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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5209079 | Control apparatus for air conditioner used for vehicles A control apparatus for an air conditioner used for a vehicle can properly control the temperature of air in the vehicle according to the quantity of solar radiation so as to maintain the temperature as not too cool for a person in the vehicle while suppr... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209080 | Refrigerant flow control device A cylindrical standpipe extends upwardly from the bottom of a liquid refrigerant sump, and vertical slots are formed in the sides thereof near the bottom end. On the inner sides of the standpipe, a sleeve is slideably disposed to uncover the slots as the ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209081 | Air conditioner for vehicle An air conditioner for a vehicle comprises a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an undercooling heat exchanger, an expansion valve, an evaporator disposed in an air duct. The air conditioner further comprises a heater core arranged a... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209082 | Multi-purpose refrigerator having a door within a door A multi-purpose refrigerator includes a main door and a fresh storage compartment mounted on a rear side of said main door and being accessible through an auxiliary door formed in said main door. The fresh storage compartment comprises a multi-section hou... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209083 | Flat knitting machine having function for adjusting knock-over timing The invention relates to a flat knitting machine capable of obtaining a high quality knit fabric excellent in knitting property (ease of knitting), by variably adjusting the knock-over timing when knitting, depending on the characteristics of knitting thr... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209084 | Knitted fabric having low stretch for upholstery A weft knitted double-jersey fabric is knitted in a construction of repeating groups of courses in which some courses have loops pulled to both fabric faces and some courses have loops pulled to one fabric face and are transversed by yarn regions which ex... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209085 | Clutch/brake drive unit A washing machine including a clutch/brake drive unit, said drive unit comprising a frame, a driving member and a driven member mounted coaxially for independent relative rotation with respect to the frame, a clutch including a clutch disc and mutually op... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209086 | Anti-theft apparatus An anti-theft apparatus includes a bracket-shaped auxiliary member which is displaceably guided longitudinally along a narrow side of a casing and has ends which are bent inwardly in order to clamp a box-like article. When the bracket is in its slid out p... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209087 | High security removable core cylinder lock A removable core cylinder lock having separate key-operated tumbler controlled fences is disclosed. The separately keyed fences permit differentiation between a locking/unlocking operational mode and a core insertion/removal mode to enhance security and a... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209088 | Changeable code lock A cylindrical key operated variable code lock provides a shell having a cylindrical inner surface and an orifice for accepting a key. The key may be generally cylindrical in shape carrying a number of lugs thereon that are rotationally variable. The drum ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209089 | Key holder A double ended key holder includes a first body portion, a second body portion, and joining and biasing mechanisms for engaging the first and second body portions together to form a key holder having openings on at least one end. The first body portion is... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209090 | Object retention apparatus An object retention apparatus which includes, in its most preferred embodiment, an outer body member and an inner body member, which inner body member is insertable into the outer body member and includes an interior storage compartment closed by a cap to... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209091 | Apparatus for setting the shut height of a press A portable measuring device used for setting the shut height of the dies of a press. The measuring device includes a gauge or indicator releasably mounted on a finished surface of one of the dies. A paddle releasably mounted on a finished surface of the o... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209092 | Continuous wire drawing process with chemical descaling and post-die treatment and apparatus The present invention is a process for drawing and forming a bright wire of a predetermined diameter and cross-section, from stock of a greater diameter. It includes the steps of (a) chemically removing scale from said stock; (b) applying a coating of lub... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209093 | Apparatus for superplastic forming of large cylindrical structures An SPF press is capable of forming large generally cylindrical structures from a sheet made of a first metal such as Titanium. The sheet is first rolled into a cylindrical or conical part blank. The press has a generally cylindrical ceramic die with a sur... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209094 | Chamfer and stamp machine A machine combines metal rod chamfering and stamping operations into a single machining operation. Cutting the chamfer on the end of the rod is accomplished by a rotating cutting tool affixed to a chuck which rotates with a spindle about an axis co-linear... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209095 | Mill for producing strip and use thereof A mill for producing a continuous strip comprising a pair of work rollers having a constant diameter over the work length, at least one local back-up roller having two rotatable contact surface sections, each provided to have a back-up effect on a corresp... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209096 | Lever for sheet metal brakes An improved sheet metal brake is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the invention basically comprises an elongated rod which attaches to an existing pivotable brake lever. With this extension attached to the brake lever, a user can move the lever ext... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209097 | Fluid operated cornerbead crimping tool A cornerbead crimping tool for crimping cornerbead to wallboard is presented which comprises a handle portion, an intermediate air cylinder portion and a crimping head portion which together form the crimping tool. The handle portion includes a trigger wh... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209098 | Method and apparatus for forming can ends Method and apparatus for forming can ends is disclosed wherein ends are blank from sheet material and formed in a die in which the completed end is formed and removed from the die at a vertical position below the blanking position. Formation and removal o... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209099 | Draw-process methods, systems and tooling for fabricating one-piece can bodies New tooling technology for deep drawing one-piece can bodies from flat-rolled sheet metal can stock (58) which is precoated on both surfaces with an organic coating and draw lubricant. A draw die curved-surface cavity (122) entrance is formed using a radi... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209100 | Compression tool A compression tool for joining tubular workpieces is provided with two or more arcuate compression jaws displaceable relative to each other in such a manner that the jaws can be opened for placement o a tubular segment of the workpiece. The compression to... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209101 | Workpiece machining center of modular construction Described herein is a drive unit for a machining center of modular construction comprising different work modules with tools which are positively controlled with respect to time, e.g. bending tools, front-feed devices, welding stations, assembly units or ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209102 | Method of introducing and controlling compressed gases for impurity analysis A system for analyzing particles from compressed gas. The system employs a back-filling technique to slowly balance the pressures on both sides of a control valve before operation. Use of a critical orifice as a flow control device for compressed gases of... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209103 | Apparatus for monitoring the quality of the surface state of a part The apparatus comprises an air flow duct having an end portion fitted inside a nozzle whose front surface is trued so that it can be applied against the surface to be scanned and so that it can co-operate therewith to form a leak through which air flows a... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209104 | Method for desaturating a porous rock for electrical resistivity measurements A porous rock is saturated with a first fluid and electrical resistivity is measured along its length. A second fluid, immiscible with the first fluid, is injected into the porous rock at a first flow rate. This injection continues until displacement of t... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209105 | Method and apparatus for externally and internally testing for leaks in connections between tubular members A method and apparatus for hydrostatically testing connections between segments of pipe whereby pressurized hydrostatic test fluid is selectively applied to the connection such that the pressures are principally applied in the vicinity of the radial orifi... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209106 | Leak detector float system and method therefor An improved leak detection float system for use in underground storage tank containing fuel wherein the float system utilizes an elongated hollow test probe extending downwardly into an underground storage tank and into the fuel stored therein. A micropro... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209107 | Capillary rheometer plunger pressure transducer and measurement technique A capillary rheometer including a plunger pressure transducer assembly which contains a liquid metal fill capillary passage therein. When the plunger is urged downward onto the melted polymer, a diaphragm at the end of the plunger senses the pressure with... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209108 | Rheological test apparatus and method using a helical screw rheometer A rheological test apparatus and method using a helical screw rheometer. The screw in the rheometer is driven by a hydraulic motor controlled by a proportioning valve. A pressure transducer provides a pressure signal at the outlet of the rheometer, and a ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209109 | Device for determining the quantity of water required by a cultivation medium, and a plant tray adapted to implementing the device The device for determining the quantity of water required by a cultivation medium placed in a tray (100), comprises a vertically disposed measuring wheel (10) mounted on a vertical partition (106) in such a manner as to be free to rotate about a horizonta... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209110 | Over-loading monitoring system for electric motor in automotive engine simulating apparatus An over-loading detection system periodically samples a motor operating parameter, e.g. a revolution speed and an output torque at a predetermined relatively short sampling period. Based on the sampled motor operating parameter, a ratio of the output torq... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209111 | Method of measuring cross-flow vortices by use of an array of hot-film sensors The invention is a method for measuring the wavelength of cross-flow vortices of air flow having streamlines of flow traveling across a swept airfoil. The method comprises providing a plurality of hot-film sensors. Each hot-film sensor provides a signal w... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209112 | Expendable oceanographic sensor apparatus An expendable oceanographic sensor apparatus is deployed from an airplane or a ship to make oceanographic observations in a profile of the surface-to-ocean floor, while deployed on the floor, and then a second profile when returning to the ocean surface. ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209113 | Air flow meter An air flow meter has a cylindrical housing to be coupled to an intake air conduit of a vehicle in a way that a main passage is formed within said housing. An egg-shaped member has a bypass passage formed therein is supported by a plurality of supporting ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209114 | Reciprocating piston flow meter A reciprocating piston flow meter for measuring gas flow through the flow meter comprising a hollow precision bore flowtube in a vertical orientation, with a movable piston containing a valve assembly for movement in concert with the piston between one po... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209115 | Liquid detector for thin-walled tanks operating in zero gravity A liquid detector for thin-walled tanks Operating in a zero gravity environment (e.g., outer space). The liquid detector includes a small heater, such as a 1-watt patch heater, and two thermistors positioned on either side of the heater and diametrically ... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209116 | Unbalance point positioning apparatus and method The present invention relates to an unbalance point positioning method and an apparatus therefor, which carry out a positioning operation with high precision and within a short time by using, as a trigger, an unbalance phase signal due to revolution of an... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209117 | Tapered cantilever beam for sensors A method of making a sensor with a mass (14) that is supported by at least one tapered cantilever beam (11). Tapered cantilever beam or beams (11) can be used in either capacitive or piezo-resistive structure. Increased sensitivity and decreased fragility... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5209118 | Semiconductor transducer or actuator utilizing corrugated supports A semiconductor transducer or actuator is disclosed. The transducer and actuator each include a deflecting member with corrugations producing increased vertical travel which is a linear function of applied force. An accurate and easily controlled method t... | 05/11/1993 |
