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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6276158 | Heat exchange equipment Heat exchange equipment comprising a compressor which is connected to an indoor heat exchanger and also to two outdoor heat exchangers, and flow-direction changing means to change the direction of flow in the heat exchangers whereby each of the outdoor he... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276159 | Sorption refrigeration appliance A combination heating and cooling apparatus which comprises a compartment into which an item to be heated or cooled may be placed; an electromagnetic wave generator; wherein during a first mode of operation of the apparatus, the electromagnetic waves are ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276160 | Ice maker with a motor having gears with means to intermittently rotate a gear thereof A motor having gears which transmit rotations of a rotor to an output shaft through a gear mechanism made of gear trains, comprises a gear mechanism provided with an intermittent rotation mechanism including a primary gear which rotates upon receiving rot... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276161 | Modular low pressure delivery vehicle air conditioning system A modular air conditioning system comprises a self-contained refrigeration power cell, a heat exchanger remotely located from the refrigeration power cell, and a low pressure refrigerant communication circuit operably coupling the refrigeration power cell... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276162 | Portable cooler with accessory tray A cooler is disclosed having a plurality of plate shelves, an accessory tray and a screw on lid with carrying handle. The container is cylindrical in shape and sized to accept a standard nine (9) inch to ten and one-half (10 1/2) inch diameter dinner plat... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276163 | Beverage container with ice compartment A beverage container having a beverage compartment and an ice compartment. Prior to beverage consumption, the container is placed in a dual-temperature environment that freezes the beverage in the ice compartment but doesn't freeze the beverage in the bev... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276164 | Ice chest wrap An accessory item that is used in combination with a pre-existing ice chest for providing increased insulation in a manner which reduces ice melt time, with the item being in the form of an adjustable wrap which is of a shape and size to fit various sized... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276165 | Air condenser, coolant system, and on vehicle air conditioning system A condenser capable of separating oil is provided, including a mesh 80 disposed at the opening 75a of a coolant inlet 75 in a header 72 in which the coolant inlet 75 is provided, and a return path 78, communicating with an intake side of a compressor, is ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276166 | Auxiliary thermal storage heating and air conditioning system for a motor vehicle An auxiliary thermal storage heating and air conditioning system having an output for selectively delivering warm and cool air to the passenger area of a motor vehicle incorporates a reactor containing a metal salt or a complex compound formed by absorbin... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276167 | Refrigeration production A refrigeration method using a non-aqueous, non-hydrocarbon refrigerant to contact a hydrocarbon composition comprising a hydrocarbon vapor phase and a hydrocarbon liquid phase in order to lower the temperature of the hydrocarbon composition by lowering t... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276168 | Purification of nitrogen trifluoride by continuous cryogenic distillation The process recovers NF3 from a multicomponent fluid containing NF3, one or more components less volatile than NF3, and one or more components more volatile than NF3. The process uses a first distillation column and a second distillation column, each dist... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276169 | Apparatus and method for analysis of impurities in liquid carbon dioxide Liquid CO2 is expanded in specially designed primary and secondary nozzles to produce frozen solid CO2. The impurities initially contained in the liquid CO2 are trapped inside of the frozen CO2, which is collect... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276170 | Cryogenic distillation system for air separation Air is separated in a triple column system comprising a high pressure column, an intermediate pressure column and a low pressure column. An argon enriched liquid from the low pressure column feeds an argon column. Oxygen enriched fluids containing at leas... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276171 | Integrated apparatus for generating power and/or oxygen enriched fluid, process for the operation thereof In an integrated power generation system, part of the air from a gas turbine compressor is separated in a single nitrogen wash column to remove oxygen and the gaseous nitrogen produced at the top of the column is sent back to a point upstream of the expan... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276172 | Process for producing ultrapure nitrogen For producing ultrapure nitrogen by low-temperature fractionation of air in a rectification system having at least one rectification column, compressed and purified feed air is conducted into a high pressure column, an oxygen-free pressurized nitrogen fra... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276173 | Covering for structures that come into contact with glass objects during their moulding process The invention relates to a contact member or covering (1) for covering structures (4,9) that come into contact with glass objects (12) during their forming process. The covering is a relatively compact non-woven fiber web (2) with apertures (10) and compr... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276174 | Method and warp knitting machine for the production of knitted fabric having a freely selectable pattern repeat A method for the production of a knitted material and a warp knitting machine for realizing the method is being described by which longitudinal conveyors are driven in such a manner so that the longitudinal conveyors are driven at least partially intermit... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276175 | Seamless torso controlling garment and method of making same A circular knit blank for use in the manufacture of undergarments and the garments so manufactured comprising a tubular knit body having an elastomeric yarn on selected courses, wherein said tubular body contains at least one area of control that has a st... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276176 | Pantyhose under garment A pantyhose garment is provided that has relatively sheer leg portions that end with knitted-in welts just below or above the knees, and a reinforced control top portion having good shaping and control characteristics that terminates at the top of the wai... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276177 | Knitted elastomeric fabric A knitted elastomeric fabric according to the present invention includes a ground yarn, a laterally laid in yarn laid into the ground yarn and at least two elastomeric yarns laid into the ground yarn. One of the elastomeric yarns is laid into the ground y... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276178 | Open mesh fabric structure with stand-off design A fabric with an open mesh structure includes raised members that effectively separate the wearer from the fabric base. The raised members add a third dimension of depth or thickness to a traditionally two-dimensional piece of apparel allowing the fabric ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276179 | Key assembly for vehicle ignition locks A key assembly for mounting an electronic component in the head of the key. The electronic component is mounted in either an opening such as a bore or recess formed in the key head, or a carrier connected to the heel end of the key shank. In the former ca... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276180 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a shift gearwheel and shift gearwheel manufactured by same The subject matter of the invention is a method of manufacturing a shift gearwheel (1) with coaxially disposed and axially projecting shift teeth (5), which have an axial undercut. To said end, a shift gearwheel blank (1) having preformed shift teeth (5) ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276181 | Three-roll-type reducing mill for electro-resistance-welded tube A three-roll-type reducing mill including three forming rolls brought into contact with an outer periphery of an electro-resistance-welded steel tube for reducing its diameter. Two left and right sliding brackets respectively mounted with two follower for... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276182 | Rolling stand, having three or more swinging and adjustable arms The invention relates to a mill for rolling pipes or other bodies such as flat blooms, bars, rods and the like. The rolling mill is formed by an outer load-bearing structure in which holders are accommodated so as to be extractable therefrom; in the holde... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276183 | Method to reduce and eliminate vibrations in a rolling stand and relative device Method and device to reduce and eliminate vibrations in a rolling stand for plane rolled products comprising working rolls associated with by motor a kinematic chain, there being included nozzles to deliver a mixture of water and lubricant to the surface ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276184 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices A process for manufacturing semiconductor devices is carried out using an apparatus comprising a conversion mechanism having a drive shaft (11), a first rod (12) connected to the drive shaft (11), and a second rod (13) connecting the second rod (12) to a ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276185 | Flow lock bead control apparatus and method for drawing high strength steel Forming apparatus includes a binder with novel flow lock beads that engage edge portions of a sheet metal blank during metal drawing. In an initial step, the beads draw inner portions of the edge portions into a die cavity to partially form a component. I... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276186 | Hydraulic pressing device and method for operating the same The invention relates to a method for operating a hydraulic pressuring device with a stationary part (26) and a moving part (24), whereby the moving past (24) is moved relative to the stationary part (26) until a predetermined pressure is reached. In orde... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276187 | Hydra clamp A clamping device including a housing having a base portion slideably mounted to be positionable along the width of a carriage, the carriage being slideably mounted to be positionable along the length of a guide track. The housing includes a clamping jaw ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276188 | System for detecting abnormality of yaw rate sensor and lateral acceleration sensor Abnormality of a yaw rate sensor, including a state in which the neutral point is normal, but the sensitivity is abnormal, is detected with high accuracy, irrespective of the situation of a road surface traveled. A lower one of an output from a dividing d... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276189 | Method and apparatus for continuous monitoring of road surface friction A method and apparatus for continuously or repeatedly monitoring road surface friction utilizes a separate test wheel attached to a vehicle and in contact with a road surface and a device for detecting slippage of the test wheel resulting from applying ei... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276190 | Differential total-gas determination while drilling Apparatus and process is provided for establishing values of the quality of gaseous hydrocarbons in gas extracted from mud while drilling. Two rare earth sensors, without a coating, are exposed to the extracted gas. The first sensor is pre-calibrated and ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276191 | Oxygen sensor An oxygen sensor for determining the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine. The sensor includes an outer electrode exposed to the exhaust side and a reference electrode exposed to the ambient air. In the sensor, a s... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276192 | Gas detecting sensor and device for controlling ventilation systems There are provided with a gas detecting sensor and a gas detecting device for controlling a ventilation system of a vehicle using the gas detecting sensor. The gas detecting sensor of the present invention includes two kinds of gas sensing layers separate... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276193 | Detecting vapor leakage in a motor vehicle fuel system A remotely actuatable diagnostic valve biased normally open is disposed in the air inlet of a vehicle fuel tank vapor storage canister and a thermistor disposed to sense vapor temperature above the liquid level in the fuel tank. Upon engine shutdown, the ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276194 | Apparatus and method for testing the effectiveness of dynamic seals in a dust-laden operating environment An apparatus and procedure is provided for testing and evaluating the sealing effectiveness of dynamic seals of the type having at least one and often at least two dust-excluding seals. Included is a housing having a support wall formed with an opening th... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276195 | Three capillary flow-through viscometer A method and apparatus for measuring the viscosity of a sample solution which comprises an input tube for transporting a sample solution flow towards a splitter for diverting input flow into two distinct flow streams where three capillary tubes are locate... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276196 | Thermometric vapor sensor with evaporation surface having micropores A sensor for sensing in a gas stream a vapor of a liquid. The sensor includes a micropore and a wet temperature sensor. The micropore has an evaporation end and has a lumen to conduct liquid from a supply of the liquid for evaporation at the evaporation e... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276197 | Method of specifying and diagnosing abnormalities in partially-connected clutch stroke levels A method for automatic control of a friction clutch (1) in a vehicle, which clutch is designed to be disengaged and engaged by a clutch actuator (3) under automatic control. An initial partially engaged clutch stroke position (Q1) and an initial clutch st... | 08/21/2001 |
