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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4890873 | Hand-held carrier for a roll of blueprints and cut blank therefor A carrier comprising a single cut blank of stiff sheet material, such as cardboard, plastic or corrugated paper-board including a substantially rectangular center section and a pair of side or lateral sections. The center section has parallel fold lines o... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4840188 | Desensitizing condom A condom for use by a male human comprising a phallic-shaped elastic sheath having a closed end and, on the inside surface of said closed end, a local coating adapted for delaying ejaculation by said male during sexual intercourse. The essential ingredien... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4603280 | Electroluminescent device excited by tunnelling electrons An electroluminescent device comprising a composite structure including first and second electrodes, first and second electroluminescent layers between said electrodes, and an electrically-insulating layer between and contacting both of the electrolumines... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4586817 | Method for determining the MTF of a viewing window Method comprises producing a pattern of alternate light and dark areas along a particular path on the back surface of a viewing window, scanning the image of the pattern along the projected path with a photodetector in such manner as to produce an alterna... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4568479 | Method for preparing phosphor adapted for producing photosensitive layers from an acid slurry Prior to preparing an acid phosphor slurry for use in preparing dry photosensitive phosphor layers, particulate yttrium, lanthanum and/or gadolinium oxysulfide or vanadate phosphor is mixed with essentially water-insoluble particulate zinc phosphate in an... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4566893 | Method for fabricating a glass CRT panel A method for fabricating a glass CRT panel that exhibits high compressive surface stress and low compaction comprising thermally processing the panel during the initial annealing stage for a prescribed period of time at about those temperatures that produ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4563612 | Cathode-ray tube having antistatic silicate glare-reducing coating A cathode-ray tube comprising a glass viewing window having, on its external viewing surface, an antistatic, glare-reducing, image-transmitting coating. The coating has a rough surface and is composed essentially of a silicate material and a metallic comp... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4562120 | Heat-resistant, optically-black coating An optically-black coating that is adherent to metal surfaces, has a low reflectance of light in the range of about 2000 to 7500 Angstroms, and is chemically stable up to at least 750° C., consists essentially of a minor proportion of an inorganic silica... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4561931 | Method including producing a stencil from layer of dichromate-sensitized PVA and fluorescein-type dye A method for producing a stencil of PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) including applying and heat-drying to a surface a coating of an aqueous composition of PVA and dichromate sensitizer, and then exposing and developing the dried coating. The aqueous composition i... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4560581 | Method for preparing lithium-silicate glare-reducing coating A glare-reducing coating, as for the surface of the viewing window of a cathode-ray tube, is prepared by (a) warming a glass support above room temperature, (b) coating a surface of the warm support with an aqueous solution containing a lithium-stabilized... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4559762 | Method for loading electron tubes in packages A tube packaging method comprises (a) providing a base platform having a radial array of nests, each adapted for receiving an electron tube, (b) positioning the platform with an empty one of the nests in a prescribed position, (c) loading an electron tube... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4556820 | Image display including a light-absorbing matrix of zinc-iron sulfide Image display including a viewing screen comprising spaced elemental image areas and a light-absorbing matrix of crystalline zinc-iron sulfide particles adjacent to these areas. The display may be made by producing a layer which is tacky in substantially ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4556620 | Image display including a light-absorbing matrix of zinc-iron sulfide and method of preparation Image display including a viewing screen comprising spaced elemental image areas and a light-absorbing matrix of crystalline zinc-iron sulfide particles adjacent to these areas. The display may be made by producing a layer which is tacky in substantially ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4530286 | Intaglio printing plate for printing serial markings An intaglio inking plate comprising a printing surface having an aperture therein, a plurality of separately-movable bars filling the aperture and means for positioning each bar separately either flush or depressed from the printing surface. The positioni... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4521501 | Method for reducing degradation of an optical image in an exposure lighthouse In the novel method, light passes upwardly from a light source, through an optical element and then is incident upon a photosensitive layer. A transparent optically-neutral sheet, which may be of glass or plastic, closely spaced above the optical element ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4518893 | CRT with internal neck coating of crystalline tin oxide for suppressing arcing therein CRT (cathode-ray tube) comprises an evacuated glass envelope, an electron-gun mount assembly housed in the envelope, the electrodes of said envelope being confined by closely-spaced glass surfaces, and a smooth, electrically-conductive coating of tin oxid... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4517224 | Method for removing a phosphor layer from a support surface In a method for preparing a luminescent screen which includes optionally depositing a light-absorbing matrix upon a support, depositing a phosphor-and-binder layer on the support, and then coating the phosphor layer with a film of organic polymeric materi... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4515867 | Method for ablating a coded marking into a glass workpiece and product thereof A dark-colored undercoating is deposited on a desired surface area of a glass workpiece, and a light-colored overcoating is applied upon the undercoating, each coating being dried in less than about 60 seconds. Then a plurality of related marks is recesse... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4515569 | Method of electrically processing a CRT mount assembly to reduce arcing and afterglow The novel method of electrically processing a completed and operative CRT comprises (A) heating the portions of the focus electrode that face a high-voltage electrode at temperatures above about 700° C. and simultaneously (B) spot-knocking the heated por... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4514456 | Method of making a coded marking in a glass workpiece employing a trisilicate coating and product thereof An undercoating is deposited on a glass workpiece and an overcoating is applied upon the undercoating. Then a plurality of related marks is recessed through the overcoating, thereby producing the novel workpiece. Each of the undercoating and overcoating i... | 04/30/1985 |
