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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7255333 | Strip diffuser Membrane strip diffusers are disclosed, useful for example in aerating wastewater in activated sludge plants. These diffusers have membranes, diffuser bodies and gas conduits elongated in the same general direction. Such conduits may be attached to or formed integra... | 08/14/2007 |
| D534096 | Peaceful heart pendant | 12/26/2006 |
| D521892 | Ring | 05/30/2006 |
| 6803583 | Scintillator for electron microscope and method of making A scintillator for an electron microscope includes a substrate (24) of optically transparent material in disc shaped form, a retaining ring (20) of highly conductive material having a non-oxidizing surface around the substrate and having a radially inw... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6282950 | Method and apparatus for testing the bond strength of materials A method and apparatus for testing the bond strength of materials such as a coating (101) on a substrate (100) wherein a stub (102) is placed on the coating (101) with a light curable adhesive (114) therebetween, the stub having a threaded section extendi... | 09/04/2001 |
| 4680820 | Convertible water bed A convertible water bed comprising a bed frame, a water-filled mattress supported on the bed frame, a movable flexible mattress support member slidably connected at two opposite edges to side boards of the bed frame for movement between a use position abo... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4542759 | Portable shelter A geodesic type shelter having the shape of a semi-ellipsoid of revolution having a large opening in one side and being constructed of elements which are all removably connected together so that it is particularly useful as a portable airplane hangar.... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4197460 | Multi-angle nuclear imaging apparatus and method Nuclear imaging apparatus for obtaining multi-plane readouts of radioactive material in a human or animal subject. A probe disposed in the vicinity of the subject is provided for receiving radiation from radiating sources in the subject and for forming a ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4176093 | Neutron absorbing room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber compositions A neutron absorbing composition comprising a one-component room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition or a two-component room temperature vulcanizable silicone rubber composition in which the composition contains from 25 to 300 parts by wei... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4174145 | High pressure electrical insulated feed thru connector A feed-thru type hermetic electrical connector including at least one connector pin feeding through an insulator block within the metallic body of the connector shell. A compression stop arrangement coaxially disposed about the insulator body is brazed to... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4161351 | All-reflective optical target illumination system with high numerical aperture An all-reflective optical system for providing illumination of a target focal region at high numerical aperture from a pair of confluent collimated light beams. The collimated beams are each incident upon an associated concave eccentric pupil paraboloidal... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4157559 | Coaxial nuclear radiation detector with deep junction and radial field gradient Germanium radiation detectors are manufactured by diffusing lithium into high purity p-type germanium. The diffusion is most readily accomplished from a lithium-lead-bismuth alloy at approximately 430° and is monitored by a quartz half cell containing a ... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4157473 | Simplified fast neutron dosimeter Direct fast-neutron-induced recoil and alpha particle tracks in polycarbonate films may be enlarged for direct visual observation and automated counting procedures employing electrochemical etching techniques. Electrochemical etching is, for example, carr... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4134563 | Pipe support A pipe support for high temperature, thin-walled piping runs such as those used in nuclear systems. A section of the pipe to be supported is encircled by a tubular inner member comprised of two walls with an annular space therebetween. Compacted load-bear... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4129476 | Environment control system A system for controlling the environment of an enclosed area in nuclear reactor installations. The system permits the changing of the environment from nitrogen to air, or from air to nitrogen, without the release of any radioactivity or process gas to the... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4118275 | Variable flow control for a nuclear reactor control rod A variable flow control for a control rod assembly of a nuclear reactor that depends on turbulent friction though an annulus. The annulus is formed by a piston attached to the control rod drive shaft and a housing or sleeve fitted to the enclosure housing... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4097331 | Coolant mass flow equalizer for nuclear fuel The coolant mass flow distribution in a liquid metal cooled reactor is enhanced by restricting flow in sub-channels defined in part by the peripheral fuel elements of a fuel assembly. This flow restriction, which results in more coolant flow in interior s... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4053355 | Nuclear reactor remote disconnect control rod coupling indicator A coupling indicator for use with nuclear reactor control rod assemblies which have remotely disengageable couplings between the control rod and the control rod drive shaft. The coupling indicator indicates whether the control rod and the control rod driv... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4000036 | Plasma control and utilization A plasma is confined and heated by a microwave field resonant in a cavity excited in a combination of the TE and TM modes while responding to the resonant frequency of the cavity as the plasma dimensions change to maintain operation at resonance. The micr... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3955757 | Ultracentrifuge for separating fluid mixtures 1. A centrifuge for the separation of fluid mixtures having light and heavy fractions comprising a cylindrical rotor, disc type end-plugs closing the ends of the rotor, means for mounting said rotor for rotation about its cylindrical axis, a housing membe... | 05/11/1976 |
