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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7066621 | Dual-beam lantern-flashlight A dual-beam lantern-flashlight capable of emitting two light beams, including an elongated flashlight body having a front end and a rear end, a headlamp mounted in the front end of the body and disposed to emit a beam of light in a forward direction from the front e... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6840645 | Light tube system for distributing sunlight or artificial light singly or in combination Hybrid lighting systems use light distributor tubes to distribute artificial light and natural sunlight through the same distributor tubes. Devices for gathering uncollimated light from conventional sources (such as electrically energized arcs or filaments housed in... | 01/11/2005 |
| D535406 | Insect/fly screens | 01/16/2007 |
| 7135299 | Catalase-inactivating compounds and the use thereof The invention relates to the sulfonyl esters of the general formula R1—COO—SO2—Z—R2, wherein Z, R1 and R2 are defined as in claim 1. The invention further relates to the use of one of the inventiv... | 11/14/2006 |
| D531961 | Vertically-mounted, weatherproof, while-in-use, electrical receptacle cover assembly | 11/14/2006 |
| 7098893 | Thumb and finger guide attachable to a computer mouse and a computer mouse incorporating same Thumb and finger guide structure for a computer mouse includes two guides, one located on either side of the mouse. One guide is designed to receive the user's thumb and the other is designed to receive the user's little finger. The structure of the present inventio... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095915 | Beam steering arrangements and optical switches To steer a beam in an optical switch, a collimator joined to an optical fiber along a Z-axis is mounted in a gimbal for rocking movement about X and Y axes. A piezoelectric actuator extends along the Z-axis and is symmetric about the fiber. An angular position senso... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7059240 | Double heating-type pots Disclosed herein is a double heating-type pot. The pot includes air inlet holes at an upper portion thereof to introduce heated air into the pot. Further, a guide unit is provided on an outer surface of the pot to efficiently guide heated air to the air inlet holes.... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055799 | Electromagnetic apparatus for automatically and selectively supplying and shutting off fluid Disclosed herein is an electromagnetic apparatus for automatically and selectively supplying and shutting off fluid. The electromagnetic apparatus includes a frame unit, a through unit, a coil unit, a rotor, a casing, a shaft and a casing. The frame unit is coaxiall... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055357 | Vehicle repair clamps Vehicle repair clamps for grasping curved or non-linear surfaces. One embodiment comprises a hinged clamp comprising at least one jaw formed of a plurality of jaw sections that are hingedly connected and that may be adjusted to grasp surfaces of different angles. Th... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044976 | Prosthesis for long bone replacement in humans and animals A modular system for the formation of a prosthesis for the replacement of a long bone in a human or animal body. The system provides a prosthesis having a proximal or distal end component such as a trochanter or condylar head, forming one component of a prosthetic j... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040236 | Environmentally-friendly training hand grenade and manufacturing method of the same Disclosed is an environmentally-friendly training hand grenade and a method of manufacturing the same. The training hand grenade is advantageous in that it is not necessary to recover fragments, generated by the explosion of the training hand grenade after use, beca... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041823 | Process for preparing 9-[4-acetoxy-3-(acetoxymethyl)but-1-yl]-2-aminopurine Disclosed is a process for preparing 9-[4-acetoxy-3-(acetoxymethyl)but-1-yl]-2-aminopurine (called Famciclovir), a drug of purine derivatives having antiviral activity. This process comprises reacting 2-aminopurine with 2-acetoxymethyl-4-bromobut-1-yl-acetate in the... | 05/09/2006 |
| D519866 | Travel scale | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026745 | Piezoelectric actuator An actuator comprises a laminate of interleaved layers of electrode plates and piezoelectric material; wherein an upper region (in use) of electrode plates is adapted when energized to effect deflections in up and down directions; a lower region of electrode plates ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026932 | Electronic lock-out tag-out safety device An electronic lock-out tag-out system comprising a transmitter lock and a portable receiver. One or more switches of the transmitter lock is connected to a utility box or the like and are actuated when the transmitter lock is moved or removed. When the switch is act... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017828 | Blower assisted heating and defogging system for small aircraft For the purposes of increasing pilot visibility and comfort in small planes during winter conditions, this invention provides an auxiliary heating system. Prior to actual flight, that is to say that during start up, warm up, taxi and takeoff, a small aircraft does n... | 03/28/2006 |
| D516433 | Flask | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005142 | Veterinary delivery systems and methods of delivering effective agents to animals A veterinary delivery system in the form of a pliable film comprising at least one binder, at least one lubricant, at least one solvent for the binder and lubricant, and an effective amount of at least one effective agent. According to one embodiment, a flavorant is... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003955 | Enhanced pumped storage power system An enhanced pumped storage power system. More particularly, the invention is a regenerative power system that utilizes the gravitational forces of downward movement of large quantities of water to convert same to electrical energy. In the preferred mode of implement... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994764 | Method for producing a shaped part To make a shaped article, a decorative paper whose cotton linters content is at least 10 wt % and can be as high as 100 wt % of the total fiber content in the paper is impregnated with a cross-linkable aminoplastic resin, applied on a carrier of wood-based material ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994022 | Aircraft trash management system An aircraft trash management system including a, trash bag, a trash compactor, a modified bilge drain valve and an improved control valve assembly. The trash bag has a porous bottom and non-porous sides. The bottom of the trash bag is impregnated with a non-leaching... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6988455 | Sewing machine A sewing machine comprises: a head portion having a sewing needle driven to vertically reciprocate; a lower shaft having a shuttle connected thereto which is driven to rotate synchronized with the vertical movement of the sewing needle cooperating to form stitches; ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6986622 | Containment system A pipework containment system comprising: (i) an outer containment pipe extending between a chamber and a sump; (ii) a fluid-tight seal between the outer containment pipe and the chamber; (iii) a fluid-tight seal between the ou... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6979282 | Portable foot operated exercise device A portable foot operated exercise device includes a somewhat elastic fabric base having spaced apart foot sleeves on an upper surface thereof and removable sliding pads on the lower surface thereof. According to the presently preferred embodiment, the base is made o... | 12/27/2005 |
| D510377 | Fragmentary portion of cinematographic film | 10/04/2005 |
| 6939269 | Exercise device for improving head, neck, and spinal alignment An exercise device for improving head, neck, and spinal alignment preferably includes a bracket having a pair of spaced apart pulleys and a U-shaped base which is adapted to fit over a door, a rope having at least one hand grip attached to one end and a coupler atta... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929612 | Battery operated flexible massage tube A battery operated flexible massage device includes a ball-and-socket modular plastic spine and an electric vibrator unit, covered by a flexible foam tube. The tube containing the spine and the vibrator unit is covered with a padded fabric cylindrical shell. The end... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929433 | Drill and surface insensitive starting drill for difficult materials and deep holes A fluteless pyramid point drill for spotting holes for drills having an included angle from 90-160°. The preferred tool is double ended. Another embodiment features the pyramid point on the back end of a penetrating drill. An enhanced pyramid point geometry enables... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925946 | Embroidery machine An embroidery machine can simultaneously embroider sewing objects having various shapes, including a flat object, an object having a shape of a usual processed cloth, an object having a shape of a cap, etc. The embroidery machine comprises a plurality of sewing head... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926822 | Method and apparatus for removing particulate contaminants from commercial laundry wastewater A filtration apparatus includes a laundry waste sump, a primary 50 micron static screen filter, a 9,000 gallon equalization tank, at least one secondary media/carbon filter, a sludge holding tank with a pump to return excess water to the equalization tank, a backwas... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6925137 | Small neutron generator using a high current electron bombardment ion source and methods of treating tumors therewith A neutron generator includes a modular arrangement of a high current electron bombardment ion source, providing deuterium(D) and/or tritium(T) ions, a high voltage acceleration stage to accelerate the ions and raise the ion energy to the order of 100 keV, and an occ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920691 | Multi cell tube and manufacturing method A method of manufacturing a multi-cell tube having two or more cells, which are repeatedly formed in longitudinal and circumferential directions of the tube in such a manner that fluid can be separately or simultaneously let into and/or out of the respective cells. ... | 07/26/2005 |
| D507789 | Combination candle centerpiece and side loading music CD player | 07/26/2005 |
| D507693 | Drying poncho | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908381 | Electronic game for computer or slot machine An electronic game for interactive play on a screen of a slot machine, gaming machine, or computer. The game comprises a display having a plurality of indicia, displayed in a plurality of rows and columns initially in two dimensions. The rows and columns combine to ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902198 | Scratch tape A scratch tape includes a base substrate, a UV coating layer formed on the upper surface of the base substrate, a lightproof layer 30 formed of the UV coating layer for shielding light, and a water-based coating layer 40 such that the enhanced lightpro... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902775 | Decoration method A method of decorating an article, the method comprising mixing a thermochromic ink with a transparent lacquer, applying the mixture on to part or all of the surface of an article, once the mixture is set, applying a second layer of dishwasher proof transparent lacq... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6896026 | Insect screens An improved flyscreen to be slidingly deployed across an opening of window or door, the window or door having a static glazing pane or panel and an opening pane or panel, the flyscreen comprising a frame dimensioned to correspond to the dimensions of the window or d... | 05/24/2005 |
