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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177612 | System and method for playing a game involving the conversion of a communicated message to a text message This invention is directed to amusement devices wherein players attempt to rapidly convert target messages into a “text message” using a conventional keypad arrangement such as that provided on a push button phone. The target message is the message that is inten... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8152643 | Solitaire game played over the internet with features to extend play The present invention provides a method for playing a computer-based solitaire game including the steps of retrieving an input from an internet server to a computer, playing and scoring the game according to the input. The internet server and the computer are interm... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8105148 | Amusement game using vertical rotating wheel This invention is directed to an amusement device consisting of a vertically oriented hollow wheel that is rotated at a constant rate and that has a series of cavities provided along the inner surface of the outer wheel rim. The wheel has front and rear enclosures t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103763 | System for remote configuration, control, and monitoring of devices over computer network using central server Devices, systems and methods are disclosed that relate to the control of devices over a network from a central controller. A computer server can control, monitor and affect devices which include a controller and a network interface for communicating information betw... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8065846 | Modular building panels, method of assembly of building panels and method of making building panels A modular construction system is made of a plurality of panels having peripheral frame elements defining a top channel, a bottom channel, and side channels. An exterior planar sheet and an interior planar sheet element enclose an inner core region that is filled wit... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7942290 | Ticket dispenser An improved device for distributing tickets or coupons is disclosed that includes a plurality of ticket chutes each having a ticket guide assembly for guiding tickets through the chute and an exit slot and biasing tickets against a drive wheel which engages the tick... | 05/17/2011 |
| D629066 | Personal misting device | 12/14/2010 |
| D627253 | Earring back | 11/16/2010 |
| D626881 | Earring back | 11/09/2010 |
| D613174 | Bottle and cap | 04/06/2010 |
| D612736 | Bottle | 03/30/2010 |
| 7676986 | Capturing device for insects A device for manually capturing and restraining intended insects, the same comprising a pad of stacked, singular sheets each sheet having a partial enveloping means comprised of hydrophillic absorbing material and collapsible sheet construction whereby the sheet par... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7598757 | Double ended contact probe It is an object of the present invention to provide a double-ended contact probe that can be improved in productivity to ensure that the contact members are stably movable with respect to each other, and electrically connected to each other. The double-ended contact... | 10/06/2009 |
| 6895052 | Coded signal separating and merging apparatus, method and computer program product Herein disclosed a bit stream separating apparatus for inputting and transcoding an original MPEG-2 bit stream, and separating the transcoded MPEG-2 bit stream to generate a transcoded MPEG-2 bit stream and a differential bit stream, which is a differential bit stre... | 05/17/2005 |
| 7487972 | Balloon amusement game An amusement device for playing a skilled based game, that includes a balloon, a pump for inflating the balloon, a connecting hose for connecting the pump to the balloon, a release value for relieving pressure from the pressurized system, which includes the pump, th... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7464941 | Sealing mechanism for sealing a vacuum chamber A sealing mechanism comprises a support member forming part of the semiconductor producing apparatus which has a vacuum chamber, a rotation shaft rotatably received in the support member, and at least three seal rings axially spaced apart from each other between the... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7354330 | Connection for beads with locked and articulating engagement An assembly of two elements including a first element that has a cavity with an external opening connected to a first region defined by a sidewall that is a spherical segment and the diameter of the external opening is smaller than the diameter of the sidewall in th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334798 | Crane amusement game with vertically adjustable play field This invention relates to coin-operated amusement games referred to as cranes. Cranes have a plurality of prizes that are distributed across the play field of a container that has a claw or other engagement device suspended above the prizes. A player remotely contro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7246800 | Sealing mechanism for sealing a vacuum chamber A sealing mechanism comprises a support member forming part of the semiconductor producing apparatus which has a vacuum chamber, a rotation shaft rotatably received in the support member, and at least three seal rings axially spaced apart from each other between the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244091 | Robot arm mechanism Herein disclosed is a robot arm mechanism comprising a first arm link mechanism and a second arm link mechanism, a robot arm driving mechanism for driving the first arm link mechanism and the second arm link mechanism, and a link retaining mechanism for pivotably re... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7090222 | Shaft sealing assembly for vacuum processing apparatus Herein disclosed is a shaft sealing apparatus which comprises a vacuum casing formed with a vacuum chamber, a driving shaft having an outer cylindrical surface and movably extending in the vacuum chamber of the vacuum casing, and a sealing ring in the form of an ann... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7069979 | Phase change heat sink for use in electrical solenoids and motors A method, and a system for reducing the internal temperature of an electrical solenoid or motor device involves placing a heat absorbing phase change material (PCM) in intimate contact with the device to reduce the internal temperature of the device. The PCM materia... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066962 | Composite surgical implant made from macroporous synthetic resin and bioglass particles A cranio-maxillofacial implant material that is made of a macroporous (greater than 100 microns in diameter) interconnecting porous polyethylene structure with bioactive glass particles dispersed throughout the porous polyethylene structure, is disclosed. The Implan... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055825 | Shaft sealing apparatus Herein disclosed is a shaft sealing apparatus which comprises a vacuum casing formed with a vacuum chamber, a driving shaft having an outer cylindrical surface and movably extending in the vacuum chamber of the vacuum casing, and a sealing ring in the form of an ann... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040852 | Robot arm mechanism and robot apparatus Herein disclosed is a robot arm mechanism comprising: a first handling member for supporting and handling a first object; a second handling member for supporting and handling a second object; a first robot arm including a first arm link and a second arm link, the fi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043102 | Optical fiber interferosensor, signal-processing system for optical fiber interferosensor and recording medium A low coherence light of wide range is fed into a Fabry-Perot load cell having a measured clearance varied in response to physical quantities such as force and pressure or the like to modulate its wavelength. The measured clearance is calculated by the variable gap ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7004520 | Locking arrangement for engagement tool A locking mechanism for elongate tools that are designed to engage objects from remote distances and that have engagement elements located on a distal end of a rod, a handle on a proximate end of the rod, a controller on the handle to control the engagement elements... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001139 | Robot arm mechanism Herein disclosed is a robot arm mechanism comprising a first arm link mechanism and a second arm link mechanism, a robot arm driving mechanism for driving the first arm link mechanism and the second arm link mechanism, and a link retaining mechanism for pivotably re... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6989678 | Determining the dielectric properties of wood A wood drying installation for a wood drying kiln including a pair of electrodes adapted to be inserted into a wood stack contained in the kiln, a resistance connected in a series circuit with the electrodes, an AC voltage source connected to apply an AC voltage acr... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6971543 | Rotating vend mechanism A vend mechanism for transferring articles, or prizes, to a receiving area of a vending machine accessible from outside the machine, including an amusement game machine, has a plurality of conveyors arranged radially on each of a plurality of spaced plates. A first ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957825 | Trailer impact suppression apparatus A hitch receiving assembly for connecting a trailer to towing vehicle is disclosed. The hitch receiving assembly includes a first fixed elongate member mountable to a trailer and a second floating hitch receiving member that is separated from the fixed member by a p... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6899328 | Amusement game An amusement game that includes a horizontally-oriented rotating wheel, a coin chute to introduce a coin to a central region of said rotating wheel wherein the coin slides on its lateral side, a stationary guide to direct the coin in a radial direction from the cent... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6893194 | Workman's tool for accessing cavities A tool assembly comprising a cylindrical hole saw having an annular cutting surface and at least one rebate blade positioned adjacent to the exterior sidewall of the hole saw having a cutting surface in a plane approximately parallel with the cutting surface of the ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6873448 | Optical path switching apparatus Each of light beam switching elements disposed between input and output fiber collimators includes a support member, a first reflection member mounted on the peripheral portion of the support member and a second reflection member mounted on the peripheral portion of... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6848353 | Hydraulic device A hydraulic device includes a passage block with a first hole, an internal body received in the first hole connected to a hydraulic module and an actuator. The actuator has a cylindrical shell integrally connected at its one side to the passage block and projecting ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6848731 | Hinge for extended grabber tool An elongate engagement tool that has engagement elements located on a distal end of a first rod, a handle on the proximate end of second rod, a controller on the handle to control the engagement elements, and a linkage between the controller and engagement elements ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6824466 | Game machine A game machine comprises shift and display section for shifting and displaying various kinds of symbol marks, the shift and display section having prize winning lines formed thereon, in which a predetermined set of symbol marks stopped and displayed on one of the pr... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6819827 | Optical path switching apparatus The disclosed herein is a novel and less expensive optical path switching apparatus for switching at least one input optical path selectively into at least one output optical path which comprises; switching means for switching the input optical path selectively into... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6798184 | Integrated sensor device and measuring system using the same An integrated sensor device having a structure suited for mass production despite of a short lifetime and automatically replaceable, and a measuring system realizing a continuous monitoring at a low cost by using the integrated sensor device are disclosed. The integ... | 09/28/2004 |
