Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6874851 | Seat for a suspended rope A seat eliminates any danger of accident during use when attached to a suspended rope. A plate-shaped seat body (1) has an axial passage (3) and a horizontal channel (14) disposed outside of the passage (3). The rope (7) is passed ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6872121 | Electrical hand tool device An electrical hand tool device (2) comprises a control electronics (8) and a transmitter and receiver (10) which is responsive in a wireless and contact-free fashion, and with a storage medium (12) in which an authorization code is stored... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6872351 | Method for marking monofilaments Methods for the use of laser beams in the case of plastic monofilaments are proposed. For the optical marking of extruded monofilaments or individual monofilaments of a monofilament union, at least the monofilament to be marked, accompanied by the addition of additi... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6872449 | Thermoplastic monofilament for bristles A thermoplastic monofilament for bristles which are exposed to excessive moisture during use, consists of a polymer mixture of at least one polyamide (PA) and at least one thermoplastic polyester (PE) whose mixing ratio is selected according to the technical, functi... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6867594 | Device for precise centering of an NMR sample tube A device for centering an elongated sample tube (8), filled with a measuring substance, relative to a vertical axis of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) receiver coil system (9) which is rigidly mounted in a support device is characterized in that at ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6863773 | Linearly extended device for large-surface microwave treatment and for large surface plasma production The aim of the invention is to provide an alternative to the intensive treatment of a product, especially plasma treatment, in specific areas only. Towards this end, the invention provides a device for producing microwaves for treating workpieces, comprising at leas... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6863594 | Method and device for cleaning high-voltage carrying installation component parts A cleaning method and a corresponding cleaning device offer adequate protection to individuals, devices and installations, for cleaning component parts of installations that carry an electrical high-voltage and which are not disconnected during cleaning. Towards thi... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6855455 | Electrode unit for rechargeable electrochemical cells The invention relates to an electrode unit for rechargeable electrochemical cells, e.g. accumulator cells, whose energy storage properties are drawn from the deposition of an element such as metal or an alloy. The electrode unit has an electrode (2) and a por... | 02/15/2005 |
| D501803 | Viscometer | 02/15/2005 |
| 6848313 | Method and device for inspecting pipelines The invention concerns a method and a device for inspecting pipelines, in particular for detecting defects in pipelines by means of ultrasound. Towards this end, measuring sensors transmit ultrasound signals during passage through a pipeline. The signals reflected o... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6848271 | Automated method and device for manufacturing a glass blown object The invention concerns an automated method for producing a blown glass body, in particular a glass wall of an electrochemical sensor, wherein an immersion tube (10), through which air or gas can flow, is immersed into molten glass an amount of molten glass fr... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6845881 | Device for handling, transporting and storing capillaries, method for the production thereof and individual capillary dispenser therefrom Device for handling, transporting and storing capillaries, method for the production thereof and individual capillary dispenser therefrom. ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6838878 | Solid state NMR method with inverse detection A solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method for investigating a sample material, which contains protons H and also spin-1/2 hetero nuclei X, uses a sample material rotated at the magic angle. The method comprises the steps of increasing the equilibrium pol... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6832505 | Rheometer A rheometer has a rotor comprising a shaft which is seated with play in a recess of a bearing block and is supported contact-free in a radial and/or axial direction by an external air cushion which acts in a bearing section. To provide for simple and inexpensive pro... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6833701 | Stabilization of transverse magnetization in superconducting NMR resonators A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer with a magnet arrangement (1) for generating a homogeneous static magnetic field B0 in the direction of a z axis and a radio frequency (RF) resonator (2) for receiving NMR signals from a measur... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6832819 | Method and device for producing brushes and brushes produced using the same A method for the manufacture of brushes with a plastic bristle carrier and a bristle configuration of individual or bundlewise-combined plastic bristles is proposed, in that the fastening-side ends of the bristles or bundles are melted to a thickening, thickenings o... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6826253 | X-ray analysis apparatus An X-ray analysis apparatus for investigating material samples, comprising a device for automatic exchange of the samples (1), which comprises a sample table (2) with depositing positions (3) disposed in m lines, wherein the lines extend paralle... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6823041 | Grasping system for automated exchange of elongated samples in an X-ray analysis apparatus An X-ray analysis apparatus for investigating material samples, comprising a device for automatic exchange of the samples (1), which comprises a gripping device (4) for precise removal of any desired sample (1) from a depositing position (3 | 11/23/2004 |
| 6817639 | Under pressure handling device Under pressure handling device comprising an under pressure generator, a device for controlling the under pressure and several grippers which engage on a work piece to be handled, wherein each gripper is provided with a device for controlling the under pressure, a s... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6817601 | Block suction apparatus A block suction apparatus for fixing plate-shaped work pieces on a fixing beam or fixing table using under-pressure has at least one support surface provided with a sealing plate having a sealing lip about its periphery. The sealing lip delimits a suction chamber an... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6814358 | Sealing array A sealing arrangement (14) has a housing gap, to be sealed, between two components (15, 16) and a seal (1) which consists of two interconnected sealing components (2, 3), a first extrusion-resistant, deformable sealing component (2... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6815952 | Magnetic resonance diffusion imaging with eddy-current compensation A method for eddy current compensated diffusion imaging using magnetic resonance is used to obtain a spin echo signal in a readout time window by excitation of a nuclear resonance signal using a first radio-frequency pulse and by refocusing that signal using at leas... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6812709 | Sensor for measuring the electrical conductivity of a fluid medium The invention relates to an inductively operating sensor (1) for measuring the electrical conductivity of a fluid medium (2), having an excitation coil (3) to which an input signal is fed and a receiver coil (4) coupled to the excitation ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810928 | Tube filling machine A tube filling machine comprises a circulating conveying device for transporting a tube through the tube filling machine to pass through different processing stations. One of the processing stations is a filling unit in which the tube can be filled with a desired pr... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810551 | Brush, especially toothbrush A brush comprises a bristle carrier of at least two substantially parallel layers of different plastics produced in a two-component injection molding process and bristles fastened to at least one of the layers. The brush is characterized in that at least the bristle... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6811631 | Device and method for welding thin-walled work pieces using ultrasound A device (10) for welding thin-walled work pieces (52) such as e.g. food containers of foil, fibrous web or foil-fibrous web composites using ultrasound has at least two components, i.e. a sonotrode (12) and a counter tool (14) for the so... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810369 | Method for the computer-assisted production of a machine with geometrically-predetermined spherical components The invention relates to a method for producing, in a computer-assisted way, a machine having pairs of geometrically-predetermined spherical components, i.e. a component B with recesses and a component W with bumps. According to said process, a spherical shell model... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6804968 | Cryostat configuration with improved properties A cryostat configuration for keeping liquid helium, comprising an outer jacket (2) accommodating a helium container (5), a neck pipe (3) which is filled with gaseous helium during operation, and a refrigerator (1; 1b), wherein the ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804322 | X-ray image converter, device and method for recording, processing and illustrating images using X-rays An X-ray image converter (2) for recording and evaluating information gained from X-ray investigations of persons (3), animals or objects is suggested, which comprises a carrier (4) of a material in which the impinging X-ray radiation causes det... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6794866 | Slow diffusion and flow of molecules measured by pulsed field gradient NMR using longitudinal magnetization of non-proton isotopes A pulsed field gradient NMR (=nuclear magnetic resonance) method using stimulated echoes for determining the translational isotropic or anisotropic diffusion coefficient of a molecule or supra-molecular assembly or the flow rate and direction of fluids containing su... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6792810 | Ultrasonic sensor The invention concerns an ultrasonic sensor with a pot-shaped diaphragm having an oscillatory diaphragm bottom and a diaphragm wall which surrounds at least sections of the diaphragm bottom. The invention is characterized in that at least sections of the diaphragm w... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6789475 | Satellite printing machine for printing sheets A satellite printing machine for printing sheets includes a single central common counter-pressure cylinder and at least four satellite printing groups arranged in a peripherally distributed manner about the counter-pressure cylinder in a rotational direction thereo... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6781377 | Normally conducting NMR resonators with macroscopically homogeneous distribution of the conducting material An NMR resonator with RF resonator for receiving RF signals at a resonance frequency from a measuring sample in a volume under investigation of an NMR apparatus with a means for producing a homogeneous magnetic field B0 in the direction of a z axis, where... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6781494 | Actively shielded superconducting magnet assembly with a device for additional fringe field optimization A magnet assembly for generating a magnetic field (H) in the direction of a z axis in a working volume (AV) comprises an actively shielded superconducting magnet coil system (M) and at least one current path (P1, . . . , Pn) which is superconductingly closed ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6777938 | NMR magnet coil system with separate superconducting short-circuited regions for drift compensation as well as method for operation thereof An NMR magnet coil system, comprising superconducting conductor structures, with an inductance L0 for generating a homogeneous magnetic field B0 through which an operating current I0 flows in the persistent mode, and wherein further ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6774752 | NMR high field magnet coil system with superconducting capability and having an outwardly protruding inner coil section The invention concerns an NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) high field magnet coil system comprising superconducting conductor structures for generating a homogeneous magnetic field B0 in a measuring volume (23) with several radially nested solenoid... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6773076 | Method of mechanically splitting bristles During processing of bristles, at least some bristles of a bristle stock are split, along at least part of their length, into several separate partial cross-sections or fingers under the action of mechanical forces. For simplified manufacture of bristles with define... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6772467 | Brush bristle, method of making same and brush comprising such brush bristles A bristle for brushware or brushes is described. The bristle is produced through cutting an extruded monofilament to length and tapers towards its useful end to form a kind of tip. The bristle is characterized in that it consists of at least two coextruded plastic c... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6757096 | Short pulse optical parametric oscillator system Conventional short pulse optical parametric oscillator systems have relatively low repetition rates and cannot be pumped by continuous-wave lasers. The invention describes passively mode locked parametric oscillators, consisting of a continuous-wave laser pump sourc... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6753748 | Superconducting high-field magnet coil with superconducting joints A superconducting high-field magnet coil (1; 27; 38) comprising at least one radially inner (2) and at least one radially outer coil section (3; 32; 33), wherein at least the radially inner coil section (2) is wound in a solenoid-shaped f... | 06/22/2004 |
