Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6729009 | Method for connecting workpieces by cold forming The invention relates to press tools for the connection, by cold forming, of tubular workpieces (2, 3) whose connection regions are provided with circular external cross-sectional shapes and are pushed one into the other. The press jaws (10) of the pre... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729010 | Solid surface material fabrication A fabrication station (117) suitable for use mobile unit (1) or as stand alone unit for fabricating solid surface construction materials is provided, as is a method of use therefor. The fabrication station is equipped with climate control units (23,... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729011 | Method of manufacturing for a stator core A method of manufacture for a stator core including the steps of a) punching a stacked plurality of long bands of sheet steel to form strip laminations having tooth portions and core back portions; and b) spirally winding the strip laminations and integrating the wo... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729012 | Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head A method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head comprises the steps of forming a bottom pole layer, forming a gap layer, forming a top pole layer, and forming a thin-film coil. The thin-film coil is wound around the top pole layer in a helical manner. In the ste... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729013 | Method of manufacturing thin-film magnetic head The invention allows a thin-film magnetic head that meets specifications required by the customer to be provided in a short period of time and manufacturing costs to be reduced. A slider of a magnetic head of the invention comprises two thin-film magnetic head eleme... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729014 | Magnetic assist read track-width definition for a lead overlay top spin-valve GMR head A method for forming a top spin-valve SyAP GMR read sensor having a novel conductive lead overlay configuration and the sensor so formed. The lead overlay electrically contacts the sensor at a position within the SyAP pinned layer, thus simultaneously assuring impro... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729015 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head device A method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head includes forming a recording gap layer of a non-alumina base nonmagnetic material on a lower magnetic pole layer, the lower magnetic pole layer being composed of materials that are milled at the same rate. An upper... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729016 | Method for making a modular reed switch assembly A modular reed switch assembly and method for making the same are provided. A switch assembly (101) includes a reed switch (206, 106) that is enclosed between a primary reed switch cover (208) and a reed switch base (104) wherein the reed... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729017 | Component mounter and mounting method A component mounter has two or more feeder carriages and two or more mounting heads corresponding to the feeder carriages. The mounting heads pick up components from each feeder carriage. A transfer device is able to pass components requiring transfer between the mo... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729018 | Apparatus for mounting components Apparatus for mounting components, even if the components have narrow inter-component distances, without producing any interference between already mounted components and suction nozzles or components being suction-hold by the suction nozzles. The component mounting... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729019 | Method of manufacturing a probe card A method of designing and manufacturing a probe card assembly includes prefabricating one or more elements of the probe card assembly to one or more predefined designs. Thereafter, design data regarding a newly designed semiconductor device is received along with da... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729020 | Method for replacing a board-mounted electric circuit component An instrument panel of an automotive vehicle has an original circuit board (10). An LED (16) is disposed on a bridge (34) in the board and faces a driver of the vehicle. Two terminals (16T1, 16T2) extend through the bridge t... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729021 | Method for the installation of signalization spheres on lightning rod cables of transmission lines A method of installing signalization spheres on energized transmission lines. A supporting structure, consisting of two bases equidistant, parallel to each other, linked to each other by axial segments, the axial segments acting as supports for activation engines, r... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729022 | Processes for manufacturing flexible wiring boards and the resulting flexible wiring boards The present invention aims to connect metal films without forming any opening in a resin film. Against a first resin film 16 formed on a first metal film 12 are pressed bumps 21 on a second metal film 11 so that the bumps 21 | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729023 | Method for making a multi-layer circuit board assembly having air bridges supported by polymeric material A method for making a multi-layer circuit board 116 having apertures 96, 98 which may be selectively and electrically isolated from electrically grounded member 46 and further having selectively formed air bridges and/or crossover members 104... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729024 | Method of forming a non-continuous conductive layer for laminated substrates A fabrication method for printed circuit boards is provided, in which a conductive layer of a conductive material is formed over an insulating layer. Portions of the conductive layer are removed to define a circuit pattern and at least one rail area. The rail area c... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729025 | Method of manufacturing a fabric article to include electronic circuitry and an electrically active textile article A method of manufacturing a fabric article to include electronic circuitry in which a flex circuit is assembled to include conductive traces and pads on a flexible substrate, a fabric article is placed on a rigid surface, and the substrate of the flex circuit is sec... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729026 | Rotational grip twist machine and method for fabricating bulges of twisted wire electrical connectors Bulges in a wire having helically coiled strands are formed by untwisting the strands in an anti-helical direction at a predetermined position, to form an electrical connector from a length of the stranded wire. The wire is gripped by moving two spaced apart clamp m... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729027 | Method of forming recessed socket contacts In a socket used to house semiconductor die during testing, a recessed socket contact is provided that avoids pinching the die's contacts and allows for smaller socket holes and therefore denser arrays of contacts. In one embodiment, semiconductor fabrication techni... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729028 | Structure of cutter knife The present invention discloses an improved structure of a cutter knife, comprising of a front casing, a rear casing, a front support pad, a rear support pad, a slider, a sliding bracket, a knife cartridge, a tail blade, a press button, a blade stopper, a stop block... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729029 | Clasp knife A clasp knife is composed of a handle and a blade pivotally mounted on the handle. The handle has a fastening member and a locking member provided therein. The blade has a taper hole, a tongue slot, and a locking surface. When the blade is received in the handle, th... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729030 | Hacksaw having easily operated blade tension device A hacksaw includes a frame having a chamber formed in a rear handle, an arm pivotally secured to the handle for tensioning a saw blade and having a rear oblong hole, a lever pivotally secured to the handle, and a tension rod pivotally secured to the lever and having... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729031 | Support for a window A support for a window, includes a plurality of edge parts defining an opening to receive a window wherein at least one of the edge parts includes a first abutment surface and a second abutment surface, the first abutment surface being substantially planar and the s... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729032 | Chassis measuring apparatus and method of measuring a chassis The invention concerns an apparatus and a method for the chassis measurement of vehicles such as motor vehicles, wherein the apparatus includes a vehicle lift platform with which a chassis to be measured can be reversibly lifted and an axle measurement lifting devic... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729033 | Three dimensional square tool A generally L-shaped workpiece positioning tool is provided having a base and sidewalls, said base and sidewalls having unobstructed ends and the sidewalls having a void therebetween to space apart the sidewalls. ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729034 | Router tool guides A perimeter router guide preferably includes a guide area and a support leg. The support leg extends from a bottom of the guide area. A retention opening is formed adjacent the guide area to facilitate attachment of a work surface with a fastener. A circular router ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729035 | Apparatus and method for a clear ruled tile template The present invention 10 discloses a flexible, clear-ruled tile template having substantially the same dimensions as the piece of tile 14 being laid. The present invention 10 is made of a flexible material so that it can be bent against objects ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729036 | Measuring apparatus In a measuring apparatus (1) for contactlessly determining the position of two components (11 and 12 respectively) which are displaceable relative to each other and which are in the form of a measurement value sender (11) and a sensor ( | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729037 | Flexible measurement device The invention is a depth gauge having standard components and improved in that a flexible shaft is mated to the tip. A probe is attached to the shaft. The flexible shaft allows for full angular adjustment for various directional approaches to the hole. The tip of th... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729038 | Roller squeegee and spinner adapter A roller squeegee and spinner adapter tool is disclosed for safely, easily, speedily and thoroughly removing paint or other coating material from a roller by squeegeeing or sliding the major bulk of paint from the roller and then attaching a mini-roller to a paintbr... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729039 | Process dehumidifier regeneration control method and apparatus A method and an apparatus for controlling airflow in a desiccant drying system having two desiccant beds (10, 12). A first diverter valve (14) communicates with each of the desiccant beds, a regeneration air inlet (22), and a press air outlet ( | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729040 | Apparatus and method for drying a substrate using hydrophobic and polar organic compounds A dryer for drying a substrate includes: a bath containing a fluid; a chamber; and a delivery system supplying a polar organic compound, such as isopropyl alcohol, and a hydrophobic organic compound, such as hydrofluoroether, to the interface between the substrate a... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729041 | Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method This substrate processing apparatus supplies wafers W accommodated in a closed processing container 10 with ozone gas and steam for processing the wafers W. The apparatus includes an ozone-gas generator 40 for supplying the ozone gas into the processin... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729042 | Enhancement of fluid replacement in porous media through pressure modulation A method is described for enhancing mass and heat transport of fluids in a fine pore structure through an appropriate modulation of the fluid pressure. For example, in an air drying process for a porous material that contains liquid, the air pressure is modulated th... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729043 | Method for drying stacked wood A method and an apparatus is proposed for drying stacked wood with the help of a drying gas guided in a circulatory flow. The stacks of wood (H1, H2) are charged zone by zone depending on the average moisture of the wood (u) in the respective zone with... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729044 | Ventilated walking shoe A ventilated walking shoe comprising a mid-sole, under the upper. The mid-sole is constituted by a felt of natural fibers and is surmounted by a perforated insole made of leather or hide. The mid-sole is arranged within a perimetric edge for connecting the upper to ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729045 | Tap device for clogging shoes A clogging shoe tap device having a first plate for attachment to a shoe, and a second plate pivotally attached to the first plate along a transverse line of attachment, the second plate also having a transverse balance axis, wherein the transverse line of attachmen... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729046 | Shoe sole structures A shoe sole particularly for athletic footwear for supporting the foot of an intended wearer having multiple rounded portions formed by midsole component as viewed in a frontal plane of the sole when the shoe sole is upright and in an unloaded condition. The rounded... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729047 | Strap assembly for sport shoe A sport shoe has a sole portion and an upper portion fixedly coupled to the sole portion. The upper portion has an inner side section, a center foot section and an outer side section. The first strap member has a first attachment portion coupled to one of the inner ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6729048 | Footwear having a shell of injection moulded plastic The upper part (3) of the shell (1), manufactured as one piece from polymer material, of a footwear is divided on the front into two pairs of flaps (6A, 7A; 6B, 7B) by a longitudinal separating line (5) and by a trans... | 05/04/2004 |
