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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070169604 | COUNTER ROTATIONAL PACKAGE WRAPPING REMOVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME A counter rotational package wrapping removal system and method of operation for cutting wrapping from a wrapped product has a transport for continuously moving the wrapped product in a downstream direction as the wrapping is cut. The system has a first cutter located a... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169605 | Components having sharp edge made of sintered particulate material Safety chain and rotatable devices for saws include a plurality of base members on which sharp members are retained. The sharp members include sintered particulate material such as tungsten carbide, which has high particle hardness. The base members are formable from si... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169606 | Power tool having means for removing debris from workpiece A power tool comprising a reciprocating cutting blade is disclosed which has an improved dust or debris extraction arrangement and method. A motor fan is arranged to blow air into a conduit which has an outlet on one side of the power tool. The resulting air stream from... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169607 | METHOD OF USING A PERSONAL DIGITAL STEREO PLAYER Disclosed is a music jukebox which is configured for storing a music library therein. The music jukebox includes a housing, audio input structure on the housing for receiving audio signals, audio output structure on the housing for outputting audio signals, and a data s... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169608 | AUTOMATIC PLAYER MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PRODUCING SHORT TONES WITHOUT MISSING TONE AND AUTOMATIC PLAYING SYSTEM USED THEREIN An automatic player piano is a combination between an acoustic piano and an automatic playing system, and a grand piano and an upright piano are used as the acoustic piano; the grand piano has action units prompter than action units of the upright piano so that a half-s... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169609 | Tremolo mechanism for guitar An improved tremolo mechanism for a guitar. The tremolo mechanism for a guitar includes a rotary assembly. The rotary assembly includes a main rotor that includes an arcuate shaped surface defining holes through which a plurality of guitar strings exit the main rotor wh... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169610 | ACOUSTIC PRACTICE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT AND PRACTICE KIT An acoustic percussion instrument and percussion set containing the instrument. The instrument includes a hollow cylindrical shell having a first end and a second end and an inside cylindrical surface. A first substantially rigid plate having an outside surface and an i... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169611 | Adjustable drum pedal assembly An adjustable drum pedal assembly has a pedal assembly, a drive device and a return device. The pedal assembly is used to operate the adjustable drum pedal assembly and has a pedal, a rotating shaft and a drum hammer. The drive device is connected to the pedal and is mo... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169612 | ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING TUNING DEVICE An electronic musical instrument includes a tuning device, a keyboard, a tone generator, a microphone, a measurement unit, and a display attached to the backside of the housing. The tone generator generates a plurality of reference tones in response to the operation of ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169613 | Similar music search method and apparatus using music content summary A similar music search method, including: extracting an audio feature value from a compression zone of a music file and generating a music content summary using the extracted audio feature; classifying a mood and a genre of the music file by using the generated music co... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169614 | Apparatus for controlling music reproduction and apparatus for reproducing music In order to reproduce music suitable for a situation where a user listens to the music while performing repetitive exercise, if a walking tempo value sensed by a walking tempo sensing portion 3 falls outside a certain range defined on the basis of a music tempo v... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169615 | Controlling audio effects An audio effects control for and method of controlling the application of special audio effects applied to an audio signal, comprises a sensor configured to sense movement associated with the generation of the audio signal, wherein the sensor produces a control signal i... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169616 | System and method for intercepting a projectile A system has a containment blanket. The system further has a launcher configured to launch the containment blanket and logic configured to deploy the containment blanket. The containment blanket is configured to encompass an incoming projectile. ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169617 | Gas spring for a revolver cannon or breech cannon The characteristic of one or more of the gas springs themselves used in a revolver cannon or breech cannon is adjusted while the system is in operation. This is done by a separate, self-contained system, which can adjust the gas spring from hard to soft, for example, an... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169618 | Hydraulic drive A hydraulic drive including a hydraulic motor, a position sensor, which allows for the detection of an actual value of a position of the hydraulic motor, a valve, which allows for a pressure medium path between the motor and a pressure medium source to be controlled, an... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169619 | Pumps A pump primarily for liquid paint comprising first and second pistons (19, 21) reciprocable rectilinearly in respective first and second cylinders (17, 18), said first and second pistons being moved relative to their respective pistons by operation of an A... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169620 | Control device for a work device comprising a scoop held on an extension arm On a work appliance, an extension arm is held rotatably, and a scoop is held rotatably on the extension arm. The actuation of the extension arm and of the scoop takes place in each case by means of a hydraulic cylinder. Each cylinder is assigned a valve which controls t... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169621 | Sealing device A high performance sealing device having an excellent pressure resistance and realizing a prevention of damage. The sealing device usable at a working pressure of 0 to 2 MPa, and not damaged even if the pressure of high-pressure fuel of 5 MPa or higher is applied theret... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169622 | Spacers for use with actuator casings Spacers for use with actuator casings are disclosed. An example spacer includes a ring-shaped member defining a central opening and configured to form a part of an actuator casing and to space first and second actuator casing portions a predetermined distance when the f... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169623 | Apparatus of oxygen concentration system and method thereof The present invention relates to an apparatus and process of oxygen concentration system to make it possible to produce a highly purified concentrated oxygen,with modifying the structure of the adsorption bed and it achieves evenness of the first and second upper portio... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169624 | Carbon dioxide adsorption apparatus and adsorption element and method for manufacture thereof A carbon dioxide adsorption element rapidly adsorbs a large amount of carbon dioxide, and regenerates amine groups for carbon dioxide adsorption rapidly and uniformly with high-temperature air. The carbon dioxide adsorption element 110 for adsorbing carbon dioxid... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169625 | Carbon ion pump for removal of carbon dioxide from combustion gas and other gas mixtures A novel method and system of separating carbon dioxide from flue gas is introduced. Instead of relying on large temperature or pressure changes to remove carbon dioxide from a solvent used to absorb it from flue gas, the ion pump method, as disclosed herein, dramaticall... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169626 | Apparatus and method of cleansing contaminated air using microwave radiation An air conditioning system uses microwaves to effectively destroy airborne contaminants. In one mode, air (8) is passed through a microwave-transparent tube (6) and is subjected to microwaves in the presence of one or more of water, water vapor, steam or h... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169627 | Vehicle air system having an indicator device and method Various compressed air systems for commercial vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a compressed air system is provided that includes a compressor, an air dryer apparatus, a purge reservoir, and an indicator device. The indicator device comprises a moisture-indicat... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169628 | Gas purifier A gas purifier includes an air passage. An adsorption removal device, which includes a regenerable adsorbent for adsorbing chemical contaminants from non-purified air and separating the adsorbed contaminants through a regeneration process, and a gas purification unit, w... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169629 | Kettle for beverage, electric water kettle and cableless electric kettle for beverage This invention is in technical field of electric heating, and relates to a kind of kettles for beverage, electric water kettles and cableless electric kettles for beverage. Its aim is to solve the problem appearing at existing kettles for beverage, i.e. Vapor and water ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169630 | THERMAL PROCESSING CHAMBER AND CONVEYOR BELT FOR USE THEREIN AND METHOD OF PROCESSING PRODUCT A thermal processing chamber having an endless conveyor belt providing a level surface for placement of products for thermal processing in the chamber. Thermal processing is completed through a combination of convection from impingement by a stream of thermally charged ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169631 | Interpolation filter of press coffee pot It is an interpolation filter for press coffee pots. It is formed as two upper and lower clips made of nontoxic plastic clamping in-between a holed sheet metal hold by a rubber ring. With the present invention, it is convenient to install and remove the filter and the f... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169632 | Coffee maker with dual use pour and dispensing carafe A dual use pour and dispensing carafe and coffee maker includes a carafe device, configured to contain a beverage, removably disposable on a base of a beverage maker. A handle is disposed on a side of the carafe, and an outlet and a valve are disposed near a bottom of t... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169633 | Method for making and selectively dispensing a beverage A method for making and selectively dispensing a beverage includes making the beverage in a base and storing the beverage in a carafe removably disposed in a carafe receptacle of the base. The carafe is selectively laterally removed from a lateral opening in the base; t... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169634 | Beverage infuser system with positive locking A beverage infuser for holding tea leaves and the like having a main body, a handle region, an upper sliding region, a scooping region and a barb region. An end piece is secured to a bottom portion of the main body proximate to the barb region and a plug is located with... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169635 | Process and machine for preparing beverages A process and machine for preparing an infused beverage in which a pump conveys infusion water from a reservoir, through a heater and then through a packet containing a product to be infused. The beverage is prepared by a first step of placing the pump in operation, whe... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169636 | Pizza pan An apparatus for at least one of supporting and containing a preselected food product to be at least one of baked, cut and served. The apparatus comprises a first member having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size, such first member having a plural... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169637 | Apparatus for sealing pressure container The present invention relates to an apparatus for sealing a pressure container that is characterized in that a handle body is positioned at the top of a lid and has a safety valve and a pressure automatic adjusting valve at left and right sides, and in an on and off pus... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169638 | Bread maker and control method thereof A bread maker to perform a bread making process including a main body forming an oven compartment; upper and lower kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holding part holding opposite ends of a mixing bag fil... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169639 | Cooking element with removeable base for a steam cooker The invention relates to a cooking element which is intended for a steam cooker. The inventive element consist of a tubular lateral wall (1) and a removable perforated base (2), said tubular lateral wass (1) comprising an inner shoulder (10) ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169640 | BEVERAGE EXTRACTOR The invention provides a beverage extractor permitting extraction of a beverage of high quality irrespective of its type. The extractor is provided with a first extraction channel for letting the beverage extracted in a cylinder flow into the extraction pipe via beverag... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169641 | Bellows structure for a cotton module builder or packager Bellows structure for a cotton module builder or packager, for enclosing or covering slots or passages through walls of a cotton module builder, for preventing entry of cotton into the slots or passages, to allow free movement of cross members therethrough of apparatus ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169642 | Printing method for window blind slats A printing method for window blind slats includes three blind slats situated side by side before three printing rollers that are equidistantly spaced out in a transverse direction with one growth-ring printing area and two fine-texture printing areas alternatively arran... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070169643 | Clear stamp and method of manufacturing same Embodiments of the present invention include ink stamp dies, ink stamps and methods of manufacturing the same. Embodiments of the ink stamp dies may include two different materials. The first material may be opaque and the second material may be substantially transparen... | 07/26/2007 |
