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Hair Cutting Appliance

A haircutting appliance comprises an enclosed housing having a hollow handle connecting the housing to a vacuum source to carry away cut hairs from a subject's head.

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Attorney: Akerman & Senterfitt


Number of patents: 24
Last date: December 09, 2008

NumberTitleIssue Date
7219910Engine step
An apparatus comprises in combination, an engine compartment having an engine with related engine components, and a step or series of steps. The step is securely mounted in a manner for supporting the weight of a person. The step is adapted with a non-slip upwardly ...
05/22/2007
7218979CAD system utilizing a network
Providing the CAD system utilizing the network that does not need to prepare the graphic data beforehand and can provide the parametric graphic data that user expected promptly by simple order. The present invention of CAD system comprises server computer 1 a...
05/15/2007
7214685Prodrugs for a selective cancer therapy
The chemotherapy of malignant tumours is greatly restricted by the generally slight differentiation of the available cytostatic agents between normal and malignant tissue. In order to achieve an improvement of the selectivity in cancer therapy, novel prodrugs have b...
05/08/2007
7463822Camera with film chamber for selective loading of film roll or cartridge and method of selective loading
A camera assembly includes an endcap assembly for closing off the bottom end of a second film chamber, which is sized to selectively receive a roll of film or a secondary film cartridge housing a roll of film. The endcap assembly can include a movable shutter blade ...
12/09/2008
7230640Three-dimensional perception of environment
A vehicle-useful, high-resolution 3D-detection of the environment of a street vehicle with environment scanning sensors is not possible today. Depending on application the first commercially available vehicle integrated systems may be a comprise between resolution o...
06/12/2007
7210201Clamp coupling for pipes
The invention concerns a clamp coupling for coupling pairs of pipes. Such clamp couplings are used, for example, for coupling concrete conduits from concrete pumps. This clamp coupling (10) comprises two clamp shells (16, 18) which, in the coupling sta...
05/01/2007
7209816System for remote control of vehicle functions and/or inquiry of vehicle status data
The invention concerns a system for remote control of vehicle functions and/or inquiry of vehicle status data, including a first communication device (25) for bidirectional wireless communications with at least one vehicle communication unit (40), wher...
04/24/2007
7206672Vehicle data bus system
The invention concerns a data bus system (30) including a communication unit (40) for bidirectional wireless communication with at least one unit (20) outside of the vehicle (10) and with vehicle units (50, 60, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, ...
04/17/2007
7204504Process for coupling a trailer to a motor vehicle
In the case of a method for hitching a trailer (2) to a motor vehicle (1), in particular a semitrailer to a semitrailer towing machine, an image sensor (5) is provided which is arranged in a hitching region (6) in such a manner that image...
04/17/2007
7204269Articulated mast for movable concrete pumps
A mobile concrete pump comprising at least five mast arms (1 to 7) which are pivotable relative to each other about horizontal rotation axes (B to G). The first respective mast arm is hinged to a mast block (22) so as to be pivotable about a hor...
04/17/2007
7196051Process for the preparation of cyclohexyloxyacetic alkyl esters
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of cyclohexyloxyacetic alkyl esters by hydrogenation of phenoxyacetic alkyl esters and to the use of cyclohexyloxyacetic alkyl esters as fragrances. ...
03/27/2007
7195258Mobile thick matter pump comprising a support construction and a pneumatic air-cushioned wheel axle
A mobile viscous matter pump comprising a hydraulically operated support construction, a distribution boom (16) and a pneumatic cushioned trailing axle (42). To ensure stability during the pump operation, the trailing axle (42) can be lifted by ...
03/27/2007
7189058Fluid flow engine and support ring for it
A fluid flow engine comprises a guiding grid in a housing arrangement for housing a turbine wheel. The housing arrangement has a central discharge channel for the fluid driving the turbine wheel. A ring of guiding vanes located around a central axis is mounted to a ...
03/13/2007
7181025Ultrasound based parametric loudspeaker system
A parametric loudspeaker system is described which is based upon the FM-modulation of an ultrasound carrier. Known systems work with AM-modulation. The FM-modulation produces a good matching to the resonant transducer such as the conventionally employed piezo-cerami...
02/20/2007
7163908Metathesis catalysts
The present invention relates to supported catalysts based on Re2O7/(—Al2O3 for use in the preparation of cycloalkadienes in a metathesis reaction, a process for preparing cycloalkadienes in the presence of these support...
01/16/2007
7147866UV-absorbing lipid vesicles
Highly effective vesicular compositions from UV-absorbing lipids are described in the present invention. Combination of UV-absorbing property and the vesicular delivery system results in higher levels of photoprotection to skin and hair. The vesicular compositions o...
12/12/2006
7144492Assembly comprised of joined conductive components having cataphoretic paint layer and process for manufacture thereof
The application of anti-corrosion base coating by cataphoretic painting (KTL) is well known in manufacturing automobile body parts. However the cataphoretic paint can penetrate only incompletely or possibly not at all into the gap in the contact areas of the compone...
12/05/2006
7131820Method for controlling a thick matter pump
A method for controlling a thick matter pump comprising two delivery cylinders (10) emerging, via two openings (12), into a material reservoir (14), associated with two delivery pistons (26), symmetrically synchronized relative to said cy...
11/07/2006
7128672Cluster sprockets for bicycle transmissions and other prime movers
This invention concerns a sprocket gear for facilitating the derailing of the chain of a bicycle transmission and other prime movers. The sprocket gear includes at least two sprockets axially and concentrically positioned relative to one another. Each sprocket inclu...
10/31/2006
7014151Pitch-based carbon foam heat sink with phase change material
A process for producing a carbon foam heat sink is disclosed which obviates the need for conventional oxidative stabilization. The process employs mesophase or isotropic pitch and a simplified process using a single mold. The foam has a relatively uniform distributi...
03/21/2006
6336098Method for electronic distribution and redemption of coupons on the world wide web
A method and system for electronic distribution and redemption of coupons on a computer network. The method includes the steps of: providing an electronic coupon in the form of a machine readable computer file; permitting a user of a client machine to rec...
01/01/2002
 
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