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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 |
| 7070036 | Power takeoff device A power takeoff having an output shaft, an output gear and a connect-disconnect clutch mechanism for connecting the output gear to the output shaft, the clutch mechanism, including a clutch hub, a disc stack slidably mounted between the output gear and the clutch hu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6955305 | Weight for drinking apparatus A weight for insertion upon a drinking straw which is provided to anchor the drinking straw against the buoyant effects of escaping diffused gases in carbonated drinks. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6932128 | Apparatus and method for using a lightweight portable air/gas power supply A lightweight carbon fiber air/gas supply vessel storing high pressure air/gas. The air/gas supply vessel output is controlled by an adjustable pressure reduction valve which varies output pressure from very high to low pressure levels. An alternative multi-valve sy... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6933624 | Hydropower generation apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for generating power utilizing the flow of water from an upper water body to a lower water body in order to generate an upward buoyant force on at least one buoyant object located in a chamber. In preferred embodiments, water is recycled betwee... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6922961 | Vertical and horizontal spacers to form curved glass block walls This application discloses parts for use in constructing a curved glass block wall using regular shaped glass blocks. The assembly parts include a vertical spacer, which provides for adjustable widths of spacing to be obtained between adjacent glass blocks, as well ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918825 | Poultry de-feathering apparatus and method Apparatus for de-feathering (i.e. picking or plucking) poultry. More particularly, picking apparatus employing a plurality of elongated picking elements which are resistant to cracking and/or micro-poring, and which are preferably flexible and/or bendable and which ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6907707 | Converted wood article A converted wood article for use in combination with other converted wood articles to form composite wood products for use in general construction such as in the construction of posts, flooring, walls and support beams. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904924 | Triangular frame tent A frame tent having a triangular-shaped perimeter frame, a flexible canopy attached to said perimeter frame, three corner posts to support the perimeter frame at corners thereof, three cables each having one end attached to an upper end of an associated one of said ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902176 | Steering knuckle and adjustable boss A multi-piece steering knuckle having at least one boss which is adjustable in position along an axis of a king pin. More particularly, a steering knuckle including at least one boss having a threaded surface for threading to a mating surface of a yoke arm, the thre... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899539 | Infantry wearable information and weapon system Wearable systems for providing situational awareness in battle or combat type conditions. More specially, modular, wearable, weapon integrated computer systems for gathering and transmitting data, wherein the systems include components tailorable for specific condit... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6883813 | Independent paddle lift axle suspension system An auxiliary lift axle suspension of the parallelogram type is constructed for heavy duty operation by providing longitudinal control arms at the corners of a parallelogram configuration extending between the axle connecting member and the frame hanger bracket. A li... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6874993 | Method for controlling an electric pump A control method for an electric pump adapted to supply pressurised operating fluid to actuators of an automatic transmission in order to cause the opening/closing of the clutch and the selection and engagement of the gears, in which the stage of supply of a voltage... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6874917 | Adjustable device for supporting a lighting element of a lighting fixture There is provided an adjustable device for supporting a lighting element of a lighting fixture, and which provides for adjusting the spatial configuration of the lighting fixture by adjusting, in particular, the position of a lamp-holder with respect to a supporting... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6857513 | Dual clutch transmission unit for a motor vehicle A dual clutch transmission unit for a motor vehicle is adapted to transmit the movement to an automatic gear change provided with two ranks of gears; the transmission unit has a rotary movement input member adapted to be driven in rotation by the engine of the motor... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6831373 | Hydropower generation apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for generating power utilizing the flow of water from an upper water body to a lower water body in order to generate an upward buoyant force on at least one buoyant object located in a chamber. In preferred embodiments, water is recycled betwee... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6823634 | Horizontal spacer to form angled glass block walls This application discloses a horizontal spacer for rectangular and non-rectangular glass blocks, which enables non-rectangular glass blocks to be connected to adjacent non-rectangular or rectangular glass blocks such that any configuration of wall may be formed usin... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6820159 | Bus interface for transfer of SONET/SDH data This invention provides a bus interface to connect SONET/SDH termination devices with payload processing devices while utilizing a minimum number of signals. The bus interface of this invention can scale with future advances in bandwidth in serial link technology. | 11/16/2004 |
| 6801308 | Method and apparatus for measuring chromatic dispersion in optical fibers An apparatus for measuring chromatic dispersion in a waveguide uses a probe signal and a modulated pump signal which are coupled together into a waveguide. The modulated pump signal causes spatial and temporal Raman gain modulation of the probe signal. The amplitude... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6792658 | Valve seal removal apparatus Apparatus for removing valve seals from a cylinder head of an engine. More particularly, valve seal removal apparatus having a lever and at least a pair of gripping members for frictionally gripping a portion of a valve seal. ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6783987 | Method for obtaining components from cultured leucocyte A method for obtaining leucocyte components from human blood including (A) a first step for fracturing the cell membrane of leucocytes of human blood by using a freezing and defrosting method, a supersonic application, laser irradiation, an osmotic pressure changing... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6774693 | Digital delay line with synchronous control A digital delay line, which includes a plurality of multiplexer delay elements, arranged in sequence with each of the plurality of multiplexer delay elements having an associated control input. A clock signal line is coupled to a clock input of each of the plurality... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6769589 | Center-pull sheet material dispenser The invention consists of a paper towel dispenser for dispensing individual sheets of paper towels from a roll of paper having regularly spaced apart lines of partial severance. The dispenser is comprised of a housing and a housing door which can be pivotally opened... | 08/03/2004 |
