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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6168131 | Ice cube tray and dispenser An ice cube storage and dispensing unit having an ice cube tray tray with a plurality of ice cube compartments and a plurality of slits along one of the longitudinal edges. There is a cover is removably secured to the ice cube tray which creates a closed ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168132 | Injection valve with control valve The injection valve has a control valve with a control chamber in which a closing member is disposed. The closing member is pressed against a corresponding sealing seat by a pressure (e.g. fuel pressure) in the control chamber. The closing member merges i... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168133 | Piezoelectrically actuated fuel injection valve A valve for controlling liquids which for its actuation is provided with a liquid-filled coupling chamber, which is disposed between an actuator piston of a piezoelectric actuator and a piston that actuates a valve member. To compensate for liquid losses ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168134 | Exhaust gas recirculation valve with variable flow area A flow control valve having a controllable flow area which varies with the valve displacement. The flow control valve includes a poppet-type valve element mounted to reciprocate between a closed and open position in a valve cavity formed in a valve housin... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168135 | Slotted housing for fuel injector A solenoid actuated fuel injector includes a coil housing surrounding a solenoid coil and forming a part of a magnetic circuit which opens an injection valve when the coil is energized. To accelerate closing of the valve upon deenergizing the solenoid coi... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168136 | Gas valve Gas valve (1) to be arranged in an intake port (2) of a combustion engine. In order to be able to give the valve different flow characteristics in a simple manner, the valve (1) comprises two plates (8, 24) disposed parallel to one another, between which ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168137 | Swabbable check valve An apparatus comprises a housing having an end with an input having an entrance and an output and a probe integral with the housing extending from the output to beyond the end of the input. The probe has a passageway connected to the output. A spring-bias... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168138 | Universal lift system An universal lift system for use in combination with a lifting device which is particularly suitable for lifting and supporting two wheeled motorized vehicles such as motorcycles, mopeds, and the like in an elevated position so that maintenance may be eas... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168139 | Air flow activated control unit for a furnace An air flow activated humidifier for use in a ventilation system comprising a water evaporating means, displacing means engageable by the air flow of said ventilation system for displacing said water evaporating means, and activating means operably associ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168140 | Air treating device The present invention relates to an air treating device to be used for prevention of drying of air or cleaning of air, convenient for carrying and yet capable of humidifying the air in a room as required, by being disposed in the air feed unit of an equip... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168141 | Apparatus for treatment of fluent materials An apparatus and method of the heat treatment of a fluent food product with steam includes a pressure vessel having a steam inlet at one end and an a product outlet at the opposite end; an inner partition wall having an open end defines the product introd... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168142 | Hydraulic damper with elastomeric spring assembly A hydraulic damper assembly has a barrel-piston assembly and a spring assembly. The barrel-piston assembly has a barrel with a top portion having an open end, and a piston extending through the open end. The piston has a bottom portion that is located ins... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168143 | Pneumatic spring A pneumatic spring, in particular for rail vehicles, trucks and busses, has a bellows made of elastomer material, if required provided with reinforcing inserts; a pot to whose upper part the bellows are secured, the bellows preferably rolling on the outer... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168144 | Hydraulically damping elastomer bearing A hydraulically damping elastomer bearing comprises an outer bearing sleeve as well as an elastomer element arranged therein and a bearing core which is held by the elastomer element. Between the bearing core and the bearing sleeve chambers are formed and... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168145 | Apparatus and method for automatically finishing copies after the maximum storage tray capacity has been exceeded An apparatus and method for processing paper ejected from an image forming device includes the use of a plurality of bins for sorting the paper ejected from the image forming device into packets and for housing the packets. A tray for stacking the packets... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168146 | Sheet feeding apparatus and sheet processing apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus has a pair of feeding roller and separating roller an inter-shaft distance changing mechanism for the pair of rollers, and sheet detecting means, and a sheet fed is rammed against the surface on which the feeding roller and the s... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168147 | Transmission mechanism for pick-up roller A drive power transmission mechanism situated between a drive motor and a pick-up roller for transmitting a drive power to the pick-up roller from the drive motor to rotate the pick-up roller under a normal condition. The rotating pick-up roller picks up ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168148 | Sheet separating device The apparatus for separating a flat product from a pile of flat products, has a sucker mechanism with an upper and a lower part. The upper part is connected to a first link joint of a central lever and the lower part is connected to a second link joint of... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168149 | Method and unit for feeding blanks to a user machine A method and unit for feeding blanks to a user machine, whereby at least two synchronized pickup heads withdraw the blanks from respective hoppers and feed them to respective conveying pockets moving continuously along a user path of the machine; each bla... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168150 | Sheet feeder unit A sheet feeder unit being capable of separately supplying cut sheets of any thickness without causing any residual deformation. Cut sheets (11) in a pile are advanced one by one with a pair of feeding rollers (31) contacting thereto from one side thereof.... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168151 | Card type dispenser assembly with bottom loading A card-like article is provided with an elevator assembly that can elevate a stacked array of cards to a discharge station. The elevator assembly can be incrementally advanced by reciprocating operating rods that extends between pairs of rails. The elevat... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168152 | Coaxial paddle wheel fan and gripper conveyor sprocket with independent driving means for each A device is used to transfer printed products from the paddle wheel pockets of a paddle wheel or a delivery fan. A gripper chain carries a plurality of grippers which remove the printed products from the pockets without damaging them. A gripper chain driv... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168153 | Printer sheet deskewing system with automatically variable numbers of upstream feeding NIP engagements for different sheet sizes A sheet handling system for a sheet transport path of a reproduction apparatus having a sheet skew correction system being fed image substrate sheets in the process direction by a sheet transport system, wherein it is desired to positively feed and yet ef... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168154 | Sheet handling device for continually fed sheets which are aligned and moved from first to second storage locations A sheet handling device for accommodating, aligning and storing sheets fed from an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine is provided with front-side and rear-side aligning members for pressing the sheets stacked on a first storage means betwee... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168155 | Random selection game device This invention is to a random selection game device. In particular, the invention is a device for randomly selecting game balls, and is particularly useful in bingo or lottery-type games. In one embodiment, the invention includes an air mix housing which ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168156 | Domino box kit and domino stands A domino box kit (20) (shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3) comprises a sectionalized base (29) which has a recessed area for storing a plurality of domino game tiles (26), a score book (37), and a writing instrument (38), and a sectionalized cover (30). T... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168158 | Device for detecting playing pieces on a board The invention relates to a game device, comprising: a game board divided into discrete squares and pieces of differing type for placing on these squares, such as a chessboard and chess pieces, wherein the squares are ordered in a rectangular array comprising r... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168159 | Apparatus and method for playing a matching game The present invention reveals a game for utilizing common knowledge and the English language to match the answers of one's teammates to the word or phrase given on a match card. The number of possible answers is endless as there is no right or wrong answe... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168160 | Ring toss game with moving target A game that includes a movable target is provided. To this end, the game includes an object that is thrown at the movable target. The movable target has a first movable element, a second movable element, a switch actuated by the thrown object, and a drivi... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168161 | Rotary valve shaft seal A shaft seal having spacers positioned between the packing follower and the body of a valve. The spacers are flat, hard members of a certain thickness which allow maximum tightening of the packing fasteners and determine the maximum pressure the packing f... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168162 | Self-centering brush seal A self-centering brush seal is disposed in an annular groove formed in a stationary component about a rotatable component, the stationary and rotatable components having a common axis. The brush seal includes a plurality of bristles projecting into sealin... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168163 | Shaft seal for mixers A shaft seal is interposed between a tank and a rotating shaft extending through the tank and having a non-rotatable stator fixed to the tank and a rotor fixed for rotation to the shaft. A multiple labyrinth structure is formed between the rotor and the s... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168164 | Hydrodynamic seal and method of manufacture A hydrodynamic shaft seal assembly and method of forming hydrodynamic grooves involves forming a spiraling open channel portion in the face of the seal element, and cutting a flex-enhancing portion extending from the open channel portion further into the ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168165 | Semi integrated sealing system A semi-integrated sealing system applied to the extremity of the output shaft (1) of the transmission case (2) of automotive vehicles and consisting substantially of assembling flange (10), static sealing element (20), which seals the interstice between t... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168166 | Metal gasket with two half beads A metal gasket for an internal combustion engine is basically formed of a main plate. The main plate includes a first hole for constituting one of bolt holes, a second hole corresponding to a fluid hole and situated adjacent to the first hole, and a full ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168167 | Metal laminate gasket with common plate support area A metal laminate gasket of the invention is used for an internal combustion engine. The gasket is basically formed of a first and second metal plates laminated together. Each of the first and second metal plates includes a hole corresponding to a hole of ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168168 | Fuel nozzle An improved seal allows a fuel nozzle to be securely fastened to an aircraft refueling adaptor and the seal does not allow fuel to leak or spill. Significantly, the seal is simple to install and remove because the fuel nozzle does not have to be disassemb... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168169 | Vacuum collet with release filament A vacuum collet includes a filament disposed in the collet for assisting in removal of components from the collet. The filament is movable in a vertical direction within the collet to gently dislodge components lodged on a bottom face of the collet. The f... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168170 | Chuck with jaw blade rotational stop A chuck is provided for use with a manual or powered driver, such as a drill. The chuck has a body member with angularly disposed passageways formed therethrough. A plurality of jaws are slidably positioned within the angularly disposed passageways. The j... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168171 | Vehicle height adjust control apparatus and method The method of controlling a vehicle height adjust apparatus for a vehicle that includes an actuator capable of changing a vehicle height, a height detector that detects the vehicle height and a controller linked to the actuator that receives parameters in... | 01/02/2001 |
