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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6321506 | Coffee dispensing and packaging machine Coffee dispensing and packaging machine, comprising a container for the grained coffee and a mill for the same coffee, in which the container (7) is subdivided in a plurality of separate rooms (8, 9) containing respectively grained coffee of different typ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321507 | Apparatus for packaging insulation material A belt roll-up machine which includes at least two endless belts. The endless belts have portions that overlap one another. The overlapping portions of the belts form a loop. A compressible strip of insulation material may be rolled in the loop.... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321508 | Method of containing a botanical item with a sleeve having an expandable portion A plant packaging system and method comprising a combination of a protective upper portion and a decorative lower portion having a base portion and a skirt portion for packaging a potted plant or a botanical item and a growing medium without a pot. The pr... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321509 | Method and apparatus for inserting an oxygen scavenger into a modified atmosphere package A unique method and apparatus for inserting an oxygen scavenger into a modified atmosphere package for extending the shelf life of food, especially raw meats. A scavenger feeder feeds a chain of interconnected oxygen scavengers. A separator separates the ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321510 | Method of wrapping drinking straws Sipping straws are confined in discrete envelopes while advancing in a single file of spaced-apart straws through a wrapping station. The envelopes are obtained from a continuous strip of wrapping paper which is conveyed to the wrapping station in the dir... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321511 | Packaging a strip of material with compression to reduce volume A package has at least one stack of a strip of material repeatedly folded back and forth so that the stack contains a plurality of folded overlying strip portions of the strip. Each strip portion is folded relative to one next adjacent strip portion about... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321512 | Method of packaging a strip of material A method is provided for forming a package of a plurality of side-by-side stacks of continuous strips of material in a rectangular container. Each strip is folded back and forth about first and second fold lines to form a stack of a plurality of folded ov... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321513 | Method for packing articles in an elastic packing material and device to carry out said method The method relates to a method for packing articles and/or objects. Articles are packed in an elastic packing material (2) and the elastic packing material is stretched during the packing process. To achieve this, the packing material is arranged in a rec... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321514 | Method of and a device for compressed packaging of trees and greenery on a pallet or the like with lateral supports A device for packing trees and greenery on a pallet or the like having lateral supports. The device comprises a base part capable of supporting a pallet and a working tower protruding upwards from one side of the base part. The working tower comprises a t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321515 | Self-propelled lawn mower The invention concerns a self-propelled lawn mower and a method adapted for using said machine. The machine comprises: a mobile frame (1) including at least one drive wheel (6) and at its lower surface at least two juxtaposed cutters (3), associated each ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321516 | Cotton conveying duct A conveying duct for a cotton harvester includes forward and rear panels having generally continuously curved S-shaped configurations and fore-and-aft extending sides. The panels are joined to the sides by Pittsburgh lock joints without spot welds or sepa... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321517 | Leaf blowing blade for a lawn mower A lawn mower assembly having a leaf blowing blade includes a blade assembly for converting a lawnmower into a leaf blower. The blade assembly includes a substantially planar disc member that includes an outer perimeter edge. A connection portion extends o... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321518 | Land clearing machine attachment A machine attachment of the type having a plurality of swinging blades and a rotor that rotates about a horizontal axis has a cylindrical tubular rotor with stub shafts and bearings at each end for rotation about the horizontal axis, so that the body of t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321519 | Jigs for creating coiled craft stock, and methods of using same Wire, or other material, is wrapped around a shaft as the shaft turns, producing a coil. After being slid off the end of the shaft, the coil can be re-coiled by repeating the process. By shaping the twice-coiled material, a variety of pleasing jewelry bea... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321520 | Sheathed synthetic fiber robe and method of making same A sheathed synthetic fiber rope includes concentric layers of load-bearing synthetic fiber strands, preferably of aramide fibers, with an outermost layer of strands having anchoring strands permanently fastened to a sheath extruded onto the outermost laye... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321521 | Process and apparatus for cleaning an open-end spinning rotor For the purpose of cleaning an open-end spinning rotor, the fiber feed is usually interrupted and the open-end spinning rotor slowed down. Subsequently, in the case of many embodiments, after a cover is removed from the vacuum chamber, cleaning elements a... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321522 | Spinning rotor for open-end spinning machine and method for producing the spinning rotor A spinning rotor for open-end spinning machines and a method for balancing the spinning rotor in the course of a single clamping process by removing material from a cylindrical-shaped section of the collar (20) of the rotor cup (19) to form an identificat... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321523 | Chain A chain comprises inner link plates that are each connected to an adjacent outer link plate by means of at least one pin that passes through overlapping portions of the respective links. Outboard of the inner link plates the pin supports a rotary bush wit... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321524 | System for the routing of bundles of wires For the collective routing of bundles of wires, it is known to use partly open tubes composed of mutually outwardly-flexible, partly cylindrical elements which are slotted to enable the insertion of wires herein. Known configuration have certain disadvant... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321525 | Overspeed detection techniques for gas turbine engine Unique systems and methods are disclosed to detect and remediate an overspeed condition of a gas turbine engine. Such techniques include sensing rotational speed of a rotating member of a gas turbine engine and providing a first speed threshold that varie... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321526 | Gas turbine starting control system A gas turbine starting control system is provided, wherein starting power is increased while an inlet gas temperature of the turbine is prevented from rising during starting of the gas turbine, so that a starting motor can be reduced in size and the syste... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321527 | Bi-level fuel pressurizing system According to the present invention, a fuel delivery system having a fuel pump for providing an unregulated flow of fuel at a pressure and a metering valve receiving the unregulated flow of fuel and providing a regulated flow of fuel consists of a bi-level... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321528 | Turbine, for a liquid-propellant rocket engine mainly The invention relates to the field of power machine building and concerns the improvements in turbines for liquid-propellant rocket engines. A turbine includes a casing enclosing a working chamber and a propellant feed passage communicating with the worki... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321529 | Operating method and exhaust system of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine An exhaust system of a multi-cylinder internal-combustion engine has at least one system part in which the internal-combustion engine exhaust gases or portions thereof are first guided through at least two partial pipe trains apportioned to cylinder group... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321530 | Exhaust gas purifier and method of purifying exhaust gas for a hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle driven using power from an internal combustion engine and power from an auxiliary power source, includes an exhaust gas purification catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage of the engine. The catalyst stores oxygen and a power controller ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321531 | Method and apparatus for using free radicals to reduce pollutants in the exhaust gases from the combustion of a fuel The invention is directed to an apparatus and a method for the reduction of pollutants in a gas stream containing gas formed from the oxidation of fuel, such as, in the exhaust stream of a combustion engine. Radicals are produced using a corona discharge ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321532 | Multiple tract exhaust manifold/header An exhaust system which unexpectedly increases engine performance significantly contains multiple tracts for exhaust gases to travel within upon exiting an internal combustion engine. The multiple tracts can be made of individual tubes or contained in a s... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321533 | Exhaust passage switching unit and method for internal combustion engine A hydrocarbon adsorption apparatus is provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine. The hydrocarbon adsorption apparatus is equipped with a main passage, a switching valve for opening and closing the main passage, and a bypass passage f... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321534 | Ride control A ride control system adapted for use in a fluid system of a machine to cushion the ride of the machine, the machine having a frame with an actuator arrangement disposed between the frame and a load to raise the load relative to the frame, the actuator ar... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321535 | Hydraulic circuit for working vehicle A hydraulic circuit for a loader vehicle includes a working machine hydraulic circuit, a steering hydraulic circuit, a variable displacement auxiliary hydraulic pump, in which the displacement volume becomes smaller as the operating oil pressure becomes h... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321536 | Pneumatically controlled exhaust throttle for delivering EGR on turbocharged engines A pneumatic throttle system for maintaining sufficient exhaust pressure to maintain exhaust flow through an EGR system. The throttle system includes an apertured throttle plate positioned to selectively restrict the flow of exhaust gasses exiting the engi... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321537 | Exhaust gas recirculation system in an internal combustion engine An exhaust gas recirculation system, particularly suitable for use in an internal combustion engine, is provided with a plurality of combustion cylinders, at least one exhaust manifold, and at least one intake manifold. Each exhaust manifold is coupled wi... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321538 | Method of increasing a flow rate of intake air to an engine Past air intake systems have failed to effectively and efficiently utilize the arrangement of structural components to increase boost at low engine speeds. The present air intake system effectively and efficiently utilizes the arrangement of structural co... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321539 | Retrofit equipment for reducing the consumption of fossil fuel by a power plant using solar insolation Retrofit equipment includes an auxiliary gas turbine unit including an auxiliary compressor for compressing ambient air to produce compressed air, a solar collector that receives the compressed air for heating the same too produce heated compressed air, a... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321540 | Heat recovery system and power generation system In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650° C. at a filtration... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321541 | Multi-circuit multi-injection point atomizer A fuel injector nozzle for dispensing fuel in the combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine, includes an elongated, multi-layered, convoluted nozzle feed strip having an internal passage for directing fuel through the length of the strip from the inlet e... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321542 | Method for cleaning pipe and pipe cleaning apparatus for refrigerating apparatus A closed circuit (13) is formed such that the upper ends of preinstalled refrigerant pipes (2A, 2B) in a refrigerant circuit are connected to each other through an upper connecting passage (11) and the lower ends thereof are connected to each other throug... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321543 | Method for protecting compressors used in chillers and/or heat pumps A controller monitors the saturated suction temperature and the saturated discharge temperature of a system that includes a compressor operating as part of a chiller and/or heat pump. When the compressor operates outside its compressor map, the controller... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321544 | Refrigerating cycle The freezing cycle according to the present invention is provided with a first means for safety that leaks the high pressure to the low-pressure side when the high pressure reaches a level equal to or higher than a first specific pressure, a second means ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321545 | Control apparatus for variable displacement type compressor An improved control apparatus for a vehicle air conditioning system controls a variable displacement compressor. The discharge capacity of the compressor is changed by changing the difference between the pressure in the crank chamber and the suction press... | 11/27/2001 |
