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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8067747 | Parallel plate electrode arrangement apparatus and method A system for guiding an ion beam along an axis (Z), comprises at least one section having upper flat plate strip electrodes (Iu, 2u, 3u, 4u and 5u) and lower flat plate strip electrodes (Id, 2d... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7863562 | Method and apparatus for digital differential ion mobility separation A method for differential mobility separation of ions using digital-drive based high voltage fast switching electronics. The digital waveform delivered to the spectrometer is characterized by at least two substantially rectangular pulses of different amplitude and p... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7772548 | “Droplet pickup ion source” coupled to mobility analyzer apparatus and method An ion mobility analyzer includes at least one of a “differential mobility analyzer”, an “ion mobility spectrometer” and a “differential mobility spectrometer”, to which charged molecules of interest are fed. Ions are fed to the ion mobility analyzer fro... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7746468 | Analysis system Analysis system including a central control section for generally controlling the analysis that sends a command to perform a pre-injection operation, to an automatic sampler together with information designating a sample to be selected, such as an identification num... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7683316 | Ion trap mass spectrometer The number of times of repetition of mass spectrometry analysis for integrating mass profiles is reduced to facilitate reduction in measurement time-period and increase a signal intensity. In a state when ions are trapped by a high-frequency electric field formed wi... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679248 | Magnetic bearing system Disclosed is a magnetic bearing system capable of simplifying a demodulation operation and reducing a processing load associated with a magnetic levitation control. A carrier signal having a frequency fc is apply to a sensor through a filter. The sensor operates to ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7659131 | Process for producing a flat panel radiation detector and a flat panel radiation detector Because a restricting plate 27 is disposed using a spacer 25, an upper plate 15 is allowed to expand upward when resin is injected, but unnecessary overexpansion is restricted by the restricting plate 27. Therefore the injection of a slig... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7638024 | Capillary electrophoresis method Disclosed is a capillary electrophoresis method for simultaneously electrophoresing an unknown sample and an internal standard material, determining an earliest peak as a peak derived from the internal standard material, and identifying the unknown sample on the bas... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7619212 | Chromatographic analyzer When a standard specimen including a given reference component is analyzed after a separation condition is changed, a data processing section (31) acquires an actual measurement value of a peak of a reference component that appears in a chromatogram obtained ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7582866 | Ion trap mass spectrometry Disclosed is an ion trap mass spectrometer for MSn analysis, which comprises a frequency-driven ion trap section operable to trap sample ions and isolate a precursor ion from the sample ions, while setting an ion-trapping RF voltage waveform at a first fr... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7582861 | Mass spectrometer Disclosed is a mass spectrometer, which includes an ion optical system for converging ions and transporting the ions to a subsequent stage. Instead of a conventional rod-shaped electrode, the ion optical system includes an electrode formed of a thin metal plate memb... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7576855 | Spectrophotometric method and apparatus Disclosed is a spectrophotometry for a spectral transmission measurement of an extremely small volume of sample solution. A sampler 15 is formed of a flat plate member formed with a sample-holding hole 152 which penetrates the flat plate member in its ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576841 | Photometric apparatus A photometric apparatus which includes a cover that houses a UV light source and a photodetector, the cover hermetically sealing an entire light path extending from the light source to the photodetector therewithin; device for replacing an internal atmosphere of the... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7564670 | Vacuum pump A magnetic bearing system for use in a vacuum pump including a motor provided with a rotary blade. The magnetic bearing system including a rotary shaft rotationally holding said rotor, a motor for rotationally driving said rotary shaft, a magnetic levitation section... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7558682 | Chromatograph mass spectrometer An exact centroid spectrum with a mass number corrected is determined from a profile spectrum adjacent to a plurality of peaks. Regarding a profile spectrum determined by a mass spectrometer, overlapping with adjacent peaks occurs, and compounds having a plurality o... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7541594 | Image sensor, and imaging apparatus using the same An FPD controller controls a flat panel X-ray detector (FPD) to perform a reading operation for reading carriers (charge information) and a reset operation for resetting and discarding the carriers, during a frame cycle from a reading point of time for reading charg... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7535004 | Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer Disclosed is a Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer, which comprises: a main interferometer section including a beam splitter, a fixed mirror, a movable mirror, and a phase plate disposed between the beam splitter and the fixed mirror; a control interferomet... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7444863 | Thermal mass flowmeter Disclosed is a thermal mass flowmeter, which comprises a heating unit disposed on an outer peripheral surface of a capillary tube, and a pair of temperature-sensing units each provided as a separate component from said heating unit. The temperature-sensing units are... | 11/04/2008 |
