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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176670 | Firearm steady-rest A firearm steady-rest which is provided in a folded storage form which is incorporated as part of a rifle sling. The steady-rest may be deployed by folding it outward to provide either a V-shaped support configuration or a U-shaped support configuration whereby the ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8151470 | Apparatus and method for alleviating ice freeze-up of vehicle windows To alleviate ice freeze-up of vehicle windows which incorporate spaced upper and lower seals which engage an outside surface of the vehicle window, a tool is provided with a handle and a blade extending from the handle and the blade has a bend and a distal end which... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8128793 | Vertical substrate transfer apparatus and film-forming apparatus To provide a vertical substrate transfer apparatus and a film-forming apparatus capable of, regardless of a carrying position of a substrate, subjecting either surface thereof to film-formation, and capable of supporting and carrying the substrate without interferin... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8083729 | Apparatus and method for sterile docking of male medical line connectors A docking station for male medical line connectors, including a base housing securable to a stationary surface and having a plurality of docking bays, each of which is dimensioned and contoured for respectively receiving and temporarily retaining ampules containing ... | 12/27/2011 |
| D543808 | Tool for alleviating ice freeze-up of vehicle windows | 06/05/2007 |
| 7120521 | Anti hijacking fail-safe system with alert locator tracking capabilities The Anti Hijacking Fail-safe System with Alert Locator Tracking Capabilities is a tamper-proof computer hardware/software system that could be installed in a commercial aircraft that, in case of an emergency, could be irreversibly engaged by the pilot, or by remote ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7096513 | Protective helmet with emergency removal feature A multi-piece helmet for protecting the head region of a wearer and providing emergency removal wherein the helmet shell is provided in separate front and rear portions along a seam. A securing mechanism extends between the helmet portions and holds them together in... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7063760 | Method for laminating glass sheets using microwave radiation A method for laminating glass sheets wherein laminating film is placed over one surface of a first glass sheet and the film is heated with microwave radiation to a bonding temperature. Heated areas of the film are successively pressed to the glass sheet in a continu... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7037244 | Therapeutic arm exercise device A therapeutic arm exercise device which includes a vertical supporting frame for mounting on a vertical wall surface. An upright elongated exercise base board is pivotally secured relative to the frame for selectively positioning and retaining the board at different... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7007073 | Method and apparatus providing electronic concurrent delivery of multimedia content to general purpose computers over a computer network A method and apparatus for providing electronic concurrent delivery of multimedia content to general purpose computers over a computer network. A host computer having web server capabilities is coupled to a computer network and is provided with a storage medium whic... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6793295 | Brake control method and brake control apparatus for motorcycle In a brake control method for a motorcycle which includes a front master cylinder, front wheel cylinders hydraulically connected to the front master cylinder, a rear master cylinder, a rear wheel cylinder hydraulically connected to the rear master cylinder and a hyd... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6710333 | Process for structural modification of surfaces by treatment with an atomic or molecular gaseous medium excited to metastable level A process for modification of a surface structure by exposing the surface to a flow of neutral atomic or molecular gaseous medium excited to metastable level which is produced in a process of blowing a working gaseous medium through a discharge gap filled with plasm... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6707051 | RF loaded line type capacitive plasma source for broad range of operating gas pressure An RF loaded line type CCP source-having two collar type electrodes with an operating tube passing through these electrodes. One of the electrodes (high voltage electrode) is connected with the core of a feeding coaxial cable leading to a power supply, and another o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6672116 | Double-locking mechanism for handcuffs A double-locking mechanism for handcuffs, which include a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism wherein the ratchet pawl is spring biased to couple with a pivotal ratchet jaw arm within in a shackle casing and a bolt is provided for engaging the pawl to prevent the ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6318542 | Vibratory conveyor In a vibratory conveyor which includes a trough for transporting objects, an exciting mechanism for vibrating the trough in a horizontal direction and a supporting mechanism for supporting the trough so as to be vibratile in the horizontal direction, the ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6101367 | Combination question-answer book and answer display A combination question-answer book and a separate answer display for reading and displaying the answers to each question provided on the respective pages of the book. Microprocessor chips are secured to protruding ears extending from an edge of each page ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5826386 | Storage structure with mezzanine access and method of assembly A modularly constructed storage structure with mezzanine access. The storage structure is provided in the form of a row of storage cabinets stacked on top of each other thereby providing base cabinets and upper storage cabinets. The storage cabinets have ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5325048 | Method and apparatus for calibrating a digital electric engergy consumption meter A method and apparatus for calibrating a digital electric energy consumption meter of the type which performs voltage and current sampling in timed cycle clusters and then performs algorithmic or Fourier analysis on the sampling to determine the electrica... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5150950 | Anti-skid brake control method In a fluid-pressure control apparatus for anti-skid control apparatus, including a control unit for generating brake control signals corresponding to the rotational behaviors of the respective wheels and valve control signals on the basis of the 2 outputs... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5148802 | Method and apparatus for maintaining airway patency to treat sleep apnea and other disorders An improved methodology and apparatus for the treatment of sleep apnea through application of alternating high and low level positive airway pressure within the airway of the patient with the high and low airway pressure being coordinated with the spontan... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5147020 | Conveyor roller brake A conveyor roller brake that is preferably carried within the confines of a conveyor roller and includes a friction surface carried by the conveyor roller and a brake shoe that is maintained continuously in biased engagement with the friction surface and ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5141296 | Fluid pressure brake control apparatus for vehicle A fluid pressure brake control apparatus for controlling braking-slip and driving-slip of wheels includes fluid pressure control valves, a fluid pressure pump and a valve apparatus arranged between the fluid pressure control valves and the master cylinder... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5004151 | Method and apparatus for making snow A method and apparatus for making snow by discharging a water spray at high velosity from a first nozzle positioned adjacent the top of a tower into a freezing ambient atmosphere and further discharging a jet stream of air under pressure into the throat o... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4998389 | Variable pitch roof ridge beam assembly and components thereof An assembly for securing roof panels at selectable pitch angles includes a ridge beam having a horizontal ledge for contacting the underside of the upper edge of roof panels and a horizontally extending drip flange which overlies this ledge and provides a... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4993635 | Portable snow making tower A portable snow making tower including an elongated metallic water pipe or conduit having a first discharge nozzle adjacent the upper edge thereof and an air supply conduit extending substantially coextensive with and secured with the water conduit. The a... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4723065 | Electric automotive fuel heating system A fuel preheating system for an internal combustion engine wherein a preheater includes a body member having defined therein a pair of serially connected, generally parallel bores defining a flow passages through which a flow of fuel may be passed for hea... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4714360 | Thrust mechanism for mill roll bearing assembly A bearing thrust assembly for the support bearings of a roll in a rolling mill including novel longitudinal slack take-up and thrust application structure, a novel locking mechanism for positive retention of the desired thrust adjustment, and a novel asse... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4700783 | Method and apparatus for recovering liquids from a well bore A well bore is provided with novel and improved apparatus for practice of an improved method for recovery of liquids from the well wherein a quantity of liquid is elevated by repeated discrete steps upwardly through the well bore under the impetus of gas ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4689458 | Container system for microwave cooking An improved metallic food container system especially adapted for cooking dough or pastry based foodstuffs in a microwave oven and including improved configurations of microwave opaque and microwave transparent container portions as well as an improved do... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4437223 | Apparatus for debanding coiled strip Removal of tightly encircling bands from coiled strips is accomplished by transversely engaging a spaced pair of pinch rolls against the band on a coil and then severing the band therebetween and moving one pinch roll into engagement with the other pinch ... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4376913 | Method and apparatus for synchronously driving AC synchronous motors A plurality of AC synchronous motors used to drive respective machines in a manufacturing or packaging assembly line or system are driven in speed and phase synchronization. A common AC current supply signal is inverted to provide one polyphase set of ser... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4376081 | Tower packing A tower packing element for use in towers for distillations, gas absorptions and related mass transfer operations. The base of the element has a surface contour which is generated by the rotation of a two-dimensional curve having reverse curvature through... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4375244 | Hauling vehicle for large aircraft A hauling vehicle, notably for hauling big aircraft, has an elevatable framework provided with a recess extending inwardly from one end with guideways in its side walls, in each of which there is a pair of spaced slides. Mounted in the slides are the axle... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4372625 | Method and apparatus for checking mill roll bearing assembly In a mill roll bearing assembly, wherein a mill roll neck is coaxially received in a bearing sleeve journaled for rotation therewith in a housed bearing, and which further includes a sleeve retainer secured to the annular outside end of the bearing sleeve... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4372626 | Taper journal bearing for rolls for use in rolling mills A taper journal bearing for rolls for use in rolling mills including a keying arrangement for keying the roll neck sleeve to the roll neck. The bearing includes a bushing housed in a roll bearing chock, a sleeve closely fitted onto a tapered journal or ro... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4370975 | Apparatus promoting flow of a body fluid in a human limb A double wall sheath for receiving an arm or leg is separated into longitudinally spaced inflatable air cells for encircling the limb. The cells are connected to a source of air pressure by tubes and normally closed valve means that are opened periodicall... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4367993 | Truck load binder tightener A supporting bracket is secured to the housing of a tightener for a load binder used with a truck. The bracket extends outwardly in overlapping engagement with the upper surface of the inwardly projecting flange of a truck bed side rail and is slidable al... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4365981 | Gas filter A gas filter is formed from two uniformly spaced nesting screens extending along a serpentine path, with the space between them filled with granular filtering material. Each screen has laterally spaced areas curved in one direction lengthwise of the serpe... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4362290 | Mold for plastic needlepoint sheet An injection mold for molding plastic needlepoint sheets which have a plurality of aligned rows of perforations which define plastic threads therebetween in a lattice configuration. The mold has engageable top and bottom mold body halves with open uniform... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4361146 | Filtering respirator A filtering respirator in the form of a mask has an outer casing and a filter layer inside the casing. The edge of the filter liner is sealed to the casing and the rest of the filter layer is spaced from the casing to provide an interspace between them wh... | 11/30/1982 |
