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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5488902 | Device for mounting and adjusting a metering roller in a finishing unit A combination of a finishing unit for a rotary printing press disposed up-line from a delivery, including a form cylinder, a metering roller, and at least one applicator roller, with sheet-guiding cylinders cooperatively engaging with the finishing unit, ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488903 | Register device for a sleeve-shaped offset printing form For the register of a sleeve-shaped offset priming form in which the beginning and end of the plate-shaped blank of the printing form are connected by a weld seam, a guide element in the form of a projection is provided for the sleeve at the inside of the... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488904 | Device for pivotably adjusting flexible printing plates on the plate cylinder of a rotary printing machine A device for pivoting flexible printing plates on the plate cylinder of a rotary printing machine comprises clamping rails for mounting and clamping the two plate ends, articulated levers pivot-mounted on the cylinder body and articulatingly connected to ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488905 | Air-dam for printing press vacuum transfer apparatus A vacuum-type sheet transfer apparatus for a rotary printing press includes an air dam device formed by an elongated plate which is supported on the transfer apparatus housing and extends toward the surface of a transfer cylinder or impression cylinder of... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488906 | Internal drum printing plate plotter An internal drum printing plate plotter is disclosed. The plotter provides a smooth path for a printing plate from an input location to a plotting location to an output location. The plotter includes a partially cylindrical drum and a loading tray associa... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488907 | Permanent heat activated transfer printing process and composition An image is printed on a medium by means of an ink jet printer using an ink composition comprising heat activated ink solids, without activating the ink solids during the process of printing onto the medium. The image is transferred from the medium to the... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488908 | Environmetally insensitive electric detonator system and method for demolition and blasting In a preferred embodiment, an environmentally insensitive electric detonator system for demolition, including: an object to be demolished; a main explosive charge in proximity to the object to be demolished; electrically activated detonator apparatus incl... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488909 | Short range projectile A short range projectile includes a metal jacket, which surrounds a plastic material core and has an external diameter up to about 0.4% larger than the diameter of a normal projectile of the caliber involved and an axial length of about 2 to 3.5 times the... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488910 | Undercarriage for railway car On truck frames having three wheelsets, the invention teaches that the middle wheelset is in contact on each side with the vehicle frame by means of actuators in the lateral direction. These actuators are used to adjust the middle wheelset when the train ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488911 | Compactable self-ejecting refuse car A structurally reinforced railroad car is provided which interfaces with the output of a typical refuse compactor and is capable of being thus forcibly filled with compacted refuse which efficiently fills and conforms to the interior, making maximum volum... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488912 | Railway gondola car incorporating flexible panels of composite sheet material A gondola railway car with a structural frame of metal has panels of lightweight composite tension-bearing sheet material attached to the frame by clamps which grip the margins of the panels. The panels thus are structural components of the car body, whil... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488913 | Apparatus for automatically receiving and dispensing banknotes and valuables Apparatus for automatically receiving and dispensing banknotes and valuables comprising a protection casing (2) provided with access openings (3, 4), compartments (7) adapted to contain banknotes and valuables and movable along a loop-shaped movement path... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488914 | Security device for boxes The present invention provides a security device for boxes. The security device includes a cabinet device defining an enclosure for safekeeping a box containing, for example, valuable materials. The cabinet device includes side walls, a rear wall, a front... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488915 | Industrial furnace and method of operating the same A method of operating an industrial furnace comprising the steps of; drawing a first gas flow of ambient air into the furnace; removing constituents of the first gas flow to increase the relative oxygen content of the remaining first gas flow, the removed... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488916 | Low emission and low excess air steam generating system and method A pulverized coal steam generator employing tangential, concentric firing with oxidizing conditions adjacent the furnace walls and using overfire air and low NOx firing methods is operated at very low excess air levels. This is possible because... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488917 | Lawn seeding machine A lawn seeding machine is provided, which consists of a trough for holding grass seeds therein. An inverted U-shaped handle extends upwardly form the trough. A plurality of L-shaped tubular ducts extend in spaced intervals downwardly from the trough. A pl... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488918 | Optimized barge bow form and methods of use thereof A barge for the commercial shipping of cargo along an inland waterway having an economically optimized bow, a stern, elongated sidewalls extending between the bow and the stern, and a bottom interconnecting the bow, stern and sidewalls. The bow has a prof... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488919 | Canted rudder system for pitch roll and steering control The invention is directed to a system for stabilizing a marine vehicle against rolling and pitching motions and for providing steering control to the marine vehicle. The system includes at least two rudders rotatably affixed to the marine vehicle aft of m... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488920 | Device for handling of cables on seismic vessels A device to facilitate the handling, maintenance and replacement of seismic equipment and seismic energy sources in the gun arrangement section, i.e. the gun array of seismic gun cables on seismic survey vessels, on the vessel's after deck (1) by which th... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488921 | Flexible fabric barge apparatus and method Flexible fabric barges are connected together in a string for towing. The barges are interconnected by fabric sleeves which have zipper connections. A fabric towing cone is zipper connected to the lead barge. Each barge includes an elongated opening that ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488922 | Collapsible boat A collapsible boat having a contoured hull shape is disclosed in which the individual component surfaces of the hull may be folded both longitudinally and transversely via disengageable clamping mechanisms that maintain the boat water-tight when it is ful... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488923 | Method for producing single crystal The present invention employs the construction wherein a resistor heater is disposed inside a protective cylinder whose tip is open to a molten liquid packing zone of a crucible inside a pulling apparatus so that the resistor heater is above the tip of a ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488924 | Hopper for use in charging semiconductor source material A hopper is sized and shaped for reception in a crystal pulling apparatus for use in charging semiconductor source material to a crucible of the crystal pulling apparatus. The crystal pulling apparatus includes a pulling chamber, a growth chamber, an isol... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488925 | Gas handling device assembly used for a CVD apparatus There is provided a gas handling device assembly of which one of gas handling devices can be removed from the gas handling device assembly without loosening other component devices. The gas handling device assembly has a base plate having a top surface an... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488926 | Adjustable livestock stand A livestock stand includes a platform having a perforated aluminum sheet upper supporting surface, a headrest assembly, and front and rear leg assemblies connected to the platform, each being pivotable between a first folded position and a second extended... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488927 | Animal food dish and water dispenser An animal food dish and water dispenser which includes first and second cup shaped receptacles spaced apart in a base member having an upwardly projecting barrier separating the two receptacles and supporting an inverted water reservoir bottle centrally o... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488928 | Method for exterminating animal parasites in situs A method for the extermination of parasites including fleas and ticks, by hermetically enclosing the body of a host animal within a chamber and circulating an atoxic vapor through the chamber as a treatment repeated until the parasite count is reduced, em... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488929 | Disposable cat litter box liner A disposable cat litter box liner formed of flexible sheet material, preferably paper, is adapted to assume a generally flat configuration prior to use, a generally box-shaped configuration upon insertion into a cat litter box for holding litter therein, ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488930 | Animal litter package There is disclosed an animal litter composition and a package for the composition. The composition constitutes decorticated flax straw which as been screened to particle sizes between about 10 and 22 U.S. Screen Mesh. The litter further includes a virucid... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488931 | Terrarium cover A cover arrangement for a tank used as a terrarium or aquarium includes hook and loop fastener material secured as a continuous strip to the upper rim surface of the tank opening, as well as to the upper side surfaces adjacent to the rim. The cover includ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488932 | Gaseous fuel enriching subsystem A gaseous fuel-enriching subsystem for an internal combustion engine includes a supplemental intake conduit to a an intake manifold internal combustion engine. Such supplemental input is provided with numerus apertures therein. An exhaust gas conduit from... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488933 | Fuel supply system for miniature engines Exhaust pressure of an air-cooled miniature internal combustion engine is used for fuel metering and fuel delivery to the engine under higher pressure than previously obtainable from muffler back-pressure in the prior art even though the back-pressure in ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488934 | Valve gear device A valve gear device includes a stem having one end and the other end, an intake and exhaust valve connected to the other end of the stem and serving for opening and closing a port formed in a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine, a first spring... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488935 | Pressurized oil injection pre-lubrication system A pressurized oil injection pre-lubrication system for an oil gallery in an engine block of an engine in a motor vehicle comprising a pressure accumulator and a normally closed electromagnetic valve. A component is for fluidly connecting the pressure accu... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488936 | Method and system for monitoring evaporative purge flow An evaporative purge flow monitoring system is provided for use in a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a fuel tank, and an evaporation canister in communication with the fuel tank and the engine for trapping and subsequently reusing fuel... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488937 | Temperature control system for keeping temperature of an element of an internal combustion engine at a constant value A control thermostat is connected to a liquid cooling system of an internal combustion engine. The control thermostat has an inlet housing part, an outlet housing part, both housing parts being connected each other to form a valve passage therein. A therm... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488938 | Fault detecting apparatus for exhaust gas recirculation control system of internal combustion engine A fault detecting apparatus for an exhaust gas recirculation control system of an internal combustion engine includes a throttle valve provided in an intake pipe of the engine, an exhaust gas recirculation pipe for introducing an exhaust gas of the engine... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488939 | Crankcase ventilation system for outboard motor A ventilation system is provided for an engine crankcase of a marine outboard motor to distribute blow-by gas generally equally to each cylinder while minimizing the size of an intake silencer of the system. The intake silencer includes a first expansion ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488940 | Ignition system for internal combustion engines An ignition system for internal combustion engines is provided which has a control device (7) for triggering a sequential spark ignition, which measures the primary current (Ip) of each individual ignition of said sequential spark ignition upon... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488941 | Brush guard for hunting bows A brush guard (10) for preventing brush (75) from becoming wedged between the upper limb (101) of a bow (100) and a quiver (200) mounted on the bow (100); wherein, the brush guard (10) includes an elongated brush guard arm member (50) releasably attached ... | 02/06/1996 |
