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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6076507 | Pump system for preventing hot start knock in a diesel engine A pump system for preventing hot start knock in a diesel engine following engine shut down carried by fuel leakage into one or more of the combustion chambers of a multiple-cylinder internal combustion engine equipped with a fuel system including open noz... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076508 | Fuel injection control device During the low load operation, this fuel injection control device reduces the initial armature displacement speed of the solenoid actuator that drives the open-close valve against the low fuel pressure in the balance chamber, thereby lowering impact noise... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076509 | Fuel supply apparatus of outboard motor A fuel supply apparatus of an outboard motor for supplyng an air to an engine of the outboard motor comprises a vapor separator for removing bubbles in the a fuel, a float-type bubble discharge valve which is provided for the vapor separator and adapted t... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076510 | Method and apparatus for correcting air-flow sensor output and adapting data map used to control engine operating parameters The apparatus for correcting air-flow sensor output includes an air-flow sensor sensing an air-flow in an intake of an engine, and other sensors sensing operating conditions of the engine. An electronic control unit determines whether the engine is operat... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076511 | Repeater launcher and ring airfoil A launcher for a ring airfoil includes a magazine assembly holding a plurality of ring airfoils. The magazine assembly is coupled to a launching mechanism, and the launching mechanism provides an indexing motion to the magazine assembly. In use, the setti... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076512 | Synchronized limb archery bow An improvement to a compound archery bow with cam pulleys positioned on upper and lower flexible limbs, the improvement involving a synchronizing pulley mechanism attached to a handle-riser. A draw string interfaces with each of the cam pulleys. An upper ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076513 | Trigger operated bow type toy gun A toy gun for launching foam projectiles includes a forward housing having a launch chamber and a rearward housing slidably connected to the forward housing. The rearward housing is adapted to be shiftable between a forward or retracted position disposed ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076514 | Archery bow stabilizer An archery bow stabilizer is made up of a plurality of blocks of a solid resilient material such as a rubber material joined together in end-to-end relationship. Threaded sleeves in each end of each block allow the blocks to be joined together and the joi... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076515 | Portable, self-contained heating apparatus A portable, self-contained heating apparatus has a container filled with a plurality of vertically oriented, elongated combustible objects defining a plurality of passages for allowing the flow of air. The container has a first plurality of vent openings ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076516 | Portable oven air circulating device A air circulator for an oven includes a housing having inlet and outlet walls with openings in each wall for permitting air to pass through the housing. The air circulator further includes a fan assembly within the housing having a rotatable fan element a... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076517 | Arrangement for adjusting the gas supply and the control of an operating pressure to a gas cooking apparatus having a gas-radiation burner mounted below a cooking surface The invention is directed to an arrangement for adjusting a pressure-fluctuation free supply of gas and for controlling an operating pressure of an air/gas mixture to a radiation-gas burner of a gas cooking apparatus. The radiation-gas burner has a burner... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076518 | Steam generator A steam generator has a steam boiler, a burner shaft for receiving hot exhaust gasses from a burner extending into the steam boiler, at least one heat exchanger section with one or more channels extending through the boiler for conducting exhaust gasses f... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076519 | Passive inspiratory nebulizer system A hand-held nebulizer system is provided which nebulizes during the patient's inspiration cycle only. The system includes a universal sensor port adapter which is adapted to fluidly connect an airway device with a sensor port of the system's source of pre... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076520 | Device for nasal therapeutic inhalation A nasal inhalation device for nebulizing liquid, including medication, used in treatment of upper respiratory and other conditions amenable to intra-nasal administration of medication. Comprises an internal, electrically powered air compressor unit, a neb... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076521 | Dose indicating device A dose indicating device constructed for use with an inhalator is disclosed. The inhalator contains multiple doses of a medicament and has an operational portion that includes a dosing unit defining an inhalation channel, and a maneuvering element. The ma... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076522 | Metering apparatus An apparatus (100) adapted for applying to a carrier (C) a suspension (S) comprising a suspending agent and a powdered medicament. The apparatus (110) includes a reservoir (110), a junction container (120) adapted to contain a liquid, an outlet line (130)... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076523 | Oxygen blending in a piston ventilator A piston ventilator is disclosed herein which uniquely includes an oxygen blending module which supplies oxygen enhancement for aiding patients requiring respiratory treatment. The oxygen blending module supplies a preselected enrichment of oxygen to a pi... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076524 | Anesthetic scavenging hood An anesthesia scavenging hood is adapted to fit over the head of a surgical patient and to prevent the contamination of operating rooms with waste anesthetic vapor and nitrous oxide gas. The hood enables placement of an endotracheal tube or other breathin... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076525 | Frame for prone surgical positioning The frame for prone surgical positioning is a frame placed on a conventional operating table and used to position a patient in a prone position for surgery on the spine. The frame has an open, rectangular base defined by two longitudinal beams and two lat... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076526 | Mouth breathing preventer The mouth breathing preventer device has a lip shield and a dental shield which are connected by a center tube. The center tube can be sealed to prevent air from entering the mouth or opened to allow for a saline solution or saliva substitute solution to ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076527 | Adaptive patient support and restraint system An adaptive patient support and restraint system provides (i) selective delivery of physical support, physical restraint, or physical support and physical restraint to control movement of the patient's upper body and lower body, (ii) adjustable delivery o... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076528 | Injection of fructose-1,6-diphosphate (FDP) prior to coronary artery bypass grafting surgery Fructose-1,6-diphosphate (FDP) is used to treat patients who are undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Before cardiopulmonary bypass begins, a liquid that contains FDP is intravenously infused in the patient, preferably for about 10 t... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076529 | Transmyocardial implant with inserted vessel A transmyocardial implant includes a hollow conduit inserted through a heart wall. The conduit defines a blood flow path between a heart chamber opening and a vessel opening. The heart chamber opening of the conduit is placed in communication with a chamb... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076530 | Process for the treatment of human hair with the aid of fatty-chain amides and steam An improved process for the treatment of human keratinous fibers, in particular hair, with a view especially to decreasing and/or preventing damage to the latter by bringing, for a period not exceeding 2 minutes, a gas containing steam and whose temperatu... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076531 | Device including a brush for applying makeup, a method of manufacture, and an applicator A device for applying a substance, in particular a cosmetic such as mascara, includes a receptacle containing a supply of the substance, and an applicator having an axis, the applicator being provided on the axis at one end with a handle element and at th... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076532 | Head band, hair band and hair gathering device A combination head/hair band and the hair gathering device(s) comprised of two or more joined flexible textile loops featuring adjustable circumferences. The first loop is intended to wrap around the users head and serve as a head/hair band. The second lo... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076533 | Method for making a cosmetic package containing a decorative gel The present invention relates to a method of making a cosmetic container having a surface with a decorative feature that is visible through a clear cosmetic product contained by the container. The present invention also includes a cosmetic container compr... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076534 | Device for making up the lips A device (1) for making up, or for a care treatment, of the user's lips (L) includes a support (2) at least a portion of which can be impregnated by a pulverulent or liquid-to-pasty product (P). The support (2) has a flattened shape and has at least one a... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076535 | Dental flosser A dental flosser 10 includes a handle 12 having a hollow interior 14 adapted to hold a supply of dental floss 26. The handle 12 has an open end providing access to the hollow interior 14, and a cap has one end is connected to this open end of the handle 1... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076536 | Cleaning and passivating water distribution systems A method to chemically clean and immediately passivate a water distribution system to quickly form a passivation layer. The system may be a potable water system, a non-potable water system, a water well or a fire protection system such as a fire sprinkler... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076537 | Vacuum extraction cleaning system A pulse vacuum extraction solvent cleaning system in which solvent remnants are removed from a cleaning vessel by evacuating the closed cleaning vessel to a predetermined vacuum pressure. At the predetermined vacuum pressure, if the concentration of solve... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076538 | Kit for cleaning jewelry and other small parts A method and kit for cleaning jewelry and small paits to 95% and greater clean. A holding basket has a plurality of apertures formed therein, and is adapted to securely retain jewelry and small parts therein. Jewelry is placed in the holding basket and du... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076539 | Backpacker's adjustable shield The shield includes a main, forward extending canopy having flexible, curved, front supported edges. The canopy is sufficient in size to act as a sun or rain shield for the user. The outer supported edge is designed to bend inward, downward, or upward whe... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076540 | Collapsible frame structure for self-opening umbrella A durable collapsible frame structure is provided for umbrella with self-opening mechanism, which can make the pivotal coupling between the supporting ribs and the linkage beams highly firm and secure while nonetheless retaining the light-weighted quality... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076541 | Dispensing system and method for dispensing an aqueous solution A system and method for dispensing an aqueous solution to one or more points of use is provided with one or more pressure vessels that are adapted to be charged with pressurized gas to drive the aqueous solution on to the point or points of use. A humidif... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076542 | Fluid metering method A method and apparatus are described for controlling demand of a fluid. The method includes measuring a fluid supply pressure in a supply pipe, determining that the fluid supply pressure is lower than a predetermined threshold supply pressure, and directi... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076543 | Gas handling device The invention achieves these and other objects by providing a gas handling device that includes an elongate track having a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending channels extending generally along the length of the track. The device further... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076544 | Air pump valve head for both schrader and presta valves The valve head of the present invention is designed for engaging both a Schrader and a Presta valve. It includes a housing having generally cylindrical sidewalls and a base wall. A collet is disposed within the housing. The collet has generally cylindrica... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076545 | Fire-control sprinkler system riser means This invention provides a fire-control sprinkler system riser for a residence, including a unitary manifold for porting to system components. The longitudinal manifold has pipe threads on its ends to connect to an inlet water pipe and an outlet sprinkler ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076546 | Overflow protection valve assembly A valve assembly is provided that prevents overfilling of vessels, such as tanks used to hold liquified gas, beyond a predetermined maximum level. Preferably, the valve assembly is for use with an LP tank attached at the bottom of a service valve thereof.... | 06/20/2000 |
