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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 |
| 8171677 | Insert for a weep hole opening in a masonry wall An insert (1) for a weep hole opening in a masonry wall is disclosed. The insert (1) includes a hollow body (2) defining an air flow conduit (3) and including a first open end (4) and a second open end (5). A stainless steel... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8162589 | Moving fluid energy recovery system A moving fluid energy recovery system for generating electricity through rotational motion produced by positioning the present invention in a fluid flow produced by nature or a moving vehicle. The moving fluid energy recovery system has first and second end plates, ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162467 | Method for the univocal marking of materials, and ink for carrying out the same Described herein is a method for unique marking of various materials that can be obtained using an ink formulated with micronized microparticles and/or microencapsulated microdrops of various nature dispersed in a suitable vehicle; said ink, once applied to each ind... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156880 | Impact absorbing drop keel The present invention relates to a keel construction for a floating vessel, where a drop keel (3) can be adjusted from a retracted/extended position to an extended/retracted position for the purpose of varying the steering and gravity point of the floating ve... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156861 | Collapsible food holding system A collapsible food holding system for holding and supporting food during preparation, cleaning or cooking. The collapsible food holding system has an inner frame assembly, and an outer frame assembly pivotably connected to the inner frame assembly via a hinge. The i... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8146875 | Mosquito coil holder A mosquito coil holder in the form of a clip. The clip has a first and second contact portions each adapted to contact a mosquito coil and to hold a mosquito coil therebetween. First and second support portions support the respective first and second contact portion... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8113251 | Anti-skid device for a tire An anti-skid tire device for increasing the grip of a tire of a vehicle on a road surface. The device includes a plurality of modules associated with each other to form substantially a chain disposed annularly around the tire's external surface. The modules each hav... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8083734 | Coolant dosing device The invention relates to a coolant dosing device for the application of cryogenic gas for producing low temperatures as required e.g. in cryosurgery. The invention aims to ensure a disturbance-free operation in spite of often dirty gas and to exclude possible operat... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077446 | Molten dielectric capacitor energy storage system A molten dielectric capacitor energy storage system for storing and providing power to an electric motorized vehicle. The molten dielectric capacitor energy storage system has an outer shell defining a hollow interior, a first conductive electrode with at least one ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070771 | Ambidextrous locking clamp system An ambidextrous locking clamp system for providing a user the ability to use the right or left hand to engage and disengage a ratcheting means on the clamp. The locking clamp has a hingedly connected first and second elongated member each with a finger engaging memb... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069989 | Self-cleaning water filter system A self-cleaning water filter system for removing particulate matter from water by producing scouring effect which pulls debris or particles off from a filter element when a fluid flow is produced across the filter element. The self-cleaning water filter system has a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8027991 | Enhanced searching using a thesaurus A method of providing enhanced on-line computer searching capabilities comprises: (a) forming a thesaurus database including first core concept terms and a series of secondary related terms; (b) providing a user interface to said database for selection of first core... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8017845 | Plectrum The invention relates to a plectrum for playing a stringed instrument. The plectrum is adapted to be securable relative to a finger (or thumb) of an instrument player, and it has a string engaging portion and a finger engaging portion. The finger engaging portion (o... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8001949 | Internal combustion engine An engine with expansion piston located on the end of a motion arm connected to the engine shaft. On the shaft, rotating compression pistons are mounted. The distance between the two piston types allows for the production of great torque. The geometry of expansion c... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7967627 | Rotatably locking two part inductive connector A two-part inductive connector comprises a primary part having a primary half core and a secondary part having a secondary half core, the primary part including first locking means which are engageable with second locking means on the secondary part, one of the prim... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963026 | Method of forming an electrical heating element A method for forming an electrical heating element by flame spraying a metal/metallic oxide matrix, wherein a flame sprayed metal/metallic oxide matrix is deposited onto an insulating or conductive substrate such as to have a higher resistance than is required for a... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7942019 | Ejector pump in device for cooling/heating systems The present invention concerns a cooling or heating system including at least a compressor (10), a coolant tank/accumulator (4), a condenser (11), an inspection glass device with ejector pump (1, 2) for circulation and control of coolant,... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931583 | Surgical method and auxiliary device to correct penis curvature The invention refers to a device for correcting penis curvature. The device includes at least two first rules linked together by a junction and adjustable therebetween along a hypothetical plan containing the first rules, which has rotation and translation between t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7914662 | Water treatment apparatus A portable apparatus for treating polluted water by electrocoagulation. The apparatus comprising at least two electrodes (1,2). The apparatus also includes a housing (4), electrically isolated from the at least two electrodes (1,2), to which the... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913654 | Gas saving device and method for dissociating water The method consists of replacing the exhaust pipe directly below the exhaust manifold of an engine with an expanded exhaust pipe that encases the water dissociation device (9), consisting of a long, spirally formed super heater, preferably stainless steel tub... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905684 | Offshore power plant Platform for a power plant equipped for producing oil and made of reinforced concrete to reduce maintenance cost, consisting of at least one module. Each module will consist of at least one circular column surrounded by concrete to create a desired outer surface. An... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901290 | Table game A table game includes a lower level (2) providing a surface on which a plurality of player pieces (21) can move, an upper level (1) providing a surface on which a game is played and including a plurality of slots, a plurality of player pieces ex... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7883885 | Slide composter The invention relates to a device for the composting of biogenic materials, wherein material introduced at the top of a container as in FIG. 2b reaches a storage chamber (2) arranged below a reactor chamber (1) passing therethrough only b... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7847947 | Spectroscopic lance for bulk sampling A lance assembly (10) for spectroscopically sampling bulk product (8) is disclosed. The assembly comprises: an elongate lance body (11) having a longitudinal axis (15), a proximal end (12) for maneuvering and a head (19) def... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878733 | Erosion protection device An erosion protection device is described which is made of two or more components. Each component has an edge, surfaces on respective sides of the edge and at least one joining portion (a joining portion of a component comprises a recess in the edge and receiving po... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877959 | Connector A panel connector for interconnecting adjacent panels, wherein the panels have one or more flanges each having an edge. The connector comprises a portion of sheet material arranged to extend from the edge of the panel with a curved profile having an inner end adjace... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7866175 | Flow control of refrigerant The present invention concerns a cooling or heating apparatus including at least a 5 compressor (1), a condenser (2), an expansion apparatus (7), a vaporizer (9) and a space for liquid accumulation (10). The invention is cha... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862425 | Method and system for allocating loyalty reward points to gaming players A system for allocating loyalty reward points to a player at a gaming area, where the player has a loyalty reward card. The player further being associated with identifiable casino chips each having a radio frequency identification tag. The system has a recording de... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861793 | Stabilising and release system for and boom holding and positioning system for an agricultural apparatus A stabilising and release system, for an agricultural apparatus having a mounting portion for mounting the apparatus to a tractor, a pendulum mounted on the mounting portion, and a boom for spraying or cutting, which is pivotally mounted to the pendulum at a pivot p... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7850026 | Crane assembly A lifting assembly comprising parallel guides (18, 20), a carriage (26, 28) associated with each parallel guide (18, 20) and movable along the length of the parallel guides, a displacement arm (40) pivotally connected to each carriage ( | 12/14/2010 |
| 7824425 | Ambidextrous locking clamp system An ambidextrous locking clamp system for providing a user the ability to alter the configuration of a hand operated device allowing a right or left handed user to operate the device. The device has a hingedly connected first and second elongated member each with a f... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7810338 | Control method for the air-conditioning treatment of products A control method for the air-conditioning treatment of products cyclically measures, at definable time intervals, the product temperature and, according thereto, automatically adjusts several environmental parameters inside the treatment chamber. In order to provide... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806778 | Golf putter The invention relates to a putter head for a golf putter and to a golf putter that includes the putter head and a putter shaft secured to the putter head. The putter head includes a first head part, that defines the striking face of the putter, and a second head par... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7800981 | High efficiency portable seismograph for measuring seismic tremor Portable seismograph (1) comprising a support and containment structure (2), a bottom portion (3) of which is made of a material having a seismic impedance value ranging between 2×105 and 4×106 kg/m2s, three se... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7780591 | Surgical method and auxiliary device to correct penis curvature The invention refers to a surgical method to correct penis curvature, as well as a method to determine the location of the main incision line, method to determine the geometrical distribution and size of forked ends of the main incision line and a method to determin... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7780156 | Web handling process and equipment The present invention relates to a method and equipment for the handling of web materials (200), such as essentially continuous webs of plastic films, textiles, non-wovens, or paper, or the like, or of parts or pieces of such webs. In particular execution, it... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778455 | Method of and system for reconstructing a digital optical image According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a system of and method for processing a digitized image derived from detector instrumentation (11) to form a reconstructed image. In a typical image processing system (9), γ-rays (10 | 08/17/2010 |
| 7758609 | Ambidextrous locking clamp An ambidextrous locking clamp system for providing a user the ability to alter the configuration of a hand operated device allowing a right or left handed user to operate the device. The device has a hingedly connected first and second elongated member each with a f... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7752196 | Information retrieving and storing system and method A computer and implemented process for retrieving and storing information to manage information in a computer system. The computer implemented process uses an input and a processing means, with the input arranged to obtain a statement. The processing means is arrang... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7728453 | Ocean wave energy converter (OWEC) A device consisting of a container which is partially submerged in the sea which may be buoyant and connected to the seabed with cables or mounted on a platform and whose interior is connected to its exterior via pipes where in response to the passing of waves is fi... | 06/01/2010 |
