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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6623976 | Combustibility monitor and monitoring method An apparatus (1) for determining the concentration of a critical first component, such as hydrogen, of an atmosphere or environment (E), wherein the first component is capable of forming a combustible mixture with a second component, such as oxygen; the a... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6583276 | Angiogenic factors and use thereof in treating cardiovascular disease The present invention relates to novel VEGF protein products, and nucleic acids encoding these novel protein products, comprising exons 1-6 and 8 of the VEGF gene, and derivatives thereof, and these uses in treating the cardiovascular system and its disea... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6561980 | Automatic segmentation of prostate, rectum and urethra in ultrasound imaging An ultrasound image of a transverse cross-sectional outline of the prostate gland is acquired. For three-dimensional imaging, a series of images can be taken, one of each slice of the prostate. The initial ultrasound images are pre-processed to remove the... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6537493 | Sterilization apparatus The present invention includes a method and apparatus for sterilization of medical wastes by exposing them to microwave energy. The microwaves are generated and directed through a wave-guide configured as a hollow duct, such that they are supplied to the ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6530024 | Adaptive feedback security system and method A system and method for managing security incidents in a computing environment uses adaptive feedback to update security procedures in response to detected security incidents. Accordingly, the system and method is capable of defining security procedures, ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6522616 | Multilayer optical information storage medium based on incoherent signal A multilayer optical information storage medium, such as a card, uses a luminescent, fluorescent, or electroluminescent material to reproduce information in the form of incoherent radiation. Each layer has multiple pages of information. A specific page on... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6517348 | Dental oscillating cleaning implement and method of using same A dental cleaning implement comprising: a handpiece graspable at one end by a user, an oscillating drive within the handpiece, a head located at the opposite end of the handpiece which includes a coupler for releasably attaching a toothpick or an interden... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6513395 | Circularly magnetized disk-shaped torque transducer and method for measuring torque using same A magnetoelastic torque sensor for providing an output signal indicative of the torque transmitted between radially separated locations of a disk-shaped member includes a magnetoelastically active, ferromagnetic, magnetostrictive region which is magnetica... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6511180 | Determination of ocular refraction from wavefront aberration data and design of optimum customized correction Ocular refraction is determined from wavefront aberration data, and an optimum customized correction is designed. The eye's wave aberration is measured by using a detector such as a Shack-Hartmann detector. From the aberration, an image metric is calculat... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6507545 | Method for data reading/writing using an optical carrier with pattern information pits An EET ("eight-to-ten") method has been proposed for two-dimensional spatial encoding of information stored in two- or three-dimensional, in particular fluorescent optical carriers. The method specifically ensures the same writing density as DVD carriers ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6504892 | System and method for cone beam volume computed tomography using circle-plus-multiple-arc orbit Cone beam volume computed tomography (CBVCT) is carried out by taking signals along an orbit having a circle plus two or more arcs. A reconstruction algorithm is provided to add a correction term to the Feldkamp algorithm and to use the arc data to recons... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6494340 | Tennis ball container A tennis ball container is disclosed. This container has a top barrier rod (110) having a closed rectangular profile and forming the top structure of a barrier body (100), a bottom barrier rod (120) having a closed rectangular profile and forming the bott... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6484465 | Open joint wall panel system The open joint wall panel system includes panels having a standardized shape attached to an extrudable track that, in turn, is attached to an exterior wall. Each panel is vertically positioned using dead load anchors and positioned relative to the exterio... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6480565 | Apparatus and method for cone beam volume computed tomography breast imaging Cone beam volume CT mammography is performed with a gantry frame on which a cone-beam radiation source and a digital area detector are mounted. The patient rests on an ergonomically designed table with a hole or two holes to allow one breast or two breast... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6477359 | Diversity reception for aeronautical packet data communications systems This invention is an application of antenna diversity and two or more multi-channel radios, with a novel cooperative sharing strategy among the multi-channel radios, to aeronautical packet data communications and other communications. It offers the follow... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6477221 | System and method for fast parallel cone-beam reconstruction using one or more microprocessors Cone-beam reconstruction is performed within a practically acceptable time on a computer having one or more microprocessors. The calculations involved in the reconstruction are divided into calculations to be performed on the MMX, ALU and SSE units of eac... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6476756 | Method and apparatus to determine the direction to a transponder in a modulated backscatter communication system Methods and systems for determining the direction to a transponder are disclosed. The methods and systems include transmitting a first signal to an area where communications with a transponder is desired; producing a second signal desired from the first s... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6471489 | Supersonic 4-way self-compensating fluid entrainment device A self-compensating, energy saving heat transfer unit to provide an efficient means to transfer energy from steam to water in a central heating system. The steam enters a mixing chamber and creates a negative pressure environment. Water in a backwater pip... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6473644 | Method to enhance cardiac capillary growth in heart failure patients A method is disclosed for treating patients suffering from heart failure to increase cardiac output. The patient's vagus nerve is electrically stimulated or modulated with a sequence of substantially equally spaced pulses by an implanted neurostimulator, ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6470242 | Display monitor for golf cart yardage and information system A player position determining and course management system for a golf course having a plurality of roving units for use by players in playing the course is disclosed. Each roving unit includes a central processing unit (CPU) including a data processor for... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6467422 | Hydrofoil device A hydrofoil device is useable as a hydrofoil wing, propeller blade, etc. In a water flow, a relatively lower pressure is generated on a second surface (94) of the device compared with a first surface (96). Near the trailing end of the first surface a prot... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6463839 | Punch holder apparatus A punch holder apparatus includes: a punch holder formed with a punch mounting hole and with an inspection hole in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the punch holder; an engagement piece to be mounted in the inspection hole; a lock ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6460165 | Model for simulating tree structured VLSI interconnect Transfer functions are calculated in the following manner within an RLC tree having a input and a plurality of nodes. The RLC tree is divided into left and right sub-trees joined by the node closest to the input. Each of the left and right sub-trees is di... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6454576 | Locking electrical receptacle An AC line power coupling system secures a conventional plug (700) of an appliance cord or extension cord (702). A adapter (400) is fitted onto the prongs (704) of the cord, and semi-permanently attached with a connector (300) including two half housings ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6456417 | All-optical flip-flop device A bistable optical device such as a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) emits an output beam at either a high level or a low level, depending on which of the two stable states the device occupies. The device is switched between the two stable states wit... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6444378 | Waterborne photoresists for use in manufacture of printed circuit boards A waterborne photoimageable composition or photoresist comprises a latex binder polymer based on a waterborne dispersion of a photopolymerizable urethane acrylate oligomer having sufficient carboxylic acid functionality to render it develop able in alkali... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6446005 | Magnetic wheel sensor for vehicle navigation system A system is disclosed for determining precise locations of the golf carts on a golf course in real time as the carts are in use during play of the course. Each cart is outfitted with a dead reckoning navigation (DRN) system for determining speed and direc... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6442425 | Cardiac stimulator and defibrillator An implantable medical interventional device is disclosed for treating any of multiple cardiac dysrhythmias that may be suffered by a patient in whom the device is to be implanted, by automatic selection of an appropriate therapeutic regimen from among a ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6439094 | Saw blade A saw blade is constituted with a unset tooth, a plurality of left-set teeth and a plurality of right-set teeth. In the construction, the saw blade has the unset tooth, a plurality of left-set teeth and a plurality of right-set teeth as one group. A plura... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6441777 | Signal structure and processing technique for providing highly precise position, velocity, time and attitude information with particular application to navigation satellite systems including GPS In a GPS or similar radionavigation signal, a pair of coarse/acquisition signals are located at, near or toward the nulls of the precision/encrypted codes in the L1 band, the L2 band or both. The resulting difference in frequency provides a very wide lane... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6438401 | Indentification and quantification of needle displacement departures from treatment plan A placement plan is developed for the placement of radioactive seeds in a prostrate for brachytherapy. The placement plan is made available to an intraoperative tracking interface which also shows a live ultrasound image of the needle or catheter placemen... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6436356 | Apparatus for self-propagating high temperature synthesis The present invention relates to an apparatus for self-propagating high temperature synthesis of an inorganic compound from a combustible charge mixture of initial ingredients. The apparatus comprises mechanisms for continuously feeding the combustible ch... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6437246 | Termination coupling for mineral insulated cable A method of terminating or joining mineral insulated cables with metallic outer tubes does not use brazing to fasten outer sleeves over the outer tubes. Instead, the sleeves are crimped onto the tubes. The space within the termination or joint is filled w... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6431342 | Object routing system An object routing system includes a sensor, a processor and a guide. The sensor detects a characteristic of an object and generates a signal that indicates that characteristic. The processor receives the signal from the sensor and generates a guide contro... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428746 | Method for determining the efficacy of a decontamination procedure A method determines an efficacy of a decontamination procedure. The method includes providing a test object and a control object. The test object is contaminated with a first known amount of inoculum comprising microorganisms. The control object is contam... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6430298 | Microphone mounting structure for a sound amplifying respirator and/or bubble suit A microphone mounting structure for mounting a microphone to a respiratory mask and/or bubble suit through a hole therein. The microphone mounting structure is thus able to convert a conventional respiratory mask and/or bubble suit into a sound amplifying... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6423191 | Sputtering method and apparatus for depositing a coating onto substrate Sputtering method and apparatus for depositing a coating onto substrate employs variable magnetic field arranged in vicinity of a cathode within a working chamber, filled with ionizable fluid. By controlling a magnetic field topology, i.e. orientation and... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6424917 | Weather typing system and method with spatial synoptic classification by sliding seed days The spatial synoptic classification (SSC) is modified by taking seed days within sliding periods so that seed days are selected from the warmest and coldest periods of the year and two intermediate periods. Artificial seed days are produced to represent t... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422988 | Combined angioplasty and intravascular radiotherapy method and apparatus Apparatus and methods are disclosed for treating a stenosed region of a blood vessel such as a coronary artery by use of a single catheter for balloon angioplasty followed by delivery of a controlled inherently uniform dosage of radiation to the blood ves... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419626 | Surgical instrument endoscope with CMOS image sensor and physical parameter sensor A surgical endoscopic instrument for visualizing anatomical tissue and including a tubular barrel carrying an endoscope with a CMOS image sensor and a physical parameter (e.g., temperature) sensor carried on the shaft. CMOS image sensors are fabricated on... | 07/16/2002 |
