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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5857378 | Method of controlling the stroke frequency of a forging machine and forging machine for carrying out the method For controlling the stroke frequency of a forging machine (1), which comprises a mechanical stroke drive (3) for the stroke movement of the forging punch (2) and a hydraulic drive connection (4) between stroke drive (3) and forging punch (2), the rotation... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857379 | Hair-care appliance with hair-moistness measurement by measuring the resistance of the hair, and circuit for converting the resistance value of a resistor into a measurement signal A hair-care appliance measures the moistness of the hair by measuring the resistance (Rx) of the hair between measurement electrodes (14A/14B). The hair resistance (Rx) is included in a T network comprising a first resistor (20) driv... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857380 | Starter having planetary gear reduction device To reduce the size of a starter for installing it in a smaller engine compartment, the rotational speed of the starter motor has to be high and it is reduced to a certain speed through a reduction device to obtain a higher torque. To realize a high reduct... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857381 | Hydraulic operating device and gearbox provided with such an operating device Hydraulic operating device, in particular for the operation of a selector fork of a gearbox, and gearbox provided with such an operating device. The device comprises a double-acting cylinder, which is coupled to the selector fork, and a reversible pump. T... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857383 | Heavy duty roller nut assembly for power drive applications A linear displacement device (1) is provided with a lead screw (24) having a helical threaded portion (74) and a roller nut assembly (10). The roller nut assembly (10) includes a housing (50) having openings (52, 54) for receiving the lead screw (24) ther... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857385 | Vehicle parking brake A snowmobile having a lightweight fabricated frame assembly. The frame assembly includes a number of reinforcing elements, some of which comprise heat exchangers for the liquid cooling system of the engine, so as to provide high rigidity and light weight.... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857386 | Pivot-arm overtravel in a motion transmitting remote A motion transmitting remote control assembly (10 and 110) comprising a flexible motion transmitting core element for transmitting motion and a conduit for movably supporting said core element along a longitudinal axis. An adjustment means allows a change... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857387 | Nubbed grip for rotatable bicycle gear shifter Nubbed grips for hand-rotatable bicycle gear shifters have longitudinally elongated groups of nubs (50) that are angularly spaced apart by valley regions (44). Preferably, the elastomeric nubs are formed both on a cylindrical portion and an adjacent flang... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857388 | Balance shafts having minimal mass A balance shaft for rotating machinery such as a vehicle engine which minimizes the mass or weight of the balance shaft by optimizing the material usage in accordance with the standards and parameters established for the balance shaft. For rotating couple... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857389 | Universal mount housing construction for parallel offset gearboxes and gearmotors A universal mount housing construction for parallel offset gearboxes that includes a generally cubic-shaped cast housing member having an input opening in a first side for receiving a rotational power input, and an output opening in a second side for tran... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857390 | Reversible ratchet wrench including thin-walled sockets A light-weight, low-profile socket wrench system includes a set of cylindrical thin-walled sockets, each having a through axial opening sufficiently large to allow a bolt engaged by a nut of a size corresponding to that of the nut-receiving opening to pas... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857391 | Device for cutting a protective layer away from a material roll Device for cutting a protective layer away from a material roll of web-formed material, comprising a rotation device which rotates the roll. The rotation device includes at least two rotatable carrier rollers, on which the material roll is supported and i... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857392 | Cutting device for cutting continuous webs The present invention relates to a cutting device for cutting continuous webs, whereby a draw roller (29) with pulling surfaces (42) and a rotating cutting means (33) are rotatable by separate drive units (28 and 32 respectively) so that the speed of rota... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857393 | Automatic paper feeding apparatus An automatic paper feeding apparatus has a holder device holding a roll form paper, a feeder device having two roller portions mutually contacting to each other for rotation in mutually opposite directions, the feeder device clamping the paper between the... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857394 | System for vacuum-refeeding sheets, in particular corrugated board sheets, to be used in printing and die cutting machines A sheet-refeeding system for vacuum-refeeding sheets in printing and die cutting machines includes a supporting structure and a plurality of boxes containing fans, located on the supporting structure above a sheet-conveying line. The system further has sh... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857395 | Apparatus for the manufacture of sheets of corrugated board of variable size An apparatus for the manufacture of sheets of corrugated board of variable size comprises a cross cutter for severing the entire web of corrugated board disposed, in the conveying direction of a web of corrugated board, downstream of at least one longitud... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857396 | Slitting machine A slitting machine includes a pair of parallel arbors structured to support a plurality of cutting knives. The arbors are mounted to a head stock and tail stock on the slitting machine. The head stock and tail stock each rotatably support eccentrics which... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857397 | Sheet machining apparatus A sheet machining apparatus has a die for positioning a sheet to be machined. The die is mounted on a lower die base for movement and has a machining pattern for the sheet, a plurality of punches are mounted on an upper punch base for machining the sheet ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857398 | Glass plate cutting device A glass plate cutting device 1 with a bridge frame 4 supported at its opposite ends 5 and 6 so as to be movable in a Y direction. The bridge frame 4 has an X direction linearly moving unit 3 for moving a cutter head 2 linearly in the X direction. Ball scr... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857399 | Brake booster apparatus for a vehicle A brake booster apparatus for a vehicle has a constant pressure chamber, a variable pressure chamber, a control valve, a power piston, a plunger member and a solenoid coil. The plunger member is actuated under the energized condition of the solenoid coil.... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857400 | Servo operation apparatus for a transmission A servo operation apparatus for a transmission comprising an input shaft to which the shift-change operation force is mechanically transmitted from a shift lever, a servo unit for boosting the shift-change operation force by feeding a working fluid, and a... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857401 | Pneumatic mechanism A pneumatic circuit for use in causing rapid, upward movement of a piston and cylinder device in a glass machine incorporates a supplementary valve which connects an upper part of the cylinder to exhaust for part of the upstroke, and through a restrictor ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857402 | Variable displacement compressor method and apparatus A variable displacement compressor includes an inclining swash plate connected to a drive shaft. A rotor rotates integrally with the drive shaft. A guiding mechanism is provided between the swash plate and the rotor to guide the inclination of tho swash p... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857403 | Corn popping apparatus A corn popping apparatus comprising a box-like cabinet with a tiltable lid to which is attached a large metal popping kettle. When the lid is lowered the bottom of the kettle projects downwardly into the cabinet interior through a panel covering the top o... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857404 | Peeling machine A peeling machine for stalk-like vegetables, comprising a plurality of knife stations that are successively arranged in the direction of travel of the vegetables on a machine frame, is described. A plurality of pairs of feed rollers are each supported bet... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857405 | Apparatus and method for separating solid matter from a liquid An apparatus for separating solid matter from a liquid has a rotatably driven conveyor spiral with one end projecting into a container, such as a gutter, in which a liquid containing solids flows. The spiral conveyor conveys the liquid from the container ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857406 | Screw press for separating liquids from solid-liquid mixtures A screw press for separating liquids from solid-liquid mixtures, especially pulp suspensions, which has a casing 2 provided with liquid passages, especially divided into segments 3, 3', as well as having a screw 4 rotating inside the casing, a shaft 5, pr... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857407 | Oil filter crusher An oil filter crusher includes an elongated triangular frame, a threaded drive screw, and a ram assembly, but does not include any actuator for driving the screw. Rather, a first end of the drive screw has a drive head to which a user may couple a convent... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857408 | Manual refuse compactor A compactor is provided and comprises a body having a connector side and a compacting side. A lip extends from the compacting side. The lip forms and at least partially surrounds a cavity on the compacting side. Finally, a connector is provided on the con... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857409 | System for multi-color printing with object registration means Semi-automatic screen printing equipment for multi-color printing of cylindrical objects wherein precise color-to-color registration may be achieved. A programmable color sensor, photoelectric system using fiber optics is preferably employed for reading a... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857410 | Printing apparatus for selectively supplying a photothermal material/colorant to a stencil or substrate The disclosed printing apparatus is includes an ink-permeable cylindrical printing drum which is rotated about an axis of rotation thereof with a heat-sensitive stencil sheet wound around the circumferential surface thereof; a liquid ejector which ejects ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857411 | Wall decoration paint applying device A unique two piece, hand held, device having an ergonomic and ambidextral hand holder with a detachable, and/or interchangeable, sponge-like, image imprinting element is disclosed. The imprinting element is preferably made of a unitary piece of a sponge b... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857412 | Ink dosing device for a printing press An ink dosing device in the inking unit of rotary or offset printing press is disclosed with an inking roller which corresponds to an ink fountain. The ink dosing device also has dosing elements which are divided into zones. The dosing elements can be adj... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857413 | Method and apparatus for automated powered pallet A powered pallet assembly (10) for use on two intersecting trackways (11 and 13). The pallet assembly (10) includes: a pallet frame (23) having an upwardly facing surface (12) formed for support of a load thereon; a first plurality of load-supporting whee... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857414 | Composite box structure for a railway car A composite box structure having a core encapsulated in multiple layers of fiber reinforced plastic is provided. The core may be formed from various materials which provide improved resistance to heat transfer between the interior and the exterior of the ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857415 | Ergonomic computer workstation and method of using A computer workstation is provided with a movable support for a video monitor which is counterbalanced such that it may be moved with a minimum exertion and a coordinated keypad for support of the keyboard for the computer is also arranged in a counterbal... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857416 | Molded pallet having corrugated deck with leak identification and retention A plastic molded pallet includes a corrugated deck providing structural rigidity to the pallet and forming channels for directing leaking fluid away from drums. The pallet also includes a plurality of troughs for selectively collecting the leaking fluid f... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857417 | Coin vault for air machines A coin vault assembly for a self service air machine for gasoline stations. The coin vault assembly is part of a vertical base of the air machine. There is a recess in the vertical base which houses the coin vault assembly at a depth which can not be acti... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857418 | Device for storing valuable objects A device for storing valuable objects, money in vaults in particular, comprising containers (5; 6; 7; 8) located separately of one another and on undercarriages (2), which may be adjustably rearranged on rails (1) in a vault, wherein each such container (... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5857419 | Converging burner tip A burner tip having a converging portion with a multiplicity of ports. The ports are sized and positioned so that a substantially constant ratio is maintained between any selected cross-sectional flow area within the converging portion and the sum of the ... | 01/12/1999 |
