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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5373662 | Vegetation structures A decorative wall formed from a plurality of modules wherein each module has a closed framework forming an opening in which a compost unit is located and wherein the closed framework has conduits located therein with couplings for permitting the passage o... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373663 | Device for motorizing an overhead swinging door for a garage or the like, and motorized overhead swinging door provided with this device An overhead swinging door is swingably mounted on two side supports slidable in two vertical guides and each connected to a counterweight by a cable re-directed over an upper pulley. On at least one of the door sides, the counterweight is also connected t... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373664 | Self-contained automatic gate system A self-contained automatic gate system is disclosed wherein all system components are built into the gate system itself thereby allowing the user to simply provide a footing for mounting the system and then mounting it with no need for further assembly.... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373665 | Door assembly with augmented counterbalancing A counterbalancing assembly and a non-vertically hinged door assembly incorporating the same include a first pair of torque rods directly connected between the door and a frame which produce a partial counterbalancing torque. A second pair of torque rods ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373666 | Grinding wheels for the machine working of marble and granite A shaped diamond wheel, at certain height, determined by both the type of grinding wheel which is being used and the working stage, is provided with a rotating feeling pin, consisting of a metal element a few millimeters high which projects for few hundre... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373667 | Synthetic turf, method of making thereof, border strip for small size golf and understructure for artificial large size golf The synthetic turf has a base made of fabric material from which upwardly projects a mass of entangled, crimped grass-like frayed blades made of polypropylene, nylon or polyester. The blades have a length between 3/8" and 2", a weight from 28 to 60 ounces... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373668 | Cottage with removable roof A cottage with a rear framed section that is adjacent to a front framed section, wherein the cottage functions to position the roof completely over the rear framed section or the front framed section, and in positions therebetween. A pair of winches are m... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373669 | Flat-roof roofing with tapered corrugated sheet A roofing assembly for shieldingly covering the planking of a flat roof. At least one water drainage outlet is provided about a portion of its surface. The roofing assembly comprises: (a) a thick, substantially flat insulating batt; (b) top waterproofing ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373670 | Shakeproof bearing A shakeproof bearing or an earthquake-proofing structure (10) comprises a columnar bearing body (13) and a surrounding high damping elastomer (14). The bearing body (13) includes a stack of rigid plates (12) and elastic plates (11) alternating with one an... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373671 | Statically stable frame with full thermal break for windows and facade elements In order to obtain frames, in particular for windows, that without excessive depths of construction provide insulating values approximately the same as those of the insulating panes, a mechanically stable frame is disclosed, having a full thermal break be... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373672 | Arrangement of mounting sections for the fastening of a pane of glass The present invention relates to an arrangement of mounting sections for the fastening of a pane of glass, particularly an outer wall or roof glazing, on a facade substructure. The edge of a pane of glass is to be gripped in firm application by a mounting... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373673 | Structural joint A plurality of planar walls for a HVAC enclosure enclose an interior volume subjected to negative pressure which pressure tends to draw undesirable contaminants into the volume through fastener apertures used to attach the walls together. A corner joint c... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373674 | Prefabricated building panel An improved multi-layered panel, sometimes referred to as a stress skin panel, has a highly insulative multi-layered core located adjacent to one skin or alternatively located between two skins bonded to or otherwise rigidly affixed to the two outside sur... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373675 | Composite building system and method of manufacturing same and components therefor A composite building system includes a joist having a lower flange in one embodiment and a ladder reinforcement in another embodiment, a plurality of masonry blocks defining a longitudinal trough, the blocks having mutually co-planar upper surfaces and at... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373676 | Thin brick panel assembly A thin brick panel assembly for forming a brick facing on a building includes a backing member formed from of a single sheet of material which is adapted to properly retain individual thin brick tiles, and support clips utilized in supporting the complete... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373677 | Shutter assembly with grooved edge A shutter assembly is provided which includes a body portion and separate top and bottom caps. The length of the shutter is adjusted by sliding the caps so they cover more or less of the shutter body. The caps and body portion are then screwed to a buildi... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373678 | Structural panel system A structural wall apparatus includes a plurality of building panels disposed in edge to edge relationship with each panel being connected to the adjacent abutting panel. Each panel has outer and inner metal skin spaced by an intermediate insulating core o... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373679 | Structural member and process for forming same A structural member which comprises a pair of hollow end sections and an intermediate web characterized in that each hollow end section is welded to the intermediate web so as to form two weld lines or joins extending along the structural member. Suitably... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373680 | Apparatus for folding and packaging of hygiene products such as tissues An apparatus for folding and packaging of hygiene products such as tissues r sanitary napkins has two operational lines arranged in parallel between an input feeder and a packaging station. One of the lines includes stations for folding, enveloping, emboss... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373681 | Lug folding apparatus for a packaging device A lug folding apparatus for a packaging machine in which box-like items, fed into pockets, are continuously circularly conveyed, during which a packaging sheet is wound or wrapped along the surface of each of the box-like items, the wound box-like items a... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373682 | Method for tackless packaging of hot melt adhesives A non-blocking hot melt adhesive mass is packaged by directly pouring or pumping the molten adhesive into a cylindrical plastic tube, the cylindrical tube being in contact with a heat sink. The resultant adhesive package is provided in a readily handable ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373683 | Process and device for filling and sealing of containers The invention relates to an improved process for the filling and closing of vessels, preferably of bottles with a liquid, in which vessels filled in a filling means are closed with a closure element with the deformation of the closure element or/and the v... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373684 | Process and apparatus used in producing prefilled, sterile delivery devices A process and apparatus used in manufacturing prefilled, sterile delivery devices such as syringe assemblies. The process includes sealing a syringe container portion at both ends and filling the same through a port provided in the container portion betwe... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373685 | Device and a method for transporting products in packages with flags A device for transporting products in packages with flaps includes a conveyor, for example, of the belt type, which is divided into several sections in cascade in which, as well as base or central portions, there are also side-wall portions for cooperatin... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373686 | Apparatus for hooping a package by means of a band An apparatus is described for hooping a package (8) by means of a band (19) in a hooping plane (5) extending in the conveying direction (4). The band guide channel (7) comprises two portions (10, 13) which lie on opposite sides of the hooping plane (5) an... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373687 | Mulching blade A mulching blade for use with a rotary powered lawn mower. The mulching blade comprises a generally planar disk shaped mulching member having an outside perimeter defining mulching teeth and a center attachment opening. The mulching blade also has a gener... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373688 | Nut harvester with dual debris exhausts on a single fan A first and a second debris outlet on a fan housing having a single fan and single intake or suction opening on a nut harvester. The nut harvester being of the type having structure for picking nuts up from the ground and depositing the nuts onto a moving... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373689 | Two-sided ring-spinning machine with bobbin-changing apparatus A two-sided ring-spinning machine has a frame and a pair of parallel spindle banks each holding a respective row of bobbins. A bobbin-changing apparatus has respective gripper beams engageable with the bobbins of the spindle banks, respective scissor link... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373690 | Process and device for pneumatic conveying of fibers to the fiber collection surface of an open-end spinning element With pneumatic feeding of fibers to the fiber collection surface of an open-end spinning element, an auxiliary air stream flowing from the immediate proximity of the feeding device to the inlet into the fiber feeding channel is produced and is sufficientl... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373691 | Inlet guide vane dewhistler A method and apparatus for eliminating vortex whistle noise in a radial-to-axial compressor intake uses a plurality of vortex-disturbing tabs mounted to the trailing edges of inlet guide vanes and extending into the flow path between adjacent vanes. The t... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373692 | Retrofittable trim system for fuel-air optimization in cannular gas turbine combustors A trim system reduces NOx output from a cannular gas turbine by trimming fuel flow rates to equalize the fuel-air ratio in each combustor can. The system includes a main valve fluidly connected to the fuel inlet of each can and a trim valve flu... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373693 | Burner for gas turbine engines with axially adjustable swirler A burner for gas turbine engines is provided in which a ring-shaped swirling device is coaxially assigned to a fuel nozzle. The swirling device forms tangential ducts for an adjustable feeding of combustion air between profiles arranged along the circumfe... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373694 | Combustor seal and support The radial jets of a fuel nozzle for the combustor of a gas turbine engine are non-axisymmetrically disposed around the tip of the fuel nozzle to distribute the fuel into the swirler unevenly around the circumference to reduce pattern factor.... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373695 | Gas turbine combustion chamber with scavenged Helmholtz resonators In a gas turbine combustion chamber having an annular combustion space, the combustion chamber inlet is equipped with a plurality of burners, which are uniformly distributed in the peripheral direction and are fastened to a front plate. Scavenged Helmholt... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373696 | Automotive engine with exhaust hydrocarbon adsorber having oxygen sensor regeneration control An automotive internal combustion engine is equipped with a hydrocarbon adsorber for the purpose of controlling the emissions of unburned hydrocarbons from the vehicle's tailpipe. Regeneration of the adsorber is achieved by an electronic engine controller... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373697 | Hydraulic fluid system and dump valve mechanism for a hydrostatic transaxle A hydrostatic transaxle having a hydrostatic transmission includes a plate-like dump valve disposed between the transaxle housing or in a recess formed therein, adjacent a fluid conduit that connects the pump and motor of the transmission, the dump valve ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373698 | Inert gas turbine engine An inert gas turbine engine contains a working fluid closed loop system leading from an expansion turbine which is in fluid flow relationship with an expansion chamber. Working fluid within the expansion chamber is heated by the combustion of compressed a... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373699 | Process for the production of nitrogen by cryogenic distillation of atmospheric air An air separation process wherein a nitrogen enriched fraction is withdrawn from the distillation column, a portion of which is compressed and recycled through the lowest positioned reboiler in the column and directed to an upper portion of the column as ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373700 | Natural gas vehicle fuel vapor delivery system A natural gas vehicle fuel delivery system regulates the pressure of LNG which is vaporized and delivered to an engine. The system employs dual regulator valves responsive to the gas phase pressure of a storage tank to either directly couple vapor produce... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5373701 | Cryogenic station A cryogenic station for delivering a cryogen substantially free of higher boiling impurities. The cryogenic station includes an insulated main tank and an auxiliary tank. Liquid stored in the main tank and pressurized by a pressure building circuit is dri... | 12/20/1994 |
