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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7040077 | Medicine packing apparatus A medicine packing apparatus including a display unit with which a medicine housed state can be easily determined, operatability is made favorable, and prescription data can also be input. The apparatus also includes a plurality of medicine containers (11), w... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040078 | Apparatus for fitting stretchable sleeves Method and apparatus for fitting stretchable sleeves on containers in the form of a substantially prismatic or cylindrical carton, the opening of which is at least partially surrounded by a rim projecting out towards the exterior. Sleeves are cut from a stretchable ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040079 | Rake with four-wheel stabilizing system A rake has two side members attached perpendicularly to the rake so as to form an H-shaped frame system. A swivelable wheel is mounted at each corner of the frame. The frame fully stabilizes the rake in a position approximately level with a ground surface as the rak... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040080 | Track link production method and track link produced by the same There are proposed a track link production method capable of providing markedly improved wear life with good cost performance and a track link produced by this method. To this end, the track link production method includes a heat treatment process (Steps 4, 5... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040081 | Low noise cable or the like protection and guide device A low noise cable or the like protection and guide device is provided, which can suppress sliding contact wear of a sliding portion, which is liable to occur at the time of braking the rotation of connected link frame bodies, and can avoid collision noise and a brak... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040082 | Assistance and emergency drive for electrically-driven accessories The invention relates to a system for driving an accessory, such as a fuel pump or an oil pump in a turboengine, said system comprising an electric motor and further comprising an air turbine associated with said electric motor. Said air turbine is suitable for bein... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040083 | Gas turbine having water injection unit A gas turbine comprises a compressor for compressing a gas supplied therein and discharging the compressed gas, a combustor in which the discharged gas from the compressor and a fuel are combusted, a turbine to be driven by a combustion gas from the combustor, and a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040084 | Exhaust emission aftertreatment An engine control system in a vehicle including a diesel engine in the vehicle, a diesel fuel tank for supplying fuel to the diesel engine, a gasoline tank in the vehicle, a reformer for providing partial oxidation products from gasoline contained in the gasoline ta... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040085 | Deterioration detecting device for oxygen concentration sensor Detecting deterioration of an oxygen concentration sensor disposed downstream of a catalyst. The air-fuel ratio is set to a rich air-fuel ratio, and then changed to a lean air-fuel ratio after an enrichment time period elapaes from the time of enrichment. A determin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040086 | Exhaust emission control system of internal combustion engine An exhaust purifying device is arranged in an exhaust gas passage extending from an internal combustion engine. The exhaust purifying device includes a NOx trapping catalyst that traps NOx in the exhaust gas when an exhaust air/fuel ratio is leaner than stoichiometr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040087 | Device for purifying exhaust gas for engine A device, for purifying exhaust gas of an engine, comprises a SOx storage arranged in the exhaust passage for temporarily storing SOx contained in an exhaust gas inflowing therein, and an auxiliary catalyst arranged in the exhaust passage downs... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040088 | Diesel engine exhaust purification system An exhaust purification system for use with diesel or other compression ignited systems to remove particulate and gaseous pollutants from the exhaust. The system includes a catalytic converter assembly that heats the exhaust to a level sufficient to incinerate parti... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040089 | Wave-powered generator device A wave power station device (1) of the kind wherein the waves flow up a ramp (12) and wherein the ramp (12) is provided with fixed openings (17), the openings (17) being arranged in such a way that water flowing up the ramp (12 | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040090 | Servo steering system for motor vehicles For a power assisted steering system for vehicles, in particular passenger cars, there is provided a hydraulic circuit with a servopump, a three-way flow regulator valve which is located at the junction between the pump and a servoactuator and has a measuring thrott... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040091 | Multilevel speed regulation jack A multilevel speed regulation jack includes an input oil cylinder, an output oil cylinder, and a fluid conduit member between the cylinders. The output oil cylinder includes a cylinder body containing an annular space and a tube piston, which fits in the annular spa... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040092 | Center section for hydraulic transmission A two piece center section assembly for mounting inside the housing of a hydrostatic drive apparatus is disclosed. The assembly includes separate pump and motor support portions where the check valve is formed between the two pieces. Fasteners extend through the two... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040093 | Penetration master cylinder with reduced backlash and application thereof This invention relates to a master cylinder of the so-called “penetration” type, in which a cup (3), which is fitted inside a groove (11) of the master cylinder, bears on the wall (20) of a piston (2) in a sealing manner, and in which... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040094 | Staged combustion with piston engine and turbine engine supercharger A combustion engine method and system provides increased fuel efficiency and reduces polluting exhaust emissions by burning fuel in a two-stage combustion system. Fuel is combusted in a piston engine in a first stage producing piston engine exhaust gases. Fuel conta... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040095 | Method and apparatus for controlling the final feedwater temperature of a regenerative rankine cycle This invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling the final feedwater temperature associated with a regenerative Rankine cycle, said cycle commonly used in thermal systems such as conventional power plants. This invention involves the placement of a n... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040096 | Methods and apparatus for supplying feed air to turbine combustors A method enables a gas turbine engine to be assembled. The method includes providing a combustor including a liner that defines a combustion chamber therein, and coupling a casing within the gas turbine engine to extend circumferentially around the combustor liner, ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040097 | Gas turbine and associated cooling method A gas turbine (1), in particular in a power plant, has at least one combustion chamber (2) and an enclosed inner liner (3) which surrounds the combustion chamber (2) and an enclosed outer liner (4), having a stator (5) which... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040098 | Provision of sealing for the cabin-air bleed cavity of a jet engine using strip-type seals acting in two directions The invention relates to the sealing of the cavity from which air is bled off to the cabin, which cavity is delimited, on the one hand, by the external shell of the compressor and an annular structure connected to the shell, and, on the other hand, by the external c... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040099 | Cryostat A cryostat having a connecting branch which is connected to a coolant chamber and is open on the end side. The connecting branch expands from an inside diameter to an outside diameter. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040100 | Low-temperature dryer A low-temperature dryer, especially a compressed air low-temperature dryer, for drying of a gaseous working fluid with cooling of the gaseous working fluid by use of a refrigerant comprises a pre-heat exchanger section (11) and a main heat exchanger section (... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040101 | Air refining device and ion generator used for the device An air conditioning apparatus incorporates an ion generating device that generates positive and negative ions by applying an alternating-current voltage between electrodes. The generated positive and negative ions coexist in the air and, when they attach to the surf... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040102 | Vehicles and electromagnetic clutches for compressors for such vehicles An electromagnetic clutch for a compressor includes a rotor, an armature, an electromagnetic coil for bringing the rotor into contact with the armature and for separating the rotor from the armature, and a temperature detection device, such as a temperature fuse or ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040103 | Cooling system, a cooler and a method for controlling a compressor A cooling system comprising a compressor (20) and controlled by means of an electronic circuit (TE), the electronic circuit (TE) comprising a measuring circuit (ME) for measuring an electric power (Pn) supplied to the compressor (20) a microcontroller ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040104 | Operating unit comprising at least one operating element for an air conditioning installation and/or an automatic air conditioning system The invention relates to an operating unit comprising at least one operating element, especially for adjusting the quantity of air, the temperature or the air distribution of an automatic air conditioning system, an automatic function and a manual adjustment functio... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040105 | Air conditioner and method of controlling air conditioner An air conditioner is provided that can reduce the occurrence of situations in which the comfort level of an occupant of a room is degraded. The air conditioner is capable of running in cooling mode and/or dehumidifying mode and is provided with an air delivery unit... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040106 | Air conditioning system with secondary compressor drive A secondary drive system for an air conditioner compressor includes a conventional air conditioning circuit having integrated therewith a secondary compressor drive. The secondary compressor drive includes an air motor for selectively operating the otherwise convent... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040107 | Air conditioner and method of controlling the same An air conditioner has a variable capacity rotary compressor, which allows the compressor to be smoothly re-started, thus increasing start reliability of the compressor. The air conditioner includes a compressor rotated in opposite directions. A drive unit rotates t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040108 | Ambient thermal energy recovery system A method and system for recovering thermal energy from an ambient environment includes an evaporator plate assembly located in the ambient environment, such as outdoors to absorb thermal energy from air. A compressor, heat exchanger, and water storage tank are locat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040109 | Fuel cell system and method of storing hydrogen In a fuel cell system 10, a refrigerant channel 70 that circulates refrigerant is configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant and each of a fuel cell 30, a hydrogen storage tank 20 having a hydrogen storage alloy, and a radiator | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040110 | Dispensing unit lighting system A lighting system for dispensing units such as ice and water dispensers on refrigerators includes a paddle on a shaft for activating and deactivating the dispenser by force applied from a receptacle. The shaft is configured as a light tube. A light source is positio... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040111 | Ice supplying device of refrigerator An ice supplying device of a refrigerator is disclosed, which has a structure a container is easily mounted in a door, or separated from the door. The ice supplying device includes an icemaker for making ice with a cool air of a freezer; a container mounted in a doo... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040112 | Air conditioning system An air conditioning system for an aircraft in which cabin air is recirculated and mixed with cold air from an air conditioning machine which includes at least an expansion turbine over which warm pressurised air is expanded and cooled, and wherein the system include... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040113 | Kimchi storage facility A Kimchi storage facility having a non-contact power supply device is provided. The Kimchi storage facility includes a main body provided with a storage room storing Kimchi, and a mechanic room where a power supply is installed, a door opening and closing the storag... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040114 | Storage unit A storage unit having at least one storage compartment, to store various food and beverage at respective optimum temperatures, and to allow various food and beverage to be conveniently stored in and removed from the at least one storage compartment. The storage unit... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040115 | Insulated container assembly having insertable cooling and heating gel packs An insulated container assembly, which has a main body portion and a lid hingedly attached to the main body portion. The main body portion has four walls and is substantially rectangular in shape. The walls of the main body portion define an area for receiving and h... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040116 | Cooling apparatus and method for setting refrigerant sealing amount for the same An object is to improve cooling efficiency while preventing an abnormal increase in pressure of a high side in a cooling apparatus which uses so-called carbon dioxide as a refrigerant. The cooling apparatus comprises a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a ga... | 05/09/2006 |
