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Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381383 | Treating apparatus, treating method and method of treating soil A treatment apparatus of the present invention includes a hermetic door 115b and a retort 115c as an interface for taking out a gaseous emission containing vaporized substances from an object to be treated which is being heated in a reduc... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7153489 | Method of producing hydrogen A method of producing hydrogen is disclosed and which includes providing a first composition; providing a second composition; reacting the first and second compositions together to produce a chemical hydride; providing a liquid and reacting the chemical hydride with... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7078012 | Method of producing a high pressure gas A method of producing a high pressure gas is disclosed and which includes providing a container; supplying the container with a liquid such as water; increasing the pressure of the liquid within the container; supplying a reactant composition such as a chemical hydr... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6866814 | Mercury recovery apparatus Both ends of a bulb of a waste fluorescent lamp are cut off, a phosphor layer formed on an interior surface of the bulb is detached, so that mercury-containing phosphor powder can be obtained. The mercury-containing phosphor powder is subjected to a heating and redu... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6235235 | System for extracting sodium metal from sodium hydroxide and a reductant of natural gas An apparatus and system for its use for a continuous production on an alkali metal, preferably sodium metal, by a reduction of the metal hydroxide with methane or natural gas as a reductant. The invention is preferably utilized with sodium hydroxide as is... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6221310 | System for extracting sodium metal from sodium hydroxide with methane as a reductant A reactor system that includes a reactor nozzle for use with a reactor vessel and process for its use for producing sodium metal, by a reaction of an alkali hydroxide, preferably sodium hydroxide, as a reactant, with methane gas as a reductant, at high he... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5891216 | Oven mercury retorting device A retorting device for mercury containing material, with an oven, mercury trap and condensers capable of operation at pressures from atmospheric pressure down to 50 Torr with simultaneous temperatures up to 1500° F. A dam within the mercury trap permits ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5759483 | Apparatus for treating a particulate material within a rotating retort Apparatus (1) for treating particulate material or powder (33) of a size capable of being fluidized in a retort (31) mounted for rotation on a pair of end axles (18, 41). Retort (31) is mounted on a tilt frame (5) for tilting movement in a vertical plane.... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5205980 | Sublimer assembly A sublimer assembly vaporizes zirconium tetrachloride in a Kroll reduction process. A retort for vaporizing the feed has a sidewall extending from a bottom wall with a peripheral heater adjacent to the sidewall and an internal heater extending through the... | 04/27/1993 |
