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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6981608 | Beverage can A beverage can with a bottom end, a top end, and a side wall extending therebetween. A first weakening score is formed in the top end, and a second weakening score is formed near the bottom end of the can. The beverage can has a first tab selectively displaceable be... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981609 | Injection drug feeding device On each of a plurality of disposed racks, an injection drug storing container is each detachably mounted. The injection drug storing container includes a transportation device for transporting a stored injection drug in one direction. The injection drug transported ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981610 | Dispenser for a paper product A dispenser for a paper product having a faceplate defining a slot including a center portion, a first end and a second end. The center portion is larger than the first and second ends. The faceplate has a plurality of outwardly projecting lips positioned adjacent t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981611 | Tip for a caulking gun A caulking gun includes a tip which enables an adhesive, or other extrudable compound, to be laid down consistently, accurately, and rapidly along a base or base board or other elongated structure. The tip includes at least one guide which extends outside the plane ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981612 | Tamper-proof gas pin valve A pin valve assembly includes a spring biasing a piston against a seal to seal an opening of a gas cylinder. The spring compresses a length determined by a distance between the insert and the plunger. The insert is pressed into an opening opposite the plunger and he... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981613 | Portable pressurized liquid storage system A portable, pressurized liquid storage system comprises a pliable and collapsible liquid reservoir including a fill pipe and a first valve disposed in the fill pipe; a pump operably connected to the reservoir; an outlet pipe including a second valve operably connect... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981614 | Dispensing pouch An improved dispensing pouch is provided having a flexible and collapsible container consisting of a pair of tapered side walls (14). A nozzle (12) is disposed at the lower end of the flexible container and heat sealed thereto. A removable end cap (... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981615 | Modular diluent changeover manifold for beverage dispensers A modular diluent changeover manifold for beverage dispensers provides quick and convenient changeover of supply of two different beverage liquid diluents to post-mix beverage dispensing valves. The diluent changeover manifold is mounted within a beverage dispenser ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981616 | Spray delivery system and method for aerosol products An improved spray delivery system and method for aerosol containers is provided. The system and method provide improved selectable spray pattern characteristics. In addition, the system is provided with multiple automatic features to prevent unintended actuation of ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981617 | Extrusion container An extrusion container comprises a main container body with a squeezable outer shell layer and an extrusion cap body, and at least two adhesive bands of longitudinal band form, each of which adheres and fixes together the outer shell layer and an inner layer along t... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981618 | Container assembly for a substance to be applied A container assembly for a substance to be applied is provided that includes a injector housing, an application tip, and a closure cap. The application tip and the closure cap are alternatively removably securable to the outlet end of the injector housing in a subst... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981619 | High precision metering and/or additioning device, particularly for granular materials Method and device for metering granular materials which comprises a least one dispensing element, driving means arranged to control the dispensing element, sensing means designed to detect the amount of granules delivered by the dispensing element, and a program con... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981620 | Easer icer A pastry icing device that has a container into which icing can be placed. The container has an air bag at the bottom, which is operated by a motor, and which compresses the bag to force icing from the container or from an icing bag within the container. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981621 | Caulking gun A caulking gun having a push rod-formed by two interlocking chains. The caulking gun comprises a barrel having an open framework for receiving and cradling a caulk cartridge. A self-contained drive mechanism is provided to forwardly advance a chain arrangement compr... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981622 | Spray can holding and actuating device A spray can holding and actuation device comprises a rim engagement element and a locking mechanism for compressing the rim engagement element against the rim surrounding the push-button valve on the can. The rim engagement element includes a compressible collar tha... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981623 | Mechanism for engaging portable equipment against a belt clip There is provided an engaging mechanism of a system in which the flange-like protrusion at the portable equipment is engaged with or locked to an engaging part at a belt clip, wherein both fitting and removing for the portable equipment are simplified. The system su... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981624 | Ammunition carrier system Disclosed herein is a user mountable ammunition carrier system for conveniently storing and carrying hunting and shooting accessories by a hunter while navigating dense brush and foliage. The ammunition carrier system includes a body member having a plurality of ope... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981625 | Percussive electrical hand-held power tool An electrical hand-held power tool for at least partially percussive driving of a tool (1) along a striking axis (A) and including a striking mechanism (2) having a striker (3) for generating striking forces on the anterior arranged tool (1 | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981626 | Stapler with a leg-cutting device A stapler has a main base, a pivotal base, a recoiling device, a stapling device, a connecting device and a leg-cutting device. The leg-cutting device is mounted between the main base and the pivotal base and has an upper base, a lower base, two arm holders, two pus... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981627 | Electric stapler having an apparatus to bend staple legs and the apparatus An electric stapler includes a clinching mechanism and an anvil device. The clinching mechanism bends protruding legs of a staple to fasten objects together. The anvil device includes a stationary frame, a cover and a sliding anvil mechanism. The cover is mounted on... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981628 | Surgical instrument with a lateral-moving articulation control An articulating surgical instrument suited for endoscopic use includes a lateral articulation control into a handle portion that provides an intuitive visual and tactile indication to the clinician as to the amount and direction of articulation of an end effector at... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981629 | Apparatus of clamping semiconductor devices using sliding finger supports An apparatus for supporting lead fingers during a wire bonding process and method of preventing the bonding apparatus and clamping assembly from applying force against the die. The present invention includes the use of a movable arm with a portion that is positionab... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981630 | Cartridge strip advancing mechanism for fastener driving tool In a powder driven fastening tool, a channel is included for feeding a strip of explosive powder cartridges to a firing mechanism. A trigger is included for actuating the firing mechanism, wherein the trigger is movable between a first position and a second position... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981631 | Carton for brick-shaped containers with a top dispenser A carton is provided for containing brick-shaped containers which has a dispenser in the top permitting the removal of any of the containers while maintaining the structural integrity of the carton through the provision of either a top gusset or middle gusset spanni... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981632 | Display box In accordance with the aspects of the present invention, a single piece container blank is disclosed. The present invention includes a blank constructed from a single sheet of foldable material cut and scored to define a bottom panel, a top panel, a front panel and ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981633 | Point of sales terminal, point of sales system, and method for managing cash-on hand information Cash received from a customer is placed by cashier into a change device, which is connected to a point of sales terminal. The change device counts an amount of cash by its type, and stores a counted amount into a memory unit. Further the change device stores an amou... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981634 | Keystroke trapping system, keystroke trapping method and keystroke trapping program A false act of a clerk at a store is monitored at a host computer under utilization of a communication network by detecting a false key operation in reference to a count which can be flexibly set in an item sales register or the like. The sales processing unit reads... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981635 | Gaming device having interacting symbols The present invention relates to a gaming device and method which includes interacting symbols. Wherein the game exhibits the interaction between the two symbols using a display device and awards the player with a credit or bonus value. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981636 | Document path selector apparatus for use in a self-service terminal A self-service terminal includes a fascia having a document slot, and a document processing module. The document processing module includes a document path selector mechanism disposed along a bi-directional document transport path which extends between the document ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981637 | Automatic teller machine An automatic teller machine capable of verifying the authenticity of bank notes while maintaining high-speed execution of transactions. The machine comprises a bill validator outputs a result of verification of whether a received note could be classified or not, and... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981638 | Automated banking machine An automated banking machine (10) includes a user interface (12) including an opening (20). Users of the machine deliver individual sheets and stacks of sheets to and from the machine through the opening. Stacks of sheets may include sheets such... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981639 | Object storing system with illuminated housings A storage system for storing a plurality of objects, wherein one or more objects are each associated with a smartkey, the system comprising a system housing defining a recess; a front panel with at least one opening therein; a support board positioned within the rec... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981640 | Method and system for assisted culling and reformatting of encoded microtubes A method and system for aiding the selecting/culling or reformatting of encoded containers stored in a multi-rack array with respect to certain desired characteristics of compositions held within the containers employing a corresponding graphical interface that indi... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981641 | Communication board attaching unit for a smart card handling device A smart card handling device with a communication board attaching unit including a first base attached to the card handling device and a second base for carrying a set of one or more communication boards for communicating with a non-contact type smart card or a cont... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981642 | Non-parallax optical auto-focusing system and method A non-parallax optical auto-focusing system focuses an image and determines a distance to an optical target without being prone to errors due to parallax. The system includes a first beam splitter, a second beam splitter, and a lens positioned therebetween on an opt... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981643 | Optical scanner for reading a barcode A barcode scanner includes at least a laser emitter, a collimator, a light condensing lens and a linear light receiver. When the scanning light beams from the laser emitter are projected onto a barcode through the collimator, a barcode signal is produced from the re... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981644 | Apparatus and method for recognizing code An apparatus and method for recognizing a code from a code image that is expressed physically or electronically and extracting data represented in the code image is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving a raw image in which a code image is contained, ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981645 | Drive circuit for controlling a resonant motor A drive circuit for operating a resonant motor includes a motor circuit, a feedback circuit, a control circuit, and a coil drive circuit. A feedback loop includes the motor circuit, the feedback circuit, and the control circuit. The feedback loop in conjunction with... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981646 | Chip embedded trading card, recording and/or reproducing apparatus therefor, and message building method A system and method including a trading card and a recording and/or reproducing apparatus recording and/or reproducing subject-related data to/from the trading card, wherein the subject-related data comprises picture information characterizing a subject or reminding... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981647 | Foreign matter detecting mechanism, carriage moving mechanism and method for operating carriage moving mechanism A foreign matter detection mechanism for detecting a foreign matter other than a carriage object for the purpose of, e.g., preventing illegal use of a card by detecting a foreign matter other than the card inserted into, e.g., a card reader, a carriage movement mech... | 01/03/2006 |
