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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7658891 | Air purification and decontamination for hazmat suits This application relates to innovative apparatus and methods for efficient use of vacuum ultraviolet light and ozone to break down biological and chemical contaminants in air that flows through such apparatus, and to generate additional ozone and ozonites that furth... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7578980 | Producing apparatus and producing method for manufacturing carbon structure Apparatus for producing a carbon structure at least including two electrodes and having forefront portions opposed to each other, and a power supply for applying a voltage between the electrodes and so that discharge plasma is produced in a discharge area between th... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7438789 | Decomposition cell A decomposition cell having a first metal plate with a first layer of dielectric and a second metal plate with a second layer of dielectric wherein each layer of dielectric is sprayed onto the metal plates in molten form using a thermal plasma spray process. The pla... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438869 | Emission control system The invention relates to an emission control system for removing environmentally harmful and/or toxic gases or vapors, comprising a reaction chamber which is connected to a plasma source, whereby plasma is formed in said reaction chamber by injecting excitation ener... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7398643 | Combined EGR cooler and plasma reactor A combined EGR cooler and non-thermal plasma device has first and second fluid passageways which are in heat exchange communication with one another. One or more electrodes are located in the second fluid passageway. The electrodes are connected to a voltage source.... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381380 | Plasma based trace metal removal apparatus A system and method for the removal of metals such as mercury from a gas stream. The method involves contacting a gas stream containing the target metals with reactive chemical species generated in a plasma device. The metal to be removed is chemically converted int... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370109 | Hierarchical management of objects A networking environment in which a sequence of proxy forwarders are used to forward network management requests from a network management station (NMS) to a network element containing a managed object. The NMS sends a request according to a network management proto... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7341049 | Apparatus for improving efficiency and emissions of combustion An apparatus increases the efficiency and emissions of a combustion process by producing sufficient amounts of ozone in the air flow to the combustion chamber to enable more complete and cleaner combustion of the fuel. Embodiments of the invention include a pluralit... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329997 | System including an electronic ballast for use with a spa A starting circuit for an electric discharge lamp providing an electric current to a lamp having a first and a second filament. The circuit measures a lamp current and a filament temperature and then compares these against a reference voltage. When the lamp current ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322313 | Plasma processing system A plasma processing apparatus M1 is provided with a processing part 20 for supporting a pair of elongate electrodes 30. The processing part 20 is provided with a plurality of pull bolts 52 (approach-deforming preventers) mutually s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7303612 | UV reflective cavity and method of providing same A UV reflective cavity may be provided in a duct by attaching a plurality of tiles to the interior surface of the duct, each of the tiles having UV reflective surface. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7285247 | Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer so as to purge soot therefrom A method of operating a fuel reformer includes advancing a first air/fuel mixture having a first air-to-fuel ratio into the fuel reformer. The method further includes determining if a soot purge is to be performed and generating a purge-soot signal in response there... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7244281 | Method and apparatus for trapping and purging soot from a fuel reformer A plasma fuel reformer assembly for producing reformate gas includes a fuel reformer having an air/fuel input assembly, an electrode assembly, and a soot trap positioned downstream of the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode and a se... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7223914 | Pulsed electron jump generator A device and method for stimulating pulsed chemical reactions in a small volume of gaseous reactants. An emitter stimulates the reactions of a fuel oxidizer mixture and a collector converts the vibrational energy of the resulting products into useful energy. The dev... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220391 | UV photochemical option for closed cycle decomposition of hydrogen sulfide Methods and systems for separating hydrogen and sulfur from hydrogen sulfide(H2S) gas. Hydrogen sulfide(H2S) gas is passed into a scrubber and filtration unit with polysulfide solution. Interaction frees elemental sulfur which is filtered, exce... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208767 | Electron-jump chemical energy converter A method and a device for converting energy uses chemical reactions in close proximity to or on a surface to convert a substantial fraction of the available chemical energy of the shorter lived energized products, such as vibrationally excited chemicals and hot elec... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7181903 | Exhaust gas purifying apparatus and method of using the same The present invention relates to an exhaust gas purifying apparatus comprising a plasma reactor containing at least one of a H2O adsorbent and a HC adsorbent; and a NOx adsorbent located downstream of said plasma reactor. Further, the present i... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7166259 | Air purifier with control sensors An air purifier (10) held in a housing (12, 14) with an ambient air inlet (16) and an air outlet (18) and defining an airflow path therethrough for treating ambient air, a filter (disposed in the airflow path and having an air permeable m... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160566 | Food surface sanitation tunnel This invention is a modular, adjustable, easy to maintain, portable or fixed food sanitation tunnel, comprising an enclosing means for subjecting food to sanitizers including UV light, ozone, hydroperoxides, superoxides and hydroxyl radicals, and a method for using ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156959 | Plasma based trace metal removal apparatus and method A system and method for the removal of metals such as mercury from a gas stream. The method involves contacting a gas stream containing the target metals with reactive chemical species generated in a plasma device. The metal to be removed is chemically converted int... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146797 | Exhaust gas purification system An exhaust gas purification system including a catching reactor for attracting particulate matters in an exhaust gas from an engine by electrostatic force, a main exhaust path and an auxiliary exhaust path provided on the exit side of the catching reactor, a PM filt... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132039 | Manufacturing apparatus and method for carbon nanotube An apparatus for manufacturing a carbon nanotube includes: at least two electrodes whose tips oppose to each other; a power supply which applies a voltage between the electrodes so as to generate discharge plasma in a discharge area between the electrodes; a plurali... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122735 | Quantum well energizing method and apparatus A method and apparatus that converts energy provided by a chemical reaction into energy for charging a quantum well device. The disclosed apparatus comprises a catalyst layer that catalyzes a chemical reaction and captures hot electrons and hot phonons generated by ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119272 | Gas specie electron-jump chemical energy converter An apparatus and method for extracting energy is provided. In one aspect the method includes using chemical reactions to generate vibrationally excited molecules, such as high-quantum-number-vibrationally-excited gas molecules in a region. The vibration energy in th... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7071626 | Plasma generator Disclosed herein is a plasma generator, in which a plasma forming space, into which the air is introduced, is provided, band plate-like first and second electrodes are arranged in opposed relation to each other through a dielectric in the plasma forming space, and p... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7043902 | Exhaust gas purification system An exhaust gas purification system equipped, from an upstream side toward downstream side through which an exhaust gas flows, with a plasma reactor and a catalyst unit charged with a catalyst acting on NOx in the exhaust gas in this order, and equipped wi... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038389 | Magnetron plasma source A point projection type flood plasma source implements a magnetron sputter cold cathode electron source in a discharge cavity separated from a process chamber by a narrow conduit and a solenoid magnetic field. The solenoid magnetic field impedes radial electron flow... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029560 | Rod target for arc evaporation source, manufacturing method therefor, and arc deposition device In the rod target for an arc evaporation source, of which the outer peripheral surface is used as an evaporation surface, the opposite ends thereof in the longitudinal direction thereof are each formed thicker than the central part thereof. The length of the thicker... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029633 | Method and apparatus for reducing uranium trioxide Uranium trioxide is reduced to uranium dioxide using microwave radiation or radiofrequency radiation directed in such a way that the radiation encounters an interface between uranium trioxide and the uranium-containing reduction product without first having passed t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6979892 | Laminated co-fired sandwiched element for non-thermal plasma reactor A method for preparing a non-thermal plasma reactor substrate includes disposing electrical vias on green stage first and second ceramic plates; filling the electrical vias with conductive material; and forming electrical contact via cover pads; disposing conductive... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969494 | Plasma based trace metal removal apparatus and method A system and method for the removal of metals such as mercury from a gas stream. The method involves contacting a gas stream containing the target metals with reactive chemical species generated in a plasma device. The metal to be removed is chemically converted int... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964755 | Method for producing high activity photocatalyst, photoactivity catalyst, and method for treating hydrogen sulfide for recovering hydrogen gas under low energy by using high activity photocatalyst A high activity catalyst is obtained by oxidizing and modifying the surface of zinc sulfide by hydrogen peroxide. An oxidation treatment is carried out in basic aqueous solution. The high activity photocatalyst is added to the basic aqueous solution in which hydroge... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6955791 | Environmental air sterilization system The present invention is a high volume, wall-mountable air sanitation apparatus for disinfecting and removing VOCs from air with high energy UV light and ozone. The apparatus has a powerful fan and an elongated UV light source and target for use with the movement of... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6955041 | Exhaust gas purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine, wherein the efficiency of exhaust gas purification is enhanced by optimally controlling the operating condition of a plasma generator mounted in an exhaust passage in accordance with the exhaust g... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938409 | Method for reducing particle emissions containing carbon of diesel motors and corresponding system Exhaust gas amitted from a diesel engine flows through a ceramic soot filter in which particles contained in the exhaust are deposited and oxidized to regenerate the filter. The filter is regenerated by non-thermal, electric surface creeping discharge on filter surf... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936228 | Manufacturing apparatus for carbon nanotube Provided is a manufacturing apparatus for a carbon nanotube including: at least two electrodes whose tips are opposed to each other; at least a power supply that applies a voltage between the two electrodes to generate discharge plasma in a discharge area between th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6919054 | Reactant nozzles within flowing reactors Improved reaction chamber designs are described that provide for improved control over the flow within the reaction chamber. The reaction chambers contain reactions for particle production from a flowing reactant stream. Improved reactant delivery nozzles are descri... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916451 | Solid state surface catalysis reactor A method and apparatus to stimulate chemical reactions on a catalyst surface using electricity, and the reverse process to convert energy released from chemical reactions into electricity. A reversible emitter generates electrons which are injected into reactants on... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6852295 | Apparatus for sterilizing and sprouting grains An apparatus for sterilizing and sprouting grains is constructed to include a container having a water inlet pipe, a water drain pipe, an overflow pipe, and a grains discharge control valve, a top cover covering the container and provided with ultraviolet lamps for ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6841136 | Lighting equipment having an anion generator A lighting equipment for purifying air, includes an anion generator generating anions to purify air; a housing including an electric power source supplying an electric power, an amplifier amplifying the electric power from the electric power source, and an emitting ... | 01/11/2005 |
