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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5240025 | Seismic activated gas valve with pressure indicators A seismic activated gas valve includes a valve body defining a vertically oriented interior chamber having a input port formed in the upper portion thereof and an output port formed in the lower portion thereof. A magnetical ball retainer is supported in ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240026 | System for control of oil leakage from damaged tanker Outflow of oil from a damaged tanker having some tanks dedicated for carriage of oil and others for sea water ballast is minimized by transferring oil out of the upper part of any damaged tank to one or more empty ballast tanks. This is accomplished by in... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240027 | Combination relief vent and closure apparatus Apparatus which can be installed over an opening on a container and can provide relief of excessive pressure conditions and excessive vacuum conditions in the container and provide rapid temperature actuated pressure relief for the container in the event ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240028 | Temperature sensitive water supply shut-off system An automatic water supply shut-off system includes a shut-off valve movable between opened and closed positions in a line leading from the water supply. An electric motor actuates the shut-off valve and is electrically connected to a power source through ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240029 | Hose-type faucet with backflow preventer A backflow preventer used in combination with a valve that normally supplies water under pressure to a feed conduit and with an outlet device having a supply hose to which water is normally supplied under pressure has a housing forming a generally closed ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240030 | Manual/automatic operation interchangeable connecting seat of ball valve A manual/automatic operation interchangeable connecting seat of ball valve is disclosed. The connecting seat is formed with a central shaft hole through which a controlling lever of a ball valve body extends. Two ear sections are formed on two sides of th... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240031 | Inflatable bladder valve for irrigation pipe An inflatable bladder type valve that is used to restrict the flow of water passing through an irrigation pipe is described for insertion through a standard size opening or through an enlarged opening in an irrigation pipe. Means to convey a fluid, such a... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240032 | Stabilizer bar A stabilizer bar (26) is employed to stabilize an elongated valve stem extension (22) for a buried valve (11). The stabilizer bar includes telescoping sections (27, 28) providing adjustment to accommodate different diameter manholes (14). A bearing member... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240033 | Drink dispenser having a pivoted liquid supply tank including a plug-in connector assembly The storage tank for providing liquids to a unit further processing these liquids comprises in its bottom area a plug-in connection for a drawing unit, and in the area of this elastically designed plug-in connection, a pivot bearing is placed offset to th... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240034 | Safety and automatic stop device, in particular for gas expansion stations A safety and automatic stop device for interrupting the flow of gaseous fluid along a main duct by tripping a safety valve member including a closing actuator for closing the safety valve member and an opening actuator for opening the safety valve member.... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240035 | Pressure compensated flow control device for IV administration A pressure compensator for maintaining essentially constant flow rates in an IV system having a source of IV fluid and a controller. The compensator is connectable to the controller and has a housing with a flexible membrane extending transversely therein... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240036 | Check valve with poppet dashpot/frictional damping mechanism An inline check valve for a flow line where the valve element is guided for inline travel forward and rearward of a valve sealing member and is spring biased to a closed sealing condition. One of the guides for the valve element includes a dashpot housing... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240037 | Gas line check valve A low pressure gas flow check valve is formed by a relatively thin disc having an central aperture and valve seat is adapted to be interposed between adjacent flanges in a pipeline. The check valve includes a valve body axially connected with one face of ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240038 | Surface tension tank with multiple delivery rates The surface tension tank is designed to feed a liquid propellant to a main engine and to at least one auxiliary engine or receiver of a space vehicle or satellite. The tank comprises a common shell containing at least two compartments of different sizes t... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240039 | Rotor for adapting static elements to elements rotating around a shaft Mounting block for a shaft opened at an end and having in its interior a series of decreasing diameter chambers, defining in the first chamber a bearing with a plurality of balls retained between two races. An outer race forming the block cover and in tur... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240040 | Mixing valve A mixing valve according to the invention allows fluids such as hot and cold water to flow through a pair of inlet ports, mix together and then exit through an outlet port. A check valve in each inlet allows the incoming fluid to flow in a forward directi... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240041 | Synthesized flow-control servovalve An improved two-stage servovalve (70) has a pilot-stage and an output-stage. A torque motor (16) produces pivotal movement of a flapper (18) in response to a supplied electrical current. The pilot-stage produces a flow which is used to selectively displac... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240042 | Linear fluid power actuator assembly A control logic circuitry comprising a toggle type fluid actuated pilot control valve which is activated by a fluid pressure signal pulse to shift between a first and second state to deliver a control signal to a main power control valve. The pilot contro... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240043 | Water system A system for the delivery and storage of bulk quantities of high quality water. The system includes a tank truck having air filters to preclude the entry of noxious materials into the bulk water hauling tanks. A delivery valve and a receiving valve are pr... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240044 | Work piece carrier with auxiliary carrier for producing electric coils A work piece carrier which has a base plate adapted for frictionally engaging a conveyor belt is disclosed. At least two semicircular supports, open at the top, are rigidly connected with the base and are disposed at a distance to each other. A retaining ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240045 | Vapor passage fuel blockage removal A fuel dispensing system and method for making same having a fuel dispensing hose connecting between a dispenser pump and nozzle that has a flexible inner tube defining a fluid conduit, and a tubular outer sleeve that defines with the inner tube an annula... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240046 | Fluid flow control method and apparatus for minimizing particle contamination A fluid flow control for use with a process chamber. In the disclosed embodiment, the process chamber is for ion implantation of a workpiece and the fluid flow control is to assure the flow rates are maintained at values which are efficient in evacuating ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240047 | Syringe guide and bottle holder A unitary one-piece needle-guide and bottle-holder device in which one portion of the device is adapted to securely yet removably receive a portion of a bottle or vial such that a central area of the needle-penetratable cap on the bottle is exposed to a n... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240048 | Arrangement for monitoring the filling elements of filling machines An arrangement for monitoring the filling elements of a filling machine that, for filling containers with a liquid filling material, has a plurality of such filling elements disposed on a rotating rotor. Each filling element has a closeable bell-shaped po... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240049 | Machine for the dosage and introduction of powder products into containers The machine for the dosage and introduction of powder products into containers comprises a vertical central shaft, a sleeve guided on the central shaft and a pipe guided on the sleeve. The shaft, the sleeve and the pipe are movable along strokes which are... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240050 | Method for fabricating a gluing plank This invention relates to a method for fabricating a gluing plank and in particular to one including steps of severing timber into boards in which those without defects are used as surface board and bottom board while those with defects are used as interm... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240051 | Dual automated clamp carrier A Dual Automated Clamp Carrier provides an apparatus which enables three different activities to be conducted simultaneously at three different levels of the apparatus. The upper level is the location at which clamps previously tightened for gluing panels... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240052 | Precision router guide method and apparatus A precision router guide for guiding a router in the formation of grooves, slots, steps or other cutaway sections of various widths in a work piece. The precision router guide includes a rectilinear guide member with an integral clamping assembly for secu... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240053 | Tire tread with spaced central tread narrow grooves A vehicle tire of a radial carcass construction with a low cross-sectional profile having a tread portion that is reinforced by a belt layer is provided. The tread portion comprises a plurality of circumferential tread element bands in a center portion of... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240054 | Pneumatic tire having tread designed for reduced noise A pneumatic tire wherein a plurality of pitches different from each other in the length constitute the whole circumference of a tread surface, the total period length of each period is divided into a former half period length and a latter half period leng... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240055 | Off-highway rim with dished flange An off-highway wheel rim has a flange formed with a frustroconical outwardly directed band at its radially inner surface. The band abuts an inwardly directed surface on an upturned edge of the rim so that in the free body state the opposed surfaces diverg... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240056 | Tire with cured rubber portion containing titanium dioxide over which is provided a composite coating A cured rubber tire having a surface coated with at least one of polyvinylpyrrolidone and a monavalent water soluble salt of methylvinylether/maleic acid copolymer.... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240057 | High performance pneumatic radial tires with auxiliary belt layers A high performance pneumatic radial tire includes a tread with plural circumferential grooves, a radial carcass, a belt composed of two belt layers of metal cords, one additional reinforcing layer arranged on a radially outer side of the belt and on an ax... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240058 | Smoke containment curtain system and method of installation The invention provides a system to divide a ceiling of a building into smoke containment cells utilizing suspended and interconnected curtains. Resilient jawed clips are utilized to simply and firmly attach the curtains, mounted on rigid supporting bars, ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240059 | Curtain tie member and method A tie member for wrapping around a gathered section of curtain suspended from a curtain rod includes a loop for placing around the curtain rod and either one or two flexible leg portions extending from the loop. The tie member optionally includes patches ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240060 | Art work stretcher assembly An art work stretcher assembly is disclosed having any desired arcuate, e.g., elliptical, shape. The stretcher assembly includes a plurality of plastic tubes that are flexed and arranged with their ends in abutment so as to provide a closed loop. A separa... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240061 | Substrate for spray cast strip A molten metal gas-atomizing spray-depositing apparatus has an atomizer which employs a pressurized gas flow for atomizing a stream of molten metal into a spray pattern of metal particles being initially hotter than the solidus temperature of the metal. T... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240062 | Method of providing a gating means, and products thereby The present invention relates to the use of a gating means in combination with a spontaneous infiltration process to produce a metal matrix composite body. Particularly, a permeable mass of filler material or a preform is spontaneously infiltrated by molt... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240063 | Casting apparatus for connecting a battery plate to a metal strap Casting apparatus 10 includes a lead pot 11, a pump unit 12 and a mould block 13, having feed duct 14. The feed duct 14 communicates with the pump unit 12 by means of a supply passage 17, which is also connected to an overflow outlet 18, which can be clos... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5240064 | Method for molding a fusible core A method for molding a fusible core from a molten metal, including filling a mold by forcing back molten metal under pressure into the mold by means of a positive displacement pump equipped with a pressure regulator and having an output rate, total fillin... | 08/31/1993 |
