Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6547894 | Method of forming a stabilizer bar A method of making a stabilizer bar from a tubular blank to which a mixture of an adhesive and powdered metal is applied to the inside surface of opposite ends of the tube. The adhesive is cured and then the fuseweld powder is placed in an oven to melt th... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6547981 | Process for treating organic fibers Organic fibers are treated with aqueous preparations comprising amino-functional organosilicon compounds of the general formula H2 N--R1 --SiR2 O(SiR2 O)i SiR2 --R1 --NH2 w... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6549619 | Method for screening calls Methods for automatically administrating incoming and outgoing call services include, for example, a method for screening calls from a caller to a subscriber intercepts a call and sends the call directly to the subscriber when the caller is on an establis... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6549702 | Method and system for generating a broadband spectral continuum, method of making the system and pulse-generating system utilizing same A method and system are disclosed for generating a broadband spectral continuum using short spans of constant-dispersion, dispersion-shifted fibers. The continuum generation results from the combined effects of pulse compression and spectral shaping. Puls... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6547132 | Point of sale payment terminal An integrated point of sale terminal for processing multiple payment types including payment by check includes a compact housing, a processor, and memory. The housing has a base shaped to sit on a merchant counter and has a document slot for receiving a c... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6547291 | Latch assembly for vehicle hood A secondary latch (38) for a vehicle hood (34) includes a secondary latch member (90) that is mounted on the vehicle body (22) by a pin and slot mounting connection (98) for pivotal movement between latched and unlatched positions with respect to an assoc... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6547874 | Hydrophobicizing agents for hydrophobicizing gypsum-plaster-bound construction materials The invention relates to a hydrophobicizing agent for gypsum-plaster-bound construction materials comprising a substrate based on pulverulent organic or inorganic solids with a BET surface area >5 g/m2 and comprising one or more organopolysilox... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6543324 | Table saw throat plate with blade height scale A throat plate insert for a table saw is provided having a scale on the upper side thereof adjacent the region of the elongated slot for the circular saw blade. The scale provides an indication of the height of a specified diameter saw blade corresponding... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6543706 | Fuel injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine A fuel injection nozzle controls the flow of pressurized fluid through a nozzle opening. The fuel pump includes a fuel valve under the control of an electronic engine control module to effect sequential ON/OFF cycles for the fuel valve to establish a pilo... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6545240 | Metal scrap sorting system A system for sorting randomly positioned, irregularly shaped scrap metal particles on a moving conveyor employs laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), and includes an image detector for locating the particles as they path through a predefined viewin... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6546341 | Technique for rapid prediction of long-term hydrophobic organic contaminant desorption rates A laboratory technique for rapidly predicting the long-term hydrophobic organic contaminant (HOC) desorption behavior in a contaminated soil or sediment useful for planning remediation schemes and/or assessing alternative remediation endpoint decisions em... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6543255 | Press bending station and method for job switching A press bending station (12) for heated glass sheets includes a lower wheel bed (36) having a lower support (38) and wheel assemblies (40) with detachable connections (46) to a drive mechanism (48) of the lower support to provide rotational driving of a w... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6540673 | Tele-diagnostic device A system (10) for collecting a plurality of diagnostic information and transmitting the diagnostic information to a remote location. The system (10) comprises a glove member (12) adaptable to be worn on a person's hand and an interface unit (20) in electr... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6541138 | Treated textile fabric A method of preparing a stain resistant and water repellant textile fabric comprising: a) treating a textile fabric with an aqueous primary treatment composition comprising at least about 5 weight percent of a fluorochemical textile treating agent, based ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6541548 | Flame retardant aromatic polycarbonate resin composition There is provided an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition which exhibits high flame retardancy without sacrificing melt-molding stability or melt fluidity when molding the resin composition. The flame retardant aromatic polycarbonate resin composition... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6541650 | Process for preparing silanes A process for preparing silanes of the formula 1: Ra SiHb Cl4-a-b (1) where R is methyl or ethyl, a is 0, 1, 2 or 3 and b is 0 or 1, from hydrogen chloride gas and reactants selected from among a) silicon metal, b) disilanes and oligosi... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6541673 | Process for oxyalkylating phenolic compounds Phenolic polyether polyols are prepared by a two stage oxyalkylation process, a first stage performed at a high oxyalkylation temperature and a second stage at a lower oxyalkylation temperature. Despite the use of high temperature during oxyalkylation, po... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6542266 | System and method for providing broadband data service A system and method for providing broadband data service to a user site utilizes a plurality of well-known virtual paths between the host digital terminal and the network interface. The host digital terminal connects to a network that is connected to a pl... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6542182 | System for displaying an area outside a normal viewing area to a vehicle driver A system including a self-powered, mobile camera unit is provided for displaying an area outside a normal viewing area to a vehicle driver. The camera unit includes a camera for generating images of objects, a camera control unit for controlling the camer... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6537047 | Reversible variable displacement hydraulic pump and motor A compact high efficiency vane pump is disclosed having a unique T-shaped vane and rotor slot configuration with a roller tip vane in a uniquely configured chamber. To minimize friction in chamber diameter, a pressure plate is provided which is hydraulica... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6537413 | Method of making a reinforced composite panel of the cellular-core sandwich type, and a panel obtained by performing such a method The invention relates to a method of making a reinforced composite panel of the sandwich type having a cellular core. In the method: a stack is formed that is made up of: at least one first skin (110) made of a reinforced thermoplastics material; a first ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536264 | Apparatus for detecting coolant corrosiveness An apparatus to visually check coolant corrosiveness having first and second opposing ends in spaced apart relation to each other, and a sidewall extending substantially unbroken therebetween to define a hollow body; a non corrodible coolant barrier at sa... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536371 | Rotary direction indicator A rotary direction indicator provided for use with a rotating element which causes the rotation of an associated member. The rotary direction indicator has an internally compliant body fixed in a normal to a central axis which has formed thereon a pair of... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536408 | Engine brake control integration with vehicle service brakes An engine brake control system that is integrated with service brakes for a diesel engine powered vehicle. Three manually selectable modes of operation include an operation with the engine brake control system disabled, an operation with engine braking ac... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536417 | Easy flow improved edge filter and fuel system According to the present invention, an edge filter for a pressurized fuel rail system having a plurality of fuel injectors from which pressurized fuel is fed to the injectors through a fuel inlet tube is disclosed. The edge filter has contoured leading an... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6537997 | Method for diagnosing and alleviating the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome A method for alleviating chronic fatigue syndrome with the administration of antiviral agents. Based on clinical tests, chronic fatigue syndrome is a persistent herpes virus infection including incomplete virus multiplication and thus administration of an... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6534615 | Preparation of amino-functional siloxanes The invention relates to a process for preparing an amino-functional organosiloxane of the formula III, (SiO4/2)k (R1 SiO3/2)m (R12 SiO2/2)p (R13... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6535349 | Tape transfer with laterally moving head A tape transport system includes two hubs within an enclosure having smooth interior surfaces. A tape head is positioned between the tape hubs so that the magnetic tape travels between the tape hubs and over a tape head contact surface. The tape head move... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532677 | Measuring apparatus for planer A molded limit gauge for measuring workpiece thicknesses. The limit gauge includes a body having one or more elongate ridges extending longitudinally therealong. Each ridge has a plurality of notches extending laterally through its upper portion. Each not... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532784 | Mechanical hydroforming with improved lubrication A process of mechanical hydroforming, in which a hollow tube is caused to expand against the interior surface of a die that surrounds the tube by hydraulic pressure applied to a liquid that fills the interior of the tube, is improved by coating the part o... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532853 | Table-top cutting machine A table-top cutting machine having a base; a circular saw main unit having a saw blade and a drive therefor, the circular saw main unit being moveable between a precutting and a postcutting position and being pivotable to incline the saw blade. A turntabl... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6533236 | Apparatus for holding interconnectable cards An apparatus for holding interconnectable cards on either side of a computer monitor. The holder includes a one-piece construction having a side fold, a pair of ells, a body, and a fastener portion. An adhesive is affixed to the side fold and interconnect... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6534177 | Crosslinkable polymer composition Crosslinkable polymer compositions are provided which can be in the form of a polymer powder which is redispersible in water or as an aqueous dispersion. The polymer composition is composed of A) a copolymer of one or more comonomers of vinyl esters of st... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6531621 | Organopolysiloxane materials which can be cross-linked by cleaving alcohols into elastomers The invention relates to a method for producing organopolysiloxane terminated with alkoxy groups, wherein A) organopolysiloxane terminated with HO is reacted with B) alkoxysilane having at least three alkoxy groups and/or whose partial hydrolysate is made... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6531620 | Cyclic silazanes The invention relates to cyclic silazanes of the formula II ##STR1## in which R is a divalent, Si--C and C--N-bound, optionally cyano- or halogen-substituted C3 -C15 -hydrocarbon radical, in which one or more, non-adjacent methylene ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6531538 | Fast-drying rendering and coating composition The invention relates to a fast-drying rendering and coating composition comprising a binder in the form of an aqueous polymer dispersion or of a water-redispersible polymer powder, and also an organic precipitant, if desired in combination with an inorga... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6530731 | Self-tapping insert, insert assembly, and method for mounting the insert A self-tapping threaded insert (20) for threadedly mounting another component by a threaded central connector (50). An assembly (24) of the insert (20) and a mounting member (22) for threadedly mounting the insert are assembled by a method for mounting th... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6530454 | Two-way locking device for height safety apparatus A fall arrest device (100) for use on an elongate support (180) including locking cams (132, 133, 134, 135) embodied by first and second independent actuable cam elements (133, 135), said cam elements (133, 135) being biased by a bias (132, 133, 134, 135)... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6532548 | System and method for handling temporary errors on a redundant array of independent tapes (RAIT) A system and method for storing data in a storage system having storage elements arranged in parallel for concurrent access such that data can be continuously communicated to the storage element array while one of the storage elements is in error recovery... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6532402 | Method for selecting a robotic mechanism best suited to perform a job from multiple robotic mechanisms in a storage library A method and system for selecting a robotic mechanism best suited to perform a job from multiple robotic mechanisms in an automated storage library includes gathering variables in a criteria database to form a decision algorithm. The variables include att... | 03/11/2003 |
