| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 4993882 |
Waste collection method |
February 19, 1991 |
| This invention relates to a waste collecting method which is sanitary and in which throwing-away of waste at each location within a building can be carried out freely and without waiting time, and labors required for transporting or collecting the waste can be reduced. The waste collecti |
| 4990390 |
Fiber grid reinforcement |
February 5, 1991 |
| A fiber grid reinforcement is of a flat shape and has first and second directions perpendicular to each other. The fiber grid reinforcement includes a plurality of first fiber bundles, a plurality of second fiber bundles, and a resin material. The first fiber bundles are generally di |
| 4970869 |
Tube type freezing unit and in-tube freezing method |
November 20, 1990 |
| A tube type freezing unit of the present invention employs as a low-temperature heat accumulating material an aqueous solution of bromide of a low concentration. A plurality of thin tubes are accommodated in a shell, and a non-freezing liquid or a refrigerant is passed into the shell |
| 4958956 |
Submerged flexible wave restraining structure and a method of constructing it |
September 25, 1990 |
| A resilient wave reducing structure which reduces waves propagating on liquid surface from propagating over the reducing structure and a method of constructing the wave reducing structure. The wave reducing structure of the present invention may be used to form a calm water surface regio |
| 4957190 |
Apparatus for conveying refuse containers |
September 18, 1990 |
| The present invention relates to an apparatus for conveying refuse containers in a structure such as an office building. The apparatus includes (a) a generally vertical shaft passing through a plurality of floors in the structure; (b) a longitudinally elongated cab suitable for being |
| 4953720 |
Crane and method for using crane |
September 4, 1990 |
| A crane comprises a base, a driving body for driving and controlling the crane disposed on the base rotatable in a horizontal plane, an articulated arm attached to the driving body pivotable in a vertical plane, and a clutching means for clutching the construction elements. The arm is fo |
| 4947599 |
Trussed girder with pre-tension member therein |
August 14, 1990 |
| A trussed girder to be positioned between a pair of columns, the trussed girder comprising:a pair of upper chord members disposed generally parallel to each other in a horizontal plane;a lower chord member disposed beneath the upper chord members to form a triangular cross-section so tha |
| 4942698 |
Openable roof and structure therewith |
July 24, 1990 |
| An openable roof includes a plurality of fixed roof members and a plurality of movable roof members. Each fixed roof member is a portion of a sphere, with a subsection removed so as to produce an opening. Each movable roof member is the above-mentioned removed subsection with a further s |
| 4932180 |
Electromagnetically shielded partition wall structure |
June 12, 1990 |
| In a building having electromagnetically shielded sections formed by using electromagnetic shielding members as structural members for outer walls, floors an so forth, a zone partitioned with a bearing wall structure having walls such as a fire wall (12) reaching a floor slab is formed a |
| 4924639 |
Method for restraining vibration of a floor and apparatus therefor |
May 15, 1990 |
| The present invention provides a method of restraining vibration of a floor and an apparatus therefor.According to the method, a reservoir is attached to the floor which is supported from structural members of a floor structure and fluid is put in the reservoir. Geometry of the reservoir |
| 4922671 |
Method for effectively restraining response of a structure to outside disturbances and apparatus |
May 8, 1990 |
| The present invention is related to a method for restraining response of a structure to outside disturbances such as winds and earthquakes etc. and an apparatus therefor.According to the invention there is provided an apparatus which comprises (a) an enclosure defining an inner space the |
| 4917004 |
Robot traveling duct for clean room |
April 17, 1990 |
| A robot traveling duct for clean room in which a vertical laminar flow of air is produced from a ceiling filter toward a floor thereof, and in which the robot traveling duct is arranged within the clean room and below the ceiling filter and surrounds a guide rail of the robot, the robot |
| 4904153 |
Transporting robot for semiconductor wafers |
February 27, 1990 |
| There is disclosed a robot used in a clean room and adapted to transport a wafer cassette containing semiconductor wafers. The robot includes: a guide rail disposed in the clean room; a robot body slidably connected to the guide rail for movement along the guide rail; and a first drive |
| 4903610 |
Railway carrier apparatus for semiconductor wafers |
February 27, 1990 |
| A railway carrier apparatus for semiconductor wafers which are contained in a wafer cassette is disclosed. This railway carrier apparatus includes: a carrier for carrying the wafer cassette; a guide rail, disposed along a line of travel of the carrier, for supporting the carrier to guide |
| 4899277 |
Bore hole scanner with position detecting device and light polarizers |
February 6, 1990 |
| A bore hole scanner includes a light projecting device for projecting a light beam toward a bore hole wall surface. A conical mirror is arranged coaxially with respect to a sonde for condensing light reflected from the bore hole wall surface. An image forming device is arranged in front |
| 4894965 |
Method for restraining vibration of a building and structure therefor |
January 23, 1990 |
| The present invention provides a vibration restraining structure comprising a pair of wall members defining an inner space therebetween, separation walls separating the inner space into chambers, and a liquid retained in the chambers and having a free surface.The liquid retained in the c |
| 4894489 |
Electromagnetic shield-type doorway for buildings and electromagnetic shielding system therefor |
January 16, 1990 |
| An electromagnetic shield-type doorway for a building is provided with two doors having a curved passageway between them. By lengthening the passageway to such an extent that the two doors cannot be opened simultaneously, electric waves can be blocked at either of the doors. The elec |
| 4889958 |
Building with electromagnetic shield structure for individual floors |
December 26, 1989 |
| A building with an electromagnetic shield structure for individual floors uses an electromagnetic shielding material in a body of the building and in openings such as windows and doorways, and the external wall surface of the building is covered with an electromagnetic shielding layer. A |
| 4886088 |
Method and apparatus for measuring water content |
December 12, 1989 |
| According to a method and an apparatus for measuring a water content, a thermal conductivity of a measurement target is measured, and a water content of the measurement target is calculated from the thermal conductivity in accordance with prepared data which represents correlation be |
| 4876143 |
Rod material |
October 24, 1989 |
| A rob material includes an elongated matrix made of synthetic resin, a plurality of first elongated textile elements, and a plurality of second elongated textile elements, the first and second elements being embeded within the matrix, parallel to each other along the matrix, each of the |
| 4875313 |
Device for suppressing vibration of structure |
October 24, 1989 |
| There is disclosed a device for suppressing vibration of a structure such as building, a bridge and the like. The vibration-suppressing device includes a tank disposed on the structure, a liquid contained in the tank, and damping mechanism disposed within the tank. The amount of the liqu |
| 4873798 |
Apparatus for suppressing vibration of structure |
October 17, 1989 |
| An apparatus for suppressing vibration of a structure. The apparatus includes a tank adapted to be mounted in the structure and a chamber defining mechanism, arranged within the tank, for defining a plurality of annular chambers, concentric about a vertical axis of the tank, to receive |
| 4867629 |
Dusttight storage cabinet apparatus for use in clean rooms |
September 19, 1989 |
| There is disclosed a dusttight storage cabinet apparatus used for storing works such as wafer cassettes for containing semiconductor wafers. The storage cabinet apparatus includes: a housing having an entrance, formed in its front wall, for allowing works to come in and go out of the hou |
| 4853495 |
Electronic blackboard and electronic blackboard system |
August 1, 1989 |
| An electronic blackboard wherein a multiplicity of heads for reading and writing storage data in relation to memories are disposed lengthwise and breadthwise on the surface of a board so that data can be read from and written into the memories on the board surface. Also disclosed is an |
| 4819395 |
Textile reinforced structural components |
April 11, 1989 |
| A textile reinforced structural component including: a structural component body made of a structural filler; first parallel textile elements; second parallel textile elements crossing the first parallel textile elements at first crossing portions, each of the first textile elements and |
| 4814694 |
System for detecting and processing abnormality in electromagnetic shielding of intelligent buil |
March 21, 1989 |
| Disclosed is a system for detecting and processing an abnormality in electromagnetic shielding for use in an intelligent building which is constructed using an electromagnetic shielding material for the skeleton and openings such as windows and doorways so that the whole of the build |
| 4810961 |
Radio wave leakage diagnosing system for intelligent building |
March 7, 1989 |
| Disclosed is a radio wave leakage diagnosing system for use in an intelligent building which is constructed using an electromagnetic shielding material for the skeleton and openings such as windows and doorways so that the whole of the building is formed into an electromagnetic shiel |
| 4808030 |
Shield tunneling method and assembling and disassembling apparatus for use in practicing the met |
February 28, 1989 |
| Shield tunnelling method and assembling and disassembling apparatus for use in practicing the method. A shield having shield jacks is actuated for drilling a hole in the ground. Inner forms and outer forms are assembled into a plurality of tubular units coaxially jointed in the hole so t |
| 4793146 |
Cold storage structure |
December 27, 1988 |
| A cold storage structure including: a storage chamber for storing articles, the storage chamber including a ceiling, a pair of side walls and a bottom wall, at least both the side walls and the bottom wall being formed in the ground; a heat accumulating layer arranged in the ground to su |
| 4791533 |
Natural lighting apparatus |
December 13, 1988 |
| A natural lighting apparatus includes a mirror for reflecting light, and a supporting mechanism for supporting the mirror for rotation about both a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. A first sensing mechanism is provided for sensing a first direction of the lig |
| 4783940 |
Concrete filled steel tube column and method of constructing same |
November 15, 1988 |
| A concrete filled steel tube column which includes: a steel tube connected to beams of a structure so that an axial compressive load is transferred from the beams to the steel tube; and a concrete core, disposed within the steel tube, for bearing an axial compressive load transferred fro |
| 4783937 |
Device for suppressing vibration of structure |
November 15, 1988 |
| A device for suppressing vibration of a structure such as buildings and bridges, including a tank, disposed in the structure, for receiving a liquid for suppressing vibration of the structure, the tank being adapted to contain such an amount of the liquid that the liquid is equal in |
| 4781511 |
Semiconductor processing system |
November 1, 1988 |
| A semiconductor processing system which includes: a first semiconductor wafer cassette for housing semiconductor wafers; a first transfer pod for enclosing the first cassette airtightly, the first pod having a box-like pod body with an open bottom and a bottom plate detachably attached t |
| 4779201 |
Borehole scanner and sonde position locator for spectral analysis of wall |
October 18, 1988 |
| An optical head (12) is rotated while a sonde (11) is moved up or down within a bore hole (22), and a beam of light from a light source (22) is projected toward the wall of the bore hole (22) via a lens (21), slit (22), half-mirror (19), mirror (15) and lens (14). Light reflected from |
| 4759663 |
Method of placing concrete into a steel encasement |
July 26, 1988 |
| A method of placing concrete into a steel encasement constructing an offshore structure. The steel encasement is erected. A plurality of first concrete injection holes are formed through the steel encasement in a heightwise spaced manner. The concrete is injected through the lowest d |
| 4759632 |
Method and apparatus for producing a slurry for underwater placement |
July 26, 1988 |
| A method and apparatus for producing a slurry for underwater placement. The slurry is prepared by a mixer and the mixed slurry is then agitated by an agitator. Before underwater placement of the slurry, bubbles in the slurry is reduced. The apparatus includes a supplying device for suppl |
| 4758686 |
Electromagnetic shield structure for building windows |
July 19, 1988 |
| In a building in which electromagnetic shielding members are used in a body of the building and at openings such as windows, entrances and exits to provide the overall building with electromagnetic shielding, a window glass and a window frame are each provided with an electromagnetic |
| 4758295 |
Method of stopping leakage of water in concrete structure |
July 19, 1988 |
| A method of stopping leakage of water in a concrete structure comprising injecting a hydrophilic one component type polyurethane prepolymer or an impregnating agent which is prepared by adding cement to such polyurethane prepolymer into a hermetically sealed chamber formed in a leaking p |
| 4722861 |
Lightweight aggregate having high resistance to water absorption and process for preparation the |
February 2, 1988 |
| A lightweight aggregate which is inexpensive and excellent in both resistance to freezing and thawing and resistance to water absorption and a process for preparation of such lightweight aggregate are disclosed. In this lightweight aggregate, a gel material is filled in at least open |
| 4722156 |
Concrete filled steel tube column and method of constructing same |
February 2, 1988 |
| An concrete filled steel tube column and method of constructing same. The concrete filled steel tube column includes a steel tube having an inner face; a concrete core disposed within the steel tube; and a separating layer interposed between the inner face of the steel tube and the concr |
| 4709899 |
Climbing formwork apparatus for concrete placing |
December 1, 1987 |
| A formwork apparatus for concrete placing comprises: a center frame assembly having upper and lower ends; first and second form panels for molding concrete walls, each having a supporting member mounted on an outer surface thereof, the first form panel pivotally connected at its supp |
| 4707956 |
Earthquake insulating building structure |
November 24, 1987 |
| An earthquake-insulating building structure including a structure body and a foundation supporting the structure body, the foundation having a plurality of earthquake-insulating piles embedded within the ground, each of the piles including a pile body having upper and lower portions, the |
| 4706430 |
Concrete reinforcing unit |
November 17, 1987 |
| A concrete reinforcing unit adapted to be embedded in the concrete for concrete construction. The concrete reinforcing unit includes: first parallel textile elements; second parallel textile elements crossing the first parallel textile elements at first crossing portions, each of the |
| 4697397 |
Trussed girder, roof framing using the trussed girder and method of constructing the roof framin |
October 6, 1987 |
| Trussed girder, roof framing using the trussed girder and method of constructing the roof framing of a building using the trussed girder. In the trussed girder, an upper chord and a lower chord are jointed through lattice members. The trussed girder includes: a prestressing steel member; |
| 4687517 |
Concrete composition having heat resisting property and dimensional stability |
August 18, 1987 |
| The present invention provides a concrete composition having a heat resisting property and dimensional stability, which comprises a cement selected from the group consisting of a self-hardening cement, a latent hydraulic material, a mixed cement and a thermosetting cement, a hydraulic |
| 4666605 |
Methane fermentation process for treating evaporator condensate from pulp making system |
May 19, 1987 |
| A methane fermentation process for processing an evaporator condensate of a waste fluid from a pulp production system is disclosed. The process comprises the pre-treatment step of adding an acid into the evaporator condensate to settle and coagulate inhibitors for methane fermentation, |
| 4635169 |
Illumination apparatus |
January 6, 1987 |
| The illumination apparatus includes: a wall having a plurality of recessed wall portions; a plurality of electrically illuminating mechanism; a plurality of supporting mechanism, mounted on the wall, for supporting a corresponding illuminating mechanism so as to light a corresponding |
| 4631076 |
Apparatus for removing carbon particles from exhaust gas from internal combustion engine |
December 23, 1986 |
| Apparatus for removing black fumes from exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine includes a filter mounted on an exhaust pipe of the engine. The filter includes a body defining a filter chamber and a filter element mounted within the filter chamber for collecting carbon particles |
| 4614996 |
Ceiling illumination apparatus |
September 30, 1986 |
| A wall of the ceiling has a large number of recessed wall portions formed it in a honeycombed manner, thereby forming projected wall portions between corners of the adjacent recessed wall portions; a plurality of illumination mechanisms for electrically illuminating corresponding rec |
| 4595059 |
Method of providing a conductor pipe to an opening portion of a well |
June 17, 1986 |
| A method of providing a conductor pipe to an opening portion of a well such as an oil well, gas well, geothermal power well or the like. A bore is formed in the ground with a casing tube and an auger screw, inserted into the casing tube, to a predetermined depth, after which the auger sc |