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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954409 | Loading system and method for elastic projectile A method for forming a projectile cartridge includes positioning a sabot within a compartment of a projectile cartridge casing. A delivery tube is inserted within a chamber of the sabot positioned within the casing, the delivery tube bounding a channel that passes t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954410 | Fast rope A fast rope, which includes a weighted core, a first braid surrounding the core, a second braid surrounding the first braid, and a third braid surrounding the second braid. The core is constructed from lead wires extruded over a polyester yarn, the first braid is st... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954411 | Method and apparatus for protecting vehicles and personnel against incoming projectiles A projector of multiple skewed light planes or sheets is located adjacent a vehicle to be protected and detectors are arranged to detect the penetration of the light sheets by an incoming object, with the time intervals between the piercing of the planes defining th... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954412 | Launch tube protective cover A launch tube protective cover for mounting to a launch tube including a projectile. The launch tube protective cover is arranged for protecting the interior of the launch tube from external environment. The launch tube protective cover includes a flexible rippable ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954413 | Two-stage light gas gun An improved two-stage light gas gun for launching projectiles at high speeds. The gun consists of three tubes: the expansion, pump, and launch tubes. The expansion tube contains a close-fitting expansion piston that is propelled by an explosive charge. The expansion... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954414 | Muzzle brake A muzzle brake for a firearm, the muzzle brake including structural features that affect the flow characteristics of the combustion gases for reducing concussion to the shooter and to personnel to the sides of the shooter, as well as for directionally countering upw... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954415 | Methods and apparatus for providing ballistic protection Methods and apparatus for providing ballistic protection and stopping high-velocity rounds or explosives and a secure trash can. These and other advantages may be provided by a secure trash can for containing explosions resulting from explosive devices deposited in ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954416 | Bullet-proof structure Self-protection structure, comprising a first inner layer (2) made form a material having high resistant to the impact of a bullet (4), and at least a second outer pierceable layer (3) having a melting temperature relatively low so as to melt up... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954417 | Ceramic armoring and method for the production of ceramic armoring A ceramic armoring is provided, comprising a first ceramic layer which has a plurality of segments that are functionally separated by crack stoppers, wherein the crack stoppers serve to prevent cracks propagating from one segment to another segment, at least one sec... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954418 | Composite containment of high energy debris and pressure A protective device for use in containing high energy debris and pressure is provided which employs a plurality of energy absorption elements disposed on an outer surface of an inner sheet, where the outer surface faces away from the body being protected and toward ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954419 | Belly system for a vehicle According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a reinforced cabin for a vehicle adapted to protect the interior of the cabin against a threat of a certain maximal force. The vehicle cabin is defined by at least a vehicle belly and side walls exte... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954420 | Hydraulic valve arrangement The invention concerns a hydraulic valve arrangement (1) having at least two working connections (A, B), a check valve (5, 6) being allocated to each working connection (A, B), and a pressure relief valve (7, 8) being allocated to each check val... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954421 | Lightweight piston A piston has a piston head that is provided with a field of rings and a piston shaft which is disposed thereupon. The piston shaft is equipped with supporting shaft wall sections and rear connecting walls which interconnect the shaft wall sections, have an arched sh... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954422 | Cooking apparatus and method with product recognition Cooking apparatus having first and second platens with product recognition. A positioning mechanism moves the second platen toward the first. A detector senses the second platen making contact with a food product disposed on the first platen and provides a signal. A... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954423 | Apparatus for determining crystallization solidification curves of fat-containing masses An apparatus (1) for determining crystallization solidification curves of a chocolate mass (6) includes a removal location (37), a measurement chamber (9) and a melting chamber (21). The removal location (37) serves to remov... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954424 | Full depth rack A rack for an appliance comprises a support platform including a support frame and a plurality of elongated support wires attached to the support frame to form a support surface extending generally along a plane. An upwardly projecting portion is adapted to engage s... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954425 | Grating disk for food processor To improve the efficiency of juice-extracting food processors (1) based on grating fruit or vegetables, wherein the inlet piece (2) forms an interstice (I) with the grating disk (3), interstitial cutting teeth (302) are arranged in the in... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954426 | Compactor systems and methods for compacting a mass A compactor system for compressing a mass including liquid and solids includes: a pressure vessel defining a pressure chamber to hold the mass; a compaction mechanism to compress the mass in the pressure chamber to remove the liquid from the solids; a drain port com... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954427 | Rotary stamp with master stamp In a rotary stamp with master stamp incorporating a master stamp having an oblong hole from which a desired print section of a rotary stamp is exposed in the bottom part of a grip case containing the rotary stamp, a thin melt-processed laminated belt produced by tre... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954428 | Endless print belt for rotary stamp An endless print belt for rotary stamp in which a plurality of print sections are disposed and spaced-out between each other on a surface of a print belt main body, with at least the print surface of the print section being formed of porous material, wherein a groov... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954429 | Combined ink stamp and digital counter device and associated method A combined ink stamp and digital counter device includes a portable self-inking stamp that includes a housing provided with a print head. The device also includes a mechanical print head actuator that is coupled to the print head for urging the print head along a li... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954430 | Underside curing of radiation curable inks An ink printing device is disclosed that incorporates a curing lamp located on the opposite side of a printed face of a printed substrate and partially cures a radiation curable ink by irradiating through the substrate. Additionally, this disclosure provides a metho... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954431 | Method for determining operating parameters of a printing press A printing press, in particular a sheet-fed offset printing press, includes at least one control device, a plurality of printing units, one or more varnishing units, and one or more dryers. Variables determining a dryness of the printing material are determined and ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954432 | Shipping cap for shielded mild detonating cord and resulting assembly for safe shipping A shipping cap is provided for use with a shielded mild detonating cord (SMDC) having an explosive tip that contains a volume of explosive material. The shipping cap is coupled to a portion of the SMDC to define a sealed free volume region about the SMDC's explosive... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954433 | Explosive shaped charge device The shaped charge device consists of an outer casing that has a removable cap on one end and a sealing plate on the other as well as an interior liner; the liner defining a plurality of forwardly opening conical cavities. The shaped charge device uses a two-part bin... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954434 | Apparatus for transferring substrates An apparatus for transferring substrates includes a carrier to which substrates are loaded, an upper transfer unit transferring the carrier horizontally by applying thrust to the carrier, a lower transfer unit maintaining the lower body of the carrier at the horizon... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954435 | Sound systems for model railroad locomotives On-board model railroad speaker enclosure designs are presented that allow maximum sized speakers, improve impedance matching of sound to the outside of the locomotive, and isolate back and front speaker waves while maintaining the standard horizontal drive-train in... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954436 | Assembly and method for vehicle suspension Truck assemblies, systems and methods are provided for transferring weight supported by various wheels, and axles. The vehicle suspension method includes operating the suspension in a first mode with a first effective suspension spring rate; and operating the suspen... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954437 | Railroad well car with open truss sides A railroad well car includes a pair of spaced trucks, and a railcar body supported on the trucks, the body comprising a pair of spaced end structures, each end structure supported on one truck, and a well structure extending between the end structures. The well stru... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954438 | Wood fired boiler A bio-mass fueled boiler operating at delivered efficiencies in excess of 90%. Pre-heated, pressurized primary combustion air is supplied to a primary burn chamber via horizontal and vertical orifice containing conduits. Exhaust gases are directed past a reflective ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954439 | Transplanter Transplanter which can avoid skips when planting, which skips may occur when seeds in a tray row fail to grow into seedlings. This is accomplished by picking up an entire row of seedlings from a tray, transferring the seedlings to a mechanism which eliminates gaps b... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954440 | Device for producing a fiber preform with virtually any desired surface geometry by the TFP process Device for producing a fiber preform with virtually any desired surface geometry by a TFP process. A guiding device lays a fiber strand along virtually any desired path curve on a backing layer and a sewing head attaches the fiber strand on the backing layer by at l... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954441 | Method for producing large area sewing products A method for producing multi-layered sewing products from a sewing material such that within the length of sewing material several sewing products are formed with at least one sewing product pattern; the length of sewing material being fed to a processing station fo... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954442 | Towed array deployment system for unmanned surface vehicles A towed array deployment system is provided that uses the flow of fluid through the interior of a tube to deploy a towed line array. The system includes a small surface water craft such as an unmanned surface vehicle having a length between seven and eleven meters a... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954443 | Boat windshield with vent structure A boat windshield is described including a transparent pane. A rail is disposed adjacent and secured to one of either the bottom or the top edge of the transparent pane. An opening is defined through the rail. An air intake housing is secured to the front surface of... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954444 | Reading tool A tool for assisting a reader in grasping the thought expressed in a group of words on a page is disclosed. The tool is a flexible film card which has a window adjacent contrastingly colored film segments of the card. A group of words may be viewed through the windo... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954445 | Pressure state indicator A pressure state indicator indicates whether or not positive pressure fluid or negative pressure fluid is supplied to a fluid path. A fluid guide member 17 is constituted of a joint main body 11 in which a fluid path 12 is formed and a partition... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954446 | Hopper for cleaning coating machine A hopper for cleaning a coating machine in which a rotary atomizing head extends through an opening in the upper surface of a hopper housing, a thinner for cleaning the rotary atomizing coating machine and a residual coating material are sprayed on the inside, an ai... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954447 | Method and apparatus for protecting innerliner splice of a green tire A method of creating an air barrier on both sides of an innerliner splice on the inside surface of a green tire when a bladder release lubricant is being applied thereto to prevent contamination of the splice. High pressure air is directed through air nozzles on bot... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7954448 | Film forming apparatus and method of film formation A film forming apparatus includes a film forming chamber for performing a film formation; an exhaust unit connected to the film forming chamber to discharge a gas out of the film forming chamber; a holder provided in the film forming chamber to hold a process-object... | 06/07/2011 |
