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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6012322 | Slide-driving device for knuckle presses A slide-driving device for knuckle presses employs a side link affixed at a base end to the knuckle press, and pivoted at its outer end to a junction between links that drive the slide. The side link maintains a very small slope angle for the lower link, ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012323 | Automatic calibration check arrangement in a measuring device A method for providing an automatic calibration check of a measuring device in which particles to be measured are subjected to tangential acceleration in a whirling impeller, and torque exerted on the vanes of the impeller in reaction to the Coriolis forc... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012324 | Method for measuring gas content and a gas content measuring device The invention relates to a method for measuring gas content in a fluid, such as papermaking pulp or coating paste, and to a gas content measuring device. Pressure variations generated by a pump, for instance, are to occur in the fluid. Travel time, phase ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012325 | Method and apparatus for measuring metallic impurities contained within a fluid A method and apparatus for measuring metallic impurities within a fluid by X-ray fluorescence in which a sample stream flowing at a constant flow rate is passed through a microporous filter. The microporous filter contains substantially no metallic impuri... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012326 | Detection of volatile substances An apparatus for detecting the presence of volatile substances in a gaseous medium, including apparatus for producing within a sensor chamber a localised electric field the energy density of which is sufficient to excite the gaseous medium to a plasma con... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012327 | Gas sensor and method for manufacturing the same A gas sensor and method for manufacturing a gas sensor is provided. In order to increase the selectivity and the sensitivity to a gas to be measured, a gas-sensitive gallium oxide layer of a gas sensor is coated with a filter layer that comprises silicon ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012328 | Method for calculating a penetrating depth when putting in supporting elements into a water bed In a method for determining depth when putting in place supporting elements into a waterbed, a pressure sensor fastenable to a supporting element or a device connected to the supporting element measures a water pressure, the reading is supplied by the pre... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012329 | Method and apparatus for testing tires on a motor driven roller set In the tire examination method before and after an alteration in the tire pressure a respective interferogram is produced of the tire surface using coherent radiation and the interferogram is converted into a modulo 2 π image, which for its part is proce... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012330 | Method and apparatus for the artificial triggering of lightning A method and apparatus is described whereby lightning within thunderheads and other cloud formations may be triggered in such a way as to minimize damage to surrounding structures and persons. The system consists of a high-pressure pump, accumulator, elec... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012331 | Multifunction aircraft probes Improved multifunction probe designs include circumferentially separated pairs of sensing ports which may respectively be dedicated to angle of attack functionality and air data pressure sensing functionality. In one preferred embodiment, a multifunction ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012332 | Ultrasonic apparatus and method for measuring animal backfat An ultrasonic measuring apparatus (FIG. 2) and method (FIG. 5) to accurately determine the depth of an overlaying backfat (14-20) on an animal (8) without incurring any damage to the animal. The apparatus employs a reverse time analysis approach in which ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012333 | Vibration control device for rotating objects The vibration control device comprises an electromechanical transducer module adapted to be attached to an outer surface of a rotating object, and a control circuit for electrically controlling an internal stress of the electromechanical transducer module... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012334 | Vibration wave detecting method and vibration wave detector A vibration wave detector, having a receiver for receiving vibration waves such as sound waves and so on to be propagated in a medium, a resonant unit having a plurality of cantilever resonators each having such a length as to resonate at an individual pr... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012335 | High sensitivity micro-machined pressure sensors and acoustic transducers A method of making a pressure sensor or acoustic transducer having high sensitivity and reduced size. A thin sensing diaphragm is produced by growing a single crystal, highly doped silicon layer on a substrate using a chemical vapor deposition process. Th... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012336 | Capacitance pressure sensor A microelectromechanical (MEM) capacitance pressure sensor integrated with electronic circuitry on a common substrate and a method for forming such a device are disclosed. The MEM capacitance pressure sensor includes a capacitance pressure sensor formed a... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012337 | Structural monitoring sensor system The present invention is directed to a system for continuous physical integrity monitoring of large civil structures such as bridges and high-rise buildings . . . wherein the relevant sensor data stream is generated continuously and transmitted to the dat... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012338 | Ultrasonic flow velocity measuring apparatus An ultrasonic flow velocity measuring apparatus includes two transducers arranged to form a certain angle to a flow velocity direction to measure flow velocity of a fluid, the two transducers transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic beam relative to each ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012339 | Tangential rotor flow rate meter A flow meter is provided that can be used to measure the flow of fluids from a fluid source to a receiving system, and methods of using the flow meter to measure fluid flow. The flow meter is composed of a housing that contains a fluid flow sensing member... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012340 | Insertion-type fluid flowmeter The present invention provides an improved insertion-type fluid flowmeter for measuring the flow rate of a fluid flowing through a conduit, wherein the flowmeter incorporates a strut-mounted rotor having just one or two blades such that it can rotate thro... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012341 | Force sensor having an adjustable distance between an operating point and a point of mechanical instability A force sensor, especially an acceleration sensor or a pressure sensor, has a structure that vibrates in resonance, and its oscillation frequency is variable due to an acting force which is to be detected. The distance of an operating point of the force s... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012342 | Plunger assembly for measuring occlusion pressure on a flexible tube A plunger assembly for obstructing the flow of fluid through a flexible tube is provided. The assembly comprises a plunger sleeve member having a first open end and a compression mechanism for selectively contacting and compressing the flexible tube. The ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012344 | Inspection machine for containers In an inspection machine for containers comprising a feed conveyor, a discharge conveyor, and an intermediate conveyor which is arranged thereinbetween and transfers the containers without any self-rotation, and a rotary conveyor which imparts a rotationa... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012345 | Method for changing gears of a multiple gear manually shiftable change gear unit for commercial vehicles The method for changing the gears of a manually shiftable change gear unit for commercial vehicles which has a main gear unit and fitted downstream thereof a combination of splitter gear unit and range gear unit wherein when shifting the individual gear u... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012346 | Low vibration motion translation system A low vibration motion translation system for converting continuous rotary motion into reciprocating linear motion employs a counterweight or counterbalance mechanism moving in the opposing direction to the reciprocating linear driver or piston to reduce ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012347 | Power steering apparatus In conventional power steering apparatus, a motor and a reducing device of this motor were set in a laterally projecting state with respect to the steering axis, which posed a problem of poor mountability. Harmonic drive reducer, which is composed of wave... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012348 | Angle drive An angle drive, especially for agricultural implements, has a housing with two housing portions (1, 2). The two housing portions (1, 2) abut one another at a right angle. The angle drive is provided with a first bevel gear (11) arranged in the first housi... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012349 | Compatible polymeric means for communicating power and motion A system for transmitting power and motion is presented in which at least one component for transmitting power and motion communicates power and motion to another component in which two means are articles of polyketone polymer. In one aspect of the invent... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012350 | Internal gear The internal gear is a bottomed cylindrical component, which has the boss portion fitted over the outer circumferential surface of the shaft, the disk-shaped flange portion extending radially outwardly from the boss portion, and the cylindrical gear body ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012351 | Rotary indexing shifter A method and apparatus for shifting gears in a multi-speed manual transmission. Shifting is accomplished through translation of a linear axial movement of a rotary channel cam indexer to an angular rotation of a rotary channel cam. The rotary channel cam ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012352 | Shifting device for an automatic transmission A shifting device for an automatic transmission of a vehicle has a manual shift mode which permits a driver to manually change a speed ratio by displacing a shift lever in an upshift direction or a downshift direction in a manual operation lane from its n... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012353 | Gear position sensing unit An external gear position sensing unit for attachment to a shift control device includes a sensor housing, a first electrical contact member supported to the sensor housing, a support member rotatably supported to the sensor housing, a second electrical c... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012354 | Steering wheel for a motor vehicle A steering wheel for a motor vehicle has a steering wheel rim which is closed on all sides and which is connected with a central steering wheel hub by way of radially projecting spokes. The steering wheel rim includes sections which are connected with one... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012355 | Torsional vibration damper with a coupling device A torsional vibration damper having a plurality of transmission elements which are rotatable relative to one another about a common axis of rotation. A movement which is conducted to one of the transmission elements can be conducted to the other transmiss... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012356 | Bicycle pedal with gap adjustment mechanism A bicycle pedal assembly is provided for attaching a shoe thereto via a cleat. The bicycle pedal has a pedal body rotatably coupled to the second end of the pedal shaft for supporting a cyclist's foot. The pedal body preferably has a pair of clamping memb... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012357 | Insulation stripping tool A tool for stripping insulation from the conductor core of a wire or cable includes a pair of longitudinal members which are pivotally interconnected. The tool also includes a pair of blade assemblies, which are removably mounted on the longitudinal membe... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012358 | Setting tool for self-cutting undercut anchors A tool for setting self-cutting undercut anchors (6) in boreholes (B) in a receiving material (G) includes anchors (6) formed of an axially extending anchor rod (7) with a conically shaped surface at a leading end of the rod widening in the setting direct... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012359 | Gear transmission cartridge A cartridge includes a housing having two orifices for rotatably receiving two stems respectively. The stems each has a gear extended inward of the housing. A gear transmission device is coupled between the gears of the stems for allowing one of the stems... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012360 | Hydraulic wrench with gripping force proportional to applied torque A hydraulic wrench for loosening large diameter threaded components has a swing body pivotally attached to a base, a clamp support, a lever and a hydraulic cylinder. The clamp support is slidably mounted on the swinging body, and a spring (or passive hydr... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012361 | Locking pliers wrench A locking pliers wrench adjustable to grip between two jaws and lock onto objects in a range of sizes. An elongated handle forms the body of the wrench. The rear portion of the handle is channel-shaped in cross section and houses a gripping size adjusting... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012362 | Utility pliers A utility pliers includes a first handle member with a fixed jaw secured to an end thereof, a second handle member, and a movable jaw. A connecting block includes a first part pivoted to the end of the first handle member and a second part pivoted to the ... | 01/11/2000 |
