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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5704303 | Sewing machine control mechanism A sewing machine includes two rods rotatably and slidably supported in the sewing machine and two lower loopers secured on the rods. A spindle is coupled to the rods by an eccentric and coupling members for rotating the rods and the lower loopers. One of ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704304 | Level lining apparatus and method An apparatus and method are provided for simultaneously feeding two or more rolls of material into a sewing and cutting system. Specifically, the apparatus includes a roll let-off for supporting and feeding a first roll of material or cloth. The let-off i... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704305 | Wind sailing vessel A wind sailing vessel for sailing over a water surface comprising an arch shaped platform which disengageably engages first and second conventional windsurfing devices in a spaced, side-by-side relationship. The arch shaped platform further comprises two ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704306 | Stern screw for a vessel as well as a vessel provided with such a stern screw A stern screw has a tunnel tube inside which a propeller is rotatable about a shaft. The propeller is driven by a drive motor at least during operation. The stern screw is placed entirely below water level. For this purpose, the tunnel tube has an opening... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704307 | Taut leg mooring system A taut leg bow mooring system (40) includes an anchor (42) positionable on the floor of the sea. A riser line (44) secured to and extending upwardly from the anchor, and a submerged buoy (46) secured to the end of the riser line from the anchor. The ratio... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704308 | Pivotal afterplane having a motor positioned thereon A propulsion apparatus for coupling to the stern of a boat is provided having at least one afterplane attached to the stern. At least one motor is positioned onto each corresponding afterplane, where each motor has a propeller positioned above the top sur... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704309 | Hybrid boat and underwater watercraft A hybrid boat and underwater craft and method for operating an underwater craft having positive buoyancy, a three-point stabilization system and vertical thruster and a system for enhanced buoyancy at the surface.... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704310 | Boat with folding transom A collapsible hull boat has a folding transverse transom and a rigid transom board substantially similar in shape to the transom when deployed. The rigid transom board is attached from the outside of the hull to the deployed transom so as to cover its ext... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704311 | Method and apparatus for automatically milking animals In a method of automatically milking animals, such as cows, the milk obtained from each udder quarter is discharged through separate milk lines to a collector element. When the milk flow from one or more udder quarters has decreased to less than a thresho... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704312 | Woodpecker feeder Embodiments of a new woodpecker feeder are disclosed, each effectively preventing undesirable pest birds and squirrels from feeding yet allowing woodpeckers to feed by providing slotted access to the feed that is 6-12 mm. wide and more than 50 mm. in leng... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704313 | Rotating aquarium A rotating aquarium for use with live fish and particularly live corals including a canopy with light fixtures, a tank having a central core, a turntable including an electric motor for rotating the tank and a base for supporting the tank. The central cor... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704314 | Electromagnetic operating arrangement for intake and exhaust valves of internal combustion engines In an electromagnetic operating arrangement for actuating the intake and exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine wherein a valve operating member is movably supported in axial alignment with a valve stem and engaged by an operating member spring w... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704315 | Valve operating system in SOHC-type engine In an engine including a variable timing/lift mechanism for an intake valve, journal portions of a valve-operating cam shaft are supported on cam bearing portions integrally provided in a cylinder head, and an intake rocker shaft is fixed by bolts to rock... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704316 | Valve drive system of an internal combustion engine A valve drive system of an internal combustion engine provided with a camshaft (20) adapted to be rotated by means of a crankshaft, a cam robe (38) rotatably mounted on the camshaft (20), a cam (24) formed integrally with the cam robe (38) and serving to ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704317 | Method for operating a hydraulically controlled/regulated camshaft adjuster for internal combustion engines In a method for operating a hydraulically controlled/regulated camshaft adjuster for internal combustion engines, in which a mechanical adjusting device designed to retard the camshaft is controlled by a piston that is hydraulically chargeable on at least... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704318 | Method of adjusting a valve clearance Between the end of a valve and a valve-operating cam in an internal combustion engine, a valve lifter is inserted. A filler enclosing portion is formed between a shim and the body of the valve lifter. Through an opening from an injector, a filler is intro... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704319 | Hydraulic clearance compensation element for valve control units of internal-combustion engines The invention concerns a hydraulic play-compensation element including a groove (11) in the housing (1) to be located in such a way that, whatever the position of the plunger (2), a length (19) of the plunger is always supported by the cylinder wall above... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704320 | Viscous fluid type heat generator with an elongated rotor element A viscous fluid type heat generator adopted for being incorporated in a heating system of an automobile has a generally cylindrical hollow housing assembly in which a rotor element in the shape of an axially elongated hollow cylindrical element is rotatab... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704321 | Traveling spark ignition system A plasma injector for an internal combustion engine, in one embodiment, includes two spaced apart and parallel donut shaped disk electrodes, between which a horizontally outward moving plasma is formed via a high voltage applied across the electrodes. The... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704322 | Articulated hold down clamp for a distributor The present disclosure is directed to an articulated clamp for maintaining a distributor housing in a fixed rotational position on an engine block. The one piece articulated clamp allows the distributor to be removed and replaced very fast while maintaini... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704323 | Arrangement in - and method for starting - an internal combustion engine Arrangement and method for an internal combustion engine (2), preferably a vehicle engine (2) provided with a turbo unit (14), whereby a compressed air device (18), preferably a compressor driven by an electric motor, builds up the charging pressure and t... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704324 | Engine An engine, having an intake passage, a throttle valve arranged in the intake passage, and a fuel injector arranged in the intake passage for injecting fuel into the intake passage, comprises an air-flow control valve arranged in the intake passage between... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704325 | Stacked snail-type manifold A stacked snail-type manifold design is provided including a plurality of plastic manifold sections which are engageable with one another. The stacked design provides a simple process for manufacturing a snail-type manifold. The use of plastic manifold se... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704326 | Air induction system for internal-combustion engine The present invention provides a compact air induction system for an internal-combustion engine in which an air inlet section, a collection section and the intake port section for a plurality of cylinders of the internal-combustion engine are formed adjac... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704327 | Intake pipe for an internal combustion engine An intake pipe of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The intake pipe has a dimensionally stable intake pipe body with a passthrough opening, and a positioning element arranged in the passthrough opening to change the area of flow cross section. T... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704328 | Method to control a short runner bypass valve in the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine According to the present invention, a system for controlling a runner system in an internal combustion engine is provided which optimizes the available torque output over a broad range of engine speeds. The system generally includes opening or closing a s... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704329 | Engine front cover In a front cover which is mounted on the front end of an internal combustion engine to cover an engine camshaft drive mechanism and which includes means for supporting auxiliary engine components such as a power steering pump, the front cover further incl... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704330 | Cylinder head arrangement for internal combustion engine Two embodiments of cylinder head assemblies for multiple valve, multiple cylinder internal combustion engines wherein the poppet valves associated with each cylinder are disposed at an angle to each other. A cam carrier and tappet bearing member is affixe... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704331 | Engine accessory drive In an accessory unit drive arrangement of an internal combustion engine the accessory unit is mounted on the engine such that its drive shaft is arranged in axial alignment with an engine-operated shaft. The drive shaft is coupled to the engine-operated s... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704332 | Rotary engine An internal combustion engine in which linear, reciprocating motion of pistons is translated to rotary motion of a cylinder. In another embodiment, the pistons are in the form of V-shaped blades which bear against a camming surface to rotate an outer hous... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704333 | Fuel injection system for a lean burn engine According to the present invention, each of the cylinders of an engine is provided with a swirl port, which generates a swirl in the cylinder, and a conventional straight port. A swirl control valve is disposed in an inlet air passage connected to the str... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704334 | Engine throttle sensor A throttle sensor senses the position of an associated throttle shaft in order to determine the position of a corresponding throttle valve. The position of the throttle sensor is positioned in the engine to reduce the girth of engine. In one embodiment, t... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704335 | Throttle valve apparatus for internal combustion engine A keep-back recess for blocking water, which is likely to be transmitted to a throttle valve along an inner peripheral surface of an intake pipe, is formed at an inner surface of a throttle body. The keep-back recess collects and stores water so that the ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704336 | Fuel system A fuel system for an internal combustion engine (10) includes a controller (14) which controls the operation of an engine fuel pump (13). Signals are supplied to the controller by a transducer (16) which is responsive to the passage of teeth formed on the... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704337 | Fuel tank In a fuel tank with a filler neck of plastic material which filler neck is connected at one end to the fuel tank and has a filler opening at its other end, a vent pipe extending from the tank to the filler opening, an adsorber chamber with a chamber openi... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704338 | Flywheel magneto generator A magneto generator for an engine having a flywheel, in which the flywheel comprises a rotor mounted for axial rotation and has a rim of magnetically permeable material. A magnetically permeable core has first and second ends located adjacent to the rim a... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704339 | method and apparatus for improving vehicle fuel economy A managed fuel air control system is provided that transitions between a closed loop stoichiometric A/F mode and an open loop lean A/F mode of operation. When conditions permit open loop lean operation, the engine A/F is ramped from stoichiometric to the ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704340 | Excess air rate detecting apparatus and an excess air rate control apparatus for an engine An excess air rate detecting apparatus and a control apparatus using the same are provided. In accordance with operating conditions of an engine (1) which includes an exhaust gas recirculation system, the detecting apparatus repeatedly detects the excess ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704341 | Tension band for trap machines A tension band comprising a generally rectangular mass of rubber or other suitable elastomeric material for use in lieu of a spring in conventional trap machines. Each end of the band is tapered and has a curvilinear central concave portion. A mounting ho... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704342 | Compressed gas gun with pressure control arrangement A compressed gas powered gun includes an arrangement that meters the amount of air flow exiting through an outlet port of the gun that tends to restrict the velocity of the exiting air to be less than the speed of sound during normal operation. In additio... | 01/06/1998 |
