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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6478348 | Door or gate retainer A holdback device for holding a door or gate in either an open or closed position is described. A plate member is affixed to a support, adjacent the vertical side edge of the door in the selected open or closed position, and is provided with an upstanding... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6418576 | Rope hammock A rope hammock, having a woven rope bed, a harness at each end of the bed and a stretcher at each end is described. The harness ropes are passed through respective holes in the stretcher and around loops at the ends of the bed. The harness ropes are then ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6367363 | Dual protective shield The invention relates to a shield operable by two persons. This shield advantageously comprises in combination: a shield body, said shield body having a front face and a rear face; at least first handling means positioned in central portion of a width of ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6305025 | Permanently knotted tie A permanently knotted tie having an adjustable neck band is described. The tie comprises a tapered tubular section having a tie front section depending longitudinally therefrom and a tailpiece section depending longitudinally therefrom in the opposite dir... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6302347 | Spring loaded cord holder A holder for storing and dispensing an elongated flexible member, such as a rope, hose or electrical extension cord. A planar elongated handle member has a pair of planar parallel cross members, around which the flexible member is stored, extending perpen... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6295993 | Method and apparatus for highlighting hair A method and apparatus for highlighting hair is described. A frame, having a pair of parallel rods and a scalp engaging member mounted therebetween at the lower end, has a guide tube mounted parallel to the rods adjacent the upper end thereof, and a sprin... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6289908 | Double dishwasher A double, front loading, dishwasher comprising two side-by-side dishwashing cabinets each provided with a washing arm and either a common pump and motor or an individual pump and motor is described. Preferably, the dishwasher is designed to fit into an ex... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6240939 | Windbreak A portable and foldable shelter for use by ice fishermen and other outdoorsmen is described. A tripod of pole members, hingedly interconnected at one end, is covered with a canvas or plastics cover. A hinged tang is provided on the central pole member whi... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6127823 | Electromagnetic method for non-destructive testing of prestressed concrete pipes for broken prestressing wires A method for detecting breaks in a prestressed wire, rod or bar embedded in concrete surrounding a metal pipe is described. A remote field eddy current probe is traversed axially internally through the pipe so as to create an energy flow path externally o... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6113908 | Methods for processing oat groats and products thereof Methods of treating dehulled or hull-less oat, i.e. oat groats, to produce oat pearlings, oat flour and oat bran products are described. Oat groats are abrasion milled to remove up to 15% by weight and produce pearled oat groats and pearlings. The pearlin... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6055762 | Combined boat hook and bilge pump A combination telescopic boat hook/bilge pump which includes a novel locking device is described. The inner tube is provided with a washer at the proximal end which acts with the outer tube as a piston. The ball tip distal end of the boat hook is provided... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6030495 | Method for increasing brightness in pulp paper and polymeric materials Novel substantially odor-free polymeric thiol-containing antioxidant compounds suitable for preventing light induced brightness reversion or yellowing of pulps and papers and polymeric materials are described. The novel compounds are based on a polymeric ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6001617 | Electroporation device and method of use A method and apparatus for cell culture wherein cultured cells adhere and divide, in a monolayer, on an optically transparent planar electrode in the culture vessel. An electric current is applied between the planar electrode and a counter electrode so as... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5965801 | Apparatus for rapid measurement of hydrogen concentration and its use in the measurement of nitrogenase activity A method and apparatus for rapidly measuring nitrogenase activity of a nitrogen fixing plant growing in a medium in a non-porous container, is described. Gas containing hydrogen is sampled at the surface of the medium at a rate approximately equal to the ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5927356 | Portable device for dispensing fluent materials into containers A portable device for receiving and dispensing , under gravity, particulate materials, preferrably sand, fed thereto into bags is described. A tapered hopper is supported on legs, which may be telescopically adjustable, has an open top, which is greater i... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5891590 | Battery reconditioning device A device and method for reducing crystal formations, which have a range of resonant frequencies, on electrode plates of an electrical battery, is described. A signal generator is connected to the primary winding of a transformer, having primary and second... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5859359 | Curling stone comparator A simple pneumatic device for use in comparing and matching curling stones, and evaluating ice surfaces and sweeping broom efficiencies is described. A pneumatic cylinder, charged by means of a compressed gas, is placed against the backboard of a rink and... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5836426 | Roll brake A roll brake to prevent relative movement between a pair of rolls, one or both of which may be driven, in a coil wrapping machine or the like is described. A metal brake plank is placed under each end of each roll in a respective pair of parallel rolls an... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5824908 | Non-contact characterization and inspection of materials using wideband air coupled ultrasound A system for the non-contact inspection and characterization of an object in which wideband (40 kHz to approximately 2 MHz) air/gas coupled ultrasonic transducers are used. The system of the present invention enables a single set of transducers to be used... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5821747 | Method and apparatus for scanning a plurality of parallel pipes for flaws using tube-to-tube through transmissions A method and apparatus for determining position size and shape of defects in a bundle of heat exchanger tubes are described. An AC current exciter coil is placed in one tube and a detector coil is placed in an adjacent tube. This configuration of exciter ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5807847 | Nitrate esters Aliphatic Nitrate esters having a sulfur or phosphorus atom ଲ or γ to a nitrate group having efficacy as vasodilators are described. Preferred nitrate esters may be synthesized by nitration of a 3-bromo-1,2-propanediol, and subsequent reaction to y... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5782058 | Method and apparatus for wrapping coils A method and apparatus for wrapping coils of metallic strip and the like to protect against atmospheric corrosion are described. A plastic film sleeve is inserted through the open cylindrical centre and held in place by flanged collars at each end. The sl... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5775515 | Method and apparatus for wrapping coils, and the wrapped product A method and apparatus for wrapping coils of metallic strip and the like to protect against atmospheric corrosion, and the wrapped product are described. A plastic film sleeve is inserted through the open cylindrical center and held in place by flanged co... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5752358 | Stretch wrap dispenser head with coating applicator A device for coating film passing through a continuous film dispensing head on a coil wrapping machine with a liquid formulation, such as a vapour phase corrosion inhibitor, is described. The formulation is delivered from a reservoir to an applicator bar ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5688499 | Antagonism of endothelin actions The mechanism of hypertension following acute NO synthase blockade is via endothelin mediated vasoconstriction. Thus, NO appears to inhibit endothelin activity by blocking its expression and not as a chronic direct acting vasodilator. Administration of an... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5683586 | Method and apparatus for magnetically treating a fluid A method and apparatus for magnetically treating liquids and gases, is described. The fluid is passed along a pipeline having a permanent magnet aligned therewith, and a coil, rounded at each end, is wrapped around both the pipe and the magnet. Magnetic f... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5670702 | Liquid phase preparation of (meth)-acrylate from alpha-olefin A liquid phase process for the preparation of an (meth)-acrylate, such as methyl methacrylate, in the presence of water and a bi-functional, heterogeneous catalyst which contains both acidic and noble metal functional groups. The preferred (meth)-acrylate... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5651839 | Process for engineering coherent twin and coincident site lattice grain boundaries in polycrystalline materials A process for producing coherent twin, incoherent twin, low angle tilt, high angle tilt or CSL grain boundaries in materials is described. A planar material or a planar substrate coated with the polycrystalline material is heated in selected areas so as t... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5636255 | Method and apparatus for CT image registration A method and system for correlating accuracy of computer tomography (CT) image resolution is described. Small radio-opaque markers having a diameter less than one slice width of a CT scan are embedded in the object, such as a bony skeletal member, to be m... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5618790 | Protease mediated drug delivery system Lipophilic and amphiphilic therapeutic or diagnostic agents having water solubilizing groups attached thereto by bonds that can be cleaved readily by one or more of the various proteases that are active in the extracellular fluid or on the surfaces of cel... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5605335 | Dart game apparatus A dart game apparatus comprises a T-shaped track structure for a reciprocating, retrievable primary target. The transverse portion Of the T-shaped track has a moveable, secondary target which may be used by a visually challenged player in simulating that ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5593892 | Temperature scanning reactor method A method for rapidly collecting kinetic rate data from a temperature scanning reactor for chemical reactions. The method, which is particularly useful for studying catalytic reactions, involves ramping (scanning) of the input temperature to a reactor and ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5585136 | Method for producing thick ceramic films by a sol gel coating process A method for producing thick ceramic films of greater than 10 μm on selected substrates is described. Conventional sol gel solutions are loaded with up to about 90% by weight of finely divided ceramic particles and mixed. The resulting slurry or paint ca... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5575459 | Light emitting diode lamp A light emitting diode array mounted on a printed circuit board is provided with capacitive means to reduce voltage, mounted in a glass tube and provided with a standard candelabra or other base for insertion into a light socket in a slim line exit or oth... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5567672 | Method and apparatus for damping mechanical vibration with a high Tc superconductor A method and apparatus for damping vibrations in high Tc superconducting magnetic levitation bearings and the like is described. By controlling the temperature of the superconducting material at the "energy dissipation peak", which is a few degrees below ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5551016 | Monitoring system and interface apparatus therefor In monitoring systems for acquiring data about a subject, such as are used, for example, in the medical, scientific and engineering fields, determination of temporal relationships between data acquired from multiple monitoring devices is facilitated by me... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5542284 | Method and instrument for measuring differential oxygen concentration between two flowing gas streams An apparatus and method for measuring differential oxygen concentration between two flowing gas streams is described. A reference gas and a sample gas in separate gas flow paths are passed, at selected temperature, pressure and flow rate over a respective... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5521095 | Temperature scanning reactor method A method for rapidly collecting kinetic rate data from a temperature scanning reactor for chemical reactions. The method, which is particularly useful for studying catalytic reactions, involves ramping (scanning) of the input temperature to a reactor and ... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5509572 | Self service pick up and drop off machine An integrated self service package pick up and drop off system which is particularly suitable for retail dry cleaning operations is described. A fully enclosed cabinet contains a customer drop off chute, and a customer pick up door which are computer cont... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509477 | Borehole ventilation sealcover A simple bore hole plug for either temporarily or permanently sealing mine bore holes and ventilating shafts or the like is described. A plurality of used motor vehicle tires are arranged one upon the other coaxially in increasing order of diameter. Steel... | 04/23/1996 |
