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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5832700 | Vertical tubular bagging machine and a method for operating a tubular bagging machine The lower end 11 of a foil tube 6 rests in a vertical tubular bagging machine 1 without any mechanical tension from the remainder of the foil tube 6 on a scale 17. The scale 17 weighs the end 11 together with dosed product portion of a flowable product, w... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832701 | Vertical bag forming, filling and sealing machine A vertical bag forming, filling and sealing machine having a feed system for a wrapping material forming the flexible tube bags, a filling tube, a longitudinal seam welding device and a cross seam welding device is described. The cross seam welding device... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832702 | Motion control profile to improve reliability of inserter during insertion An envelope inserting machine has a feed path for envelopes which includes an envelope inserting position and means for feeding successive envelopes to that position. Envelope throat opening claw assemblies have claws that maintain the throat of an envelo... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832703 | Twin engine riding lawn mower A lawn mower is powered by two vertical shaft engines mounted on the chassis and equispaced about the longitudinal axis of the chassis. A vertical drive shaft is rotatably mounted on the longitudinal axis of the chassis. The outputs of both vertical shaft... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832704 | Mower blade assembly A blade assembly is provided for a lawn mower which includes first and second fan blades to maintain the interior of the blade housing free of accumulated grass clippings as occur when mowing damp or wet grass. The blade assembly includes a conventional g... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832705 | Agricultural machine An agricultural machine has a main machine, an additional device coupled with the main machine, a hydraulic unit performing control or working functions and including hydraulic valves and hydraulic supply and return conduits, a control current unit for co... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832706 | Hedger/cutting unit with blade coupling unit and method for cutting vegetation profiles A hedger includes a raisable platform, a telescoping main boom member pivotably attached at one end to the platform, and at least a first boom member pivotably attached to and extending in a first direction from an opposite end of the main boom member. Th... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832707 | Cutting and transporting device for blade products with stalks A cutting and transporting device for blade agricultural products with stalks has at least one rotatable cutting disk, at least two coaxially arranged transporting disks having a periphery provided with a plurality of transporting prongs and a plurality o... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832708 | Lawn mower A lawn mower having a chute disposed within a hopper for receiving clippings from a cutter assembly and a motor for oscillating the chute to distribute the clippings. A sensor is connected to the motor energizing circuit for measuring the current flowing ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832709 | Method of checking the yarn profile associated with a yarn piecing operation in an open-end spinning machine A method includes dividing a yarn into various sections with reference to the pieced yarn section, with each section being characteristic of the piecing process. A yarn profile in each section is measured and evaluated against criteria specific to each se... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832710 | Open-end spinning frame with dirt removal device An open-end spinning frame having a sliver opening device wherein the housing for the opening roller has a dirt outlet opening for removing dirt particles from the housing as well as for admitting air flow to assist in the fiber opening process. In accord... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832711 | Open-end spinning rotor For the improvement of open-end spinning rotor, whereby the spinning rotor is connected to its shaft via a coupling, the coupling (2) is made as a separate component. The coupling is provided with a first seat (21) for the rotor pot (11) and with a second... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832712 | Method for removing carbon dioxide from exhaust gases A method for removing and preventing emissions into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide (CO2) from exhaust gases from gas turbines for the production of oil and gas, comprising the following steps: (a) natural gas and air are introduced into a gas... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832713 | Method and apparatus for the destruction of volatile organic compounds A system for the destruction of volatile organic compounds while generating power. In a preferred embodiment the system comprises a combustor and a reaction chamber connected to an exit of the combustor. A primary inlet to the combustor supplies a primary... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832714 | Gas turbine engine having flat rated horsepower A gas turbine engine operable so that, in one embodiment, by adjusting the speed of an intercooler fan, the orientation of a variable inlet guide vane, and the orientation of a variable area turbine nozzle, the conditions at the inlet of the high pressure... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832715 | Small gas turbine engine having enhanced fuel economy A gas turbine engine ducted to have the air pass sequentially through a single stage axial-flow compressor, a single-stage hybrid axial-radial centrifugal compressor, a burner, an inward flow radial turbine, an axial-flow, high-pressure turbine, and then ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832717 | Fuel injection supply circuit for providing a metered decontaminated flow of fuel to the fuel injectors A fuel injection supply circuit including a main filter situated between a low pressure pump and a high pressure pump, and a fuel metering device for supplying a metered flow of fuel to the fuel injectors, is provided with a self-cleaning filter downstrea... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832718 | Combustion chamber especially for a gas turbine engine using hydrogen as fuel A combustion chamber for a gas turbine using hydrogen as fuel, is equipped with an evaporator for liquid hydrogen which converts the hydrogen into its gaseous form that is fed directly or for instance via an external control valve into the combustor. The ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832719 | Rocket thrust chamber A thrust chamber for an expander cycle rocket engine having a predetermined quantity of tubes concentric about an axis and radially inward of a structural jacket, each tube having first and second substantially planar sidewalls which diverge at an angle s... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832720 | Method for utilizing a silencer unit and an arrangement for applying the method in a large diesel engine A method for utilizing a silencer unit attached to an exhaust tube in a large diesel engine, and an exhaust gas system for applying the method in practice, in which the silencer unit includes a substantially hollow, preferably cylinder formed body member,... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832721 | Method and system for estimating a midbed temperature of a catalytic converter in an exhaust system having a variable length exhaust pipe A method and system for estimating the midbed temperature of a catalytic converter in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine utilizes a sensor for a rotational speed of the engine and generating a corresponding speed signal. A control logic de... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832722 | Method and apparatus for maintaining catalyst efficiency of a NOx trap An engine control computer estimates the cumulative SOx stored in a NOx trap and enters a SOx purge mode of operation when a maximum storage capacity limit is exceeded. SOx accumulation is estimated based on fue... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832723 | Engine exhaust pipe The exhaust pipe of an engine has a double-wall structure consisting of an inner pipe and an outer pipe, and the inner pipe is spaced from the outer pipe with a predetermined clearance (heat insulating layer). The exhaust pipe includes a fitting for conne... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832724 | Air-fuel ratio control system for engines An air-fuel control system for an internal combustion engine is equipped with an exhaust system having a catalytic converter, a linear O2 sensor and a λO2 sensor for feedback controlling an air-fuel ratio on the basis of output repr... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832725 | Device for reducing air polluting emissions from vehicles The invention provides a device which supplies the time resolved secondary air according to the exhaust valve timing of each cylinder at desired time and in desired amount while the engine is cold so as to enhance the mixing and achieves sufficient oxidat... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832726 | Internal combustion engine assembly An internal combustion engine assembly comprises an internal combustion engine and an exhaust assembly connected to an exhaust outlet of the engine. The exhaust assembly comprises: an exhaust pipe having an inlet end connected to the exhaust outlet of the... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832727 | Hydraulic oil well pump drive system A hydraulic oil well pump drive system for driving an oil well sucker rod includes a master piston positioned within a master cylinder for axial displacement between first and second ends of the master cylinder. The master piston has a piston drive rod wh... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832728 | Process for transmitting and storing energy A process for transmitting or storing energy in which a gasseous working fluid is compressed and cooled, relative to isentropic compression, by a coolant. The energy used to perform the compression is recovered by expansion, while heat from the coolant is... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832729 | Hydraulic control system A fluid power control system for use in a mini-excavator, in which a first control section (S2) includes first and second control valves respectively connectable to first (2) and second (4) implement functions; and in tandem with one another. A first gear... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832730 | Device and method for suppressing vibration of a working machine A device and method for suppressing vibration of a working machine in which residual vibration produced immediately after an operation is completed can be suppressed well without degrading the response. The device comprises a working machine acceleration ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832731 | Expandable piston rotary machine An expandable piston rotary engine includes a core having a substantially circular periphery and central axis, and a rotor/flywheel mounted concentrically for rotation relative to the core. The core defines a plurality of cylinders spaced symmetrically ab... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832732 | Combustion chamber with air injector systems formed as a continuation of the combustor cooling passages In an annular combustion chamber (1), which essentially comprises a plenum (7) for receiving a compressor air flow, burners (100) placed inside the plenum (7), a combustion space (122) arranged downstream of the plenum (7), and a cooling-air-carrying duct... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832733 | Power controllable type air conditioner In an air conditioner in which plural outdoor units are connected to plural indoor units, at least one outdoor unit is provided with a compressor having a power control mechanism for inhibiting a part of a compression work, and the power of the compressor... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832734 | Methods and device for air treatment A foodstuff air treatment device includes a housing (1) with an elongated trough (11) for receiving the foodstuffs to be treated. The trough extends through the housing and includes a foraminated bottom (15), a first side wall (17), and a second side wall... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832735 | Control system for multiple-type air conditioner An inexpensive control system for a multiple-type air conditioner makes it possible to automatically and independently detect frosting and conduct defrosting control in an outdoor unit during a reverse cycle heating operation in a two-compressor, multiple... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832736 | Disk heat exchanger , and a refrigeration system including the same A counterflow heat exchanger has a pair of disklike end plates between which there are disposed a multiplicity of disklike heat transfer walls. The heat transfer walls have peripheral flanges which are fluid-tightly joined to each other to provide spaces ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832737 | Gas actuated slide valve in a screw compressor The position of a slide valve in a screw compressor in a refrigeration system is controlled using a gaseous medium sourced from two or more sources of such fluid, both of which are in open flow communication with the slide valve actuating piston when the ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832738 | Refrigerator having a plurality of evaporators A cooling apparatus for use in a cooling system. The cooling apparatus has many evaporators disposed transversely to a longitudinal direction of a cool air duct. The refrigerant is supplied respectively to the evaporators by a valve device. Each evaporato... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832739 | Heat exchanger for evaporative cooling refrigeration system An air conditioner operating on a compressor-condenser-evaporator circuit utilizes water cooled by air flowing over an evaporative medium through which the water flows to cool a condenser coil located in a continuous serpentine channel in a sump member lo... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5832740 | Double-chamber heat exchanger A heat exchanger has an inner pipe inside of which a product travels, the inner pipe having a perforated lateral wall, an outer pipe surrounding the inner pipe and formed as a jacket, a plurality of flanges extending between the inner pipe and the outer p... | 11/10/1998 |
