Bizarre Patents
A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6874380 | Slide adjustment system for brake rotor testing gauges An improved testing system for a manufactured rotary metal product having upper and lower surfaces. The testing system includes a gage frame with a fixed lower portion and a vertically movable gaging probe carrier in alignment with the lower portion configured for v... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6871558 | Method for determining characteristics of substrate employing fluid geometries The present invention provides a technique for determining characteristics of substrates, such as the presence of contaminants, shape, as well as the spatial relationships between spaced-apart substrates. The spatial relationships include distance and angular orient... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6862945 | Camera guide for video pipe inspection system A guide for a video pipe inspection system that includes a camera head and a tubular coil spring having a central axis. A guide member with radially extending fins is configured to surround the tubular spring. At least one pin is removably engageable with the guide ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6862944 | Non-destructive butt weld inspection method A non-destructive plastic butt weld inspection method in which the weld bead 42 is removed from an exterior surface of a weld zone region 44 of a butt weld and the weld zone region 44 is heated to a temperature sufficient to visualize the weld z... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6860790 | Buffer system for a wafer handling system An apparatus is provided for supporting semiconductor wafer in a wafer processing system. The apparatus comprises at least two wafer support assemblies, defining respectively at least two wafer support levels and being mounted between opposing support beams; one or ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6857330 | Apparatus and methods for automatically inspecting dovetails on turbine rotors A scanner assembly for dovetail inspection of the wheels of a turbine rotor includes a series of circumferentially pivotally connected links: a motor link, transmission links, an encoder link, an adjustable link, free links and a base link mounting a transducer. The... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6857329 | Pig for detecting an obstruction in a pipeline An obstacle detecting pig for preliminary inspection of a section of a pipeline travels through the section and determines if there are any restrictions that exceed industry guidelines or that might damage other pigs that require the full bore of the pipe. In a firs... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6854347 | Measurement of components that have been micro-galvanically produced, using a sample component by means of photoresist webs A method for measuring microgalvanically produced components having a three-dimensional, depth-lithographically produced structure, which provides a single- or multilayer component which is constructed using galvanic metal deposition, the metal being deposited aroun... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6845678 | Spectacle frame shape measuring apparatus A spectacle frame shape measuring apparatus includes a measurement element holding mechanism. The measurement element holding mechanism holds a measurement element in a substantially loadless state along a frame groove formed in the inner circumferential surface of ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6842955 | Method of fabricating and testing a storage tank A liquid storage tank and a method of fabricating and testing the liquid storage tank. The tank is collapsible for ease of transportation when not holding a liquid and includes a base portion and a top portion. The base portion has a bottom wall and a frusto-conical... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6840088 | Subsea vehicle assisted pumping skid packages The present invention is directed to a pumping skid that may comprise a skid structure, a high volume pump, a battery of high-pressure pumps, a chemical water treating tank, a docking plate and a bouyancy compensator. More specifically, the skid is carried by a subs... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6834559 | Vibration compensation system for tire testing systems An apparatus and method for improving the measurement of force variation in a tire (20) being tested on a tire uniformity machine. The apparatus includes a loadwheel assembly (500) including a rotatable loadwheel (510) connected to load sensors ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6829956 | Inspection apparatus The object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus which enables the speed-up and high efficiency of an inspection as well as the flexibility to the modification of an assembly line. The present invention provides an inspection apparatus, whic... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6823751 | Sphere or pig detection switch assembly A sphere or pig detection switch assembly adapted for being mounted on a pipe through which the sphere or pig will run. The assembly includes an elongated, hollow main body portion presenting an elongated chamber therein. The body portion defines a detection zone po... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6823753 | Sensor signal transmission from processing system A processing system includes a plurality of chamber walls that define a sealed environment. A sensor is positioned in the sealed environment. In one embodiment, a power source, such as a photoelectric cell, is positioned within the environment. In another embodiment... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6823752 | Polyhedron inspection feeder and polyhedron inspection apparatus A polyhedron inspection apparatus 10 includes a polyhedron inspection feeder 12 having a passage forming member 22 for inspecting a surface of cubic chip W. The polyhedron inspection feeder 12 is formed with a V-letter groove, and include... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6820508 | Apparatus for rotating a sample An apparatus rotates a sample to facilitate an accurate analysis of the sample. The apparatus includes a sample stage on which a plurality of samples are supported, a rotatable cap and a linearly movable plate for placing a selected one of the samples at an analysis... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6801126 | Method and apparatus for installing tire pressure monitor assembly onto wheels A method and apparatus are provided for installing tire pressure monitor sensors onto wheels and for assembling tires onto wheels having tire pressure monitor sensors. The method includes orienting a wheel to place a tire pressure monitor sensor in a predetermined l... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6796196 | Arrangement for defining the carbon content of ash An arrangement for measuring the carbon content of fly ash consisting of a modified coaxial resonator including an elongated arch-shaped member and an elongated conductor mounted coaxially therein and a generator for generating vibrations of variable frequency there... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6792820 | Method and accessories for pipe replacement A method of replacing an existing underground pipe, especially a sanitary sewer line, uses a boring machine that advances a drill string of hollow rods through the existing pipe. The method includes the steps of mounting a rotary cleaning tool on a distal end of the... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6789436 | Method and arrangement for transporting and inspecting semiconductor substrates The invention relates to an arrangement for transporting and inspecting semiconductor substrates (6), having at least three workstations (8, 10, 12), a changer (14), which has at least three arms (14a, 14b, 14 | 09/14/2004 |
| 6788244 | Inspection device for radar absorbing materials The invention is a device for inspecting an assembly including a surface coating containing magnetic radar-absorbing materials on a conductive surface. In detail, the device includes a first system for transmitting an electromagnetic signal to the assembly, which in... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6782769 | Monitoring device In order to improve a monitoring device for checking for a predefined position of a body or for checking for the presence of a body, comprising a pivotal checking element, a motor for driving the checking element and a control device for controlling the pivotal move... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6776060 | Electronic component sucking device and electronic component testing apparatus having the same Disclosed are an electronic component sucking device and an electronic component testing apparatus using the same, the sucking device comprising a suction head having at its extremity an opening arranged to suck an electronic component when a negative pressure is ap... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6775899 | Method for inspecting printing state and substrate A test printing portion with a pattern dimension smaller than a minimum printing pattern dimension is formed on a substrate, and a printing state of this test printing portion is inspected after printing. Based on inspection results of the test printing portion, acc... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6772536 | Accelerated degradation evaluation method and apparatus An apparatus and method are provided for measuring the physical strength and ability of a solid sample, to resist breakdown into fines after repeated cycles of hydration and regeneration of temperatures in excess of 100° C. The test samples are evaluated using an a... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6768959 | Apparatus and method for accurate pipeline surveying A pipeline surveying system including a pipeline pig can accurately provide a pipeline profile after correlation with a previously determined GPS survey. An inertial measurement unit located in the pig determines a pipeline profile as it travels through the pipeline... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6754948 | Press operation verification system A system for verifying the quality of a pressing operation of a press-fit part onto a receiving portion of a receiving assembly. The system is applicable to the installation of a bearing cup onto a shaft, or a valve seat into a cylinder head. A probe measures a pred... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6755071 | Lubricant applying system for a rolling bearing In a lubricant application system, a prescribed volume of lubricant is transferred from a lubricant discharge port (8) of a prescribed liquid volume discharge device to a rolling element (703) of a rolling bearing (700) in a state in which the l... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6745136 | Pipe inspection systems and methods A method for inspecting pipe, the method, in at least certain aspects, including detecting an inspection parameter in at least a first part of a pipe, the pipe having a length, a hollow body, an outer surface, and a generally circular pipe wall with an inner diamete... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6739208 | Method of delivering target object to be processed, table mechanism of target object and probe apparatus In the present invention, a main chuck comprises a table for performing the delivery of a wafer W to and from a pincette and a plurality of lift pins for allowing the wafer W to rise from the surface of the table. At least one lift pin positioned on the side of the ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6739209 | Automated sample analysis system A sample analyser for bulk materials such as sugar cane includes a shredding means which finelly divides the material and deposits a sample on an endless conveyor (2). The sample is compressed and its upper surface (30) is levelled, to ensure a fixed p... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736019 | Monitoring device In order to produce a monitoring device for checking for a predefined position of a body or for checking for the presence of a body, comprising a pivotal checking element, a motor for driving the checking element and a control device for controlling the pivotal move... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6732001 | Production management method With respect to production equipment for performing a plurality of production operations having different processing conditions in the same processing chamber, a contamination degree is determined previously, which is an index of how a product or the production equi... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6725735 | Method and device for testing machine tool On a machine tool in which a first element intended to support a machining tool, and a second element intended to support a workpiece, are mutually movable, a special test arrangement may be placed between the first element and the second element. During a mutual di... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715370 | Method of inspecting district heating pipes A method of inspecting district heating pipes consists in introducing into the pipe a vehicle including an uninflated balloon and a pulley in which a cable is inserted. The vehicle is immobilized in the pipe by inflating the balloon. A sensor is moved in the pipe by... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6708574 | Abnormal photoresist line/space profile detection through signal processing of metrology waveform A semiconductor manufacturing automation method for analyzing a patterned feature formed on a semiconductor layer is disclosed. At least one patterned feature is scanned to generate an amplitude modulated waveform signal of the line and neighboring space characteris... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6701772 | Chemical or biological attack detection and mitigation system Systems and methods for monitoring buildings to detect harmful chemical or biological agents. Self-propelled harmful agent detectors are provided that can propel themselves using motors and self-contained power sources. On-board harmful agent sensors can ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6694831 | Method and system for automatically locating a component on a planar A method and system for automatically locating a component connected to a planar, such as a printed circuit board, is disclosed. The method and system comprises providing at least one substantially clear latch coupled to the component, mounting a light em... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6679129 | Pig for detecting an obstruction in a pipeline An obstacle detecting pig for preliminary inspection of a section of a pipeline travels through the section and determines if there are any restrictions that exceed industry guidelines or that might damage other pigs that require the full bore of the pipe... | 01/20/2004 |
