Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6647710 | Exhaust gas purifying apparatus for internal combustion engines An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for internal combustion engines, which comprises an exhaust pipe, a branched exhaust pipe, a first NOx adsorbing catalyst provided in the exhaust pipe, a second small-sized NOx adsorbing catalyst provided in the branched... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647711 | Device for supplying exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine to a catalytic converter A device for supplying exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine to a catalytic converter, having multiple exhaust gas supply lines including at least one exhaust gas supply line that serves as a heat-conveying line to promote a transfer of exhaust... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647712 | Method and apparatus for exhaust gas posttreatment in internal combustion engines A method and an apparatus for posttreatment of exhaust gases of internal combustion engines after an engine operation includes an intake system and an exhaust gas treatment system with an exhaust gas catalytic converter. Secondary air that originates in a... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647713 | Stratified scavenging two-cycle engine with catalyst A stratified scavenging two-cycle engine with catalyst capable of meeting such a requirement that a THC exhaust rate is 54 [g/kW.multidot.h] or less with use of catalyst. For this purpose, in the stratified scavenging two-cycle engine in which an air feed... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647714 | Exhaust header system An exhaust header system (20) for an internal combustion engine includes primary tubes (22), each having inlet (26) and outlet (28) ends. The inlet ends (26) are adapted to carry exhaust gas (60) from exhaust ports of the internal combustion engine. A col... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647715 | Heat shield for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine The present invention provides a heat shield for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. The shield comprises three metal layers shaped to conform generally to the shape of a high temperature portion of said exhaust system; said metal layers h... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647716 | Ocean wave power generator (a "modular power-producing network") Disclosed herein is a compound device (a "modular power-producing network", or "power net") for the purpose of transducing the energy in ocean waves into electrical energy. The invention first pressurizes ocean water (or a suitable alternative hydraulic f... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647717 | Renewable resource hydro/aero-power generation plant and method of generating hydro/aero-power A power plant and method for the generation of power from flowing air utilizes a generally vertically extending duct having an inlet open to atmosphere at an elevation above an outlet. A spray system is mounted adjacent the inlet for spraying droplets of ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647718 | Electronically controlled hydraulic system for lowering a boom in an emergency An industrial lift truck has a boom that is raised and lowered by a first hydraulic actuator and a load carrier that is pivoted with respect to the boom by a second hydraulic actuator. In the event that the supply of hydraulic fluid for powering the actua... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647719 | Hydraulic oscillator as a drive of machines The invention proposes a novel drive with electrical power control for machines which have to execute cyclic movements with high accelerations. An electric motor drives a pump which, in turn, is connected directly to a cylinder. This arrangement has added... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647720 | Hydrostatic unit for a hydro-mechanical torque division transmission A hydrostatic unit for a hydro-mechanical torque division transmission for a work vehicle having a mounting frame (10, 12) in which the shafts (18, 20) of hydrostatic devices (22, 24) are arranged parallel to one another are supported by bearing units (14... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647721 | Hydraulic system for suppressing oscillation in heavy equipment The invention provides a system for regulating pressure equalization in hydraulic mechanisms to suppress oscillation in heavy equipment. The system includes a first and second hydraulic lines, a crossover valve in communication with each of the first and ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647722 | Device to reduce vibrations in a hydraulic force transfer system A device is disclosed to reduce vibrations in a hydraulic force transfer system which has a master cylinder and a slave cylinder connected with this via a fluid column. The device has a housing and a membrane attached by its edge to the housing. The housi... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647723 | Control strategy for counteracting incipient turbocharger surging using a variable valve actuation mechanism for through-cylinder bleed A turbocharger (32) creates intake manifold boost for a diesel engine (10) that has a variable valve actuation mechanism. At times, exhaust valve opening (EVO) is increasingly retarded in relation to the engine operating cycle (56) to cause the turbocharg... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647724 | Electric boost and/or generator Exemplary methods, devices and/or system for enhancing engine performance through use of one or more compressors and/or one or more turbines. An exemplary system includes an electric compressor to boost intake charge pressure supplied to an internal combu... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647725 | Thermal differential engine apparatus The present invention provides novel engine technologies for power generation and work applications. The engines transform sunlight, heat, or cold, directly into mechanical force. The invention uses a focusing means to apply temperature differentials to a... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647726 | Method and arrangement for producing electrical energy at a pulp mill The invention relates to a method and an arrangement in the production of electric energy in a boiler plant of a pulp mill. Black liquor having a dry solids content of more than 80% and combustion air are fed into a furnace of a recovery boiler for combus... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647727 | Method for controlling a low-pressure bypass system In a method for controlling a steam turbine installation having a reheater (7) arranged between high-pressure turbine (2) and medium-pressure turbine (3) or low-pressure turbine (4), a low-pressure bypass (18) with a low-pressure bypass valve (19) also be... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647728 | Method for operating a turbine and turbine installation The thermal load to which a turbine is subjected is kept within an acceptable range by monitoring the change in temperature of the medium that is supplied to the turbine, especially fresh stream, over time. An emergency trip for the supply of fresh steam ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647729 | Combustion chamber provided with a system for fixing the chamber end wall In an annular combustion chamber having inner and outer axially-extending side walls of composite material and an end wall of metal material, provision is made to hold the end wall in position between the side walls of the annular combustion chamber by me... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647730 | Turbine engine having turbine cooled with diverted compressor intermediate pressure air In a turbine engine, low temperature air is diverted from a low pressure section of the compressor section of the engine to cool the high pressure turbine of the engine. Low pressure air is diverted from the compressor section, and its pressure is thereaf... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647732 | Gas turbine engine with compressor and turbine inside a hollow shaft The present invention relates to a turbine engine, wherein compressor rotor blades and turbine rotor blades set around the interior circular surface of a hollow revolving shaft while compressor stator blades and turbine stator blades are set around the ex... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647733 | Dry air injection system A fluid transport system including a fluid transfer assembly, a supply of dry gas and a tube. The fluid transfer assembly includes a pipe for transporting a cold fluid and a vapor barrier surrounding the pipe. The tube is connected to the the supply of dr... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647734 | Air circulation system of refrigerator The present invention relates to an air circulation system of a refrigerator in a side-by-side refrigerator. The air circulation system ejects a cold air into a refrigerator compartment asymmetrically from right and left side walls to form a vortex thereb... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647735 | Distributed intelligence control for commercial refrigeration A commercial refrigeration system has a control system which distributes intelligence to increase granularity of the control and simplify wiring, assembly and installation. Compressors of the refrigeration system each have a bus compatible compressor safe... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647736 | Purge A purging device for a system accumulating condensable and non-condensable gases. The purging device comprises: a purge tank; apparatus receiving the condensable and non-condensable gases from the system and directing said gases into the purge tank; appar... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647737 | Air conditioner A compressor includes a discharge chamber and a retaining passage, which is located downstream of the discharge chamber. A control valve controls the displacement of the compressor in relation to the pressure difference between a first pressure monitoring... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647738 | Suction muffler for chiller compressor The gas flow direction and the noise generation direction are in opposite directions in the suction muffler. The flow path in the muffler has a number of changes in direction and the flow path cross section decreases at each change of direction in the dir... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647739 | Ice making machine An ice making machine comprising a housing, an evaporator connected to a freezing system, a base frame having a lower surface and a multiplicity of freezing cells for retaining water to be frozen, a freezing base plate provided adjacent to the evaporator ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647740 | Refrigerator damper apparatus and refrigerator A damper apparatus for a refrigerator includes a single damper open/close plate in which two faces of the damper open/close plate are capable of facing two duct opening sections that are branched from one duct. Each of the two faces of the open/close plat... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647741 | Utensil cooling system A cooling system, for cooling the contents of a utensil, utilizing a removable, reusable, refillable, freezable toroidal-shaped cooling insert and a toroidal-shaped insulator. The cooling insert and insulator stack in a nested manner within the utensil to... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647742 | Expander driven motor for auxiliary machinery The expansion of a high pressure or intermediate pressure refrigerant in an expansion device in a transcritical vapor compression system converts the potential energy into usable kinetic energy. The kinetic energy provides work which is employed to fully ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647743 | Method and apparatus for individual disposable packages for freezable substances and a container thereof An article for holding freezable substances includes an individual disposable package for holding the frozen substance and a container therefore. The package is comprised of a bottom portion and a top portion. The frozen substance is placed in the bottom ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647744 | Processes and systems for liquefying natural gas Natural gas liquefaction systems are provided wherein the dedicated compression strings normally found in each liquefaction train of a multi-train LNG plant are replaced by common compression strings which, in turn, supply the respective refrigerants (e.g... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647745 | Method for controlling the operation of a cryogenic rectification plant A method for controlling the operation of a plant such as a cryogenic rectification plant wherein process parameters are quantitatively determined and then are qualitatively categorized to establish by reference to a rule set the general adjustment requir... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647746 | Decorative object with a moveable sleeve A decorative object, particularly jewelry such as a ring, includes an annular body on which is slidably mounted a movable member having the shape of a sleeve. Slideways are provided in a hollow annular space of the annular body and coact with shoes secure... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647747 | Multifunctional apparatus for manufacturing mineral basalt fibers The invention discloses a multifunctional apparatus and method to manufacture mineral (basalt) fibers to be drawn/attenuated into a continuous strand made from natural rock basalts with and without supplemental minerals. More specifically this invention d... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647748 | Device for continuously twisting an optical fiber A device for continuously twisting an optical fiber, which can add a sufficient twist to an optical fiber, is provided. Reciprocating rollers reciprocate so that the moving direction would be opposite each other along a center axis of rotation. The optica... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647749 | Yarn feeding device of flat knitting machine A yarn carrier comprises a carrier base, a reciprocator, a feeder, and a movement converter. The reciprocator is supported on the carrier base to move in reciprocation with a traveling direction of the carrier base. An engaging surface is temporarily enga... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647750 | Buckle In a buckle, in which a housing of a female body and an inserting plate of a male body are engaged with each other and which is provided with a simple locking mechanism by using a key, the housing of the female body is provided with an engaging portion, w... | 11/18/2003 |
