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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069897 | Fast door with contact detecting means The invention concerns a fast door comprising: a structure having in particular two posts (3) in each of which is provided a slide rail (16) and a transverse lintel-forming element (4), and a flexible curtain (12) connected to the structu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7188569 | Criminal arresting assembly A criminal arresting method includes preparing a frame assembly, activating a first weight releasing device to allow a first weight to fall inside the frame assembly, activating reducing of size of a first loop inside the frame assembly, activating a second weight r... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7170248 | Systems and methods for operating a barrier Disclosed are systems and methods for operating a barrier. In one embodiment, a door operator can be opened or closed by triggering either an internal device (e.g., wall button) or an external device. In one embodiment, if an obstacle is detected when the door is op... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7129657 | Single track brush-based position encoder for rotating shaft A position sensor generates a signal representative of the angular position and, if desired, angular velocity of a rotating object using only a single circular track and plural brushes that ride on the track when the object rotates. The single circular track can hav... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111662 | Roller tube having external slot for mounting screen material A roller tube including a body having a tube wall that defines an interior and an exterior. The body includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A surface feature is formed in the tube wall proximate the exterior. The surface feature is configured ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7066518 | Cabriolet vehicle with a check device for checking a given convertible top stowage volume A cabriolet vehicle with a combined convertible top-luggage stowage space (16), of which one partial volume constitutes a the convertible top stowage volume (14) and another partial volume constitutes a luggage stowage volume which borders the converti... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6974367 | Chemical mechanical polishing process A chemical mechanical polishing process includes rotating at least one of a semiconductor substrate and polishing pad relative to the other. A chemical mechanical polishing slurry is provided intermediate the substrate and pad. The substrate is polished with the slu... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6924615 | Magnetic encoder for powered window covering A motor for turning the rod of an object such as a window covering is attached to an elongated ferromagnetic bar. Magnets are closely spaced from the bar, and as the bar rotates to cut the magnetic field lines, pickup coils generate signals that can be used to deter... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6612357 | Impact detection system for industrial doors An impact detection system for an industrial door, the system including two members that are releasably coupled to each other to move together with the door as it travels, disposed beyond the doorway opening is a radiation emitter and a radiation detector... | 09/02/2003 |
| 5829508 | Door closer and method Disclosed is a top mounted interior door closer utilizing as a drive mechanism a yieldable actuator which is exercised during the opening and retraction which is desirably mounted in an encasement having a closing rod extending from one end. The closing r... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5743317 | Impact detection system for industrial doors An impact detection system for an industrial door, the system including two members that are releasably coupled to each other to move together with the door as it travels; disposed beyond the doorway opening is a radiation emitter and a radiation detector... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5540269 | Motor-driven roller blind The invention relates to a motor-driven roller blind comprising, on the one hand, an apron rolling up onto and unrolling from a winding shaft inside which is accommodated a tubular-type driving gear-motor and, on the other hand, means providing an electri... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5228492 | Electric rolling steel door safety stopping device A safety stopping device particularly adapted for use with an electric steel rolling door is disclosed which comprises a transmitter mounted on a base plate of the rolling door and a receiver mounted on and directly connected to the electric motor used fo... | 07/20/1993 |
