Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182560 | Method for gasifying hydrocarbon materials for the production of hydrogen A process for gasifying hydrocarbon-containing materials and separating the resultant stream into hydrogen gas and other useful products. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176862 | Fitted tablecloth A method for making a fitted tablecloth for covering a utility or card table is disclosed. The steps include providing a primary panel having a plurality of sides, providing a rail panel having a plurality of side panels and a plurality of pleats, such that the plur... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176620 | Aluminum oxide particle strengthened niobium-tin superconducting composite wire A composite superconducting wire and a method of manufacturing the wire is disclosed. Nano-particle dispersion strengthened copper is co-drawn with Niobium rod to produce DSC-1Nb wire. n numbers of DSC-1Nb wires are then stacked in a hollow DSC tube and drawn to for... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8161843 | Damping motor and control approach for mitigating torsional backlash, damping critical geartrain speeds, and providing improved torque control in mechanical gears A torque damper motor connected to the output side of a mechanical gear system. The damper motor, along with its associated control system, mitigates backlash problems, reduced torsional resonance, and provides improved output torque control. In the preferred embodi... | 04/24/2012 |
| D657633 | Beach beverage holder | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152020 | Dosage dispensing and tracking container A container for dispensing dosages of multiple medications over time. The present invention includes a container which has a plurality of compartments each configured to contain a plurality of dosages of a different medication. A rotatable lid is attached on top of ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8136437 | Modular hand grenade A modular hand grenade design that permits the use of compressed powders such as A-5. The hand grenade body is split into two main components—a base/sleeve and a nose cap. These two main components contain the explosive. They are loaded with explosive while still ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132389 | Device and method for securing a bolt in concrete A method of securing a bolt to a concrete structure without the necessity of turning the bolt during the installation process. A first set of hardware is provided for use during the forming and casting phases of creating the concrete structure. The first set of hard... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128321 | Drilling templates A drilling template for use in jointing workpieces, the template consisting of a substantially rectilinear bar with through holes through which holes can be drilled in the workpieces to effect said jointing, a locating device for locating the template relative to th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127952 | Model train coupler with linear actuator A model train coupler which can be opened using a remote signal. The coupler design includes an upper arm and a lower arm, both of which pivot around a common axis. The two arms are mounted in a coupler box which is attached to a piece of rolling stock. One of the a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127734 | Internal combustion engine having guillotine sliding valve An internal combustion engine employing a valve regulating the passage of a fluid between the hollow interior of the combustion chamber and the atmosphere. The valve includes a valve body having a valve opening and a blade track passing around the valve opening. A g... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118999 | Swirling air injected pool filter An improved filter capable of operating in a backwash mode that creates an upward swirling flow in the hollow interior of the pool filter container. During the backwash cycle, water or air and water are injected into the pool filter container at an angle. In the pre... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8104723 | Mounting pedestal The present invention comprises a mounting pedestal for a device, such as a laser scanner. The mount is generally comprised of a base, a triangle bracket and an attachment screw. The base has a base plate and a support attached to the top of the base plate. The supp... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087405 | Bow-type soft projectile launcher A projectile launcher for launching soft projectiles. The projectile launcher features a pump assembly having a cylinder and piston. The piston includes a pump grip so that a pressure charge is generated when the user moves the piston. The pressure charge is release... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8074342 | Radio connection method A method for using a standard cable to replace the proprietary cables currently used to connect radio components. The invention also includes the hardware provided to carry out the method. A pair of jumper boxes are provided. Each jumper box contains a control jack,... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8067942 | Method for locating phase to ground faults in DC distribution systems A method for locating phase to ground faults in DC distribution systems. The method includes utilizing wavelet analysis using Multi-Resolution Analysis (MRA) as a signal processing tool for recognition of characteristic features in the voltage signal. The voltage si... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8048357 | Resin infusion potting A process for forcibly infusing liquid potting compound into the exposed strands of a cable prior to forming a termination. The process uses a mold that encloses the exposed strands. Potting compound is then pumped into the mold, where it runs around and through the... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8037709 | Heat pump with pressure reducer A heat pump HVAC system with an integrated pressure reducer which reduces the head pressure of the system when operating in the cooling mode and thus reduces compressor workload. The heat pump HVAC system includes a compressor for compressing a refrigerant, an exter... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033776 | Pickup truck bed slider A slide which slides along a retainer attached to the bed of a pickup truck. The slide has a rearward end proximate the tail gate and a forward end proximate the cab of the truck. The rearward end preferably has gripping features allowing a user to easily grasp the ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8002080 | Removable exhaust baffle A selectively removable exhaust baffle which can be placed within an exhaust pipe to muffle the emitted sound. The removable baffle preferably includes a frame having a pair of legs joined by a spring portion. One or more transverse occluding plates are mounted on t... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7993042 | Automobile interior entertainment lighting system An entertainment lighting system for an automobile interior. The invention is configured to be mounted to the interior of an automobile's roof in the position customarily occupied by the dome light. Power is preferably provided by the automobile's electrical circuit... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992883 | Folding table cart The present invention comprises a cart for collecting, moving and storing folding tables. The cart is generally comprised of a front panel, back panel and two side members. The two side members connect the front panel to the back panel in a rectangular frame shape. ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7983997 | Interactive complex task teaching system that allows for natural language input, recognizes a user's intent, and automatically performs tasks in document object model (DOM) nodes A system which allows a user to teach a computational device how to perform complex, repetitive tasks that the user usually would perform using the device's graphical user interface (GUI) often but not limited to being a web browser. The system includes software run... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7967779 | Powder and liquid mixing syringe A mixing syringe having a first sealed chamber containing a powder (powder housing) and a second sealed chamber containing a liquid (liquid housing). When the user needs to inject a patient, he or she holds the mixing syringe approximately upright and depresses a pl... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7967135 | Bifurcated beverage can with unified opening and mixing operation A beverage can having a primary fluid volume and a segregated secondary container. The secondary container could contain a liquid or a granulated solid. The two containers are separated by a barrier which can be opened. The beverage can has a lid with a conventional... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7943222 | Adhesive-backed extender trim material A plastic trim strip useful for trimming the installation of doors, windows, and the like. The trim strip has a first side suitable for viewing in a finished installation, and a second side with at least one band of contact adhesive. In storage, the contact adhesive... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934336 | Fish pressure equilibrating tool A tool for releasing excess air from the swim bladder of a fish. The present invention includes a puncturer situated in a housing and a push rod which extends out of the housing for pushing the puncturer out of the housing and into the swim bladder of the fish. When... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637162 | HDMI cable box | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926219 | Digital scope with horizontally compressed sidefields An improved digital scope for locating and targeting objects. The scope includes an image detection device that is configured to collect image data of a sighted region. The scope further includes a display screen that is electronically connected to the image detecti... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923168 | Microjet reactant delivery system for use in fuel cells A new reactant delivery system for delivering reactants to the membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell. The invention uses a plurality of small holes to propel high-velocity streams of reactant gases (“microjets”) against an impingement plate. The microjets a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921357 | Highlighting comparison method A method for processing and displaying individual views of the application of pre-defined criteria to textual, graphical, video, or audio material. The use of visually-differentiated emphasis to display similarities and differences can take a variety of forms, inclu... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7896154 | Bifurcated beverage can with unified opening and mixing operation A beverage can having a primary fluid volume and a segregated secondary tipping container. The secondary tipping container is sealed prior to opening the beverage can so that its contents do not mix with the contents of the primary container. The beverage can has a ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895730 | Method of controlling effective impedance in a superconducting cable A method of controlling the effective impedance of a low-impedance high-temperature superconducting cable (“HTS cable”). Passive or active control circuitry is used to create a current in the shielding conductor of the HTS cable which opposes the current in the ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7845263 | Bomb release mechanism for radio-controlled airplane A new bomb release mechanism which allows an RC aircraft to carry an unlimited number of model bombs. The new bomb release mechanism allows the pilot to release these model bombs in any sequence using only one unused channel on the receiver in the aircraft. The pres... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7879056 | Pleurabrade device An abrading device for use in irritating and blotting a surgical area, preferably the area between the chest wall and lung of a patient, to allow the user to more easily insert and remove the surgical device reducing contact with surrounding tissue and wound edges. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876883 | Mammography X-ray homogenizing optic A conical anode X-ray source with a spot size approximately one tenth of the size of existing mammography devices. The source produces the same or higher radiance than the prior art. It also produces almost no high-energy Bremstrahlung. The electron beam is directed... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7862288 | Hay bale accumulating method and device A bale accumulator and method in which a plurality of hay bales can be accumulated and arranged into a cluster of ten bales (a “ten stack”). The accumulator first collects a bale in each of two angled bale receivers at the rear of the accumulator. These remain i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7831479 | Method and program product for conducting an electronic auction including the automatic extension of auction end time A method of extending the closing point in a timed on-line auction. The method establishes a fixed closing time for the on-line auction. The system then monitors for the placement of a bid within a first fixed time period proximate the closing point. If a bid is rec... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7825760 | Conical magnet An electromagnet having a conical bore. The conical bore is created by wrapping a conductor around a conically-offset helix. The cross sectional area of the conductor can be varied in order to maintain a desired current carrying capacity along the helix. A single el... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7819988 | Method of producing cobalt-platinum magnetic alloys with improved magnetic properties A method for processing CoPt alloys with improved magnetic properties. The method includes sealing a sample of a CoPt alloy in an evacuated quartz tube, and heating the alloy to a temperature of approximately 1000 degrees C. to homogenize the alloy for approximately... | 10/26/2010 |
