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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5419262 | Railroad hopper car door closer A closer for hopper car doors including a supporting frame structure associated with the rails on which a series of hopper cars are rollingly supported together with power actuated devices that will pivot the hopper car doors from a generally vertical, do... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419263 | Remote control TV table A table adapted to hold a TV remote control or other similar control mechanism. The table includes a plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a pile type fastener for coupling a remote control to the top surface, a pedestal having a base extended ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419264 | Backsplash molding and method of manufacturing the same A backsplash molding for counter tops and method for manufacturing the backsplash molding and related edge molding. The backsplash molding fits over the top of a retainer strip in a dovetail manner. This retainer strip affixes to a wall or is formed withi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419265 | Storage area placed on the dashboard of a motor vehicle A tray for use in a truck having a peaked dash is provided with a support yoke and suction cups attached to the tray at its windshield end. Because the mounting mechanism is simple and all at the windshield end, the tray is easily mounted and dismounted a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419267 | Method and apparatus for drying the fuel of a fluidizied-bed boiler The present publication discloses a method and an apparatus for drying the fuel used for firing a fluidized-bed boiler (1). The hot, inert solids of the fluidized bed are circulated by a regulated rate from the furnace (2) to a simple dryer (11) incorpora... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419268 | Method and apparatus for assembling garments A method and apparatus for the automated assembly of sleeves onto the body of the garment. In the present invention, the garment body is placed on a first fixture resembling a mannequin. The sleeves are placed inside facing out on a second conical fixture... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419269 | Sailing boat The present invention provides a sail boat having a single main sail having a corner between a taut luff edge and a foot edge. A snatch lock is provided at the corner for securing the corner to the bow of the boat, e.g. to U-bolt. When it is required to c... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419270 | Arrangement of a submersible pump The pump is submerged in the tank of a ship for circulation of a liquid cargo medium within the tank through a cargo refrigeration arrangement. The pump is formed of three components. One component is mounted in the tank or hold of the ship and includes a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419271 | Bilge pump control system for personal watercraft A bilge pump control system for a personal watercraft which allows for the continuous pumping of the bilge whenever the vessel's engine is operating, but which also permits an operator to activate the bilge pump upon command even when the engine is not op... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419272 | Explosive cutter for mine moorings An explosive cutter for severing a mooring of a moored mine includes a securing apparatus for attaching the explosive cutter to a mooring and for detaching the explosive cutter from an underwater vessel. The securing apparatus includes a mooring capturing... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419273 | Portable marine shelter A portable marine shelter that includes a frame assembly having two lower spaced apart longitudinally extending members, or float bars, and a flexible cover that fits over the frame assembly to provide an enclosure to store a boat and the like. A floatati... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419274 | Planing boat hull form This invention relates to a marine vessel hull form, in particular to a high speed planing boat. It describes a new and distinctive shape of hull which, unlike other hull forms developed to date, features the shape which modifies the flow of water underne... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419275 | Batten reinforced anchoring bag A square bag (28) open at the top or front with holes (30) in the bottom or opposite end for drainage and flow through. Tow members (16) secured to the periphery of the bag (28) at the open end of the body in a hinging fashion so they can be neatly folded... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419276 | Single-crystal diamond of very high thermal conductivity Single-crystal diamond consisting of isotopically pure carbon-12 or carbon-13 has been found to have a thermal conductivity higher than that of any substance previously known, typically at least 40% higher than that of naturally occurring IIA diamond. It ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419277 | Method and apparatus for producing a Czochralski growth semiconductor single-crystal An apparatus for producing a semiconductor single-crystal grown by the Czochralski method includes a reference reflector disposed at the lower end of a gas rectifying tube, first and second optical systems disposed above the reference reflector for changi... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419278 | Vapor equilibration tray for growing protein crystals In accordance with the present invention, a vapor equilibrium apparatus for growing and screening suitable protein crystals is provided which consists of a plastic tray having a plurality of roughly cylindrical chambers that act as reservoirs for vapor eq... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419279 | Apparatus for depositing and staining cytological material on a microscope slide An apparatus for use in depositing and staining cytological material on a microscope slide has an elongated hollow tube, a base member, at least one flange, and a base plate. The base member is attached to the bottom end of the tube and projects outwardly... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419280 | Milking machine A milking machine, which fastens teat cup liners R to teats B of a cow and repeats vacuum suction and quiescence for milking the cow, includes 1/f fluctuation signal generation module unit 2 for generating a 1/f fluctuation signal Ss based on the biorhyth... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419281 | Backpack-style animal carrier and restraint A device is provided for restraining an animal for transport, which device can be worn by a user or secured in an automobile. The device includes an animal enclosure secured to a frame. The frame is a rigid member comprising first and second frame halves ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419282 | Litter sifter tray with angularly adjustable side walls A cat litter box sifter comprises (1) a rectangular tray bottom with perforations extending throughout the length and width dimensions of said tray bottom and (2) four side walls, each extending upwardly from one respective side edge of the rectangular tr... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419283 | Animal chew toy of starch material and degradable ethylene copolymer A chew toy for animals is molded into the shape of a familiar animal food item, such as a dog bone, from a polymer composition which is both edible and degradable. The composition is essentially comprised of a starch material and a degradable ethylene cop... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419284 | Exhaust-gas fully fired type boiler and method of waste heat recovery using the same A waste heat recovery method can provide heat recovery from exhaust gases, full firing of exhaust gases, and auxiliary burning, either simultaneously or independently. Such method is carried out by installing a tube-nested (or heat-absorbing water tube fu... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419285 | Boiler economizer and control system An increased efficiency boiler is provided, which, instead of trying to eliminate steaming in the economizer, designs the economizer to permit steaming, and a control is provided for the boiler which takes into account the heat input to the boiler as well... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419286 | System for lowering emissions of nitrogen oxides The present invention provides an improved emissions reduction system for lowering the emissions of NOx generated by the combustion of hydrocarbons. The present invention further provides a method for lowering the emissions of NOx ge... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419287 | Engine cooling system and heater circuit therefor A heating system for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder head defining an upper coolant chamber and a cylinder block defining a lower coolant chamber. A heater has an inlet in fluid flow communication with the lower coolan... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419288 | Spherical piston radial action engine A rotary internal combustion engine comprising a housing containing a rotatable cylinder having a circular wall containing at least two rows of radially extending circular passageways forming compression and power engine cylinders, respectively, displaced... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419289 | Device for controlling the pneumatic injection of a carbureted mixture in a two-stroke internal-combustion engine and associated utilization A device for controlling a pneumatic injection of a carbureted mixture into a combustion chamber of a two stroke internal combustion engine, with the device including a compressed gas supply pipe adapted to be communicated with the combustion chamber of a... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419290 | Cam mechanisms A valve operating mechanism for controlling inlet and exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine. A camshaft comprising a cam which imparts valve lift for high speeds of the engine, and a lobe portion which imparts no lift for valve deactivation duri... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419291 | Electronic fuel injection system without battery for internal combustion engine Electric power is generated with rotation of a flywheel and crankshaft rotated by a starting operation of a recoil starter and supplied for driving and controlling a fuel injection valve, the fuel injection valve is supplied with fuel pressurized by a mec... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419292 | Positive-displacement machine with reciprocating and rotating pistons, particularly four-stroke engine Four elements (9a, 9b, 11a, 11b) are mutually articulated as a parallelogram deformable according to four parallel axes (A1, . . . A4). A crank (31) causes a circular motion of a first co-ordination axis (K1) connected to one (9a) of the elements. Another... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419293 | Fail-safe system of an automatic driving system for a motor vehicle An automatic driving system for a motor vehicle has a main actuator for operating a main throttle valve, an auxiliary actuator for operating an auxiliary throttle valve, and sensors for detecting driving conditions of a present motor vehicle and for produ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419294 | Load compensating fuel system A fuel system for an engine (10) has a transducer (16) which supplies an input signal to an electronic fuel control system (15) representing driven demand. A variable gain amplifier (19) modifies the signal applied to the control system and is controlled ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419295 | Method for controlling the trigger sequence in a flywheel magneto system A method for controlling the trigger sequence in a flywheel magneto system including a magnet system for inducing a trigger pulse for a gate trigger current switch. When the trigger pulse is below a preset level N, the ignition system is triggered based o... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419296 | Fuel volatility detecting apparatus An apparatus for detecting a volatility of fuel supplied to an internal combustion. A target mean effective pressure is calculated based on sensed engine operating conditions. An actual mean effective pressure is calculated based on a sensed cylinder pres... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419297 | Extended tip gasoline port fuel injector The fuel injector nozzle injects fuel into the runner in a direction that may be either parallel or non-parallel to the co-axis of the fuel injector and its mounting socket, and the nozzle orifice from which the fuel is injected is disposed beyond an ante... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419298 | Internal combustion engine A fuel injection pump element 15 is mounted in an engine crankcase (1) adjacent its associated cylinder 9, and in substantially parallel orientation thereto so that the high pressure outlet 20 of the injection pump element 15 is close to the injection val... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419299 | Self-diagnosis apparatus and method for fuel evaporative emission A self-diagnosis apparatus and method for use in a fuel evaporative emission control system for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine. A space part of a fuel tank is coupled with an intake air passage via a vapor passage. Fuel vapors from the fue... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419300 | Ignition coil unit with ignition voltage detective capacitor for internal combustion engine An ignition coil unit for an internal combustion engine for containing an ignition voltage detective capacitor for misfire discrimination, including a core, a primary and a secondary coil wound around the core, and a case housing the core and the primary ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419301 | Adaptive control of camless valvetrain A variable camless engine valve control system and method of control wherein each of the reciprocating intake and/or exhaust valves (10) is hydraulically controlled and includes a piston (26) subjected to fluid pressure acting on surfaces at both ends of ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5419302 | Method for controlling air fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine A method for controlling air-fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine with an adaptive learning control system. In recent years, as vaporized fuel restrictions are becoming stringent, a large quantity of vaporized fuel purged into an engine has a great... | 05/30/1995 |
