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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7612988 | Switchgear with movable user interface module A switchgear installation has a cubicle with a door to provide access thereinto, and a low voltage circuit breaker is mounted therein and accessible through the door. Coupled to the circuit breaker is a logic module, and a portable user interface module is releasabl... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7104105 | Method and apparatus for producing a threaded projection on a plate-shaped workpiece A method, machine system and thread cutting device for producing a threaded projection on a plate-shaped workpiece and in particular on a sheet-metal workpiece. A workpiece lug (2) is cut with a threaded contour in the principal plane of the workpiece and at ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7055250 | Machine tool for cutting plate and sandwich panels A machine for cutting plate-shaped workpieces, incorporates a tool guide (7), an operating handle (13), and a cutting tool (6) which revolves along the tool guide (7). By moving the operating handle (13), the tool guide (7) ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6964345 | Bottle with faceted surfaces and recessed panel A blow molded synthetic resin container having a body of generally V-shaped cross section defined by a pair of V-shaped side walls, end walls extending therebetween, and a bottom wall. A cylindrical neck is open at its upper end, and an upwardly inclined shoulder ex... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6923103 | Machine for the continuous multi-stroke slotting of plate-shaped workpieces A machine for the multi-stroke, continuous slotting of plate-shaped workpieces and especially sheet metal plates is described. A slotting tool (16) and the workpiece are movable in a forward direction relative to each other in a gate-cutting function and in a... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922903 | Method and apparatus for measuring bent workpieces A method and device for determining the length (b) of at least one of two legs (13, 14), of a workpiece (12) bent toward each other at a bending angle (β) requires location of the workpiece (12) in a defined position. The position of the bendin... | 08/02/2005 |
| D503911 | Adjustable motorcycle fairing | 04/12/2005 |
| 6868763 | Method and machine for the continuous multi-stroke slotting of plate-shaped workpieces A method and machine for the multi-stroke, continuous slotting of plate-shaped workpieces and especially sheet metal plates are described. As part of a method for the continuous multi-stroke slotting of plate-shaped workpieces, a slotting tool (16) and the wo... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6835912 | Laser cutting machine with two Y-axis drives A tool for machining workpieces by motion of the machining tool relative to the workpiece has a support extending in the X-axis over a work support table and movable in the Y-axis. A machining tool housing is movable on the support in the Y-axis. A portion of the ho... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6817041 | Skimmer guard A skimmer guard has first and second brackets configured to bear against opposite walls of a skimmer passageway, and a plurality of resiliently deflectable ribs extending between the first and second brackets for blocking objects from passing into the skimmer. The r... | 11/16/2004 |
| D497341 | Pair of motorcycle saddlebags | 10/19/2004 |
| D489540 | Motorcycle backrest | 05/11/2004 |
| 6724064 | Photoelectric conversion element and photoelectric conversion device A photoelectric conversion element comprising a substrate and a light sensor disposed on a surface of the substrate and receiving high speed optical pulse signals and converting them into high frequency waves in which the light sensor comprises at least carbon nano-... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6722127 | Split four stroke engine A four stroke engine including a crankshaft. A power piston within a first cylinder connected to the crankshaft such that the power piston reciprocates through a power stroke and an exhaust stroke. A compression piston within a second cylinder is connected to the cr... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6665327 | Gas laser device A spiral-type guide member having a spiral channel extending about an open center portion is provided adjacent the gas inlet end of the laser discharge tube of a gas laser assembly. This guides the entering gas stream about the periphery of the laser disc... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6647846 | Machine tool with feed system A machine tool having a C-shaped frame has a workpiece processing station adjacent the open end of the throat, and an elongated guide rail extends in a first axis perpendicularly to the throat. A carrier extends along the guide rail, and a multiplicity of... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6609371 | Split four stroke engine A four stroke cycle internal combustion engine including a crankshaft, rotating about a crankshaft axis of the engine. A power piston is slidably received within a first cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the power piston recip... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6539045 | Laser with device for modifying the distribution of laser light intensity across the laser beam cross-section A gas laser includes a control to modify the distribution of the intensity of the laser light over the laser beam cross section produced in the lasing gas within at least one laser tube by at least two electrodes and a voltage supply unit by means of whic... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6512197 | Laser cutting machine and method A laser cutting method employs at least two sensors which are operative during the cutting operation to monitor process parameters and send signals indicative of the monitored parameters determining parameters of the cutting operation in which are indicat... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6512781 | Gas laser with mode control A gas laser (1) has an optics system and a mode-masking diaphragm in the beam guiding chamber of the laser resonator. The optics system is adjustable between two settings in each of which any higher-order modes of the laser beam (3) are masked out. The Ga... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6466600 | Laser tube for high-frequency laser and laser incorporating same An HF-excited gas laser has a laser tube of ceramic material containing a laser gas, and the tube includes a chemical component which will preclude passage therethrough of secondary radiation of a wavelength within a proscribed range which would interact ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6464030 | Three wheel steering assembly A vehicle has a chassis with at least one front wheel pivotable about a first vertical axis to control the direction of the vehicle. A rigid swing arm is pivotally mounted on the rear end of the chassis for pivoting about a horizontal axis. On the rear en... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6461070 | Document folder and method A document folder has a cover formed of relatively flexible sheet material with a back and front panels, and a spine hingedly connecting the panels so that they may be disposed in an overlying position and provide an enclosure for documents therebetween. ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459071 | Laser assembly for material processing A laser beam generating assembly for materials processing includes a resonator to generate a linearly polarized laser beam, and a beam forming assembly which includes mirrors to orient the polarization plane of the laser beam in a prescribed orientation r... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6422648 | Motorcycle saddle with backrest A tandem motorcycle saddle and backrest has a backrest mounting unit embedded in the cushioning material in the front section of said passenger seat portion. The unit has a housing with a slot in the top wall, and a pivotable member pivotably mounted in t... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6408730 | Separating device with cutting chain for processing sandwich panels A cutting device for tooling sandwich plates has as its cutting tool a cutting chain (5) with cutting elements in the form of chain links (27, 28, 29) and a chain guide as the guide mechanism, wherein the chain links (27, 28, 29), lying one behind the oth... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6385493 | Computer controlled winch assembly for stage A stage installation for vertical movement of multiple stage elements has a computer controlled winch assembly comprising a support member having a channel, a platform adjacent the support member, electrical control and electrical power raceways in the ch... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378723 | Container having bottom lug for radial positioning and bottom mold therefor A locating lug positioned on the bottom of a container for bi-directionally indexing the container to a desired orientation to facilitate the addition of labels, decoration and/or other functions on said container. The container having a lug defined by a ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6370171 | Laser machine tool A laser assembly has at least one optic element (6, 8) in the path of the laser beam (5) and at least partially permeable to the laser beam (5). There is at least one component for detecting the temperature of the optic element (6, 8) or which can detect ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6285703 | Laser resonator A laser resonator is described, with a first and a second end mirror and with coaxial electrodes between which laser radiation reflected back and forth in the direction of an axis of symmetry of the laser resonator passes azimuthally segment by segment th... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6264545 | Method and apparatus for coin processing A stream of coins of mixed denominations is passed through a first station in which the mixed coins are counted and the stream of mixed coins is then sorted to segregate coins of a selected denomination from those of other denominations. The coins of the ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6241229 | Machine for processing metal plate A machine tool for processing of plate-like workpieces (9) includes a machine frame with a work table (8), and a coordinate guide (10) by which the workpiece is movable above the work table (8). A guide rail (11) of the coordinate guide (10) is mounted on... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6216380 | Breech plug primer cap adapter A cap adapter breech plug for muzzle loading firearms utilizes a cylindrical plug with barrel and breech ends and having a passage extending axially therethrough, a coaxial counterbore about the passage at the breech end of the plug, an axial slot along t... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6199266 | Method for producing superconducting cable and cable produced thereby A superconductor cable with high interstrand resistance is produced from superconductor wire strands which has been electroplated with nickel. The wire strands have filaments of a superconductor alloy in a normally conducting metal matrix and are electrop... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6178386 | Method and apparatus for fault detection A partial discharge fault in a transformer tank is determined by sensing supersonic vibrations at a multiplicity of points about the tanks and establishing a threshold amplitude and a frequency range for pulse vibrations to be evaluated. The signals from ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6167662 | Method for assembling windows and the like A method of assembling window or door frames includes the step of injecting, and partially setting, adhesive (14) in at least one intermediate space (13) between the glass (3) and the frame sections (1) whereby the gears and frame section are adhesively b... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168006 | Sorting apparatus for parts from workpiece cutting machine A machine tool/parts sorter assembly includes a machine tool having a frame and a workstation at which multiple parts are cut from a workpiece as it is moved in a horizontal plane relative to the workstation. A sorter is coupled with the machine tool fram... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6117506 | Multilayer bottle with encapsulated dark layer A bottle for protecting its contents from degradation due to light has an integrally molded wall with three layers of the same synthetic resin. Each of the layers includes a colorant, the colorant of the intermediate layer providing a generally black opaq... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6085873 | Pneumatic elevator A pneumatically operated elevator has a pair of elongated vertical tubular cylindrical shafts and horizontally extending cross-over shafts extending between the vertical shafts adjacent their upper and lower ends to provide a substantially closed system. ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6035539 | Fiberoptic gun sight A naturally illuminated three dot sighting system for firearms includes a rear sight having two dots formed by scintillating fibers encased in an optically clear polymer block, and a front sight having one dot formed by a scintillating fiber within an opt... | 03/14/2000 |
