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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4826089 | Treating asphaltene bearing fuels A static, flow-conditioner apparatus comprising a series of closely spaced shearing edges which contact and condition liquid flowing thereby. The edges are advantageously carried on propellor-shaped articles and mounted on an axial shaft in conduit formin... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4818044 | Locker and locker-shelf insert Space and shelving problems in dressing room lockers are alleviated by provision of a locker insert having a shelf-bearing support structure and novel shelves affixed to the support structure and extending laterally across a portion of the width of said l... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4787974 | Blood purification Extracorporeal apparatus for selective removal of pathogenic factors, i.e. antigens, from blood by circulating the blood through hollow fibers which, exterior to the lumen are in proximity to antibodies, i.e. proteins having strong biospecific activity fo... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4786437 | One-component, particle-filled compositions Unfavorable interaction is prevented between (a) electroconductive particle fillers and (b) organic resin binders of the type which are normally instable with respect to viscosity when aged in contact with said fillers. Moreover, electroconductivity degra... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4779355 | Efficient dryer and drying process Apparatus and process for drying coated surfaces, e.g. inked surfaces, with improved efficiency. The apparatus comprises an air-directing baffle which has vortex-inducing means, e.g. grooves or slots therein. The slots are arranged substantially perpendic... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4778238 | Optical communications systems and process for signal amplification using stimulated brillouin scattering (SBS) and laser utilized in the system Communications Systems particularly suited for manipulating stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), or similar tunable laser amplification effects, to acheive improved means for selecting an optical signal from many such signals carried on a single fiber. ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4770951 | Magnetic flexible disks An improved flexible magnetic recording medium of the flexible disk type characterized by the use of effective quantities of magnetite to enhance the recording mediums, physical properties, conductivity and opacity. Superior magnetic recording performance... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4762782 | Assay for Beta-lactam antibiotics An improved assay for measuring the quantity of Beta-lactam antibiotics, particularly valuable for measuring penicillin in milk. The assay includes the covalent-attachment of a penicillin to a penicillin-binding-protein bound to a matrix, the highly selec... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4756337 | Gasline repair kit A kit comprising materials for sealing leaks in low-pressure gas lines. The kit contains, (a) optionally, a container of corrosion-resistant primer composition; and (b) a special laminated tape comprising a ply of rubber such as neoprene and a ply of pres... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4755325 | Process for emulsifying oil and water mixture A water-emulsification apparatus comprising a conduit and, within the conduit, a series of perforated plates of holes of varying shapes or sizes forming means to effect different shearing action on an oil/water mixture and means for pumping the oil/water ... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4755368 | Silica fillers from silicon powder A process for formation of a silica filler product comprising the steps of subjecting fluidized silicon powder to combustion at a temperature of about 3000° K. and quenching the combustion products to form a silica powder characterized by a large proport... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4753414 | Carbon coatings in replicated optics art An improved procedure for manufacture of optical replication products comprising the use of a thin amorphous coating of carbon as a protective coating which also facilitates release during replication, between master and replication members. Particular at... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4751631 | Apparatus for fast generation of signal sequences A multi-digit, mixed-base or mixed-radix counter of the type used in digital computing devices wherein the value of each digit of the counter is stored in two parts: a first part being the normal numerical value except in certain exceptional cases; and a ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4740025 | Compound gripper device Improved compound gripper device particularly useful with laboratory glassware and suitable for use with low or high gripping forces. When gripping forces are high, external gripper member is displaced into a resilient gripping pad which pad is of the typ... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4727494 | Computerized robot control system with scheduling feature In a robotic system for efficient serialization of processing a number of samples by a robotic manipulator through an identical sequence of processing steps with a plurality of the samples being processed through the sequence at a given time, such that th... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4716081 | Conductive compositions and conductive powders for use therein An improved silver-coated copper-based powder which is characterized by extraordinary stability, in terms of electroconductivity, when the powder is utilized with organic resin to form electroconductive compositions. The powder is made by subjecting it to... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4714556 | Blood purification Extracorporeal apparatus for selective removal of pathogenic factors, i.e. antigens, from blood by circulating the blood through hollow fibers which, exterior to the lumen are in proximity to antibodies, i.e. proteins having strong biospecific activity fo... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4707452 | Laboratory evaporation An improved system for evaporating liquid to obtain solid residue where by small quantities of a solid are recovered from a first liquid medium and dissolved in another liquid medium. The invention comprises a receptacle for holding the liquid to be treat... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4690871 | Protective overcoat of titanium nitride films Transparent glass sheets comprising thereon titanium-nitride as the principal solar screening layer for reducing transmission of near infrared and, thereover, a layer of tin oxide of about 300 to 800 angstroms thick. The tin oxide layer serves to protect ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689755 | Self-configuring computerized robot control system with call-back feature Apparatus constructed such that it may control various other equipment for the performance of various work tasks, even other equipment yet to be designed for work tasks yet to be designed. The improvement in the apparatus feature a call-back control proce... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4683082 | One-component, particle-filled compositions Unfavorable interaction is prevented between (a) electroconductive particle fillers and (b) organic resin binders of the type which are normally instable with respect to viscosity when aged in contact with said fillers. Moreover, electroconductivity degra... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4681986 | Splice construction for electrical cable and method for making the same A kit comprising materials for protecting splices of electrical cables. Such splices as must be maintained underground between cables used in providing cathodic protection against corrosion to buried pipelines. The kit contains (a) a malleable butyl rubbe... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4667056 | Process for preparing hydratropic acids and esters thereof, from propiphenones A process for preparing hydratropic acids and the esters thereof, of formula Ar--CH(CH3)--COOR where R=H or lower alkyl and Ar=phenyl possibly substituted. This process consists in reacting on the propiophenones of formula ArCOCH2 CH... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4648715 | Electrophoretic light scattering with plural reference beams, apparatus and method Multichannel electrophoresis apparatus employing electrophoretic light scattering as a means for characterizing the particles under study. The apparatus is characterized by the ability to measure light scattered simultaneously using a plurality of local o... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4632631 | Multiple-function hand A multiple-function hand useful in automated laboratory operations, particularly liquid transfer operations. A gripper and a piston operated syringe are made compatible on a single function by mounting such that their mechanical actuating mechanisms are o... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4632441 | Scoop for solids A scoop for picking up particulate, granular, or penetrable solids. The scoop itself is a rugged one-piece construction that has a bucket member which is pushed into solids to be scooped in a normal "open" position. The scoop is constructed in the shape o... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4631479 | Error locator for high-speed inspection of magnetic tape A novel tape testing apparatus of the type which senses errors, stops the tape, and causes the error to be moved to an error-correction or an error-inspection station. The apparatus of the invention is characterized by means to rapidly try to remove the e... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4612122 | Removing heavy metal ions from blood Apparatus and process of removing quantities of heavy metals from blood utilizing immobilized chelating agents which are positioned on the opposite side of an anisotropic membrane from blood flowing across the retentive filter surface of the membrane.... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4612217 | Coating process for making non-iridescent glass structure This disclosure describes a novel method of coating a substrate, e.g., a transparent glass substrate, with a very thin inorganic coating of predetermined varying composition, e.g. an electrically-conductive tin oxide coating. The coating is carried out in... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4609772 | Photovoltaic products and processes A photovoltaic cell and the method of manufacturing the same. The cell includes a substrate of, e.g., of aluminum, having a layer of sulfur-stabilized cesium fluoride-like material with the outer surface thereof containing a P+ boron doped outer layer. A ... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4607196 | Lab bottle capper A torque-sensing rotary tool for use in bottle-capping, and other such applications. The tool (10) is characterized by independent motors (30 and 40) means for gripping and rotating bottles or the like and a rotation-counter which forms means, with associ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4605835 | Forming terminations of MLC capacitors A process for attaching silver-bearing body electrodes of a multi-layer capacitor blank to a terminating material by using high-intensity heat source to fuse the terminal material to the capacitor blank and body electrode edges exposed on the surface of s... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4600473 | Control of laboratory evaporation Improved means for evaporating liquid to obtain solid residue. The invention is particularly useful where small quantities of a solid is to be recovered from a first liquid medium and dissolved in another liquid medium. The invention comprises a receptabl... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4595634 | Coating process for making non-iridescent glass This disclosure describes a novel method of coating a substrate, e.g., including a transparent glass substrate, with a very thin inorganic coating of predetermined varying composition, e.g. an electrically-conductive tin oxide coating. The coating is carr... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4592961 | Particle filled flexible coating composition of aromatic polyester and vinylidene chloride copolymer A coating composition having surprisingly superior physical properties, particularly when highly-filled with small particles and bonded to a flexible film of a polymeric substrate. The composition consists essentially of (1) a homogeneous binder formed of... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4586151 | Self-configuring computerized robot control system Apparatus constructed such that it may control various other equipment for the performance of various work tasks, even other equipment yet to be designed for work tasks yet to be designed. The apparatus comprises a central computer control means comprisin... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4585674 | Method for continuous coating of glass A process for coating a wide moving web with the product of chemical reactants first brought into contact at a point proximate the glass surface. The process comprises a primary distribution of reactants (across the width of the substrate) through a row o... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4578764 | Self-configuring robotic system and method A self-configuring robotic system and method are disclosed. The system employs a computer having a central processing unit and an operating system containing at least a nucleus, a sequence reprogrammer and task support services. A robotic device and at le... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4571081 | Light scattering apparatus and method A light scattering interfacial tension spectrometer has a laser source of light directed, as an incident beam Ii, through a focusing lens and a diffraction grating. The grating divides the incident beam Ii into a main beam Im | 02/18/1986 |
| 4569615 | Expansion joint structures An expansion joint and seal structure for the variable width space between roadway, bridge or like sections subject to expansion and contraction is provided in the form of an elongate elastomer member having spaced transverse passages of generally rectang... | 02/11/1986 |