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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6776165 | Magnetic navigation system for diagnosis, biopsy and drug delivery vehicles This invention discloses such a convenient navigation system and navigatable capsules which are useful for remote-controlled imaging, biopsy and programmable drug release within the body of an animal. The components of the system comprise a capsule dimensioned and s... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776166 | Portable extinguishing ash container A portable extinguishing ash container with pivoting lid is provided. The ash container features a flame-resistant fabric pouch which accommodates a metal container. The pouch is filled with a noncombustible granular material such as sand or pebbles for enveloping a... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776167 | Spent-cigarette respository with detachable column A molded plastic repository for spent smoking materials having separate base and column pieces with connecting portions which are connected for use by a connector which engages the connecting portions. The base and column are molded as a single piece then severed in... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776168 | Disintegratable cigarette filter The invention relates to a high performance cigarette filter on the basis of cellulose ester fibers or filaments which can be mechanically disintegrated. The inventive high-performance cigarette filter is characterized in that a) the fiber weight (or filament weight... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776169 | Ginkgo biloba L. leaves cigarette This invention provides a kind of cigarette substitute which is called Ginkgo Biloba L. leaves cigarette. It not only has the function of refreshing, but also is good to people's health. It avoids the harm which is brought to human bodies by the poisonous substances... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776170 | Method and apparatus for plasma cleaning of workpieces A method and apparatus for plasma cleaning a workpiece (W) in a plasma-cleaning chamber (20) having an interior region (30). The method comprises the steps of first, loading the workpiece into the plasma cleaning chamber interior region. The next step ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776171 | Cleaning of semiconductor wafers by contaminate encapsulation An apparatus and method are provided for removing contaminate particulate matter from substrate surfaces such as semiconductor wafers. The method and apparatus use a material, preferably a liquid curable polymer, which is applied as a sacrificial coating to the surf... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776172 | Method of cleaning ultrapure water supply system A cleaning method is provided for an ultrapure water supply system having an ultrapure water production apparatus connected to a point of use of ultrapure water via a passage. In the cleaning method, a basic solution, for example, is circulated through the system to... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776173 | Liquid processing apparatus A liquid processing apparatus has a substrate rotating device including a holder for holding a substrate and a motor, a chamber for applying the liquid processing to the substrate, a posture changing mechanism for changing the posture of the substrate rotating devic... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776174 | Apparatus for washing magnetic particles An apparatus for washing magnetic particles including a well plate for receiving an array tube holder having x rows of tubes, each tube containing magnetic particles, the well plate having (x+1) rows of wells for enabling the array tube holder to be shifted from a f... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776175 | Liquid waste disposal and canister flushing system A liquid waste disposal and canister flushing system for a medical canister including a press-fit canister lid, features a cabinet with an opening and a sink with a drain positioned therein. A mounting bracket is affixed to the cabinet and includes a shaft connected... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776176 | Applications of acoustic waves in data storage devices Devices and methods for using surface or acoustic waves in a recording head to prevent particles from settling down on an interfacing surface on the head. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776177 | Gardening protective shelter in umbrella shape A gardening protective shelter in umbrella shape includes a main rod, a plurality of ribs, a protective cover and a handle. The feature of the present invention is a sliding ring wraps around the main rod and is beneath a runner, a pulling rope each ties to the runn... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776178 | Mechanized fumigation tent having a plural clew system with composite closing structure The present invention provides a mechanized fumigation tent having a plural suspension system with composite closing structure. It includes an overhead structure; support frame having top; a tarp mounted atop the frame and hanging from the frame to define top and si... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776179 | Quick-pitch/strike tent A quick-pitch/strike tent. The tent includes a frame and a cloth housing suspended on the frame. The frame and the cloth housing are connected together and the frame has multiple poles. Each pole has multiple joints to conveniently pitch or strike the tent. The fram... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776180 | Water distribution pressure control method and apparatus In one aspect, the prevent invention provides control apparatus for controlling the pressure of a water distribution system. Typically the apparatus will be connected to a main pressure reducing valve in the system, which main valve is under the control of a dual di... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776181 | Safety valve for pressurized fluid tanks The valve is intended to be opened at a predetermined temperature in order to release the pressurized fluid from the tank and its opening is triggered by melting of a meltable material. It comprises a body in the shape of a socket (10), the open end of which ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776182 | Sealing structure of stop valve A stop valve which is fitted with a cylindrical supporting portion is comprised of a ring-shaped rigid axial portion, a ring-shaped platy bendable valve portion extending outward, and a sealing lip portion extending inward. The sealing lip portion has a first sealin... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776183 | Aircraft drain device An aircraft drain device (14) for interposition between a potable water line (e.g., the drain line from an ice drawer) and a gray water line leading to a drainmast or other external drain. The drain device (14) includes a housing (30), an inlet ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776184 | Insertion valve and installation method A valve assembly for insertion in a line formed by an existing pipe of predetermined outside diameter containing fluid under pressure includes a valve body with a bonnet-supporting flange that defines an access way into the valve body through which an installer can ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776185 | Grounded jet pump assembly for fuel system A grounded jet pump assembly for a fuel system of a vehicle includes a fuel reservoir and a grounded fuel component disposed in the fuel reservoir. The grounded jet pump assembly also includes a jet pump having an outlet extending into the fuel reservoir and a groun... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776186 | Dispensing tool for evacuating and charging a fluid system A tool assembly for connection to a charging inlet tube of a fluid receiving system, and for evacuating and dispensing a charging fluid to the fluid receiving system. The tool assembly includes a tool housing having an upper and a lower housing half and including a ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776187 | Quick coupling with pressure assist piston A female coupler for use as a fluid connector having an exterior portion, an interior portion, a poppet valve and a piston. The exterior portion has an internal bore with an open forward end adapted to receive a male coupler, a flow port for supplying pressurized fl... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776188 | Injector An injector injects fluids, such as hydrate inhibitors into a pipeline such as a natural gas pipeline. The injector is comprised of two motor valves with different force constants such that they open and close in a sequence that injects fluid into the pipeline. The ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776189 | Four-way switch structure of a fluid control valve A fluid control valve includes a main body and a switching member. The main body is provided with a chamber in which the switching member is rotatably disposed. The chamber is in communication with an inlet and two outlets. The switching member is formed of a connec... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776190 | Valve lift spacer and valve using same This invention pertains generally to valve lift spacers that determine the travel distance of a valve member, such as movement between upper and lower seats. In the case of pressure switching valves, such as those used in the fuel injection industry, valve travel di... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776191 | Spool valve device A spool valve includes a sleeve and a spool. The sleeve has a first communicating hole opening into the cylinder bore and a second communicating hole opening into the cylinder bore and separated from the first communicating hole in the axial direction of the cylinde... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776192 | Pneumatic valve and manifold mounting system A manifold mounting system for electrically operated pneumatic control valves includes a push-on snap lock latching arrangement that is responsive to simple straight line connecting movement of the valve to the manifold. The system completely eliminates the need for... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776193 | Modular surface mount manifold An modular manifold system is provided for interconnecting fluid components of a fluid system in a reduced area. The system is comprised of a one or more bridge fittings having an internal fluid passageway which has an inlet end in fluid communication with an outlet... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776194 | Flow means There is a disclosed a conduit supporting structure that imposes, maintains and/or reinforces a flow guiding formation of a conduit, whereby to effect a desired flow configuration in the conduit. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776195 | Tubular polymeric composites for tubing and hose constructions Multi-layer tubular polymeric composite and to articles such as tubing and hoses constructed thereof. The composite is formed of a layer of a fluoropolymer material bonded directly to a second layer of a more general purpose resin material which may be a nylon or ot... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776196 | Braid folding unit and a braid folding method of a shielded wire A braid folding unit of a shielded wire is provided, which includes: a primary expanding means to beat a braid 22 exposed on an inner cover 24 of the shielded wire 15 so as to outwardly expand the braid; an expanding pipe 135 to enter an ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776197 | Method and apparatus for a traversing filler spout for solid bulk bag filling station A bulk bag-filling machine with a traversing strap latching and traversing filler spout mechanisms. The strap latch mechanisms and the filler spout may be moved independently or in unison forwardly towards the front or forward most edge of the filling station, there... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776198 | Mobile automated bagging machine for in bulk material A mobile bulk materials bagging machine equipped to convert compacted bulk materials into baggable material of uniform consistency. The bagging machine includes a feed hopper which may be loaded with compacted bulk materials with heavy duty loaders. The bagging mach... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776199 | Container filling machine A machine (1) for filling containers (2) with liquid or particulate material (6), wherein a carousel conveyor (12), rotating continuously about an axis (9), supports a number of supporting and weighing heads (25), each indep... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776200 | Trigger apparatus and material handling apparatus including the same A trigger, for use with a port through which a flow of particulate solid material selectively passes, is disclosed and comprises a sensor and a trigger body having a first position and a second position. The trigger body is biased for movement to said first position... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776201 | Elastic funnel An elastic tube having at least one end formed as a rolled elastic ring. The opposite end of the tube may be fashioned with a rolled elastic ring or may hang free depending on the perceived usage. The tube is fabricated from a thin latex material having a stretchabi... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776202 | Log peeling apparatus A log-peeling machine for removing bark from logs to simulate hand peeled logs. A log is held in position on a pair of movable log support frames, each having multiple adjustable log support and drive roller assemblies. An independent high-speed cutting head is mova... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776203 | Device for rapidly fixing blades onto the shafts of wood planers The present invention relates to a shaft 4 for planers, of the type where the peripheral surface has, formed along it, longitudinal recesses 5 each housing a working blade 1 and a prism-shaped locking or retaining bar 2, with a system for... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6776204 | Tire having a pattern with no intercommunicating paths between the grooves A tire for vehicle wheels includes a tread band having a tread pattern defined between two shoulder ends of the tire. The tread pattern includes two lateral rows of grooves and at least one third row of grooves arranged between the lateral rows. All of the grooves a... | 08/17/2004 |
