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Behavior Modification Wristwatch

A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.

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Patents Published on 08/17/2004


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6776205Tire crown reinforcement with specified rubber decoupling layers
A tire having a crown, two sidewalls and two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two tire beads and a belt reinforcement, the belt reinforcement including at least two superposed reinforcing plies formed by cords parallel in each ply and criss-crossed fro...
08/17/2004
6776206Tire with apex rubber blend and method of making same
A radial tire having the apex area around the steel reinforced carcass ply turn-up comprised of at least one selected diene rubber and a trans 1,4-polybutadiene rubber. ...
08/17/2004
6776207Pneumatic tire with bead reinforcing layer adjacent bead filler
A pneumatic tire comprises a bead portion, a carcass wound around a bead core having a polygonal form from an inside of a tire toward an outside thereof in a radial direction and a bead filler arranged on an outer periphery of the bead core, wherein a reinforcing la...
08/17/2004
6776208Label assembly and apparatus
A label assembly having a face sheet with a removable label portion is used in connection with an apparatus that includes a base that accommodates the label assembly in an aligned position. The label assembly further includes a back sheet having a removable first po...
08/17/2004
6776209Adhesive tape dispenser
The present invention relates to an adhesive tape dispenser which receives an adhesive tape coated with coating substance such as bonding substance in order to stick the same to a surface of a sheet. The adhesive tape dispenser includes a guide tip pivotally mounted...
08/17/2004
6776210Sectional door reinforcing post assembly
A reinforcing post assembly for use with a sectional upward acting door to reinforce the door against high windloads includes an elongated C-channel shaped post reinforced with spaced apart gusset plates, and including retractable anchor pin members at its lower end...
08/17/2004
6776211Window shade for curved or non-rectangular vehicle windows
A window shade for motor vehicles has a window shade web material 14 which is designed for being adapted during retraction and extension to the shape of the window, namely in respect to the width dimensions and/or in respect to the curvature. To this end, the...
08/17/2004
6776212Die casting process incorporating computerized pattern recognition techniques
A die casting process using pattern recognition techniques to identify those die castings manufactured under conditions likely to produce a die casting which would subsequently prove unacceptable for use. By promptly identifying such die castings, they may be discar...
08/17/2004
6776213System for casting a metal article
An apparatus for use in casting a metal article includes a furnace assembly into which a mold is raised and an annular fluidized bed adjacent to the furnace assembly. The mold is filled with molten metal and lowered into the fluidized bed. The molten metal is solidi...
08/17/2004
6776214Centrifugal casting of titanium alloys with improved surface quality, structural integrity and mechanical properties in isotropic graphite molds under vacuum
Methods for making various titanium base alloys and titanium aluminides into engineering components such as rings, tubes and pipes by melting of the alloys in a vacuum or under a low partial pressure of inert gas and subsequent centrifugal casting of the melt in the...
08/17/2004
6776215Device for continuously casting metal, particularly steel
For a further development a device for continuous casting of metal, in particular steel, with a metal mold with mold walls (1,18) and a mold cooling device and which can remove high thermal flows and can be subjected to thermal loads and, thereble, is suitabl...
08/17/2004
6776216Casting wheel
A casting wheel for the continuous casting of strips of metal has a core and sleeve of heat-conductive material which is shrunk on the core, and circumferential cooling ducts arranged between the core and the sleeve, which are connected with coolant supply line and ...
08/17/2004
6776217Method for continuous casting of slab, in particular, thin slab, and a device for performing the method
In a method for continuous casting bars, billets, and slabs from a melt in dimensional ranges of approximately 20 to 150 mm thickness and approximately 600 to 3500 mm width by means of an oscillating, water-cooled casting mold in cooperation with a submerged-entry n...
08/17/2004
6776218Casting steel strip
A twin roll caster (11) produces thin steel strip (12) which passes through a first enclosure (37) to a pinch roll stand (14) including pinch rolls (50) through which the strip passes into a second enclosure (61). The strip ...
08/17/2004
6776219Castable refractory investment mold materials and methods of their use in infiltration casting
Methods and materials for preparing investment molds useful in pressure infiltration casting of near net-shape metal or metal matrix composite (MMC) components. One embodiment of the invention includes disposing a slurry of an appropriately sized refractory material...
08/17/2004
6776220Spacecraft radiator system using crossing heat pipes
Heat dissipating apparatus for use in dissipating heat produced by electronic components of a spacecraft. The heat dissipating apparatus comprises first and second radiator panels each having an outer panel faceskin 18 and inner panel faceskin. A heat pipe matrix is...
08/17/2004
6776221Computer system having a chassis-level capillary pump loop transferring heat to a frame-level thermal interface component
A computer system is described of the kind having a frame and a plurality of server unit subassemblies that are insertable into the frame. Each server unit subassembly has a chassis component which engages with a frame component on the frame. Heat can transfer from ...
08/17/2004
6776222Foldable floor heating panel
A foldable floor heating panel can be folded longitudinally and laterally. The foldable floor heating panel includes several small plate-like members of a rectangular plan configuration, which are arranged longitudinally and laterally so as to be adjacent to each ot...
08/17/2004
6776223Heat exchanger having bracket mounted on side plate of core unit
A heat exchanger such as a condenser for use in an automotive air-conditioner includes a core unit having a plurality of laminated tubes and fins. Brackets for mounting the heat exchanger on a vehicle are connected to U-shaped side plate disposed on an outside of th...
08/17/2004
6776224Heating dissipating device for electronic elements
A heating dissipating device for electronic elements comprises a bottom plate and a plurality of heat dissipating sheets; the bottom plate being formed with a plurality of grooves. A lower end of each heat dissipating sheet is a folded end and the folded end is inse...
08/17/2004
6776225Heat exchanger assembly
A heat exchanger assembly for a vehicle comprising at least one manifold having walls defining a chamber for retaining fluid. A mounting device is secured to the wall of the manifold. The mounting device includes a seat portion adapted to receive a fluid transmissio...
08/17/2004
6776226Electronic device containing thermal interface material
A thermal interface member in a heat generating, electronic device is provided. The thermal interface member comprises either a single fluoroelastomer or a blend of fluoroelastomer components that are copolymers of hexafluoropropylene and vinylidene and consists of ...
08/17/2004
6776227Wellhead heating apparatus and method
Apparatus and method for heating and preventing freeze-off of wellhead equipment utilize radiant heat from a flameless heater to heat fluid in a heat exchanger, such as a tank or finned radiator. A pump is used to circulate the heated fluid through a conduit loop de...
08/17/2004
6776228Ball dropping assembly
A ball dropping assembly for dropping a plurality of objects, such as spherical balls, into a wellbore. The assembly first comprises a seat for retaining a ball before it is released. The assembly also comprises a ball-feeding channel for feeding additional balls on...
08/17/2004
6776229Check enhancer
A check enhancer for use in a well comprises a housing portion and an injector portion disposed in the housing portion. The housing portion includes an outer body defining a fluid cavity therein with a plurality of body ports in communication with the fluid cavity. ...
08/17/2004
6776230Coiled tubing line deployment system
A horizontal Christmas tree is adapted for ESP/HSP or downhole sensor deployment by a coiled tubing hanger 38 received in the tubing hanger 12. Coiled tubing 40 suspends downhole equipment such as ESP 60, and carries power/signal lines. T...
08/17/2004
6776231Casing scraper
A casing scraper comprises a generally cylindrical body (1) adapted for connection at one end to a drill string, having a plurality of scraping or scouring elements (2) disposed around the outer surface thereof. A pipe (6) extends through the cy...
08/17/2004
6776232Insert rod guide
An insert rod guide has an elongated cylindrical member with an externally threaded first or upper end of a first diameter and an internally threaded lower or second end of a larger diameter with an axial bore extending between the ends. Intermediate the ends of the...
08/17/2004
6776233Method and system for drilling a wellbore having cable based telemetry
A method and system for cable-based communication between the drilling rig and the bottom hole assembly is disclosed. A cable is provided along the outside of an upper portion of the drillstring. The cable is connected to a cross-over sub assembly below which is att...
08/17/2004
6776234Recovery composition and method
A method and composition are described for improving recovery of oil from an oil reservoir. The method includes adding an effective amount of a fatty acid alkyl ester oil recovery composition to an oil reservoir and recovering oil from the reservoir. The composition...
08/17/2004
6776235Hydraulic fracturing method
This invention relates generally to the art of hydraulic fracturing in subterranean formations and more particularly to a method and means for optimizing fracture conductivity. According to the present invention, the well productivity is increased by sequentially in...
08/17/2004
6776236Methods of completing wells in unconsolidated formations
Methods of completing unconsolidated hydrocarbon producing zones penetrated by cased and cemented well bores are provided. The methods include the steps of forming spaced openings through the casing and cement and injecting a first hardenable resin composition throu...
08/17/2004
6776237Lightweight well cement compositions and methods
Lightweight cement compositions and methods of cementing a subterranean zone penetrated by a well bore utilizing the compositions are provided. A lightweight cement composition of the invention is basically comprised of a coarse particulate hydraulic cement, an ultr...
08/17/2004
6776238Single trip method for selectively fracture packing multiple formations traversed by a wellbore
Screen assemblies (40, 42) and a single trip method for selectively fracturing multiple formations (14, 16) traversed by a wellbore (32) are disclosed. Each formation (14, 16) has a screen assembly (40, 42) having a plurality of va...
08/17/2004
6776239Tubing conveyed fracturing tool and method
A tubing conveyed multi-position well treating tool having a tubular housing and a tubular inner member which are relatively positionable at “Set”, “Treat”, “Dump” and “Release” positions actuated by a mechanical indexing mechanism. The indexing mech...
08/17/2004
6776240Downhole valve
A valve for downhole well service, having a rotary indexer carrying an elastically-loaded valve element on a valve seat surface in a flow passage, the valve element adapted to obstruct one or more flow passages in the valve seat surface when aligned therewith. The v...
08/17/2004
6776241Screen jacket assembly connection and methods of using same
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for movably securing a radially expandable sand-control screen jacket assembly to a base pipe. The screen jacket assembly is connected to the base pipe with a longitudinally moveable, sand-controlling joint. In use, the joint slid...
08/17/2004
6776242Pneumatic post driver
A new sign post driver comprises a piston which rests upon a post, well pipe or piling to be driven into the ground and a weighted cylinder which reciprocates vertically to impact the piston on the downstroke. The cylinder is raised pneumatically for each stroke and...
08/17/2004
6776243Carrying handle for a percussion power tool
An assembly for a percussion power tool includes a carrying handle (5) and a flush head (4) which is connected with the power tool chuck (3) for flushing a working tool receivable in the chuck and which has an inlet opening (12) for a flu...
08/17/2004
6776244Side handles on drill/drivers
A drill/driver is provided that includes a housing, a collar mounted at a front portion of the housing, a side handle mounting area provided forward of the collar, a handle mounted to the side handle mounting area, and a chuck mounted forward of the side handle moun...
08/17/2004
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