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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| 7990306 | Radio control transmitter for models A radio control transmitter for a model is disclosed wherein a control range is limited to not to exceed a maximum control range without using a mechanical means. In accordance with the transmitter, an added control range being a sum of two or more of the control ra... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7834821 | Fluorescent display device and method for driving the same The present invention discloses a fluorescent display apparatus and a method for driving the same. In accordance with the apparatus and the method, a display data outputted from a display controller 10 is converted by and stored in a shift register 11 ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7769033 | Radio bridge communication apparatus A radio bridging device is used for a communications network. If a source host transmits a communications request directed to a destination host, the radio bridging device records an IP address and a MAC address of the source host and an IP address of the destinatio... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7692675 | Print head driving method and image formation apparatus using the same A print head driving method controls a gradation of a print head employing an array light source of a lower resolution and an array light source of a higher resolution based on image data represented by 2n bits, wherein n is zero or a positive integer, an... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7648765 | Dispersion of carbon nanoparticles and core-shell type carbon nanoparticles, and method of preparing the same A dispersion of carbon nanoparticles is prepared by monodispersing carbon nanoparticles in water droplets of a reverse micelle solution in which the water droplets are coated with amphiphilic molecules and dispersed in an organic solvent. In a method of preparing th... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7616066 | Oscillation device and controlling method therefor An oscillation device includes a reference oscillation unit for generating an oscillating signal of a specific frequency; a voltage-controlled oscillation unit for generating a output oscillation signal whose frequency is dependent on a control voltage; a phase comp... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7604752 | Phosphor and fluorescent luminous tube A SrTiO3:Pr phosphor includes a SrTiO3:Pr phosphor material and an additive having one or more elements selected from the group consisting of W, Mo and V in a form of an elemental substance and/or a compound. A total amount of one or more eleme... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7429844 | Servo unit and joint servo for use in a robot system In a robot servo mechanism, the servo mechanism is installed within a L-shaped housing box to make dimension thereof smaller with smaller dead space thereof. In the servo mechanism, each of first and second housing box 41 and 42 of a robot servo unit h... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7397185 | Electron tube and a method for manufacturing same In a method for manufacturing an electron tube including a front substrate and a back substrate, a wiring and an electrode are formed on the front substrate and/or the back substrate. A component is mounted on the front substrate and/or the back substrate. A ring-le... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7336042 | Display apparatus employing a field emission device and brightness control device and method therefor A display apparatus includes a field emission device including a first electrode serving as a display plate on which phosphor material is coated, and a second and a third electrode for emitting electrons to be ejected onto the first electrode, wherein the phosphor m... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7300958 | Ultra-dispersed nanocarbon and method for preparing the same Ultradispersed ones of primary particles of nanometer-sized carbon are obtained by applying a wet-type milling method and/or a wet dispersion method to an aggregate structure of the primary particles to overcome van der Waals forces, by which forces the primary part... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297886 | Dustproof structure for an electronic equipment A dustproof structure for an electronic equipment includes internal switches disposed in a housing forming an external frame of the electronic equipment and an opening for use in operating the internal switches. The dustproof structure further includes a shutter pla... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7239073 | Carbon substance and method for manufacturing the same, electron emission element and composite materials A carbon substance comprises a structure and line-shaped bodies, the structure having a size ranging from about 1 μm to about 100 μm and including carbon and a metal or a metallic oxide, and the line-shaped bodies having diameters smaller than about 200 nm and inc... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7205711 | Fluorescent display device and phosphor paste In a fluorescent display device wherein light is emitted by impinging a low speed electron beam on a phosphor layer formed on an anode, the phosphor layer comprises a compound containing W and/or a compound containing P, K and/or Na. The compound containing P, K and... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7176613 | Electron tube having linear members A fluorescent display tube is disclosed. In the fluorescent display tube, linear members, such as, for example, wire grids and filament are sustained in a predetermined height, while both ends of each linear member are welded on a metal layer by ultrasonic. The fluo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162230 | Radio-controlled device A radio-controlled device is provided that has improved steering responsivity. The radio-controlled device consists of a transmitter, a receiver, and digital servomechanisms. A PPM signal format of signals transmitted from the transmitter is shown in FIG. 4( | 01/09/2007 |
| 7067971 | Field emission element A field emission element has a gate electrode stacked on a substrate, an emitter electrode stacked on the gate electrode via an interlayer insulating layer, and an anode electrode formed on another substrate facing the emitter electrode. Further, the field emission ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7030258 | Water-capturing agent and organic EL device A water-capturing agent capable of inhibiting the generation and growth of a darkspot and an organic EL device including the water-capturing agent are provided. The organic EL device uses the water-capturing agent comprising a compound illustrated by the chemical st... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7012361 | Vacuum fluorescent display device and the support of the cathode thereof A fluorescent display device includes an envelop of which an inner space is in a vacuum state. The envelop has therein a plurality of filament-shaped cathodes supported by a pair of cathode supports; and anodes, each having a fluorescent material, fluorescent materi... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7002288 | Electron tube and method for producing the same An electron tube includes at least one metal film formed on a base, at least one linear member provided above the base, and at least one additional member for connecting said at least one linear member to said at least one metal film. The at least one linear member ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6905635 | Gallium nitride phosphor, its method of manufacture, and a display device using the phosphor This invention presents a gallium nitride phosphor with superior light emitting characteristics, its method of manufacture, and a display device which uses the phosphor. By heat treatment or microwave irradiation of gallium nitride phosphor powder in an ambient cont... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896980 | Water-scavenging agent for an organic electroluminescent device and organic electroluminescent device comprising same A novel water-scavenging agent of the present invention comprising a compound of formula (I) as a primary component can be dissolved in a polar solvent and coated by a screen printing method, and the inventive organic EL device comprising same can maintain stable lu... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6838822 | Electron tube with a ring-less getter In a method for manufacturing an electron tube including a front substrate and a back substrate, a wiring and an electrode are formed on the front substrate and/or the back substrate. A component is mounted on the front substrate and/or the back substrate. A ring-le... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6812643 | Fluorescent luminous tube A fluorescent luminous tube includes a plurality of cathode filaments, a multiplicity of a cathode wirings, each cathode wiring including one or more terminal portions and a wiring portion and being formed of a metal layer, and one or more intermediate portions, eac... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6803709 | Directly-heated oxide cathode and fluorescent display tube using the same A directly-heated oxide cathode and a fluorescent display tube using the same, which works with low power consumption, is provided. In a filament cathode, an alkaline earth oxide having an average grain size of 0.1 μm to 2.0 μm is coated in a thickness of 0.5 μm ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6798149 | Fluorescent luminous tube and method for producing same A fluorescent luminous device includes a substrate, a plurality of anode electrodes disposed directly on the substrate, fluorescent layers disposed on the anode electrodes, a multiplicity of separators disposed on the fluorescent layers and the substrate, grid elect... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6790381 | Drying agent An organic EL device is disclosed in which is placed a transparent water-capturing film comprising an easy-to-use organometallic compound illustrated by the chemical formula (1): wherein, R1, R2 and... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6780346 | Gallium nitride phosphor and method for producing it A gallium nitride phosphor of which the particles are coated with a surface-treating compound that contains at least one of P and Sb. ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6690119 | Phosphor, method for preparing phosphor layer and vacuum fluorescent display A phosphor without using cadmium having excellent luminous characteristic which emits a light in the visible region. The phosphor is prepared by mixing 1% of B2 O3 powder and 10% of In2 O3 with CaS:Eu, Ce phosph... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6617616 | Chip-in-glass fluorescent display device A fluorescent display device includes an anode plate and a semiconductor device arranged thereon, wherein the anode plate forms a portion of an envelope of the display device and has an anode on an inner surface thereof. The display device further include... | 09/09/2003 |
| 5457358 | Method of and circuit for driving cathodeluminescence type lighting device A lighting device emits light by releasing electrons to an anode from a Joule-heated cathode and causes the electrons to collide against a phosphor on the anode side. A method of driving the lighting device repeats, at a predetermined lighting cycle, a he... | 10/10/1995 |
