Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Nolte, Nolte and Hunter, P.C.
  • Patent number: 6325792
    Abstract: Low energy, ultra-short (femptosecond) pulsed laser radiation is applied to the patient's eye in one of a number of patterns such that the exposed ocular tissue is ablated or excised through the process of optical breakdown or photodisruption in a very controlled fashion. The process can be gentle enough that the invention makes possible the performance of a number of surgical procedures that in the past could not have been performed at all, such as capsulorhexis, or were performed in a fashion that provided less than an ideal result or excessive trauma to the ocular tissue. Such latter applications include the making of incisions for corneal transplantation, radial and arcuate keratotomy, and intrastromal cavitation. Using the laser inside the eye allows the surgeon to perform glaucoma operations such as trabeculoplasty and iridotomy, cataract techniques such as capsulectomy, capsulorhexis and phacoablation, and vitreoretinal surgery, such as membrane resection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Inventors: Casimir A. Swinger, Shui T. Lai
  • Patent number: 5794817
    Abstract: An article is inserted through the upper front of a dispenser, over a first shelf, a fall space, and a second shelf while it is supported by the first shelf at about the same height as the second shelf. The item is then moved off the first shelf so that it pivots on the second shelf and moves down between the shelves. It is caught by one end on a flexible portion of a downward and forward sloping curvilinear wall having a longitudinal access slot through the wall, and supported at the lower part of the dispenser, forward of the front of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Inventor: Vincent Rosa
  • Patent number: 5775582
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving heating system efficiency. An electronic circuit senses a firing signal from a boiler energy value sensor such as a thermostat or pressuretrol. The circuit prevents the boiler energy value sensor from firing the burner, while the circuit senses an energy value of the outflow line at the boiler. The circuit monitors the outflow energy value and records the outflow energy value at a first time of the firing signal. The circuit then continually monitors the outflow energy until it detects an energy drop from the initial outflow energy value. The circuit responds to the energy drop by firing the burner. The invention self adaptively responds to present thermal load, reduces the number of on-off cycles, increases each burner run time while reducing total run time, improves fuel consumption, and reduces air pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Inventor: Jack Hammer
  • Patent number: 5765449
    Abstract: A pair of coiled springs are mounted in tandem in a housing with their adjacent ends extending radially for retention in a housing permitting slight radial movement of the adjacent ends. The outer ends of the springs extend radially and are axially and circumferentially spaced apart and retained in the housing for slight circumferential movement. The outer ends of the spring are moved by tensioning them in opposite directions to increase the inner diameter of the annulus formed by the springs to receive a shaft upon which the springs tighten when the spring ends are released from tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Electric Hardware Corporation
    Inventor: Paul LeMire
  • Patent number: 5762311
    Abstract: A Christmas tree stand stores by rotation a decorative electrical light string in an orderly manner on an enclosed rotary drum, and also delivers and electrically energizes the light string for decorating the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Innovative Product Deveopment
    Inventor: Benito Triglia
  • Patent number: 5752792
    Abstract: A self centering and drilling wall anchor having an outwardly threaded cylindrical body with a flanged proximal end and a cutting distal end. The distal end has a pointed tip at the long axis of said anchor and is formed with a flute extending from the pointed tip to and communicating with a through bore in the cylindrical body. The flute is defined at its outer edges by a leading cutting edge and a trailing edge, with the leading cutting edge extending radially and proximally from the pointed tip in a plane in common with the axis of the anchor and diverging from the trailing edge to provide access to the flute and the through bore for receiving material cut from the wall by the leading cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Cobra Anchors Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas W. McSherry
  • Patent number: 5743397
    Abstract: The walls of a receptacle for storing a plurality of tangentally adjacent toilet paper rolls have a smaller cross sectional width between the rolls than the average diameter of the rolls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Inventor: Vickie Traver
  • Patent number: 5740933
    Abstract: A tamper indicating, child proof, container cap designed for easy manipulation by arthritic fingers of a user includes an annular tear strip and a rotatably indexing latch finger on the cap which engages a raised annular retainer ridge with bypass opening on the neck of the container. A tactile indicator of the rotational location of the bypass opening is under the tear strip for sensing by the user's finger that is in simultaneous contact with the cap when the tear strip is removed. A lower ridge includes an index key for orienting the latch finger away from the bypass opening during assembly of the system. The top of the cap includes an extended axial length portion that is shaped for easy grip by arthritic fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: American Safety Closure Corp.
    Inventors: Vincent N. Conti, Don Yeager
  • Patent number: 5738239
    Abstract: A waste container contains at the bottom, a panel fastened on a base forming between them a tube having one end blocked and the other end open. A slot in the panel extends the length of the tube and has an open end beyond the open end of the tube. Finger grips in the panel beyond the open end of the tube enable one to tilt up the open end of the slot for simultaneously loading a roll of liner bags in the tube and one bag from the roll in the slot by the open ends of the tube and slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Innovative Product Development Corp.
    Inventor: Benito Triglia
  • Patent number: 5732921
    Abstract: A serrated thrust element inserted between serrated portions of handles of a clip, forces the jaws of the clip closed by a single unidirectional movement toward the pivot of the clip between the handles and the jaws. The clip may be hung by the thrust element without affecting the jaw spacing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Allen Field Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Lemire
  • Patent number: 5674518
    Abstract: A piscicide formulation is combined with fish feed and a target species attractant to form poison oral bait pellets. The pellets are formed to a size and located in the aqueous environment of a fish population in a manner effective in selectively exterminating the target species by ingestion and not by poisoning the aqueous environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Prentiss Incorporated
    Inventor: James R. Fajt
  • Patent number: 5628148
    Abstract: A guide pin and conical guide pin receptor for aligning a door relative to a door frame or other stable grounded device. The pin and receptor align the door from horizontal misalignment and radially throughout 360.degree. relative to the axis of the pin receptor. In aligning the door, interfitting elements on the door and door frame are aligned including such elements as comprise key actuated interlocking switch systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Inventor: Bruce Beutler
  • Patent number: 5624301
    Abstract: The invention covers a method and a mechanism for the simultaneous machining of profile sections of one and the same work piece by two grinding wheels. Acc. to the method first the finish-grinding positions of the two grinding wheels (4.1 and 4.2) are calculated. After moving the two grinding wheels (4.1 and 4.2) into these positions these two grinding wheels (4.1 and 4.2) are profiled by the dressing tool (1) to generate a surface/roughness suitable for rough-grinding. Then the two grinding wheels (4.1 and 4.2) are moved into the calculated rough-grinding positions and then this operation takes place. Then the two grinding wheels (4.1 and 4.2) are moved into the finish-grinding positions followed by dressing to generate the surface/roughness for finish grinding. Acc. to the mechanism the grinding slides (14.1 and 14.2) are arranged in such a way that the two grinding wheels (4.1 and 4.2) have a common axis of rotation (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: NILES Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH Berlin
    Inventors: Sieghart Lenz, Hans-Joachim Ulrich, Jurgen Ruhle
  • Patent number: 5623148
    Abstract: The invention which relates to a device for the generating of electron beams with a vacuum chamber, in which a massive cathode (10) is arranged with a wire cathode (14) arranged above and a aperture anode (17) below the massive cathode (10) and whom below the aperture anode (17) focusing and/or deflecting magnet arrangements are provided which direct an electron beam (23) emitted by the massive cathode (10) and accelerated by the aperture anode (17) to a processing location (22), has the basic task to make the power of such devices variable over a large range using simple mechanical means. According to the invention the task is solved by arranging the aperture anode (17) rigidly and the massive cathode (10) and the wire cathode (14) axially movable within the vacuum chamber (1). For the movements of the massive cathode (10) and the wire cathode (14) contact means are provided which follow their movements and lead to the outside of the vacuum chamber (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: von Ardenne Anlagentechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd-Dieter Wenzel, Wolfgang Erbkamm, Olaf Gawer
  • Patent number: 5611567
    Abstract: A non-explosive pyrotechnic linear release device is comprised of a body within which, at a proximal end, a pyrotechnic, comprised of a compressed gasless ignition powder, is contained behind a support ram which extends forward from the distal end of the body to support the sealed exit end of a pressure container which has been charged with a fluid, preferably air. The compressed pyrotechnic provides a psi pressure against the proximal end of the support ram greater than the psi pressure of the fluid against the sealed exit end of the pressure container. When the pyrotechnic is ignited by signal from an impact detecting element in the automobile during a crash, the pressure provided by the compacted pyrotechnic is dissipated, the support ram is then pushed proximally by the pressure from the pressure container and the exit end of the pressure container becomes unsealed and releases the fluid under pressure to the air bag or bags provided in the automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Cartridge Actuated Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward S. Hoo
  • Patent number: 5588598
    Abstract: An improved method of recovering recyclable materials from commingled recyclables is described as well as apparatuses for doing same. Ferrous materials recovery is achieved using the unique combination of a magnetic belt and a vibratory conveyor. Other materials are then separated with a light/heavy separator which uses finger screen, air knife, and vibratory means to separate glass from plastics and aluminum prior to conventional handsorting operations. Excess glass unsuitable for recovery is introduced into a trommel processing loop wherein contaminates are removed and the glass reduced to a particulate useful in the production of glasphalt and aggregate. Air emanating from the air knife is filtered in an improved gravity separator for reintroduction to the light/heavy separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Inventors: John C. Becker, John D. Cameron, Jr., William L. Cameron, Bryan W. Sinram
  • Patent number: 5567151
    Abstract: This invention discloses a furnace in which hot gases are discharged from heaters to provide uniform heating to printed circuit boards commonly used in the electronic industry. Outside air is prevented from flowing into the furnace, so as to reduce and to stabilize the concentration of oxygen. The furnace 1 is designed with an air tunnel 2 to separate it into upper and lower sections which are fitted with hot air blow type heaters 5a, 5b. The hot air discharged from the heaters in the upper and lower sections flow in opposite directions to create a counter-flow of gases. Each individual heater can produce its own hot air circuit. They are designed with the blowing outlet and suction inlet in the same structure with the blowing outlet fitted with a redirectional flow plate 18 which directs the hot air to the suction inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Senju Metal Industry Company Limited
    Inventors: Naotake Mizoguchi, Tadao Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5555752
    Abstract: A key actuated lock is mounted within a protective enclosure which has a double hinged panel cover that projects into a slot between the bottom panel of the protective enclosure and the bottom of the lock mounted within the protective enclosure when the double hinged panel cover is closed. Both the protective enclosure and the double hinged panel cover have apertures that align when the double hinged panel cover is closed. Actuation of the lock within the protective enclosure moves a locking bolt from a unlocked retracted position to a locked extended position that projects the locking bolt through the two aligned apertures, thereby holding the double hinged panel cover closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Inventor: John R. Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 5542552
    Abstract: A display and dispensing rack having a pair of front-to-back slidingly interfitted trays with product pusher which travels front-to-back over both trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: P.O.P. Displays, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Yablans, Anthony Chan
  • Patent number: D391725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Innovative Product Development Corp.
    Inventor: Benito Triglia