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An apparatus for the deployment of a visible plume to alert other motorists that a proximate motor vehicle has been involved in a collision.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4665296 | Method of and apparatus for igniting a high-frequency torch to create a high-temperature plasma of high purity An ignition element for use in igniting a high-frequency plasma torch is ungrounded and displaceable. When a tip end of the ignition element is positioned in a location in a gas to be formed into a plasma, which flows under normal pressure, and a high-fre... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4594532 | Multimegavolt high current switch A low cost multimegavolt high current switch that can effectively switch tages in the megavolts range and currents in the order of 200 thousand amperes. Switching is accomplished by the movement of a conductive member from a first electrically isolated p... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4370539 | Device for the manual start-up of a plasma torch Device for the manual start-up of a plasmotron. The device has a spring biased plunger which constitutes an electrode which selectively bridges the anode and cathode of the plasmotron and creates an arc between the anode and cathode when it is released so... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4328445 | High-pressure discharge lamp The invention relates to a discharge lamp which has a discharge vessel provided with an external auxiliary electrode. The lamp also has a bimetal which in the inoperative condition of the lamp causes the external auxiliary electrode to bear against the di... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4130781 | High voltage d-c vacuum interrupter device with magnetic control of interrupter impedance with movable contact A circuit interrupter which can be used as a high voltage d-c breaker or fault current limiter transfer switch or the like contains a pair of cooperable contacts disposed in an evacuated container. One of the contacts also serves as the cathode of a magne... | 12/19/1978 |
| 3997816 | Starting assist device for an electrodeless light source An electrodeless lamp is excited by high frequency power in a termination fixture having an inner and an outer conductor, the lamp being located in the high field region at the end of the conductors. A source of ultraviolet radiation is located near the l... | 12/14/1976 |
