Quotables
"Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure."
Henry Morton, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology ; Said in 1880 about the light bulb
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141270 | Gas flow rate determination method and apparatus and granular material dryer and method for control thereof Methods and apparatus for determining flow rate of air or other gas through a conduit independently of conduit cross sectional area include providing apparatus for and measuring temperature of the air or other gas at a first position along the conduit; providing app... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8104997 | Bulk resin unloading apparatus and method The present invention relates to a vacuum loader assembly wherein the assembly is comprised of a frame, a first and second tube, a flexible tube, a motor, and a sweeper assembly. The frame is adapted to be positioned over an opening of the container. The first tube ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8093483 | Interactive water fountain and a method of interacting with water to provide an auditory or visual effect An interactive water fountain comprising means for providing at least one column or jet (1) of water, means for applying an electrical signal each column or jet (1), detector means (2) for detecting changes in electrical impedance of said water ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092070 | Gravimetric blender with power hopper cover A gravimetric blender has a frame, at least one material storage hopper at the top of the frame including a hopper cover, a weigh bin located within the frame, below the hopper, for receipt of material from the hopper to be weighed and being adapted for downward dis... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8070844 | Dust clearing blow-back valve and reservoir An accumulator having an internal valve opened by applying air pressure to a diaphragm with a small solenoid to apply air to the diaphragm where the air is supplied from a pilot air supply. When the internal valve operated by the diaphragm opens, it snaps to a fully... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8028944 | Mixing impeller with grinding pegs The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of manufacturing the apparatus for grinding and evenly disseminating solid materials within a vehicle or carrier. More specifically, the apparatus of the present invention may be comprised of an impeller with ... | 10/04/2011 |
| D646025 | Coverall | 09/27/2011 |
| 7980834 | Liquid color injection pressure booster pump and pumping methods A pump for boosting pressure of liquid color for injection into plastic resin in molding or extrusion apparatus includes a housing having a first bore extending in a first direction and second and third bores extending through the housing and communicating with the ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7958915 | Liquid color gravimetric metering apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods for delivering liquid color to a plastic resin processing machine include a scale for weighing a container of liquid color, a pump for removing liquid color from the container, controller for actuating pushers in the pump in a sequence whereby ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7565285 | Detecting near-term suicidal risk utilizing vocal jitter Method and apparatus to measure jitter (period-to-period fluctuations in fundamental frequency) among the voices of suicidal, major depressed, and non-suicidal patients to predict near-term suicidal risk. ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7521114 | Vandalism-resistant insulating panel for building exteriors and building having vandalism-resistant thermally insulative walls A fire retardant thermally insulative, vandalism and damage resistant panel for the building exteriors includes a relatively low density foam layer having relatively high thermal resistivity, a relatively high density foam layer having relatively high impact strengt... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7416096 | Apparatus for supplying liquid color A container of liquid color material has a diaphragm liquid color pump located therewithin for providing liquid color from the container and non-drip apparatus for releaseably connecting the container with a blender for supply of liquid color thereto and methods for... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7347007 | Low pressure high capacity dryer for resins and other granular and powdery materials A vacuum dryer and method for drying granular or powdery material including at least one canister for holding said material being movable among a series of locations including material heating and vacuum drying locations, means for moving said canister among said lo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7296997 | Apparatus for simulating interdental papilla An apparatus for simulating interdental papilla having a support for interdental gingival tissue and an attachment for securing the support to an interimplant bone. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7234613 | Granular material quick change valve assembly A valve assembly including a downwardly directed funnel, a substantially cylindrical body position within a cylindrical base and a cylindrical valve within the cylindrical body atop of the funnel includes a baffle, a latch and a planar semi-circular surface about wh... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7156109 | Smoking cessation oral hygiene device The present invention relates to an improved combination tooth pick/dental floss appliance, with the addition of, a food and or medicament pad. The tasks carried out by the invention are beyond basic flossing to include the delivery system of an attached medicament ... | 01/02/2007 |
| D532960 | Cleat | 12/05/2006 |
| 6995529 | Flywheel energy storage systems A flywheel energy storage system (10) includes a vacuum enclosure (18) having a flywheel (12), motor/generator (14), and a shaft (16) enclosed within. The flywheel and motor/generator combination are designed to minimize bearing lo... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6854170 | Method and apparatus for removing a golf club head from a golf club shaft The present invention is a method and apparatus for removing a golf club head from a golf club shaft. A clamping mechanism secures the shaft of the golf club within the apparatus while a force mechanism applies sufficient force against the golf club head to separate... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6779329 | Vinous crop harvesting apparatus and method Harvesting methods and apparatus provide endless movable arrays of finger members for contacting and strippingly lifting fruits from plants in growing fields with each of the arrays being generally upstanding, longitudinally elongated and having at least a portion w... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6695424 | Printing device and printing method A printing device for printing on a supplied paper, said printing device being provided therein with ink ejecting elements for ejecting ink from ink flow paths having nozzles on its front end and formed in ink jet head, and with a controlling means for el... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6537376 | Coating device A coating device for applying a coating to a surface of a travelling continuous substrate by discharging it from a nozzle extending in a widthwise direction of the substrate. In the coating device, a plurality of discharge openings are arranged in a row a... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6447805 | Implantation composition comprising glass particles A composition suitable for implantation in soft tissue (for example at or around a body orifice) in order to augment the volume of soft tissue is produced. The particles, which are desirably irregularly shaped, are formed from a biodegradable phosphate gl... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6441540 | Cylindrical piezoelectric transducer and cylindrical piezoelectric vibrating element A cylindrical piezoelectric transducer includes a columnar holder and a vibrating element comprising a cylindrical piezoelectric polymer membrane positioned around the holder with clearance between the inner peripheral surface of the vibrating element and... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6433022 | Spermicide There is provided a method of contraception, comprising exposing a spermicidally sufficient quantity of an agent to spermatozoa. The agent is a quinone represented by the following formula: ##STR1## Each group A is H or an electron releasing moiety. The a... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6402363 | Weigh scale blender A weigh scale blender comprising a frame, a weigh bin, a load cell connected to the frame for sensing weight of the bin and any material contained therein, a mix chamber connected to the frame, including a mixing paddle therewithin, a dump flap for select... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6351715 | Electrical integrated modular power node An electrical integrated modular power node includes a power module having a common backplane with a plurality of bus bars for supplying the power requirements for the node, functional components and circuitry for connection through selected bus bars to a... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6348663 | Method and device for determining several parameters of a seated person The invention concerns a method for determining several parameters of a seated person, comprising the following steps: subdividing the seat surface (4) into at least two sections, determining the barycenter position of the active weight in each section, a... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6110514 | Egg decorating kit with egg holding ring A method for positioning an egg in preparation for decorative dying and painting of the egg exterior includes providing annular disk having circular inner and outer peripheries with circular cross-section beads extending circumferentially continuously aro... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6111206 | Apparatus and method for gravimetric blending with horizontal material feed A method and apparatus of supplying material from a storage hopper (12) to a weighing hopper (16) where the material is fed at a controllable rate by a sliding plate member (104) that acts as a shutter for the storage hopper (12), which includes an apertu... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6007236 | Weigh scale blender and method A gravimetric blender including a frame, a weigh bin, a device connected to the frame for sensing weight of the bin and any material contained therein, a mix chamber below the bin, connected to the frame, a piston for selectably releasing material in the ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6000758 | Reclining lift chair The lift chair has a base frame, an extendable/retractable chair occupant positioning apparatus attached to the base frame, a reversible D.C. motor for extension and retraction of the chair occupant positioning apparatus relative to the base frame. A cont... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5980475 | Orthopedic protection device An orthopedic protective device to protect limb extremities against injury. The device is typically used in conjunction with a cast, and encloses the limb extremity, while providing airflow within the device to reduce the risk of infection. A combination ... | 11/09/1999 |
