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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5738528 | IC carrier An IC carrier includes a carrier body for retaining a flexible wiring sheet and an IC in an opposing relation. The carrier body has suction holes formed in a flexible wiring sheet placing surface thereof and extending all the way through the carrier body.... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5738146 | Method for rehabilitation of underground piping In rehabilitating underground piping, a new piping is installed by inserting a large number of unit pipes into the existing underground piping. Each of the unit pipes has a prescribed length and is connected to an adjacent unit pipe along a longitudinal d... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5735305 | Unloading system for hydraulic circuit An unloading system including an unload valve draining a part of supplied pressurized fluid to a tank and a switching valve for draining a pressurized fluid for biasing the unload valve in a direction for reducing a flow rate of the fluid supplied to the ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5736602 | Retroreflective coating composition for coil coating application, method for application, and articles produced therefrom The present invention relates to a novel retroreflective coating composition which can be suitably applied to a metal substrate using a conventional coral coating process and apparatus. The retroreflective coating composition provides a retroreflective fi... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735364 | Lubricating structure for a wheel driving apparatus A lubricating structure for a wheel driving apparatus in which a wheel hub (7) is rotatably supported by a wheel mounting body (1). An output side of a hydraulic motor (31) is attached to the mounting body and is coupled to a drive shaft (6) which is enga... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5736649 | Vortex flowmeter In a Karman vortex flowmeter according to the present invention, first and second ultrasonic transmission/reception devices are offset from each other along a flowing direction of fluid, and a switching device alternately switches the ultrasonic transmiss... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737050 | Light valve having reduced reflected light, high brightness and high contrast In a light valve, a liquid crystal layer made of liquid crystal/resin composite is interposed between a transparent substrate with a counterelectrode and a reflection substrate with reflection electrodes. The size of the transparent substrate is designed ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735677 | Scroll type fluid machine having recesses on the swivel scroll end plate A scroll type fluid machine has a stationary scroll 1 and a swivel scroll 2 engaged therewith contained within a hermetic housing 4. A plurality of legs 15 are provided on the outer circumferential edge of an end plate 11 of the stationary scroll 1, and a... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737064 | Exposure apparatus for transferring a mask pattern onto a substrate An exposure method for irradiating a mask from above the mask held in proximity to a substrate positioned below the mask to transfer a mask pattern of the mask to a photosensitive layer of the substrate by exposing the photosensitive layer to a light beam... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737540 | Data communication system through personal computers and terminal adapter therefor In a data communication system, a plurality of personal computers are connected through respective terminal adapters to a telephone line. Each terminal adapter includes a communication control section, a storage section and a network control unit (NCU). T... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735028 | Processing apparatus with movable processing tool and processing method A processing apparatus with a movable processing tool, which includes a position detecting sensor for detecting a rotary position of a to-be-processed object held by a holding member set to a rotary main shaft, a deflection detecting sensor for detecting ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735678 | Scroll compressor having a separate stationary wrap element secured to a frame A scroll compressor has a compression mechanism accommodated in a closed container and comprising a stationary scroll and an orbiting scroll. The stationary scroll includes a frame and a separate wrap element secured to the frame or otherwise movable rela... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5737483 | Motor speed control apparatus for motors A motor speed control apparatus is provided in which the controllable frequency band of the control system can be sufficiently enhanced with a comparatively simple structure even if the frequency generator equipped into the motor is low in output frequenc... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735688 | Attachments for a mandibular distraction device for use in mandibular distraction osteogenesis Attachment are used with a mandibular distraction device for use in distracting the mandible subsequent to corticotomy thereof. First and second sets of crowns of the device are adapted to be attached to the bicuspid and molar teeth of respective opposite... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5736399 | Medium-penetrating cell culture carrier, a culturing method and a device using this carrier The present invention provides a medium-penetrating culture carrier comprising a plurality of natural or synthetic threads or the woven body thereof, a method for adhering cells onto this carrier to allow them to be proliferated, and a device which is phy... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735203 | Apparatus for printing solder paste to a printed circuit board and separating a screen mask plate from the printed circuit board An apparatus for printing a solder paste to a printed circuit board with use of a screen mask plate and a squeegee. The apparatus includes a device for moving one of the printed circuit board and the screen mask plate at a first moving speed in a directio... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735583 | Device for detecting failure of microcomputer in antilock controller An anti-lock controller apparatus is constituted of a single microcomputer to reduce production costs and improve safety and reliability. Signals of wheel speed sensors S1 to S4 divided into two groups by an input processing circuit ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735368 | Disk brake mounting member A disc brake mounting member has a pair of mounts to be secured to a non-rotating part of a vehicle on one side of a disc rotatably provided in the vehicle. The mounting member also has a pair of arms positioned on the outer side of the mounts in a radial... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734472 | Method and appratus for measuring thickness of birefringence layer A liquid crystal layer is interposed between two polarizers arranged in a parallel Nicol or crossed Nicol manner, and a phase plate is set between two polarizers so that the transmission direction of the first polarizer coincides with the optical axis. Th... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734460 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus which ensures a satisfactorily determined frame boundary An apparatus to process photosensitive material, such as a film, on which is recorded a sequence of frames. The boundary of a frame must be satisfactorily determined to permit the cutting of the frame. If a boundary cannot be satisfactorily detected, a mo... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734454 | Liquid crystal panel with reducing means, manufacturing method therefor and projection display apparatus using the same A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate on which pixel electrodes are formed in a matrix pattern, a second substrate on which a counter electrode is formed, an ultraviolet reducing layer formed on one of the first and second substrates and corre... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734321 | Fire protection receiver and fire protection receiver system When updating the data of an EEPROM, wherein set data such as interlock data showing the interlock relationship between fire detectors and controlled equipment, data on correspondence between terminal addresses and places where the terminals are installed... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5732912 | Rod locking apparatus and camera stand employing this apparatus A rod locking apparatus with a simple structure and outstanding operability for facilitating rod locking and a camera stand with such a rod locking apparatus. The rod locking apparatus comprises an insertion hole formed in the main body, through which the... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733120 | Dental handpiece capable of stable supporting turbine There is provided a dental handpiece capable of stably supporting a turbine during high-speed rotation thereof. A projection is provided at each corner portion of a polygonal end surface of a retainer. The projections prevent a conical spring washer from ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733929 | Pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing allergic rhinitis There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing allergic rhinitis which comprises a quinone or hydroquinone derivative having thromboxane A2 receptor antagonism. This compound is hardly inactivated by in vivo metaboli... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733335 | Figure adjusting pad and process for manufacturing same A figure adjusting pad is capable of permitting mold release to be readily carried out and is significantly improved in air-permeability, thus preventing a wearer from having an unpleasant feeling toward it when it is worn, and eliminating ply separation ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734065 | Thiophene derivative and the polymer thereof and methods for production thereof The present invention provides a thiophene derivative and the polymer thereof as expressed in the following formulas, which will respond to light and electricity and which are best suited for use as photorecording materials and light-electricity conversio... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733371 | Apparatus for growing a single crystal According to the present invention, in the growth of an oxide single crystal or a compound semiconductor single crystal such as GaAs single crystal by the CZ method or LEC method, the tendency of concave solid-liquid interface shape at the periphery of th... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5732778 | Sprinkler head A sprinkler head includes a body having a water discharge port formed at the center thereof, a valve for opening and closing the water discharge port of the body, a receiver seat provided in a position opposing the valve, a heat sensitive member disposed ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5732748 | Composite material fabric based on predominantly untwisted coarse multifilament warp & weft threads A woven fabric to be used in formation of a composite material includes multifilament warp and weft threads. Each of the warp threads and the weft threads have a total weight less than 80% of the weight of the fabric. The woven warp and weft threads have ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733434 | Apparatus and method for cleaning semiconductor wafers An improvement is proposed in the cleaning treatment of semiconductor silicon wafers in which the conventional step of cleaning with an aqueous solution of an acid is replaced with a cleaning treatment with a temporarily acidic pure water which is produce... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733477 | Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display element A liquid crystal composition satisfying various characteristics required for a liquid crystal composition and at the same time having a low temperature threshold voltage, a superior low temperature compatibility and a broad range of nematic phase is provi... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733605 | Method for formation of two-layer coating film by application of two coatings in state of two layers contacted with each other A method for forming a two-layer coating film by applying under specified conditions, onto a material to be coated, two coatings in a state of two layers contacting each other, by the use of a die capable of discharging two coatings in a state of two laye... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733610 | Atmospheric pressure plasma reaction method of forming a hydrophobic film A plasma reaction method is conducted at atmospheric pressure and is used to treat a surface of a substrate with a reactive plasma. The reaction method involves introducing a mixture of helium and a reactant (monomer) gas into a reaction vessel having upp... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733635 | Laminated non-woven fabric and process for producing the same Disclosed is a laminated non-woven fabric of a multi-layer structure comprising a layer of a composite, spun bond non-woven fabric composed of long fibers containing a low melting point resin component and a high melting point resin component, and a layer... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733775 | Temperature control device A temperature control device controls the temperature of the contents of a pan-shaped specimen container, in particular for the temperature control of specimen strips by hybridization assays. The specimen container can be set sealingly into a movably supp... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734064 | Process for the preparation of carboxylic acid succinimidyl esters A process for the preparation of carboxylic acid succinimidyl esters by reaction of N-hydroxysuccinimide with a carboxylic acid and a halophosphoric acid ester of the formula ##STR1## is desired, in which R1 and R2 are identical... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734972 | Automatic frequency controller A pilot signal (a signal having known phase information and a prescribed length) is inserted at a prescribed time interval in a signal transmitted from a transmitting end to a receiving end. An arc tangent operation circuit (22) performs an operation for ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5732822 | Commodity antitheft implement A case storing therein a commodity is made to be only difficultly opened, so that a theft of only the commodity inside the case is prevented. Around a case storing therein a commodity, a blocking member for preventing the case from being opened is slidabl... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5732264 | Information management system and method for managing, processing storing and displaying attribute information of object information An information management system includes a management information database for managing attribute information of object information, an object information database having an information processing area and an information storing area for managing the obj... | 03/24/1998 |
