Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070062217 | Instep bracelet The invention discloses an instep bracelet to enhance the beauty of the foot and provide an enchanting addition to footwear and a method of accessorizing one's foot using this instep bracelet. This unique accessory item comprises a flexible member having a predetermined... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062218 | Method for controlling the forming of flat glass The invention relates to a method for controlling the forming of flat glass by conducting molten glass over a liquid tin layer in a forming vat. According to said method, the concentration of H20 above the surface of the glass during the forming process is me... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062219 | Methods of fabricating flat glass with low levels of warp A method of fabricating glass sheets (13) is provided in which the sheets are cut from a glass ribbon (15) composed of a glass having a glass transition temperature range (GTTR). The ribbon (15) is formed by a drawing process in which edge rollers (... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062220 | Vapor axial deposition apparatus and vapor axial deposition method Disclosed is a vapor axial deposition apparatus. The vapor axial deposition apparatus includes a first torch, a growth size detecting unit and a controlling unit. The first torch deposits soot on a distal end of a soot preform aligned with a first axis, and is aligned w... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062221 | Three-dimensional optical waveguide, method of manufacturing same, optical module, and optical transmission system A three-dimensional-optical waveguide is formed by laminating planar substrates such as a plurality of lens substrates and, an isolator substrate and a wavelength division multiplexing filter, the optical substrates at least include a waveguide substrate having a wavegu... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062222 | Method for charging particles in a material manufacturing process A method for charging particles used for processing of a material. At least a gaseous reactant is supplied and oxidizing gas is supplied to the reactant. The oxidizing gas is charged electrically before it is supplied to the reactant. The reactant and the oxidizing gas ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062223 | Optical fiber having reduced polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and method for producing the same A process for producing optical fiber preform having symmetrically and completely collapsed capillary which is suitable for producing optical fiber having reduced PMD is provided, wherein collapsing of the capillary in the hollow soot porous body or sintered glass body ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062224 | Automatic washing machine and toroidal and inverse toroidal washing motion An automatic washing machine capable of washing with both a toroidal and inverse toroidal washing motion. ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062225 | SUDS CONTAINER FOR A WASHING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A SUDS CONTAINER A suds container for a washing machine includes a cylindrical vessel surrounding a drum of the washing machine, the cylindrical vessel including a cylindrical wall and a front wall. A metallic hub for a drive shaft for the drum is integrated into a plastic compound of t... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062226 | Door comprising an insulating glazing and electric household appliance provided with said door A door for a refrigerator device including a frame and an insulation glazing which includes at least one external pane and an internal pane fixed to the external pane and forming a tight intermediate space. The frame is fixed to the external pane in a marginal area of t... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062227 | Securement system for the doors of vehicles, trailers and containers An improved securement system for the doors of vehicles includes a first lock body having at least one bore hole and a second lock body having at least one bore hole, the first lock body mounted on a first door, the second lock body mounted on a second adjacent door. Th... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062228 | Universal mounting and locking device for tool storage containers and portable items An apparatus for supporting and locking storage containers and portable items to vehicles, buildings and larger items. A universal two-part mount and lock system whereas one part covers over and conceals second part making it not possible to access fasteners. The two pa... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062229 | Key for immobilizer A key for an immobilizer, includes: a mechanical key part including a key plate capable of being inserted into a cylinder lock, and a key head coupled to one end of the key plate; and a grasping case which supports the key head so that the mechanical key part can be dis... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062230 | Rotary lock and key A cylinder lock is provided. The lock includes a rotor assembly (17) having a combination post (12) as a core. The combination post (12) has combination holes arranged thereon which define the combination of the lock. The rotor assembly (17) ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062231 | Method and device for producing nitrogen fertilizer from organic waste products The invention relates to a method and a device for producing nitrogen fertilizer from organic waste products in the liquid phase (suspension, emulsion, solution) and for hygienizing the wastes or reducing the emissions by thermal treatment using mineral or organic addit... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062232 | Phosphate and potash(PK)-containing compound fertilizer The primary object of the invention is to provide a method of producing novel phosphate and potash (PK) containing compound fertilizers in the form of powders showing good handle-ability by which method the phosphate components contained in an incinerated ash residue of... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062233 | Organic containing sludge to fertilizer alkaline conversion process This invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for treating organic-containing sludges and converting such sludges to high value fertilizers containing both inorganic and organic fertilizer components, which creates an inorganically-augmented bioorganic fert... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062234 | Method of treatment of wood ash residue A method of treatment of wood ash residue. A first step involves wetting the wood ash residue. A second step involves reacting the wetted wood ash residue with carbon dioxide gas. Mineral oxides and hydroxides are converted to carbonates, thereby reducing the caustic na... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062235 | Crack tester for flared ends A crack test for a tubular structure includes a sensor ring disposed radially outward from a flare pin in a flaring press. The sensor ring is responsive to physical contact from a cracked flared end of a tube processed in the press. ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062236 | Cracked barrel detection system A crack test includes flowing pressurized fluid to a generally tubular part in a flare stamping process. As the flare is completed the part is sealed on opposite ends and pressurization of the inside of the part is used to determine integrity of the part. ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062237 | Crimping Device A crimping device has for each crimper an anvil including a conductor anvil provided with a force sensor on which the force that arises in the conductor anvil during the crimping operation acts. The conductor anvil rests on a sensor body which in turn rests on a support... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062238 | Method for manufacturing seamless steel pipe or tube A round billet containing, by mass %, 10.50 to 14.00% of Cr with a value represented by the equation of “Cr+4Si−(22C+0.5Mn+1.5Ni+30N)” of not more than 9.0%, wherein the symbols of the elements represent the contents, by mass %, of the elements in the steel, is he... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062239 | Roll straightener A roll straightener serving as both zigzag type and opposed type and capable of being easily switched from one to the other between the zigzag type and the opposed type and being manufactured at low cost is disclosed. The roll straightener has odd-numbered pairs of uppe... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062240 | Adjusting roll in rolling frames, among others vertical upset forging frames The invention relates to an adjusting roll for the rapid adjustment of rolls in rolling frames, among others vertical upset forging frames, comprising at least one respective piston, which acts on both sides of a working roll to adjust the latter, by means of assembled ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062241 | Unitary rear axle housing and method for manufacturing same A method for manufacturing a one piece axle tube housing with an integral spindle includes providing a tube blank, providing the blank with a region of increased thickness, inserting a mandrel having a reduced diameter profile, passing a reducing die over the tube to co... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062242 | Method of manufacturing a woodworker's holdfast A semi-automated method for manufacturing a woodworker's holdfast tool from an unheated length of mild steel rod includes forging a flattened contact surface at one end of the rod and subsequently bending the rod upwardly away from the contact surface and forming the cr... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062243 | Support assembly for workpiece transfer system A support assembly for use in a die transfer system for transferring workpieces between successive die stations is movable vertically on a carriage assembly during use of the system. The assembly movably supports an elongate transfer bar having workpiece engaging device... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062244 | Device to receive tools for the calibration of workpieces and press with such a device The device serves to receive a tool for calibrating of workpieces (83), preferably workpieces manufactured by a powder metallurgical process. On the example shown the tool comprises the lower stamps (77, 78, 79) and the upper stamps (80, 81, 82) loc... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062245 | Deforming tool and process for manufacture In the deformation of geometrically similar components of a component family, in which the characteristic which differs is in particular thickness, there is according to conventional construction techniques of deformation tools a separate deformation tool necessary for ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062246 | Crimping Press A crimping device has a contact advancer provided with an exchangeable anvil part. A first pulley, a belt and an advancing motor drive a first carriage. A gripper for advancing the contact belt is guided in a direction crosswise to a direction of the first carriage. The... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062247 | Press driving module and method of providing a press line Press driving modules are provided to permit a standardized press design. The presses of a press line are equipped with always identical press driving modules, and the pressing force of the presses is varied only by the adaptation of the number of press driving modules.... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062248 | Press for making a shaped workpiece A press for compacting a soft mass into a shaped workpiece. The press has a die adapted to hold the soft mass and having an open side, a compacting tool displaceable along an axis through the side into the die to compact the mass therein, a cylinder centered on the axis... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062249 | Gas Sensor Calibration System An apparatus is described for calibrating at least one sensor within a gas detector which detector has a gas inlet in fluid communication with the or each sensor, the apparatus comprising a housing that contains: a) a surface for abutting against the detector; b) a hold... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062250 | Malfunction Detection With Derivative Calculation Systems and methods of detecting occlusions and fluid-loss conditions (e.g., disconnects and/or leakages) in an infusion pump are discussed. For example, electrokinetic infusion pumps may develop an occlusion in the fluid flow path, which can disrupt control of fluid di... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062251 | Infusion Pump With Closed Loop Control and Algorithm Systems and methods of controlling the flow of fluid from infusion pumps, such as pumps utilizing an electrokinetic engine, are discussed. In particular, a closed loop control technique can be utilized to regulate movement of a non-mechanically-driven moveable partition... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062252 | Noncontact Sensitivity and Compliance Calibration Method for Cantilever-Based Instruments Apparatus for determining physical properties of micromachined cantilevers used in cantilever-based instruments, including atomic force microscopes, molecular force probe instruments and chemical or biological sensing probes. The properties that may be so determined inc... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062253 | Lifting apparatus and safety inspection system The present invention discloses a lifting apparatus, comprising: a vertical guide device; a turntable device which is movable along the vertical guide device upwards or downwards; and a first driving device which drives the turntable device moving in an upward and downw... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062254 | Measurement of entrained and dissolved gases in process flow lines A device for measurement of entrained and dissolved gas has a first module arranged in relation to a process line for providing a first signal containing information about a sensed entrained air/gas in a fluid or process mixture flowing in the process line at a process ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062255 | APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BREATH The present invention provides methods of collecting and detecting compounds in a human breath sample, comprising: exhaling into a handheld sample collector to absorb at least one breath compound in an exhaled breath collector of said collector; connecting the handheld ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070062256 | PRESSURE ACTIVATED SAMPLING SYSTEM Screening of items for the presence of contaminants, such as explosives residue, is accomplished by subjecting an item loaded into a pressure chamber to a pressure substantially in excess of atmospheric pressure conditions and rapidly decompressing the item to the ambie... | 03/22/2007 |
