| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7039301 |
Method and apparatus for hand drying |
May 2, 2006 |
| After washing, the hands are dried rapidly and comfortably by using a shaped high speed flow of heated air. The air flows in a direction controlled by an air outlet shaped to retain much of the exiting forceful air flow and temperature at a distance where the hands are dried. The air |
| 6438770 |
Electronically-controlled shower system |
August 27, 2002 |
| An apparatus for automating control of the water in a shower system includes at least one sensor disposable within a water flow path intermediate the valve and the showerhead. A processing unit operatively connectable to the sensor processes the sensor signal and generates control si |
| 6367180 |
Electronic illuminated house sign |
April 9, 2002 |
| An illuminated sign, readable during the night or day, and suitable for use as a house number display, uses a single illuminatable panel, on which a number of stencils are plac critical flicker frequency ed. Each stencil is a rectangular piece of opaque material, such as plastic or metal |
| 6348218 |
Self dosing skin preparation |
February 19, 2002 |
| A self dosing skin composition and method releases sun blocking agent or other active ingredient onto the skin of a user as a function of exposure to at least one environmental condition over time. The environmental condition is preferably exposure to sun light, in particular, harmful UV |
| 6232882 |
Warning system and method for detection of tornadoes |
May 15, 2001 |
| To differentiate between lightning strikes and tornado generated electromagnetic signals, a tornado detection system and method is made up of RF receiving circuits which receive signals at two frequencies, while implementing a time variable automated calibration and the use of special |
| 6209090 |
Method and apparatus for providing secure time stamps for documents and computer files |
March 27, 2001 |
| Secure time stamps generated by the inventive apparatus and method include an externally generated time signal, such as a GPS signal, a time stamp serial number, generated through an irreversible process which may not be duplicated by the apparatus, and one or more check sum values used |
| 6038786 |
Hand dryer |
March 21, 2000 |
| A wall-mounted hand dryer provides a heated pulsating or modulating air stream to break down a boundary layer of moisture on a user's hands to reduce the drying time. The hand dryer accomplishes this by quickly generating a heated air stream at a maximum temperature that is tolerable |
| 5277703 |
Method and apparatus for removing radon decay products from air |
January 11, 1994 |
| Method and apparatus for removing radon decay products wherein a fan directs air through a conductive cylinder that is grounded. Positioned axially within the cylinder is one or more cylindrical brushes, each having a shaft and radially extending conductive bristles with distal ends |
| 5135645 |
Refrigerator water filter |
August 4, 1992 |
| A water filter system for use in refrigerators having water dispenser and/or icemaker features. The filter system includes a commercially available filter cartridge which removes common water contaminants. A shut off valve temporarily stops the flow of water to the filter to permit r |
| 5075526 |
Disposable microwave package having absorber bonded to mesh |
December 24, 1991 |
| A microwave heating susceptor for browning or searing packaged foods in a microwave oven. The susceptor is constructed from a thin metal mesh, and a microwave absorbing material applied to the metal mesh. To sear food, the suspceptor is placed in proximity to food in a microwave oven cav |
| 5034861 |
Shelf track lighting |
July 23, 1991 |
| A shelf track lighting for improving illumination of devices such as refrigerators or freezers. Coupled to the shelf is a lamp and a supporting brackets. The brackets engage with vertically positioned standards which are mounted to the rear wall of the device. Power is provided to the la |
| 4530750 |
Apparatus for coating optical fibers |
July 23, 1985 |
| Vitreous optical fibers are useful in an expanding number of technologies. A process, corresponding apparatus, and a hermetically sealed fiber of the above nature are disclosed wherein high energy ionized plasmas are used in a continuous production of a coated vitreous optical fiber. Dra |
| 4402993 |
Process for coating optical fibers |
September 6, 1983 |
| Vitreous optical fibers provided with hermetically sealed coatings applied by method and apparatus comprising; drawing a fiber directly from a fiber extruder into and through an elongated chamber having inert gas air locks at its opposite ends. Between the air locks, the optical fiber pa |
| 4198031 |
Automatic air deflation regulator for use in an instrument for measuring blood pressure |
April 15, 1980 |
| An automatic air deflation valve is provided for use with a sphygmomanometer type blood pressure measuring instrument. The valve comprises a housing having an air flow channel extending through the longitudinal extent thereof and at least one air deflation port extending outwardly fr |
| 4005701 |
Noise rejecting electronic sphygmomanometer and methods for measuring blood pressure |
February 1, 1977 |
| A noise rejecting electronic sphygmomanometer comprises a conventional cuff-type sphygmomanometer having an inflatable bladder and pressure monitoring manometer connected thereto. A first microphone, having a sound pickup directed inwardly to be toward a patient's arm when the cuff is |
| 3974458 |
Dual field excitation for a carbon dioxide laser |
August 10, 1976 |
| The present invention relates to improved method and structure for producing an electric discharge in a laser cavity which eliminates arcing and permits electron energy to be chosen based on energy requirements for accelerating the electrons rather than energy and/or pressure requirement |
| 3966579 |
Apparatus for measuring alcohol concentrations |
June 29, 1976 |
| Alcohol concentrations present in a gaseous breath sample are monitored by measuring the magnitude of the short circuit current passing through the external circuit between the anode and cathode of a fuel cell. The anode and cathode are positioned on opposite sides of a cationic exchange |
| 3961103 |
Film deposition |
June 1, 1976 |
| A method and apparatus for depositing a thin film of material upon a base substrate including a glow discharge ion source for generating the particular ions that will be subsequently deposited upon the base substrate, a vacuum deposition chamber wherein the substrate material is loca |
| 3931589 |
Perforated wall hollow-cathode ion laser |
January 6, 1976 |
| An improved ion-laser system utilizing a cold, perforated-wall hollow-cate electron-beam discharge to produce a high energy, high intensity self-collimated electron-beam to provide a high efficiency, high power continuous wave or pulsed ion-laser oscillations in both visible and ult |
