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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8442672 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the transport of an object A method and a device monitor the transport of an object, particularly of a piece of mail that is provided with a delivery point, to which the object is transported. A sorting system reads the delivery point and generates a first attribute vector differentiating the... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8442266 | Device and method for identifying mail items A device for identifying mail items includes a memory for storing mail item information of a mail item and characteristic image features of the mail item. A control unit assigns the mail item information to image features that are recorded again. In order that the m... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8439293 | Paper dispenser A dispenser for dispensing paper from a dispensing roll located in a lower dispensing position has a guide track which leads from the top into the lower dispensing position and in which a standby position, defined by a blocking device, for a reserve roll is provided... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8438975 | Printing press A printing press includes an apparatus for handling or manipulating varnishing plates or printing plates, having a plate feed channel which is at least temporarily disposed in a plate feed position for feeding a varnishing or printing plate out of the plate feed cha... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8437009 | System and method for three dimensional reconstruction of an anatomical impression A system and method reconstruct an anatomical impression. The system contains a light signal generating device for generating a light signal directed toward a synthetic test body having the anatomical impression. The light signal is directed toward the synthetic tes... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8435361 | Copper-zinc alloy for a valve guide A novel copper-zinc alloy is particularly suited for a valve guide. The copper-zinc alloy contains 59 to 73% copper, 2.7 to 8.3% manganese, 1.5 to 6% aluminum, 0.2 to 4% silicon, 0.2 to 3% iron, 0 to 2% lead, 0 to 2% nickel, 0 to 0.2% tin, remainder zinc and inevita... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8434476 | Dispenser for pulverulent substances The invention relates to a dispenser (1) for pulverulent substances (30), in particular medicaments, from a blister pack (25), dome-shaped cavities (26) of which that are disposed on a base layer (28) can, by movement in a dispense... | 05/07/2013 |
| D681838 | Baby bottle | 05/07/2013 |
| 8434071 | Method for translating a graphical workflow in a textual description In a method for translating a graphical workflow in a textual description, a structure of the graphical workflow is analyzed by detecting graphical blocks of the graphical workflow. Further, each graphical block of the graphical workflow is translated in a textual d... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8433834 | Manufacturing device and module for controlling integrity properties of a data stream input into the manufacturing device A module for controlling integrity properties of a data stream input into a device, such as a machine for manufacturing or a management system related to such machines. A plurality of control items are registered in a database. At least one activable control means e... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8432685 | Casing for sheltering electronic components and network element and air passage A casing for sheltering electronic components (52, 83) is disclosed, comprising:—an air inlet (110) at a first position of the casing (11) and,—an air outlet at a second position of the casing (11). The air inlet (110) comprise... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8430416 | Movement damping apparatus A movement damping apparatus has magnetorheological fluid that is pressed through a flow path forming a bottleneck in order to dampen a movement. The flow path is divided into at least two flow tracks by a partition that forms an additional friction surface. ... | 04/30/2013 |
| D681303 | Shopping cart handle | 04/30/2013 |
| D680828 | Bottle carrier | 04/30/2013 |
| 8428797 | Method and arrangement for the operation of a railroad line A method and a configuration for the operation of a railroad line include at least one signal box for providing line-block-section-specific light signal data and a line side system for an intermittent automatic or inductive train control system at line block section... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428760 | Method for scheduling a production process by supporting the visualization of material shortages A method for scheduling a production process is disclosed, wherein a production order requiring components is placed on a production schedule, the availabilities of the components, which are required for the production order, are detected by a computing unit, produc... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8428280 | Hearing aid with an interchangeable earpiece A hearing aid has an interchangeable earpiece, which, on its own and separately from further components, can be replaced in a simple fashion and without great complexity, and without specialist tools. The hearing aid has a housing of a multi-part design and a receiv... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8426820 | Image sensor system An image sensor system includes a detector having a plurality of detector elements and optics having a beam path from an optical element on to the detector. Calibration of the detector can be rapidly effected where the image sensor system has a reference radiating d... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8423234 | Device for measuring the movement of a self-guided vehicle The invention relates to a device for measuring the movement of a self-guided vehicle, that comprises onboard thereof: at least one accelerometer provided with a measurement axis arranged in the longitudinal direction of a potential main rectilinear movement of the ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422148 | Apparatus for shaping of laser radiation A device for shaping laser radiation, in particular for laser radiation emitted by a laser diode bar, has at least one substrate with a plurality of refractive boundary surfaces through which the laser radiation to be produced can pass in such a way that at least tw... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8421133 | Detector module A detector module, in particular for super-resolution satellites, contains a multi-chip carrier. At least one TDI-CCD detector and at least one CMOS chip are arranged on the multi-chip carrier, and are electrically connected to one another. The CMOS chip contains at... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8419603 | Method for folding sheets A folding machine and a folding method perform overlapped folding of sheets of paper, paperboard and the like. The folding machine has at least one first and one second folding station each having driven folding rolls, a transport device disposed between the first a... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8419327 | Rail loading train for transporting rails A rail freight train is configured for transporting long welded rails. The train has a device for anchoring the rails disposed on the end of the rail freight train and composed of a number of insertion devices, each provided for anchoring an individual rail. A first... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8418950 | Paper dispenser A paper dispenser contains a receiving compartment for a dispenser roll, a transport path leading from above into the receiving compartment, a hold position for a spare roll being defined in the transport path by a blocking device, and a transfer device for the pape... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8418840 | Conveyor for the transport of bulk materials A conveyor for the transport of bulk materials contains three pairs of supporting cables located vertically one above another. A conveyor belt is movable along the supporting cables and at its ends guided over return drums. Fastened to the conveyor belt are supporti... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8418819 | Movement damping apparatus A movement damping apparatus has a flow path through which a magnetorheological fluid is pressed. A device that generates a variable magnetic field has a core around which a coil is wound as well as pole surfaces in the flow path. The magnetic field acts on the magn... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8418752 | Plate heat exchanger having a turbulence generator A plate heat exchanger with a plurality of separating walls stacked one above the other, which alternatingly define a first and second flow space for a first and second medium, includes at least one turbulence generator being positioned in at least one flow space, w... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8418625 | System for conveying persons and method for operating the system A system for conveying persons has at least one track along which a plurality of vehicles or groups of vehicles are moved by continuous conveying cables. At least two mutually successive conveying cables are arranged in line with one another and each has a drive so ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8418611 | Printing unit A printing unit contains a dampening unit and an inking unit which includes a screen roller with a circumference and an ink applicator roller with a circumference and a gap having an arc length or curve length, the ink applicator roller resting against the screen ro... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8418279 | Surface covering device The invention relates to a device for covering a surface such as a swimming pool, a sports field, a glazed surface, a vehicle body, including: (a) a drum rotatingly mounted and capable of winding or unwinding a cover, said drum being mounted on longitudinal translat... | 04/16/2013 |
| D680107 | Case for a mobile telephone or portable digital media player case having interchangeable panels | 04/16/2013 |
| 8418255 | Method for the secure transmission of operating data A method for transmitting operating data of machines in the graphics industry is performed via a communications network that is accessible to the public and the operating data is transmitted to at least one management computer that can be reached via the public comm... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416975 | Hearing aid housing In an embodiment, a hearing aid housing is provided. The hearing aid housing may include a first behind-the-ear hearing aid housing portion, a second behind-the-ear hearing aid housing portion, and a moisture protector at least partially arranged between the first b... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416546 | Method and circuit arrangement for detecting the state of a load device which can be connected to a switching connection A method for detecting the state of a load device which can be connected to a switching connection, wherein the switching connection can be coupled to, and decoupled from, a predefined switching potential. A voltage drop across the switching connection is used as a ... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8416500 | Device and method for beam forming A device for beam forming includes at least two laser light sources capable of emitting laser radiation and an optical device capable of influencing the laser radiation such that the laser radiation has an intensity distribution in a working plane that at least part... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8415596 | Method and apparatus for determining a location of a flying target A method for determining a location of a flying target included identifying and measuring the target by at least two seeker systems disposed at a distance from one another. The position of the target relative to at least one of the two seeker systems is determined f... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8415086 | Method of studying chirality controlled artificial kagome spin ice building blocks A method is provided for achieving low energy states for the study of chirality kagome spin ice structures, the method having the steps of providing a silicon substrate; spin coating a polymethyl acrylate resist on said silicon substrate; providing an electron beam ... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8413793 | Container conveying system for transporting unit items, in particular baggage items A container conveying system for transporting baggage items in containers has at least one unloading station and/or a loading station for loading or unloading the container. The baggage item lies on an endless supporting belt which is guided transversely to the tran... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8413665 | Smoking kit for customizing a tobacco product, method for purveying a tobacco smoking product, smoking product and method of providing a smoking product Smoking kit and techniques for purveying a tobacco product are provided. The kit includes at least one pre-finished tobacco product. The kit further includes at least one wrapping sheet supported by the pre-finished product in a predetermined shape. The wrapping she... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8413581 | Transfer apparatus for printing plate trays and method of handling the printing plates An apparatus and a method is provided for handling printing plates which are provided in the form of a printing plate stack on at least one storage plane. If printing plates having a particularly large format are required to set images on them in an exposer, loading... | 04/09/2013 |
