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| 7046704 | Tunable laser with a fixed and stable wavelength grid especially useful for WDM in fiber optic communication systems A wavelength tunable mode-locked laser system including a complex laser cavity comprising a broadband reflective mirror at one end and a wavelength chirped selective mirror at the other end. The system further includes a gain element and a low finesse Fabry-Perot et... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6964355 | Dry food dispensing system A hermetically sealable dispenser for measuring and dispensing predetermined amounts of a granular product without breakage of the product. The dispenser comprises a container which can be filled with the product, and a flexible, rotatable, paddle wheel fixed within... | 11/15/2005 |
| 7343763 | Cylinder lock with modified cam A cylinder lock having a body and a modified cam, the cylinder lock being adapted for moving an external element arranged to engage the modified cam, so that the external element slides axially on the cylinder lock body. In a preferred embodiment, the inventive cyli... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7319037 | Fluid tester and method of use Fluid testing device for determining the value of each of a plurality of properties of a fluid, the fluid testing device including a planar base and a plurality of test sections, located on the planar base, each of the test sections including a test sub-section whic... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313287 | Method for digital quantization There is disclosed the use of a beehive cell arrangement of shaped quantization blocks for grouping pixels for the digital approximation of analog video information. A frame may consist of beehive-arranged hexagonal quantization cell blocks or brick-wall-arranged re... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300065 | Body weight-activated scooter A body weight-activated scooter having a rear, vertical chassis section and at least one front steering wheel mounted on a front chassis section and at least one rear drive-wheel, the scooter provided with a pair of systems substantially in alignment with a vertical... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7272965 | Method and assembly to prevent impact-driven manipulation of cylinder locks A method and assembly for preventing unauthorized manipulation of common cylinder locks, as executed by use of the principles of the Bumpkey or Blowgun methods. The pin assembly, containing a tumbler pin and a driver pin, is adapted so as to alter linear displacemen... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7091715 | Method and apparatus for micro-machined sensors using enhanced modulated integrative differential optical sensing Method and apparatus for sensing the displacements of micromachined devices and sensors. The method is referred to as the enhanced modulated integrative differential optical sensing (EMIDOS). The target micromachined proof-mass, for which displacements are measured,... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7054811 | Method and system for verifying and enabling user access based on voice parameters A system for verifying and enabling user access, which includes a voice registration unit for providing a substantially unique and initial identification of each of a plurality of the speaker/users by finding the speaker/user's voice parameters in a voice registrati... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040058 | Anti-bird roosting device An anti-bird roosting device for protecting an area, comprising at least a pair of cooperating base elements mounted on the area to be protected, and a plurality of projecting spikes, supported on the base elements and projecting away therefrom into a space above th... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036430 | Method for producing a flexographic printing plate formed by inkjetted fluid Apparatus and method for digitally building up flexographic plates by ink jetting plate pre-cursor material onto a substrate via an offset blanket and forming the plates by successively polymerizing the ink jet fluid. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7007325 | Method for fitting bedding to a mattress A method for fitting bedding to a mattress in a fixed, taut position, comprising: providing a side surface formed with an interconnectable fastening means comprising band pairs of a two-sided, hooks-and-loops type material; providing bedding having double bands of f... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003501 | Method for preventing fraudulent use of credit cards and credit card information, and for preventing unauthorized access to restricted physical and virtual sites A method and a system for enabling secure authentication of a user in a computerized card access transaction. A card, identified by an identification number is issued to the user, containing software for generating a surrogate number referred to as a Cybercoupon for... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6981621 | Caulking gun A caulking gun having a push rod-formed by two interlocking chains. The caulking gun comprises a barrel having an open framework for receiving and cradling a caulk cartridge. A self-contained drive mechanism is provided to forwardly advance a chain arrangement compr... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6967545 | Saw wave-guides Surface acoustic wave (SAW) zebra-wave-guide (10) implemented as an array of interdigitized electrode fingers, wherein the array has internal inter-finger connectors (18) providing inside electrical shorting of part of fingers (16) remaining oth... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6935996 | Drink pouches and methods for producing them There are disclosed methods of making drinking pouches constructed from at least two panels of flexible laminate web material, at least a first panel thereof having a structural layer (21), a barrier layer (22) and a sealant layer (23), the seal... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928926 | Process and material for producing IR imaged gravure cylinders A gravure printing blank that can be easily and quickly imaged digitally by means of laser imaging and a method for preparing the same. The gravure printing blank comprises a metallic surface, a pre-polymer layer covering said metallic surface, comprising UV curable... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6906019 | Pre-treatment liquid for use in preparation of an offset printing plate using direct inkjet CTP A method of making a printing plate in which the uncoated surface of a substrate is treated with a pre-treatment solution prior to the deposition of ink on the surface. The pre-treatment liquid comprises a polyvalent metal salt, and at least one of an organic swelli... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6899998 | Method and a plate for digitally-imaged offset printing An offset plate sensitive to UV or visible light, prepared simply and imaged digitally therewith in a CTP method, and also processed in a simple manner. The plate is provided as a photopolymer plate with increased sensitivity, and is used in a simple imaging-on-pres... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6847532 | System and method to eliminate the dead time influence in a pwm-driven system A system and method to eliminate the influence of Dead Time delay in a PWM driven system. The system is implemented using a switching control circuit to operate a pair of upper and lower switching devices in a standard half-bridge arrangement, wherein both a PWM pul... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6847752 | Integrated actuator for optical switch mirror array An integrated actuator for an optical switch mirror array, which uses a novel integrated actuation technique combining electrostatic or electromagnetic (or both) actuation in combination with air (or any other gas) blast actuation. This combined approach provides in... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6824461 | Hair depilating device and method for improved depilating coverage A hand-held, motorized depilating device, introducing a novel mechanical design to provide improved depilating coverage and hair plucking efficiency, without requiring the user to pass the device over the same given skin, area numerous times. The hair-plucking assem... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6798963 | Method for the metallization of optical fibers An improved method for providing high-quality optical fiber metallization with the required length at the required location. The method enables metallized optical fibers to be soldered and connected to mechanical components while reducing the level of stress in the ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6784811 | System and a method for an ultra-low delay MPEG-syntax video codec A system for compressed digital video bitstreams, in which an I-frame may precede a plurality of P-frames slices, wherein the system includes an encoder to encode the bits for each successive P-frame slice. The system also includes a decoder buffer, where the bits e... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6779455 | Method of printing variable information The gel method of printing variable information of the present invention involves applying inks onto a substrate that is part of or attached to a cylinder of the printing machine. Imaging is by means of an energy source in the UV, visible or infrared regions, modula... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6770416 | Multi-purpose modular infra-red ablatable graphic arts tool The multi-purpose modular infra-red ablatable graphic arts tool provided comprises solutions to economy of scale for infrared ablatable Graphics Arts products by a novel modular approach of using common ingredients and by combining functions to produce multipurpose ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6764704 | Beverage whipping device There is disclosed beverage a beverage whipping apparatus having a motor for creating rotational motion, a rod having a first end and a second end, a whipping head that is in communication with the first end of the rod, and a torque reducing member intermediate the ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6759973 | High resolution position sensor A high-resolution position sensor device for use in precise positioning of servomechanisms, by providing increased resolution using of an encoder mounted on the shaft of a motor, which produces transition pulses through a light-sensitive arrangement using a photodet... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6757802 | Method for memory heap and buddy system management for service aware networks A computer system for allocating memory comprises a central processing unit (CPU) for controlling said system, a local memory for said CPU, means for allocating a plurality of memory blocks to tasks executed on said CPU, and block headers for said memory blocks. The... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6731974 | Method and system for measuring heart rate variability A system for measuring heart rate variability (HRV) of a patent comprises: recording means for obtaining and regulating heartbeat-to-heartbeat intervals for a predetermined period of time; processing means for digitizing said intervals, forming a recur... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6710901 | Method and apparatus for two-photon, volumetric spatially resolved holographic data storage in photosensitive glass A method for the generation of volume spatially-resolved holographic data storage within a photosensitive glass sample that incurs changes of optical properties in response to two-photon absorption, the method including directing non-ultraviolet pulsed laser radiati... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6676670 | Hair depilating device with improved plucking efficiency A hair depilating device having a plucking assembly comprising at least two hubs, each accomodating at least one radially-extending swivel element mounted on the hub via a pin radially extending from the wall of the hub. The sidewall of the hub further in... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6663589 | Catheter system A catheter according to the present invention comprises a tube having a distal end and an open proximal end; at least one fluid conduit disposed within and along the tube, the fluid conduit having open proximal end and a closed distal end; an expandable... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6655795 | Method and apparatus for optimizing inkjet fluid drop-on-demand of an inkjet printing head A method for eliminating reflected waves from a vibrating diaphragm surface within an acoustic chamber of an inkjet printer piezo-crystal driver. The first step involves generating an electro-acoustical driven pressure waveform from the piezo-crystal driv... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6631204 | Similarity measurement method for the classification of medical images into predetermined categories A similarity measurement method for the classification of medical images into predetermined categories. A small set of pre-classified images is required to employ the method. The images can be real world images acquired using a camera, computer tomography... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6604657 | Holster security device A holster security device comprising a latching mechanism which is attached to a holster on a side portion thereof so as to form an integral unit. The device comprises a finger-operated tab extending beyond the housing of the security device and a latch h... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6603336 | Signal duration representation by conformational clock cycles in different time domains Circuitry and methodology for transferring a representation of a data signal between clock domains. In particular, the disclosure teaches a method for creating representations of signals input from a slow clock domain into a fast clock domain and vice ver... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6599563 | Method and apparatus for improving interfacial chemical reactions in electroless depositions of metals A method and apparatus for improving interfacial chemical reactions in electroless depositions of metals, in which the substrate to be plated is pre-heated prior to its immersion in the various processing solutions that require elevated temperatures, and ... | 07/29/2003 |
