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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| 7337691 | Parallel kinematics mechanism with a concentric spherical joint A parallel kinematics mechanism is provided for uses such as robotics or machining. The mechanism has various limbs designed as elbow-linkages, at least some of which are actuatable, for moving an end component with multiple degrees of freedom. The mechanism advanta... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7299535 | Methods for making data storage media and the resultant media Methods for forming data storage media and the media formed thereby are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method for forming a data storage media, comprises: injection molding a substrate comprising surface features, wherein said surface features have greater... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7225697 | Power transmission arrangement A power transmission arrangement includes a shaft, a first gear mounted on the shaft, a plate supported by the shaft and rotatable between a first position and a second position, a second gear supported by the plate and engaged with the first gear, and a third gear ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7179551 | Poly(arylene ether) data storage media A storage media comprises: a substrate comprising a plastic resin portion, wherein to plastic resin portion comprises poly(arylene ether) and a styrene material selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, styrenic copolymer(s), and reaction products and combi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7087290 | Data storage media utilizing a substrate including a plastic resin layer, and method thereof In one embodiment, a data storage media comprises: a substrate comprising at least one plastic portion, an edge lift height of less than about 8μ, and an axial displacement peak of less than about 500μ under shock or vibration excitation; and at least one data lay... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6156149 | In situ deposition of a dielectric oxide layer and anti-reflective coating This invention provides a method and apparatus for depositing a two-layer structure, including an antireflective coating and a dielectric layer, without any intervening process steps, such as a cleaning step. The invention is capable of providing more acc... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5672207 | Apparatus for application of a color coat to a workpiece An apparatus for color coating and further manipulating workpieces of wood, plastic material or metal includes a color coating station and further product-manipulation stations for finishing the workpiece. Through provision of a conveyor, the workpiece sh... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5614059 | Device for supporting dispensers of adhesive material In a device by means of which to support dispensers of adhesive material for application to selected areas of a wrapping material, use is made of a slide equipped with a yoke providing a releasable restraint for at least one disposable type of dispenser c... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5597609 | Process and apparatus for the continuous or semi-continuous coating of eyeglass lenses Lenses are brought individually or in pairs on a transport device (12) to a continuous vacuum apparatus (1) equipped with a rotating substrate carrier (3). The eyeglass lenses (13) are introduced through a system of locks (15) into the continuous vacuum a... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5460653 | Spray type flux applying device A device for applying flux to the rear of a printed circuit board loaded with electronic parts on the front thereof and being transported by spraying the flux. The device has a single nozzle which is movable in a reciprocating motion in a direction perpen... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5443646 | Method and apparatus for forming thin film and multilayer film A thin film is formed on a substrate in a reaction chamber using a photo CVD technique by decomposing a reactive gas supplied to the reaction chamber by means of light irradiated through a light introducing window. The reduction in film deposition rate du... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5429706 | System and method for installing a hollow handgrip over an elongated shaft end A system for installing an elongated hollow handgrip over an elongated end portion of a golf club shaft is operable to apply a liquid adhesive to an interior surface portion of the hollow handgrip so as to produce a coating of adhesive thereon and then to... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5334246 | Dip coat process material handling system A dip coat process material handling system and method for coating multiple layers of material on a plurality of workpieces, in particular for producing a multi-layer optical photoconductive drum, wherein a plurality of pipes are suspended from a carrier ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5279668 | Apparatus for spraying glass containers An apparatus for spraying the surfaces of glass containers which are being moved in longitudinally spaced transverse rows by a conveyor wherein a rodless air cylinder is mounted transversely of the conveyor and the spraying apparatus is connected to the p... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5256203 | Adhesive for applying a fluid adhesive to the inside surfaces of cartridge cases adjacent their open projectile-receiving ends Apparatus for applying an anaerobic adhesive to the inside of the necks of cartridge cases preparatory to insertion of bullets therein to provide a seal between the inside of the necks and the bullets, the cases being held standing on end, mouth end up, i... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5215587 | Sealant applicator for can lids A sealant applicator for dispensing sealant material under pressure from a nozzle onto a succession of can lids which are advanced into alignment with the sealant applicator nozzle includes a needle valve which is positively driven in a forward and revers... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5201973 | Non-contact gluing apparatus Apparatus for applying a predetermined glue pattern to a predetermined surface of a workpiece, which workpiece is moved in a stepwise, indexed fashion, such that this predetermined surface thereof follows a given path. The predetermined pattern includes f... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5201951 | Device for coating a photosensitive film on a plate roll A plate making device for a plate roll that is to be made into a printing plate in which a pretreatment assembly, a photosensitive film coating assembly, and a protective film coating assembly are respectively installed on three separate tables that can b... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5180432 | Apparatus for conducting a refractory metal deposition process In one embodiment, an apparatus programmed to automatically form a barrier layer for contacting a metal interconnect layer to one or more exposed N and P type silicon regions on a wafer. The wafer is heated with a direct radiation source, such as a lamp. ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5173338 | Lead frame workholder and transport apparatus and method Lead frame workholder and transport apparatus for holding and transporting a strip of lead frames from one station to another, each lead frame having a pad and a locating pinhole, comprises a track having an input station at one end and an output station ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5141774 | Method and apparatus for coating internal cavities of objects with fluid The present invention discloses an apparatus and process for coating hollow objects at precise bands within the internal cavity of the object. The process utilizes centrifugal force to apply the fluid to the object. A probe is moved from underneath the ob... | 08/25/1992 |
| 4915986 | Optical lens tinting machine An eyeglass lens tinting machine which utilizes a microprocessor-controlled stepping motor to carefully control the vertical oscillations of a support structure including a vertical shaft which mounts a horizontal boom which in turn supports an eyeglass l... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4632055 | Apparatus for tinting soft contact lenses An apparatus for tinting a soft contact lens which is received in a fixture including an inlet and an outlet for directing predetermined fluids therethrough for engagement with predetermined surfaces of the contact lens. The apparatus comprises a carrier ... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4514443 | Coating internal surfaces of curved conduits Apparatus for coating an internal wall of a curved conduit (50) with a layer of protective material, characterized in that it comprises a guide means (46, 46a), a longitudinally flexible member (44) which is transversely substantially rigid associated wit... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4457259 | Apparatus for spraying a liquid on a spinning surface A liquid spray apparatus provides predetermined, uniform quantity of liquid (such as photoresist developer) per unit area of surface by a parabolic cam mechanism, arranged to repeatedly reciprocate a nozzle at a predetermined varying linear velocity a plu... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4354455 | Apparatus for oscillating a gas manifold in a rotary disc reactor A variable sweep means connects the rotating shaft of an electric motor to a rotatable gas manifold in a rotary disc reactor to convert rotation of the shaft into reciprocating oscillation of the gas manifold. A cycle timing control means for varying elec... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4239823 | Automobile sound insulating panel and method of making same An automobile sound insulating panel and apparatus for and method of making same are provided wherein such panel comprises a contoured fibrous pad and a plastisol layer bonded against the pad with the plastisol layer comprising a foamed plastisol layer ha... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4170191 | Automatic coating and spin drying apparatus Automatic coating and drying apparatus wherein a stream of parts or elements is directed from above into an upright perforated basket spinning at low speed, and are simultaneously sprayed with a coating solution. When the basket is full, the loading and s... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4046099 | Apparatus for sizing a yarn sheet Sizing of a yarn sheet is practiced without direct immersion into a size bath through running pressure contact of same with a rotary sizing roller while the process is so automatically controlled that, at starting of the sizing operation, the drive for ru... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4019187 | Ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet recording apparatus for recording information pattern on articles transported by a conveyer, by an ink jet recording method. The recording apparatus includes means for preventing the articles from undergoing defective recording even when the tr... | 04/19/1977 |
