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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 |
| 7896621 | Micro pump Provided is a micro pump having a simple structure. The micro pump includes a pump chamber including inflow and outflow passages through which a drive fluid flows, a first valve configured to open or close the inflow passage, a second valve configured to open or clo... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7740454 | Thermal actuation pump A simple structured thermal actuation pump for reducing energy loss is provided. The thermal actuation pump includes: a first chamber having at least one working fluid inlet and at least one working fluid outlet; a second chamber having at least one working fluid in... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7367781 | Packaged micromachined device such as a vacuum micropump, device having a micromachined sealed electrical interconnect and device having a suspended micromachined bonding pad A number of micromachined devices including a micromachined pump for on-chip vacuum is provided. For example, a single-chip micromachined implementation of a Knudsen pump having one or more stages and which uses the principle of thermal transpiration with no moving ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7287842 | Pressurizing pump device, liquid ejection apparatus and method of controlling pressurizing pump In a printing apparatus of an off-carriage type, when a pump motor is rotated regularly for delivering pressurizing air to an ink cartridge, rotation thereof is converted into a linear reciprocating movement of a pressing member by a cam mechanism and a pressurizing... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7204264 | High pressure capillary micro-fluidic valve device and a method of fabricating same A freeze-thaw valve and a method of micro-machining the freeze-thaw valve is provided and includes a valve housing, wherein the valve housing defines a housing cavity and includes a housing inlet, a housing vent, a capillary tubing inlet and a capillary tubing outle... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7083393 | Combination sight glass, strainer and orifice A sight glass block for inspecting oil flow through a scavenge line for an oil separation system in a compressor comprises a combination of a sight glass for inspecting the oil flow, a strainer for cleaning the oil flow and an orifice for metering the oil flow in a ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7040106 | Air conditioning system with secondary compressor drive A secondary drive system for an air conditioner compressor includes a conventional air conditioning circuit having integrated therewith a secondary compressor drive. The secondary compressor drive includes an air motor for selectively operating the otherwise convent... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025323 | Low power integrated pumping and valving arrays for microfluidic systems Low power integrated pumping and valving arrays which provide a revolutionary approach for performing pumping and valving approach for performing pumping and valving operations in microfabricated fluidic systems for applications such as medical diagnostic microchips... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6974496 | Apparatus for thermal swing adsorption and thermally-enhanced pressure swing adsorption The present invention provides compact adsorption systems that are capable of rapid temperature swings and rapid cycling. Novel methods of thermal swing adsorption and thermally-enhanced pressure swing adsorption are also described. In some aspects of the invention,... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6959546 | Method and apparatus for energy generation utilizing temperature fluctuation-induced fluid pressure differentials A method and apparatus for producing energy is provided for generating renewable energy. Captive compressed fluid cycles between two coupled containers through a motive power source. The captive compressed fluid flows between the containers in response to a differen... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6655924 | Peristaltic bubble pump A pump comprises a chamber with an inlet and an outlet. A first heating element is located in proximity with the inlet, and a second heating element is located in proximity with the outlet. The first and second heating elements are configured when heated ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6638032 | Acoustic vacuum pump Vacuum pump with a chamber (1) having, on one side, an intake (2) for pumping gas and, on the opposite side, an outlet (3) for the gas, displacement elements (4) being provided to drive the gas from the intake (2) towards the outlet (3), the displacement ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6585491 | Liquid discharge apparatus having a heating element A liquid discharge head is provided having a heating member for generating thermal energy to create a bubble in liquid, a discharge port adapted to discharge the liquid, and a liquid flow path communicated with the discharge port having a bubble generatin... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6386832 | Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge method, and liquid discharge apparatus A liquid discharge head is provided having a heating member for generating thermal energy to create a bubble in liquid, a discharge port adapted to discharge the liquid, and a liquid flow path communicated with the discharge port having a bubble generatin... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6283718 | Bubble based micropump A micro-pump pumps either electrically conductive or non-conductive liquids through channels of the micro-pump and/or micro-devices. A conductive or non-conductive liquid, depending on the specific application of the present invention, is disposed within ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6224728 | Valve for fluid control A valve for controlling fluid flows. This valve, which includes both an actuation device and a valve body provides: the ability to incorporate both the actuation device and valve into a unitary structure that can be placed onto a microchip, the ability to... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6079953 | Raising siphon method and apparatus A raising siphon for transferring fluids from a lower level to a higher level. The raising siphon works on the principal of increasing and/or decreasing the molecular size of fluids being transferred. Larger molecules are less dense than smaller molecules... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6071081 | Heat-powered liquid pump A liquid transport device has a chamber, an inlet and an outlet for supplying liquid to and from the chamber through one-way valves, and a bubble forming system for film boiling the liquid to form a precisely controlled film bubble which expands and contr... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6053704 | Cryogenic vacuum pump system having a cryopanel and a heat absorbing unit A cryogenic vacuum pump system in which a pump out system such as a cryotrap 13, with which gas is subjected to vacuum pump out by condensing or adsorbing said gas on a cryopanel which has been cooled to a very low temperature, is used, and a radiant heat... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6007302 | Mechanical valve having n-type and p-type thermoelectric elements for heating and cooling a fluid between an inlet and an outlet in a fluid pump A micromechanical valve for communicating a fluid is constructed from n-type and p-type materials forming a peltier junction interface which can be selectively cooled to freeze the fluid into a plug to obstruct the flow of fluid, or selectively heated to ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5660528 | Liquid delivery system at specified rate using ultrasonic vibrators A liquid delivery system is provided, which enables to deliver a liquid source material at a specified flow rate without contamination of the source material and blocking of the delivering channel. A liquid forwarding device is provided for forwarding a l... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5472032 | Tire pressure maintenance system A gas transfer system is provided for establishing or maintaining a predetermined gas pressure within a plenum, such as a tire. In an exemplary embodiment, the gas transfer system includes a power source, a pressure sensor, a control unit, and a gas trans... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5375979 | Thermal micropump with values formed from silicon plates In a micropump having a working chamber (1), an intake valve (2), and a discharge valve (3), the valves (2,3) are etched out of silicon wafers (4,5). The gas in the working chamber (1) is heated by a heating element (6), so that an overpressure is produce... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5327038 | Walking expansion actuator This invention is for an object moving actuator composed of a stack of independently controllable layers which convert thermal exobaric pulses into mechanical motion. Each layer can be a lifter for moving the stack normal to the object to be moved or a ta... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5295791 | Tapered fluid compressor & refrigeration apparatus A fluid compressor or pump includes a driver such as a reciprocating piston or a voice-coil actuated diaphragm, which creates pressure waves in the fluid. The waves propagate through a tapered tube, in which the pressure increases as the waves move toward... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5267836 | Madreporitic resonant pump A multiplicity of heaters 50 on the surface 10 of a hollow torus chamber 4 are employed to exobarically stimulate the fluid contained in the chamber to make a resonant traveling wave 20 which has its high pressure peaks 22 adjacent outlet ports 16 and its... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5263341 | Compression-evaporation method using standing acoustic wave A compression-evaporation refrigeration system, wherein gaseous compression of the refrigerant is provided by a standing wave compressor. The standing wave compressor is modified so as to provide a separate subcooling system for the refrigerant, so that e... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5174130 | Refrigeration system having standing wave compressor A compression-evaporation refrigeration system, wherein gaseous compression of the refrigerant is provided by a standing wave compressor. The standing wave compressor is modified so as to provide a separate subcooling system for the refrigerant, so that e... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5129788 | Heat-driven pump A heat-driven pump includes a fluid suction port defining unit which introduces liquid into a heating chamber. Bubbles are formed by heating liquid introduced through the fluid suction port defining unit into a heating chamber. The bubbles cause fluid in ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4917575 | Liquid chromatographic pump A liquid chromatographic method and apparatus is disclosed which employs an improved pump not requiring driven pistons or sliding seals. The pump comprises at least one length of tubing forming a chamber disposed between first and second check valves, con... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4792283 | Heat-driven pump A heat-driven pump for performing the transport of liquid by the function of bubbles produced by vaporization and condensation of the liquid under heating includes an inlet pipe, an inlet-side check valve, a charging pipe, a bubble forming portion, a disc... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4740796 | Bubble jet recording method and apparatus in which a heating element generates bubbles in multiple liquid flow paths to project droplets Liquid droplets are formed by instantaneous state change by thermal energy of a liquid filled in a thermal chamber, said droplets being deposited onto a recording member to achieve recording.... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4723129 | Bubble jet recording method and apparatus in which a heating element generates bubbles in a liquid flow path to project droplets A liquid jet recording process comprises the step of providing a continuous passageway defining a path through which liquid can flow. The passageway has an inlet thereto and an outlet orifice therefrom and further defines a thermal chamber portion located... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4640667 | Apparatus for conveying and compressing a gaseous medium The apparatus for conveying and compressing a gaseous medium utilizes thermoacoustic oscillations. The oscillations are generated in a tubular cavity by means of a heat source or heat sink with the medium to be conveyed being taken in through a check valv... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4451210 | Diaphragm vapor pump A diaphragm pump for liquids operating by heating and vaporizing a part of the pumped liquid on the motive side of the diaphragm. A center spindle upon which the diaphragm slides is shaped to permit a limited amount of liquid to leak through into the vapo... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4441321 | Compact mist flow power generator An ocean thermal energy converter (OTEC) generates electricity from warm surface water in dropping 100 meters or so, and then raises it back to the surface using its own thermal energy in a large floating vacuum chamber. The mist flow process as described... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4416587 | Heat operated pump A pump comprising a pump chamber having an inlet and an outlet, pumping means disposed within the chamber, the pumping means being temperature sensitive and having a first stable position when at a first temperature and a second stable condition when at a... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4356697 | Heat engines A new heat engine is provided in the form of a pressure oscillation generation device having a chamber with two spaced apart walls, means on the outside of one wall continuously heating said one wall, means on the other of said walls continuously cooling ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4333312 | Thermodynamic energy conversion system and method, utilizing a thermodynamic working fluid of encased expandites A thermodynamic energy conversion system includes a thermodynamic working fluid made up of thousands of expandites at a given pressure to thereby change buoyancy with respect to a thermal fluid; a mass transport conduit circuit for introducing the expandi... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4281969 | Thermal pumping device A cell for pumping a fluid is provided, wherein the fluid is alternately heated and cooled by a transfer medium, and comprises a fluid-type chamber which communicates with a source of fluid via a one-way valve and with a sink for the fluid via another one... | 08/04/1981 |
