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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6601401 | Temperature controller and light-waveguide with the same A temperature controller 51 is disclosed, which comprises a temperature control element 53 disposed on the bottom of a case 52, a light-waveguide element 11 and a metal plate 55 intervening between the elements 53 and 11. The metal groove 55 has a groove,... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601402 | Enthalpy wheel This invention relates to enthalpy wheels and systems containing enthalpy wheels. The enthalpy wheel subasssembly includes a first plate, a cap, a compliance element between the first plate and the cap and a pressure producing element between the fist pla... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601403 | Thermal storage lid A thermal energy storage lid for a container to heat or cool the container contents. The lid includes a first panel having an attachment element located around a periphery thereof, with the attachment element being adapted to engage a complementary contai... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601404 | Cooling device A sorption cooling device adapted to cool a gas or liquid flowing through a conduit. The cooling device has a high cooling density and a user can independently control the cooling rate. The cooling device can be incorporated in a number of apparatus and i... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601405 | Single-pass, direct-fired generator for an absorption chiller A direct-fired generator for an absorption chiller includes an inner shell, in which combustion occurs, and an outer shell. The inner shell supports a tube bundle through which a first portion an absorption solution is conveyed. Combustion products makes ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601406 | Methods and apparatus for high propane recovery Methods and configurations for improved propane recovery plant employ an absorber column, and a deethanizer column with an overhead condenser that produces a reflux condensate. The reflux condensate is recycled to both the absorber column and the deethani... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601407 | Cryogenic air separation with two phase feed air turboexpansion A method for cryogenic air separation wherein at least a portion of the feed air to the cryogenic air separation plant is partially condensed and the resulting two-phase feed air stream is turboexpanded to produce refrigeration and a resulting two-phase f... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601408 | Interchangeable ornament jewelry display An interchangeable and rotatable jewelry display for beads or ornaments. The invention provides a stable changing and retaining mechanism. Also, a method for displaying and rotating interchangeable ornaments.... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601409 | Method for manufacturing successive spherical glass articles with figurines accommodated therein, and articles obtained with the method The invention relates to a method of manufacturing successive spherical glass articles, in each of which is accommodated a three-dimensional object of figuring, which method comprises the following steps, to be performed in a suitable sequence, of: (a) pr... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601410 | Device and method of transferring glass objects The device (1) comprises a transfer mechanism (7) which is attached to the free ends of two parallel piston rods (13, 14). The associated piston-cylinder units (15, 16) are attached to a support structure (17) and can be pivoted therewith in a reciprocati... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601411 | Method for annealing an optical waveguide having a bragg grating to accelerate ageing The present invention provides a method for annealing an optical waveguide, including an optical fiber or large-diameter waveguide structure, having along some length an induced refractive index difference that decays over time and so causes drift in the ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601412 | Takedown unit for circular knitting machine A takedown unit includes a set of takedown rollers arranged around tubular fabric hanging downward from a needle cylinder of a circular knitting machine. The takedown rollers rotate to draw down the hanging tubular fabric, and a floating guide mechanism i... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601413 | Hasp enclosure for receiving a lock A hasp enclosure for protecting an eye of a hasp and receiving a lock. The hasp enclosure includes a cover having an opening which extends into an interior, eye receiving chamber. An aperture is defined through the cover which intersects the interior, eye... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601414 | Anti-theft compact disk casings A compact disk casing includes a base and a cover which is pivotally connected to the base. A locking plate is inserted from a side of the casing and is retained by a bridge member on the base so as to limit the cover from being opened. A locking member i... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601415 | Disk container provided with antitheft function and unlocking tool Disclosed is an antitheft type of disk container and an associated unlocking tool. The disk container comprises a container body having a disk space and a locking space defined therein, a cover plate hinged to the container body to open and close the disk... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601416 | Notebook computer security lever locking assembly A lock with a cam action joined to a cylindrical assembly with a front portion adapted to being inserted into a computer chassis security slot. The cylindrical assembly front portion is comprised of two fixed prongs and a lever each terminating in a hook.... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601417 | Lock A lock for a door (10) comprising a casing (11), a bolt (55) operable to extend from or retract into the casing, a pivoted operating handle (36) operable at one side of the door movable from a rest position to an operating position to retract the bolt, th... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601418 | Structure for electric lock An improved structure of electric lock disclosed herein employs only one electromagnetic coil and a DC power source formed of 4 3A-type dry battery unit for operating the lock instead of using two coils and an AC large power source along with a clumsy con... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601419 | Anti-theft tumbler pins of a lock core A lock core device of an anti-theft tumbler pin type includes a housing defining a lock core hole, a plurality of first tumbler pin holes, at least one side tumbler pin hole, and a transverse hole, a lock core rotatably mounted in the housing and defining... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601420 | Keyless deadbolt lock engaging device A device allowing engagement of a conventional keyed deadbolt lock tumbler assembly without use of a key is provided. The device is assembled around the tumbler assembly and is fitted into a standard:door lock cut-out. The device includes a rotatable ring... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601421 | Device for limiting bending in a flexible means and key housing comprising same A device adapted to limit the bending of a flexible tongue (15) in a bending direction includes an abutment (18) disposed in this direction at a distance (19) from the deformable end of the tongue (15). As a confinement device for a substantially flat obj... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601422 | Method of operating a rolling train and a control system for a rolling train A rolling train for structural shapes in which at least on one side of a train having a plurality of mill stands, e.g. universal mill stands, a detector is provided for the actual profile of the rolled product. The actual profile is compared with a setpoi... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601423 | Fabrication of bent tubing An approach to restoring the cross-section of a bent tube to circularity. The tube is placed into a fixture, so that pressurization does not remove the bend. Liquid is placed into the tube, and pressurized. Pressure is increased until the wall of the tube... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601424 | Tool for deep rolling grooves of crankshaft journals or crank pins A tool is provided having two deep rolling work rollers (2) made of a hard material which, for the deep rolling of grooves in crankshaft journals or crank pins, are arranged at a first mutual distance that corresponds to the specific width of the journals... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601425 | Automatic extruding machine An automatic extruding machine includes a base member, a molding device mounted on a middle portion of the base member, an input extruding device mounted on the base member and connected to the molding device, a feeding device mounted on the base member b... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601426 | Laser stretch-forming processing apparatus for sheet metal A processing apparatus is provided which includes a stretch-forming apparatus and a beam processing unit or apparatus, which can be controlled by a common control unit. The beam processing unit can be a laser beam processing unit, which permits a sheet me... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601427 | Method of manufacturing pipe body and pipe body manufactured by the method A method of manufacturing pipe body by which pipe body with precise quality and closely contacted seam can be made stably by pressing process, and pipe body manufactured by the method are provided. To manufacture a pipe body 1 made of metal with circular ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601428 | Method for producing a gear rack, and a stamping device for carrying out the method A method for producing a blank for a gear rack for rack-and-pinion steering of motor vehicles includes the following steps: In a first step, a starting material having an essentially circular cross-section is placed into a stamping apparatus containing at... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601429 | Upsetting tool for forming continuous cast slab in slab upsetting presses An upsetting tool for forming continuous cast slab in upsetting presses has one or more first plane upsetting surfaces extending at a slant to a transport direction of the slab being transported through the upsetting press. A second plane upsetting surfac... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601430 | Jack with elevatable platform A lifting platform with a scissor type jack. The jack includes a plurality of inter-connected struts pivotally connected to a base forming a double X strut arrangement. A power actuator is connected to at least one strut in each X to effect extension and ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601431 | Acceleration sensor An acceleration sensor which can improve precision during self-diagnosis operation. The acceleration sensor includes an amplifier circuit which amplifies a detection signal obtained by converting changes in capacitance between a movable electrode and a se... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601432 | Method and apparatus for checking sensors Methods and apparatus are disclosed for testing differential pressure sensors. The method includes applying a pressure of predetermined value to the reference side of the differntial pressure sensors, measuring the output values from the measurement sides... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601433 | Hand-held pipette Hand-held pipettes are provided which have automatic volume setting and either manual or power assisted piston operation. Power assisted piston operation may be achieved with a fly-by-wire operation wherein movement of a plunger button is detected and use... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601434 | System and method of calibrating a multi-toolhead machine A calibration system and method for a multi-toolhead machine. A calibration device is installed onto the machine. When a first toolhead is calibrated with respect to the calibration device, based upon the change in position between the first toolhead and ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601435 | Method and device for estimating a friction coefficient between a tire and a road surface A method for estimating a friction coefficient between a tire of a vehicle and a road surface, which may be used in obtaining a safety distance for an adaptive vehicle, estimating the friction coefficient by using state variables that are measured by mean... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601436 | Apparatus and method for detecting and processing impacts to an electronic percussion instrument An apparatus for detecting and processing impacts to an electronic percussion instrument is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pad for being impacted with an impact pressure at an impact point, and several sensors. One sensor is located in close proximit... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601437 | Apparatus for testing or isolating a segment of pipe There is described a method and an apparatus for testing or isolating a section of pipe, the apparatus comprising a cylindrical mandrel for insertion into a section of pipe, the mandrel including at least one portion of progressively increasing diameter, ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601438 | Apparatus for conducting high-temperature liquid chromotography analysis A system for conducting high-temperature liquid chromatographic analysis includes a mobile phase transport tube configured to operably convey mobile phase from a source to respective chromatographic instruments in the system, a pre-heater apparatus operab... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601439 | Method of reducing baseline instabilities in liquid chromatographic measurements and liquid chromatography apparatus A method of reducing baseline instabilities in liquid chromatographic measurements is disclosed. A mobile phase comprising sample substances passes through a chromatographic column comprising a stationary phase, and subsequently through a detector. An add... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601440 | Apparatus for detecting saturation of water in soil An apparatus for detecting saturation of water in soil includes a housing including a lower section adapted for insertion in soil, a filter for permitting water into the housing while blocking soil, a sensor unit received in the housing for sending a sign... | 08/05/2003 |
