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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6655548 | Redan A remote access and control system having two pc's, a first of which receives information concerning a condition to be controlled, a controller for controlling the condition, information concerning the condition being supplied to the second pc, said secon... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6226963 | Bag clamping apparatus Valving employed to control side closing elements of bag clamping apparatus of a bag filling machine is altered to cause the elements to move slowly to close the sides of a bag being filled whereby air is permitted to escape externally through slowly clos... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6141986 | Indirect supplemental evaporation cooler A cooler for an air conditioning system or other system having a heated surface to be cooled has an array of nozzles for issuing a fine spray of liquid. A fan of the cooler induces flow of air over a surface to be cooled, the nozzles issuing into the flow... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6093169 | Nasal oxygen catheter A mounting structure for a nasal oxygen catheter elevates and somewhat shortens the tip of the nose of a user to increase the area of the nasal air passages whereby a large quantity of air may enter the nostrils and sweep oxygen into the nostrils with eac... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5910816 | Imaging system with independent processing of visible an infrared light energy In order to protect body members adjacent an invasive procedure on a body, the member to be protected is illuminated preferably with infrared light energy and the entire site of the invasive procedure is viewed through an optical system that conducts both... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5903126 | Control of stepper motor The present invention relates to a method and a circuit arrangement for controlling a stepper motor, e.g. in a panoramic X-ray apparatus. In the method of the invention, the control data of a processor (5) is first converted into an analog signal with a d... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5892871 | Fiber optic cable termination The end region of an optical fiber cable is removed to expose the coated optical fiber and some of the cable reinforcing non-optical fibers. The coating is removed from the optical fiber which, when covered with glue or the like, is inserted into a hole i... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5879306 | Infrared system for visualizing body members The present invention provides a method and apparatus for illuminating the region of a body member to be subjected to a surgical procedure by inserting an infrared conducting fiber into the body member, the fiber emitting infrared light energy over a limi... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5793543 | Mirror angle adjusting device for automotive rearview mirror assembly A mirror angle adjusting device for use with an automotive rearview mirror assembly has a base member adapted to be fixed to an automobile body, a mirror housing assembly angularly movably coupled to the base member, a mirror holder tiltably supported on ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5785225 | Frangible semiconductor wafer dicing apparatus which employs scribing and breaking A breaking device for separating a substrate along a scribe line formed in a surface of the substrate and spaced a predetermined distance D from a previously formed scribe line. The breaking device comprises a body member and a pair of laterally spaced an... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5782538 | Swing away dump blocks for end dump trailers A frameless end dump trailer has one or more rotating structures placed in its subframe and suspension area in order to permit the use of a single point suspension in a tandem axle configuration in an unrestricted rotation mode with the option to engage t... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5782270 | Field repairable conduit termination system A cable termination system for heavy duty cables having a threaded metallic or plastic shield includes only two members; a termination body and a termination nut, the former having internal threads mating with an internal thread shield of the cable and th... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5769368 | Drop cloth holder and dispenser A drop cloth holder and dispenser has a spine secured to a stand and vertically movable relative thereto. The spine has a plurality of telescoping arms extending therefrom; the arms mounted such as to be rotatable to a position generally parallel to the s... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5769297 | Apparatus and method for dicing semiconductor wafers A wafer to be diced to form chips is placed on the sticky side of a thin elastic film in the form of a Swiss Cross which is secured to the side members of a compressed but expandable square frame, the frame being placed in a scribing and dicing machine in... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5761904 | Air inlet structure for exhaust passage in engine An internal combustion engine has a cylinder assembly including a cylinder block and a cylinder head mounted thereon, the cylinder assembly having an exhaust passage defined in the cylinder block and a water jacket defined therein around the exhaust passa... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5752448 | Motorized Table A work station has a work platform adopted for generally vertical movement by means of an electric motor through a drive shaft and sprocket arrangement that drives an endless belt or chain around a pair of vertically aligned sprockets on each side of the ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5751255 | Electrically small receiving antennas A small loop antenna employs circuits for increasing the power output and bandwidth of such antennas by employing coaxial cable or wide antenna elements on which the coaxial cable may be mounted or use microstrip, both for the purpose of reducing the indu... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5703981 | Pre-terminated optical fibers A termination ferrule body with a ferrule for an optical fiber is molded directly about the optical fiber employing a mold insert defining a hole in the insert that precisely locates the optical fiber in the center of the end of the ferrule.... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5690847 | Pivotal tweezer having gears and self-regulating curie-point heaters A tweezer-like heater structure includes a pair of arms that can be pivoted towards one another and a pair of legs having ferromagnetic temperature self regulating Curie point heaters at the ends of the legs, the legs being removably connectable to electr... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5621669 | Moisture sensor probe and control mechanism A sensor probe for moisture and other properties of bulk materials contains selection, input, excitation, and isolation functions for obtaining signals from a group of sensors, converting the signals to digital information, correlating portions of the inf... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5588761 | Document printer having skew detection A commercially available dot matrix printer is converted to a document printer by removing the tractor feed sprockets and shaft substituting a pinch roller, rubber roller combination, the roller having a shaft connected to the same stepper motor as the tr... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5558376 | Low profile swivel adapters A low profile swivel coupling having a main body with a hollow cylindrical bearing surface, a front swivel member internally threaded to be screwed onto a threaded bearing seated on the bearing surface and rotatable on it whereby the front swivel member r... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5536003 | Basketball shot making game A basketball shot making game having a plurality of angularly related panels in an array with the last of the panels having a diagonal flap directed inwardly toward a netless hoop and a hoop structure of different diameters located on the floor in a posit... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5535440 | FM receiver anti-fading method and system Two FM receivers with a common audio output each with its own antenna located six to fifteen feet apart are provided for a moving vehicle together with a switching circuit that in response to the AGC signal sensed at the output of the multiplex adapter of... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5523894 | Mirror holder support structure for automobile rearview mirror assembly A mirror holder support structure for a collapsible rearview mirror assembly on an automobile includes a mirror holder holding a mirror. The mirror holder has a spherical receptacle on a rear surface, with respect to the orientation of the motor vehicle, ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5517997 | Transillumination of body members for protection during body invasive procedures An apparatus and method for protecting a body member from damage during a body intrusive procedure in a region adjacent the body member to be protected includes a source of infrared energy introduced into a light guide that is introduced into the body mem... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5509724 | Multiple axle quarter frame end dump trailer A quarter frame end dump trailer has one or more resilient members placed in its drag link in order to permit the use of an air ride suspension in a tandem axle, spread axle or other multiple axle configuration.... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5472688 | Process for producing a hair conditioner Patent of invention "process for obtaining an hair conditioner," comprising a process for obtaining an hair conditioner which imparts gloss, softness and elasticity to the hair and augments its tendency to maintain the desired shape of the hairdo; the act... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5460228 | Fire extinguisher with recorded message A fire extinguisher is provided with a voice synthesizer attached thereto that is activated by a position sensitive switch such that upon the fire extinguisher being tilted the voice synthesizer broadcasts instructions on use of the fire extinguisher. The... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5458269 | Frangible semiconductor wafer dicing method which employs scribing and breaking A method for applying a controlled, adjustable strain and strain rate by use of a break wheel to break a frangible semiconductor wafer around previously placed scribe lines formed along a surface of the wafer. Several embodiments of a break wheel are disc... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5452141 | Automobile rearview mirror assembly with mirror holder support structure An automobile rearview mirror has a mirror housing having a spherical pivot and a mirror holder having a spherical cavity in which the spherical pivot is rotatably received. The mirror holder comprises a substantially flat panel and an attachment disposed... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5444979 | Fluid passage control device for fluid pressure actuator A tilt cylinder for tilting an outboard engine has first and second cylinder chambers. A pair of on/off valves is movably disposed in respective fluid passages connected to a hydraulic pump and the first and second cylinder chambers, respectively. The on/... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5431475 | Body for end dump trailer A semi-end dump trailer body employs hollow rectangular rubrail along each side of the trailer body with crossmembers of U-shaped configuration with outwardly flared sidewalls welded to the inner vertical wall of the rubrails and to inward, relatively sho... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5427556 | Power steering device for boat propulsion unit A power steering device for use with a boat propulsion unit has a hydraulic cylinder unit for angularly moving a steering arm of the boat propulsion unit. A rotary valve mechanism for supplying working oil from a working oil tank to the hydraulic cylinder... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5425731 | Instrument for cutting, coagulating and ablating tissue An instrument for cutting, ablating and coagulating tissue has a rod of ferromagnetic material fusion welded to the base of a conical tip of copper with the rod adjacent the base of the conic being of lesser diameter than the base to provide a region to a... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5423321 | Detection of anatomic passages using infrared emitting catheter A method and apparatus is provided for reducing the danger of cutting into a passage or organ of the body during a surgical procedure by inserting a catheter into the passage or organ, the catheter having interiorly thereof an infrared radiator and employ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5412948 | Hydrostatic continuously variable transmission A ball and piston valve for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid to a motive means have the ball and piston spring biased in opposing directions and with both initially subject to a first hydraulic fluid pressure that allows the springs to cause the ba... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5391867 | Wide format scanner having a linear scanning element with a selectable orientation A wide format scanner moves a substrate to be scanned along a first axis and at a first predetermined speed, and moves a scanning head across the substrate obliquely with respect to the first axis at an angle and at a speed coordinated with the first pred... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5389018 | Tilt cylinder unit for outboard engine A tilt cylinder unit for use with an outboard engine on a boat hull has a cylinder, a piston slidably disposed in the cylinder, and a rod having an end coupled to the piston. The cylinder may be coupled to the outboard engine or the boat hull, and the rod... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5387142 | Power steering device for outboard engine A power steering device for steering an outboard engine on a small boat has a hydraulic cylinder unit for angularly moving a steering arm of the outboard engine, the hydraulic cylinder unit having a piston rod connected to the steering arm, and a directio... | 02/07/1995 |
