Patents Represented by Attorney Benjamin J. Barish

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  • Method of making hollow waveguides
    Patent number: 5605716
    Abstract: A method of making a hollow waveguide for transmitting electromagnetic radiation includes: filling voids on the inner surface of an insulator tube with a coating of a void-filling, hydrophylic material having a free pair of electrons and capable of complexing metal ions; applying a solution of a metal salt over the void-filling material to form a metal complex with the void-filling material; reducing the metal complex to a pure metal layer; and depositing a dielectric film on the pure metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Ramot University Authority for Applied Research & Development
    Inventors: Nathan Croitoru, Jacob Dror, Alexandra Inberg
  • Irrigation apparatus including pulsators
    Patent number: 5601381
    Abstract: Irrigation apparatus includes a feeder line connectible to a source of pressurized water, and an outer line of larger diameter than, and enclosing, the feeder line to define an annular water chamber between them. The outer line includes a plurality of irrigation devices spaced along its length communicating with the water chamber. A plurality of pulsator devices are spaced along the length of the feeder line and connect the feeder line to the water chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Lego Irrigation Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoram Hadar, Noam Lemelshtrich
  • Power supply for energizing DC load from AC or DC source
    Patent number: 5592030
    Abstract: A power supply for energizing a load device such as an electrical motor of a small suction/compressor pump with DC, includes an AC socket for connection to an AC supply, a rectifier, a charging circuit for charging a storage battery, a manual switch for connecting the load device either to the rectified AC from the AC source or to the battery, and a control circuit for connecting the battery to the load device when the manual switch is closed and the AC is not connected to an AC source, and for disconnecting the battery from the load device and connecting it to the charging circuit when the AC socket is connected to an AC source and the manual switch is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Inventor: Carmeli Adahan
  • Flow reducer devices and drip irrigation emitter including same
    Patent number: 5586727
    Abstract: A flow reducer device particularly useful as a drip irrigation emitter, includes a body member having a flow regulating region formed with a cavity extending through the body member and closed at its opposite sides by a deformable diaphragm, preferably an elastomeric sleeve. The device is attachable to a tube of pressurized fluid such that the outer face of each diaphragm side is exposed to the fluid pressure at the fluid inlet, and the inner face of each diaphragm side is exposed to the fluid pressure within the cavity, such that the diaphragm sides deform towards or away from each other within the cavity to regulate the fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Hydromatic Ltd.
    Inventor: Avraham Shekalim
  • Method and apparatus for making drip irrigation lines and preformed member for use therein
    Patent number: 5584952
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for making drip irrigation lines, by forming two (or more) tubes in side-by-side relation joined together at a juncture including a plurality of preformed members bonded to and within the juncture at spaced locations along the longitudinal axes of the preformed members and of the juncture. Each of the preformed members includes a pair of flow-reducing, groove formations, one on each side of the longitudinal axis of the preformed member. The juncture is slit along the longitudinal axes of the preformed members to thereby form two (or more) drip irrigation lines each integrally formed with a section of the plurality of preformed members, each section having one of the groove formations serving as a flow-reducer element in the respective line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Hydromatic Ltd.
    Inventors: Zvi Rubenstein, Valish Malkin
  • Tapping fittings
    Patent number: 5577529
    Abstract: A tapping fitting for a pipe, preferably a plastic pipe, includes a rotatable blade assembly threaded within a sleeve non-rotatably received within a housing such that rotation of the blade assembly causes it to cut a cylindrical slug from the pipe to which the housing is attached. The opposite faces of the sleeve are exposed to the fluid pressure within the pipe thereby producing a balance of forces substantially eliminating transverse creep. In addition, the attaching section of the fitting is formed with a bore which is engageable by a sealing ring received around the rotatable blade assembly and which is of sufficient length to accommodate any axial creep, thereby enabling the blade assembly also to serve as a valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Plasson Maagan Michael Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Oded Katz
  • Back-flushable filter having valved flusing pathway
    Patent number: 5575911
    Abstract: A filter operable in either a filtering mode or in a flushing mode, includes a cylindrical filter body, and a plurality of partitions defining a plurality of axially-extending, circumferentially-spaced filter compartments each communicating with an axial section of the filter body. All the filter compartments communicate with the fluid inlet except for at least one filter compartment which is blocked. A flushing pathway is provided between each blocked compartment and the flushing outlet. A valve in the flushing pathway is movable either to (a) a closed position during the normal filtering mode, or (b) an open position during the flushing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Super Disc Filters Ltd.
    Inventor: Peretz Rosenberg
  • Position-locating method and apparatus including corrections for elevational changes
    Patent number: 5574649
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for navigation of a vehicle travelling over a terrain in which the changes in elevation of the vehicle are continuously measured, in addition to the distance and heading. The distance measurements are continuously corrected by the changes in elevation in determining the instantaneous location of the vehicle with respect to a known point. The approximate location can also be obtained from a satellite GPS (global positioning system). The measured elevation may also be compared with the elevation in reference data, such as data in a three-dimensional map of the area to prevent the accumulation of errors or to make the determined location more precise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Inventor: Nessim I. Levy
  • Multi-channel signal separation using cross-polyspectra
    Patent number: 5539832
    Abstract: A signal processing system includes a plurality of detectors for detecting signals, each detector receiving signals from plural sources; and a processor for receiving the detected signals and producing a reconstruction filter for filtering the detected signals to produce reconstructed source signals in which each source signal is reconstructed without interference from the other source signals. The reconstruction filter is produced such that cross-polyspectra of the reconstructed signals are forced to approach zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Ramot University Authority for Applied Research & Industrial Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Ehud Weinstein, Daniel Yellin
  • Containers and method of making same
    Patent number: 5509561
    Abstract: A container includes bottom and side walls defined by a first longitudinally-extending channel member open at the top, a pivotal lid defined by a second longitudinally-extending channel member open at the bottom and pivotally mounted to one longitudinal edge of the first channel member, and end walls defined by a pair of end plates having slots on their inner faces receiving the ends of the first channel member, and recesses on their inner faces receiving the ends of the second channel member and permitting it to pivot with respect to the first channel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Scitex Corporation Ltd.
    Inventor: Dan Kanterovitch
  • Method of inspecting articles
    Patent number: 5495535
    Abstract: A method of inspecting an article with respect to a stored list of reference features by scanning the article to detect online features, transforming their coordinates according to registration transformation parameters to correct for misregistration of the article, and comparing the transformed coordinates of the online features with those of the stored reference features for matches. According to this method, an initial estimate of the required registration transformation parameters is provided and is dynamically improved by continuously computing and periodically updating the estimate from the coordinates of the online features detected during the scanning of the article and the coordinates of the stored reference features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignees: Orbotech Ltd, Orbotech Inc.
    Inventors: Zeev Smilansky, Moshe Nissim, Eyal Harel
  • Method and apparatus for analyzing the electrical activity of the heart
    Patent number: 5483968
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for analyzing the electrical activity of the heart by Body Surface Potential Mapping (BSMP) in which an array of electrodes are applied over the thoracic region of a subject's body for producing measurements of the electrical signals generated in the thoracic region, and the measurements are processed for indicating certain electrical events in the subject's body. The array of electrodes are utilized to measure only the times of crossing of the electrical signals over a preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Technion Research and Development Foundation Ltd.
    Inventors: Dan Adam, Ilia Vitsnudel, Shlomo Gilat, Samuel Sideman
  • Method for preparing polychromatic printing plates
    Patent number: 5481379
    Abstract: A method of processing a file of recorded color separation values of color elements for use in preparing polychromatic printing plates in order to reduce or eliminate defects caused by misregistration by printing, includes the steps: (a) defining a plurality of predetermined color types; (b) identifying the color pairs where there is a change in color between adjacent color elements; and (c) for each color pair, determining whether or not to make a frame according to first predetermined criteria based on specific combination of color types in the pair, and then according to second predetermined criteria based on the difference in luminance between corresponding color separations in the respective pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Scitex Corporation Ltd.
    Inventor: Hanan Yosefi
  • Three-dimensional, non-contact scanning apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5477371
    Abstract: A three-dimensional, non-contact scanning apparatus for scanning an object, particularly a foot, includes a holder for the object to be scanned, a main carriage movable linearly towards and away from the holder and the object when held thereon, a rotatable carriage rotatably mounted on the main carriage and formed with an opening for accommodating the holder and the object when held thereby, and an optical-beam scanner carried by the rotatable carriage to rotate therewith so as to scan the object by an optical beam outputted by the scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: Shafir Production Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Aaron Shafir
  • Valve particularly useful in fire extinguishing systems
    Patent number: 5464064
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a valve including a valve member having: a predetermined surface area on its inlet side exposed to the inlet pressure to produce a force tending to move the valve member to an open position; a larger surface area on its opposite, control side exposed to the inlet pressure to produce a larger force tending to move the valve member to its closed position; a passageway through the valve member; a restrictor orifice in the passageway; and a one-way valve in the passageway permitting fluid flow only from the inlet side to the control side of the valve member, to prevent unintentional opening of the valve member in the event of a drop in the inlet pressure followed by the resumption of the inlet pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: Bermad
    Inventor: Zvi Weingarten
  • Device for treating the interior of body cavities with laser energy
    Patent number: 5449354
    Abstract: A device for treating the interior of a body cavity with laser energy includes a cannula having a distal end adapted to be inserted into the body cavity to be treated, and a proximal end to be located externally of the body cavity when the distal end is inserted therein, and an optical fiber axially movable within the cannula to either a retracted, non-operative position or to an extended, operative position. The optical fiber has a proximal end to be coupled to a source of laser energy, and a distal end to project outwardly of the cannula in the extended, operative position of the optical fiber. The distal end of the optical fiber has a roughened outer surface for scattering the laser energy laterally outwardly of the optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Laser Industries Ltd
    Inventors: Ellie Konwitz, Jacques Donnez
  • Ophthalmologic examination and/or treatment apparatus including illuminator and magnifier assembly
    Patent number: 5450144
    Abstract: Ophthalmologic apparatus includes a light source for obliquely directing light beams into an eye to be examined to illuminate a region of interest therein, a lens system for viewing the region of interest, an optical magnifier assembly for magnifying the viewed region of interest, and an image intensifier for intensifying the image of the viewed region of interest. The light source directs light into the eye from opposite sides thereof to intersect in the plane of the region of interest in the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Optiko Scientific Ltd.
    Inventor: Joshua Ben Nun
  • Apparatus for producing color effects
    Patent number: 5442468
    Abstract: Apparatus for producing color effects includes a source of polychromatic light, a transparent linear-polarizer medium located to receive the polychromatic light and to output linearly polarized light, a transparent phase-rotating dispersive medium located to receive the linearly polarized light and to rotate the angle of polarization thereof as a function of wavelength to thereby produce color separation of the polarized light, and a transparent linear-analyzer medium located to receive the light from the dispersive medium at a selected angle to output a selected color thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Arshach-Applied Science Cars Ltd.
    Inventors: Lev Reznik, Lev Diamant, Mordechai Teicher
  • Illuminated water fountain
    Patent number: 5439170
    Abstract: An illuminated water fountain includes an assembly of water lines each carrying a plurality of water discharge nozzles to produce a pattern of water discharges, and a control system for controlling water valves and an illumination system in accordance with musical sounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Inventor: Samuel Dach
  • Combined massaging appliance and cream dispenser unit
    Patent number: D377394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: T. Top (1994) Ltd.
    Inventors: Menahem Tillman, Daphne Topaz, Avraham Topaz