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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5578950 | Low voltage indicator with a self-biased driver circuit A low voltage indicator circuit including a self-biased driver circuit. A voltage at the output terminal is used to create a bias voltage to operate the driver when less than a threshold voltage is present on at least one voltage supply line. A transistor... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5534880 | Stacked biconical omnidirectional antenna An omnidirectional antenna with minimal gain variation over the 360° azimuth. A plurality of biconical antennas are stacked vertically. A radome covering the antenna and cylindrically encasing the antenna supports the stack of biconical antennas. A bundl... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5458578 | Infusion pump tube A fluid administration set with an infusion pump tube having indentations near its ends within its inner cylindrical wall. The indentations are preferably V-shaped annular grooves. Each groove engages an annular barb on a hollow fitting. The hollow fittin... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5425278 | Weigh scale with sapphire load cell A load cell formed with a single crystal beam and strain gages deposited thereon. The single crystal beam may be advantageously formed from sapphire. The beam is arranged in the load cell with a fixed portion and a free portion to which weight forces may ... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5343141 | Transistor overcurrent protection circuit A transistor overcurrent protection circuit using an error amplifier to make a voltage comparison between a threshold voltage and the collector voltage of a current sensing transistor. The current sensing transistor is arranged in a circuit such that the ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5341038 | Error detector circuit for indication of low supply voltage An error detection circuit having an output transistor of one conductivity type and a sense transistor and error detector transistor of an opposite conductivity type. An input voltage is provided at the collector of the output transistor and an output vol... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5325298 | Methods for generating or revising context vectors for a plurality of word stems A method for generating context vectors for use in a document storage and retrieval system. A context vector is a fixed length list of component values generated to approximate conceptual relationships. A context vector is generated for each word stem. Th... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5317507 | Method for document retrieval and for word sense disambiguation using neural networks A method for storing and searching documents also useful in disambiguating word senses and a method for generating a dictionary of context vectors. The dictionary of context vectors provides a context vector for each word stem in the dictionary. A context... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5310043 | Feed apparatus with two feedscrews A feed apparatus including two feedscrews for supporting flat articles as they are moved along a conveyor. The two feedscrews are mounted in parallel and are spaced apart so that each feedscrew supports the flat articles along a different edge of the arti... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5282283 | Urination station A urination station with a pair of foot mats straddling a urinal basin. Each mat accommodates a foot at a height from the floor which discourages the user from stepping partially on a mat and partially on the floor. Each mat has an adhesive layer which fi... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5272661 | Finite field parallel multiplier A finite field parallel multiplier in GF(qm) including a router for directing 2m-1 components in m groups of m single-component signal lines towards m computing circuits for performing multiply and add modulo-q. The router guides m components f... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5266884 | Threshold controlled circuit with ensured hysteresis precedence A threshold controlled circuit in which hysteresis precedence is ensured by greatly enhancing the gain of the hysteresis loop with respect to the regulator control loop. The number of gain stages in the hysteresis loop exceeds the number of gain stages in... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5250789 | Shopping cart A shopping display system for organizing a shopping list in accordance with the locations of products in a store and for displaying promotions in response to a product being scanned by a product scanner. The shopping list may be generated with the assista... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5192901 | Short circuit protection In the transistor power output stages disclosed herein, short-circuit protection is provided with respect to output terminals through which a reversible motor or other load is to be energized. An output stage connected between the load and one of the supp... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5161586 | Pneumatic control for container filling machine A pneumatic circuit for controlling a liquid filler. A pilot air conduit conducts high pressure air to a pilot valve and a back pressure piloted valve. The pilot valve is normally closed so as to prevent the supply of liquid product to a container. High p... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5151684 | Electronic inventory label and security apparatus A self-contained, reusable, electronic security label device and system wherein a tag device is attached to merchandise for the purpose of security, surveillance, pricing, tracking, accounting and inventory control. The device includes a programmable disp... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5144549 | Time delay controlled processes A time delay control system in which estimated unknown dynamics of a controlled process are caluclated using calculations representative of convolutions of a state transition matrix with past data. A user or high level controller provides desired dynamics... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5134414 | Radar duplexer leakage spike suppressor A method and apparatus for suppressing leakage spikes in a radar duplexer. A flash of radiant energy is triggered immediately prior to sending a radar pulse so as to ionize the gases in a duplexer tube before the leading edge of the radar pulse reaches th... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5131816 | Cartridge fed programmable ambulatory infusion pumps powered by DC electric motors A cartridge fed infusion pump containing a plurality of linear peristaltic pumps. Each pump is powered by a direct current motor. The motor has a shaft which rotates to perform a pump cycle. A position encoder mounted on the shaft is used to determine whe... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5129157 | Sphere shaver A shaver handle having a shaft with a rear end attached to a substantially spherical portion. The front end of the shaft is attached to a shaver head for receiving a shaver head. The shaft attaches off center to the spherical portion. The larger portion o... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5109153 | Flash imaging and voidable articles Voidable articles are made with an identification code and a radiant energy responsive material coated over said code. The material is invisible and remains unactivated in ambient light but obscures the identification code upon being exposed to radiant en... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5093662 | Low altitude wind shear detection with airport surveillance radars Method and apparatus for detecting low altitude wind shear through the use of autocorrelation on the received and processed echo signals. Self Autocorrelation of echo signals and autocorrelation of echo signals from consecutive pulses are used to calculat... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5052733 | Ceiling sign installation pole A ceiling sign installation pole having a slot for carrying an anchor and an intersecting slot for permitting the exiting of a hook hung from the anchor. The installation head has a flat surface with two bumps for lifting adjacent ceiling tiles out of the... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5051741 | Locating system A locating system and method in which a network of communication stations are spread over a surveillance area. Each moveable element is provided with a transponder having an associated identification code. A paging signal sent out over the surveillance ar... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5034705 | Power up and oscillator circuit using a single capacitor A method for powering up an integrated circuit and circuit for implementing the method. A first charging current is used to slowly charge a capacitor used in the integrated circuit upon connecting the power. A power-up signal is provided to initialize dig... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5022757 | Heterodyne system and method for sensing a target substance A system and method for sensing a target substance in a medium by directing at least first and second beams of radiation to intersect within the medium and establish one or more sensing volumes. The beams have different frequencies to generate a beat freq... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5015942 | Positive temperature coefficient current source with low power dissipation A positive temperature coefficient current source having reduced reference current requirements. The output transistors are each buffered by another transistor in a Darlington pair configuration. The reference current required for the circuit is reduced w... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5011378 | Pump tube mount and cartridge for infusion pump An infustion pump fluid source cartridge having a pump interface portion and a fluid source portion. The top edge of the cartridge is bevelled in the fluid source portion to permit bending of the fluid source portion to securely position the pump interfac... | 04/30/1991 |
| 5006975 | Power factor correction circuit A power factor correction circuit in which a divided-down version of a rectified input waveform is sampled approximately at its peak by a sample-and-hold circuit. The peak value is then processed to produce a correction signal which is subtracted from the... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4976681 | Pacer interface device A method and device for providing a timing signal to a medical device in response to light emitting indicators on a cardiac pacer. The device is optically coupled to the light emitting indicators, but is electrically isolated from the cardiac pacer. A tim... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4963703 | Coordinate determining device using spatial filters A digitizing tablet is disclosed in which two sets of circuitous conductive lines form grids each connected at one end to a surrounding conductive loop. All outputs are measured from the conductive loop as a multiplexor sequentially grounds the grids one ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4950255 | Catheter connector and clamp A combination catheter connector and clamp provided with an interlocking hook and post for locking two connector parts together. A manifold separates the lumens of a multilumen catheter into separate arms which can be closed or opened by a pushbutton clam... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4950245 | Multiple fluid cartridge and pump A pump housing which contains a plurality of linear peristaltic pumps and receives a fluid source cartridge. The cartridge is provided with retaining knobs for engaging retaining holes in the front end of the pump housing. A cartridge further contains a t... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4932824 | Cap feeder This invention, as herein illustrated, is for delivering caps in succession, one at a time, to a distributor for application to the tops of containers. There is an end wall at the bottom of a chute against which the bottom cap in the pick-off position abu... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4932568 | Tip-over drum An apparatus for delivering product into a feed tube including a tip over drum which has a tray supported between two side walls. The tray has a convex hump near the axis of rotation for dividing product fed by a gravitational feed into two portions.... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4928200 | Overcurrent protection for switching mode power converter A circuit for decreasing the minimum duty ratio of a switching element in a power converter in response to a signal indicating that sensed current exceeds a second threshold. The circuit turns off the switching element when the sensed current exceeds a fi... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4920503 | Computer remote control through a video signal A system for simultaneously using a video signal to provide a video picture and computer data. At the transmitting end, a video signal is digitized and then modified by substituting digital signals representative of computer data for those representative ... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4916332 | Timing and supply bias circuit using one capacitor A supply bias circuit in which supply current is provided through a resistor coupled to a timing circuit such that this resistor acts as a low pass filter in conjunction with the timing capacitor. Supply current is passed from the timing current through a... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4866311 | Multi-function circuit with double ended charging system A multi-function circuit including an oscillator, a pulse generator and an integrator which share a common timing capacitor. The pulse generator is run by double ended charging of the timing capacitor. The integrator shares the threshold setting circuitry... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4827697 | Settling systems for bag-in-box machines Apparatus and method for packaging particulate product in bags for deposit into cartons of predetermined cross section and height. Sheet material is formed about a filling tube. The sheet material is sealed and severed beneath the filling tube creating th... | 05/09/1989 |
