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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080156167 | System and Method for Remotely Generating Sound from a Musical Instrument Disclosed is a system and method for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, an exciter for converting the signal to me... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156168 | STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Stringed musical instruments, and methods for manufacturing such instruments, are provided that include a unitary shell that includes a head, a neck and a body, a separate sound board adapted to be attached to the unitary shell, wherein the soundboard extends from the h... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156169 | Viola/Violin Shoulder Rest A viola/violin shoulder rest includes a first pad and a second pad made of soft foamed plastic material. A retainer is fixed between the first pad and the second pad. Each of the first pad and the second pad is formed with a sound reflection area which is a through hole... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156170 | HOUSING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD MUSICAL INSTRUMENT A housing structure of an electronic keyboard musical instrument, in which a pivotable upper case can be mounted to and dismounted from a lower case when the upper case is in a semi-open state, thereby improving safety and the working efficiency at the time of assembly ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156171 | AUTOMATIC PAGE SEQUENCING AND OTHER FEEDBACK ACTION BASED ON ANALYSIS OF AUDIO PERFORMANCE DATA Speech or musical performance is electronically analyzed using DSP techniques and is compared to a stored text script or musical score, to enable display of and automated sequencing through multiple pages of the stored script or score. The performer can modify timing of... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156172 | MUSICAL CONTENT UTILIZING APPARATUS A musical content utilizing apparatus has a data input portion B11, transformation process portion B13 and utilization process portion B15 implemented via programmed processes. The data input portion B11 inputs musical content data comprising... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156173 | VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH PERSONALIZED CONTENT The personalized content system of the system combines a summary music identification value creation and identification algorithm that represents a mathematical summary music identification of a song, an audio file, or other relational music criteria and data (e.g. titl... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156174 | MUSICAL CONTENT UTILIZING APPARATUS A musical content utilizing apparatus has a data input portion B11, transformation process portion B13 and utilization process portion B15 implemented via programmed processes. The data input portion B11 inputs musical content data comprising... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156175 | WAVEFORM PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH VERSATILE DATA BUS A waveform data processing apparatus has a bus that transfers data signals representative of waveform data. A plurality of transmitting nodes transmit the data signals to the bus. A plurality of receiving nodes receive the data signals from the bus. A clock generator ge... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156176 | System For Generating Music A method and a device for the music generation are disclosed. The method and device, in at least one embodiment, are advantageously used for generating music in response to of an external process by using material from at least two musical themes. Via musical generators... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156177 | Music search system and music search apparatus A time-series signal input section 205 inputs a time-series signal whose on state and off state are repeated alternately. A similar rhythm search section 206 searches a plurality of pieces of rhythm data stored in a data storage section for rhythm data hav... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156178 | Systems and Methods for Portable Audio Synthesis Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing music are provided, particularly systems and methods employing a top-down process, where the user is provided with a musical composition that may be modified and interacted with and played and/or ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156179 | Logic launcher A piece of computer software that runs along-side a computer based music recording studio environment to assist a live performer. When this software receives a MIDI Controller Message sent by the performer, it instructs the computer based studio package to close the pre... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156180 | GUITAR AND ACCOMPANIMENT APPARATUS An improved guitar and accompaniment apparatus featuring an electronic means configured to permit playback of a variety of accompaniment beats that may be selectively accessed and manipulated by the guitar player.... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156181 | AUTOMATIC PLAYER MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AUTOMATIC PLAYER INCORPORATED THEREIN AND METHOD USED THEREIN An automatic player piano is fabricated on the basis of an acoustic piano, and an automatic player is expected to give rise to key motion for reenacting performance with solenoid-operated key actuators; since the hammers of acoustic piano are different in mass, the load... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156182 | WEAPON SYSTEM A weapon system, especially for a ship, having a rocket launcher and an ammunition compartment for storing rocket containers designed to each accommodate at least one rocket. Disposed in the ammunition compartment is a guide mechanism on which at least two ammunition ca... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156183 | Interrupted thread mount primarily for attaching a noise suppressor or other auxiliary device to a firearm An apparatus and method for easily, quickly and reliably attaching a noise suppressor or other auxiliary device to the muzzle end of a firearm barrel and for easily, quickly and reliably removing the noise suppressor or other auxiliary device there from through the nove... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156184 | Novelty in the Piston Used in the Gas Operated Semi-Automatic Shotguns A piston element, which has a piston element made of a single piece, one of the important parts of a gas operated shotgun enabling the shotgun to operate, and the piston rings assembled into the slots on the piston element. At least one female part connects with at leas... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156185 | Piston pin for a combustion engine and method for its manufacture A piston pin for connecting the small connecting rod eye of a connecting rod to a piston of a combustion engine and a method for manufacturing the piston pin. The piston has boss bores aligned with the small connecting rod eye for receiving the piston pin. The surface o... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156186 | DUAL-FILTER ELECTRICALLY ENHANCED AIR-FILTRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD A dual-filter electrically enhanced air-filtration apparatus and method are described. One embodiment includes an upstream electrically enhanced filter; a downstream electrically enhanced filter; a first control electrode adjacent to an upstream side of the upstream ele... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156187 | Particle separator using boundary layer control A particle separator which broadly comprises: an inner wall, an outer wall and a splitter, wherein the inner and outer walls define an air intake passageway, and wherein the splitter is positioned between the inner and outer walls so as to define a scavenge air flow pas... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156188 | Membrane for Separating Co2 and Process for the Production Thereof A fixed-site-membrane comprising a support structure coated with crosslinked polyvinylamine, wherein the crosslinking agent is a compound comprising a fluoride. The membrane comprises water, such as by being swelled in water vapour. A process for producing the membranes... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156189 | COMPOSITIONS FOR CARBON MONOXIDE AND OLEFIN ADSORPTION A solid-state composition having the general formula CuxAnLyZ, where: A is CO or an olefin and n=0 or n>0; L is an electrically neutral ligand and O 07/03/2008 | |
| 20080156190 | Method of Purifying a Gas Stream Contaminated by Co2 and One or More Hydrocarbons and/or Nitrogen Oxides by Adsorption on an Aggregated Zeolitic Adsorbent The present invention relates to a novel method of purifying a gas stream contaminated by CO2, hydrocarbons and/or nitrogen oxides, in particular a gas stream based on air or a syngas, by adsorption on a bed of aggregated zeolitic adsorbent based on an LSX ze... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156191 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CONTACT APPARATUS AND PROCESS Disclosed is a shell side contactor which is highly efficient for forming relatively high concentration of ozonated water comprising a shell containing perfluoroalkoxy resin thermoplastic hollow fibers used as a porous barrier. The perfluoroalkoxy resin comprises a copo... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156192 | Air filtration media comprising metal-doped silicon-based gel materials with nitric acid and/or potassium persulfate The present invention relates generally to an environmental control unit for use in air handling systems that provides highly effective filtration of noxious gases (such as ammonia). Such a filtration system utilizes novel metal-doped silica-based gels to trap and remov... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156193 | PORTABLE PSA OXYGEN GENERATOR The present invention relates to a portable pressure swing adsorption (“PSA”) oxygen generator with at least one partition board disposed inside its housing; an oil-free compressor and a control valve assembly are disposed in one of the separated space isolated by a... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156194 | Air filtration media comprising metal-doped silicon-based gel and/or zeolite materials treated with nitric acid and/or potassium persulfate An environmental control for use in air handling systems that are required to provide highly effective filtration of noxious gases is provided. In one embodiment, a filtration system utilizes a novel combination of at least one metal-doped silica-based gel and zeolite m... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156195 | Air shower device, building, and system for reducing hay fever An air shower device which prevents allergenic substances which cause hay fever from being brought into a living space, in which a person resides or carries out an activity, by an outside body. The air shower device includes a suction unit, which takes in outside air; a... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156196 | Beverage Cartridge And System A method of dispensing a beverage from a beverage dispensing apparatus that includes a cartridge (13) and a beverage collecting unit (1) for dispensing a beverage from said cartridge to a beverage container. The beverage is dispensed from the cartridge to ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156197 | EASY-TO-CLEAN COOKING SURFACE AND ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE COMPRISING SUCH A SURFACE Food cooking surface for a kitchen utensil or cooking appliance, constituted by the surface of a compound fabricated starting from an alloy whose two principal components are zirconium and cobalt.... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156198 | Machine And Method For Making Smores A machine for toasting a marshmallow loaded on a pick and concurrently melting at least a portion of a chocolate bar provided on a separate support. A housing has an internal heat source, a rotatable pick holder shaped to removably and securely receive a pick and suppor... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156199 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE CAMP COOKER WITH ATTACHMENTS A portable cooking apparatus is light, packable, compatible with back-country hiking, and is multi-functional for use over a heat source. An arm of the apparatus may elongate and shorten and may have an attachment system on the arm that allows the attachment of a plural... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156200 | Sole For A Bakery Oven And Oven Comprising One Such Sole The invention relates to a sole for a bakery oven, wherein the bakery oven has at least one chamber for cooking baked products, Viennese bakery products, pastry products or similar. The inventive sole includes a woven mesh structure having wires and cables of stainless ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156201 | BARBEQUE OVEN WITH ROTATING COOKING TRAY A barbeque oven is provided with the capacity to cook a variety of food items. The barbeque oven of the present invention includes a cooking tray that is slideable between a first position, where the cooking tray is located substantially within the cooking chamber and t... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156202 | COOKING APPARATUS A cooking apparatus is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity, a door, an input selection device provided on an exterior of the door, and a control panel provided in the door and operably coupled to the input selection device. The input selection devi... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156203 | SYSTEM FOR PASTEURISATION THERMAL TREATMENT OF FOODSTUFFS, PARTICULARLY LEAF PRODUCT The present invention relates to a system (1) for pasteurisation thermal treatment of foodstuffs, particularly leaf products, comprising means (5a) for loading the product to be subjected to treatment and means (5b) for discharging the... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156204 | Food processor appliance for cutting food articles into desired forms A food processor appliance for cutting food articles into a desired form, includes a housing having a feed chute; a pusher member for pushing food articles through the feed chute into the housing; a cutter device within the housing mounted for reciprocatory movements tr... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156205 | Method for transporting bent, irregularly shaped pieces of scrap sheet metal A method for transporting large quantities of convoluted, multiply bent, irregularly shaped, pieces of scrap metal from the location where they are produced to a remote location where the metal may be recycled, comprises flattening and temporarily binding together a bat... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080156206 | PRESS MACHINE A press machine is configured with an adjustable slide stroke length. The press machine comprises a frame, a crankshaft borne rotatably on the frame, a slide disposed under the crankshaft, a first lever swingably supported on the frame, a second lever swingably connecte... | 07/03/2008 |
