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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110013338 | Electrostatic chuck device The object of this invention is to provide an electrostatic chuck device which can properly and promptly diselectrify a substrate to be processed. In an electrostatic chuck device attracting a substrate to be processed on the surface of a susceptor electrically, a disel... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100312068 | Surgical retractor The surgical retractor of the present invention includes a proximal base frame having an opening for overlying an operative site on a patient. A plurality of tissue engaging retractor blades are arrayed and disposed about and extend downwardly from the frame about a cen... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100281600 | Support hat A support hat for maintaining a person's head upright. The support hat is comprised of a fabric cap for snugly engaging the person's head and a support strap passes through spaced openings in the back of the cap, and the strap has two tether ends that extend from the sp... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100280370 | Syringe plunger A syringe plunger is manufactured by injecting polypropylene with filler into a mold for forming the hard core of the plunger, and immediately thereafter co-injecting a thermoplastic elastomer into a cover mold positioned at the forward end of the plunger mold cavity to... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100203636 | Method for isolating islets of langerhans Islets of Langerhans from a pancreas are isolated by exposing the pancreas to a very high-glucose (approximately 60 mM to 900 mM) solution to cause shrinking and accommodation of the acinar cells to the solution. Thereafter the very high-glucose solution is replaced wit... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100192817 | Burner nozzle for pulverized coal A coal nozzle for a burner on a pulverized coal fired furnace which includes an elongated tubular nozzle having an inlet for receiving a flowing stream of coal/air mixture and an outlet for discharging the flowing stream into a combustion zone of a furnace for combustio... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100189507 | Method and product for absorbing and consolidating nuisance water or slurry accumulations Nuisance water or slurry accumulations on roadways, such as underground mine roadways, are absorbed and consolidated by providing flexible porous containers that are filled with a mixture of a dry cementitious material and absorbent particulate material. The filled cont... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100186558 | Locking pliers with quick jaw release A jaw release mechanism for locking pliers which utilize an over-center toggle locking mechanism and wherein the normally stationary upper jaw of the pliers is pivotally fastened to the main body of the pliers. This normally stationary upper jaw is releaseably retained ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100122993 | Pocket supported dispenser OFR dispensing disinfecting fluid A pocket supported dispenser for dispensing small amounts of disinfecting fluid from a container holding the disinfecting fluid is provided with a pump spray head secured to an upper end thereof for dispensing small amounts of fluid from the container through a nozzle o... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100096401 | Modular article storage and dispensing assembly A modular article storage and dispensing assembly which includes a side-by-side series of article dispensers for storing and advancing articles for removal. A series of support shelves are positioned end-to-end and supported from upright supports and each shelf section ... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100085595 | Method and apparatus for high-speed inkjet printing Image data for printing an image on a printable medium at high speed with an inkjet printer is received in memory in the form of 512 pixels, or a multiple thereof, wide with a resolution of 360 dots per inch, and saved as an 8 bit color TIFF file with no compression and... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100057054 | Apparatus and method for sterile docking of male medical line connectors A docking station for maintaining sterilization of temporarily disconnected male medical line connectors. The docking station has a plurality of docking bays, each of which retain an ampule therein containing sterilization fluid and have an access mouth exteriorly expos... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100050351 | Apparatus and method for sterilizing a tubular medical line port An apparatus for sterilizing a tubular medical line port, having a cap with an open distal end and a cavity therein which is dimensioned to receive an outer scrubbing member and the medical line port. Outer disinfected-impregnated scrubbing member is coaxially received ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100000855 | Film Forming Apparatus and Method of Forming Film Provided is a film forming apparatus and a film forming method that are capable of enhancing film property uniformity and improving productivity. A film forming apparatus (1) according to the present invention includes substrate temperature adjustment means (heat... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090308885 | Modular gravity feed storage and dispensing assembly A modular gravity feed storage and dispensing assembly including a dispenser having a plurality of spaced vertically disposed panels with a ramp assembly disposed between adjacent vertically disposed panels whereby a chute is provided between each of the adjacent panels... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090308483 | Handheld wire twisting tool A handheld wire twisting tool for making a wire conductor twisted splice connection. The tool includes a winding disk having a plurality of wire insertion apertures therethrough in an annular array for respective insertion therethrough of the stripped ends of wires to b... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090307845 | Shoulder surgery attachment for a surgical table A shoulder surgery attachment for a surgical table having an articulated leg section with accessory attachment rails on opposite sides. An upright chair back assembly is supported at its base or bottom end thereof for attachment to the accessory attachment rails and the... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090283607 | Snow making apparatus A snow making apparatus of the low profile snow gun type or of the tower type having independent and co-extending air and first water conduits supported above ground. Air and first water discharge nozzles are connected to the upper ends respectively of these conduits fo... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090250648 | Gate Valve for Vacuum Apparatus Even when a gate valve for a vacuum apparatus used in a vapor deposition apparatus is in an open position, reliability of keeping a vapor deposition chamber vacuum can be improved by protecting an inner wall surface of a valve casing and a sealing member of a valve body... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090250004 | Gas Head and Thin-Film Manufacturing Apparatus A gas head that, at low cost, is capable of suppressing any deactivation of radical gas and capable of uniformly introducing a raw material gas on a substrate; and a relevant thin-film manufacturing apparatus are provided. A gas head (13) according to the present... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249674 | Firearm steady-rest A firearm steady-rest which is provided in a folded storage form which is incorporated as part of a rifle sling. The steady-rest may be deployed by folding it outward to provide either a V-shaped support configuration or a U-shaped support configuration whereby the upwa... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090243305 | Gravity motor and method A gravity motor wherein a beam is pivotally mounted intermediate its opposite ends for oscillation in a vertical plane about a pivot point on a support structure. A moveable weight is slidably connected to the beam for reciprocal movement between the opposite ends of th... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090238968 | Method for Producing Component for Vacuum Apparatus, Resin Coating Forming Apparatus and Vacuum Film Forming System The object of this invention is to provide a method for producing a component for vacuum apparatus and a resin coating forming apparatus capable of easily forming a resin coating on an internal flow path complex in shape. The resin coating ... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090233743 | Motor to accessory drive system A motor to accessory drive system wherein an electric or gasoline motor, having a housing with a drive shaft end protruding from the motor housing, is mounted with respect to the accessory to be driven, such as a pump or a generator, which also has a housing with a driv... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090183415 | Firearm steady-rest A firearm steady-rest which is incorporated as part of a rifle sling. The steady-rest may be a single support arm or a folded support arm system deployed by folding it outward to provide either a V-shaped support configuration or a U-shaped support configuration whereby... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090173278 | Stage apparatus To obtain a stage apparatus that can be divided for land transportation and can properly treat a substrate to be treated, the present invention provides a stage apparatus including a substrate holding plane which holds a substrate to be treated W, a pair of guide frames... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090153060 | RF plasma source with quasi-closed solenoidal inductor The present invention pertains to RF (radio frequency) inductive coupling plasma (ICP) sources exciting and maintaining plasma within a closed and vacuum sealed discharge chamber filled with a gaseous medium at a controllable pressure in the range from 1 mTorr to atmosp... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090137969 | Apparatus and method for sterilizing a tubular medical line port A device for sterilizing a tubular medical line IV port. The device includes a cap having an open tubular cavity on a distal end which is dimensioned to receive the medical line port therein. A handle is provided on the proximal end of the device for grasping and manipu... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090118708 | Apparatus and method for sterile docking of male medical line connectors A docking station for male medical line connectors, including a base housing securable to a stationary surface and having a plurality of docking bays, each of which is dimensioned and contoured for respectively receiving and temporarily retaining ampules containing ster... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090092436 | Anti-spill dauber wiper for a glue container An anti-spill dauber wiper for removable insertion into a threaded upwardly open cylindrical access neck of a glue container having a lid threadably received on the neck and a dauber for glue application secured to a bottom distal end of a dauber stem which depends down... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090092435 | Liquid soap or lotion applicator A liquid soap or lotion applicator for hard to reach areas of the body which includes in combination a substantially rigid elongated tubular handle with a low pressure squeeze bulb secured to one end of the tubular handle for forcing air under low pressure through the t... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090078755 | Stored-value card management method and system A computerized system for activating, issuing and otherwise managing transactions and activities pertaining to stored-value cards over a communications network. A central information database is provided for storing stored-value cardholder and card purchaser information... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090078370 | Method of separating non-metallic material using microwave radiation A method of high speed cutting of non-metallic materials (14), preferably glass, is described. In the inventive method a concentrated microwave radiation (1) with appropriate frequency and power density is chosen so as to accomplish heating of at least one... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090064948 | Crankcase breather assembly A breather assembly for ventilation and pressure control within a crankcase of a positive displacement motor or pump. The breather assembly includes an intake/exhaust port through the crankcase with a valve seat for the port on an exterior surface of the crankcase. A fl... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090045053 | Method of producing a lithium phosphate sintered body and sputtering target To attain a method of producing a lithium phosphate sintered body and a sputtering target capable of providing a high-density bulk body with no macro-size internal defect, the present invention provides a method of producing a lithium phosphate sintered body, including ... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090014488 | Vehicle hitch assembly for suspension support of an accessory A vehicle hitch assembly for suspension support of an accessory from the rear of a vehicle having a rear bumper and a trailer hitch receiver positioned under the bumper. The hitch assembly includes a horizontally extending rigid trailer hitch receiver insert for inserti... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090008494 | Spool assembly for dispensing a coil of wire A spool assembly for dispensing a coil of wire, such as Romex, wherein a first cylindrical core having top and bottom ends, and provided with a circular radially extending flange secured to the bottom end, is provided in combination with a second cylindrical core having... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080315028 | MOBILE WIRE DISPENSING APPARATUS A mobile wire dispensing apparatus for carrying and moving spools of wire to desired locations. The mobile wire dispensing apparatus includes a conventional hand truck having a longitudinally extending frame with wheels at one end and a handle at the other end, and a fo... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080251556 | Vehicle hitch assembly for suspension support of an accessory A vehicle hitch assembly for suspension support of an accessory from the rear of a vehicle having a rear bumper and a trailer hitch receiver positioned under the bumper. The hitch assembly includes a horizontally extending rigid trailer hitch receiver insert for inserti... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080229895 | Stringed musical instrument A stringed musical instrument, such as a guitar, having a body with a neck secured to the body and over which are laterally stretched substantially parallel strings, which strings are stretched over a bridge mounted on the body upper face between a tuning key disposed o... | 09/25/2008 |
