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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6504268 | Transfer switch with selectively configurable cover structure with power input and meter capability A power transfer device adapted for interconnection with the electrical system of a building includes a cabinet, a set of switches mounted to the cabinet, and wires adapted to connect the switches to an electrical distribution panel associated with a buil... | 01/07/2003 |
| 5484202 | Aerosol containment system A sonicator apparatus having a signal generator for generating high frequency sound waves to a convertor which transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy in the form of oscillations to a horn having a probe immersed in a sample disposed in a samp... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5326164 | Fluid mixing device A device for mixing fluid materials using chaotic flow combined with sonic energy. The device includes sine wave baffles to produce mixing by folding, stretching and breaking the material as it continuously flows and simultaneously chopping the mixed mate... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5005773 | Sonic generator A sonic generator comprises a resonant bar, a housing and magnetic excitation units connected between the resonant bar and the housing. The magnetic excitation units are connected to the bar at highly stressed points using a mounting connection which is a... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4885098 | Sonic method for facilitating the removal of solid particles from a slurry An elastic bar member is coupled to an orbiting mass oscillator and the entire assembly is suspended from a cable or the like such that the bar member has freedom of lateral motion and is nakedly immersed in a slurry having particulate material contained ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4883532 | Sonic method for facilitating the extraction of minerals from ore in a leachant An elastic bar member is clamped to an orbiting mass oscillator and the entire assembly is suspended from a cable or the like such that the bar member has freedom of lateral motion and is nakedly immersed in a leachant having a material contained therein ... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4824258 | Fluid driven screw type (moyno) sonic oscillator system A screw shaped rotor is freely mounted for rolling rotation in a mating screw shaped stator which is mounted in a housing. The rotor is rotatably driven by means of a fluid stream to generate sonic energy in the housing with a lateral mode of vibration at... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4815328 | Roller type orbiting mass oscillator with low fluid drag A cylindrical rotor is mounted for rotation in a raceway formed in the inside wall of a housing, the outside diameter of the rotor being only slightly less than the inside diameter of the raceway so that the rotor substantially fills the housing. One or m... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4778279 | Sonic agitator with multi phased vibration bars Three or more (preferably an even number) of hollow vibration bars are joined together at one end thereof with the bars spaced from each other and with their longitudinal axes in substantially parallel relationship. Each of the bars has an unbalanced roto... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4695231 | Sonic impeller for sonic well pump Within a tubing string forming a conduit for a well is a rod string having sonically responsive impeller pump elements mounted thereon. The impeller pumps employ an elongated cylindrical structure which is spaced from the inner wall of the conduit to form... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4653927 | Rotary air roller vibrator A rotary air roller vibrator is depicted in which a housing has a cylindrical bore closed by two inner end plates which form a chamber. An axial shaft is fixed between these end plates and has a longitudinally disposed slot within which is slideably mount... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4652309 | Sonic method and apparatus for heap leaching A liquid impervious covering such as a plastic membrane or a concrete flooring is installed over an extensive substantially level area of ground and mined metal ore heaped onto this covering to form a mound. A leachant liquid solution is poured onto the o... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4566800 | Sonic device for extracting minerals from ore A unit, which generates sonic energy for use in the leaching or extraction of minerals from ore, is mounted in a tank which contains the leaching solution and the ore. The unit has a housing in which a solid bar is supported by means of a rod which fits i... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4564297 | Vibratory treatment of moving surfaces Process and means to enhance fluid coverage of surfaces in industrial applications. Generation of a directed force field is employed to provide removal of surface air, improve surface wetting of a fluid, and consolidation and densification of fibrous stru... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4487554 | Sonic pump for pumping wells and the like employing a rod vibration system A tubing string forming a conduit is installed within a well. Contained within the tubing string and vibrationally isolated therefrom is a rod string. Mounted on the rod string and spaced therealong at intervals which are less than a quarter wavelength at... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4306816 | Barodynamic resonator A barodynamic resonator for cavitating water in a liquid mixture to form a stable emulsion. The resonator comprises a resonator body defining a chamber therein. A resonant element is adjustably supported in the chamber. An inlet nozzle admits the mixture ... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4300843 | Streaming vibrator with an uninterrupted rolling area and an unloaded blade A streaming vibrator with an uninterrupted rolling area and an unloaded blade. The vibrator has a housing with a cylindrical cavity defined therein. End plates laterally limit the cavity and support a central pipe having a periphery coaxial with a rolling... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4168917 | Vibrator A vibrator, actuated by a pressure fluid to impart oscillations to a working platform carrying the material being handled, comprises a stationary base on which an elastic member is mounted on the side facing said working platform so as to adjoin the worki... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4129187 | Electro-mechanical vibrator A mechanical vibrator or tapper is shown in which a high intensity permanent magnet armature moves within the field of a coil of wire wound about the magnet. The magnet is guided for reciprocal motion within a spool containing the winding and strikes impa... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4107790 | Ultrasonic cleaning apparatus An ultrasonic cleaning apparatus including a container for a cleaning solution with an ultrasonic vibrating member mounted therein, the vibrating member having at least three sides with at least one ultrasonic transducer attached to the inner surface of e... | 08/15/1978 |
