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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359804 | System and method for calibrating remote emissions sensing instruments A system and method is provided for obtaining calibration curves for CO and CO2 during laboratory calibration of one or more remote emissions sensing (RES) instruments, and for self-calibration of on-road RES instruments to compensate for changes in backg... | 04/15/2008 |
| 6688717 | Printed medium with integral image locator and method A sheet of inkjet printed photographic images having orthogonal fiducial marks extending along a leading edge of the printed field and along a lateral side of the printed field. The fiducial marks register with the printed field and provide information re... | 02/10/2004 |
| 5521709 | Continuous barcode marking system A method and apparatus is provided for producing single width barcodes in a continuous, serpentine pattern. This pattern provides continuity of operation for laser marking instruments and thereby results in the formation of more uniform and higher quality... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5293184 | Method and apparatus for multi-color continuous line graphic recording of multi-channel measurement data A graphic recording method and a graphic recording apparatus capable of dealing with the multi-channel measurement data involving quick and minute changes, without causing a trouble in accurate reading of the recorded data, in a simple and compact configu... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5178063 | Method and apparatus for automatic numbering of forms on a rotary printing press Computer controlled numbering of consecutive business forms is provided for both computer controlled presses and in the form of a retrofit unit for conventional rotary presses. The retrofit unit includes a disk provided with radially oriented metallic str... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4994823 | Color striping thermal printer A thermal document printer uses a row of rolling-ball ink dispensers to produce a color stripe on the thermally sensitive surface of the document.... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4977409 | Recorder with automatic scale recording device A recorder for recording analog data on recording paper moving in a fixed direction includes a recording unit for recording the analog data on the recording paper, a setting unit for setting scale maximum value and scale minimum value of graduation lines ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4488827 | Continuous vertical line print control system A system and method for controlling printing to allow to obtain a long vertical line which is continuous even if a reduction in height of font is produced due to the occurrence of font change between the two consecutive print lines is provided.... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4485345 | Method and apparatus for conducting ground magnetic surveys A method and apparatus are disclosed for conducting ground or near ground magnetic surveys in which the magnetic field measurements of the earth's total field, a component thereof, or a combination of components thereof, are made at continuous or near con... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4389653 | Line recording device In the disclosed recording device, variable values are measured and recorded on a recorder carrier by moving the record carrier along a given direction. A number of recorders form a row and define separate tracks along the direction when the record carrie... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4381514 | Transverse mode converter for use with a longitudinal mode oscillographic recorder A converter for adapting a longitudinal mode, fiber optics cathode ray tube recorder, or visicorder, to operate selectively in either the longitudinal, Y axis mode or in the transverse, X/Z axes mode. The data to be recorded is displayed, initially, upon ... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4359745 | Cathode ray tube display apparatus There has been provided, in accordance with the present invention, a cathode ray tube recording system which includes means for superimposing grid lines on the resulting record. The grid lines so-recorded for each complete record are not shifted. At the b... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4171526 | Event mark decoder for use with time code generator A logic circuit for decoding parallel BCD output from a time code generator o operate an analog event marker pen on a strip chart recorder, every one minute a one second pulse, every ten minutes a ten second pulse, and every hour a sixty-one second pulse o... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4131900 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus for multiple signal printout has separate multiplexers for analog and pulse channels. The multiplexed analog signal is digitized, formatted, and applied via a selector to an adder, alternatively and selectively, the pulses are applied... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4085407 | Data plotter A data plotter for use in a multi-channel chart recorder operable to record time-variant analog scalar components of vector data signals on a moving recording medium. The data plotter comprises stationary printing means, preferably a thermal print head, f... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4051482 | Graticule with cursors An improved graphical recorder display system for obtaining an accurate record of one or more sensed and displayed parameter values, such as associated with one or more vital signs of a patient. The system includes a writing surface medium, such as a char... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4040063 | Recording device for plotting the curve of at least one measured quantity A recording device for plotting the curve of at least one measured quantity which is reproduced through an electrical signal, including a recorder, a recording or graph carrier, and means for producing relative movement between the recorder and the record... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3986163 | Methods and apparatus for recording well logging measurements In accordance with illustrative embodiments of the present invention, well logging data in analog or digital form is recorded by a cathode ray tube recorder. A representation of the CRT beam is repetitively swept across a recording medium while being modu... | 10/12/1976 |
