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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6718913 | Animal grooming brush A conduit network on a bristle face of a brush communicates with a supply of cleansing or rinsing effluent under pressure, and dispenses the effluent generally uniformly over a wide area of the bristle face through distributed outlet holes. A preferred quick connect... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6688597 | Casino style game of chance apparatus A casino game apparatus having a table layout similar to, or the same as, a craps game table using conventional craps rules, but without the dice. The preferred embodiment uses a pair of ball blowers, each selecting a numbered ball from six balls, numbere... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6516860 | Device for safely containing and operating lift cords of a vertical covering A telescoping wand safely encloses the control ends of a set of lift cords of vertically raisable "blinds" (as defined in the specification). The wand includes a selectively releasable cord locking mechanism which cooperates with a lift cord tensioner and... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6496376 | Modular backplane A set of modules from which custom passive backplanes can be assembled coplanarly couple together and are mounted on a rigid base plate which holds them coupled and coplanar. Each module has a plurality of orthogonally oriented card connectors. Preferably... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6442842 | Vacuum assisted hair cutter A hair cutting device is connected to a vacuum source to draw hair into a cutting chamber and includes a mechanism for cutting which allows an operator to both position the cutting device and to activate the cutting mechanism with one hand. The cutting me... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6441343 | Heating system for structures Low voltage, high current electrical energy is supplied in a closed conductive loop. Preferably, the current is induced into the loop by a transformer. The loop has, at least in part, one, or a series of, conductive elements of a structure to be warmed. T... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6413194 | Lumbar flexing seating pad A rigid surface upon which a person sits is elastically supported, preferably by a gas-filled bladder assembly which includes two inflatable bladders, one circumscribing the other. The bladders are preferably independently inflated, the inner bladder pref... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6414278 | Pizza warmer and oven system A pizza warmer and oven system in which a plurality of pizza warmers containing a phase change material can be charged to their preferred temperatures by resistance heaters positioned in shelves above and below each warmer in an oven. One embodiment has t... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6213736 | Electric motor pump with magnetic coupling and thrust balancing means An electric motor pump for corrosive, electric conductive, cryogenic and/or hazardous liquids which is submerged in the liquid, comprising a centrifugal pump in a pump housing and an electric motor in a separate motor housing, transmitting the power throu... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6162137 | Multiple-use hand tool for golfers A combination ball mark repair tool, golf club support and cigar cutter. The invention includes a prier for prying up ball marks which are depressions made particularly in golf greens by impacting golf balls. The prier includes a shank ending, in a pair o... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6147863 | Industrial computer An industrial computer including a passive backplane generally compliant with the PCI/ISA industrial standard promulgated by the PICMG technical committee, but with certain exceptions. One exception being that the plug-in CPU card has been replaced by a p... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6093030 | Contact apparatus for integrated circuits An apparatus for electrically coupling a plurality of DUT terminals to corresponding terminals of a circuit. The apparatus includes a corresponding plurality of contact devices aligned both with the DUT terminals and the circuit terminals. Each contact de... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5998771 | Heat dispensing ball caddy A ball pouch has a hollow defined by walls comprising a plurality of linked cells packed with a heat storage medium. The medium is a mix including phase change material ("PCM") having a phase change temperature within the preferred range of 130-150° F. P... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5987648 | Cap for catching balls A cap has a visor and a hole defined by its crown. The hole communicates with a pocket that extends from the hole external to the crown. The hole and pocket are sized to easily accommodate a ball to be caught, e.g. a baseball. A ball flying into the crown... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5984690 | Contactor with multiple redundant connecting paths A contact array includes a plurality of uniform columns each for providing electrical continuity between things respectively in contact with opposite ends of the columns, each column means having a memory urging it to be straight. In a first embodiment th... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5947634 | Method of pothole repair A method of installing a patch in a pothole in a paved road including the steps of (1) undercutting the edges of the pavement defining the pothole to a uniform angle from the vertical; (2) excavating a portion of substratum beneath the pavement to undercu... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5934526 | Device for facilitating manipulation of jewelry clasps In the preferred embodiment, opposing jaws are biased closed for grasping the clasp of a string type bracelet. Prior to grasping, as the clasp is being inserted between the jaws, a post or boss asserts a reactive force against an operating lever of the cl... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5937070 | Noise cancelling systems A first major aspect of the invention relates to an active noise cancelling system which detects ambient noise and applies electro-accoustic processing thereto to produce an acoustic signal for cancelling out the ambient noise. The active noise cancelling... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5900997 | Headrest apparatus for forward viewing from face down position For a person who for whatever reason is required to remain prone, i.e. lying face downward, for long periods of time, a parallelepiped housing has a cushion top for comfortably supporting the head of the person. The cushion top defines an opening ("view p... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5862234 | Active noise cancellation system A bilateral transducer (18) for use in an active noise cancellation system both senses ambient noise and produces acoustic waves to cancel the noise. The electrical interface for each bilateral transducer circuit consists of a speaker drive signal as an i... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5844150 | Leap frogging hydrostatic altimeter with carry function A hydrostatic measurement module senses elevation relative to a fluid reservoir under a reference pressure. The measurement module further includes a plurality of functions and modes. A zero function sets the display to zero at any selected benchmark elev... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5842579 | Electrical circuit component handler One or more concentric rings of component seats are rotatable about the rings' center. The seats are uniformly angularly spaced and the rings are incrementally rotated, the increment of rotation being the angular space between adjacent seats. The rings ar... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5791912 | Contactor with multiple redundant connecting paths A contact array includes: (1) a plurality of uniform columns each for providing electrical continuity between things respectively in contact with opposite ends of the columns, each column means having a memory urging it to be straight, and (2) an elastome... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5735222 | Vertically adjustable detachable keyboard tray Vertical suspension legs are clamped to a margin of a desk top. The suspension legs support a tray at a plurality of selectable vertical levels. There is a connection station on each vertical leg corresponding to each of the vertical levels. The tray has ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5726365 | Hydrostatic altimeter A hydrostatic measurement module senses elevation relative to a fluid reservoir under a reference pressure. The measurement module further includes a plurality of functions and modes. A zero function sets the display to zero at any selected benchmark elev... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5727188 | Flight-control simulator for computer games A control wheel attached to a control wheel column is movably mounted to a control housing that is securely fastened to a support surface by way of a pair of pivoting clamp mechanisms. In-and-out movement of the control wheel column with respect to the co... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5677634 | Apparatus for stress testing capacitive components A plurality of electrical circuit components having capacitance, e.g. ceramic capacitors, are tested simultaneously in a corresponding plurality of test channels. They are stressed by a variable voltage source that can produce an electrical potential sele... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5649382 | Picture frame An easily assembled, light weight, wall mountable picture frame for displaying posters, pictures, documents or other generally planar objects. The picture frame has hard plastic connecting pieces that receive and enclose the ends of rigid foam side member... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5646940 | System for simultaneous analog and digital communications over an analog channel At a transmitting end, frequencies used to a construct a digital signal are substantially removed from an analog signal by a notch filter circuit to produce an interim signal which is then combined with the digital signal as by combining to produce a comp... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5564720 | Portable game cart A lightweight, portable wheeled game cart can be compacted, as by folding, and attached to a shoulder harness so that it can be carried by a person on his or her back as if a backpack frame. This allows for easy transport of the compacted cart, and any ge... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5564988 | Range golf system A golf ball receiving area can be the size of a conventional golf driving range, and is coordinately subdivided in area by pluralities of uniformly spaced latitude and longitude markers used for measuring both distance along and lateral deviation from an ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5562136 | Free floating router guide A router guide to enable a router to be free floating within selected planes above a workpiece. A support platform is adjustable in height and reciprocally movable in orthogonal directions, within ranges, allowing it to be easily moved to any position ove... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5551979 | Apparatus for applying termination paste to electronic components A dipping head dips planar arrays of electronic components, disposed in carriers, into sheets of termination paste that are conveyed to a dipping site by a conveyor having an upper planar surface. The sheets are produced atop the conveyor by a doctoring d... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5552807 | Foot pedal assembly for use with personal computer The foot pedal assembly of the present invention generates and provides three inputs to a personal computer. Each of the two foot pedals of the foot pedal assembly pivot and generate an input in the form of an electrical signal in proportion to the pivote... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5552933 | Visible light reflectors and process of making same Light reflective buttons according to this invention are made from a plurality of fused strata, the top stratum having an exposed reflective area, preferably of pleochroic or dichroic material in a plane. Manufacture of the buttons involves stacking the t... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5528219 | Ropeway safety monitoring system Sensors distributed along a ropeway communicate with a base station and preferably a base station computer. One type of sensor detects and signals cable misalignments from a normal line of cable traction. Preferably each cable tower has at least one such ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5519255 | Vehicle anti-hijacking and anti-theft device A "normal mode" allows a hijacker to drive away but disables the vehicle after a short delay. An optional "valet mode" allows others, e.g. parking attendants and mechanics, a limited driving period that when exceeded causes vehicle shut-down that cannot b... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5517869 | Hydrostatic altimeter error compensation A device for providing one or more signals that are functions of a sensor module's altitude relative to a reference body of liquid. The sensor module has one or two hydrostatic pressure transducers, which transducers are linked to the bodies of liquid by ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5511807 | Wheeled hamper A wheeled hamper has a hinged lid that freely pivots between a closed position and a position, preferably past ninety degrees, at which the lid is latched into place by a releasable catch mechanism. In the latched position, the lid can be used as a handle... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5492354 | Apparatus for mounting auxiliary wheels on bicycles An apparatus for mounting an auxiliary wheel on a bicycle wheel. A resiliently flexible arm, such as a coil spring, laterally spaces from a wheel of the bicycle a smaller auxiliary wheel. A pintle is connected to the arm at an end remote from the bicycle ... | 02/20/1996 |
