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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6926696 | Hypodermic syringe needle assembly and method of making the same A retractable needle assembly for use in medical procedures comprising a needle assembly including a hub, a hollow needle passing through the hub and projecting from the posterior end of the hub. A tubular sheath having a longitudinal slot extending along a portion ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926854 | Process of making polyester fine denier multifilament Manufacturing method for polyester fine denier multifilament. The length of a protective delay shroud of the radial outer-flow quenching system used in melt spinning process for manufacturing fine hollow polyester filaments is expressed as (2˜8060×throughput÷fila... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6925713 | Method of manufacturing an annular member made from a metal sheet having a peripheral wall The present invention relates to a disc-shaped material made from metal sheet, provided for the manufacture of a pulley or the like. According to the present invention, even if the metal sheet is thin and light weight, a peripheral wall of sufficient strength can be... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926045 | Binding device In order to prevent an uncut part from being formed in a band portion protruding from a head portion of a binding band, the binding device of the invention has a tightening function of tightening bound articles around which the binding band is wound, and a cutting a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6925974 | Wobble plate engine A wobble plate engine includes a cylinder block, a plurality of pistons, a drive shaft, a weight, an oscillating member, a plurality of rods connecting the pistons to the oscillating member, a pair of bevel gears and a plurality of thrust bearing assemblies wherein ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923967 | Treatment of dyspepsia Use of a at least one type of xanthophylls for the preparation of a medicament for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of dyspepsia, is disclosed. The xanthophyll is preferably astaxanthin, e.g. astaxanthin is in a form esterified with fatty acids, such as in ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6924230 | Method for forming a conductive layer A method for forming a conductive layer is disclosed, which has the following steps. First, a substrate is provided, and then a patterned photoresist layer having an undercut is formed on the substrate. After that, at least one conductive layer is deposited on the s... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921281 | Structure of power line fixing module in electronic apparatus A structure of a power line fixing module for an electronic apparatus. The structure includes an electronic-apparatus housing having a first side plate having a first fixing hole, a power line having a connector at one end thereof, a fixing medium cooperating with t... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920787 | Apparatus for determining and/or monitoring the filling level of a filling material in a container The invention relates to a device for determining and/or monitoring the level of a filling material in a container. According to the invention, an oscillatable unit is provided which is fastened to a membrane, whereby said oscillatable unit is mounted at the height ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921547 | Externally applied medicine for baby's hernia An externally applied medicine for treating pediatric hernia utilizes a dosage unit in powder form contained in a fabric pouch which is applied to the navel of a baby suffering from a hernia. The dosage unit is made from four ingredients which are ground to a powder... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920798 | Vibratory transducer The transducer (1) has at least one at least temporarily vibrating flow tube (101) of predeterminable lumen for conducting a fluid. The flow tube (101) communicates with a connected pipe via an inlet tube section (103), ending in an inlet... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918311 | Weather resistant automatic meter reading unit A chassis for a residential utility meter reading unit includes individual chambers including a transmitter chamber containing a printed circuit board, an indexing unit chamber containing the mechanism for operating dials that rotated in response to use of the utili... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6920640 | Super-resolution recordable optical disk A super-resolution recordable optical disk includes a substrate and forms sequentially on the substrate an under dielectric layer, a mask layer, an interface layer, an organic dye layer, an isolation layer, and a protection layer. A laser beam is projected into the ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6919069 | Aerosol formulation containing particulate formoterol, propellant and polar cosolvent A pharmaceutical aerosol formulation comprising (i) particulate medicament, (ii) 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,3,3,3,-heptafluoro-n-propane or a mixture thereof as propellant, and (iii) 0.01 to 5% w/w based upon the propellant of a polar cosolvent, the particul... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6919537 | Electric heat sealer An electric heat sealer is constructed to include two pivoted arms of substantially T-shaped profile and an electric heating mechanism in one of the arms, each arm having a handhold portion through which the user can hold the electric heat sealer with the left hand ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6918992 | Fluff pulp for absorption products A method of making a dry defibered fluff pulp suitable for absorption products is described. In the making of fluff pulp bentonite (montmorillonite), and optionally an additional inorganic particle compound, such as a synthetic silicate compound, is added to the pul... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915920 | Bottle stopper A bottle stopper mainly includes a body, a plug and a jacket. The body has an expansion spread by the plug and outwardly confronting with the jacket. The plug comprises two necks for two different engagements alternatively engaged with the body to provide a locking ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916099 | Rearview/display mirror assembly A mirror assembly for optional rearview and display includes a specific material of a reflective layer. The reflective layer is made of a multi-layer film such as SiO2/metal/SiO2 or TiO2/metal/TiO2, and preferably has a tr... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916177 | Dental implant with hardened calcium phosphate cement inside A dental implant. The dental implant is to be installed in a predrilled bore formed in jawbone tissue for retaining a dental prosthesis. The dental implant includes a substantially cylindrical hollow base member having a wall defining a space in the hollow base memb... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913563 | Lifting mechanism and treadmill arrangement A lifting mechanism and treadmill arrangement is constructed to include a base frame having a horizontal guide frame, a treadmill base, two links bilaterally mounted on the base frame, and a lifting mechanism mounted between a front side of the treadbase and the bas... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6913930 | Analytical method and apparatus therefor involving continuous titration The present invention relates to an improved analytical method and apparatus therefor, in particular to a method and apparatus for continuous titration in which at least one parameter of at least one compound in a test mixture may be monitored as the composition of ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6914520 | Helmet warning device A helmet warning device. A device relates to a receiver and a warning device with indicators on a helmet. A transmitter, disposed on the scooter, connects to signal lights and brake lights on the scooter. When a driver puts on the helmet and starts the scooter, sign... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6913562 | Folding collapsible treadmill having positioning apparatus A folding collapsible treadmill includes base, a treadmill platform, the treadmill having a front side pivoted the base for enabling the treadmill platform to be turned relative to the base between a horizontal operative position and a vertical non-operative positio... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6910793 | Decorative structure of a car exhaust pipe Decorative structure of car exhaust pipe, including a hollow tubular body, an exhaust cap, a heat-insulating cap and a decorative article. The heat-insulating cap is enclosed in the exhaust cap for insulating the waste hot gas exhausted from the engine from the exha... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6911222 | Anti-depression pharmaceutical composition containing polygala extract A pharmaceutical composition contains a therapeutically effective amount of an active ingredient, in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent for the active ingredient, in which the active ingredient is i) a polar solvent extract of Polygala, ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910387 | Vortex flow sensor for measuring fluid flow through a flow tube The vortex flow sensor is designed to measure the mass flow rate, the volumetric flow rate, or the flow velocity of a fluid flowing in a flow tube having a tube wall, and has two temperature sensors arranged in such a way that the vortex flow sensor may also be used... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910383 | Isolated micro pressure sensor and method for making the same A micro pressure sensor comprising a glass substrate or a bulk silicon wafer with a rampart protruding from the surface and a plurality of first contacting pads, a thin membrane having a plurality of piezo-resistors, circuit patterns, and a plurality of second conta... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910366 | Viscometer The viscometer provides a viscosity value (Xη) which represents the viscosity of a fluid flowing in a pipe connected thereto. It comprises a vibratory transducer with at least one flow tube for conducting the fluid, which communicates with the pipe. Driv... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910433 | Presser device for a sewing machine A push-up lever is rotatably supported on a sewing machine frame, and a coupling lever is coupled to the push-up lever. An oscillating shaft is rotatably supported on a bush, and the coupling lever is engaged with a part of the oscillating shaft. A presser base is c... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910583 | Apparatus for carrying substrates A substrate carrying device is disclosed. The substrate carrying device, in cooperation with at least a substrate, comprises two end plates having a plurality of fixing holes and mounting holes, at least two partition plates each having side faces, side edges and a ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908341 | Battery connector A battery connector in which, even when an engagement piece portion that is required for applying a preload to a contact of a contact member rubs with an engagement face formed in a wall face of a housing made of a synthetic resin, possibilities that the engagement ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905352 | USB mobile disk-pen A USB portable disk-pen includes a USB plug that is inserted to a computer at an upper pen shaft, and is joined as one body with a sheath. A printed circuit board is connected with one end of the sheath, penetrated into the sheath, and positioned along with the shea... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904852 | Sewing machine with needle holder of needle interval adjustable type A main needle holder is disposed above a needle plate, and has a screw portion for fitting a needle bar. A sub needle holder is fitted to the main needle holder by a set screw so as to be adjustable in position. Fitting position of the sub needle holder to the main ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905700 | Hydrogel entrapping therapeutic agent and stent with coating comprising this A hydrogel forming system which comprises a hydrophobic macromer with unsaturated group terminated ends and a hydrophilic polymer which is a polysaccharide containing hydroxy groups which are reacted with unsaturated group introducing compound, is convertible by fre... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905963 | Fabrication of B-doped silicon film by LPCVD method using BCI3 and SiH4 gases A semiconductor device fabricating method for forming a boron doped silicon film includes the step of forming the boron doped silicon film on a substrate at an inner temperature of the reaction furnace ranging from about 460 to 600° C. or at an average velocity of ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907207 | Sealing material for rotary body, usage of the same, and developing apparatus A rotary body sealing material device. The device prevents leakage of powder, by effectively sealing en end of a rotary body with a simple structure. An end seal which prevents toner leakage by contacting an outer circumference of a developing roller, has a contact ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904619 | Adhesion of diving goggle lenses A device formed of adhesion of diving goggle lenses. The device includes a goggle frame, a mask, a front lens and a lateral lens. The front and lateral lens are fixedly adhered by an L-shaped or T-shaped leak-proof gasket of a soft material with high diaphaneity so ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905369 | Card connector with improved erroneous card insertion prevention A locking projection (6) which is formed into a channel-like shape is enabled to enter a channel-like recess (130) positioned in one side end portion which is outside a region where terminals (120) of a card (100) that is inserted in a no... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902147 | Wheeled hydraulic jack with suspensory lifting device A wheeled hydraulic jack with a suspensory lifting device comprises a hydraulic unit, two pivotal cantilever arms and two movable tension links each pivotally mounted on each of the pivotal cantilever arms. The free end of each movable tension link is connected with... | 06/07/2005 |