Patents Represented by Attorney Walter C. Farley
  • Patent number: 5758873
    Abstract: In processing printed products (1) in a high-performance conveying stream the printed products (1) are supplied in a supply stream (Z) with their main surfaces oriented substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction (F). This supply stream (Z) is then transformed into a processing stream (B) by a first rotation of the products (1) in groups around a rotation axis (D) arranged substantially parallel to the main surfaces of the products such that their main surfaces (2) are oriented substantially parallel to the conveying direction (F). In this processing stream (B) the products (1) are processed in groups. After processing, the processing stream (B) is transformed into a removal stream (W) by a second rotation of the products (1) in groups again around a rotation axis (D) arranged substantially parallel to the main surfaces (2) of the products such that their main surfaces are again arranged substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction (F).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Ferag AG
    Inventor: Daniel Faesser
  • Patent number: 5755316
    Abstract: A commissioning system has a substantially random arrangement or array of positions (1 to 53) associated with specific articles or objects. It also has a removal device, with a guidance system (60) and a flexible conveying member (67) movable in push or pull manner within the system. The guidance system (60) and conveying member (67) are so designed that the head end of the conveying member (67) is movable from an outlet point (65) to the removal side of each position (1 to 53) of the array of positions. For this purpose the guidance system (60) can be branched in tree-like manner from the outlet point (65) and switch points (61 to 64) are provided at the branching locations. At the head end of the conveying member (67) is provided a holder (68), which can hold the article for conveying purposes. At the head end of the conveying member (67) and/or in the vicinity of the removal side of the positions (1 to 53) are also provided device for taking over one or more articles from the holder (68).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: SFT AG Spontanfoertechnik
    Inventor: Walter Reist
  • Patent number: 5746929
    Abstract: A process for structuring polymer films, such as printed circuit boards and film boards, uses a plasma, which is formed in a container by the excitation of gas mixtures by microwaves, in which there is a control of the surface temperature of the polymer films during structuring by the plasma. By adjusting the parameters it is possible to operate just below a material-damaging temperature limit for polymer films, so that structures or microshapes are carefully plasma-eroded in polymer films. At high surface temperatures and with a dense plasma, structures or microshapes are rapidly eroded by the plasma, in which the structures or microshapes are homogeneously plasma-eroded with a uniform distribution of the surface temperature and gas flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Dyconex Patente AG
    Inventors: Walter Schmidt, Hermann Schmid
  • Patent number: 5746122
    Abstract: The embossing or blocking and punching machine with a machine control (2) has several pressure sensors (S1 to S4) for measuring compressive forces X arranged around the center Z of the blocking surface F. A positioning device (10) with a displacement drive (20) and associated motor control (21) is connected to a pressure control program (30) with compressive force control functions (REG), with which is associated a control and display unit (40). Thus, a precise, automatic constant control of the optimum operating pressure (XA) can take place and a constant, maximum embossing or printing quality is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Gietz AG
    Inventors: Hanspeter Gietz, Manfred Rosli, Heinz Banziger
  • Patent number: 5740574
    Abstract: A hybrid mattress has two or more individual support structures such as springs and a unitary comfort casing. The comfort casing is formed with two or more internal pouches each adapted to snugly receive one of the individual support structures and to hold the support structures in a planar, contiguous manner. The individual support means can be selected to have different load bearing characteristics from each other, thereby providing a continuous mattress with different support and comfort capabilities for different occupants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Inventor: Mario Piraino
  • Patent number: 5738641
    Abstract: A blood withdrawal patch for facilitating withdrawal from a patient and for confining blood from the needle wound has an absorbent pad with a first surface to be placed against the skin of a patient around an intended injection site, a second surface opposite the first surface and a central opening. A transparent, elastomeric, self-sealing membrane through which an injection needle can penetrate lies in the pad central opening. A transparent cover layer has a central opening substantially aligned with the central opening of the pad to expose a central portion of the membrane to identify the withdrawal site, the cover layer being adhered to the membrane and the pad. The patch is adhesively held on the patient's skin. A blood vessel is visually located through the membrane and cover and a needle is passed through the membrane and the patient's skin into the vessel for blood withdrawal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Inventors: Robert L. Watson, William R. Knepshield
  • Patent number: 5735107
    Abstract: Sample bags are produced from webs of film material by forming longitudinal seams and longitudinally spaced transverse seams and by filling the bags with a sample product between forming the transverse seams. In order to make the bags easier to handle, the longitudinal seams are thickened so that the thickness of the seams is equal to the thickness of the center of the bag. Thickening is done by rolling or folding the seams or by adding frames or strips of additional material either between or outside the seam portions of the webs. The resulting bags are more easily stacked, handled and inserted into publications for distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Ferag AG
    Inventors: Jurg Vollenweider, Erich Jager, Werner Heuberger
  • Patent number: 5732939
    Abstract: A predetermined output sequence of miscellaneous printed products is produced by supplying a compilation or gathering station (80) with at least one continuous flow of individual, miscellaneous printed product parts in a supply (81 to 86), the individual, miscellaneous printed product parts in the flow being arranged in a preliminary sequence determined by the predetermined output sequence and the arrangement of the compilation station. At the compilation station (80) the printed product parts are compiled and then optionally joined together. The preliminary sequence of the at least one continuous supply flow is produced by timed, controlled take-overs of individual printed product parts from specific storage units (50) in a row of storage units, which are served by a group of successively arranged driving pins (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Ferag AG
    Inventor: Jacques Meier
  • Patent number: 5729897
    Abstract: Multilayer printed circuit boards, foil printed circuit boards and metal-clad laminates for foil circuit boards and a process for the manufacture thereof, with interfacial connections structured in insulator layers, with resist openings of surface structured in resist coatings, with current paths structured in conductor layers and with contact points and in which for reducing the number of photochemical structurings or patternings required the interfacial connections and resist openings are mechanically structured, in that interfacial connection openings preworked in insulator layers are etched according to interfacial connection structures of mask foils, that in the interfacial connection openings are deposited electrically conductive deposition substances for the formation of contact layers in said openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Dyconex Patente A.G.
    Inventors: Walter Schmidt, Marco Martinelli
  • Patent number: 5728071
    Abstract: An injection patch for facilitating injection into a patient and for confining blood from the injection wound has an absorbent pad against the skin of a patient around an intended injection site and a second surface. An elastomeric, self-sealing membrane through which an injection needle can penetrate lies against the second surface of the pad and closes the central opening. A cover layer with a central opening overlies the membrane and exposing a central portion of it to identify the injection site. The patch is adhesively held to the patient's skin. An injection can be made with a needle passed through the membrane and the patient's skin, after which the needle is extracted while the membrane wipes the needle, reseals and forms a cavity with the pad and the patient's skin to contain blood from the injection site until after hemostasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Inventors: Robert L. Watson, William R. Knepshield
  • Patent number: 5722339
    Abstract: A drip control marine fitting for passage of liquid through an opening in the hull of a marine vessel has a hollow tube extending through an opening through the hull, a flange attached to the tube and an opening through the flange to allow flow of fluid out of the vessel. The flange has a first surface abutting the outer surface of the hull and a second surface facing away from the outer surface of the hull. The first surface of the flange has a smaller surface area than the second surface of said flange. A diagonal surface interconnects the first and second surfaces, the lower part of the diagonal surface extending outwardly and downwardly from the first surface to the second surface to inhibit flow of liquid from the passage to the outer surface of the hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Inventor: Donald Gross
  • Patent number: 5718057
    Abstract: A register draw-in device for sheet printing and embossing machines has two front or leading edge stops and a side stop, and position sensors (S1, S2, S3) for detecting print marks (P1, P2, P3) of a sheet (5). Two detectors (D1, D2) associated with the front stops (A1, A2) detect the sheet leading edge. The front stops are adjustable by control elements (M1, M2) until front print marks (P1, P2) on the sheet are detected by sensors (S1, S2). A control element (M3) then adjusts the side stop (A3) until a side print mark (P3) is detected by another sensor (S3). A system control (11) controls this register correction with the position sensors (S1, S2, S3), the detectors (D1, D2) and the control elements (M1, M2, M3). This accomplishes reliable automatic register correction for each individual sheet and therefore maximum print quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Gietz AG
    Inventors: Manfred Rosli, Hanspeter Gietz
  • Patent number: 5718663
    Abstract: An endoscope optical system has a shaft containing parallel image and light guides, the distal ends of which are covered by a window which closes the distal end of the shaft and which has a light screen near the separating line between the cross-sectional regions of the image guide and the light guide. The window is a one-piece window plate with at least one circular slot forming a light screen. The slot extends parallel to the separating line and is formed in one of the inner or outer surfaces of the window plate. Multiple slots forming a labyrinth are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
    Inventor: Jens Peter Wulfsberg
  • Patent number: 5716354
    Abstract: A surgical endoscopic instrument has a stem portion and a handle portion and an operating insert axially extending through both of those portions. The insert carries at least one hf operating electrode which can project beyond the distal end of the stem portion. An insulated electrical conductor extends along the length of the operating insert to connect the electrode to a plug subassembly forming the proximal end of the operating insert. The plug subassembly is electrically connected to a removable jack with a connection cable leading to an hf energy source. The operating insert is rotatably supported inside the implement and the jack is non-rotatably coupled to the plug subassembly which is itself non-rotatably linked to the operating insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
    Inventor: Heinz Hluchy
  • Patent number: 5704644
    Abstract: A supporting structure for a lightweight vehicle has a central cross tube (10) extending across the vehicle under driver's and occupant's seats. The tube has an enclosed volume formed from a floor plate (14), a top plate (11), a front wall (12) and a rear wall (13). The ends of the cross tube are fixedly attached to longitudinal support members (21, 22), forming a lightweight, rigid and safe structure. The cross-section of the central cross tube is made large (at least 15.times.25 cm) to absorb side impact forces and can contain traction power batteries which results in good weight distribution. Side rings define door openings and are rigidly attached to the cross tube and longitudinal support structure and to transverse roof struts to form a complete passenger enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Esoro AG
    Inventor: Diego Jaggi
  • Patent number: 5702479
    Abstract: The shank unit of a joint endoprosthesis to be implanted in a tubular bone has a hollow, cylindrical, rotationally symmetrical anchoring sub-assembly (2) with a longitudinal axis (1) and an articulating sub-assembly (3). The articulating subassembly (3) is separate and detachably fixed to the anchoring sub-assembly (2). The articulating sub-assembly (3) comprises a rotationally symmetrical base element (31), an axis of rotation (32) and a neck extension (33) mounted eccentrically relative to the base element (31) and subtending an angle .alpha. of 70.degree. to the axis of rotation (32) to receive a joint ball (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Inventor: Peter Schawalder
  • Patent number: 5700276
    Abstract: A surgical forceps assembly for endoscopic and especially arthroscopic interventions has a stem fitted at its distal end with a forceps with a fixed jaw and a pivotable jaw. The stem has at its proximal end an actuator and a force transmitting element passes through and is slidable in the stem. The proximal end of the force transmitting element is connected to and movable by the actuator and the distal end acts on a laterally projecting pin of a lever attached to the pivotable jaw to move the forceps between open and closed positions when the force-transmitting element is axially displaced. The distal end of the force-transmitting element has a coupling with an elongated slot and the lever pin passes through the elongated slot wherein it is received and guided in a cam relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1997
    Assignee: Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Benecke
  • Patent number: 5698299
    Abstract: A multilayer laminated body has a determinate system of hollow passages and is formed by an assembly of flat layers of polymeric materials having major dimensions in orthogonal X and Y directions and a thickness dimension in a Z direction perpendicular to the X and Y directions. Selected ones of the layers have openings extending through in the Z direction, and other layers have canals formed in an X-Y plane. The openings and canals form parts of hollow passages so that assembly of multiple layers joins openings and canals forms complete and continuous passages through the assembled layers. Layers joined in pre-laminate assemblies are assembled together in precise relative positions for desired alignment of the canals and openings. The passages can be filled with optically conductive material or electrically conductive material and electrodes can be appropriately positioned for acting on fluids passing through the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Dyconex Patente AG
    Inventors: Walter Schmidt, Marco Martinelli, Alexandra Frei
  • Patent number: 5694932
    Abstract: A sensor is used to detect a substance component in an aqueous solution. This sensor has electrically conducting and mutually insulated electrodes (7) which can be connected to a data-recording device. A sensor membrane array responsive to substance components to be detected includes several individual membranes (2) in rows or row-column arrays mounted on a flat support (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Disetronic Licensing AG
    Inventor: Peter Michel
  • Patent number: 5692246
    Abstract: A chest pillow for use by a post-surgical patient has a flexible plate and padding surrounding and covering all sides and edges of the plate. A fabric cover surrounds and encloses the padding and the plate. Separable straps extend between upper and lower edges of the pillow, the straps having sufficient length to pass around the upper body of the patient, thereby to hold the pillow in a desired position, ready for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignees: Ray A. Benedick, Rose M. Benedick
    Inventor: Rose Marie Benedick