Patents Issued in July 29, 2003
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Patent number: 6598765Abstract: A dispenser (10) for flowable, viscous material (52) includes a housing (12) comprising a main body (18) and door (20), and a reservoir (50) for the material (52) with an elongated, synthetic resin deformable outlet tube (80) presenting an outlet end (82) coupled to the reservoir (50). A flow-controlling assembly (16) including a tube-engaging element (84, 132, 150, 158) and an actuator linkage assembly (86, 130, 144, 154); these components together with a pneumatically operated piston (54) within reservoir (50) allows precise on-off operation of the dispenser (10). In the flow-permitting position, the element (84, 132, 150, 158) is adjacent the tube (80).Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Brewer Science, Inc.Inventors: Russell T. Pagel, Jeremy W. McCutcheon, Jeffrey L. Kohne
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Patent number: 6598766Abstract: The invention relates to a ventilation device for a piston for a cartridge. The ventilation device includes a first piston part which rests sealingly against the cartridge wall and a second piston part, which forms a valve with the first piston part. The valve opens when a pressure is exerted on the rear side of the piston so that the air is trapped between the filling composition and the piston can escape. According to the invention, a filter section is provided in front of the valve, between the two piston parts, as seen from the flow path of the air through the valve. This filter section has at least one narrow channel which forms a penetration barrier for the filling mass and ensures that the valve remains dry and free of dirt.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Sulzer Chemtech AGInventor: Nikolaus Brugner
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Patent number: 6598767Abstract: A dispensing package for a cosmetic stick comprising a barrel having a generally open end and a generally closed end, a central longitudinal axis which run between the generally open end and the generally closed end of the barel, a piston slidably located within the barrel for advancing product contained within the barrel towards the generally open end, the package having a cross-section perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis which is ellipsoidal, the generally open end of the package ending in an opening through which product contained in the dispenser can be dispensed, characterized in that the opening, when viewed in the direction of the minor axes of the ellipsoidal cross-section, is concave.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco Inc.Inventors: Roger Anthony Baines, Jonathan Justin Moore
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Patent number: 6598768Abstract: A head for kegs of pressurized drinks comprises: a body, provided with means for coupling to a keg containing a drink; a piston movable between a first lowered position for opening a shutter of the keg and a second raised closure position; a lever for actuating the fork hinged on a stem thereof, subject to elastic means tending to make it rotate in the direction opposite that of actuation, to allow the stabilization of the operating fork in the first and in the second position of the piston; the actuating lever and the stem defining in combination a handle for the operating fork, the stem of the fork and the actuating lever being characteristically formed in such a way that, at least bilaterally to the handle, in correspondence at least with the lower segment of the handle where the first three fingers of the hand that sustains the handle act, there are no openings with variable port during the actuation of the lever.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Celli S.p.A.Inventor: Goffredo Celli
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Patent number: 6598769Abstract: A sock-holding dressing aid for a person to use in donning a sock having a cuff onto a foot of the person includes a U-shaped member for holding the cuff of the sock in an expanded position ahead of the foot of the user in order to facilitate insertion of the foot into the sock, the U-shaped member having a semicircularly shaped base portion and first and second side portions extending forwardly from the semicircularly shaped base portion. First and second straps are connected to respective ones of the first and second side portions of the U-shaped member to enable the person to pull the U-shaped member toward the person in order to pull the sock onto the foot of the person without the person having to bend over toward the foot. The first and second straps are composed of a flexible material such that the user can wind the straps around the U-shaped member into a storage configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Rito H. Franco
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Patent number: 6598770Abstract: A portable liquid container is provided wherein an elongated, flexible container is filled with a beverage through a closable filling orifice, and the container is belted on a user using belt end fasteners, e.g. hook-and-loop material. The user grasps a nozzle on the end of an flexible, extendable straw that is stored and wound within a spring-loaded winder mechanism attached to the surface of the container. Pulling on the nozzle causes the straw to extend sufficiently to reach the user's mouth. When finished, the user allows the straw to be rewound into the winder mechanism. A collecting member with an intake positioned low within the container delivers beverage to a mating member that establishes fluid communication between the collecting member and the straw. A color-coded temperature gauge and liquid level indicator are attached to the container. An isolating member is also provided between the user and the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Lorita Bolts
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Patent number: 6598771Abstract: An infant carrier configured to be worn by a wearer is disclosed. The infant carrier includes a seat support configured to support an infant's bottom, a back support, which is integral with the seat support, a head support which is integral with the back support and a strap support system which is worn around the wearer's torso to support the infant in the infant carrier. The seat support is diaper-like in shape with a front notch to prevent chafing the infant. Preferably, the strap support system is made up of a single pair of straps. Preferably, there is a separation (e.g., a seam) between the back support and the head support which allows the head support to be folded down when not being used to support the infant's head.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: InfantinoInventor: Lisa C. Norman
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Patent number: 6598772Abstract: A case for musical instruments and including a shell for receiving a musical instrument and having at least one shoulder strap attachable from outside to the shell at upper and lower attachment points provided of the shell, a connection element provided at an end of the shoulder strap adjacent to the upper attachment point for releasably securing the shoulder strap to the shell, and an upholstery cover provided on the shell or the shoulder strap for covering at least a portion of the connection elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Hans-Peter Wilfer
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Patent number: 6598773Abstract: A device for dispensing tickets from a continuous strip of paper (1), each ticket being constituted by an end segment of the strip suitable for being grasped by a recipient of the ticket and detached by applying traction to said end, the device comprising a mechanism for pinching the paper along a line (3) extending transversely across the strip (1), and downstream from this mechanism, a cutting blade (4) extending substantially transversely across the strip, with the strip bearing against the cutting edge (5) of the blade when the above-mentioned traction is applied, wherein the cutting edge (5) of the blade is formed by a straight-line segment that intersects the plane of the strip of paper (1) in contact with the blade (4) prior to cutting and containing the pinch line (3), with the projection (7) of the blade onto said plane converging towards the pinch line (3) from the point (6) where the paper first comes into contact with the blade (4).Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: AxiohmInventors: Dominique Daret, Frédéric Mazel, Richard Arrufat, Eric Thevenet
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Patent number: 6598774Abstract: The present invention provides an optical fiber cutting device in which a scratch is formed in an outer peripheral surface of a clamped optical fiber, and the optical fiber is broken along the scratch by applying a tension force or bending stress to the optical fiber so that a cut surface becomes a mirror surface, the optical fiber cutting device comprising a collecting container capable of containing a waste fiber obtained by the cuffing, pinch rollers for conveying and collecting the waste fiber into the collecting container, and a drive mechanism for rotatingly driving the pinch rollers in response to a movement of a portion movable when cutting the optical fiber. The collecting container can be mounted and dismounted with respect to the outer container integrally formed with a device body. A slit through for setting the optical fiber is formed in the collecting container. Guide surfaces for guiding the optical fiber are formed on both outer sides of the slit.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1999Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.,Inventors: Junichi Kazama, Reiji Oshima
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Patent number: 6598775Abstract: A hammer head assembly used in a power hammer for driving a nail into objects to be fastened is constructed to include a nail holder axially slidably mounted in a hollow mounting base and forced out of the bottom side of the mounting base by a spring member, a magnet fixedly provided inside the nail holder and adapted to attract a nail in vertical for driving into the workpiece, and a hammering rod axially inserted into the nail holder and controlled to drive a nail out of the nail holder into the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignees: De Poan Pneumatic Corp.Inventor: Tung-Hsien Chen
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Patent number: 6598776Abstract: A staple gun comprising a main body and a staple injection nozzle for injecting a staple into a target object, the staple injection nozzle including a nozzle body mounted on a staple striking body and a cover plate for removably closing an upper portion of a staple injection path of the nozzle body so as to guide the staple. The nozzle body has protrusions to receive an end portion of the cover plate and press this cover plate from upward, and an urging member is provided to urge the cover plate in a direction that the end portion of the cover plate intrudes into the protrusions.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Michiaki Adachi, Makoto Kosuge, Tomofumi Ichiba
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Patent number: 6598777Abstract: A magazine includes a nail guide surface and a movable guide wall. The nail guide surface is linear and continuous to a nail introducing opening and has a shoulder for supporting the nail heads of a connected nail assembly. The movable guide wall is confronted with the nail guide surface. In the magazine, a plurality of connected nail assemblies are loaded and placed in side-by-side relation, while being in contact with each other, between the nail guide surface and the movable guide wall. The plurality of connected nail assemblies are pressed against the guide surface of the magazine by pressing members provided on the movable guide wall. The movable guide wall is turned, for opening and closing, between a position being confronted with the nail guide surface of the magazine and a position at which the nail guide surface is opened.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Osuga, Mitsugu Takezaki, Michiaki Adachi
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Patent number: 6598778Abstract: An aluminum-based metal link including a shaft portion extending along a first axis, a bushing mount portion having a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a weld joint portion in which one of the opposed axial end portions of the shaft portion and the bushing mount portion are welded together by friction stir welding (FSW). The weld joint portion has a hole that has a third axis angularly offset from the second axis about the first axis and is formed upon termination of the FSW.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Konno, Hideyori Sakuragi
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Patent number: 6598779Abstract: An electronic component mounting method by which a surface-mount component and an IC can be efficiently and reliably mounted on a single substrate is provided. A high-temperature solder paste (4) is supplied to electrodes (2) for receiving surface-mount components (40), and the surface-mount components (40) are provisionally fixed on the electrodes (2) with the high-temperature solder paste (4). In addition, flux (5) is applied to an electrode (1) for receiving an IC (30a) that is provided with eutectic solder bumps (31) or on the eutectic solder bumps (31), and the IC (30a) is provisionally fixed on the electrode (1) with the flux (5). Then, a wiring substrate (10) is heated to a high temperature at which both the high-temperature solder and the eutectic solder melt, so that the surface-mount components (40) and the IC (30a) are reflow-soldered.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoichi Morimoto, Jitsuho Hirota
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Patent number: 6598780Abstract: The present invention provides a circuit board connecting method that includes an alkane application step and a heat-press-bonding step. The alkane application step is a preliminary step which applies an alkane group to a printed circuit board. The heat-press-bonding step heat-press-bonds a flexible circuit board to the printed circuit board by positioning their printed wire terminals and conductive thick-film terminals to face one another.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Miyake, Koichi Shigematsu, Kazuya Sanada, Hideharu Ishihara, Yoshitaro Yazaki
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Patent number: 6598781Abstract: An article includes turbulation material bonded to a surface of a substrate via a bonding agent, such as a braze alloy. In an embodiment, the turbulation material includes a particulate phase of discrete metal alloy particles having an average particle size within a range of about 125 microns to about 4000 microns. Other embodiments include methods for applying turbulation and articles for forming turbulation.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Wayne Charles Hasz, Robert Alan Johnson, Ching-Pang Lee, Mark Gerard Rettig, Nesim Abuaf, John Howard Starkweather
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Patent number: 6598782Abstract: A metal foil connection of first and second metal foils having a thickness of less than 0.05 mm includes a connecting point in which the metal foils are brazed to one another. The connecting point forms a wedge which is filled with brazing medium. A mass of the brazing medium, and a mass of sections of the metal foils which the brazing medium contacts in the wedge, have a given ratio. A honeycomb body, a brazing medium particle fraction and a method for manufacturing metal foil connections with a thickness of less than 50 micrometers, are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Emitec Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbHInventors: Ludwig Wieres, Ferdi Kurth, Helge Schlotmann
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Patent number: 6598783Abstract: Objects, such as packages are marked for exterior labeling and to provide for easily locating such information. In a first embodiment, an information focal edge, or IFE is made by graphically “capturing” at least two corners of the object and connecting them with a marking, e.g., with ink. By “capturing” it is meant that the corner is marked on all sides forming the corner adjacent to the corner. In an alternative embodiment, two corners are captured using a structural edge or by otherwise marking an edge, thereby providing an “information focal edge,” or IFE. The IFE identifies a priority location where information should be placed so that it can be quickly found no matter how the object is viewed.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Tom Brinkman
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Patent number: 6598784Abstract: A carton and a carton blank each includes a first wall, a second wall hingedly connected to the first wall, a handle strap attached at an end thereof to an inwardly displaceable portion of the second wall. The strap is arranged in a stored position to be in substantially co-planar relationship with the first wall, wherein inward displacement of the inwardly displaceable portion provides a surplus of material to enable the user part of the strap to be brought into a position of use.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: MeadWestvaco Packaging Syatens, LLCInventors: Philippe LaBras, Jean-Michel Auclair
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Patent number: 6598785Abstract: A container made from corrugated paperboard has more than four sides and is constructed to resist distortion when force is applied to the ends or sides of the container, and also to resist crushing when containers are stacked on top of one another. In one embodiment, the container has six sides, with two side walls, two end walls, and two diagonally opposed diagonal corner panels and two diagonally opposed square corners. In another embodiment, the container has seven sides, with two side walls, two end walls, and three diagonal corner panels and one square corner. In a further embodiment, the container has eight sides, with two side walls, two end walls, and four diagonally opposed diagonal corner panels. In this embodiment, the diagonal corner panels are oriented so that they subtend an angle of from about 35° to about 40°, and preferably 38°, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the container.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventor: Benjamin Quaintance
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Patent number: 6598786Abstract: Insulating paper container including an inner paper cup and an outer paper cup. The inner cup includes a base and double bulge rings and the inner side of outer cup is coated evenly with chemical laminating agent and foaming agent. Space between the two bulge rings allows foaming when the inner cup is placed within the outer cup. The two bulge rings stabilize the structure of the outer cup hence to form a complete insulating paper container unit, and provide a foam insulating layer between the inner and outer cups by heat activating the chemical laminating agent and foaming agent. Therefore the present invention offers a safe and insulated insulating paper container.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Tzer-Huang Guo
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Patent number: 6598787Abstract: A coin receptacle assembly for vending machines. A funnel unit is positioned in the machine and a coin receptacle unit is adapted to be removably mounted on the funnel unit. The coin receptacle unit includes a secure door which is movable between an open position when the coin receptacle unit is mounted on the funnel unit, and a closed position when the units are separated. A lock arm engages against the secure door when the units are separated to prevent the secure door from being opened by an unauthorized person.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Glenview Systems, Inc.Inventor: James J. Grinsteiner
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Patent number: 6598788Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for dispensing pre-coded scrip is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a cashout command at a gaming device, scanning a code on the pre-coded scrip in response to the cashout command, transmitting the code to a remote processor having access to a database for storing and retrieving codes from a plurality of gaming devices, receiving a scrip dispense message from the remote processor, and dispensing the pre-coded scrip. The article of manufacture comprises a data storage device tangibly embodying instructions to perform the method steps described above. One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a scanner for scanning a code on a pre-coded scrip, a scrip dispensing unit for emitting or issuing the scrip to the user, and a processor.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 1999Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Stanley P. Dabrowski
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Patent number: 6598789Abstract: A substrate managing system includes a reading device for reading information recorded on a substrate, and an information processing device for performing management of the substrate on the basis of the information, wherein the reading device reads information as recorded on an end face of the substrate. At least a portion of a substrate container is made of a transparent material for optical reading of information as recorded on a substrate kept stored in the container.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 1998Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ken Matsumoto, Takashi Nakahara
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Patent number: 6598790Abstract: A self-service checkout system allowing customers to perform purchasing functions while ensuring payment and preventing theft. The system's payment card reader and price scanner are operable by the customer to read product tags including price and/or serial number data and a desensitizable security tag. The product tag is inserted into a slot in a housing for the price scanner and desensitizer that shields a desensitizing effect from any security tags outside the housing. The system desensitizes the security tag only if a charge to the payment card is approved. A detector is positioned near the store exit to detect items exiting the store which have not been released from the security system. Serial number information from the product tag may be read as the items leave the store and compared with a database of serial numbers of purchased items to determine whether to activate an alarm.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Douglas B. Horst
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Patent number: 6598791Abstract: A self-checkout system for a retail establishment that allows a customer to checkout multiple items having respective identification codes, the system includes a computer having memory with a buffer, an identification code reader coupled to the computer for determining the identifications of the items by the identification codes, a security verification mechanism coupled to the computer for verifying that the items actually being checked out from the retail establishment are the same as those identified by the identification code reader, and whereby the computer is adapted to store identification information of multiple items obtained by the identification code reader in the buffer before verifying that the items actually being checked out from the retail establishment are the same as those identified by the identification code reader.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: PSC Scanning, Inc.Inventors: Donald Bellis, Jr., Barry Keys, James Behrens
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Patent number: 6598792Abstract: The device for implementing the method consists in a receiving unit at the station, associated with a computer managing the dispensing nozzles, a terminal associated with a pump controller and linked to the receiving unit and an identifying module associated with each of the nozzles and also on the vehicle, a device for reading the modules provided in the inlet of the fuel tank, a processor for typing out messages including data from the reading device as well as other data and a transmitter/receiver to transmit the messages to the receiver of the receiving unit. The invention is applicable particularly to the supply of fuel to vehicles of road transport companies.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: ORDICAM Recherche et DevelopmentInventors: Gérard Michot, Jacques Legoux
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Patent number: 6598793Abstract: A method for checking the authenticity of a security article of the type containing magnetic particles having a magnetic saturation field Hs being greater than 100 A/m. The method includes the following steps: (a) generating an alternating field of one or more fundamental frequencies; (b) subjecting an article to be detected to the field; (c) detecting a detection signal emanating from the article to be detected; and (d) examining the detection signal for the presence of any particular higher harmonics of the fundamental frequencies or of any linear combination of the fundamental frequencies and of the harmonics, the particular harmonics or the linear combination being indicative of the presence of the magnetic particles. The method is applied at point of transaction locations, where the article to be detected is brought into close proximity with a sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1999Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: N.V. Bekaert S.A.Inventors: John Fisher, Paul Robertson, Jon Burrell, David Cross
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Patent number: 6598794Abstract: A data media processing device holds a second data media, such as magnetic card, until a first data media, such as an IC card, is issued. A temporary card holding unit then returns the held second data media thereafter. The data media processing device has a media path switching mechanism to switch to either a first data media issuing path section for issuing the first data media card, or a temporary card holding unit for holding the second data media card, either of which follows the transportation path connecting to the card slot. The first data media issuing path section and the temporary card holding unit form an elevator unit in a single block.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Omron CorporationInventor: Masayuki Ishii
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Patent number: 6598795Abstract: A method of packaging print media in combination with a printing device enables the printing device to automatically determine the type of media, and its characteristics and attributes, loaded in a media input tray. The print media package includes a pre-cut or perforated line which allows the removal of one end of the package forming a partial package exposing one end of sheets of the print media and encasing the print media. The print media is loaded in the media input tray encased in the partial package with the exposed ends of the print media sheets accessible to the printing device feed roller. The print media package includes an identifying code imprinted on an outside surface of the package located on the remaining portion of the package when the package end has been removed. The media input tray includes a sensor mounted in a location accessible to the identifying code when the print media encased in the partial package is loaded in the media input tray.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LPInventor: Michael P. Prenn
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Patent number: 6598796Abstract: A method and apparatus provides for the establishment of position of readable information applied to a specimen collection container. Preferably, the readable information is provided by way of a scannable bar code label applied to the container. The label may be adhesively applied to the container, and includes a non-adhesive portion which results in that portion of the label protruding from the container. The container is then supported within a container holder. The holder itself has a projection which becomes engaged with the protruding portion of the label. The container holder is agitated to effect movement of the container to place the protruding portion of the label into engagement with the projection, and thereby prevent further movement of the container and establish the position of the readable information contained on the label.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Andrew John Harrop
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Patent number: 6598797Abstract: A hand-held imager which is capable of reading both linear and two dimensional symbologies, which can perform focusing and illuminating steps quickly and accurately so as to eliminate variation in the position of the imager relative to the code becoming a negative factor. The imager includes an imaging system having a focusing system, an illumination system, and a two-dimensional photodetector which forms an image of the coded symbology. After achieving targeting of the coded symbology, the scanning system adjusts the focus and illumination between multiple different focuses, and utilizes a portion of the two-dimensional photodetector to determine the optimum focus and illumination. Upon the determination of optimum focus and illumination, and an image is created using the entire two-dimensional photodetector. Predefined multiple sets of illuminating parameters intensity, exposure and gain can be used to determine the proper focus and illumination.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Jason J. Lee
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Patent number: 6598798Abstract: A code reader for color images, which can simultaneously accept a one-dimensional code or a two-dimensional code and data of a color image of a subject for management and which can record both the data in mapping with each other, is provided. The code reader comprises color image pickup means for picking up a code and also a color image of a subject for management as is specified by identification information contained in the code; code-recognizing-data extraction means for extracting luminance data from the color image data picked up by the color image pickup means, and for writing gray scale data into a first frame memory as data for recognizing the code; and recorded-image extraction means for extracting color data from the color image data picked up by the color image pickup means, and for writing the color data into a second frame memory as data for the original image of the subject for management.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Tohken Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motofumi Kashi, Shinji Fujita
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Patent number: 6598799Abstract: A validating tracking system for tracking deliveries of prescription medications from a pharmacy includes a cash register, sniffer, scanner, credit card machine, monitor, computer, and printer. The scanner scans prescription numbers from a prescription bag at the time of delivery. The sniffer intercepts a copy of the scanned prescription numbers as transmitted from the scanner to the cash register, and displays the prescription numbers and identification of medications in a patient consultation form displayed on the monitor. The monitor is capable of digitizing and electronically storing a customer signature traced-on the form on the screen with a stylus. The computer maintains a database including a list of all prescription numbers ordered by the patient and a copy of the consultation form with the digitized signature showing date and time of delivery.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Jin S. Jang
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Patent number: 6598800Abstract: An animal tag having a keeper portion and a clear plastic case or panel through which a barcode can be read, with a pocket in which a barcode label is sealed. The barcode label has on it a barcode viewable through a wall of the case. The label is preferably self-supporting and may carry an RFID chip.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Data2 IncorporatedInventors: Paul F. Schmit, Mark M. Greer
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Patent number: 6598801Abstract: A nozzle for a gas turbine engine that includes an air circuit, a water circuit, and a swirler that facilitate reducing erosion within the nozzle is described. The air circuit is formed by a first conduit that extends along the nozzle. The water circuit is formed by a second conduit that also extends along the nozzle and is radially inward from the first conduit. Each circuit is in flow communication with a discharge opening. An air swirler adjacent the discharge opening discharges air into water spray exiting the water circuit to facilitate evaporating the water to lower engine operating temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Douglas Marti Fortuna, Mark Patrick Kelsey, Neil Sidney Rasmussen, James Anthony Groeschen
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Patent number: 6598802Abstract: An apparatus for creating a fine liquid mist includes a container capable of holding fluid; one of a perforated basket and a porous bag disposed in the container; a liquid supply connector connected to the container; a mixing chamber connected to the container; and at least one convergent/divergent nozzle connected to the mixing chamber. A method of forming an effervescent fine liquid mist includes mixing liquid and chemical reactant to form non-toxic, noncombustible gas bubbles; mixing the liquid and the gas bubbles to form a two-phase fluid flow; and directing the two-phase fluid flow through at least one convergent/divergent nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Joseph E. Wolfe
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Patent number: 6598803Abstract: A spray powder-coating apparatus fitted with an electronic control system (21) regulating the air flows (20, 43) to an injector (4) as a function of setpoints (m) for the rates of powder to be moved, and as a function of a setpoint (GV) for the total rate of air passing through the nozzle, by means of motor-driven adjustable throttles (18, 19, 44, 45), preferably also as a function of the actual values (89, 90) of the regulated air flows (20, 43).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: ITW Gema AGInventors: Gerald Haas, Felix Mauchle, Hans Peter Michael
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Patent number: 6598804Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines has an actuator and a valve needle actuatable by the actuator, which valve needle is in turn coupled to, and actuates, a valve closing body. The valve closing body and a valve seat surface of a valve seat body form a sealing seat. At least one injection opening is formed in the valve seat body, and an elastic vibration element penetrates the injection opening. The elastic vibration element is attached on the inlet side of the injection opening and leaves a portion of cross-section of the injection opening free.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Ruehle, Joachim Stilling, Martin Andorfer
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Patent number: 6598805Abstract: A gas mixture of dry steam and nitrogen gas serving as carrier gas is blown into a hot water mist injection port for rendering the nitrogen gas serve as a medium absorbing latent heat of condensation, thereby smoothly progressing condensation of water vapor and efficiently forming hot water mist. The water vapor is condensed in the hot water mist injection port formed by a cylindrical pipe for supplying latent heat of condensation to the nitrogen gas and dilating the same, thereby accelerating the flow of the hot water mist and spraying the hot water mist to a substrate from the hot water mist injection port at a high speed. Small droplets contained in the high-speed hot water mist have high kinetic energy and high thermal energy, for exhibiting a large colliding effect and a high activation effect with respect to small contaminants adhering to the substrate. A substrate cleaning apparatus capable of spraying hot water mist attaining a high cleaning effect to a substrate is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., LTDInventors: Takamasa Sakai, Sadao Hirae
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Patent number: 6598806Abstract: A windshield washing apparatus for marine craft includes a reservoir container having a bracket pivotally connected thereto. The bracket can be connected to vertical, horizontal or sloping surfaces on the marine craft while the container remains level. There is a pump mounted on the reservoir. A filler fitting has a connector for mounting the fitting on the surface of the marine craft remote from the reservoir. A first conduit connects the reservoir to the filler fitting. The apparatus includes a spray nozzle and a second conduit for connecting the pump to the spray nozzle. Preferably the reservoir has positions thereon for a plurality of pumps.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: Gary G. B. Phipps
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Patent number: 6598807Abstract: The present invention comprises a casing with an opened end for receiving a liquid and a holding end where the liquid is stored. Between the open end and the holding end there narrow neck. A ball is placed into the opened end of the casing, so that lodging the ball into the neck will seal the neck area so that the liquid contained within the holding area will remain in the holding area until the ball is dislodged upon impact. Attached to the opened end of the casing is a nozzle. The nozzle serves two purposes, first it assures that the liquid contained within the casing does not quickly run out of the device upon impact minimizing the spray area covered by the liquid. Additionally the nozzle contains a number of holes distributed throughout the surface of said nozzle, so that the passage of liquid through the nozzle will cause the device to flail erratically, further maximizing the area sprayed by the device.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Inventor: John Anzalone
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Patent number: 6598808Abstract: A fluid product sample is provided in the form of a substantially flat dispenser. A preferred embodiment includes (1) at least one thermoformed shell forming part of a reservoir and defining a deformable actuation wall; (2) an additional element, such as a capsule-forming substrate or film or a thermoformed shell for finishing off the reservoir, with the reservoir formed in this way containing at least a gas; (3) a spray orifice through which the fluid is sprayed; (4) a porous material piece which is capable of retaining a quantity of fluid and which is disposed upstream from the spray orifice; and (5) a support member fixed to the thermoformed shell to hold the porous material piece in place. The spray orifice is formed by the support member.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Valois S.A.Inventors: Firmin Garcia, Aline Abergel
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Patent number: 6598809Abstract: The fuel-injection valve has the feature that provision is made at the downstream end of the injection valve for a preparation attachment which is made of a gas-containing part and an insertion member. The downstream end of the injection valve with the preparation attachment is completely surrounded in the circumferential direction by a tubular, thin-walled, metallic gas-containing member. The gas-containing member is secured to the injection valve by a non-integral snap-fit, catch or clip connection to a plastic extrusion coating at least partially enveloping the valve housing. The corresponding connection elements are constructed in the form of projections and clips. The fuel-injection valve is particularly suited for injection into the intake passage of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine with externally supplied ignition.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1999Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Ferdinand Reiter, Heinz-Martin Krause
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Patent number: 6598810Abstract: The present invention relates to a fire hose lance comprising a body (1) including a pressure control device comprising a valve (44) partly closing up an axial drill hole (320) of a piston (32) mounted in the body (1) of the lance, characterized in that valve (44) is fixedly mounted on the body (1), piston (32) is slidably mounted in the body (1), wherein movement of the piston (32) is caused, on the one hand, by the force resulting from the fluid's total pressure exerted on the surface (D1) of the piston located opposite valve (44) and on the other hand, by the force exerted by restoring means (31) tending to neutralize the resulting force from the fluid pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: POKInventor: Louis Lanteri
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Patent number: 6598811Abstract: The invention relates to an injector for reservoir (common rail) injection systems for direct-injection internal combustion engines in which a nozzle needle which is surrounded by a nozzle chamber is guided in an injector housing. The inlet of the nozzle chamber is closable and openable via an externally actuatable closing element. From the nozzle inlet, inlets branch off to control parts. The inlets are embodied as throttle elements, one of which is closable on the outlet side via a closing element.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Friedrich Boecking
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Patent number: 6598812Abstract: A crop residue spreader for an agricultural combine including a unique support element which is an elongate tube, including a center portion and a pair of legs extending outwardly in opposite directions from the center portion, each of the legs including an end portion opposite the center portion and an intermediate portion. The end portions include pivot elements coaxially aligned about a pivotal axis for pivotal connection to a rear end of the combine for movement between spreading and non-spreading positions. The intermediate portions include mounting elements for supporting rotatable crop accelerators in side-by-side relation, and the center portion includes at least one mount for mounting a pair of crop residue deflectors in cantilever relation to the tube and extending partially around the crop residue accelerators, respectively. The tube can also include mounts or supports for holding a shield in desired relation to the crop residue accelerators.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2003Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Case CorporationInventors: Robert A. Matousek, Joshua J. Wolters, Jason M. Benes
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Patent number: 6598813Abstract: An impacting body is mounted rotatably to a spindle provided on a principal plane of a rotor. The impacting body is mounted so that a predetermined fitting gap is provided between the impacting body and the spindle and a part of periphery of the impacting body can be positioned beyond a periphery of the rotor. The rotor is rotated at a high speed to allow the impacting body to impact on an object to be processed at least at its critical impact velocity. This enables only the top layer of the object to be processed at the part on which the impacting body has impacted to be broken instantaneously. When the rotor is moved while being rotated, the object to be processed can be cut. According to this cutting device, an object formed of a single member such as glass, ceramics, resin, metal, or the like, or a composite member thereof can be cut continuously with one kind of cutting tool.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2000Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yutaka Matsuda
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Patent number: 6598814Abstract: A method and apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. having an idler roll for pressing the item(s) against a backup roll for pulling the item(s) into the chopper uses an improved mount for the idler roll that maintains the outer peripheral surface of the idler roll into more consistent contact with more consistent force with the item(s) being chopped.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2001Date of Patent: July 29, 2003Assignee: Johns Manville International, Inc.Inventors: Randall C. Bascom, William J. Sandretto, Billy Ray Stinnett, Donald S. Perry