Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050109201 | Device to provide an electrical connection between a recoiling mass of a weapon and a fixed cradle The invention relates to a device providing an electrical connection between the recoiling mass of a weapon and a fixed cradle. This device is characterized in that it incorporates at least one connector formed of a plug and socket, one of which is integral with the cra... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109202 | Charge retaining mechanism in a barrel The invention relates to a charge retaining mechanism for retaining a charge inside a chamber of a barrel of a gun, comprising retaining members consisting of a central retaining member and two sets of end retaining members, extending from an elongate coil spring, into ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109203 | WALL ARRANGEMENT FOR A SERVOMOTOR A movable wall for separating an interior of a housing for a brake booster into a first chamber and a second chamber. The movable wall is characterized by a diaphragm, a backing plate and a hub member. The diaphragm has a peripheral bead secured to the housing and an ax... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109204 | Electrically enhanced air filtration with improved efficacy A filter assembly particularly useful in electronically enhanced air cleaning systems including a fibrous filter media. A conductive electrode is affixed to the fibrous filter media, so that the conductive electrode makes physical contact to the fibrous filter media in ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109205 | High purity air and gas fractionation system An air and gas purification system having combined adsorbent material layers in a regenerable adsorbent system. A first adsorbent material, molecular sieve material, is positioned at the inlet end of the adsorbent bed and a second material, activated alumina, is positio... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109206 | Method of purifying a natural gas by mercaptan adsorption The raw natural gas is pretreated in treating unit 30. The treated gas is then purified by adsorption of the mercaptans in first enclosure 31. The various cuts that make up the purified gas are separated in fractionating unit 34. Part of the methane... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109207 | Method and apparatus for the recovery of volatile organic compounds and concentration thereof A gas recovery apparatus and method for reclaiming and concentrating volatile organic compounds from the effluent of a semiconductor manufacturing operation is described. Vacuum Swing Adsorption is used to treat effluent containing volatile organic compounds to reversib... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109208 | Method and apparatus for regenerating NOx adsorbers Methods and apparatuses for regenerating a NOx adsorber coupled with an exhaust of an engine. An actuator drives a throttle valve to a first position when regeneration of the NOx adsorber is desired. The first position is a position that causes the regeneration of the N... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109209 | Air purification system and method The air purification system and method for purifying and cooling air for use in a building has an air pollutant removal stage, an air pre-cooling unit, and a dual cooling and water removal unit, including a cyclone separator having a cooling coil wrapped around the sepa... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109210 | Solution and method for scavenging sulphur compounds There is disclosed herein a solution for removing a sulphur compound or carbon dioxide from a fluid and methods for its use, said solution comprising sulphuric acid, a metal at between about 0.05 to 10 percent by weight, an amine at between about 10 to 80 percent by vol... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109211 | Gas-liquid separation method and unit When a reaction liquid is passed through a gas-liquid separation pipe having a larger volume per unit length than the volume per unit length of a pipe, a headspace part into which gas can be released is formed above the gas-liquid separation pipe, and the byproduct gas ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109212 | Control device for fluid separators in dental aspiration plants The control device for a separator includes: a drainage pump powered by a first electric motor and an aspiration pump powered by a second electric motor. It further includes: sensor elements of known type for detecting operating parameters of the separator, such as pres... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109213 | Disposable coffee maker A disposable coffee pot includes a lower section containing water which is heated by an external heat source. Pre-packaged ground coffee beans are located in either the lower section or in a central section isolated from the water until the temperature of the water is e... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109214 | Coffee machine The invention concerns a coffee machine with a cylinder piston brewing unit (49) for the brewing of ground coffee as well as a coffee outlet head (1), from which coffee can be dispensed from the cylinder piston unit (49) as well as from a capsule br... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109215 | Cooking device with blower and water inlet A cooking device comprises a cooking chamber (11) and one or more heating elements (12). Furthermore, a blower (20) is provided, which comprises a radial blower impeller (22) and an atomisation element rotating with the radial blower impeller... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109216 | High speed cooking device and method A cooking device that is capable of rapidly cooking food products such as in toasting bread products or cooking pizza. The cooking device uses air impingement from above and/or below the food product. In some cases an infrared heater is additionally used to impart a des... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109217 | Dough product rolling apparatus and method for rolling dough products A dough product made by a process whereby a dough having an engagement surface and a leading feature is positioned onto the conveyor, transferred towards a process direction by a driving engagement and impacted to create a region of low pressure. ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109218 | Toaster A toaster having: a frame enclosing an open heating chamber; a bread supporting carriage mounted in the chamber and vertically movable relative to the frame, the carriage being retainable in a lowered position for toasting; an extension piece fixed to the carriage; a re... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109219 | COOKING DOUBLE BOILER A cooking double boiler including an outer pan that is heated upon pouring water therein, an upper lid that covers an upper aperture thereof, and an inner pan with a flange that is set into the interior of the outer pan. The outer pan includes a peripheral edge portion ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109220 | DOUGH MODULES FOR IMPROVING THE TEXTURAL APPEARANCE OF PROCESSED DOUGH INTERMEDIATES The present invention is directed to an apparatus for improving the textural appearance and desirable mouth feel of processed dough intermediates, such as cinnamon rolls or buns. The apparatus of the present invention is provided with an integral, arcuately configured c... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109221 | Food product and method of making same The present invention provide a food product comprising an edible filling material, a dough sheet encasing said edible filling material, the dough sheet being rolled upon itself at least after encasing said filling material, and a handle having a distal end region and a... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109222 | Cookie handling device and method of use A cookie-dunking apparatus is inserted partially into a cookie and the cookie-dunking apparatus may then be used to dunk the cookie into a liquid, such as milk, without getting the liquid or softened cookie on the dunker's fingers. ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109223 | Extraction means for producing coffee for a coffee machine An extraction means for the producing of coffee for a coffee machine is equipped with a brewing cylinder (2) for the receiving of coffee powder, whereby the same is reciprocably adjustable between pre-determined positions in its axis direction in co-operation wit... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109224 | Fruit and vegetable peeler A fruit and vegetable peeler which is suitably used in general homes for peeling a small amount of fruits and vegetables, which is small-sized and light-weight, and which is further convenient in carrying and storage. A pair of clamp members are supported by a housing t... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109225 | Wide aperture wire tracking with partition A guide track for a strap with which to bind a bale of bulk material. The guide track includes a convex portion and a restraining portion. Two lateral guide track halves are biased together. On their internal faces the guide track section halves have channels. The balin... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109226 | Material compaction apparatus The material compactor generally includes a feed apparatus and a final compaction apparatus. The final compaction apparatus generally includes a compaction chamber having confronting compression plates and an adjustably taperable portion. The area of the inner cavity of... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109227 | Low cost printing press method and apparatus with a printing plate which eliminates fountain solution therefrom A printing press which comprises a number of different printing stations, each of which has an ink applicator for depositing ink, an adjacent first rotatable cylinder for receiving the ink in a nip therebetween, and at least a rotatable second cylinder over which passes... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109228 | Plate transfer apparatus Plate transfer apparatus is disclosed which is suitable for satellite-type printing press and excels in operability with small space. For these purposes, plate transfer apparatus comprises transfer means (26) which has functions in ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109229 | Press mechanism, clamp mechanism, and molding machine using this clamp mechanism A thermal pressing machine has a case in which a fixed-side press plate is fixedly provided, a main shaft to which a moving side press plate is attached, a lever arm pivotally attached to the main shaft, a first drive mechanism coupled to a force point at one end of the... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109230 | Process for the production of a thermal shock tube, and the product thereof A process for the production of a thermal shock tube is used to form a product that is utilized as a transmission device for connecting and initiating explosive columns, or as a flame conductor. The device is usually complemented by a delay element or used as a delay un... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109231 | Detonative cleaning apparatus An apparatus and methods are provided for cleaning a surface within a vessel. A vessel wall separates a vessel exterior from a vessel interior and has a wall aperture. An elongate conduit has an upstream first and a downstream second end and is positioned to direct a sh... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109232 | Enhanced efficiency pyrotechnic shell A multiple stage pyrotechnic shell apparatus is disclosed. The invention has enhanced efficiency to increase lift and reduce the risk of one or more of the charges from exploding near the ground. The enhanced efficiency is obtained through the novel use of shaped breaks... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109233 | Perforating ammunition The invention relates to a perforating ammunition comprising a penetration body delimiting an internal cavity closed by a base, said ammunition is characterized in that the penetration body incorporates a front nose comprising at least one insert integral with the nose,... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109234 | Kinetic energy rod warhead with lower deployment angles This invention features a kinetic energy rod warhead including a projectile core including a plurality of different size projectiles, an explosive charge about the core, and at least one detonator for the explosive charge. ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109235 | Tamping tool The present invention comprises a tamping tool comprising a shank and a blade, with the blade having various arrangements of wear-resistant material affixed to the face of the blade by means of brazing, soldering, gluing or other method. Additionally, some arrangements ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109236 | Ink jet ink and ink jet recording method An ink-jet ink containing a colorless, water-soluble, planar compound having more than ten delocalized pi-electrons per molecule. ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109237 | Water-soluble complex dye, recording fluid and recording method A water-soluble complex dye capable of forming an image having light resistance, ozone resistance and high saturation; a water-based recording fluid, particularly an ink jet recording fluid, employing such a dye; and an ink jet recording method, are presented. A ... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109238 | Coating material composition and article having coating film formed therewith The present invention provide a coating material composition comprising at least fine hollow particles and a matrix-forming material, wherein when the coating material composition is applied and dried to form a coating film having a low refractive index, the matrix-form... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109239 | Paint formulations containing hectorite compositions Novel paint formulations are described containing hectorite and phosphonate additives. The paint formulations are useful for a wide variety of paints and coatings particularly those are applied by spraying and are particularly useful for metallic coating formulations ap... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050109240 | Organic pigment fine-particle, and method of producing the same A method of producing a fine particle of an organic pigment, containing the steps of: flowing a solution of an organic pigment dissolved in an alkaline or acidic aqueous medium, through a channel which provides a laminar flow; and changing a pH of the solution in the co... | 05/26/2005 |
