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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386614 | Method allowing persistent links to web-pages A system that enables creation of URL addresses in which the path information is partially or entirely symbolic. The symbolic path information is maintained even after the physical path information is altered, whereby users do not have to learn or provide constantly... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7031883 | Spreader A spreader for lifting freight containers includes a frame having a number of pickup elements mounted thereon, a processor and a data storage device mounted on the frame. The processor is coupled to an interface device to receive outputs from a number of sensors mou... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6938027 | Hardware/software management, purchasing and optimization system The invention provides for tracking and day-to-day management of computer data centers. A knowledge base comprises technical and financial specifications of various storage devices and other computer hardware as provided. A modeling tool allows for the creation of v... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6737938 | Phase shifter, phased-array antenna, and radar A phase shifter includes upper and lower conductive plates, and a dielectric strip sandwiched between the conductive plates, and a plurality of slots formed in the upper conductive plate, thereby forming a dielectric line. A rotator is positioned at either side of t... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6649134 | Method and apparatus for reducing nitrous oxide A process and a device for reducing the nitrous oxide which is formed during the catalytic combustion of ammonia and oxygen to form nitrogen oxides. A catalyst system including at least one first catalyst mesh element and at least one second catalyst mesh... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6593318 | Flocculated suspension of megestrol acetate A novel oral pharmaceutical composition in the form of a stable flocculated suspension in water is described as comprising: megestrol acetate; at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerol, and... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6382179 | Internal combustion engine with fuel injection A combustion engine with direct injection has in each cylinder a fuel injector (3) whose fuel orifices (4) are so oriented that the projection (5') of the direction of each fuel spray, viewed in a plane perpendicular to the cylinder centerline, crosses a ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6379420 | Method and plant for producing a reducing gas serving for the reduction of metal ore In a method for producing a hot CO- and H2 -containing reducing gas serving for the reduction of fine-grained metal ore, in particular iron ore, the reducing gas is formed in a gasification zone by a gasification of carbon carriers, in particul... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6348855 | Wireless selective call receiver In a selective call receiver including a display and a message memory, when receiving a message including a schedule, it is checked whether a received schedule is overlapped with a stored schedule which has been stored in the memory. When the received sch... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6348952 | Level adjust display apparatus and method for on-screen display menu in image display device A level adjust display apparatus and method for an OSD menu in an image display device in which various function control targets of the image display device are displayed on a screen in the form of various OSD menus, and the direction that the plurality o... | 02/19/2002 |
| 5870377 | Satellite communications systems using a cross-connect switch Each of the communications satellites going around the earth is equipped with a plurality of transmitters and receivers including receiving antennas in order to be able to transmit and receive signals in a plurality of directions, and a transmitter and a ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5299106 | Mounting shaft for a visor having a lighting fixture A mounting shaft for a car visor having a lighting fixture. The mounting shaft includes an inner L-shaped preform and an outer L-shaped supplementary body surrounding it. The preform and the supplementary body are plastic injection-molded parts. Two elect... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5232078 | Overhead conveyor for articles to be conveyed suspended from a hanger An overhead conveyor for articles to be transported suspended from hangers, the conveyor having at least one delivery point (A) at which the hangers are to be automatically delivered from a conveyor line into a second line. A swingable slide rail is provi... | 08/03/1993 |
| 4529737 | Analgesic and anti-inflammatory arylalkanoic acid phthalidyl esters and pharmaceutical compositions thereof The present invention concerns novel phthalidyl esters of arylalkanoic acids having improved pharmacological properties in respect to the corresponding arylalkanoic acids having analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity, as well as pharmaceutical compositi... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4277539 | Refractory articles and composite metal-ceramic articles (cermets) prepared from a silicate-containing aluminum titanate Refractory products such as foundry articles and composite metal-ceramic articles are prepared from a sepiolite (2 MgO.3SiO2.2H.sub.2 O) and silicate containing aluminum titanate.... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4245204 | Circuit breaker magnetic trip device A magnetic trip unit for a circuit breaker having an armature and a plunger; the armature completes a magnetic path through the poles of a permanent magnet; the armature and plunger are biased toward trip position but are held by the permanent magnet and ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4240482 | Bag-like liquid containers, especially for medical treatment A bag-like liquid container especially intended for medical use is formed from flexible material and includes at least one closable spout for filling or emptying the container, having its center line substantially in the plane of the flat container, the s... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4232232 | Voltage sensing and load measuring automatic reclosing system for D-C circuit breakers A reclosing system for d-c feeder breakers in transit systems employing cars using a chopper type of regulated power is disclosed. The circuit includes voltage-sensing and load-measuring circuits which determine that there is no short circuit on the respe... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4228558 | Water impeller brush and massage A shower massage head having rotating brushes and an outlet for a shower including intake and outlet conduits connected to a rotor. The rotor blades are so arranged that they do not extend to the center of the rotor thereby providing relief against back p... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4219861 | Protector circuit for solenoid operator A protector means is provided to prevent thermal destruction of a solenoid adapted for very short duration energization at currents far in excess of the continuous current carrying capability of the solenoid. The protector means includes a positive temper... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4209760 | Circuit breaker and accessory devices therefor A multi-pole circuit breaker is provided with a molded insulating housing defining an internal chamber wherein the mechanical trip free contact operating mechanism is disposed, an external recess wherein an auxiliary switch unit is removably mounted, and ... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4149216 | Fused unitized combination starter A multipole unitized motor starter is constructed of a common base having mounted thereon a disconnect switch, an electromagnetic contactor and a fuse unit connected in electrical series between the switch and contactor. The fuse unit is a plug-in device ... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4117446 | Devices for probing by ultrasonic radiation N elementary transducers are distributed regularly along a line of scanni An ultrasonic frequency receiver is associated with phase lag means. The distribution over n successive elementary transducers of the phases corresponding to focusing at a predeter... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4074290 | Apparatus for synchronizing an electronic flash with a camera An apparatus for activating an electronic flash by operating an X contact when the first blind of a focal plane shutter has terminated its movement to fully open an exposure light path, irrespective of an exposure period establishing operation. Where an e... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4064469 | Interchangeable solid state and thermal-magnetic trip units A removable and replaceable solid state trip unit assembly for automatically opening a molded case multi-pole circuit breaker, is constructed so as to be interchangeable with a thermal-magnetic trip unit assembly.... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4058051 | Portable tagging machine A portable tagging machine, in which a continuous strip of separable tags is indexed by a feed mechanism that is actuated simply by the manual operation of a lever mechanism. Each time the lever mechanism is manually operated, the leading tag of the strip... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4051780 | Label feed mechanism for portable labeling machines A feed mechanism for feeding an elongated strip of labels in a portable labeling machine. The label feed mechanism intermittently advances the label strip with an indexed movement in response to the manual gripping and releasing of a grip lever which acts... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4032077 | Collapsible spindle assembly for toilet tissue rolls and the like Mounting assemblies for toilet tissue rolls and the like comprised of tapered annular-shaped rims force-fittingly received within the hollow cylindrical core of a toilet tissue roll. A centrally located trunion portion is joined to the aforesaid rim by ra... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4027557 | Stripping device for wire, or the like A stripping device for wire, or the like: a spindle is freely rotatably mounted inside a housing; appropriate threaded connections between the spindle and the interior of the housing cause the spindle to rotate axially when the spindle is pulled; an insul... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3998682 | Method and device for welding polyolefinic objects A method and apparatus for butt welding two surfaces of different polyethylenes by heating the two surfaces up to different temperatures at which the viscosities of the two different polyethylenes of the two surfaces are equal. The heating device for heat... | 12/21/1976 |
