Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7175699 | Filter assembly A filter assembly including a filter medium installed in at least one receptacle. The filter assembly includes a heating system to heat the filter medium. The filter medium includes metal fibers. The receptacle or receptacles are provided with at least one air inlet... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166174 | Bundle drawn stainless steel fibers The invention relates to stainless steel fibers obtained by bundled drawing of stainless steel wires embedded in a matrix material. The composition of the stainless steel fibers comprises iron and the following components expressed in percent by weight: C £ 0.05%, ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152391 | Steel cord for reinforcing off-the-road tires and conveyor belts A steel cord comprises a metal core strand and adjacent layer of steel elements. Between the metal core strand and adjacent layer of steel elements, a polymer layer with a minimum thickness of more than 0.02 mm is provided. These steel cords are to be used to reinfo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7089723 | Multi-layer steel cord where intermediate filaments are coated with a polymer A steel cord comprises a core with one or more core steel filaments and further comprises a first layer of intermediate steel filaments twisted around the core, and a second layer of second steel filaments twisted around the first layer. At least one of the intermed... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7053014 | Burner membrane comprising machined metal fiber bundles A burner membrane comprising a textile fabric. The textile fabric comprising at least 60% by weight of machined metal fiber bundles, having a bundle voluminousity in the range of 1 to 15% and a torsion rate in the range of 10 to 80 turns/m. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048996 | Temperature resistant material comprising short metal fibers A temperature resistant material, comprising a temperature resistant matrix and a set of short metal fibers, which characterized in that the set of short metal fibers represents at least 0.5% by weight of the temperature resistant material. The set of short metal fi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7048339 | Force-limiting energy absorber A force-limiting energy absorber comprises at least a first and a second elongated metal element (12, 13), being chosen out of a group consisting of a metal wire, a profiled metal wire, a metal strand, a bundle of untwisted metal wires and a metal rope. The e... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045219 | Short metal fibers The present invention relates to short metal fibers. A set of short metal fibers, with an equivalent diameter ranging from 1 to 150 $(m)m, comprises entangled and curved fibers. At least 10% of the short metal fibers are entangled, whereas the length of the curved f... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026060 | Layered structure providing shielding characteristics The invention relates to a layered structure comprising a plastic substrate, at least one intermediate metallic layer on top of this plastic substrate and a metal or metal alloy layer on top of this intermediate metallic layer. The metal or metal alloy layer is appl... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007990 | Reinforced impact beam with layered matrix An impact beam having a polymer matrix and a metal reinforcing structure, the metal reinforcing structure including metal cords that can be made from metal elements having a diameter of 100 μm or more. The polymer matrix can include a thermoplastic material and/or ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001449 | Diesel exhaust filter system with electrical regeneration A filter element comprises a pleated metal fiber fleece which is pleated according to pleating lines, providing an edge with pleat openings to be closed to make gas flowing through the metal fiber fleece. The filter element comprises at least two flanks, each of the... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001657 | Closed reinforcement fiber package, as well as chain packing consisting of such closed packages Closed reinforcement fiber package includes a material disintegratable in concrete, such as fiber concrete. Reinforcing fibers are present in a loose form in the package. The reinforcing fibers may be provided in a substantially mutually parallel position in the pac... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6991672 | Filter element comprising pleated metal fiber fleece A filter element comprising a pleated metal fiber fleece is pleated according to pleating lines, providing an edge with pleat openings to be closed to make gas flowing through the metal fiber fleece. The filter element comprising at least two flanks, each of these f... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6991673 | Filter element A filter element comprises a pleated metal fiber fleece being pleated according to pleating lines providing an edge with pleat openings to be closed in order to make gas flowing through the metal fiber fleece. The filter element further comprises at least two flanks... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6957525 | Electrically conductive yarn comprising metal fibers An electrically conductive yarn comprises stainless steel fibers. The electrically conductive yarn comprises at least one elongated element, which has an outer surface being provided out of metal or metal alloy having a lower specific electrical resistance than the ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6945686 | Method for dosing reinforcing fibres for the manufacturing of fibre concrete and the chain packing used A method for dosing reinforcing fibers in a mixing silo during the manufacture of fiber concrete. The reinforcing fibers as supplied in a chain packing of sacks. The sacks may be made of material which can be disintegrated in mortar or concrete. The chain packing in... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6920745 | Zinc-coated steel cord with improved fatigue resistance A steel cord for the reinforcement of thermoplastic elastomers, the steel cord including more than one strand, each strand including two or more steel filaments, at least some of said the steel filaments being provided with a zinc coating. The zinc coating has a thi... | 07/26/2005 |
| D507352 | Fence post | 07/12/2005 |
| 6904744 | Steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles Steel cord includes a first group and a second group. The second group is helically twisted around the first group with a cord twisting step. The first group includes a first number of first steel filaments. The first number ranges between three and eight. The secon... | 06/14/2005 |
| D504806 | Reel | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889852 | Layered filtering structure A layered filtering structure (10) comprises at least a first layer (12) and a second layer (13). Each layer comprises a web of metal fibers which has been sintered. The two layers (12, 13) are in contact with each other. The first layer,... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6887806 | Cut resistant fabric for protective textiles A fabric comprising elongated steel elements is provided. This fabric is to be used to provide cut-resistance or reinforcement for protective textiles. Elongated steel elements are in contact relationship, so improving the resistance to knife cutting actions. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883843 | Reinforced impact beam An impact beam having a polymer matrix and a metal reinforcing structure, the metal reinforcing structure including metal cords that can be made from metal elements having a diameter of 100 μm or more. The polymer matrix can include a thermoplastic material and/or ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6883551 | Braided hose reinforcement and method of manufacture A braided hose reinforcement (14) comprises left and right turning strips (20, 22). Each of said strips comprises a number of steel wires. The steel wires (24) located at the side regions of the strips have a tensile strength which is substantia... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6875943 | Electric discharge machining wire An electrode for electric discharge machining comprises a high strength pearlitic steel wire having a carbon content higher than 0.6% and a tensile strength higher than 3000 N/mm2. The steel wire is coated with a copper free zinc or zinc alloy coating. The electrode... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6830826 | Coated metal reinforcement element and coating materials A coated metal reinforcement element for polymeric or elastomeric materials comprises a coating of: a polymer or prepolymer compatible with and co-polymerizable, co-vulcanizable or crosslinkable with said polymeric or elastomeric material to be reinforced, and beari... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6787491 | Woven composite fabric As subject of the present invention, a woven composite fabric, comprising metal elements (51) and polymer elements (52) is provided. The metal elements (51) being metal wires, bundles of metal wires, metal strands or metal cords. According to th... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6787003 | Sputtering target and methods of making and using same A sputtering target may include: a) a backing adapted to be operatively connected to a sputter power source; and b) an outer layer of a sputterable material carried by the backing, the sputterable material including a mixture of zinc and a second metal having a melt... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6777081 | Reinforcing structure for stiff composite articles The invention relates to a reinforcing structure (13), comprising metallic elements (15) (16), to be used to reinforce stiff composite articles (14) comprising such reinforcing structure and a polymer matrix. The reinforcing structure com... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6756330 | Knitted fabric of steel fibers with increased number of stitches A knitted fabric comprises fibers. At least part of these are metal fibers. The fabric has 90 or more stitches per square centimeter. The fabric is used as a separation cloth (12) between mould (11) and glass (14). The increased number of stitch... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6733575 | Hot gas filtration system A coal-fired power generation system including means for the production of coal-derived gas and a filter system for the filtration of this coal-derived gas. The filter system comprises at least one high temperature and, corrosion resistant filter. The filter is made... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6652602 | Color dyeing system for plastic films A process for the continuous dyeing of plastic films, such as polyethylene terephthalate, is characterized by passing the film through a dye bath comprised of dye stuffs dissolved, suspended or dispersed in a liquid carrier comprised at least in part of a... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6598793 | Article recognition and verification A method for checking the authenticity of a security article of the type containing magnetic particles having a magnetic saturation field Hs being greater than 100 A/m. The method includes the following steps: (a) generating an alternating fiel... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6597561 | Electrical contact system An electrical contact system is provided which comprises an electrically conductive porous fleece and one or more contact bodies. The electrically conductive porous fleece and the contact bodies are sintered to each other, so avoiding hot spots during the... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6572651 | Stents with a diamond like coating An intravascular metal stent having a tubular wall and a biocompatible coating on at least a major part of the wall surface which coating has a thickness of less than 4 μm and contains a diamond like amorphous material, preferably DLN.... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6475636 | Steel cord for protection plies of pneumatic tires A steel cord particularly adapted for reinforcement of a protection ply in a tire has under compression in rubber a deformation Wk at instability of at least 3% and is stress-relieved so that its total elongation at rupture in rubber exceeds 3.... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6472062 | Method for making a non-sticking diamond-like nanocomposite An improved non-sticking diamond-like nanocomposition includes networks of a-C:H and a-Si:O, wherein the H-concentration is between 85% and 125% of the C-concentration. The composition includes preferably 25 to 35 at % of C, 30 to 40 at % of H, 25 to 30 a... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6465377 | Canvass reinforcement A fabric for reinforcement of canvasses having a plastic coating includes a warp and a weft which form meshes. The meshes have a maximum dimension ranging from 5 cm to 30 cm with at least one of the warp or the weft being formed by a strip which comprises... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6438932 | Steel cord with waved elements A steel structure adapted for the reinforcement of elastomeric members has steel elements containing a plurality of steel filaments at least one of which filaments is provided with first and second crimps. The first crimp lies in a plane that is substanti... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6421977 | Reinforcement stirrup for use in masonry, as well as masonry thus formed Reinforcement stirrup for use in masonry includes a support section and a flat stirrup leg extending vertically relative to it. The stirrup leg is inserted in a joint between constructional elements. A positioner positions an essentially horizontally exte... | 07/23/2002 |
