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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166636 | Apparatus with a centering device for positioning and cutting a laminate A mold houses a least one cutting die that defines a die axis. The mold has at least one punch aligned with the die axis and movable in a reciprocating manner that cooperates with the at least one cutting die to cut the laminate into the laminations by carrying out ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8141233 | Method for manufacturing a lamination for electric motor rotor A method for manufacturing a lamination for electro motor rotors that have skew or helical slots by forming at least one boss on a face of the lamination and reducing a thickness of a first portion of the boss. The reduction in thickness may be by carrying out a loc... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8124150 | Process and apparatus for controlling the preparation of beverages A dispensing apparatus for hot beverages is provided with means (4,5) to filter hot pressurized water through ground edible ingredients such as coffee, tea or herbal remedies in a chamber, means (17,18,20) of monitoring real-time data concerning brewin... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8109451 | Shower spray device and related delivery nozzles There is described a shower spray device including a lower plate with a plurality of nozzles and an upper plate with an inlet for the water supply. An elastic sealing element is interposed between the two plates to delimit therewith a chamber for distributing water ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100079 | High performance planing hull provided with a trim tab system A high performance planing hull, designed in particular for boats with drives of fixed or non-steerable type. The hull comprises an additional volume, which is integrated in the immersed part of the stern of the hull. The additional volume extends substantially in l... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8079244 | Device and method for bending a metallic strip A device and method for bending a metallic strip (1), particularly for manufacturing die cutting blades. The bending tools (20, 30) are capable of being rotated about a common axis (15) and wherein each tool (20, 30) is further capable of... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8070405 | Self drilling bolt with anchor An anchoring device having a tapered, at least partially threaded shank with a front end, a drilling head and at a rear end thereof, a torque applying head and an anchor coaxially enveloping a front portion of the shank. The arrangement is such that during drilling ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067050 | Process for the production of aromatic vinegar An aromatic vinegar is produced from wine or fruit vinegar and cooked or concentrated musts, by freeze concentrating the vinegar in a freeze concentration system (1) and mixing it together with concentrated must to obtain an aromatic vinegar with an acidity o... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8037931 | Hybrid water heating system A hybrid heating apparatus heats potable water with waste heat from heat recovery units and insolation from solar collectors. A single circulation pump circulates fluid between at least one heat exchanger and each of the heat recovery units and preferably the solar ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7950794 | Solvent based inkjet ink formulation A solvent based ink formulation for inkjet printing, particularly on plastics and non-porous surfaces, including 1-40% by weight of a ketone solvent, 10-90% by weight of a mixture of cosolvents, 0.1-10% by weight of a (co)polymer binder, 0.1-10% by weight of dispers... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7815847 | Mass production of tridimensional articles made of intermetallic compounds A process for mass production of three-dimensional articles made of intermetallic compounds based on titanium and aluminium by an electron beam melting technology. The articles are produced in successive sections from powders of the intermetallic compound with which... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7780000 | Anti-theft display container An anti-theft display case for manufactured products; in particular, display cases that can be opened and re-closed to contain the product to be displayed and provided with means of maintaining the case closed up to completion of sale, so as to prevent the unauthori... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7762978 | Method and instrumentation for cooling a surgical incision An infusion sleeve of an ultrasonic vibrating needle. The sleeve is collapsible and serrated or scalloped at a distal end. Fluid flows through a passage between the needle and the infusion sleeve in a direction from the proximal end of the sleeve to a distal end of ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7619022 | Flame retardant polymeric compositions The present invention provides flame retardant thermoplastic moulding compositions comprising: A) from 65% to 99.5% by weight (with respect of the total weight of the final composition) of a polyolefinic polymer particularly selected among polypropylene... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7615953 | Apparatus and process for controlling and adjusting the operating of electric motor actuated devices Controlling and adjusting of the operation of a device actuated by an electric motor are carried out by shutting down the electric power supply of said electric motor at a plurality of time intervals during the motor operation, measuring in the time interval the vol... | 11/10/2009 |
| D602913 | Holder for MP3 player | 10/27/2009 |
| 7370797 | Pill printing and identification Drug dosages and bar code labels are within a tamperproof, sealed container. A printer is configured to mark a drug dosage with an imprint in a form of a machine readable bar code. A method and product are provided to enable both the source of manufacture and distri... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351219 | Method and instrumentation for cooling a surgical incision An infusion sleeve of an ultrasonic vibrating needle. The sleeve is collapsible and serrated or scalloped at a distal end. Fluid flows through a passage between the needle and the infusion sleeve in a direction from the proximal end of the sleeve to a distal end of ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340468 | Directory information system for providing toll free telephone numbers An Internet-based directory information system for providing toll free telephone numbers and other company information based on product or service advertising. First and second web sites are configured with separate first and second graphic user interfaces for the e... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328048 | Wireless telephone headset built into eyeglasses The present invention relates to a wireless telephone headset for communicating with a wireless device, wherein the headset is built into an eyeglass frame, which includes a first temple and a second temple connected by a middle portion and the eyeglass frame has an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320348 | Forest rejuvenation and preservation A method of rejuvenating and preserving a forest by transforming wood waste. Tree species are identified in a forest area. Equipment is then selected or modified based on the identified tree species. Wood waste of the identified tree species is gathered and transfor... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309236 | Apparel with meridian pathway markings Apparel on which is printed markings that represent meridian pathways and acupuncture or acupressure regions. The printed markings distinguish in appearance from each other. The apparel may be worn to facilitate instructing, practicing or performing a skill or exerc... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293826 | Folding chair with an anti-pinching device A folding chair includes first and second parts each having at least one leg, a total number legs of the first and second parts being at least three. A third part of the chair forms a seat and is pivotally connected to the first and second parts. A connecting assemb... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7241321 | Organically clean biomass fuel An organically clean biomass fuel formed of mixture of a powder, which may be either dried, cellulosic product, wood charcoal powder, and/or a combination of the two, and a fluid, which may be vegetable oil, vegetable alcohol or a combination of the two. A centrifug... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7172578 | Sterile tubing sheath A flexible sheath is attached to an end of a rigid extension tube. The other end of the rigid extension tube is connected with a surgical handpiece. Two flexible sheaths may be used—one as a barrier against contamination of aspiration tubing and the other as a bar... | 02/06/2007 |
| D533000 | Connector housing of an anti-pinching device of a folding chair | 12/05/2006 |
| 5425642 | Method of spelling out a word before an audience Capturing the attention of the audience by having them watch letters being arranged on a blackboard in what appears to be a completely random, jumbled manner as words germane to the topic of discussion are enunciated, and then seeing those letters combine... | 06/20/1995 |
| 4967574 | Animal form pendant with concealed joint connection A charm having a body wall, an extremity, a pin secured to an inner surface of the extremity and extending through the body wall, and a retaining ring secured tightly against the body wall and being around the pin. The extremity is thereby rotatably conne... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4914930 | Jeweled mesh for jewelry A jeweled mesh having a plurality of stones mounted in hexagonal settings. The settings are linked together by a connector bridging diverging corners of three immediately adjacent settings. The settings have projections which extend through an opening in ... | 04/10/1990 |
