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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7854435 | Wheel mechanism A wheel mechanism having two or more rows of three or more wheels wherein the lower-most points of the wheels in a row an arc. The wheels may be disposed on runners affixed to a cart or be attached directly to a frame or floor component of the cart. An arced shape c... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7777919 | Modular document sorting apparatus and method Methods using a modular document sorting apparatus are disclosed. A plurality of modules are functionally connected to one another to enable them to scan documents for information and sort the documents according to the scanned information. Each module performs at l... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7690630 | Long travel, high force combination spring A long travel, varying spring rate combination spring includes two differing rate springs connected end-to-end in such a way that the lower rate spring is compressed until positive engagement of a plunger with an intermediate flange member occurs with the higher rat... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7563525 | Electric reaction technology for fuels processing A method and apparatus for producing hydrogen is disclosed wherein a hydrocarbon gas is fed into an electric reaction technology system to decompose the hydrocarbon gas to hydrogen gas and carbon solids. The electric reaction technology system comprises one or more ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7493663 | Protective and therapeutic body gear A moisture absorbing and impact protective material comprising a layer of impact protection material forming a gutter, a layer of absorbent material disposed adjacent to the impact protection material at least in part within the gutter, and a layer of moisture trans... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7431918 | Anhydrous antiperspirant composition An antiperspirant composing calcium sulfate hemihydrate in an anhydrous state or in an anhydrous composition and method of treating hyperhidrosis. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431502 | Universal cam slide Universal aerial and die-mount cams, each having an adapter assembly, a driver, and a slide sandwiched between the adapter assembly and the driver. The adapter assembly has a universal adapter having an arcuate portion that is angularly adjustable within arcuate rec... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7350774 | Long travel, high force combination spring A long travel, varying spring rate combination spring includes two differing rate springs connected end-to-end in such a way that the lower rate spring is compressed until positive engagement of a plunger with an intermediate flange member occurs with the higher rat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337649 | Press action simulator for aerial cam set up Adjustment of the tools (24) on the tool holder (10) in an Aerial Cam of a metal stamping press may be readily effected by opening the press to remove the upper die (14) from the stamping area and then removing the tool holder (10) on the... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326008 | Servo tapping unit with built in shock protection A servo motor in die tapping unit provides built in shock protection for the motor by fixing a shock plate to the servo motor and floatingly mounting the shock plate to a base structure attachable to a stripper plate in a press. Sets of opposing springs allow moveme... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7303188 | Document separator A document separator for use in a document processing machine. The document separator has a flexible loop of material adjacent to a document transport mechanism so that it holds one or more documents back from being transported along a transport path while allowing ... | 12/04/2007 |
| D554813 | Buffing pad | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290959 | Electrode heating with remediation agent A remediation method and system is disclosed. A plurality of conductors is installed into the subsurface to introduce electrical current to produce heat in the subsurface. One or more agents are released into the subsurface to cause or accelerate the decomposition o... | 11/06/2007 |
| D553932 | Buffing pad | 10/30/2007 |
| 7194805 | Method of manufacturing a post ball bearing with helical arrangement of pocket holes A post bearing and method of manufacture in which bearing balls are loaded into a series of pocket holes arranged along a helical pattern in a sleeve cage. A single groove is swaged into the outside diameter of the sleeve intermediate the ball turns to capture the b... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192223 | Servo motor die tapping unit A servo motor driven tapping unit for in die installation has a tap holder pitch adapter assembly mounted for removal while the unit is in the die to facilitate tap and pitch adapter replacement. In one embodiment, the tap holder pitch adapter assembly extends trans... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172720 | Apparatus and method for measuring and of controlling the gap between polymer sheet cooling rolls Heating and extruding a polymeric sheet having a predetermined thickness and introducing it into and through a gap between cooling rolls, measuring directly by laser beam and without reflection the gap between the cooling rolls, and controlling the gap to control mi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162880 | Cooling apparatus, systems and methods The present invention is directed toward a method, apparatus and system for cooling goods, such as, for example, agricultural products, in a substantially sealed chamber. A method of the invention includes placing goods on a surface; forming a chamber over the goods... | 01/16/2007 |
| RE39444 | Collapsible container Collapsible container comprising a bottom element (11) with openings (21) at the corners for disengagable attachment of two opposite gable walls (12, 13). The gable walls are connected to or are associated with supporting pillars (24) whi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7135828 | System and method for controlling a permanent magnet electric motor A system and method are provided for controlling a three-phased permanent magnet electric motor terminal voltages in relation to both changes in speed and torque of the permanent magnet electric motor, whereby phase currents are first rotated from a stationary frame... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134313 | Method and tool mounting for adjustment of tools on a press mounted cam A tool mounting and method for adjustably mounting a tool holder on a cam slide of a press mounted cam also including an adapter body and driver. The tool mounting includes a tooling plate adjustably secured to the cam slide by a series of dowel pins closely fit in ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7116066 | Power supply circuit of a high speed electric motor A power control system (12) for an electric motor having at least one magnetic bearing includes a DC/DC converter (18) supplied from a DC link bus (179) connected to a main power supply (14), the bus (17) supplying power for the el... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7080542 | Press mounted cam and method of manufacture A press mounted cam has an adapter, slide and a driver with range of sizes and working angles provided at low cost by driver and/or adapter constructions having base plates and a series of side by side upright plates of a number corresponding to a given length with ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7071631 | Electromagnetic pulse device An electromagnetic pulse device having a conductive coil, and optionally a conductive core disposed within the coil and spaced apart there from. One or more plasma discharge devices are disposed at least partially along a length of the conductive coil and are spaced... | 07/04/2006 |
| D487780 | Delivery sign | 03/23/2004 |
| 6705720 | Reading glasses An optical device in the form of reading glasses is made to be discreet and easily transported. The device comprises a lens; a nosepiece; a weighted counterbalance; and a supporting bar interconnecting said nosepiece between said lens and said counter balance. At le... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6546897 | Thermodynamically activated flue damper The invention is directed to a thermodynamically activated flue damper for a gas water heater that includes a flue damper for controlling the passage of exhaust gases through the flue; and a thermally sensitive member that is capable of contracting when t... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6423770 | Silicate material and process for fabricating silicate material A silicate material, comprising a silicate domain and one or more substantially nonsilicate domains. The material is produced by mixing a templating mixture with a precured resin and one or more resin precursors. The templating mixture is preferably compr... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6330638 | Synchronous audio DRAM storing audio and code data In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a data processing system having a digital processor core, a dynamic RAM, which is preferably a synchronous, audio-grade RAM (SARAM) for speech and code storage, and a se... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6324613 | Port router An apparatus and method which provide increased data flow through a compute platform by optimizing data flow between an external device and the internal circuitry without the need for user intervention. A port router is provided which includes a controlle... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6318629 | Signal device for mailbox A mailbox includes a body and a door pivotally attached to the body. A signal device is attached to the mailbox by a connecting member. The signal device is secured in a number of positions between the door and body of the mailbox when the door is in a cl... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6314437 | Method and apparatus for real-time secure file deletion A method and apparatus are provided that enhance file system calls to a file system structure of an operating system. In particular, file system calls can be enhanced to provide real-time secure file deletion on an ongoing basis. A file system call that i... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6256646 | Method and system for identifying the state of a media device by monitoring file system calls The state of a media device is identified by monitoring file system calls. A determination is made whether or not a file system call originated from a specified high level application. In one implementation, the high level application writes to a monitore... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6225856 | Low power bandgap circuit A low power band gap circuit which uses the thermal properties of MOS devices to compensate for bipolar device behavior and provide temperature independent voltage and current sources.... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6206167 | Coin turning coin-entrance chute A coin turning entrance chute for coin-operated devices descends from an upper coin-entry slot to a lower exit slot floor and curved sidewalls. The sidewalls have different radii of curvature to define a wider coin path at the curvature to allow the coin ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6183536 | Enhanced performance vacuum cleaner bag and method of operation A vacuum filter bag is constructed of layers which include a high air permeability multipurpose layer positioned upstream in the direction of air flow of a second filtration layer. The second filtration layer can be a wet-laid filter paper, a dry-laid fil... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6182127 | Network image view server using efficent client-server tilting and caching architecture A computer network server using HTTP (Web) server software combined with foreground view composer software, background view composer software, a view tile cache, view tile cache garbage collector software, and image files provides image view data to clien... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6171369 | Vacuum cleaner bag construction and method of operation A disposable vacuum cleaner filter bag is constructed of layers which include a filtration grade meltblown fleece layer having a basis weight of about 10-50 g/m2 and air permeability of about 100-1000 L/(m2×s) and a coarse filter la... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6169425 | Voltage sensing current foldback switch circuit The present invention is directed to an integrated circuit comprising a voltage source and a voltage sensing circuit having a switch circuit for sensing a switch voltage and a switch current; a voltage comparison circuit connected to the switch circuit fo... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6139711 | Hydrodynamically controlled hull cell and method of use An apparatus for measuring the throwing power of electroplating solutions which provides a nearly linear current density distribution across the panel. The apparatus includes a cylindrical body adapted for rotation about a longitudinal axis thereof, a cyl... | 10/31/2000 |
