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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6598348 | Vehicle door frame and attached sealing profile A sealing profile for securing to a motor vehicle component, more particularly to a frame of a door in the region of the C-pillar includes an insert provided for preventing prohibitive deformations of the sealing profile. The insert has at least one elast... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6585078 | Muffler insert An insert assembly for a muffler of a high-performance motor cycle, having an insert with a filling of compressed heat-resistant, sound-absorbing material mounted on a removable hollow tube having an inside diameter greater than the outside diameter of th... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6584716 | Vandal resistant sign and method A vandal and weather resistant sign is disclosed including a support plate having a plurality of regularly spaced rectangular openings and replaceable tiles carried by and fixed to the plate. The plate is adapted to be fixed to a mounting surface such as ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6581925 | Feeder and retard rollers, and method of maximizing lifetime of rollers Sheet feed apparatus including a scuff feed for reliably transporting sheets from different types of sheet stacks and different types of sheets within the stack. The apparatus comprises a sheet feed roller and a retard device in contact with the feed roll... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6566623 | Method and apparatus for electric discharge machining with a dressing tool An electrical discharge machining (EDM) apparatus and method is disclosed that utilizes a rotating electrode for performing the EDM operation to form a desired profile in the work piece surface. A dressing tool located at a side of the rotating electrode ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6555359 | Process for the anaerobic treatment of flowable and nonflowable organic waste A method and apparatus for anaerobic treatment of organic wastes in a liquid filled vessel wherein particles of the waste are buoyed and form a floating bed in the liquid by the gasses generated by the anaerobic digestion of the wastes. The bed forms to a... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6554216 | Buffer with service loop and method Disclosed is a buffer disposed to receive cut sheets from a first workstation operating at a first slower speed, deskew the sheets and deliver them to a second workstation operating at a second faster speed. The buffer has a guide defining a path of trave... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6536892 | Printed medium with integral image locator and method A sheet of inkjet printed photographic images having orthogonal fiducial marks extending along a leading edge of the printed field and along a lateral side of the printed field. The fiducial marks register with the printed field and provide information re... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6536115 | Automatically retractable safety utility knife The present invention provides a knife with a replaceable blade which is spring-biased in the retracted position. The knife is designed such that the blade can only be extended by exerting a downward force and by turning the handle with respect to an inne... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527245 | Traffic control flare holder A flare holder that is attachable to a traffic cone or other upright support structure for holding a lit flare at an elevation higher than a roadway surface. The flare holder includes a lower portion that is attachable to the upright support structure and... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523788 | Model railroad crossing gate A model railroad crossing gate includes a base, a crossing gate mounted on the base for movement between a raised position and a lowered position, a spring coupled to the crossing gate biasing the gate to the raised position, a string attached to the cros... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6517200 | Transport buffer having force limiting drive means and method A buffer for transporting a flexible work piece such as a printed sheet between a first and a second workstation having different operational speeds. The buffer has drive rollers arranged along a path of travel from the outlet of the first station to the ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6505906 | Method of exercising nozzles of an inkjet printer and article A method providing for the exercise of one or more nozzles of an inkjet print head and simultaneously forming fiducial registration marks on a sheet of print medium. The exercising and forming of the fiducial registration marks both occur in the course of... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6501531 | Method of utilizing wasted nested space A photofinishing system and method for utilizing otherwise wasted space on a sheet of photographic paper. The system includes a printer such as an ink jet printer, laser printer or digital silver-halide system for printing a set of desired images on a lar... | 12/31/2002 |
