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Helium-Filled Sun Shade

A helium-filled sun shade for protecting individuals engaged in outdoor activities.

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Assignee: PerkinElmer, Inc.


Location: Wellesley, MA
No. of patents: 21

NumberTitleIssue Date
7371287Substrate handling system
A substrate handling system and method in which an air chuck produces a film of air between the substrate and the air chuck, a magnetic chuck attracts the substrate to the air chuck, and an actuator subsystem moves the magnetic chuck closer to and away from the air ...
05/13/2008
RE39973Metallic seal
A metallic seal is provided that concentrates the available load over a narrow band to produce a sealing dam over a sufficient width to minimize leakage on a molecular level. The metallic seal has a first annular beam section, a second annular beam section, and inne...
01/01/2008
7154515Method and apparatus for reducing printing artifacts of stitched images
A method and apparatus for eliminating artifacts in images formed using more than one image segment. A buffer region associated with two adjacent image segments is defined wherein the intensity levels of the pixels are attenuated. When image segments substantially o...
12/26/2006
7044470Rotary face seal assembly
A rotary seal assembly including a first member having a sealing face and a second member having a sealing face with a number of pumping grooves therein. At least a first set of pumping grooves stating proximate a center portion of the sealing face and extending out...
05/16/2006
6969071Face seal assembly
A face seal assembly including an annular mating ring housing having a proximal end surface with a channel therein, a mating ring insert disposed in the channel, the mating ring insert including a mating ring compressed within a first band to maintain the integrity ...
11/29/2005
6903809Integrated, in-line bumping and exposure system
An integrated, in-line bumping and exposure system for printing plates or other substrates having a photosensitive layer. A linear illumination source or sources are for bumping the photosensitive material with a band of illumination to consume dissolved oxygen with...
06/07/2005
6878938High frequency infrared radiation source
A high frequency infrared radiation source including a hermetically sealed chamber with a plasma generating gas therein, a pair of spaced electrodes in the chamber for creating a plasma therebetween, a window in the chamber, and a collimating lens made of infrared r...
04/12/2005
6745694Method and apparatus for a slipsheet removal system
A method for separating lightweight sheets to be discarded interleaved with heavier items to be further processed. A gas such as air is delivered by nozzles and directed at slip sheets interleaved between photosensitive plates. The slip sheets are directed by the ga...
06/08/2004
6621553Apparatus and method for exposing substrates
An apparatus and method for double-sided imaging of a plurality of photoresist-coated substrates is provided. The apparatus includes a first and second substrate holder comprising at least three extendable chucks, each adapted to hold the substrate. The f...
09/16/2003
6612584Flange and seal assembly
A flange and seal assembly is provided with an annular sealing ring and a mounting component. The annular sealing ring is retained as a part of the mounting component. The mounting component has a mounting end with a mounting flange extending outwardly fr...
09/02/2003
6546837Dual load charge manufacturing method and press therefore
A method of manufacturing a dual load charge in a single consolidation pressing operation. A first type explosive is placed in a cavity to form a booster charge. A pocket is formed in the booster charge. A second type explosive is disposed in the pocket o...
04/15/2003
6470802Multilayer chip slapper
A chip slapper including a substrate, a sticking layer on the substrate, a conductive layer on the sticking layer in the shape of two lands separated by a bridge portion between the two lands, a buffer material on the conductive layer, a protective coatin...
10/29/2002
6409180Metallic seal
A metallic seal is provided that concentrates the available load over a narrow band to produce a sealing dam over a sufficient width to minimize leakage on a molecular level. The metallic seal has a first annular beam section, a second annular beam sectio...
06/25/2002
6405760Accumulator
An accumulator including a housing with a gas chamber and a liquid chamber therein. A primary piston is moveable in the housing and connected to the housing by a primary bellows sealing the gas chamber with respect to the liquid chamber. A secondary pisto...
06/18/2002
6400067High power short arc discharge lamp with heat sink
A high power short arc gas discharge lamp includes an electrically insulating reflector body having a concave internal reflector surface with a focal point; an anode and a cathode spaced from the anode to create an arc gap between them proximate the focal...
06/04/2002
6397653Folded metal bellows
A method of making a folded metal bellows wherein an n-sided mandrel is positioned within a metal tube at an initial position. A convolution is formed by: axially moving and turning the mandrel with respect to and within the tube from the initial position...
06/04/2002
6322087Metallic seal for low load conditions
A sealing ring is provided that can be used at low load conditions. The sealing ring basically has an annular center section, a first annular end section and second annular end section. The center section has a first end, a second end and a curved bight p...
11/27/2001
6322079Face seal
A seal cartridge for a face seal comprising an annular housing having an inner and outer wall and a back wall; a seal ring composite in said housing; a first resilient member disposed between said housing and said seal ring composite for providing an axia...
11/27/2001
6274970Arc lamp
An arc lamp includes a housing; an inert gas in the housing; a pair of spaced electrodes in the housing for establishing an arc in the gas to generate a radiation output; a window in the housing for transmitting forward radiation generated by the arc; and...
08/14/2001
6236147Arc lamp
An arc lamp with a housing including a base, an inert gas in the housing, a pair of spaced electrodes in the housing for establishing an arc in the gas to generate a radiation output, a window area on the housing for transmitting forward radiation generat...
05/22/2001
6230625Disarmable firing module
A disarmable firing module with a firing module housing having an opening therein; a detonator holder received in the firing module housing via the opening in the firing module housing, the detonator holder including a cavity therein; a detonator disposed...
05/15/2001
 
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