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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7454806 | Leg support arrangement for operating tables The invention relates to a leg support arrangement for operating tables comprising two leg supports, connected to a base element of an operating table such that, the above are adjustable between a base position, lying adjacent to each other parallel to the longitudi... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451631 | Spiral pipe machine A spiral pipe machine includes a feeding assembly for continuously feeding a web of material, and a forming assembly for accepting the web. The forming assembly bends the web to form a first section of a spiral pipe having a first predetermined diameter. A controlle... | 11/18/2008 |
| D580941 | User interface for a portion of a display screen | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454275 | Method of measuring the compression of a shock absorber, and an airplane undercarriage constituting an application thereof An airplane undercarriage including a shock absorber having first and second portions that are movable relative to each other. The undercarriage further including a first wave transceiver assembly disposed on the first movable portion. The assembly includes a first ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452016 | Non-contact carrying device A non-contact carrying device 10 holds and carries a carried object W in front of a carrying head 12 without making the carried object contact with the carrying head 12. A gas supplying surface 18 in which an opening portion of a gas supp... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451629 | Spiral pipe machine A spiral pipe machine includes a feeding assembly for continuously feeding a web of material, and a forming assembly for accepting the web. The forming assembly bends the web to form a first section of a spiral pipe having a first predetermined diameter. A controlle... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448926 | Impeller drive for a water jet propulsion unit A water propulsion unit having an intake housing, a pump housing and an outlet with two spaced apart counter rotating impellers being located in the pump housing. The impeller blades on one impeller have an opposite pitch to the blades of the second impeller. The im... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444922 | Fastening assembly, fastener, and fluid pressure cylinder unit Each of two members to be fastened has a connecting surface, a communication groove opening on the connecting surface, and an engagement groove communicating with the communication groove and having an engagement surface parallel to the connecting surface. A fasteni... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442034 | Detonative cleaning apparatus An apparatus for cleaning a surface within a vessel has an elongate combustion conduit extending from an upstream end to a downstream end. The downstream end is associated with an aperture in the wall of the vessel and is positioned to direct a shockwave toward the ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440110 | Optical sensing of measurands A chemical sensing probe comprises an optical fiber or may be mounted on an optical fiber. The probe has a chemically sensitive measuring material which exhibits a change in volume and/or a change in refractive index in the presence of a given chemical. The change i... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434758 | Construction kit for a spring-driven cable drum A construction kit for a spring-driven cable drum includes a pre-assembled drum core, the housing of which constitutes a winding surface for the cable and containing at least one spiral spring and at least one spring anchor hub. The pre-assembled drum core is provid... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437202 | System and method for control scheduling A system and method for controlling a device such that device operates in a smooth manner. The system may switch between control architectures or vary gain coefficients used in a control loop to control the device. As the architecture or gains are switched, the cont... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434381 | Method and device for manufacturing a wire cord A machine for manufacturing a cord consisting of twisted metallic wires comprises a pair of crimping wheels with meshing toothed surfaces for crimping a plurality of wires when they are passed between said meshing toothed surfaces, and a twisting means for twisting ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434515 | Signal transmission fuse A small diameter shock tube of unique internal surface configuration such that the powder loading per meter of tubing can be higher than achieved with conventional shock tube. The outside diameter of the tube is less than 0.10″, preferably 0.085″ with inner and ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431544 | Deburring blade, device for mounting of deburring blades and bevel gear cutting machine for chamfering and/or deburring a bevel gear Bevel gear cutting machine for chamfering and/or deburring edges on the teeth of a bevel gear. The gear-cutting machine comprises a workpiece spindle, which receives the bevel gear coaxially of a spindle axis. Furthermore, a deburring spindle is provided for the rec... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431885 | Measuring device for the amperometric measurement of test strips A measuring device for the amperometric measurement of test strips 12, each having a test field moistenable by a liquid to be investigated and having measuring electrodes associated with the test field. The device includes at least one test strip receiver ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431052 | Flow restrictor and system for delivering a flow of liquid in a microcapillary The present invention relates to apparatus for delivering a controlled or restricted flow of liquid and limiting bubble fragmentation at the inlet. This is achieved in flow restrictor with a flow channel having over most of its length a substantially constant, minim... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429300 | Successive vapour deposition system, vapour deposition system, and vapour deposition process A successive vapor deposition system in which a vapor deposition material is heated, vaporized in a vacuum, and deposited onto a vapor deposition area of a substrate, includes a conveyer which conveys the substrate in a conveying direction parallel to a plane on whi... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426983 | Landing gear strut damper, and landing gear with independent struts comprising same A damper for an airplane landing gear leg comprises a main strut (11) and a rod piston (13) co-operating with the strut (11) to define a main chamber (15) and annular chamber (16) for hydraulic fluid, and presenting internally two ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426998 | Molding die assembly for rubber members and rubber member produced thereby A molding die assembly includes an upper die and a lower die, wherein at least one of the upper and lower dies is provided with a cavity corresponding to the shape of a rubber member to be molded, wherein at least one of the upper and lower dies is provided with an ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426811 | Method and clip apparatus for the closing of sausage-shaped packages In a clip apparatus (1) with a drive (2, 3) and a control (4), on the holder (6, 7, 17) of one of the clip closing work tools a force measuring device (9) is provided. Based on the measured force and through the control the drive i... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421940 | Piston compressor, particularly hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor The invention concerns a piston compressor, particularly a hermetically enclosed refrigerant compressor, with at least one cylinder a piston reciprocating in said cylinder, the piston being connected with a driving rod via a piston pin and having in its outer jacket... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422039 | Fluid transfer apparatus An apparatus for transferring a fluid from a supply container to a desired receptacle. The apparatus includes a conduit having a fluid passage with a valve seat and a flexible containment member. A moveable sealing member is coupled to the flexible containment membe... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422397 | Bevel gear cutting machine for chamfering and/or deburring edges on the teeth of a bevel gear A bevel gear cutting machine, which is designed for, among other things, chamfering and/or deburring edges on the teeth of a bevel gear. The gear cutting machine has a workpiece spindle which receives the bevel gear coaxially. A carriage is provided, which receives ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7419587 | Water purification device A water purification device includes a fluid pump, a diaphragm unit having a diaphragm, which separates a primary side from a secondary side, and a consumer having a pressure requirement. The fluid pump is connected with the primary side and the consumer is connecte... | 09/02/2008 |
| D576067 | Necklace | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421450 | Database extensible application development environment An application development environment is provided. Database contents or structure can be changed and the changes are seamlessly propagated to the applications or views that are impacted by the change. Similarly, from the application page, new database content can b... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419423 | Sanding block A sanding block comprising slideably interrelated parts for accommodating an endless sanding belt and having a dual action means for selectively moving the parts into bearing relation with the sanding belt for maintaining tension thereon or moving the parts out of s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419341 | Machining mechanical parts with a hollow cylindrical tool The present invention relates to a device for machining mechanical parts by means of a hollow cylindrical tool presenting a distal end with a free edge that is shaped to perform machining when said tool is rotated about its axis. In accordance with the invention, th... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415773 | Method and apparatus for gauging body size A plurality of body sizers comprise sample garments for temporary wear made of a different material to a corresponding plurality of garments for long-term wear. Each of the garments for long-term wear is made to a predetermined size based on the size of a respective... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412961 | Intake device To improve an intake device (100) for a handheld tool implemented having an air cleaner, particularly for a chainsaw, a cuffing-off grinder, or the like, which comprises an internal combustion engine (25) and a drive unit (20) for the attachment... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412792 | Mounting and framing system and apparatus A mounting and framing apparatus and system are disclosed in which displayed items such as graphics, photographs, mattes, paintings or the like are positioned between multiple transparent plates of glass or plastic to impart a sense of depth thereto, clamping bars a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410049 | Diode cutoff and safe packaging system for detonating cord A block molded from a polymeric material has a through passageway to contain a percussive shock wave. Angularly related channels communicate with the containment passageway for receiving arcuate segments of detonation cord. Alignment of a plurality of blocks provide... | 08/12/2008 |
| D574878 | Flexible support for image recording devices | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407175 | Multiple-passenger transporter A transporter for transporting a first person and one or more riders over a surface. The transporter includes a first support platform for supporting the first person, the first support platform having left and right sides and defining a fore-aft vertical plane and ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406811 | Method of packaging articles by means of heat-shrink sleeves The invention provides a method of packaging one or more articles, the method comprising the steps consisting in: a) putting a first sleeve of heat-shrink material into place on the article(s) to be packaged; b) using a thermal process to shrink the fi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407467 | Abdominal and hamstring muscle strength conditioning device A strength conditioning device for strengthening and conditioning abdominal and hamstring muscles is provided. The device includes at least one flex member, a seat, an ankle support attachment member and an ankle support frame. Each flex member has a first end porti... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408121 | Secure raceway with lockable access A raceway system having forwardly open channel-shaped base members with opposed longitudinally extending side walls, and the side walls including inwardly and rearwardly projecting marginal edge flanges, the improvement wherein the raceway covers must be slid into t... | 08/05/2008 |
| D574513 | Floor/wall finish molding | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408562 | Ion generating apparatus A head 2 has a through hole 7 into which compressed air is supplied and flows, and a discharge electrode 11 is disposed inside the through hole 7. When a voltage required for discharging is applied to the head 2 made of a conductor... | 08/05/2008 |
