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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3989896 | Method and apparatus for speech identification The use of electronically tunable filters permit an efficient extraction of characteristic speech features, such as pitch frequency and the position of spectral peaks, called formants, that are present in vowels and voiced consonants. A pair of electronic... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3990075 | Solid state security system A solid state security system employing a single "chip" integrated circuit as the primary electronics located within a compact security console to provide electronic interface with one or more remote monitoring channels including a telephone dialer channe... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3983328 | Television system for the display of visuals with high resolution In a television system, the display by a monitor forms a high resolution window-like frame that is selectively movable about a larger scene which is transmitted as an array of contiguous frames. Separate tracks on a disc-type recorder are used to store a ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3981785 | Electrochemical sensor for reactive gas mixtures An electrochemical device is designed to respond to a constituent such as oxygen in a reactive mixture which may include a fuel such as methane. The device includes an electrochemical cell employing an electrolye such as a stabilized zirconia associated w... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3978479 | Solid state security system A security system adapted for monitoring fire, intrusion, and other alarm conditions employs solid state technology to appropriately identify the monitored alarm conditions and initiate appropriate responses. A "one chip" integrated semiconductor circuit ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3978478 | Reset circuit for a security system A solid state reset circuit responds to the actuation of a single manual device to both transmit reset signals to the input circuitry associated with fire and intrusion sensors of a security system, and to transmit an arm/disarm signal to the intrusion se... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3978475 | Trouble indicator circuit for a security system In a solid state security system, a trouble indicator circuit capable of developing both an audio and visual output signal, by providing a visual indication in the absence of a circuit or component failure and an audio initiating signal in response to the... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3977232 | Diffusion-type hydrogen meter A system for measuring and controlling the concentration of hydrogen in liquid sodium and in gaseous environments is disclosed. The system comprises a reinforced hollow tube-like membrane which is positioned in the sodium or the gaseous environment such t... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3978477 | Automatic test sequence circuit for a security system In a solid state security system having a plurality of alarm sensors for generating output signals in response to alarm conditions and a corresponding plurality of resettable latching circuits for developing digital output signals indicative of alarm cond... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3975598 | Random-access spoken word electron beam digitally addressable memory A method and apparatus for digitally addressing an electron beam to select and then scan one of a plurality of spaced apart analog recordings of spoken words on a target. An electron gun at one end of a return beam vidicon tube provides the electron beam ... | 08/17/1976 |
| 3967317 | Predistortion of NRZ recording current for video recordings Undesirable interference beat patterns in the displayed video signals produced by a magnetic record/reproduce head are substantially eliminated by appropriately changing the amplitude of the writing current to the head in synchronism with the polarity rev... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3963948 | Magnetic pulse generator A tubular soft iron member is slidably positioned within a magnet-coil assembly and adapted to respond to toggle action travel between two magnetically stable states by producing rapid changes in magnetic flux. Electrical pulses developed by the coil in r... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3950696 | Trapezoidal coil configuration for metal detector in the shape of an inverted U The invention relates to a trapezoidal, ladder-type coil configuration positioned as an inverted U to provide a passage thereunder for use in conjunction with magnetic field generating and magnetic field measuring circuitry to detect the presence of metal... | 04/13/1976 |
