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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046911 | HOUSING OR HOUSING PART FOR SANITARY PRODUCT DISPENSER A housing or housing part (2) for a sanitary product dispenser that can be fastened to a wall, comprising: A) a front (3) comprising a monitor (4), wherein B) the housing part (2) can be detachably fastened to a sanitary product dispenser, C)... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046863 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AEROPLANE GAS TURBINE ENGINE An apparatus for controlling an aeroplane gas turbine engine has various sensors and devices for operating the engine, and two control channels each calculating a command value for controlling operation of the engine based on signals outputted from the sensors. In each ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046851 | REAR WHEEL STEERING VEHICLE In a rear wheel steering vehicle equipped with a vehicle motion stability control system that can be selectively switched on and off, the motion stability of the vehicle is prevented from being impaired when an abnormal condition should develop to a rear wheel steering ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046670 | DEVICE FOR ANCHORING A SUTURE IN TISSUE A device for the anchoring of a suture in tissue includes a guide sleeve, a sonotrode, an anchor and the suture. The guide sleeve has a distal part with a smaller cross section and a proximal part with a larger cross section. The sonotrode extends through the lumen of t... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045885 | VIRTUAL CREATURE CHARACTER FOSTERING APPARATUS A virtual creature character fostering apparatus, which allows a user to understand by experience that passage of time and physical contact are important for fostering a virtual creature character, is provided. The virtual creature character fostering apparatus includes... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045746 | PREPARATION TOOLS FOR PIPE ENDS AND RELATED METHODS Various systems, tools, and methods are described for rendering regions of coated pipe suitable for receiving press fittings. The systems, tools, and methods may also be applicable for transforming regions of pipe, coated or uncoated, and which are otherwise unsuitable ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043923 | MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENTS A method of replicating at least one optical element is provided, the method including the steps of: providing a substrate with two large sides and at least one pre-defined replication site defined by a through hole or blind holes at corresponding locations on both larg... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043008 | PASSIVE ENERGY ABSORBING SEAT A vehicle seat back includes a frame and back support member. The back support member can connect with the frame at a first location and at a second location. The back support member can include a breakaway connection configured to rupture during a crash event to increa... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042207 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING FOREIGN MATERIAL FROM PROCESSING TANK Problem to be Solved To provide a processing tank with a simple construction which enables fluidization and agitation of a processing liquid in order to reliably prevent settling of the processing liquid. Solut... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042187 | SUPPORT DEVICE FOR CONVEYING HEAVY LOADS A support device for conveying heavy loads includes a support body and a roller body which revolves around the support body, wherein the roller body includes a series of support rollers and distancing rollers, the distancing rollers have a smaller diameter than the supp... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042183 | SUPPORT DEVICE FOR A CONVEYOR INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF A CONVEYOR INSTALLATION A support device for the support of conveyed objects, includes a roller body with a series of rollers, which run along a path and support the conveyed objects in a support region. The rollers roll in the support region on a support surface. Thereby, the following steps ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041735 | CALCIUM PHOSPHATE PARTICLES AND HYDRAULIC CEMENTS BASED THEREON Calcium phosphate particles having A) a specific surface area (SSA) larger than 0.1 m2/g; B) a mean diameter smaller than 5 mm; C) a Ca/P molar ratio superior to 0.95; and wherein D) said particles have been subjected as a last processing step to a heat treat... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041704 | DEVICE FOR STIRRING, FROTHING AND OPTIONALLY HEATING LIQUID FOODS A device for stirring, frothing and optionally heating liquid foods, particularly for frothing milk, including at least two device parts: First, a freely movable fluid container, which has no electric machine parts and is therefore waterproof and dishwasher-safe, and se... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041512 | OVERSPEED PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE In an overspeed protection apparatus for a gas turbine engine having a turbine rotated by combustion gas injected from a combustion chamber to drive a compressor, a fuel shutoff valve to shut off fuel to be supplied to the engine and a controller controlling operation o... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041510 | FUEL CONTROL APPARATUS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE In an apparatus for controlling a flow rate of fuel to be supplied to a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine having a turbine rotated by combustion gas injected from the combustion chamber and a compressor for compressing air to be supplied to the combustion chamb... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041438 | CONSTRUCTION OF A WIND ENERGY PLANT A wind power plant with a tubular tower, wherein the tubular tower will be or is arranged above a foundation body, preferably arranged in the ground, and the tubular tower has a tower foot flange, which is or will be connected with the foundation body by means of a flan... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040447 | VEHICLE DRIVEABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM In a vehicle driveability control system for determining a control variable that is applied to a vehicle for a given control input including a front wheel steering angle according to a response of a vehicle model (10) to the given input, a parameter of the vehicl... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040424 | VEHICLE KEYLESS OPERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD A keyless function system and method includes a portable device having a vehicle function actuator thereon for initiating operation of a vehicle function. The portable device transmits an actuation signal to the vehicle when the vehicle function actuator is actuated. Th... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040131 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PROPYLENE GLYCOL Propylene glycol is produced by a method of producing propylene glycol, the method including: obtaining propylene glycol by performing catalytic hydrogenation of glycerol in the presence of a catalyst, the catalyst containing zinc oxide and at least one of copper and co... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039948 | Novel Polycarbonate-Polyorganosiloxane- And/Or Polyurethane-Polyorganosiloxane Compounds The present invention relates to novel polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane and/or polyurethane-polyorganosiloxane compounds, methods for their production, their use, functional formulations containing them, precursors for their production, as well as reactive compositions ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039048 | SPACER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SPACER ELEMENT A spacer wafer for a wafer stack includes a spacer body with a first surface and a second surface, and is intended to be sandwiched between a first wafer and a second wafer. That is, the spacer is to keep a first wafer placed against the first surface and a second wafer... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039018 | Ultra Low-Emissivity (Ultra Low E) Silver Coating A silver conductive coating possessing infrared absorbing properties is disclosed. The coating is made from a blend of one or more micron size silver powders and/or flakes together with carbon black, inorganic pigment, glass frit, and powdered selenium or bismuth metal.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038907 | Organic-Coated Synthetic Mica Powder, Production Method Thereof, And Cosmetics Using The Same The present invention provides an organic-coated synthetic mica powder excellent in feeling in use and water-repellent property by an organic coating layer from an organic surface treatment agent, which is firmly and chemically bound to the surface of the synthetic mica... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038824 | Emulsion-Type Hair-Dressing Preparation Problem: To provide an oil-in-water emulsion-type hair dressing preparation which exhibits excellent spreadability, unclamminess and excellent hair-dressing properties and which does not generate a feeling of squeakiness. Means for Resoluti... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038743 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN A curved portion is formed at a corner portion between a shroud and a positive pressure surface of each of a plurality of blades. The curved portion has a curvature that decreases from a suction port or the vicinity of the suction port toward a corresponding one of disc... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038048 | RETROREFLECTIVE MEMBER PRODUCING IRIDESCENT REFLECTED LIGHT An object of the present invention is to provide a retroreflective member that can improve the visibility further. The retroreflective member includes a reflective layer and transparent microscopic beads 13. The retroreflective member gives a phase difference cor... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037263 | BLADE ANGLE ADJUSTMENT RATE LIMIT ADJUSTMENT A method for the operation of a wind power plant (11) with a rotor (9), which has at least one rotor blade (10), wherein at least one part of the rotor blade (10) will be or is rotated around a longitudinal axis of the rotor blade (10)... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037203 | INSERT PART WELD MOLDING METHOD To provide an insert part weld molding method for reliably welding an insert part to a blow molded object while preventing an unwelded portion from being created at a circumferential edge of the insert part in a thickness direction thereof. An insert part weld molding m... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036970 | OPTICAL ENCODER DEVICE An optical encoder device is provided, in which the number of light transmissive slits of a stationary slit plate can be increased as much as possible according to the length of a light receiving surface of a light receiving element to produce an output signal with litt... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036529 | CASTING DIE DEVICE A casting die assembly which does not produce any burrs includes a stationary die and a movable die that are clamped in a condition in which a slide core is caused to move toward a center of a movable die, and a back surface of a protrusion of the slide core contacts a ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035974 | IRON TOTE An iron tote includes a soleplate rest, an iron seat, a cord guide, and a wall stand. The soleplate rest defines a soleplate resting surface for the soleplate of an associated iron. The iron seat connects with and projects generally forwardly from the soleplate rest. Th... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035183 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETECTING POSITION Sonic wave speed at a part is calculated considering the environment surrounding the part, sonic wave speed around the part is measured, and the accuracy of the position detection is improved. An ultrasonic wave transmitting device is arranged at a robot hand tip, hexah... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035113 | VEHICLE TOE ANGLE CONTROLLER It is possible to drive a motor (7) with a high output during a low-speed travel and perform steering with a high resolution during a high-speed travel. An electric power steering device (1) causes the motor (7) to generate an auxiliary torque based... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035047 | METHOD FOR NEED-BASED ORDER-PICKING OF MEDICINE PORTIONS IN DISPENSING PACKS In a method for need-based order-picking of medicine portions, several medicine portions of a defined type are firstly identified in several blister packs of different dimensions having receiving chambers and are placed in an automated storage facility. Data identifying... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034684 | Process For Preparing Crosslinked Hyaluronic Acid Gel A novel process which can simply prepare a crosslinked hyaluronic acid gel having a small crosslinking agent content and exhibiting excellent viscoelasticity is provided. A process for preparing a crosslinked hyaluronic acid gel, comprising... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034391 | SHAPED ARTICLE The shaped article is obtained via a cementitious reaction of a particulate composition reactive with water, whereby said reaction is obtained between said composition and an aqueous, liquid or gaseous phase. The particles of the shaped article are present in the form o... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033871 | METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF TRICHINELLA INFECTIONS AND DIAGNOSTIC COMPOSITION FOR SUCH METHODS Method for the determination of Trichinella infections in an animal or a human, comprising the incubation with Trichinella antigens of a tissue sample taken from the animal or the human, the processing of the tissue sample, the addition of anti-antibodies ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033835 | TRAINING DEVICE A training device capable of converting kinetic energy of an agent into electric energy while applying to the agent a resistance force of a variation behavior appropriate to a motion behavior of the agent. According to the training device, a strength and a direction of ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033477 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING CHRONIC PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES AND MARKERS AND TARGETS FOR SUCH METHODS The invention relates to the use of special conformers of the DISC1 protein as a marker or target for chronic psychiatric illnesses, particularly schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or depression.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033411 | Novel Ammonium-Polyurethane- And/Or Polycarbonate Compounds The invention relates to novel compounds, in particular ammonium-polyurethane and/or polycarbonate compounds, in particular ammonium-polyurethane-polydiorganosiloxane and/or polycarbonate-polydiorganosiloxane compounds, methods for their production as well as their use.... | 02/10/2011 |
