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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6519043 | Vector measurement for coordinate measuring machine A method of obtaining by use of a laser measuring apparatus position measurement error information of a body to be moved under computer control in a volumetric space along paths having designated measuring points for position error evaluation or correctio... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6498653 | Tool path measurement The degree of accuracy a machine tool or the like is moved along a given path is determined by a unique preferably laser beam directing measuring system directing simultaneously or in sequence a laser beam parallel to the orthogonal axes of the two or thr... | 12/24/2002 |
| 4976055 | Wall mounted frame for posters and other printed material A wall mountable frame comprises a rectangular pan-shaped frame including a main rectangular vertical rear wall having forwardly extending magnet-attracting marginal walls defining with said main wall a rectangular sign or poster receiving recess. Screw h... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4815789 | Chair kit The present invention is directed to assemblies and sub-assemblies for incorporation into a chair, to a chair kit that comprises these assemblies and sub-assemblies, and to the chair itself. It includes substantially rectangular seat and back cushion sub-... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4762510 | Shockproof fuseholder A fuseholder socket assembly including a side terminal with preferably a pair of helical knob contact finger-engaging surfaces for initially guiding a knob for movement in both axial and circumferential directions toward a locking position where a pair of... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4757456 | Device and method for utility meter reading A method and apparatus are described for directing operators to a plurality of locations to gather data in a portable data collection apparatus. The method provides for data compression for efficient utilization of solid state memory in the apparatus and ... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4739353 | Packaged camera assembly A packaged camera assembly comprises an outer box having a top wall with an uncovered aperture and an inner sealed package containing a camera and camera accessories. The inner sealed package comprises transparent top and bottom telescoping container sect... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4728092 | Suction control system for suction cup sheet feeding apparatus Sheet feeding apparatus includes a relatively small number of horizontally adjustable suction cups distributed over the length of a feed opening. The suction cups are raisable to grasp the bottommost sheet in the stack at the most ideal position to assure... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4714242 | Sheet feeding apparatus Sheet feeding apparatus comprises suction cups which initially engages the bottom surface of a bottommost sheet in a stack of sheets, with the suction plane thereof parallel to the sheet. The suction cups are then raised a small distance where the cups ar... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4712783 | Suction sheet separator with adjustable feed restraint and stack confinement Sheet feeding apparatus for feeding sheet material one at a time from the bottom of a stack including a horizontal support for a stack of sheets, the horizontal support retaining a vertical stack of sheet material and terminating short of the front end of... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4710013 | Automatic focusing mechanism for camera An automatic focusing camera is operated between daylight and flash modes automatically responsively to ambient light photosensings. The lens is operable between a near-focus setting and a far-focus setting, taking the far-focus setting automatically in t... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4676497 | Sheet conveyor and cooperating roller Sheet conveyor apparatus for feeding sheets one at a time to a stop wall at the end of the conveyor with at least one overhead support extending above said conveyor. An overhead longitudinally adjustable roller carrying sub-assembly extends above the conv... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4654101 | Method of making a changeable display sign A method of making sign component pieces to be interfitted in close abutting relationship. The preferred method aspect of the invention involves imprinting upon one or more flexible rectangular translucent cover sheets successive horizontal bands of repea... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4636765 | Fuse with corrugated filament A fuse (12) comprising a tube of insulating material having an inner (16) and an outer wall surface (18) and forming a fuse housing (14). The fuse includes a pair of conductive fuse terminals (24, 26) secured at opposite axial ends (20, 22) of the tube. A... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4635023 | Fuse assembly having a non-sagging suspended fuse link A fuse assembly has a fuse link extending suspended in a housing between a pair of terminal extensions, which the fuse link interconnects electrically. A fuse blowing current-reducing material like tin is carried on the fuse link and spaced from and on op... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4628644 | Abrasive material spraying apparatus A hand-held spray unit includes a main body preferably having a pistol grip handle depending therefrom with a passageway having an inlet at one end and a nozzle outlet at an opposite end and a mixing chamber adjacent the outlet end with a valve to control... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4601959 | Vent construction for batteries In a preferably cylindrical sheet metal casing to be hermetically sealed and having a thinwall portion, the improvement in a vent for the casing which ruptures when internal casing pressure exceeds a given value, the vent including at least one vent-formi... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4595269 | Camera double exposure prevention system A double-exposure prevention system for a still camera having a cockable spring-biased linear movable shutter-actuating slider operable between a cocked condition and held thereat by a latch movably responsive to a manually operated release member and the... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4592542 | Suction sheet separator apparatus with plural stack capability and suction control Sheet feeding apparatus with an adjustable stack support in confronting relation to a feed opening able to accommodate sheets of various widths, so that one or more stacks of sheets can be supported along the feed opening with the longitudinal center line... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4593262 | Time delay indicator fuse A fuse (12) for protecting a circuit and comprising a tube (14) of insulating material having an inner wall surface (16) and an outer wall surface (18) so as to form a fuse housing. The fuse includes two opposite axial ends (20) and (22), and a first (24)... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4587588 | Power line transient surge suppressor A power line transient surge suppressor circuit features a nonlinear surge-bypassing network connected to bypass line surges around electrical loads connected to circuit output terminals. A fuse is inserted in series with the network, and blows in the eve... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4574480 | Rotary shear cutter A manual rotary-shear cutter for severing sheet metal stock has a cutting head and a handle joined by an extension tube engageable with and selectively retained at sites formed on the cutting head and handle. A series of preformed apertures spaced along t... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4563809 | Fuse with centered fuse filament and method of making the same An improved cartridge fuse has resilient plugs at opposite ends of the fuse housing through which extend a centered fuse filament held in tension by the defining walls of a plug passage hugging the fuse filament to maintain such tension. The fuse filament... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563370 | Pressed battery plate A cadmium electrode for a rechargeable alkaline cell comprises a rigid substrate having particle-receiving recesses therein into and upon which are pressed a particulate mix of binder coated cadmium oxide particles and cadmium particles which constitute a... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4563666 | Miniature fuse A miniature fuse suitable for printed circuit applications and a manufacturing method therefor features preferably a generally rectangular elongated insulating body having a fuse element preferably diagonally disposed in a fuse cavity therein and terminal... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4563711 | Tape player The tape player includes a control plate movable in response to insertion of a fast-forwarding or rewinding operation lever, an idler gear plate carrying a play mode idler gear, a changeover lever carrying a fast-forwarding and rewinding mode lever, and a... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4562420 | Time delay fuse A time delay fuse comprises an initially open end insulating housing having conductive terminals at the opposite ends thereof, a current-heatable strip connected to one of said terminals, a thermal mass in heat communication with the current-heatable stri... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4562488 | Device for reproduced sound pitch modification in a tape player A pitch modification system for signals received from a tape player converts analog signals received from the player to binary digital form and stores them in sequential addresses in a memory unit at a rate set by a first clock. Output signals are produce... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4559955 | Controlled air bleed cigarette holder A cigarette holder has internal valving means for providing with each inhalation by the smoker an initial supply of substantially smoke-free air, followed by a vacuum actuated changeover to supply smoke directly from the cigarette without dilution. The in... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4560227 | Fuseholder for blade-type fuses A panel-mounted fuseholder unit for accepting fuses is provided with integral snap-in mounting means for securely engaging the panel in regions peripheral to a panel mounting aperture when mounted preferably from the rear of the panel so that the fusehold... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4560971 | Spiral wound shunt type slow blow fuse A slow blow fuse of the shunt type includes a pair of spaced terminals between which is connected and suspended a fuse wire assembly including a core of insulating material having at least a pair of fuse filaments upon the same, the outer of which is pref... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4558934 | Camera exposure control system A film speed correction circuit for electrically controlled cameras having aperture or shutter speed controlled responsively to ambient light sensings from a photosensor features a controllable multi-stage amplifier preferably interposed between the photo... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4549801 | Automatic focussing camera with automatic aperture setting An electrically operated flash camera employs an infrared pre-flash reflected light signal stored in a single memory storage to control focus and aperture. Two comparators serve to govern both operations, sensing potentiometrically derived analog position... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4543557 | Panel mountable fuse holder A fuse holder includes a fuse carrier insertable into a passageway in a fuse holder body mountable in a vertical panel opening. The fuse carrier supports an active fuse in a U-shaped recess loosely holding the fuse in a horizontal position extending paral... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4538143 | Light-emitting diode displayer A light-emitting diode displayer in which a substrate and a film-like substrate are adhered to each other and are electrically connected to each other by silver paste.... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4530177 | Sign with interchangeable characters A changeable sign comprises a support wall for changeable sign components having removably attached thereto a plurality of thin, flat, rectangular, flexible sign component pieces arranged in close contiguous rows so as to fill an entire sign-forming area ... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4531107 | Acoustic surface wave device Acoustic surface wave device comprising a lower electrode disposed on an elastic substrate and an upper electrode consisting of two comb-shaped electrodes disposed apart from each other, opposite to said lower electrode through a piezoelectric film coveri... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4529994 | Variable capacitor with single depletion layer A variable capacitor which comprises a capacity reading section including a capacity reading electrode which section is formed along a surface of a semiconductor crystal bulk having other sloping surfaces and at least one depletion layer control section i... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4517728 | Manufacturing method for MIS-type semiconductor device A manufacturing method for an MIS type semiconductor device features in the preferred form a single masking operation used to define source, gate, and drain windows simultaneously in an upper insulating oxide layer disposed over a semiconducting polysilic... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4512204 | Pushbutton-operated waveband or station selector A pushbutton-operated waveband or station selector which comprises a tuning axis having a tuning knob and rotatably-mounted on a tuning axis mounting plate, an idler plate driving gear rotatably mounted on the plate, an idler roller or gear disposed betwe... | 04/23/1985 |
