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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6976368 | Method and apparatus for controlling refrigeration A thermal sensor (20) located in the centre of a food simulant composition (24) linked to a remote measuring indicating and/or regulating device (28). The temperature of the food simulant changes in the same way as food stored in its vicinity an... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6363330 | Thermocouple failure detection in power generation turbines | 03/26/2002 |
| 5971284 | Apparatus for regulating heater cycles to improve forced-air heating system efficiency A method and apparatus of regulating cycles of a burner in a forced air heating system. A control unit uses a sensor at an output of a heat exchanger to make measurements of a temperature of air output from the heat exchanger. The control unit observes te... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5947111 | Apparatus for the controlled heating of process fluids An apparatus for the controlled heating of a process fluid has a heater, a process fluid vessel containing the process fluid, and a bundle of thermosyphons extending between a burner chamber of the heater and the process fluid inside the vessel for transf... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5890444 | Method for determining the average radiation of a burning bed in combustion installations and for controlling the combustion process For determining the average radiation of a surface region of a burning bed, an infrared camera is used in a firing installation, which camera is aligned with this region and is equipped by means of appropriate flame filters in such a way that it operates ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5882191 | Method and a system for defrosting frozen packed products According to the method a relatively dry heated airflow is made to sweep around the product and the heat flow rate imparted to the airflow is controlled in dependence on the surface temperature of the product in the place where the product is expected to ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5794549 | Combustion optimization system Information relating to combustion conditions within a fossil-fueled boiler that includes a plurality of burners adapted to produce flames combining to form a fireball is provided by acquiring data relating to the physical and temperature characteristics ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5663899 | Redundant thermocouple A temperature sensing system contains a plurality of thermocouple pairs which are connected to an interface. The interface contains a microprocessor and a memory and provides for fault tolerance within the system by comparing measurements from each thermo... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5441098 | System for defrosting frozen packed products Method of thawing deep-frozen packed products in which a relatively dry heated airflow sweeps around the product for a period of time, the duration of which is determined by the temperature measured in the middle of the product. The heat flow rate imparte... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5205132 | Computer-implemented method and system for precise temperature control of a device under test An embodiment of the present invention is a temperature forcing system and method for precision temperature control of a device-under-test. The system comprises a thermal test head suspended by a support arm that receives a temperature controlled air flow... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5123477 | Thermal reactor for biotechnological processes A thermal reactor, and a method of operating the thermal reactor, in which the thermal reactor includes: a chamber which is thermally isolated by refrigerated air circulating in the walls of the chamber, and which holds a tray of sample vials; means for s... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4993480 | Temperature controlling means for a thermostat for use in measuring viscosity Temperature controlling means for a thermostat for use in viscosity measurement including: a first thermometer detecting the temperature of a fluid sample which is immersed in a thermostat and whose viscosity is measured; a first controller obtaining the ... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4925089 | Environmental response control apparatus and method A control apparatus for controlling the temperature of an environmental chamber within which a device is tested for thermal characteristics employs a pair of control elements connected in cascade. The first element produces a required air temperature in r... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4907177 | Computerized multi-zone crystal growth furnace precise temperature and heating control method A computerized method of digitally controlling the temperature profile of a heated article in which the temperature profile is defined by a plurality of temperature zones spaced about the article. The temperature profile of the article is monitored and a ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4889483 | Temperature controlled probe assembly A temperature controlled probe assembly (58) for measuring log temperatures in a furnace (10) for heating metal logs (20) includes a carriage (88) selectively movable by a pneumatically controlled air cylinder (64). The carriage (88) includes a barrel (92... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4852544 | Self-cleaning oven temperature control with multiple redundant oven temperature sensing elements An electric range having a self-cleaning oven utilizes a digital electronic microprocessor based oven temperature control system having multiple, redundant oven temperature sensing elements. The output signal from a first one of the multiple oven temperat... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4675826 | Temperature control system A temperature control system (50) for use in a furnace (10) for heating metal logs (13) as the logs (13) move through a furnace heating chamber (12) includes thermocouples (52a-52e) adapted to sense log temperatures by direct contact during intermittent t... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4657507 | Heating control method of heat furnace In heating control method of a heat furnace, three non-linear models, model to calculate furnace temperature based on the fuel flow rate by unsteady heat balance system, model to estimate furnace wall temperature distribution based on the furnace temperat... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4605161 | Pattern-switching temperature control apparatus An apparatus controls the temperature of a multi-zone furnace based on a given temperature distribution pattern, which pattern is automatically modified zone by zone as the work being heat-treated is changed by using a memory storing a series of such patt... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4501552 | Method for controlling furnace temperature In controlling furnace temperature, a desired temperature profile of a slab in a direction along its movement through a furnace is calculated by using an expression for total fuel flow as a function of slab temperature and minimizing the total fuel flow. ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4495872 | Incinerator and method of reducing NOx emissions In a low NOx emission incinerator a refuse supply stoker (1), a dry-ignition stoker (2), a gas generation stoker (3), and a complete combustion stoker (4) are positioned in descending stair-step fashion beneath a combustion chamber (A). In the ... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4423487 | Apparatus for measuring the efficiency of combustion appliances This disclosure relates to apparatus of the kind suitable for taking spot measurements of the heat loss or stack loss and/or efficiency (η) in flue gases (stack loss) and comprises respective sensors (5, 3) for producing output signals which vary with th... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4391584 | Non-contact infrared fabric temperature monitoring The temperature of an open textile web is monitored by a sensing unit including an infrared pyrometer. The pyrometer is disposed at a viewing angle between about 5°-25° with respect to the horizontal. A housing mounts the pyrometer, a fan, a filter bag ... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4367399 | Kiln temperature control device A ceramic encased thermocouple placed within a kiln electrically controls an array of signal classifiers which, in turn, control the operation of the kiln heating elements. The temperature value at which the classifier array terminates the whole kiln heat... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4304293 | Process and apparatus for freezing living cells The process for freezing cell suspensions by locating the suspension in a freezing chamber and simultaneously monitoring the temperature of the suspended cells and of the chamber. The cooling of the chamber is regulated at predetermined rates in response ... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4263886 | Method and apparatus for controlling a liquid fuel space heater An electronically controlled space heater includes a ceramic block heating element fed by a metering pump with fixed volume charges of liquid fuel at a rate dependent on temperature requirements. The heating element is located within a combustion chamber.... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4238672 | Temperature control circuitry A temperature control circuit particularly for use with a graphite tube atomizer of an atomic absorption spectrometer provides rapid temperature rise and a leveling at a constant predetermined temperature. A.C. power applied through a transformer to elect... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4213023 | High frequency energy apparatus with automatic heating cycle control A high frequency energy apparatus is provided in which high frequency energy is supplied into a heating chamber containing an object to be heated for heating the same. A temperature sensor unit senses either the temperature of air within the heating chamb... | 07/15/1980 |
| 3952945 | Furnace temperature control system Temperature control system for furnaces used in heat-treating metallic articles, such as boronizing steel.... | 04/27/1976 |
