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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6128912 | Floral display case for directly employing wet-pack containers A refrigerated open display case has receptacles or holders for directly receiving wet-pack shipping containers, so that flowers do not need to be repacked into vases. A laminar flow of chilled air over the flowers establishes a laminar flow boundary laye... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6117202 | Gasket seal for filter unit A filter and frame arrangement, e.g., a HEPA type filter/blower unit, has an arrangement for sealing the filter in place to prevent contaminants from leaking around the filter. A secondary seal, e.g., in the form of a gasket, both holds the filter in plac... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6118239 | Speed control drive circuit for blower motor Drive circuit for a blower motor employs a microprocessor control element, a controlled rectifier to provide DC power at a controlled rail voltage, and an inverter employing a pair of switching transistors arranged as a bridge inverter or half-bridge inve... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6113026 | Bow spreader bar A bow spreader bar employed in a plastic film processing arrangement incorporates an extruded member and a low-friction plastic wear cover. The bow spreader bar is positioned in advance of the film take-up roll and presses into the film web to eliminate f... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6112702 | Wave curb for milking parlor Wave curb for the cow stand of a diagonal or herringone milking parlor is formed of an elongated sheet metal strip. The side edges are each bent over about 180 degrees to form unitary beads on the side edges. The strip is bent in alternate curves in the l... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6106690 | Electroplaner An electroplaning technique achieves superior flatness of the face of a wafer. A chuck holds the wafer so the face of the wafer is oriented downwards and lowers it to an electroplaner stage. The electroplaner includes an elongated, horizontally extending ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6099002 | Foldable walking-assistant device A foldable walking-assistant device with which the handle's height can be properly adjusted according to the user's height. The device itself can be used as a chair. Moreover, the device can be folded and unfolded easily by the one-touch manner. A left an... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6095650 | Interactive eyewear selection system An interactive eyewear selection system comprising: a video camera and digitizing system for acquiring a digital image of a person's face, including the temple areas of the face; an eyeglass frames database for storing digital eyeglass frame images; an au... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6085681 | Mooring hook An extendible mooring hook has a pair of jaw members spring biased to an open position with a shuttle removably retained on one jaw member. A detent mechanism engages the shuttle member when the jaw members close around a mooring post and pulls the shuttl... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085484 | Building structure A building structure comprising a paper strip formed into a cylindrical shape by spirally winding the same and securing adjacent opposed portions thereof by means of adhesives. The building structure has a peeling strength of not less than 13.0 kg/cm... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6087654 | Encoder apparatus and methods Apparatus and method for producing a resultant output signal from at least two output signals generated by an encoder. The apparatus and methods include: (a) generating a first output signal from the encoder; (b) generating a second output signal from the... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6082998 | Hand-held dental articulator A hand-held dental articulator, comprising a first frame, a second frame, and a support structure coupled to the first and second frames. The first frame is configured to accept for fixation thereto a first dental model. The second frame is configured to ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6081599 | Saw television scrambling system A television scrambling system in which a television signal is scrambled by means of placing a scrambling (or jamming) signal into the luminance signal spectrum on the transmit side. On the receive side, the jamming signal is removed by a Surface Acoustic... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6080744 | Topical antifungal treatment A topical mycological treatment composition for medical, veterinarian, or dental use contains as active ingredients clotrimazole, ketoconazole, micanazole, nystatin, tolnaftate, propionic acid, sodium propionate, undecelynic acid, and zinc undecelynate. T... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6079062 | Infection control sleeve for a patient lift A system for protecting a lift sling from contamination, wherein the sling is of the type having a bifurcated seat portion defined by a pair of sling extremities which converge at a junction area. The system comprises a pair of sleeves, configured and dim... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6069848 | Life time clock A timepiece for measuring the lifetime of a personal life time event (e.g., marriage, birth, the start of a career) from the moment of occurrence of the personal life time event. The timepiece comprises a housing and a timer contained in the housing. The ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6067974 | Compound bow An compound archery bow has a riser with upper and lower limbs, a bowstring connecting outboard ends of the limbs, and synchronizing pulleys for ensuring equal flexing of the limbs. The upper and lower limbs each have an inner spring limb or power limb af... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6058930 | Solar collector and tracker arrangement A solar energy collector and tracker has at least one north-south oriented torsion tube supporting an array of flat rectangular solar panels. At least one pier, supported in the earth, has pivot member in which the torsion tube is journalled. A linear act... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6027434 | Device for relieving leg cramps A device for relieving leg cramps, which is comprised of a shaft, a handle at a proximal end of the shaft, and a stirrup attaching to a distal end of the shaft. The device is comprised of rigid, lightweight, plastic tubing and is detachable and portable f... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6026060 | Vehicle sticker A vehicle sticker for monitoring a time-period associated with a motor vehicle, comprises an electronic timer, first and second indicator devices, and some mechanism for affixing the sticker to the vehicle. The timer is configured to time the time-period ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6021657 | Method and apparatus for forming a wave curb for milking parlor Wave curb for the cow stand of a diagonal or herringone milking parlor is formed of an elongated sheet metal strip. The side edges are each bent over about 180 degrees to form unitary beads on the side edges. The strip is bent in alternate curves in the l... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6021615 | Wood flooring panel Wood flooring panel is made of a plurality of parallel longitudinal wood slats situated side by side, with the slats being of the same length but staggered in their longitudinal positions. A tambour backing is adhesively secured to a back side of the slat... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6022582 | Method of applying temporary masking coatings by rubbing application of a solid maskant This invention relates to the provision of a paint mask in the form of a stick which is housed in a lip balm or stick deodorant type of dispenser. The invention provides for the supply of a paint mask in the form of a stick constructed for immediate and c... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6007847 | Methods for administering nutritional indium A method of administering a Generally Accepted As Safe (GRAS) indium compound, preferably indium sulfate mixed with distilled water, comprises preferably spraying 1 to 27 mg of indium sulfate into the mouth on arising in the morning and without eating or ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5999796 | Return path attenuation filter The present invention is a passive filter for controlling the return path loss in a communication system having a forward path and return path. The filter comprises first and second terminals, a passive filter network, and a compensation circuit. The pass... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5987908 | Self-contained air conditioner with discharge-air filter A ceiling or overhead air conditioner unit is configured to fit into a standard space, e.g., two-foot by four-foot, in a dropped ceiling. The unit can be a self-contained air conditioning unit with HEPA filter, or an air conditioner attachment adapted to ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5986192 | Locking device for tremolo systems for stringed instruments A tremolo locking device for an electric guitar or similar stringed instrument has a lower part that is fastened to the guitar body and an upper part that can be pivoted by use of the guitarist's fingers into or out of engagement with an edge of the tremo... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5983640 | Heat engine An open cycle heat engine supplies steam from a steam generator to an ejector in which the moving steam draws in atmospheric air to mix with the steam to make a flowing air-steam mixture. A first nozzle follows the ejector and effects adiabatic expansion ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5980004 | Digital viewing station A digital work station can be used in a radiology lab, with x-ray illuminators on an upper shelf for viewing traditional film x-rays, and computer monitors, e.g., CRTs at a lower shelf for viewing digitized x-rays. The work station is ergonomically arrang... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5982105 | Transformerless electroluminescent lamp driver topology A transformerless driver circuit for an EL device has a battery or other source of dc power, and a microcontroller that is suitably programmed with associated firmware, so that a first switch control signal appears at a first output and a second switch co... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5979591 | Collapsible portable speaker enclosure A portable loudspeaker enclosure is made of a collapsible shell of a fabric material, e.g., canvas, having top, bottom, left, right, and back walls. These walls each are each formed of a sandwich of fabric layers and an acoustic insulation layer, such as ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5974748 | Corner insert for vinyl siding A foamed plastic insert compresses to fit into the corner moulding or corner piece of vinyl siding or other synthetic siding. The corner piece is formed with an angled web member and undercut flange members offset from the web member and joined to it by s... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5944065 | Wire collection apparatus A wire collection apparatus for use with a wire cutting machine. The apparatus comprises a tubular wire channel, a rotating tubular channel closure, and an actuator device. The wire channel contains an axial opening along the entire length of the channel.... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5942256 | Bubble stabilizer and sizing cage with wear strips An external stabilizer employed in a plastic film blowing apparatus incorporates one or more extruded members that carry a low-friction plastic wear cover. A tubular die, fed with a supply of molten thermoplastic polymer, extrudes a tube of the molten pol... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5932077 | Plating cell with horizontal product load mechanism A wet process apparatus, e.g., plating cell for plating a flat substrate introduces a flow of electrolyte or other plating solution across the surface of the substrate to be plated. The substrate is mounted on a holder that is positioned on a door that sw... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5930104 | PWM relay actuator circuit An actuation circuit for an electromechanical relay employs a microprocessor and a switching transistor to actuate a relay over a wide range of applied voltages. The switching transistor is connected in series with the actuator coil. A voltage sensing cir... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5919078 | Toy vacuum cleaner A toy is intended to resemble a cyclone type vacuum cleaner. The toy vacuum cleaner includes a body comprising a cylindrical container which has a transparent cylindrical outer wall. A core extends axially into the container to define a space between itse... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5917691 | Fail-safe valve relay driver circuit for gas burners First-order failure mode arrangement for driving an actuator coil for a switch element employs a microprocessor controller and a driver circuit that includes an amplifier switching device, such as a transistor, a capacitor that ac-couples the output of th... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5911537 | Parabolic cover for manhole A manhole cover of substantially monolithic construction is claimed. The manhole cover comprises a central cover portion having a center, and having a thickness that varies radially from the center in accordance with an exponential or parabolic function. ... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5904827 | Plating cell with rotary wiper and megasonic transducer A plating cell for plating a flat substrate employs a sparger to introduce a flow of electrolyte or other plating solution across the surface of the substrate to be plated. A fluid-powered rotary blade or wiper within the cathode chamber has a rotary blad... | 05/18/1999 |
