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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8085828 | Portable laser source A portable laser source includes a flash lamp assembly defining a hollow central channel, an elongate laser rod extending within the hollow channel for receiving a flash of light emitted by the surrounding flash lamp assembly, and a hermetically-sealed enclosure hou... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7421166 | Laser spark distribution and ignition system A laser spark distribution and ignition system that reduces the high power optical requirements for use in a laser ignition and distribution system allowing for the use of optical fibers for delivering the low peak energy pumping pulses to a laser amplifier or laser... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7201103 | Method for initiation and ignition of explosive charges through self-destruction of a laser source A method of initiating explosive charges ignites an explosive charge by the heat and/or explosion of a laser due to self-destruction or overheating of the laser source, and not by the radiation emitted from the laser. The laser source is assembled and/or embedded wi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7095775 | Dual-flow common combustor chemical laser The invention herein is directed to a dual-chamber combustion laser assembly having lighter weight (per unit flow area), a more compact, flexible configuration for packaging in spacecraft, aircraft, or ground mobile vehicles, higher mass efficiency from lower heat l... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7039088 | Enhancement of chemical lasers via control of the ambient radiation environment A system and method for obtaining improved performance of chemical laser systems by exercising control over the radiation environments of these devices. Proper control of the AERE is achieved through the control of the wall construction including the choice of mater... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6973114 | Dual-flow common combustor chemical laser The invention herein is directed to a dual-chamber combustion laser assembly having lighter weight (per unit flow area), a more compact, flexible configuration for packaging in spacecraft, aircraft, or ground mobile vehicles, higher mass efficiency from lower heat l... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6714570 | Molecular iodine supply system for a chemical laser A method for producing molecular Iodine for introduction into the laser cavity of a Chemical-Oxygen-Iodine-Laser (COIL) includes the step of preparing a solid mixture that contains a primary component and an additive component. The solid mixture is formulated to gen... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6128325 | Lasers pumped by thermally stimulated photon emitter A system for thermally stimulating a laser emissive device comprises a thermal generating device, a photon emissive device that is capable of generating photons upon exposure to thermal energy, a laser emissive source, and an optical waveguide interposed ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6122419 | Optical signal processing apparatus and optical signal processing method The present invention relates to an optical signal processing apparatus and optical signal processing method which enable generation, waveform shaping, waveform measurement, waveform recording, correlation processing, and the like of optical pulses of 1-1... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5790573 | High power free electron lasing device using electrostatic wigglers with recirculating beams between a pair of magnetic mirrors An apparatus for producing high intensity laser radiation. A vacuum enclosure is provided which includes first and second magnets at each end, and a magnetic field applied along the length of the enclosure. The magnets and applied magnetic field forms a m... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5761235 | Laser gun and cartridge A laser gun uses small arms technology for loading and firing a cartridge containing flash powder. When the cartridge is fired, the flash powder burns to produce an intense burst of light. This light is directed for optically pumping a laser medium that e... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5745518 | Explosively pumped laser apparatus An explosively pumped laser module has a concentrically-arranged laser rod and surrounding sleeve of explosive material with an annular gas chamber formed between the explosive sleeve and laser rod. An explosive initiation assembly surrounds the explosive... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5617444 | Laser gun and cartridge A laser gun uses small arms technology for loading and firing a cartridge containing flash powder. When the cartridge is fired, the flash powder burns to produce an intense burst of light. This light is directed for optically pumping a laser medium that e... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5052011 | Explosively pumped laser light A single shot laser pumped by detonation of an explosive in a shell casing. The shock wave from detonation of the explosive causes a rare gas to luminesce. The high intensity light from the gas enters a lasing medium, which thereafter outputs a pulse of l... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4987577 | Gas laser having microwave excitation The gas discharge space into which microwaves are fed via a waveguide forms a laser housing in the form of a waveguide having a longitudinal ridge therein, the laser housing being preferably dimensioned such that its critical wavelength λk is ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4899362 | Metal vapor laser with improved laser medium formation In a laser arrangement, solid or liquid material, at least part of which comprises a laser amplifying medium, is atomized in a gas prior to being applied to a discharge region. In one embodiment of the invention, the gas is combustible and is ignited to p... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4858244 | Mechanically actuated laser initiator A laser type initiator device for activating air crew emergency escape systems and the like comprising a housing having a generally cylindrical chamber and defining a trough opening at one end of same, with the chamber and opening being coaxially oriented... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4807244 | Chemical laser There are provided chemical lasers which provide pulsed radiation in the visible or near visible (denoted hereafter as short-wavelength) range. The novel pulsed short-wavelength chemical lasers are operated by detonating an explosive mixture which contain... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4780881 | Process for the electrical excitation of a laser gas In order to prevent, in the microwave excitation of a laser gas, the development of wall boundary layers and to attain a homogeneously large volume plasma, the laser gas is delivered in the inclusion zone of the microwave after passing a current-forming e... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4713823 | Pre-combustion integrated Ram airbreathing laser The present invention provides a Ram airbreathing laser adapted to use with an aircraft which operates primarily in the Mach 3 to Mach 6 regime. Valves, or gates, are provided in the propulsive flow path and the auxiliary flow path for laser in a manner s... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4599731 | Exploding conducting film laser pumping apparatus Exploding conducting film laser optical pumping apparatus. The 342-nm molecular iodine and the 1.315-μm atomic iodine lasers have been optically pumped by intense light from exploding-metal-film discharges. Brightness temperatures for the exploding-film ... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4536879 | Pyrotechnic lamp A long-life pyrotechnic lamp particularly suited for use in a compact, low-cost laser employing a solid-state laser rod which is pumped by the optical radiation of a pyrotechnic lamp employing the direct combustion of a metal in a flowing oxygen-containin... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4488311 | Optically pumped iodine monofluoride laser This invention comprises an optically pumped iodine monofluoride laser operating on the B3 π(0+).fwdarw.X2 Σ+ system. Ground state IF was produced by the reaction between I2 and F2 in an ... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4371969 | Low cost laser A compact low-cost laser is provided by employing a solid state laser rod which is pumped by the optical radiation from the direct combustion of a metal in a flowing oxygen atmosphere.... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4099142 | Condensed explosive gas dynamic laser The condensed explosive of a gas dynamic laser is a condensed mixture of or more nonhydrogenous organic explosive compounds, such as TNM, with a sufficient amount of aluminum or zirconium powder to supply energy to the products so that a temperature of ... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4097820 | Lasers A laser resonator is combined with a circuitous detonation channel to which is fed a suitable explosive gas mixture. The gas mixture is ignited, thereby creating travelling detonation waves which are maintained in circulation around the detonation channel... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4016500 | Explosively driven laser amplifier system A system for optically coupling an intense photon output from an explosively shock-heated gas to a laser amplifier for the generation of a very high power optical pulse. A laser amplifier element preferably a dye laser type is centrally located within and... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3991384 | Ultraviolet chemical laser The lasing species of CS(a3 π) and CSe(a3 π) are produced by reacting atomic carbon and COS or COSe in an inert medium such as helium, argon, nitrogen, etc.... | 11/09/1976 |
