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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6581410 | Low temperature separation of hydrocarbon gas The invention provides a process for the separation of a heavier hydrocarbon fraction from a gaseous feed comprising a mixture of hydrocarbons, which process comprises subjecting the feed to a first fractionation to form a condensed product; subjecting th... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581411 | Plant for producing high pressure oxygen by air distillation This plant comprises N (N>1) air distillation units (1) in parallel, each one of which comprises a main air compressor (3) driven by a steam turbine (4); an air distillation apparatus (8) producing liquid oxygen and/or liquid nitrogen; at least one pump (... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581412 | Gas delivery at high flow rates This invention is directed to a method for delivering a liquefied compressed gas with a high rate of flow comprising passing a liquefied compressed high-purity semiconductor gas into a storage vessel; positioning a temperature measuring means onto the wal... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581413 | System of interconnected ornamental rings A system of interconnected ornamental rings which convey a definite and clear message regarding the existence of an interpersonal relationship which, when worn by an individual, cannot be mistaken in the culture. In a preferred embodiment, the inventive s... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581414 | Optical nonlinearity material and production method therefor Voltage is applied between electrodes (14a, 14b) under UV irradiation to perform a UV excitation poling, thereby producing microcrystal particles at a core unit (10a). Accordingly, second-order optical nonlinearity is developed at the core unit (10a) of a... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581415 | Method of producing shaped bodies of semiconductor materials A method for producing formed semiconductor articles with predefined shapes such as core tubes for CVD production of bulk polysilicon. The method is characterized by thermal spray deposition of the semiconductor material in a on a temperature controlled r... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581416 | Double cylinder circular knitting machines The invention relates to a double cylinder circular knitting machine which comprises at least one nozzle (18) providing a blast of air close to a yarn cutting-and-locking unit (13) to divert the ends of yarns cut and held by the said unit towards the inte... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581417 | Knit wear knitting method A method of knitting knitwear comprises the joining knit step comprising the step that whenever an adequate number of courses of the front body 3a and the back body 3b are knitted by using different yarn feeders, both right and left sleeves 5, 7 are shift... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581418 | Polychromatic yarn dyeing apparatus Disclosed is a polychromatic yam dyeing apparatus, comprising an upper track portion having at least one pair of upper wheels disposed in parallel, an upper caterpillar unit rotatably travelling around the upper wheels and a plurality of upper dyeing memb... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581419 | Hasp and lock cover for cargo doors A hasp and lock cover for installation on a camming handle of a cargo door of cargo carrying vehicles and shipping containers to substantially cover existing top and bottom hasp elements and the shackle of a lock device installed through the hasp elements... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581420 | Locking apparatus for a compact computer A locking device for a compact computer or a small computer, in particular, a personal data accessory or a palm data accessory (hereinafter referred to as PDA), is presented. The invention also includes a blocking device which is connected with the lockin... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581421 | Security system A security system for connecting a cable to consumer articles, such as cameras, and the like, to prevent unauthorized removal of the articles from a predetermined area while being displayed in retail establishments on open shelves. The system in its most ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581422 | Locking device for portable safe The present invention consists of a molded locking device and opening device together with a cover provided on the top of box, a hook to facilitate locking, and a locking apparatus inside the box opposite to the opening device, and locking device. The pre... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581423 | Door lock A door lock is proposed, in which an outside knob assembled at the outside of a door can be manually controlled to be operationally associated with or dissociated from the door lock. When the door lock is fastened, the outside knob can be selectively deco... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581424 | Portable lock box A portable lock box includes a box-shaped base member having an open front and top and a box-shaped front closure member having an open back and top. The base and front closure members include complementary horizontal support members and the front closure... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581425 | Sliding member securing mechanism for a container This invention pertains to a mechanism for securing a container. The container includes at least one wall, which is comprised of at least a first door. The mechanism includes a first rod, which is attached with the outer surface of the first door. The fir... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581426 | Interconnected lock with remote unlocking mechanism An interconnected lock assembly which can remotely engage a mechanism to couple operation of an inside handle to operation of an outside handle to enable the door to be unlocked from the outside of the door without requiring a key. The interconnected lock... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581427 | Method of adjusting the stroke of a press brake A method of adjusting the stroke of a press brake having a movable beam (1) supporting a punch (2), a fixed beam (3) supporting a die (4), means of displacing (5, 5') the movable beam with respect to the fixed beam, said displacement means resting on side... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581428 | Method and apparatus for superplastic forming The present invention provides a method and apparatus for forming a sheet of ductile material by superplastic forming. Excessive wrinkling is prevented in the present invention by providing a method and apparatus which controls the amount of material flow... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581429 | Strip wiper device, strip wiping method, rolling mill and rolling method To improve the productivity of the cold rolling facility by providing the cold rolling facility with a strip wiper free of dust and foreign matters suitable for high-speed rolling. The wiping ability was greatly improved by floating and supporting the wip... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581430 | Method of making an eyewear frame A method of making an eyewear frame comprising the initial step of extruding an elongated billet of substantially rigid material having a top surface having predetermined convex cross-sectional initially as extruded curvature and a bottom surface having a... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581431 | Eccentric pipe sections An extrusion tool for an extrusion press for manufacturing seamless, eccentric pipe sections--in particular pipe sections with circular outer and inner contours--from extrusion blocks, in particular from extrusion billets. The extrusion tool contains a co... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581432 | Upsetting device A device for upsetting a workpiece has a frame, a head for movement in a first direction toward the frame, and first and second tool holders between the frame and the head for holding dies for the upsetting. A parallelogram linkage mechanism supports the ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581433 | Method of manufacturing a metal pipe with an eccentrically expanded open end A method of manufacturing a metal pipe with an eccentrically expanded open end comprises the steps of plastically deforming to a coaxially expanded state M1 so that an axial wall length L2 at a side to be eccentrically expanded is lo... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581434 | Multi-directional vehicle frame straightening system A vehicle frame straightening system includes a rigid vertical post secured to a rigid base and a circumferential post sleeve slidably mounted about an upper segment of the post. The system further includes an elongate pulling member including a frame eng... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581435 | Method and apparatus for calibration of instruments that monitor the concentration of a sterilant in a system A method and apparatus for calibrating a sensor for determination of the concentration of a sterilant, e.g., hydrogen peroxide vapor, in a sterilization system. This invention provides a method for calibrating a sensor that is used for measuring the quant... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581436 | Pressure sensor with means for re-calibration A pressure sensor for measuring a pressure p contains a membrane with a front and a rear clamped into a body. The pressure p can be applied to the rear of the membrane. The front of the membrane is actively linked to a piston. In addition, a force transmi... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581437 | Motion platform and method of use A novel Stewart platform includes electromagnetic linear actuators. The motion platform may be included in an apparatus and method for testing footwear where a stationary shoe is struck by the motion platform.... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581438 | Capillary test specimen, system, and methods for in-situ visualization of capillary flow and fillet formation A capillary test specimen, method, and system for visualizing and quantifying capillary flow of liquids under realistic conditions, including polymer underfilling, injection molding, soldering, brazing, and casting. The capillary test specimen simulates c... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581439 | Method and apparatus for measuring viscosity of green compact sample, and computer readable medium for storing method for measuring viscosity of green compact sample A method for measuring the viscosity of a green compact sample includes the steps of finding a corrected value V' of the sample volume of the green compact sample, where the corrected value V' of the sample volume is a volume occupied by the inorganic pow... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581440 | Process and device for determining changes in liquid media, in particular coating agents under shear stress A process and a device for determining changes in a liquid medium, in particular a liquid coating agent or its components, caused by shear stress, in which a given volume of the medium is allowed to pass repeatedly through a shear unit under reproducible ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581441 | Capillary column chromatography process and system A microfluidic system is provided for separating components of many fluid samples in a parallel fashion through an array of capillary conduits. The system includes capillary conduits for receiving fluid samples, and for effecting separation of substituent... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581442 | Splitted tubing apparatus for gradient high performance liquid chromatography The present invention provides a device capable of simply formulating an arbitrary gradient pattern in a low flow gradient high performance liquid chromatography. That is, the present invention provides a split tubing apparatus for a gradient high perform... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581443 | Process for determining the distillation characteristics of liquid petroleum products by express mini-distillation and apparatus permitting implementation of this process "Process for determining the distillation characteristics of liquid petroleum products by express mini-distillation and apparatus permitting implementation of this process" Apparatus characterized by the fact that it includes: a distillation flask dimensioned ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581444 | Wheel balancing method An automotive roadwheel is pre-balanced before a tire is mounted thereto. The wheel is balanced by applying a mass of ballasted adhesive to a protected surface of the wheel.... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581445 | Distributed fiber optic moisture intrusion sensing system Method and system for monitoring and identifying moisture intrusion in soil such as is contained in landfills housing radioactive and/or hazardous waste. The invention utilizes the principle that moist or wet soil has a higher thermal conductance than dry... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581446 | Determination of adhesion strength of HVOF coating by spherical indentation A method for determining the adhesion strength of any HVOF-coating/substrate system. This method applies a spherical indentor to the coated part in a loading-unloading cycle. During the loading phase, the substrate deforms plastically. During the unloadin... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581447 | Method for determining the air aspirated by an internal combustion engine, and sensor for an internal combustion engine In a method for determining the air aspirated by an internal combustion engine, in which the air flow rate is detected by an air flow rate meter, simultaneously with the detection of the air flow rate, the humidity and/or pressure of the air is detected b... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581448 | Snug fitting apparatus for tire assembly and manufacturing method of tire assembly A snug fitting apparatus for improving the finished quality of a tire assembly 1 without sacrificing productivity, including a first pressing member 25 (25a) adapted to be pressed against the ground contact surface F of a tire assembly 1 and a second pres... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6581449 | Low pressure warning system for pneumatic tires with RF tags and monitors for each tire Method and apparatus (200) for monitoring vehicle tire pressure and warning the driver when a low tire inflation pressure condition occurs includes transponder tags (220a . . . 220d, 300, 300a) and associated sensors (e.g., pressure, temperature) for each... | 06/24/2003 |
