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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162273 | Adjustable support structure An adjustable support device (10) for a structure, including an arcuate support bar (26) terminating in feet (28) for engagement with a ground surface. Two spaced apart locking mechanisms (30) are pivotally connected to the structure. The... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8063936 | Modular immersive surveillance processing system and method According to an aspect of the invention, a system for providing immersive surveillance a site has a plurality of cameras each producing a respective raw video of a respective portion of the site. A processing component receives the raw video from the cameras and gen... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8037618 | Device for draining and drying solids, in particular plastics granulated under water Device for dewatering and drying solids, especially plastics granulated under water, in form of a centrifuge dryer comprising a housing (1) having an inlet opening (2) for the solid material with adhering water and an outlet opening (3) for the ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8017536 | Component of quartz glass for use in semiconductor manufacture and method for producing the same The invention starts from a known component of quartz glass for use in semiconductor manufacture, which component at least in a near-surface region shows a co-doping of a first dopant and of a second oxidic dopant, said second dopant containing one or more rare-eart... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015846 | Elongation method for producing an optical component of quartz glass and preliminary product suited for performing the method This method for drawing a quartz glass optical component shortens the pulling process and minimizes loss of material. An end face of a quartz glass hollow cylinder forms a tapered end portion to an attachment piece of quartz glass having a bore. The inner bore of th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7981824 | Quartz glass blank and method for producing said blank The present invention relates to a quartz glass blank for an optical component for transmitting radiation of a wavelength of 15 nm and shorter, the blank consisting of highly pure quartz glass, doped with titanium and/or fluorine, which is distinguished by an extrem... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980098 | Method for producing an optical component of synthetic quartz glass with enhanced radiation resistance, and blank for producing the component To optimize an optical component of synthetic quartz glass, in the case of which a quartz glass blank is subjected to a multistage annealing treatment, with respect to compaction and central birefringence, the present invention suggests a method comprising the follo... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7955715 | Method for coating a component for use in a crucible drawing method for quartz glass, and coated component obtained according to the method In a known method for coating a crucible for use at a high working temperature in a crucible drawing method for quartz glass, a base body wall of tungsten has applied thereto a protective layer containing a coating metal consisting of the group selected from iridium... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7947335 | Quartz glass component with reflector layer and method for producing the same Methods for producing a quartz glass component with reflector layer are known in which a reflector layer composed of quartz glass acting as a diffuse reflector is produced on at least part of the surface of a substrate body composed of quartz glass. In order, taking... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7905932 | Mixed powder and a method for producing quartz glass using the powder A mixed quartz powder contains quartz powder and two or more types of doping element in an amount of from 0.1 to 20 mass %. The aforementioned doped elements include a first dope element selected from the group consisting of N, C and F, and a second dope element sel... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905364 | Product display system, method and apparatus A display apparatus comprises an elongate support member configured to support a plurality of packaged products thereon. A product pusher device is movably supported on the support member for forward and rearward movement along it. The product pusher device has a bi... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7891213 | Vertical drawing method for producing a cylindrical glass body and device for carrying out said method According to a known vertical drawing method for producing a cylindrical glass body, the cylinder longitudinal axis of the glass cylinder is adjusted by hand in relation to the longitudinal axis of a heating tube. The aim of the invention is to optimize the stabilit... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7854147 | Method for producing a semifinished product for an optical component of high homogeneity Known methods for producing a semifinished product for an optical component of synthetic quartz glass of high homogeneity require a great number of forming or shaping steps for homogenization, which is troublesome in terms of energy and time and entails the risk tha... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7854146 | Method for production of an optical component from quartz glass The production of an optical component from quartz glass by elongation of a coaxial arrangement of a core rod and a hollow cylinder is known. The arrangement is thus introduced into a heating zone, such that the lower end begins to partly soften and the component dr... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7797965 | Method for producing tubes of quartz glass In a known method for producing tubes of quartz glass, a hollow cylinder (2) of quartz glass is continuously supplied to a heating zone (1) and is softened therein in regions, and a tube strand (21) is drawn off at a drawing speed from the softe... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7779652 | Method and apparatus for producing a glass body The invention starts from a known method for producing a glass body, comprising forming a cylindrical blank by successive deposition of a plurality of material layers on the outer surface of a substrate body which is rotating about its longitudinal axis, by using an... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7746478 | Method for interferometrically measuring an optical property of a test piece and a device suited for carrying out this method The invention relates to a method for interferometrically measuring large optics. A combination of a method known as stitching technique, during which the sub-interferograms are determined on partial surfaces of measuring area and are joined in a software-controlled... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7719484 | Vehicle simulator having head-up display A vehicle simulator having a projection system for projecting a generated scene and symbology onto a common viewing screen. Tracking apparatus is provided for providing position and/or angular orientation signals representative of the eye of a person viewing the pro... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716952 | Method for the production of a blank mold for optical fibers In a known method for the production of a blank mold for optical fibers, a fluorine-doped SiO2 enveloping glass is produced on a core glass cylinder that rotates about its longitudinal axis, wherein a silicon-containing starting substance is fed to a plas... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7712335 | Quartz glass cylinder for production of an optical component and method for production thereof The aim of the invention is to improve a known quartz glass cylinder for the production of an optical component, comprising an inner drilling, which is mechanically machined to size and provided with an etched structure by means of an etching treatment, subsequent t... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7707855 | Method for producing synthetic quartz glass with predetermined hydroxyl group content A known method for producing synthetic quartz glass with a predetermined hydroxyl group content comprises the following steps: a porous SiO2 soot body is produced by flame hydrolysis or oxidation of a silicon-containing start compound and by layerwise dep... | 05/04/2010 |
| D613760 | Waterproof MP3 player | 04/13/2010 |
| 7686887 | Quartz glass crucible for pulling up silicon single crystal and method for producing the same An object of the invention is to provide a quartz glass crucible reduced in the generation of vibration occurring on the surface of a silicon melt and free from the generation of rough surface and cristobalite spots, yet capable of pulling up single crystal silicon ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7681416 | Method for production of an optical component made from quartz glass The production of an optical component from quartz glass, by elongation of a coaxial arrangement of a core rod and a hollow cylinder of a given length, is known. The arrangement is thus introduced into a heating zone with a vertical orientation, such that the lower ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7660036 | Method for particle analysis and particle analysis system A particle analysis system has an optical imaging device, e.g., a reflecting light stereomicroscope, that images a particle accumulation onto a substantially planar substrate. An illuminating device that includes a ring light on a lens barrel of the stereomicroscope... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7637126 | Method for the production of laser-active quartz glass and use thereof The invention relates to a method for the economic production of a blank for a component made from laser-active quartz glass in any form or dimension. The method comprises the following method steps: a) preparation of a dispersion with a solids content of at least 4... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7633520 | Method and apparatus for providing a scalable multi-camera distributed video processing and visualization surveillance system A scalable architecture for providing real-time multi-camera distributed video processing and visualization. An exemplary system comprises at least one video capture and storage system for capturing and storing a plurality of input videos, at least one vision based ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7600399 | Method and device for producing a cylindrical glass body In a known method for producing a cylindrical glass body in a vertical drawing process, a glass blank is softened in a heating zone and drawn off as a glass strand by means of a draw-off device at a controlled drawing speed, the draw-off device comprising a first dr... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7587912 | Method for producing quartz glass crucible for use in pulling silicon single crystal and quartz glass crucible produced by said method The present invention refers to a method for producing a quartz glass crucible for use in pulling silicon single crystal, said crucible having at least a double-layer structure comprising a pore-free transparent inner layer and an opaque base body or outer layer hav... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7563512 | Component with a reflector layer and method for producing the same In a known component having a reflector layer, the surface of a base body of quartz glass is covered at least in part with a reflector layer. Starting from this, to provide a component, particularly for use in lamp and reflector manufacture, which is equipped with a... | 07/21/2009 |
| D590651 | Espresso machine | 04/21/2009 |
