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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5676203 | Heat exchanger A water-cooled oil cooler includes a laminated body formed by alternately piling up formed plates having cooling water passage openings and oil passage openings in the direction of plate thickness, and fin plates having cooling water passage openings and ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676204 | Air conditioner for use in a vehicle An air conditioner for a vehicle wherein a vehicle compartment can be quickly warmed up if it is cool and, when the vehicle compartment has been warmed up, the heat load caused by incident solar radiation can be offset without having the vehicle driver fe... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676205 | Quasi-infinite heat source/sink An apparatus and method for controlling the temperature of an object, in particular a semiconductor wafer support structure in a wafer processing chamber. A gas gap is created between the two adjacent objects of different temperatures. The pressure in the... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676206 | Window-cutting system for downhole tubulars A guide lug for a starting or window mill is provided at the upper end of the whipstock. A back-up shoulder is provided to act against any tendencies of the mill to whirl. A taper is provided for use in guiding the mill toward the casing for the cutting o... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676207 | Soil vapor extraction system A soil remediation system (10) for removing contaminants (11) from a contaminated area (12) located in the vadose zone (13) of the earth and comprising multiplicity of stratigraphic zones, contaminants and compositions (26, 28), is disclosed. The system (... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676208 | Apparatus and methods of preventing screen collapse in gravel packing operations A gravel packing apparatus and associated method of gravel packing a subterranean well prevents screen collapse without requiring sealing engagement of a washpipe with an external seal, without requiring reliance solely on differential pressure, and witho... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676209 | Deep water riser assembly A deep water riser assembly includes a lower BOP stack positioned adjacent and anchored to the bottom of the ocean and an upper BOP stack attached to the riser at a water level just far enough below the surface to be unaffected by surface currents. The up... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676210 | Method and installation for fighting fire The object of the invention is to provide a new method and a new installation for fighting fire, including difficult smouldering fires, such as cable fires e.g. in the upper region of a room where the walls meet the ceiling. The fire is initially, in a fi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676211 | Adjustable tunnel shield structure A relatively short tunnel shield is connected to a light weight floating arm including a first tube telescopingly received within a second tube. Multiple holes in the double tube arm allow optimum positioning of the shield relative to a ground engaging el... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676212 | Downhole electrode for well guidance system A borehole guidance system for guiding a well being drilled with respect to an existing reference well includes a multi-sectioned casing in the reference well. A selected section of the casing, usually the lowest section, is electrically conductive and th... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676213 | Method and apparatus for removing mudcake from borehole walls A portion of a borehole wall is isolated from surrounding borehole fluids by placing a chamber of a borehole tool against the borehole wall. The chamber comprises a cylindrical recess in an exterior surface of the borehole tool. The recess is open at one ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676214 | Flow channels for tooth type rolling cutter drill bits A moth type rolling cutter drill bit has a plurality of rolling cutters mounted on legs, each rolling cutter having a back face portion and a gage face portion, and a high velocity fluid nozzle which directs a stream of high velocity fluid toward the cutt... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676215 | Stair-climbing crawler transporter A stair-climbing crawler transporter having a pair of belt supporting units contacting with an inner surface of the belt crawler at a ground contacting section between driving wheels and grounding wheels on both sides, and a jack connected to a bent conne... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676216 | Structural two-piece composite instrument panel cross-beam with integrated air distribution system A vehicular assembly incorporating knee bolsters and supporting the steering column. The assembly uses a beam fabricated largely from integrally injection molded plastic that is capable of reinforcing the knee bolsters, supporting the instrument panel and... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676217 | Method and system for detecting abnormality of vehicle constant speed travel control A constant speed travel control system uses a time period Q which is set such that, if a motor of the actuator is not locked but normally rotated, actuator opening becomes almost certainly fully closed within that time period with the result that a first ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676218 | Roller skates and thrusting means used in the same A pair of roller skates capable of skating while keeping the soles in nearly horizontal state even on a slope is presented. A base of a roller skate is provided with driving wheels driven by an internal-combustion engine, and driven wheels. On a sole plat... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676219 | System for controlling the axle differential locks of automotive vehicles In a system for the automatic control of form-locked clutches serving as differential lock in drive axles of a motor vehicle, in which control signals for a coupling actuator are formed by comparison of slippage signals with threshold values, both the eng... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676220 | Manual control arrangement for an adjustable motor vehicle control pedal system A manual control arrangement for an adjustable control pedal system for a motor vehicle provides for pivotal adjustment of the control pedals relative to the vehicle driver. The manual control arrangement allows optimal adjustment of each of the control p... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676221 | Gear case A gear case assembly and lubricant retaining device therefore wherein the assembly includes a gear case having a hub and/or shaft receiving opening therein and a lubricant retaining device extending toward the interior of said case to reduce lubricant flo... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676222 | Device for generating a rotary return force A device for generating a rotary return force includes a casing unit, driving and driven gear units disposed in the casing unit, and a torsion spring. The driving gear unit includes a driving axle mounted rotatably to the casing unit and a driving gear wh... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676223 | Business case A business case comprises a front compartment, middle compartment, an expandable rear compartment, a removable portable computer carrying case designed to carry a portable computer, and a suit carrier. The bag member can be dropped into one of two panels ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676224 | Electrical collector shoe assembly An electrical collector shoe assembly for a rail electrification system, including a metal holder member in the form of an elongate block body having spaced-apart gripping flanges projecting from its opposite sides upwardly and inwardly of the body, an el... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676225 | Belt transmission device for engine auxiliaries In a belt transmission device in which rotating inertia torque of a rotor of an alternator is avoided, by a one-way clutch, from being inversely transmitted to a crank shaft of an engine, the one-way clutch is composed so as to effectively respond to slig... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676226 | Sprag and roller one-way clutch assembly A sprag and roller one-way clutch assembly (10) including an outer cage (12), an inner cage (14) and a ribbon spring (16) for use with a clutch having outer and inner races (70, 72). The outer and inner cages (12, 14) each defines a plurality of correspon... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676227 | Free-wheel hub for bicycles A wheel hub for a bicycle wheel has a hub shell for receiving spokes of the wheel and a sprocket body receives the sprockets. The wheel hub and the sprocket body are connected through a free-wheel clutch. The roller bearings of the sprocket body are freel... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676228 | Rear hub structure for bicycles An improved rear hub structure for bicycles includes a rear hub housing and a driving device. The driving device has a securing seat, multiple spring elements, multiple stop elements and a gear seat. The securing seat has a stem projecting from one end th... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676229 | Control method/system for pneumatically actuated clutch A control method/system for controlling the operation of a pneumatically actuated vehicular master clutch (20) is provided. A position sensor (76) senses the position of an actuating piston (82) in a cylinder (80), and the piston is controlled to move to ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676230 | Bushing for one-way clutch Disclosed herein is a bushing for a one-way clutch which is to be assembled in a stator of a torque converter. The bushing is useful for centering outer and inner rings of the one-way clutch and for backing up an associated thrust needle bearing. The bush... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676231 | Rotating bill acceptor A rotating bill acceptor mounted inside a currency accepting machine is disclosed herein. The bill acceptor includes a bill validator which accepts (or rejects) cash inserted by users of the machine and a secure cash box which stores the bills out of the ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676232 | Coin chute trigger assembly for pay telephones with microswitches A coin chute trigger assembly having separate coin paths for nickels, dimes, and quarters. A microswitch is positioned adjacent to each coin path. A trigger included in each coin path is operated in response to deposit of the appropriate coin through the ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676234 | Coin/token sorting method The invention relates to a method of sorting coins according to predetermined information and allowing the coins to pass to a required outlet in accordance with the predetermined information, including the steps of: (a) detecting the presence of a leading... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676235 | Linear pallet stop A linear pallet stop smoothly decelerates a heavy pallet propelled by a conveyance system in a downstream direction and stops the pallet at a predetermined location. The linear pallet stop comprises a catch arm that is translatable and rotatable between t... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676236 | Vane orienter with wipers A strand orienter formed by a plurality of substantially planar parallel partition walls further includes a plurality of shafts extending substantially perpendicular to the partition walls, each mounting wipers in the passages in position to wipe strands ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676237 | Tracking device The tracking signal generating device disclosed herein is adapted to be utilized between successive conveying sections in which articles are transported at a nominal height. A resilient suspension supports an elongate roller so that it projects above the ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676238 | Hold down rollers for a log conveyor A lumber piece conveyor including a conveyor chain having retaining lugs and overhead rollers for pressing the lumber pieces on to the retaining lugs. The overhead rollers independently descend and retract as the logs approach the rollers in sequence. The... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676239 | Support rod assembly for track type conveyor A conveyor guide rail support device comprising an elongated stainless steel sleeve and a structural plastic member integrally molded in the sleeve having at least one end extending outward of the sleeve to form one side of a compression clamp. A mating s... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676240 | Caddy for art supplies A caddy for storing and transporting art supplies is disclosed. The caddy includes at least two pivotably coupled trays disposed in substantially parallel, vertically displaced, planes. Access to the contents of the lower tray or trays is obtained by pivo... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676241 | Holder for plural ammunition magazines A device for holding two ammunition magazines in spaced relations so that either can be inserted into the magazine well of an M-16 rifle, an M-4 carbine, or an M-249 machine gun without interference with the operation of the weapon from the remaining maga... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676242 | Case for eyeglasses and sunglasses A case for eyeglasses and sunglasses comprising: a case formed in first and second sections, the first section having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls, the front wall comprising a lower section formed contiguously wi... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5676243 | Combination keyholder, container and clip A combination water tight storage container and an attaching clip wherein the container has an opening therein and a cap thereon. A clip formed of a single, continuous length of multiply bent resilient material defining a plurality of loops is frictionall... | 10/14/1997 |
