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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6909248 | Deuterium arc lamp assembly with an elapsed time indicator system and a method thereof A lamp system includes a light source and an elapsed time indicator system which is coupled to the light source. The elapsed time indicator system accumulates a count of elapsed time of operation of the lamp system. The count provides an indication of a life span of... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6909269 | Particle detector and particle analyzer employing the same A particle detector includes first and second cells, the first cell supplying a liquid containing particles to the second cell; electrodes respectively provided in the first cell and the second cell; a plurality of shafts; and clamp members engaged with the respecti... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6285730 | Dust/particle monitor The invention relates to dust/particle monitors, and particularly but not necessarily exclusively to a method of monitoring fine particles harmful to humans in working environments. Equipment and methods of detection are known but which have several disad... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6259242 | Apparatus incorporating a sensing conduit in conductive material and method of use thereof for sensing and characterizing particles Apparatus for sensing and characterizing particles suspended in a liquid medium includes a particle-sensing structure having a continuous wall defining a hydrodynamically smooth conduit through which the liquid suspension of particles is caused to pass si... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6157692 | Method and an apparatus for determining the number of particles or cells in a liquid sample A method and apparatus for determining the number of particles or cells in a liquid sample. The method comprises a) determining the number of particles or cells in a first volume of the liquid sample, b) determining the statistical uncertainty of the dete... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6084392 | Electrode assembly An electrode assembly (1) for resistive pulse spectroscopy comprises two flat electrodes (3) substantially equal in size and shape and supported in face-to-face, parallel relationship to one another, and a plate-like fluid-tight insulator (2) positioned b... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5978435 | Method and an apparatus for determining the number of particles or cells in a liquid sample A method and apparatus for determining the number of particles or cells in a liquid sample. The method comprises a) determining the number of particles or cells in a first volume of the liquid sample, b) determining the statistical uncertainty of the dete... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5937023 | Method and circuit for detecting small variations in capacity via delay accumulation The present invention relates to a method for detecting a minor variation of capacity via accumulation and a circuit for detecting the same. An oscillated pulse signal is generated by a delay accumulating circuit which includes a logic device having an op... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5770389 | Apparatus and method for determining the quanity of an analyte in a biological sample by means of transmission photometry A device and method for quantitative determination of an analyte in a biological sample utilizes a non-transparent support medium for retaining a chromatogenic reaction product with the medium being exposed to a source of light for transmitting therethrou... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5661398 | Two channel eight bearings magnetic resolver circuit using differential amplifiers for lap counting and timing A circuit for resolving a magnetic field, including a first channel including a first magnetic field sensor, a first amplifier coupled to and receiving an output from said first magnetic field sensor, and a first three band detector coupled to and receivi... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5352975 | Corpuscle-detecting apparatus having sensitivity adjustment An apparatus for detecting corpuscles such as blood cells. The apparatus has an aperture and a constant-current source that supplies an electrical current to the aperture for detection of corpuscles. When corpuscles to be investigated pass through the ape... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5260192 | Method and apparatus for screening cells or formed bodies with populations expressing selected characteristics utilizing at least one sensing parameter A method and apparatus for automatically and rapidly, retrieving counting and/or analyzing at least one selected population of cells or formed bodies, such as a white blood cell population and at least one subset thereof of a whole blood sample or portion... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5235625 | Method for synchronizing particle counters to external events A method and an apparatus for synchronizing particle counts to process events provide a trigger signal related to the process events in lieu of a time-based trigger signal. In one embodiment, the controller to a particle counter further subdivides a proce... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5204884 | System for high-speed measurement and sorting of particles A system for sorting particles is arranged such that the presence or absence of multiple parameters is determined for each particle in a flow of particles, and a logic condition is determined based on the multiple parameters. Thereafter, particles are out... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5098657 | Apparatus for measuring impurity concentrations in a liquid An apparatus for measuring nonvolatile residue concentrations in liquid is disclosed. A plurality of fixed and adjustable flow restrictive elements are utilized and arranged in-line from a fluid supply source to provide a constant, pressure controlled flo... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5023054 | Blood filter and apparatus for hemorheological measurement A filter and filtering apparatus for measuring the deformability of a blood cell passing through a flow passage formed as a space between a surface of a groove formed in a first substrate and a surface of a second substrate with which the groove is sealed... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4905261 | Defrosting grid system testing apparatus A window defrosting grid testing apparatus which is automated to test the resistance grid for quality control relative to set automotive standards including the continuity of each line of the grid. In one preferred embodiment, the testing device includes ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4796283 | Surge counter for an overvoltage arrester A device for counting the overvoltage surges discharged by a gapless overvoltage arrester contains a sensing head and a counting mechanism which follows the sensing head. In the sensing head, the discharge current carried by the overvoltage arrester in a ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4775833 | Lodged debris detector for a particle analyzer A debris detector for a particle counter, such as a blood cell counter, of the COULTER (R) type. When a particle, or transient debris, passes through the sensing orifice of the particle detector, a voltage pulse occurs; whereas, when debris lodges in or a... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4747685 | Biological microparticle inspection apparatus A biological microparticle inspection apparatus has a reactor in which blood containing T cells is mixed with latex-labeled antibodies and T cells are coupled with the antibodies to form complexes. A particle size measurement unit is provided for measurin... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4710021 | Particulate matter analyzing apparatus and method A method and apparatus for jetting a measured volume of a suspension of particulates such as blood cells or colloids into a single fluid-primed incompletely partitioned transducer chamber in such a way that the dynamic relationship between the priming liq... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4706032 | Toner concentration monitor A toner concentration monitor senses changes in the effective dielectric constant of a developer mixture whose dielectric constant changes with variations in the toner concentration in the mixture. The monitor is the type having a capacitive probe immersi... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4677283 | Device for counting and loading small items into containers A counting and batching device for items such as tablets, capsules or caplets is faster than the electronic radial feeder counters, and is more easily adjustable for different quantities, sizes and shapes of items than slat counters or disk counters. The ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4607526 | Particle analysis system A system that is particularly useful in biological fluid analysis includes a face plate member and a mating flexible member, one of which has a plurality of passages. Selected motion of the flexible member provides a valving action to control fluid flow i... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4600880 | Apparatus for the detection and measurement of particulates in molten metal The invention provides a new method and apparatus for the detection of non-conductive particulates in molten metals, such as aluminum, gallium, zinc and lead, that can be liquified and drawn into a suitable refractory container. The passage into the conta... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4555662 | Method and apparatus for the detection and measurement of particulates in molten metal The invention provides a new method and apparatus for the detection of non-conductive particulates in molten metals, such as aluminum, gallium, zinc and lead, that can be liquified and drawn into a suitable refractory container. The passage into the conta... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4530105 | Lap counter An automatic lap counting device for use by swimmers and runners, for example, which depends upon the change in the magnetic line of force of the North/South magnetic field for determining the laps.... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4510438 | Coincidence correction in particle analysis system Flat beam optical sensing performed transverse of a flow aperture, of the particles passing through the aperture, directly indicates the presence of individual particles in the aperture. The indication can be used to eliminate or otherwise modulate the co... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4484134 | Elongate particle sensing aperture Disclosed is a particle analyzing apparatus having a flow cell with an elongated or tube-like aperture for receiving a liquid suspension of particles and for providing a smooth fluid flow therethrough and electric field and current, generated in and essen... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4481466 | Pulse amplifying system An amplifier circuit having an input circuit of resistance and capacitance which is a.c. coupled to a source of pulses, and a feedback circuit of resistance and capacitance. The RC time constants of the input and the feedback circuits are made to be appro... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4468795 | Counting method and apparatus Integrated circuits contained in a rail are passed through cylindrical electrodes. Two electrodes are connected to an oscillator to transmit out of phase fields. A receiving electrode's output has the residual oscillator frequency component removed by a n... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4438390 | Tandem sensing zones for improved signal-to-noise ratio in particle analyzer A tandem arrangement of sensing zones is established by alternately arranged electrodes and dielectric plates, each sensing zone has a particle sensing aperture, through which microscopic particles in an electrolyte suspension pass and electric current fl... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4418313 | Process and circuit arrangement for the determination in a diluted blood sample of the number of red blood corpuscles, the mean cell volume, the value of haematocrit and other blood parameters A device and process for examining the size of particles suspended in a liquid, in particular for determining the MCV of red blood cells, having a measurement aperture traversed by the suspension and two electrodes arranged in the region of the measuremen... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4412175 | Debris alarm Disclosed is an abnormal pulse detector for use with a particle analyzing apparatus of the Coulter.RTM. type for generating discrete particle pulses in response to liquid suspended particles passing through a sensing aperture, the abnormal pulse detector ... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4331862 | Method for calibrating a particle counting machine and a calibration standard therefor A calibration method and standard for calibrating particle counting instruments such as blood platelet counting instruments in which the particles have a distribution of sizes, wherein the method includes the following steps performable in any order. A fi... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4240029 | Apparatus for counting particles in a liquid suspension Apparatus for counting platelets and red blood cells in a whole blood sample includes an aperture type transducer. Alarm techniques are provided for indicating defects in the counting procedure due to excessive noise or red cell fragments, small (microcyt... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4218610 | Automatic blood analyzing system A system is provided for the automatic measurement of red and white blood cell counts and other blood parameters. The system includes hydraulic apparatus for the aspiration of a blood sample and the proper measurement of the parameters thereof. During ope... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4167038 | Calculated parameter generation in a hematology parameter measurement apparatus In a hematology parameter measuring apparatus, signals indicative of measured parameters are obtained and loaded into first digital registers. Calculated parameter values are generated through use of the values stored in the digital registers. A first par... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4165484 | Particle counting apparatus utilizing various fluid resistors to maintain proper pressure differentials Apparatus and a method therefor for counting platelets and red blood cells in a whole blood sample includes an aperture type transducer having front sheath and back sheath flows but also including various fluid resistors to maintan proper pressure differe... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4157498 | Flow-through type particle analyzing apparatus An improved flow-through type particle analyzing apparatus utilizing multiple electrodes to produce an electrical pulse upon sensing a particle passing through an aperture is provided with a well-shaped liquid sample receiving receptacle or reservoir whic... | 06/05/1979 |
