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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659559 | Measuring spoon | 05/15/2012 |
| 8162843 | Method for measuring cardiac output via an extracorporeal cardiopulmonary support circuit A method for determining cardiac output in conjunction with flow through an extracorporeal circuit, wherein flow through an arterial line of the extracorporeal circuit is temporarily reversed and an indicator is passed through the cardiopulmonary circuit. A dilution... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159242 | Handling device for positioning a test head at a test station A handling device for positioning a test head, in particular at a test station, is provided with a positioning means enabling the test head to be positioned with respect to three dimensions. The handling device also has a mounting on which the test head can be attac... | 04/17/2012 |
| D656800 | Large colander | 04/03/2012 |
| D656050 | Security housing | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133185 | Catheter with common guide wire and indicator lumen A catheter for retrograde orientation in a blood flow is used to determine the blood flow rate by thermodilution measurements. The determination of the blood flow rate accommodates injectate induced thermal influences on a dilution thermal sensor, wherein the therma... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132686 | Collapsible liquid tank A collapsible liquid storage tank for use in a freight container for selectively carrying solid freight and bulk liquid freight includes a substantially rigid gantry having a plurality of support posts, a first frame, a second frame suspended from the gantry, a subs... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8113758 | Storage rack A storage rack comprises a plurality of slacked supporting ledges each spaced away from each other arranged in pairs on facing sidewalls for receiving plate-type carriers for stored articles. Storage and retrieval of the carriers in the storage rack is provided by a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112914 | Fully automatic coupler for excavator arm A coupler comprising two jaws and a latch for each jaw, one of the latches being powered for movement between a latching position and a non-latching position, and being associated with a blocking mechanism that is remotely movable between a blocking position and non... | 02/14/2012 |
| D653411 | Notched backpack for domesticated animals | 01/31/2012 |
| D653409 | Backpack for domesticated animals | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099812 | Spring element unit for a padding element, particularly a matress A spring element unit for a padding element, especially a mattress, comprises a plurality of spring elements. The spring element consists of an open-cell polyurethane flexible foam material and comprises at least one recess. Such a spring element unit is used in a p... | 01/24/2012 |
| D652746 | Measuring cup | 01/24/2012 |
| D652745 | Liquid measuring cup | 01/24/2012 |
| D652711 | Hanging ring | 01/24/2012 |
| D652696 | Cutting board | 01/24/2012 |
| D652695 | Cutting board with colander | 01/24/2012 |
| D652258 | Mixing bowl | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091724 | Container closure assembly with internal neck thread A container neck and closure assembly, wherein the container neck (10) comprises a first screw thread (14) on an internal surface thereof and the closure (12) comprises a cylindrical plug (32) for insertion into the container neck, said p... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8074506 | Apparatus and method for testing a tire An apparatus for testing a tire (10), which has a center (M), a width (B1, B2) which extends in an axial direction (z) and a diameter (D1, D2) on a tire plane (RME, RME1, RME2, MBE) which is orthogonal... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8038469 | Electrical connection assembly An electrical connection assembly includes a faceplate defining a compartment extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom. The compartment being formed from the same piece of material as the faceplate and defining a biasing member biasing a component of the co... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8020331 | Linear bolt mechanism for a gun A linear bolt mechanism for a gun is provided, wherein a bolt moves between a firing position and an open position through linear motion, without requiring rotation of the bolt. The bolt includes a seating socket which engages a locking pin to permit travel of the b... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7986473 | System and method for focal length stabilization using active temperature control An optical metrological system having a heat-generating light source coaxially mounted near a heat-sensitive lens. The system uses a temperature sensor to monitor the lens temperature and a heating element to heat the lens such that the lens operating temperature is... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984576 | Coupler Couplers for attaching an accessory to an excavator arm of an excavator. Couplers having a first side for attaching the coupler to the excavator arm and a second side onto which the accessory will be coupled. The coupler includes a latch for selectively securing and... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7976068 | Double-blind security features A compound security feature is formed by printing latent images together with visually integrated settings using an invisible ink. Even if illuminated by a wavelength capable of rendering the inks visible, the latent images remain visually indistinguishable from the... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971726 | Screening apparatus A screening apparatus for processing excavated material from a ditch into fines and roughs is disclosed. The screening apparatus includes an inclined lift conveyor for moving the excavated material upward and depositing the excavated material onto a convex vibrating... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7964385 | Organic waste treatment system utilizing vermicomposting A system is provided for thermophilically conditioning organic wastes of a substantially predetermined composition to form a feedstock which is applied to an upper surface of a worm bed. The worm bed is maintained in a dominantly mesophilic regime, wherein vermicast... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7952052 | Welding torch maintenance center A welding torch maintenance center that uses a microcontroller to control the operation, to configure the maintenance center, to repeat the reaming process for excessive spatter deposit inside the nozzle, to spray the nozzle with anti-spatter fluid, to cut the weldi... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950203 | System for metering a length of duct from a flexible container retaining the duct in a longitudinally compressed state A method of retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct, the method includes disposing a strap about a closed flexible container enclosing a longitudinally compressed duct to circumferentially restrict a circumferential dimension of the flexible container an... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944339 | Method and system for RFID communication A method and system for RFID communication is provided. The system includes a first RFID reader and an RFID read-write tag uniquely assigned to the first RFID reader. The RFID read-write tag receives information from RFID readers other than the first RFID reader and... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7865989 | Spring element unit for a padding element, particularly a mattress A spring element unit for a padding element, especially a mattress, comprises a plurality of spring elements. The spring element consists of an open-cell polyurethane flexible foam material and comprises at least one recess. Such a spring element unit is used in a p... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860872 | Automated media analysis and document management system A web-based media analysis system, consisting of automated media analysis and document management tools, which processes news articles by parsing the news contents or documents and assigning, relating, and extracting information from the news contents for media anal... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859649 | Laser range sensor system optics adapter and method An adapter and method for through the lens (TTL) laser range sensor probes enables use of a TTL probe of a given exit pupil size to be used with a shared objective lens requiring a entrance pupil size, as entered from the laser range sensor, that is different from t... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7856869 | Device and method for checking a tire in particular by means of an interferometric measuring method The invention relates to a device for checking a tire, (6, 9), in particular, by means of an interferometric measuring method, wherein at least one first measuring probe (2) and a second measuring probe (3) are provided by means of which the tir... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7849845 | Degassing tool for high pressure pre-charged pneumatic airgun A pre-charged pneumatic airgun includes a reservoir, a stopper, a barrel and a manually actuated degassing tool. The reservoir contains a volume of compressed fluid and includes a discharge port disposed therein through which the compressed fluid is selectively disc... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7818911 | Target marking system having a gas laser assembly and a thermal imager A handheld target marker is provided, wherein the target marker includes a housing retaining a gas laser, a collimating or focusing lens, a driver and a power supply. The laser produces a thermal infrared beam which can be selectively directed to impinge upon a targ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7786865 | RFID reader and range indicating method for the RFID reader An RFID reader and range indicating method for the RFID reader is provided. The RFID reader includes an RF antenna for communicating with one or more than one tag using RF signals, a module for operating on the tag, a module for analyzing a range of the RFID reader;... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7772832 | Manipulator for positioning a test head on a tester A manipulator for positioning a test head is provided with a positioning means by which the test head is three-dimensionally positionable and with a cradle to which the test head is securable and which is connected to the positioning means. The manipulator includes ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7757682 | Magazine assembly for presenting a pressure cartridge to a compressed gas powered device A magazine assembly presents a pressure cartridge to a compressed gas powered device, such as a gun, wherein the magazine assembly has a cartridge support biased with respect to a magazine to urge the pressure cartridge to a short (or seated) position, wherein an in... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755746 | Device for testing a test object, in particular a tire, by means of a non-destructive measuring method A non-destructive tire testing device has at least one measuring head, a positioning means for moving the measuring head between a park position (I) and a measuring position (II), a pressure chamber in which the test object can be subjected to a prescribed pressure,... | 07/13/2010 |
