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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047461 | System and Method for Desktop Management A system and method includes displaying a desktop for a computing system, the desktop having icons. In response to a single action being performed, the method makes the icons non-viewable on the desktop when the icons are initially viewable, and makes the icons viewable... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046983 | Health Care System, Method and Devices for Collaborative Editing of a Medical Document A system for providing health care documentation is disclosed. The system includes one or more of a local location and a remote location including a plurality of devices including one or more patient examination note-taking devices, and one or more of patient diagnostic... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042474 | Trackway for Personal Rapid Transport Systems A trackway for a personal rapid transport systems which comprises track members formed of preformed grid-like structures. The preformed grid-like structures may be formed of fiber reinforced plastic or the like.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042015 | System for Transporting and Manipulating Tires and Wheels A factory layout including a track circuit, one or more wheeled carts for traversing the track circuit and a tire/wheel assembly carried by the wheeled cart. One or more work stations can be positioned at locations along the track circuit. Various wheeled cart embodimen... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041315 | Fluid Filter Element A filter element is removably positionable within a filter housing defining a filter chamber for said filter element. The filter housing comprises a standpipe extending within the filter chamber. The filter element includes a tubular filter media circumscribing the stan... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110031950 | System and Method for Load Control A system is described including a means for receiving a potential and selectively supplying the potential to a load. The receiving and supplying means being responsive to a load control signal to supply the potential to the load when the load control signal is present. ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030145 | Insulating Hand Tool An insulating hand tool having handles of insulating material located at or towards one end of the hand tool capable of being grasped by a person using the hand tool and work elements located at or towards the another end of the hand tool at the nose or head of the tool... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110026857 | Shopping Bag and Method of Using Same A container which includes a container shell defining an interior therein and having an opening for accessing the interior. A first grommet and a second grommet each are located on the container shell and each include a perimeter that defines an aperture through the gro... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110011357 | Energy Recovery System for an Added Motion System A hydraulic circuit is disclosed. The hydraulic circuit includes an actuating mechanism having an engine valve and an engine valve spring, an added motion valve system having a cam system, a valve in fluid communication with the actuator mechanism, and a dump valve and ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110003676 | A SEPARATION DEVICE A separator device comprises a cylindrical separation chamber within which a motor-driven rotor is situated. The rotor has vanes. In operation, an inflowing mixture enters through an inlet and is subjected to centrifugal force imposed by the rotation of the rotor. A lig... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100326790 | Escalator Escalator with a series of steps connected to at least one drive chain, driven by a motor mechanism, travelling via an advanced track and a return track placed alongside, there being transition zones between two levels, said tracks respectively comprising a main set of ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100311173 | Procedure and System for the Agricultural Evaluation of Livestock Excrement A system consisting of livestock farms (2) that produce excrement; plots of arable land (3) for the agricultural utilisation of the excrement; and lorries (4) for transporting the excrement, which comprises the following steps: 12/09/2010 | |
| 20100307659 | Filter Media and System and Method of Manufacturing the Same Filter media and a method for manufacturing filter media is disclosed. The filter media includes a corrugated porous filter media layer including a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the corrugated porous filter media layer includes one or more peaks separated by... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100300568 | Vortex Flow Control Device A vortex flow control device is manufactured by forming a template unit having end walls of which the wall has an outlet opening, and a partial outer wall. The partial outer wall has an opening. A plate is subsequently secured to the template unit to partially close the... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100294585 | Power Generation System and Method for Assembling the Same A power generation system is disclosed. The power generation system includes an electrical converting device and a repowered portion connected to the electrical converting device. The repowered portion includes a reciprocating internal combustion engine and a gearbox. T... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100269261 | Cushion and Method for Manufacturing the Same A cushion unit includes shell having a first cushion retaining portion and a second cushion retaining portion that are demarcated by a hinge-seam including a fastener portion. The fastener portion is secured to an inboard surface of the shell. According to an embodiment... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100263936 | Reamers and Methods for Directional Drilling A reamer includes a mandrel defining a mandrel axis and arms extending radially from the mandrel. Each arm has a proximal end and a distal end. The reamer includes a cutting head disposed on the distal end of each arm and cutting teeth disposed on each cutting head. The... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100263801 | Inflation Work Station An inflation work station for inflating a tire-wheel assembly including a tire mounted to a wheel is disclosed. The inflation work station includes a working device having an end effecter. The end effecter includes a wheel-engaging plunger member, a retaining apparatus ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100263507 | Apparatus and Method for Shaping Slabs of Material A slab shaping system includes a slab shaping device. The slab shaping device includes a cutting device and de-burring device, wherein the cutting device and the de-burring device, respectively cut and de-burr a slab. According to an embodiment, the slab shaping system ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100261599 | Taphole Fill Material and Method for Manufacturing the Same A high-temperature, heat-resistant fill material is disclosed. The high-temperature, heat-resistant fill material includes an alumina refractory waste material having one or more of a used alumina-magnesium-carbon material, a used high-alumina material and a used fused-... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100252495 | Filter Structure A filter element is disclosed. The filter element includes a filter casing defining an inner radial surface, a filter body disposed within the casing, the filter body having an axial, dirty side surface and an axial, clean side surface, wherein the filter body includes ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100252120 | Method and Apparatus for Transporting a Particulate Material Fluidizing transport apparatus comprises a hopper, a pressure vessel and a valve element which controls a port between the hopper and the vessel. The valve element is retained closed against the port under pressure within the vessel. A fluidizing nozzle receives transpo... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100237579 | Suspension Unit A suspension unit comprises a hub about which a suspension arm is pivotable. The hub is secured to a vehicle chassis or hull by means of a connecting element. The connecting element has a flange provided with holes positioned to coincide with pre-existing holes on the v... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100235115 | Automated Binary Processing of Thermographic Sequence Data A method for processing thermographic data is disclosed including thermally disturbing a specimen of unknown quality, collecting thermal data from said specimen, converting the collected data into a measure of variance and comparing the variance from the sample of unkno... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100230103 | Plug for a Perforated Liner and Method of Using Same A plug for insertion into a perforation in a liner or tubular. The plug comprises a base portion and one or more extendible portions. The base portion is securable to and receivable within the perforation. The base portion and the one or more extendible portions seal th... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100230100 | Plug for a Perforated Liner and Method of Using Same A plug for insertion into a perforation in a liner or tubular. The plug comprises a base portion and one or more extendible portions. The base portion is securable to and receivable within the perforation. The base portion and the one or more extendible portions seal th... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100224381 | Mobile Self-Erecting Directional Drilling Rig Apparatus An apparatus and method for horizontal drilling are provided. The apparatus has: (A) a thrust frame; (B) a carriage on the thrust frame; (C) a wheel truck, wherein a rearward portion of the thrust frame can be supported in a lowered position on the wheel truck; (D) a ki... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100217719 | Controller Device A method of validating a cartridge for use with a controller device. The method includes reading a cartridge identifier from at least one of memory of the cartridge and memory of the controller device, obtaining known content associated with the cartridge based on the c... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100217428 | System for Controlling an Electronic Cutting Machine A system for controlling an electronic cutting machine. The system comprises a cartridge having an interfacing connector and memory and a controller device. The controller device comprises a cartridge connector for establishing an electrical connection with the interfac... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100217427 | Controller Device A method of operating a controller device of an electronic cutting machine. The method includes writing a controller device identifier to memory of the cartridge, writing a cartridge identifier to memory of the controller device, and permitting communication between the... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100214607 | Controller Device A method of using a controller device for an electronic cutting machine. The method includes associating at least one of cutting operations and printing operations with glyphs, retrieving the glyphs from at least one of memory of a cartridge in communication with the co... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100206634 | Reamer and Methods for Directional Drilling A reamer for underground boring is provided. The reamer includes at least: (a) a center mandrel, wherein the center mandrel defines a mandrel axis; (b) a plurality of radial members extending radially from the center mandrel; (c) a plurality of cutting heads, wherein ea... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100163189 | System and Method for Mounting a Tire and a Wheel A system for mounting a tire and a wheel is disclosed. The system includes a robotic arm pivotably-connected to an end effector. The system also includes a tire-supporting portion including a support surface and a pair of wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portions di... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100147458 | Weight Applicator for a Wheel and Method for Utilizing the Same A weight applicator for a wheel of a tire-wheel assembly is disclosed. The weight applicator includes an arm portion and an applicator portion connected to the arm portion. The applicator includes a radially-extending flange portion. The radially-extending flange portio... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100145550 | Vehicle Guidance System A vehicle guidance system for directing a vehicle along a predetermined path comprises an onboard computer, a number of distance sensors and a steering system controllable by the computer. The predetermined path is stored in a memory of the computer and, in operation, t... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100140151 | Fluid Filter Element A filter element is removably positionable within a filter housing defining a filter chamber for said filter element. The filter housing comprises a standpipe extending within the filter chamber. The filter element includes a tubular filter media circumscribing the stan... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100136208 | Lifting and Preserving Bloody Impressions for Law Enforcement A fluorogenic lifting strip containing titanium dioxide has been successful in the lifting and enhancement of impressions and bloody impressions from nonporous, semi porous and porous surfaces. The lifting strip is best when activated with an alcohol such as ethanol or ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100128889 | Trim Panel Assembly for Retaining an Acoustical Device A trim panel assembly for retaining an acoustical device, the trim panel assembly comprising a trim panel, and a voice coil, wherein at least a portion of the voice coil is partially embedded within a surface of the trim panel.... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100119282 | System and Method for Printing and Cutting A system for printing and cutting including a housing. A printing system is connected to the housing. The printing system including a print head having a bottom surface. A cutting system is connected to said housing. A movable floor is connected to said housing where th... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100111587 | PRINTING AND CUTTING A method including printing an image onto a medium and printing an alignment region onto the medium. The method further including loading the medium to an electronic cutter and aligning the medium with the electronic cutter. The method further including cutting the imag... | 05/06/2010 |
