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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5419140 | Device for recycling a cryogenic liquid and its use in an apparatus for freezing products A device for recycling a cryogenic liquid in a circuit (1) comprising at least one section (2) substantially at ambient pressure, the device comprising: a) a first cryogenic reservoir (4) to recover the liquid at the outlet of the section, this reservoir ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419141 | Air conditioner for a vehicle An air conditioner arrangement for a vehicle, especially a motor vehicle, having a condenser designed as a block of tubes and ribs with lateral collecting tubes on both sides. One of the collecting tubes forms a structural unit with a collector, which con... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419142 | Thermal protection for superconducting magnets Apparatus for maintaining a superconducting magnet which is refrigerated within a cryostat at or near its operating temperature in the event of the cryostatic refrigerator ceasing to operate comprising a heat sink within the cryostat and in thermal commun... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419143 | Cryogenic apparatus for sample protection in a dewar An element comprised of a cryoretentive material is adapted for insertion into and support within the inner vessel of a cryogenic dewar adjacent one or more sample holders. Such a cryoretentive element may be adapted for disposition within the canister of... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419144 | Refrigeration device using hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant A method of assembling a closed loop refrigerating air conditioning system using a hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant by applying a first oil which is insoluble with the hydrocarbon refrigerant to components of a compressor, and storing the insoluble oil withi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419145 | Chemical energy storage system The rate of water vapor sorption of an absorption cycle cooling and/or heating system using an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution as the working fluid is increased by adding at least 2 parts per million of a primary, secondary or tertiary aliphatic, ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419146 | Evaporator water temperature control for a chiller system A method of controlling the capacity of a chiller system, the chiller system including a circularly linked compressor, condenser, expansion device, and evaporator. The method comprises the steps of: measuring a first chiller system parameter; determining ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419147 | Air conditioning efficiency Disclosed is a method for reducing the temperature of the air passing over the condenser surface of an air conditioner unit, thereby reducing the power requirements of the unit. The method is carried out by applying water to the condenser surface to achie... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419148 | Electronic control mounting system for a refrigerator An electronic control mounting system for a refrigerator. In the refrigerator, a freezer compartment is defined by a freezer liner, a fresh food compartment is defined by a fresh food liner and a partition wall is disposed between the compartments. A moun... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419149 | Heat pump type air conditioner for vehicle A heat pump type air conditioner for a vehicle has a compressor to which a condenser and a inner heat exchanger are connected through a first switching valve. The condenser is connected at its refrigerant outlet to the inner heat exchanger through a secon... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419150 | Freezer with inner core The frozen dessert machine of the present invention provides an inner core in its refrigeration chamber.... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419151 | Ice making machine An ice making machine in which ice making water in a static or flowing condition is gradually frozen on the surface of an ice making plate cooled at an ice making cycle of the machine, wherein the surface of said ice making plate is made of synthetic resi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419152 | Apparatus for packaging temperature sensitive materials for transportation An apparatus for packaging temperature sensitive materials for transportation are provided in which an insulating container is assembled from a corrugated fiberboard carton, a plastic liner bag and slab-like rigid foam insulating wall liners. The slab-lik... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419153 | Method and apparatus for ripening fruit In a banana ripening room, pallets of boxes of fruit are stacked in individual locations defined by a support structure, in two spaced apart rows separated by an aisle, and in two superimposed tires. The aisle defines a volume into which air is introduced... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419154 | Beverage container with mounting bracket A beverage container is provided for use with a golf cart or the like having a support member. The container includes a body having a central beverage receiving cavity which extends from the closed bottom of the body to the open top end of the body. The c... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419155 | Cooling of compressor lubricant in a refrigeration system condenser Compressor lubricant in a screw compressor-based refrigeration system is cooled by directing the lubricant from the system oil separator to an oil-cooling heat exchanger disposed in the lower portion of the system condenser where it is bathed in condensed... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419156 | Regenerative sorption compressor assembly A regenerative sorption compressor assembly for use in a sorption compressor/refrigerator system. The regenerative sorption compressor assembly of the present invention comprises a series of sorption compressor elements connected to a flowing loop of heat... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419157 | Air-conditioning system accumulator and method of making same An accumulator for use in an air-conditioning system wherein a refrigerant fluid is circulated. The accumulator embodies an enclosed housing defining an internal vapor chamber, an inlet tube, an outlet tube having a vapor inlet end in an upper portion of ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419158 | Wrap ring assembly A wrap ring assembly comprising a pair of wrap rings for accommodating an engagement or other ring therebetween is provided. The wrap ring assembly includes a first ring having a first band and a second ring having a second band spaced from and substantia... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419159 | Article of jewelry An article of jewelry having a stone mounted on a support. The stone having two grooves formed in opposite side facets which are engaged by two facing surfaces of the support to secure the stone in the support. In one embodiment, the support includes an a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419160 | Jeweled garment link and method of making same A decorative garment link for lingerie, swimsuits or the like is formed by anchoring a row of ornamental stones between two lateral walls of an elongated base from which a pair of strap-receiving loops project laterally. The lateral walls are pressed agai... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419161 | Articular bandage having waxy structure inserts Described is a fabric produced from textile threads, more particularly a knitted fabric, for use within the flexion area of articulated bandages. The knitted fabric is incorporated into the articulated bandage (2) in the form of an insert (8). In order to... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419162 | High speed electromagnet selection device for selecting the needles in a knitting machine The device comprises, for each selector element, a high-speed electromagnet having a fixed core with a single coil, and an armature consisting of a lightweight blade. When the coil is energized, the blade is moved into one position, and is restored to ano... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419163 | Apparatus for controlling washer A method of and an apparatus for controlling a washer capable of reducing errors of information required to control the washer to precisely control the washer and preventing a malfunction of the washer to improve a reliance of the washer, by analyzing var... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419164 | Plastic tubs for washing machines A clothes washing machine or combined clothes washing and drying machine, of the household type, is provided with a plastic tub (1) accommodating a spin drum (2) in which the clothes to be washed are loaded. The tub has a cylindrical mantle or outer wall ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419165 | Electrical panel locking apparatus An electrical panel locking apparatus includes first and second elongated angle iron bars having panel gripping hooks on one end of each elongated bar. One of the elongated bars has a flanged end portion with an angled slot therethrough for sliding the ot... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419166 | Securing device for hanging garments A device for securing hanging garments that is affixed to a garment rail. The securing device has a lock box with a cable. The cable has a proximal end fastened to the lock box and a distal end that is fed through a clamp and the hanging garment to be sec... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419167 | Door grip assembly A door grip assembly comprises a grip having a vertical sleeve-like member elastically fitted in bearing grooves of a grip casing and also having increased diameter portions engaged with walls of the grip casing, an angular drive bar inserted through angu... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419168 | Hierarchical cylinder lock and key system A hierarchical lock and key system includes a plurality of locks and keys wherein each key is provided with at least one unique bitting surface that engages a complementarily shaped tumbler pin tip to cause the tumbler pin to rotate and be positioned at a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419169 | Method and apparatus for adjusting press operating conditions depending upon dies used Method and apparatus applicable to a press using a die set including a lower and an upper die which are removably installed movably towards and away from each other to perform a pressing operation under the adjusted operating conditions. A memory is provi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419170 | Gas control for superplastic forming A gas management system for delivering forming gas under a controlled pressure through a first portion of a piping network to a region of a forming die between a die lid and a blank to be formed in a superplastic forming machine includes a gas pressure re... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419171 | Isostatic bulge forming A method and apparatus are provided for isostatically bulge forming tube stock. The tube is assembled in sealing arrangement with a split die. The assembly is placed in a pressure vessel wherein an non-compressible fluid is pressurized to form the tube in... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419172 | Continuously cast carbon and stainless steel hot-rolling mill A method and apparatus for hot-rolling a slab of steel in which a cast slab is heated in a tunnel furnace to a hot-rolling temperature, rolled to a lesser thickness in a tandem mill, reheated in the same tunnel furnace and then rerolled in the same tandem... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419173 | Forward feed gear mechanism for a cold pilger rolling mill A forward feed gear mechanism for a cold pilger rolling mill having at least one forward feed slide, whose advancing movement can be derived from at least one forward feed spindle which is driven in continuous rotation, and an oscillating axial movement c... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419174 | Apparatus for forming tubular risers and manifolds including tubular risers A manifold for a heat exchanger is formed by placing a blank having a siamesed pair of tubular passages supported by a first mandrel into a die cavity which receives the blank and defines at least one riser channel extending from the cavity. Each riser ch... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419176 | Particle detection and analysis The invention provides a method of, and apparatus for detecting and analyzing moving particles using an impact responsive transducer which generates a detection signal having an amplitude related to force of particle impact. The transducer output signal i... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419177 | Refrigerant gas contamination detector kit A method for determining the amount of a contaminant in a refrigerant gas under pressure and the detector tube and tube holding assembly. The method involves preparing a predetermined length of refrigerant hose and connecting a pressure gauge to an exit e... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419178 | Exhaust-gas analyzer An exhaust-gas analyzer, particularly for emissions testing of motor-vehicle engines has a sampling tube into which a mixture of exhaust gas and ambient air is fed through gas lines. A gas feed pump is disposed downstream of the sampling tube with a flowm... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419179 | Hygrometers According to the invention a hygrometer is provided for measuring the moisture content of a gas, the hygrometer comprising a chamber 2 housing a hygrometer sensor 1, a gas inlet 3 for admitting gas into the chamber and a gas outlet 4 for allowing gas to l... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419180 | Knocking detecting apparatus for internal combustion engine A knock sensor detects the vibration of an internal combustion engine and the half wave of its output of the sensor is amplified by a half wave amplifier. From the amplified output, a vibration-signal producing circuit produces a vibration signal represen... | 05/30/1995 |
