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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D630426 | Case for musical instrument | 01/11/2011 |
| D630369 | Lamp | 01/04/2011 |
| D622582 | Combined screw, spike and bolt | 08/31/2010 |
| 7575022 | Diverter, liquid-level indicator and chemical pre-treatment and post-treatment implementations useful in waterless urinals A diverter (170, 270) atop the upper wall (110) of a cartridge (100) and over the opening (114, 115) therein avoids direct access of urine to the opening and the sealant (105) within the cartridge. The diverter is spaced by standof... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7571741 | Flow trap with compartment separator and baffle for use in a waterless urinal In a urine cartridge, equalized pressures and increased flow rate between its inlet and outlet compartments increases the life of the cartridge. The pressure equalizing is effected by placement of a separator between the two compartments to provide them with substan... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7390206 | Central vacuum system mounting flange and hose cuff for use with standard electrical outlets A mounting plate having an orienting portion facilitates orienting the vacuum connection opening of the mounting plate with respect to an anticipated orientation of a receptacle and electrical box. The orienting portion is optionally releasably attachable to the mai... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7189051 | Wind power plant A wind power plant includes four main elements: a foundation (29), at least one supporting structure (21), a carrying construction (23) having a vertical axis (25) and being rotatable around the vertical axis, and at least one rotor (4... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177028 | Reusable, high stiffness, magnetic shield for fiber optic gyroscopes A spool (12), for supporting a fiber optic coil (14) and a shield (118) surrounding the spool and fiber optic coil, includes a centrally placed, bolt-receiving opening (29). The shield includes a lower shield portion (20), which su... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7029143 | Light cove A light cove (20), which is adapted to be secured to a wall (46), includes elongated top and bottom fastening devices (22) and (24), a light-transparent panel section (26), and a plurality of two-piece adjustable supports (28 | 04/18/2006 |
| 6973939 | Horizontal-flow trap and housing assembly with odor preventing closure mechanism An exit opening (78) in a cartridge (22) is alignable with an opening (48) in a housing (32) for communication to an external drain. The cartridge and the housing have positions of final secured and initial unsecured interconnections, whe... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6959723 | Oil sealant-preserving drain odor trap Improvements in retention of the oily liquid sealant (20) in a oil-sealed odor trap (10B-10M), for drain applications such as a waterless urinal or anti-evaporation floor drain, are accomplished by minimizing turbulence in the oil sealant, such ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6796724 | Sleeve for pig-tailing optical fiber A sleeve (22) enables attachment of an optic fiber (14) to a multi-integrated optic chip (10) in optical communication therewith, and maintains alignment of the fiber at its end adjacent the chip. The sleeve includes a symmetrically-shaped cavit... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6750773 | Liquid flow meter A liquid flow meter (50), including a microcontroller (60) and associated algorithm, monitors urine flow through a cartridge trap (20). Measuring the duration of such flow and the number of times the urinal is used will determine, in accordance ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6688147 | Panel curving machine A panel, formed from a perforated face (102), is respectively concavely and convexly curved by seriatim stretching or contracting its flanges (104a, b; 156a, b). Such stretching and contracting is produced by placing the opposed flanges within jaw halves ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6644339 | Horizontal-flow trap and housing assembly with odor preventing closure mechanism An odor trap apparatus (20) includes a housing (32) having an interior and an opening (48) extending from the interior to the external drain, and a cartridge (22). The cartridge has an exit opening (78) disposed to communicate with the housing opening. Th... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6581296 | Tape measure with laser beam A tape measure with laser beam (10) comprises a case (12), a laser device (70) carried in the case and capable of transmitting a laser beam therefrom, and a roll (24) of measuring tape (25) supported in the case. The measuring tape roll is disposed to be ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6568950 | Umbilical disconnect connector A receptacle assembly (34) includes a radial groove (58) supported by a housing (46) which houses a plurality of electrical sockets (50). A radial abutment (60) is positioned on the housing adjacent the radial groove. A plug assembly (32) includes cantile... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6525920 | Electrically and mechanically redundant release mechanism Two fuse wires (42a, 42b) hold an insulator hub (34) in place which, in turn, retains a hook-shaped release end (32) of a restraining wire (28). The insulator hub is provided with two grooves (36a, 36b), one for fuse wire (42a) and one for fuse wire (42b)... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6462824 | Snap fit magnetic shields for laser gyroscopes Interconnection mechanisms for a laser gyroscope assembly (10) enable it to be rapidly and non-harmfully assembled and disassembled prior to a more durable interconnection, to facilitate repair and rework. The assembly includes a fiber optic spool (12), a... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6433990 | Frangible actuator with redundant power supply A device for restraining and then quickly releasing objects, comprising two half-spools that are held in place by a coil spring. The spring is attached at one end to one of the spools and at another end is held in place by a frangible wire, which is in tu... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6425411 | Oil sealant-preserving drain odor trap Improvements in retention of the oily liquid sealant (20) in a oil-sealed odor trap (10B-10M), for drain applications such as a waterless urinal or anti-evaporation floor drain, are accomplished by minimizing turbulence in the oil sealant, such as by maki... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6384491 | Active energy hold up for power supplies A bi-directional flyback converter (30), as regulated by control circuitry (34), is used to maintain power from a capacitor (36) to aircraft electronics (20) when power from a ground source through bus (12) is switched by a switching relay (16) to the air... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6371777 | Flight disconnect connector A quickly separable and disconnectable electrical connector device (10) comprises a pin section (14) having a socket receptacle (40) and a socket section (16). A mounting flange (18) is mounted about the socket receptacle and is coupled to a supporting st... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6269748 | Release mechanism A device for retaining an object and then releasing that object upon actuation, the device utilizing an actuator that resists less force than that exerted by said object, and is adapted for use with a V-band clamp.... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6259849 | Rapid assembly and disassembly O-ring instrument mount for fiber optic gyroscopes A temporary latchable or clasping interengageable interconnection mechanism is provided for an optical gyroscope assembly (10) to enable it to be rapidly and non-harmfully assembled and disassembled prior to a more durable interconnection, to facilitate r... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6249063 | Battery cell bypass with frangible actuator A frangible actuator and switch isolates a defective cell in a battery by switching an electrical circuit when the current through a fusible link exceeds a predetermined value. The high impedance of the defective cell causes most of the battery's current ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6205685 | Adjustable orthotic A shoe insert that can be customized by the user to control pronation of the foot and to relieve or reduce stress at painful areas of the foot comprising a sheet of a natural material such as leather or a synthetic resin such as high density polyethylene ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6153258 | Optical fiber rejacketing method, apparatus and product obtained thereby The fiber jacket application system is used to provide a protective jacket over spliced optical fibers (10, 12), such as to coat a length of bare fiber, previously coated fiber, and particularly to rejacket a length of fiber in which the jacket was remove... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6141474 | Reinforcement of fiber optic gyroscope coils To minimize the uncompensated part of the Shupe error, a one or more continuous coils (28, 44, 46) thermally stable material is added to a composite coil assembly (20) to dominate the composite in terms of thermal expansion and elastic modulus. The therma... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6064573 | Method and apparatus for efficient conduction cooling of surface-mounted integrated circuits A plurality of heat-conducting compressible button contacts (10) between a heatsink (28) and an electronic part, e.g., a printed wiring board (22) or integrated circuit (24), to be cooled. A thin plate (16) and/or indentations (44, 44') in the heatsink ar... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5986728 | Optically enhance day/night liquid crystal display backlight with TIR lens and both light sources on same side of waveguide Light emitting devices are combined with non-imaging optical elements to create a backlighting system for liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). A pair of optically isolated sub-systems, or sections a night vision imaging system (NVIS) (14) and a daylight system... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5941077 | Chill-hot buffet serving tray A heating and cooling tray (10) for service of food comprises housing (12) which supports a Peltier temperature controlling unit (22, 24) having an air flow passageway therein. The housing includes upper and base portions (14, 16) having respective openin... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5926594 | System and method for aligning and attaching optical fibers to optical waveguides, and products obtained thereby An input optical fiber (22), an output optical fiber (24, 26) and a waveguide (14) in an integrated optic chip (IOC) (12) intermediate the fibers are coupled together using service and alignment robots (42; 48, 50, 52). The service robot (42) establishes ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5914856 | Diaphragm pumped air cooled planar heat exchanger A package (10, 110, 210, 310) comprises a planar heat exchanger (14, 114, 314) with an air inlet (16, 116, 316) and an air outlet (18, 118, 318) thermally coupled to an electronic module (12). A flexible diaphragm operated pump (20, 120, 220, 320) with on... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5896199 | High efficiency magnetic shield for a fiber optic gyroscope A gyroscope assembly (10) includes a ring-shaped fiber optic coil (14) and a coil conforming enclosure (12, 16) of high magnetic permeability ferromagnetic material. The enclosure is ring-shaped to conform with the shape of the coil, and includes a portio... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5751599 | Probeless microprocessor based controller for open recirculating evaporative cooling systems An open recirculating evaporative cooling system includes a cooling tower or evaporative condenser (12) having a heated water inlet (20) and a water collection basin (22), a water supply (34) for supplying a volume of water to the cooling tower, a water s... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5735324 | Miter box with electronic measuring of lumber The invention is directed to measuring the length of a piece of wood to be cut in a miter box, a frame and trim saw, a radial saw and the like. The miter box includes a back (24) having a surface (24a) against which the piece of wood is placed and slid in... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5717934 | Sequential computer network shutdown system and process therefor A user configurable, rule based sequencing of the shutdown of individual devices or the entire computer network is forwarded to a collection of software programmed microprocessors operating on the network. Every required device of the system is provided w... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5453087 | Handpiece for cataract surgery An ultrasonic handpiece for cataract surgery comprises a driver assembly (10), a housing (11), a nose part (13, 113) and an end or rear manifold (20) of one-piece construction. Housing (11) includes tubular parts (12, 12' and 14), which are concentrically... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5437608 | Massaging apparatus with sequential vibration An electromechanical apparatus is disclosed herein such as a cushion, pad or mattress, including pulsing elements for massaging a variety of body locations having a plurality of vibrating transducers situated in groups within a cushioned member so that th... | 08/01/1995 |
