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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 |
| 7290433 | Method and device for checking a sensor In an industrial installation equipped with a sensor, a method is provided for checking the sensor and providing a measurement sequence associated with the sensor. Monitoring occurs for a thermodynamic parameter of a monitored fluid circulating in the industrial ins... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7266467 | Method to calibrate hydraulic flow valves in situ A method for performing system characterization in situ for a system comprising a actuator controlled by a proportional controller. The system includes a quasi-linear region characterized by a slope of the system response and by a delay in the quasi-linear region of... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7024918 | Apparatus and methods for dynamically pressure testing an article The dynamic pressure tester includes a first cylinder and a first piston movable relative to the cylinder. The piston may have one or more weights applied thereto. The cylinder is vibrated by a shaker table and pressure pulses in the fluid are transmitted to a stati... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6484383 | Method of airtight bonding of two membranes A method for airtight joining of two membranes. An airtight and complete bonding of the two membranes is achieved by first producing a curvature in one of the membranes, then placing the convexly curved side of a membrane onto the membrane to be joined to... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6072400 | Smart electronic muzzle reference light source An electronic light source which replaces the hazardous tritium light sou used in the existing Muzzle Reference System (MRS) found on the M1 Series of tanks. The MRS is mounted near the muzzle end of the gun (opposite the breech) and is used by tank gunn... | 06/06/2000 |
| 4499751 | Dynamic pressure generator A pressure generator for testing and calibrating pressure transducers has a body with an internal chamber. The chamber is filled with a liquid, statically pressurized. A piston is mounted in the chamber on a suspension member. A coil, mounted to move with... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4499903 | Methods and apparatus for testing a blood pressure monitoring system of the hydraulic type The present invention relates to improved apparatus and improved methods for quickly and economically checking the functional performance of blood pressure monitoring systems of the hydraulic type, both prior to and during patient use of the system. More ... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4471646 | Blood pressure cuff calibration system An apparatus for measuring the pressure-transmitting characteristics of a blood pressure cuff in terms of delivered cuff pressure. It consists of a somewhat flexible cylindrical supporting tube containing a non-compressible liquid, connected to a pressure... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4297081 | Liquid level control system A pump control system using a purge bubbler, a flat plate manometer having level sensing contacts therein, and control relays and alarms. The flat plate manometer includes a rectangular mercury column having calibration scales and a number of stainless st... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4102175 | Response time verification of in situ hydraulic pressure sensors in a nuclear reactor Method and apparatus for verifying response time in situ of hydraulic pressure and pressure differential sensing instrumentation in a nuclear fluid circuit is disclosed. Hydraulic pressure at a reference sensor and at an in situ process sensor under test ... | 07/25/1978 |
