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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5424109 | Hybrid dual fiber matrix densified structure and method for making same A high strength structure is formed of an inner layer of one material fibers and an interbraided outer layer of second material fibers so that there is a hybrid dual fiber interface or zone, and the layers are then separately sequentially densified with c... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5124196 | Prestressed article and method A prestressed thermoformed panel, comprising an inner thermoplastic layer having fine grooves on the outer surfaces thereof, and outer fiber-reinforced thermosetting layers bonded to the outer surfaces of the inner layer. The grooves of the inner layer ar... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5122213 | Prestressed article and method A prestressed thermoformed panel, comprising an inner thermoplastic layer having fine grooves on the outer surfaces thereof, and outer fiber-reinforced thermosetting layers bonded to the outer surfaces of the inner layer. The grooves of the inner layer ar... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5111184 | Tamper-proof device for detecting opening and closing of a secure container A tamper-proof device for detecting opening and closing events of a secure container is characterized by a fiber optic cable having a first portion connected with a fixed member of the container and a second portion connected with a movable locking member... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4981534 | Occupant restraint system and composition useful therein A gas-generating composition of matter which burns to produce a non-toxic, non-corrosive, non-flammable combustion product. The composition comprises: A. plasticized polyvinyl chloride fuel binder; and B. certain inorganic oxidizer salts; and C. lithium carbon... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4934240 | Braiding apparatus Apparatus for braiding an article from a plurality of fibers, comprising a plurality of flexible annular members of substantially the same size which are disposed side-by-side in axially aligned relation and have means for supporting fiber carriers for ax... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4903574 | Fiber spool apparatus A fiber spool apparatus for a braiding machine or the like, comprising a support, a fiber supply spool rotatably mounted on the support, a housing fixedly mounted on the support and having a plurality of recessed portions on the inner surface thereof, and... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4898067 | Combing apparatus for braiding machine Combing apparatus for a braiding machine or the like, comprising a plurality of smooth, flexible lines mounted on one side of the fibers in the area between the braiding machine and the braid point. The lines are fixed at the end near the braiding machine... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4808535 | Acinetobacter species and its use in removing organic sulfur compounds A novel mutant microorganism Acinetobacter species CB2 having a registry number ATCC #53515 has been produced by chemical mutagenesis and is effective in removing organic sulfur compounds from carbonaceous materials such as fossil fuels e.g., coal, petrol... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4753150 | Braiding apparatus Apparatus for braiding an article from a plurality of fibers, comprising a plurality of ring members of substantially the same size which are disposed side-by-side in axially aligned relation and have means for supporting fiber carriers for axial movement... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4700607 | Fiber spool apparatus The fiber spool apparatus comprising a main fiber spool mounted within an elongated housing of the fiber carrier. Fiber from the main spool is fed outwardly around a guide and through an aperture extending from the end portion to the middle portion of a t... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4687490 | Process for controlling the viscosity and stability of a coal-water fuel slurry According to the present invention there is provided a process for producing a low viscosity, stable coal-water fuel slurry by controlling the concentration of soluble inorganic salts in the coal-water fuel slurry. The process of the present invention com... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4637847 | Chemical passivation of amorphous boron powder Amorphous boron powder is chemically passivated by treatment with certain alcohols so as to form stable borate esters on the surface so as to render the boron unreactive or compatible with hydroxyl-functional pre-polymers. The treated or passivated boron ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4630556 | Method for burning coal-liquid slurry fuels and apparatus therefor Process for preventing clogging of an atomizing device, which is used to feed a fluid coal-liquid slurry fuel into a combustion chamber in the form of a particulate spray, by continuously passing all of the slurry fuel through a comminuting means position... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4621560 | Method of sequenced braider motion for multi-ply braiding apparatus A braiding method wherein fiber carriers are arranged in rows and columns which are moved in a predetermined alternating sequence to intertwine the fibers and form a braided article. A selected intermediate row is moved a distance sufficient to block move... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4562156 | Mutant microorganism and its use in removing organic sulfur compounds A novel mutant microorganism Pseudomonas sp. CB1 having a registry number ATCC 39381 has been produced by chemical mutagenesis and is effective in removing organic sulfur compounds from carbonaceous materials such as fossil fuels e.g., coal, petroleum and... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4504277 | Coal-water fuel slurries and process for making same Coal-water fuel slurries having long-term storage stability and improved viscosities and comprising finely-divided coal within efficient combustion size range, water, and minor amounts of ammonium salt organic dispersant and alkaline earth metal salt orga... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4498906 | Coal-water fuel slurries and process for making Coal-water fuel slurries having long-term storage stability and improved viscosities and comprising finely-divided coal within efficient combustion size range, water, and minor amounts of alkali metal salts of organic dispersants and alkaline earth metal ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4465495 | Process for making coal-water fuel slurries and product thereof A process for making fluid, stable slurries of finely divided coal in water and products thereof, which can be sufficiently highly loaded to serve as a fuel.... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4318760 | Solid propellant containing diferrocenyl ketone A solid propellant composition comprising an organic polymer fuel binder, an inorganic perchlorate oxidizer salt, and 1,1"-carbonyl-bis-ferrocene which functions as a stable solid combustion modifier.... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4214875 | Coated coal piles Coal pile coating compositions comprising a wax or wax and organic polymer binder and a major proportion of solid particulate organic filler. A process for coating the exposed surface(s) of coal piles with coating compositions comprising an organic binder... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4170984 | Solar energy heat collector A gravity-flow, sheet-flow solar heat collector wherein the heat-absorbent medium is a dark fluid having a minimum viscosity of about 10 centipoise at 120° F.... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4144152 | Dehalogenation of halogenated compounds Process for degrading halogenated organic compound having C-halogen groups to remove halogen atoms from said compound by treating it with ultraviolet (UV) radiation and hydrogen. Process for degrading such compound by treating it in aqueous alkaline solut... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4030830 | Process and apparatus for sensing defects on a smooth surface Method and apparatus for sensing the effective magnitude and/or number and/or position of individual depression and/or protrusion defects on a high-precision smooth surface of an article which may have said defects randomly distributed and relatively spat... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4029844 | Rocket nozzle comprising pyrolytic graphite-silicon carbide inserts A method for making said rigid pyrolytic graphite article comprising winding a continuous, individual, refractory filament or strand around a shaped form and simultaneously pyrolyzing a mixture of methyl trichlorosilane and a hydrocarbon gas onto the fila... | 06/14/1977 |
| 3986909 | Boron-fuel-rich propellant compositions Fuel-rich propellant compositions, for use in air-augmented rocket propulsion, containing a high-energy fuel component in the form of finely-divided boron, wherein the boron is present in large excess of the amount oxidizable during combustion of the prop... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3957883 | Process for oxidizing organic compounds to peroxides Process for producing oxygenated organic compound comprising continuously flowing into and admixing in a reaction chamber at least two separate streams comprising reactive fluorine in the form of fluorine or a fluorine compound readily decomposable into f... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3953128 | Process and apparatus for filament or slit size monitoring Method and apparatus for determining the width of an elongated element, such as a filament or slit which comprise producing a moving interference fringe zone by converging two beams of coherent light of the same intensity but slightly different frequency;... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3946555 | Process for simulating turbojet engine plumes A process for simulating the infrared radiation in wave length and intensity and the spatially extended characteristics of the plumes of turbojet engines comprising burning fuel-rich solid gas generator compositions, comprising an organic binder, an oxidi... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3933543 | Propellant compositions containing a staple metal fuel A gas-generating composition comprising an oxidizer, a non-metal, preferably organic, fuel component, and a metal fuel staple component of a particular size.... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3930732 | Device and process for testing a lens system Device and process for testing the optical transfer function of a lens system which comprise employing as the object or target the laterally moving-fringe pattern produced by convergence of two monochromatic coherent-radiation beams of equal size and inte... | 01/06/1976 |
| 3930734 | Process and apparatus for sensing magnitude and direction of lateral displacement Process and apparatus therefor for sensing the magnitude and direction of lateral displacement of at least one line or slit element of an article which comprises producing two coherent light beams of the same intensity, one of the beams having a different... | 01/06/1976 |
| 3930733 | Process and apparatus for monitoring angular orientation Process and apparatus for sensing the angular orientation of a line or slit element, which comprise producing a laterally moving interference fringe zone wherein the fringe period is substantially wider than the element or the positive difference between ... | 01/06/1976 |
