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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6857253 | Electric riding mower with motor generator set and noise abatement A self-propelled mower having a frame, a plurality of ground engaging wheels supporting the frame, and an internal combustion engine outputting mechanical motion. An electrical generator is operably coupled with the internal combustion engine to output electrical en... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857254 | Mower suspension system and method The mower front independent suspension assembly in some embodiments of the present invention includes a first suspension arm connected to the front of the lawn mower frame and a second suspension arm connected to the side of the lawn mower frame. In some embodiments... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857255 | Reciprocating cutting blade having laser-hardened cutting edges and a method for making the same with a laser A reciprocating cutting blade includes a body portion having an top surface, a bottom surface, a longitudinal axis, a first working portion extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis and defining a first cutting surface, a second working portion extending at an ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857256 | Lawn mower chute opening apparatus and method The discharge chute opening and closing apparatus for lawn mowers comprises a vertical bar fixedly attached to a pivot bar, rotatably mounted between first and second pivot stanchions; a pivot arm fixedly attached to the pivot bar at a first end and engaged with a c... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857257 | Method for cultivating leafy vegetables The present invention relates to a method for cultivating leafy vegetables such as spinach, lettuce and the like, according to which a net (3) with meshes which are smaller in size than the overall volume of the leafy body of the fully grown vegetables is spr... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857258 | Self adjusting vertical shaker A crop picking head assembly has a known oscillation generating head supported in a head support frame suspended from a harvester framework by two pairs of depending arms. One pair of arms is variable in length to adjust picking head height and the other pair is fix... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857259 | Texturing machine and method of threading an advancing yarn A texturing machine for crimping an advancing yarn and which includes a plurality of processing units and a plurality of feed systems. At least one of the feed systems is formed by a driven feed roll and a rotatable guide roll mounted in cantilever fashion on a mach... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857260 | Thermal improvements for an external combustion engine An external combustion engine having an exhaust flow diverter for directing the flow of an exhaust gas. The external combustion engine has a heater head having a plurality of heater tubes through which a working fluid is heated by conduction. The exhaust flow divert... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857261 | Multi-mode pulsed detonation propulsion system A multi-mode propulsion system for potential application to hypersonic and aerospace planes. The system can employ various propulsion modes at various points in time, with the propulsion system employed at a given point in time being selected according to the veloci... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857262 | Catalytic converter function detection A method and system detects the function of a catalytic converter in a vehicle using data received from an open path emissions sensor. The factors considered include whether the vehicle moving on a road is operating in a closed loop operating condition, whether the ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857263 | Low emission diesel combustion system with low charge-air oxygen concentration levels and high fuel injection pressures This invention sets forth a commercially viable diesel combustion system that meets environmentally acceptable levels of NOx emissions (i.e. 0.2 g/bhp-hr or lower across a full map of engine speeds and loads) without the need for use of NOx aftertreatments, and simu... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857264 | Exhaust emission aftertreatment An engine control system in a vehicle including a variable displacement internal combustion engine, a controller for controlling the displacement of the variable displacement internal combustion engine, and where the controller operates the variable displacement int... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857265 | Diesel exhaust system including NOx-trap An exhaust gas treatment system (8) for a diesel engine (10) having a NOx absorber (28) charged with solid absorbent for absorbing NOx from a diesel exhaust gas and means (18) for introducing intermittently into the exhaust system CO upst... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857266 | Wave energy converter A wave energy conversion apparatus is described. It comprises at least two devices (3, 4), each comprising a surface float (5, 6), at least one of the surface floats being rigidly attached to a submerged body (9, 10). The movement of the two dev... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857267 | Stirling cycle engine The Stirling cycle engine includes: a casing having a cylindrical shape; a cylinder for sidably inserting a displacer and a piston into a part adjacent to one end and another part adjacent to an other end thereof respectively,_the cylinder being coaxially placed ins... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857268 | Cascading closed loop cycle (CCLC) A Cascading Closed Loop Cycle (CCLC) system is described for recovering power in the form of mechanical or electrical energy from any thermal energy source whose temperature is sufficiently high to vaporize a pressurized light hydrocarbon medium such as propane or p... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857269 | Capillary two-phase thermodynamic power conversion cycle system A two-phase thermodynamic power system includes a capillary device, an inline turbine, and a condenser for generating output power as a generator or receiving input power as a refrigerator. The capillary device, such as a heat loop pipe or a capillary pumped loop, i... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857270 | Gas turbine plant A gas turbine plant comprises an air compressor, gas turbine including at least one high temperature section, a driven equipment, which are operatively connected in series, a gas turbine combustor arranged between the air compressor and the gas turbine, a fuel syste... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857271 | Secondary fuel nozzle with readily customizable pilot fuel flow rate An improved secondary fuel distribution system having a readily adjustable premix pilot nozzle for use in a gas turbine combustor is disclosed. The secondary fuel nozzle assembly has a premix fuel nozzle comprising an annular tubular manifold and a premix pilot nozz... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857272 | Fuel delivery system A fuel delivery system for a gas turbine engine combustor, the combustor having at least two fuel injectors of substantially the same design. All the fuel injectors are in flow communication with a first fuel supply via a first manifold, and some but not all of the ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857274 | Fluid injector and injection method There are provided an injector and an associated method for injecting and mixing gases, comprising a carbonaceous fuel and oxygen, in a combustion chamber of a combustion device. The injector has jets, which can be used to separately inject different combustion fuel... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857275 | Combustion apparatus A wall element for use as part of an inner wall of a gas turbine engine combustor wall structure is of cast construction and includes a plurality of cooling apertures provided therethrough and formed during the casting process. The cooling apertures may be located i... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857276 | Temperature controller module A temperature controller module for electronically controlling the temperature of a device, such as a pump laser or laser diode, controls the device temperature based on low heat dissipation inductors and current sources. The temperature controller module shuts off ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857277 | Process and equipment for manufacturing clear, solid ice of spherical and other shapes The process and equipment, according to this invention, for manufacturing clear, solid ice of spherical and other shapes are capable of making clear ice balls and block ice of other shapes in the mold quickly, efficiently, and with effective energy utilization. This... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857278 | Chilled water storage for milk cooling process A process for cooling liquids wherein a coolant is cooled in a chiller during off-peak electrical demand periods, then directed to a first insulated storage vessel where it is stored until off-peak electrical demand periods have ended. During peak electrical demand ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857279 | Ice maker for refrigerator and method of testing the same The present invention relates to an ice maker for a refrigerator and a method of testing the ice maker, and more particularly, to an ice maker for use in a refrigerator for making and releasing ice and a method of testing the ice maker to determine whether the ice m... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857280 | Air conditioner By the use of the suction pressure of a compressor, the pressure in back pressure chambers 71g and 71h are reduced to open a refrigerant inlet side and a refrigerant outlet side of an evaporator, and when the compressor is at rest, by the... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857281 | Expansion device for vapor compression system A vapor compression system having a line for flowing heat transfer fluid, a compressor and a condenser both connected with the line. The vapor compression system also has an expansion device connected with the line for expanding the heat transfer fluid. The expansio... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857282 | Air-conditioning system for vehicles According to the present invention, a blower/evaporator housing case is provided for housing side-by-side a blower that is rotated by a motor and creates an air flow and an evaporator linked with coolant pipes through which a coolant flows in and out so as to comple... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857283 | Semiconductor burn-in thermal management system A semiconductor burn-in thermal management system for providing an effective thermal management system capable of maintaining a desired semiconductor temperature during a burn-in cycle. The semiconductor burn-in thermal management system includes a reservoir for sto... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857284 | Flushing system for screw-type crushed ice extrusion machine An improved apparatus and method for flushing an auger-type crushed ice making machine prevents build up of scale and other contaminants. The system feeds a flushing liquid to the top of the extrusion head such that it flows down through the device, thereby cleaning... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857285 | Building exhaust and air conditioner condensate (and/or other water source) evaporative refrigerant subcool/precool system and method therefor A system for providing liquid refrigerant subcooling, by means of evaporative cooling utilizing the condensate water of said air conditioner, refrigeration/heat pump system and/or some other water supply to wet the surface of the subcool heat exchanger and pass the ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857286 | Vapor-compression refrigerant cycle system A vapor-compression refrigerant cycle system includes a first evaporator in which refrigerant is evaporated, a second evaporator in which refrigerant is evaporated at a pressure lower than that in the first evaporator, and a switching device for switching between a ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857287 | Refrigeration cycle A refrigeration process comprising: compressing low pressure vapor refrigerant to a higher temperature and pressure vapor, compressing low pressure vapor refrigerant to a higher temperature and pressure vapor, condensing the higher pressure vapor refrigerant into a ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857288 | Heat exchanger for refrigerator The present invention relates to a heat exchanger in a refrigerator having a simple structure and an improved heat exchange performance. For this, the present invention includes refrigerant tubes (10) having a plurality of straight parts (11) and a plu... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857289 | Precious stone setting A precious stone setting is disclosed. The setting comprises a shank body, a collect and an external rim. The circumferential edge of the shank body is provided with an inwardly contracting cavity and the inner wall of the recessed cavity is provided with a groove. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857290 | Method of applying barrier coatings to glass panels An index-matching coating is applied directly to a low-emissivity (“lowE”) thin-film coating. Nodules growing from a site in the lowE coating are removed to avoid propagation of defects through the layers of the index-matching coating. A tempering step in an oxy... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857291 | Glass container forming machine A blow mold assembly for an I.S. machine for blowing a parison of glass and cooling the blown parison into a formed bottle which can be removed from the blow mold. A blow head is lowered onto a blow mold and final air is applied. A predetermined time after the blow ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857292 | Glass container forming machine A takeout grips a formed bottle at a blow station of an I.S. machine and releases the bottle onto a conveyor and returns to grip the second bottle formed in the blow station following the bottle removed by the takeout. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857293 | Apparatus for selective photosensitization of optical fiber An apparatus that exposes only a selected portion of a length of optical fiber to a hydrogen atmosphere loading process. The apparatus includes a loading chamber that encloses at least the selected portion of the optical fiber and contains a hydrogen hydrogen atmosp... | 02/22/2005 |
