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A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7372054 | Radiator module Radiation module for thermal or UV irradiation processing procedures with a large number of radiation sources essentially adjacent and parallel to one another for electromagnetic radiation whose main effective range is in the UV spectrum, visible spectrum, and/or ne... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7332694 | Heating resistances and heaters A heating resistance 1 comprises a shaped body of a band made of a conductive material obtained by bending the band in a shape of a wave. The heating resistance 1 is fixed to a substrate made of an insulating material to obtain a heater. Alternatively,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 6734404 | Heating elements with reduced stray magnetic field emissions A wire-based heating element is provided having first and second portions twisted about each other such that magnetic flux emitted from one portion is substantially cancelled by magnetic flux emitted from the other portion. A bonding material that fixedly connects t... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6593697 | Resistor assembly and cathode ray tube The invention relates to a resistor assembly for dividing an applied voltage into an intermediate voltage being below the applied anode voltage in a cathode ray tube. The resistor assembly comprises an insulating substrate and a resistive voltage divider ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6308008 | IR-source with helically shaped heating element An infrared radiation lamp that includes an electrically heated filament and a reflector. The filament is a high temperature element that is wound to a helical configuration. The helical filament is free-standing at operating temperatures, and it is posit... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6041164 | Expansion and mounting apparatus for infrared radiant energy source Infrared wire element configurations allow for expansion during use in a thermoplastic welding environment. A mounting apparatus for the infrared wire expansion configuration provides support.... | 03/21/2000 |
| 4987675 | Method of manufacturing coiled heating element A coiled heating element is manufactured by providing a coiled element of bare resistance wire in which the coil pitch is not greater than twice the cross-sectional dimension of the wire. The element is stretched by an amount permitting recovery to its or... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4754124 | Resistance heaters A resistance heater for performing heat treatment of the braze-affected area of a metallic sleeve attached by brazing within and to a metallic tube, comprises a metal tube (10) of which a portion (16) is formed with a spiral groove (11) which penetrates t... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4677419 | Electronic musical instrument An electronic stringed instrument which uses electrical resistance wires as strings to control the frequency of electrically generated sounds. By shorting a string at various points along its length a variable voltage output is obtained and converted into... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4620086 | Dual coated radiant electrical heating element To reduce the tendency of ground faults and short circuits on electrical heating elements operating at elevated voltages and temperatures, resistance heating wire is coated with a sublayer of magnesium zirconate followed by an outer layer of aluminum oxid... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4549072 | Proofing or heating cabinet A proofing or heating cabinet is provided having an enclosure with an interior and a pair of oppositely disposed side walls forming elongate heat ducts therein; the heat ducts having openings in their mutually facing surfaces. A modular heating assembly i... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4525230 | Method of manufacturing a ballast resistor support member A method of manufacturing a reinforced strip of insulative material comprising the steps of extruding a thermoplastic insulative material in the shape of a tube or spaced apart strips about a plurality of separated and substantially parallel reinforcing s... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4431981 | Pressure unit assembly A pressure unit assembly for providing an electrical signal representative of sensed pressure, for example an oil pressure unit assembly for an automobile engine. The unit is adapted for fabrication by automated equipment and it makes efficient use of con... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4418328 | Method of manufacturing a ballast resistor support member and finished article A method of manufacturing a reinforced strip of insulative material comprising the steps of extruding a thermoplastic insulative material in the shape of a tube or spaced apart strips about a plurality of separated and substantially parallel reinforcing s... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4406994 | Wire-wound resistor Wire-wound resistor covered with a layer of enamel on the basis of a zinc borosilicate having a composition: wherein Al2 O3 +ZrO2 exceeds twice the Na2 O-content and some maxima for permissible contents of other oxid... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4401883 | Electric resistance heater A horizontal porcupine coil of electric resistance heating wire is supported against sagging by two superimposed coil-center ceramic tubes containing a conductor for one end of the coil. If one tube cracks it is improbable that the other would crack in th... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4325049 | Electrode for a liquid rheostat, and a liquid rheostat including such an electrode An electrode for a liquid rheostat comprises a plurality of globally annular elements arranged successively and electrically connected together two at a time. The annular elements progressively decrease in size. The electrode can be formed from a continuo... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4272639 | Helically wound heater A high temperature electrical resistance heater for use within a high temperature furnace. The heater comprises an elongated tubular element which includes a first axially extending helical section of high resistance and a second axially extending tubular... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4239955 | Effusion cells for molecular beam epitaxy apparatus The effusion cell for molecular beam epitaxy apparatus consists of a pyrolytic BN cylindrical crucible surrounded by a heating coil. The position of the heating coil is maintained by a plurality of ceramic rods extending parallel to the cylinder axis with... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4149104 | Method of manufacturing a coil heater of an indirectly-heated type cathode electrode of electronic tubes A coil heater of a heater-type tube comprises a main portion for generating heat and a pair of leg portions supporting the main portion. Lead wires are connected to the ends of the legs. At least a part of the leg portion, including its terminal part, com... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4038628 | Electric resistor An electric resistor assembly for use in motor starters or other electric apparatus characterized by an elongated mounting strap having terminals at both ends respectively for panel mounting, a plurality of insulating refractory bodies on the strap in end... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4002884 | Heater element for an indirectly heated cathode A small heater wire winding for a fast warm up indirectly heated cathode includes a spacer wire wound over the heater wire. The main winding and spacer wire are coated with insulation to insure spacing between closely wound turns.... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3959764 | Gas analyzing element A catalytic combustion-type, gas sensing, resistive element and the method of making it by forming an electrical conductor, whose electrical resistance varies with temperature, into a helical coil, coating the coil with a refractory material whose coating... | 05/25/1976 |
