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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6601361 | Anchor plate for an insulated concrete wall and method of wall assembly An insulated concrete wall assembly having an embedded anchor plate which enables reliable mounting of fixtures, such as curtain rod brackets and the like, to an exposed surface of an interior wall of a building. The anchor plate is preferably an expanded... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601362 | Variable load capacity construction components for patio pool enclosures The disclosure relates to a novel beam and post/column construction which allows for a variety of decorative trim strips to be installed into grooves which are integrally formed in the outer surfaces of the beams and columns. Additionally, there is provis... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601363 | Mobile home foundation and method A mobile home and foundation system and method. The method includes providing a plurality of elongated concrete slabs having a pair of beveled edge surfaces. The plurality of elongated concrete slabs are placed within elongated ditches formed in the groun... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601364 | Method and device for synchronizing motion for insert feeders in an insertion system A method and device for synchronizing the motion between a chassis (master) motor and one or more enclosure feeder (slave) motors in an envelope inserting machine. The motion profile of one motor can be varied with time independently of the others. The di... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601365 | Component handling apparatus and method of handling the same An apparatus for measuring a component that can carry out processes such as visual inspection, characteristic measurement, screening, and taping efficiently while transporting the electronic component at high speed. In order to transport the electronic co... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601366 | Tag insertion device for a bag tyer An attachment for supplying printed tabs or tags to a bag neck tying device for tying a ribbon dispensed from a spool about a gathered neck and the printed tag.... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601367 | Method of covering a pot or floral grouping with a sleeve having a concave lower end A floral sleeve initially having a flattened state and openable therefrom for use in covering, containing or wrapping a floral grouping, botanical item, pot, or pot having a floral grouping or botanical item therein. The sleeve has a concave lower end hav... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601368 | Method and arrangement for forming a group of rolls The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming a group of rolls of at least two rolls of paper, board or cellulosic material web, said method comprising the steps of separating apart from each other the rolls (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) of a roll... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601369 | Method and unit for closing the ends of tubular wrappings on a cigarette packing machine A method and unit for closing the ends of tubular wrappings on a cigarette packing machine, wherein the tubular wrappings enclosing respective groups of cigarettes are fed continuously and successively along an annular path and through two folding station... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601370 | Reclosable package using straight tear film and process for manufacture A reclosable film package for storage of solid or liquid food products using a straight-tear film package having a zipper. The straight-tear films allow for tearing of the film along straight lines without perforating or laser scoring of the film allowing... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601371 | Packaging machine A packaging machine for wrapping and enclosing products of various dimensions and consistency in packaging material, such as paper, bags, cans and the like, includes individual processing units, to each of which a drive with a control unit is assigned. Pr... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601372 | Stone detection method and apparatus for harvester An agricultural harvester having a header with a reel and an auger, wherein the reel and the auger provide crop material to an elevator and a foreign object detecting mechanism, wherein the foreign object detecting mechanism includes a foreign object dete... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601373 | Cutting head for brush cutters or edge trimmers This rotary cutting head uses relatively short, individually retained, cutting line filaments. It includes, between its periphery and a central recess, at least one radial passageway of cross section corresponding to twice the cross section of a filament.... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601374 | Weed trimmer to mower attachment kit A component kit allowing a user to removably attach a gasoline engine weed trimmer to a push-type deck lawnmower allowing a user to activate the weed trimmer during the mowing of a yard to trim areas beside the mower while mowing the yard, eliminating dup... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601375 | Wide pickup and feeding system for supplying crop material to the crop inlet of an agricultural implement A crop material feeding and directing system for use with an agricultural implement having a crop pickup which is wider than a crop inlet associated with the agricultural implement. A lower roller member includes a central portion which extends across the... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601376 | Cylinder blade for a mower A cylinder cutting blade for a lawn mower that includes at least two modular cylinder cutting blade sections. Each modular cylinder cutting blade section effectively being a short cylinder cutting blade which are rotationally connected together in success... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601377 | Gland packing materials made from expansive graphite, gland packing made from expansive graphite made from the materials, and a producing method of gland packing made from expansive graphite The present invention relates to gland packing materials made from expansive graphite, gland packing made from expansive graphite made from the materials, and a producing method of gland packing made from expansive graphite; braiding thread is a filamento... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601378 | Hybrid cabled cord and a method to make it The present invention is directed to a hybrid cabled cord comprising: at least two yarns having different properties, and an unbalanced configuration wherein the hybrid cabled cord has improved tensile strength retention. In a preferred embodiment, one of... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601379 | Internal combustion engine The invention aims at providing higher efficiency and good exhaust gas performance. To this end, a fresh-gas is compressed in a first cylinder chamber having a first piston during successive compression strokes and compressed in one of at least two combus... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601380 | Hybrid rocket engine and method of propelling a rocket A hybrid rocket engine and a method for propelling a rocket utilizing a vortex flow field. The flow field includes an outer fluid vortex spiraling toward a closed end of the flow field generating apparatus and an inner fluid vortex substantially concentri... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601381 | Process for operating an exhaust gas treatment device for a gasoline engine A process for operating an exhaust gas treatment device in a gasoline engine which is operated mainly with a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio and is operated with a rich-mix air/fuel ratio when accelerating or under full load. The exhaust gas treatment devic... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601382 | Method and apparatus for determining a temperature of an emission catalyst A control system and method for controlling an engine (10) of an automotive vehicle having a catalyst (34) and controller (40) is set forth herein. The controller (40) is configured to determine a first exhaust flow rate and a second exhaust flow rate bas... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601383 | Emission control apparatus for engine and method for reducing emissions of engine An emission control apparatus for an engine has a plurality of catalysts disposed in series in an exhaust passage. An HC absorbent catalyst is utilized for at least one of the catalysts. An ECU controls an A/F ratio in an upstream side of the HC absorbent... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601384 | Control system for internal combustion engine A control system is disclosed that accelerates the rise in temperature of a catalyst provided in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The system increases the intake air amount after the engine starts and retards the ignition timing accordi... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601385 | Impactor for selective catalytic reduction system A selective catalytic reduction system for engine exhaust injects a solution comprising a source of ammonia, preferably an aqueous urea solution, or other ammonia solution, to preferably evaporate, decompose and hydrolyze to produce ammonia to react with ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601386 | Lever-operated actuator drive unit and operating lever unit An actuator drive unit in which either of two types of actuators and a drive direction thereof (either forward direction or backward direction) are corresponded to respective four pistons. When one of the four pistons in one of four displacement signal ge... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601387 | System and method for determination of EGR flow rate A system and method for determining EGR flow in a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine include determining specific heat of the exhaust gas based on current engine operating conditions and determining EGR flow rate based on the determined specific he... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601388 | Turbocharger with enhanced compressor bleed capability A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, particularly suitable for use in a work machine, is provided with a turbine having a low pressure region of minimum static pressure. A compressor has a high pressure region of maximum dynamic pressure. A c... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601389 | Liquified gas evaporating device for marine engines A liquefied gas evaporating device supplies liquefied petroleum gas to a marine engine, wherein the device includes a box that includes a heating body incorporating an evaporating chamber and a thermal chamber which are contiguous and separated by a commo... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601390 | Method and apparatus for converting dissipated heat to work energy A method for enhancing natural convection and for converting lower temperature dissipated heat to other useful energy and apparatus therefor. Heat energy is transferred to a medium contained with a channel, and natural convection of the medium is utilized... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601391 | Heat recovery A waste heat recovery system incorporates a contactor for counter current direct heat exchange between a non-condensible gas and a liquid, typically hot water. The water is from a heat source available at the site such as a solar source, a geothermal sour... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601392 | Spring mounted recuperator An apparatus for supporting the recuperator of a microturbine system in a vertical position above a turbine. The apparatus including a plurality of spring supports supporting the recuperator while simultaneously allowing thermal expansion of the turbine w... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601393 | Method and device for modulation of a flame This invention relates to air breathing engines, such as ramjets, scramjets and internal combustion, and more particularly to an active combustion control device for a combustor. In more particularity, the present invention relates to a method and apparat... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601394 | Storage condition controller | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601395 | Control method for a vehicle having an engine and an accessory device A method for controlling cycling of an air conditioning compressor coupled to an internal combustion engine interrupts normal cycling based on operation conditions. In addition, normal engaged and disengaged cycling durations are adaptively estimated in r... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601396 | Freezer defrost method and apparatus Methods and apparatus for freezer defrost, which are particularly suited for an automated system, include the formulation of algorithms utilized for this purpose. The algorithms are included in the firmware of an embedded controller and operate the freeze... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601397 | Digital scroll condensing unit controller A cooling system controller controls the capacity of a variable capacity compressor based upon the temperature of a housing being cooled, the suction pressure of the compressor or both of these criteria. The cooling system controller is capable of control... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601398 | Method and apparatus for refrigeration system control having electronic evaporator pressure regulators A method for refrigeration system control according to the invention includes identifying a lead circuit having a lowest temperature set point from a plurality of circuits, wherein each circuit includes at least one refrigeration case. The suction pressur... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601399 | Ice making machine An ice making machine in which upon starting of an ice making operation, a water level detecting switch starts measurement, and a water-supply-stop time T1 is compared with a reference time T2. When the water-supply-stop time T1 is not longer than the ref... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601400 | Separate-type air conditioner A separate-type air conditioner that can reduce the effect of voltage fluctuations in a commercial power supply (12) on a compressor (11), reduce material costs while maintaining vibrations of an outdoor unit (2) at low levels, and improve working efficie... | 08/05/2003 |
