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| 5208499 | EMI/RFI suppressing brush holder assembly for electric machines A commutating brush assembly for rotating electrical equipment is constructed to suppress electromagnetic/radio frequency interference emissions, particularly in the radio frequency range. This is achieved by fabricating the EMI/RFI suppressing brush hold... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5188738 | Alternating current supplied electrically conductive method and system for treatment of blood and/or other body fluids and/or synthetic fluids with electric forces A new alternating current process and system for treatment of blood and/or other body fluids and/or synthetic fluids from a donor to a recipient or storage receptacle or in a recycling system using novel electrically conductive treatment vessels for treat... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5185086 | Method and system for treatment of blood and/or other body fluids and/or synthetic fluids using combined filter elements and electric field forces A method and system for the treatment of blood and/or other body fluids (such as amniotic fluids) as well as synthetic fluids such as tissue culture medium whereby a fluid to be treated is mechanically filtered for elimination of particles contained there... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5159580 | Acoustic transducer for sending and receiving acoustic communication signals A uniquely designed acoustic transducer comprising a stack of piezoceramic elements (other piezoelectric materials may be used) mounted upon a tuned, shaped transmit/receive head made of hardened metal alloy. The ceramic stack is preloaded to the head via... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5159222 | Brush holder assembly having snap-in replaceable commutator brush holder cartridges for electric machines A brush holder plate assembly comprising a brush holder plate fabricated from electrically insulating thermoplastic material and having a plurality of sets of spaced-apart, parallel, raised guiding and support rails integrally formed on one surface of the... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5139684 | Electrically conductive methods and systems for treatment of blood and other body fluids and/or synthetic fluids with electric forces A new process and system for treatment of blood and/or other body fluids and/or synthetic fluids from a donor to a recipient or storage receptacle or in a recycling system using novel electrically conductive treatment vessels for treating blood and/or oth... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5123476 | Continuous metal tube casting method and apparatus using inner solenoid coil An electromagnetic, levitation metal pipe casting method and system which provides an improved and simplified combined heat exchanger/levitator/containment coil assembly that comprises a single, outer multi-phase traveling wave coil structure and an inner... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5123168 | Practical heavy duty hedge, bush and brush cutter with attached thick limb cutting means and dual-sided tine sets for holding brush being cut A practical and safe heavy duty hedge, bush and brush cutter having a forwardly mounted dual-sided tine set that comprises a means for readily cutting flexible heavier limbs. The forwardly mounted tine set preferably is part of a comb-like attachment whic... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5039862 | Switched electron beam source employing a common photo-emitter cathode and method of operation A light switched electron beam source employing a common photo-emitter cathode and at least two light emitting sources of monochromatic light, such as laser diodes, light emitting diodes and the like. A light optical collimating and aperture sub-system tr... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5038817 | Narrow accessway liquid sewage pump remotely operable multi-part quick connect/disconnect slide coupling A narrow accessway sewage pump remotely operable, multi-part, quick connect/disconnect slide coupling comprising a fixed portion that forms a first part of a slide-together, bayonet-type coupling with a movable portion forming a second part of the couplin... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5022470 | Autonomous rapid thermal ice penetrating method and system An autonomous ice penetrator/payload delivery system is provided which, when once launched from its parent vehicle will, upon reaching the surface of the ice automatically right itself to proper orientation with respect to the ice surface for penetration.... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4932421 | Electrified intrauterine device An electrified intrauterine device (IUD) is provided which has an IUD body member fabricated from materials which are physiologically compatible with human tissue and fluids and physically proportioned to be placed and retained within the uterus of a fema... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4919343 | Anti-flooding sewage grinder pump liquid level control system in separately mounted canister An anti-flooding sewage grinder pump liquid level control system in a separately mounted canister is provided for installation within and controlling operation of a sewage grinder pump installed within a sewage collection tank. Within the control canister... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4913284 | Method and package for authentication of first day of issue rolls of postage stamps A method for the first day of issue authentication of rolls of original stamps wherein each stamp in the roll is attached to its neighbor by interconnected, perforated edges that form an integral roll of stamps. The roll of stamps to be authenticated is e... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4911502 | Seats A seat comprising a seat portion the upper surface of which is inclined downwardly from front to back at an angle in excess of 10° from the horizontal and a back support comprising support members which support the pelvic girdle on either side of the spi... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4873942 | Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition wafer holding fixture A holding fixture for plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition processing of semiconductor wafers comprising a frame boat assembly for holding disk-shape semiconductor wafer workpieces to be subjected to a flow of reactant gases serially across the workp... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4865116 | Continuous metal tube casting method and apparatus Dense, homogeneous tubular metal products such as pipe is cast in long lengths continuously by introducing liquid metal into the lower portion of an annular-shaped casting vessel. The liquid metal is withdrawn in the presence of an outer elongated upwardl... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4841303 | Low cost method and system for automatically steering a mobile directional antenna A low cost, automatic steering system and method of operation for mobile mounted, rotatable, directional antennas is described. The improved system and method provides a means to sense the direction of the satellite and also to determine changes in direct... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4827946 | Electrified vaginal ring An electrified vaginal ring comprising an annular ring member fabricated of a medical grade polymer, elastomer, silicone or other comparable plastic material which is compatible with human tissue and fluids and physically proportioned to fit within the va... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4822213 | Narrow accessway sewage collection tank assembly, remote operated quick connect-disconnect coupling and system using the same A narrow-accessway sewage collection tank assembly and system using a remote operated, two-part, slide coupling for supporting a sewage pump within an enlarged collection tank for installation outside below normal ground level of residences, commercial an... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4822106 | Golf ball dredge A golf ball dredge which comprises a shallow draft, buoyant support vessel in the form of a pontoon boat that provides a floating platform from which the dredging apparatus is supported. The pontoon boat has a small outboard motor mounted at its bow for p... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4787332 | Adhesive dispensing pump control system An improved adhesive dispensing pump control system for automatically changing the flow rate of adhesive materials being dispensed onto a workpiece in conformance with changes in movement of an automatically controlled adhesive dispensing nozzle used to a... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4771230 | Electro-luminescent method and testing system for unpopulated printed circuit boards, ceramic substrates, and the like having both electrical and electro-optical read-out A method and system for the electrical and electro-optical inspection and testing of unpopulated electronic printed circuit boards, ceramic substrates and other like items which have conductive pathways formed thereon, vias, through-connectors and other i... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4770167 | Electrical, generally rounded resilient, canopy-like contraceptive devices An electrical having electric field producing electrodes either on the exterior or the interior surfaces, or both, of either an electrical cervical cap or an electrical diaphragm and supplying the electrodes with electric potential from miniaturized elect... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4765335 | Aneurysm clip An improved cerebral aneurysm clip fabricated from titanium or titanium alloys and utilizing a guide member consisting of a straight wire-like bridging guide secured across a U-shaped bend formed in one or both of the two cross arms of the aneurysm clip. ... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764758 | Incipient fire detector II An improved incipient fire detector that employs a sub-micrometer size particle detector of the Wilson cloud chamber type in conjunction with a continuous on-the-fly sequential selector valve assembly and sample gas conduit system for monitoring a plurali... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4764719 | Electro-luminescent automatic testing apparatus and method for ceramic substrates, printed circuit boards and like items with background illumination suppression An automatic, electro-optical testing apparatus which employs electro-luminescence for the testing of items such as printed circuit boards, ceramic substrates and the like for electrical continuity. A unipotential array of conductor wires lying in substan... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4754219 | Low cost self-contained transformerless solid state electronic watthour meter having thin film ferromagnetic current sensor A transformerless, self-contained, low cost, small size, light weight solid state electronic watthour meter is described which employs thin film ferromagnetic current sensors of the type which are magnetically coupled to power conductors whose current flo... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4741242 | Automatic indicating tuning system for visual tuning of timpani and other tunable instruments An automatically operated tuning indicating system for the preliminary tuning and for retuning during the performance of a set of timpani drums or other percussion-type instrument having a tunable resonating body cavity is provided. Automatic indication o... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4739337 | Mobile mechanically steerable satellite tracking antenna A mobile, mechanically steerable satellite tracking antenna is described which employs a short vertically positioned length of coaxial cable bent at its upper end to an elevation angle setting at which the antenna is to be pointed. The flexible coaxial ca... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4727992 | Display stands A display stand comprises an upright member (10), a number of fixed arms (12) projecting forward and provided with article support means (14). A bar (16) is movable in relation to each arm (12) from a first position in which the bar (16) renders it imposs... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4728395 | Controlled resistivity carbon fiber paper and fabric sheet products and method of manufacture A method of manufacturing controlled electrical resistivity carbon fiber sheet products employing a carbonizable starting material, heating and drawing the starting material (if required,) oxidizing the starting material at an elevated temperature of the ... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4719965 | Continuous metal casting method The method of this invention is practiced within an elongated casting vessel disposed in upright position to receive liquid metal for solidification together with means for delivering liquid metal into the lower portion of the vessel. Heat exchange means ... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4720734 | Low loss and high speed diodes A diode having a Schottky barrier which permits bidirectional passage of minority carriers as well as majority carriers through the provision of a bidirectional conducting Schottky electrode that substitutes for the conventional Schottky electrode used in... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4699575 | Adhesive pump and it's control system An improved adhesive pump and pump control system for automatically changing the flow rate of adhesive materials being dispensed onto a workpiece in conformance with changes in movement of a robot controlled adhesive dispensing nozzle used to apply adhesi... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4694178 | Multiple channel electron beam optical column lithography system and method of operation The invention provides an improved direct-write/read charged particle beam lithography/readout system employing multiple channel charged particle beam optical columns wherein a plurality of individually controlled, single deflector stage charged particle ... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4683366 | All electrostatic electron optical sub-system for variable electron beam spot shaping and method of operation An all-electrostatic variable spot charged particle (electron) beam shaping sub-system which is compact and of much smaller size than known similar systems designed for the same purpose and operating with magnetic lenses. The improved electrostatic variab... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4680740 | Audio aid for the blind A low cost, effective electronic audio aid for the blind who have good hearing. The aid employs a hand held housing about the size of a flashlight which contains a battery power supply and electronic-audio circuit together with a somewhat directional audi... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4675528 | Method for measurement of spotsize and edgewidth in electron beam lithography The technique of measuring the spotsize and edgewidth of an electron beam by incrementally scanning the beam through discrete scan locations across a sharp edge is improved by processing the resulting beam current signals directly rather than the differen... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4671679 | Magnetic fluid devices such as magnetic fluid bearings, seals, and the like and an automatic magnetic fluid supply control system therefor Provides new magnetic fluid bearings and magnetic fluid seals incorporating a pressure responsive system for automatically controlling the supply of magnetic fluid to the magnetic fluid feed area of such bearing or seal. The system for controlling the sup... | 06/09/1987 |
