Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5465153 | Electro-optical system for gauging specular surface profile deviations A method and system for gauging deviations of a surface of a specular surfaced test object from a preselected nominal surface profile utilizes electromagnetic radiation that is directed towards a direction altering means and through an attenuating medium ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5463464 | Electro-optical system for gauging surface profile deviations using infrared radiation A system for gauging the surface of a test object includes an image sensor, such as a camera, positioned to receive an image of the radiation naturally emitted from the test object through an attenuating medium. The intensity of such radiation varies acro... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5438417 | Electro-optical system for gauging surface profile deviations A method and system for gauging deviations of a surface of a test part from a preselected nominal surface profile is disclosed. The system includes a support having a master surface that is substantially a matched or mating surface of the nominal surface ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5416589 | Electro-optical system for gauging surface profile deviations A method and system for gauging deviations of a surface of a test part from a preselected nominal surface profile is disclosed. One embodiment includes a support having a master surface that is substantially a matched or mating surface of the nominal surf... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5289267 | Electro-optical system for gauging surface profile deviations A method and system for gauging deviations of a surface of a test part from a preselected nominal surface profile is disclosed. The system includes a support having a master surface that is substantially a matched or mating surface of the nominal surface ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5068071 | Hollow spherical shell manufacture A process for making a hollow spherical shell of silicate glass composition in which an aqueous suspension of silicate glass particles and an immiscible liquid blowing agent is placed within the hollow spherical cavity of a porous mold. The mold is spun t... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5065108 | Regenerative cavity X-ray lasing amplifier A regenerative cavity X-ray lasing oscillator and method in which an X-ray laser target is positioned between a pair of opposed coaxial mirrors at predetermined fixed spacing and forming an X-ray cavity. A series of light pulses is directed onto the targe... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5043131 | Ignition of deuterium-trtium fuel targets A method of igniting a deuterium-tritium ICF fuel target to obtain fuel burn in which the fuel target initially includes a hollow spherical shell having a frozen layer of DT material at substantially uniform thickness and cryogenic temperature around the ... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4960999 | Scanning and storage of electrophoretic records An electrophoretic record that includes at least one gel separation is mounted for motion laterally of the separation record. A light source is positioned to illuminate at least a portion of the record, and a linear array camera is positioned to have a fi... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4928153 | Optical measurement of particle concentration Method and apparatus for measuring concentration of micrometer- and submicrometer-size particles on a carrier as a function of Mie scattering in the visible spectrum. A collimated beam of white light is directed through a carrier onto the particles, with ... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4917014 | Laser ignition of explosives A system for laser-ignition of explosives or the like includes a laser system coupled to an optical fiber for conducting light energy to a window positioned at an end of the fiber remote from the laser system. An explosive charge is contained within an in... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4795910 | Radiation-detection/scintillator composite and method of manufacture A radiation-detection/scintillation composite in which a multiplicity of particulate glass carriers embodying radiation target nuclei are embedded within a matrix of solid scintillation plastic composition. The glass target-containing carriers have an ind... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4790735 | Materials processing using chemically driven spherically symmetric implosions A system for obtaining spherically symmetrical implosion of sample materials by directing radiant ignition energy onto a target which includes a spherically symmetrical core of selected sample material concentrically surrounded by a shell of high explosiv... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4769348 | Fabrication of refractory insulating materials consisting essentially of a carbon matrix containing a dispersion of SiC- or Si3 N4 -lined voids A process for fabrication of refractory insulating materials wherein essentially pure silica shells are mixed with a polymeric graphite precursor dissolved in a solvent. The resulting slurry is placed in a forming mold, and the solvent is evaporated to fo... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4752455 | Pulsed laser microfabrication A system and method of pulsed-laser microfabrication wherein a first substrate of transparent material, such as glass, has one or more target materials positioned on a surface, preferably a flat surface, of the substrate. These target materials include a ... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4744919 | Method of dispersing particulate aerosol tracer A particulate aerosol tracer which comprises a particulate carrier of sheet silicate composition having a particle size up to one micron, and a cationic dopant chemically absorbed in solid solution in the carrier. The carrier is preferably selected from t... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4685119 | Movable anode x-ray source with enhanced anode cooling An x-ray source having a cathode and a disc-shaped anode with a peripheral surface at constant radius from the anode axis opposed to the cathode. The anode has stub axle sections rotatably carried in heat conducting bearing plates which are mounted by the... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4661407 | Glass-surface microcarrier for anchorage-dependent cell cultivation A chemical vapor deposition process for making glass-surfaced microcarriers, and the resulting product, in which hollow spherical micro-sized shells of glass or ceramic composition replaced within a fluidized bed coater, and separate preheated reaction ga... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4660625 | Heat transport system, method and material A heat transport system, method and composite material in which a plurality of hollow spherical shells or microspheres having an outside diameter of less than or equal to 500 microns are encapsulated or embedded within a bulk material. Each shell has capt... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4657721 | Target illumination A system for illuminating a tiny target of fusion fuel with energy from a laser source to achieve uniform surface heat leading to fusion including a laser light source with a beam splitter to provide two laser beams directed to a common target point and a... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4641524 | Optical humidity sensor An optical dielectric humidity sensor which includes a dielectric mirror having multiple alternating layers of two porous water-adsorbent dielectric materials with differing indices of refraction carried by a translucent substrate. A narrow-band polarized... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4611474 | Microminiature refrigerator A microminiature refrigerator or cryocooler which comprises three flat rectangular plates forming a laminate assembly. Passages are formed as opposed channels in the outer plates for routing refrigerant to and from a refrigerator chamber. The intermediate... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4608222 | Method of achieving the controlled release of thermonuclear energy A method of achieving the controlled release of thermonuclear energy by illuminating a minute, solid density, hollow shell of a mixture of material such as deuterium and tritium with a high intensity, uniformly converging laser wave to effect an extremely... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4579837 | Solid phase photosensitizer for generation of singlet oxygen A solid phase photosensitizer and method of use for photochemical generation of singlet oxygen. The sensitizer comprises one or more layers of an organic polycrystalline dye solid which absorbs radiant energy to release triplet excitons. Where multiple la... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4564532 | Glass-surface microcarrier for anchorage-dependent cell cultivation A chemical vapor deposition process for making glass-surfaced microcarriers, and the resulting product, in which hollow spherical micro-sized shells of glass or ceramic composition are placed within a fluidized bed coater, and separate preheated reaction ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4552742 | Materials processing using chemically driven spherically symmetric implosions A system and method for obtaining spherically symmetrical implosion of sample materials by directing radiant ignition energy onto a target which includes a spherically symmetrical core of selected sample material concentrically surrounded by a shell of hi... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4448884 | Glass-surface microcarrier for growth of cell cultures A microcarrier for anchorage-dependent cell cultivation is prepared containing a spherical substrate of polymeric material having a bulk density of about 1 g/cc so as to be substantially buoyant in an aqueous culture medium, and a thin (less than 1 μm) c... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4436715 | Storage and retrieval of singlet oxygen This invention relates to production of singlet oxygen and includes means and methods for storage and retrieval thereof as well as continuous production from ground state oxygen. With respect to storage and retrieval of singlet oxygen, certain aromatic ac... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4432933 | Process for the fabrication of thermonuclear fuel pellets and the product thereof In processes utilizing a source of laser energy for achieving a thermonuclear fusion reaction, it is necessary to have fusion fuel prepared in a configuration with minute dimensions and the present invention contemplates preparing this fuel by introducing... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4297165 | Fuel pellets for controlled nuclear fusion In connection with a fusion process which can be initiated by a high energy input such as a laser beam, the use of a layer of uranium surrounding the fusion fuel such as deuterium-tritium or a non-cryogenic fuel such as lithium deuterium-lithium tritium. ... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4229942 | Radiolytic dissociative gas power conversion cycles Gas and combined gas/steam power cycles in which chemical energy is stored in a gaseous working fluid by radiolytic dissociation at a temperature below the temperature of thermodynamic macroscopic dissociation, such that the dissociated portion of the wor... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4215274 | X-ray detector with picosecond time resolution An X-ray detector for obtaining time resolved signals from intense pulsed X-ray sources, such as from a fuel pellet during a laser fusion process. The detector has a cathode which emits electrons when bombarded by X-rays from the fuel pellet. The electron... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4116542 | Method and apparatus for reducing coherence of high-power laser beams Method and apparatus for reducing the coherence and for smoothing the power density profile of a collimated high-power laser beam in which the beam is focused at a point on the surface of a target fabricated of material having a low atomic number. The ini... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4084908 | Repetitive output laser system and method using target reflectivity An improved laser system and method for implosion of a thermonuclear fuel pellet in which that portion of a laser pulse reflected by the target pellet is utilized in the laser system to initiate a succeeding target implosion, and in which the energy store... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4084887 | All-reflective optical target illumination system with high numerical aperture An all-reflective optical system for providing illumination of a target focal region at high numerical aperture from a pair of co-axially, confluent collimated light beams. A target cavity is defined by a pair of opposed inner ellipsoidal reflectors havin... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4061985 | Laser fusion pulse shape controller An apparatus for controlling the pulse shape, i.e., the pulse duration and intensity pattern, of a pulsed laser system, and which is particularly well adapted for controlling the pellet ignition pulse in a laser-driven fusion reaction system. The apparatu... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4055276 | Container for hydrogen isotopes A container for the storage, shipping and dispensing of hydrogen isotopes such as hydrogen, deuterium, tritium, or mixtures of the same which has compactness, which is safe against fracture or accident, and which is reusable. The container consists of an ... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4043643 | Catadioptic telescope A Cassegrain telescope with spherical primary and secondary mirrors and a corrector plate located between the focal point and the center of the radius of curvature of the primary mirror. The secondary mirror is located between the focal point and the vert... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4043635 | Temperature control for apodizers An apparatus for matching the refractive index of the attenuating fluid to the windows in dye cell apodizers and a method for accomplishing the same, which includes an apodizer window and a support therefor together with a heating device associated with t... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4029045 | Apparatus for applying coatings An apparatus for applying coatings to very small objects which includes levitating the objects in an environment established for vapor deposition or sputtering in such a way that a uniform coating can be applied. The design includes a permanent magnet and... | 06/14/1977 |
