Bizarre Patents
Safety System For Remove a Rider From a Vehicle by Deploying a Parachute
Methods and apparatus for reducing the velocity of a rider in or on an open cockpit vehicle when the rider is thrown from the vehicle.
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 |
| 7256666 | Band rejection filter with attenuation poles A band rejection filter with attenuation poles includes a plurality of series resonant circuits having end terminals connected in common and other end terminals connected in series via a plurality of transmission lines each having a length that is an odd multiple of... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7097747 | Continuous process electrorefiner A new device is provided for the electrorefining of uranium in spent metallic nuclear fuels by the separation of unreacted zirconium, noble metal fission products, transuranic elements, and uranium from spent fuel rods. The process comprises an electrorefiner cell. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7045053 | Process and apparatus for the superficial electrolytic treatment of metal strips An apparatus for the superficial electrolytic treatment of metal strips, comprising several separate and non-communicating tanks, or containers, located along the path of metal strip (13). A series of electrodes in pairs (14′, 15′, 14″, 15″, 14′â... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6837973 | Apparatus for electrically coating a hot-rolled steel substrate A process and apparatus are provided for producing an electrolytically coated, hot-rolled steel strip without any intervening strips. The apparatus includes a chemical pickling section being combined in one line with an electrolytic coating section containing electr... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6805776 | Movable electrode flow through capacitor A flow through capacitor system is provided having one or more movable electrodes. A movable electrode may be in the form of a movable belt structure or a roller. The system further includes at least one subsystem for removing ions that accumulate at the one or more... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6712668 | System and method for electropolishing nonuniform pipes A pipe electropolishing system (10, 10a) for in place polishing of a pipe (28) has provision for detecting the instant position of a cathode (14) within the pipe (28) such as cable marks (52) and cable mark sensor (50... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6635159 | Device for removing deposit created in electrolytic refining or electrowinning The invention relates to a device for at least partly removing a deposit created in the electrolytic refining or electrowinning of metal from the surface of the mother plate used as an electrode in the refining or electrowinning process, said device compr... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6544301 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing solid electrolytic capacitor (a) supplying a capacitor element manufacturing apparatus, in which the capacitor element manufacturing apparatus includes a polymerization tank, a polymerization solution contained in the polymerization tank, and a negative electrode put in the polymeriz... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6361673 | Electroforming cell An apparatus for producing metal foil, comprising a drum cathode having an outer plating surface. The drum cathode is partially immersed to a set level in an electrolyte bath and is rotatable in a fixed direction about a generally horizontal axis. A main ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6235180 | Method for forming phosphate film on the steel wires and apparatus used therefore Method and appartus suitable for forming promptly a phosphate film of excellent performance for cold drawing on the steel wires are disclosed. The steel wires are descaled by cathodic electrolysis in acid solution, and thereafter, phosphate film are formed by ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5938913 | Process and device for electrolytic treatment of continuous running material Process for electrolytic treatment of continuous running material in which the material runs through an electrolytic liquid and electric potential is applied to the material. In order to guarantee freedom from differential potential in the material to be ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5800694 | Process and plant for pickling materials made of steel, in particular stainless steel The invention concerns a process for pickling material strips made of steel, in particular stainless steel, where the strip passes through at last one pickling bath with at least one pickling acid. It is above all characterized by the fact that the acid c... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5786556 | Method and a device for pickling of stainless steel A method and a device for performing the method of electrolytic pickling of a metal strip. The metal strip continuously passes through an electrolyte bath which has an electrolyte circulating through a closed system. Crevices are formed on both sides of t... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5516411 | Method and apparatus for continuous electrolytic recovery of metal in ribbon form from a metal containing solution To permit continuous roll-off or stripping of metal in form of a ribbon, tape or foil from a rotating cathode roller or drum (3, 43) within a metal ion containing solution, the cathode roller or drum is cooled during operation and the solution of the proc... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5215646 | Low profile copper foil and process and apparatus for making bondable metal foils A one-step electrolytic process and apparatus for producing metal foil, e.g., copper foil having a low profile treated surface for use in fabricating printed circuit boards, wherein primary foil is electrodeposited on a cathode in a first electrodepositio... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5169505 | Device for eliminating lack of uniformity of coating on edges of electroplated metal strip A device for eliminating lack of uniformity of coating on the edges of an electroplated metal strip, for use on continuous electroplating lines, includes at least one optical sensor for detecting the presence of a joint between metal strips and optical se... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5141616 | Electrode for extracting metals from a metal ion solution Cathode includes a drum at least partly immersed in a metal ion solution and a flexible metallic band passing around the drum and driven by a drive roller outside the solution, both the cathode drum and the drive roller having axes which form an angle wit... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5100522 | Process and apparatus for the manufacture of a metal foil In a process for the manufacture of a metal foil, the metal foil is deposited electrolytically on an endless carrier belt, preferably an endless metal belt, in one or more cells, the current density being set to different levels in the plurality of cells ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4968388 | Process and apparatus for making a metal structured foil The continuous process for making a metal structured foil, especially a flat conductor line, a flexible circuit board and a heating foil, by chemically and electrochemically metallizing a nonconductor foil, comprises the steps of: a. chemically metallizin... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4931159 | Installation for continuous manufacturing of an ultrathin metal foil by electrolytic deposition An installation for manufacturing an ultrathin foil by electrolytic deposition onto a moving cathode with eventual separation of the deposited material from the cathode is disclosed. The installation includes at least one anode having a plate perforated b... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4711703 | Thermal protection method for electroanalytical cell A method of thermal protection of a membrane-enclosed amperometric cell of the type comprising an electrolyte within an electrolyte space containing electrodes and enclosed by a semi-permeable membrane which defines a sensor face; heat exchange within sai... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4702812 | Electrolytic apparatus and a method of operating it An anode arranged very close to a cathode in an electrolytic circuit is constituted by a plate formed with first and second sets of orifices, both distributed over the surface of the plate. The first set is connected to electrolyte supply means and the se... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4240894 | Drum for electrodeposited copper foil production A drum for copper foil production by an electrodeposition method is composed of an inner support cylinder formed of a copper alloy material having both high electrical conductivity and good elastic properties, and an outer cylinder formed of titanium, zir... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4157290 | Coating arrangement A galvanic coating apparatus for coating of relatively long objects. The coating apparatus is provided with a trough for accommodating a bath liquid with the trough including two opposite end walls, each of which are provided with an opening for permittin... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4131531 | Apparatus for stripping electrodeposited metal from cathode sheets For stripping or peeling electrorefined or otherwise purified metal, which have been deposited on a set of cathode sheets, off the opposite faces of the sheets, these sheets are transported from an electrolytic cell into a rack and are therein held in sid... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4073699 | Method for making copper foil The improved method of the invention includes depositing, as by electroplating, a coating of porefree copper on a clean fresh plateable layer, such as selected metal oxide, on a surface of a flexible elongated metal strip or belt to form copper foil, stri... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4040942 | Multiple-track cathode for electroformation of metallic filaments Disclosed is an improved cathode arrangement for use in the electroformation of metallic filaments. The cathode includes a plurality of closed-loop plating surfaces that are congruent to, and interleaved with, each other. This pattern of plating surfaces ... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4014756 | Process for making metal powders Metal powders are made by electrolytically depositing discrete metal particles in the pores of a porous oxide surface of an anodized aluminum article followed by liberation of the metal particles by contact with a substance that will attack, e.g. dissolve... | 03/29/1977 |
