminal (13a, 14a; 13b, 14b). One end of the contact element (15a; 15b) is connected to the first term... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6045649 | Method for the manufacture of brushware, particularly brushes In a method for the manufacture of brushware, particularly brushes, in a thermoplastic material bristle carrier are formed several blind holes, into each of which is inserted a thermoplastic material bristle coverage in the form of a single bristle or a b... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6041981 | Flexible fold-over container seal The proposal is for a container closure with a closure head (4) having a pivoted coupling (3) and an outlet aperture (6) as well as a closing component (7), in which, in the closed position, the closing head is clipped over the container aperture and its ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6035527 | Method for the production of printed circuit boards A method for the production of printed circuit boards comprises the steps of producing recesses (2, 3, 4, 5) and/or through holes (2a) in a substrate (1) made from insulating material, in particular by means of laser-ablation, wherein the recesses and/or ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6027276 | Scaffolding node The invention concerns an assembly for forming a scaffold joint with a transverse brace and posts having at least one projection extending radially with respect to the post axis out from its outer surface, the protrusion having an opening into which a hoo... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6016650 | Fiber feed element for a rotor spinning machine The invention concerns a fiber feed element 1 of a rotor spinning machine. A bearing surface formed on the lower side 2 of the fiber feed element 1 can be disposed above a opening cylinder for the processing of the initial fiber material. A pivotably born... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6016440 | Device for infrared (IR) spectroscopic investigations of internal surfaces of a body A device for infrared (IR) spectroscopic investigation of internal surfaces of a body, for example of blood vessels, comprising an endoscope (10) with light guide means to illuminate the surfaces is characterized in that at the distal end of the light gui... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5998998 | Gradient coil for NMR devices A gradient coil (1) to generate switched magnetic field gradients in an nuclear spin resonance (NMR) device consisting of one or several current paths (a, b) following windings and being arranged on the surface of a geometric body is characterized in that... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5999547 | Tunable optical parametric oscillator An optical parameter oscillator system is proposed for use in a continuous wave pump laser system having a single-frequency pump source. The system comprises a single-resonance resonator having a nonlinear medium to produce a first and second parametrical... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5997485 | Device for the controlled positioning of a trocar or a hollow puncturing needle A device (10) holds a hollow puncturing needle (11) which can be controllably moved in a first direction (16) within an aparture (21) in the device (10). The handle (14) can, when pushed, be moved in the direction of the arrow (15). If the handle (14) is ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5978986 | Public convenience unit A public sanitary cell includes a sanitary compartment accessible through an outer door in which a toilet bowl having a drain is disposed. In order to provide sufficient freedom of motion in front of and next to the toilet bowl, in particular for wheelcha... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5979517 | Bulk product filling device A bulk product filling device 10 comprises a fill channel 39 having a fill pening 17 associated with a processing region 13 through which a bulk product to be handled can be introduced into the processing region 13 and a suitable liquid inlet device 38 dis... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5975753 | Mixing tool with overlapping sweep rods A mixing tool 10 can be mounted within a drum 20. A mixing arm 12 of the ing tool 10 can be held by a shaft borne in a rotatable fashion. A mixing body 11 is mounted to the mixing arm 12 and directed towards the inner surface of the drum. One or more rod... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5964045 | Method and apparatus for the purification of oil-containing and water-containing roll scale sludge In a method for the cleaning of oil- and water-containing roll scale sludge, the roll scale sludge is introduced to a heatable treatment region 10 for a first drying step. In addition to the first drying step, a second drying step is provided for with whi... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5961160 | High-pressure connection system A connection system for pressure resistant screwed pipe joints with a retention body, a coupling ring, a pipe and a sealing ring is characterized in that an elastomeric high-pressure seal is provided in the form of a first elastomeric sealing element plac... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5963322 | Optical spectrometer and method of implementing optical spectroscopy An optical spectrometer (1) with an interferometer having a means for varying the optical path difference comprising a drive (8), and with a detector (6) for recording optical signals from the interferometer and converting them into electrical analog sign... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5961161 | Pipe connector clamp A pipe connector clamp 10 for connecting two pipes having smooth ends has a metal jacket 11 comprising a tightening angle 15, 16 at a separation line of the metal jacket 11 disposed along its girth. The tightening angles 15, 16 are supported from below by... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5960623 | Side disc for the support disc bearing of a rotor spinning device A side disc (2) for axial introduction onto a support disc (1) for a support disc bearing of the rotor of an open-ended rotor spinning machine having at least one reflecting region on the side of the side disc (2) facing a light source which is being othe... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5959454 | Magnet arrangement for an NMR tomography system, in particular for skin and surface examinations Magnet arrangement for a one-sided NMR tomography system having a permanent magnetic ring (4) of an outer radius Ra and an inner radius Ri and being magnetized axially in the direction of the z-axis and extending in the axial directi... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5955883 | Method of localized NMR spectroscopy for the measurment of overlapping signal from coupled spin systems A method for localized NMR spectroscopy having a sequence of radio frequency (RF) pulses for excitation and refocussing of spins in metabolites under investigation in an investigation volume, wherein the excitation is effected through an RF pulse of narro... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5947889 | Balloon catheter used to prevent re-stenosis after angioplasty and process for producing a balloon catheter A balloon catheter (1) is characterized by at least one radioactive nuclide species in or on the wall of the balloon (2) in order to eliminate vessel restrictions or stenoses and to inhibit restenosis in arteries (6), veins or vessel implants or to inhibi... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5948362 | Device for arranging a plurality of objects on a support The invention concerns a device for arranging a plurality of objects (1) on a support (4), the objects (1) being placed in layers (3) in apertured plates (5). These plates (5) are in turn stacked one above the other in a magazine (6) so as to save space. ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5937565 | Float with automatic triggering device A float (10) having an automatic triggering device for a fishing apparatus includes an inner sleeve (13) which can be inserted into a float housing (11) in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the float housing (11) in opposition to the force of tensio... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5935482 | Plate to support a ceiling mould A plate of a support structure for a ceiling mold for the production of concrete ceilings, in particular seating plates of a support head with holding means disposed on the plate for a ceiling mold element for gap filling members. A first large protrusion... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5936512 | Rotary potentiometer A rotary potentiometer device (1) has a rotary potentiometer (4) disposed within a housing (2) and a handle (7) above the housing (2) for rotating a resistive disk (6) of the rotary potentiometer (4). A latching device latches the handle (7) with the uppe... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5926021 | Method of magnetic resonance imaging for the time-resolved imaging of pulsatile vessels (projection angiography) A magnetic resonance imaging method comprises exciting spins in an investigation volume via a radio frequency pulse and the signal produced thereby is subsequently read-out after appropriate spatial encoding following a short echo time te. Repetition of t... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5926023 | Method of improving the resolution in two-dimensional heteronuclear correlation spectra of solid state NMR The invention concerns a two-dimensional heteronuclear correlation spectroscopy method for the measurement of solid state NMR samples. The nuclear spins are decoupled in the evolution interval by means of a FSLG-RF pulse sequence irradiated in the proton ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5923422 | Method of obtaining an optical FT spectrum A method of obtaining an FT spectrum according to Brault is improved in that the compensation filter is determined by recording a broad-band effective interferogram, carrying out complex Fourier transformation, forming a mean value of the phase spectra, c... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5921178 | Wipe blade device for tampon printing machines In order to create a wipe blade device for tampon printing machines, having a wipe blade 39 which moves back and forth relative to a printing block 41, which is distinguished by its simple construction and low number of easily produced individual componen... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5920020 | Resonance box The invention concerns a resonance box for tonal amplification of a string instrument acoustically connected therewith, in particular one being supported by means of an end pin. This type of resonance box should be configured in such a fashion that it fac... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5915298 | Print head lifting device on tampon printing machines In order to fashion a print head lifting device of a tampon printing machine with as simple components as possible which is without play and of low maintenance, a crank link 3, 4, 6 is provided for having a driven crank 3 and a link 5 borne on a machine f... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5903152 | Magnet system The invention concerns a magnet system (1) for charging of a superconducting magnet coil (3). The magnet system (1) is characterized by control means (4) for reading-in and controlling which read-in data of a storage medium (7) associated with the superco... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5899568 | Mixing tool A mixing tool 10 for bulk material and/or similar materials for attachment onto a shaft 11 in a drum of a mixer has mixing tool surfaces F1 17 and F2 18 which extend radially from the shaft 11 nearly up to the inner wall of the mixer... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5899358 | Device for dispensing cylindrical objects The invention concerns an apparatus for dispensing cylindrical objects, the apparatus having a dispensing device comprising a device housing having a dispensing opening, a storage magazine disposed within the device housing for storing the objects, and a ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5889456 | NMR measuring device having a cooled probe head An NMR measuring device contains an NMR probe head (10a) having an NMR receiver coil (11), and the probe head can be supplied via a cryogenically insulated transfer conduit (9) with coolant from a cooling device (1a). The cooling device comprises a cryo-c... | 03/30/1999 |
