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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7597177 | Ultrasonic/electromagnetic non-contact buttons/switches for elevators A method of providing non-contact data selection, comprising the steps of providing at least one data selection, transmitting at least one signal in proximity to the at least one data selection, altering the path of the at least one transmitted signal through intera... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7562748 | Elevator call button with tactile feedback An elevator call button assembly (20) includes at least one call button (50) having a surface (70) that is touchable by an individual to indicate a desired call in the elevator system. A responder (56) provides a tactile indication that t... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7404471 | Push button for elevator car operating panel An elevator car operating panel includes a plurality of push buttons corresponding to floors of a building, wherein the push buttons act on a touch screen to register elevator calls. The push buttons are mounted on an outer surface of the touch screen at locations c... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404470 | Elevator car operating panel An elevator car operating panel has push buttons corresponding to floors of a building, wherein the push buttons act on switch contacts registering elevator calls, and wherein the push buttons are mounted on the switch contacts. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398865 | Elevator car operating panel An elevator car operating panel for registering elevator calls has a plurality of touch sensitive buttons freely configurable to correspond to floors of a building according to a specified configuration. The buttons are configured to be lighted with light of a first... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7380641 | Elevator with a control using optical fibers An elevator with an all optical control apparatus having a control unit with a light source, a photodetector, an optical feeding fiber, and an optical feedback fiber. The light source is coupled to the optical feeding fiber and the optical feedback fiber is coupled ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7334665 | Interlock wiring communication system for elevators The systems and methods of present invention invoke an elevator communication system for providing communication between a plurality of hall fixture devices and at least one elevator system controller. The elevator communication system includes at least one elevator... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318501 | Elevator control apparatus with side mounted signal generating insert A control apparatus for an elevator installation has actuating elements on a front surface. The control apparatus includes an insert in the form of a key-operated switch cylinder which has a recess or a key slot. The insert is mounted in a side surface that is one o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7284639 | Passenger actuated elevator alarm device A signal for warning of danger in the car is sent to a monitoring chamber without a suspect noticing, and the interior of the car is monitored without alarming the suspect. A call for service is registered upon activating the car manipulating panel and an alarm is r... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7251344 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having an operation improved in view of use of normal healthy persons and handicapped persons. The image forming apparatus comprising an operation panel having a display and an input section, has: a specifying section for specifying whethe... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246689 | Self-powered elevator button An elevator hall call device inductively receives an electrical signal from an interlock wiring circuit by means of a coupling device. The elevator hall call device comprises a capacitive device which stores electrical charge based on the electrical signal received ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7176898 | Removable control panel for multi-function equipment What is disclosed are various embodiments of a removable control panel for multi-function equipment for the alternative navigation and selection of various available options presented. The embodiment of FIG. 7 is shown comprising four arrow-shaped buttons so ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152715 | Snap-fit elevator hall fixture assemblies The present invention provides a snap-fit constructible elevator hall fixture assembly having a wall plate, a bezel, and a hall fixture. A snap-fit coupling attaches the wall plate to the bezel, and a snap-fit coupling attaches the hall fixture to the bezel. The fix... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147085 | Display system for elevator and information display device used in this system There is provided a display system for an elevator which can display an operating state of an elevator car without a sense of discomfort even though data transmission performance is not improved. Data concerning an operating state of an elevator car is transmitted f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7106233 | Integrated galvanomagnetic sensor array system Galvanomagnetic sensor array system and method for providing data interface to a basic sensor array are provided. The sensor system includes an array of galvanomagnetic elements, and a processor coupled to receive each output signal from the array of galvanomagnetic... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077244 | Elevator cab locating system including wireless communication An elevator system (20) includes wireless communicating portions (40, 42) that communicate with each other to provide elevator cab (22) position information within a hoistway (24). In one example, a first communicating portion (40)... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7040458 | Elevator destination protocol control with flexible user interface An elevator system having multiple elevator cars efficiently assigns cars and communicates the car assignments to the potential passengers. A hallway intuitive user interface is readily adapted to installations having varying numbers of elevator cars with varying fl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021429 | Elevator system indicating assigned car An elevator system includes a hall operation panel in an elevator hall and from which a destination floor is input; a group control which assigns a car to be stopped at the destination floor input from the hall operation panel; hall lanterns in the elevator hall for... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021428 | Elevator floor call panel having dual operating modes A panel for an elevator installation has a predetermined number of floor buttons for generating hall calls or car call commands wherein a single floor button or a floor button combination is provided for each floor. The panel can be converted by a converter button o... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019607 | Precision non-contact digital switch A switch apparatus, system and method are disclosed herein, including one or more magnetic sensing elements that follow a travel path thereof, and a plurality of permanent magnets located in a mirrored configuration about the travel path. Such a configuration permit... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009386 | Non-contact position sensor utilizing multiple sensor elements A non-contact position sensor including a plurality of sensor elements configured in an array. Each of the sensor elements is configured to provide an output associated with each of a plurality of positions of a sensor control element relative to the position sensor... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6997288 | Floor number display at landing and in car, informative to elevator passengers Floor number displays informative to the elevator passengers at the landing and in the elevator car when the passengers issue destination calls to the elevator. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6854566 | Contactless push button switch comprising a hall effect transducer and microprocessor A programmable switching device that employs a Hall Effect sensor and a moving magnet is disclosed. The Hall Effect sensor is electrically connected to a programmable microprocessor that is programmed to detect changes in Hall Effect voltages at the sensor. The prog... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6845850 | Button/switch arrangement for elevator control which changes the external appearance of the buttons and button panel, while still using the control boards of the elevator control An elevator button/switch arrangement includes a face plate; nine buttons mounted to the face plate; a button actuation portion associated with each button and suppling an output signal when a respective button is actuated; a 4-pin connector connected with each butt... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6681899 | Automatically illumination control device of an elevator display screen An automatically illumination control device of an elevator display screen serves for displaying the position and maintenance of the elevator. A light sensor for detecting the intensity of light is installed to the display screen. The light sensor detects... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6629583 | Fixture for an elevator system Fixture for an Elevator System A fixture using an electrophoretic display system is disclosed. Various construction details are developed which enable simplification of the wiring system for the elevator system. In one detailed embodiment, a touchscreen d... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6612404 | Contactless hall effect push button switch A programmable switching device that employs a Hall Effect sensor and a moving magnet is disclosed. The Hall Effect sensor is electrically connected to a programmable microprocessor that is programmed to detect changes in Hall Effect voltages at the senso... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6601679 | Two-part wireless communications system for elevator hallway fixtures Elevator system hall fixtures such as lanterns, hall call button switches and lights, gongs, and floor position indicators are connected to a controller via wireless transceivers. The controller can be a system, group, and/or car controller. A low power w... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6598711 | Indicating device An indicating device for an elevator installation includes an electroluminescent indicator and a sound-reproducing apparatus, wherein the sound-reproducing apparatus is glued to a rear side of the electroluminescent indicator. The electroluminescent indic... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6502668 | Touch panel with click button for elevator In an operating panel for an elevator, a button is located at a touch panel. A button frame is disposed over a display surface member of the button, a button cap is embedded within a button accommodating portion of the button frame. The button portion is ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6315083 | Transportation system control with user input of travel destination designations A user communicates travel destinations to a transportation system utilizing a human-machine interface having a touch screen with a selection of designations that can be individually selected by touching the screen. For example, a selected designation "Li... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6230847 | Flashing "door open" button for an elevator car A flashing "door open" button positioned on an elevator car control panel. The flashing button is connected to a door opener and flashes at predetermined times during the operation of an elevator.... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6227335 | Elevator car operating panel An elevator car operating assembly is of a modular construction which allows customization of the assembly for a given installation. An inner frame is provided upon which the car operating controls are mounted. The inner frame is constructed to mount a va... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6161654 | Virtual car operating panel projection The invention concerns a device for displaying a virtual image, particularly of the control panel of an elevator cabin. The device includes a projector for projecting at least the virtual image of an elevator control panel from or near the cabin ceiling (... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6116381 | Passive hall fixtures mounted in elevator doors Hall call apparatus for a low-cost, low rise simplex elevator, all disposed on the hoistway doors, include a slider 25 which is released by depression of a hall call button 21 so that it is pulled upwardly by a spring 49 until it engages a stop 50. A clap... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6062346 | Call register and indicating equipment arranged on floors for elevators Call register and indicating equipment for elevators for the input of destination calls includes a call register and indicating device (1) having a key (2) for inputting a destination call for each selected one of a plurality of floors (F0, F1, F2, F3, F4... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6029778 | Control panel for a lift cage A control panel for a lift cage is in the form of a wall element which is engageable with adjacent wall elements to form a continuous, smooth wall surface particularly resistant to vandalism. The control panel has opposed doubly bent edges having slots wh... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5975247 | Elevator car call register apparatus and method thereof An elevator car call register apparatus and a method thereof, which relates to processing a car call which a passenger registers in an elevator car and in which a plurality of call buttons of a multiple of 10 and a plurality of call buttons of a single di... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5969306 | Elevator car call buttons indicating car floor position Registered car calls are indicated in the car call buttons of an elevator car operating panel by illuminating one of the car call buttons with a first illumination characteristic, and the floor position of the elevator car within the building is indicated... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5969304 | Elevator system having high rise elevator without express zone An elevator system comprises a plurality of low rise elevators providing service between a lobby floor and the highest floor of a low rise in the building, high rise elevators providing express service between a lobby floor and the lowest floor of a high ... | 10/19/1999 |
