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Patents Published on 01/04/1994


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5275088Rodless cylinder
The rodless cylinder includes a cylinder body, a piston, and a slide table connected to the piston. The slide table and the piston are united with each other due to a coupling part which projects through a slit formed in a longitudinal direction of the cy...
01/04/1994
5275089Automatic machine for the preparation of coffee infusions and process for operation
It comprises at least one unit formed by a piston and by a cylindrical chamber, as well as means for supplying with ground coffee and with hot water under pressure, and means for the automatic starting and stopping of the unit and its means of supply. The...
01/04/1994
5275090Food frying and dispensing device
A food cooking device comprising a housing, a food intake means mounted on a front wall of the housing, a reservoir in the housing for retaining a cooking liquid, support means disposed in the housing for supporting food, drive means in the housing for mo...
01/04/1994
5275091Apparatus for aseptically processing a food product
An apparatus for continuously aseptically processing a food product comprising delicate food chunks of fruit, vegetables or the like immersed in a liquid. The apparatus comprises a heating enclosure into which the food product and a nonsterile gas are int...
01/04/1994
5275092Carrousel basket for a cooking apparatus
The present invention relates to a basket assembly for an apparatus for cooking and dispensing hot food products. The assembly may be incorporated into a vending machine to prepare fast food products such as (fried) fish, french fried potatoes, potato chi...
01/04/1994
5275093Food processing equipment
A food processing equipment particularly adapted for frying treatment of various kinds of vegetable root, meat and marine object which are first sliced and then disposed in a drying basket for removal of moisture; afterwards, the processed food is submerg...
01/04/1994
5275094Divider basket for steam cooking utensil
A steam cooking utensil includes a base and a boiling liquid reservoir defined by the base. A heater is mounted in the base to heat liquid in the boiling liquid reservoir. A cooking bowl is supported by the base and includes a food support surface having ...
01/04/1994
5275095Brine injection device
A device for injecting food products with a liquid, includes a support for the food pieces, a needle carrier placed above the support and movable in a vertical direction, injection needles fixed to the needle carrier and extending downward, feed means for...
01/04/1994
5275096Apparatus for high speed calendering
A sheet calendering method and apparatus including a calendering cylinder, a delivering cylinder, and a conveyor for transporting sheets between the calendering cylinder and the delivering cylinder; wherein the conveyor includes two flexible elongated mem...
01/04/1994
5275097Press assembly for extracting liquids from solids
A press assembly (10) for squeezing liquid from layers of liquid containing materials. The press assembly utilizes a plurality of open top filter bag assemblies (102), each filter bag assembly being disposed between adjacent press racks (86), the press ra...
01/04/1994
5275098Portable screen printing device
A portable automatic silk screen printer including a frame (24) supporting a transport device (26) which selectively moves a printing head (28) which is programmed to control the flood and squeegee bars (56, 58)....
01/04/1994
5275099Apparatus for controlling contact pressure between rotating members
An apparatus for controlling a contact pressure between a plate cylinder and a form roller includes a roller arm, an actuator, a plate, and strain gauges. The roller arm supports the form roller to be movable with respect to the plate cylinder. The actuat...
01/04/1994
5275100Method and apparatus for handling printing ink
An apparatus for handling printing ink includes a bucket support positioned over a container that allows buckets to be placed up-side-down on the bucket support and rotated to wipe the inside of the bucket substantially clean. A cover for the container is...
01/04/1994
5275101Pyrotechnic chain igniter for cargo warhead submunition
A pyrotechnic chain igniter device for cargo warhead sub-ammunition including an explosive charge contained in an enclosure, comprising a first striker mobile in a longitudinal bore of a body for striking a primer, a slider carrying the primer, the slider...
01/04/1994
5275102Raised image plate construction with regions of varying stiffness in the image areas
In a raised-image printing process, a plate construction includes a plate portion with an upper printing surface for printing an image on a substrate, the image including areas of greater ink coverage and areas of lesser ink coverage. Regions of greater a...
01/04/1994
5275103Device for increasing heat transmission to the cooling cylinders in rotary-offset machines
A device for increasing heat transmission to the cooling cylinders in rotary-offset machines in order to cool a web of printed and dried stock. One or more charging electrodes are positioned where the web comes into contact with the cooling cylinders....
01/04/1994
5275104Automatic roll cleaner
Apparatus for cleaning a rotating process roll includes cleaning material supply and take-up rolls and a compliant touch roll, all mounted on a carriage adjacent to a process roll. Touch roll and cleaning material are moveable by air cylinders into and ou...
01/04/1994
5275105Rotary printing machine equipped with an exchangeable cylinder
A rotatable printing machine includes a horizontal exchangeable cylinder which is held between two sidewalls of a machine frame by a holding and driving arrangement which enables disengagement. To remove the cylinder, a carriage arrangement is positioned ...
01/04/1994
5275106Insensitive fuze train for high explosives
A generic insensitive fuze train to initiate insensitive high explosives, such as PBXW-124. The insensitive fuze train uses a slapper foil to initiate sub-gram quantities of an explosive, such as HNS-IV or PETN. This small amount of explosive drives a lar...
01/04/1994
5275107Gun launched non-spinning safety and arming mechanism
An safe and arm apparatus is disclosed wherein the apparatus utilizes setback acceleration for in-bore safety and sustained in-bore acceleration to position various members to allow for subsequent alignment of the firing train at arm time. The apparatus i...
01/04/1994
5275108Match-grade rifle cartridge with improved components
Aerodynamic cartridge and bullet combination in which the bullet is provided with a substantially smooth, edge-free contour, and a heel having rebated boat tail. An upright wall in the cartridge is attached to the boat tail by crimping. The cartridge hous...
01/04/1994
5275109Long rod penetrator
A kinetic energy long rod penetrator is formed from a high density metal ing axially aligned elongated cavities uniformly spaced and extending longitudinally through the penetrator. These cavities allow for a long rod penetrator which is longer than prev...
01/04/1994
5275110Vented projectile
A small arms projectile containing a series of vents or apertures in a geometric arrangement such that the projectile's leading edge is capable of penetrating the target without structural failure and depositing the majority of its residual energy in the ...
01/04/1994
5275111Transport system with a minimum of two supporting points disposed on opposite sides of inter-connected ring frames
The invention refers to a transport system with a minimum of two supporting points disposed on opposite sides of inter-connected ring frames, where within the annular tube (21) along tracks travel light rail vehicles with a passenger cabin. The structure ...
01/04/1994
5275112Integrated null-flux suspension and multiphase propulsion system for magnetically-levitated vehicles
A propulsion and stabilization system comprising a series of FIG. 8 coils mounted vertically on the walls of the guideway to provide suspension, lateral guidance and propulsion of a magnetically levitated vehicle. This system further allows for altering t...
01/04/1994
5275113Vehicle driven on rails
A vehicle driven on rails includes a vehicle frame, a wheel set, a pivotable truck and at least one drive unit being disposed in the pivotable truck for acting upon the wheel set. An intermediate support is connected to the pivotable truck and to the driv...
01/04/1994
5275114Sodium bentonite clay binder mixture for the metal casting industry
A foundry sand binder composition and method of manufacturing cast metal objects by casting molten metal into a mold cavity formed of sand held in a predetermined mold configuration by a binder comprising a plurality of sodium bentonite clays. A blend of ...
01/04/1994
5275115Fume incinerator with vacuum baffle
A single unit, shell and tube fume incinerator utilizes a vacuum baffle (34) structure proximate a combustion zone (24) to control the flow of combustion exhaust gas. The vacuum baffle (34) is located slightly above the hot ends of a plurality of heat exc...
01/04/1994
5275116Cam and wobble follower looper drive for sewing machine
A radially facing circumferential surface of a cam, in at least some planes which radiate from the cam axis, includes lines which are inclined relative to the cam axis. The inclinations of these lines vary from one axial plane to another, except in the dw...
01/04/1994
5275117Flexible wing shape controlling device
A tensioner for drawing a point on a flexible wing's surface toward its leading edge. The wing's camber is thereby increased and maintained even at high airflow velocities and low angles of attack. The provision of a tensioner length adjustment system all...
01/04/1994
5275118Ballast tank elements for a double hull vessel
A double hull vessel is disclosed having a novel type of ballast tank element. That ballast tank element has a half-breadth double-bottom ballast tank and a side ballast tank. The half-breadth double-bottom ballast tank has a tank access trunk that is loc...
01/04/1994
5275119Boat mooring device
A boat mooring device comprising a base, a shaft having two ends connected to the base at one end thereof and having a tensioner connected to the shaft end distant the base, the tensioner comprising a wheel, one end of a rod connected to the wheel, and an...
01/04/1994
5275120Strum-suppressant cable for towed arrays
A fairing for use with a tow cable and operable to suppress strumming vibions induced in the cable as it is towed generally longitudinally of its length through water includes a plurality of tab members extending in continuous, end to end fashion over th...
01/04/1994
5275121Molded strap channel
A molded strap channel and method are disclosed for a kayak and the like or article molded from a flexible skin using a rotational molding process. The strap channel includes a continuous channel having an arcuate shape and a continuous taper from a first...
01/04/1994
5275122Theft-deterrent device
A theft deterrent device, intended to be attached to a theft-attractive article so that it can be removed from the article with the aid of a deterrent release device in the possession of an authorized person, and such that any other form of removal will r...
01/04/1994
5275123Apparatus for aerating an aquarium
An aquarium comprises a container for holding a main body of water, a discrete region of the water being defined as a separate upright column. A submersible pump is positioned within the main body of water for drawing water from that main body and sprayin...
01/04/1994
5275124Milking apparatus
A milking plant for cows is provided with a milking machine comprising teat cups, which are connected separately to the teats of an animal. The milk obtained from each udder quarter is conveyed through a separate line to a milk measuring device. The milk ...
01/04/1994
5275125Animal harborages
Use of porous solids having a multiplicity of external and internal openings as harborages for crawling animals. The harborages are readily fabricated and are extremely attractive to crawling insects such as cockroaches and ants and to small crawling mamm...
01/04/1994
5275126Stabilized hanging bird perch with feeding cup having quick release feature
A perch for a domestic bird has a tree suspended from the ceiling or other overhanging structure. The tree portion may be made using a natural hardwood or artificial tree, such as a manzanita tree, suspending its trunk and major branches in a substantiall...
01/04/1994
5275127Cat toy
A device for scratching and clawing by a cat comprising a base, a member adapted to rotate to provide play and exercise by the cat, and a pair of end covers for connecting the member to the base to permit rotation of the member and to provide that the end...
01/04/1994
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