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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6868562 | Skimmer protector with intregral blow tube A skimmer protector having an integral blow tube is formed from two parts. First, a hollow, blow-molded body of resilient thermoplastic resin material having a cylindrical projection on one end with external screw threads for threading into the intake pipe of a swim... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6716139 | Method and portable training device for optimizing a training The present invention provides a portable training device for optimizing a training comprising a sound playback means, a microprocessor, and a means for detecting parameters inherent to the body of the user, said detecting means being connected with the microprocess... | 04/06/2004 |
| 7077125 | Apparatus for administering aerosols A stationary inhalation apparatus for the individual controlled inhalation of therapeutic aerosols comprises a drug-release means 3, at least one drug reservoir 2, a reader 4 for reading out a patient's individual parameters and/or the aerosol p... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6970736 | Analysis system of matter adhered to inside wall of vessel An analysis system comprises an endoscope 10 insertable into the vessel and a Raman analysis apparatus 40. An insert cable 54 of the Raman analysis apparatus 40 is inserted into a channel 10a of the endoscope 10. An excitation optical fiber 60 and a bundle 70... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6887196 | Endoscope apparatus with an omnidirectional view field and a translatable illuminator An omnidirectional endoscope device 1 is provided at a distal end part of an insertion section 12 of an endoscope 10 with an omnidirectional light receiving unit 20 for receiving an incident light from all around the periphery in the peri... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6832411 | Hinge device Abutment projections (54, 54) of a resin-made driver member (not shown) are inserted in the opposite end portions of a key groove (41) of a metal-made turnable member (4) in the circumferential direction. A key portion (B3) of a receiving... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6796447 | Crane control system This crane control system with swing control and variable impedance is intended for use with overhead cranes where a line suspended from a moveable hoist suspends a load. It is responsive to operator force applied to the load and uses a control strategy based on est... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6789683 | Camp cook kit strainer A strainer assembly for a camp cooking kit has a strainer body having at least one rim for engaging a rim of a camp cooking pot and a plurality of openings for pouring liquid from the camp cooking pot while preventing egress of other contents from the pot. Strap gui... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6783476 | Compact full-traction differential The size, weight, and cost of a full-traction differential are significantly reduced by the synergism of several interrelated design features of a cartridge-like gear complex: (1) Each combination gear has only a shallow journal hole in each end of an otherwise soli... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6776384 | Seat of vehicle A seat of a vehicle comprises an upper and a lower frame 10, 20 and a first and a second link 31, 32 of an X-shape disposed therebetween. A front end portion (one end portion) of a suspension spring 40 is locked to the lower frame 20, and... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6772441 | Soccer goalkeeper glove A palm face of a soccer goalkeeper glove is provided with a strand mesh secured at wrist and fingertip regions to strengthen back bending resistance of the thumb and fingers of the glove. The mesh can extend across spaces between the thumb and fingers of the glove, ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6772481 | Hinge assembly A hinge assembly (1) used for a foldable cellular telephone, comprising a pair of abutment members (5, 6), a bias means (7) biasing the abutment members so that the abutment members are pressingly brought into contact with each other, a projecti... | 08/10/2004 |
| D491454 | Stay for furniture | 06/15/2004 |
| 6725863 | Choking assistance device A choking assistance device includes a head specially designed for placement against the abdomen of a choking victim for performance of the Heimlich Maneuver. The head has lateral extensions and, in the preferred embodiment, a central bulge. The choking assistance d... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6725798 | Canoe platform A canoe platform interconnects a pair of spaced apart canoes arranged parallel with each other so that the platform can support human activity while the canoes support the platform above the water. The platform is made of a pair of panels adjoining each other and sp... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6705677 | Chair with seatback and rotating damper device A forward end part of an arm part (53) of a seatback frame is connected to a forward end part of a main frame (3) such that the forward end part of said arm part (53) can turn about a horizontal axis (61) extending leftward and rightward.... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6704418 | Hinge device A pair of first conversion faces (55, 55) and a pair of second conversion faces (56, 56) are formed on the end face of a contact member (50) with which a movable member (now shown) comes into contact. The first conversion faces (55, 55) are separated by 1... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6678067 | Automated document inspection system A new method and system applying the method inspect printed documents that have regions of variable content, the regions having variable locations from document to document in a print job, to ensure that predetermined criteria are met. The locations of th... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6637248 | Method for machining protuberance of special-shaped tube A revolution center line (C) of a roll (R) is made eccentric with respect to an axis (L) of an elliptic tube (1). The eccentric amount &3xb5; is set such that when the revolution radius of the roll (R) is gradually reduced from a state in which the roll (... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6634033 | Rotating damper A cam member 5 is disposed within a first chamber R1 such that the cam member 5 is rotatable but non-movable in the axial direction. The cam member 5 is non-rotatably connected to a rotor 3 through a connection shaft portion 52 piercing into a piston 4. A... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6635223 | Method for inactivating micro-organisms using high pressure processing This invention is related to methods for inactivating micro-organisms using high pressure processing. A method is described for inactivating micro-organisms in a product using high pressure processing including the steps of packing said product in a flexi... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6628823 | Pictorial digital image processing incorporating adjustments to compensate for dynamic range differences Image-dependent tone and color reproduction processing of digital images is accomplished by creating a spatially blurred and sub-sampled version of the original image, and applying knowledge of the capture device physical characteristics to obtain statist... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6619244 | Expansible chamber engine This engine 1 relies on a flywheel having a flywheel axis and an undulating cam surface. A piston with a roller at its base is positioned in a cylinder such that the roller abuts the undulating cam surface at some radial distance from the flywheel axis. T... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6601269 | Hinge Assembly A shaft part (3A) of a second hinge member (3) is press-fitted into a support hole (23) of a first hinge member (2). By this, frictional resistance is generated between an inner peripheral surface of the support hole (23) and an outer peripheral surface o... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6588063 | Hinge assembly A cam portion 5 is composed of a first to fifth arcuate surfaces 51 to 55. The first arcuate surface 51 is arranged such that when a cover member C of a cellular telephone is located in a neutral position, a plate spring portion 22 contacts a crossing por... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6587676 | Hinge assembly A hinge shaft 6 is nonpivotably connected to a cover 3. Two shaft portions 63 are formed on the hinge shaft 6. Spring elements 51, which are nonpivotably disposed at a telephone main body 2, are in pressure contact with the shaft portions 63. By the foreg... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6582359 | Endoscope apparatus for inside wall of blood vessel An endoscope apparatus has a side view endoscope 10 for side viewing an object in a radial direction of a distal end constitutional portion 14 and a balloon catheter 40. With an insert portion 13 of a side view endoscope 10 inserted in an insert tube 41 o... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6571791 | Inhalation device An inhalation device has a container 2 for an aerosol volume inhaled via a channel 15 and a mouthpiece 14, the container being located within a housing 12. The aerosol, in particular vitamin A, is introduced from a cartridge 17 into the interior of the co... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6565133 | Sweep lock and tilt latch combination A pair of sweep locks and a corresponding pair of tilt latches are combined and mounted together on an upper rail of a lower sash. The tilt latches and sweep locks are then interactively engaged so that locking the sweep locks latches the tilt latches, an... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6563945 | Pictorial digital image processing incorporating image and output device modifications Image-dependent tone and color reproduction processing of digital images is accomplished by creating a spatially blurred and sub-sampled version of the original image, and applying knowledge of the capture device physical characteristics to obtain statist... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6560039 | Double mirror catadioptric objective lens system with three optical surface multifunction component A double mirror objective lens system uses a three optical surface refractor incorporating a convex mirror into a right surface thereof that reflects incident light to a concave mirror, which reflects the light back through the refractor and on toward a f... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6543088 | Hinge assembly A bottom portion 11a is formed on an external end portion of a support sleeve portion 11 which is located on an external side, and an engagement recess 43 is formed in an inner peripheral surface of a support sleeve portion 21 which is located on an inter... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6523868 | Wind-resistant window sash lock A sweep lock locking the check rails of an upper and lower sash improves window resistance to negative wind force. The lock accomplishes this by a cam with a pair of locking rims that engage cam receiver projections extending upward and downward to lock a... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6523224 | Hinge assembly with limited play Slits 53, 53 are each formed in one pair of first opposite side portions 5a, 5b of a hinge body 5. By this, one pair of second opposite side portions 5c, 5d of the hinge body 5 can resiliently be deformed such that an interval between the second opposite ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6513194 | Pivot connection adjustment assembly An adjustment assembly enables lateral adjustment of the position of a pivot connection of a first member relative to a second member in a window assembly having a first member, a second member, and a rotatable pivot-mounting element. The pivot-mounting e... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6491002 | Intermittent linear motor The intermittent linear motor of this invention incorporates features which enhance the exhaust scavenging and cooling processes, as well as simplifying overall construction including a compression plenum below the piston where air displaced during a powe... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6478347 | Wind-resistant sweep lock A sweep lock locking the check rails of an upper and lower sash improves window resistance to negative wind force. The lock accomplishes this by a cam with a locking rim that extends both upward and downward to engage cam receiver projections above and be... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6473524 | Optical object recognition method and system An iterative application of an optical object recognition method, such as an OCR method, with enhancements and modifications yields improved speed and accuracy. In the exemplary embodiment, after an initial pass of the OCR method on a document image, unre... | 10/29/2002 |
