Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7439856 | Health care patient status event processing and reporting The invention provides a method and system for communicating, processing and responding to information reporting the status of health care patients. In one aspect, the invention provides a procedure for allocating the attention of health care personnel to issues and... | 10/21/2008 |
| D567877 | Rotatable display | 04/29/2008 |
| 7235178 | Process and assembly for the treatment of waste water on ships Process for treating waste water on ships in which the waste water is pretreated by surface filtration, the pretreated waste water being collected in a first tank acting as a mixing tank and optionally enriched with oxygen. The waste water from the first tank is con... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7175019 | Jewelry storage and display device A device for storing and displaying jewelry having a frame fabricated from a single sheet of resilient material. The frame contains parallel, spaced apart front and rear panels that are co-joined along their upper edges by a top wall. The front panel extends below t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168268 | Method for the production of colored structures of a glass A method for the manufacture of colored structures of a glass, particularly for applying an inscription to the glass, by locally heating volume elements of the glass by means of a laser beam. The glass contains ions of metals which, in the form of submicroscopic par... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168684 | Tiltable valve for discharging foam and other media A tiltable valve for discharging foam and other media from a pressurized vessel includes a valve disk for connection to the vessel, and a valve body having a holder opening that is placed in an opening in the valve disk and a sealing surface at a side facing away fr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168287 | Reference leakage device for leak sniffer detector A reference leakage device for a leak sniffer detector that is equipped with a sniffing tip and a control unit. The reference leakage device includes a gas reservoir and a constriction wherefrom there is released a specific amount of test gas, at least during calibr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167079 | Method of setting the output power of a pager to aid in the installation of a wireless system A method of setting up a remotely controlled wireless thermostat system for regulating heating and cooling a building. A radio equipped pager is connected to the programmable controller of the thermostat and a self test is conducted to determine if the system can su... | 01/23/2007 |
| D535531 | Spoon | 01/23/2007 |
| D535699 | Magnetic tack | 01/23/2007 |
| D535158 | Spoon | 01/16/2007 |
| D535435 | Illuminator storage system | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159445 | Sniffing leak detector and method for operation thereof A sniffing leak detector includes a handpiece, supporting a sniffing tip, the detector further including a gas sensor. To promote longer life and obtaining more accurate results, the leak detector is equipped with an acceleration sensor for recording the movements o... | 01/09/2007 |
| D535031 | Vital signs monitor | 01/09/2007 |
| D535029 | ECG front end module | 01/09/2007 |
| D534399 | Spoon | 01/02/2007 |
| D534398 | Spoon | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156976 | Method for detecting and localizing leaks and suitable device for carrying out the method The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting leaks in the wall of a test object, container or similar, by measuring and evaluating changes that occur in a partial gas pressure. The invention aims to simplify the detection of leaks. To this end, chang... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155649 | Scan test control method and scan test circuit A scan test circuit is provided with a scan chain having n pieces of scan storage elements (n: integer, n>1); a scan clock generation circuit which is able to control a frequency of a first clock to be used for shifting data into the first to (n−1)th scan storage ... | 12/26/2006 |
| D534220 | Floating ring game | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137473 | Four-wheel industrial truck with a swing axle A four-wheel industrial truck with a swing axle for the rear wheels, a drive, and a control device for said drive that generates an actuating signal for the drive in response to a transducer signal. A stop is provided on the bodywork of the industrial truck that coo... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131619 | Rotatable display apparatus A display apparatus includes a stationary base portion and a support member mounted to a top surface of the stationary base portion. A vertically extending pole is disposed through the interior of each of the support member and the base portion along a center axis, ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131367 | Hydraulic bolt buffer for firearm A hydraulic bolt buffer assembly for an automatic firearm, the firearm including a receiver having a longitudinal chamber, a bolt and carrier assembly mounted in the chamber for reciprocating movement between a recoil position and a battery position, a spring for ur... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125234 | Set of compaction rams and/or die-plates for a tabletting machine A set of compaction rams and/or die-plates for a tabletting machine has all of the compaction rams and/or die-plates of the set furnished with a code containing at least the following information: (a) a label for the set of compaction rams and die-plates; (b) an ind... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121032 | Hydraulastic recoil pad for a shoulder firearm A recoil pad for a shoulder firearm includes at least one piston member that is caused to move axially from an initial axial position to a second axial position upon application of the recoil force from the firearm. The axial movement of the piston member causes flu... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117998 | Graphic media materials carrier A carrier for supporting graphic media materials includes a support member having a plurality of parallel transverse slots disposed on a facing surface thereof and a plurality of thin walled transverse strip members. Each of the transverse strip members are made fro... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7112451 | Biosensor A biosensor is provided with an area in which a reagent having bleaching action is carried in a state where it can be dissolved, at least in a part of a sample application area to which an inspection target solution is applied or the downstream of the sample applica... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107821 | Leak indicator with test leak and test leak for integration into a leak indicator A leak indicator including a housing that houses components of the indicator as well as a test leak, and test leaks that are suitable for integration into a leak indicator. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7108111 | Semi-active isolator A shock and vibration isolator that includes a double acting mechanical spring assembly that is mounted to act in parallel with a fluid or liquid spring assembly. The mechanical spring is arranged to provide a first spring rate over a first displacement range and a ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104741 | Fastening means and process for its manufacture The present invention is directed to a fastener device that includes a base portion. At least one shank is coupled to the base portion. The at least one shank includes an end configured to be driven into a material. The at least one shank also includes a weakened sh... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096992 | Pole for hand pallet truck A pole for a hand pallet truck includes a pole bar linked to a support for a steerable wheel at its lower end and connected to a loop-shaped handle at a remaining end. The handle is centrally grappable at its near end and includes an operating device therein attache... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7082813 | Test gas leakage detector A test gas leakage detector includes an inlet for gases to be analyzed for the presence of a test gas, a test gas detector and a first high vacuum pump connected to the test gas detector. An intermediate inlet is arranged on the first high vacuum pump that is used t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081090 | Protective sheath for illumination assembly of a disposable vaginal speculum A protective sheath assembly for a vaginal speculum assembly includes a disposable vaginal speculum and a reusable illumination assembly that is releasably attached to the speculum. The sheath assembly is attachable to the handle of said speculum to cover the illumi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7080703 | Pedestrian truck A pedestrian truck with a drive motor and a handle lever includes a head and a rod, which is articulated to a steering base of the industrial truck about a horizontal axis and in which the drive wheel driven by the drive motor is mounted. A first control or regulati... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7041984 | Replaceable anode liner for ion source A releasable anode liner that is fitted within the interior of the anode of an ion source. The cover permits electrons to be projected into the anode wherein any insulating deposits adhere to the interior of the anode liner, thereby increasing the effective life of ... | 05/09/2006 |
| D520464 | Illuminator switch assembly | 05/09/2006 |
| 7029439 | Medical diagnostic instrument A medical diagnostic instrument includes a housing containing at least one battery and a light source, such as a lamp, for illuminating a medical target. A switch includes a movable member that selectively moves at least one of the battery and the lamp into and out ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7022921 | Electronic scale assembly having incorporated spreader arm An electronic scale/spreader arm assembly for use with an apparatus includes an axial force transducer, such as a load cell, that is attachable to the apparatus. A spreader bar is configured to receive a support wherein the spreader bar and the load cell are interco... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021824 | Switch assembly for thermometry apparatus A thermometry apparatus includes a housing that receives a probe having at least one temperature responsive element within an isolation chamber that is preferably removable from the housing. A switch assembly determines the presence of the isolation chamber in the h... | 04/04/2006 |
| 5737640 | Combination metering cam and film transport thumbwheel A film drive gear has a thumbwheel that is rotated by a camera user and also has a shutter cam surface that rotates with the thumbwheel to reset a shutter mechanism and has a film metering cam surface that rotates with the thumbwheel to release a film met... | 04/07/1998 |
