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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5911174 | Calender Calender that may include two separately operable roll stacks. Each roll stack may include a top roll composed of a deflection compensation roll and a bottom roll composed of a deflection compensation roll. The two roll stacks may be arranged one atop the... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911175 | Method and device for cleaning a printing machine cylinder surface A method and apparatus for cleaning a printing cylinder surface in a printing machine of strongly adhering dirt, such as paper dust and hardened printing ink. This is achieved by applying a predetermined coating of alkaline cleaning agent to the printing ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911176 | Circuit arrangement for a reversible image structure of a printing form of a printing machine A circuit arrangement for a reversible image build-up of a surface matrix of a printing form for a printing machine, wherein the surface matrix has regions which are activatable and de-activatable by repeated triggering, includes a respective electrical c... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911177 | Split frame table A split frame table has a planar table top and a base. The base has several panels that are rotatably joined via hinges to each other. The panels each have two pairs of legs and a pair of cross members. The pairs of legs are spaced apart from each other a... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911178 | Spacial work-in-progress organizer A spacial organizer for display and organization of documents. The organizer comprises a horizontally elongate support rail supported in upwardly spaced relation above a floor. A plurality of supporting assemblies are removably mounted on the rail for per... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911179 | Pallet and method for using same A pallet including a ramp and two slide assemblies inserted between the pallet surface and the article to be shipped. The ramp is pivotally attached as part of the pallet structure and may be folded up during shipping and down during unloading. The slide ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911180 | Knock-down (unassembled) interlocking shelf unit A wall shelf unit 100 that can be specially adapted as a decorative plate shelf unit 300. The wall shelf unit 100 generally comprises an elongated shelf member 20 with at least one shelf support member 40, or corbel, that interlocks with shelf member 20 i... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911181 | Embroidery data processing device Disclosed is an embroidery data processing system, which is provided with a system embroidery data storing device, which stores system embroidery data including data of a plurality of embroidery patterns and codes assigned to the data of a plurality of em... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911182 | Embroidery sewing machine and embroidery pattern data editing device When a handy scanner 8 reads a standard sewing designation mark 45 drawn in advance on a work sheet 39 held by an embroidery frame 34, the sewing data on an embroidery pattern to be sewn can be edited so that the position and direction and the pattern siz... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911183 | Embroidering device with underbed splined shaft An embroidering device includes a frame from which extends a motor driven and horizontally arranged splined shaft. A moving body in the form of a sleeve is mounted on the splined shaft. The sleeve is adapted to move axially along the shaft while being rot... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911184 | Sewing machine guide An improvement to a sewing machine which allows ribbons, trim, elastic bands and other linear-shaped materials to be accurately and automatically controlled and guided as they are fed into the sewing mechanism. For elastic, an adjustable control is provid... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911185 | Hem folding attachment A hem folding attachment (23) or former having a support plate (26), an underlay plate (29), a set of air nozzles (32) or air jets, and a vacuum chamber (35) having a reduced pressure area defined therein. The support plate (26) or tongue is adjustably mo... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911186 | Under thread detection device for sewing machine In an under thread detection device for a sewing machine, a probe arm is located outside a rotary bobbin case, and is adapted to be accessible to a bobbin through a space provided at the rotary bobbin case when the rotary bobbin case ceases its rotary mov... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911187 | Pontoon A pontoon boat having a deck disposed over distal, watertight pontoons. Each pontoon comprises an elongated, generally cylindrical shell having a bow end consisting of an eccentric conical section extending upward at an angle out of the water. Splash rail... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911188 | Removeable companionway A removable companionway, for use in conjunction with a manufacturer-supplied door as desired depending on weather and user preference, having a frame with adjustable corner brackets to accommodate companionways of different dimensions, a cover for protec... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911189 | Boat guide for use in guiding a boat into or out of a boat slip A boat guide for use in guiding a boat into or out of a boat slip has an elongated upright tubular member with upper and lower end caps, each end cap having a central opening therethrough. An axle is received coaxially within the tubular member and extend... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911190 | Boat activated wave generator The present invention is primarily a boat activated wave generator that can be operated in a deep body of water. The wave generator is pulled or otherwise pushed through the water, and has wave generating portions that scoop up water, to form wave shapes ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911191 | Shock absorbing seat pedestal A pedestal made of inner and outer tubes with a pair of bearings carried by the inner tube and carrying the outer tube. The inner tube has elongated slots extending downwardly from the top end thereof with the top bearing having projections extending thro... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911192 | Product identification marker configured as an indicator plate for storage tanks under ground and above ground An indicator plate is provided which is embedded in the ground adjacent an inlet to a storage tank. The indicator plate is formed from materials which can support vehicular traffic directly thereupon without degradation of indicia located upon a top surfa... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911193 | Conformable insulating pad for use by a canine The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for protecting a dog from the cold. In one implementation of the present invention, the invention is directed to a flexible pad for protecting a dog from a cold boat hull. The flexible pad is for... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911194 | Apparatus for mechanically separating animal waste from litter An apparatus, capable of functioning as a toilet for pets, and especially for cats. The apparatus mechanically separates animal solid waste and urine saturated litter clump waste from reusable litter during a complete revolution of the apparatus housing. ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911195 | Apparatus for raising pigs including waste management and recycling The one-step system of the present invention provides a highly sanitary, efficient, economical and humane method for raising pigs from birth to finished product. Farrowing and raising pigs in just one location helps to reduce virus and bacteria problems a... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911196 | Materials and methods for applying pest control materials to animals A portable self-medicating applicator that can be used for the treatment of animals with a pesticide for the control of pests, e.g., ticks and flies. The applicator device holds a liquid container from which pesticide or other medicament can flow to an ab... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911197 | Canine training device A canine training device protects a helper's hand and arm while training a dog to bite and hold the arm of a human. The canine training device includes a sleeve which fits over the helper's arm and is shaped to correspond to the shape of the helper's fore... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911198 | Animal stimulator A collar mounted animal control device which administers a stimulus to an animal. The control device includes at least one photovoltaic member that produces energy for the administered stimulus and an energy storage device that can be charged by the at le... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911199 | Pressure sensitive animal training device An animal training device comprises a housing which is designed to be attached to an animal collar at a point on the collar diametrically opposite the point where a leash may be attached. The housing has a rear face, adjacent the neck of an animal when it... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911200 | Back closure animal harness A harness with a quick single back closure and consisting of a chest strap traveling around the chest of an animal and attached at each end to mid-riff straps. There is a strap under the animal joined to the center of the chest strap at one end and formin... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911201 | Steam boiler with pressurized circulating fluidized bed firing A continuously operated boiler heated with a pressurized circulating fluidized bed firing consists of a fluidized bed burner chamber (1) and one or more cyclones (5) connected in series after the fluidized bed burner chamber (1) and on the flue gas side. ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911202 | Two-cycle engine A deflector comprising a U-shaped embossed part is provided on the top surface of the loop scavenging type two-cycle engine in such a direction that the opening of the U-shaped boss is on the side of the exhaust port of the cylinder, and a combustion cham... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911203 | Modular rotary discoid valve assembly for engines and other applications A modular rotary discoid valve assembly includes a housing for positioning on an engine the piston and cylinder type. The housing includes an intake passage for conducting a working fluid to the cylinder and an exhaust passage for conducting the working f... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911204 | Ignition distributor cap with a shielding hood and shielding hood, therefor An RFI shielding hood with an integral RFI filter arrangement for a distributor cap, so constructed as to provide strong attenuation in a predetermined broadcast and radio-telephone frequency range.... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911205 | Intake system for V-Type engine An inlet manifold system particularly adapted for a V-8 to a V-16 type internal combustion engine includes a plenum adapted to coact between supply runners and demand runners by adjusting its configuration to achieve maximum engine performance at both the... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911206 | Fuel injection update system A fuel-injection system for an internal combustion engine that operates in a stratified mode of fuel injection during a first engine speed range and a homogeneous mode of fuel injection during a second engine speed greater than the first range. A changeov... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911207 | Fuel injection pump An objective of the present invention is to provide a fuel injection pump wherewith, in addition to main injection, pre-injection is made possible in the vicinity of top dead center in the exhaust stroke, and wherewith, by regulating the pre-stroke, defin... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911208 | High-pressure fuel supply device for internal combustion engine The high-pressure fuel supply device for an internal combustion engine for pressurizing fuel to a high pressure and supplying the pressurized fuel to the internal combustion engine. The device includes: a fuel pressure chamber defined by a cylinder and a ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911209 | Fuel vapor processor diagnostic device In a fuel vapor processor for use with an engine provided with a fuel tank comprising a filler tube which fits on a fuel nozzle for refueling, the presence of leaks of fuel vapor is diagnosed according to a variation of a test pressure has been introduced... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911210 | Method and apparatus for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine A fuel supply system is provided for an internal combustion engine. The system comprises a fuel control valve metering fuel to the inlet of the engine and a governor for monitoring the output of the engine and adjusting the fuel control valve. A first fue... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911211 | Supercharged engine A "V"-type engine having two banks of cylinders with a valley therebetween, an intake air manifold extending between the banks, and a supercharger for charging the air delivered to the engine is disclosed. The supercharger is positioned in the valley form... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911212 | Priority valve for an intercooled engine The invention is in a priority valve that includes a housing arranged for in-line mounting between a conventional turbocharging unit of an internal combustion engine, an intercooler and an engine intake manifold to receive a charge air flow, and to either... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5911213 | Process for operating an electric filter for a crankcase ventilator The invention relates to a process for operating an electric filter for gaseous fluids containing impurities, especially in a crankcase ventilator for internal combustion engine, in which the electric filter is fitted in the ventilation aperture as an oil... | 06/15/1999 |
