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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5206623 | Electrical resistors and methods of making same An electrical resistor which is fabricated from traces of resistive material on a substrate of insulating material. The traces are interconnected electrically in series by first links and in parallel by second alternating links, which are connected to dif... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5200597 | Digitally controlled system for scanning and reading bar codes A unitary hand-held bar code scanner and reader produces an elliptical beam, oriented with its major axis along the direction of the bars, utilizing optics employing far field diffraction effects to shape the beam and maintain its elliptical aspect (lengt... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5181679 | Railway train speed restriction apparatus Apparatus for use in a train speed control system which meets speed control signals, known as code rate signals, into a track section and restricts the injection of other signals which would allow faster train speeds. The apparatus enables speeds to be re... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5170188 | Control system for ion projection printing and the like A print engine including a two-dimensional matrix print head is operated by data signals from a raster image processor through a distributed digital controller having a master controller and a plurality of separate controllers each for a separate set of e... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5164670 | Multidimensional magnetic resonance system using selective discrete Fourier transformation (SDFT) Magnetic resonance data is generated as a set of digital signals in the time domain. Each signal represents a multiplicity of parameters (for example two or three dimensions in the frequency domain). Transformation of such multiparameter (multidimensional... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5137364 | Optical spectral analysis apparatus Apparatus for low cost measurement of light energy in terms of multiple spectral integrations with differing wavelength-dependent weights for consistency of measurements in spite of variations in component characteristics or temperature.... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4852740 | Holder for flat objects such as computer disks Holders for flat objects such as computer disks which can provide pages of a book which carries such objects, instruction for their use and etc. Each page is made of a single sheet of foldable material, preferably spunbonded olefin (such material being av... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4588005 | Duplicator attachment for woodturning lathes A duplicator attachment for a woodturning lathe which provides the same freedom and control of the cutting action as in normal, freehand, turning operations, and enables duplication of inside contours, and even bowls. The duplicator also enables the patte... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4586104 | Passive overvoltage protection devices, especially for protection of computer equipment connected to data lines Overvoltage protection devices operative to prevent damage to electrical equipment in response to overvoltages in the form of fast transients and also to continuous overvoltages utilizes clamping or discharge elements which conduct in response to overvolt... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4575007 | Mixing control for water and cleaning fluid An in-line switch and mixer control including a first restriction adjacent the outlet of a mixing device having a cleaning fluid and water inlet for controlling the flow rate from the mixer and a second restriction connected to the water inlet for varying... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4574527 | Toric lens generating Elliptical error in the generating of toric lenses is substantially eliminated, thereby reducing the time and cost of the production of such lenses. A cup-shaped cutter wheel is swept to cut the lens in a plurality of cuts, suitably three cuts. During eac... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4570856 | Liquid and detergent mixing chamber and valves A fluid circuit for a cleaning device having a mixture with separate water and cleaning fluid inlets and fittings interconnecting a pressurized source of water and a pressurized source of cleaning fluid responsive to change the mixing ratio of cleaning fl... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4571547 | Adaptive signal detection system especially for physiological signals such as the R waves of ECG signals, which is desensitized to artifacts Signals subject to amplitude variations, such as physiological signals, are detected when the amplitude thereof exceeds a threshold level, where the threshold level is made adaptive to both the amplitude and the rate of the signals so as to desensitize th... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4566149 | Cam latch for cleaning devices A cam latch is provided to axially move a liquid container on a cleaning device and latch it thereto. The cam latch is received in a recess in the bottom of the cleaning fluid container thereby engaging a camming surface and aligning the container relativ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4559666 | Air-liquid separator for cleaning devices A separator for a cleaning device having the air-liquid mixture introduced tangentially about the periphery of the conical shroud and the air outlet being interior the shroud.... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4559665 | Indicator nozzle for cleaning devices A suction nozzle for a cleaning device having a viewing area which slows down the speed of the liquid in the nozzle to permit viewing by the operator during operation of the cleaning device. The viewing area has a greater cross-sectional area than the noz... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4559667 | Dripless nozzle for a cleaning device A suction nozzle having a horizontal trough at its outlet passage for retaining fluid left in a conduit connecting the nozzle to a suction source when the suction source is deactivated.... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4558823 | Spotting control and trigger assembly A spotting control and trigger assembly having a first actuator for selecting the flow rate and a second actuator for selecting the mixing ratio of a control element which determines the flow rate and mixing ratio of water to cleaning fluid in a dispensin... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4414693 | Optical devices for use in moisture laden atmosphere Fogging by the condensation of water vapor on optically transmissive surfaces of optical devices, such as the lens of goggles, is prevented by means of a transparent hydrophylic polymer integrated therewith and disposed in the moisture laden environment. ... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4252610 | Targets which emit neutrons when irradiated by high energy beams and methods of fabricating such targets Targets for high energy beams, such as laser beams, produced in laser fusion apparatus are described. The targets are porous spheres of deuterated hydrocarbon material, particularly deuterated polyethylene. The spheres are small and have diameters in the ... | 02/24/1981 |
