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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7815144 | Ground air water craft A vehicle that can operate as either a motorcycle or an autogiro, said vehicle having a flight mode and a motorcycle mode, said vehicle comprising: a frame having a front part and a rear part; a center-line that pa... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7131560 | Portable beer keg tap and dispenser A lightweight beer dispensing system comprising a small carbon dioxide pressure bottle attached directly to an adjustable pressure regulator that can be set to avoid excess foaming is attached directly to a keg tap having a delivery faucet. The invention taps a full... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7051818 | Three in one combined power unit for nitrogen system, fluid system, and coiled tubing system A single tractor unit is provided for pulling a trailer, in which the tractor itself drives a plurality of hydraulic motors which control a crane unit, a coiled tubing injection unit, and the pumps and motors associated with a liquid nitrogen system which is used fo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6612522 | Flyback booster with removable rocket propulsion module A flyback booster (200) comprising an aircraft (203) housing a launch vehicle stage as a removable rocket propulsion module (502) and several space launch vehicles using variations of the flyback booster (200) are disclosed. This flyback booster (200) fun... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6569019 | Weapon shaped virtual reality character controller The present invention is a virtual reality game controller that is shaped like a weapon such as a rifle, pistol or shotgun. The controller has at least one multiaxis controller that is actuated by movement part of the weapon, for example its forearm also ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6453216 | Method of controlling an irrigation system The present invention is a method of controlling an irrigation system that minimizes the use of irrigation water comprising defining a stop time for each watering event that is as late as possible to maximize the statistical contribution of predicted or a... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6433068 | Hydrocarbon gels as suspending and dispersing agents and products Hydrocarbon gels comprising from about 0.1 to about 50 percent on a weight. basis of diblock, triblock, multiblock and/or radial block copolymers based on synthetic thermoplastic rubbers or mixtures, in a mixture with a hydrocarbon, one or more hydrocarbo... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6431497 | Failure resistant multiline tether A tether having the special technical feature of multiple primary load-bearing lines and normally slack secondary lines. These primary and secondary lines are connected together with knotless, slipless interconnections so the tether maintains high strengt... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6419191 | Electrodynamic tether control The present invention comprises apparatus and methods for using and controlling electrodynamic tethers. The apparatus taught by the present invention uses an interconnected multiwire (compared to the long, narrow single wires of the prior art) conductive ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6386484 | Failure resistant multiline tether A tether having the special technical feature of multiple primary load-bearing lines and normally slack secondary lines. These primary and secondary lines are connected together with knotless, slipless interconnections so the tether maintains high strengt... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6290186 | Planar hoytether failure resistant multiline tether A tether having the special technical feature of multiple primary load-bearing lines and normally slack secondary lines. These primary and secondary lines are connected together with knotless, slipless interconnections so the tether maintains high strengt... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6270469 | Abdominal postoperative binder and method of use The invention is a postoperative binder and method of use. The binder is made of relatively inelastic material that is cut to fit the patient and held in place by a plurality of tails fastened with Velcro.RTM. binders. The present invention uses mechanica... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6272479 | Method of evolving classifier programs for signal processing and control The present invention is a method of evolving classifier programs for signal processing and control. The present invention uses an `evolver` program examine a large number of potential features, which may be from multiple signals to create a `classifier` ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6264513 | Wireless marine control system A wireless remote control system for extending the control functions of the electrically actuated control systems of a boat including a plurality of transmitters and receivers, each transmitter capable of generating a signal on two channels and receiver c... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6260807 | Failure resistant multiline tether A tether having the special technical feature of multiple primary load-bearing lines and normally slack secondary lines. These primary and secondary lines are connected together with knotless, slipless interconnections so the tether maintains high strengt... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6173922 | Failure resistant multiline tether A tether (FIG. 6) having the special technical feature of multiple primary load-bearing lines (601,603) and normally slack secondary lines (605, 603). These primary and secondary lines are connected together with knotless, slipless interconnections so the... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6116544 | Electrodynamic tether and method of use The present invention comprises an electrodynamic tether structure and a method of use. The structure of the tether taught by the present invention is a short, wide, interconnected multiwire (compared to the long, narrow single wires of the prior art) con... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6080125 | Abdominal postoperative binder The invention is a postoperative binder made of relatively inelastic material that is cut to fit the patient and held in place by Velcro.RTM. binders. The present invention uses mechanical, rather than elastic, compression. Mechanical loads are carried ne... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6065944 | Annular pump A pump having a semi-rigid flexible outer tube with a sealed top and a sealed bottom, check valves at the top and bottom such that the outer tube is in fluid communication with the working fluid, an inner tube concentrically disposed within the outer tube... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5938591 | Self retaining laryngoscope The invention is a self-retaining disposable laryngoscope having dual light conductive blades that open and lock apart laterally and/or radially. The invention has two curved blades: a tongue blade and a palate blade. These two blades may be separated and... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5795168 | Protective grounding electrical receptacle with repositional plug acceptors An electrical receptacle providing repositional plug accepting members which receive and lock into place an inserted electrical plug with or without a ground prong while allowing for manual rotation to on and off positions, the receptacle further utilizes... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5725402 | Wireless marine propulsion trim/tilt control system A wireless remote control for the trim/tilt of a boat propulsion system including a plurality of transmitters, each capable of generating a signal on two channels and a receiver control responsive to each of the two signals and capable of synthesizing a t... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5604299 | Method of locating emission sources A method of locating the source of material emitted into a moving fluid by measuring the mass flux of the emitted material in each direction of fluid flux over a period of time at a plurality of sensing points; smoothing these directional mass flux values... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5058051 | Address register processor system A digital processing system comprising a source of input data for producing digital information, a data queue connected to the data input by a data bus, a memory array interactive with the data queue, a memory controller connected to the data queue into t... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4867395 | Flat end cap module for space transportation systems A module incorporating at least one flat end cap is positioned within the payload of the Space Shuttle or other space vehicle to enhance the capabilities of the payload area. The flat end cap reduces the required volume in the launch vehicle to be occupie... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4857723 | Segmented imaging plate structure An imaging plate comprising a first conductive layer having a plurality of conductive segments arranged thereabout, a photoconductive sandwich structure affixed to the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer integrally affixed to the side of... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4392349 | Spaced apart wave generator float array Apparatus for extracting energy from fluid motion, i.e. waves, comprising spacing a plurality of floating modules, which may be single floats or arrays, on the fluid's surface far enough apart to minimize apparatus cost and close enough together to utiliz... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4309152 | Hydraulic motor/pump with variable mechanical advantage The invention is an efficient hydraulic motor/pump whose mechanical advantage can be varied while it is operating. Preferred embodiments described include a multi-cylinder reciprocation motor/pump, a variable level power extraction system used with a wave... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4279345 | High speed particle sorter using a field emission electrode The invention sorts small particles by subjecting them to a charging and motivating field produced by a single positively charged electrode. The magnitude of the charge placed on the particle passing the electrode is a function of the observed particle pa... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4268750 | Realtime radiation exposure monitor and control apparatus An apparatus for measuring radiation exposure in realtime by measuring the charge flowing in an external circuit when radiation creates electron hole pairs, and thus allows discharge, of a duo-dielectric detector.... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4239395 | Radiographic imaging system quality monitor The present invention is an apparatus and a method for using the apparatus to maintain quality control over a radiographic imaging system by precisely exposing two areas of a film to even illumination from a light source attenuated by different precisely ... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4223183 | Telephone controlled order entry system A recordkeeping apparatus for use with a pushbutton telephone communication system for providing a permanent printed record at a called party's station of a pushbutton telephone transmitting station optionally equipped with a source terminal to display th... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4205619 | Automatic flare signal apparatus An apparatus for indicating breakage of a tensioned rope, or chain or the like by firing flares or other warning signals. In the preferred embodiment, an auxiliary cable running parallel to the towing or mooring cable is used to actuate firing of a first ... | 06/03/1980 |
| 3946516 | Modular marble game Apparatus for use in the modular construction of games to be played with marbles comprising a plurality of each of two members. The second member is channel shaped and adapted to contain and direct the rolling movement of small spheres, such as marbles, u... | 03/30/1976 |
| 3936690 | Mobile ion film memory A memory device and method is disclosed wherein positions of ions associated with a film are varied locally with respect to the film's surface by an electric field. A writing and erasing field is created by voltage modulating the film's conducting substra... | 02/03/1976 |
