Method of and apparatus for cleaning down well valves of well pumps in situ
Now with reference to FIG. 1, a vertical I-beam 1 supports auxiliary pumping mechanism and extends from base plate 2, which is portably mounted on the bed of a truck (which preferably includes a stab... Read More
Inventors: Steele, Barney Raymond; Holiman, William E.;, Assignee: |
Heat treatment of material
We claim: 1. Apparatus for the heat treatment of a material in discrete form including a horizontally elongate combustor adapted to contain a fluidised combustion bed of particulate material and havin... Read More
Inventors: Watkins, David W.; Wheatley, Peter C.; Kaye, William G.;, Assignee: |
Reformer reaction control apparatus for a fuel cell
It is an object of this invention to provide a reformer reaction control system for improving the constant control characteristics of the reaction temperature in a fuel reformer apparatus and for rais... Read More
Inventors: Sasaki, Akira;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Explosion-suppressive masses
Applicant has found that the filler masses formed of multiple layers of expanded metal are often of unduly high bulk density. In particular when, in the course of an economical manufacturing method, c... Read More
Inventors: Szego, Andrew;, Assignee: Explosafe America Inc. (Rexdale, CA) |
Self-contained mooring system for a drill ship
Referring to the drawings in detail, and particularly the embodiment as shown in FIGS. 1-4, the numeral 10 indicates generally the hull of a drill ship of the type conventionally used for offshore dr... Read More
Inventors: Thornburg, Russell B.;, Assignee: Global Marine, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA) |
Lift vehicle
I claim: 1. A load-lifting assembly for a fork lift truck or the like, comprising: a support; a pair of transversely spaced upright first column members rigidly mounted on said support; a movable mast... Read More
Inventors: Abels, Theodor;, Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft (Wiesbaden, DT) |
Electrophotographic method for producing black and color separation images
We claim: 1. An electrophotographic method for forming a color separation image and a black separation image comprising: (a) providing an original containing false-color information corresponding to t... Read More
Inventors: Mitchell, John D.; Michel, Stephen;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Solidifying solvent refined coal
What is claimed is: 1. A method for solidifying the non-distillable residue from solvent refined coal, which comprises: spraying said residue into an immiscible liquid selected from the group consisti... Read More
Inventors: Wolk, Ronald H.;, Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Lead acid battery and method of storing it
The present invention is to provide a lead acid battery which includes a positive plate, a negative plate having higher capacity than the positive plate, a separator interposed between these plates, a... Read More
Inventors: Ishikura, Yoshikazu; Watanabe, Akira;, Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Acceleration/deceleration control apparatus using slip speed
Accordingly, the present invention has an object to prevent any shock of the torque caused by an excessively abrupt acceleration/deceleration and also any stalled condition from taking place even when... Read More
Inventors: Hino, Kiyoshi; Kaitou, Kousuke; Okamoto, Kiyokazu;, Assignee: Nippon Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Wear resistant compound material, method for manufacturing it and use of such compound material
It is an object of the present invention to provide a wear-resistant compound substance containing a hard material in granular form embedded in a metal matrix. It is a further object of the present in... Read More
Inventors: Jachowski, Johannes; Mohs, Rudolf;, Assignee: Fried. Krupp Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung (Essen, DE) |
Magnetic alloy
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic alloy that has a high saturation magnetic flux density and a small coercive force and also has a superior thermal stability eve... Read More
Inventors: Watanabe, Yasushi;, Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (Yokohama, JP) |
Power booster switching at zero current
I claim: 1. A power booster module for use with a zero-current switching converter array which converts power from a source for use by a load, and includes a signal pulse train generator external to s... Read More
Inventors: Vinciarelli, Patrizio;, Assignee: Vicor Corporation (Andover, MA) |
Highly conductive electrolyte composites containing glass and ceramic, and method of manufacture
A principal object of the present invention is to provide a method of fabricating highly conductive electrolyte composites. A feature of the method is the combining of high soda glass with ionically c... Read More
Inventors: Hash, Mark C.; Bloom, Ira D.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States (Washington, DC) |
Diaphragm control attachment
In order to solve the problems mentioned above, the adapter of the present invention has at least a mount for loading or unloading to an interchangeable optical device for the simplified interchangeab... Read More
Inventors: Tanaka, Osamu;, Assignee: Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Panels for industrial dryers and other heated enclosures having stainless steel end structural sheet elements
What is claimed is: 1. A structural heat-insulation panel for high temperature industrial dryers and such other heated enclosures comprising inner and outer opposed metallic sheets in generally parall... Read More
Inventors: Sturgeon, Lloyd F.;, Assignee: Proctor & Schwartz, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA) |
Hydrophilic polymer coated microporous membranes capable of use as a battery separator
What is claimed is: 1. A hydrophilic open-celled microporous membrane which comprises a normally hydrophobic microporous membrane, having deposited on at least one surface thereof a coating comprising... Read More
Inventors: Taskier, Henry T.;, Assignee: Celanese Corporation (New York, NY) |
Reactive deposition method and apparatus
What is claimed is: 1. Thin film deposition apparatus for reactively sputter depositing a film, the apparatus comprising a substrate, a target, means for directing sputtered target material towards th... Read More
Inventors: Maniv, Shmuel; Westwood, William D.;, Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited (Montreal, CA) |
Process for producing substrate member for magnetic recording disc
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the present invention, the alumina-based ceramic material contains Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 as the principal component and metal oxides as the additional components.... Read More
Inventors: Wada, Toshiaki; Nakaoka, Junichi; Ono, Takayuki;, Assignee: Sumitomo Special Metals Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Process for making a thin film metal alloy magnetic recording disk with a hydrogenated carbon overcoat
What is claimed is: 1. A method of fabricating a thin film magnetic recording disk comprising the steps of: sputter depositing on a disk substrate, in an atmosphere consisting essentially of argon and... Read More
Inventors: Howard, James K.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Latent imaging and developer system
We claim: 1. A method of imaging a substrate with a concealed image, and subsequently developing the concealed image to render the same visible, said method comprising the steps of: imaging said subst... Read More
Inventors: Schaefer, Rolf; Walker, Jr., Haywood A.;, Assignee: |
Magnetic recording medium
OF THE INVENTION The magnetic recording medium of the present invention comprises, as shown in FIG. 1, a non-magnetic substrate 10, a non-magnetic layer 20 formed on the substrate 10, and a magnetic ... Read More
Inventors: Saito, Masahiro; Nakabayashi, Akira;, Assignee: C. Uyemura and Co. (Osaka, JP) |
Coated tool steel and machining tool formed therefrom
What is claimed is: 1. A coated tool steel comprising a tool steel substrate and at least one layer of a hard film overcoated on the substrate, the film consisting of a B-1 type solid solution selecte... Read More
Inventors: Kobayashi, Mitsunori; Doi, Yoshihiko; Tobioka, Masaaki; Yamamoto, Takaharu;, Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (JP) |
Method and apparatus for evaporating material under vacuum using both an arc discharge and electron beam
The invention is directed to a method in which no limits are set to the substance to be evaporated or to the activation of the vapor or residual gas in the evaporation chamber. In accordance with the ... Read More
Inventors: Buhl, Rainer; Moll, Eberhard; Daxinger, Helmut;, Assignee: Balzers Aktiengesellschaft (LI) |
Surface-coated cemented carbide article or part
OF THE INVENTION We, the inventors, have made various efforts to obtain a surface-coated cemented carbide article with the structure of a coating layer more excellent in heat shielding effect and ini... Read More
Inventors: Chudo, Masuo; Nomura, Toshio; Iida, Toshihiro;, Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Magnetic recording medium and method for preparing the same
OF THE INVENTION A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support having provided on one surface thereof a magnetic layer, and on the opposite surface thereof a backing layer is already ... Read More
Inventors: Ishikuro, Tadashi; Iida, Shinobu; Fujiyama, Masaaki;, Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (Kanagawa, JP) |
Electrophotographic imaging process
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an electrophotographic process which utilizes a pod of a pre-measured amount of toner. Another object of the present invention is to provide an... Read More
Inventors: Gilgore, Wayne M.;, Assignee: Polychrome Corporation (Yonkers, NY) |
Shadow mask
This invention has been accomplished to cope with the above problems. Accordingly, an object of this invention is to provide a shadow mask which is capable of surpressing the thermal expansion caused ... Read More
Inventors: Higashinakagawa, Emiko; Sato, Kanemitsu; Inaba, Michihiko; Ohtake, Yasuhisa; Kantou, Masaharu; Itoh, Masayuki;, Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki, JP) |
Solid state current limit circuit
It is an object of this invention to provide an improved current limit circuit. Another object of this invention is to provide a solid state current limit circuit for limiting the magnitude of the cur... Read More
Inventors: Davis, Walter Richard; Henry, Tim Warren;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Chicago, IL) |
Control circuitry for a pulse-width-modulated switching power supply
It is an object of the present invention to provide inexpensive and improved control circuitry for PWM switching power supplies that rapidly responds to transients while also providing stable and effi... Read More
Inventors: Budnik, Brian J.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Fuel Cells 
