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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7939176 | Coated substrates and method of coating Disclosed herein is a xerographic print comprising a substrate with a toner-based image printed thereon, the printed substrate including low surface tension portions having a surface tension of no more than about 22 mN/m at 25 Deg. C. resulting in a surface tension ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935646 | Spunbonded heat seal material Disclosed is a nonwoven web material (10) comprising thermoplastic fibers or filaments and a method of manufacture thereof. The web material has properties desirable for use on machinery having conventional heat sealing stations (26). Also, disclosed i... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934319 | Pencil-sharpening device The present invention is directed to a pencil-sharpening device having a titanium chromium nitride coating disposed on the cutting blade of the device. The titanium chromium nitride coating is metallurgically bonded to the steel blade. The coated blade provides enha... | 05/03/2011 |
| D636943 | Animal feeding device | 04/26/2011 |
| D636826 | Body exerciser | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927749 | Microbial fuel cell and method A microbial fuel cell includes a cell housing having first and second chambers. The first chamber is adapted for containing a fluid including a biomas. The second chamber is adapted for containing an oxygenated fluid. A cathode extends into the cell housing second c... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927056 | Casing-in machine with book delivery The invention pertains to a book casing device with support plates of a circulation conveyor that transport the books astraddle in a vertical position and with a book delivery unit consisting of a stripping element that is arranged in the plane of motion of the supp... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927055 | Binding-in machine with book feed The invention pertains to a binding-in machine (40) for pressing in and joint forming books (1) which comprises a multitude of pressing devices (1) and assigned joint forming devices (42), as well as devices for feeding the books (1 | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927054 | Binding-in machine In order to realize a particularly compact binding-in machine (40), the pressing devices (41) with the firmly assigned joint forming devices (42) can be driven along a circulation path that essentially lies in a vertical plane, wherein the press... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927053 | Binding-in machine with book delivery In a binding-in machine (40) for pressing in and joint forming books (1), the invention proposes that the delivery device (45) features a book gripper (45.1) with a pair of opposite joint gripping rails (45.4, 45.5) that take hold ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921620 | Method of framing a wall penetration A method of affixing a frame around a wall penetration such as a window box before siding panels are affixed to the wall. The frame has front and back faces and inner and outer edges, a primary channel extending along the outer edge, and a flange extending along the... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918775 | Method and device for creating a hinge-like bendable zone in a sheet of paper, paperboard, cardboard or foil In a method for producing a hinge-like bend line (3a,b, 4a,b or 5a,b) in a sheet (1) of paper, paperboard, cardboard or foil, particularly a brochure cover, by rotatively driven tools (7.1, 7.2), the bending li... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914852 | High temperature coating techniques for amorphous fluoropolymers A coating technique for amorphous fluoropolymer involves adding amorphous fluoropolymer resin to a solvent. The resin solvent mixture is heated to a predetermined temperature above room temperature. The amorphous fluoropolymer resin is dissolved in a heated solvent,... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914316 | Lock attachment for audio-visual connector The combination of an electronic connector plug and an attached locking clip, wherein the connector comprises a cable, a plug housing surrounding one end of the cable, and a plug supported in the housing, such that the plug extends from the front of the housing and ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913402 | Coating for cutting implements A cutting implement having a cutting blade and a coating is provided. The coating has titanium chromium nitride and provides the blade with a satin silver appearance. In some embodiments, the titanium chromium nitride coating has a thickness in a range between about... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7904352 | Method and system for managing material movement and inventory A method is provided that involves entering input data into a computer program including at least one of item number, manufacturing cost, material demand, supplier site, shipping frequency, transit time, and container cost, determining material management costs for ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904015 | Cut sheet media handling transport A media handling transport includes first and second device halves. Each of the device halves includes first, second and third body members, with the first end portion of the second body member disposed adjacent the first end portion of the first body member, the fi... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900362 | Miniature disposable safety scalpel A disposable safety scalpel comprises a handle and a blade carrier, which fit together such that the blade carrier can shift between a retracted position whereby a front portion of the handle covers or otherwise blocks contact with the sharp edge of the blade, and a... | 03/08/2011 |
| D633746 | Coffee maker | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897598 | Inhibitors of the anandamide transporter Analogs that inhibit the transport of anandamide across cell membranes. The inhibitors are amide and ester analogs of anandamide having a tail portion X that is a fatty acid chain remnant, a central portion Y that is an amide or ester radical and a head portion Z th... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892400 | High defiberization chip pretreatment apparatus A chip pretreatment process which comprises conveying the feed material through a compression screw device having an atmosphere of saturated steam at a pressure above about 5 psig, decompressing and discharging the compressed material from the screw device into a de... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887516 | Safety cap for medical needles To protect against the health and safety risks that accompany accidental post-use needle sticks, a medical needle assembly equipped with a safety cap is described. The disclosed medical needle assembly generally includes a needle hub, a needle having a magnetized di... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886445 | Cutting implement with cartridge A utility knife has a receiving cavity which opens through the body. A cartridge comprising a magazine of blades is removably insertable into the receiving cavity. A carrier within the body is manually operable for receiving a blade from the cartridge and positionin... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886395 | Pencil sharpener with eraser A pencil sharpener case has a rotatable cover which covers a mechanical pencil sharpener. In one position, the cover may be rotatably retracted to provide access to the pencil sharpener. The case also mounts an eraser which may be used when the pencil sharpener is c... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884959 | Printing system and method of operating same Disclosed herein is a method of operating a printing system including determining a time of a print problem, accessing a database containing a timeline of print-related attribute changes, modifying one or more print-related attributes, and resubmitting print jobs. I... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880664 | Method for correcting weather data The invention relates to a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for correcting the weather data of radial speed, spectral width and/or differential reflectivity which have been acquired from radar echo data recorded by a ground-based, radar-based remo... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7847191 | Electrical component, manufacturing system and method Disclosed herein is an electrical component comprising a segment having a diameter in the range of about 1 micrometers to about 10 cm, the segment comprising a plurality of non-metallic, resistive fibers in a non-metallic binder. The segment is precisely trimmed to ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846294 | Method of refining destructured chips A system for thermomechanical refining of wood chips comprises preparing the chips for refining by exposing the chips to an environment of steam to soften the chips, compressively destructuring and dewatering the softened chips to a solids consistency above 55 perce... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7874108 | Window frame with installation flange A window frame comprising top, bottom, and opposed side frame elements connected together to define a rectangular frame, each element having front and back faces and inner and outer edges whereby the outer edges define the frame perimeter. An inner channel extends a... | 01/25/2011 |
| D631313 | Scissors | 01/25/2011 |
| 7867691 | Heated water spray processor Excellent development of planographic printing plates can be achieved by exposing an imaged, negative working, photopolymerizable coating to a high pressure stream of essentially heated but otherwise untreated tap water, whereby the water completely removes only the... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866271 | Placement system for a flying kite-type wind-attacked element in a wind-powered watercraft Disclosed is a placement system for a free-flying kite-type wind-attacked element in a watercraft in which the kite-type wind-attacked element comprising a profiled wing is connected to the vessel body via a traction rope. Said wind-attacked element can be guided fr... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862261 | Tool holder with resharpenable cutting tool inserts A tool holder for a resharpenable cutting tool insert has a body portion which includes a recess. A wedge member is positioned in the recess. A locking screw locks the wedge member such that the top surface of the wedge member is in engagement with the bottom surfac... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862018 | Apparatus for cutting into lengths and bringing together a spine strip with cover boards for the mechanized production of book cases In an apparatus for cutting to length sections of a spine insert (1) that is unwound from a supply reel and for bringing together the spine inserts with infed cover boards (8) in a roller applicator (5, 6) for the mechanized production of book c... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861355 | Retractable eraser with bristles A retractable eraser has an elongated contoured housing which has a longitudinal slot and spaced detents and an opening at one end. A carrier has a button which is depressible so that a catch clears the detents to permit selective longitudinal displacement of the ca... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7856847 | Multiple reflux stream hydrocarbon recovery process An ethane recovery process utilizing multiple reflux streams is provided. Feed gas is cooled, partially condensed, and separated into a first liquid stream and a first vapor stream. First liquid stream is expanded and sent to a demethanizer. First vapor stream is sp... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854531 | Bridge seal for a warning light assembly The disclosed bridge seal includes a substantially rigid bridge component and flexible gutter seal arranged to span the openings between adjacent housing modules of a modular warning light assembly such as a lightbar. The bridge seal physically connects the adjacent... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7849805 | System and method for the operation of a furnace that is operated with at least one coal pulverizer A primary air system for a combustion plant provides a flow of primary air to at least one coal pulverizer, which emits pulverized coal in a downstream direction to a furnace. The primary air system includes a first primary air line for feeding hot primary air to th... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844864 | Location based notification system A location based notification system for a shop having multiple components that are susceptible to a fault event includes an electronic data storage device and a fault event sensor apparatus associated with each susceptible component. The electronic data storage dev... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841924 | Brassiere cup underwire A brassiere cup underwire includes a flexible plastics strip of varied crosswise dimension along its length so that the degree of support offered by the underwire varies throughout its length. ... | 11/30/2010 |
