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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6715429 | Folding table A folding table having a first and second tabletop portions pivotably connected to first and second pairs of legs respectively. The folding table may comprise a pair of buttresses protruding from each of the first and second pair of legs, such that when the table is... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715430 | Sectional table with gusset Disclosed is a sectional table with gussets, in which a table top and legs thereof can be easily assembled in a simple manner by virtue of a gusset mechanism. The sectional table with gussets includes a table top; an inverted hat-shaped channel frame having cylindri... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715431 | Multifunctional disposal apparatus The present invention relates to a multifunctional disposal apparatus for performing disposal by incineration, desiccation, fusion, degradation, ash melting and others on an object to be disposed such as raw refuse, general garbage, sludge, expanded polystyrene and ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715432 | Solid fuel burner and method of combustion using solid fuel burner According to a burner of the present invention, a stable combustion is obtained in a wide range from a high-load operation condition to a low-load operation condition even in the case of low quality solid fuel such as brown coal. The amount of air supplied fr... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715433 | Restraint for a flexible drive shaft gearbox A flexible rotatable drive shaft is used to drive a seed meter of a seeding machine. The seeding machine is provided with a seed meter gearbox. The seed meter gearbox has a flexible rotatable drive shaft receiving portion and a gear receiving portion. The gearbox ou... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715434 | Embroidery sewing machine and a drive device thereof It is an object of the invention to provide an embroidery sewing machine and a drive device thereof, wherein a cover means is provided to close an opening of a box through which a means for holding an embroidering frame may be protruded out and may be moved for embr... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715435 | Sewing machine for close-tolerance stitching The present invention provides a sewing machine for positioning a line of stitches a predetermined distance from an edge of a workpiece. The edge tracing sewing machine includes a machine body with a reciprocable needle mounted therein. The needle is reciprocated be... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715436 | Sea-going vessel and hull for sea-going vessel There is disclosed a hull for a sea-going vessel of displacement type having a flat bottomed midship section (100) of a constant cross-section which is substantially rectangular in cross section below the water line, and a converging bow portion (200) ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715437 | Liquid-cargo loss detection gauge Leakage detection of cargo from the hold of a barge involves a mounting plate to the top hatch of the hold. Two pipes secured to the plate extend to locations near the bottom. Each pipe has a guide tube in it coaxial with the pipe. Each pipe has a float in it receiv... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715438 | Tiller operated power assist marine steering system A tiller is preferably coupled to the outboard motor or other steered element of a watercraft such that movement of the tiller in a first manner imposes manually-generated steering forces on the steered element and that operation of the tiller in a second manner imp... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715439 | Mechanism for the vertical translation of tubular structures for underwater vessels Mechanism for the vertical translation of tubular structures for underwater vessels of the type constituted by a rectilinear guide (2) with closed section that is vertically fastened to the sail (3) of the underwater vessel, by a barrel (4) tran... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715440 | Changing room for pontoon boats having a rear entry stern gate A collapsible changing room for a pontoon boat having a rear entry stern gate. The collapsible changing room is formed in part by the passenger seat positioned adjacent the rear entry stem gate. An L-shaped bracket is rigidly secured to the rear portion of the seat ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715441 | PCVD apparatus and a method of manufacturing an optical fiber, a preform rod and a jacket tube as well as the optical fiber manufactured therewith The invention relates to an apparatus for performing Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition (PCVD), whereby one or more layers of silica can be deposited on an elongated vitreous substrate. The apparatus includes an elongated microwave guide which emerges into a resonant ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715442 | Fish feeder A fish feeder having an inner tray sliding within an outer tray. The trays are provided with holes which, when brought into alignment, allow feed to drop from the inner tray through the outer tray and on to a spreader, whereby the food is evenly distributed across t... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715443 | Feeder device for animals A feeder device for feeding animals with food product includes a housing divided into a plurality of compartments with individual pivotable bottom walls and an operating system mounted on the housing to control opening of the bottom walls to release the food product... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715444 | Method and device for measuring frequency of specific behavior of animal A method of measuring the number of times of a specific behavior of an animal in a breeding cage comprising a step in which a common pattern of the specific behavior is determined by receiving a signal of vibration of the cage caused by the specific behavior of the ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715445 | Bird cage A bird cage having a frame including a base assembly, cover assembly and corner towers that join the base and cover assemblies. The front, back, sides and top of the cage are enclosed by wire grills. The towers are made of light pervious material such as clear or tr... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715446 | Pet tent A collapsible tent 100 for housing a pet which folds into a storage bag when not in use. The design and structure is as follows of the tent includes a main body 1, front 2 and back 3 panels. The frame of the front 2 and back 3 | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715447 | Mountable clamp-on cat scratching device A cat scratching post that incorporates a clamping mechanism for secure and stable attachment to a receiving object like a doorjamb. A resilient main superstructure has an adhesive interface securing a surface material that is appropriate for cats to scratch or clim... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715448 | Remotely adjustable equestrian barrier A remotely adjustable equestrian barrier includes motors mounted to the barrier posts and linked to sliding jump cups. The motors are microprocessor controlled. The rail height is adjusted using a remote transmitter which directs the microprocessor to energize the m... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715449 | Adjustable animal collar An adjustable animal collar provides a strap with a housing at one end and a second end connected to an engagement area. The engagement area is formed with a plurality of teeth received into the housing, where a rotating pawl engages the teeth. The pawl, pivotably r... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715450 | Fossil-fuel fired continuous-flow steam generator A continuous-flow steam generator includes a combustion chamber with evaporator tubes for fossil fuel. The combustion chamber is followed on the fuel-gas side, via a horizontal gas flue, by a vertical gas flue. When the continuous-flow steam generator is in operatio... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715451 | Fuel-fired heating appliance with combustion air shutoff system having frangible temperature sensing structure A gas-fired water heater has a combustion chamber with a bottom wall defined by a perforated flame arrestor plate forming a portion of a flow path through which combustion air may be supplied to a burner structure within the combustion chamber. During firing of the ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715452 | Method and apparatus for shutting down a fuel reformer A method of operating a power system including a fuel reformer and an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The engine is shutdown subsequent to shutdown of the fuel reformer. A fuel reformer system for supplying a reformate gas to the engine is also disclosed. | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715453 | Method and apparatus for preventing locking of engine-operating-characteristic changing device A method of controlling an engine-operating-characteristic changing device operable between a first and a second operating state and including a locking device for locking the changing device in the first operating state in which a compression ratio of an intake air... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715454 | Outboard motor including water-cooled V-engine An outboard motor includes a water-cooled V-engine. The engine includes right and left cylinder block portions each having plural cylinders formed therein. The cylinders of each cylinder block portion are vertically juxtaposed. Cylinder heads are disposed behind the... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715455 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine with at least one control element for variation of the flow cross-section of a charge exchange passage, which control element is automatically adjustable in accordance with the engine mode by means of an actuating member and a connectin... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715456 | Variable valve control comprising a sliding-block part and a free travel The invention relates to a variable valve train for reciprocating engines, in particular internal combustion engines comprising at least one cam of a camshaft that is rotatably mounted in the cylinder head. Said cam actuates a lift valve using a pulley assembly whic... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715457 | Piston assembly A piston assembly for an internal combustion engine comprises a piston body having a head and a pair of pin bosses depending from the head having a pair of pin bores aligned along a pin bore axis. A piston skirt has a pair of opposed skirt portions and a pair of opp... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715458 | Engine block crankshaft bearings An internal combustion engine comprises an aluminum alloy engine block housing pistons in cylinders and having a lower face including an upper semi-circular bearing surface. A lower bearing support has a lower semi-circular bearing surface to complement the upper se... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715459 | Oil pan having an integrated oil filter unit An apparatus and method for filtering oil. The apparatus being an oil pan having an integrated oil filter unit, wherein part of the oil pan forms the bottom of the oil filter unit. The oil filter unit is fastened on the oil pan at least by means of a sealing compone... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715460 | Lubrication system for snowmobile engine A snowmobile has an internal combustion engine that includes a lubrication system. The lubrication system includes a lubricant pump unit mounted in a crankcase chamber of the engine, a lubricant cooler, and a lubricant filter. The lubricant pump unit is mounted at a... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715461 | System for lubricating valve-operating mechanism in engine In a system for lubricating a valve-operating mechanism in an engine including a head cover coupled to an upper end of a cylinder head, and a valve-operating chamber defined between the cylinder head and the head cover. An oil mist transfer means for transferring an... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715462 | Method to control fuel vapor purging A method is disclosed for controlling operation of an engine coupled to an exhaust treatment catalyst. Under predetermined conditions, the method operates an engine with a first group of cylinders combusting a lean air/fuel mixture and a second group of cylinders pu... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715463 | In-cylinder fuel injection engine and the method of controlling the engine The in-cylinder fuel injection engine is characterized in that fuel is injected into the combustion chamber in two directions. When the homogeneous charge combustion is performed, a first spray block of fuel is injected inside of the cavity and a second spray block ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715464 | Fuel injection device for internal combustion engines A fuel injection device operating on the solid-state energy storage principle and configured as a reciprocating plunger pump having a delivery plunger element, the delivery plunger element being moved from its starting position in the direction of a pressure chamber... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715465 | Internal combustion engine with valve control An internal combustion engine includes at least one rotating, oscillating or reciprocating piston (20, 21) in a cylinder (11, 12). Each piston (20, 21) defines with the cylinder (11, 12) a combustion chamber (35). Each combustion c... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715466 | Method and apparatus for operating an internal combustion engine exhaust valve for braking An exhaust valve apparatus for an internal combustion engine exhaust valve having a thermally prestressed bender actuator, which moves through a displacement in response to a command signal from a control unit. An actuator drive responsive to motion of the thermally... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715467 | Method and apparatus for engine braking An engine braking system includes a pump associated with a source of fluid, the pump supplying pressurized fluid to fuel injectors associated with the engine. An electronic controller is associated with the engine and determines a desired engine braking level as a f... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715468 | Fuel injection system An excessive volume of fuel discharged by a high-pressure supply pump to a common rail due to an opened state abnormality of an inlet metering valve of the pump may result in an abnormal increase in common rail pressure. In the event of such an abnormal increase, a ... | 04/06/2004 |
