| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-4,678,902 |
Fiber optic transducers with improved sensitivity Fiber optic transducers are constructed from a single optical fiber wherein the geometry of the fiber is altered such as by introducing a bend or curve area in... |
| US-4,678,901 |
Optical sensor for monitoring cigarette groups During the packaging of cigarettes, cigarette groups (10) assigned to a pack are checked to ensure that all the cigarettes are present. For non-contact... |
| US-4,678,900 |
Illuminating optical system for endoscopes An illuminating optical system for endoscopes wherein, in order to make it possible to effect a uniform illumination with a simple structure and without using a... |
| US-4,678,899 |
Afocal variable magnification optical system An afocal variable magnification optical system has a first optical system having at least one variable refracting power element; and a second optical system. |
| US-4,678,898 |
Identification card with improved concealed coding and an optical swipe
reader housing for use with it A concealed code of a card or badge arranged along a line parallel to one edge is read by advancing the card or badge along a slot defined between two internal... |
| US-4,678,897 |
Processes and devices for reading magnetic access control cards or
similar For reading a coded sequence of magnetic signals recorded on a card, which sequence is formed of bits of identical duration the reading of which results, for the... |
| US-4,678,896 |
Point-of sale mechanism A secured point-of-sale mechanism is disclosed in which there is a closable two compartment housing having an unsecured door portion covering a monetary... |
| US-4,678,895 |
System for making payments for transactions A payment making system comprises an electronic cash register and a payment making terminal device connected to the register and is adapted for use with a bank... |
| US-4,678,894 |
Sample identification system A system is described for keeping track of the identity of a plurality of individual medical samples when the samples are loaded into multiple holders in which... |
| US-4,678,893 |
Method and means for determining the ease with which a cow may give
birth to a calf The present invention comprises a method and device for determining the ease with which a cow may give birth to a calf. It includes a slide rule having two... |
| US-4,678,892 |
Combination cleaner safety circuit A safety control circuit for an electric combination cleaner includes an on-delay relay (18) operatively coupled with the motor start relay (16) together with an... |
| US-4,678,891 |
Method for adjusting an electrical device by electrode trimming The frequency of a quartz crystal resonator (10) having a known radius (R) initially is adjusted upward toward a nominal resonant frequency in a "rough adjust"... |
| US-4,678,890 |
Hermetically sealed metal film resistor A heat sensitive electrical component is hermetically sealed within a glass sleeve by focusing a laser beam on the circumferential ends of the glass sleeve which... |
| US-4,678,889 |
Method of laser trimming in semiconductor wafer A method of laser trimming in a semiconductor wafer, and more particularly, a method of laser trimming for disconnecting programmable links by use of a laser... |
| US-4,678,888 |
Power circuit apparatus for starting and operating plasma arc An apparatus for starting and maintaining a plasma arc is disclosed, which comprises a plasma arc torch composed of a rear electrode and a front tubular member,... |
| US-4,678,887 |
Method and apparatus for resistance welding A method and apparatus are disclosed for resistance spot welding including applying a preconditioning pulse at the beginning of a welding process to stabilize... |
| US-4,678,886 |
Automatic soldering device An automatic soldering device is characterized in that the end portion (solder nozzle) 30 of a feeding tube 10 for guiding thread solder 22 is supported near and... |
| US-4,678,885 |
Power supply circuit for spark erosion A circuit arrangement for producing machining pulses in a spark erosion installation from a direct current power source that functions without the use of ballast... |
| US-4,678,884 |
Wire discharge machining power source A wire discharge machining power source controls an average machining voltage value applied between a wire electrode (P) and a workpiece (W) to be zero to... |
| US-4,678,883 |
Electromagnetic-induction heater with magnetic field control An electromagnetic-induction heater having electromagnets which are disposed on both sides of a strip and in face-to-face relationship with each other is... |
| US-4,678,882 |
Packaging container for microwave popcorn popping A container (2) for heating popcorn or other types of particulate food items in a microwave oven formed from a single blank having a bottom panel (4) coated with... |
| US-4,678,881 |
Induction apparatus for heating and mixing a fluid The simultaneous heating and mixing of a fluid in a vessel with heated walls and a stirring device can lead to excessively high temperatures at the walls due to... |
| US-4,678,880 |
Keyboard switch A keyboard switch is provided which comprises a substrate on the upper surface of which a flexible switch is disposed that has paired fixed and movable contacts... |
| US-4,678,879 |
Panel mounted apparatus with front operated clamping means A front mounted rectangular pushbutton switch is clamped within a hole in the panel by screws accessible through a front opening of the switch housing which... |
| US-4,678,878 |
Gas pressure circuit breaker In a gas pressure circuit breaker with two fixed contacts an insulation tube is in the path of the quenching gas flow during circuit breaking. The insulation... |
| US-4,678,877 |
Operating mechanism for a circuit-breaker, and a circuit-breaker fitted
with the mechanism A mechanism for operating a circuit-breaker and suitable for causing a circuit-breaker to perform a rapid opening-closing-re-opening cycle, said circuit-breaker... |
| US-4,678,876 |
Isolating switch apparatus for a high-voltage switching system which may
be insulated with SF.sub.6 gas An isolating switch apparatus, includes an encapsulation having at least one disconnection point and a plurality of contact points corresponding to a given... |
| US-4,678,875 |
Steering column switch for motor vehicles A steering column switch has two switching members superposed in a housing, which are swivellable about two parallel axes at least substantially diametrically... |
| US-4,678,874 |
Anti-burglary device for automobile radios and cassettes A substantially totally enclosed radio-cassette car radio mountable in an automobile dashboard, by which all operative parts thereof are enclosed within the... |
| US-4,678,873 |
Low-voltage circuit breaker having a switching mechanism arranged in a
separate chamber A low-voltage circuit breaker of compact design has a housing of insulating material with several parallel disposed chambers. A switching mechanism designed as a... |
| US-4,678,872 |
Button set and switch A button set and switch particularly useful for an automotive power seat switch are disclosed. The button set is a single one-piece, molded set of buttons each... |
| US-4,678,871 |
Reversing switch for rechargeable hand tool A reversing switch for use in a rechargeable hand tool, the switch being located between the battery and the electric motor and being in direct contact with... |
| US-4,678,870 |
Position detecting device A position detecting device includes a magnetic member composite which is integrally composed of a pair of insulating substrates with a plurality of long... |
| US-4,678,869 |
Position responsive apparatus, system and method having electrographic
application A position responsive apparatus, system and method which employs a position responsive surface formed of two orthogonally disposed arrays of grid elements which... |
| US-4,678,868 |
Hermetic electrical feedthrough assembly A hermetic feedthrough consisting of a niobium electrical lead-in wire surrounded by an alumina insulator which is carried by a niobium ferrule, the feedthrough... |
| US-4,678,867 |
Electrical device with protective shroud for flexible electrical cable
extending therefrom A protective shroud (22) for a flexible electrical cable (20) at the location where it emerges coaxially from the rear end (14) of an electrical device, such as... |
| US-4,678,866 |
Forming of cable splice closures Forming an encapsulated splice region between cables in which conductors of one cable are electrically connected to conductors of the other cable to form... |
| US-4,678,865 |
Low noise electroencephalographic probe wiring system A low noise EEG probe wiring system that substantially eliminates noise picked up by the loop enclosed by the cables of the wiring system, electrostatic and... |
| US-4,678,864 |
Mass terminable flat cable assembly with readily separable ground plane A flat cable assembly for use with a mass termination connector. The cable assembly includes a main cable having a plurality of conductors held in regularly... |
| US-4,678,863 |
Corrosion resistant conductive elastomers A corrosion resistant resilient electrically conductive gasket is comprised of a metal-containing conductive elastomer which has had any exposed metal coated... |
| US-4,678,862 |
Molten salt hydrocarbon conversion process using oxygen containing feed Methane is converted into higher hydrocarbons by a process wherein a gas comprising methane and molecular oxygen is contacted at elevated temperatures with a... |
| US-4,678,861 |
Process for producing a cycloolefin A process for producing a cycloolefin which comprises partially hydrogenating a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in the presence of a ruthenium catalyst composed... |
| US-4,678,860 |
Process of producing liquid hydrocarbon fuels from biomass A continuous thermochemical indirect liquefaction process to convert various biomass materials into diesel-type transportation fuels which fuels are compatible... |
| US-4,678,859 |
Synthesis of fluorochloromethanes A vapor phase process for selective conversion of fluorodichloromethane and carbon tetrachloride to fluorotrichloromethane, difluorodichloromethane, ... |
| US-4,678,858 |
Process for producing ethanol A process for producing ethanol which comprises reacting methanol, carbon monoxide and water in the presence of a catalyst comprising cobalt or a cobalt compound... |
| US-4,678,857 |
Process for separation of product resulting from hydroformylation A process is disclosed for preparing products such as 4-hydroxybutanal which comprises contacting unsaturated compounds such as allyl alcohol with carbon... |
| US-4,678,856 |
Method of manufacturing aromatic urethane and intermediate product
thereof The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing aromatic urethane, an aromatic mononitro-compound, an aromatic primary amine, and carbon monoxide... |
| US-4,678,855 |
Substituted benzenesulfonamides Benzenesulfonamides with a substituted-alkyl-S(O).sub.n -substituent are carbonic anhydrase inhibitors useful in the treatment of elevated intraocular pressure. |
| US-4,678,854 |
Cobalt complexes and their use as nutritional supplements Complex salts of cobalt useful for nutritional supplementation to provide cobalt in a form which effectively increases the bioavailability of cobalt, assuring... |
| US-4,678,853 |
1-(3,4-dimethylbenzyl)-2-(N-alkyl)-carbamoyl tetrahydroiso quinolines Compounds of the Formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are hydroxyl or methoxyl; R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methoxyl; and R.sub.4 is methyl or... |