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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7393156 | Construction apparatus for planting a series of vertical posts A construction apparatus having an arrangement for controlling guidance of a frame thereof along a predetermined path, e.g., a slip-form paving apparatus, has an arrangement for selectively digging vertical bores in the ground surface at spacings along the predeterm... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392649 | Feeding trough for a sliver opening device of an open-end spinning device A feeding trough for a sliver opening device of an open-end spinning device, having a concave gripping area for conveying a sliver, lateral walls for guiding the sliver, and a concavely curved support surface for fixing a fiber tuft combed by an opening roller, wher... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392648 | Rotor Spinning machine A rotor spinning machine has a plurality of spinning stations, each of which comprises an opening roller and a draw-in roller for supplying sliver to the opening roller and each of which is equipped with control devices for individual drives of the draw-in rollers. ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386976 | Spinning device for producing a yarn by means of a circulating air flow A spinning device for producing a yarn by a circulating air flow, comprising a hollow spinning cone arranged in a spinning housing and rotatably mounted about a central longitudinal axis and a nozzle block which can be loaded with compressed air to generate the circ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386975 | Method for determining the effects of fancy yarn A method for determining the effects of a fancy yarn by measuring the yarn diameter. The yarn sections between the effect areas are referred to as webs. The effect area is determined in that the beginning of the effect is defined by meeting a first criterion and the... | 06/17/2008 |
| D571045 | Dental floss dispensing package | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377094 | Open end rotor spinning machine An open end rotor spinning machine with plural workstations each having a yarn spinning device, a yarn take-off mechanism loaded by a reversibly driven single drive and a winding device for producing a cross-wound bobbin. The spinning device has a spinning rotor, a ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377095 | Open-end spinning device The invention relates to an open end spinning device comprising a single-motor driven spinning rotor whose cup is rotationally actuated in the rotor housing which is negatively pressurized and closed by a cover element during a spinning process. According to said in... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377096 | Open-end rotor spinning device An open-end rotor spinning device comprising a spinning motor rotatable at high speed inside a rotor housing subjected to low pressure and closable by a covering element. A single motor-driven opening cylinder rotates in a opening cylinder housing. A fiber guiding c... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377587 | Hinged glider mechanism A hinged glider mechanism includes a hinge device for pivoted mounting in a chair between a stationary base frame and a seat frame, for supporting the seat frame for oscillatory gliding motion generally longitudinally relative to the base frame. The hinge device is ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378813 | Method and device for determining the zero position of a yarn guide capable of cross-winding A system for determining a zero position of a yarn guide (25) of a textile winding device for cross-winding yarn into cheeses via a step motor (34). The yarn guide (25), acted upon by the step motor (34), is initially displaced in the dir... | 05/27/2008 |
| D569943 | Baseball swing training device | 05/27/2008 |
| D566920 | Bottle return apparatus | 04/15/2008 |
| D565268 | Bottle return apparatus | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349731 | Reconstructed refractive index spatial maps and method with algorithm The invention provides a means to produce reconstructed refractive index spatial maps that reveal and allow visual separation of normal soft tissue and certain types of tumors. Detector fiber optic bundles positioned on the surface of a soft tissue organ receive and... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347040 | Fiber guide channel A fiber guide channel for pneumatic transport of individual fibers combed from a sliver by an opening cylinder of an open end spinning device for delivery to a spinning rotor. The fiber guide channel is arranged in a cover element for the rotor housing and the input... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333202 | Yarn sensor A yarn sensor for optically scanning a yarn (3), traveling longitudinally through a measurement gap (19), includes a light source (20) projecting a beam of light into the measurement gap (19), at least one receiver (23) for directl... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328831 | Method of making a brazed metal article and the article formed thereby A method of making an article that is comprised of a metal foam in contact with a base metal by an intermediate braze composition, in particular, a method of brazing a metal foam to a base metal via a braze composition. In one preferred method, a polymeric foam is c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324201 | Yarn sensor A yarn sensor for textile spinning and bobbin-winding machines for optically scanning a longitudinally traveling yarn (3) within a measurement gap (19), particularly for detecting extraneous fibers, includes a light source (20), a first receiver... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320661 | Queue-based bag forming system and method A method of forming a series of bags for bulky articles from rolled thermoplastic film and padding element includes arranging a linear, longitudinally traveling queue of layers of film and padding element according to a set of desired bag dimensions and characterist... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316193 | Vessel for water travel A vessel for water travel that has the stability of a heavy weighted vessel when at rest in the water and the performance of a lightweight vessel when in a planed condition. The vessel comprises at least one hull structure for partially submerged flotation in a body... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300574 | System for filtering stormwater-carried debris flowing through a gutter inlet into a catch basin A system for filtering debris carried by stormwater flowing through a gutter inlet into a catch basin utilizes a filter device configured to conform to and to substantially fully cover the gutter inlet and a retainer device for maintaining the filter device in place... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294139 | Controlled - motion endoscopic grasping instrument An improved controlled-motion instrument is provided for grasping, holding or otherwise manipulating an object in operations such as endoscopic procedures. The instrument opens and closes jaws or other manipulation members by way of a longitudinally movable cam memb... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7266684 | Internet third-party authentication using electronic tickets A method, software and apparatus facilitates one or more third-party agents to securely access a customer's or other first party's private personal and financial data or other such confidential information from a second party, preferably on the Internet. A security ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259496 | Tunable vibratory actuator A tunable machining tool having a plurality of actuator devices, each operating at a uniform frequency but phase shifted by a controllable amount so as to create an vibratory output at a frequency that is a multiple of the input frequency. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| D549418 | Bottle return apparatus | 08/21/2007 |
| D547931 | Boot | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247087 | Fume hood with air directing member A fume hood adapted to be connected to an exhaust system, the fume hood including a cabinet formed with a chamber having a generally flat bottom wall and a sash door mounted at the front end of the chamber for movement in a vertical plane to provide an access openin... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7216829 | Device for controlling the bearing pressure of a textile bobbin on a support roller or drive roller An apparatus for holding a textile bobbin on a support roller and for facilitating the exertion of a controlled bearing pressure from the textile bobbin against the support roller. The apparatus comprising a creel for grasping the textile bobbin, a shaft for support... | 05/15/2007 |
| D542495 | Bottle return apparatus | 05/08/2007 |
| D541596 | Sleeve for beverage container | 05/01/2007 |
| D540125 | Sleeve for beverage container | 04/10/2007 |
| D539913 | Angel-shaped water bottle | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195770 | Body scrub cosmetic composition A cosmetic composition comprising basalt suitable for use as a body scrub to remove dead skin from the human body such as, for example, from the hands, feet, elbows, and knees and its method of its preparation. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7181901 | Channel plate for an open-ended rotor spinning device A channel plate for an open-end rotor spinning device for closing a rotor housing charged with underpressure in which a spinning rotor rotates, having a channel plate tower extending into the spinning rotor, in whose shell face the outlet opening of a fiber guide ch... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178791 | Adjustable staircase rail system A hinge assembly is described which can be assembled by snapping together moldable half-cap pieces about the end of a baluster pierced through by a hole. The baluster turns about spindles formed by the half-caps. The half-caps may be fixed together by press-fit mati... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7155894 | Receiving element for a yarn drawing nozzle of an open-end rotor spinning device The invention relates to a receiving element for receiving an interchangeable yarn drawing nozzle that can be magnetically locked. According to the invention, the receiving element is configured as an adapter (26), which can be screwed into a central threaded... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141677 | Peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence compound and system An unstable, methyl-substituted (1,1 oxaly diimidazole) molecule capable of accelerating the rate at which a material attains maximum chemiluminescence when reacted hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a fluorophore and a method to synthesize such molecules. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131473 | Programmable coping bit A coping bit capable of being easily modified to cut profiles having tenons of varying lengths is provided. The coping bit includes an axially extending primary drive shaft and a first cutting member fixed on the primary drive shaft. An axially extending secondary d... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115086 | Queue-based bag forming system and method A method of forming a series of bags for bulky articles from rolled thermoplastic film and padding element includes arranging a linear, longitudinally traveling queue of layers of film and padding element according to a set of desired bag dimensions and characterist... | 10/03/2006 |
