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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6266139 | Capillary tube holder The invention relates to a capillary tube holder with a recess for holding a capillary tube. At least one pair of light channels is provided perpendicular to the axial direction of the recess. Each pair of light channels has an incoming light channel to s... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6124877 | System for monitoring and reporting viewing of television programming A system for monitoring and reporting the viewing of television programs on a television receiver includes an RF probe which is positioned on the exterior of the receiver housing in close proximity to the intermediate frequency amplifier of the receiver t... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6042282 | Ergonomic keyboard An ergonomic keyboard having a mount and a plurality of keys arranged in a plurality of unbroken adjacent rows is provided. Each row is comprised of an arcuate portion, a left portion, and a right portion. The left and right portions extend tangentially f... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6017180 | Air assisted gravity sweep conveyor A device for removing residual deposits from storage vessels by moving the deposits radially inwardly to a central outlet in the floor of the vessel. The device includes a sweep arm pivotably connected about the central outlet at its inner end and extendi... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6016105 | Fault indicator providing contact closure and light indication on fault detection A fault indicator for detecting the occurrence of a fault current in a monitored conductor and providing a contact closure and a light indication indicative thereof includes a rotatably mounted indicator flag. The flag is positioned in either a reset indi... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6014301 | Fault indicator providing contact closure on fault detection A fault indicator for detecting the occurrence of a fault current in a monitored conductor includes a rotatably mounted indicator flag. The flag is positioned in either a reset indicating or a fault indicating state by a magnetic pole piece, which is magn... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5990674 | Clamping mechanism for mounting circuit condition monitoring devices on cables of various diameters A clamping mechanism for mounting a circuit condition monitoring device to electrical cables of various diameters includes a core member comprising a plurality of laminations arranged in a generally rectangular configuration. A spring spanning the core me... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5983783 | Electronic chef's fork An electronic chef's fork is provided which displays indicia such as food type and degree of doneness for a selected food type and temperature and which includes control areas by which the user of the electronic chef's fork selects the meat type. The oper... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5976003 | Unitary meat slices and process Whole muscle slicing is accomplished in order to provide a plurality of meat slices, each of which is a single piece of meat, despite the fact that the muscle from which the slices originate had been reshaped prior to slicing in order to enhance slicing y... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5948018 | Expandable supportive endoluminal grafts An endoluminal graft which is both expandable and supportive is provided either in a longitudinal form or in a bifurcated form. The graft expands between a first diameter and a second, larger diameter. The support component is an expandable stent endopros... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5949856 | Data collection system A computer-based system is provided for collecting data from callers, including a customer's database corresponding to a customer's Dialed Number Identification Service (DNIS) and in which system the caller has an identification code. When a call is recei... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5947689 | Automated, quantitative, system for filtration of liquids having a pump controller A system is provided for proceeding with automated filtration of liquids in a manner which allows for quantitative collection of desired filtrates or permeates. The system, as well as its associated method, monitors various parameters which are fed to a p... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5944408 | Decorative lighting assembly having reinforced, tied node A decorative lighting assembly has the form of a grid or lattice in which a plurality of wires form a baseline and first and second branches of the assembly. The second wire branches intersect with both the baseline and first wire branches at nodes of the... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5938221 | Tapered convolute leaf spring for truck suspensions A leaf spring for use in a suspension system is disclosed which includes an eye for attachment with the frame member on one side of a vehicle chassis. A front cantilever portion of the leaf spring extends from the eye to a predetermined point of the leaf ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5935626 | Weather resistant mineral feeds and methods of making same A weather resistant mineral feed in the form of free-flowing granules is produced in a series of steps comprising (1) mixing a liquid binder with a relatively coarse granular feed ingredient to form damp binder coated granules, (2) while damp, the binder-... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5928689 | Method for treating PSE meat with transglutaminase The invention is directed to a process for improving the quality of pale, soft and exudative meat by treating meat with transglutaminase enzyme. The invention is particularly well suited for manufactured pork and turkey breast products such as canned or p... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5927431 | Guarded snap hook A keeper-equipped snap hook includes a guard member which can be readily positioned by a user in either a closed position or an open position. In the closed position the keeper is secured in a U-shaped channel provided by the guard member to protect the k... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5925400 | Process for making low fat bacon Bacon products having very low fat contents are provided from high fat sources which can include pork trimmings. The bacon products are made from a composite of two low-fat meat components. One of the low-fat meat components is processed from high-fat con... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5924303 | Insulated soft-sided portable case having externally accessible receptacle A portable insulated case is provided which has insulative properties and which can function as a so-called cooler in order to help maintain a temperature within the container which is lower than room temperature. Such devices can also be used for maintai... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5913897 | Endoprosthesis having multiple bridging junctions and procedure An endoprosthesis is provided which presents an endoprosthesis body of a plurality of full-circle helical sections exhibiting a repeating pattern of undulations that follow a generally helical axis. Adjacent full-circle windings each have at least one bri... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5908127 | Load bearing polymeric container A load bearing container is provided which is made from a non-glass material and yet possesses the top load column strength of a glass container or bottle. The container includes a diagonally oriented molded ring profile composed of alternatingly outwardl... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5902089 | Poultry loading apparatus A poultry loading apparatus for transporting poultry from a confinement area such as a poultry house to a transport vehicle to allow transport of poultry from farm-to-farm or from farm-to-processing plant. The mobile poultry loading apparatus includes a c... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5896889 | Quick-set hydraulic coupler A quick-set hydraulic coupler for use with the standard telescoping-type fluid or gas connectors on equipment within the agricultural, trucking, or tractor-trailer fields. The quick-set coupler includes a female half and a male half whereby the female hal... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5874137 | Organometallic solvent seaming of cellulosic materials An improved method is described for the fusing, joining or seaming of cellulosic materials. The method utilizes a solution of selected organometallic compounds or metal oxides to rapidly crosslink opposing, overlapping cellulosic surfaces to provide secur... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5871783 | Apparatus for ultrasonically forming confectionery products The invention provides for the manufacture of food products. In one preferred form, methods and apparatus are provided for cutting individual confectionery products from a slab or strip of product material into a product with a particular silhouette. In a... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5871090 | Carrier tray and blank thereof A carrier tray assembly is provided for compactly supporting a plurality of individual items, such as packaged food products. The carrier tray assembly has an inverted T-shaped configuration and a handle and also includes a member for releasably securing ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5871538 | Luminal graft endoprotheses and manufacture thereof A luminal endovascular graft or endoprosthesis having a tubular support which expands between a first diameter and a second, larger diameter is provided with an expandable porous coating which is applied over either or both of the internal cylindrical sur... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5865089 | Linear thruster A linear thruster is disclosed in which a load beam is linearly moved relative to a guide beam by fluid power. One or both of the beams are multisided in cross-section to substantially increase the linear bearing area between the beams and substantially i... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5866030 | Enhanced hydrocarbon lubricants for use with immiscible refrigerants Fluid refrigeration compositions comprising a hydrocarbon lubricant, an immiscible refrigerant and an additive capable of reducing the interfacial tension between the hydrocarbon lubricant and refrigerant.... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5866187 | Baking formulation containing pelletized shortening A pelletized shortening is prepared by a process which includes melting, cooling, solidifying and extruding vegetable oil to provide shortening pellets or chunks which, without requiring further processing, resist clumping together at at least moderate te... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5861185 | Ultrasonic forming of confectionery products The invention provides for the manufacture of food products. In one preferred form, methods and apparatus are provided for cutting individual confectionery products from a slab or strip of product material into a product with a particular silhouette. In a... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5846584 | Apparatus and method for forming cereal food products A apparatus and method for infusing flavors into cereal grains and agglomerating the grains into a unitary food product. Grains of cereal, powdered soluble flavors and a moisturizing liquid are supplied to a mixer. The flavors, liquid and cereal grains ar... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5836952 | Hand-held stent crimper A stent crimper is provided for loading a stent onto a catheter in order to provide a stenting assembly that is suitable for use in procedures in conjunction with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty cat... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5826992 | Ergonomic keyboard with wrist support An ergonomic keyboard is provided having a top surface and a bottom surface and a front edge closest to the user, and a plurality of keys arranged in a plurality of adjacent rows. Each row includes a central arcuate portion, a left portion, and a right po... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5824043 | Endoprosthesis having graft member and exposed welded end junctions, method and procedure An endoprosthesis is provided which includes a stent component and a graft component capturing a portion of the stent component. The stent component is made of generally malleable material arranged to provide the stent component with a collapsed translumi... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5818624 | Mask for viewing reduced-size radiographic film, particularly mammography film A radiographic film mask includes a planar sheet sized for receipt on an illuminated radiographic film examination box. The mask has two opaque sections and a transparent section. The transparent section is disposed on the sheet between the two opaque sec... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5811146 | Method for producing flat processed meat products Methods are disclosed for producing substantially flat processed meat products and, more specifically, flat casingless hot dogs. In the disclosed methods a material containing substantial amounts of the meat protein is formed prior to cooking into a flat ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5809765 | Counterrotation mulching mower and blade assembly A mulching mower is provided for mowing and mulching turf vegetation in order to reduce the size of the cut vegetation and more evenly distribute the vegetation once thus cut. Counterrotating, coaxial mowing blade and mulching tool assemblies are provided... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5804318 | Lubricious hydrogel surface modification New and improved lubrifying coatings for reducing the coefficients of friction of surfaces on medical devices include hydrophilic copolymers derived monoethylenically-unsaturated monomers including some monomers having pendant primary amine functionality ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5799783 | Compact disc storage case with latch-eject mechanism A compact disc storage case for storing a compact disc includes an interior storage compartment which receives the compact disc. A manually manipulatable latch/eject mechanism is incorporated in the storage case and includes an elongated latch/eject membe... | 09/01/1998 |
