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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7967188 | Umpire counter with null indicators A handheld, thumb or finger operated, umpire's counter having three dials to indicate the count kept by the umpire for each of “strikes”, “balls”, and “outs”. Each dial has associated with it a null indicator having a tactile output perceptible to the to... | 06/28/2011 |
| 6118935 | Digital halftoning combining multiple screens within a single image An apparatus and method of producing enhanced digital imaging for printing data, in flexographic and other types of printing environments, combines halftone screens which represent continuous "gray tone" (grey tone) levels, wherein the transition from one... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6113124 | Aluminum side rail boat trailer A bunk-style boat tailer is made with aluminum side rails and aluminum cross beams. A wheel and axle assembly is attached to the side rails near the rear of the trailer. The bunk beams are positioned so that approximately 3/4 of the length of the bunks is... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6030097 | Cabinet for commercial electronics unit A visionary replacement (substitute) back panel for a commercially available television cabinet is provided which permits a security inspection of the interior of the television cabinet without the removal of any cabinet walls or the opening of the cabine... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6021629 | Registration system for sealed tray packaging machine A registration system for a packaging machine, which machine seals tray tops with thermoplastic film. The trays are carried through the machine on a moving conveyor and the sealing film is fed in a ribbon from a feed roll to move in a position above the l... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5953498 | Nonliner calibration of output devices A method for the nonlinear calibration of digital image data without the introduction of tonal loss is applied to image data in a computer-to-printing press system. Apparatus for implementing this method is provided. Computer processed graphics, provided ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5892588 | Digital halftoning combining dot size modulation screen with dot frequency modulation screen within a single image An apparatus and method of producing enhanced digital imaging for printing data or reproduction process data (digital camera data) from the combination of dot size (amplitude) and dot density (frequency) halftone screens, whereof each halftone screen repr... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5829632 | Flexible band pharmaceutical product feeder gate assembly A gate assembly, for a dedicated feeder sub-system in a pharmaceutical product packaging system, includes a flexible gating structure. Product feed tubes leading from a product bin to a packaging web loading station carry slots in which flexible bands ope... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5806970 | Visionary cabinet for commercial television set A visionary replacement (substitute) back panel for a commercially available television cabinet is provided which permits a security inspection of the interior of the television cabinet without the removal of any cabinet walls or the opening of the cabine... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5803331 | Doll sleeping bag style back-pack A carrier for doll-type toys is provided having a pocket like enclosure for carrying the doll-type toy in a partially displayed position. The enclosure includes a double wall section forming an envelope or bag, in which the doll-type toy is carried, and a... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5689624 | Stochastic based increased tonal range flexographic screening process and apparatus A screening process and apparatus for flexographic printing press control is implemented in hardware and computer software to provide increased tonal range output at the press thereby providing enhanced direct press control, without adjustment based on pr... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5560319 | Play toy for animals A play toy for animals is provided of reasonable weight and size to be handled by the animal for which it was designed. The toy is of any of a number of regular and irregular shapes, including rectangles and squares, having a plurality of tabs or other me... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5509773 | Machine and process for recovering pharmaceutical product An apparatus for recovering pharmaceutical product from blister packs and a method for doing same is provided. Pharmaceutical product blister pack cards, which are unsuitable for sale, are straightened, if necessary, and stacked in a magazine. Individual ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5460471 | Machine for recovering blister-packaged pharmaceutical product An apparatus for recovering pharmaceutical product from blister packs and a method for doing same is provided. Pharmaceutical product blister pack cards, which are unsuitable for sale, are straightened, if necessary, and stacked in a magazine. Individual ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5449151 | Shock absorber tether line A shock absorber is incorporated into a tether line to provide a take up device for adjusting the effect of certain instantaneous stress forces in the tether line. This shock absorber is formed as part of an assembly and is positioned in transverse orient... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5445050 | Hand-held ice skate blade sharpener tool A hand-held ice skate blade sharpener tool is provided which includes a configuration for honing, concurrently, the hollow groove and the side walls of an ice skate blade, to dress the edges of the blade in situ, at any convenient time. The tool has a gui... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5415321 | Feeder for pharmaceutical thermoform packaging machines An apparatus for feeding a plurality of pharmaceutical product simultaneously onto a matrix of formed blister webbing is provided. The dedicated feeder structure is held within a housing which incorporates a plurality of hanger plates for easy manual exch... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5265009 | Wristwatch game calculator A calculator, packaged in a wristwatch-style housing, with wrist strap, is usable by the player of a card game, such as blackjack, in obtaining a game strategy decision or prompt, and contains a keyboard on the wrist housing unit, by which the card game p... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5216622 | Ultrasonic drive/sense circuitry for automated fastener tightening An ultrasonic signal drive/sense circuitry is provided, which circuitry is adaptable to a variety of automated or manual fastener tightening operations. This circuitry operates for measuring tension in a fastener as a function of change in time of flight ... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5186428 | Depth gauge transducer retractor device A retractor device is provided for selectively positioning a depth gauge transducer into the water and below the bottom line of a pleasure boat or retracting the transducer to an upwardly facing position above the water line. A compound lever system is mo... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5161226 | Microprocessor inverse processor state usage A method for operating a multi-tasking, interrupt capable microprocessor under inverse processor state usage is provided whereby the effective time for both interrupt processing and switching context between task execution and interrupt processing is redu... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5123522 | Sealing head bridging conveyor A retracting bridging conveyor is provided to bridge the space between the output edge of a packaging machine sealing head work area structure and a fixed product output conveyor. This bridging conveyor operates to position a plurality of roller rods conc... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5061531 | Glazing utilizing rim process to produce sealed and framed insulating glass unit An insulating architectual glass unit for residential, nonresidential and commercial applications having at least two panes of glass plate separated by an encapsulated air space is constructed with an injection molded frame of relatively low thermal condu... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4863540 | Process for manufacturing architectural glass A polyurethane filmed glass material for use as monolithic insulated glass or laminated glass in spandrel applications is provided. Polyurethane sheet which has been ultraviolet light stabilized is pigmented, coated or otherwise colored to produce a color... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4850277 | Treadle assembly for throwing armor piercing charges A treadle assembly for throwing armor piercing shaped charges or squash charges against the underside of armored vehicles has a tripping batten connected at an angle or cant to a lever arm or leg which leg holds an armor-penetrating munition on its far en... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4843399 | Portable navigational communications transceiver A hand held navigational-communications transceiver is compressed into a case having a volume of about 37 cubic inches by defining functional implementation for VOR (VHF omni-directional range) navigation. The transceiver can be selectively switched to pr... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4826122 | Adjustable base bracket for pitched roof scaffolding post A bracket forms the base for a scaffolding post and includes a rectangular receiving box with an open top face for receiving and holding a vertically extending scaffolding post. The receiving box pivots about a horizontal axis established by a pin held in... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4822397 | Method for making taxidermic eyes A method of manufacturing taxidermic glass eyes and the like utilizes flat sheets of glass. This glass is printed with the markings and coloring for the eye image. The printing is accomplished by silk screening or other production methods. The eye is then... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4822680 | Polyurethane visionary laminate glass and method of manufacture A polyurethane filmed glass material for use as monolithic insulated glass or laminated glass in spandrel application is provided. Polyurethane sheet which has been ultraviolet light stabilized is pigmented, coated or otherwise colored to produce a colori... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4813671 | Raster monitor for video game displays A monitoring circuit incorporated into a video game display device is operated responsively to first and second non-overlapping clock pulses and monitors raster line status in comparison to a stored raster address and provides a high speed raster scan int... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4761736 | Memory management unit for addressing an expanded memory in groups of non-contiguous blocks A n-channel memory management circuit operates as an interface unit between a microprocessor, which microprocessor is normally capable of addressing only 64K bytes of memory, to provide expandable memory configurations with a memory capacity of at least 1... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4677890 | Sound interface circuit A sound interface circuit is implemented in large scale integrated circuitry (LSI) on a single chip to provide 3 voice electronic music synthesizer/sound effects, and is compatible with instructions from commercially available microprocessors; whereof a w... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4658555 | Attic hatchway insulating cover An insulating cover provides a easily removed thermal barrier over a hatchway used for access to an attic or other unheated area located above a heated living space. A cap, besides providing thermal insulation, provides an insulated dome or pocket space a... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4599528 | Self booting logical or circuit A solid state logical "OR" circuit for implementation with NMOS circuitry has self-booting clock pulse conditioning for ultra fast propagation times and minimal power dissipation, whereof memory row driver concepts are utilized and silicon area is minimiz... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4582073 | Check valve type cigarette mouthpiece A check valve type cigarette mouthpiece, which can be used with a non-filter cigarette or be incorporated into the filter tip portion of a filter cigarette, incorporates a valving structure which opens automatically under a slight pressure differential cr... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4572506 | Raster line comparator circuit for video game A comparator circuit incorporated into a video game device and operated responsive to first and second non-overlapping clock pulses can be used to compare background information location to SPRITE information location for both raster line (vertical) and c... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4570085 | Self booting logical AND circuit A solid state logical "AND" circuit implementation in NMOS circuitry has clock pulse conditioning providing self booting voltage levels for ultra fast propagation times and minimal power dissipation, where memory row driver concepts are utilized and silic... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4569019 | Video sound and system control circuit Programmable I/O (input/output) interface circuitry provides video and audio signals, needed for a video computer/game, to a commercial color television type display/monitor and may be implemented in HMOS, (H type metal oxide semiconductor) large-scale-in... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4561659 | Display logic circuit for multiple object priority A display control circuit provides the logical determination of display information for each dot point of a color television or other display device used in connection with an electronic game for displaying up to eight "targets", as well as background inf... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4562365 | Clocked self booting logical "EXCLUSIVE OR" circuit A solid state logical "EXCLUSIVE OR" circuit for implementation in NMOS circuitry utilizes existing non-overlapping clock pulses for self-booting circuit conditioning, enabling ultrafast propagation times and minimal power drain during circuit operation, ... | 12/31/1985 |
