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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6363728 | System and method for controlled delivery of liquefied gases from a bulk source Provided is a novel system and method for delivery of gas from a liquefied state. The system includes (a) a delivery vessel holding a bulk quantity of liquefied gas therein; (b) a heat exchanger disposed on the delivery vessel to provide or remove energy ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363729 | Apparatus and method for injecting cryogenic liquid into containers A compact device for injecting cryogenic liquid into containers is capable of use with containers of varying sizes. A vessel containing the cryogenic liquid is connected to a nozzle by a thermally-insulated, flexible hose. The nozzle is connected to an ar... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363730 | Method and apparatus for cryogenic cooling A method and apparatus for using vaporized liquid cryogen to cool articles, particularly extrusions, utilizing dispersion of liquid cryogen into a chamber wherein it is substantially vaporized and then circulated through cooling circuits in a tool for coo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363731 | System for extracting a liquid from a gas stream A method for the extraction of a liquid by condensation from a gas stream, wherein the gas stream contains the liquid mainly as fluid steam, includes expanding the gas stream in an expansion device and condensing at least a portion of the liquid downstrea... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363732 | Additional heating system for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a device for implementing an additional heating system for a motor vehicle, having a heating/air-conditioning unit of a motor vehicle, which has a compressor that is driven by an electric motor and is arranged in a compression-typ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363733 | Refrigerator, specially for beverage bottles, in particular beer bottles, a system of producing humidity for a refrigerator and a method for generating a covering of ice crystals on a bottle A refrigerator is described, specially for beverage bottles, in particular beer bottles, a humidity production system for a refrigerator and a method for generating a COVERING OF ICE CRYSTALS on the bottle. The objective of the invention is to provide an ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363734 | Air conditioning system equipped with sterilization/deodorization gas supply means Disclosed is an air conditioning system that comprises a sterilization/deodorization gas supply device wherein a sterilization/deodorization gas supply unit, which includes a chemical container and an evaporation acceleration unit, for accelerating the ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363735 | Air conditioner condenser orifice member having condensate suction port The present invention relates to an orifice member for the condenser fan of an air conditioning unit, which has a basepan and a partition which divides the air conditioning unit into an indoor section forwardly of the partition and an outdoor section rear... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363736 | Condensate evaporator pan A condensate collection structure for collecting and evaporating liquid condensation from a refrigerator or freezer in which a bracket assembly attached to the refrigeration housing unit supports both a condenser tubing array and a removable condensate dr... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363737 | Heat exchanger and method of use therefor Apparatus for and method of use for a heat exchanger in an HVAC system having a system refrigerant for heat transfer between a radiator and a heat exchanger, in heat transfer communication through the heat exchanger. Single or multiple heat exchange loops... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363738 | Refrigerator A shelf placing frame formed in a hollow shape and a timing belt arranged along its periphery utilizing the hollow part are prepared. A lever movable along the frame is fixedly connected to the timing belt so as to rotationally move the timing belt. A scr... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363739 | Insulated container and receptacle therefor An insulated container has a container wall, and a space to be warmed or cooled defined within the container wall. The container has an opening in the wall and a receptacle positioned so that objects introduced through the opening can seat in the receptac... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363740 | Chilled beverage display container A chilled beverage display container has an outer casing that includes a base, a top rim member, a cover hinged to the top rim member so that the cover can be pivoted between a closed position and an open position, and a circular cylindrical peripheral wa... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363741 | Refrigerant composition and refrigerating apparatus A refrigerant composition comprising difluoromethane (R-32), pentafluoroethane (R-125), 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R-134a), and n-pentane, preferably prepared by mixing n-pentane preliminarily in R-134a, and mixing into a refrigerant of R-32 and R-125, wi... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363742 | Accumulator for an air conditioning system An accumulator (24) for an air conditioning system (10) comprising a housing (26) having a first end wall (28), a second end wall (30), and a side wall (32) joining the end walls; a fluid outlet pipe (36) mounted in, and passing through, the first end wal... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363743 | Method for formulating particles Method for formulating particles from solutions, wherein cooling the solution down to the initial freezing point, to mix the solution under pressure with an inert medium, to expand the solution to solid, fluidable frozen particles comprising the insert me... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363744 | Hydrocarbon separation process and apparatus A process is described for separating the heavier hydrocarbons from a gaseous hydrocarbon feed wherein a first separator is employed to separate partially condensed gaseous feed and wherein the vapour portion undergoes work expansion and is fed to a fract... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363745 | Cut cornered square mixed-cut gemstone A cut cornered mixed-cut square gemstone comprises a step-cut crown, with two steps and a table, a girdle and a pavilion. The crown and pavilion are substantially square with four equal sides, and corners about 1/3 the length of the sides. The pavilion si... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363746 | Method and apparatus for making multi-component glass soot An apparatus for producing the glass soot used in the formation of optical fiber includes a burner with an internal atomizer. The atomizer includes an outer tube having a nozzle at an end thereof, and an inner tube located within the outer tube and having... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363747 | Glass mold material for precision glass molding A method for making working mold tools for use in a compression molding process for molding optical glass elements from high temperature glasses having Tg 's in the range of from about 400° C. to about 850° C. An yttria aluminosilicate glass ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363748 | Method of making protective filter lens An ophthalmic, protective, filter lens, and a method of producing such lens, the lens having a ratio of Z and Y tristimulus values between 0.25-0.40, a dominant wavelength between 570-580 nm. on a color mixture diagram, a sharp transmission drop between 4... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363749 | Process for manufacturing surface-sealed hollow glass containers A process for producing surface-sealed hollow glass containers, wherein as part of the production process the hollow glass containers are coated with a water-based cold end coating composition in the region of the exit from the annealing lehr, which is ar... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363750 | Automatic pipette puller and forge A glass tube is positioned over a heater and stretched until drawn apart into two drawn portions. A controlled pulling force is applied to the tube by a powered driver such as a linear motor. After separation, one of the drawn glass portions is reposition... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363751 | Apparatus for Bend-shaping a glass plate A method and apparatus for manufacturing a curved sheet of glass which includes a heating furnace for heating a sheet of glass therein, the heating furnace having an outlet opening for discharging a curved sheet of glass, and an array of beds housed in th... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363752 | Roller-hearth kiln for heating glazing sheets A roller furnace for heating windows to their softening temperature. The furnace is provided above a roller transportation track. Vanes forming blowing nozzles are arranged transversely to the direction of movement of the windows in order to blow hot gas ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363753 | Curved glass manufacturing apparatus with improved bending and conveyor units A roll-forming unit of a curved glass manufacturing apparatus includes a cooperating pair of upper and lower forming roll mechanisms. Each mechanism includes a forming roll having a resilient rod covered with a cover member except opposite end portions th... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363754 | MCVD method and apparatus using an elongated gas feeding device An apparatus for manufacturing optical fibers includes an external circular tube into which reactant gases are introduced from an entrance at one end thereof. An internal circular tube is inserted into the external circular tube through an exit at the oth... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363755 | Timed release washing machine lid lock A lid lock for a washing machine or the like employs a rapid bistable electromagnetic actuator that is released at a predetermined time interval after the cessation of a spin signal, the time interval being selected to allow the spin basket to coast to a ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363756 | Top loading laundry appliance A laundry appliance such as a washing machine (2, 300) or a clothes drier (200) where user access to the clothes containing vessel (1, 201, 301) is facilitated by supporting the vessel in a structure (105, 205, 305) which may be tilted or slid out of the ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363757 | Combination lock provided with means to prevent disturbance of a set series of numbers used in opening the lock A combination lock including main body, a series of number wheels and set wheels, a locating piece, a stop piece, a movable lock rod, a push block disposed on the locating piece, a notch disposed on the stop piece, a slide slot located in the main body, a... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363758 | Ergonomically manipulated cable combination lock with lay-out operations in angular relationship An ergonomically manipulated cable combination lock includes: a housing, a cable or wire having one cable end fixed in a first hole in the housing and having another cable end secured with a locking plug lockable in a second hole in the housing, a plurali... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363759 | Rotatable door lock with integrated security feature Rotatable door lock with an integrated security feature is used in a housing having a lockable door panel. The housing has an opening therein. The lockable door panel includes a lock cylinder having a passage extending substantially radially therethrough.... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363760 | Handgun security wall safe A security wall safe specially adapted for securing weapons such as pistols. The safe is made of sheet steel or other strong and inexpensive material such as plastic or composite and is sized to conveniently fit between conventional wall studs so that it ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363761 | Modular rod locking system A locking system for control-cabinet doors has a base member detachably mounted to an outer or inner side of a control-cabinet door. A pinion is mounted in the base member. First locking rods are mounted in the base member and are drivingly connected to t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363762 | Locking device A locking device for a lock cylinder (12) has an electronically controlled inhibiting element (2), which in an inhibit position (xS) blocks movement of a rotor (1) relative to a stator (6) and frees the rotor (1) in a free position (xF | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363763 | Lock with sensor A lock with sensor comprises a housing defining a chamber and a latch mechanism located within the chamber of the housing. The latch mechanism is movable relative to the housing between a retracted position wherein the latch mechanism is substantially wit... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363764 | Forming apparatus for duct members The invention provides an apparatus and method for automated manufacture of connective fittings on a duct member, and particularly a tapered adjustable take off. The connective fitting is generally placed near the inlet of the duct member and comprises a ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363765 | Shear deformation device for scalping The present invention relates to a shear deformation device. To improve the productivity by solving the problem that the amount of shear deformation of a material is not uniform and sufficient due to the gap between the curved portion of the molding path ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363766 | Double function bending blade for sheet metal bending machine There is described a new bending blade for sheet metal bending machine, that in order to allow the bending of the sheet metal both upward and downward comprises two bending teeth extending from a single body of blade in directions orthogonal to each other... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363767 | System and method for forming sheet metal using a reconfigurable tool A system for forming sheet metal (118) is disclosed. The system comprises a support plate (102) that is coupled to a base (108) and has at least one side plate (104) adjacent thereto. A clamping mechanism (200) fixes the side plate (104) to the support pl... | 04/02/2002 |