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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6192641 | Expansion joint fire barrier for walls Methods and apparatus for installing a fire rated insulation material to span an expansion joint between walls by hollowing out a portion of at least one wall adjacent to the joint to form at least one pocket, and installing the insulation material so tha... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192642 | Cladding system and panel for use in such system A cladding system for walls or ceilings of a building structure consisting of a panel or panels that are sectioned so as to provide a variety of aesthetics. The sections in the panel may be joined along articulated lines of joinder so that an entire panel... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192643 | Modular pool enclosure system having aesthetic appeal An aesthetic pool enclosure of modular design includes cover members that hide from view various utilitarian structural components such as bolts, screws, rubber splines for holding screens, and the like. The structure is made of extruded posts and beams a... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192644 | Frame structure and method for forming the same A framed structure includes a plurality of base units each formed of three elongate compression members disposed so as to cross one another. Tension members are arranged to be interconnected with respective compression members forming a triangular planar ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192645 | Angle bracket for joining at least a first section bar and a second section bar An angle bracket for joining two section bars has a relatively great stability, especially for use for partitions and safety walls. This stability is achieved by supporting walls that join the two legs of an angle bracket to one another and have an outwar... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192646 | Round cladding system System for covering or cladding poles, columns and utility structures. Pairs of vertically-oriented frame members are attached to a column or pole by a supporting bracket mechanism, or directly on a utility structure, such as a gasoline pump. Semi-circula... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192647 | High strength grouted pipe coupler A high strength grouted pipe coupler by which pairs of spaced axially aligned steel reinforcement bars (i.e. rebars) are reliably spliced to one another for the purpose of connecting together and providing continuous support for contiguous columns, walls,... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192648 | Method of installing ships cabin wall panels and a support for use in the method The method consists in using supports to support temporarily top rails in which the wall panels are inserted. When a few panels have been installed and fixed to the top rails, starting from a sanitation unit, the support is removed by pivoting its studs a... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192649 | Elastomeric seismic isolation of structures and components A clamped support system for a structure comprising a plurality of support piers in a predetermined array, supporting the structure; and at least two rigid reinforcing pads sandwiched about an elastomer layer, the plurality of support piers extending thro... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192650 | Water-resistant mastic membrane This invention provides reinforced, water-resistant structures, and methods of manufacturing and installing such structures. These structures include bituminous mastic material having first and second major surfaces and semi-rigid, open mesh material disp... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192651 | Method of forming foam-filled decorative muntin bar for windows and the like A method of forming a foam-filled decorative muntin bar includes the steps of roll-forming a sheet of aluminum to form a hollow outer shell, and depositing a mixture of foaming components on the sheet of aluminum as it is being roll-formed, so the outer s... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192652 | Spacing profile for double-glazing unit A spacing profile for a spacing frame, which is to be fitted in the edge area of a double-glazing unit, forming an interspace, with a profile body of a material possessing low thermal conductivity and with a diffusion-impermeable metal foil which is bonde... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192653 | Packaging device A circular track (11) constructed to open and close supports a truck (4) riding on the track (11). A packaging material feeder (7) is mounted on the truck (4) to feed packaging material (6) from a packaging material coil (5). Part of the item for packagin... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192654 | Rotary conveyor with receptacles for packets of the tobacco processing industry A wheel-shaped conveyor with radially extending pockets for discrete packets of cigarettes is indexible about a horizontal axis between the neighboring surfaces of two upright walls forming part of a support for the conveyor and flanking a selected portio... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192655 | Hosiery manipulation device and method A device to manipulate hosiery comprises a swift-tack apparatus joined to a j-hook magazine which selectively attaches a swift tack to a hosiery stack with or without a j-hook. The hosiery stack is then selectively inverted by a pair of rotatable clamps. ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192656 | Method of and apparatus for packaging cylindrical article A packaging apparatus packages a cylindrical article having a hollow region therein by gathering an end of a wide packaging sheet wrapped around the cylindrical article, and pressing the gathered end into the hollow region in the cylindrical article. The ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192657 | 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 tapered to fit a pot and may have a skirt having an edge and having a lower end having excess material therein for forming a bottom. The cover may be bondingly conn... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192658 | Method and apparatus for fitting a sheet-like article A case 6 is intermittently conveyed on a box transfer conveyor 8, and contains vessels 4 disposed in an array of four vessels in a longitudinal row and three vessels in a transverse row. A magazine introduction conveyor 18 is disposed to extend in a direc... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192659 | 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... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192660 | Cap applying apparatus An apparatus for supplying and applying cap bodies (51) to a packaging container includes a gas supplying device (11) which supplies a hydrogen-oxygen gas mixture obtained by electrolyzing water, a burner unit (22) that is connected to the gas supplying d... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192661 | Return envelope assembly In order to ensure the prompt processing of payments of bills with personal checks while using automatic mail opening equipment, a return envelope assembly includes a front panel and a rear panel each having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of side e... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192662 | Device for positioning and cutting the film in the packaging station of a machine for packaging with stretchable film The blade (12) which is to make the transverse cut of the film in the product packaging station is fixed in the lower part of the grooved section (11) which forms part of the front folder (9) of the packaging machine and has its cutting edge facing downwa... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192663 | Riding spur with retaining lip A riding spur is used in conjunction with a boot having a foot portion and an adjacent heel disposed below the foot portion. The spur comprises a generally U-shaped band member having a lip projecting inwardly from the band member and abutting the lower e... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192664 | Harvester with crop flow rate sensor An agricultural harvesting machine, such as a combine harvester comprising a header for collecting crop material from a field, an auger and straw elevator for conveying the collected crop into the harvesting machine and a threshing and cleaning system. Th... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192665 | Self-powered brush cutter A self-powered brush cutter provided with a carrier having motorized ground engaging elements mounted via tandem arms, an articulated boom and a cutter head attachment. The articulated boom includes an angular adjustment mechanism to adjust the angle of t... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192666 | Lawn mower A lawnmower includes a cutter assembly having a cutter deck and at least three cutter blades disposed respectively in first, second and third cutting zones within the cutter deck. The cutter blades are coupled to a power source by a power transmission ass... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192667 | Spin draw texturizing or draw texturizing machine The inventive arrangement of bundles of fibrils in a part of a spin draw texturizing or draw texturizing machine presents a fan-type arrangement of these bundles of fibrils in which preferentially the longitudinal axes of the texturizing nozzles taking up... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192668 | Method and apparatus for compressing gaseous fuel in a turbine engine A gas turbine engine includes a rotatable impeller having a plurality of vanes with inlet and outlet ends. A plurality of diffuser channels are spaced apart radially beyond the outlet ends. A movable source of gaseous fuel is positioned adjacent the inlet... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192669 | Combustion chamber of a gas turbine A combustion chamber in a gas-turbine, wherein the combustion chamber has an annular-toroidal-shaped interior space. A plurality of burners are arranged on the periphery of the combustion chamber, wherein the burners are operatively connected to the annul... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192670 | Radial flow turbine with internal evaporative blade cooling A radial flow turbine has a rotor with an internal cavity that includes a vaporization section and a condensation section. The condensation section is disposed radially inward toward the shaft and the vaporization section extends radially outward adjacent... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192671 | Cross bar centering mechanism for slave petals in covergent divergent nozzles with variable geometry Divergent petal arrangement for convergent-divergent nozzles with thrust vectoring capability through changes in the divergent section geometry, in which the position of each slave divergent petals 4 is determined by a centering mechanism 31, made up by t... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192672 | Engine control method with multiple emission control devices A fuel vapor purging method controls fuel vapor purging during stratified operation. Several factors influence vapor purge control, including fuel vapor concentration in the cylinder and temperature of the emission control device. The fuel vapor passes th... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192673 | Method and apparatus for improving the quality of exhaust gas emissions from an internal combustion engine A method for improving the exhaust gas emissions of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas catalyst, wherein the exhaust gas catalyst is heated after starting the internal combustion engine. Regulation of the power output is performed by the ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192674 | Heat generation method in an emission control device A fuel vapor purging method controls fuel vapor purging during stratified operation. Several factors influence vapor purge control, including fuel vapor concentration in the cylinder and temperature of the emission control device. The fuel vapor passes th... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192675 | Exhaust gas purification device for an internal combustion engine In an exhaust gas purification device, a catalytic converter containing selective reduction catalysts is disposed in an exhaust gas passage of an internal combustion engine capable of being operated at a lean air-fuel ratio. The catalytic converter includ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192676 | Device for reducing the NOx content in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine A completely self-contained device reduces the NOx content in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine operated with excess air. One or more reduction catalytic converters working according to the SCR principle are provided. A reducing ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192677 | Apparatus and method for the after-treatment of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine operating with excess air An injection valve of a reducing agent metering device is enclosed in a double-walled valve holding element that is connected directly to the exhaust-gas line. It is thereby possible to blow pressurized air into an air gap between an outer wall and an inn... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192678 | Secondary air supply control system for internal combustion engine A secondary air supply control system controls supply of air to a catalyst arranged in the exhaust passage of an internal combustion, for purification of exhaust gases. A temperature difference between a temperature of an engine coolant sensed at a stoppa... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192679 | Exhaust purification device and method for internal combustion engine A first and second converter are connected via an exhaust passage so that the first converter is situated further upstream relative to the flow of exhaust. These converters comprise an adsorbent which adsorbs hydrocarbons at a temperature lower than a fir... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6192680 | Subsea hydraulic control system A subsea hydraulic control system 10 supplies hydraulic fluid to operate subsea equipment SE, which in exemplary application may be a blowout preventer having an opening port and a closing port. A hydraulic control system includes a fluid storage vessel 1... | 02/27/2001 |
