Patents Assigned to Venture Technology, Inc.
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Patent number: 7175536Abstract: An input device apparatus for providing coordinate data indicative of the motion of an object to a computing apparatus, includes an elongated member translatable along and rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a swing arm attached to the object and to the elongated member such that movement of the object results in corresponding movement of the elongated member, and an engagement surface for engaging an input device of the computing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2001Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Venture Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Angelo Tortola
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Patent number: 4998271Abstract: An apparatus for use with a telephone including, in one embodiment, a detector for detecting when the telephone is in an off-hook condition and disconnect circuit for eliminating the off-hook condition when the off-hook condition is caused by the telephone so that phone calls may be received by the line. An alarm responsive to the detector produces a warning of the off-hook condition if another phone on the line is off hook.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1989Date of Patent: March 5, 1991Assignee: Venture Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Angelo Tortola, Donald C. Miffitt, Charles S. Sebor
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Patent number: 4957291Abstract: An electronic game that includes a main body that consists of four panels assembled to form a four-sided pyramid having four vertexes. Each vertex serves as a node for supporting a light which may illuminate a plurality of different colors. Digital circuitry defines a color state vector at each node by illuminating one or none of the colors. Control circuitry connected to the digital circuitry is used for altering the color state of at least one of the lights as the tetrahedron is rotated. In one game, the color of the node brought to the top position changes in the color change pattern established by the color state vector. A player rotates the tetrahedron in an effort to figure out the pattern of color changes. Once the pattern is deciphered, the player makes additional rotations to achieve an object of the game such as having each vertex of the tetrahedron lighted the same color.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1989Date of Patent: September 18, 1990Assignee: Venture Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Donald C. Miffitt, Angelo Tortola, Charles S. Sebor, Robert L. Halliday
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Patent number: 4477252Abstract: A dental handpiece having a mechanism for mounting a bur in one end thereof. A fiber optic system is mounted within the handpiece, and is adapted to direct light adjacent the bur when it is rotating to aid a dentist in using the handpiece. The fiber optic system includes a bulb mounted within the handpiece, which bulb is secured in a housing formed from a heat-resistant plastic. Air used for driving the handpiece is also used to cool the heat generated by the light. A pneumatic switch is provided for automatically turning on the light when the handpiece is used and for automatically turning off the light when use of the handpiece is terminated.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1982Date of Patent: October 16, 1984Assignee: Venture Technology, Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel H. Lieb, Albert D. Alderman, Jr., James L. Alago
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Patent number: 4318695Abstract: An air driven dental handpiece having an air turbine at one end thereof. Collet means for securing a dental bur therein are positioned within the air turbine. The air turbine is mounted in ball bearings, which are in turn resiliently mounted within the turbine housing. The handpiece handle is hollow and includes air and water tubes therein. The air and water are mixed within the handpiece at the point of expulsion from the handpiece, thereby creating a coolant mist or fog on the dental bur and the tooth being drilled.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1980Date of Patent: March 9, 1982Assignee: Venture Technology, Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel H. Lieb, Albert D. Alderman, Jr.
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Patent number: 4313725Abstract: An air driven dental handpiece having an air turbine at one end thereof. Collet means for securing a dental bur therein are positioned within the air turbine. The collet means includes a plurality of collapsible jaws at the bottom thereof. Threads are provided on the exterior surface of the collet means in the area of the jaws. The bottom of the collet means is tapered, and a collet nut is threadedly secured on the collet means. The collet nut has an internal taper which is complementary to the taper of the collet means. The threaded advancement of the collet nut on the collet means causes the collapsing of the jaws of the collet means, through the mating tapers, and accordingly a dental bur can be secured in the collet means.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 1980Date of Patent: February 2, 1982Assignee: Venture Technology, Inc.Inventors: Nathaniel H. Lieb, Albert D. Alderman, Jr., James L. Alago