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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5274967 | Roof assembly A roof assembly includes a frame having primary beams, secondary beams mounted transversely on the primary beams, and a ceiling grid suspended from the secondary beams. A method of assembling the roof assembly includes assembling the primary beams over th... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274968 | Building block for use with flashing and arrangement for weeping condensation A construction unit includes weep openings through a front wall, side walls, and a center web, and at least one slot extending parallel to a rear wall to receive a flashing member, the slot being defined at least partially by the rear wall. An insert memb... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274969 | Landscape divider A landscaping divider having a lower ground insertion section and an upper wall portion having a reinforced section. The reinforced section includes a plurality of raised areas founded in selected patterns. The raised areas form flat exposed surfaces.... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274970 | Freestanding partition system A freestanding partition system including upstanding posts for resting on a floor. At least one rail assembly extends between adjacent posts and is spaced from the floor. Saddles hang from the rail assembly and trays are suspended from the saddles to form... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274971 | Rapidly erectable, removable, reusable and raisable outdoor acoustical wall system and method A rapidly erectable, removable, reusable, and raisable acoustical wall system is provided that comprises a plurality of wall panels, each of which has opposing side edges which include a front edge and a back edge, a plurality of panel support posts havin... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274972 | Installation duct for utility lines A utility duct for elongated utility members is mountable on a wall structure and includes a retaining strip disposed on the wall structure and a capping member. Upper and lower connectors connect the capping member to the retaining strip to thereby form ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274973 | Stud spacer and mounting system A stud spacer and mounting system is provided which consists of a plurality of studs, an elongated track member is positioned upon a flat horizontal surface, whereby the track member will substitute for a bottom sole plate. A structure is on the track mem... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274974 | Caps for roof-to-wall connections, eave closures and means for installation thereof Cap means embodying the concepts of the present invention are adapted to secure one or more roof panel members to a modular building structure. Broadly, such a cap means has a horizontally disposed base portion that is adapted to engage a supporting membe... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274975 | Wall cap and eave rake A cap means embodying the concepts of the present invention is adapted to be supported on the upper extremity of the interior walls, the end walls and the connectors by which the successive panel members are joined to provide the interior and/or the end w... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274976 | Window unit with decorative grille assembly A window contains a decorative grille bar assembly which is mounted atop a single glazing panel to simulate the presence of separate window panes. The grille bar assembly comprises a plurality of hollow metal extrusions which are connected to one another,... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274977 | Decking system An improved decking system is provided for an exterior deck extending from one side of a building. The exterior deck has a header around its periphery, a railing on the header and a plurality of joists spaced apart in parallel relationships between the he... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274978 | Clamp for fastening plate-form bodies to a flat support plate A clamp for fastening plate-form bodies, such as solar panels, onto a support plate comprises two U-shaped portions opening in opposite directions with a common shank portion of the two U-shaped portions. The body, such as the solar panel, has its edge re... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274979 | Insulating plate unit An insulating plate unit comprises a first engaging end and a second engaging end. The first fin extends longitudinally from an upper edge of the first engaging end and along a length of the upper edge. A first wing extends longitudinally from a lower edg... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274980 | Polyhedron building system having telescoping scissors A collapsible framework capable of being manipulated between a collapsed condition and an expanded, locked condition includes a plurality of legs and a plurality of collapsible quad sections. The legs are disposed generally in parallel with one another an... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274981 | Rim tie connection A rim tie connection for building structures including a wood post member, first and second wood rim members and a sheet metal connector. One specialized use of the rim tie connection is in constructing the floor support framing in gazebo structures. In s... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274982 | Wall covering construction method A method of constructing a simulated marble, granite or other stone wall utilizes thin slabs of stone. An existing wall is smoothed and a plurality of wood supports or spacers are attached thereto in a random pattern. The wall is coated with a suitable ad... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274983 | Method and apparatus for wrapping signatures and the like Method and apparatus for wrapping a signature bundle by moving a wrapping sheet into the path of movement of a bundle, said sheet being maintained in self-supporting fashion by imparting a bend thereto as it is fed to the wrapping station. The bundle "cra... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274984 | Methods and systems for making packages An improved system for making packages includes one or more packaging machines, a storage device for storing film rolls and a transporting device for transporting these film rolls to the packaging machines for loading. The packaging machines are of a type... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274985 | Self threader for wrapping machine A self threader is disclosed for a wrapping machine having a tube former including tube former wall means terminating in a first tube former plate and a second tube former plate. The tube former is adapted to receive a first edge of a wrapping sheet betwe... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274986 | Self-adjusting, orthopedically-correct saddle and saddle tree therefor A statically and dynamically self-adjusting and orthopedically-correct saddle and tree which are also anatomically correct for a rider. There are a pair of flat first bars which support the weight distributed on the horse's back. There is also a seat port... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274987 | Manual powered lawn mower A manual powered lawn mower comprises a pair of large diameter drive wheels on an axle, two clutch and roller bearing mechanisms on the axle coupling the drive wheels thereto, a gear mechanism coupled to the axle for translating rotation of the drive whee... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274988 | Lawn mower cover A lawn mower cover is provided which is simple in design and inexpensive but which effectively protects the lawn mower from the elements. The cover is tub-like, lower edges of the cover resting on the lawn mower deck and an upper portion of the cover bein... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274989 | Rotary rake-type leaf collector A lawn-cleaning device for picking up debris, comprising a rolling drum and spikes, tines and the like for collectively piercing leaves and the like includes an improved means for periodic protrusion and retraction of the spikes, tines or the like through... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274990 | Haymaking machine having an adjustable deflector A haymaking machine, particularly a windrower of cut plants comprises a support mount which is attached to a frame that is adapted to be coupled to a hydraulic power lift of a tractor. At least one raking wheel being connected to one end of the support mo... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274991 | Dry low NOx multi-nozzle combustion liner cap assembly A modular combustion liner cap assembly (42) for use in a multi-nozzle combustor of a gas turbine includes a substantially cylindrical first sleeve (46) having a rearward end and a forward end; a rear plate (48) fixed to the rearward end of the sleeve (46... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274992 | Integrated power unit combustion apparatus and method The invention relates to secondary power system apparatus and method for use aboard aircraft in place of conventional auxiliary power units (APU's) and emergency power units (EPU's). The invention integrated power unit (IPU) performs the function of both ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274993 | Combustion chamber of a gas turbine including pilot burners having precombustion chambers A series of premix burners of different sizes are arranged at the inlet flow end of a combustion chamber, preferably of the form of an annular combustion chamber. The large premix burners, which are the main burners of the combustion chamber, and the smal... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274994 | Pressure wave machine with integrated combustion A pressure wave machine with integrated combustion has a cellular wheel (10) containing a number of cells (16) in which an always recurring ignition and combustion process takes place. To maintain this always recurring process, neither a supply of ignitio... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274995 | Apparatus and method for atomizing water in a combustor dome assembly A combustor dome assembly having a venturi and an auxiliary wall concentric with the venturi to provide an annular passage for channeling or directing a high velocity air jet from a swirler to a combustion chamber associated with a downstream end of the v... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274996 | Closed loop fuel control system A fuel control system for accurately controlling the fuel flow rate to a gas turbine engine during the initial stages of startup is provided. The fuel control system has a novel, closed control loop that measures the actual fuel flow rate to the primary n... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274997 | Gas turbine engine A reduction gear for producing and feeding the rotation of a low pressure turbine driven by a combustion gas generated in a combustor to an output shaft is received in a central opening of a rotary type heat exchanger which is disposed so as to be perpend... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274998 | Rocket pollution reduction system A system is provided for reducing the emissions of hydrochloric acid (HCl) from solid fuel rockets, especially during ground disposal. An aqueous solution (40, FIG. 2 ) of an alkali metal hydroxide is injected as a mist (50) into the rocket chamber (32) a... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274999 | Turbofan engine having a contrarotating low-pressure compressor A turbofan engine includes two oppositely rotating fan rotors which are arranged upstream of the core engine, and has a booster with two contra-rotating coaxial rotors. The radially exterior booster rotor is arranged between the rearward fan rotor and the... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275000 | Reducing thermal deposits in endothermic fuel reactors of propulsion systems An endothermic hydrocarbon fuel system to avoid thermally induced coking on the catalytic surfaces of an heat exchanger used as a reactor to dehydrogenate the fuel so that it provides a heat sink for the heat exchanger for cooling parts of high speed airc... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275001 | Thermoelectric cooling device A thermoelectric semiconductor element is disclosed which is particularly low in toxicity and inexpensive. The element is mainly composed of a complex oxide comprising strontium and titanium. An oxide semiconductor possessing oxygen deficiency is used as ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275002 | Pulse tube refrigerating system A pulse tube refrigerating system includes a first space, a second space, a pulse tube disposed between the first and the second spaces so as to constitute a closed operating space in which an amount of operating fluid is filled, a driving device for esta... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275003 | Hybrid air and nitrogen recycle liquefier The present invention relates to a process producing large quantities of liquid product via the cryogenic distillation of air wherein at least a portion of the refrigeration needs of the process is provided by expansion of the feed air. In particular, the... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275004 | Consolidated heat exchanger air separation process The present invention relates to the heat exchanger system in a process for the cryogenic distillation of air. In particular, the present invention is an improvement to the heat exchanger system to increase the operational efficiency of the process.... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275005 | Gas processing A process for the recovery of C2 components (ethylene and/or ethane) and heavier hydrocarbon components from a gas stream containing a significant quantity of components more volatile than methane (e.g., hydrogen, nitrogen, and/or others) is di... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275006 | Rotary two-phase refrigeration apparatus and method Rotary vacuum evaporation of a primary refrigerant cools a secondary refrigerant mixed with it. The secondary refrigerant does not change state and meanders through a low pressure cooling circuit for refrigeration applications. The primary refrigerant cha... | 01/04/1994 |
