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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183456 | Thermoelectric device with make-before-break high frequency converter An improved circular multi-element semiconductor thermoelectric hybrid utilizes a make-before-break high frequency switching output component to provide nominal alternating current voltage outputs. Overall efficiency of heat conversion is improved by coupling a chil... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8127694 | Portable, self-contained pc-camera workstation A portable, collapsible, self-contained workstation having a substantially planar platform adapted for receiving a lap-top computer. A pair of doors, extendable away from the platform, are hinged from a lower surface of the platform. The workstation also preferably ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8116449 | Cost-effective, multichannel digital logger A digital logger system includes a multichannel interface circuit that: 1. concurrently and continuously-receives audio telecommunication signals for at least two telephone calls from a digital hybrid telephone line; and ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8101846 | Solid state thermoelectric power converter High efficiency conversion of heat energy to electrical energy is achieved using a ring of metallic components and anodically sliced, reduced barriers, high purity n-type and p-type semiconductor wafers. Energy produced by heating one set of fins and cooling another... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7975498 | Intelligent controller for refrigerating and air conditioning systems An intelligent controller (68), adapted for regulating operation of either a refrigeration system or an air conditioning system (20), receives an output electrical signal produced by a pressure sensor (72, 74, 76, 78) included in the system (... | 07/12/2011 |
| D640088 | Fowl cooking appliance | 06/21/2011 |
| D640087 | Joint cooking appliance | 06/21/2011 |
| 7916613 | Higher performance DVD writing current circuit A writing current circuit (42) supplies a controlled electrical current to a laser diode (34) for recording data swiftly onto a DVD (16). A plurality of current sources (62) in the writing current circuit (42) supply electrical cur... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7889609 | Enhanced linearity DVD writing current circuit A writing current circuit (42) supplies a controlled electrical current to a laser diode (34) for recording data swiftly onto a DVD (16). A plurality of current sources (62) in the writing current circuit (42) supply electrical cur... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7816999 | Single-pole double-throw MEMS switch MEMS switches of varying configurations provide individually acutatable contacts. The MEMS switches are sealed by an improved anodic bonding technique. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7716750 | Necktie A necktie is preformed with a knot or knot like section which is adapted to be attached to the collar of a shirt by a fastening means that can be separated from the necktie body and can be attached to the shirt collar to cause the necktie to be suspended. Such an en... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7695239 | End effector gripper arms having corner grippers which reorient reticle during transfer The present invention is a pod opener having an end effector which: a. grips and releases a reticle supported above the base of a pod; and b. while transferring the reticle between the base of the pod and an adjace... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7570568 | High performance DVD writing current circuit A writing current circuit (42) supplies a controlled electrical current to a laser diode (34) for recording data swiftly onto a DVD (16). A plurality of thermometer code registers (52) respectively store numerical values. A current contro... | 08/04/2009 |
| H2231 | Tubular heating-pipe solar water-heating-system with integral tank A collector core for a solar water-heating-system includes a plurality of heat-absorbing pipes each of which surrounds a cooler-water return-pipe. The heating-pipes may connect directly to an insulated hot-water storage-tank from which cooler water descends through ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7539301 | Cost-effective multichannel digital logger A digital logger system includes a multichannel interface circuit that: 1. concurrently and continuously receives audio telecommunication signals for at least two telephone calls; and 2. continuously transmits line... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7464652 | Fold-down wall-table knee-brace A foldable knee-brace for support a table having an edge secured to a wall. The knee-brace includes first and second struts. The second strut includes a pair of parallel bars. Ends of the bars are disposed on opposite sides of an end of the first strut, and hinged t... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7401440 | Large, transportable arcuate architectural components An arcuate component includes, a flexible outer board, a flexible inner board and both a first and a second plurality of arcuate tiles. Tongue and groove tracks formed along opposite longitudinal edges of the outer and inner boards lock with mating arcuate tongue-an... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7359439 | Encoding a still image into compressed video A method for producing a compressed video bitstream having a plurality of frames from data that specifies a single still image. The still image is encoded into data specifying a single intra (“I”) frame having an amount of data that approaches, but remains less ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7327846 | Secure cryptographic key exchange and verifiable digital signature One aspect of the present invention establishes a session key by a receiving unit R transmitting a plurality of quantities for storage in a public repository. A sending unit S: 1. retrieves the plurality of quantities; and ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318697 | Universal reticle transfer system A specially adapted SMIF pod (20) receives and holds one particular type of reticle cassette (36) or reticle holder (132) selected from among dozens of different configurations thereof. The SMIF pod (20) may be interrogated to determine t... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316175 | Reduced-bulk, enhanced-resilience, lower-drag netting Netting (15) includes mesh bars (26) made from twines (11, 13) which possess physical properties that vary, change or alternate along a series of collinear mesh bars (26). The non-homogeneous media obtained by arranging in this way mesh b... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7287736 | Corolla plant hanger A plant hanger includes several generally C-shaped arms having apertures passing therethrough at opposite ends of each arm. The plant hanger also includes a first plurality of beads each of which has an aperture passing therethrough. The arms and the beads are secur... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7240453 | Bioelectric simulating fishook and lure and method of using same Fishhooks (20), artificial lures (23, 35, 65, 67 and 91) or trailer rods (120) include both an anodic segment (25, 85 and 105) and a cathodic segment (27). The anodic and cathodic segments (25, 85, 105 and 2... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234281 | Above-joist, integrated deck-gutter system A deck with an integrated gutter system includes at least two separated joists and a plurality of planks. Each plank includes longitudinal grooves, is disposed above and supported by the joists, has an undersurface which is juxtaposed with the joists, and is secured... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7123119 | Sealed integral MEMS switch A MEMS switch includes a micro-machined monolithic layer (122) having, a seesaw (52), a pair of torsion bars (66a, 66b), and a frame (64). The frame (64) supports the seesaw (52) for rotation about an ax... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7099531 | Compensating for chromatic dispersion in optical fibers An optical chromatic dispersion compensator (60) betters optical communication system performance. The dispersion compensator (60) includes a collimating means (61) that receives a spatially diverging beam of light from an end of an optical fibe... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7072412 | Multicarrier digital transmission system using an OQAM transmultiplexer An emitter converts a serial input data stream into a set of parallel substreams. An OQAM modulator (120) receives and supplies each substream to an input of a synthesis filter bank (130). Synchronization input(s) of the filter bank receive an OQAM sig... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7028437 | Above-joist, integrated deck-gutter system A deck with an integrated gutter system includes at least two separated joists and a plurality of planks. Each plank includes longitudinal grooves, is disposed above and supported by the joists, has an undersurface which is juxtaposed with the joists, and is secured... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020282 | Simplified secure, swift cryptographic key exchange One aspect of the present invention establishes a session key by a receiving unit R transmitting a plurality of quantities for storage in a public repository. A sending unit S: 1. retrieves the plurality of quantities; and ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013060 | Optical cross-connect device An optic switch for cross-connecting input light signals incoming from inlet fiber cables to outlet fiber cables is disclosed that makes use of a holographic filter (5) having a series of preformed different speckle patterns, each in the form of a hologram (H... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6947626 | Optical cross-connect device An optic switch for cross-connecting input light signals incoming from inlet fiber cables to outlet fiber cables is disclosed that makes use of a holographic filter (5) having a series of preformed different speckle patterns, each in the form of a hologram (H... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6847968 | Method for facilitating access to remote files A method for facilitating access to a file in a networked multiprocessor computer system including establishing a hierarchical distributed data service (DDS) domain tree (200) that encompasses all computers in the network, grafting onto the tree the file syst... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6804706 | Network system for transmitting overwritten portion of client side node cache image to server site through intermediate downstream nodes updating cache images of data requested by client Network Distributed Caches (“NDCs”) (50) permit accessing a named dataset stored at an NDC server terminator site (22) in response to a request submitted to an NDC client terminator site (24) by a client workstation (42). In accessing... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6732468 | Cell design for a trawl system and methods Mesh bars (35, 283) of a trawl (13, 263) include at least a portion having a corkscrew-shaped pitch which exhibits a hydrofoil-like effect. Such mesh bars (35, 283) are preferably formed from a material having a substantially incompressible cros... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6636931 | System and method for switching signals over twisted-pair wires A method and system for switching signals over conductors is disclosed. The method and system comprises a plurality of encoders for receiving signals from a plurality of sources. The system further comprises a crosspoint switching matrix means for receivi... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6224445 | Actinic radiation source and uses therefor An actinic radiation source (20) includes an anode (36) upon which an electron beam from a cathode ray gun (24) impinges. The anode (36) includes a window area (52) formed by a silicon membrane. The electron beam upon striking the anode (36) permeates the... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6208404 | Black matrix There is provided a method of manufacturing a color display including a color filter and a black matrix, characterized in that it comprises the steps of: forming a film of zinc oxide on a transparent substrate; forming the the color filter on the said fil... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205475 | Request interceptor in network nodes for determining local storage of file image satisfying predetermined criteria A data storage device disposed in a transmission path between a destination node and a data source stores images of files in a memory. The destination node sends data requests to the source via the data transmission path. The storage device includes a dat... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6193459 | Integrated wafer pod-load/unload and mass-transfer system A system includes an interface for receiving a pod having a carrier that receives wafers, and that is initially enclosed within a base and a pod cover. The system also includes a mechanism that transfers an exposed carrier between the interface and a plat... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6188428 | Transcoding video file server and methods for its use The technical field of the invention generally concerns systems for interactive access to stored video data. In particular, a video file server 20 includes both a random access data storage subsystem 78 and a archive data storage subsystem 82 for storing ... | 02/13/2001 |
