Patents Assigned to division
  • Patent number: 5616445
    Abstract: A method for making a lithographic printing plate according to the silver salt diffusion transfer process image-wise exposes an imaging element with a high intensity short time scanning exposure. The imaging element comprises on a support in the order given a silver halide emulsion layer and a layer containing physical development nuclei. A thus obtained image-wise exposed imaging element is subsequently developed in the presence of a developing agent and silver halide solvent. The image-wise exposure is focused substantially within the silver halide emulsion layer of the imaging element. The present invention further provides an apparatus for carrying out the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Agfa Division, Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: Henry A. Kelley, Jos Alfons Vaes, Johan H. Van Hunsel
  • Patent number: 5617022
    Abstract: A fiberoptic velocity transducer for use in determining the rotational speed of an object and comprising a magneto-optic material coated with a dielectric material that operates to selectively pass light energy having a first range of wavelengths, and to reflect light energy having a second range of wavelengths, so as to make the light energy with the second range of wavelengths available as a reference signal, the magneto-optic material functioning to cause a Faraday rotation in the light energy having the first range of wavelengths that is characteristic of the speed of the rotating object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Hydro-Aire Division of Crane Company
    Inventor: Ezra Baruch
  • Patent number: 5614511
    Abstract: The invention is directed to controlling and alleviating itchiness of human skin. Itchiness is treated with a composition that includes inositol phosphate, particularly phytic acid and its salts, in a cosmetically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander P. Znaiden, Brian A. Crotty, Anthony W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 5613516
    Abstract: A combination hydraulic pressure regulator and pressure switch includes a housing having an interior chamber connecting an inlet port to an outlet port. A seating device is movably received in the interior chamber and has a seat surrounding an opening. The opening is in communication with the outlet port. A poppet is movable in the interior chamber. An adjustment spring normally urges the poppet into engagement with the seat to close the opening, the poppet being movable in a direction away from the seat in response to hydraulic pressure in the interior chamber sufficient to overcome the force of the adjustment spring. A limit switch is mounted to the body. A switch actuator is associated with the poppet for actuating the limit switch in response to movement of the poppet in a direction away from the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Power Team Division of SPX Corporation
    Inventor: Michael T. Landrum
  • Patent number: 5613555
    Abstract: A slat-type inflatable packer includes a plurality of longitudinal metal slats on the exterior thereof which are partially overlapping to allow expansion of the packer element while providing a barrier against extrusion. In one embodiment each slat has narrow end portions and a wide central portion to provide greatly increased lateral stiffness as well as improved extrusion barrier and slat deployment characteristics, particularly in high expansion ratio packers, and in another embodiment such characteristics are further improved by upper and lower intermediate sections which are wider than such central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Dowell, a division of Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Sorem, David M. Eslinger
  • Patent number: 5613828
    Abstract: Successive flat skillets (S) are picked from a stack (12) and fed to a conveyor (2) by a mechanism which has devices gripping adjacent side faces to a fold line of a skillet to open the skillets to their tubular form during the transfer movement. The gripping devices (22,24) pivot on an axis coincident with the skillet fold line to allow the skillet to be opened to its full tubular form without distortion. The mechanism is so arranged that the skillet reservoir stack (12) can be oriented in a plane substantially parallel to the conveyor path for the opened skillets, in order to minimize space requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip G. Haddow, Roderick L. Mitchell, David R. Seaward, Geoffrey W. Vernon
  • Patent number: 5614201
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition is provided which includes at least one keratolytic agent and a combination of water-soluble and water-insoluble anti-irritancy agents in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Most effective is a combination of a C.sub.7 -C.sub.30 .beta.-hydroxy carboxylic acids such as salicylic acid with a C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 .alpha.-hydroxy carboxylic acid such as glycolic or lactic acids. The water-soluble anti-irritancy agent is preferably a salt of glycyrrhizinic acid. The water-insoluble anti-irritancy agent is preferably a-bisabolol, azulene or combinations thereof. Other performance components may include a C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 alkyl lactate and an antimicrobial agent such as a zinc or aluminum salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig S. Slavtcheff, Stephen R. Barrow, Vispi D. Kanga, Michael C. Cheney, Alexander Znaiden
  • Patent number: 5612044
    Abstract: A cosmetic product and method for imparting a natural-appearing tan to skin is provided, the product being in the form of a multi-compartment dispenser. A first and second substance are stored in separate compartments of the dispenser, at least one of the substances including a silicone. Additionally, the first substance contains an alpha-hydroxy aldehyde such as dihydroxyacetone and the second substance contains at least one amino acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Elizabeth Arden Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Suares, Brian J. Dobkowski
  • Patent number: 5612307
    Abstract: An aqueous liquid cleansing and moisturising composition comprising a surface active agent and a benefit agent in which the surface active agent and benefit agent are separate but combinedly dispensable from a single packaging means in a predetermined ratio as discrete domains. Separating the benefit agent from the surface active agent results in improved deposition of the benefit agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John G. Chambers, Ailsa P. H. Grieveson, Margaret Jobling
  • Patent number: 5610125
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition is provided in the form of a gel exhibiting semi-solid behavior at rest but under slow shear rates fractures ceasing to act as a fluid and becoming a solid. The cosmetic composition achieves this rheology through a combination of an alkyl polyglycoside with a polyether ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Ponds USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Amy C. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 5609854
    Abstract: A cosmetic composition is provided which includes water, an emollient oil, a sunscreen agent and an aluminum salt of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 carboxylic acid. Preferred as the aluminum salt is aluminum citrate, the latter not only thickening but also stabilizing the emulsion against breakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Elizabeth Arden Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Angel A. Guerrero, Thomas C. Klepacky, Pamela C. Asplund
  • Patent number: 5609107
    Abstract: The invention supports a mechanical carriage at three contact points for precise positioning on two guide rails, one guide rail having a V-grooved surface and the other having a flat surface. Two of the three contact points are recirculating ball bearings mounted against the V-grooved rail. The third contact point is on the flat rail and is also the driving contact point and comprises a drive shaft having a friction wheel thereon engaged with the flat rail to drive the mechanical carriage. The recirculating ball bearings and friction wheel are loaded against the V-grooved and flat rails, respectively, by magnets mounted on the carriage and spaced from the rails by an air gap. The air gap provides for a magnetic force between the magnets and the guide rails while permitting relative movement therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Agfa Division, Bayer Corporation
    Inventors: David P. Viola, Lawrence S. Blake
  • Patent number: 5607304
    Abstract: A threaded connection for medical implants utilizes root and crest interfnce profile, such that the major and minor diameters of the thread profile on the male and female members of the connection are selected such that the minor diameter of one member is larger than the major diameter of the other, such that an interference condition is created along the helical path of the thread. This interference condition increases the radial stability of the connection and increases the torque required to loosen the connection when made up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Crystal Medical Technology, a division of Folsom Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: A. Gregory Bailey, A. C. Folsom, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5605195
    Abstract: An inflatable packer used in a well and having a mandrel carrying upper and lower heads, a normally retracted inflatable packer element including an inner elastomer bladder and an outer expansible armor or carcass, the ends of the packer element being anchored to respective heads, and in one embodiment a hydraulically operable system that applies restraining force to the heads which controls the shape and deployment of the packer element during inflation and prevents entrapment of fluid bubbles outside the element and the formation of Z-folds in the bladder. In other embodiments the restraining force is supplied by a stack of disc springs, by frictional engagement between parts, by a shearing action of materials, by swaging a sleeve member, and by axially crushing a sleeve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Dowell, a division of Schlumber Technology Corporation
    Inventors: David M. Eslinger, L. Michael McKee, Robert M. Sorem, Kevin L. Case, Jean L. Pessin
  • Patent number: 5605457
    Abstract: A threaded connection for use in medical implant surgery which utilizes a read profile which includes a load flank, a stab flank, a root intermediate the stab flank and load flank, and a crest intermediate the load flank and stab flank. The distance, measured paraxially, which the screw moves one complete revolution of the connection, is the lead of the thread. In the invention, the lead varies for either the male or female member of the connector such that the load flank, effectively, is moved away from axial interference with the cooperative member as the thread is "made up" or engaged. Accordingly, the load flank interface along the length of the connection is stressed, rather than having the load flank interface stressed predominately at the end turns of the thread, as often occurs under loading of the thread. In this manner, the stress loading of the thread is spread over the multiple turns of the thread, and pre-load is not lost by the yielding of the end turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Crystal Medical Technology, a division of Folsom Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: A. Gregory Bailey, Aubrey C. Folsom, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5605704
    Abstract: A method is provided for treating hair with an active ingredient such as an anti-dandruff and/or sunscreen agent by delivery within a cationic liposomal dispersion. The dispersion is pre-prepared with inclusion of the active ingredient, and then incorporated into the final hair treatment composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe M. Finel, Jonathan D. Hague, Euan S. Reid
  • Patent number: 5605458
    Abstract: An improved thread profile for use in medical implants utilizes a negative o slightly positive load flank inclination to minimize radial separation of the threaded connection by increasing the radial force required to overcome the surface and interference resistance to relative motion between the made-up abutting load faces of the connector threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Crystal Medical Technology, a division of Folsom Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: A. Gregory Bailey, Aubrey C. Folsom, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5605387
    Abstract: The brake energy balancing system balances brake torque of braking wheels of a vehicle having a plurality of cars carried by trucks, for applying and controlling the brakes of each group of braking wheels of the trucks of the vehicle. Brake torque is measured, a command brake torque signal is generated that is limited by a reference torque signal, and the command brake torque signal is compared with the measured brake torque to generate brake torque difference signals. An energy balancing brake application control signal is provided to the brakes in response to the brake torque difference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Hydro-Aire Division of Crane Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Cook, Bijan Salamat
  • Patent number: 5606612
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for scrambling an original analog video signal samples predetermined portions of the original video signal at a first rate and stores the sampled portions of the original video signal within a memory device. The stored video signal is read out of the memory device at a second rate, which is less than the first rate, to produce a time expanded scrambled video signal. A predetermined code is inserted into the time expanded scrambled video signal which is then converted into an analog scrambled video signal and transmitted through a channel. A method and apparatus for descrambling the scrambled video signal to produce a reconstructed video signal samples the scrambled video signal at the second rate, stores the sampled scrambled video signal into a memory and reads the sampled scrambled video signal out of the memory at the first rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation, Jerrold Communications Division
    Inventors: John T. Griffin, David Grubb, III, Jeffrey S. Hamilton
  • Patent number: D378496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Colibri Corporation, Linden Division
    Inventors: Frederick N. Levinger, Brian LaBrecque