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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7040237 | Munition loading device The invention provides a self-aligning device for aiding the engagement of a munition into a rifled gun barrel on loading of the munition, absent the use of a driving band, as, for example, in the case of a munition which is fitted with aerodynamic tail fins. The de... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040238 | Overhead material handling system and track block The present invention is directed to a material handling system (100) and method (200) for isolating a carrier mechanism (110) from the system. The system (100) comprises a track (103) having a channel (105), a turntable ( | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040239 | Downdraft table A downdraft table includes an enclosure connected to a downdraft mat member that provides a work surface, a support apparatus, and a conduit member capable of providing dust collection to the work surface. The downdraft mat includes a plurality of through points and... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040240 | Ash fusing system, method of operating the system, and gasification fusing system for waste An ash melting system of the present invention includes a slagging combustion furnace (10) for melting ash into molten slag; and a slag separating apparatus (50) for bringing the molten slag (121) discharged from the slagging combustion furnace ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040241 | Refractory brick and refractory construction A refractory brick having a plurality of segments positioned along a longitudinal axis of the refractory brick. Each segment has at least two arcuate recesses and at least two arcuate ridges. The recesses of a first segment of the segments are positioned at a radial... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040242 | Internal tank augers for air seeder hoppers An air seeder is provided having at least one container with a trough in the bottom floor. Preferably, the floor is formed with a v-shaped configuration converging at a metering mechanism. An auger is rotatably mounted in the trough to move particulate material to t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040243 | Body structure for sewing machine A sewing machine includes a base portion with an upright portion connected thereto and a hollow horizontal portion connected to the upright portion. At least two reinforcement members are received therein and each of the at least two reinforcement members has a thro... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040244 | Watercraft having plural narrow hulls and having submerged passive flotation devices A watercraft has at least two narrow hulls with a shallow draft and has one or more passive flotation devices that are entirely submerged. The hulls enclose the power trains for the watercraft and are accessible from the compartments of the watercraft. The passive f... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040245 | Hinge assembly for a hatch cover of a watercraft A hinge assembly for a hatch cover of a watercraft includes a hinge arm having a substantially J-shaped configuration and made of an extruded material, a deck mounting bracket for connecting the hinge arm to a deck of the watercraft, a hatch cover mounting bracket f... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040246 | Submarine countermeasure and launch assembly In a submarine countermeasure vehicle and launch assembly the vehicle includes a forward end portion, an aft end portion provided with a propeller and fins, a hull portion extending between the forward and aft portions, the hull portion being circular in cross-secti... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040247 | Stabilizing surface for flight deck or other uses A mechanism for maintaining a surface such as a landing pad in a desired orientation with respect to a supporting surface includes a pair of columns that rotate with respect to each other. The angle at which the columns engage, or the angle at which the columns enga... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040248 | Handicapped sporting platform and turntable A platform including a rotatable turntable apparatus for attachment to a boat deck, or the cargo space of a pick-up truck or the cargo space of an all terrain vehicle, or other area where a person with impaired mobility needs to experience greater mobility to engage... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040249 | Animal feeding and watering device A large capacity animal feeding and watering device having a serving tray (52) and a removable storage container (48) seated axially within the tray so as to deliver food or water to a serving dish (60). The tray has a number of removable wheels... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040250 | Method of adjusting a size of a feed gate and a position of a brood gate of a feeder assembly A method of adjusting a size of a feed gate and a position of a brood gate of a feeder assembly is provided. The method includes the steps of increasing a size of a feed gate by increasing a distance between a distal end of a drop tube member and a pan member, and c... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040251 | Bird feeder A bird feeder having a container, a selector, and a base is disclosed. The selector has at least one large opening and at least one small opening. The base includes at least one feeding port. When one of the openings is aligned with the feeding port, the other openi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040252 | Snap N lap pet food dish holder A pet feeding device for holding a commercially available disposable paper plate, comprising a tray base with four molded integral hooks. The paper plate is slid in place under three of the four hooks and snapped in place under the fourth hook to secure it in place.... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040253 | Horse trailer interior partition latching system The present invention essentially comprises an upper assembly having a securing receptor with a guide track, a lower assembly having a securing receptor with a guide track, a bi-fold partition having a top portion and a bottom portion wherein the top portion is rece... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040254 | Transportable animal washing apparatus A transportable animal washing apparatus includes a base member having a bottom surface and an open top end portion and an integrally disposed outer wall extending upwardly from the bottom surface. The base member is provided with a plurality of drainage holes space... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040255 | Pet restraint A pet restraint system includes anchors at either end with a cable extending between the anchors. Intermediate cable supports are positioned between the anchors. A trolley with a pet leash attachment slides along the cable with three wheels engaging the cable. One o... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040256 | Animal control arrangement An animal control arrangement in which there is provided a plurality of leashes which may be attached to the collars of animals to be controlled while walking, exercising, training or the like and which reduces the likelihood of the leashes becoming tangled. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040257 | Retractable leash device A retractable leash device is comprised of a housing with a handle, and a leash wound around an internal reel. The reel is biased by a spring to automatically retract the leash. A momentary unidirectional lock in the housing is arranged to be normally disengaged fro... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040258 | Low NOx water heater with serpentined air entry A fuel-fired low NOx water heater extending along a vertical axis has a radiant fuel burner disposed in its combustion chamber. The entire burner combustion air quantity is delivered to the burner from outside the combustion chamber via a horizontally serpentined fl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040259 | Spraying head A spraying head for the humidification of the intake air of a piston engine, said spraying head comprising at least one nozzle (3) for supplying a liquid humidifying the intake air into the air intake duct or into a space leading to the air intake duct of the... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040260 | Liquid-cooled, vertical shaft type combustion engine A liquid-cooled, vertical shaft type combustion engine is provided with a duct utilizing a stream of cooling air induced by a cooling fan to cool various parts of the combustion engine. The combustion engine includes an engine body, a crankshaft accommodated in the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040261 | Temperature-controlled fan delayed shut-off The invention relates to a combustion driven working tool having a combustion chamber (2), a piston (8) guided in a cylinder (5), an ignition system for igniting a fuel supplied to the combustion chamber (2) for driving the piston (8 | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040262 | Expansible chamber engine with undulating flywheel This engine relies on a flywheel having a flywheel axis and an undulating cam surface. A piston wit a roller at its base is positioned in a cylinder such that the roller abuts the undulating cam surface at some radial distance from the flywheel axis. Thus, as the pi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040263 | Piston engine assembly A variable compression piston assembly includes a plurality of pistons, a transition arm coupled to each of the pistons, and a rotating member mounted for pivoting movement to slide along an axis of the drive member. Movement of the rotating member relative to the d... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040264 | Timing advancement for exhaust valve in internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine having a timing device for advancing operation of an exhaust valve, and a method of operating the exhaust valve, wherein, for the case of a conventional automotive engine, the timing device opens the exhaust valve less than 90 degrees b... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040265 | Multiple displacement system for an engine A cylinder deactivation arrangement for an engine is provided. The arrangement includes an engine with main oiling circuit passages and lifter oil gallery control circuit passages formed internal to a cylinder block of the engine. The lifter oil gallery control circ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040266 | Electro-hydraulic engine valve actuation Electro-hydraulic engine valve actuation system providing an actuator and an actuator control system. The actuator includes primary and secondary actuation chambers, defined by a piston, connected to the engine valve, and characterized by increasing and correspondin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040267 | Fully variable mechanical valve gear for a piston-type internal combustion engine The invention relates to a variably adjustable mechanical valve gear for at least one gas-reversing valve (1) provided with a closing spring (2) on a piston-type internal combustion engine having a drive mechanism (13) for generating a lifting m... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040268 | Engine cover brace assembly A sealed cover assembly for a fluid-containing cavity of an engine includes a cover including a fluid-containing wall with a peripheral edge having a sealing surface adapted to oppose a corresponding sealing surface of the engine, and a plurality of mounting opening... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040269 | Method for operating a drive with an internal combustion engine and an electric machine The warm-up period of the internal combustion engine is reduced by operating an electric machine as an additional load of the combustion engine in order to obtain a specific excessive increase in the heat loss of combustion engine. To this end, the magnetizing curre... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040270 | Internal combustion engine Internal combustion engine with at least one cylinder, in which the combustion of a homogeneous air/fuel mixture compressed in the cylinder by a piston is initiated by a time-controlled external ignition, the air/fuel ratio of the air/fuel mixture in the combustion ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040271 | Method for making it easier to start an internal combustion engine In a method for making it easier to start an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder in which there is at least one piston which is intended to execute an oscillating motion between a top dead center and a bottom dead center, air or a fuel-air mixtur... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040272 | Multiple electronic control throttle body for outboard motor A plurality of intake passages (2) provided in a horizontal direction in an electronically controlled throttle body (1) are arranged in a vertical direction. A throttle valve shaft (3) constituted by one shaft penetrates the intake passages (... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040273 | Mass balancing for internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes a crankcase, a cylinder, a piston, a crankshaft, and a piston connecting rod. A counterweight connects to the crankshaft through a counterweight connecting rod. The counterweight pivotally connects to the crankcase. The engine ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040274 | Process for attaching the oil sump to an engine block of a combustion engine For attaching the oil sump (10) to the engine block (30) of a combustion engine, a seal is made between the engine block (30) and the oil sump (10) by means of a curable composition (20). The adhesion of the composition (20)... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040275 | Oil pan structure An oil pan (6) is mounted to a lower surface of a cylinder block (1) in order to reserve an oil. An oil pump housing (7) is cast integrally with the inner side of the right side surface (6a) of the oil pan (6). A rib (14 | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040276 | Drive shaft coupling device An oil supply means is provided to supply the center portion of a rotating part of an Oldham coupling with oil. The oil spreads from the center of rotation to the outside of the Oldham coupling and makes it possible to prevent the Oldham coupling from wearing. A rec... | 05/09/2006 |
