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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6148602 | Solid-fueled power generation system with carbon dioxide sequestration and method therefor A method of generating power with sequestration of carbon-dioxide emission includes compressing ambient air, separating substantially pure oxygen from the ambient air and then further compressing the substantially pure oxygen separated from the ambient ai... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148603 | Method of operating a gas-turbine-powered generating set using low-calorific-value fuel In a method of operating a gas turbine group with low calorific value fuel, the gas turbine group essentially comprises a compressor, a combustion chamber, a turbine and a generator. The low calorific value fuel is compressed by means of a fuel compressor... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148604 | Combustion chamber assembly having a transition duct damping member A combustion chamber assembly comprises a plurality of three stage lean burn combustion chambers (28) each of which comprises a primary combustion zone (36), a secondary combustion zone (40) and a tertiary combustion zone (44). Each of the combustion zone... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148605 | Method and device for reversing the thrust of very high bypass ratio turbojet engines A high bypass ratio turbojet engine comprising a fan rotated by the shaft of a low pressure turbine via a speed reducer is provided with a thrust reverser device by providing the speed reducer with first and second epicyclic gear trains which are mounted ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148606 | Low-vulnerability solid-propellant motor The present invention relates to a low-vulnerability solid-propellant motor (1) comprising a charge (11) of solid propellant, a heat shield (2) covering the inside of a metal structure with a front end wall (3) and a rear end wall (4) which carries at lea... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148607 | Thrust reverser with lock-status display A thrust reverser for aircraft gas-turbine engines includes latch devices that display a tell-tale visible indication when thrust reverser shutters (doors, etc.) are ajar. A latch of the lock at least partly projects from a wall (13, 14) radially bounding... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148608 | Divergent petal arrangement for a convergent-divergent aircraft engine nozzle Divergent petal arrangement for convergent-divergent nozzles for application in aircraft engines, where the divergent section comprises master divergent petals (3) and slave divergent petals (4), having the latter a bent cross section with the concave sid... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148609 | Turbo-rocket thruster A turbo-rocket thruster is disclosed in which the turbine compressor is used to intake and compress a gaseous fuel for combustion with a stored oxidizer injected into the compressed gaseous fuel stream. The compressor stage is driven by the turbine stage,... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148610 | Solid propellant charge for a propulsion unit and propulsion unit equipped with such a charge A solid propellant charge for a propulsion unit (1). The latter includes a casing (2) containing the solid propellant charge (3), in the form of an elongated body having a longitudinal axis (X--X), which charge (3) has, over part of its longitudinal exten... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148611 | Engine air-fuel ratio controller and control method When an engine (1) is in an idle state and the engine rotation speed exceeds a predetermined value, fuel supply is stopped. In this state, fuel supply is resumed when there is a shift to a non-idle state or when the engine rotation speed falls below a pre... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148612 | Engine exhaust gas control system having NOx catalyst In an engine exhaust system, an NOx catalyst for occluding NOx in a state of the lean air-fuel ratio and reducing the occluded NOx in the state of the rich air-fuel ratio. A CPU sets a target air-fuel ratio of a mixture supplied to an engine to the lean s... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148613 | Reversing flow catalytic converter for internal combustion engine A compact reversing flow catalytic converter for reducing noxious substances in exhaust gases produced by internal combustion engines is described. The catalytic converter includes a valve unit which reversibly directs exhaust gases through a container fi... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148614 | Damper with integral bracket A damper for use with a hydraulic actuator of the type including a master cylinder and a slave cylinder with a conduit interconnecting the outlet of the master cylinder and the inlet of the slave cylinder. The damper is positioned in the conduit between t... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148615 | Method for boost pressure control of an internal combustion engine In the boost pressure control system there is generated, from the system deviation between a reference boost pressure and an actual boost pressure, a manipulated variable for an actuator that acts on the exhaust flow guided through the turbine of an exhau... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148616 | Turbocharger control system for turbocharged internal combustion engines equipped with exhaust-gas recirculation control system A turbocharger control system for a turbocharged internal combustion engine equipped with an exhaust-gas gas recirculation control system recycling part of inert exhaust gas back through the engine under predetermined operating conditions of the engine, c... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148617 | Natural gas fired combustion system for gas turbine engines A fuel-air distribution manifold for a gas turbine engine having an annular combustor surrounds the shaft of the engine and comprises a gas distribution annulus surrounding an air distribution annulus having a plurality of fuel-air mixing channels radiall... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148618 | Method and apparatus for surface freezing A method and apparatus for freezing a surface layer of food product (6), placed on a non-foraminous conveyor belt (7) wherein cold air in the form of jets is blown towards the underside of the non-foraminous conveyor belt. The apparatus for carrying out t... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148619 | Method and apparatus for non-invasively freezing a content of a pipe A method, apparatus, and kit are provided for non-invasively freezing a content of a pipe. The method comprises the steps of applying a substantially continuous seal over an outside surface of a pipe at a location where a content of the pipe is to be froz... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148620 | Ice making device and method of controlling the same An automatic ice making machine 1 includes an ice tray 2 for making ice cubes, ice separating means 5 for separating ice cubes from the ice tray 2 by turning the ice tray 2, and an ice storage container for storing separated ice cubes. A stepping motor 13... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148621 | Domestic clear ice maker An ice maker in which a non-metallic shroud surrounds the metal evaporator plate and has a continuous bulbous edge that engulfs the edges of the plate. The shroud further includes a roof disposed above the plate and slopes toward the front of the plate. T... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148622 | Environmental control system no condenser high pressure water separation system An air cycle environmental control system for high pressure water separation omits a condenser heat exchanger and includes a reheater capable of placing compressed air in a heat exchange process to condense water vapor. A first turbine is in direct flow c... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148623 | System and method for measuring amount of electric power consumption in a refrigerator A method for measuring the amount of electric power consumption of a refrigerator comprises the steps of: measuring the amount of electric power consumption and a time of a defrosting cycle in a refrigerator during operation of a defrosting heater after s... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148624 | Ice making system for a refrigerator A refrigerator having a cabinet forming a freezer compartment having an access opening. A closure member is hingedly connected to the cabinet for closing the access opening and an ice maker is mounted on the closure member. An ice bucket or storage recept... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148625 | Frost and freeze-up prevention control system for improving cooling system efficiency in vending machines The present invention relates to a frost and freezing (freeze-up) prevention control system for improving the efficiency of a cooling system commonly found in refrigerators, refrigerated vending machines, and or beverage coolers. Furthermore, the present ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148626 | Chiller apparatus A chiller apparatus capable of increasing accuracy of temperature control without large-sizing a chiller, to thereby rapidly accommodate to a large variation in temperature of a load and being decreased in size thereof to increase a degree of freedom in s... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148627 | High engine coolant temperature control An system and method for monitoring and limiting high power and overheating engine conditions in a transport refrigeration unit is disclosed. The system provides a microprocessor control which monitor the engine coolant temperature to determine whether it... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148628 | Electronic expansion valve without pressure sensor reading An system and process for controlling an electronic exchange valve for an transport refrigeration system evaporator in the absence of a evaporator outlet pressure transducer reading is disclosed. The process includes monitoring for the absence of reliable... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148629 | Refrigerator enclosure installation A recreational vehicle includes an exterior wall, a floor, a roof, and a refrigerator having a front door, side walls, a rear wall, an absorber located at the rear wall, and a condenser located at the rear wall. The rear wall of the refrigerator is substa... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148630 | Easy installation single-unit air conditioner Air conditioner comprising a condenser unit (1), through which a flow of external air passes between an inlet section (3) and an outlet section (4), and an evaporation unit (2), through which a flow of internal air passes between an inlet section (5) and ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148631 | Silencer and air conditioner A plurality of honeycomb pipes bundling a plurality of fine tubes are inserted and fixed at desired positions in a refrigerant piping at proper intervals to form a silencer, and noise is reduced by straightening and homogenizing the disturbance of refrige... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148632 | Refrigeration cycle apparatus A refrigeration cycle is switched from a refrigeration cycle circuit to a hot gas heater circuit to make the hot gas discharged from a compressor flow into an evaporator and heat the vehicle passenger compartment, at which time, when a suction pressure (P... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148633 | Flowing-down ice making apparatus An ice making apparatus is provided, in which an ice guide plate is capable of being fixed between an ice-water tank and ice-making plates without any fastener such as a screw. To realize such an arrangement, a convex portion (20) is formed on an inner su... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148634 | Multistage rapid product refrigeration apparatus and method A multistage refrigeration system is disclosed, and particularly a system with a thermal storage reservoir disposed in a secondary refrigeration loop of the system. The reservoir stores thermal reservoir material in heat exchange relation with the refrige... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148635 | Active compressor vapor compression cycle integrated heat transfer device A compact active vapor compression cycle heat transfer device. The device of the invention includes a flexible diaphragm serving as the compressive member in a layered compressor. The compressor is stimulated by capacitive electrical action and drives the... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148636 | Apparatus for dispensing dry ice A dry ice dispenser apparatus for dispensing a metered volume of dry ice into a receiving well. The apparatus includes a dry ice source, such as a hopper, or a dry ice producing apparatus for supplying dry ice to a metering carriage. The metering carriage... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148637 | Air-distillation plant and corresponding cold box The plant (1) comprises at least three assemblies (10, 11, 12) arranged one beside the other, namely a first assembly (10) comprising a medium-pressure column (2), a second assembly (11) comprising a low-pressure column (3), and a third assembly (12) comp... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148638 | Method for manufacturing a fluorescent lamp In a method for manufacturing a fluorescent lamp, four dual tubes that are previously manufactured are held at a distance in such a manner that the dual tubes can move horizontally. Four portions for connection are simultaneously heated, and two of the du... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148639 | Splicing an optical fiber having twin cores In joining an optical fiber containing twin cores to a corresponding optical fiber of standard type having a single core and having the same outer diameter, so that a core in the twin-core fiber is aligned with the core in the standard fiber, a convention... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148640 | Method for making chopped fiber In a method of chopping fiber from a leg containing three or more fiberizers, prior to stopping the chopper for maintenance all of the strands are first removed from the chopper and put into a single set of pull rolls located near the chopper where the st... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6148641 | Apparatus and method for producing dried, chopped strands An apparatus and method for producing dried, chopped strands from a supply of continuous fiber strands by the direct deposition of wet, chopped strands ejected from a chopping assembly into a drying chamber is disclosed. A transition chute is interposed b... | 11/21/2000 |
