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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6715309 | Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus includes a base unit in the form of an insulated tank that defines a refrigerant chamber therein for refrigerant, a discharge unit for discharging a flow of air, and a closed circulation system for transferring coolness from the refrigerant in th... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715310 | Blower for an air conditioner with better effect in cold-air circulation A blower for an air conditioner with better effect in cold-air circulation in the present invention is to provide a faceplate and at least one cold-air blower, the faceplate having at least one wind outlet and at least one wind inlet, each of the cold-air blowers ha... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715311 | Bi-folding doors for air distribution plenum An air distribution bi-folding door assembly of a refrigerated case opens and closes to allow for the loading of refrigerated items in the case. The doors are attached by a hinge. Each door is hollow and includes perforations which allow cool air which flows in the ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715312 | De-superheater for evaporative air conditioning An evaporative condensing air conditioning system employing a de-superheater and mist eliminator located between the air fan on an evaporative cooler and a spray tree that delivers water 20 as a coolant on the exterior surfaces of a condenser coil. The de-sup... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715313 | Heat pump-driven external combustion engine There are many heat sources on the earth, and those heat sources radiate heat continuously. Though some of such heat sources are utilized with heat exchange technologies now, they can't deliver power to us effectively. In addition, though external combustion engines... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715314 | Interchangeable ring system Interchangeable Ring System for creating custom ring assemblies (20). Custom ring assemblies (20) are comprised of an interchangeable ring shank assembly (22) and an interchangeable ring ornament assembly (24). Interchangeability is achie... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715315 | Jewelry articles having magnetic elements and interchangeable settings Jewelry articles having magnetic elements and interchangeable settings are disclosed. In one aspect, the jewelry articles include magnetically coupling body portions and interchangeable settings. The body portions magnetically couple together to hold the interchange... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715316 | Water-removable coatings for LCD glass Removable coatings for protecting glass sheets and, in particular, for protecting LCD glass sheets during cutting, grinding, shipping, and/or storage are provided. The coatings comprise one or more polysaccharides, with the preferred polysaccharides being starches c... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715317 | Process and apparatus for the production of a cylindrical component of glass A glass composition to be softened is fed to a heating zone and is shaped continuously into a cylindrical component in a deformation zone, and the cross-sectional geometry of the component is determined. A feed device, a heating device, and a take-off device are pro... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715318 | Glass substrate for information recording media and manufacturing method thereof There are provided a glass substrate for information recording media in which the undulations on the glass substrate surface are optimized, thus contributing to reduction of the flying height, and at the same time preventing the occurrence of head crashes and therma... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715319 | Melting of glass A method of producing flat glass in which foam which appears on the surface of molten glass melted using oxy-fuel burners is dispersed by directing a diffuse, luminescent flame onto the surface of the glass carrying the foam. ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715320 | Fluid administration system for the operation of cylinder and piston assemblies A fluid administration system for the operation of a cylinder and piston assembly for actuating mechanisms, mainly glassware forming and handling mechanisms, allowing rapid changing thereof, comprising: a passage network practiced at the cylinder cap, connected to t... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715321 | Method of fabricating an optical fiber preform including outside deposition of silica, possibly doped silica A method of fabricating an optical fiber preform is disclosed which includes a step of outside deposition of silica possibly doped with at least one dopant by injecting at least one substance in the form of silica or a precursor of silica in the vicinity of a heatin... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715322 | Manufacture of depressed index optical fibers The process time required for fluorine doping of porous silica bodies to produce fluorine doped preforms for the manufacture of depressed index optical fibers is reduced by separating the doping step into a predeposit step, where “excess” fluorine is deposited o... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715323 | Method and apparatus for cooling optical fibers The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for cooling an optical fiber during the drawing process of said fiber. In particular the present method for cooling an optical fiber comprises flowing a cooling gas onto the optical fiber wherein the flo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715324 | Method of knitting stripe pattern of tubular knitted fabric, and the knitted fabric A method of knitting a stripe pattern in a tubular fabric by using a flat knitting machine comprising at least a pair of front and back needle beds, wherein a front fabric 3 and a back fabric 5 are suspended in layers from the needle beds and their loo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715325 | Method for making patterned plated knit fabric The invention concerns a method of producing a knit fabric which is patterned and at least partially plated, on a circular machine equipped with a cylinder with needles (12) and sinkers (14), comprising the use of a first strand and a second strand (A,... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715326 | Dual chamber apparatus useful as spot remover and manufacturing process therefor Dual chamber apparatus including a body providing a first chamber containing liquid, a closure closing the first chamber and a second chamber containing a body of material including a portion extending out of the second chamber, upon the closure being removed and th... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715327 | Method and device for treating edges in a high pressure fuel accumulator A method and an apparatus for edge shaping in a high-pressure fuel reservoir which has an elongated tubular casing element equipped in the longitudinal direction with a continuous recess which forms the interior space of the high-pressure fuel reservoir and is open ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715328 | Bracing device for a bending machine A bracing device for a bending machine, in particular for a tube bending machine, in the form of a slide rail moved linearly in slaved fashion in the bending operation and having a plurality of slide rail extensions for different bending radii, which are mounted on ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715329 | Method and device for forming a corner limited on three sides, from a plate-shaped material with an even surface The invention relates to a method and a device for forming a corner bounded on three sides from a flat plate part, in particular sheet metal, whereby the side edges adjacent to the corner are folded back across a major part of their longitudinal extension parallel w... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715330 | Device and method for pressing a plastically deformable blank The invention concerns a device and a method for continuous pressing of a plastically deformable blank into a three-dimensional section with a predetermined cross-sectional area, comprising a substantially cylindrical, fixed die, an opening formed in the die, throug... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715331 | Drawing of steel wire Steel wire is drawn from an initial diameter to a desired final or intermediate diameter by the use of a non-linear tapered draft. During the non-linear tapered draft, the wire is drawn through a series of successive dies, reducing the wire diameter to a desired dia... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715332 | Method of drawing metal workpieces and drawing unit for a drawing machine A drawing apparatus for drawing metal and articles has at last one drawing carriage and a linear motor complex which determines the pattern of movement of that carriage and hence of the drawing operation. ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715333 | Cutting and crimping device A cutting and crimping device comprising a frame with a front end and a back end, the frame comprising a protrusion on the front end, the protrusion having a first crimping portion and a first cutting portion on opposed sides thereof, a cutting arm with a front end ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715334 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing thick-walled bent pipe An apparatus and a method for manufacturing a thick-walled bent pipe with a simple structure at low production cost, which has durability and can manufacture an elbow material for piping with higher size accuracy, are provided. For this purpose, the manufacturing ap... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715335 | Portable crimping device for crimping fitting sockets A portable, hand held, apparatus for crimping a hose fitting to the end of a hose, including a unitary frame having four sides surrounding an open middle section, wherein one of the sides is a base with a receiving opening extending therethrough for housing crimping... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715336 | Piezoelectric force motion scanner Disclosed are a device and a corresponding method to test the fretting of a ball bearing under precisely controlled conditions. The device employs a first piezoelectric actuator to deliver a pre-determined force to the surface of a ball bearing or other object to be... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715337 | Non-destructive stress wave testing method for wood A non-destructive stress wave testing method for wood. Two strain gauges are disposed on a timber. The timber is struck to generate an impact compression stress wave. The impact compression stress wave is measured by the strain gauges. An oscilloscope is provided to... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715338 | Apparatus and method for detecting flammable gas in a gas mixture An apparatus and a method for detecting a flammable gas in a gas mixture is provided. The apparatus includes a chamber that is equipped with an igniting device and a temperature sensor such that a flammable gas fed into the chamber may be ignited and that a temperat... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715339 | Self-normalizing flow sensor and method for the same An apparatus to normalize a flow rate of a fluid in a main flow channel is provided. The apparatus uses a movable member, such as a flexible membrane disposed for reciprocating displacement, to produce a constant dither flow of the fluid that is independent of fluid... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715340 | Misfiring detection apparatus for internal combustion engine A misfiring detection apparatus including a comparison unit 22 and a time counting unit 24 which accumulates periods of time during which the ion current flowing between the center electrode 10a and the ground electrode 10b ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715341 | Permeability measurement apparatus and method The present invention provides an apparatus for use in measuring permeability of a material. The apparatus 1 comprises a non-contact probe 6 comprising an inner pipe 8 and an outer pipe 10 which are arranged coaxially; a gas inlet for adm... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715342 | Pneumatic length measurement apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for pneumatic length measurement comprising a pre-nozzle and a measurement nozzle through which the medium used for the measurement is directed onto an impact plate, a first pressure sensor arranged in front of the pre-n... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715343 | Portable glovebox and filtration system A portable containment system includes a glovebox apparatus, a self-contained filter unit, and removable conduits extending therebetween. The glovebox apparatus includes a first module for releasably covering a first sidewall opening. The first module, which has bod... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715344 | Process for determining the current state of a lubricant A method for determining the current state of a lubricant for lubrication of at least two frictional coupling elements capable of cooperating to transmit a torque by comparing reference slip characteristics associated with particular operating conditions with curren... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715345 | Coaxial probe with cantilever and scanning micro-wave microscope including the same A coaxial probe includes a coaxial cable including an electrical conductor extending therethrough and projecting therefrom at an end thereof, a planar waveguide on which the electrical conductor projecting from the coaxial cable is mounted, and a sensor electrically... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715346 | Atomic force microscopy scanning methods A method of scanning a deep feature using an atomic force microscopy (AFM) tip, which includes: locating and mapping the deep feature with a surface survey scan; analyzing the scan data to identify an initial optimum location; moving the AFM tip to the initial optim... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715347 | Apparatus and method for determining measures of the permeability of HC-bearing formations using fluorescence Formation drilling cuttings are centrifuged and a sediment sample is extracted and heated to burn off surface hydrocarbons. A non-fluorescing diluant is added to the sediment. The sediment is then subjected to UV excitation. Depending upon the permeability of the se... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715348 | Method and apparatus for detecting liquid level Apparatus and method for correctly detecting the level of a processing liquid such as HPM in a processing tank in the event that any drift occurs in a detector is disclosed. A liquid level detecting apparatus (70) comprises a pressure sensor (73) opera... | 04/06/2004 |
