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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5048282 | Drawing machines A drawing machine having a drawing zone (8) for drawing slivers (2), and a plurality of flyers (14) for winding the slivers on to bobbins (16), is made compact by arranging the flyers substantially longitudinally of the paths of the slivers through the dr... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048283 | Guide chain for guiding energy lines A guide or feeder chain for power and supply lines is provided. The chain includes chain links that comprise two spaced-apart link members that are disposed parallel to one another and are interconnected by crosspieces. The chain links have a reciprocal p... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048284 | Method of operating gas turbines with reformed fuel At least during some part-load operation of a gas turbine wherein a fuel gas is combusted with air with the formation of a flame and the combustion products are let down through a turbine, the fuel gas comprises the product of a stage of catalytic autothe... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048285 | Control system for gas turbine engines providing extended engine life A control system for use in gas turbine engines simultaneously provides for improved engine efficiency and extended engine life without sacrificing engine performance. The control system is characterized by both standard and extended engine life (EEL) ope... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048286 | Bypass valve door A bypass valve door includes a pivotable first end, a second end, and an inner surface for facing fluid flow in a bypass valve system. The door includes a seal seat extending obliquely from the door second end. In a preferred embodiment, both the door sea... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048287 | Tuned exhaust processor assembly An exhaust processor is provided for filtering particulate matter from a combustion product. The exhaust processor includes a housing providing a main passageway having a substrate mounted therein for solid particle filtration. The housing also provides a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048288 | Combined turbine stator cooling and turbine tip clearance control The outer air seal of a gas turbine engine is continuously cooled by compressor discharge air (primary) and a by-pass line (secondary) which can be throttled or shut off, augments cooling during high power conditions and is throttled or shut off at reduce... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048289 | Extendible nozzle A thrust nozzle assembly for selective deployment and retraction of an extendible nozzle for a rocket engine.... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048290 | Arrangement for waste gas purification A catalyst according to the invention with its cooling package is an easily exchangeable unit that is plugged into an existing silencing device. The catalyst (29) is integrated with a perforated radiation protection and distribution plate (26) in front of... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048291 | Exhaust muffler for marine engines with two rows of cylinders An exhaust muffler for marine engines with two rows of cylinders, especially V-engines. The exhaust muffler comprises a horizontal cylindrical container (20) mounted transverse to the rows of cylinders and having an exhaust inlet (26) and an exhaust outle... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048292 | Dual pump traverse and feed system A single rod three chamber fluid motor is driven in a forward stroke which includes a rapid initial advance followed by a relatively short and slow feed stroke under high pressure. The rapid advance is performed by a closed loop system in which a high dis... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048293 | Pump controlling apparatus for construction machine A hydraulic drive controlling apparatus for a construction machine has at least one variable displacement type hydraulic pump, a plurality of actuators driven with a hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump, directional control valves driven in accordance ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048294 | Safety device for hydraulic closed circuit A variable displacement hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor are connected in a closed circuit. A pressure oil supply means includes the variable displacement hydraulic pump and a tilting controlling means for controlling a tilt angle of the hydraulic pum... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048295 | Hydrostatic transmission In a hydrostatic transmission comprising a pump and a hydraulic motor arranged in a main line having low pressure and high pressure sections, wherein an oil drain line of the hydraulic motor is connected to the low pressure section of the main line, the h... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048296 | Anti-vibration apparatus in a hydraulic system for boom cylinder of working apparatus A working machine such as a hydraulic excavator is provided with a working apparatus including a boom pivotally mounted on the body of the working apparatus and a boom-cylinder hydraulic system for the working apparatus. The hydraulic system includes an a... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048297 | Method and apparatus for controlling the movement of a free, gas-driven displacer in a cooling engine A method and apparatus for controlling the reciprocal movement of a free piston, gas-driven displacer in a cooling engine are disclosed. A bi-directional magnetic "detent" is established for the displacer at both the top dead center and bottom dead center... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048298 | Low cost fuel system for a gas turbine engine The high cost of the fuel injection system in a gas turbine engine can be reduced by utilizing a low cost jet or nozzle (70) to spray fuel into the inlet (24) of a compressor (18). The resulting air-fuel mixture flows as a semi-discrete sector to a combus... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048299 | Air conditioner for an automobile An air conditioner for an automobile includes two pairs of hydrogen storage cells. Each cell includes a hydride-forming material, which absorbs hydrogen while generating heat, and releases hydrogen while absorbing heat. One pair of cells operates as an ai... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048300 | Microtome cooling chamber and method of adjusting the cooling chamber temperature A cooling chamber on a microtome has an internal space which is observable and accessible from above and which accommodates an object holder and a tool for processing the object. The cooling chamber structure also includes a supply tank for accommodating ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048301 | Vacuum insulated sorbent driven refrigeration device Disclosed is a self-contained, rapid cooling device that retains heat produced from the cooling process and can be stored for indefinite periods without losing its cooling potential. A liquid in a first chamber undergoes a change of phase into vapor which... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048302 | Refrigerant system having controlled variable speed drive for compressor A refrigeration system includes a compressor, a motor, variable pitch pulleys mounted on the ends of the compressor and motor shafts, and an endless belt looped around the motor and compressor pulleys for drivingly connecting the motor to the compressor. ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048303 | Open front refrigerated display case with improved ambient air defrost means An open front refrigerated display case having an improved ambient air defrost system which includes a housing with a display compartment area for displaying articles therein and an open front area to facilitate placement and removal of the articles, a ma... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048304 | Portable air conditioning apparatus having large water supplying capacity to evaporation type condenser therein An external water supply tank having a relatively large water storage capacity fixed to the outside of a portable air conditioning apparatus to supply water to a spray device disposed in the air conditioning apparatus for cooling a condenser subject to ge... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048305 | Cooler assembly A cooler assembly of a molded plastics composition for the storage of ice-cooled, canned beverages and the like. An ice-cooled storage vessel, suspended within a self-supporting cylindrical housing of the assembly is formed with an array of vertically dis... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048306 | Refrigerator There is disclosed a refrigerator comprising a first passage defined in a space in the interior of a heat-insulating box to guide cold air from a evaporator downwardly, and a second passage which guides the cold air that has flowed downwardly in the first... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048307 | Cylindrical cooling and insulating container A substantially cylindrical container constructed of a plurality of flexible tubes connected edge to edge. The plurality of tubes are folded in a cylindrical form, and a connector is inserted into and bonded with the open ends of the tubes thereby forming... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048308 | Absorption refrigerator An absorber comprises a vapor absorption portion including at least two flow paths through which an absorption solution flows down and absorbs a cooling medium vapor, at least two solution cooling portions separated from, and juxtaposed with, the vapor ab... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048309 | Universal accumulator A universal accumulator for utilization in an automotive air conditioning system. An inlet fitting and an outlet fitting are connected to the top of the accumulator housing. The adjustable connection of the outlet fitting to approximately the center of th... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048310 | Apparatus for changeable earring pendents Apparatus is disclosed for ear mounts for earrings to which decorative pendents may be attached or detached, thus low cost pendents may be attached to high cost gold pierced ear studs, or to snap spring or screw on ear hangers.... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048311 | Convertible jewelry article A convertible jewelry article for use by a wearer and including an ornamental member having a holding bracket secured thereto, the holding bracket being formed with a dome portion, the interior of which is shaped to receive a semi-spherical member therein... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048312 | Slip-proof elastic yarn feeding ring device removably mounted on yarn-feeding drum A slip-proof elastic yarn-feeding ring device removably fitted to the circumference of a yarn-feeding drum whereby a yarn is pressed between a yarn-feeding belt and the ring device and steadily forward carried by the yarn-feeding belt without slipping mov... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048313 | Circular knitting machines with thread guide having support cam for yarn The invention relates to an improved knitting machine, either with latch needles or with compound needles, in which for each feeding station a thread guide is provided which is placed at a certain distance above the rising zone of the needles and is fitte... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048314 | Apparatus for applying a treatment fluid having a flow homogenizing baffle An apparatus for applying a treatment fluid on a web of material includes a run-off surface extending transversely over a web to be treated. The run-off surface slopes down obliquely onto the web and has an upper portion upon which treatment fluid applied... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048315 | Closure for a lidded container A staple plate formed with a circular opening is mounted on the lid of a footlocker or trunk and a hasp is mounted on the stationary portion of the footlocker, the hasp having a hinged portion provided with a lock assembly which includes a spring-loaded s... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048316 | Pressure pot shot peening system having a holder A nozzle holder and sensor for a pressure pot peening system is disclosed. The holder includes a 90° bend which is provided so that substantially the entire momentum of the mass of shot and air ejected from the nozzle can be sensed by the sensor and mass... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048317 | Method of manufacturing draw-formed container This invention relates to a method of manufacturing a draw-formed container, comprising the step of suitably setting a ratio of a maximum diameter of an elastic sleeve to the diameter of the inlet of a female mold, the metal thickness of a metal covering ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048318 | Intermediate depositing station between machining stages of a press An intermediate depositing station between machining stages of a metal forming machine, having templates for supporting a sheet metal part from below which are adjustable in height, distance and oblique position relative to another sheet metal part. The i... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048319 | Method for calibrating an acceleration sensor The acceleration sensor has an elastic member (11) to which an inertial body (12) is attached. Upon the occurrence of an acceleration force, the elastic member (11) is deformed. In order to measure the absolute value of the acceleration, a calibration may... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048320 | Method and apparatus for impact-type inspection of structures A method of inspection of structures in which a hammer capable of imparting a non-destructive impact to an object to be inspected and provided with a pressure sensor or an acceleration sensor is hit against the object and, from a signal then put out, a pr... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5048321 | Method of discriminating breath contaminants and apparatus therefor A method of discriminating alcohols different from ethanol in breath samples includes sampling voltages from a fuel cell at a rapid rate to establish a curve rising, upon introduction of a sample containing a known amount of ethanol without interferants, ... | 09/17/1991 |
