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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184138 | Ribbon guide for thermal printers and method of installation A ribbon guide used to install a thermal ribbon in a thermal printer, the ribbon guide having a bottle shaped profile and being formed of V-Max® brand synthetic paper. The ribbon guide has three integral portions, a first portion having a cross-shaped slit and a ho... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182588 | Exhaust hood with grease absorbing material on a roll A kitchen exhaust system includes a dispenser and a receiver, with a supply spool of grease absorbent material provided in the dispenser. In a process to replace the contaminated material, portions of the web can be selectively removed from the air flow path into th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181836 | Rotary fastener magazine A fastener driving tool is provided, including a housing substantially enclosing a power source including a reciprocating piston with a driver blade. A nosepiece is associated with the housing and is configured for receiving the driver blade and for sequentially rec... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180582 | System and method for sensing liquid levels A system for detecting a presence of a liquid within a receptacle includes a sensor and a processor. The sensor includes a transmitting probe and a receiving probe positioned within the liquid receptacle. The transmitting probe includes a first transducer and the re... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179100 | Battery charger using the phase shift by a pair of forward converting circuits A technique for dynamically adjusting an output voltage of forward converter circuits for a battery charging operation is provided. The technique allows for varying voltage at the charging battery by manipulating the duty cycles of two forward converter circuits. Me... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178805 | Appliance control knob providing illuminated setting indication A shaft of a rotary switch, for example, useful as a control for an appliance, such as a washing machine, incorporates an LED at the end of the shaft and projecting light laterally from the shaft to provide an indication of the rotary position of the corresponding k... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175445 | Bundled load corner edge protector cutting system A non-contact cutter for a polymer corner protector disposed on a load includes an air manifold having an inlet and an outlet and defining an air passage and a heating element disposed at least in part in the air passage. A compressed gas is communicated to the mani... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173924 | Dual function switch assembly A dual function switch assembly includes a switch housing part containing multiple switches at different elevations and a rotor having cam surfaces aligned with the switches for operating the switches. A mounting part is connected to the switch housing part and prov... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166685 | Identifying animals A identifying device for animals comprising an identifying ring comprising a laser or ink jet marker and/or an electronic transponder intended for being arranged around one of the animal's legs, characterized in that the ring comprises adjusting and latching means, ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162375 | Hinge mounted fuel housing seal A vehicle refueling assembly includes a housing through which an inlet pipe is accessed and a door assembly that can be opened and closed relative to the housing. The door assembly includes a hinge and a decorative panel. The hinge includes a seal received in a ledg... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157028 | Masonry drill bit A masonry drill bit includes a cutting insert which is substantially roof-shaped in sideview and has on each side of its “roof” one lip. Each lip includes a leading cutting surface and a trailing free surface, wherein the mutually abutting free surfaces at the r... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153925 | Heat exchanger and moisture removal for a plasma cutting system A system is provided that includes a torch power unit. The torch power unit includes a compressor and a moisture remover coupled to the compressor. A method is provided that includes compressing a gas via compressor and removing moisture from the gas via a moisture ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153924 | Plasma cutter having thermal model for component protection A system is provided that includes a torch power unit. The torch power unit includes a monitor and/or control configured to determine a temperature of a component of the torch power unit based on the one or more inputs without a direct temperature measurement of the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152603 | Slide holder for sample holder for grinder/polisher A slide holder for mounting to a sample holder having a pair of openings therein, for a grinder/polisher includes a plate for receiving the slide. The slide holder includes a pair of stems extending from the plate and configured and spaced for receipt in the sample ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152209 | Delay apparatus for opening of vehicle door An inertia activated mechanism associated with a door latch mechanism of a vehicle obstructs operation of a door handle assembly when the inertia activated mechanism is subjected to acceleration forces from a vehicle event. Delaying structure in the inertia activate... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152038 | Nose assembly for a fastener driving tool In a fastener-driving tool equipped with a fastener magazine, and a power source including a reciprocating driver blade for driving fasteners obtained from the magazine into a workpiece, and a reciprocating valve sleeve actuated by a cage, a nosepiece is provided, i... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151650 | Tuning of materials testing machine In a method of operating a material testing machine for testing a specimen, the machine has an electrically controllable actuator arranged to apply a force to the specimen. The method includes inputting a single adjustable parameter value, calculating all necessary ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151566 | Charge air cooling system and method In accordance with one embodiment, the present techniques relate to a ground power unit that supplies electricity to an aircraft. The ground power unit may include a generator coupled to a diesel piston engine. A turbocharger may pre-compress the air consumed by the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146958 | Preconditioned air connector assembly for aircraft In certain embodiments, a preconditioned air connector has a hollow body configured to route a fluid therethrough and a hook member configured to mate with a cooperating element to draw the hollow body into fluid communication with a mating component. The preconditi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146957 | Preconditioned air connector assembly for aircraft In certain embodiments, a PCA connector has a polyethylene body, wherein the polyethylene is durable, corrosion resistant, and exhibits excellent strength over a large range of temperature and moisture conditions. The polyethylene body may be described as a single s... | 04/03/2012 |
| D657015 | Powder spray gun | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141592 | System and method for pipe repair A system and method of repairing a pipe including securing a reinforcing material, such as a dry fiber structure (e.g., a carbon fibers) to the surface of the pipe. A polymeric material is placed on top of the reinforcing material, self-penetrating the dry fiber str... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136705 | Magnetic drive for dispensing apparatus A dispenser for dispensing a volume of viscous material on a substrate includes a frame, a gantry system coupled to the frame, and a dispenser unit coupled to the gantry system. The dispenser unit includes a housing having a chamber, and a piston disposed in the cha... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134097 | Multi-position head plasma torch A plasma torch having a multi-position head is disclosed. The plasma torch includes a torch body and a torch head pivotably connected thereto. Such a construction provides a single plasma torch having several head-to-handle orientations thereby providing a highly ve... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134066 | Electric power generator In one embodiment, a vortex tube has a gas inlet port, a cold gas outlet port and a hot gas outlet port. A thermoelectric potential generator having hot gas inlet port coupled to the hot gas outlet port of the vortex tube, a cold gas inlet port coupled to the cold g... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132500 | Humidity controlled food warming cabinet A humidified food warming apparatus is disclosed having a cabinet, a humidity sensor configured to measure a humidity level in the cabinet and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature level in the cabinet. A humidity and a temperature controller is a... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128720 | Method and apparatus for removing contaminants from a reflow apparatus A reflow apparatus for solder joining electronic components to a substrate includes a reflow chamber, a conveyor to convey a substrate within the chamber, at least one heating element to provide heat to reflow solder on the substrate, and at least one system to remo... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127517 | Method and apparatus for placing a product in a flexible recloseable container Apparatus and methods for forming, filling, and sealing a flexible recloseable container. Both vertical and horizontal methods for placing product within the container are disclosed. The invention includes guiding a web of film which has interlocking fastener strips... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655469 | Fabric wipe | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125094 | Engine-driven generator speed control system and method A system and method are provided for controlling an internal combustion engine driving a generator/welder or a stand-alone generator. Controlling the engine may include altering the engine speed based upon a detected demand on the generator and/or operating paramete... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123313 | Door motion dampening system A system for dampening an opening motion of a door includes a frame, an access door and at least one dampening member. The access door is rotatably secured to the frame. The access door is configured to be moved with respect to the frame between closed and completel... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118969 | Water-based polychloroprene adhesive The use of a carboxylated acrylic resin for blending with a medium gel, medium crystallinity polychloroprene gives a waterborne adhesive formulation with an excellent combination of green strength, heat resistance, bond strength and sprayability unobtainable by othe... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118332 | Latch device A latch device including a latch strike retention assembly adapted for press-fit insertion into a panel opening and retention within the panel opening upon melting of any plastic components. The latch strike retention assembly includes a generally “U” shaped spr... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118242 | Wash arm retainer for warewasher A wash arm retainer for a warewasher having at least one wash arm with a plurality of nozzles and being in fluid communication with an adapter for receiving a flow of fluid, includes a housing defining a through bore and having a first end and a second end, a cam su... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117864 | Compact, modularized air conditioning system that can be mounted upon an airplane ground support equipment cart A modular and compact air conditioning system is designed to be conveyed by a ground support equipment cart and to occupy minimal space within the cart. The system is constructed within a rectangular frame supporting top, bottom, left side, right side, front side, a... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117804 | Method of producing high burst zipper assemblies for large reclosable packages The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a high burst slider zipper which allows for bottom filling of reclosable packages, such as large bags, and further provides increased resistance to damage from the dropping or shock loading of the filled packa... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115328 | Weld setting based engine-driven generator control system and method A system and method are provided for controlling an internal combustion engine driving a generator/welder or a stand-alone generator. The engine and/or the generator is controlled based upon settings for welding. Controlling the engine may include altering the engin... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115147 | Induction heating system output control based on induction heating device In one exemplary embodiment, the induction heating system includes an induction heating power source. The induction heating power source is operable to identify an induction heating device coupled to the induction heating power source. The exemplary induction heatin... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114226 | Wall mountable holder A holder having a baseplate with a tang extending rearwardly therefrom, a plurality of openings for receiving fasteners and a plurality of legs extending from the baseplate, the tang being heat treated or work hardened to harden the tang and facilitate its detachmen... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113866 | Aircraft electrical connector with differential engagement and operational retention forces An aircraft powering system is provided which includes an aircraft electrical connector is provided with features to allow facile engagement with an aircraft and strong retention forces. The aircraft powering system may include the aircraft electrical connector havi... | 02/14/2012 |
