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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5386792 | Hook assembly for broken tow line retrieval and emergency marine towing A controllable hook assembly for retrieving a barge's towing bridle or broken tow cable while maintaining a safe standoff distance between the drifting vessel and the recovery vessel. It may also be used for emergency towing of a vessel adrift or otherwis... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386793 | Line handling apparatus A mine countermeasure device includes a passthrough mechanism and a mine neutralization package. The passthrough mechanism includes a first wheel with a raised rim and at least one radially oriented slot or notch, a clevis member rotatably engaging the ax... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386794 | Tire pressure indicator A qualitative indication of the pressure in a pneumatic tire is provided by a sliding marker in a sleeve. The marker moves in a chamber formed by a hollow lens closing one end of the sleeve and a diaphragm within the sleeve. A spring forces the marker tow... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386795 | Combination pill bottle cap and indicator device A combination pill bottle cap and indicator device adapted to function as the closure or cover for a pill bottle or container. The device includes an indicator providing a visual indication for the user that a pill has been or should be removed from the b... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386796 | Method for testing quality of silicon wafer Quick and inexpensive determination of an aggregate of point defects in a grown silicon semiconductor single crystal bar is accomplished by a method which comprises cutting a wafer from a freshly grown silicon single crystal bar, etching the surface of th... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386797 | Single crystal of compound, laser rod, laser oscillator, scintillator, CT scanner, color display and process for preparing the same A single crystal of a compound comprises which easily decomposes at a temperature around the melting point and evaporates at least a part of the compound having a volume of 5 cc or more and a composition deviation of respective elements from the stoichiom... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386798 | Method for continuous control of composition and doping of pulsed laser deposited films A method for growing a deposit upon a substrate of semiconductor material involves the utilization of pulsed laser deposition techniques within a low-pressure gas environment. The substrate and a target of a first material are positioned within a depositi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386799 | Teat cup having cleaning fluid line branching therefrom adjacent connection with milk line A device for pneumatic milking of cows comprises a system of teat cups which are connected to a milk line, each cup being provided with a connection to a source of alternating vacuum. The milk line (7) from each teat cup (2) at a point near the liner (5) ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386800 | Manger for round hay bales A hay manger for large round bales of hay has a square box at the bottom which keeps any hay that falls from the bale dry. At each corner of the box is a vertical post. The posts are connected by horizontal cross braces. Slanted bars are located at approp... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386801 | Dog droppings catcher apparatus The basic component of the apparatus is a plastic bag, similar to those dispensed in supermarkets, modified to suit the requirements of the subject invention. The modification is effected by cutting specific features into a bag having two sides and lying ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386802 | Animal excrement collector A device to be worn by a dog or other animal to accept and retain primarily feces. The device includes a contact member contoured to the general shape of the animal buttocks and designed to be secured adjacent to the buttocks of the animal. The contact me... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386803 | Animal dross absorbent and method A composition and method of absorbing animal dross. Discrete particles of a composition comprising a combination of bentonite clays, particularly about 1% to about 50% by weight sodium bentonite, and about 50% to abut 99% by weight Fuller's Earth, or calc... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386804 | Process for the addition of ferrocene to combustion or motor fuels A process for the addition of ferrocene to combustion or motor fuels involves an improved metering of the additive ferrocene into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine or a combustion system. The process utilizes the sublimation properti... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386805 | Cooling system of an internal combustion engine A cooling system of an internal combustion engine has a plurality of cylinder coolant passages. Each of the passages is provided for one of a plurality of cylinders. The plurality of cylinder coolant passages has grooves provided on outer surfaces of cyli... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386806 | Cam mechanisms Cam mechanisms are provided for controlling valve means, and in particular relate to a cam mechanism for controlling the inlet and/or exhaust valve of an internal combustion engine. The cam mechanism comprises cam shaft means (10) having first (50) and se... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386807 | Device for adjusting the rotational angle relationship between a camshaft and its drive element The adjustment device for continuously adjusting an angular orientation of a camshaft of an internal combustion engine relative in relation to a drive wheel of the engine, has a servomotor including a rotary piston nonrotatably attached to the camshaft an... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386808 | Camshaft drive for an internal-combustion V-engine A camshaft drive for an internal-combustion engine with a V-shaped cylinder arrangement has two output wheels on the crankshaft, one of each respectively being assigned to a cylinder bank. The distance of the output wheels corresponds to an offset of the ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386809 | Pressure relief valve for compression engine braking system A compression braking system for an internal combustion engine having at least one working piston including a master piston operated by an engine component such as a fuel injector actuating mechanism and a slave piston fluidically connected with the maste... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386810 | System and method for controlling a solenoid-valve-controlled fuel-metering device, particularly for a diesel gasoline engine In a system and method for controlling a solenoid-valve-controlled fuel-metering device, in particular for a diesel gasoline engine, the duration of delivery is determined based upon the speed value during the preceding metering-in operation.... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386811 | Device for recovery of fuel vapors Device for recovery of fuel-vapors from a tank of a motor vehicle includes a filter (1) containing a material that adsorbs these vapors, this filter (1) being connected by a pipe (3) to a source of air for regeneration of the adsorbent material. The intak... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386812 | Method and system for monitoring evaporative purge flow An evaporative purge flow monitoring system is provided for use in a motor vehicle having a fuel tank and an internal combustion engine having an intake manifold. The purge flow monitoring system includes an evaporation canister in fluid communication wit... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386813 | Fuel saving device A vaporization chamber for fuel in an internal combustion engine has a heater associated therewith that operates the chamber at an efficient super heated temperature in the range of 350° F. to 400° F. This chamber has baffles that direct an angular cont... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386814 | Adjustable arrow rest assembly An adjustable arrow rest assembly (18) for an archery bow to support an arrow shaft. The arrow rest assembly (18) comprises arrow rest (20), a mounting bracket (28A) and support arm (22). The support arm has a threaded aperture (23) on one end to secure t... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386815 | Electric control apparatus for pulse combustion device An electric control system for a pulse combustion device of the type which includes a combustion chamber mounted within a liquid vessel of a liquid heating apparatus, fuel and air inlet valves arranged to supply a mixture of fuel and air into the combusti... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386816 | Endoscope A protective tube covering an insertion portion of an endoscope is shorter than an inner structure of the insertion portion, and a protective tube covering a bending portion is longer than an inner structure of the bending portion. The front end of the pr... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386817 | Endoscope sheath and valve system A protective covering for a medical instrument, such as an endoscope, is described. The covering includes an elongated hollow sheath having a wall of flexible material. The sheath is substantially gas and water impervious. The sheath further includes auxi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386818 | Laparoscopic and endoscopic instrument guiding method and apparatus In an endoscopic or laparoscopic instrument assembly, an elongate tubular instrument guide is inserted into a biopsy channel of an endoscope or laparoscope. The tubular instrument guide is provided with a distal end portion having a spring bias tending to... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386819 | Method and apparatus for inhibiting a scattered component in a light having passed through an examined object In the method and apparatus for inhibiting a scattered component in a light having passed through the interior of an examined object, a light is radiated to the examined object, the sum of a straight advancing light component and scattered light component... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386821 | Bite block for oral passageway The device of the present invention is a bite block for use with endotracheally intubated patients. The bite block is generally U-shaped and made of a hard but pliable material. The termini of each of the legs of the "U" are wedge shaped, being thinner at... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386822 | Resuscitation apparatus Simple compact apparatus for artificial resuscitation which avoids mouth-to-mouth contact. The apparatus enables a person to force exhaled air from his lungs into the lungs of a victim without mouth-to-mouth contact, the air flow being controlled by a flu... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386823 | Open loop cooling apparatus An open loop portable personnel cooling apparatus which provides cleanup of contaminated ambient air used in the cooling process is described. The described apparatus supplements rather than disables the normal cooling process of human physiology by provi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386824 | Lightweight breathing device A lightweight breathing device for underwater use, and in contaminated air is disclosed. The device employs a one-way valve which requires only one hand to effect operation, and a closure stem which is securely mounted against excessive air pressure from ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386825 | Respiratory breathing filter apparatus and method An advanced and versatile method for a RESPIRATORY BREATHING FILTER APPARATUS having an outer body that conforms to the natural formation of the human mouth and is engaged by the teeth without the use of hands. Primarily designed for use by users with res... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386826 | Tracheal tube assemblies A tracheal tube assembly comprises an outer tube and an inner cannula that is insertable within and removable from the outer tube. The inner cannula has an inner surface of a flexible plastic material such as PVC to which respiratory secretions cling. The... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386827 | Quantitative and qualitative in vivo tissue examination using time resolved spectroscopy A system for examination of biological tissue of a subject includes a light source, a light detector, a gated integrator and a integrator timing control adapted to integrate detected photons over at least two selected time intervals. The light source is a... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386828 | Guide wire apparatus with location sensing member The invention is directed to a guide wire apparatus and a method for detecting the location of a guide wire within the body of a patient. The apparatus includes a guide wire with an internally-housed sensing member. The guide wire assembly is structured t... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386829 | Method for adjusting an image according to a priori probabilities The disclosed method provides a two-dimensional display of an enhanced image of measurement data from a prescribed test (e.g., a medical test), which is adjusted to incorporate information relating to a known pretest probability that a particular conditio... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386830 | Ultrasonic pulsed doppler flow measurement system with two dimensional autocorrelation processing A velocity estimation technique is provided for a pulse-echo ultrasonic diagnostic system in which a two dimensional array of samples is acquired from a sample volume. The two dimensions of the array are depth, in which echo signal samples are acquired in... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386831 | Remote noninvasive patient temperature monitor and warning system An infrared temperature detecting transducer and warning system is mounted on a pan-tilt mechanism that allows the temperature monitoring transducer to stay focused on the portion of a body which is particularly intended for temperature measurement. The p... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386832 | Liver function breath test using aromatic amino acids A test for determining hepatic function has been developed. This test uses oral administration of isotope labeled phenylalanine or tyrosine, particularly 13 C-phenylalanine, in a rapid breath test. In the preferred mode, the breath sample is an... | 02/07/1995 |
