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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5782679 | Metal abrasive belt and method of making same A metal abrasive belt is used to grind, debur, sand, cut, finish or otherwise abrade a workpiece. The metal abrasive belt includes a continuous metal belt and abrasive particles electroplated onto at least a portion of an outer surface of the continuous m... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5779294 | Mounting system and method A mounting system and method includes a mounting device for handling an object during treatment or preparation and for mounting the object to a display member for displaying the object. The mounting system and method is particularly suited for use by a ta... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5778359 | System and method for determining and verifying a file record format based upon file characteristics A system and method for automatically determining the file record format and characteristics for a data file of unknown file record format. At least a portion of an unknown file is obtained from a file source, such as a mainframe computer. At least a port... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5771966 | Folded conducting member heatsinks and method of making same A folded heat conducting member heatsink includes a base portion and a folded heat conducting member secured into engagement with the base portion with one or more folded heat conducting member securing element, such as annealed metal inserts. The folded ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5761285 | Universal telephony application client that is configurable from a profile for a telphone call campaign A universal telephony application client (TAC) that can be dynamically configured for a specific telephone call campaign running on a telephony platform system where upon the beginning of a call campaign, the universal TAC is initialized from an initializ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5749195 | Sealing membrane and method of sealing A malleable sealing membrane is used to seal openings, regions or other apertures in a house or similar structures to prevent the entry of pests or other unwanted elements. The sealing membrane includes a mesh substrate having a sealing compound coated on... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5738359 | Expandable band and locking mechanism for installing a flexible sealing element An expandable band and locking mechanism is used to install and secure a flexible sealing element, such as a rubber seal or gasket, against an internal annular surface, such as in a manhole or pipe. The expandable band is capable of expanding and being lo... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5719552 | Automatic trailer illuminating lighting control system A system and method for illuminating an area proximate a trailer, such as a boat or snowmobile trailer. At least one area illuminating light is connected to an area illuminating lighting control member. The area illuminating lighting control member receiv... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5672096 | Inflatable tool An inflatable tool is used for abrading or finishing a surface of a workpiece. The inflatable tool includes an inflatable bladder clamped at first and second ends of a core having an elastomeric outer core portion. The inflatable bladder is inflated by a ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5642092 | Evacuation assistance system An automatic evacuation assistance system, for assisting animals or people in existing a structure includes an event detector, such as a smoke detector for providing an event detection signal. The event detection signal is received by an exit control devi... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5641256 | Anchoring device for a threaded member An anchoring device for anchoring a threaded member such as a screw or bolt in a substrate material includes an anchoring sheath for receiving the threaded member. The anchoring sheath includes annular anchoring ribs formed around a body portion of the an... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5640577 | Data processing system with automated at least partial forms completion A data processing system including automated forms generation uses data displayed at a predetermined position on a data terminal display screen and a data processing function selector, to automatically retrieve a pre-established form stored in a data proc... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5636498 | Bulk straw loading system A bulk straw loading system includes one or more bulk straw staging members having a plurality of compartments which receive, organize and store straws. The straws are detected and counted as they are received. A bulk straw staging member compartment open... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5634638 | Portable, retractable sports enclosure A portable self-standing sports enclosure which may be opened and closed by a single person. A carrier frame contains at least one foldable frame section. Each foldable frame section includes an enclosure support member. The foldable frame sections fold i... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5634547 | Apparatus for automated sorting of plastic utensils An apparatus for handling irregular shaped linear items comprising a hopper for holding a plurality of irregular shaped linear items, and a lifting device operable with the hopper for upwardly removing the items from the hopper. The upward movement of the... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5624237 | Pump overload control assembly A pump overload control assembly is for use with an electric motor driven pump in a water pumping system. The assembly includes a pump overload control device coupled to a fluid responsive switch, thereby forming a pump overload control circuit that inter... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5604740 | Multi-path bus digital signal processor A multi-path digital signal processor for use in a telephony system provides a first data path for interfacing to a local area network, a second data path for interfacing to an industry standard computer backplane bus, and at least one third data path for... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5596379 | Portable visual acuity testing system and method A portable visual acuity testing system and method is used to measure the visual acuity of a person being tested. The portable visual acuity testing system includes a portable visual acuity testing structure and a plurality of interchangeable image displa... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5595524 | Grinding apparatus and method which supports a workpiece on the surface being ground A method and apparatus for grinding a surface on a workpiece, such as a spigot on a pipe, while supporting the workpiece on the surface being ground. The grinding apparatus includes workpiece support wheels, two of which are positioned beneath the workpie... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5592621 | System for inserting first transmission token into data stream appended to second transmission token to facilitate full duplex communication between central controller and other controllers A system and method of providing an embedded controller network communication protocol, for controlling communications between a central controller and a plurality of active embedded controllers, wherein a first data transmission token (T2) is passed, und... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5592543 | Method and system for allocating agent resources to a telephone call campaign A method and system for allocating agents possessing predetermined qualifying attributes to an outbound telephone call campaign is disclosed. The method includes the steps of assigning qualifying attributes to agents of a telephony system and further incl... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5586179 | System and method for adding and integrating outbound calling and overall system control to an existing inbound telephone system Disclosed is a system and method for adding and integrating outbound calling and overall system control to an existing inbound telephone system. The existing inbound telephone call distribution system is coupled to a number of telephone lines, and connect... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5577931 | Two-channel SCSI-compatible interconnect system and method In one embodiment of a two-channel SCSI-compatible interconnection system and method, a dielectric material into which SCSI data and control signal carrying wires are embedded frees ground wires in the SCSI cable to carry first and second SCSI channels so... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577112 | Telephony system with supervisory management center and parameter testing with alerts A smart telecommunications supervisor management workstation with monitoring system provides real-time operation statistics and graphical representation of system operation in real time. A standardized graphic user interface and a mouse-driven point and c... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5572769 | Adjustable cable-supporting hinge assembly An adjustable cable supporting hinge assembly pivotably couples a support member, such as a tray for holding an electronic component, to a support structure, such as a housing or cabinet for an electronic system. The adjustable cable supporting hinge asse... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5559681 | Flexible, self-adhesive, modular lighting system A flexible, self-adhesive, lighting system includes a continuous length of flexible, self-adhesive, light emissive material, cuttable into segments of light emissive material, each segment including a plurality of light emitting diodes serving as light em... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5551877 | Symbolic language display sign utilizing tactile and visual pattern discrimination A tactile recognition language display device includes at least one language communication segment. Each language communication segment includes a top portion having a tactilly recognizable language symbol and a side portion having a corresponding visuall... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5551202 | Timber system A timber expander and coupling system both expands at least one dimension of existing timbers and spans two existing timbers. The timber system includes first and second parallel spaced continuous members. Each continuous member includes a first portion e... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5544347 | Data storage system controlled remote data mirroring with respectively maintained data indices A data storage system which automatically provides and maintains identical secondary data on a preferably geographically remote secondary data storage device. The system includes a primary host computer located in the first geographic location which is co... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5539552 | Protective member for display system having 99% UV light blocking ability and improved thermal coefficient of expansion A protective member for a display device such as an LCD display mounted in a display system provides protection to the display device against ultraviolet light and shock. In one embodiment, the protective member is mounted between the display device and a... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537568 | System for dynamically controlling cache manager maintaining cache index and controlling sequential data access A cache management system and method monitors and controls the contents of cache memory coupled to at least one host and at least one data storage device. A cache indexer maintains a current index of data elements which are stored in cache memory. A seque... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536170 | Interchangeable symbolic language overlay system for push button operated device A tactile recognition language overlay system includes a piece of pliable material for covering a pressure sensitive or push button operated device, such as a keyboard or control panel. The piece of pliable material includes depressible portions which mov... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5517566 | Method for allocating agent resources to multiple telephone call campaigns A method for allocating resources, such as agents, to multiple tasks such as call campaigns in a telephony system includes establishing at least first and second tasks, each task including a pacing ratio, a task attribute, and at least one group of proces... | 05/14/1996 |
