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A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7415869 | Vehicle brake pressure monitoring system and method The present invention relates to a vehicle brake system, which has a brake reservoir, and utilizes a tire management system that is in communication with the brake reservoir and a vehicle operator. As a result of this configuration, the tire management system commun... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7372374 | Measuring device used in process technology, comprising a central power supply unit A measuring device for process technology, having a central unit for the connection of different measurement modules, with the central unit containing a central power supply, to which the measurement modules can be connected. In the measurement module a module power... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7353804 | Method and arrangement for achieving an adjusted engine setting utilizing engine output and/or fuel consumption A method and associated arrangement for achieving an adjusted engine setting utilizing engine output and/or fuel consumption. An engine that consumes fuel is run. Fuel consumption and/or engine operation output is determined. A value is determined utilizing the dete... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349831 | River assessment, monitoring and design system A method, apparatus and program product to facilitate the analysis and monitoring of stream and river conditions, with emphasis on Natural River Design. To this end, the invention uses and processes channel data to provide analysis and monitoring information and opt... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331219 | Method for determining fluctuating fuel properties during the operation of a power plant The invention relates to a method for detecting fluctuating fuel properties during the operation of a power plant. According to the inventive method, the actual operating characteristics of the power plant are used to determine the efficiency of the power plant and ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333886 | Method for estimating quantity of fuel injected In a method for estimating an injected quantity of fuel of an isolated injection, the segment time of the cylinder in which the isolated injection takes place is evaluated numerically by forming the second temporal derivation. With the aid of the second temporal der... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7249486 | Method for monitoring a sensor The present invention concerns a method of monitoring a sensor for sensing the flow speed of a medium. The invention further concerns an apparatus for carrying out that method. In order to be able to monitor the sensor, without providing redundant sensors, the flow ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7174800 | Speed change gear drive for transmission The invention relates to a speed change gear drive for a transmission that can miniaturize an engine by improving the layout of parts. In particular, the invention relates to a speed change gear drive in which a change spindle is supported by a transmission case and... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174778 | Control device for a motor vehicle Control device for a motor vehicle, particularly for controlling a gearbox, with an electronic control circuit arranged on a support plate in a housing; for measurement of the hydraulic pressure, a measuring transducer is connected to a hydraulic unit of the gearbox... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162916 | Method and system for determining engine cylinder power level deviation from normal Individual cylinder output deviations from a normal operating engine cylinder are detected via an analysis of crank shaft speed fluctuations. In the detection phase, the engine is operated at a steady state low idle condition, and engine speed data is collected over... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7152005 | System for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation In order to provide an operation and maintenance planning aiding system for a power generation installation which prepares an operation plan for a plurality of power generation units by making use of actual plant data and based on a total judgment including a variet... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137293 | Canister provided with a leak detection valve for treating evaporated fuel A canister has: a canister body including an adsorbent case which is provided with an adsorption chamber filled with an adsorbent and a fuel steam introduction port, a purge port and an air communication port which are communicated with the adsorption chamber; and a... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7110906 | System and method for monitoring the performance of a heat exchanger The present invention is directed to a system and method for monitoring the performance of a heat exchanger. In accordance with the system and method, baseline values of a performance factor (E) for baseline sets of heat exchanger operating values are calculated and... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096746 | Method for determining the power of a test specimen, measuring device, and power test bench for the test specimen A method for determining the power of a test specimen, in particular of an internal combustion engine, includes a measuring device for registering the time profile of the rotational speed of an output shaft of the test specimen. To determine the power at a specific ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7065472 | System for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power generation installation In order to provide an operation and maintenance planning aiding system for a power generation installation which prepares an operation plan for a plurality of power generation units by making use of actual plant data and based on a total judgement including a varie... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7021126 | Methods for low-cost estimation of steam turbine performance A method for determining efficiency of an installed steam turbine includes estimating, at a first plurality of times, a first mean value and a first variance of at least one performance variable of the steam turbine utilizing a set of station sensors. The method fur... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017406 | Pump testing system A pump testing apparatus is disclosed for testing output characteristics of a fluid flow exiting a pump. The apparatus includes a flow testing structure for testing characteristics of the fluid flow, a first chamber having an interior for receiving a fluid flow exit... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6980928 | System and method for providing efficiency and cost analysis during steam path audits This disclosure describes a system and method for providing efficiency and cost analysis for a power generation unit. The system of this disclosure includes a current condition data acquisition logic that acquires a plurality of current condition variables for the p... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6962074 | Method for testing a stabilizing system of a motor vehicle by tilting and rotating the vehicle A dynamic test fixture has a support frame (3) whose dimensions (31) in the direction of a transverse axis (y) are smaller than a distance between the wheels of a vehicle (8). Via a first unit (71a, 71b, 71c... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6910364 | Diagnosis method for detecting ageing symptoms in a steam turbine A diagnosis method is for detecting ageing symptoms in a steam turbine. The efficiency and the steam flow rate of an aged steam turbine is compared to the efficiency and the steam flow rate of a relatively new steam turbine. The efficiency and the steam flow rate ar... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907381 | System for aiding the preparation of operation and maintenance plans for a power-generation installation In order to provide an operation and maintenance planning aiding system for a power generation installation which prepares an operation plan for a plurality of power generation units by making use of actual plant data and based on a total judgment including a variet... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6898964 | Failure determination method for an air supply system in a fuel cell apparatus An oxidizing agent supply system failure determination method for a fuel cell for use with a fuel cell apparatus provided with a fuel cell that is supplied with a fuel and an oxidizing agent, and an oxidizing agent supply system that has an oxidizing agent condition... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6877366 | Test method for an exhaust gas catalytic converter and a corresponding testing device A test method for an exhaust gas catalytic converter (8) of an internal combustion engine (1) comprises the steps of: test injection of fuel during the expansion stroke and/or during the exhaust stroke of the internal combustion engine (1), conv... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6837099 | Power test facility system of train and testing method of the same The present invention relates to a power testing facility system of a train and a testing method using the same. In the present invention, there are provided a test bed for engaging a testing object, a DC power facility formed of a converter transformer and DC power... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6678628 | Apparatus and methods for monitoring and testing coolant recirculation systems Apparatus for monitoring, characterizing, and testing coolant recirculation systems has, in combination, a heat load, a flow meter measuring flow rate of the coolant, inlet and outlet thermometers, and a data recorder connected to the flow meter, inlet th... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6640896 | Mechanical oil recovery method and system with a sucker rod pump This invention relates to a mechanical oil recovery method and system with a sucker-rod pump. The method calculates the lowest power loss or the lowest cost. The method comprises sequentially arranging internal diameter, steel grade of rod, pump diameter,... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6609081 | Automated expansion analyzer for telecommunications power systems Processor-implemented monitor and control modules gather operating data from the rectifier units, battery connection units and power distribution units. From these data, statistical operating data are calculated and stored in a database managed by the res... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6591225 | System for evaluating performance of a combined-cycle power plant A method and system for evaluating and optimizing the performance of a combined-cycle power plant. The optimization system combines a plant model that predicts performance of a combined-cycle power plant under varying environmental and operational conditi... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6510731 | Method for determining a weak cylinder in an internal combustion engine A method for determining a condition of a cylinder in an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders. The method includes the steps of reducing an amount of power being generated by a first cylinder, increasing an amount of power being gene... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6318167 | Volumetric test stand cylinder monitor/controller A test device and a process for determining the accuracy of positive displacement gear pumps includes hydraulic cylinders which are fluidly connected to the output fluid flow(s) from a test pump. Each outlet flow is directed to a separate hydraulic cylind... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6314801 | Engine economizing vehicle shifting system and method A system and associated method of economizing engine operation by automatically shifting the transmission of a motorized vehicle into a neutral gear from a drive gear when specific, predetermined conditions of the vehicle concurrently exist. A first sensi... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6094617 | Engine power monitoring system A system for monitoring the output power of an engine associated with a work machine based upon monitoring the input and output speeds of a torque converter or torque divider coupled to the engine, the present system including a first sensor for determini... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6067847 | Running quality evaluator for an internal combustion engine A running quality evaluator for an internal combustion engine for optimizing the running quality of the engine. The running quality evaluator includes an engine speed circuit which conditions a series of trigger pulses from the engine. The conditioned tri... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5969601 | Apparatus and method for predicting replacement timing of engine lubricating oil An apparatus and method for predicting a lubricating oil replacement time for an engine by precisely predicting a total acid value and/or an amount of soot in a lubricating oil and by displaying an accurate time which will elapse before a required lubrica... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5824888 | Fluid efficiency For each process unit in a multi-process unit plant, a required input and output of a fluid (eg water), in terms of both purity and flow-rate of the fluid, is determined. All of the inputs and outputs of all of the process units are represented in a graph... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5811669 | Cycling compressor performance metering A computational sequence that allows a stand-alone instrument or a central data processing unit to calculate flow of compressed ideal gases based on measurements of pressure and time only, in systems where compressors start and stop at regular intervals a... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5729474 | Method of anticipating potential HVAC failure To anticipate potential failure of a temperature modification device (e.g., heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment used in a commercial building), an efficiency value representing the ability of the temperature modification device to change t... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5726353 | System for detecting torque of automatic vehicle transmission and controlling the same based on detected torque The torque detection system for a continuously variable transmission for a vehicle having a dual-mass flywheel connecting an output of an engine mounted on the vehicle to the transmission and a start clutch for engaging/disengaging the transmitted power t... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5544058 | Misfire detecting apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine A microcomputer-based misfire detecting apparatus for a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine. A crank angle sensor is coupled to the engine for detecting first and second predetermined angular intervals set before and after a predetermined reference ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5513519 | Method of measuring changes in the energy transfer efficiency of a thermal transfer system A method of quantitatively measuring energy transfer efficiency changes resulting from modifications in a boiler system, comprising: measuring the amount of fuel used by the boiler to produce a certain quantity of energy in its output; making modification... | 05/07/1996 |
