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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6363848 | Printing unit with cylinders arranged in the shape of a "V" and "W" A first printing unit of an offset printing press has five cylinders, which include two forme cylinders, two transfer cylinders and a counter-pressure cylinder. These five cylinders are arranged in a manner forming a shape of a "W".... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363849 | Tampon printing machine having laser engraving device A tampon printing machine has at least one printing plate for having an engraving, an inking device that inks the engraving with printing ink and a printing pad that lifts the ink out of the engraving and transfers it to an object to be printed, wherein a... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363850 | Mounting printing plate cylinder having tapered bore to untapered rotatable drive shaft A printing plate or decorator cylinder has a tapered bore for engaging the tapered outer surface of a sleeve member which is mounted on an untapered rotatable drive shaft and the sleeve is adjustably coupled to the shaft to permit accurate registration of... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363851 | Process for producing folded, bound printed products, and the printed product produced A folded, bound printed product comprising a plurality of printed subproducts is produced in that an initial product is printed sequentially in such a manner as to produce a series of printed subproducts which are to be arranged one after the other, the i... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363852 | Factory testable igniter module for a vehicle supplemental restraint system An improved modular igniter package designed for bus communication with a central control module has an internal bridge element that is electrically accessible for factory testing of the bridge element. Temporary electrical interconnects internal to the i... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363853 | Electrically initiated distributed igniter An electrically initiated distributed igniter (EIDI) system combines most of the advantages of conventional pyrotechnic igniters with those of ETC planar igniters without the disadvantages of either. The EIDI system lends itself to precise timing control ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363854 | Mine alterable from an armed state to a safe state A mine has the ability to change from an armed state to a safe state without touching of the mine. The mine includes a case and an explosive charge in the case. Also included is a detonator located adjacent to the explosive charge. The firing of the deton... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363855 | Solid propellant rocket motor thermally initiated venting device An ordnance venting system has a thermally initiated rapid deflagrating composition that detonates a high energy material. The high energy material is configured as a shaped charge and surrounds the ordnance housing of a rocket motor. During cook-off of t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363856 | Projectile for a small arms cartridge and method for making same A projectile for small arms, incorporating a core, skirt, and driving band. The present invention's design acts to increase muzzle velocity in three main ways. The core is lightweight, therefore, the same amount of propellent will cause the present invent... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363857 | Transportation system A novel transportation system enables passengers to travel at high speeds relative to automobile traffic, while permitting each passenger to individually select his destination, commence travel whenever a transporter is available, and travel with or witho... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363858 | Transport device comprising at least one carriage or like vehicle circulating on a cable A transport device includes a vehicle on an elongated support element extending between a departure station and an arrival station, the departure station being located at a higher elevation than the arrival station. The arrival station includes at least o... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363859 | Automatic clamping device for cableway systems of the two-cable type An automatic clamping device for cableway systems including a pair of jaws. One jaw of the pair of jaws is driven in opening and closing through at least one arm, which is capable of rotating around at least one articulated joint. The rotation occurs due ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363860 | Two-way guiding assembly along a rail for a road axle lateral offset A two-way assembly consisting of a chassis-frame (11) formed by two branches (17) and (18) articulated pivoting about two end pins (21) and (22) each bearing two inclined guide rollers (14) along a rail (8). The chassis-frame (11) is longitudinally movabl... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363861 | Bogie for rail vehicles The invention is based on a bogie (1) for rail vehicles on which two interconnected wheel bearing housings, in which wheel axles (5) for rail wheels (2) are mounted, are articulated via an oscillating link (10). The rail wheels (2) are driven by means of ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363862 | Power pick-up assembly and corresponding railway vehicle This power pick-up for a railway vehicle comprises a pantograph (4) and a pantograph support (7), the pantograph support (7) comprising a stationary chassis (8) for mounting on the roof (2) of a railway vehicle (3), and a mobile chassis (9) carrying the p... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363863 | Gate assembly for a railroad hopper car A discharge gate assembly for a railroad hopper car is disclosed. The gate assembly includes a frame defining a discharge opening and a gate or first element slidably carried on the frame for controlling the discharge of material from the hopper car throu... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363864 | Lightweight railroad car for carrying steel coils A railroad car for carrying steel coils includes a pair of spaced apart supports located inboard of the sides of the railroad car. The supports have upper angled surfaces and the supports are arranged so as to impart a trough-shape cavity for receiving bo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363865 | Art table An art table having a top surface, two ends, and a lower tray. Each end has two legs. A brace is placed at each end supporting a plurality of holders, where drawing materials can be placed. Wheels are attached to two legs of one end. A paper dispenser is ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363866 | Table construction A table is provided having a table top with two opposed side edges and two opposed end edges. The side edges are curvilinear each having a concave portion and a convex portion. The side edges are further mutually aligned so as to be a constant distance fr... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363867 | Structural protective system and method A barrier to penetration by a foreign object includes a rigid housing and a mechanism, enclosed within the housing, for mechanically trapping the foreign object, for example by exerting a lateral compressional force on the foreign object. The mechanism ma... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363868 | Combustors and burners with high turndown ratio Various smoke and combustible gas combustors (200, 300) are disclosed, and also disclosed are systems (100, 200) combining gas combustor with inventive burner. Such a burner (100 or 100') provides combustion of a particulate fuel such as sawdust, and many... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363869 | Potassium hydroxide flue gas injection technique to reduce acid gas emissions and improve electrostatic precipitator performance A method for reducing acid gas emissions from a carbonaceous fuel burning power plant. An aqueous potassium hydroxide dry scrubber method is used to reduce the formation of nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, hydrogen chlorides and hydrogen fluoride from plan... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363870 | Method and system for applying liquid fertilizer to a forestry planting site A system and method are disclosed for dispensing liquid fertilizer to a forestry planting site of the type normally found in a commercial forestry operation. One or more liquid fertilizer accommodating tanks are mounted on a vehicle such as a plow, a plan... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363871 | Quick change seed boot A unique quick change system constitutes the present invention. The invention comprises a two-piece seed boot holder and spreader for use with air seeding devices used in agriculture. The seed boot holder is adapted to bolt onto the shank of an ordinary c... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363872 | Sewing machine with an overload clutch A sewing machine (1) with an overload clutch in the form of a friction clutch in the region of the handwheel (44), with a positioning motor (57), including a motor part (56) and a control part (55), and with a position transmitter (51) connected to the ar... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363873 | Ship for recovering floating petroleum products and mobile installation using such recovery ships A subject of the invention is a ship (20) for recovering petroleum products floating at the surface of the sea, characterized in that it comprises an open front part equipped with a rotary collecting drum (24) which is partially submerged and comprises lo... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363874 | Rotational electric bow thruster for a marine propulsion system The present invention provides a propulsion system for a watercraft. The system includes a rotatable body adapted for fixed external mounting on a hull forward a transverse centerline of the watercraft. A prop is coupled to, and rotatable with, the rotata... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363875 | Method and apparatus for trimming a dual electric motor marine propulsion system A technique for adjusting the trim of a dual electric motor marine propulsion system is provided wherein offset or calibration signal levels are determined through a calibration sequence. The propulsion units are driven in a nominal direction, such as thr... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363876 | Device for coupling a boat to a mooring A device for coupling a boat to a boat mooring. The device comprises an elongate shaft having a hook member at one end thereof and an eyelet at the other end thereof. The hook has a pivotable latch for facilitating coupling and decoupling of the hook memb... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363877 | Power boat The power boat includes a bow and a stern, a hull with a longitudinal dimension extending from the bow to the stern, and a platform extending across the stern for enabling boarding of the boat, the platform being located at or slightly above the water sur... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363878 | Blood type-specific safety labeling system for patients and blood products A labeling system to ensure that blood products are compatible with a patient's blood type. A blood product housing, which is attached to a blood product, comprises a plurality of block-like projections and recesses corresponding to the antigens/antibody ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363879 | Fan speed indicator A ceiling fan speed indicator having a detectable feature by which fan speed may be quickly ascertained by one of the human senses.... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363880 | Device for coating foodstuff articles with cocoa butter-containing substances or similar fat-containing substances A device for coating food articles with a fat-containing substance has a circulating endless mesh belt having an upper belt portion for transporting the foodstuff articles in a transport direction and a lower return belt portion. A shaking device is posit... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363881 | Plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus Disclosed is a plasma chemical vapor deposition apparatus for forming an amorphous thin film, a microcrystalline thin film or a polycrystalline thin film on a surface of a target substrate by utilizing a glow discharge generated by an electric power suppl... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363882 | Lower electrode design for higher uniformity A plasma processing system for processing a substrate is disclosed. The plasma processing system includes a process chamber within which a plasma is both ignited and sustained for processing. The plasma processing system further includes an electrode disp... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363883 | Animal related apparatus An animal related apparatus is provided for automatically performing an animal related operation, comprising a robot arm (4), a camera means (8) provided with at least one lens and a light source means (6). According to the invention, said camera means (8... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363884 | Device for preparing cleaning liquid for a milking device, and a cleaning agent, for example for use in the device A device for preparing cleaning liquid in a buffer vessel, which can be used to clean a milking device. The cleaning agent is supplied as a powder, possibly in tablet form, and is metered into a mixing vessel which may form part of the buffer vessel. Cons... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363885 | Livestock feeder The invention provides a feed saving method of feeding livestock, as well as a feed saving feeder therefore. The animal must pass its mouth over an inwardly and downwardly sloping feed catching portion, then down through a separating portion before obtain... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363886 | Heated/cooled live-food bird feeder A bird feeder for maintaining live bird feed at a temperature to preserve the feed. The temperature is maintained within an acceptable range with heating and cooling means, which are provided in combination with the feeder. The bird feeder has a removable... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363887 | Wildlife feeder A wildlife feeder having a cap removably attached to a preferably cylindrical body having an exterior surface and an interior feed reservoir. A reflective decal and eye bolts may be secured to the wall of the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body is secu... | 04/02/2002 |
