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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7184076 | Fluid-powered inspection camera A fluid-powered inspection camera adapted to be operated in a contaminated environment where an electric power supply is not readily available includes a housing having a tubular shell terminating at an open end. An imaging device has a portion arranged within the t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6850008 | Gas-filled arc discharge lamp and a method of making thereof A gas discharge lamp having a translucent envelope enclosing a light emitting assembly that includes a baffle and an anode separated by one or more spacers made of an electrically insulating material such as ceramic, which are oriented towards a heated cathode to re... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6690111 | Lamp with anode support structure and anode surface configuration having improved heat dissipation properties An improved deuterium lamp (20) includes a gas-filled envelope (21), a cathode (22), an anode (23), electrical leads (24) sealingly penetrating the glass envelope and connected to the anode and cathode, respectively, a window-shielding electrode (25), a c... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6667761 | Instrument visualization system The invention is directed to an improved visualization and measurement system (15). In the preferred embodiment, the visualization system comprises: a video sensor (16) having a range of view (18), a field of view (19), and a video output signal (20), a n... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6356015 | Getter flash shield The invention is directed to an improved hollow cathode lamp (15). In the preferred embodiment, the lamp is comprised of a stem (23), a cathode lead (18) which passes through the stem, and a getter (26). The improvement includes a flash shield (28) positi... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6202486 | Analog liquid level sensor A sensor for determining the location of the surface of liquid in a container, includes: a hollow tubular stainless steel probe inserted into said container, said probe having one portion arranged above the surface of the liquid and having another portion... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6078132 | Miniature deuterium arc lamp The present invention broadly provides an improvement in a deuterium arc lamp having structure (e.g., anode 27, baffle 28, etc.) mounted on the distal end of an electrical conductor (26) within an elongated tubular glass envelope (21) in spaced relation t... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5977727 | Electron beam profile and energy shaping lens An apparatus and method to dynamically shape the projected energy profile of an electron beam and the energy distribution of an electron beam of a cathode ray tube to provide a single cathode ray tube the ability to display multiple image formats of varyi... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5972469 | Baffle for eliminating interference ring(s) from the output light pattern of a deuterium lamp An improved baffle (24) for directing the light discharged from a deuterium lamp includes a plate-like member configured as a cylindrical segment (25), an aperture (27) provided through a central portion (26) of the member, and a flattened portion (26) ab... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5864209 | Cathode filament for an ultra-violet discharge lamp A unique cathode (30) for an ultraviolet discharge lamp (10) is described. The cathode includes a triple-coil wire, i.e., the wire has a primary coil (43), a secondary coil (41) wound around the primary coil and a tertiary coil (36) wound around the secon... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5660475 | Heater facsimile temperature detector, and method of assembling same An improved heater facsimile temperature detector (47) has an increased dynamic responsiveness in measuring temperature changes. The improved HFTD (47) reduces the amount of mass surrounding the thermocouple tip, thus, reducing the time lag caused by the ... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5448603 | Pressure-sensitive variable-resistance hygroscopic fluid detector, and method A fluid detector (20) has an enclosure (32) defining an internal chamber (33). The enclosure has a frangible wall portion (34). A sensor (46) is arranged within the chamber. The sensor has a hygroscopic portion (48), the electrical resistance of which cha... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5254905 | Cathode-luminescent panel lamp, and method A cathode-luminescent panel lamp (20) includes an evacuated tube (21) having a phosphor coating (25) on the inside surface of a face plate (24). An electron gun (28) is arranged to discharge at least one conical beam of electrons toward the coating to for... | 10/19/1993 |
