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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6971143 | Magnetic detent for rotatable knob A roller pump including a stator and a rotor assembly disposed within the stator. The rotor assembly includes a rotor hub, a first roller slide and a second roller slide slidingly disposed within the rotor hub. Each of the roller slides rotatably supports a roller. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6480116 | Method and apparatus for showing special characters or figures on a rotating disk The present invention is a method and apparatus for showing special characters or figures on a rotating disk. A sensor (e.g. spectrum sensor, metal sensor, magnetic field sensor, mechanical contact sensor and sound sensor) and a plurality of light fitting... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6278424 | Miniature telltale module A miniature telltale module which combines a plurality of telltale functions into one unit and provides reduced cost per function. The module uses a miniature rotary actuator or driver, an image disc having a series of interconnected images or icons and a... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6121890 | Electronic indicator with adjustable ratio of spindle displacement to displayed value An electronic indicator that includes a means for a scaling the actual displacement of the spindle by a user-adjustable scale factor representing the ratio of the actual displacement of a spindle to the value displayed. The indicator includes a body, tran... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5703564 | Mobile advertising device with electronic transmission capabilities A mobile advertising device having a rotating display unit suspended from a cord that is preferably supported from a wand attached to a shelf unit in a store. The display unit has a battery powered motor that rotates a drum having a surface on which graph... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5619194 | Fiber optic traffic signal light system having a shutter control The system includes a high-intensity light source, a fiber optic conduit for transmitting a light-beam, and colored lenses, which emit red, yellow, and green light on fiber optic lines. Each traffic light has a shutter and control means for opening and cl... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5584561 | Lighting device for a bicycle The disclosure herein describes a lighting device which is adapted for use with a wheel bicycle and which includes a magnet mounted to one of the wheels and a housing mounted to the bicycle frame. A solenoid inside the housing has a winding and a core clo... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5572200 | Multidigit multiple counting wheel readout for volume-measuring instrument or electricity meter The state or setting of an electronically readable wheel counting wheel mechanism is reliably and unambiguously ascertained for each setting thereof, and for this purpose, the counting wheel mechanism is functionally divided into rotating and stationary w... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5442338 | Miniature telltale module A miniature telltale module which combines a plurality of telltale functions into one unit and provides reduced cost per function. The module uses a miniature rotary actuator, a series of interconnected images and a single light source. The actuator allow... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5061921 | Remote-controlled message sign A remote-controlled message sign in controlled by a pager. The pager receives radio signals from a paging service and provides output signals in response to the radio signals. The output signals of the pager are used to control one or more drive motors. E... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4616221 | Electromagnetic display An electromagnetic display or indicator element comprises a disc having a permanent magnet perpendicular to the disc's rotary axis. The disc is controlled by a single high remanence pole piece which has its forward end transversely (relative to the viewin... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4493988 | Odometer using an electric motor disposed within annular figure wheels In a highly compact odometer an electric motor which drives a mechanical display thereof, is disposed within the set of annular figure wheels used in the display and drivingly connected to said wheels through a worm and worm wheel drive train. In the case... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4293850 | Temperature compensated rotary positioner A rotary positioning system includes a prime movement device having a plurality of windings spatially distributed to cause a rotor to assume, upon commanded energization of the windings, different ones of discrete angular positions. The system also includ... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4283715 | Control of display devices with electromagnetic drums A control device for digital display indicators using electromagnetic drums. An analogue/digital converter converts the information to be displayed, received in analogue form E, into digital information which can be utilized by the drums of the display de... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4150356 | Indication apparatus An indication apparatus which detects a plurality of abnormal conditions occurring in a motor vehicle particularly in an automobile, and indicates an indicium corresponding to one of the abnormal conditions. When at least one of a plurality of sensors det... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4001815 | Rotary electromagnetic indicator A rotary electromagnetic indicator having a stator with an annular arrangement of five equiangularly spaced radially inwardly extending salient poles, a winding on each stator pole and an indicating rotor having a permanent magnet with diametrically oppos... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4001776 | Multiple indication display A plurality of on/off sensors each register the occurrence of an event in a system while other sensors measure the value of certain conditions in the system and include detectors for indicating when any measurement attains a predetermined value. An actuat... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3936818 | Electromagnetic indicator having oppositely magnetized stamped magnetic cores An electromagnetic indicator assembly includes a nonmagnetic angle plate defining a support frame for axially parallel spaced rotors each including a permanent magnet and a nonmagnetic plate circumferentially surrounding a portion of the magnet. The rotor... | 02/03/1976 |
