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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7346389 | Dilation enhancer with pre-medicated contact lenses A contact lens with a conductive outer shell (one electrode of a two-electrode electrophoresis device) and a preferably soft, preferably disposable contact lens for contacting a patient's eye, assists in delivering dilation drops or other medicaments to a patient's ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331533 | Thermoplastic railroad cross-ties A process is provided for making thermoplastic-composites from recycled thermoplastics (polyolefins) together with phosphogypsum waste by-product from the phosphate fertilizer wet process or, in an equally preferred embodiment with fluorogypsum waste by-product from... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7198205 | Silicone protective coating A silicone polymer gel/coating which can be sprayed from an aerosol can preferably has a viscosity of 2,000–5,000 cps. and provides a moisture resistant coating of preferably 20–30 mils to protect components in telephone installation and maintenance applications... | 04/03/2007 |
| 6676246 | Heater construction for minimum pulse time A heater chip structure having heating elements operable at an energy per unit volume of from about 2.9 GJ/m3 to about 4.0 GJ/m3, a pulse time of less than about 0.73 microseconds, and one or more protective layers having a total thi... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6637866 | Energy efficient heater stack using DLC island The present invention is directed toward an improved heater chip for an ink jet printer. The heater chip has a diamond-like-carbon coating that functions as the cavitation and passivation layers of the heating elements on the heater chip. To improve the e... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6637961 | Encoder control system for printers and related methods An analog encoder system repeatedly switches back and forth between monitoring of first and second encoder output signals to track movement of a structure associated with the encoder. An energization level of an encoder light element may be controlled in ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6629756 | Ink jet printheads and methods therefor The invention provides a method for making piezoelectric printheads for ink jet The method includes applying an insulating layer to a first surface of a silicon wafer having a thickness ranging from about 200 to about 800 microns. A first conducting layer... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6619786 | Tab circuit for ink jet printer cartridges An improved TAB circuit is provided for use with ink jet printer cartridges, which carries electrical signals to an array of nozzles on a heater chip. The TAB circuit eliminates bent or broken electrical circuit traces before being bonded to the heater ch... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6612032 | Manufacturing method for ink jet pen The invention relates to a method for attaching a semiconductor chip to an ink jet pen body and improved construction techniques therefor. According to the method a first adhesive have a cure time greater than about 15 minutes is dispensed in a predetermi... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6485207 | Printer assembly providing tension for idler pulley A printer assembly includes an idler pulley, a printhead carrier belt, an idler-pulley spring, and a ratchet stop. The printhead carrier belt is operatively connected to the idler pulley and extends in an inboard direction from the idler pulley. The idler... | 11/26/2002 |
| 5662061 | Utility container having multiple, separate compartments with stability, load shifting prevention features The present invention relates to a removable utility container or cooler for a canoe. More particularly, the present invention consists of a removable utility container for a canoe which has multiple separate and distinct interior compartments which may b... | 09/02/1997 |
