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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070222449 | Method of Effecting Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Experiments Using Cartesian Feedback In nuclear magnetic resonance experiments, Cartesian electronic feedback is used to reduce substantially in transmission and/or reception the deleterious effects of sample-mediated and direct interactions between coils in an array of transmitting and/or receiving coils.... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20060108291 | Hog manure treatment system The invention relates to a method of treating manure such that odour from the manure is significantly reduced or eliminated and producing therefrom recyclable water, value-added biosolids and ammonia. Specifically, the manure is combined with lime at high pH. The materi... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060053686 | Pollen harvesting Pollen is harvested from plants by mounting a suction nozzle on a vehicle such as a crop harvester or crop sprayer so as to be carried thereby and arranged on the vehicle so as to be located in the field adjacent the plants as the vehicle moves across the ground. A suct... | 03/16/2006 |
| 20060054773 | Manhole collar for supporting a davit A manhole collar for mounting in a manhole is defined by a tube with rigid strips shaped to form lobes welded around the upper edge with a bottom edge of each lobe for engaging the ground or other surface around the manhole. A support sleeve is mounted on the tube in a ... | 03/16/2006 |
| 20060049729 | Book storage and transportation bin A rectangular bin for storing and transporting books at a sorting station in a library has a base on wheels with four side walls and a horizontal floor panel movable vertically within the bin. An optical sensor is mounted adjacent the upper rim and is controlled by a co... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060043224 | Portable pill crusher A pill crusher has a portable housing with a base to be supported on a surface and a top surface having a transverse slot opening into a holding container in the housing for one of more pills carried in a pouch. The pouch can be manually inserted through the slot until ... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060045710 | Hoist A hoist includes two lift columns with a base for supporting the upright on a floor, the base projecting to a working side of the upright and a lift arm mounted for sliding movement up and down along the upright with the lift arm projecting to the working side of the up... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060026913 | Extruded profile system for forming sliding fenestration products A combination of profiles for forming slider and double hung sash windows or patio doors includes a common outer profile and two different inner profiles so that one inner profile can be used to form the double hung and the other to form the slider. This allows the slid... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060022451 | Game ticket construction A game ticket construction is formed by laminating two substrate sheets by a band of adhesive between the sheets across a center line so as to form an initially flat construction which can be folded into a four page eight surface booklet. A plurality of different games,... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060022389 | Leaf spring assembly with forged fastener In an alternative assembly of multiple leaves in an assembled leaf spring; a forged fastener is used instead of a bolt and nut. To form the forged fastener, a cylindrical member with a preformed head on one end is inserted through the centre holes of each leaf of the le... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060022027 | Tamper evident seal A tamper evident seal includes a frangible portion spanning between a pair of adhesive end portions. One of the end portions can be secured to the body portion of a food container while the opposing end portion can be secured to the lid of the container such that the fr... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060016105 | Device and method for locating an underground object An indicator device is used for locating an underground object, for example an underground pipeline, prior to surrounding excavation by a bucket excavator. The device generally comprises a panel member buried in the ground directly above the object. The panel member inc... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20060012948 | Transformer with housing and switch gear A transformer is formed by a housing having a main transformer compartment, a first compartment for the input terminals for the main power supply, a second compartment for the output terminals to supply the load and a third compartment for a manually operable switching ... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20060011715 | Disposable container for liquids with molded liner A container primarily for hot (or cold) beverages such as gourmet coffee has an outer shell formed of a stiff sheet material having heat insulating properties such as cardboard which can be erected from a flat storage condition to enclose an inner lining member for cont... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20060010790 | Method and kit for supporting a foundation post A pair of brackets are provided for supporting threaded rods alongside a foundation post on a footing block of a static structure, for example a residential deck. The brackets, which permit mounting of the threaded members alongside the post instead of beneath the post,... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20060006639 | Lottery ticket with metailized scratchoff layer A lottery ticket having a substrate layer with game data printed in a game area and which is arranged to prevent access to the game data from a rear surface of the substrate and has at least one fixing layer applied over the game data in the game area so as to prevent r... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20060005492 | Building panel A building panel is provided for affixing to above-grade exterior building surfaces, the building panel comprising: opposed front and back sides generally parallel to each other; opposed top and bottom edges generally parallel to each other; a generally horizontal groov... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20060002649 | Intrusion detection system for use on an optical fiber using a translator of transmitted data for optimum monitoring conditions A method and system of intrusion detection system for a multimode fiber optic cable. A light signal is launched into the cable fiber to establish a narrow spectral width, under-filled non-uniform mode field power distribution in the cable. A small portion of the higher ... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20060002691 | SPACE HEATER A portable space heater is provided in which a sealed vessel includes electrical heating elements for containing a fluid to be heated. A cooling tube communicates between an outlet at a top of the vessel and an inlet pipe extending down into the vessel. The inlet pipe i... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20060002650 | Intrusion detection system for use on an optical fiber using a translator of transmitted data for optimum monitoring conditions A method and system of intrusion detection system for a multimode fiber optic cable. A light signal is launched into the cable fiber to establish a narrow spectral width, under-filled non-uniform mode field power distribution in the cable. A small portion of the higher ... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050285743 | Method and device for detecting illegal operation of vehicles This document outlines a system and device for detecting incorrect or absent information related to legal operation of a motor vehicle. Information is periodically gathered by an in-vehicle system capable of reading RFID-tagged documents (such as registration and insura... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050284421 | Coal combusting boiler A coal consuming boiler is provided with a combustion chamber having a divider of refractory material formed therein which separates the combustion chamber into primary and secondary combustion areas. A coal burner head for combusting coal is located in the primary comb... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050284124 | Reversible feed roller with radially extendible fingers A feed roller primarily for feeding crop into a feeder house of a combine harvester is located above and behind a feed draper and includes an outer flight and retractable fingers for feeding the crop through the zone behind the draper and into the feeder house. The fing... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050284744 | Coal fired heating system Portable or temporary heating is provided by locating a container adjacent an area to be heated in which the container comprises a portable building including a coal storage compartment and a heating compartment therein. A heating apparatus, for example a boiler, is pro... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050281625 | Pile installation method with downhole hammer A pile is installed in a drilled hole in the ground by inserting a tube extending to the bottom and providing on the bottom end of the tube a bottom shoe for compressing material at the bottom of the hole. A drive tool attached to the upper end of the tube applies downw... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050283058 | Detection and monitoring of changes in mineralized tissues or calcified deposits by optical coherence tomography and Raman spectroscopy Early dental caries detection is carried out by a method that combines optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Raman spectroscopy to provide morphological information and biochemical specificity for detecting and characterizing incipient carious lesions found in extracte... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050279424 | Base plate for mountng a router in a support table A system of machining a workpiece with a router bit includes a base plate for mounting in a recess in a router table having a work surface over which the workpiece is to be moved. The router is mounted underneath the plate with the bit driven about a bit axis which is a... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050279590 | Attachment for preventing reverse rotation of a shaft A fan rotor is mounted on a shaft carried on bearings attached to a base plate and there is provided an assembly for preventing reverse rotation of the fan which could damage the motor. A stop plate is mounted on the base adjacent the shaft with an edge adjacent the sha... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050282602 | Combine harvester with ready adjustment of discharge positions of straw and chaff A combine harvester has a straw chopper attached to a rear hood behind the rear edge of the sieve assembly with a chaff guide system to bypass the chaff in front of the chopper and a straw guide system to bypass the straw above the chopper and over the tailboard. The ch... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050277454 | Device and method for collecting chaff Chaff exiting a combine is collected by a device comprising a trough supported below the straw exit and chaff exit at the rear of a combine. Both straw and chaff are collected in the trough and mixed together by an auger in the trough which conveys the mixed straw and c... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050268484 | Resilient sole insert Work footwear includes a work shoe and a resilient anti-fatigue layer shaped to fit under the sole and heel of a shoe of a wearer with a cover member elastically attached to the shoe to trap the layer therebetween. The layer is separate from the cover for ready replacem... | 12/08/2005 |
| 20050268526 | Flexible fish replica A method of preparing a flexible fish replica which comprises a body composed of flexible foam and a synthetic skin prepared from a flexible material is described. ... | 12/08/2005 |
| 20050261848 | System and method for classifying restoration of paper collectibles A method of assigning a score to a restored paper collectible based on the quantity and quality of restoration procedures is herein described. ... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050247825 | Railway indicator device and method A railway indicator device is provided for indicating a condition associated with a particular section of track of a railway. The device includes a post supported in the ground adjacent the railway track which pivotally supports a swing arm thereon for movement between ... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050247517 | Mobile mount for attachment of a fall arrest system A mobile mount for attachment of a fall arrest system is provided for example for aircraft and includes a base carried on ground wheels and a support which is adjustable in height upstanding from the base and an arm cantilevered over the base. At least one receptacle is... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050242335 | Fencing construction A plastics and metal fencing system includes a cylindrical metal post for engaging into the ground with a square tubular cladding post formed of an extruded plastics material engaged onto the metal post. A fence panel is formed by a top rail, a bottom rail and a plurali... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050245301 | Venting of a combine harvester A combine harvester with a straw separating system and a sieve assembly below the straw separation system with a rear edge over which the chaff is discharged in the air flow has a housing with a rear hood behind the straw separating system and behind the rear edge of th... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050241783 | Screen system A screen system is used to span the opening in a building, for example a door opening in a garage to inhibit entry of insect through the opening. The screen system includes a plurality of fasteners securable about a periphery of the opening. A sheet of screen material i... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050238204 | Optical sensor to measure the relative positions of two elements such as the stroke position of a hydraulic cylinder A signal indicative of a distance from a first element to a second element, such as the end face of a piston from the end wall of its cylinder, is generated by providing an optical imager carried on a housing that is fixed on the end wall with the optical imager pointed... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050240384 | Method for modeling complex occlusions in fluid simulations A method of incorporating effects of solid dynamic objects into each discrete time step of a fluid simulation in a high quality fashion on Cartesian grids. The method relies on modifying the fluid velocity field within regions internal to the solid objects prior to the ... | 10/27/2005 |
