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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918505 | Rocking device A rocking device with a seat unit such as a chair, crib or cot, or attachment mechanisms for same with a motion generator comprising a profiled track defining a closed undulating path and a track follower, to interact with the track whilst one or other is rotated, t... | 04/05/2011 |
| D635497 | Motorcycle meter | 04/05/2011 |
| 7909849 | Matching limb protection sleeve for tourniquet cuff Apparatus is provided for protecting a patient's limb from tourniquet-related injury, comprising: a tourniquet cuff having a length sufficient for encircling a limb protection sleeve applied to a limb at a location having a limb circumference of not less than a pred... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905023 | Adjustable diameter pivot shaft for a hand tool A folding tool such as a knife has an implement such as a blade pivotally attached to the handle with a pivot shaft, allowing the implement to be rotated from a closed to an open position. The invention allows the diameter of the pivot shaft to be varied, thereby al... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7849071 | Geographical location extraction A geographical location extraction method and tool to infer a likely geographical location from one or more search terms entered as a query by a user on a search engine or the like. The method includes receiving in a computer memory a search term entered by a user a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844283 | Method of providing location based information to a mobile terminal within a communications network A method of providing location based information to a mobile terminal within a communications network comprising the steps of interrogating a component of the communications network to determine the location of a mobile terminal within the communications network; re... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7802770 | Mechanical climbing aid of the cam type A climbing cam having opposed asymmetrically sized cam members to eliminate the interference that limits the expansion range of climbing aids of the cam type. An optional cam member provides an opposing force to assist in maintaining the placement of the cam in the ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7800845 | Support for vibrating optical assembly A support for a vibrating component of an optical assembly that is adjacent to a frame includes an elastomeric rod having one end that is attachable to the component. A rigid sleeve is fastened to the frame and movable relative to the frame. The sleeve has a bore th... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7780698 | Low-cost disposable tourniquet cuff having improved safety A low-cost disposable tourniquet cuff having improved safety includes a cuff with opposing ends and an inflatable bladder having a first bladder side and a second bladder side. The bladder has a length dimension that is greater than the circumference of a limb of a ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7771453 | Occlusion detector for dual-port surgical tourniquet systems A occlusion detector for a dual-port surgical tourniquet system comprises: a tourniquet cuff for encircling a patient's limb and including an inflatable portion that communicates pneumatically with a first cuff port and that communicates pneumatically with a second ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7758607 | Low-cost contour cuff for surgical tourniquet systems A low-cost contour cuff for surgical tourniquet systems comprises: a sheath containing an inflatable bladder, the sheath having an arcuate shape, an outer surface and a centerline equidistant between first and second side edges; a securing strap non-releasably attac... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7752210 | Method of determining geographical location from IP address information A method of determining a geographical location from IP address information comprising: interrogating a database of IP address information mapped to domain name information by submitting a given IP address; the database returning a domain name in response to the giv... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748122 | Knife blade opening mechanism A folding knife incorporates an opening assist mechanism that functions to drive the blade from the closed to the open position. A pair of torsion springs held axially on the blade axis pin and within a pair of bushings are stationary relative to the knife handle. O... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7746465 | Sample holder for an optical element The sample holder includes support having a thickness and an aperture through the thickness of the support. A tilt mechanism is connected to the support for controlled tilting of the support, and the aperture through the support is configured to have a diameter that... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7740223 | Mechanical climbing aid of the cam type A climbing cam having opposed asymmetrically sized cam members to eliminate the interference that limits the expansion range of climbing aids of the cam type. An optional cam member provides an opposing force to assist in maintaining the placement of the cam in the ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7731425 | Polywoven pinch bottom open mouth bag A pinch bottom open mouth bulk material bag fabricated from polywoven material has closures at one or both ends that are non-sewn and which comprise a strip of tape running in the cross-bag direction. The tape is folded over the respective bag end, which may be modi... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7731118 | Acceleration sensor A holding mechanism for a vehicular acceleration sensor, comprising: a pair of lever arms operable to move independently of one another; and an inertia weight held between the lever arms, wherein movement of the inertia weight, in use, when under acceleration, cause... | 06/08/2010 |
| D617184 | Bulk material container | 06/08/2010 |
| RE41259 | Folding pocket knife with a lock Knives (10, 182) each include a handle (12, 184) having a blade (14, 90, 194) pivotally attached to the handle. The blade is movable between a closed position in which it is received within a groove (36, 192) of the handle and an open pos... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7671712 | Levitation of objects using magnetic force The invention disclosed is a method of levitating one or both ends of an object permanently or temporarily, or altering the distance between two objects or the momentum of an object by manipulating the direction of the magnetic field of a permanent or electromagnet.... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7628626 | Easy-to-remove plug An easy-to-remove plug for insertion into a socket includes a body, two conducting plates extending forwardly and spacedly from a front end of the body, a shell sleeved on the body and movable forwardly and rearwardly relative to the body, and at least one linkage s... | 12/08/2009 |
| D600247 | Housing for reels | 09/15/2009 |
| 7562455 | Automatic opening and closing knife An out-the-front automatic knife incorporates dual locking and release mechanisms that define a three-point blade-handle interconnection between the blade and the handle when the blade is locked in the open position. A single trigger is operable to automatically ope... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7562454 | Knife blade opening mechanism A folding knife incorporates an opening assist mechanism that functions to drive the blade from the closed to the open position. The knife may be either automatic or semi-automatic. In one embodiment a pair of spring arms, one located to each lateral side of the bla... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7559698 | Spherical bearing arrangement A split ball portion for a spherical bearing arrangement, which split ball portion is to form one of a plurality of split ball portions to be arranged together in a bearing housing of the spherical bearing arrangement to form a composite ball, the split ball portion... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7552589 | Structure and methods using multi-systems for electricity generation and water desalination A pyramid-like structure consisting of a base and 3 or more side frames, each side frame forming an angle to the base. The pyramid-like structure having an enclosed space within and including a way to collect solar energy and to collect and transfer thermal energy f... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7533466 | Folding tool with lock A hand tool such as a fillet knife or limb saw with a blade that is longer than the handle has a blade guard arm that shields the blade when in the closed position. The blade guard arm is longitudinally slidable in the tool handle and engages the blade tang when the... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7490766 | Apparatus and methods for monitoring transfusion of blood Apparatus and methods are described for ensuring that blood transfused into a patient is the correct blood for that patient, is transfused in the correct manner and that a complete audit trail is created that will allow later tracing of blood from donation through t... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487538 | Security system A security system for facilitating transponder carrier identification and tracking within a secure area comprising an RF transponder having a memory in which is stored a unique identifier; the transponder including a transmitter to transmit the unique identifier; a ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7479154 | Surgical tourniquet apparatus for measuring limb occlusion pressure Tourniquet apparatus for rapidly and accurately measuring a patient's limb occlusion pressure comprises: an inflatable tourniquet cuff for encircling a limb at a location; a tourniquet instrument releasably connectable to the cuff that includes: pressure sensing mea... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7472817 | Solders A substantially lead-free solder, comprising: from around 96.8% to around 99.3% tin; from around 0.2% to around 3.0% copper; and from around 0.02% to around 0.12% silicon. ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7456356 | Shelf grounding device for reducing electrostatic discharge risk A grounding clip is a shelf-grounding device includes a resilient conductive clip that installs onto a fully assembled shelving unit, providing a plurality of electrical connections between the shelf and post to reduce the risks from electrostatic discharge, or ESD.... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7409766 | Folding tool with blade locking mechanism A hand tool such as a multi-bladed folding knife incorporates a lock back mechanism t hat is interconnected with springs extending parallel to the knife body and with pins that interconnect the springs. The springs apply biasing force via the pins to the lock back m... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407328 | Deformable bearing housing A bearing housing to receive and be deformed around a ball having a predetermined radius R to form a bearing, an inner surface of the bearing housing being generally cup-shaped, having at least approximately circular symmetry around a central axis, and comprising: a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7384425 | Matching limb protection sleeve for tourniquet cuff Apparatus is provided for protecting a patient's limb from tourniquet-related injury, comprising: a tourniquet cuff having a length sufficient for encircling a limb protection sleeve applied to a limb at a location having a limb circumference of not less than a pred... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385696 | Birefringence measurement of polymeric films and the like Provided are methods for determining the birefringence level of optical material such as polymeric film. In one embodiment, the method uses a setup of optical components that has known system reference angle. The sample may be a stretched polymeric film that has a f... | 06/10/2008 |
| D568956 | Baseball batting training aid | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359733 | Beam synthesis method for downlink beamforming in FDD wireless communication system A method for downlink beamforming in a frequency-division-duplex wireless communications system comprising a base station with an antenna array and terminals that are physically remote from said base station, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at said bas... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347080 | Thermal conductivity detector A thermal conductivity detector (TCD) utilizes a modular thermistor assembly that mounts to the TCD body. The thermistor assembly is easily replaceable in the TCD. Within the TCD, a thermistor bead is always held in the same relative location in a gas flow path, whi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342502 | Wireless short range communication system A wireless communications system defining an wireless personal area network enables reliable communications between members of workers in a group wearing compatible systems. Each member of a group is fitted with a communications system having a microphone, a transce... | 03/11/2008 |
