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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5419099 | Servo-drive container conveying system An intermittently operated, indexing container conveying system is particularly configured for versatile use with an associated container filling apparatus. In distinction from previous arrangements, the present system includes a servo-drive motor for eff... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419100 | Apparatus for collapsing microwave popcorn bags held in a fixture An apparatus (10) is disclosed including an abutment (282) in the form of an elongated rod positioned in front of the sealing intermittent position which rearwardly deflects the portions of bags (12) extending out of fixtures (32) moving in an operation d... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419101 | Gas exchange manifold A gas exchange manifold includes a pair of plates which may be threadedly connected to one another. Gas supplying passages are formed through the plates to supply a desired gas to the package during fabrication. Also, vacuum supplying passages extend thro... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419102 | Grain bagging machine A crop bagging machine is provided with a movable chassis having adjustable brakes and a grain container having a rear tunnel defining a rear opening. A pliable plastic bag is fit to the tunnel with the bag bottom closing the opening. A bin on the chassis... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419103 | Animal pack frame A pack frame for a pack animal such as a mule includes a pair of base frames, each including an upright frame member extending between top and bottom ends. Straps are provided at top ends of the upright frame members to connect the base frames to a conven... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419104 | Mounting frame for mower attachment A supporting frame for a mower attachment of the rotary or flail type to provide for quick attachment of the mower to and detachment of the mower from a road grader or similar prime mover. The mower is designed for mowing roadside ditches, and the support... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419105 | Structure for and method of bunching limbs of cotton plants A guidance system is provided for a cotton picker. The cotton pickers commercially on the market have lifting plates on each of the gathering heads to lift the lower limbs of the cotton plant. To make the wands of the detection of the position of the row ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419106 | Fodder-processing roller, device and mowing-conditioning machine using these rollers The invention concerns a fodder-processing roller. The roller according to the invention is noteworthy by virtue of the fact that each projection 17a, 17b, 17c, 17d; 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d; 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d; 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d belonging to a group of projec... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419107 | Crop stripping apparatus Crop stripping apparatus is provided comprising a toothed crop-stripping drum and an auger for collecting crop stripped by the drum. Between the drum and the auger is a roller rotatable in the same direction as the drum. The spacing between the drum and t... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419108 | Method of forming a segmented round bale A round baler, having a pair of spaced side walls mounted on a main frame, is supported on wheels and adapted to be pulled across a field. A crop confining apron is mounted between the side walls for defining an expandable chamber that is adapted to rotat... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419109 | Tire cord of polyvinyl multifilament yarn A tire cord made of a multifilament yarn of polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of polymerization of at least 1500, the yarn having a tensile strength of at least 10 g/d and an index of hot water resistance of at least 50.... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419110 | Piecing method and apparatus in a spinning machine A method, in a spinning machine comprising a spindle portion and a nozzle portion having a first nozzle for exerting a turning air current on a fiber bundle moved out of a drafting device, comprises introducing a yarn end on the package side from the spin... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419111 | Spinning station with operable cove for a rotor spinning machine In a rotor spinning machine, each spinning station's drawing-in roller is connected directly to its own individual drive supported by the cover of the spinning station housing, which provides a simplified and conveniently accessible alternative to the con... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419112 | Gas turbine powerplant A double ender powerplant including a first engine having a compressor for producing a downstream axial flow, a combustor, a turbine coupled to the compressor through a shaft, and means for attaching a load coupled to the shaft adjacent and downstream fro... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419114 | Thermoelastic connection of the injector tube and the flame tube of a gas turbine The present invention pertains to a thermoelastic connection of a hot gas-carrying injector tube (8) to the flame tube (1) suspended in the combustion chamber housing (10) of a gas turbine. The injector tube (8) is connected by corrugated spacers (7) to a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419115 | Bulkhead and fuel nozzle guide assembly for an annular combustion chamber An assembly of a bulkhead 48 and fuel nozzle guide 62 for a fuel nozzle 46 disposed in a combustion chamber 24 is disclosed. Various construction details which provide for positively cooling components of the assembly are developed. In one detailed embodi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419116 | Miniscale ballistic motor testing method for rocket propellants A method for using a miniscale ballistic test motor for determining burn es over an operating pressure range allows the testing of a small propellant sample. The small propellant sample allows performance of an abbreviated procedure for each test of the ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419117 | Turbo jet/RAM jet propulsion system An integral turbo jet/ram jet propulsion system has co-axial forward and rear portions and includes a converging supersonic compression chamber and an inlet in the forward portion for directing air into the supersonic compression chamber. A diverging subs... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419118 | Multi-stage rocket motors A motor for impelling a missile or projectile has a housing and a plurality of spaced walls defining progressive compartments in the housing. A nozzle in one of the compartments produces a thrust for the missile or projectile when pressurized gases flow t... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419119 | High pressure slab motor A slab motor for testing propellant samples (also referred to as a ballistic evaluation motor) having increased insulation and high pressure capability up to 10,000 psi is provided. The slab motor has a steel tube body with steel end caps, the whole assem... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419120 | Device for purging combustion residues The present invention relates to a device for purging combustion residues from a thruster that comprises firstly a combustion chamber designed to receive a solid propellent and secondly a nozzle for evacuating propulsion gases and connected to the bottom ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419121 | Method and apparatus for reduction of pollutants emitted from automotive engines by flame incineration A method of improving the performance of a pollutant abatement means, e.g., catalytic converter (16), used to purify engine exhaust gas streams and the like includes combusting a combustion mixture of air and a low ignition temperature fuel in the exhaust... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419122 | Detection of catalytic converter operability by light-off time determination An electronic engine controller monitors the operability of a catalytic converter upon ignition of the engine by sensing the temperature of the exhaust gas entering the converter and of the exhaust gas exiting the converter for a period of time after the ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419123 | Emission control device and method An emission control device and method are provided for treating exhaust gases to reduce pollutants contained therein. The device includes a treatment chamber through which the exhaust gases pass. First and second metal screens are disposed within the cham... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419124 | Automotive engine exhaust aftertreatment system including hydrocarbon adsorber with sample processing 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... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419125 | Exhaust-gas recombustion system An exhaust-gas recombustion system for recombusting exhaust gases coming out of exhaust ports of an internal combustion engine equipped with a catalytic converter, comprises a plurality of branch pipes of an exhaust manifold connected to the exhaust ports... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419126 | Exhaust silencer An exhaust silener for a compact 2-stroke cycle internal combustion engine has a housing, a sheet of sound absorbing material provided on the inner surface of the housing, and an oxidation catalyst means provided on the surface of the sound absorbing mate... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419127 | Insulated damped exhaust manifold An exhaust manifold for conducting the heated exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine. The exhaust manifold has a thin noncast metal inner layer, a thicker sheet metal outer layer, and a layer of insulating material, preferably ceramic beads, betwe... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419128 | Method of controlling speed reduction ratios of continuously variable transmission for automotive vehicles In order to achieve a gear ratio control of a continuously variable transmission, a transmission gear ratio is controlled based on a difference between an actual engine speed and a target engine speed to be set in response to a first parameter correspondi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419129 | Hydraulic system for open or closed-centered systems A hydraulic system includes a hydraulic pump, a reservoir, a hydraulic function, such as a cylinder, and a power beyond valve for controlling communication between the pump, the reservoir and the cylinder. The pump provides pressurized fluid at a pump out... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419130 | Hydrostatic machine with drain oil discharge A hydrostatic machine which includes a housing having an internal space accommodating a rotatably journaled driving mechanism, and wherein the portion of the internal space which is not occupied by the driving mechanism encompasses a drain oil chamber whi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419131 | Mobile machine containing displaceably mounted power unit or power unit components The mobile machine is provided with a power unit containing a prime mover and a hydraulic system connected thereto for supplying power to hydraulically operated machine parts. The power unit includes a number of components and is mounted at a support fram... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419132 | Inertial body drive mechanism An inertial body drive mechanism which is arranged to prevent a reversing motion of a hydraulic motor 1 after an inertial rotation and which is capable of stopping the hydraulic motor 1 quickly together with an inertial body. An oil chamber 26 of a revers... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419133 | High speed thermochemical actuator A heat sink (14) provides thermal communication between an actuator (18) and fluid controlled by a valve (12) which is flowing through a conduit (10). The actuator includes a vessel which is defined on its largest surfaces by plates (22, 50) of beryllium ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419134 | Display holder A display holder (10) is formed from a main frame member that is a single extrusion. The main frame member includes opposite edge frame portions (28, 30) and a center panel (10). Frame portions (64, 66) snap onto the ends of a center panel (10) to complet... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419135 | Space-based power generator A power generation system for use in outer space includes a radiation receiver disposed for receiving energy from solar, stellar or planetary heat radiation. The radiation receiver includes at least two evaporator cells. Each of the evaporator cells has a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419136 | Distillation column utilizing structured packing having varying crimp angle A distillation column for separating atmospheric gases in which structured packing having varying crimp angles is utilized within at least two sections or subsections of a single section of a distillation column. In the case of the use of structured packi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419137 | Air separation process and apparatus for the production of high purity nitrogen A process and apparatus for producing a high purity nitrogen vapor product from the rectification of air within high and low pressure columns operatively associated with one another by a condenser-reboiler. The high pressure column incorporates a sufficie... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419138 | Pellet extruding machine An extruder for converting pressurized liquid CO2 feed into dry ice pellets of predetermined shape and size, wherein the CO2 snow formation, CO2 snow compaction, and dry ice pellet extrusion phases occur simultaneously to ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419139 | Composite cryogenic tank apparatus An aerospace vehicle fuel pressure, or cryogen tank apparatus includes a tank load bearing wall of composite laminate construction that is lined with a film laminate liner that includes at least two metalized layers bonded with adhesive with the metalized... | 05/30/1995 |
