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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D529596 | Ceiling fan | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112028 | Lift dolly for use in conjunction with stand-mounted power tools and the like A lift dolly is provided for lifting and transporting stand-mounted power tools and the like, with little effort. The dolly includes a pair of platforms and a wheel system having at least three castors extending downwardly from the platforms. The dolly is designed s... | 09/26/2006 |
| D528665 | Door facing | 09/19/2006 |
| D514219 | Blade arm for a ceiling fan | 01/31/2006 |
| 6981616 | Spray delivery system and method for aerosol products An improved spray delivery system and method for aerosol containers is provided. The system and method provide improved selectable spray pattern characteristics. In addition, the system is provided with multiple automatic features to prevent unintended actuation of ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6962885 | Transfer belt for a paper machine A transfer belt for a paper machine has a substrate and a coating on at least one flat side. The coating has an inner layer and an outer layer adjacent thereto. The outer layer has a porous structure having cavities open toward the outer side. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959930 | Combination oil scrapper ring/gas seal assembly A ring assembly, including a first oil scraper ring, a center oil scraper ring and a gas seal ring, adapted for disposition in a single groove of a packing cup which can be stationarily mounted over and around a reciprocally movable piston rod of a gas compressor. T... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6948347 | Graphical rolled steel sheet flatness display and method of using same A method for measuring and displaying the flatness of a rolled steel sheet is disclosed that includes the steps of measuring tension in the sheet at a plurality of locations on the surface of the sheet and determining a plurality of tension ranges into which the sen... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942972 | Efficient synthesis of protein-oligonucleotide conjugates The present invention relates to an improved method for forming a protein-oligonucleotide conjugate. The method is particularly amenable for forming antibody-oligonucleotide conjugates. The invention further concerns the conjugate molecules produced using such impro... | 09/13/2005 |
| D508567 | Door facing | 08/16/2005 |
| D507835 | Door facing | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918736 | Method and apparatus for stacking discrete planar objects A system for forming a plurality of discrete objects into a stack is disclosed which system includes a frame having a top, a bottom and sides; a conveyor associated with the frame and having an end edge for dispensing discrete objects, a first support mounted on the... | 07/19/2005 |
| D506825 | Blade arm for a ceiling fan | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907975 | Clutch, in particular for motor vehicle, with pneumatic control A clutch for a motor vehicle having an annular diaphragm (54) with a concave clutch characteristic curve and a pneumatic actuator (76) acting on the diaphragm (54) for clutch release. A mechanism (86, 88) is provided to generate a supplem... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905040 | Filler device and closure cap having complementary engagement elements A filler device has a filler neck (23) and a closure cap (1) which has an engagement segment (4). The engagement segment (4) and filler neck (23) have complementary engagement elements (7, 8, 25, 26), for example in order to... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906694 | Electromagnetic digitizer and distortion-free LCD An input/output device is disclosed that includes a digitizer with an LCD mounted thereon and a protective layer mounted directly on the LCD to minimize the parallax errors that have heretofore occurred when a protective layer was mounted in a spaced relation from a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896771 | Paper machine clothing and a method of producing the same This invention relates to porous paper machine clothing (1, 11, 21) for de-watering a paper web in a paper machine, comprising a filament lay-up made of at least one layer (2, 12, 22) of longitudinal filaments (3, 13, 23) and at least one layer ... | 05/24/2005 |
| D505141 | Computer generated alignment markings for lens blank displayed on a display | 05/17/2005 |
| 6887314 | System for coating a substrate A method and apparatus for coating sheet material with thermoset material. In certain embodiments, first and second different induction furnaces are provided, with the coated sheet first proceeding into and through the first furnace, and then into and through the se... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6880572 | Exhaust gas control valve, apparatus and method of controlling exhaust gas flow The present invention is directed to an exhaust gas control (EGC) valve. The EGC valve comprises a valve housing having at least one inlet port, at least one outlet port, and a flow channel having a centerline extending between the ports. A valve seat is adjacent an... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6882340 | Electronic pen An electronic pen is provided with a casing. A sensor substrate is formed by arranging two comblike conductive patterns on a flexible substrate so that the conductive patterns are interleaved but do not come into contact with each other. The sensor substrate is woun... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6881037 | Two-piece safety mechanism for ceiling fans A two-piece safety mechanism for ceiling-mounted fans comprises a first and second cable. The first cable has a first fastener extending from a first end and a first connector extending from a second end. The first fastener is for operable association with a first f... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877539 | Welding apparatus A welding apparatus for plastic work pieces has two welding tables arranged next to one another. A propulsion device displaces the welding tables. The propulsion device has a drive motor and a propulsion rod assembly. The propulsion rod assembly has spatially separa... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6875314 | Paper machine clothing, particularly a press felt This invention relates to paper machine clothing, particularly a press felt, comprising a support and comprising filaments which are formed as profiled monofilaments (1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 18, 23, 24, 25) with a profile which differs from a circular cross-sectio... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6874744 | Stand for supporting a display in multiple orientations and a display used in combination with said stand An adjustable stand for rotatably and releaseably supporting a flat panel display is disclosed together with a display device usable with the stand. The display includes a boss projecting from a rear surface thereof, which boss is received in an arc-shaped channel i... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6875278 | Modular powder application system A powder atomizer comprises a rotatable powder conveying brush operably associated with a powder supply. A powder receptacle has an inlet and an outlet. The powder conveying brush extends along the inlet and supplies powder to the receptacle. A rotatable powder mete... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6872283 | Paper machine clothing and a method of producing the same This invention relates to porous paper machine clothing (1, 11) for dewatering a paper web in a paper machine, comprising a filament lay-up made of at least one layer (2, 12) of longitudinal filaments (3, 13) and at least one layer (4, 14... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6869663 | Method of selectively coating a wood composite, and coated wood composite The invention is directed to a method of selectively coating wood composites in a single step, while maintaining registration of the coating to the design of the molded or contoured wood composite. The invention also is directed to a structure provided by preparing ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6868644 | Method and device for the molding of wood fiber board The invention relates to a method and device with which it is possible to arrange complicated shapes with considerable differences in height in wood fibre board, and in particular but not exclusively so-called MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard). The deformation of the ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6869333 | Lens blank alignment and blocking device and method A lens blocking device is disclosed that includes a frame, a light source mounted on the frame, a carriage having a first end and a second end mounted on the frame for sliding movement between first and second positions, a first mirror mounted on the carriage first ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6866740 | Method of manufacturing contoured consolidated cellulosic panels with variable basis weight A method of manufacturing a contoured, consolidated cellulosic article, with variable basis weight, is disclosed. The method employs a former to create a mat having a substantially uniform thickness which is pre-pressed to retain its shape. The pre-pressed mat is th... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6867005 | Method and apparatus for increasing the dynamic range and accuracy of binding assays This invention relates to methods for increasing the dynamic range and accuracy of assays in which the presence, absence, activity or concentration of a target analyte is assayed by the emission or quenching of a light signal, or by a change (i.e., an evolution or l... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6860477 | Clamping device The invention concerns a clamping device for retaining a draw-in bolt (11) on a machine table, a clamping plate, or the like, having a receptacle (10) into which the draw-in bolt (11) is insertable, and having a clamping mechanism in order to re... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6860751 | Electrical connector assembly An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector having a fastening device with two fastening members, each of which has at least two first rib portions, and two biasing members, and a second electrical connector having two limiting members, ea... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6849322 | Method of producing cellulosic article having increased thickness, and product thereof A method of preparing a cellulosic article includes a step of combining cellulosic material and binder resin to form treated cellulosic material. A mat is formed of a plurality of layers of the treated cellulosic material. The method also includes the steps of inter... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6849215 | Reconstituted polymeric materials derived from post-consumer waste, industrial scrap and virgin resins made by solid state shear pulverization A method of making polymeric particulates wherein polymeric scrap material, virgin polymeric material and mixtures thereof are supplied to intermeshing extruder screws which are rotated to transport the polymeric material along their length and subject the polymeric... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6848285 | Merchandize item protection apparatus A merchandize item protection apparatus has a housing, with an alarm transducer received in the housing. A device for securing the housing to a merchandize item or merchandize to be protected is provided because the housing has a passthrough opening in order to hang... | 02/01/2005 |
| D501473 | Coordinate input device | 02/01/2005 |
| 6846078 | System and method for aligning reference marks on a lens blank using adjustable alignment marks The disclosed invention relates to a system and method for aligning reference marks defining the optical center or major reference point on a lens blank with a series of alignment marks, or “fiducials”. The fiducials comprise first and second alignment bars disp... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6843026 | Cone shaped polygon roof structure A roof structure for a building in the form of a cone shaped polygon is disclosed. The roof structure includes at least three multi-element trusses attached on corresponding ends to a vertically extending central column. Each of the trusses is rotationally displaced... | 01/18/2005 |
