Quotables
"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys."
Sir William Preece, chief engineer, British Post Office ; 1878
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7344441 | Card game method and apparatus A method and apparatus for playing a card game is provided. A player receives three playing cards. The player arranges the cards in sequence and predicts where in the sequence a fourth card will fall. The player receives a fourth card. If the player's prediction is ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344038 | Insulated container for liquids The Invention is a container for holding a liquid, such as a single-use beverage bottle. Gas-filled annular rings appear on a portion of the surface of the bottle. The air-filled annular rings partially insulate the bottle and slow the rate of heat transfer to and f... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7104639 | Apparatus for refilling ink cartridges The Invention is an apparatus for refilling ink cartridges, such as ink cartridges for ink jet printers. The cartridge is attached to a table. The table is rotatable with respect to a base through a series of stations. The stations include guides to locate an apertu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7082872 | Strap tensioning apparatus The present invention is an apparatus for applying high tension to strap in an automatic strapping machine. A rotatable frame has a first and a second position. Two driving wheels are mounted on the frame. In the first position of the rotatable frame, strap passes f... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7025120 | Rapid thermal cycling device A lid for a well plate is provided. Pins penetrate the lid and project downwardly into the wells of the well plate. Thermal energy is applied to the upper end of the pin to regulate the temperature of liquid samples in the well plate. Ultrasonic energy is applied to... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6786798 | Antimicrobial bra The Invention is a brassiere to be worn after breast surgery. The fabric of the brassiere includes antimicrobial fibers that control microbes on the skin of the woman's breast area both before and after surgical incisions are healed. The antimicrobial fiber is a syn... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6772465 | Cleansing and massaging utensil A hygienic utensil having improved cleansing members for effectively cleaning and massaging the scalp is provided. The utensil for cleansing and massaging skin includes, a body and a plurality of branched bristle bundles. The plurality of branched bristle bundles ex... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6769780 | Kaleidoscope The invention is a kaleidoscope that folds to a substantially flat condition. The kaleidoscope has at least two mirrored surfaces joined one to another, each pair of mirrored surfaces defining a mirrored interior angle of less than 180 degrees. The kaleidoscope may ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6711836 | Shoe and method for showing indicia The invention is an apparatus and method for displaying indicia, such as a logo or trademark, on a shoe. A window is provided in the shoe, for example the heel of the shoe. Indicia appear on a removable member such as an insole and are displayed through the window. | 03/30/2004 |
| 6653846 | Multifunction circuit continuity and sensor tester A primary, normally open, DC monitoring circuit with a circuit continuity test device is disclosed which will also test one or more additional sensors connected to the circuit. The sensing of lack of continuity or of a fault condition detected by an addit... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6640891 | Rapid thermal cycling device A thermal cycling device consisting of a plate containing a plurality of wells to hold liquid and a lid that covers the plate and contains a number of "pins" that insert into the wells of the plate to control the temperature of the sample in the well. Bio... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6587050 | Oscillator activated continuity testing switch A self timing test circuit switch powered by the same conductor as used to carry data may be used in vehicles where it is desirable to test and confirm the continuity of a critical circuit by illuminating for a brief period of time an indicator lamp after... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6581934 | Game apparatus The present invention is a game, as a board game or computer game, relating to visualization and completion of geometric shapes. Repeating geometric shapes appear on a game board. The geometric shapes share perimeter boundaries with other geometric shapes... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6426118 | Method for pressure treating wood The present invention is a process for pressure treating wood and includes wood which has been pressure treated by the process. The process comprises infusion into the wood of a solution in water of an anhydride or the analogous acid of an anhydride, foll... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6367734 | Universal paper roll holder An apparatus that can adapt a toilet tissue holder into a paper towel holder. The apparatus can be sold in kit forms so that a person can convert a standard toilet tissue holder into a holder for paper towels thus insuring that the style and design of the... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6317898 | Apparatus for selecting marine toilet flush water An apparatus is provided for selecting either potable water or seawater as flush water for marine sanitary toilets. The apparatus may be designed to be electrically or manually operated. Check valves and vaccum breaker prevent contamination or waste of th... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6295411 | Method and apparatus for preventing scale buildup on electric heating elements Scale buildup on the heating element of an electric water heater or industrial process boiler is minimized by directing one or more jets of incoming water or other fluid onto the heating element. Optionally the fluid is pretreated by the induced electric ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6292085 | Multiple coil assembly for use with electronic descaling unit An apparatus for imparting an electric field to water travelling within a pipe. The apparatus includes a plurality of rectangularly-shaped coils of electric wire connected in an electrically parallel arrangement. Each coil is sandwiched between flexible c... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6235346 | Method for pressure treating wood The present invention is a process for pressure treating wood and includes wood which has been pressure treated by the process. The process comprises infusion into the wood of a solution in water of an anhydride or the analogous acid of an anhydride, foll... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6120513 | Laparoscopic surgery instrumentation and method of its use An operative laparoscopic instrument is equipped with proximal and distal loops closed by slip knots and tightenable from the proximal end of the instrument. A forceps extending from the distal end of the instrument grasps an anatomical tube to be both li... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6093025 | Apparatus for teaching horseback riding The present invention comprises an apparatus and method of using the apparatus for teaching horseback riding skills without the use of a horse. The apparatus is secured to the student so that the student may move about. The student uses reins to manipulat... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6061988 | Building module and a method of constructing a wall from said module A module, a wall made from said block, and a method of constructing a wall using such blocks, wherein the block has the general shape of a plus sign. The block is made from a first rectangular piece and a second rectangular piece joined perpendicular to s... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6039613 | Barrier strip cover and barrier strip for power distribution panels Electrical barrier strips, such as are commonly used in power distribution panels, may utilize a variety of fasteners by which wires are connected to the strip. To prevent shorting between adjacent connectors, insulating partitions are formed between the ... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6017333 | Irrigating laparoscopic cannula A trocar assembly consisting of a trocar in a central opening in a cannula. The cannula is provided with at least one separate passage running parallel to the central passage. The separate passage is connected to a source of cleansing fluid and a pump for... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5951856 | Water hardness reduction through interactive molecular agitation and filtration The "hardness" of water flowing through a pipe, and attributable to ions dissolved in the water, is reduced by producing molecular agitation in the water to transform the ions into much larger crystals, followed by filtration using a conventional filter h... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5941266 | Angle entry rotary valve Straight line flow rotary valves with the valve member flow passage (21) turned away from the pipeline flow axis (22), to dispose the valve internals to an access port (50) located downstream on the same flow axis of the valve member (11). Another embodim... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5936485 | Resistor-capacitor network with a stripe of resistive ink on the surface of a wound capacitor A resistor-capacitor network has a wound film capacitor as its capacitive component and, as its resistive component, a stripe of resistive material located on the surface of the spiral laminate which forms the wound film capacitor and extending onto at le... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5918612 | Hands-free umbrella holder An umbrella holder is provided which permits the user to be protected by an umbrella while permitting the user's hands to remain free. The holder includes a waist belt and shoulder strap. Means for securing the umbrella handle to the waist belt and the um... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5916490 | Humidifier and means for removing calcium carbonate from water A humidifier is provided of the type which has a water tank or reservoir for holding tap water. Common tap water frequently is "hard" due to dissolved minerals which result in the humidifier emitting a fine dust when such water is used. By affixing electr... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5846414 | Electronic scale reduction by eccentrically positioned coils For producing controlled precipitation in fluid flowing through a pipe, a coil of electric wire is applied to the pipe segment in which this controlled precipitation is to be produced. This coil may be in the form of an induction coil wrapped around the p... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5838286 | Display module A module for displaying information which is electronically controllable and information which is not so controllable. Substantially the entire front (visible) face of the module is divided into two portions. One is the face of a LCD display. The second i... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5817248 | Mold for structural blocks A mold designed to be operated easily by one person to form large blocks. Generally, the walls of the mold are attached to the base with a pivoting assembly such that the walls of the mold fall away from the molded material after hardening. Levers and ful... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5791132 | Mulching mower The invention relates to a mowing machine with at least one blade (4) rotating about a spindle (3), preferably with two mowing cutters (6) arranged symmetrically to the spindle, and preferably with several and especially three blades (4) rotating about pa... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5776334 | Electronic scale reduction technique For producing controlled precipitation in fluid flowing through a pipe, a coil of electric wire, of flat, generally rectangular spiral shape, is sandwiched between flexible cover sheets. The resulting assembly is applied to the outer circumference of the ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5730027 | Drive mechanism for an object to be driven back and forth, in particular a door panel Drive mechanism for a drive carrier (17) which is drivable for back and fh movement along a guide rail (10), which is connectable to a correspondingly drivable object, having a drive system (1) with a reducing gear (3) and output head (4) and having a dr... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5725778 | Current driver for electronic descaling An electronic descaling system to prevent or remove mineral deposits by exposing moving fluids to magnetic and electric fields includes an improved power supply. In particular, the power supply adapts to the varying length, diameter and impedance of attac... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5710536 | Adaptive coil wrap apparatus A solenoid coil includes a substantially parallel plurality of conductors on a flexible base. The flexible base is wound around a water pipe, body part or the like to provide a field for the treatment of fluids therein. An alignment mechanism is provided ... | 01/20/1998 |
