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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5017257 | Variable length die cutter and method of cutting composite label A system (and method) for providing a label for deposit on a product from a composite that includes the label, as one of a plurality of labels, on a backing. A transporter moves the composite translationally and accurately in a direction, e.g., the X-dire... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5013156 | Optical density measurement apparatus in the context of labeling and other devices A system to apply a bar-code label or the like upon a product or to apply a protective laminate strip or the like upon a bar-code label or the like which is already in place upon a product. The label or the protective laminate strip first is removed from ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5002065 | Vibratory screening or diagnostic systems A method of (and apparatus for) diagnosing a patient to measure sensory disturbances of the patient that includes the steps of applying normalized vibrator forces to a body portion or part (e.g., the finger) of the patient; automatically effecting discret... | 03/26/1991 |
| 5000812 | Printer cutter laminator Cutter apparatus to cut accurately a composite label without cutting the backing of the composite and a system that includes the cutter apparatus. The cutter apparatus includes a transporter mechanism positioned to receive the composite, which typically i... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4994161 | Apparatus and method for macromolecular charge determination A method of (and apparatus for) determining charge on protein or other macromolecule. The method involves providing two spaces, each containing buffer (e.g., water or saltwater), establishing a volume (a cuvette herein) between the two spaces, which volum... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4939805 | Heel laster A heel laster to receive a footwear upper assembly and constructed to press, form and last the heel part of the footwear upper assembly. A structure is provided to secure the assembly to the laster; princers stretch the heel part of the upper about the he... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4911720 | Particular surface replacement prosthesis An articular surface prosthesis composed of a porous material that is substantially noncorrodible and nonbiodegradible by body fluids. The prosthesis serves as a replacement of, for example, a femoral cap. The prosthesis fits over the femur which is shape... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4879778 | Heel molder A heel molder to form the heel part of a footwear upper assembly. The heel part includes a thermally-activated material that is deformable when heated above a threshold temperature; it is non-deformable below that threshold temperature; it is non-deformab... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4870623 | System to recognize a geometry parameter of unknown object with continuous wave acoustic energy An acoustic sensing system to measure a geometry parameter such as, for example, position, orientation and/or shape of an object. The system includes a transmitter for transmitting acoustic wave energy at a single frequency, which acoustic wave energy, in... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4866802 | Roughing machine for footware upper assemblies and a system that includes the roughing machine but typically includes as well other machines ahead of and following In an integrated system to achieve a number of operations on a footwear upper assembly, an automatic rougher that includes a roughing tool adapted to remove material--and hence rough--the cement margin (or bonding surface) of the footwear upper assembly t... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4842924 | Novel compositions based on reinforcement with microfibrillar networks of rigid-rod polymers A process for fabricating a composite in the form of a network of microfibrils which includes interpenetrating the microfibrils with a matrix material to form a composite which includes two continuous interpenetrating phases, a matrix-material phase and a... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4829932 | Toe and ball laster and the like A machine to apply adhesive to the toe and ball region of a footwear upper assembly that includes a last, an upper draped about the last and an insole at the last bottom. The machine includes a pair of adhesive nozzles to apply the adhesive onto the footw... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4821436 | Blow system A high-performance plow system to be attached to a pickup truck or similar vehicle. The plow blade can be angled across the plowing surface and with respect to the motion of the vehicle up to about 45°, it can roll to allow the blade to track changing pi... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4809730 | Electrofluid converters A converter or valve to modulate fluid flow, that includes a fluid channel to receive the fluid which is delivered to an output. An electrically-energized bender is disposed in close proximity to the output of the fluid channel; the bender is an elongate ... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4774677 | Self-organizing circuits Self-organizing circuits to receive input signals from transducers and the like and operable, under guidance from modifying inputs thereto, to operate in a learning mode and systems embodying such self-organizing circuits. The circuits include mechanisms ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4769866 | Multi-station system to act upon footwear upper assemblies with transfer between stations thereof For use in a system that includes first and second machines to perform operations on a footwear upper assembly, a transfer machine that includes an activator arm assembly, and a gripper assembly rotatably and pivotally connected to one end of the activato... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4765011 | Mechanism to transfer a footwear upper assembly between stations of a multi-station system A transfer machine to move a footwear upper assembly (or the like) between stations in a footwear (or the like) processing system which transfer machine includes an end effector having a mechanism to grasp the footwear upper assembly. A base serves as a r... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4761078 | Deformation calorimeter A deformation calorimeter that serves to deform a sample material whose temperature changes as a function of the deformation. The temperature change causes heat to flow into the material or out, depending on the character of the deformation, to cause a pr... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4756038 | Machine for automatically roughing the cement margin of a footwear upper assembly Apparatus (and method) for automatically roughing the cement margin of a shoe or other footwear assembly, which footwear upper assembly includes an upper mounted on a last and an inner sole disposed upon the bottom of the last and connected to the upper. ... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4726067 | Method of and apparatus for extending the useful dynamic range of digital-audio systems A method of (and apparatus for) extending the useful dynamic range of an audio reproduction system. An input acoustic signal in the audible range is transduced to form an analog electric signal which is amplified along parallel paths to gain levels g... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4722056 | Reference display systems for superimposing a tomagraphic image onto the focal plane of an operating microscope A reference display system that receives information from an imaging system (e.g., a CT scanner or the like), that extracts or derives three-dimensional anatomical and/or pathological information about a part of a body (e.g., the brain or other organ) of ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4709433 | Heel molder flanger A machine to mold and flange the heel region of an upper whose heel region has been heated to soften the same. The heel region includes a thermal plastic material which softens when heated and is fairly rigid at and below room temperature. The machine inc... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4692133 | Method and machine to form box parts A machine to form an end of a unit of a box from a flat box blank that includes two sides, a bottom, and, at each end, an end flap supporting a cantilevered sealing tab, and two side tabs supported by the two sides. A planar movable table receives the box... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4690284 | Method of and apparatus for inspecting objects using multiple position detectors Apparatus (and method) for parts sorting and the like wherein parts and the like are transported into an interaction region and irradiated with wave energy which interacts with the parts and the like to provide wave energy that emits from the interaction ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4681839 | Systems to preserve living tissue A system to maximize the probability of preserving living tissue separated from its host organism. The system includes a bag or other container to receive a liquid solution plus a biscuit that supplies both nutrients and other materials ordinarily supplie... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4680479 | Method of and apparatus for providing pulse trains whose frequency is variable in small increments and whose period, at each frequency, is substantially constant from pulse to pulse A pulse generator for outputting a train of electric pulses with a controllably constant period (i.e., the reciprocal of pulse rate) between pulses of the pulse train. The generator includes electrical circuitry which produces an internal train of pulses ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4679269 | Heel lasting machine A heel lasting machine to receive a footwear upper assembly that includes a last, an insole on the last bottom and an upper draped about the last with a margin extending upwardly from the insole, the last having a spindle hole. The machine includes two st... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4677852 | Method of and apparatus for inspecting and/or positioning objects with wave energy using wave guides A system for achieving inspecting and/or positioning of an object that includes: an array that is operable to generate acoustic or low-frequency electromagnetic wave energy of a single or narrow band of frequencies, to transmit the wave energy to an inter... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4676002 | Mechanisms to determine position and orientation in space A system to move an object in space. The system includes a structural mechanism having interconnected structural beams for applying translational forces and movements to position an object held by the structural mechanism. The system has a measuring mecha... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4660242 | Activator An activator for shaping the heel portion of a footwear upper to provide an upper whose heel is shaped approximately to the shape it will ultimately take in the fabricated shoe or other footwear. The activator includes a mold to receive the upper; the mol... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4655791 | Apparatus and method to achieve gasification of bark and the like A system and method to achieve gasification of bark pieces, that includes a vessel to receive the bark pieces which are introduced at an upper region of the vessel and are burned at a lower region, which bark pieces settle from the upper region downward t... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4654914 | Side and heel lasting machine A side and heel lasting machine that serves to adhere the upstanding unwiped side and heel margin of a shoe upper assembly, which assembly includes a last with an insole on the last bottom and an upper draped about the last. The toe portion of the upper a... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4654875 | System to achieve automatic recognition of linguistic strings A method (and system) to achieve automatic language recognition that includes the steps of introducing language in the form of strings to a mechanism that converts the language to electrical signals derived from the strings introduced, which electrical si... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4627323 | Pitch extractor apparatus and the like A method of (and apparatus for) extracting the fundamental pitch period of a complex electrical signal V2 (t), that includes the serial steps of deriving a time varying reference signal Vref (t) from the complex electrical signal V | 12/09/1986 |
| 4621384 | Steam toe press A steam press for steaming the toe region of a footwear upper, that includes a contoured activator to receive the toe portion of the upper and operable to heat and apply steam to moisturize the toe portion. The contoured activator includes a contoured sil... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4606696 | Mechanism to determine position and orientation in space A mechanism to determine position and orientation in space of a robot linkage or the like. The mechanism typically includes a plurality of structural beams that form the linkage and each structural beam has an associated measuring beam which, in the prefe... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4576286 | Parts sorting systems A system for sorting parts wherein a part to be sorted is irradiated with wave energy of a single frequency (or very narrow band of frequencies) which interacts with the part. Wave energy emanating from the part is sensed at many spatially separated place... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4573229 | Side and heel lasting machine A machine for lasting sides and heels of a shoe assembly having a last with an upper mounted thereon and an insole at its bottom, the assembly being one whose toe portion has already been wiped and whose side and heel portions are to be wiped. Nozzles ser... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4572199 | System to determine arterial occlusion and other maladies A system for noninvasively sensing ocular pulses of a mammal, which pulses serve as a basis for indicating presence of a disease or malfunctioning body part such as, for example, a condition of arterial occlusion. The system employs piezoelectric transduc... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4561139 | Machine for automatically roughing the cement margin of a footwear upper assembly A machine for automatically roughing the cement margin of a footwear upper assembly. The machine includes means for supporting the footwear upper assembly by a mechanism capable of applying to the upper assembly rocking movement, translational movement an... | 12/31/1985 |
