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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 |
| 7982404 | Method and apparatus and system for adjusting power to HID lamp to control level of light output and conserve energy (ballast multi-tap power output) One aspect of the present invention is a non-electronic method of controlling the power provided to the lamp through use of multiple secondary taps off the secondary side of the HID ballast. This allows for a base capacitor to be used, along with the multiple second... | 07/19/2011 |
| 6593707 | Cross connection structure for dual high-pressure discharge lamp banks and transformers thereof Two high-pressure discharge lampbanks and transformers thereof are connected via a cross connection manner. The two lamp banks include the same number of high-pressure discharge lamps, and the transformers are in a number corresponding to that of lamps in... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6515427 | Inverter for multi-tube type backlight The inverter for multi-tube type backlight includes two step-up transformers of one-side grounded type, wherein the two step-up tranformers respectively output electric power to one or a plurality of cold cathode tubes, and wherein outputs of the two step... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6118227 | High frequency electronic drive circuits for fluorescent lamps A high-frequency power supply system for a plurality of fluorescent tubes includes an inverter type power supply connected to the primary side of the high-voltage transformer. The secondary side of the high-voltage transformer includes two high-voltage co... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5936359 | Apparatus for efficient remote ballasting of gaseous discharge lamps Remote ballasting apparatus adapted for insertion between a high frequency power source and one or more gaseous discharge lamps. The ballasting apparatus includes an isolation transformer having a primary winding adapted for connection to the high frequen... | 08/10/1999 |
| 4745340 | Electric generator system for portable floodlighting equipment A power supply system for portable floodlighting equipment employing high-intensity electric discharge lamps comprises an alternating current generator having three or more independent armature windings, one for producing independently current at a voltag... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4740731 | Two capacitor apparatus for sequential starting and operation of multiple series connected discharge lamps Apparatus for sequentially igniting and serially operating a pair of electric discharge lamps from a source of AC supply voltage. The apparatus includes a transformer with a primary winding and first and second secondary windings mounted on a magnetic cor... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4733136 | Method of regulating the power of vapor discharge lamps During operation of ionized vapor discharge lamps and the partial load range, the lamp current is reduced from the rated value, the drop in voltage is measured during and after the reduction of the lamp current, and when the period of constant voltage tha... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4422018 | Automatic lighting disconnect timer incorporating an acoustic abort switch There is disclosed apparatus which is inserted in an electrical circuit, such as, for example, between an incandescent lamp and the socket therefor, to provide automatic disconnection or opening of the circuit after a predetermined time period and which i... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4220895 | Non-interfering, overlapping high frequency signalling for lamp dimmer circuit A network for the development of a square wave in a first time period as set by the timing occurrence of a first voltage to a predetermined threshold level and another network for the development of a square wave in a second time period as set by the timi... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4009387 | Automatic energy control lighting system with automatically variable dc source An automatically variable d.c. voltage source supplies a control signal to a dimmer circuit that controls the brightness of a high intensity gas discharge lamp in response to a varying d.c. voltage. The automatically variable d.c. voltage source produces ... | 02/22/1977 |
