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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7374112 | Interleaved multi-function showerhead A multi-function showerhead has at least a first set of nozzles forming first curves and a second set of nozzles forming second curves. The showerhead discharges water through the first curves when a first water delivery function is selected and through the second c... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364097 | Shower head A water-saving type shower head operable to reduce flow volume while maintaining a high discharge pressure. A diameter-reduced water passage 19 of a flow control member 20 disposed in a head portion 22 of a shower head body 12 has a first... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357124 | Multiple capillary fuel injector for an internal combustion engine A fuel injector for vaporizing a liquid fuel for use in an internal combustion engine. The fuel injector includes a plurality of capillary flow passages, each of the plurality of capillary flow passages having an inlet end and an outlet end; a heat source arranged a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347388 | Shower head A shower head includes a main body, a mounting seat, a locking nut, a connecting disk, an O-ring, a gasket, a water outlet faceplate, an adjusting bolt, and a connector unit. Thus, the connecting disk is moved toward the main body by rotation of the adjusting bolt s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7331536 | Shower head A shower head includes a main body formed with a chamber communicating with a water inlet at the upper end. The main body has its lower end formed with central water outlets and peripheral water outlets and has its interior installed with a water-separating unit wit... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7291009 | Dual stacked gas burner and a venturi for improving burner operation A cooktop burner assembly is described. The cooktop burner assembly includes a main burner, and a simmer burner located below the main burner, where a diameter of the simmer burner is greater than a diameter of the main burner. The closer placement of the main burne... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287372 | Exhaust after-treatment system with in-cylinder addition of unburnt hydrocarbons Certain exhaust after-treatment devices, at least periodically, require the addition of unburnt hydrocarbons in order to create reductant-rich exhaust conditions. The present disclosure adds unburnt hydrocarbons to exhaust from at least one combustion chamber by pos... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7229031 | Energy efficient showerhead A showerhead with an internal valve to control the flow of fluid between a full flow and reduced flow condition so as to save energy and thereby conserve the supply of water. The showerhead includes an internal valve that operates easily between an off position and ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214979 | Selectively deposited silicon oxide layers on a silicon substrate A process for selectively depositing a silicon oxide layer onto silicon substrates of different conductivity types is disclosed. The silicon oxide layer is formed by the ozone decomposition of TEOS at relatively low temperatures and relatively high pressures. Use of... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7192893 | Use of linear injectors to deposit uniform selective ozone TEOS oxide film by pulsing reactants on and off A process for enhanced selective deposition of a silicon oxide onto a substrate by pulsing delivery of the reactants through a linear injector is disclosed. The silicon oxide layer is formed by the ozone decomposition of TEOS at relatively low temperatures and relat... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191956 | Decorative fountain A decorative fountain has a reservoir with a receiving space for receiving therein water, a pump received in the receiving space for pumping water in the reservoir upward, a base on the reservoir and having a through hole in alignment with the receiving space, a sea... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7100845 | Switch-equipped sprinkler A switch-equipped sprinkler including a main body, a rotary water-distributing switch and a color-changeable warning facial cap mounted in a facial cap of the sprinkler. The switch is mounted in the main body. The switch has an operating handle arranged between the ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100848 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve of an internal combustion engine for a vehicle is comprised of a nozzle plate which has a plurality of nozzle holes. Fuel injection jets are injected from the nozzle holes and collided with each other. The thickness of the nozzle plate is equa... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093780 | Shower head A shower head includes a main body, a locking seat, a locking nut, a water outlet faceplate, an O-ring, an adjusting bolt, and a connecting unit. Thus, the water outlet faceplate is moved toward the main body by rotation of the adjusting bolt, so that the O-ring is ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090153 | Flow conditioning system and method for fluid jetting tools According to one embodiment of the invention, a flow conditioning system for fluid jetting tools includes a housing having a plurality of jet nozzle openings and a fluid straightener disposed within the housing. The fluid straightener is defined by one or more vanes... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077342 | Shower head assembly A shower head assembly includes a main body, a water outlet panel, a mounting tube, a shade, and a locking nut. Thus, the mounting tube is indirectly combined with the water outlet pipe by the universal connector to form a pivotable shower head and is directly combi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074371 | Multiphase mixing device with improved quench injection A mixing system is disclosed which provides improved multiphase mixing through the use of a novel quench injection means. The mixing system comprises a horizontal collection tray, a mixing chamber positioned below the collection tray, and at least one passageway ext... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066400 | Fuel injection system for internal combustion engines with needle stroke damping A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines with a fuel injector that can be supplied from a high-pressure fuel source has an injection valve, with injection nozzles pointing toward the combustion chamber, and coaxial inner and outer nozzle needles assig... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055767 | Shower head structure A shower head structure includes a showerhead made up of a main body adjustably mounted to a water outlet coupling tube and rotated in any angles wherein the main body has a limiting separation board properly preset at one side thereof to divide a water-collecting s... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045103 | Multiphase mixing device with baffles The present invention provides a novel means to provide more effective mixing of quench gas and process fluids in a height constrained interbed space of a catalytic reactor without increasing pressure drop. In particular, the device improves the effectiveness of an ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040554 | Spray head The present invention relates to a spray head for spreading liquid or semi-liquid products, preferably foodstuff. A product feeder (5) is provided to feed or convey a product (2) through a feed conduit (3) from a product container (4) to ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040017 | Methods for making and implementing fluid delivery ring A fluid delivery module for use in preparing a substrate is provided. The fluid delivery module includes a process bowl designed to contain a substrate to be prepared. The process bowl has a bottom wall and a sidewall. The fluid delivery module further includes a fl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037353 | Minus ion generating apparatus, minus ion generating system, and minus ion generating method This is a minus ion generating apparatus by which cluster ions in which minus ions and plus ions are mixed can be readily and largely fabricated and only minus ions can be separated and used. The apparatus is characterized in that a spray nozzle is connected to a ga... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7004408 | Burner Burner (1) comprising a head (2) with two groups of holes (4′, 4″) for the passage of fuel and comburent arranged in circles concentric to the burner axis, in which the various groups (5) of holes are separated by circular sectors wit... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004409 | Water spray plate and shower head A number of water spray holes formed on a water spray plate is not less than 130. A diameter of the respective water spray holes is not less than 0.1 mm and not more than 0.5 mm, and an entire aperture area thereof is not more than 30 mm2. With this arran... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994279 | Fuel injection device In an injection hole plate of a fuel injection device, injection holes are arranged about a circle. Fuel injected from the injection holes forms a flat sector-shaped spray. The intervals between adjacent injection holes are approximately equal to each other, while t... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978760 | Mixed mode fuel injector and injection system A fuel injector includes a homogenous charge nozzle outlet set and a conventional nozzle outlet set that are controlled respectively by first and second three way needle control valves. Each fuel injector includes first and second concentric needle valve members. On... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973918 | Fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine A fuel injection apparatus having a high-pressure fuel pump and a fuel injection valve for each cylinder. An electrically actuated control valve controls a connection of the pump working chamber to a discharge region. A first injection valve element controls at leas... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968867 | Apparatus and method for controlling concentration gradients The present invention discloses and claims a fill system and method for reducing the chemical concentration gradient in absorbent materials. The fill system includes a source of liquid connected to a nozzle for dispensing the liquid into a container. The nozzle incl... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966505 | Spray control with non-angled orifices in fuel injection metering disc and methods A fuel injector that allows spray targeting and distribution of fuel to be configured using non-angled or straight orifice having an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the subassembly. Metering orifices are located about the longitudinal axis and defining a fir... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6959699 | Injection of fuel vapor and air mixture into an engine cylinder One strategy for reducing undesirable emissions from internal combustion engines relates to finding ways to better mix fuel and air prior to combustion. One such method is commonly referred to as homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI); however, that strategy ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6951204 | Hydraulic fuel injection system with independently operable direct control needle valve A common rail fuel injection system addresses three basic issues involving all common rail fuel injection systems. These include high performance, low variability and high efficiency. These issues are addressed by combining pressure intensification with a three way ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948666 | Filtering apparatus A filtering apparatus for use with threaded nipples or sprinkling cans having dispensing spouts and a base and cap. The base has a neck and head. The neck features an upper end and a lower end wherein the lower end is fittable to the dispensing end of a sprinkling c... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6936227 | Feed-dispersion system for fluid catalytic cracking units A feed-dispersion system for hydrocarbon feeds of fluid catalytic cracking units is described, which comprises: a feed-injection system made up of two concentric conduits, where the atomization fluid flows through the inner conduit... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935581 | Shower head with nozzles having self cleaning tips A shower head having a plurality of nozzles, with the exterior finish of both the shower head housing and the nozzles being consistent. For example, both the shower head and the nozzles may have either a chrome or a brass exterior finish. The nozzles of the shower h... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929197 | Generally circular spray pattern control with non-angled orifices in fuel injection metering disc and method Fuel metering components of a fuel injector that allow spray targeting and distribution of fuel to be configured using non-angled or straight orifice having an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the fuel metering components. Metering orifices are located about ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6911093 | Lid liner for chemical vapor deposition chamber A lid liner for a chemical vapor deposition chamber includes an annular portion having an inner surface for surrounding a reaction volume within the chemical deposition chamber; a mounting tab formed on an outer surface of the annular portion; and a hole formed in t... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6901915 | Fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine The fuel injection system has one high-pressure fuel pump and one fuel injection valve for each cylinder of the engine. The fuel injection valve has a first hollow injection valve member and a second valve member guided displaceably, inside the first valve member fo... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6899292 | Shower head with nozzles having self-cleaning tips A shower head having a plurality of nozzles, with the exterior finish of both the shower head housing and the nozzles being consistent. For example, both the shower head and the nozzles may have either a chrome or a brass exterior finish. The nozzles of the shower h... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6851623 | Water spray nozzle ring for and the application of spray-on fireproofing A nozzle ring assembly comprising a nozzle ring having a plurality of recesses for accepting a plurality of nozzle tips; a plurality of a first type of nozzle tips from which water emanates, the first type of nozzle tips being arranged about the face of the nozzle r... | 02/08/2005 |
