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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6274087 | Blood cell analyzer with tube holder and cap piercer The invention relates to a diagnostic medical device, and in particular to a blood cell analyzer which by manual or automatic operation withdraws and analyzes a minimal amount of blood that is stored in open or sealed vials. The analyzer includes a manual... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6269983 | Metered material dispenser A dispenser is provided for sprinkling a preset quantity of granted material, such as table salt. The dispenser comprises a granulated material reservoir, an enclosure, a metering cup, a cap, a collector and a diffuser. The reservoir has a side, a top and... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6231284 | Freight container utilization and to a pallet therefor The present invention relates to the transport of cargo in containers, especially cargo which would usually be transported as bulk cargo, for example coils of sheet steel. The problem of securely loading cargo within a container is overcome by the present... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6227942 | Ferrofluidic finishing A method for finishing a workpiece is disclosed. The method involves placing a ferrofluid finishing material into a vessel. The ferrofluid finishing material including a ferrofluid and a dispersed or colloidally suspended abrasive media. Placing a workpie... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6228105 | Flexible pacifier An infant pacifier is provided including a nipple, a bond ring and a handle. The nipple has a shaft and a base, each made of a flexible membrane and formed integrally with one another. A rim is formed on the base of the nipple adjacent its outer periphery... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6209244 | Painted, flexible, temporary decorative surface, intended in particular to be exposed in a stretched state, out of doors, such as decorations outside buildings and signs "Painted, flexible, temporary decorative surface, intended in particular to be exposed in a stretched state, out of doors, such as decorations outside buildings and signs" Surface comprising a substrate of a nonwoven material a decoration produced on the subst... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6201154 | Z-styryl sulfone anticancer agents (Z)-styryl benzylsulfones of formula I are useful as anticancer agents: ##STR1## wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chloro and nitro; R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6200096 | Actuation system for an active rotor control system A flap actuation system for a helicopter rotor blade. The rotor blade includes a root end, a tip end, a trailing edge and a flap hinged to at least a portion of the trailing edge about a pivot axis. The flap actuation system includes at least one supply l... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6199793 | System for deployment and retrieval of airborne towed vehicles A towed vehicle deployment and retrieval system for attachment to an aircraft. The system includes a pylon support that is designed to mount to an aircraft and project outward therefrom. A stores pylon is mounted to the pylon support. The stores pylon has... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6199705 | Lighting fixture display A display for a plurality of electrical fixtures, such as lighting fixtures. The display includes a slat board type mounting panel having a plurality of elongated generally horizontal grooves in the front surface thereof. A plurality of mounting plates ar... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6199647 | Mid-wheel drive power wheelchair A front wheel drive power wheel chair has the drive wheel axis of rotation forward of the wheelchair user's eyes and cranial center of perception.... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6196300 | Heat sink A heat sink comprising a conductive plate (1) to be applied onto the surface to be cooled, the thickness of which gradually increases from the edges (4) towards a central portion (5) according to a curvilinear profile (6) having an upwardly turned concavi... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6190191 | Adapter and socket assembly for a compact fluorescent lamp An assembly for use with a compact fluorescent lamp includes a socket and an adapter. The socket includes a housing having a top surface and a recess extending downward from the top surface toward the bottom end of the socket. The recess is shaped and dim... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6187885 | Copolymers of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene and process for preparing the same Melt processable copolymers of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, containing from about 1% to about 20% hexafluoropropylene by weight, are prepared by emulsion polymerization of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene in a stirred aqueous re... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6106514 | Laser method for subsurface cutaneous treatment A laser method for delivery of pulsed infrared laser energy to a predetermined depth below the surface of the epidermis is disclosed. The method can be used to increase skin tone and reduce wrinkles. For the purposes of increasing skin tone, a novel metho... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6051239 | Compositions and methods for systemic delivery of oral vaccines and therapeutic agents Compositions and methods of oral delivery of an antigen or therapeutic agent to the general circulation using a modified botulinum toxin which is capable of translocating from the gut to the general circulation but which is altered to be nontoxic are prov... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6038157 | Fault tolerant power supply circuit A fault tolerant power supply circuit for a series resonant load having an inductive impedance. The power supply circuit includes alternately conducting first and second sets of switches for supplying current to the load in alternating directions. One ter... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5993976 | Strain tolerant ceramic coating A strain tolerant ceramic coating, preferably for use as an abrasive coating on a substrate is provided. The coating is prepared from a yttria and zirconia powder having an average particle size less than 40 microns. The coating is formed by depositing th... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5988947 | Multi-section soil remediation device The present invention relates generally to a soil remediation device, and more particularly to a multi-section soil remediation device having at least one section for applying a variety of soil treatment regimes. The multi-section device can be independen... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5968033 | Optical delivery system and method for subsurface tissue irradiation An apparatus and method for optically treating tissue by contact between the apparatus and the tissue. The apparatus includes a holder having a distal end having an opening in it, and a contact member for contacting tissue to be treated and for coupling o... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5958368 | Noncrystalline mesoporous molecular sieve substance and method for preparing the same Noncrystalline mesoporous molecular sieve substances are prepared using alkyltrimethylammonium halide as a surfactant in combination with water-soluble organic or inorganic salts capable of binding to a monovalent cation. The sieve substances are superior... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5861123 | Ultraviolet light irradiated ebullating mass transfer system A mass transfer system for decontaminating a contaminated liquid or gas stream. The system includes a container with a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The container is adapted to channel a liquid stream from the liquid inlet t... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5844325 | Vehicle dual battery controller utilizing motion sensor A vehicle battery and controller combination having two batteries where each battery has one positive terminal cell and associated positive terminal conductor and one negative terminal cell and associated terminal conductor. Each terminal cell is independ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5822240 | Ferroelectric random access memory circuits and structures for preventing ferroelectric capacitors from memory failure A novel ferroelectric random access memory structure which comprises a capacitor consisting of upper and lower plane electrodes and a ferroelectric inserted therebetween, and a transistor comprising a means of inducing the capacitor to polarization and ma... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5810562 | Composite rotating swashplate for a helicopter rotor system A composite rotating swashplate for a helicopter rotor system which includes rotor blades with associated control rods. The control rods control the pitch of the rotor blades. The composite rotating swashplate according to the present invention includes a... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5796317 | Variable impedance transmission line and high-power broadband reduced-size power divider/combiner employing same A variable impedance coaxial transmission line having a center conductor of constant cross-section, an outer conductor surrounding and coaxial with the center conductor and spaced radially therefrom, and a variable dielectric constant material between the... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5795369 | Fluted filter media for a fiber bed mist eliminator The present invention is directed to a fiber bed mist eliminator system useful for the removal of aerosols of less than 3 microns from a moving gas stream. The fiber bed mist eliminator system includes an enclosed filter vessel having an inlet and an outl... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5788364 | Compact high-intensity UVA inspection lamp A compact hand-held high intensity ultraviolet inspection lamp having a straight handle aligned with beam direction includes a high-intensity light bulb enclosed within a bulb housing, a light-emitting aperture at the end of the bulb housing away from the... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5784846 | Structure and method of reducing and redistributing uplift forces on membrane roofs A roof structure and method for reducing uplift on a roof resulting from a wind blowing over the roof at a rooftop wind speed. The roof has a membrane overlying a deck. An air permeable and resilient mat is installed over the membrane. The mat has opening... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5782225 | Vaporization system A fluid vaporization system comprises a first fluid inlet for receiving a first fluid, a second fluid inlet for receiving a second fluid, and a first discharge aperture for discharging the first fluid and the second fluid. A first connecting passage conne... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5772247 | Art kit in book form A kit for creating artwork such as sand painting is provided having a front cover, a back cover, and an interposed spine. The spine spaces the front and back cover when folded into a book form. The back cover extends outwardly beyond the front cover when ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5757506 | Video positioning system for a pouring vessel A video positioning system for positioning a pouring vessel over a mold sprue cup comprising one or more light fixtures for illuminating a notch on a pouring mold, an image sensor for sensing the position of the notch on the mold by producing a video notc... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5752876 | Flap disc abrasive tool A flap disc for use with a rotary surface finishing tool, the flap disc includes a backing plate which attaches to and is rotated by the finishing tool. The backing plate has a mounting flange on which a plurality of abrasive flaps are radially disposed. ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5746454 | Pipe coupling assembly A pipe coupling assembling for use with a pipe having an inner wall, an outer wall and an interstitial space between the walls, with the pipe terminating in a coupling end defining an axial direction. The assembly includes a ferrule attached to the outer ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5740100 | Method for preventing polarization loss in ferroelectric capacitors by controlling imprint Polarization loss in ferroelectric capacitors can be prevented by consecutively applying partial switching pulses to an imprinted ferroelectric capacitor, which is able to achieve a certain polarization state and the zero polarization state simultaneously... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5733239 | Plant for freeing a liquid from a substance dispersed therein and having a larger density than the liquid In order to free a liquid form a substance dispersed therein and having a larger density than the liquid a centrifuge rotor is used having a stack of conical separation discs. Elongated spacing members (11a, 11b) in the spaces between the separation discs... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5726553 | Dual battery system control circuit Dual batteries having a CRAnking battery and an AUXiliary battery require a switch to the alternator and to disconnect the auxiliaries before the battery becomes depleted. The switch measures the AUXiliary battery's state of charge during alternator charg... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5720157 | Automatic order selection system and method of operating An order selection system is disclosed together with a method of operating the system for retrieving multiple types of items stored in preselected storage locations and delivering retrieved items in an orderly sequence to a plurality of packing stations i... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5707017 | Combination leaf and lawn debris blower, comminuting vacuum, and wood chipper An apparatus for comminuting lawn debris comprises an impeller housing defined by a pair of opposed axial end walls and a substantially voluted peripheral wall therebetween and includes inlet openings located on opposite end walls for introducing material... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5702075 | Automatically collapsible support for an electrical cord for use with an ironing board An ironing table has an ironing board with a top surface, a vertical wall depending from the periphery of the top surface, and a bottom. The ironing board is adapted to receive an ironing board cover assembly over the top surface and the vertical wall. Th... | 12/30/1997 |
