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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7146766 | Door control assembly A door control assembly for a door closing an opening in a wall of a refrigerated compartment cooperates with an oblique hinge set to provide an opening and closing force on the door. The door control assembly includes a mounting plate attached to the door and a fla... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146767 | Standardized arched jamb assembly and method An arched jamb assembly includes an arched jamb member and a pair of opposite upright jamb members with angled cuts made at opposite ends of the arched jamb member and upper end portions of the upright jamb members where the arched jamb member meets and interfaces w... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146768 | Skylight tube with reflective film and surface irregularities A skylight shaft is coated with a highly reflective film to maximize the amount of light transmitted from the top of the skylight to a room below the skylight. Surface irregularities are formed in the shaft or adhesive that holds the film onto the shaft to diffuse t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146769 | Tandem window assembly system A unitary frame carries a primary window and a secondary window. The view area of the primary window is substantially the same as the view area of the secondary window. Two windows can be installed, to close an opening, at the same time using the frame. A frame, a s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146770 | Angle-section column-beam connector A column/beam interconnection employing angular connectors which wrap complementarily around an outside corner in a column. Each connector includes, on each of two, next-adjacent column faces, a cantilever-projecting deflectable tab which is nominally spaced from an... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146771 | Cap sheet, roofing installation, and method A cap sheet for cold-applied adhesive roof installations includes a reinforcement mat saturated with and encapsulated within SBS modified bitumen. Bitumen layers above and beneath the mat have top and bottom major surfaces. The top surface of the top bituminous laye... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146772 | Panel and locking system for panels The invention relates to a panel and a locking system (1) for panels (2, 3) with edge profiles provided on at least two opposite edges of the panels (2, 3) for the positive connection of similar panels (2, 3), including an edge profile de... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146773 | Concrete accepting wall structure with adjustable curvature A structure for forming a vertically orientated wall comprises a flexible front panel having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis and substantially continuous front surface; a flexible rear panel positioned rearwardly and parallel to the front panel; and a plurali... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146774 | Overlapping corner piece for siding retainers Applicant's invention comprises a corner piece which is firmly attached to a wall at a juncture of horizontal and vertical retainer strips and covers the juncture between the horizontal and vertical retainer strips, providing a barrier to direct water and/or moistur... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146775 | Wall system A wall system comprising a plurality of multi-section panels coupled by posts disposed between adjacent multi-section panels wherein each multi-section panel comprises at least two panel sections, each panel section comprising an inner core including a pair of panel... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146776 | Heat shielding member of housing There is provided a heat shielding member for a thermal insulation structure which does not form a heat accumulator even if it receives a heating load from the outside and which is easily fixed and installed from the indoor side when it is applied to the thermal ins... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146777 | Packaging machine for cigarettes For the production of (cigarette) packs of different configurations, for example standard pack (13), round-edged pack (14) or octagonal pack (15), subassemblies and elements of the packaging machine are exchanged and/or uncoupled from the drive.... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146778 | Apparatus for producing packaging air-cushion elements An apparatus for producing air-cushion elements comprises at least one supply roll (1) of plastic film material (9), a cutting device (21) for cutting at least one opening into the plastic film material, which is double-layered in the apparatus,... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146779 | Method of packaging and shipping compressible structural panels A method of packaging and shipping compressible structural panels is disclosed. Compressible structural panels are provided, typically with first and second sheets separated by compressible or collapsible dividers. The structural panels are stacked and thereafter co... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146780 | Procedure and wrapping machine to wrap objects A method of wrapping an object features using a first conveyor belt to move the object toward a first partial conveyor section which is located at a downstream end of the first conveyor belt and which is moveable vertically and horizontally with respect to a fixing ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146781 | Apparatus and method for insertion of material into uncontaminated containers In a system and method for packaging sensitive materials, such as parenteral medications, the materials are reliably packaged by being inserted into an uncontaminated reservoir without being contaminated during such packaging. The reservoir is a component of a conta... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146782 | Method of sealing a plug with a food sauce dispensing cartridge A method of sealing a plug with a food sauce dispensing cartridge enables leak proof operation of the dispensing cartridge at the site of the plug. The plug, having a circumferential edge, is positioned within the dispensing cartridge and oriented such that the edge... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146783 | Vacuum packaging machine A vacuum packaging machine (10) is provided having a base (12) and a pivotally mounted lid (14) which cooperatively define a package air evacuation chamber (76) adapted to receive the open end (98) of a filled flexible package (... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146784 | Machine for packaging a plurality of articles in a carton, and method of forming a carton A packaging machine for loading a plurality of articles into a carton which mechanism comprises carton erecting means for part erecting said carton to define a first article receiving cell, means for selecting a group of articles comprising at least two articles, me... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146785 | Waste disposal devices Waste disposal device including a container defining a waste-receiving chamber, an insert defining a cavity receivable of a pack of flexible tubing for encapsulating waste packages and an inner lid connected to the container and selectively substantially covering or... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146786 | Electric linear deck lift assembly An electric linear deck lift assembly for raising and lowering in a controlled and accurate manner the cutting deck of a lawnmower to a variety of different heights, including preset heights. An electric motor drives a linear drive rod connected to the cutting deck,... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146787 | Walk behind mower Disclosed is a self propelled walk behind mower comprised of a tractor unit and a mowing deck. The tractor unit is hydrostatically driven with a unique control system whereby the forward speed of the tractor is set by operating an electric rocker switch with an oper... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146788 | Chopper arrangement for a forage harvester A forage harvester chopper arrangement is located within a housing provided with an access door mounted for pivoting vertically between a chopping position, wherein access to the chopping arrangement is prevented, and a grinding position, permitting access to the ch... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146789 | Walk-behind cotton harvester The cotton harvester includes a cotton picker housing having at least one plant lifter defining a plant row channel extending back into the housing to a plant compressor sheet. A picker rotor is mounted in the cotton picker housing adjacent to the plant row channel ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146790 | Combine harvesters An anti-wrapping device is described for preventing crop from being wrapped about the central shaft of a reel rotatably supported on side arms of a header of a combine. The device comprises an annular cover plate for securing to the axial end of the reel to prevent ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146791 | Interchangeable mulching/discharge mowing deck A convertible mower deck having a mulching mode and a discharge mode. The deck is convertible from the mulching mode to the discharge mode by removal of an insert that extends along the rear of the cutting chamber walls of the deck. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146792 | Service trolley for open-end spinning machines Service trolley for open-end spinning machines equipped with members dedicated to the operations in the intervention cycles and managed by the trolley's own control unit in which each member is independent from the others, being equipped with independent actuation c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146793 | Watch chain A watch chain is disclosed. The watch chain comprises a pin groove formed at a spaced inner surface with a certain depth; a plurality of outer connection pieces which have through holes passing through the inner side of the pin groove in the direction of the back su... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146794 | Gas turbine installation Disclosed is a gas turbine power generating system capable of achieving a high output power and a high power generating efficiency under conditions with a small amount of supplied water and less change in design of a gas turbine. A fine water droplet spraying... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146795 | System and method for producing injection-quality steam for combustion turbine power augmentation The present invention is a combustion turbine assembly connected to a steam generator which utilizes deaerated potable water. The steam formed by the steam generator may be combined with air and injected into the combustor of the combustion turbine assembly to incre... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146796 | Nested latch thrust reverser A thrust reverser includes reverser doors pivotally mounted in a nacelle. Each door includes a latch pin mounted at a distal end thereof. A complementary latch hook is pivotally mounted in the nacelle for engagement with the pin to latch closed the reverser door. A ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146797 | Exhaust gas purification system An exhaust gas purification system including a catching reactor for attracting particulate matters in an exhaust gas from an engine by electrostatic force, a main exhaust path and an auxiliary exhaust path provided on the exit side of the catching reactor, a PM filt... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146798 | Method for control of a diagnosis of a catalyst in the exhaust of an internal combustion engine A control for diagnosing a catalytic converter in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine having means for determining the catalytic converter temperature is presented. The diagnostic method is carried out in dependence upon the catalytic converter temperat... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146799 | Computer controlled engine air-fuel ratio adjustment A microprocessor-based controller is provided for generated heat in at various locations in an exhaust system of an engine by changing the heat generation technique utilized. In one case, some cylinder air-fuel ratios are modulated between stoichiometry and rich, wh... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146800 | Exhaust purification device and exhaust purification method of internal combustion engine An exhaust purification device, including a NOx storing catalyst comprised of a precious metal catalyst and NOx absorbent, arranged in an engine exhaust passage, which increases the ratio of the nitrogen dioxide to the nitrogen monoxide produce... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146801 | Fuel vaporizing device Hydrogen-rich reformate gas is produced by a fuel reformer (2) from fuel vapor containing hydrocarbon, which is produced by a fuel vaporizer (6), by means of a partial oxidation reaction and a steam reforming reaction. A fuel injector (8, 9) sup... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146802 | Reducing NO emissions with a staged catalyst The conversion of NOx to nitrogen in the exhaust of a lean burn engine using a hydrocarbon assisted-selective catalytic reduction system is benefited by a two-stage oxidation catalyst-reduction catalyst SCR reactor. The character and quantity of the oxida... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146803 | Method and arrangement for monitoring the operability of a secondary air system The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for monitoring the operability of a secondary air system of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust-gas system. The secondary air system includes a secondary air pump. In the method and arrangement, a sign... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146804 | Exhaust gas cleaning system having particulate filter An exhaust gas cleaning system for a diesel engine has a diesel particulate filter (DPF) disposed in an exhaust pipe. An electronic control unit of the system controls regeneration of the DPF. The DPF is heated and regenerated only when an operating state of the eng... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146805 | Regeneration control of diesel particulate filter To regenerate a diesel particulate filter (10) which traps particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas of a diesel engine (20), a controller (16) raises the temperature of the exhaust gas through fuel injection control of a fuel injector ( | 12/12/2006 |
