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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 |
| 7409849 | Oil filtration system for plural phase power equipment tanks Insulating oil in electric power generation, transmission and distribution equipment such as circuit breakers, regulators, phase shifters, tank diverter switches and capacitor banks for respectively separated phases of a plural phase transmission or distribution lin... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7380438 | Apparatus and method for providing a fluid cut measurement of a multi-liquid mixture compensated for entrained gas An apparatus for determining a fluid cut measurement of a multi-liquid mixture includes a first device configured to sense at least one parameter of the mixture to determine a fluid cut of a liquid in the mixture. A second device is configured to determine a concent... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367217 | Sensor device for detection of dissolved hydrocarbon gases in oil filled high-voltage electrical equipment A multi-gas sensor device for the detection of dissolved hydrocarbon gases in oil-filled electrical equipment. The device comprising a semiconductor substrate, one or more catalytic metal gate-electrodes deposited on the surface of the semiconductor substrate operab... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7287431 | Wireless oil filter sensor A wireless oil filter sensing system includes an oil filter and a sensing mechanism that is connectable to the oil filter. The sensing mechanism includes one or more acoustic wave sensing elements and at least one antenna that communicate with the acoustic wave sens... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7130738 | Method and apparatus for measuring oil aeration of an engine A density ρ0 of pure oil and a density ρa of air are calculated based on a measured oil pressure P and a measured oil temperature T of an oil line connecting a hydraulic pump of an engine and an oil gallery of a cylinder block, and then oil a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122075 | Device for reducing the gas and water contamination of transformer oil filling The device for reducing the gas and water contamination of transformer oil filling includes a main tank and a conservator provided with a sludge discharge fitting, being joined by an upper connecting pipe having an upper Buchholz relay and a discharge fitting. A low... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7059169 | Fluid aeration test apparatus and method A test apparatus for measuring the air entrainment characteristics of a fluid includes a reservoir for containing the fluid, an aerator apparatus to cause air entrainment of the fluid, and a density meter to measure the effects of air entrainment on fluid density. T... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6609411 | Apparatus for removing water from dielectric oil in electrical power transformers An apparatus for removing water from a dielectric oil which includes a vacuum pump (56) which militates against the introduction of air into the dielectric oil and a thin film capacitance sensor (48) for monitoring the amount of moisture present in the di... | 08/26/2003 |
| 5965805 | Apparatus and method for determining the air entrainment characteristics of liquids Described is an apparatus and a method to accurately determine the gas entrainment characteristics of liquids, such as automatic transmission fluids. The apparatus comprises a liquid reservoir, a conduit having an inlet and an outlet connected to the liqu... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5635625 | Oil changer An oil changer comprises at least piping 5, 9, 10, along which an oil pump 12 and switching valves 8a, 8b are disposed, and first and second oil reservoirs 3, and 4. Used oil in an oil use location is recovered into the oil reservoir 4 via the piping, whi... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5537853 | Air-in-line sensing apparatus An air-in-line sensing apparatus for use with a parenteral fluid administration set to detect the passage of air through a fluid conduit. The apparatus comprises a first housing having a first arcuate section mounting a first transducer adjacent the first... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5258310 | Method of diagnosing aged degradation of oil-filled electrical equipments In a method of diagnosing aged degradation of an oil-filled electrical equipment such as oil-filled power transformers, an amount of organic compounds, other than a combustible gas, dissolved in an insulation oil employed in the equipment is detected. The... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5243848 | Determining the volume of gases in transformer cooling oil Apparatus for determining the volume of gas dissolved or entrapped in transformer cooling oil includes an oil receiver, a metering space and a piston pump arranged to apply a reduced pressure to oil in the receiver and to transfer the gas which is liberat... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5209275 | Liquid dispensing apparatus and method by sensing the type of liquid vapors in the receiver The invention relates to a liquid dispensing apparatus which includes a detecting element for detecting the liquid from the vaporized gas surrounding the remaining liquid in a storage tank to be supplied, where the detecting element is disposed at the out... | 05/11/1993 |
| 4916915 | Method of and system for determining refrigerant/lubricant ratio within enclosed flow apparatus A system for and method of measuring refrigerant-to-lubricant ratio of liquid within a conduit having a wall and forming part of an enclosed air conditioning refrigerating apparatus which includes a compressor, an evaporator and a condenser. The system in... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4890478 | Gas-in-oil monitoring apparatus and method An on-line gas-in-oil monitoring apparatus and method extracts certain reducing or combustible gases from oil and detects their presence and concentration substantially simultaneously using a sensor. The sensors are sintered metal oxide semi-conductors wi... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4764344 | Device for the determination of the quantitative composition of gases A device used in the determination of the quantitative composition of gases dissolved in the insulating oil of oil-insulated electrical apparatus wherein the device is capable of removing insulating oil samples and includes a pump arrangement for the extr... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4763514 | Monitoring equipment for dissolved gas in insulating oil An apparatus for monitoring gas dissolved in an electrically insulating oil used in an electrical apparatus comprises a sampling device connected to a tank for sampling a portion of the insulating oil from the electrical apparatus, an extracting device co... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4715217 | Determining organic compounds using a membrane The invention relates to a membrane assisted analytical chemical method for the determination of the concentration of an organic compound in an aqueous matrix. The membrane partitions the matrix from a receiving fluid. The organic compound permeates the m... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4610160 | Method of determining the minimum level of enrichment for a miscible gas flood A method of determining the minimum level of enrichment required to render a substantially miscible gas miscible in a liquid hydrocarbon by observing the behavior of liquid hydrocarbon droplets as they fall through samples of enriched gas of incrementally... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4599888 | Air bubble detector device A device is provided for detection of presence of air within a fluid system containing a dielectric fluid, such as oil. The device comprises a capacitor having a tubular capacitor plate which is connected in series with the fluid system. An elongated cyli... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4455860 | Method and apparatus for determining CO2 minimum miscibility pressure of reservoir oil A method for determining the CO2 minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) is disclosed which comprises filling a coiled capillary tube with oil at a predetermined temperature T1 and an initial predetermined pressure P1 less than... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4444040 | Method and apparatus for detecting gas components in oil in oil-filled device In an apparatus for detecting gas components in the oil in an oil-filled device, which comprises a gas-storing chamber being provided at an oil-filled device containing an insulating oil through a gas-permeating material capable of separating gas componen... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4409814 | Gas extracting device A gas extracting device for extracting gas suspended in a liquid from the liquid including a vessel for separating gas suspended in the liquid from the liquid, a mechanism for storing the gas, a mechanism for drawing in the gas from the vessel and for exh... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4402211 | System for monitoring abnormality of oil-filled electric devices A system for monitoring an abnormality of an oil-filled electric device by detecting the components of the gas dissolved in the insulating oil. A gas-in-oil separator which separates the gas from the insulating oil, a gas reservoir where the separated gas... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4395902 | Method and apparatus for determining phase behavior of oil/gas mixtures at high pressures and temperatures A method and apparatus for determining the phase behavior of gas/oil mixtures at preselected controlled high temperatures and high pressures wherein a stream of oil and gas under controlled conditions of volume rate and pressure are separately introduced ... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4344316 | Method and apparatus for indicating the air content of concrete in situ The apparatus comprises a chamber having an open end and an opposite closeable end, and provided with a heating device and pressure measuring device. The open end of the chamber is inserted into the fresh concrete with opposite end opened. After insertion... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4236404 | Device for monitoring dissolved gases in electrical insulating liquids such as transformer oils A device to monitor dissolved gases in electrical insulating liquids such as transformer oils. The monitoring device includes a sampling means to obtain a liquid sample from the electrical device whose liquid is being monitored, a gas extraction means to ... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4192174 | Transformer protective device A housing, a first elongated generally cylindrical member fixed to the housing and having an open end which is adapted to be in open communication with the interior of the sealed transformer casing; this first member also has at least a portion of its len... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4158957 | Method for determining the fluid saturation of an immobile phase in a reservoir A method is disclosed for determining the relative amounts of two fluid phases in a subterranean formation, one phase being mobile and the other being substantially immobile. A sweep fluid which is substantially free of the immobile fluid is injected into... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4058373 | Combustible gas-in-oil detector Method and apparatus is disclosed for extracting and analyzing gas from a body of liquid such as oil in an electrical transformer. The oil is continuously moved by thermosiphonic action through a conduit in which a gas permeation cell is mounted. Oil with... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3934453 | Conservator system A conservator system for transformers includes a conservator tank. The apparatus is filled with oil which is saturated with a non-combustible gas. The conservator tank is connected by conduits to the top and if suitable also to the bottom of the transform... | 01/27/1976 |
