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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4851698 | Telecentric image forming system with a row camera A telecentric image forming system for a linear zone on the surface of an object comprises a diode row camera with a telecentric imaging system at the object side. In the present embodiment the pupil of the normal, non-telecentric, camera objective (15) i... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4850848 | Continuously operating press A continuously operating press is described in which endless bands are moved with constant speed around an upper and a lower press platten and a lubricant film is formed between the confronting press platten surfaces and the respectively associated endles... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4848224 | Press The invention relates to a press consisting of at least one, conveniently perforated and hollow, rotatable drum as well as press rollers with axes parallel in relation to the drum axis acting against the outer shell of the drum, with at least one web of m... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4846203 | Stowable crutch A stowable crutch is disclosed which includes two parallel integrated tubes in a single body with a first tube to which a crutch tip is mounted and a second tube to which a rest support is attached, each slidably mounted within an integrated tube. The int... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4844840 | Method and structure for hazardous waste containment Primary waste containers are placed in prefabricated canisters and sealed with a curable fluid sealant, such as grout. The canisters are then stacked in an interlocking manner to form a stable integrated structure. The containers are not, however, permane... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4841859 | Side lay control apparatus for sheet-fed printing press A side lay position control apparatus for a sheet-fed printing press, includes a switch for setting a distance from a reference point of the sheet-fed printing press to a side lay and a fine adjustment length with reference to the distance, a CPU for calc... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4840632 | Hip prosthesis Disclosed is a prosthetic hip joint defined by a femoral component and a cooperating acetabular component. The femoral component includes an intertrochanteric body which is press-fit into a correspondingly shaped intertrochanteric cavity at the top end of... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4841435 | Data alignment system for random and block transfers of embedded subarrays of an array onto a system bus An alignment system for transferring only system words of a subarray embedded in an array in system memory between system memory and a buffer memory. The alignment system utilizes a parallel bus that transfers W system words per cycle and selects only sub... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4838492 | Spray gun reciprocating device A spray gun reciprocating device has a pair of tracks which are parallel to one another, each track comprises the surfaces of a square tube which are engaged by independently rotatable rollers of each of at least three roller assemblies, the rollers of ea... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4836781 | Dental tool with dual restoration material retainers A dental tool for assisting in cavity repair in two adjacent teeth by facilitating removal of matrix bands therefrom after installation of filler restoration material. The tool includes a shank terminating in a bifurcated end portion, each branch of the b... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4837230 | Structural ceramic materials having refractory interface layers Ceramic composite articles having high flexural and tensile strength are produced by introducing multiple layers of a ceramic matrix material onto a ceramic reinforcement fabric. Crack propagation in the resulting structure is inhibited by applying refrac... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4837728 | Multiple progressive gaming system that freezes payouts at start of game A rapidly incrementing multiple progressive gaming system. One or more gaming controllers are coupled to a progressive controller. Coin drop and win information at each gaming controller is provided to and accumulated by the progressive controller. Meter ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836103 | Cylinder apparatus of sheet-fed rotary press A cylinder apparatus of a sheet-fed rotary printing press having grippers which are pivotally supported inside a notch in a blanket cylinder brought into rolling contact with a plate cylinder and which is located in a vicinity of the leading edge of a pri... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4833790 | Method and system for locating and positioning circular workpieces A system for locating and positioning wafers includes a wafer shuttle, a spindle, and a position sensor. The wafer shuttle retrieves wafers from a storage location, typically a wafer cassette, and transports the wafers to the spindle. The wafers are then ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4832001 | Lightweight solar panel support A lightweight support for one or more solar panels is disclosed. A compression frame is mounted to the supporting surface, and tension members extend laterally from the frame in opposite directions to the supporting surface. The solar panels are attached ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4829801 | Cable straightening apparatus Apparatus to straighten wire ropes. A first frame has a plurality of rollers sequentially mounted on it. A channel is formed in the periphery of each roller. The channels are generally semi-circular in cross section and of a pedetermined radius. The rolle... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4828130 | Lid, in particular for shakers A lid or a cap in particular for spice shakers consists of a lid bottom and a wall which encircles the lid bottom and projects downwardly therefrom at a substantially perpendicular angle. The inwardly directed face of the wall is provided with ribs which ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4828270 | Ball game device The present invention provides a ball shooting game device for children which comprises a vertical panel having a through-hole, a guide member extending rearward from the periphery of the vertical panel, and a basket having a net and a mounting looped fra... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4829326 | Registration system for an electrostic printer/plotter A system for registering the primary colored images formed by a full color electrostatic plotter to create a high resolution composite color image. The print heads in the system include an active region of styli for forming image lines and left and right ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4825356 | Microcoded microprocessor with shared ram A processor system utilizing a single shared RAM array, for storing microcode and other function data, with the shared array coupled to the processor by a single shared ADR/DATA bus. In one embodiment, an onboard ROM stores selected lines of microcode and... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4822637 | Fabrication of magnetic recording medium with lubricant Fabrication of magnetic recording media having a coating containing harsh pigment like CrO2 particles and adapted for frequent contact with a head, with good durability, abrasivity, etc., accommodated by using a lubricant system including a flu... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4823252 | Overlapped control store An interleaved control store having a soft error recovery system. The system includes memory banks storing identical data sets, an error detection unit for indicating that an erroneous data element has been read from a given one of the memory banks, and a... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4822550 | Method of molding a protective cover on a pin grid array In a method of forming a protective cover of a pin grid array in which a semiconductor chip is mounted on an upper surface of a resin board having a plurality of contact pins on a lower surface thereof, the pin grid array is inserted in a recess of a lowe... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4819282 | Tilting mechanism for use with infant bassinette This invention discloses a two-way tilting mechanism for use with infant bassinettes. It is comprised of a pivotable support adapted to receive an infant bassinette, a base upon which the support is pivotably mounted, a single-action pivoting mechanism co... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4820033 | Solar mirror apparatus The solar mirror apparatus has an elongate support frame on which resiliently flexible sheet metal mirrors (15) are secured in a parabolically curved arrangement, with an elongate solar radiation receiver (28) being mounted at the focal line of the sheet ... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4820699 | Novel bactericidal use A new use of the fungicide O-(2,6-dichloro-4-methylphenyl) O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate for the control of bacterial infection.... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4820906 | Long arc lamp for semiconductor heating An long arc gas-discharge lamp for rapidly heating a semiconductor wafer. The spectral output of the lamp is specifically matched to the absorption characteristics of the particular semiconductor wafer being heating by choosing an appropriate gas or mixtu... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4817905 | Foldable stand-up support device A display device includes a planar display panel, having a display side and an art side, supported at an angle by an angled leg secured to the aft side by a hinge having first and second portions. The first portion is resilient and is secured to the leg n... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4818084 | Single eyepiece binocular microscope A single eyepiece binocular microscope includes a microscope housing a generally horizontal base and housing several optical elements. An objective lens is positioned immediately above the specimen and adjacent the base plane. A first mirror, vertically a... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4819165 | System for performing group relative addressing An address generation system that generates a second address relative to a first address by either incrementing, decrementing, or passing unchanged, as determined by the control digits in a LIT field, the digital number encoded by the most significant bit... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4819261 | Public telephone set A public telephone set includes a communication enabling unit, a signal detector, a timer, and a CPU. The communication enabling unit enables incoming communication upon formation of a DC loop based on an incoming call. The signal detector detects a proto... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4817426 | Method and an apparatus of determining the angle of an incident flow and/or of the airspeed at a stationary or moving point of measurement In a method of determining the angle of an incident flow at a stationary or moving point of measurement, especially at a point of measurement on a vehicle, the pressure of the incident flow on the surface of a sphere or of a spherical segment is measured.... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4817253 | Card holding device A card holding device comprising a hinge member having grasping members rotatably mounted along the length of the hinge member. Each of the grasping members has a hinge mounting portion and a pair of spaced, opposed gripping arms separated by a distance l... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4818677 | Membrane assay using focused sample application Methods and kits are described for performing immunoassays. The kit includes a reaction cell having a microporous membrane and an absorbent capable of drawing liquid sample through the membrane. An applicator is provided for applying a small volume of the... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4818617 | Method and material for checking drilled printed circuit boards A method and material are provided for checking the location of holes drilled in copper-coated printed circuit boards. The material is a translucent, dimensionally stable plastic sheet having a blue-green or yellow-green color and a light transmissivity i... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4815991 | Electrical connector A device for making electrical connection in which the device can serve either as a clip or a plug. The device includes a pair of pivotally interconnected jaws which can open and be clipped onto a wire or electrical terminal, the jaws being biased toward ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4816667 | Reflection light barrier employing adjacent lenses having bordering pupils A reflection light barrier has a light transmitter/receiver (14) having two adjacent front lenses (18, 19) for the transmitted and received light respectively. A triple reflector (13') is arranged at the end of the light barrier path and consists of a plu... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4815925 | Circular storage container for granular materials with a vertically movable lateral conveyor A circular storage container (1) for granular materials is provided with a central support column (4) for a top-loading filling device (9) and a lateral conveyor (20) for pivotal movement around the support column (4). The lateral conveyor (20) is connect... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4815606 | Apparatus for containing multiple doses of a pharmaceutical product A multiple dose pharmaceutical container comprising a base having a plurality of base partitions forming a plurality of cavities for containing a pharmaceutical product. The base is formed of a material capable of suppressing the passage of ultraviolet ra... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4814628 | Arrangement for the transmission of laser light with reference source for backscatter obstruction detection The arrangement for the transmission of laser light (9) exhibits a laser tter (1) and a receiver (2) for the laser light (9). In order that it should be possible to establish if the optical system (6) of the receiver (2) becomes dirty or an obstruction p... | 03/21/1989 |
