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| 20100106061 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL DETECTION OF THE SPATIAL SHAPE OF A FOOT A method for the three-dimensional, digitized sensing of the spatial shape of at least one foot of a person. The method includes: determining a desired position for the foot which is predefined by the footwear to be selected or fabricated; moving the foot to the desired... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100096773 | Syringe Body A method of producing, by injection molding, a hollow cylindrical syringe body which is provided with a scale applied in the longitudinal direction. The scale is applied to a thin carrier film and the carrier film with the scale is inserted into the injection mold prior... | 04/22/2010 |
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| 20100066154 | Tuft picking device for a brush making machine A tuft picker device for a brush making machine has a bristle magazine for holding a supply of loose bristles and a tuft picker having a tuft picking notch being movable past an open side of the bristle magazine in a working stroke. A shield member is adapted to be shif... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20090314975 | Valve with an electromagnetic drive A valve having an electromagnetic drive (10) including a core (12) that is arranged between two pole pieces (14) and has a winding (16) applied thereon which, at least in the direction of a dimension (B) determining the structural size of the... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090309055 | Valve Device A valve device has a valve space (14) formed in a housing (12a, 12b), a valve drive (16) sealed against the valve space (14) by means of a sealing body (26) made of an elastic material, a two-armed actuating lever ... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090278296 | Vise for archery bow A bow vise for clamping an archery bow at three spaced contact points between first and second relatively pivotable bow clamping assemblies movable about a common pivot axis includes a bracket on each assembly spaced from the pivot axis and a pin rotatable in each brack... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090254996 | Security module for audio/video data processing unit The aim of the present invention is to limit the impact of security breaches, which are the emulators of the security module. This aim is reached by a processing unit of audio/video digital conditional access data, encrypted by control words, responsible for processing ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090222982 | Swimming pool with bench seating module A modular occupant bench unit for use in a swimming pool formed from a plurality of contiguous modular wall panels joined end-to-end to define a pool enclosure having a vertical perimeter wall includes a vertical wall having opposite ends adapted to be joined with conti... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090165731 | Scratching and self-grooming tool A self-grooming tool for mammals consists of a quadrilateral pad which has a front face having a plurality of teeth extending therefrom, a rear face and opposed peripheral end and side walls, the opposed peripheral walls having complementary configurations. A recess in ... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090158571 | Method of replacing insulators on a tower and insulator support and transport assembly therefor A method of replacing an electrical insulator on a conductor-supporting tower includes the steps of providing an elongate beam spanning the tower between a work site and a helicopter accessible site, a trolley movable on the beam between the sites and an insulator cradl... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090114203 | String splitter sight for a bow A rear sight for mounting on a multifilament bowstring of an archery bow for sighting a target, including a body having a pair of sides with at least one end extending therebetween, each of the sides having a groove for tightly receiving at least one filament of the mul... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090101439 | Transfer platform A transfer platform for safely transferring a lineman from a helicopter to a utility pole includes a cylindrical hollow member dimensioned to closely fit over the top of the pole, the member having an open lower end and a top cap closing the upper end thereof, the top c... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090100983 | Training device for brass musical instrument A training device for use by a player with a brass instrument having a tubular mouthpiece receiver with an opening in one end and a mouthpiece having an elongated shank at one end for insertion through the opening into the receiver. The device has a substantially planar... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090056688 | Adapter for bow press An adapter for removable mounting on the limb roller assemblies of an adjustable bow press to allow the bow press to be used with parallel limb short limb bows includes a base panel for mounting between the base and the limb roller of such assemblies. A generally uprigh... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090043233 | Digit pad for treating trigger finger and trigger thumb A digit pad for treating trigger finger and trigger thumb includes a digit band which is slid over the affected digit to a position between the PIP and the MCP joints and a palm pad which extends from the proximal end of the digit band toward the wrist, the palm pad bei... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090028643 | Mounting adapter for concrete surface processing tool A mounting assembly for rotatably mounting a surface processing tool holder on at least one motor driven rotatable arm of a surface processing apparatus, such that the tool can spin freely as the arm is driven by the motor, includes an elongate shank having a smooth sur... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080295381 | Decoy movement system for simulating life-like movement of animal species A decoy mounting and movement system for mounting a hollow animal species decoy and for simulating life-like movement of the animal species between a rest position and a vertically pivoted position which simulates feeding by the animal species having a decoy mounting st... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080002179 | Method and apparatus for determining blood oxygen A measuring cell for receiving a blood sample is designed such that it can be transilluminated with a light source. The light source and a means for determining the luminous intensity corresponding to the light source can be arranged on the measuring cell for determinin... | 01/03/2008 |
| 20070288198 | Optical Recording Of The Spatial Shape Of Bodies And Body Parts With Sections That In Part Are Not Optically Visible There is described a method and an apparatus for the optical 3D digitization of bodies and body parts which reveal non-visible regions which therefore cannot be detected by the 3D digitizer. A mechanical aid is fixed at these regions and protrudes into the measurement s... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070235093 | Device and valve combination for reversing the flow of flowing media In a device for reversing the flow of flowing media including two multi-way valves (21) which are fluidically interconnected and mounted on an adapter plate (32), the two valves are identical and are fluidically connected with one another by being pushed o... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070167894 | Digit pad and method for treating trigger finger and trigger thumb A digit pad, and a method, for treating trigger finger and trigger thumb includes a digit band which is slid over the affected digit to a position between the PIP and the MCP joints and a palm pad which extends from the proximal end of the digit band toward the wrist, t... | 07/19/2007 |
| 20070152496 | Bristle magazine for a broom or brush stuffing machine A bristle magazine for a broom or brush stuffing machine includes a receiving space for a multitude of bristles, a bending edge and a bracket opposite the bending edge for maintaining the bristles in a curved condition.... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070145812 | Brush stuffing machine A brush stuffing machine comprising a bristle magazine and a stuffing tool which is movable between a bundle take-over position and a stuffing position, the stuffing tool is pivotally mounted about an axis for movement on a circular arc between the take-over position an... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20060255306 | Valve device The invention relates to a valve device including a housing body (12) having a fluidic chamber (14) formed therein which has at least one valve seat (22), and a valve control member (16) produced in one piece by a molding technique to include... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060233437 | Method and system for the metrological detection of differences in the visually perceived color impression between a multicolored patterned surface of a reference and a multicolored patterned surface of a specimen There is described a method and an arrangement for the metrological detection of the differences in the visually perceived color impression between a multi-color patterned surface (10) of a reference and a multi-color patterned surface (12) of a test item.... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060222553 | Rotary piston pump A rotary piston pump has at least two rotors (8) with associated drive shafts (26), wherein for each rotor (8) an associated bearing tube (28) is provided, which extends into the associated rotor (8) and through which the associated dr... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060208487 | Symmetrical hose coupling A symmetrical hose coupling has two coupling halves that each include a fixing connection and a cam ring. Each fixing connection is designed in one piece with the cam ring. Further, the cams are made hook-shaped in the tangential direction and have radial surfaces trans... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060202595 | Storage chest having interchangeable display/storage panels and means for storing such panels A storage chest having interchangeable display panels, a recess on the chest front wall for removably displaying at least one display panel and a storage rack, vertically slidable up and down relative to the top of the chest, on the rear wall of the chest for slidably s... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060175379 | Device for cooling welding caps A device for cooling welding caps of a welding apparatus includes a cooling line (10). A cooling agent is kept under pressure during removal of the welding caps. An expansion device (16) including an expansion chamber (34) is connected to the coolin... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060140463 | Three-dimensional, digitized capturing of the shape bodies and body parts using mechanically positioned imaging sensors There is described a photogrammetric method and an arrangement for the three-dimensional digitizing of bodies and body parts (26) which are covered with a marked, elastic cover (14), which comprises high-contrast marks which are photogrammetrically analysa... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060114463 | Method for the optical inspection of a transparent protective layer and of a colored patterned surface With a method for the optical inspection of a transparent protective layer (14) and of a colored patterned surface, whereby the transparent protective layer (14) at least partially covers the colored patterned surface, and a first source of illumination (<... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060107478 | Toothbrush A toothbrush comprises a brush body with a brush head and a carrier platelet attached to the brush head. A plurality of bristle bundles consisting of a thermoplastic material are attached anchor-less to the platelet. The brush head in addition has: bores, recesses or ho... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060101274 | Data transfer in an access system An access system includes an access terminal and a control panel. The access terminal is accessible to a user and capable of reading an authentication and/or identification information provided by the user. The control panel is located in a secure area remote from the i... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060087170 | Tuft picker device for a brush making machine A tuft picker device for a brush making machine has a bristle magazine for holding a supply of loose bristles, a tuft picker having a tuft picking notch being movable past an open side of the bristle magazine in a working stroke. A shield member is adapted to be shifted... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20060053901 | Flow meter for gaseous media For the purpose of metering a flow of gaseous media, there is arranged a perturbation body in a measuring chamber which has a medium flowing through it, and an ultrasonic excitation signal is transmitted through the measuring chamber transverse to the direction of flow ... | 03/16/2006 |
| 20060051231 | Compressor machine with two counter-rotating rotors The compressor machine has two rotors rotating in opposite directions, which are fitted to two parallel, spaced apart shafts mounted in a housing. One of the shafts is driven directly and the other by intermeshing toothed gears mounted on the shafts. The housing has two... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060032767 | Packaging for multiple media discs A package includes a stack of hinged trays for holding media discs, having a flexible hinge member affixed to the hinge edges of the trays, mounted in a protective container having a base, a spine and a cover. The bottom tray in the stack is mounted in the base for pivo... | 02/16/2006 |
