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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6776004 | Air fractionation process and installation with mixing column and krypton-xenon recovery A process and apparatus for low-temperature fractionation of air in a distillation column system for nitrogen-oxygen separation (5, 6) introduces into first feed air stream (4) into a distillation column system for nitrogen-oxygen separation. An oxygen... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776005 | Air separation method and plant The pressurized waste nitrogen (11) from a column of an air separation unit (10) is sent, optionally after being compressed, to a combustion chamber (15) where it is heated, to a turbine (17) in which it is expanded and again to the combu... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776006 | Method to avoid striae in EUV lithography mirrors A method for manufacturing an EUV lithography element mirror includes sagging a plate of a glass material to produce an EUV mirror blank; and polishing a top face of the EUV mirror blank to produce a polished EUV mirror. A method for manufacturing an EUV lithography... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776007 | Method of molding a glass composition into an optical element A mold has a moling surface of a material containing silicon carbide and/or silicon nitride as a main component and a carbon thin film formed on the molding surface to prevent fusion sticking. A glass substance which has a sag point not higher than 565° C. and a pr... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776008 | Method and apparatus for heating glass A method and apparatus for heating glass, in which glass (4) is heated upon rollers (3) in a tempering furnace (1) from above and below of the glass (4). At least the upper surface of the glass (4) is heated with hot air jets direc... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776009 | Glass container forming machine A takeout for an I.S. machine includes a cooling tube which is displaceable between up and down positions. Displace is controlled to correspond to the desired heat removal along the path of displacement. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776010 | Glass container forming machine A blow head mechanism for an I.S. machine wherein the blow head has a final blow tube. The final blow tube is supported for vertical displacement between an up position where the open end of the final blow tube is proximate the top of a blown parison and a down posi... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776011 | Apparatus for conveying gobs of glass to a glass container forming machine An inclined trough assembly (10) or gob scoop (20, 40) for conveying, by gravity, formable gobs of glass at an elevated temperature to a section of a glass container forming machine of the I.S. type. The trough assembly has a trough member (12) ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776012 | Method of making an optical fiber using preform dehydration in an environment of chlorine-containing gas, fluorine-containing gases and carbon monoxide Embodiments of the invention include a method for making optical fiber having reduced aging or hydrogen aging loss over the life of the fiber and optical fiber systems including such optical fibers. The method includes the steps of dehydrating an optical fiber glass... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776013 | Aerodynamic mineral wool forming bucket A forming bucket for use in the preparation of gas attenuated fiber insulation products includes a tubular member having a fiber inlet and a fiber outlet. The tubular member has a conical portion disposed between the fiber inlet and the fiber outlet. The conical por... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776014 | Method to make circular-knit elastic fabric comprising spandex and hard yarns Circular-knit, elastic, single-knit jersey fabric, of spun and/or continuous filament hard yarns with bare spandex plated in every course, has a cover factor in the range of 1.3 to 1.9, a basis weight from 140 to 240 g/m2, an elongation of 60% or more and... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776015 | Perforation of laundry machine drum A laundry machine drum has a sheet material skin including an arrangement of a plurality of perforations therethrough. Each of one or more of the perforations includes a shear cut in the sheet material. The sheet is deformed in the region of the shear cut such that ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776016 | Device for starting a motor vehicle motor, using an electronic key The invention relates to a device for starting a motor vehicle motor. According to the invention, a slot is (11) used for inserting (59) the key (50) which is usually closed by a spring-loaded cover (14). The key (50) is displaced ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776017 | Adaptable radial tumbler lock An adaptable lock 10 assembly and a method of using the lock 10 assembly in order to reprogram a lock 10 to accept a key different from the key which originally operated the lock 10. The lock 10 assembly includes a housing 12 | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776018 | Roll grooving apparatus Apparatus for roll grooving thin wall pipe comprises a housing supporting a drive roll and an arm pivotally mounted on the housing and supporting a grooving roll. A feed screw between the housing and arm provides for pivoting the arm to displace the grooving roll ra... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776019 | Extrusion die for hollow member, mandrel for said extrusion die and male die for said extrusion die An extrusion die for a hollow member includes: a male die for defining a plurality of hollow portions of the hollow member, the male die including an annular base portion and a bridge portion bridging the annular base portion; a female die for defining an outer peri... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776020 | Method for stretching forming and transporting and aluminum metal sheet A bending apparatus for bending and transporting an aluminum metal sheet. The bending apparatus includes a central retaining portion that has gripping elements mounted on the central retaining portion for retaining an aluminum metal sheet. There is also included a b... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776021 | Hydraulic drive for use in can manufacture A drive for use in the manufacture of cans comprises a hydraulically powered guide pod to which a can bodymaker is attached. The guide pod slides along a guide rod which is fixed in the bodymaker. Forward and rear hydraulic chambers are defined between the pod and t... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776022 | Stent with variable wall thickness A stent is made flexible along its length. The stent initially starts as a metal sheet. It is rolled in its central region to a specified wall thickness. Thereafter, the stent is photochemically etched to produce the desired cell pattern of the design of the stent. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776023 | Method for determining the deformation amplitude of a touch probe The invention concerns a method for calibrating a tool, of the touch probe type, used on a contact type measuring machine, in order to take account of its dynamic geometrical features. Said method enables, in particular, the uncertainties associated with the ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776024 | Method of evaluating the wear of engine oil taking into account the addition of fresh oil A method of evaluating engine oil wear on the basis of viscosity measurement, accounting for the addition of fresh oil. Using an oil viscosity sensor, an amount of fresh oil added is detected, then the oil viscosity sensor determines a viscosity of the oil mixture o... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776025 | Carrier gas pre-heat system for gas chromatograph The invention is a gas chromatograph that includes a mechanism to heat the carrier gas to a temperature higher than that of the columns through which it flows. The carrier gas may be temperature programmed to achieve much the same results as the known technique of t... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776026 | Knock sensor A knock sensor, comprising: a sleeve; a piezoelectric transducer disposed about the sleeve, the piezoelectric transducer being insulated from the sleeve and in electrical communication with a first terminal and a second terminal; wherein the piezoelectric transducer... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776027 | Cigarette inspection device A cigarette inspection apparatus is provided, which is capable of measuring ventilation resistances of a large number of filter cigarettes easily and accurately and which includes an inspection drum (12) provided with part of an air-introducing unit for intro... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776028 | Induction sensor viscometer A rotational viscometer includes a cylindrical bob attached to a bob axle, a concentric sleeve exterior of the bob, a motor for inducing rotation in the sleeve, a biasing spring attached to the bob axle for resisting axle rotation, and a measurement system comprisin... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776029 | Oil content measuring device and refrigeration system using the same An oil content measuring device measures the oil content of a refrigerant in a supercritical or a vapor phase state. A refrigeration system uses the oil content measuring device. The oil content measuring device has an electrostatic capacity measuring device for mea... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776030 | Method of information collection and processing of sample's surface The applied method is implemented in AFM[-microscopy] to get space distributions of surface properties and layers, placed on it. This method includes successive reading in predetermined points of the surface under control of force curve and subsequent constructions ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776031 | Submerged sample observation apparatus and method An apparatus and a method for observing a submerged sample are disclosed, in which a scanning probe microscope comprises a cantilever with a probe arranged at the forward end thereof, a light source for applying light to the cantilever and a detector for detecting t... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776032 | Misfire deciding method and misfire deciding system for internal combustion engines A misfire deciding method for an internal combustion engine, which can be executed conveniently at low cost by using a gasket type pressure sensor and which can decide a misfire highly accurately and reproducibly. The internal pressure of an internal combustion engi... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776033 | Apparatus for identification of cylinders in an internal combustion engine A cylinder identifying apparatus has a generator which generates a cylinder discrimination signal, a generator which generates a crank angle position signal, and a control unit which obtains the number of detections of the crank angle position signal, the number of ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776034 | Method of testing a run-flat tire component A method of testing a run-flat tire component is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes positioning a run-flat component upon a wheel, accelerating the wheel to a predetermined speed, decelerating the wheel to a stop, and determining any rotation... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776035 | Method and device for calibration of dual-axis tilt meter The invention is directed toward a subsurface gravity measurement device and a method for calibrating the same that includes a tilt meter and a gravity sensor. The method includes associating tilt information produced by the gravity sensor as a function of a relatio... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776036 | Fluid flow meter A mass fluid flow sensor for determining the amount of fluid inducted into an internal combustion engine, for example, is disclosed. The mass fluid flow sensor includes an external intake fluid temperature element which improves the accuracy of the mass fluid readin... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776037 | Microprocessor-based liquid sensor and ice detector Apparatus and a method of operating any structural configuration of a heater and array of temperature sensors to measure with high accuracy, the level of stratified liquids like water and oil or water and gasoline and non-stratified liquids, liquid temperature, and ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776038 | Self-generating differential pressure measurement for liquid nitrogen and other liquids The depth of a cryogenic liquid in a Dewar may be ascertained by inserting a measurement probe into the container. The measurement probe includes a hollow tube having a proximal end and an open distal end, a heater operationally connected within the tube and positio... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776039 | Alcohol content measuring instrument Disclosed herein is an alcohol content and temperature measuring instrument which is simply composed of a mug, an embolism an observation window, and a thermograph and a measuring tub. The measurement of alcohol concentration in a particular liquid can be measured a... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776040 | Self-leveling hydrometer The present invention is a self-leveling hydrometer. A balance hanger is on top of a handle, which connects to a swinging support part. An imbalanced load is in the center of the floating measurement indicator and the imbalanced load can rotate freely in the round h... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776041 | Micromechanical rotation rate sensor A micromechanical yaw rate sensor having: a substrate having an anchoring device provided on the substrate; and an annular flywheel that is connected, via a flexural spring system, with the anchoring device in such a way that the area of connection with the anchorin... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776042 | Micro-machined accelerometer The present invention is a seismometer/velocimeter, and can be also made to function as an accelerometer. The invention comprises an in-plane suspension geometry combined with a transverse periodic-sensing-array position transducer. The invention can incorporate a f... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776043 | Variable capacitance bridge accelerometer A bridge accelerometer system includes four capacitors, wherein two capacitors are formed on each side of a rigid member. The other two capacitors are similarly constructed, except that the rigid member is replaced by a flexured plate. The construction of the plates... | 08/17/2004 |
