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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7007957 | Wheel holder assembly for a skateboard A wheel holder assembly includes a mounting frame fixedly fastened to the footplate of a skateboard, a screw bolt mounted in the mounting frame, a hook plate mounted on the screw bolt and hooked on a barrel at the mounting frame, a swivel wheel holder frame mounted ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6993140 | 3-in-1 anti-noise radio sound-collection device A headphone mounted 3-in-1 anti-noise radio sound-collection device is described. The device includes an anti-noise circuit system, a radio am/fm circuit system, and a sound collection system for receiving an external sound. The structure is wireless with a micropho... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6965094 | Controlled heat steamer An automatically operated steamer for cooking and warming food products is described. The steamer uses three operating thermostatic controls, a housing with a reservoir in the bottom thereof, and an electrical heat source disposed below said reservoir to heat the sa... | 11/15/2005 |
| D508323 | Urban yoke | 08/16/2005 |
| 6815897 | Magnetrons having a coaxial line output with unwanted mode energy reduction A magnetron has an output comprising a coaxial line 15 which transmits energy from a wanted oscillator mode as a first coaxial waveguide mode and energy from an unwanted oscillator mode as a second cylindrical waveguide mode. Energy in the cylindrical wavegui... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6766980 | Prop wash deflector A structure for increasing the cargo carrying capacity of a helicopter when the cargo is suspended below the helicopter chassis is described. The structure includes a depending skirt surrounding the helicopter wheels or struts and extending outwardly over the suspen... | 07/27/2004 |
| D493084 | Nailing gun body | 07/20/2004 |
| 6755599 | Recessed wheel chock A collapsible, recessed wheel chock is described. The chock is intended to be mounted in the bed of a truck or trailer and can be collapsed into a flush mount with the bed when not in use. The chock when in use is rotated from the closed position into an open positi... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6733254 | Air pumping/extracting duplex pump An air pumping/extracting duplex pump for use in an inflatable device for selectively pumping air into/out of an air chamber of an inflatable device is constructed to include two connected housing, and an actuating mechanism mounted in the housings and manually rota... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6705464 | Belt for collated nails for air-driven nailing gun A belt of collated nails for use with an air-driven nailing gun is disclosed having a plurality of nails, a plurality of flexible nail guide caps connected in series and respectively capped on the points of the nails and adapted to guide the nails into the workpiece... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6614158 | Electron gun arrangements having closely spaced cathode and electrode and a vacuum seal An electron gun arrangement includes a cathode having a front surface and control grid located in front of it. The control grid is mounted via a cylindrical support on a Kovar mount. The cathode is supported by a cylindrical support mounted on a Kovar sup... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6450517 | Folding collapsible kick scooter A folding collapsible kick scooter includes a head tube folding structure, which uses a quick-release lock to lock the head tube between an extended position and a collapsed position, and a handlebar folding structure, which uses a quick-release lock to l... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6439297 | Deployable radiators for spacecraft A limiting feature in spacecraft such as communication satellites is becoming the amount of surface such as 5, 6 available for dissipating waste heat from the electrical equipment in the satellite. The invention provides a deployable radiator 11 which car... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6249536 | Lasers The array is highly suitable for producing a spacially wide output "beam" (comprising a number of individual beams). It suffers less from problems of hotspots and filamentation since each tapered laser supports a limited number of modes, or even a single ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6241008 | Capillary evaporator In a capillary evaporator for use in a capillary pumped loop, in which capillary action in a porous wick 7 causes cold liquid to be drawn across the wick and vaporized by a heat input structure 6 and in particular fin 8 of that structure so that the vapou... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6227740 | Scrubbing implement A scrubbing attachment for a hand held pump dispenser having a rotatable nozzle cap threadedly received on the pump nozzle stem is described. The attachment has a back face having a central channel with internal threads, adapted to be substituted for the ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6222760 | OTP (one time programmable) micro-controller An OTP (One Time Programmable) micro-controller having a high-data/low-data switching unit adapted to separate input data into high-data and low-data for transmission to an EPROM (erasable programmable read only memory), so that input data of bit number g... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6213721 | Noise emission reduction A structure for eliminating or reducing noise emission from a structure which vibrates at two or more discrete frequencies is described. Vibration damping tiles are secured to the surface of the structure with each tile have a high density layer linked to... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6165014 | Connector socket An improved connector socket comprises a seamless front housing that has square or rectangular cross section. The perimeter of the front housing is provided with a plurality of recesses that are directed inward to the housing. The front portion of the fro... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6131867 | Custom mount for window dressing A device for mounting a wide variety of different window dressings is described. The device is intended to use conventional mounting brackets to mount the window dressing without the necessity of providing holes to mount the same in the face of the window... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6058847 | Submersible mine neutralisation vehicle A mine neutralisation vehicle comprises a first portion to which propulsion units are attached by which propulsion units the vehicle is positioned. Pivotally connected to the first section is a second section containing a shaped charge warhead. By means o... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6049174 | High coulombic switch gas discharge device A device suitable for switching large currents includes, within a gas filled envelope, an anode, electrodes and a thermionic cathode. Initially the device holds off a voltage until a triggering pulse is applied to an electrode. This cause an electron curr... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5973326 | Gas monitors A gas monitor includes an infra-red source enclosed within a housing having inner surfaces which are reflective. Radiation emitted from the source reflects off ellipsoidal surfaces and intermediate planar surfaces to be focussed at a sensor, being reflect... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5951113 | Integrally fused circular brush construction A hollow brushware article and its method of construction are described. The brushware article is constructed from a thin thermoplastic base having arms radiating from a center portion and tufts integrally fused on the upper surface of the base. The termi... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5783812 | Linear CCD hand held bar code reader with vibrator A linear CCD hand held bar code reader which includes a vibrator to provide a vibration signal when the reader completes a reading of a bar code is described. A sensor is provided having a metal antenna mounted around the area to be held by the operator a... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5742697 | Microphone with telescopic sound pickup means A microphone having a telescopic sound pickup means includes a handle fitted with an adjusting knob provided with an internal spiral slide groove. By turning the adjusting knob, a pin may be brought by the spiral slide groove to slide upwardly and downwar... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5724963 | Portable air respirator A portable filter for a compressed air system is described. The filter is intended to be worn by an operator, and contains a diverter valve whereby air from a remote air compressor enters the filter, and is divided into a flow to a work line, and a regula... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5715048 | Calibration system for a photo multiplier tube A calibration system for a measuring device utilizing a photo multiplier tube is provided. The calibration system is intended to provide a stable light source variable over a wide range of intensities which can be used to calibrate the PMT reading using a... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5709513 | Mounting structure An improved mounting structure includes a soft mounting sleeve having a locking hole at a central position for fitting into a through hole of a mount, and a screw fitted with a washer. In assembly, the screw is inserted into the mounting sleeve fitted int... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5704923 | Liquid level detector and alarm device for drip infusion sets A liquid level detector and alarm device including an electrical bridge consisting of two infrared detectors for detecting the change of the liquid level of the infusion solution of a drip infusion set, an A/D converter, and a single chip microprocessor c... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5699363 | Digital signal processing apparatus A digital signal processing apparatus for frequency multiplexing and demultiplexing of narrow band FDM signals has a first block fine processing stage (11) connected in series to a first block coarse processing stage (16, 17) and in parallel therewith a s... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5694290 | Replaceable hard disk drive box structure A replaceable hard disk drive box structure including a box body and a securing seat accommodating the box body. The box body comprises a base, an inner face plate, an upper cover, and a handle. The inner face plate has two outwardly projecting mounting p... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5690344 | In-line roller skate with a sole plate structure An in-line roller skate having an improved sole plate structure includes a boot with an outer sole provided with a plurality of downwardly extending projections. Each projection is provided with a vertically oriented, elongated slot for receiving a bushin... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5688400 | Waste water treatment plant A modular sewage treatment plant is disclosed using a vessel adapted to contain the standard three phases of a sewage treatment, aeration, settling and clarification. The vessel of this invention uses an inverted, centrally located funnel section to recei... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5684364 | Electron beam tube collector having ceramic shielding means In an electron beam tube such as a klystron, a vacuum seal comprises a ceramic cylindrical wall on which are brazed metal rings which are welded to flares and fixed to electrodes and of a collector. Ceramic rings and are located between the metal ring and... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5678899 | Pre-configured brushware and method of fusing The method of fusing brushware is disclosed whereby the molded component upon being tufted with synthetic filament, has a configured one-piece construction having both chemical and physical properties, which contribute to the straightness of the finished ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5647954 | Manufacture of etched substrates such as infrared detectors A narrow and deep aperture is chemically etched in or through a body of, for example, cadmium mercury telluride or other infrared sensitive material. The etchant is constrained and etches faster adjacent to side walls of a mask on the body. Those side wal... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5646784 | Helmet display system A helmet display system is provided comprising a display visor 3 located on helmet 1 on which helmet is also positioned image projection means for projecting an image via a holographic combiner 4 on the display visor 3. The helmet further comprises an ant... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5641110 | Structure for connecting a nailing plate and magazine of a nailing machine A structure for connecting a nailing plate and magazine of a nailing machine includes a couple of corresponding baffle pieces respectively disposed at opposite longitudinal ends of the nailing plate, a couple of lugs located at both sides of one of the ba... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5638743 | Charcoal barbecue A charcoal barbecue having a layer of aluminum foil covered a rectangular corrugated box is forming an outer of the charcoal barbecue. The bottom portion of one side thereof is cut to form two door panels and can be opened into a ventilation orifice, inne... | 06/17/1997 |
