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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7380551 | Breathing apparatus An improvement to a combination of an SCBA system for providing bottled air to a user and a PAPR system for purifying ambient air for use by a user wherein a sensor is included to determine the oxygen content of the breathing gas and the presence of contaminations i... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7273052 | Pneumatic sealing system for protection masks A pneumatic sealing system for a gas mask, which seals the mask to the face of the user by using a pump that employs air from inside the gas mask to variably inflate a mask seal during the breathing cycle. A double diaphragm pump, which has a driving diaphragm and a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7220006 | Method and apparatus for increasing effective contrast ratio and brightness yields for digital light valve image projectors The present invention is a method and apparatus for increasing the effective contrast ratio and brightness yields for digital light valve image projectors using a variable luminance control mechanism (VLCM), associated with the projector optics, for modifying the li... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7131826 | Blending pump assembly A blending pump assembly for accurately maintaining the proper ratio of two fluid components. Flow of a first fluid is utilized to drive a fluid motor, which in turn drives a pumping mechanism to inject a proportional amount of a second fluid into the flow of the fi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7096623 | Floral design container system A floral design system is described having a base that is utilized to house water when displaying live flowers. A lid is designed to fit within the base and has a series of openings about its surface. A series of sleeves with a flap attachment configuration comprisi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7081579 | Method and system for music recommendation An artificial intelligence song/music recommendation system and method is provided that allows music shoppers to discover new music. The system and method accomplish these tasks by analyzing a database of music in order to identify key similarities between different... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6999379 | Personal protective device and method of using the same A marine and land transmission detraction and deterrence device designed to protect swimmers, scuba divers, surfers, hikers, hunters, campers and other individuals engaged in water and/or land activities from attacks by sharks as well as from attacks from other mari... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6941432 | Caching of objects in disk-based databases A data processing device (DPD) comprises a main memory (MM) and a processing means (PM). Data from a data base system (DBS) is stored as pages in the main memory (MM). During processing of the individual objects (OB) of the pages (P) the access frequency to each obj... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6742680 | Dispensing valve for fluids A dispensing valve for fluids is disclosed which provides for ease of use by requiring only a minimal force exerted on the valve actuator to maintain the valve in an open position. A resilient valve actuator having the characteristics of a nonlinear spring is provid... | 06/01/2004 |
