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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6631685 | Dual friction wear plate assembly for a railcar side frame saddle A wear plate assembly adapted to engage a friction wedge of a railroad car truck. The wear plate assembly includes a base member having an upper wear member adapted to engage the friction wedge. The upper wear member is formed from a first material such a... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631686 | Insert injection molded laminate work surface An injection molded work surface for use in conjunction with a portable clothes washer includes a decorative laminate top surface and an underlying injection molded substrate. The substrate is provided with a connecting structure facilitating convenient a... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631687 | Keyboard tray apparatus and method therefor A keyboard tray apparatus comprising an articulating arm coupled to a table at one end and a keyboard tray at the other. The keyboard tray apparatus provides: (a) a hook and slot system for removably coupling the keyboard tray to an articulating arm with ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631688 | Quilting rack for sewing machines A quilting rack for sewing machines comprising a U-shaped rectangular metal frame supporting a wheeled bottom or queen carriage for side to side translation of a wheeled upper king carriage capable of forward and rearward translation of the sewing machine... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631689 | Recycled cushion, finned, and bustled air cushion enhanced ship Presented is a highly efficient and stable ship concept that is at least partially supported by an artificially produced gas cushion(s). Addition of a stern bustle aft of the gas cushion(s) improves hull efficiency. Special location of water inlets for wa... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631690 | Planing, air-conveying bottom for boats A V-bottom for fast motor boats with longitudinal reaction walls reacting to a lateral trust from an air-water mixture which are substantially parallel and symmetrical in relation to keel is formed so that the reaction walls are the walls of flat-based gr... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631691 | Device for gel-coating seeds A device for gel-coating seeds having a structure in which a gelling agent is filled into a nozzle, and seeds are charged into and held in the gelling agent to form gel-coated seeds which are then allowed to fall. A nozzle (98) into which a gelling agent ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631692 | Plasma CVD film-forming device A plasma CVD film-forming device forms a film on a semiconductor substrate in such as way that the film quality and film thickness of a thin film becomes uniform. The plasma CVD film-forming device to form a thin film on a semiconductor substrate includes... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631693 | Absorptive filter for semiconductor processing systems In one embodiment, an absorptive filter network is provided between an RF generator and a semiconductor processing reactor. The absorptive filter network includes an absorptive filter circuit which allows energies at a fundamental frequency to pass while ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631694 | Teatcup liner series A teatcup liner series, having n liners L1 through Ln, has at least one selected parameter which varies liner to liner to provide selectable milking characteristics. The teatcup liner series is produced by a cost advantaged manufactu... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631695 | Fodder mixing and feeding the fodder, method and apparatus for supplying fodder using the same The present invention relates to a method for automatically supplying fodder into a large cowshed and an apparatus for carrying out the method, wherein moving rails are built on a passageway of a plurality of partitioned shed groups, a feeder for mixing a... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631696 | Pet toy The present invention relates to a pet toy comprised of a plurality of yarn pieces, a flexible elastic band member on which the pieces of yarn are fixedly attached, and a plastic tie member, which holds the pet toy in a ball-like, or other desired shape.... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631697 | Animal assisting apparatus An apparatus is provided for assisting a large dog traveling on an incline. The apparatus includes a support member and two handles attached to the support member. When a lifting force is applied to the handles, the weight of the dog is partially supporte... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631698 | Circulating fluidized bed reactor A circulating fluidized bed reactor includes a furnace, defined by a substantially vertical and planar first wall, and a particle separator having a return duct adjacent to the first wall. In the lower part of the return duct is arranged a gas seal adjace... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631699 | Air fuel module A method for controlling valve actuation comprises the steps of communicating at least one dithering signal to preload the valve. An event signal is then communicated. The dithering signal is altered based on the cycle time for the valve. The preferred ap... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631700 | Dual oil feed variable timed camshaft arrangement An arrangement 7 of a dual oil feed variable timed camshaft is provided. The arrangement includes a camshaft 10 which has a radial side 22 and an end face 26. The camshaft 10 has first and second passages 30, 42 fluidly connecting end face 26 with the rad... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631701 | Camshaft lubrication system A hollow camshaft (19) lubrication system for aircraft engines that supplies lubricant (14) to cam lobe surfaces (25) from the interior surface (22) of the hollow camshaft (19) even during periods when aircraft operation moves the rotation axis of the hol... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631702 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine, comprising an engine block (1), a crankshaft rotatably journalled in the engine block and a transmission (2) mounted at one side of the engine block is disclosed. The transmission has an input shaft driven by the crankshaft ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631703 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine, having an engine block (1), a crankshaft rotatably journalled in the engine block and a transmission (2) mounted at one side of the engine block is disclosed. The transmission has an input shaft driven by the crankshaft and ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631704 | Control system and method and engine control unit for internal combustion engine There are provided a control system and method and an engine control unit for an internal combustion engine, which are capable of determining an amount of fuel to be injected during a two-stage fuel injection combustion mode and a duration period of this ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631705 | Modular fuel control apparatus The present invention provides a fuel control apparatus with a modular fuel pressure modifying mechanism (i.e., a fuel metering section) and modular fuel regulator mechanism (i.e., a fuel regulator section) that can each be calibrated independently of eac... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631706 | High pressure fuel supply pump for internal combustion engine An intake valve automatically opened and closed by pressure of a pressuring chamber is provided in a fuel intake passage, the intake valve is pushed to open by a plunger of an electromagnetic plunger mechanism, pulling-in operating timing of the plunger i... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631707 | Device for recirculating the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine A device for recycling exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine via an exhaust gas line in its intake area is equipped with an exhaust gas valve that is positioned within a valve chamber and closes off or opens up the connection to a combustion ch... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631708 | Control method for engine A control method adjusts fuel injection into an engine having a variable compression ratio. The method determines the cylinder air amount based on various sensors and the current compression ratio. The disclosed fuel injection method can perform both open... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631709 | Archery bowstring back tension release An archery bowstring release includes a hand grip having a forwardly extending post pivotally mounting a bowstring hook member releasably engaged by a locking mechanism that serves to adjust the position of the hook on the hook member for releasing a bows... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631710 | Method for cooking and cleaning with temperature-stable glass-ceramic cooking vessels and accessories in a pyrolytically self-cleaning baking oven The method of cooking in and subsequently cleaning a pyrolytically self-cleaning baking oven includes providing a glass-ceramic baking oven accessory and glass-ceramic cooking vessel for cooking in the self-cleaning baking oven, which have as small as pos... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631711 | Folding charcoal grills and starter devices and methods of use A self-contained, easily foldable and reconfigurable charcoal lighting and/or grill device. In some variations, the lighting and/or grill device is arrangeable into multiple configurations: 1) in which the device has a thin profile for easy carrying and s... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631712 | Aquatic barbecue ash extinguisher and remover The present invention 10 discloses a barbecue ash discharge system comprised of a funnel-like device 18 having a length of outlet conduit 22 suspended under a barbecue grill 16 having a vent forming an outlet aperture 42 in the barbecue grill housing. The... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631713 | Method and apparatus for ventilation/oxygenation during guided insertion of an endotracheal tube An endotracheal tube can be inserted into a patient's trachea during resuscitation by using a face mask and a curved guide. The guide is inserted through a flexible port in the face mask and has a curved distal portion that extends into the patient's mout... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631714 | Tissue dilator devices, methods of fabrication of tissue dilators, and methods of use for tissue dilators The invention is directed to devices and methods for tissue dilators. The present invention encompasses a large variety of discrete structure, all intended to be applied externally to a subject for the purpose of dilating, or lifting, tissue adjacent to n... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631715 | Magnetic nasal tube bridle system and related method A bridle system for placing and securing a nasal tube in a patient includes a flexible member having a magnet attached to a first end thereof for insertion into a nare of a patient's nose, a magnetic probe for insertion into a second nare of the nose. The... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631716 | Dynamic respiratory control A dynamic respiratory control device includes a fast-response valve capable of dynamically imposing multiple resistive loads on the flow of respiratory gas to and from a patient. The resistive loads are applied in response to measured flow rates, patient ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631717 | Re-breathing apparatus for non-invasive cardiac output, method of operation, and ventilator circuit so equipped A re-breathing apparatus including a novel dual chamber reservoir connected to a ventilator circuit by means of a diverting adapter. The dual chamber reservoir utilizes two gas chambers which can be operated in reciprocating fashion. To accomplish re-brea... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631718 | Air mask with seal A nasal mask includes a flexible shell and a seal. The flexible shell has an inlet and includes a malleable element disposed about a periphery of the shell for maintaining the shell in a user selectable configuration. The seal is disposed along a perimete... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631719 | Lightweight patient oxygen delivery system A lightweight oxygen delivery system for a patient comprising a curved resilient headband to extend from side to side over a patient's head and to be comfortably seatably engaged thereon. A clip is secured towards one end of the headband. An elongated tub... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631720 | Laryngeal mask with large-bore gastric drainage An artificial airway device for use in unconscious patients comprises a laryngo-pharyngeal mask including a roughly elliptical shape, expandable masking ring. The expandable mask sealingly surrounding the laryngeal inlet when expanded to obstruct communic... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631721 | Nebulizer mouthpiece and accessories This invention is a device (10) for inspiration of a mist from a nebulizer, the device comprising an inlet connector (12, 32) adapted to engage an outlet port of a nebulizer; a hollow mouthpiece element (126, 34) for insertion into a patient's mouth; a co... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631722 | Tobacco smoke filter elements This invention relates to the provision in a cigarette filter element of a capsule containing a deodorizer. The capsule is resistant to the handling endured before and during smoking, yet ruptures to release or expose the deodorizer upon extinguishing of ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631723 | Artificial nails with three dimensional features An artificial nail having a three dimensional feature. The three dimensional feature may be a three dimensional representation of any known or imagined person, place or thing. The three dimensional feature may have a protrusion that is graspable. The prot... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6631724 | Device for applying an additive to hair A device (1) for applying an additive to hair, comprising a longitudinally extending base part (2) for making contact with the hair during operation, which base part (2) comprises a distribution system (3) for additive. The distribution system (3) has an ... | 10/14/2003 |
