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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5699636 | Extruded window jamb liner with yieldable sealing means A jamb liner is provided for a window assembly including a frame and a sash operably mounted in the frame by use of the jamb liner. The jamb liner includes a sash-engaging portion having at least one pair of opposing wall sections and a bottom wall sectio... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699637 | Arch frame A plurality of elongated thermoplastic bar members, each bar member defining a pre-determined width, and a pre-determined thickness which is less than its width, and each bar member being made up of an outer facing panel, and an inner wall and intermediat... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699638 | Stucco arch casing bead An arch casing bead having a mounting flange and a ground flange extending therefrom. The mounting flange includes a free edge and an edge proximate to a junction of the ground flange and the mounting flange. A notch is formed in the mounting flange exten... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699639 | Adjustable anchorage for trusses An anchorage device for keeping a truss in place with respect to a poured concrete body having an elongated housing including a longitudinal slot and anchorage members rigidly mounted to the elongated housing thereby permitting the anchorage device being ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699640 | Foam building block Stackable and connectable foam building blocks include pairs of parallel side walls and opposite end walls extending between ends of side walls and multiple transverse members extending between the side walls at regular intervals. Each end wall has a U-sh... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699641 | Suspension ceiling with integrated openings A suspended ceiling grid system with an integrated aperture for accessories such as lights, air diffusers and like accessories. The system has an appearance ring of suitable size that forms the aperture and that interconnects with runner elements of corre... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699642 | Plastic rebar harness A harness system used with steel reinforcement bars or rods to hold them at a desired orientation during and after concrete is poured. The system has two substantially identical harnesses each with its own strap section and a one direction end clasp. A co... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699643 | Floor support for expansive soils A floor is supported above an area of expansive soil by foam blocks defining an elongated channel along a top surface of the foam block. A plurality of supports attached to a bottom surface of each foam block positions the bottom surface of the foam block... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699644 | Prefabricated building panel A prefabricated, reinforced construction panel consisting of a cast, concrete slab which is reinforced by rigid channels or studs. The studs are attached to the slab by thermally non-conductive connectors imbedded in the slab and joined to the reinforcing... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699645 | Molded biodegradable packaging The disclosure is of portable apparatus for packaging articles, and cushioning the packages with biodegradable, starch based materials. The materials, packed as loose nuggets within the package, are converted to a single, unitary cushion in-situ to protec... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699646 | Method of storing logs and lumber cut therefrom A stack of dried lumber (50) is inhibited from staining and discoloring as it is stored in open air by being overlaid with an air pervious plastic material (16). The plastic material has a material to air density of greater than 70% to restrict sunlight, ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699647 | Cover forming apparatus having pivoting forming members A cover forming apparatus for forming a flower pot or flower pot cover from a sheet of material by engaging a sheet of material about the outer surface of a mold, die or pot. The cover forming apparatus includes a plurality of pivotable forming members re... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699648 | Method for a covering flower pot and floral grouping A cover for use with a flower pot having a floral grouping disposed therein. The cover includes a sheet of material having a sheet extension connected to an outer peripheral surface thereof. The sheet of material is formed into a pot cover for covering th... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699649 | Metering and packaging device for dry powders Electrostatic phototechnology is used to package microgram quantities of fine powders such as drugs. An electrostatic "image" having a given size and charge density is exposed to ionized drug powder to attract a known amount of drug to the image. The resu... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699650 | Dual temperature hot water shrink system A process for shrinking a package having a top, end seals, and bottom includes heating water until the water reaches a temperature of between 180° F. and 210° F., applying a first portion of the heated water to the bottom and end seals of the package, m... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699651 | Selector assembly A selector assembly for dividing a continuous line of products moving along a processing path is positioned between a product infeed line and packaging machine line. As the line of products enters the selector assembly, the products are engaged by a rotat... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699652 | Article packaging system The present invention is a modular system for packaging articles for shipment. In particular, a potted plant is sorted according to a grade, placed in a decorative cover, then automatically deposited into a protective sleeve. The potted plant thus package... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699653 | Pouch machine for making maximum volume pouch A pouch machine forms a series of pouches in a continuous web of pouch material by folding the web and then forming spaced side seals to define a pouch closed on three sides with an initially unsealed mouth on top. The pouch is opened to its maximum volum... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699654 | Capping apparatus A capping apparatus including a cap chute which is particularly suitable for applying a press-on twist-off cap having a tamper-evident ring to a container such as a glass jar. The cap chute has a guide extension and profiled components which control the c... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699655 | Food material transferring apparatus A food material transferring apparatus basically includes a heating device, a pushing member, and a tray. Food materials are placed on a tray, and inserted into the heating device. The heating device heats the food material, and the pushing member is driv... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699656 | Agricultural combine A tracked agricultural combine vehicle for harvesting, hulling and sorting grain includes a grain working section driven via a tension roller clutch controlled power transmission belt and further including integrated control means for left and right side ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699657 | Braided line splices and methods of splicing to form same Braided line splices and methods of making such splices using an inverted sleeve formed from a part of the braided line sheath, the steps forming the sleeve being at least a part of the method. The sleeve is formed by inverting it (turning it inside out),... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699658 | Pot spinning machine A pot spinning machine holds a yarn rewinding tube in ready position during the spinning operation for immediate movement to an operative rewinding position in the event of a yarn break so that the broken end of yarn is not lost by winding onto the yarn c... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699659 | Process for producing substantially all-polyester yarns from fine denier feed fibers on an open end spinning machine A method for producing substantially 100% polyester yarns on an open end spinning machine is described. The process involves acting on substantially 100% polyester sliver made of high tenacity, fine denier fibers with a negative tooth combing roll to indi... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699660 | Stranding station for reverse lay or SZ type stranding machine A stranding station (1) for SZ type stranding machines intended for the helical stranding of a plurality of individual wire strands (4a-4g). The stranding station (1) is characterized in that the accumulation element (50) is mounted so as to be free to ro... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699661 | Spinning apparatus and method for producing a false twisted spurn yarn This invention is concerned with a spinning apparatus with an arrangement of a spinning nozzle which generates a rotating air current positioned close to the front roller and a pair of false twist units having hollow cylindrical rollers formed from elasti... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699662 | Infrared suppression exhaust duct system for a turboprop propulsion system for an aircraft The invention is an exhaust duct system for an aircraft, the aircraft having at least one turboprop propulsion system mounted on the wing within a nacelle, the propulsion system having a circular shaped exhaust port generally aligned with the longitudinal... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699663 | Method of preventing instabilities produced by combustion in a turbojet engine A method of preventing instabilities due to combustion in a multi-flow turbojet engine including an afterburner into which an air-fuel mixture is injected in proportions measured in richness terms, which includes the steps of detecting experimentally, whe... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699664 | Shut-off valve unit for a circuit for injecting air in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine A shut-off valve unit for a circuit for injecting air into an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine has a casing (9, 29) with a first chamber (10), a second chamber (24) and a third chamber (27). The valve rod (18) forms a passage (43) for commu... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699665 | Control system with induced load isolation and relief A pressure-responsive hydraulic control system (10) has a load-sensing flow-compensated pump (S) connected to a plurality of work sections; with a direction control valve (26, 26') and a pressure compensator valve in each work section; and with a flow-reg... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699666 | Steam generating power station, process for operating the same, and interlinking network and process for its operation. A steam generating power plant includes a generator connected to a network, a steam turbine driving the generator, a steam bleeder line being connected to the steam turbine and having a load-dependently adjustable valve, a system having a superconducting ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699667 | Gas-operated premixing burner for gas turbine In a gas-operated, flame-stabilizing premixing burner for a combustion chamber, the combustion air can be introduced at least approximately tangentially into a premixing space (130). The fuel is injected via a plurality of nozzles (117) lined up in the lo... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699668 | Multiple electrostatic gas phase heat pump and method In the method of the present invention, electrostatic fields are used to induce heat pumping action of a working fluid. A plurality of heat pumps with no moving parts are used. The operation of the one pump enhances the operation of the next. The method o... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699669 | Air-circulating base for bottled water cooling and dispensing apparatus A water cooler and dispenser employs a ceramic crock containing a thermoelectric unit and an upwardly directed chilling probe extending into a chilling tank. The chilling probe is in heat-conducting relation to a heat sink, underneath which is a circulati... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699670 | Control system for a cryogenic refrigeration system A control system is provided for a cryogenic refrigeration system having an evaporator-heater coil, an electronically controlled valve for regulating the amount of cryogenic gas to the coil, and a vapor motor powered by the cryogenic gas that drives both ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699671 | Downflow shell and tube reboiler-condenser heat exchanger for cryogenic rectification The invention comprises a downflow shell and tube condenser, especially useful for cryogenic rectification, which includes a shell having an upper tube sheet and a lower tube sheet, the shell extending above the upper tube sheet to create a first reservoi... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699672 | Refrigeration method and apparatus The invention relates to a novel refrigeration method and apparatus in which air is used as coolant and primary refrigerant. The air is subjected to substantially isothermal compression in a water-injected screw-type compressor, cooling in first and secon... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699673 | Compressed dry air supply system A compressed dry air supply system includes an air compressor which uses water for lubricating and cooling the movable parts thereof. Compressed air obtained from the compressor is sufficiently dehumidified by a refrigerator type dryer. The water produced... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699674 | Method for controlling temperature in a chamber of a food storage apparatus A method for controlling temperature in a chamber of a food storage apparatus comprises: (a) inputting a lower and an upper temperature limits T1 and T2, a predetermined elapsed time t1 of the chamber storing a normal amount of food needed for the tempera... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5699675 | Heat exchanger and cooling apparatus mounted with the same An object of the invention is to settle an unbalanced refrigerant flow in a heat exchanger thereby to improve a heat exchanging efficiency. In a heat exchanger having a refrigerant conduit provided through a plurality of fins, the refrigerant conduit is d... | 12/23/1997 |
