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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357169 | Automatic machine for applying a spacer tape made of flexible material to flat glass panes, particularly glass panes for manufacturing double-glazing units An automatic machine for applying a flexible tape on a substantially flat glass pane, comprising a machine body in which there is a plane for the substantially vertical arrangement of at least one substantially flat glass pane, a carriage with which a head for apply... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337648 | Clamp and repair tool A tool for gripping, clamping or holding an object, wherein the tool has a handle portion, a linkage portion and a working portion, and wherein the working portion includes two workpiece contacting surfaces, at least one of the surfaces shaped to generally conform t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326869 | Tactile feedback plunger switch A tactile feedback switching mechanism having a plurality of switching states. The tactile feedback switching mechanism includes a plunger switch having a plunger. When the plunger is displaced a given distance the switch changes state. A covering lies at least over... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7220476 | Apparatus and method for forming inflated chambers An inflatable web, and method and apparatus for inflating the web, which generally includes two sheets having inner surfaces sealed to each other in a pattern defining a series of inflatable chambers of predetermined length, each of the chambers having at least one ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7124555 | Device and process for packaging products in a stretchable plastic film A process and a device are disclosed for packaging products in a stretchable plastic film; the device comprises: means for supporting and heating a product; means for supplying and clamping the film in a position overlaying the product; means for contacting and adhe... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7105093 | Processing set and methods for processing and treating a biological fluid Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid tre... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7085625 | Control system for baling machine A control system for a bulk material baler embodied in a machine readable data structure and including an instruction to a moveable guide track to move from a removed position to a closed position to create a guide track loop around a volume of bulk material to be b... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7025877 | Processing set for processing and treating a biological fluid Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid tre... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6975911 | Operator input interface for baling machine An operator interface for a control system for a bulk material baler includes interface means such as a touch screen or keyboard for an operator to enter process parameters into a control system memory. A display shows process parameter fields into which an operator... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969134 | Printer or other media processor with on-demand selective media converter On demand apparatus for use in a printer, printer module, stand-alone media converter, or other media processor includes a print device and a converting system. The print device receives a series of labels, tickets, tags, cards or other media samples and responds to... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6922971 | Form-fill-seal machine Form-fill-seal machine includes parts for moving a web of packaging material through the machine according to a process path and parts for transforming the web into filled bags, as well as a zipper strip applicator device for supplying a zipper strip for each bag tr... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6769466 | Laminating apparatus and method for manufacturing laminated article A laminating apparatus for laminating a film on a record medium includes a fixing unit for fixing a film onto a front side of a record medium, a feed unit for feeding the record medium to the fixing unit, a film introducing unit for directing the film to the fixing ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6736179 | Lamination system A lamination system comprises a first transfer means, a cutting means provided at the downstream of the first transfer means for cutting a laminate film, a second transfer means for transferring the cut laminate film, a card transfer means for transferring a card al... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6729374 | Label laminating device A device for laminating labels disposed upon a continuous strip of liner. The device includes a plurality of spindle structures for supplying a continuous strip of protective film and the continuous strip of liner to a laminating structure, which adheres the continu... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6702918 | Intermittent material feed type variable-lamination rapid prototyping process and apparatus using linear thermal cutting system A rapid prototyping process and apparatus that provides an intermittent material feed type variable-lamination rapid prototyping using a linear thermal cutting system, wherein intermittently fed materials are cut to have variable lengths, widths, and late... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6516850 | Apparatus for applying reclosable fasteners to a web of film An apparatus for applying strip fastener elements or zippers to web material includes an unwind stand holding a roll of film material, an infeed dancer arrangement of rollers, a zipper apparatus which conditions zipper material, cuts zippers and delivers ... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6401782 | Label laminating device A device for laminating labels disposed upon a continuous strip of liner. The device includes a plurality of spindle structures for supplying a continuous strip of protective film and the continuous strip of liner to a laminating structure which adheres t... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6279636 | Method and apparatus for merging and attaching documents to envelopes A method and system for automatically merging and attaching documents, such as photocopies of remittance checks or the like, to envelopes from which the documents originated is disclosed. The system uses a series of bins and conveyors to automatically ret... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6151870 | Machine for packaging products using a plastic film comprising a safety system against work accidents A machine for packaging products using a plastic film comprises: at least a fixed frame (TF) and at least a mobile counter-frame (CM), said counter-frame (CM) can be moved between a lifted rest position and a lowered working position wherein the film is c... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6129809 | Heat-sealing machine The most important heat-sealing parameters must be able to be adapted to different conditions of use in a simple and accurate manner. This is accomplished by the hot air temperature, on the one hand, and the amount of hot air, the speed of rotation of the... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5876557 | Safety device for film removing apparatus A safety device is provided for a film removing and peeling apparatus, which rolls a coated resin member between a pair of rolls facing each other and rotating at different peripheral rotating speeds and which applies a shearing stress between the resin m... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5855729 | Apparatus for providing a tubular material within a pipeline An apparatus for inserting a lining material into a pipeline includes an elongated carrier device having a hollow central portion which encloses a liner-bladder assembly. The liner-bladder assembly includes an elongated inflation bladder which engages an ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5833783 | Lead frame taping apparatus and taping method In a lead frame taping apparatus and a method thereof, a plurality of punching portions are provided and each punching portion concurrently attaches a tape to at least two lead frames. Also, the tape can be continuously attached to the different kinds of ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5820713 | Sealing machine and method A sealing machine and method are described as used for sealing the edges of documents so that envelopes are not needed. In known such machines, particularly when used for sealing the documents by pressure, problems arise if documents overlap either partia... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5749986 | Control of batching and curing processes Methods and apparatus for detecting and utilizing a voltage produced by a variety of materials for process control and analysis purposes.... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5688361 | Automatic vessel supplying and labeling apparatus An automatic vessel supplying and labeling apparatus takes out a desired vessel from racks, supplies it to a predetermined position, supplies a desired label, corresponding to the vessel, to the position, and applies the label to the vessel in the predete... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5662763 | Mount apparatus A mount apparatus according to this invention has a mount head for pressing a semiconductor chip on a mount substrate through an adhesive layer. A position sensor for discretely detecting the position of the mount head in a pressing process every predeter... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5607526 | Label-applying method and apparatus Label applying apparatus (e.g. a stamper) includes a system for advancing articles (18B) with labels applied to them to a stabilising region (32) following a signal to interrupt operation of the apparatus. This, together with means for inhibiting further ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5558743 | Packaging machine for cigarette packs In the production of cigarette packs, glue assemblies (14) having glue nozzles (15) are increasingly used in order to provide with glue pack folding tabs to be adhesively bonded to one another. The glue assemblies (14) or glue nozzles (15) require careful... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5556490 | Indicating binding times A method and an apparatus for indicating suitable binding times for a file or files placed in a file binding apparatus. The suitable binding time is comprised of the time (t0 -t2 ; t3 -t5 ; t6 -t... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5534105 | Method and apparatus for sealing applied scent slurry during the printing process A method and apparatus for impermeably sealing microencapsulated or other scent slurry during the printing process. The method comprises the application of an impermeable overlay sheet over the scent slurry on a continuous web of material, using double-si... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5525186 | Wafer for use in the selective connecting and disconnecting of plastic tubes A wafer is used in a device for the selective connecting and disconnecting of plastic tubes. The wafer is in the form of a heated plate having an outwardly extending scoop on each side thereof. The wafer also includes a generally straight line horizontal ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5507907 | Box sealing machine with tape applicator sensor system A sensor system for use with a taping head of a box sealing machine includes a tape dispensing sensor and an box presence sensor. The tape dispensing sensor is positioned along the tape guide path of the taping head for determining whether tape is being d... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5387302 | Method of automatically and continuously labelling articles such as fruit or vegetables, and apparatus for implementing the method A method of automatically and continuously labelling articles such as fruit or vegetables. The method consists in placing said articles in indented trays having parallel rows of indentations, in disposing the trays in single file on a continuously moving ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5366433 | Safety clutch and its use in capping milk cartons A safety clutch which has a steel ball which is adapted to move from half in a hemispherical recess in its drive plate and half in a cylindrical hole in its driven plate to a position completely in the cylindrical hole. A conveyor conducts milk or like ca... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5188687 | Label pickup and applicator assembly and method A labeling method and assembly for automatically applying a price-printed label onto an article having an outer surface. The assembly comprises an alignment mechanism for disposition of an article in a predetermined position within a label-receiving work ... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5183526 | Repair sealer accessory An apparatus and method are provided for facilitating manual feeding of business forms into business forms handling equipment to bypass the automatic feeder, primarily in the production of mailers from forms having pressure sensitive adhesive strips. Moun... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5080747 | Heat sealing mechanism with linearly movable seal bars Heated seal bars are located on opposite sides of an elongated strip of heat sealable material adapted to be advanced with a step-by-step motion. When the strip dwells, the bars are shifted linearly inwardly into engagement with the strip to form a heat s... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5057180 | Apparatus for feeding a preferably multi-ply web of synthetic thermoplastics An apparatus for feeding a preferably multi-ply web of synthetic thermoplastics comprises a pair of feed rolls, which define a feeding nip and each of which is formed with annular grooves, and two scraping rakes, which are secured in the frame and have ti... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4906318 | Device for applying auxiliary film to slide fastener chain An auxiliary film is applied or fused to a slide fastener chain having a pair of intermeshing rows of coupling elements with an element-free space defined therein. The slide fastener chain is fed by a chain feeder along a feed path. The device for applyin... | 03/06/1990 |
