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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6327223 | Subnanosecond timekeeper system A timing device for keeping time by marking the time boundaries between contiguous time periods. Time is measured by measuring charging voltage on a pair of capacitances where each capacitance is charged and discharge in successive cycles. Detection of a ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6210036 | Connector thermal sensor An aircraft ground connector is described for delivering electrical power to aircraft parked at airports. The connector includes a thermal sensor arrangement which is positioned in the normal insulating body of such connector, which sensor reacts to a ris... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6185846 | Maneuverable snowshoe A snowshoe is described in which both a simple toe strap and a simple ankle strap are connected to a single, large claw plate, wherein the heel of the user's foot is maintained on an upper surface of the decking.... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6178562 | Cap and vest garment components of an animate body heat exchanger Cap and vest components of an animate body heat exchanger designed to apply a controlled temperature to parts of a human body are described. The cap and vest components are often used in combination, and the interior side edges of the cap are curvilinear ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6092312 | Stable, lightweight snowshoe A snowshoe is described in which both a simple toe strap and a simple ankle strap are connected to a single, large claw plate.... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6089420 | Mobile potable water vending apparatus A mobile vending apparatus for potable water is described. A flat bed truck has both one or more tanks for a large supply of potable water and one or more delivery cabinets for dispensing such water into bottles or other containers provided by consumers.... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6087568 | Acoustically tailored, composite material stringed instrument A guitar is described which is essentially made up of a plurality of plies of composite laminates individually selected and arranged together to provide desired sounds.... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085472 | Method of protecting liquid storage tanks from seismic shocks and an anchor especially adapted for the same A method of protecting liquid storage tanks from earthquakes and an anchor especially adapted to carry out this method are described. The method includes providing an energy dissipating anchor between the liquid tank and structure which will move with the... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6047711 | Method and apparatus for converting a power-driven toothbrush into a power-driven flossing device A converter is described for converting a power-driven toothbrush into a power-driven flossing device. Such converter includes a yoke for holding floss string and an arrangement for receiving energy from a toothbrush originally provided to move toothbrush... | 04/11/2000 |
| 4631603 | Method and apparatus for processing a video signal so as to prohibit the making of acceptable video tape recordings thereof A video signal is modified so that a television receiver will still provide a normal color picture from the modified video signal while a videotape recording of the modified video signal produces generally unacceptable pictures. This invention relies on t... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4631692 | RGB interface An interface for adapting an Apple™ II series computer, having only a video output suitable for driving an NTSC-type monitor to drive an RGB-type monitor. In the preferred embodiment, the interface subdivides the computer's double-density high resolutio... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4628473 | System for autocorrelating optical radiation signals The invention provides a system with no moving parts for autocorrelating optical radiation signals. An incident optical radiation signal is first divided into first and second optical beams which, in the preferred embodiment, are directed respectively thr... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4620832 | Furnace loading system A furnace loading system is provided for loading and unloading wafer boats or other receptacles from a furnace tube of the type used in semiconductor processing. The system includes a carrier for supporting the receptacles in a cantilevered manner out of ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4617960 | Verification of a surface controlled subsurface actuating device A system for verifying the effectiveness of electromagnetic signal control of a subsurface safety valve installed in a well. Signals are transmitted from a surface station to actuate the subsurface installed valve. Signals received at the valve are decode... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4598702 | Cantilevered suspension sling An arm sling includes a semi-rigid trough which partially encircles and supports a patient's forearm, wrist, and hand. A yoke is connected to the sides of the trough at a location away from the distal end. An adjustable-length strap extends upward from th... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4590679 | Compass systems A drive circuit applies an oscillating signal to the drive coil of the fluxgate thereby generating output pulses from the detection coils of the fluxgate, which pulses have an area proportional to the magnetic flux through that coil. The output pulses are... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4587741 | Ball inclinometer An inclinometer includes a toroidal race containing a spherical ball free to move therein under the influence of gravity. Signal source and collector electrode assemblies are provided on opposite sides of the toroidal race, and the ball functions to capac... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4574017 | Method for securing concrete form board to pool and maintaining concrete from pool liner track A semi-rigid pool coping form board of the type which is temporarily adhered on the generally vertical surface of a pool mouth-bounding structure to project a uniform height above the generally horizontal upper surface of that bounding structure is provid... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4571030 | Sum-beam separator using critical angle A device for separating a shorter-wavelength component of a combination-wavelength beam from an orthoganally polarized, longer wavelength component. A combination beam generator produces such a beam which is directed into a positive uniaxial crystal havin... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4561436 | Optical system for surgical ophthalmic laser instrument An optical system for a surgical ophthalmic instrument 10 using a YAG laser reduces the size of the components and facilitates their combination with a binocular microscope 11. A parallel plate beam splitter 22 splits a beam 21 from a visible light He-Ne ... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4560417 | Decontamination method for semiconductor wafer handling equipment Semiconductor wafer handling equipment is cleaned and rinsed in a sealed first chamber. Thereafter, the first chamber is unsealed and the handling equipment is moved into a second chamber so that only the handling equipment is introduced into the second c... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4544243 | Heads up display for microscope using remotely controlled instrument Information relevant to a remote instrument is made viewable within a microscope 10 by a heads up display using a beam splitter 15 arranged in a collimated light region between binoculars 12 and objective 11 of microscope 10. An electronic digital display... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4541023 | Resolver with sequential frequency and phase correction Apparatus for adjusting the speed of an audio tape capstan to a speed such that an audio tone prerecorded on the tape corresponds to a reference frequency, the apparatus thereafter phase locking the frequency of the audio tone to the reference frequency. ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4508239 | Toothpaste dispenser A tube of toothpaste is provided with an internal balloon or similar elastically expansable chamber near its far end, from which a slender inflation tube extends axially out of the neck and is communicated to the exterior of a cap. The cap includes a late... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4502038 | Keyboard scanning and interface method and circuit A method and apparatus is disclosed for allowing simultaneous depression or chording of a multiple number of keys on a keyboard coupled through an interface circuit to a computer operating system. An arbitrary association can be made to the chord which is... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4498325 | Method for shaping panels by a bending operation, in particular panels for aircraft fuselage skin, and apparatus for implementing such method A method is disclosed for bending panels which are provided with reinforcing stiffening ribs. The bending is caused by upsetting or elongating the ribs. Apparatus for carrying out the method also is disclosed and includes means which engage the ribs at po... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4479225 | Combined laser resonator structure A laser construction is described having a single resonator structure for both a dye laser optical cavity and one or more pump laser optical cavities. In the described embodiments, such resonator structure is formed principally from a plurality of paralle... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4473206 | Articulated structure for supporting loads A base for supporting a load defines a first articular concave spherical surface segment forming a first socket about an axis extending through the center of curvature of the surface segment. The socket is nested with a first mating articular convex spher... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4466102 | Modular dye laser A dye laser is described that has an optical resonator structure which is modular in construction. The resonator includes a first base plate that has all of the optical elements typically found in a basic linear dye laser. A second base plate is rigidly s... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4464763 | Laser optical mount A gas ion laser is described having a resonator structure which not only maintains the optical reflectors of the laser at the respective ends of the optical cavity in a selected relationship, it also maintains an optical element external of such laser in ... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4458152 | Precision specular proximity detector and article handing apparatus employing same Infrared radiation is focused to a line at a site at which a semiconductor wafer is expected to appear when a wafer is transferred with, i.e., loaded onto or unloaded from, a semiconductor wafer conveyor. A cylindrical lens of selected focal length is pos... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4454096 | Crystal growth furnace recharge Several embodiments of a replenishment arrangement for furnishing molten semiconductor material to furnaces for growing monocrystalline boules are described. A replenishment crucible within which a melt of the material from which the boules are to be grow... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4451322 | Apparatus for forming structural sheets from fibrous biological waste The apparatus accepts dry stripped crude fiber such as straw or sugar cane wastes, coconut husks, or elephant grass, compacts them into a relatively dense sheet, and bonds a strong surfacing material such as a heavy paper to the faces and edges. The sheet... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4439862 | Rigid laser mirror mount and protection assembly A mounting assembly for supporting a Brewster window and mirror to intercept a laser beam at the end of a gas laser envelope includes an elongated tubular member having one end opening into the gas laser envelope and an opposite end closed by the Brewster... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4436684 | Method of forming implantable prostheses for reconstructive surgery Non-invasive method of forming prostheses of skeletal structures internal to a body for use in reconstructive surgery. The selected internal skeletal structure is measured by subjecting the body to radiant energy to produce radiant energy responses that a... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4432497 | Nozzle for forming a free jet stream of a liquid, and its method of manufacture Both a nozzle for forming a free jet stream of a liquid and its method of manufacture is described. The exit aperture of the nozzle is provided by a nozzle end assembly made up of a plurality of blocks of material which are in optical contact with one ano... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4420877 | Self-masking socket pin carrier for printed circuit boards A carrier supports electrically conductive hollow pins for insertion and soldering in terminal lead-holes passing through the non-conductive substrate of a printed circuit board and formation of an electrical socket in the non-conductive substrate. Each h... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4421506 | Flow-regulating enteric feeding pump The pump is designed to dispense fluid nutrient at a selectable constant rate from a disposable, flexible plastic bag having a flexible enteric feeder tube attached to it. The bag is suspended from the pump frame with the outlet of the bag and the enteric... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4410494 | Apparatus for controlling flow of molten material between crystal growth furnaces and a replenishment crucible Several embodiments of a replenishment arrangement for furnishing molten semiconductor material to furnaces for growing monocrystalline boules are described. A replenishment crucible within which a melt of the material from which the boules are to be grow... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4403324 | Dye laser having a dye jet nozzle which forms a well-defined dye stream, and its method of manufacture A dye laser having an improved dye jet nozzle and its method of manufacture is described. The exit aperture of the nozzle is provided by a nozzle end assembly made up of a plurality of blocks of material which are in optical contact with one another. The ... | 09/06/1983 |
