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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6857294 | Method for knitting intarsia pattern knitting fabric and knitting program producing device therefor An object of the invention is to obtain an intarsia pattern fabric which is not likely to cause yarn entanglement, eliminates the need for divided knitting, and provides good productivity even when a cylindrical knitting fabric is to be knitted. in a double bed flat... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857295 | Tub mounted, vertically oriented pump The present invention includes a washing machine having a water cavity position beneath an outer tub and a pump mounted above the water cavity with an impeller extending downwardly into the water cavity. Preferably, the water cavity is integral with the outer tub an... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857296 | Fabric bag for use in fabric care processes The present invention relates to improved bag-type containers for use in a non-immersion fabric care process for dry clean only fabrics. The outer shell of the bags are made from fabric such that the bags resist melting at higher temperatures than conventional non-f... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857297 | Lock enhancing device A lock for locking a door panel to a door frame, which includes a knob assembly comprising a front protective housing and a rear knob frame defining a lock cavity therebetween in the door panel; a door latch assembly including a latch actuation member transversely d... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857298 | Double action push button locking system Locking systems for containers with closures. The locking systems have latches with a single actuator rod connected thereto. Locks are also provided. Opening the locks move the actuator rod. The latches can preferably be rotary latches, and the locks can be paddle h... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857299 | Multiple padlock latch A latch has a sliding bar, and multiple push bolts that each accept padlocks. The sliding bar is released by removing a padlock and pushing the corresponding push bolt. There is a master push bolt, with the remaining push bolts being slave push bolts. A master user,... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857300 | Door locking device A locking device (1) is provided for a door latch in which a latch bar of the door latch mechanism is turnable to retract a latch bolt of the latch mechanism. A locking means is adapted to be actuated in response to turning of a door handle (3) for the... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857301 | Displacement-type shape sensor for multi-roll leveler A displacement-type shape sensor for detecting the flatness of a strip of material. A flatness detection system may be formed from a plurality of said sensors. The displacement-type shape sensor preferably employs a roller bearing coupled to an actuator. A linear di... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857303 | Machine for bending and twisting flat metal wire A machine for bending and twisting flat metal wire for producing a motor vehicle wiper arm. The machine includes device for feeding and maintaining the wire, and at least a mechanism capable of gripping and releasing the wire in output of the feeding and maintaining... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857304 | Bottle-shaped can manufacturing method A bottle-shaped can manufacturing method for forming a shoulder portion having a slope and a diametrically small cylindrical neck portion integrally by further working a bottom side of a bottomed cylindrical can which is formed thinner at its trunk wall than at its ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857305 | Hydraulic swage press The present specification discloses a swaging press including a piston member co-operable with a plurality of die shoes to drive the die shoes inwardly upon axial movement of the piston member during a swaging operation, the piston member having a frusto-conical rec... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857306 | Four-ball wear and friction test apparatus A four-ball test apparatus for evaluation of friction and wear characteristics of lubricants is disclosed. The test apparatus includes a motor and adjustable weight assembly that is supported by the upper test ball on the lower test balls positioned in a test cup. A... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857307 | Method and device for the determination of the gas permeability of a container The invention relates to a method and device for the determination of the gas permeability of a container, for example, a PET bottle. Said container is enclosed by a sheath, which hermetically seals the container from the environment. The intermediate space, between... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857308 | Valve technology A fluid flow control valve is provided with means for detecting and quantifying valve seat leakage when the valve is in its closed position. Any fluid leaking past the seat flows through an orifice of known, fixed dimensions present downstream of the seat when the v... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857309 | High throughput mechanical rapid serial property testing of materials libraries A library of materials is screened for mechanical properties such as surface tension or interfacial tension. A library of materials is provided. A stimulus such as a stress or force is provided to each member of the library. A response (e.g., a resistance) of each o... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857310 | Method and system for determining wheel position A method for determining the wheel position (FL, FR, RL, RR) of wheels (R1, R2, R3, R4) of a motor vehicle (10) which, for monitoring purposes, in particular for monitoring the tire pressures, are each assigned a wheel unit (E1 | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857311 | Rapid tire inflation plant A rapid tire inflation plant comprising a low pressure high flow inflating gas source, an inflation device, a motor, a compressor driven by said motor and a control circuit arranged to control feed of low pressure inflating gas from said inflating gas source to said... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857312 | Systems and methods for sensing an acoustic signal using microelectromechanical systems technology An acoustic system has an acoustic sensor and a processing circuit. The acoustic sensor includes a base, a microphone having a microphone diaphragm supported by the base, and a hot-wire anemometer having a set of hot-wire extending members supported by the base. The... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857313 | Self-calibrating capacitance gauge A capacitive gauge, suitable for measuring a fluid level in a container, includes upper and lower capacitive elements. Also provided is a control unit for calculating the fluid level in the container based on the capacitance of the upper and lower capacitors and a d... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857314 | System for detecting remaining amount of liquid in tank A liquid remaining-amount detecting system includes a displacement transmitting part for transmitting displacement of a float to a rotation-angle sensor and including a bracket mounted to the bottom of a tank, an arm having a base end mounted to the bracket and a fr... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857315 | Armored tubular sight gauge with integral valves and misalignment unions An armored sight gauge assembly of the type having a sight tube that is placed between first and second spaced apart fittings to show a liquid level comprising an elongated main body positioned between and permanently connected to the first and second fittings. The ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857316 | Gas sensor, gas sensor installation structure, and method for installing gas sensor A gas sensor includes a sensor element having a specific function, and a housing containing the sensor element therein and including a thread section, and a sealing surface which forms a sealing section together with an installation section at a position deeper than... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857317 | Device for measuring a food physicality and method for measuring the same A thrust jig with a concave-convex shape is pierced into a food sample to generate and detect an oscillation spectrum and an acoustic spectrum, which is analyzed in main component to calculate a main component value as the texture of the food sample. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857318 | Method for the non-invasive measurement of an internal pressure The invention relates to a method for the non-invasive measurement of the internal pressure of elastic vessels, according to which a restoring force is detected on the outer surface of the vessel and the internal pressure is determined from the measured force and th... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857319 | Test method of hydrostatic pressure A method for testing hydrostatic pressure of an inflator housing constituting an outer shell container for various inflators, which can evaluate a hydrostatic pressure conveniently is provided. The method comprises the steps of injecting water from a small hole prov... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857320 | Combustion chamber dynamic pressure transducer tee probe holder and related method A dynamic pressure probe for a combustor comprising a holder body having a pressure sensing passage; a pressure sensor and a pressure chamber located in a housing portion arranged substantially perpendicularly to the pressure sensing passage; and wherein the pressur... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857321 | Proximity sensor system having a proximity sensor with a bipolar signal output The present invention relates to a proximity sensor system comprising a sensor generating two types of pulse signals having opposite polarities in order to detect two different, small, metallic objects and to distinguish the objects. The proximity sensor system can ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857322 | Method for measuring compressibility during a polymerization process The present invention relates to a method of measuring the compressibility of a hot powder. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of measuring the compressibility of a polymer hot powder, preferably a polyethylene hot powder. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857323 | Two phase flow sensor using tomography techniques A method and system is presented for accurately measuring the two phase flow rate of a fluid mixture that includes two different phase components. Capacitance tomography measurements are made in order to determine the concentration ratio of the different phase compo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857324 | Method and apparatus for measuring concentrations of components of fluid A method and an apparatus for measuring the concentrations of the components of a fluid are described, which can be used to measure the concentrations of the components continuously in real time and to monitor a high pressure gas, and is suitably used for in-line mo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857325 | Moving blade support jig, moving blade support apparatus, and flow rate measuring apparatus A sealing member is inserted into a frame, with an inclined support surface being fitted to an inclined holding surface. A gas turbine moving blade is pressed toward the frame to fit the inclined support surface to the inclined holding surface, while generating a su... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857326 | Device for measuring force acting upon a seat belt A device for measuring a belt force acting upon a vehicle seat belt has at least one spring that is connected indirectly to a bearing member of the belt buckle that can be secured to the vehicle structure. A measuring element is connected to the spring, and can be c... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857327 | Particulate sampling probe and dilution tunnel A particulate sampler is provided for use in analyzing particulate matter in exhaust gas. The sampler includes a transfer tube assembly including a probe at least partially defining a sample exhaust gas passageway. The transfer tube assembly has a first end portion ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857328 | Sample probe for aerosol sampling apparatus A sample probe is provided for sampling aerosols within a wall cavity. The sample probe includes a hollow tubular body having a distal end, an intermediate portion, a proximal end and a central passageway. The distal end includes a sharp beveled point provided to in... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857329 | Pig for detecting an obstruction in a pipeline An obstacle detecting pig for preliminary inspection of a section of a pipeline travels through the section and determines if there are any restrictions that exceed industry guidelines or that might damage other pigs that require the full bore of the pipe. In a firs... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857330 | Apparatus and methods for automatically inspecting dovetails on turbine rotors A scanner assembly for dovetail inspection of the wheels of a turbine rotor includes a series of circumferentially pivotally connected links: a motor link, transmission links, an encoder link, an adjustable link, free links and a base link mounting a transducer. The... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857331 | Structure of an engine starter of a remote-controlled car A structure for a starter (driver) of a miniaturized remote control model car engine is able to perform perfect separation of the starter shaft from the engine as soon as the engine has built up its normal speed with the aid of the slanted surface and chamfered edge... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857332 | Linear or rotary actuator An actuator (1) for the linear displacement of a member to be controlled comprising a motor part (2) and an actuating device part (3) including a threaded screw (11) with linear displacement, and a rotary member (9) provided with a... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857333 | Rotational stop A rotational stop that includes: a lead screw having a longitudinal axis, a motor integrally mounted to the lead screw, wherein the motor provides rotation to the lead screw; a slide mounted to a support structure to provide movement relative to the lead screw longi... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857334 | Motor vehicle with automatic transmission The invention relates to a motor vehicle having a power train wherein the engine can drive an automatic transmission by way of an automatic clutch. The gear ratio of the transmission is selectable by a first drive and a second drive is employed to shift the transmis... | 02/22/2005 |
