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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8298321 | River water utilizing flue gas desulfurization system and humic substance removing method A river water utilizing flue gas desulfurization system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pre-treatment facility 13 that removes humic substances in river water 11 to produce makeup water 12; and a desulfu... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8123838 | Method and apparatus for separating particles A method and apparatus for separating particles preferentially accelerates particles to a rotating collector, which then reliably conveys collected particles to a discharge with minimal re-entrainment of the particles in the fluid stream. The collector minimizes ene... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7427353 | System for enhancing oxygen An apparatus for enhancing, structuring and/or pre-structuring oxygen includes a vessel having an inlet and an outlet so as to allow oxygen to pass therethrough, a pair of screens positioned within the vessel so as to form a gap therebetween, and a magnetic source c... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7354685 | Photoconductive imaging members A photoconductive member comprised of a hole blocking layer, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer comprised of a polymer with a low dielectric constant and a charge transport component. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7319222 | Mass spectrometer and mass analysis method A linear trap which allows for charge separation and ion mobility separation in a speedy manner, and enables measurement with high duty cycle. A mass spectrometer comprises an ion source, an ion trap for trapping ions ionized by the ion source, an ion trap controlle... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312007 | Photoconductive imaging members A photoconductive member containing a hole blocking layer, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and wherein the hole blocking layer contains a metallic component like a titanium oxide and a polymeric binder. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7288139 | Three-phase cyclonic fluid separator with a debris trap An apparatus separates liquid, gas and solid components of a mixture in a fluid system. An inlet for receiving the mixture opens into a separation chamber tangentially with a cylindrical side wall and a gas outlet has an opening in a first end wall adjacent the inle... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288138 | Three-phase cyclonic fluid separator An apparatus separates liquid, gas and solid components of a mixture in an engine lubricating system. An inlet for receiving the mixture opens tangentially into a separation chamber and a gas outlet has an opening in a first end wall adjacent the inlet to allow gas ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7242513 | Encapsulated electrophoretic displays having a monolayer of capsules and materials and methods for making the same An encapsulated electrophoretic display having a plurality of non-spherical capsules disposed substantially in a single layer on a substrate. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235587 | Diesters containing two crylene or fluorene moieties, sunscreen compositions containing the same, and methods of photostabilizing a sunscreen compositions containing the same Diesters that include one or more of a crylene and/or a fluorene moiety, and sunscreen compositions including a mixture of a photoactive compound and one or more of a diester that includes one or more of a crylene and/or a fluorene moiety are described herein. Also ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236290 | Electrophoretic medium with improved stability An electrophoretic medium comprises a liquid and at least one particle disposed within the liquid and capable of moving therethrough on application of an electric field to the medium. The medium further comprises a free radical scavenger selected from the group cons... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229732 | Imaging members with crosslinked polycarbonate in charge transport layer A composition comprised of a charge transport compound and a crosslinked polymer composition generated from the curing of a solution of a hydroxyl pendant polycarbonate, a hydroxylated charge transport compound, a curing agent and a solvent. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223335 | Ion separation A device for separating ions from a fluid stream is disclosed. The device includes multiple chambers in fluid communication with one another. A first chamber has an inlet, and a last chamber has an outlet. The inlets and outlets of intermediate chambers are connecte... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221332 | 3D stereo OLED display A switchable stereoscopic display system, wherein the switchable stereoscopic display system can display two-dimensional and three-dimensional images, includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device; Electronics that rapidly updates individual OLEDs;... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214458 | Toner compositions A toner that contains resin, colorant, wax and an aromatic hydrocarbon compatibilizer. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7185678 | Orifice plate diffuser A noise reducing device for a pressurized fluid stream, i.e., a gas, includes a housing. An inlet end and an outlet end of the housing each have at least one orifice for passing a fluid therethrough. The inlet end orifice includes an inlet face and an outlet face an... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7166396 | Photoconductive imaging members A photoconductive imaging member comprised of a substrate, a photogenerating layer, and thereover a charge transport layer comprised of a charge transport component or components, a polymer binder and metal oxide particles, wherein said metal oxide particles contain... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7144971 | Polycarbonates and photoconductive imaging members A polycarbonate generated from the polymerization of a protected hydroxylated bisphenolic compound, a bisphenol, a monophenolic endcapping agent, a bisphenol haloformate, and a curing compound, and thereafter subjecting the obtained polymer to a reaction with an aci... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7109968 | Non-spherical cavity electrophoretic displays and methods and materials for making the same Disclosed herein are novel electrophoretic displays and materials useful in fabricating such displays. In particular, novel encapsulated displays are disclosed. Particles encapsulated therein are dispersed within a suspending, or electrophoretic, fluid. This fluid m... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7082236 | Fiber-based displays containing lenses and methods of making same The invention relates to an electronic display that combines the optical function of the display and part of the electronic function of the display into an array of individual fibers. The individual fibers contain a lens or optical function and at least one set of e... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7067027 | Method of making an electro-mechanical roll Method of making an electro-mechanical roll such as a bias transfer roll for use in an electrostatographic apparatus such as a printing or copying apparatus comprising a conductive core having a segmented layer of compressible material positioned in a tandem relatio... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067608 | Process for preparing branched polyarylene ethers Disclosed is a process for preparing branched polyarylene ether polymers by (A) providing a reaction mixture comprising (i) a polyfunctional phenol compound of the formula Ar(OH)x wherein x≧3 and wherein Ar is an aryl moiety or an alkylaryl moiety, prov... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055696 | Rotary valve type magnetic foreign matter remover A rotary valve allowing a rotor to be stored rotatably in a tubular powder granular material feeding chamber in a casing, storing and feeding powder granular material received from a powder granular material feed port to the troughs of the rotor, and discharging the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056637 | Electrophotographic toner with uniformly dispersed wax Toner particles are described containing at least one toner resin and at least one wax. The wax present in the toner particles has an average domain size of about 1 micron or less. Developer systems, two component and monocomponent, are further described as well dev... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037630 | Photoconductive members A photoconductive imaging member comprised of a supporting substrate, and thereover a single photoactive layer comprised of a mixture of a photogenerator component, an electron transport component, a transport component, and a polymeric binder; and wherein said phot... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037631 | Photoconductive imaging members A photoconductive imaging member including a supporting substrate, a hole blocking layer thereover, a crosslinked photogenerating layer and a charge transport layer, and wherein the photogenerating layer includes a photogenerating component and a vinyl chloride, all... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018758 | Photoconductive imaging members A photoconductive imaging member comprised of a hole blocking layer, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and wherein the hole blocking layer is generated from a solution of a metal alkyloxide, an amino alkylsilane, an aminoalkoxy silane or an amin... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016632 | Electrophotographic toner and development process using chemically prepared toner Development systems and methods for developing using chemically prepared toners are disclosed. The present invention further discloses developers used in development systems. The use of chemically prepared toners with hard magnetic carrier particles with a non-magne... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012125 | Spin-on-glass anti-reflective coatings for photolithography Anti-reflective coating materials for deep ultraviolet photolithography include one or more organic dyes incorporated into spin-on-glass materials. Suitable dyes are strongly absorbing over wavelength ranges around wavelengths such as 248 nm and 193 nm that may be u... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6959161 | Photoreceptor for highlight color printing machine An electrophotographic printing machine comprising: a photoconductive member having a path a movement through the plurality of xerographic stations, the photoconductive member including a segmented ground plane, the segmented ground plane being define into individua... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6946803 | Drive control system for a fiber-based plasma display A full color fiber plasma display device includes two glass plates sandwiched around a top fiber array and a bottom fiber array. The top and bottom fiber arrays are substantially orthogonal and define a structure of the display, with the top fiber array disposed on ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939469 | Band gap mass filter with induced azimuthal electric field A band gap mass filter for separating particles of mass (M1) from particles of mass (M2) in a multi-species plasma includes a chamber defining an axis. Coils around the chamber generate an axially aligned magnetic field defined (B=B0... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926824 | Purifier with molecular-rearranging device A purifier with molecular-rearranging device mainly includes a hollow tubular holder, a tubular molecular-rearranging device positioned in the tubular holder, a tubular isolating layer positioned in a bore of the tubular molecular-rearranging device, and two caps re... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6919473 | Photostabilizers, UV absorbers, and methods of photostabilizing a sunscreen composition Derivatives of fluorene, including ester derivatives of cyano(9H-fluoren-9-ylidene) acetic acid, and sunscreen compositions including a mixture of a photoactive compound and an ester derivative of cyano(9H-fluoren-9-ylidene) acetic acid are disclosed herein. Also di... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916598 | Ionization radiation imageable photopolymer compositions This invention discloses compositions that can be polymerized/crosslinked imagewise upon exposure to ionization radiation such as x-ray, electron beam, ion beam, and gamma-ray. This invention also discloses methods of use for these compositions for microfabrication ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6902066 | Removal unit for metal alien material removal apparatus Disclosed is a removal unit for removing metallic alien materials, which is adapted to remove metallic alien materials such as metal fragments contained in powder or liquid raw materials. The removal unit includes an outer plate, an inner plate spaced apart from the... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901917 | Device for saving fuel and reducing emissions A fuel saving device including a support which mounts a plurality of magnets in opposed polarities is provided in a number of embodiments which enables the device to be interposed in the fuel system of combustion engines with resulting fuel savings and a reduction i... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6849188 | Magnetic conditoning of fluids and gases and apparatus therefor Magnetic conditioning of fluids and gases flowing through a conduit or other containment vessel to achieve essentially uniform characteristics of said fluids and gases for the purposes of improved operation efficiency and performance quality of mechanisms and system... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6730231 | Plasma mass filter with axially opposed plasma injectors A device for separating the constituents of a multi-constituent material includes a substantially cylindrical plasma chamber and two, axially opposed plasma injectors. The injectors convert the multi-constituent material into a multi-species plasma and inject the mu... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6719909 | Band gap plasma mass filter A device and method for selectively establishing predetermined orbits, relative to an axis, for ions of a first mass/charge ratio (m1), requires crossing an electric field with a substantially uniform magnetic field (E×B). The magnetic field is oriented ... | 04/13/2004 |
