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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173902 | System for mounting electrical and optical conductors to floor beams of an aircraft A system for mounting conductors, such as electrical wires, optical fiber cables, conduits and the like, to the floor beams of an aircraft cabin floor, having: an elongate raceway a longitudinal routing rails spanning between adjacent pairs of floor beams, each rout... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173903 | Fixing device for wire cable tray The invention relates to a device for a yarn cable track (6) including longitudinal warp yarns (8) and transverse weft yarns (10), that includes a base (2) with a mounting surface (16) on the cable track as well as an attachment me... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8134074 | Power supply unit/AC power cord coupler securing device A securing device for retaining a power cord in a connected relationship with the power supply includes a substantially planar body having a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to engage the power supply. The second end is configured to engage th... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134075 | Cord connector and wire organizer A wire organizer providing an accommodation for power supplies, an attractive and compact compartment, and an easy and unlimited variety of adaptations to suit the user's purpose, having an attractive top cover and a functional main panel on which a multiplicity of ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129621 | Wire harness fixing tool The fixing tool (40) of a wire harness (32) bundling a plurality of cables has a portion (42) for holding the wire harness (32), and two protrusions (44) protruding therefrom. The protrusion (44) includes a stretching portio... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8106301 | Connecting member A connecting member includes a cable configured to transfer signal, two securing members, and a resilient component. The two securing members secure the resilient component to the cable, the resilient component is elastically deformable between a first state, in whi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8076584 | Power adapter with cable organizer A power adapter with cable organizer is provided. The power adapter includes a main body; and a containing/fixing portion disposed on the main body and having a first blade and a second blade, wherein the first blade and the second blade face each other to form a re... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8039750 | Cable connector having length adjustability A combined cable connector and cable untangler is disclosed. The combined cable connector and untangler comprises a single elongated body with at least one through hole extending along the whole body length. The cable connector is adapted to be used with a portable ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035032 | Arrangement for establishing a connection between two cable support device elements and connection elements A cable support system uses at least one connection element to hold together two cable support device elements at an overlapping connection section. Each cable support device element has at least one contact face within its connection section. The contact faces of t... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030573 | Cable-clamping device A cable-clamping device, in particular for household appliances, including a base having a through seat for accommodating at least one electrical cable; and a clamping element progressively insertable in the seat in a first direction transversal to the seat and defi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7982134 | Wire binding device A wire binding device for binding a number of electrical wires of an electronic element, includes a binding member and a fixing member. The binding member includes a base and a binding portion. The base defines a through hole. A first end of the binding portion is c... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977576 | Nail deflector An improved pipe and utility protector comprising a rectangular piece of material composition featuring a down piece having a V-shaped cross-section along a longitudinal centerline, including an angular transition, to an offset mounting flange protruding slightly ou... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7902462 | Dual harness routing devices This invention is a novel saddle that comes in two embodiments, a vertical saddle and a horizontal saddle. Each saddle is configured to hold a power harness (or assembly of wires) and a signal harness, also an assembly of clustered wires. The saddle eliminates or gr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7790984 | Apparatus for controlling cable of robot The cable control apparatus includes a body disposed above the arm and a fixing ring having a through-hole fixed in the conveying hole; a conveying ring; a cable tube for integrally housing a plurality of control cables and including one end connected to the conveyi... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7772498 | Wire holder A wire fixing portion (17) is so formed with a slit (24) as to minimize a tightening diameter at the wire fixing portion (17) by narrowing the slit (24). Thus, there is no likelihood of displacing a fixing band (25) fastened to a m... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7679000 | Wildlife guard with overmolded conductive material A wildlife guard for electrical power equipment including a body constructed to mount onto the equipment. The body has an electrically conductive layer thereon. The electrically conductive layer comprises an electrically insulating material with a conductive filler ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7642464 | Liquid dispensing system having a modular cord set A liquid dispensing system equipped with a modular cord set for powering an electrically-operated dispensing module of the system. The cord set includes a plug removably inserted into receptacle extending through a manifold of the system. The manifold heats and supp... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7622682 | System and method for securing electrical cable using manually linkable cable fastening clips The present invention provides a system of manually linked fastening clips for electrical cables. The manually linked clips are preferably linked to one another by way of a tongue-and-groove joint. Since the clips of the present invention are manually linkable via t... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7608786 | Splice plate for a wire cable tray A splice plate which is used to connect two cable tray sections, whereby each section comprises longitudinal warp wires and transverse weft wires. The inventive splice plate has: an elongated base; a lateral flange, known as the upper flange, which extends essential... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7601918 | Protective barrier for piping and cabling A protective barrier for protecting a pipe extending through an opening in a framing member. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7544895 | Fishplate and a wire duct tray comprising at least two segments interconnected by such a fishplate A wire duct tray having at least two successive segments, with each of the segments including parallel longitudinal wires crossed by transverse wires. The two segments are connected by a fishplate, which may be sheet metal, and which includes a core presenting first... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7514635 | Shaft, method for producing it and device for carrying out the method The shaft includes two electrically conducting connecting pieces (2, 3), which can be connected to different electric potentials, and also an insulating tube (4), which can be subjected to torsional loading. The two connecting pieces (2, 3) are ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7511226 | Electrical wiring for buildings A wiring assembly for a building includes an electrical power supply backbone, a first end thereof being adapted to connect directly to an incoming mains power supply at a switch board of the building, the assembly further comprising a plurality of sockets which are... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7459636 | Cable tidy A cable tidy, including a rigid support member, carrying a cable retaining net which allows air to flow past the cable in order that heat dissipates quickly. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456363 | Electric wire protective tube and insulating coupler A line guard is configured so as to have a very large air gap with a small overall physical size of the device. Opposed interleaved sets of plural insulating leaves are formed along a discontinuity extending along the length of the line guard so as to greatly extend... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7439446 | Cable-routing device The invention relates to a cable-routing device including links that are open at the ends, joined together in pivoting fashion and can be angled-relative to each other in at least two directions, said links being arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal dir... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435901 | Cord management device A cord management device (100) includes: a receptacle (110) defining an interior space (120) and including: (a) a stationary portion (111); and (c) a cord management feature (113) coupled to the stationary portion, the cord managem... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435904 | Wiring harness clip and method of making same from an extrudable blank An extrudable wiring harness clip has an elongate base for taping the wiring harness clip to a bundle of cables and an integral self expanding head for attaching the bundle of cables to a support panel or the like. The extrudable wiring harness clip has a constant c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432443 | Temporary attachment apparatus for an accessory An accessory attachment apparatus for temporarily attaching an accessory to a structure with which the accessory is to be used. The apparatus includes an accessory that is adapted to be received by the structure with which the accessory is to be used, such as an ele... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432442 | Surface mount power outlet A surface mount power outlet for connecting to a plug includes a cover having a fin disposed on an outer surface and a substantially circular face with a plurality of slots for receiving a plug. The cover also has a substantially arcuate body disposed below the face... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429700 | Lock structure for box A lock structure for a box includes a first box member having a retaining projection, and a second box member having an elastic retaining arm. The retaining arm has at its distal end a retaining portion for engagement with the retaining projection. The first box mem... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425680 | Ceiling lamp junction box assembly A ceiling lamp junction box assembly is composed of a base and an outer shell combined of two half portions that interlockingly combine to enclose electronic components contained therein. In addition, a protective plate is placed in a recess defined in the bottom of... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423217 | Dual action sealing gasket and use thereof in a electrical housing assembly A housing assembly is provided that has a case including an open end and a flange extending around at least a portion of the open end. The flange defines at least one reduced area extending into a portion of the flange, and a gasket is disposed around the flange. Pr... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423216 | Dual action sealing gasket and use thereof in an electrical housing assembly A gasket is provided that includes a first sealing portion defining an angled profile and a second sealing portion. A plurality of beads are disposed along the angled profile of the first sealing portion, and a plurality of ribs are disposed along the second sealing... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417193 | Protective jacket cover for keyless remotes A protective jacket cover for keyless remotes includes a hollow body formed of a semi-flexible, resiliently deformable sheet material having a front wall, rear wall, side walls, base wall and top wall and at least one button access opening formed on the front wall. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414192 | Temporary attachment apparatus for an accessory An accessory attachment apparatus for temporarily attaching an accessory to a structure with which the accessory is to be used. The apparatus includes an accessory that is adapted to be received by the structure with which the accessory is to be used, such as an ele... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411133 | Method for retaining a power cord A cord management system operable to reduce or eliminate various forces exerted on a vacuum cleaner power cord. The system includes a swiveling strain relief incorporated into the vacuum handle and collars, used to connect sections of dirty air conduit, having exter... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411126 | Cover for cable trough Systems and methods for covering a trough member. A system can include a hinge clip coupled to a sidewall of the trough member and having arms creating a socket. The system can include a cover including a pivot member and a groove at one end. The pivot member can be... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408121 | Secure raceway with lockable access A raceway system having forwardly open channel-shaped base members with opposed longitudinally extending side walls, and the side walls including inwardly and rearwardly projecting marginal edge flanges, the improvement wherein the raceway covers must be slid into t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408118 | Trunking and connecting means therefor A trunking section (50) is described and has a body (51) with sides (52a, 52b and 52c) which form a channel (54). Trunking section (50) also has an end portion (62) inserted into first end ... | 08/05/2008 |
