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Banana Protective Device

A banana protective device for storing and transporting a banana carefully.

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Assignee: TPV Energy Systems, Inc.


Location: Waltham, MA
No. of patents: 12

NumberTitleIssue Date
5240407Process for producing a sturdy refractory metal oxide article
A process for producing a sturdy refractory metal oxide article includes the steps of heating a substrate of organic material impregnated with a metal compound to thermally decompose the compound without substantial thermal decomposition of the substrate,...
08/31/1993
5104312Mantle technology
An incandescent gas mantle assembly includes a metal coupling member and a mantle supporting sleeve member of thermally resistant material that has a skirt portion to which a metal oxide mantle sock is secured in depending relation. The metal coupling mem...
04/14/1992
5057162Thermophotovoltaic technology
A high-output, narrow band thermally energized radiation source comprises a rare earth oxide radiator member that has a cross-sectional dimension in the range of five to thirty micrometers, the rare earth oxide radiator member, when heated to about 1700°...
10/15/1991
5018963Pulsating gas powered light source
The present invention relates to a pulsating gas fuel light source, utilizing a flexible diaphragm secured within a housing that reciprocates between two positions to generate a pulsating fuel flow thereby providing a lamp which flashes at regular interva...
05/28/1991
4976606Thermophotovoltaic technology
A high output, narrow band thermally energized radiation source comprises a rare earth oxide radiator member that has a cross-sectional dimension in the range of five to thirty micrometers, the rare earth oxide radiator member, when heated to about 1700°...
12/11/1990
4975044Gas mantle technology
A mechanically durable, highly luminous mantle for a gas-powered light source....
12/04/1990
4883619Refractory metal oxide processes
A process for producing a sturdy refractory metal oxide articles includes the steps of heating a substrate or organic material impregnated with a metal nitrate compound in an atmosphere in which the partial pressure of oxygen is less than two mm Hg to inc...
11/28/1989
4877553Gas mantle technology
A gas mantle has an operating color temperature of about 2300K and consists essentially of from about one percent to ten percent by weight of ceria and from about ninety percent to ninety-nine percent by weight of erbia....
10/31/1989
4826426Thermophotovoltaic technology
A high output, narrow band thermally energized radiation source comprises a rare earth oxide radiator member that has a cross-sectional dimension in the range of five to thirty micrometers, the rare earth oxide radiator member, when heated to about 1700°...
05/02/1989
4764104Narrow band thermal emitter
A high output, narrow band thermally energized radiation source comprises a rare earth oxide radiator member that has a cross-sectional dimension in the range of five to thirty micrometers, the rare earth oxide radiator member, when heated to about 1700°...
08/16/1988
4750943Thermophotovoltaic system
A thermophotovoltaic energy conversion system includes a thermal energy source and a narrow band emitter spaced and optically isolated from the thermal energy source. Thermal energy is transferred between the thermal energy source and the emitter by a non...
06/14/1988
4707560Thermophotovoltaic technology
A thermophotovoltaic system includes structure defining a diffusion flame burner having separate but adjacent fuel and oxidant inlets, and structure defining a combustion chamber in which an emitter structure is disposed for exposure to combustion product...
11/17/1987
 
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