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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7581660 | Drip-resistant pipetting device and drip-resistant pipetting method A liquid-metering device is disclosed, in particular, a pipetting device for aspirating and dispensing liquids. The device comprises a vessel which is at least partially filled with gas and has an opening through which liquid is received or discharged, a gas-pressur... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581661 | Multipurpose tooth paste dispenser A toothpaste tube squeezing mechanism includes a housing in which a toothpaste tube is stored and a button which is pushed to dispense toothpaste from the tube. The button is connected to a tube squeezing mechanism by a gear system. ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581662 | Multi-compartment spray dispenser with common pressurizer A multi-compartment spray dispenser with common pressurizer includes a single container divided into four sub-chambers, each of which is separate from each of the other sub-chambers. Each sub-chamber has its own separate outlet. A pumping mechanism is common to the ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581663 | Rippled surface stopper rod system The present invention concerns stopper rod system for use in a metallurgical vessel, comprising a stopper rod and a nozzle. At least one of the stopper rod nose and the internal surface of the nozzle bore comprise a plurality of ripples that are arranged such that t... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581664 | Multi-outlet casting nozzle The present invention concerns a submerged entry nozzle for use in the continuous casting of liquid metal. The nozzle comprises a central bore and a plurality of pairs of discharge outlets. The cross-sectional area of the central bore decreases between pairs of disc... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581665 | Methods and apparatus for retractable pin friction stir welding and spot welding An apparatus for friction stir welding is described that includes a stationary assembly having a bore therethrough, the bore having an inner diameter, and a rotational assembly having a welding end. At least the welding end of the rotational assembly extends through... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581666 | Wire-bonding method for wire-bonding apparatus A wire-bonding method for a wire-bonding apparatus is provided. The wire-bonding apparatus includes at least a first wire-bonder and a second wire-bonder for respectively bonding at least several first chips in a first region and several second chips in a second reg... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581667 | Tool head for attaching an electrical conductor on the contact surface of a substrate and method for implementing the attachment A tool head for attaching an electrical conductor on the contact surface of a substrate, comprising a vibration exciter for generating linear ultrasonic vibrations; a bonding tool that is able to contact the contact surface and/or the conductor, a contact pressure b... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581668 | Method and device for reflow soldering with volume flow control According to one aspect of the invention it is possible to rapidly heat a soldering item by reducing an initially larger volume flow at a constant or increasing temperature, effectively preventing small components from overheating. By using the volume flow of a conv... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581669 | Tool for diffusion bonding of multi sheet metal, method of manufacturing structural part using the same, and structural part manufactured using the method A method of manufacturing a structural part through diffusion bonding in solid state without secondary materials after stacking multi-sheet metal and a tool thereof are disclosed. The tool for diffusion boding of multi-sheet metal includes a top tool having a top ga... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581670 | Shipping container The present invention provides a shipping container, a paper tube, an end cap and a method. The shipping container includes a tube and an end cap. The tube has a cylindrical body and an open end. The cylindrical body has a mounting opening formed therein adjacent to... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581671 | Shipping container The present invention provides a shipping container, a paper tube, an end cap and a method. The shipping container includes a tube and an end cap. The tube has a cylindrical body and an open end. The cylindrical body has a mounting opening formed therein adjacent to... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581672 | Container A container formed of spaced apart outer and inner back panels, and spaced apart outer and inner side panels, outer and inner front panels and outer and inner bottom panels. The outer bottom panel is octagonal. Corner panels extend between the outer back panel and o... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581673 | Container with reclosable pour spout The present invention relates to a container comprising opposing top and bottom walls and four side walls each having an upper and lower ends, the opposing top and bottom walls and the four side walls bridging the opposing top and bottom walls. The top wall comprise... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581674 | Financial transaction system and method A financial system and method for a stored value e-card financial management system using a worldwide financial network to deposit funds into an e-card account in one country and withdraw funds from a networked automated teller machine in another country. A dual-car... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581675 | Credit card form with improved truncated numbers A multiple-ply credit card form and a method of imprinting a multiple-ply credit card form are provided. The credit card form may include at least a customer copy ply and a merchant copy ply. The merchant copy ply may include an area for imprinting a credit card num... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581676 | Method and apparatus for purchasing and dispensing products A system for purchasing a product that does not need to be physically present at a point-of-sale includes a point-of-sale device, a product-selection device, a data-analyzing device, an inventory-managing device, and a dispensing machine. The point-of-sale device in... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581677 | Vote by mail envelope that protects privacy of voter's signature Methods and systems that provide privacy of signatures on envelopes containing ballots are provided. The envelope for returning ballots includes a flap with a window that aligns with a signature area on the envelope. The window appears opaque under normal lighting c... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581678 | Electronic transaction card An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electron... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581679 | Dual light source voltage-modulated reciprocal control circuit for scanner A dual light source voltage-modulated reciprocal control circuit for a scanner. The circuit includes a voltage modulation circuit, a first lamp driving circuit, a second lamp driving circuit and a reciprocal control circuit. The voltage-modulating circuit generates ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581680 | Omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system employing coplanar illumination and imaging stations in horizontal and vertical housing sections of the system An omni-directional digital image capturing and processing system for use in a POS environment, comprising a system housing having a horizontal housing section and a vertical housing section. The horizontal housing section has a horizontal imaging window, and contai... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581681 | Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets A tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets. The system includes a tunnel configuration arranged about a conveyor structure for transporting objects therethrough, and an image capturing and processing subsyst... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581682 | Image-recording device, method for recording an image that is visualized on a display unit, arrangement of an image-recording device and a display unit, use of said image-recording device, and use of said arrangement To improve image capture from a display or a surface, more specifically from a specular reflecting surface, the invention proposes an image capturing apparatus having an image capturing unit and an image fitting surface in which the optical axis of the image capturi... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581683 | Readable printed tag having locator, orientation and data components A tag printed on a print medium that comprises a substantially circular locator component used to represent a location of a tag reading device with respect to the tag. The tag also includes an orientation component, positioned within the circumference of the locator... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581684 | Device for placing material on or beneath the soil surface and method for doing the same The invention includes a towable device for treating and maintaining turf, which includes at least one roller and manifold assembly that further includes at least one injection head for directing periodic jets of liquid and at least one additive material into the gr... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581685 | Faucet end piece A faucet end piece connectable to a faucet nozzle is provided including a cylindrical body defining a cavity, a vertical pipe extending within the cavity, and an internal partition with water passages therethrough, extending across the cavity and connecting the vert... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581686 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injector for the injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a valve needle guided in a nozzle body, the valve needle being actuable by an actuator and acted upon by a restoring spring in such a manner that a valve-... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581687 | Spray nozzle with selectable deflector surface An irrigation sprinkler spray nozzle is provided that includes a first deflector surface defining a first configuration to project a fluid spray having a first distribution pattern, and a second deflector surface defining a second configuration to project a second f... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581688 | Blender with crushed ice functionality Processing food items in a blender by operating the cutter assembly at a predetermined operating speed, reducing the operating speed of the cutter assembly t, and accelerating the operating speed of the cutter assembly in response to the items in the container havin... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581689 | Device for processing excavated material In an arrangement for processing excavated materials including a material crushing device and a classifier to which the crushed material is supplied for screening, the classifier includes a leveling structure which provides for a desired orientation of the classifie... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581690 | Constant force assembly for an orifice plate of a grinding machine An assembly for providing constant force between a knife assembly and an orifice plate of a grinding machine is disclosed. The assembly comprises a stop in the grinding head of the machine past which the orifice plate cannot be inserted and a tensioning device for m... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581691 | Flail rotor for a bale processor The novel rotor for a bale processor comprises a number of plate sections that extend radially outward from a rotor axis with bale disintegrators mounted on outer edges of the rotor plate sections for bale disintegration during rotor rotation. The rotor may have fou... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581692 | Fluidic chevrons and configurable thermal shield for jet noise reduction A system for jet engine noise control of a jet engine having a main jet stream exiting an exhaust nozzle and flowing along a jet axis includes a thermal acoustic shield directed at a non-zero angle relative to the jet axis. The thermal acoustic shield may be configu... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581693 | Shrouded nozzle arrangement A shrouded nozzle arrangement for a gas turbine engine exhaust comprises a shrouded nozzle and duct means. The exhaust nozzle is translatable from a first position, wherein the exit plane of the nozzle lies upstream of the exit aperture of the shroud, to a second po... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581694 | Vertical tail unit for aircraft and aircraft equipped with same A vertical tail unit for an aircraft and an aircraft equipped with the vertical tail unit. The vertical tail unit is provided with an engine. The engine extends cantilevered beyond a fin of the vertical tail unit and is secured to the fin by a mount. The mount is at... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581695 | Aircraft with a modified gear, and method of producing the gear There is described a helicopter having a transmission for transmitting motion from a driving member to a driven member; the transmission has at least a first gear driven by the driving member, and a second gear meshing with the first gear and in turn driving the dri... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581696 | Aircraft attitude control configuration An aircraft attitude control configuration enables control surfaces to provide attitude control for an aircraft at hover or low air speed conditions. The aircraft attitude control configuration includes a thruster mounted to an aircraft for thrusting air, a first co... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581697 | Design methods and configurations for supersonic aircraft Methods for configuring aircraft that may be implemented to integrate aircraft sonic boom constraint requirements with the design process for a supersonic aircraft, for example, to reconcile a target sonic boom constraint with the internal layout and balance of the ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581698 | Method and apparatus for tempering gaseous and/or liquid media in transportation vehicles, particularly in aircraft A transportation vehicle includes a fluid tempering arrangement to supply a gaseous and/or liquid, heated and/or cooled, fluid such as water. At least one thermochemical reservoir is in heat exchange relation with a conduit system, having at least one valve and a co... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581699 | Stealth attack fighter bomber A fighter bomber aircraft having a rhomboid airframe with a dihedral bottom surface and a top surface designed as an airfoil. The rhomboid cross-sectional configuration gives it increased lift, stealth characteristics, and enhanced load-bearing capacity. It also has... | 09/01/2009 |
