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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7342038 | Substituted diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds and analogues thereof useful for the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof, which are specific potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a ther... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7332020 | Gas treating device A gas treating device capable of electrically collecting dust and of decomposing odors and other matter by plasma includes a plasma generating device integrally incorporated into an ionization part in a casing. The ionization part has an ionization line and a column... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320826 | Photochromic articles with reduced temperature dependency and methods for preparation Described are photochromic articles that include a substrate, a temperature dependent reducing amount of at least one organic photochromic material (b) that changes from more absorbing to less absorbing of radiation in its activating spectral absorbance as the tempe... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7176037 | Labeled peptides, proteins and antibodies and processes and intermediates useful for their preparation The invention provides peptide synthons having protected functional groups for attachment of desired moieties (e.g. functional molecules or probes). Also provided are peptide conjugates prepared from such synthons, and synthon and conjugate preparation methods inclu... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7015352 | Pro drugs for selective drug delivery Prodrug compounds capable of permeating a desired biological compartment and releasing a biologically active molecule in active form to effect a therapeutic functional change in the compartment to which it is introduced. ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6953556 | Air conditioner devices An air conditioner includes an ion generator that provides ions and safe amounts of ozone. The ion generator includes a high voltage generator that provides a voltage potential difference between first and second electrode arrays. At least one of the first and secon... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951580 | Method for minimizing bowing of collector plates in an electrostatic precipitator, and a collector plate-clip combination A bow-reduced precipitator collector plate assembly and an appertaining method include a precipitator collector plate that contacts a spring-like stiffening element configured to be attached to a fixed anchor or an adjacent anchoring collector plate. The stiffening ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6951045 | Vacuum cleaner having hose detachable at nozzle An upright vacuum cleaner is provided. The upright vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle base section including a main suction opening formed in an underside thereof. An upright housing section is hingedly connected with the nozzle base section. The housing section inclu... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6579349 | Electrostatic precipitator An electrostatic precipitator includes an upright hollow body having a lower smoke inlet and an upper smoke outlet, with a pair of spaced horizontal partitions formed in the hollow body between the inlet and outlet. A set of parallel ducts extends vertica... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6251170 | Electronic dust collector and air conditioner with electronic dust collector An electronic dust collector has a discharge line spaced parallel to a dust collector electrode. Discharge line fixing parts at the ends of the discharge line are bent outward to increase the distance from the dust collector electrode, thereby reducing th... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6156104 | Electrical dust collector having a member for insulating the space between a high voltage wire and a grounding member An electrical dust collector has an ionization section for ionizing dust in air, and a collection section for collecting the ionized dust. The ionization section includes a high voltage wire to which a high voltage is applied, and a grounding member dispo... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5391222 | In place discharge electrode replacement on rigid frame ESP's Discharge electrode wires are arranged between parallel discharge tubes by attaching one end of the discharge electrode wire to an end clip within the frame of an electrostatic precipitator having rows of collecting electrode plates. The opposite end of t... | 02/21/1995 |
| 4666474 | Electrostatic precipitators An electrostatic precipitator is provided comprising a plurality of spaced apart vertically extending collector plates with an array of vertically extending ionizer wire rods disposed in a space between each of the collector plates. The improvement reside... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4502872 | Discharge electrode wire assembly for electrostatic precipitator An electrostatic precipitator (10) having a casing (12) defining a precipitation chamber (6) wherein a plurality of discharge electrode frames (32) are disposed alternately between a plurality of collecting electrode plates (20). Each discharge electrode ... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4349359 | Electrostatic precipitator apparatus having an improved ion generating means A multi-stage system is disclosed for removing particles from a gaseous medium and comprises an upstream precipitating stage of spaced corona discharging wires between parallel collecting plates, followed by a downstream precipitating stage having one or ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4230466 | Discharge electrode structure for electrostatic precipitator An electrostatic precipitator for extracting particles and other contaminants from a gaseous stream to be purified, the contaminants being ionized by means of a discharge electrode structure which includes a column of dielectric material whose central axi... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4106919 | Arrangement in emitting electrodes for electrostatic precipitators In an electrostatic precipitator, the emitting electrodes consist of helically wound wire, and are extended and attached in the space between the collecting plates, and have a non-round cross-section. In each of the electrodes has a long axis approximatel... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4022594 | Electrostatic precipitator An electrically operated cleaner to remove dust, pollen, smoke, etc. from the air in the nature of an electrostatic precipitating apparatus is shown. It is suitable for general utilization including furnace or air conditioner mounting. An operating unit i... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3997304 | Mounting system of ionizing wires of electrostatic precipitator A mounting system for ionizing wires of electrostatic precipitation apparatus including a bus bar having a plurality of slots formed along the axial length thereof. A plurality of ionizing wires are spaced axially along the length of the bus bar and exten... | 12/14/1976 |