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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4868461 | Thyristor triggering device A device for triggering a thyristor uses light pulses or flashes for achieving a galvanic separation between the triggering circuitry and the load circuit. The light pulses are generated by a flashlamp disposed in a housing in which a number of channels e... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4827189 | Solder connection for an electrode of the gas discharge lamp and the method for manufacture The present invention is directed to a improved gas discharge lamp particularly for use as flash bulbs or lamps, wherein two tungsten electrodes are fused into a glass tube. In order for the lead to be soldered to an outer end of each of the tungsten elec... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4788704 | X-ray scanner & detector signal processing system An X-ray device for scanning objects moving on a conveyor path and for processing the detector signals acquired by the scan has a comparator for identifying faulty signals, the comparator being in a control chain for an image storage memory such that, in ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4783794 | Baggage inspection system A baggage inspection system has a conveyor path disposed between an X-ray source, which genertes an X-ray beam, and a radiation detector for detecting radiation passing through articles on the conveyor path. The conveyor path is formed by two surfaces dis... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4759047 | Baggage inspection system A baggage inspection system has a conveying path for moving articles to be inspected through an x-ray beam. The conveyor path is disposed between an x-ray source for generating the beam and a radiation detector. The radiation detector consists of a number... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4755674 | Infrared detector An infrared detector has at least one infrared-sensitive detector element and at least one infrared source disposed in a common housing with the detector, with the infrared radiation from the source being directed onto the detector element. A pulse genera... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4756015 | X-ray scanner An x-ray scanner generates a fan-shaped x-ray beam through which an object to be inspected is moved and a detector line which generates signals corresponding to the radiation attenuated by the object. The processing electronics includes a comparator for r... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4752769 | Infrared motion alarm The invention is directed to an infrared motion alarm characterized by an infrared detector and an optical arrangement before the detector in the radiation direction for focussing the infrared radiation onto the detector. The optical arrangement is formed... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4736401 | X-ray scanner An X-ray scanner for examining objects moved through an X-ray beam on a conveyor has a detector array disposed at the opposite side of the conveyor from the X-ray source and a pulse generator connected to the motor which drives the conveyor for generating... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4722096 | Apparatus for transradiating objects on a conveyor path An apparatus for transradiating an object moving on a conveyor path has a radiation generator for generating at least one fan-shaped radiation beam directed at the object and disposed substantially perpendicularly to the conveyor path, a number of line-sh... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4690652 | Method of making a wall stabilized infrared flash tube A wall-stabilized infared flash tube has a glass bulb with a flash chamber therein with a cathode lead having an electrode member welded thereto inserted in the flash chamber, the flash chamber, the lead, and the electrode member having dimensions selecte... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4691272 | Inverse rectifier An inverse rectifier for use with a high voltage transformer of an x-ray generator has an air-core coil disposed between the load output and two switching transistors in a half-bridge circuit. The junctions of the air-core coils with the switching transis... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4641330 | High voltage supply circuit for an x-ray tube A high voltage supply circuit for an x-ray tube includes a high voltage transformer having a primary side driven by voltage pulses generated by a drive circuit. The drive circuit includes sub-circuits for controlling the pulse repetition frequency, which ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4397557 | Optical arrangement for a light scattering type smoke detector An optical arrangement for a light scattering type smoke detector has a radiation transmitter and receiver which are each preceded by a lens for obtaining a generally parallel field of view for each of the transmitter and receiver. The radiation is direct... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4319135 | Target plate for thermal image conversion A target plate for converting information-carrying thermal radiation to a storable or visual form is a carrier comprising the conversion layer having a grid thereon formed by adjoining regular polygons the borders of which are defined by an array of holes... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4318024 | Flash tube A flash tube is disclosed having metallic end caps attached either in the shape of a plate or a cup upon ends of a glass or quartz tube. They are attached by adhesive, or are soldered on by soldering glass. One of the end caps internally supports a sinter... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4307388 | Arrangement in order to prevent false alarms of a passive infrared motion alarm In an infrared motion alarm an optical filter arranged in front of an input of an infrared detector is attached to a heat sink in the form of a solid metal crucible in order to reduce the sensitivity to glass-penetrating electromagnetic radiation. Changes... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4276534 | A contactless resistance potentiometer The present invention involves a structure of a contactless ohmic resistance potentiometer. A current path between two exterior electrodes is provided by a photoconductor, and a means is provided for causing an exposure of a portion of the length of the p... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4271359 | Optical arrangement for a passive infrared motion detector An optical arrangement for use with an infrared detector characterized by a concave mirror surrounding the infrared detector, a body having a plane reflecting surface extending perpendicular to the axis of the detector, which surface faces the detector an... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4268752 | Optical arrangement for a passive infrared motion detector An optical arrangement for a passive infrared motion detector which has an infrared detector unit and a system for directing infrared radiation from at least two separate directions to be monitored onto the detector unit characterized by the system includ... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4216499 | Inspection system for baggage A baggage inspection system utilizing fluoroscopy of baggage pieces and the like, employing an X-Ray flash unit, a television pick-up unit for scanning the X-Ray image, storage of the television image and subsequent image reproduction by a television moni... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4203050 | Gas discharge lamp and method A gas discharge lamp, particularly useful as a flash tube, has a glass tube and electrode feed-through conductors which are connected with the glass tube in gas-tight relationship via glass members and glass solder. The glass members consist of prefabrica... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4199218 | Warm light reflector The invention relates to a "warm light reflector", which reflects infrared radiation and absorbs visible light. More specifically, a reflecting layer of, for example, gold carries a double layer of PbS, which is constructed of one smooth layer and of one ... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4153908 | Photosensitive matrix with substrate A photosensitive matrix having a substrate with a group of row conductors, a group of column conductors extending across the row conductors to form a plurality of points of intersection with a photoconductive cell in series with a rectifier adjacent each ... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4099084 | Impulse discharge lamp with disc shaped electrodes An impulse discharge lamp comprising a gas-filled hollow-cylindrical discharge receptacle, whose ends are sealed, vacuum tight, by respective electrodes, which are of disc- or cup-shaped configuration, and have an external diameter which is slightly less ... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4070601 | Circuit arrangement for igniting at least one gas discharge flash tube A circuit arrangement for igniting at least one gas discharge flash tube having two main electrodes includes a chargeable flash capacitor connected in parallel with the flash tube and an electronic switch. These elements are connected to a voltage generat... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4047035 | Baggage inspection device A baggage inspection apparatus utilizing an X-ray generator for fluoroscopic examination of luggage and the like in which an X-ray detector is disposed in the beam path of the X-ray generator, operative to control switch means for switching off the high v... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4037136 | Circuit arrangement for igniting at least one gas discharge flash lamp A circuit arrangement for igniting flash tubes, without using an ignition electrode, and having two main electrodes which are supplied with an ignition pulse parallel to a flash capacitor and an electronic switch, employs an electronic switch which also c... | 07/19/1977 |
| 3974415 | Light-sensitive target A light-sensitive target for a color television system which includes a transparent carrier plate such as the front plate of a color television camera, having discrete strips of interference filter material disposed thereon. The strips are disposed in par... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3968392 | Pulse discharge lamp, in particular an electronic flash tube A pulse discharge lamp, in particular an electronic flash tube, includes a substantially cylindrical discharge tube which, at each end, has an electrode which serves as a cathode or anode and which may be mounted on a lead through pin. Each electrode is c... | 07/06/1976 |
