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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7429146 | Highway marking sphere dispensing apparatus A marking sphere dispensing apparatus for dispensing fluid-assisted marking spheres into pavement marking materials applied to a surface has a frame defining a marking sphere receptacle, a valve seat defining an opening between the marking sphere receptacle and an e... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7364774 | Method of producing a multilayer coated substrate having improved barrier properties The present invention refers to a method of producing a coated substrate comprising the steps of: a) forming a composite, multilayer free flowing curtain, whereby the multilayer free flowing curtain comprises at least two layers imparting at least two d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360721 | Nozzle assembly for a high-pressure cleaning device In order to achieve a particularly simple construction which is, in particular, easy to assemble in the case of a nozzle assembly for a high-pressure cleaning device with a low-pressure nozzle, a high-pressure nozzle arranged in it, a spray lance which bears a seali... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7246756 | Transverse axes oscillating water sprinkler with cam driven, oscillating nozzles A water sprinkler for irrigating lawn and garden areas has two axes of movement, one transverse to the other. A barrel moves or oscillates on one horizontal axis to direct water spray from nozzles carried on the barrel across the length of the area, and the nozzle o... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7211297 | Apparatus for decreasing skip coating on a paper web An fountain applicator for applying coating liquid onto a web of paper carried past the applicator, has a coating liquid flow path that includes a curved surface along which a sheet of the coating liquid is flowed to subject the sheet to centrifugal force to cause a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7182989 | Flooring system and method A flooring system for use in a residential environment. The flooring system includes a subfloor adapted to support the mass of a user and modular surface covering elements for disposition in edge to edge covering arrangement across at least a portion of the subfloor... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182278 | Spray valve Accordingly, the invention provides a spray valve comprising: (a) an upper valve body including a hydraulic chamber for receiving an incompressible hydraulic fluid through a piston port and a piston slidable within said hydraulic chamber; (b) a lower valve body incl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181817 | Method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite A method and apparatus for making an absorbent composite from continuous tow is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes the steps of or means for spreading a crimped tow; de-registering the crimped tow; shaping the de-registered tow to a substantially rectangul... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169230 | Coater apparatus A coater apparatus (10) is disclosed for applying coating material onto a moving web. The apparatus (10) includes an applicator having a first and a second end, the applicator (16) defining a feeding chamber (22) for the reception therein... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162332 | Turret deployment system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system and method for a fire fighting vehicle is disclosed. The turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store modu... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7127331 | Turret operator interface system and method for a fire fighting vehicle A turret control system includes one or more control modules, such as an envelope control module, turret targeting module, a turret pan module, a turret deploy module, a turret store module. The preferred turret control system also provides improved turret control f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7036756 | Anti-sputter fluid flow control apparatus for paint sprayers A fluid spray apparatus with a controlled supply of pressurized fluid delivered through a network of tubes to a spray head having a plurality of stop flow valves and nozzles that will automatically shut off the flow of fluid out of the nozzles when the pressure of t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037303 | Urinary flow control valve A flow control valve (22) such as for a catheter (10) allows discharge of urine from a bladder (12) by manual actuation. The valve (22) may be a double-duckbill valve (22) with a single slit (62) at one apex (60a | 05/02/2006 |
| 7011286 | Bag valve The bag valve comprises an open-ended sleeve of pliant impermeable material, one end of which is removably clamped around the down-stream open end of a conduit for fluids. The other end of the sleeve, the downstream end, can be gathered into a fully or partially clo... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6969015 | Particulate sauce dispensing nozzle Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a dispensing nozzle for dispensing a sauce containing particulates which is configured to reduce clogging of the nozzle by the particulates. In one embodiment, a dispensing nozzle comprises a nozzle body having a ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6953159 | Spray through cap assembly with actuator locking means An improved spray through cap assembly (10) comprises separable base (11) and cover parts (13). The base part includes a hollow actuator (17) which is adapted to cooperate with an outlet of an aerosol or the like. The actuator is linked t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6651901 | Misting system nozzle holder with manual slide shut-off valve A misting system valve assembly comprises a conduit connectable to a pressurized fluid supply. The conduit includes a through opening. A sleeve is telescopically received on the conduit. The sleeve is adapted to support a nozzle. The sleeve has a sleeve o... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6616065 | Nozzle device A nozzle device includes a housing (1) having an inlet for a fluid and an orifice for spraying out a firm jet of fluid (38), which orifice is delimited by two or more members, at least one of which is movable relative to the other one between a first posi... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6565660 | Adhesive applicator device The applicator device (AV) for hot-melt adhesive (HK) comprises a housing (1) with an adhesive feeder element (2) and an adjustable nozzle slot (3) to let out the adhesive by pressure. The nozzle slot (3) can be adjusted by means of two nozzle sliders (4)... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6511259 | Particle dispenser with fluid assist to control particle velocity for use on a moving vehicle When mounted to a vehicle, a dispenser ejects optical elements so that they have a component of movement that is parallel with the surface of the pavement to which the optical elements are to be applied. Preferably, the component of movement in that direc... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6401651 | Automatic spray apparatus for oily confectionery raw material A spray apparatus for spraying oily confectionery raw material, wherein a nozzle cap is disposed around a nozzle, the nozzle cap is interlocked with a nozzle-cap-bar drive disc through a nozzle cap driving bar, the nozzle-cap-bar drive disc is coupled wit... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6360969 | Nozzle element for an automobile windshield washer system A nozzle element is described, which can is inserted into a nozzle body, either fixed in position or adjustably, and together with the nozzle body forms a component of a windshield wiper system of a motor vehicle. The nozzle element consists of a hard met... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6318648 | Electrostatic atomizer based micro-burner for logistic fuels An electrostatic atomizer is disclosed, which includes an electrode or other charge injection device and a source of liquid for passing a stream of liquid past the charge injection device to a variable orifice. The variable orifice is defined between at l... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6227454 | Device and method for applying night-visible road markings A device for applying night-visible road markings includes a material hopper, a floor gate, a pair of side runners and a plurality of vertically oriented shutters. When the floor gate is moved away from an outlet extending through a bottom side of the hop... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6192810 | Laminar flow air register A register for use in conjunction with kraft recovery boilers or bark-fired boilers utilizes a pair of shaped damper foils to reduce turbulence and induce laminar flow of air from an associated windbox through a port in the boiler. The foils are mounted f... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6161785 | Electrostatic atomizer based micro-burner for logistic fuels An electrostatic atomizer is disclosed, which includes an electrode or other charge injection device and a source of liquid for passing a stream of liquid past the charge injection device to a variable orifice. The variable orifice is defined between at l... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6085987 | Counter balance assembly for grain conduit A variable accumulator or regulator controls grain or other particulate material falling through and being discharged from a conduit. An array of blades are mounted at the discharge end of the accumulator to control the flow of the particulate material th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6027035 | Seal liquid supplying device The device includes a first and a second member. A gap between the first member and the second member is provided as a passageway tapered toward a distal end thereof. Seal liquid is supplied through this passageway to ports of a cell charged with liquid c... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6015101 | Burner system A gas burner system which can be used in a conveyor-type oven has a burner tube (4) extending across the conveyor. Gas is burnt through a slot (8) along the tube to give a ribbon flame. The tube (4) is divided into separate compartments (15-19) which conn... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5927604 | Spraying apparatus nozzle A hollow body having a nozzle opening (19) to discharge fluid as a jet or spray; the body comprising a first part having an inlet (12a) to admit fluid under pressure into the first part, and a second part (16) movable relative to the first part and said f... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5862993 | Slot nozzle A slot nozzle having an adjustable width mouthpiece opening for applying a flowable material such as an adhesive to a surface. The nozzle has two slidable elements which are slidably displaceable with respect to each other in a predetermined direction to ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5858096 | Application unit for the direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty medium onto a moving material web The invention relates to an application unit for the direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty medium (12) onto a moving material web, in particular consisting of paper or board, comprising a dosing gap formed as a free jet nozzle, the dosing ga... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5803364 | Axially separable self-cleaning nozzle A nozzle device comprises a nozzle (1) having an outlet (2), an inlet (3) and a passage (4) extending between the inlet and outlet. The passage is defined by at least two parts (7, 8), which are movable relative to each other and arranged to be able to be... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5788162 | Application unit for directly or indirectly applying a fluid or pasty medium to a continuous material web The invention relates to an application unit (2) for directly or indirectly applying a fluid or pasty medium (22) to a continuous material web, particularly one made of paper or cardboard, comprising a metering gap (20) designed as a free-jet nozzle and f... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5785253 | Application unit for the direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty medium onto a moving material web An application unit for the direct or indirect application of a liquid or pasty medium onto a moving material web includes a dosing gap formed as a free jet nozzle. The dosing gap is formed between a leading lip and a trailing lip. The leading lip is adju... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5709750 | Apparatus for applying a liquid medium An apparatus for applying a liquid medium has an application slot whose width of opening is defined by the mutual spacing of its longitudinal edges, and means for feeding liquid medium to the application slot. The width of opening of the application slot ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5556035 | Arrangement for cooling rolled strips An arrangement for cooling rolled strips, particularly for laminar cooling when rolling aluminum strips, includes cooling segments whose outer sides are closed with a cover, wherein each cooling segment has a media gap extending over the entire length of ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5551635 | Adjustable spray nozzle for pressure washer A pressure-washer nozzle has an inner sleeve generally centered on and extending along an axis and having a rear end formed as a high-pressure liquid inlet, an outer sleeve coaxial with and rotatable but axially nondisplaceable on the inner sleeve, and a ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5421516 | Method and apparatus for coating a solution containing brazing alloy powders and coating head for the curtain coater A coating head is provided along a conveyor path, and directs a coating solution toward the objects traveling on the conveyor path below the coating head. The coating head feeds the coating solution in such a manner that it forms a curtain-like stream whe... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5397062 | Device for setting a prescribed gas quantity A device is proposed which has a nozzle, in particular constructed to resemble a Laval nozzle, as a control device for setting a prescribed fluid mass flow and in which for the purpose of varying the flowing gas quantity the nozzle cross section or the no... | 03/14/1995 |
