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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5675960 | Embossed trays for multipack pallet stock stackability A method for creating a stable, palletized unit of trays of multipackaged containers. The containers are multipackaged with a flexible ring-type plastic device. The trays are of corrugated paperboard which have been pre-compressed or embossed in predeterm... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675961 | Suture dispenser Suture dispensers for retaining armed sutures are disclosed. The dispenser disclosed is comprised of two flat panels of material that each have a central opening. A needle park is provided so that the needle is visible in and accessible though the central... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675962 | Automated apparatus and method for preparing contact lenses for inspection and packaging An apparatus is provided for removing and transporting articles, such as contact lens sections from a manufacturing line to inspection and packaging stations. The lenses are deposited in a transparent plastic primary package which carries the lenses throu... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675963 | Mechanism for accumulating a stack of articles and for then dropping the stack The mechanism includes a pair of gates which are horizontally spaced from one another and which are operable to stroke between inwardly extended and outwardly retracted positions for collecting and dropping the articles, respectively. The gates are mounte... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675964 | Open end spinning supporting disk with asymmetric magnetic rotational speed indicator In the case of a supporting disk for a supporting disk bearing for open-end spinning rotors, the front side is provided with signal generators for the purpose of non-contact revolution counting, which function by means of magnetic field lines. Preferred a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675965 | Navel member for open end spinning device At least one circular ridge, which projects upwardly beyond the surface of the navel of the thread delivery device, is placed in the path of yarn being removed from the peripheral wall of the spinning chamber and delivered to the throat of the navel. The ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675966 | Solid propellant dual pulse rocket motor loaded case and ignition system and method of manufacture A solid propellant dual pulse rocket motor has a pressure vessel containing two pulse grains separated by a barrier insulator. An igniter assembly disposed at a fore end of the pressure vessel selectively ignites a first pulse grain from a central channel... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675967 | Method and arrangement for evaluating the operability of a catalytic converter The invention is directed to a method for evaluating the operability of a catalytic converter operated in the exhaust-gas channel of an internal combustion engine. The invention utilizes the recognition that the conversion-begin temperature of the catalyt... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675968 | Secondary air control apparatus for exhaust gas purifier A secondary air control apparatus constituted by an exhaust gas purifier 32 of an engine 21, a feed quantity control valve 29 for feeding secondary air, a secondary air heating device 31, and a controller 35 for controlling the feed quantity of secondary ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675969 | Exhaust gas control device in an internal combustion engine An exhaust gas control device is provided in an internal combustion engine. In the device, a valve which comprises a valve head and a valve stem is provided in a body the axis of which is inclined at 45 degrees with respect to a horizontal exhaust pipe. T... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675970 | Rankine cycle power generation system and a method for operating the same A high efficiency and economic refuse incineration power generation system capable of stable and continuous refuse incineration operation which can adapt to fluctuation in calorific values in the refuse incinerator has been provided, wherein the same syst... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675971 | Dual fuel mixer for gas turbine combustor An air fuel mixer is disclosed having a mixing duct, a shroud surrounding the upstream end of the mixing duct in which a fuel manifold is provided in flow communication with a fuel supply and control means, a set of inner and outer counter-rotating swirle... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675972 | Method and apparatus for vacuum diode-based devices with electride-coated electrodes Vacuum diode-based devices, including Vacuum Diode Heat Pumps and Vacuum Thermionic Generators, are described in which the electrodes are coated with an electride. These materials have low work functions, which means that contact potential difference betw... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675973 | Thermoelectric cooling device for purified water tank A water cooling device for water purifiers is disclosed. The device rapidly cools the purified water by precooling and main-cooling thermoelements prior to delivering the purified water for users to drink, thereby saving electrical energy and providing co... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675974 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger wherein the media that take part in the heat transfer are separated from one another. To provide a compact heat exchanger that has a high efficiency, the heat exchanger is formed by a base body, one surface of which is provided with at le... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675975 | Method for controlling ice removing motor of automatic ice production apparatus An ice tray in an automatic ice making machine of a refrigerator is emptied by being rotated, whereupon the tray becomes deformed to eject the ice. The tray is rotated (and deformed) alternately in opposite directions in order to extend the life of the tr... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675976 | Controller of air-conditioner Freezing is prevented when either of two blow ports of a bidirectional blow air-conditioner is closed. A first blowing fan is disposed on one of the sides of a heat exchanger on the utilization side and a second blowing fan is disposed on the other side. ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675977 | Cryogenic rectification system with kettle liquid column A cryogenic rectification system for producing oxygen and nitrogen employing a kettle liquid column which processes oxygen-enriched kettle liquid from a higher pressure column and which is reboiled by a fluid taken from below the top of the higher pressur... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675978 | Oil management apparatus for a refrigeration chiller Oil management apparatus for a refrigeration chiller includes a housing mounted to the head wall of an oil supply tank. The housing defines a series of ports and internal flow passages in communication with a valve cavity. A valve spindle disposed in the ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675979 | Enthalpy based thermal comfort controller A controller for a climate control system has a relative humidity sensor as well as a dry-bulb temperature sensor within the enclosure. The humidity value is used in conjunction with the dry-bulb temperature to generate an enthalpy error signal which is a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675980 | Cool air circulation device of a refrigerator A cool air circulation device of a refrigerator to forcefully circulate cool air to the fresh food compartment by circulation fan for maximizing a cooling efficiency of the refrigerator is disclosed. A driving motor having belt pully on its shaft is insta... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675981 | Cool air regulator structure of a refrigerator A cool air regulator structure of a refrigerator regulates the quantity of cool air supplied into a freezing compartment and a fresh food compartment by driving a driving part. Cool air return ducts are formed within a separating plate between the freezin... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675982 | Pulsed operation control valve A valve assembly includes a refrigerant inlet port and a refrigerant outlet port having a restricted opening, with the inlet port opening at least 2 times larger than the restricted outlet port opening. The valve includes components for opening and closin... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675983 | Synergistic refrigerated display case A refrigerated display case having an upper display space for food products at a temperature above freezing, and a lower wall display space for food products at a temperature below freezing, a single set of refrigeration coils adjacent said well, with ref... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675984 | Air flow system of refrigerator A refrigerator having increased cooling efficiency is disclosed. A passage for the flow of the chilled air exhausted from a freezing compartment and a passage for the flow of the chilled air exhausted from a refrigerating compartment are separately formed... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675985 | Cool air supplying apparatus A cool air supplying apparatus capable of dispersedly supplying cool air into the refrigerator by use of a swing plate disposed within a cool duct is disclosed. The cool duct comprises a main duct extending through a freezing room and a refrigerating room... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675986 | Air-conditioning fan An air-conditioning fan including a stand, a compressor mounted within the stand, a motor arranged on an upper end of the stand, an impeller fixedly mounted on an output axle of the motor, an evaporator sleeved over the motor, and a condensing case provid... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675987 | Ornamental pierced ear rings Pierced ear-rings comprising a pin member having a securing portion at a head of a pin shaft pierced through an earlobe for securing an ornamental member and an engaging recess formed at the top end around an axis, and a stopping member engaged detachably... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675988 | Jewelry article adapted for extension from eyeglasses A jewelry article is adapted for attachment as an extension of the temple arm on conventional eyeglasses. The jewelery extension, or "glasstension", grips the temple arm with an elastic loop potion of a gripping member, and the gripping member in turn sup... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675989 | Fingernail adornment A fingernail-adorning display in which the fingernail and a selected display object are spaced apart by a nominally-sized chain connected therebetween, so that dangling movement as well as the content of the display object contributes display value to the... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675990 | Pile forming warp knitting machine A pile forming warp knitting machine having a spaced plurality of needles and a pair of separate sinker assemblies. These sinker assemblies have a plurality of pile sinkers and a plurality of enclosing, knock-over sinkers. Both pluralities of sinkers are ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675991 | Cleaning system for knitting machines In a circular knitting machine, a series of nozzles are positioned closely adjacent to points at which the knitting takes place. A fan unit draws air in through the nozzles via ducting and thereby creates a localized suction effect at the knitting points.... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675992 | Double layer sock with attached liner and method for forming same A double layer sock that has a tubular inner ply having a foot portion and a leg portion merging substantially at the ankle of a wearer. A tubular outer ply surrounds the inner ply and has a foot and a leg portion merging substantially at the ankle of the... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675993 | Patterning method and device in warp knitting machine A patterning method and device has yarn guides for guiding pattern yarns in a warp knitting machine and divisional fall plates for knitting pattern yarns in a fall plate structure individually drive-controlled through drive devices. The device comprises a... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675994 | Detergent dissolution device of a clothes washing machine A clothes washing machine includes a detergent dissolving assembly comprised of an outer casing mounted in a housing of the machine, and an inner casing mounted in the outer casing so as to be slidable in and out with respect thereto. The inner casing inc... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675995 | Apparatus for processing textile goods A method and apparatus for treating garments, particularly to impart a "stone-washed" look without using pumice stones, using an elongated drum having an inclined axis and two continuous helical flights placed within the drum. Garments subjected to treatm... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675996 | Agitator for a clothes washer having a vertically reciprocable rod, driven by an inertia body A clothes washing machine includes a water container, a washing basket rotatably mounted in the water container, and an agitator oscillatable at a bottom of the washing basket. The agitator includes a pulsator plate oscillatable about an axis, and a pulsa... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675997 | Tractor trailer air hose coupling locking device A locking device to fit over a tractor trailer or container carrier glad hand air coupling consists of a rectangular cage of cut structural steel with a drilled pin hole and a welded perpendicular flange with a hasp hole as one piece and an angle flange w... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675998 | Theft deterrent locking device A locking device for locking an article to an external structure is provided. The locking device deters theft of the article by being structured so as to cause significant damage to the article, preferably to the point of inoperability, if the article is ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675999 | Snowboard lock A locking device for securely engaging a snowboard between the bindings allowing it to be locked to a stationary object. The locking device comprises of two bars that encompass the snowboard being hinged at one end and lockable at the other end. The locki... | 10/14/1997 |
