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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7138889 | Single-port multi-resonator acoustic resonator device A single port multi-resonator acoustic resonator device (200, 300, 400, 490) possesses an input impedance that exhibits precisely designed electrical resonances. The device contains at least three parts: a transducer/resonator (201, 301, 401. 491) used... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6554397 | Pen positioning in page wide array printers A method and apparatus for positioning a fluid ejection device such as an inkjet pen, or a plurality of aligned fluid ejection devices, on a supporting frame known as a printbar for page wide array printing involves provision of datum surfaces on each eje... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6536863 | Inkjet print moisture re-circulation A method of operating an inkjet printer comprises forming an image on a media sheet by ejecting ink from an orifice array of an inkjet printhead at a print zone, capturing moist atmosphere from said printed image at a moisture removal zone and conducting ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6523932 | Periodic ejection of printing fluid to service orifices of an inkjet printer A method of automatically servicing the orifices of an inkjet printhead particularly beneficial for inexpensive fixed or stationary printhead printers capable or printing onto either a series of discrete media sheets or onto a continuous media web. The me... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6493060 | Duplexing in automatic document feeder utilizing a path shorter than the length of the document to be duplexed The footprint of a document scanning unit such as a copier, facsimile machine or document scanner or combinations thereof is reduced by causing overlap of the leading and trailing edges of long document sheets to be scanned in the document delivery roller... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6467874 | Pen positioning in page wide array printers A method and apparatus for positioning a fluid ejection device such as an inkjet pen, or a plurality of aligned fluid ejection devices, on a supporting frame known as a printbar for page wide array printing involves provision of datum surfaces on each eje... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6454475 | Method of cutting rollfeed media A paper cutter assembly for a printer/plotter is mounted on the printhead carriage for movement therewith to avoid separate mounting and guide structure. A cutter wheel is mounted in a housing for cam induced movement between a raised inactive position an... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6422851 | Apparatus for fabricating color slide fasteners The method includes the steps of a tape arranging step for arranging a support tape of a slide fastener on a mold having a capacity having a plurality of unit fastening element molding material grooves for molding a plurality of unit fastening elements, a... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6409321 | Modular printer/plotter with controllable printhead/media spacing in three degrees of freedom A modular printer chassis, particularly for large scale printers, includes a lower media module which provides a rigid platen media support surface connected to an upper scanning carriage support module by a plurality of fasteners which are tightened at t... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6381877 | Controlled flex skate boot A flexible skate boot having lower and upper portions made of leather, synthetic leather or similar material is provided with a flexible ankle encircling cuff made of synthetic moldable plastic material capable flexing designed in amounts in the forward a... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6338553 | Ink supply tube guiding system for large format printer A unitary ink supply tube guiding system for a large format inkjet printer includes a tube guide having a bottom comprising a tube support surface, and generally upwardly, preferably vertically, extending front and rear walls and an anti-buckling wall for... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6334825 | End cap assembly for thin wall metal ball bats An end cap assembly for a thin wall tubular ball bat includes an insert sleeve which is closely received inside the barrel end of the bat and defines, with the barrel, a glue chamber into which adhesive is injected to affix the sleeve to the barrel withou... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6334824 | Governed performance metal shell bat A governed performance metal shell bat designed to ensure ball exit speed approximating and not exceeding that of a wood bat of comparable weight and geometry is comprised of a thin wall metal shell filled such as aluminum or titanium or alloys thereof wi... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6315474 | Automatic paper cutter for large format printer A paper cutter assembly for a printer/plotter is mounted on the printhead carriage for movement therewith to avoid separate mounting and guide structure. A cutter wheel is mounted in a housing for cam induced movement between a raised inactive position an... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6314816 | Measurement system for a pressure measurement device as well as a pressure measurement device The pressure measurement device has a housing (2) with a back wall (8) and a side wall (10), a measurement system arranged inside the housing as well as a connection arrangement (6) with a device connector (64) arranged outside on the housing. The measure... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6302931 | Apparatus for injecting compressed air into dust collector An apparatus for injecting compressed air into a dust collector in a direction opposite to the dust filtering direction to detach adhered dust includes a dust collecting tank with a plurality of filter cloths and a plurality of air injecting pipes install... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301167 | Apparatus for testing semiconductor memory An apparatus for testing a semiconductor memory is disclosed, which includes a power control module for varying an output voltage of the power supply unit and supplying to the semiconductor memory in accordance with a power control signal from a CPU(Centr... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6287282 | Syringe safety sleeve and adaptor A protective sleeve and adaptor hub combination for retrofitting conventional medical syringes so that the syringe needle may be completely enclosed in the protective sleeve following use of the syringe. The protective sleeve is typically made of polyprop... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6279209 | Color slide fastener and method and apparatus for fabricating the same A color slide fastener and a method and apparatus for fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes the steps of a tape arranging step for arranging a support tape of a slide fastener on a mold having a capacity having a plurality of unit fasten... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6273829 | Metal matrix composite shafts for golf clubs Formed tubular sporting articles subjected to repeated flexure such as golf club shafts are made from metal matrix composite materials (MMCs) in which a metal alloy matrix is discontinuously reinforced with undissolved particles or platelets in proportion... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6274230 | Articles of composite construction and method of producing patterns thereon A process for producing sharp surface visible patterns on composite articles formed of resin coated reinforcing strands employs a liquid uncured resin having a coloring component therein to produce an opaque resin of light color to mask the color of the r... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6263739 | Plastic membrane pressure sensor for the semiconductor industry A membrane pressure sensor has a hollow space formed between a housing (1) and a cover (2), which is subdivided by two membranes (6; 61, 62) parallel to each other into a pressure sensing space (24) for impingement with a fluid with a pressure to be measu... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6247802 | Ink supply tube guiding system for large format printer An ink supply tube guiding system for a large format inkjet printer includes front and rear oppositely facing tube guide channels each having a lower flange which supports the ink tubes which convey printer ink from stationary reservoirs to printheads mou... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6248032 | Governed performance aluminum shell bat A governed performance aluminum shell bat designed to ensure ball exit speed approximating and not exceeding that of a wood bat of comparable weight and geometry is comprised of a thin wall aluminum shell filled with syntactic foam in the hitting area, th... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6231482 | System for climbing training A climbing trainer comprising a movable climbing training wall surface defined by a continuous belt rotatably disposed about a pivotable frame and controllably actuated to rotate at a selected speed, the pivotable frame and support being selected to provi... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6220699 | Method and apparatus for actuating a pump in a printer A printer apparatus and method of actuating a fluid pump in a printer to deliver fluid to an ink jet printhead without removing the printhead from a printhead carriage particularly useful for priming inkjet printheads using an air displacement pump to del... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6213488 | Exposed carbon core bicycle seat post and method of manufacture thereof A light weight high strength bicycle seat post comprised of a metal tube having a pre-stressed, tubular composite core therein, with the core having an exposed end extending from the tube, and method making same are disclosed in which the tube includes a ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6209397 | Pressure sensor membrane having stepped annular peripheral surfaces and pressure sensor employing same The invention concerns a membrane for a pressure sensor. The membrane has, on a flat central face (26), an annular attachment face (12), which is disposed concentric to the central face (26), and a non-flat connecting face (54), which links the central fa... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6206512 | Replaceable ink delivery tube system for large format printer A replaceable ink delivery tube system for a large format ink jet printer includes four flexible ink delivery tubes arranged in parallel and each permanently connected at one end to a printhead connector and at the other end to an off-axis ink reservoir r... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6190007 | Apparatus for delivering fluid to an ink jet printhead mounted on a moveable printer carriage A printhead carriage for an ink jet printer having a plurality of printhead stalls therein and a printhead holddown cover having spring biased printhead holddown plungers on the underside of the cover and equal volume fluid passageways in the cover for co... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6176640 | Tubular composite structural parts having clamp area configuration to prevent cracking under clamping stress A tubular structural part made of composite material such as carbon strand reinforced epoxy resin is provided with an elongated flat area along the outer surface of the tubular part to avoid cracking of the part when the part is telescopically engaged wit... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6174041 | Modular printhead service station with self-contained motorized components An inkjet printer service carriage mounted for movement in a printhead servicing direction between a first position in which the carriage is remote from the printhead cartridges to be serviced and a second position in which the service carriage abuts the ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6170158 | Pocket knife A foldable pocket knife constructed to look like a fine writing pen includes a quick opening blade moved about 180° from the closed to the open position by grasping a pivotally movable portion of the knife handle which moves with the blade as a unit for ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6171262 | Retractable blood collection device A retractable blood collection device having a housing comprised of relatively rotatable parts and a hub in the housing supporting a double ended cannula which is retracted by spring pressure into the housing when the housing parts are rotated to contain ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6164864 | Cycle seat clamp A clamp assembly for adjustably attaching a bicycle or exercise device seat having seat support rails to a seat support post includes two spaced pairs of inner and outer cheekpieces which have parallel abutting surfaces inclined at an angle to the vertica... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6158638 | Vehicle roof rack A vehicle roof rack including spaced stationary supports carries cargo which may be loaded or unloaded from either side of the vehicle merely by unlocking a single lock and longitudinally sliding upper elongated cargo supports respectively connected to ea... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6113179 | Vehicle security enclosure kit A vehicle security enclosure kit consists of a readily removable L-shaped storage area enclosure panel, mounting platforms and fasteners to connect the platforms to an open deck vehicle and fasteners to connect the panel to the platforms. When the panel i... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6074123 | Bicycle stem with enclosed steering tube clamp A steering tube clamp and stem assembly for a bicycle or other cycle in which the steering tube clamping parts are concealed inside a stem tube which extends away from the rider. The clamping assembly employs an axially extending cut and intersecting arcu... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6001035 | High temperature heat tolerant hockey stick shaft A hockey stick shaft of the type employing a shaft susceptible to damage from heating to high temperatures and a socket for receiving a replaceable blade which is held fixedly therein during play, and where the shaft is heated to allow replacement of the ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5983726 | Process for the production of an assembly of a membrane pressure sensor and a membrane pressure sensor A membrane pressure sensor has an assembly comprising a thin membrane and a base, on which an annular joining face is formed. The membrane has a waved edge region in which numerous annular wave troughs and wave crests succeed one another alternatingly in ... | 11/16/1999 |
