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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6189274 | Building horizontal structure A horizontal support structure for a building area divided into sub-areas. The structure comprises a primary support system of girders arranged spaced apart and parallel to each other. A secondary support system of joists is arranged essentially cross-wis... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189275 | Wall base The specification describes a wall base which is preferably provided by an elongate strip of carpeting with a pair of spaced-apart strips of double-sided adhesive tape on the back of the strip of carpeting covered by a release liner. For a 3 to 6 inch wid... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189277 | Firestop cavity occlusion for metallic stud framing A frame wall (20) incorporating occlusion brackets (26) is provided. The frame wall (20) incorporates a pair of adjacent and substantially parallel framing members (22). Each framing member (22) has a substantially U-shaped cross section and encompasses a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189278 | Method and product for producing contraction joints in poured concrete facings Method and product for the forming of contraction joints in the end face of poured concrete structures that includes a blade-like insert of selective profile configuration corresponding to the profile surface of a form board to be utilized for shaping the... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189279 | Floating floor underlay A floating floor system for installation over a subfloor. The underlay has a polymer film with a relatively low coefficient of friction between itself and a floating floor cast to a relatively thin and dense open-celled foam with a relatively high coeffic... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189280 | Wall exposed to wear, wear-resisting lining element and fastening means therefor A wall exposed to wear has a wear lining composed of a number of juxtaposed wear lining elements of an elastomeric material or of a mix of elastomeric and other wear-resistant materials. The wear lining elements are secured to a supporting surface with fa... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189281 | Injection anchor An injection or grouting body for the transfer of mechanical stresses in structures in above-ground or below-ground construction, and for insertion into a borehole, in slits or similar openings, has a centrally-arranged filling tube and at least one fabri... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189282 | Mortarless concrete block The present invention is directed to a block system including first and second blocks. Each block has an outer surface with a pair of locking channels formed within the outer surface. The locking channels are spaced apart from each other. Each locking cha... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189283 | Portable floor A portable floor system (20) including individual floor sections (22, 24) joined by interlocking tongue elements (40) and receiver elements (50, 70). Each floor section (22, 24) is substantially planar and rectangular, and includes tongue elements on two ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189285 | Pultruded FRP structural assembly for water cooling towers Improved water cooling towers are provided which include pultruded fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) structural components and assemblies. To this end, integrally formed, pultruded channels (26, 26a) are provided having central web sections (28, 28a), e... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189286 | Modular fiber-reinforced composite structural member A concrete-filled fiber-reinforced structural member comprising a concrete core encased in a lightweight fiber-reinforced composite shell formed by winding polymer impregnated high-strength filaments. The fibers are arranged for optimal strength and may b... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189287 | Method for producing a floor, and resulting floor A method for producing a floor by casting a concrete slab with a concrete composition having a water/cement ratio of 0.4-0.7 and a minimum compressive strength no lower than 10 MPa, and depositing a first covering layer on the freshly cast concrete slab a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189288 | Method of construction of elevated annular platform The invention disclosed is for a manner of construction of an elevated annular platform, generally elevated and which rotates. The platform includes a means of rotation between the annulus and the foundation. The platform is formed of reinforced concrete ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189289 | Tile flooring A flooring which can be locally removed and relaid rapidly any number of times, comprising a plurality of tiles (2), a plurality of plate-shaped supports (5) arranged quincuncially below the tiles (2), and means of fixing the tiles to the plate-shaped sup... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189290 | Method for forming a cover about a flower pot A method of covering a pot, the cover is a flattened sleeve which comprises a base portion sized to fit a pot and may have a non-linear upper edge defining a skirt and having a bottom having a drainage means therein. The cover may be bondingly connected t... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189291 | Method and apparatus for stretch wrapping a load A leading end of packaging material is grasped in a packaging material holder while a load is wrapped. Packaging material is dispensed from a packaging material dispenser, and relative rotation is provided between the dispenser and a load to wrap packagin... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189292 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing, filling and packaging medical devices and medical containers Glass medical devices such as medical containers are manufactured and annealed by heating in an oven which produces a clean device having a low bio-burden. Plastic medical devices and medical containers are formed by plastic molding devices which produce ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189293 | Container filling machine A filling machine for sheet bags comprising a transportation means including a plurality of transportation elements for the sheet bags, for supplying the sheet bags to an opening station, a filling station, a closing station and a cooling station. The tra... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189294 | Packaging for highly perishable, flexible slices of food, and process for inserting the slices The invention relates to a package filled with individually foil wrapped, rectangular, in particular square, flexible slices of a highly perishable food, wherein a large number of wrapped slices are disposed, standing substantially upright, as a stack in ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189297 | Packaging material A packaging material comprising a plurality of cushioning members for cushioning an article in a container is provided. The cushioning members being formed by crumpling a flexible sheet of material into a globular configuration having a plurality of rando... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189298 | Method and apparatus for opening a package utilizing bonded portions thereof At a top face of a substantially parallelepipedic package, plate members having cutting blades at side edges thereof are inserted into a gap between a pair of bonded flaps of packaging material on the one hand and, on the other, packaged items and folded ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189299 | Apparatus for cooling and packaging bulk fresh products Methods and apparatus for packaging whole or partially processed bulk, fresh products under modified atmosphere including placing such produce into bags or other containers for the produce, attaching to the opening at the top of each of the bags or contai... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189300 | Wrapping machine A packaging machine is shown for individually wrapping objects, such as candies. The machine has a rotary hopper for selecting the objects to be wrapped, folding them and ejecting them precisely onto a delivery conveyor. A continuous wrapping film is laid... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189301 | Packaging machine A form-fill-seal packaging machine has a halting device above its transverse sealer below a cylindrical chute through which articles to be packaged are dropped cyclically in batches. A film is bent into a tubular form and pulled down around the chute to t... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189302 | Film gripper and a film packaging machine Each of side grippers that function as a film gripper includes upper and lower openable clampers. These clampers are designed to hold an edge portion of a film, and are opened after film packaging is completed. At least one film contact member, out of two... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189303 | Method of destroying aquatic vegetation An aquatic vegetation shredder includes a double hull watercraft, with a space being defined between the hulls. The machine also includes an aquatic vegetation shredding assembly mounted to the watercraft adjacent the bow end, and a pair of propellers rot... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189304 | Power mower with riding platform for supporting standing operator A zero turning radius power lawn mower for operation by a standing occupant includes first and second independently driven and controlled rear drive wheels mounted on separate drive axles. A riding platform for supporting the standing occupant or operator... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189305 | Power mower with riding platform for supporting standing-operator A zero-turning-radius power lawn mower for operation by a standing-occupant includes first and second independently driven and controlled rear drive wheels mounted on separate drive axles. A riding platform for supporting the standing-occupant or operator... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189306 | Agricultural machine comprising a pivotable drawbar and transmission members comprising a coupling with universal joints Agricultural harvester comprising a chassis; a drawbar connected to the chassis at a first articulation of geometric axis; transmission members comprising a first set comprising at least a first drive shaft, a second set comprising at least one input shaf... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189307 | Fastener assembly for attachment of composite insert to mower deck A fastening assembly is adapted for attaching a composite insert to a mower deck. The insert has an opening extending therethrough and a recessed portion adjacent the opening. The recessed portion has a shoulder and a first abutment surface. The assembly ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189308 | Method of and apparatus for producing a yarn on a ring-spinning machine A yarn is produced by condensing and compacting the roving after its passage through a drafting frame by suction rollers or suction belts and then twisting and winding up the yarn without the formation of a thread balloon on a ring spinning station with a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189309 | Rubber and tire-reinforcing steel cord exhibiting improved rubber penetration A steel cord having a three-layer twisted construction consisting of an innermost layer, an intermediate layer, an outermost layer, and a spiral warp and being capable of achieving an improvement in the adhesion force to rubber while reducing the number o... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189310 | Combined gas turbine power system using catalytic partial fuel oxidation A gas turbine power system for generating energy by means of a gas turbine cycle, wherein heat energy is more effectively used by burning the exhaust gases (109) and the partial oxidation of said exhaust gases (109) is achieved by means of a hypostoichiom... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189311 | Gas turbine engine In a gas turbine engine in which bearings (18, 30) of turbine (12) and compressor turbine (22) and exhaust duct (32) of compressor turbine (22) are attached to external annular wall (46) of heat exchanger (44). External annular wall (46) of heat exchanger... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189312 | Fuel metering arrangement for a gas turbine engine A fuel metering arrangement has a fuel flow metering valve, a pressure drop regulator valve arranged and operable to maintain the pressure drop across the metering valve substantially constant and a throttle device arranged and operable to regulate fuel f... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189313 | Aircraft engine fuel system mounting assembly An aircraft engine assembly includes an engine, an engine control actuator responsive to flow of high pressure fuel therethrough for actuating engine controls, a fuel heat exchanger for heating fuel, a fuel controller for controlling flow of fuel in the a... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189314 | Premix combustor for gas turbine engine A premixing section for supplying a fuel-air mixture to a homogeneous combustion chamber includes a first fuel nozzle disposed along an axis, a second fuel nozzle disposed to surround the outer periphery of the first fuel nozzle, and a premixing/pre-evapo... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189315 | Low-cost gas generator and ignitor A gas generator and ignitor assembly for powering a turbine of a turbopump assembly for a rocket engine comprises an injector and a combustion chamber, the injector having a body member including a fuel inlet and an oxidizer inlet spaced one from the othe... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189316 | Emission device temperature control system A nitrous oxide trap temperature control system for desulfating the trap uses and engine with some cylinders operating with lean combustion and some cylinders operating with rich combustion. The lean and rich combustion gases are combined to form an mixtu... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189317 | Apparatus for controlling internal combustion engine An apparatus for controlling an internal combustion engine has an amount-of-intake-air control unit for generating a command value for the opening of a flow control valve in an intake passage of the engine, which emits exhaust gases through a catalytic co... | 02/20/2001 |
