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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6826980 | Drive and control systems for high speed intermittent motion generations, control and applications The present invention seeks to provide a system for high speed intermittent motion. The system consists of one or more intermittent motion generators. Each motion generator consists of a first and a second drive system with each drive system having its own control s... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6822488 | Frequency synthesizer The present invention provides a method and apparatus which provides a signal with an output frequency higher than an input frequency. A phase generator generates multiple phase signals from the input signal with each phase signal having the same frequency as the in... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6810917 | Forming fabric with machine side layer weft binder yarns A flat woven papermaker's forming fabric having a paper side layer and a machine side layer interconnected by pairs of machine side layer weft binder yarns. Each of the binder yarn pair members in sequence interlaces with a portion of the machine side layer warp yar... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6795969 | Transfer of basic knowledge to agents A method of establishing a process agent comprising storing a library of first software programs representing system resources, storing a second software program representing a corresponding service agent which includes pointers to associated ones of the first softw... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6790007 | Wind turbine structure A vertical axis wind turbine including a wind turbine which depends on a vortex down wind of the turbine enhancing the air flow past the vertical turbine. The vertical axis wind turbine structure includes a rectangular shaped turbine with four orbiting panels mounte... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6783517 | Heart muscle irrigation device, applicator and method A heart muscle irrigation device comprises a short rivet like member with one closed and one open end, and a barrel including a plurality of holes, slots, an area mesh, or a grid. The irrigation device is inserted into the heart muscle so as to provide a channel fro... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6748933 | Electrostatic fluid conditioner A method and apparatus for conditioning fluid flowing through a conduit in which two coils (50,60) are coiled around the conduit at different locations and connected to a circuit (40) which generates square wave signals which are alternately fed to the... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6745701 | Angled cargo discharge gate A basket gate mechanism, including two opposed gate segments supported at its ends by pairs of different length arms interconnected by a mechanism to coordinate the movement of the segments which are opened and closed by a double acting hydraulic cylinder simplifyin... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6707432 | Polarization control of parabolic antennas Systems and devices for mechanically rotating the polarisation of a signal emanating from or being received by an antenna system. The rotation of the polarisation is achieved by mechanically rotating the feed using a non-metallic drive cord or belt connected to a mo... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6676357 | Arcuate bulk storage facility An arcuate structure for bulk particulate solids which has inner and outer concentric containment walls. The space between the inner and outer walls is subdivided into a plurality of storage subspaces, and covered with a continuous roof. A radial stacker ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6631672 | Method and apparatus for processing large square hay bales into smaller recompressed bales An apparatus is provided for processing large hay bales of approximately 750 kg to produce smaller recompacted manageable units to facilitate shipping in containers. The apparatus provides means for cutting the bales into at least two slabs, preferably th... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6623351 | Transportable collective protection system A modulator transportable collective protection system for the decontamination and containment of personnel in a toxic free area. A contamination containment area is provided through which personnel are decontaminated prior to entering the toxic free area... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6581645 | Warp-tied composite forming fabric A composite forming fabric woven to a repeating pattern in at least 6 sheds; up to at least 36 sheds can be used. All of the paper side layer warp yarns are pairs of intrinsic warp binder yarns (101, 102) occupying an unbroken warp path in the paper side ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6558359 | Heart muscle irrigation device, applicator and method A heart muscle irrigation device comprises a short rivet like member with one closed and one open end, and a barrel including a plurality of holes, slots, an area mesh, or a grid. The irrigation device is inserted into the heart muscle so as to provide a ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6517600 | Pure organic fertilizer A process for converting composted organic material produced by optimized composting procedures into pure organic fertilizer for agronomic and other uses, particularly the expanding organic food market. It is essential that only organic wastes that are co... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6508056 | Duct burner with conical wire mesh and vanes A recuperated microturbine system including a low temperature duct burner in the exhaust gas which accommodates significant variations in the exhaust gas flow from the recuperator, which burns the added hydrocarbon fuel, for example natural gas, reasonabl... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6506502 | Reinforcement preform and metal matrix composites including the reinforcement preform A preform for use in a metal matrix composite, particularly for a magnesium metal composite, and a metal matrix composite, typically made by squeeze casting, using the preform. In the preform the reinforcing material typically is silicon carbide, boron ni... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6412827 | Lockable quick connect/disconnect coupling A QCD coupling in which a rotating subsidiary locking means is provided which is both positive in its locking action, locks all of the levers simultaneously, and does not involve any small or readily losable parts, as the subsidiary locking means is itsel... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6371177 | Tree delimbing head for boom-type delimbers A head for a tree delimbing machine having a boom. The head combines a topping knife assembly with a butting saw assembly and a gripping arms assembly in a single unit. The improved head simplifies not only the delimbing operation but also the topping and... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6334467 | Forming fabric A flat woven papermaker's forming fabric having a paper side layer and a machine side layer interconnected by pairs of weft binder yarns. Each of the binder yarn pair members in sequence interweaves with a portion of the paper side layer warp yarns in seg... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6327725 | Pillow with adjustable neck support An orthopaedic pillow, including an adjustable neck support. The body of the pillow is comprised of pre-formed visco-elastic foam, which has an interior cavity, longitudinally disposed near the edge of the pillow on which a user's neck is intended to rest... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6270631 | Method for conditioning fluidised bed combustor ashes A process for hydrating CaO residues in fluidized bed combustor ashes that achieves a better level of hydration, which does not add significantly to the cost of the hydration process, which reduces the consumption of water in the hydration process, and wh... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6247519 | Preform for magnesium metal matrix composites A process for preparing a preform for use in a metal matrix composite, particularly for a magnesium metal composite, and a metal matrix composite, typically made by squeeze casting, using the preform. In the preform the reinforcing material typically is s... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6240973 | Forming fabric woven with warp triplets A forming fabric having a paper side layer and a machine side layer comprises at least two systems of weft yarns and a single set of warp yarn triplets. In the fabric weave pattern, each member of each triplet set of warp yarns interweaves with the paper ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6239579 | Device for managing battery packs by selectively monitoring and assessing the operative capacity of the battery modules in the pack The invention relates to a device for managing battery packs by measuring and monitoring the operating capacity of individual battery modules in a battery pack. A programmable logic controller directs the selective closing of relays to allow individual ba... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6202705 | Warp-tied composite forming fabric A composite forming fabric, comprising in combination a paper side layer having a paper side surface, a machine side layer and paper side layer intrinsic warp binder yarns. Each of the paper side layer and the machine side layer are woven together in a re... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6193915 | Process for fabricating low volume fraction metal matrix preforms A process for making a low volume fraction preform for a metal matrix composite including the steps of: mixing a reinforcement with a binder and sacrificial fillers to provide a castable slurry; placing the slurry in a mold to provide a green cast preform; dry... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6179172 | Cargo discharge gate A basket gate (18) mechanism, typically for use in the cargo holds (12), of bulk carriers (10), includes two opposed gate segments (50, 51) which shut along a central line. Each gate segment (50, 51) is supported at its ends by pairs of different length a... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6177799 | Rechargeable battery electrode testing device A testing device which measures minute changes in battery electrode thickness due to repeated charge/discharge cycles. The testing device uses a moving wall to detect changes in electrode dimensions, typically thickness. The moving wall is adjacent a surf... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6126786 | Apparatus and method of generating stock turbulence in a fourdrinier forming section A method and apparatus for generating turbulence in stock to deflocculate the stock in an open surface forming section of a paper making machine comprises a dewatering box providing vacuum assisted drainage and which has a set of dewatering elements that ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6106348 | Inflatable personal flotation device A personal floatation device (PFD) comprising an inflatable bladder which is attached to the wearer by a waist belt and anchor straps joined to a second belt attached directly to the bladder. Both a gas cartridge device and a oral device are provided for ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6073478 | Hydrogen sensor using a solid hydrogen ion conducting electrolyte A reliable gaseous hydrogen detection and measuring device which is simple, easy to use, does not require any reference gas supply, and which can be of reasonably rugged construction. The device utilizes a disc comprising a solid state ceramic hydronium c... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6030908 | Multilayer porous fabric A multilayer porous fabric which comprises a porous core fabric provided with hook means, and at least one layer of pre-needled nonwoven fibrous batt attached by entanglement onto the hook means by pressing the core fabric and batt together. The entanglem... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5918569 | Pulsed fluidised bed An apparatus and method for processing materials in a batchwise or continuous fluidised bed, such as a drier, in which the fluidised bed is subdivided into a plurality of smaller areas, to each of which two separately controlled gas flows are provided. Th... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5899162 | Tanker reconstruction A method of reconstructing a liquid carrying tank vessel, such as an oil tanker, and to the reconstructed vessel whereby a tank vessel constructed with a single bottom hull is reconstructed to a double bottom hull configuration at least over the hull port... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5858054 | Knitted protective fabric and garments made therefrom A protective fabric, and garments made therefrom, having superior resistance to wear and abrasion, as well as good flexibility and stretchability enabling the fabric to be conformed to the structure intended to be protected. The knitted fabric and garment... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5856888 | Split beam optical character reader An optical system for an optical character reader in which a camera, such as a TV camera, reads an image field in a document, includes at least one pair of mirrors which shift half of the image both laterally and vertically to convert a relatively long im... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5826627 | Composite papermaking fabric with paired weft binding yarns A composite forming fabric in which the woven paper and machine side layers are interconnected by pairs of intrinsic weft binder yarns which interweave with the paper side layer to occupy an unbroken weft path. Each member interweaves sequentially with th... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5819811 | Low air permeability papermaking fabric seam A flat woven, pin seamed, papermakers' fabric, comprising primary warp monofilament yarns, primary weft monofilament yarns and secondary weft monofilament yarns located between and adjacent to the primary weft yarns. The secondary weft yarns are located b... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5799707 | Single layer papermakers forming fabric A single layer papermaking machine forming fabric which is woven from a single layer of warps interlaced with primary wefts, secondary wefts, and, if desired, tertiary wefts. The secondary and tertiary wefts are located between the primary wefts. The fabr... | 09/01/1998 |
