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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5748239 | Method and apparatus for capturing a stored preexisting image on a user's image recording medium A stored image capture system intended to provide an image capturing device for use by the general public at sites having objects of interest. The stored image capture system is designed to accept a user's image recording medium and allow the user to capt... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5615121 | System and method for scheduling service providers to perform customer service requests A scheduling system is disclosed for scheduling tasks for fulfilling a series of service requests. When each service request is received, a determination is made as to the amount of resources a task requires to provide the requested service. Further, a pr... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5569266 | Magnetic resonance imaging device useful for guiding a medical instrument The disclosed system (10) employs an MRI device to identify the location of an area of interest within a patient's breast (28) and guide a medical instrument (26) for insertion to the identified location. The patient (30) is positioned on a table top (18)... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5563124 | Osteogenic product and process Disclosed is a product which includes calcium carbonate and bone growth factor useful for the promotion of bone formation when implanted in the body. The calcium carbonate is preferably in the form of aragonite which can be recovered from naturally occurr... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5555143 | Data cartridge library system architecture A storage system (10) is disclosed that provides random access storage/retrieval of data on data cartridges within the storage system (10). In one embodiment, the storage system (10) includes a storage array (20), a player/recorder device (22), a guard de... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5551139 | Shear clamping method A leader block is provided for connection to a free end of storage tape media. The leader block includes a main body and a clamp member. The main body and clamp member define a space for receiving the free end of the storage tape media. A punch member is ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5542983 | Process for cleaning metal surfaces with physical emulsion of terpene and water Disclosed is a method and system for the efficient recycling of components involved in removing water insoluble contaminants from the surface of articles. A physically emulsified terpene-containing composition is applied to the surface of articles to effe... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5537119 | Method and system for tracking multiple regional objects by multi-dimensional relaxation A method and system for real-time tracking of objects is disclosed. A region is repeatedly scanned providing a plurality of images or data sets having points corresponding to objects in the region to be tracked. Given a previously determined track for eac... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5521090 | L-ascorbic acid containing biomass of chlorella pyrenoidosa Microalgal biomass that comprises cells of Chlorella pyrenoidosa which contain greater than 2.0% by dry weight of L-ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), microorganisms and processes that form the biomass, and L-ascorbic acid enhanced animal feed compositions that c... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5495676 | Lens cap assembly and removal method A lens apparatus is disclosed for use with a firearm scope. The lens apparatus includes first and second polarized lenses that move relative to each other. When differently colored lens materials are used and when moved relative to each other, the color s... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5491395 | TUT servo IC architecture An integrated servo circuit that controls the spin motor and voice coil motor of a hard disk drive in response to digital commands that are generated by a microprocessor based controller chip. The servo chip contains a spin motor control circuit and a voi... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5476015 | Non-linearity compensation for hard disk drives An improved method for compensating for the irregularity in the torque constant of the electric motor used to move the actuator arm carrying the magnetic read/write head in a disk drive is disclosed. The torque constant of the electric motor varies across... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5467547 | Self-erecting display stand that automatically dimensionalizes front panels A collapsible, self-erecting display stand has a back panel, a front display panel, a side support panel, and a biasing member. From its collapsed configuration, the biasing member urges the back panel and side support panel to a position supporting a fre... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5415732 | Process and apparatus for concentrating high-viscosity foodstuffs A method and apparatus for concentration of a flowable foodstuff can be accomplished by supplying a flowable foodstuff into a vaporization chamber as split into a plurality of free nappes and causing the free nappes to run a predetermined distance to rele... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5401273 | Cauterizing instrument for surgery An instrument for cauterizing tissue is provided. The instrument includes a housing having an angled member with a free end. A looped cauterizing element is connected to the free end. Power is applied to the cauterizing element using a switching subassemb... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5375359 | Magazine for housing 0.22 rimfire cartridges including truncated cartridges A cartridge magazine for containing and feeding .22 rimfire cartridges including truncated, hollow point or flat nosed cartridges is disclosed. The magazine includes a metal magazine body having first and second sidewalls and first and second end walls. T... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5366897 | Method for controlling the conversion of iron-containing reactor feed into iron carbide A process for controlling the conversion of reactor feed to iron carbide is disclosed. The reactor feed is subjected to a process gas in a fluidized bed reactor (10), and the off-gas from this reaction is analyzed (56) to determine its composition and the... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5364586 | Process for the production of porous membranes A filter membrane and a process for making the filter membrane are provided. The filter membrane comprises a metal substrate having a filtering layer thereon comprising sintered ultra-fine particles of metal or ceramic compounds. The filtering layer prefe... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5361513 | Method and apparatus for drying and briquetting coal The subject invention is an integrated process for economically drying and briquetting coal to produce strong briquettes. The subject invention utilizes a conditioner to output dried coal having a selected moisture content and temperature and mean particl... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5355299 | Circuit device for preventing saturation of the transformer in a dc/ac converter having a feedback-regulated inverter A DC/AC converter is disclosed which has an inverter coupled to a load via a transformer. A control signal generator causes the inverter to switch according to a predetermined procedure, and a feedback loop is responsive to at least one state quantity of ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5350098 | Severing a workpiece by scoring and breaking thereof A workpiece severing apparatus includes rotatable cutting and breaking assemblies that move about a fixedly held workpiece. At the same time a cutting edge of the cutting assembly is moving through the workpiece by cutting the workpiece along its entire p... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5340742 | Process for growing thraustochytrium and schizochytrium using non-chloride salts to produce a microfloral biomass having omega-3-highly unsaturated fatty acids Disclosed is a process for growing the microflora Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, which includes the growing of the microflora in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate and... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5330469 | Apparatus for supporting an electrosurgical generator and interfacing such with an electrosurgical pencil and an inert gas supply An apparatus for supporting an electrosurgical generator (14) and interfacing the generator (14) with an electrosurgical pencil (40, 234, or 254) and a supply of inert gas to allow gas-enhanced electrosurgery. One embodiment generally includes an accessib... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5319107 | Method to produce cyclic esters Disclosed is a method for producing cyclic esters by the conversion of hydroxy carboxylic acids and their derivatives to their respective cyclic esters. Such cyclic esters, including lactide or glycolide, are particularly useful for producing polymers whi... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5316540 | Apparatus and method for separating microscopic units in a substantially continuous density gradient solution An apparatus and method for the separation of a predetermined type of microscopic unit (e.g., islets of Langerhans) from a given medium (e.g., pancreatic digest) by centrifuging in a substantially continuous density gradient. In one embodiment, a substant... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5312594 | Sewage treatment apparatus A method and apparatus for treating nuisance odor streams is provided. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method and apparatus in which deodorizing chemical agents are applied to an evaporative reaction pack situated within a gas chamber hav... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5289478 | Method and means for verification of write data A system for verifying write data includes a host computer, a controller having a write data path network and a read data path network, and a disk drive array for storing write data. The host computer provides host cyclic redundancy check characters that ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5279672 | Automatic controlled cleaning machine A robotic cleaning apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an automatically controlled cleaning machine and coded reflective targets used to provide information to the cleaning machine for positioning it along desired cleaning paths. The apparatus ... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5279678 | Photovoltaic cell with thin CS layer An improved photovoltaic panel and method of forming a photovoltaic panel are disclosed for producing a high efficiency CdS/CdTe photovoltaic cell. The photovoltaic panel of the present invention is initially formed with a substantially thick Cds layer, a... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5277368 | Coal cleaning process Fine particle coal is beneficiated in specially designed dense medium cyclones to improve particle acceleration and enhance separation efficiency. Raw coal feed is first sized to remove fine coal particles. The coarse fraction is then separated into clean... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5272316 | Heating apparatus for use by reptiles or the like A heating apparatus for providing heat and a resting place for reptiles or the like. The heating apparatus includes a housing and a heating device located at a selected level within the interior of the housing. When the reptile rests on an upper surface o... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5261968 | Photovoltaic cell and method An improved photovoltaic panel and method of forming a photovoltaic panel are disclosed for producing a high efficiency CdS/CdTe photovoltaic cell. The photovoltaic panel of the present invention is initially formed with a substantially thick CdS layer, a... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5254153 | Cyanide recycling process A process for recycling hydrogen cyanide from a cyanide-containing slurry is provided. The process includes the steps of adjusting the pH of a cyanide-containing slurry, volatilizing HCN contained in the pH adjusted slurry and contacting the volatilized H... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5250314 | Three dimensional food product forming apparatus and method An apparatus and method for forming a three-dimensional food product. In one embodiment, a piston is reciprocally positioned within a forming cavity and includes a face which has a three-dimensional contour. An elastic membrane is positioned over the face... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5240011 | Motorized biopsy needle positioner A motorized biopsy needle positioner employed in a mammographic needle biopsy system receives coordinate information representative of a previously identified point of interest within a patient's captive breast under examination and automatically position... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5235765 | Recoil pad assembly A recoil pad assembly is provided for attachment to a firearm stock. The assembly includes a recoil pad section and a bracket attachment section integrally formed therewith. The recoil pad section includes a number of levels along the height thereof. Each... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5235509 | Customer self-ordering system using information displayed on a screen Method and apparatus are disclosed for facilitating self-ordering of items, particularly in a fast food environment. The apparatus includes a customer terminal having a display screen that is preferably a touch screen used by the customer during the self-... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5234603 | Methods employing a zirconium salt for use in wastewater treatment A method and composition for treating wastewater streams is provided. The composition includes a zirconium salt and preferably a zirconium carbonate. In addition to the zirconium salt; a ferrate, a reducing agent, a weighting agent and an anionic coagulat... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5231549 | Disk drive apparatus with cam and follower for unloading heads A disk drive apparatus is disclosed for primary use with portable, laptop or other information storage systems. The disk drive apparatus includes one or more about 2.5 inch hard disks. A rotary actuator is utilized and includes an arm assembly having a ca... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5230531 | Gas generator ignition assembly using a projectile An ignition assembly in a motor vehicle inflatable safety system is provided, preferably to be used with a projectile. In one embodiment, the ignition assembly includes an actuation piston and an activator, such as a percussion primer(s) and an ignition m... | 07/27/1993 |
