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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6397550 | Metal structural member A metal structural member having an elongate web member having a first side and a second side, a pair of flanges extending laterally from the first side of the web member, each of the flanges having an outer wall member and an end wall member, the end wal... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397551 | Structural framework systems A structural framework system for the construction of exhibition display stands and the like makes use of a beam extrusions having dovetail shaped edge formations which enable panel frames to be hung therefrom and locked in position by virtue of coupling ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397552 | Deck attachment bracket and method of attaching a deck to a building A deck attachment bracket and method of attaching a deck to a building are provided. The attachment bracket is mountable to a concrete foundation of an existing house or other structure. The bracket includes a mounting surface for attaching the bracket to... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397553 | Interior shock absorbing structure An interior shock absorbing structure for a vehicle includes a shock absorbing member. A roof brace (lateral reinforcing beam) is attached to the inner surface of a roof panel facing a passenger room. The shock absorbing member is attached to the roof bra... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397554 | Energy-saving heat insulation of buildings The thermal insulation of buildings is realized by the diffused reflection of thermal radiation and the diffused reflection of the thermal transition of the air, from the internal and the external surfaces of the sublayers of the external masonry, the ext... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397555 | Interlocking blocks of precise height An interlocking block for constructing walls without mortar at bed joints includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a web arrangement connecting the walls, wherein upper and lower surfaces of the block when in use are formed in contact with walls of a mo... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397556 | Reinforced roof shingle The present invention provides a method and a device for reinforcing and securing the roof of a building by particular placement of a plurality of shingle straps in a manner effective to provide controlled separation of parts of the shingles while maintai... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397557 | Packaging machine for producing sealed packages of pourable food products A packaging machine includes a fixed structure. A number of forming assemblies are arranged successively along a vertical portion of a path of a strip of packaging material, for gradually superimposing opposite lateral portions of the strip to form a tube... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397558 | Medication packing apparatus A medicine packing apparatus for packing medicine to be taken at each dosing time into respective medicine bags in accordance with a packing order. The apparatus includes a device for inputting prescription data; a device for deciding packing order, i.e.,... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397559 | Process and apparatus for producing cigarette packs In the production of cigarette packs, it is necessary to form cigarette groups (10) from a plurality of cigarettes (11) arranged in layers, to be precise by virtue of the cigarette group (10) (or a sub-group) being pushed out of shafts (13) of a cigarette... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397560 | Flattened decorative bag or sleeve having gussets convertible to a decorative bag for holding a basket and methods A flattened decorative bag having gussets which is convertible to a decorative bag for a basket which, when a basket is inserted therein, conforms to the shape of the basket. Methods of making and using a flattened decorative bag having gussets.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397561 | Transverse direction zipper with edges unsecured In a form fill and seal apparatus, a film is provided with a zipper oriented transverse to the direction of travel of the film. The zipper includes a central area which is secured to the film. However, the zipper further includes outer areas which are fre... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397562 | Process and device for producing a candle surrounded by a container Process for producing a candle surrounded by a container in which a prefabricated candle blank which does not completely fill the interior of the container is inserted and fixed in the container. An intermediate space between the candle blank and the insi... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397563 | Method and device for packaging flat products A method and apparatus used for packaging flat products in a plurality of trays. According to the method, individual trays are picked from a stack of trays by a suitable device. Several products are fed to a conveyor belt so that they lay flat and one beh... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397564 | Method of inserting booklet into case and apparatus for inserting same A booklet inserting machine (1) includes a suction cup (3) for holding and unloading a booklet (B) on the top of a stack of booklets at a stacking station (2), a gripping device (4) to grip the booklet (B) unloaded by the suction cup (3), and a transferri... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397565 | Apparatus for dispensing change The apparatus for dispensing change of the present invention comprises: a data input device for inputting change data; a base sheet supplier for supplying a base sheet; a top sheet supplier for supplying a top sheet; a cash deliverer for delivering cash b... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397566 | Insulation strapping machine An insulation strapping machine comprises a vertically reciprocable platen and horizontally reciprocable opposed pairs of compressors which are able to have their relative positions adjustably controlled such that the platen and compressors cooperate toge... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397567 | Process and apparatus for producing (large) packs Process and apparatus for introducing elongate, in particular cylindrical, articles, namely packs (10), into a carton (15). The packs (10) arrive individually, and at a spacing from one another, on a feed conveyor (18) and are pushed off from the latter t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397568 | Apparatus with helical blades for cutting grass and the like, hitched to the front of a motor unit An apparatus for cutting grass is provided which is capable of being attached to a motor unit (1,1a) and comprising a carriage (30) having a shaft (31) supporting associated wheels (32) and helical blades (33) rotating about the shaft (31), at least one s... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397569 | Method of adjusting a sensor unit mounted on a field machine and an adjusting device therefor An adjusting device for a sensor unit mounted on a field machine, or a harvester or tractor, and an associated method for positioning the field machine and sensor unit for locating a working edge of a field. The sensor unit can be mounted on a cutter bar ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397570 | Stopping device for a crop transport mechanism A crop harvesting machine includes a crop transport or feed mechanism including a feed roller to which a toothed wheel is fixed. A detent in the form of a pivotally mounted lever carries a cam or tooth, the detent being pivotable between a first position ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397571 | Combine engine output controlled by harvesting assembly The combine of the present invention is provided with an internal combustion engine. An electronic engine controller is used to monitor and control the operation of the engine. The electronic engine controller stores at least two power curves for controll... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397572 | Lawnmower mountable trimming device A lawnmower mountable trimming device including a mounting bracket adapted for coupling with the deck of the lawnmower. An inner arm is provided that is pivotally attached to the mounting bracket and is extendible outwardly with respect to the mounting br... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397573 | Reel bat assembly A reel bat assembly has a plurality of reel bat tubes formed into sections so that the assembly of reel bat tubes can be disassembled for shipping and can be reassembled to provide for a long reel bat needed for modern harvesters. The reel bat assembly in... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397574 | Sheathless synthetic fiber rope A synthetic rope has multiple layers of load-bearing aramide fiber strands laid together with a coating on the synthetic fiber strands in the outermost layer of strands. The coating includes an impregnating substance with additives of UV stabilizers, shor... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397575 | Apparatus and methods of reheating gas turbine cooling steam and high pressure steam turbine exhaust in a combined cycle power generating system In a combined cycle system having a multi-pressure heat recovery steam generator, a gas turbine and steam turbine, steam for cooling gas turbine components is supplied from the intermediate pressure section of the heat recovery steam generator supplemente... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397576 | Gas turbine engine with exhaust compressor having outlet tap control A gas turbine engine comprising a turbine mounted downstream of a compressor and a heat exchanger interconnected between the turbine and compressor and to a heated fluid source, which is connected to a fuel source, has a compressor flow duct having a plur... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397577 | Shaftless gas turbine engine spool A gas turbine engine structure is described wherein the compressor region and the turbine region of the engine are disposed substantially concentrically of each other between fixed inner and outer casings, with the combustor disposed at one common end of ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397578 | Gas turbine power plant A gas turbine power plant has no intercooler for compressed air and comprises a compressor, a combustor for burning fuel with compressed air from the compressor to produce combustion gas, a turbine driven by the combustion gas, a generator driven by the t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397579 | Internal combustion engine with constant-volume independent combustion chamber A cyclic internal combustion engine having at least one working piston and cylinder arrangement which includes separate compression, combustion, and expansion chambers that perform respective compression combustion and expansion cycles. The compression cy... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397580 | High performance rocket engine having a stepped expansion combustion chamber and method of making the same An improved rocket engine combustion chamber design wherein a first or precombustion chamber having a first diameter is located intermediate to a propellant injector and a second or main combustion chamber having a second diameter which is larger than the... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397581 | Heat exchanger in composite material and method for making same The heat exchanger comprises an intermediate portion (14) of refractory composite material, e.g. of C/C composite material, in which fluid circulation channels (16) are formed, and which is interposed between a portion of refractory composite material, e.... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397582 | Exhaust gas purification apparatus of internal combustion engine and catalyst for purifying exhaust gas of internal combustion engine An exhaust gas purification apparatus for use in an internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust gas duct connected to the engine through which the exhaust gas containing NOx gas passes and a catalyst so disposed in the exhaust gas duct that it contact... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397583 | Method for catalyst monitoring using flex fuel Method and system are provided for monitoring performance of a catalytic converter coupled to an exhaust of an internal combustion engine supplied with fuel from a fuel tank where the fuel can include a first fuel and second fuel in concentrations that va... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397584 | System for assisting the regeneration of a particle filter integrated into an exhaust line of a motor vehicle diesel engine A system for assisting the regeneration of a particle filter integrated into an exhaust line of an engine that admits air into the engine and includes a valved return that selectively closes a path that recycles exhaust gas from the engine to the engine i... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397585 | Catalyst temperature estimating apparatus A catalyst temperature estimating apparatus is provided, capable of estimating the temperature of the catalyst installed in an internal combustion engine on a vehicle by providing various catalyst temperature estimating parameters, when the internal combu... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397586 | Emission control apparatus and method of internal combustion engine An emission control apparatus for an internal combustion engine has a bypass passage bypassing a portion of a main exhaust passage located upstream of an exhaust gas-purifying catalyst device, an adsorbent provided in the bypass passage, a passage switchi... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397587 | System and method for monitoring the loading of a diesel particulate filter A system 10 is provided for monitoring the loading of a diesel particulate filter 12. System 10 is adapted for use in combination with a vehicle including an internal combustion diesel engine 14 of the type having several substantially identical cylinders... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397588 | Catalytic converter for cleaning exhaust gas and exhaust gas purification assembly with a catalytic converter A catalytic converter for cleaning the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine with a supercharger. The catalytic converter has a catalyst carrier body and is adapted to being fitted into a connecting joint in an exhaust pipe upstream of supercharger... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397589 | Exhaust pipes and assemblies Manifold pipe assemblies and exhaust manifold assemblies, optionally in combination with internal combustion engines, for receiving hot gases from such heat source, and conveying such hot gases from the heat source toward a lower temperature environment. ... | 06/04/2002 |
