Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5275007 | Cryogenic dewar level sensor and flushing system The sensor assembly includes a sensor tube in communication with the inner tank. A flush line extending from the liquid cryogen fill line is connected to the sensor tube at a three-way valve. The three way valve also connects the sensor tube to a pressure... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275008 | Air conditioner with auxillary condenser defrost During the heating cycle of an air conditioning system, a portion of the compressed refrigerant is conducted between outdoor and indoor heat exchangers for heating a dwelling, and another portion of the compressed refrigerant is conducted to an auxiliary ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275009 | Sensor and control system for an automotive air conditioning system An air conditioning system including a refrigerant circulation route, a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator and a pressure sensor for detecting pressure in the circulation route comprises a refrigerant phase detecter provided on the... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275010 | Control method and apparatus of absorption chiller heater An individual air conditioning system with an absorption chiller heater having a controllable capacity, with thermal input to a burner of a high temperature regenerator being controlled by on-off control or the like even if the load is low. The temperatur... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275011 | Method of operating a refrigeration system A method of operating a refrigeration system having a compressor driven by an engine, with the refrigeration system being operable in a first control mode to hold the temperature of a conditioned space at a selected set point temperature, and in a second ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275012 | Climate control system for electric vehicle A climate control system for an electric vehicle includes a programmed microcomputer for controlling the pre-conditioning of the vehicle prior to usage as well as heating, ventilating and air conditioning of the vehicle under normal operating conditions. ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275013 | Reusable tube piercing tool for refrigerant recovery A refrigerant tube piercing tool capable of being removably and sealingly mounted on a refrigerant tube of copper or the like in a sealed refrigerant system to enable the recovery of refrigerant from the sealed system without discharge into the atmosphere... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275014 | Heat pump system A heat pump system (10, 210) includes a power section (11, 211) having a generator (15, 215) for converting a first working fluid from a liquid to a relatively high pressure gas, a power unit (25, 222) providing energy by the conversion of the relatively ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275015 | Container-cooler A container-cooler for a beverage, such as beer, includes a conventional keg-shaped outer shell, an inner vessel for containing the beverage retained within the shell, and a space between the inner vessel and the outer shell for receiving a cooling medium... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275016 | Cryogenic apparatus The present invention provides methods and devices for freezing drops of liquid reagent solution in a cryogenic liquid. In one embodiment, the apparatus of the present invention comprises means for dispensing uniform, precisely measured drops of a liquid ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275017 | Condenser apparatus The condenser apparatus is enclosed in a container. The container is adapted to be located in a rear engine automobile behind the rear sear adjacent to the firewall. Within the container is a condenser coil and a motor for rotating a blower. The condenser... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275018 | Portable beach accessory A set of appliances for bathing beach which consists of an ice box, a rear box cover, a rest plate, two armrests, a sunshade and a mat, wherein the ice box has a box body similar to that for fishing, of which the improvement includes the following: a wide... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275019 | Functional ring A functional ring having the particular characteristic of comprising, in various forms of decorative elements indicative of cardinal orientation or temperature, as well as differently formed lens elements in order to confer a true and proper utility to an... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275020 | Circular knitting machine with a needle cylinder and a dial A circular knitting machine has a needle cylinder (7) and a dial (25) which define a comb distance (x). One of these two needle carriers and a respective cam (9, 27) are displaceably supported in a frame of the circular knitting machine. To prevent unwant... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275021 | Circular knitting machine A circular knitting machine for manufacturing hosiery comprises a lower needle cylinder (1) having a cam section arrangement (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) and a verticle trick (2) grooved on the needle cylinder (1) near the arrangement (5, 6, 7, 8, 9). The cam section ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275022 | Process for the fully-fashioned knitting of intarsia jacquard fabric In the process for the fully-fashioned knitting of intarsia jacquard fabric on a two-bed flat knitting machine, intarsia yarns floating on the back of the fully-fashioned fabric are avoided even in intarsia regions of changing width by effecting a yarn-gu... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275023 | Device on a knitting machine with slider needles and a slider needle for knitting machines The invention relates to a device on a knitting machine equipped with slider needles for controlling the laying in of a thread (28) into the open needle hooks (5.2). In order to avoid that the thread is not laid into the hooks correctly or that a thread w... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275024 | Paper pulp washing A wire-type pulp washing machine includes an endless moving foraminous wire which extends about a breast roll defining an on-running end and a couch roll defining an off-running end with a generally horizontal upper run of the wire extending between the r... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275025 | Cloth amount detector in washing machine A cloth amount detecting device in a washing machine including a process controller for controlling a process of washing, rinsing and spin-drying cloths put into the washing machine is designed to detect the amount of the cloths. If the user of the washin... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275026 | Clothes washing machine A washing machine having an outer, stationary, liquid impervious container, having a plurality of adjacent, peripheral walls, preferably in the form of an octagon. An inner drum has perforate walls, is preferably in the form of a hexagon and is mounted wi... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275027 | Security device for merchandise display hooks A security device is provided for use on pegboard type hooks. The device includes a housing with a lock mechanism which releasably locks with the tines of a latch to securely grip the rod of the pegboard hook. A simple key-operated camming cylinder is man... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275028 | Padlock protector A padlock protector to protect a padlock with its shackle through the staple of a hasp, comprising a three dimensional housing to receive the padlock therein, a closure member having an imperforate and integrally joined sealing structure around its periph... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275029 | Refrigerator door lock An improved refrigerator door-locking device is provided for locking a refrigerator door to a refrigerator body which may preferably be manufactured substantially of molded plastic parts. The locking device has an elongated first mountable casing which ha... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275030 | Steering wheel mounted anti-theft device for vehicles An anti-theft device for vehicles having a steering wheel mounted on a steering column and having a hub, a plurality of spokes, and a rim, for securing onto the steering wheel of the vehicle to interfere with or prevent steering the vehicle. The device in... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275031 | Bend correction apparatus and method A bend correction apparatus for bending a workpiece subject to springback, the apparatus having a pressure die for holding a workpiece, a radius die for providing a radius form about which the workpiece is bent, and a clamping die for engaging and bending... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275032 | Method and apparatus for controlling the crimp height of crimped electrical connections The shut height of a crimping die set (9) for crimping an electrical terminal (T) on an anvil (22) to a lead (L) is adjustable stepwise by means of a disc (60) which can be driven by a servo motor (M1) to a plurality of angular positions each setting a th... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275033 | Metal can body shaping installation In a hydraulic method and installation for shaping can bodies the can body is filled with a liquid and placed in a die and pressure is applied to the interior of said can body until it assumes the shape of said die.... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275034 | Multipurpose device for rolls of round bars of reinforced concrete Multipurpose device for rolls of sections which are advantageously round bars in rolls for reinforced concrete, the device comprising a rotary turret winder (25) able to bear rolls (17) of sections produced with a hot cold process and including a rotary s... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275035 | Autocalibrating trip controller with dual adjustable trip points A trip controller for a wafer processing system provides for adjustable hysteresis and autocalibration. Adjustable hysteresis implements different trip points for upward pressure changes and downward pressure changes in the wafer processing chamber. Autoc... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275036 | Relief valve testing apparatus An apparatus for testing the opening pressure of a relief valve has a clamp removably secured to the bonnet of a relief valve. The clamp has four upstanding bolts slidably held in T-shaped slots. The bolts mount the base plate of a frame which carries a l... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275037 | Apparatus for detecting misfire in internal combustion engine A misfire detecting apparatus for an internal combustion engine which detects the occurrence of misfire in the engine on the basis of a rotation signal outputted in accordance with the rotation of the engine at every predetermined rotational angle a crank... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275038 | Downhole reeled tubing inspection system with fiberoptic cable A system for the inspection of a well borehole and the formation around the borehole. The system includes a pair of concentric reeled tubings for injecting a pair of fluids into a wellbore through a wellhead, one of said fluids being an optically transpar... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275040 | Method of and apparatus for detecting an influx into a well while drilling Gas influx into a wellbore, which is commonly referred to as a "kick", is detected during active drilling of the borehole. In a preferred embodiment of the invention a determination of mud pump noise round trip transit time T by evaluating a function T=(n... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275041 | Equilibrium fracture test and analysis The present invention is generally directed to a method for determining certain parameters necessary for fracture treatment design. The method and analysis of the present invention provide for calculation of the product of the fluid-loss coefficient and t... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275042 | Variable gate flow analyzing method and apparatus To measure flow rates, the cross-sectional shape of the flow path is changed by inserting a multiple position gate into the flow path and altering the position of the gate to maintain the head of liquid constant with a reduced flow cross section. To maint... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275043 | Positive displacement flowmeter A positive displacement flowmeter is provided having a body structure defining a flowmeter measurement chamber within which is rotatably supported a large primary gear rotor and a small secondary gear rotor that have rotor teeth intermeshing with one anot... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275044 | Three wire potentiometric liquid level sensor A three wire potentiometric liquid level sensor for measuring liquid levels in a container is disclosed. The sensor includes a conductive strip, a float, a contact means attached to the float, a resistive strip, and a conductive rod buried beneath an insu... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275045 | Apparatus and method for use in assessing the lifting capability of a human subject The lifting capacity of a human subject is assessed through dynamic testing protocols utilizing a cylindrical robot that tracks the path of the lift and provides load position information to a data analysis system. The movable linkage of the cylindrical r... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275046 | Entrance contour design to streamline metal flow in a forging die A forging die and a forging die manufacturing method for extruding helical gears wherein the lead end face of each die tooth is made up of harmonious S-shaped curves with each curve having maximized-radii contours. The shape of the S-shaped curves is form... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5275047 | Rotation rate sensor A rotation rate sensor has a multi-layer structure, with an oscillatory body (13) formed in one carrier layer (10). The body can be stimulated to oscillate in a first oscillation direction (1). On top of this body (13), a further structural element (21), ... | 01/04/1994 |
