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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6088994 | Packaging machine incorporating device for adjusting position for cutting bags A form-fill-seal packaging machine produces a dummy bag from a film by starting to move seal jaws after the film has been pulled over a specified length or for a specified length of time from the moment when an eye mark on the film is detected by a detect... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088995 | System for automatic inspection and ejection of cartons in a packaging machine A system for automatic inspection and ejection of cartons in a packaging machine includes detection elements (20, 22) for determining whether a carton (C) has assumed a predetermined configuration at a predetermined point in its path of travel. Carton eje... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088996 | Heat-seal apparatus A heat-seal apparatus having an improved structure for easily replacing a heater therein. The heat-seal apparatus includes a crimping lever, a base portion for grasping and crimping the sealed portion of a sealed substance with the crimping lever to heat ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088997 | Method for providing a decorative covering for a flower pot The present invention relates to a method for providing a decorative covering for a floral grouping. The method includes the step of providing a decorative covering assembly comprising a header assembly and at least one sheet of material detachably connec... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088998 | High compression transverse zipper system A zipper strip for a reclosable package having a transverse zipper is provided. The zipper strip comprises a male interlocking profile and a female interlocking profile. Each profile includes an interlocking member and an integral web which defines a trai... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088999 | Method of closing tubular bags for fruit and vegetable products Method of closing tubular bags for fruit and vegetable products. The method comprises: 1) closing the bag which has been filled, forming a region with a structure similar to a cord by twisting or other means; 2) superimposing a laminar element which can be welded t... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089000 | Programmable device packaging method and system A packaging method and apparatus for packing items in selectively variable numerical quantities includes a track assembly adapted to support a plurality of strip items in parallel array. In a first section of the track assembly, a lateral slot receives co... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089001 | Inclined tray bottle traying machine A method and apparatus are provided to sequentially capture the lead bottle from a row of bottles in a multi-pocketed bottle indexing wheel means, and sequentially rotate and push pocketed bottles from said index wheel means to an inclined traying means, ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089002 | Method for packing a rectangular inner bag for loading into cylindrical container An inexpensive inner bag loaded into a cylindrical container such as a drum. The inner bag has excellent airtightness and facilitates transferring the inner bag to a separate container. The inner bag comprises two hexagonal first sheets and two pentagonal... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089003 | Bale push-off device A bale push-off device is provided for pushing bales off from a bale wrapping machine for wrapping bales end to end in a row. The bale push-off device comprises a bale push-off member which in use faces a bale discharging side of a bale wrapping device of... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089004 | Swiveled-eye hinged-foot safety stirrup A stirrup has a pair of arms, an eye on the arms for receiving a strap, and a foot on the arms for supporting the foot of a rider. The eye and the foot of the stirrup are rotatable relative to the arms. The arms define a plane and the upper surface of the... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089005 | Combined tow and pressure relief valve for a hydraulically self-propelled lawn mower A combination tow and pressure relief valve for use in a hydraulic fluid circuit used in a hydraulically driven wide area lawn mower. The valve includes a cylindrical valve body having a hexagonal head. A slideable valve tip with a shank and a valve head ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089006 | Grass catcher for lawn mower A grass catcher for receiving air and grass clippings from a mower cutter deck includes an inlet for admitting air and clippings into the grass catcher, an outlet port for exhausting air out of the grass catcher, and at least two cylindrical, perforate ai... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089007 | Fusion-bonded carpet system and method of preparation A fusion-bonded carpet system and method of manufacture which method includes providing as all or a portion of the wear face surface cut yarn material in rope form prepared in rope bundles and implanting one or both ends of the rope bundle in an adhesive ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089008 | Line splice and method of forming same A line splice has two lengths of fibrous rope that have multiple strands and interstices. The two lengths are held adjacent to each other by a plastic encapsulate that both surrounds the two rope lengths and fills the interstices. In forming the splice a ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089009 | Fluid-jet false-twisting method and product A process of producing an assembled yarn, including the steps of providing two or more yarns moving downstream from a supply to a take-up, inserting alternating-direction zones of twist into at least one of the yarns, the at least one yarn having an area ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089010 | System for compensating for a pressure loss in the cooling-air ducting in a gas turbine plant A structural part of a gas turbine plant is cooled by branching off a partial mass air stream, after being compressed by a compressor of the gas turbine plant, from a main mass air stream. The cooling partial mass air stream is ducted in a closed duct to ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089011 | Water-injected stoichiometric-combustion gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine having an air compressor and a combustion chamber connected to the air compressor for burning fuel with air from the air compressor. The combustion chamber also has water and/or steam as input. The water and/or steam is combined with ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089012 | Steam cooled gas turbine system A steam cooled gas turbine system in a combined power plant, constituted such that gas turbine blade cooling steam and combustor tail pipe cooling steam are bled from an outlet of a high pressure turbine, passed through a fuel heater for heat exchange wit... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089013 | Configuration for deaerating a condensate Condensate of a combined-cycle gas and steam turbine plant is deaerated. The condensate is heated in a feedwater tank to which preheated condensate is supplied. The condensate is preheated in a waste-steam generator heated by waste heat of the gas turbine... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089014 | Engine exhaust system with reduced hydrocarbon emissions An engine exhaust system is disclosed which in operation is capable of substantially reducing the quantities of hydrocarbons emitted to the atmosphere during engine start-up. The system utilizes molecular sieve means, such as a high-silica zeolite, which ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089015 | Method of purifying a lean exhaust gas and catalytic system therefor A method of purifying the lean exhaust gas of lean mix engines or diesel engines. The exhaust gas is first contacted with a permanent reduction catalyst and subsequently contacted with a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst. This procedure yields a uniformly g... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089016 | Diagnostic equipment for an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus A diagnostic equipment for an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus installed for an engine, comprising a misfire detector which detects the misfire of the engine, and a secondary-air-system failure detector which detects the failure of a secondary air system. A... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089017 | Exhaust gas purification system of internal combustion engine An engine exhaust gas purification system having a catalyst in an exhaust system of the engine, said catalyst reducing nitrogen oxide when exhaust gas generated by the engine is in an oxidizing state. In the system, engine operating parameters, including ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089018 | Method of controlling a VTG exhaust gas turbocharger A method for controlling a variable turbine geometry of an exhaust gas turbocharger which supercharges an internal combustion engine for driving a motor vehicle. The turbine geometry is set as a function of the operating load of the internal combustion en... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089019 | Turbocharger and EGR system An exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine. The present invention includes a turbocharger, restrictor valve, and exhaust gas recirculation valve. The restrictor valve is upstream of the turbine of the turbocharger, and restricts... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089020 | Heat recovering apparatus for cogeneration system with a turbocharged engine This heat recovering apparatus for a cogeneration system with an engine comprises a turbocharger driven by an exhaust gas, an energy recovering turbine provided on the downstream side of the turbocharger, and a heat exchanger provided on the downstream si... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089021 | Power production plant and method of making such a plant This invention relates to a power production plant (10) and method. The power production plant includes a chimney (12), a conduit (18) in the chimney, the conduit having an inlet and an outlet, and a solar energy collector (30) having an outlet connected ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089022 | Regasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) aboard a transport vessel A system and a method for regasifing LNG aboard a carrier vessel before the re-vaporized natural gas is transferred to shore. The pressure of the LNG is boosted substantially while the LNG is in its liquid phase and before it is flowed through a vaporizer... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089023 | Steam generator system operation The flue gas temperature coming from an air preheater to a particulate collection device such as an electrostatic precipitation or fabric filter is reduced to improve the operation of the particulate collection device. This may be done by reducing the exi... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089024 | Steam-augmented gas turbine A steam-augmented gas turbine comprises a direct contact steam generation combustor for generating a first working fluid composed of steam and combustion product, a first turbine for receiving and expanding the first working fluid to generate a first powe... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089025 | Combustor baffle A combustor assembly comprises a plurality of circumferentially arranged fuel nozzles, which fuel nozzles have a first end coupled to a combustion chamber and a second end attached to an endcover. The plurality of fuel nozzles define a central region ther... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089026 | Gaseous wave refrigeration device with flow regulator This invention provides a gaseous wave refrigeration device (GWRD) primarily comprising an adjustable nozzle, an adjustable oscillating chamber, a bundle of resonant tubes, a flow regulator, wave impedors, and a chiller to monitor the gaseous wave behavio... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089027 | Fluid storage and dispensing system A fluid storage and dispensing system comprising a vessel for holding a fluid at a desired pressure. The vessel has a pressure regulator, e.g., a single-stage or multi-stage regulator, associated with a port of the vessel, and set at a predetermined press... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089028 | Producing power from pressurized liquefied natural gas A process for using the cold of pressurized liquefied natural gas (PLNG) to compress boil-off vapors produced by handling of liquefied natural gas to produce a higher pressure gas product and at the same time produce power that preferably provides at leas... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089030 | Ice rake storage and delivery system and method of using the same An ice storage and delivery system for radially displacing fragmentary ice stored within an ice storage bin. The ice storage and delivery system has a rotating ice rake of elongated members which radially displaces a portion of the fragmentary ice stored ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089031 | Method and apparatus of compressor height and alignment adjustment A method of mounting a compressor above a heat exchanger. The method comprises the steps of: attaching a transfer device to the exterior of the heat exchanger where the transfer device has a lower arc surface and an upper sloped surface; positioning the c... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089032 | Method of retrofitting air conditioner and system therefor A kit and method for retrofitting an R-12 air conditioner into an R-134a air conditioner are provided. The kit includes a first pressurized container of R-134a lubricant or oil sufficient to fully charge an automobile air conditioner. Preferably, the firs... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089033 | High-speed evaporator defrost system A high-speed evaporator defrost system is comprised of a defrost conduit circuit connected to the discharge line of one or more compressors and back to the suction header through an auxiliary reservoir capable of storing the entire refrigerant load of the... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089034 | Controller for reversible air conditioning and heat pump HVAC system for electric vehicles A control system for controlling a reversible HVAC system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The HVAC system includes an electric compressor for circulating a refrigerant through a heat pump. The speed of the compressor is controlled by a compressor control... | 07/18/2000 |
