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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6581848 | Sleeper frame for a rail system for rail-mounted vehicles, especially for a ballasted track The invention relates to a sleeper frame for a track system for railborne vehicles, particularly for a ballasted track, consisting of several cross-ties (1) provided in the direction transverse to the track, and one or several longitudinal supports (2) co... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6519446 | Apparatus and method for reusing satellite broadcast spectrum for terrestrially broadcast signals A satellite receiving antenna (16) at a user location (14) receives satellite signals at a first frequency from a satellite (12). The satellite signals travel along a satellite signal route (42) within a look angle about the centerline (28) of the antenna... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6505487 | Locking device for use with a projection lock and method for securing an object with a projection lock A locking device (1) includes a first clip member (20) and a second clip member (40). The first and second clip members (20, 40) include a first and second clip base (21, 41), respectively. A first jaw (22) extends outwardly from the first clip base (21) ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6489548 | String changing assist apparatus and method A string assist apparatus and method (10) includes a support (12) and a resilient extension (14) connected to the support (12). When placed in position on an instrument (20), one end (18) of a string (16) is connected to a bridge (22). The string (16) is ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6485402 | Device for heating a moving material strip, especially preheater for a corrugated board machine The invention pertains to a heating arrangement for a moving material web, particularly a pre-heater for a corrugated cardboard facility, with a rotating heating roll (3) which can be wrapped around by the material web (13) to be heated at a predetermined... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6481930 | Apparatus and method for inserting and removing a flexible first material into a second material An apparatus for inserting and removing a flexible first material into a second material (20) includes a moveable carriage (22). An adjustable clamp (24) is connected to the moveable carriage (22), adjustable between an open position and a clamped positio... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6480992 | Method, apparatus, and program product for laying out capacitors in an integrated circuit The method includes defining at least one sizing parameter for a capacitor arrangement (11). Once the parameter or parameters are defined, the method includes applying at least one sizing parameter to select a particular capacitor arrangement (11) for a f... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6462762 | Apparatus, method, and program product for facilitating navigation among tree nodes in a tree structure A particular node (24) in a tree structure (23) defined in a data processing system (10) may be selected for display as the root node in a tree structure display window (21). Once a particular node (24) is selected as the root node, only that portion of t... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6445236 | Master-slave flip-flop circuit with embedded hold function and method for holding data in a master-slave flip-flop circuit A master-slave flip-flop circuit (200, 200') includes a master latch circuit (202) and slave latch circuit (203). A hold control component (220) included in the master latch circuit (202) is interposed between a master latch node (ML) and a slave input no... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6415576 | Reinforcing ridge apparatus and method In a length of rigid material (12) with first and second unjoined edges (16 and 20), a reinforcing ridge (10) includes a short extension (14) connected to the first unjoined edge (16). A long extension (18) is connected to the second unjoined edge (20). W... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6402667 | Isokinetic exercise apparatus for the lower body An exercise device (10) includes a base (11) comprising a rigid piece of material which may be placed flat on a floor. An isokinetic resistance unit (12) is pivotally connected at a lower end to the base, with a harness (13) connected to an upper end of t... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6389838 | Apparatus for reducing microbe content in foodstuffs by pH and physical manipulation A manipulating apparatus (10) receives a plurality of previously frozen pieces of pH modified foodstuffs or workpieces (23) and physically manipulates or stresses the workpieces while they remain in a frozen state. The physical manipulation causes relativ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387426 | Method for treating meat products with ammonia Ammonia is first applied to a meat product to produce an ammoniated meat product. The ammoniated meat product is then contained in a treatment vessel in a treatment gas atmosphere substantially free of ammonia gas. Once the ammoniated meat product is cont... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6383132 | Water, air and suction valves on endoscopes The subject matter of this invention concerns an endoscope, in particular a flexible endoscope, with a minimum of one valve which is positioned at the proximal end of an endoscope housing and which comprises a valve piston and a valve cylinder with a plur... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6359214 | Serrated EMI gasket and computer system with improved EMI shielding An EMI gasket (20) includes a plurality of serrations (34) along at least one edge (35, 36). The serrations (34) are arranged side-by-side so that each may be articulated individually. That is, one of the serrations (34) may be displaced significantly out... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6358151 | System for facilitating game play in an electronic lottery game network Pools of game play records (25) used in lottery-type games are stored at each player terminal (14) in a network which includes at least one player terminal and least one central processing system (12). The central processing system (12) is responsible for... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6357652 | Extension box and shipping carton system A shipping carton (10) is formed from a primary box (11) and an extension box (12) adapted to be joined together in a connected position. The primary box (11) may contain a base product while the extension box (12) provides room for optional items which m... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6354065 | Device and method for packaging system setup materials A packaging device (10) includes two separate container portions. A first container portion (11) contains general documentation, while a second container portion (15) contains system setup material (30) having setup indicia (31) such as a COA which is req... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6351380 | Cooling fan mounting arrangement A fan mounting arrangement (10) includes at least one mounting member (14). Each mounting member (14) includes a resilient outer element (19) and an inner element (18) made from a substantially rigid material. The mounting members (14) are all arranged to... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6346221 | Apparatus for recovering materials from waste tires A waste tire processing apparatus (10) reacts waste tires (26) with a molten reactant metal (19) to recover primarily carbon and stainless steel. The apparatus (10) includes a tire positioning arrangement (20) for positioning the waste tires (26) in the m... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6340087 | Flap retention apparatus and method for packaging systems A packaging device (1) including a flap retention arrangement (30). The packaging device incorporating the flap retention arrangement (30) includes a panel (22) and a flap member (26). The flap member (26) is connected to the panel (22) and adapted to mov... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6339440 | Method and apparatus for positioning a cursor A method for positioning a cursor (20) on a display (16) includes receiving a store signal from a user input arrangement associated with a computer system (10). In response to the store signal, a set of display location data is stored in a display locatio... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6303882 | Load cell apparatus and method A load cell system (10) having a frame (12) to which upper compliance assembly (14) is connected. A load cell (16) is connected to upper compliance assembly (14) and lower compliance assembly (18) is connected to load cell (16). In preferred embodiments, ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6303864 | Connector arrangement and connecting method for cable management arms A cable management arm (10) according to the invention attaches to a receiver arrangement (15) associated with some structure adapted to slide with a component (12) mounted in a rack structure (11). The receiver arrangement (15) includes an edge feature (... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6298379 | Apparatus and method for maintaining operational status in network computers during system management operations A network computer (12) receives instructions from a network manager (11), including a control interrupt instruction, a system management instruction, and a release instruction. A processor (16) associated with the network computer (12) executes the contr... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295369 | Multi-dimensional color image mapping apparatus and method A multidimensional color image mapping apparatus (10) has an image input and output device (12) connected to at least one computer system (16). An operator monitor (14) for operating and monitoring the device is connected to the image input and output dev... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6288823 | Slow wave electrooptic light modulator apparatus and method A highly efficient electrooptic means and method of light modulation utilizing slow wave optical propagation is provided. A grating structure (35) integrated with a single mode optical waveguide (32) on an electrooptic substrate (30) induces coupling betw... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6280342 | Slide apparatus and method A slide (10) with a pair of suspension cables (12) and flexible material (14) connected to the cables (12). At least one lift (16) and one fall (18) is provided in the slide (10) from beginning to end. In the preferred embodiments, slide (10) includes lif... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6272604 | Contingent response apparatus and method for maintaining cache coherency Each processor (101, 102, 103) in a multiple processor system (100) includes a contingent response unit (121, 122, 123). Each contingent response unit (121, 122, 123) includes a pending operation unit (200) for identifying each pending address bus operati... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6266767 | Apparatus and method for facilitating out-of-order execution of load instructions A processor (100) includes a preload queue (160) for storing a plurality of preload entries. Each preload entry is associated with a preload instruction and includes the address and byte count defined by the respective preload and an identifier associated... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6260273 | Venturi based vacuum valve method for water conservation A method of providing venturi based vacuum valve (10) includes the step of providing a plug (12) formed with first (14), second (16) and third (18) openings. The first opening (14) formed in the plug (12) acts as an inlet and is smaller than the second op... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6257891 | Apparatus and method for creating a structure with complex external and internal shapes An apparatus and method for creating a structure (10) with complex external and internal shapes (12 and 14) includes a unitary flexible mold of a structure (10) with complex external shapes (12). A unitary flexible male mold (24) of the interior of the st... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6227126 | Molten metal reactor and treatment method for treating gaseous materials and materials which include volatile components An elongated reaction chamber (11) has an inlet end (23), an outlet end (25), and a gas containment boundary (12) extending along its length. Waste material to be processed is injected into the reaction chamber (11) at the inlet end (23) and reaction prod... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6220961 | Multi-level lottery-type gaming method and apparatus A lottery-type game is played with a first level game and at least one second level or additional level game. The first level game includes a plurality of first level game records, each having an associated outcome. At least one outcome is a negotiable ou... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6208834 | Apparatus and method for facilitating terrestrial transmissions at frequencies also used for satellite transmissions to a common geographic area A satellite receiving antenna (16) at a user location (14) receives satellite signals at a first frequency from a satellite (12). The satellite signals travel along a satellite signal route (42) within a look angle about the centerline (28) of the antenna... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6208636 | Apparatus and method for processing signals selected from multiple data streams A multiple data stream processing arrangement includes a receiver/signal processor (14) and a plurality of signal input paths (11, 12) which meet at a junction (36). A junction output from the junction (36) provides a single input to the receiver/signal p... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6195382 | High temperature molten metal reactor and waste treatment method A molten metal reactor (10) includes a reactor vessel having a heating section (11) formed from a dielectric material. The reactor vessel also includes a reaction section (12) connected to heating section (11). An induction heating coil (18) is associated... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189880 | Device for collating sheets of paper A device for collating sheets of paper into a stack includes an elongated chute and at least one feeder. The chute has a transverse shape approximating the size of the sheets of paper to be fed into the chute. Each feeder feeds a sheet of paper into the c... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6189445 | Heating device for an installation producing corrugated cardboard A heating device (1) for a corrugated cardboard installation includes several heating plates (3), arranged successively in the direction of advance of a corrugated cardboard web (2). Heating device (1) also includes at least one pressure unit (5), consist... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6182703 | Venturi based vacuum valve apparatus and method for water conservation A venturi based vacuum valve (10) has a plug (12) with first (14), second (16) and third (18) openings. The first opening (14) formed in the plug (12) acts as an inlet and is smaller than the second opening (16). The first (14) and second (16) openings ar... | 02/06/2001 |
