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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7919064 | Capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide in flue gases There is provided a process for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide that would otherwise enter the atmosphere and contribute to global warming and other problems. CO2 capture is accomplished by reacting carbon dioxide in flue gas with an alkal... | 04/05/2011 |
| 6761792 | Process for manufacturing multi-ply labels An in-line, single pass, multi- or single-web process for producing resealable multi-ply labels is disclosed which includes automation of an inclusion of intermediate label plies having dimensions different from final individual label dimensions. ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6755442 | Extended text wrap label and method of manufacture thereof An extended text wrap label includes a base ply and at least one top ply. The base ply has a first lengthwise dimension, a first widthwise dimension, a top surface that is capable of bearing graphic images, and a bottom surface that is capable of bearing graphic ima... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6737137 | Adhesive image transfer labels and method of manufacture thereof An adhesive image transfer label includes a top ply having a front surface and a back surface. The front and back surfaces of the top ply are each capable of bearing printed graphics. A release coating is applied over a selected portion of the back surface of the to... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6624946 | In-line lenticular film manufacturing having a selected web orientation A process for in-line lenticular film manufacturing having a selected web orientation includes providing an optically clear material web to an in-line converting and/or printing press. The optically clear material web is advanced in the in-line converting... | 09/23/2003 |
| 4925339 | Expansion joint cover and drain A system for protecting and draining expansion joints joining juxtaposed discrete sections of construction materials is disclosed in which a pair of laterally disposed sheet members having free ends rebent into moveably interlocked curves, and secured end... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4886038 | Cable slide guide for compound bows An improved cable slide guide or separation device is disclosed which significantly reduces friction and wear in the operation of a compound bow system. It consists of a single member which is held by tension between the inner cables and the cable guard h... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4869975 | Overvoltage control circuit for a reserve battery An overvoltage control circuit for a reserve battery includes a current limiting resistor connected in series with a thermal-lag type circuit interrupter such as a thermal-lag fuse or circuit breaker. The series combination is connected across a selective... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4828800 | System for trace gas detection A system for the detection of trace components in a gas by a process involving the ionization of such trace components and intermittently adding to the gas, a reactant gas which converts some of the components to more readily ionizable forms.... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4803135 | Pressure Activated reserve battery A pressure activated reserve battery, capable of being activated by increasing external or environmental seawater pressure as the device is lowered or sinks to depth, without benefit of an external pressure hull. Pressure compensation, balancing of extern... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4800141 | Reserve activated electrochemical cell A reserve activated electrochemical cell uses a frangible glass ampule for storing an electrolyte. The ampule is located within a first cylindrical cup-shaped metal housing containing a pair of cell electrodes. One of the electrodes is formed by an electr... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4776279 | Expanding ballistic projectile An improved expanding ballistic projectile is disclosed which has an inner core of dense relatively soft, deformable material, and an outer jacket of malleable material. A central axial recess is provided in the nose portion of the inner core and a centra... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4710205 | Stabilized liquid films Composite polymeric transport membrane structures feature an ultra-thin polymeric membrane skin having microscopic pores therein forming an anisotropic microporous film combined with a relatively thick macroporous polymeric support substrate membrane whic... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4708636 | Flow sensor furnace control Disclosed is a heating system having a combustion air blower, a fuel valve for providing fuel to a burner, and an exhaust stack for exhausting combustion products. Also disclosed is flow sensor apparatus operatively associated with the stack for providing... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4707644 | Auxiliary starting for electric motors A fluid-powered auxiliary starting system for electric motors is disclosed which includes an accumulator means for supplying an amount of fluid at high pressure to a fluid-operated motor and a clutch of similar device for connecting the output shaft of th... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4698283 | Electrochemical cell having improved active life Anode passivation and premature cell failure associated with anode deterioration due to corrosion has been greatly reduced in Li/SOCl2 cells by the addition of small amounts of tetracarboxylated metal macrocyclic complexes such as cobalt tetrac... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4696188 | Semiconductor device microstructure A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor body having a depression formed into the first surface of the body. The device further comprises member means comprising first and second thermal-to-electric transducer or static electric element, the memb... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4694062 | Method of making electroactive heterocyclic aromatic polymers Electroactive organic polymeric materials of poly(heterocycle diyl methylenes) containing alternating heterocyclic conjugated segments of varying sizes and methylene or substituted methylenes in the main chain and random copolymers of such poly(heterocycl... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4683159 | Semiconductor device structure and processing An composite semiconductor device and a method of making is described. The device includes a semiconductor body with a first surface having a predetermined orientation with respect to a crystalline structure in the semiconductor body and a layer of thin f... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4662996 | Method and electrochemical sensor for sensing chemical agents using a sensing elctrode coated with electrically conductive polymers An electrochemical method and apparatus for detecting polar toxic species is disclosed which uses a conductive polymer coated sensing electrode. The conductive polymers may be polyquinoline or substituted polyquinolines.... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4658428 | Image recognition template generation A method and system for generating additional template images containing an object of interest in a plurality of defined orientations from a single stored digitized pixel matrix template image frame is disclosed by which the object of interest may be tran... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4631675 | Automatic light-intensity control An illumination sensing and light level control system for an area of interest includes a light collector to collect and focus light from a relatively large portion of the area of interest, a light-sensitive array including a matrix of light-intensity sen... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4631323 | Method of making conducting polymer complexes of N-substituted carbazoles and substituted benzaldehydes Method of making environmentally stable conductive organic polymers synthesized from carbazole or N-substituted carbazoles and benzaldehyde or substituted benzaldehydes doped with charge transfer acceptors is disclosed.... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4624999 | Electrically conducting complexes of polymers of N-substituted carbazoles and substituted benzaldehydes Environmentally stable conductive organic polymers synthesized from carbazole or N-substituted carbazoles and benzaldehyde or substituted benzaldehydes doped with charge transfer acceptors are disclosed.... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4621036 | Halogenated organic solid depolarizer Certain solid organic depolarizers are disclosed for use in non-aqueous active metal cells which allow such cells to achieve both high voltage and high capacity with greater enhanced stability. The depolarizers include halogen adducts of triethylenediamin... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4614957 | Electromagnetic radiation detectors An improved electromagnetic radiation-sensitive semiconductor device together with a method of making same is disclosed in which surface regions directly beneath the active portion of the electrical contacts are provided with a layer of semiconductor mate... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4613551 | High rate metal oxyhalide cells A class of improved catalysts for use in high-rate active-metal non-aqueous cells which show excellent performance enhancing properties are disclosed. These comprise a class of metal porphyrin complexes which catalyze the electrochemical reduction of oxyh... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4612479 | Fluorescent light controller A dimming system for fluorescent lamps is disclosed which includes a first switching means connected to said source terminals and to said load terminals for controlling the supply of power to said load terminals, a switch control connected to switching me... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4599672 | Failsafe power-up/power-down switch A power-up/power-down safety switch includes a simple, low-cost circuit having one AND gate, which may be a CMOS IC, one voltage-limiting diode and three resistors. The circuit functions in conjunction with a logic control circuit in a manner which assure... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4598322 | Video level control for CCD camera An automatic light level control system for a video camera is disclosed which uses a time-variable camera clock for determining and controlling the scanning rate of the camera. A control means responsive to the light level of the video output of the camer... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4598029 | Reversal resistant non-aqueous electrochemical cell Problems associated with voltage reversal hazards in high energy density non-aqueous electrochemical cells are prevented for all except extremely high discharge rates by the provision of a safety separator which is sufficiently porous to allow normal cell... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4598139 | Complexes of poly (3,6-N-alkylcarbazolyl alkenes) Environmentally stable polymer complexes of processible poly (3,6-N-alkylcarbazolyl alkenes) are disclosed together with a method of making the complexes.... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4590395 | FET-bipolar drive circuit The present invention provides a low-cost switching system that allows very high speed ON and OFF switching of a bipolar power transistor. The switching system of the present invention consists of an FET-bipolar transistor combination which unites the adv... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4583483 | Mechanical meter tampering indicator An apparatus for indicating meter tampering in a plug in meter with a transparent cover such as a watthour meter is disclosed which includes a spring loaded "mouse trap" mechanism including a tyne member adapted to be released so as to strike and rupture ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4577977 | Energy submetering system A system for submetering artificial energy consumption in a multi-user environment in which a single central system source services the several separate users by means of individual space conditioning subsystems is disclosed which enables accurate proport... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4568482 | Process for making electrically conducting polymers and polymers made by such process A one-step process for synthesizing electrically conducting polymers of iodine doped poly N-alkylcarbazoles is disclosed together with the conducting polymers made by the process.... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4561104 | Automated inspection of hot steel slabs The disclosure relates to a real time digital image enhancement system for performing the image enhancement segmentation processing required for a real time automated system for detecting and classifying surface imperfections in hot steel slabs. The syste... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4548738 | Electrically conducting complexes of poly (3,6-N-alkylcarbazolyl alkenes) and method of making Environmentally stable polymer complexes of processible poly (3,6-N-alkylcarbazolyl alkenes) are disclosed with can be doped to a high electrical conductivity with charge transfer acceptors such as iodine together with a method of making the complexes.... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4542337 | Electro-mechanical anti-tampering device for electric meters An apparatus for indicating electric meter tamper is disclosed having a switch provided with normally closed contacts in the nature of an enclosed race having a central inner contact and a plurality of spaced outer contacts operating in conjunction with a... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4523128 | Remote control of dimmable electronic gas discharge lamp ballasts A remotely controlled dimming solid state ballast system for gas discharge lamps adapted to respond to external control signals is disclosed which includes the ballast itself along with integral controls for interfacing with an external addressing control... | 06/11/1985 |
