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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6582481 | Method of producing lithium base cathodes A method of producing a layer of lithiated material is provided wherein a mixture of Li (TMHD) and Co (acac)3 is dissolved in an organic solvent comprising diglyme, toluene and HTMHD to produce a solution. The solution is deposited upon a subst... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6568984 | Toy figurine A toy figurine 10 is disclosed having a torso 13, a right arm 14, a left arm 15, a right leg 16, a left leg 17 and a head 18. Each arm 14 has a right shoulder portion (22, 29), an elbow portion (23, 30) and a wrist portion (24 31). The shoulder portions a... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6558223 | Toy water device A toy device is disclosed having a base (11), a main portion (12) and an elongated supply tubing (13) extending between the base (11) and the main portion (12). The main portion (12) includes a support in the form of an inflatable ball (17) and an equator... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6540108 | Toy water gun A water gun (10) is provided having a storage tank (18), a expandable pressure tank (19) having an elastic bladder (30) encased within an outer shell (29), and a pump (32) for conveying liquid from the storage tank to the expandable pressure tank. The con... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6511516 | Method and apparatus for producing lithium based cathodes A method of producing a layer of lithiated material is provided wherein a mixture of Li(acac) and Co (acac)3 is dissolved in an aqueous solvent to produce a solution. The solution is deposited upon a substrate by atomizing the solution, passing... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6478648 | Toy rocket with parachute hatch release A rocket (10) is disclosed having a body (11) with a bay (13) therein and hatch (16) which is movable between a bay opened position and a bay closed position by a spring biased hinge (19). The hatch is coupled to a two stage catch (29). A parachute (23) i... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6423106 | Method of producing a thin film battery anode A method of producing a battery cell anode is described wherein the manufacturing process of the anode commences with a sputtering target with a composition of Li3 Sn. The target is sputtered in an argon-nitrogen (Ar--N2) gas mixture... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6408837 | Toy gun with magazine An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a launch tube (12), a magazine (18), a manual air pump (14) and a loading tube (29). The magazine has an outer shell (25) and an indexing wheel mounted (26) mounted within the outer shell. The in... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6387563 | Method of producing a thin film battery having a protective packaging A method of providing a packaging system for a thin film battery (20) is now provided wherein the battery cell is treated with an epoxy (41) prior to the placement of an overlying glass layer (42). The positioning of the glass layer causes the migration o... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6364162 | Automatic pressurized fluid gun A fluid gun (700) is disclosed having an electric pump (704) for conveying air to a pressure chamber (701) having a release valve (702) for controlling the release of fluid. The activation of the electric pump is controlled by a pressure sensitive actuati... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6321737 | Toy rocket launcher A rocket launcher (10) is provided having a manual air pump (11) coupled to a base unit (12) through an elongated pressure tube (13) having a pressure release valve or trigger (20). The base unit has a pressure chamber (24), a launch tube (25), and an ori... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6223449 | Apparatus for extracting plasticizer An apparatus for extracting plasticizer from polymer structures includes, in one embodiment, a evacuation chamber, a heat source and a cooling chamber are all coupled to a conduit having a motorized fan for cycling gases through the components. The plasti... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6220237 | Compressed air toy gun An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a launch tube (12), a magazine (18) and a manual air pump (14). A loading tube (29) extends from the magazine to an opening (50) in the launch tube. A pressure chamber (15) is mounted within the ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6203397 | convertible air and water toy gun A toy gun (10) is provided having a housing (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13), and a manual air pump (14). The manual air pump is coupled to both a water pressure tank (15) and an air pressure chamber (30). The water pressure tank is coupled to a quick ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6180281 | Composite separator and electrode An electrode and separator composite comprises a separator and an electrode embedded in a polymer matrix. Application of an electrode slurry to a polymer coated separator and subsequent drying in a solvent enriched atmosphere forms a secondary battery str... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6119671 | Toy projectile launcher A toy projectile launcher in the form of a toy gun has a first and second barrel. The second barrel is pivotably mounted to a housing for movement from a first position to a second position in which the second barrel is axially aligned with the first barr... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6099266 | Air pump An air pump (10) having a separation chamber (15) defined by a top wall (11), a bottom wall (12) and generally annular side walls (13). A liquid entry tube (24) configured to draw air into a stream of liquid passing through the liquid entry tube is couple... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6042965 | Unitary separator and electrode structure and method of manufacturing separator A secondary battery separator comprises a fibrous core embedded in a polymeric sheet having improved electrode fusion thereto in unitary construction. In the process of manufacturing the separator, a fibrous, polymeric, substantially two-sided core matrix... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6003503 | Toy gun with fluid pulsator A fluid pulsator for a compressed gun (10) or water gun (30) is provided having a housing (404) with a fluid inlet (409) and a fluid outlet (410), an internal tube (405) reciprocally mounted within the housing, and a sealing member (406) reciprocally moun... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6000386 | Toy gun with fluid pulsator A fluid pulsator for a compressed gun (10) or water gun (30) is provided having a housing (604) with a fluid inlet (607) and a fluid outlet (608), an internal tube (605) reciprocally coupled to the housing, and a sealing member (606) reciprocally mounted ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5982144 | Rechargeable battery power supply overcharge protection circuit A rechargeable power supply overcharge protection circuit is provided with shunt circuits that shunt current about a battery or battery cell (15, 16 and 17) of a string of battery cells when it is charged to a maximum charge limit. The shunt circuit inclu... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5974977 | Magnetic propulsion toy system A magnetic propulsion toy system is provided having a track (11), a boost station (12) and a car (14) made of magnetic material. The boost station has control circuit (18) with a battery (19), a wire coil (21), a capacitor (22), a manual triggering switch... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5957745 | Gyroscopic figurine A gyroscopic figurine (10) is disclosed having a body (11) and a gyroscope (12) mounted within the body. The gyroscope (12) has a rotatable wheel (15) coupled with the shaft (23) of an electric motor (16). The shaft is oriented at an angle to the axis of ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5951354 | Toy rocket A rocket (100) is disclosed having a body (101) with a bay (102) therein and a latchable hatch (109) which is movable between a bay opened position and a bay closed position by a spring biased hinge (110). A parachute (117) is mounted to the hatch. Upon u... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5924413 | Rapid fire compressed air toy gun An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a control valve (200) which controls the flow of compressed air into a magazine (202). The control valve includes an ext... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5913304 | Compressed air gun with temporary seal An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a pressure chamber (35), a moveable magazine (18) and a conduit conveying pressurized air from the pressure chamber to the magazine. The conduit has a resilient sealing gasket (42) which is reconfigurable betw... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5878734 | Multiple barrel compressed air gun An air compressed gun (210) is provided having a stock (211), multiple barrels (212), a trigger (213) and a manual air pump (214). A pressure chamber (216) and release valve (217) is coupled to each barrel which is controlled by the trigger.... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878914 | Toy water gun A water gun (10) is provided having a storage tank (18), a expandable pressure tank (19) having an elastic bladder (30) encased within an outer shell (29), and a pump (32) for conveying liquid from the storage tank to the expandable pressure tank. The con... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5878735 | Compressed air toy gun An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a mounting tube (201) configured to be received within the tail bore (203) of a projectile (P) and a barrel (200) in whi... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5850941 | Toy water gun with air siphoning valve A water gun (10) is provided having a pressure tank (19) in fluid communication with a coupler (20) adapted to be received upon a conventional water faucet, and a pump (42) for conveying additional air to the pressure tank. The flow of water from the wate... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5838240 | Wet diaper detector A wet diaper detector comprises an elongated strip of material sized to be positioned in a diaper with a portion of the strip residing in a region of the diaper subject to wetness and an end of the strip protruding from the diaper at the upper rear or fro... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5709199 | Rapid fire compressed air gun An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a magazine (18) having a series of barrels (26) for holding several projectiles (P). An actuator (50) indexes the magazi... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5701879 | Compressed air gun with single action pump An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a pressure chamber (16), a pressure actuatable release valve (18) and a manual air pump (14). The pump has an elongated cylinder (25) having a port (38) in fluid communication with... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5699781 | Rapid fire compressed air gun An air compressed gun (159) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a magazine (18) having a series of barrels (26) for holding several projectiles (P). An actuator (161) indexes the maga... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5653216 | Toy rocket launcher A toy rocket launcher (100) is disclosed for launching a rocket (125) having a fuselage (126) with an elongated tail bore (127) extending from a tail end thereof. The rocket launcher has a launch tube (108) adapted to hold and maintain a selected, elevate... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5626123 | Compressed air gun An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual pump (14). The manual pump is coupled to a swivel joint (31) which provides pivotal movement of the pump relative to the barrel so as to allow for a var... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5596978 | Rapid fire compressed air gun An air compressed gun (10) is provided having a stock (11), a barrel (12), a trigger (13) and a manual air pump (14). The gun also has a magazine (18) having a series of barrels (26) for holding several projectiles (P). An actuator (50) indexes the magazi... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5592931 | Compressed air gun with magazine indexer An air compressed gun (70) is provided having a housing (71), a magazine (75) having multiple barrels (89) for holding projectiles, and a manual air pump (76). The gun also has a pneumatic indexer (82) which indexes the magazine for firing with each shot ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5586688 | Electric pump toy water gun A water gun 10 having a storage tank (18), a pressure tank (19) and an electric pump (28) for conveying liquid from the storage tank to the pressure tank. The conveyance of liquid into the pressure tank causes the liquid to be pressurized by air compresse... | 12/24/1996 |
