Patents Issued in August 28, 2007
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Patent number: 7261220Abstract: A cordless device for dispensing a viscous material including housing components for a product cartridge, a DC motor, an air pump, and a rechargeable battery. The device has a pressure limiting switch that maintains a pre-determined pressure of compressed air in a gas enclosure. A manually actuated trigger, when depressed, is adapted to open a flow valve allowing the device to forcefully dispense the viscous material from the product cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: David C. Campbell, Daniel P. Valenti
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Patent number: 7261221Abstract: A disposable inverted dispensing system for distributing a fluid for use in a shower is disclosed. The dispensing system includes a removable hooking device that is attachable to a surface which is exposable to moist conditions. A hook integral to the removable hooking device extends from the hooking device on a side opposite the surface when the hooking device is attached to the surface. A deformable container for containing the fluid has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion defines a through-hole through the container, and the lower portion forms a container mouth through which the fluid is flowable. A dispensing valve and/or a cap is disposed over the mouth of the container for controlling the flow of the fluid. The container is positionable on the hooking device with the hook extending through the through-hole formed by the upper portion of the container so that the container hangs down from the hooking device.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Innovation and Design, Inc.Inventors: Jerry R. Awbrey, Michael D. Brown
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Patent number: 7261222Abstract: A structure for a green nozzle includes a, pressing body, a spring, a fixing cover, a piston, a connecting rod, a switch valve and a cylinder. The output tube of the pressing body inserted into the spring, the fixing cover, and the piston is connected to the connecting rod. The spring is installed inside the round dented surface located at the upper part of the fixing cover. The switch valve is inserted into the connecting rod from the lower part such that the cylinder is located at the inner lower part of the fixing cover and is further connected to a straw and installed inside a container. The fixing cover is installed at the opening of the container. Liquids such as lotion or perfume inside the container will not get in contact with the spring of metallic material. Thus, chemical change will not happen, and environmental issues can be ignored. In addition, a simplest assembly can be used to reach the function of ejection of the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Cheng-Yuan Su
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Patent number: 7261223Abstract: A saw blade lubricating apparatus has a barrel with an outlet at one end thereof, a drive cooperative with the barrel for extruding wax outwardly of the outlet of the barrel, a dispenser block connected by a conduit to the barrel and having a wax inlet and a wax outlet, and a valve positioned in or on the dispenser block. The valve is selectively movable between a first position allowing wax flow between the wax inlet and the wax outlet and a second position blocking wax flow between the wax inlet and the wax outlet. A saw blade can be positioned adjacent to the wax outlet of the dispenser block.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Robert W. Tilley
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Patent number: 7261224Abstract: With the subject invention, a pump may be formed that generally includes a reservoir formed to accommodate at least one fluid dose, and a fluid-collecting chamber in communication with the reservoir. The fluid-collecting chamber is located such that fluid from the reservoir is fed thereinto, preferably gravitationally. A piston is disposed to reversibly slide within at least a dose-control portion of the fluid-collecting chamber, and the piston is configured such that upon sliding within the dose-control portion, the piston seals or substantially seals the dose-control portion from other portions of the fluid collecting chamber. The piston is configured to displace a volume of fluid from the sealed or substantially sealed dose-control portion which is approximately equal to or greater than the volume of one of the doses of the pump. A nozzle is also provided which is located such that the fluid displaced by the piston from the dose-control portion is generally urged towards the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2002Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventors: Ben Z. Cohen, Nigel Kelly
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Patent number: 7261225Abstract: A valve assembly for an aerosol can comprises a valve conduit having an inlet, an outlet, a valve seat in the flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and a resilient mounting of a valve member that permits relative movement of the valve member relative to the valve conduit. The valve member further comprises a valve element that is movable to sealingly engaging the valve seat, and a stem projecting from the valve member through the outlet of the valve conduit. During the movement of the valve member relative to the valve conduit, the movable tapered sealing surface associated with the valve member is configured to engage and concentrically align with a tapered valve seat on the valve conduit to establish an effective seal against the valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Clayton CorporationInventors: Kenneth J. Rueschhoff, James P. McBroom, Joseph C. Lott
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Patent number: 7261226Abstract: A closure for a container having a foil or membrane sealed opening. The closure includes a cap, a spout and a stem. The stem includes a downwardly extending piercing structure adapted for piercing the foil or membrane of the container upon rotation of the spout relative to the cap. The cap includes a cap top, a cap skirt depending from the cap top, an open sleeve and a stem guide. The open sleeve has an inwardly extending thread adapted to detachably engage the container. The open sleeve extends upwardly from the cap top. The stem guide extends along an internal surface of the sleeve. The spout rotatably engages the sleeve and includes a spout top having an aperture, an outer spout skirt and an inner skirt. The outer skirt depends from the spout top radially outward of the sleeve and rotatably engages the sleeve. The inner spout skirt depends from the spout top radially within the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Portola Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Brian M. Adams, Mike Xiaoli Ma
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Patent number: 7261227Abstract: A luggage rack and removable block with anti-theft lock for two-wheeled vehicles. The main body has two rigid material rods descending at two consecutive angles and with opposite openings of about 45° each, towards the back of the vehicle over the back wheel, at the upper and distal ends of the back wheel. Two washers are provided as appropriate fixing elements and the back ends are connected to a rigid material rectangular body which in turn provides the necessary supporting elements for saddlebags with a rigid material tubular handle and for a rectangular bag to be located on top of the arrangement. On both sides of the rigid rectangular body, two V-shaped rigid rods are provided with two rigid washers which serve as fastening elements that are connected to the axle of the back wheel of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Kuon Jen Lee
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Patent number: 7261228Abstract: A sporting article transport rack that is engageable to a hitch of an automotive vehicle is provided. The rack comprises a hitch engaging portion that is fastenable to the hitch and which extends therefrom away from the automotive vehicle. An elongated stem portion extends upwardly from the hitch engaging portion. An article support member is securable to an upper end of the elongated stem portion and is cantilevered therefrom. The article support member is removable from the elongated stem portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Sportrack AccessoriesInventors: Keith Prescott, Jean Pigeon, Moussa Zahzam, Hugues Espesset, Germain Dépot, Stéphane Labrie, Laurent Landrin, Alain Parizeau
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Patent number: 7261229Abstract: A swing-away hitch mounted equipment carrier that is movable between collapsed and extended positions has a rectangular insert that is sized and shaped to be received in a trailer hitch receiver affixed to a vehicle. A fixed arm is attached to the insert. A first swing arm is pivotally connected to the fixed arm and a second swing arm is pivotally connected to the first swing arm. A vertical member having an equipment carrier affixed on an upper end is pivotally connected at a lower end to the second swing arm. The vertical member is constrained for rotational movement about its longitudinal axis, the equipment carrier rotating with the vertical member. A first control member is provided for controlling the pivoting movement of the first and second swing arms as the swing-away hitch mounted equipment carrier is moved between the collapsed and extended positions.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: R.A. Allen Company, Inc.Inventors: Alexander R. Allen, Richard A. Allen
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Patent number: 7261230Abstract: An improved method of bonding an insulated wire (14) that has one end connected to a first bond pad (16) to a second bond pad (18) includes moving a tip of a capillary (20) holding the bond wire (14) over the surface of the second bond pad (18) such that the bond wire (14) is rubbed between the capillary tip (20) and the second bond pad (18), which tears the bond wire insulation so that at least a portion of a metal core of the wire (14) contacts the second bond pad (18). The wire (14) is then bonded to the second pad (18) using thermocompression bonding. The tip of the capillary (20) is roughened to enhance the tearing of the bond wire insulation.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2003Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Fuaida Harun, Chiaw Mong Chan, Lan Chu Tan, Lau Teck Beng, Kong Bee Tiu, Soo San Yong
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Patent number: 7261231Abstract: A folded food carton is formed from a matable, lay flat blank for retaining, transporting and serving hot food such as pizza. The blank includes an arrangement of end panels, side panels and cover panels foldable relative to a bottom panel such that, in the erected carton, the cover panels overlap and are interlocked with the side panels by means of offset locking tabs. The end panels slant upwardly and inwardly from the bottom panel to add rigidity and save material for the carton. The side panels flare upwardly and outwardly from the bottom panel and extend above the cover panels to enhance stackability and prevent shifting of stacked cartons one on top of the other. Several methods of packaging pizza in the folded carton are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventors: Wayne H. Kuhn, Frank Pizzitola
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Patent number: 7261232Abstract: The invention relates to a folded box comprising two principal wall sections (5, 9), which are joined on one side and can be interconnected on the opposing side, for example by means of a flap (39), to form a substantially tubular body, whose ends can be sealed. To reduce production costs, a lateral wall section (11, 12), with ends that taper to a point, is configured in at least one of the two principal wall sections (5, 9).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2002Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Joachim Schropp
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Patent number: 7261233Abstract: A mailbox accessory structure used to decorate a freestanding mailbox is made of left and right surfaces with substantially connected front and back sides forming a top opening and is connected to the mailbox at the front end of a horizontal beam of the mailbox post and near the top end of the vertical beam of the mailbox post and permits decorative objects to be displayed around the box. The two surfaces permit the display of indicia such as holiday images, logos, and initials.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Carol Menghini
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Patent number: 7261234Abstract: The present invention is directed to a stop device for a mailbox. The stop device includes a body having a front surface, a back surface and an orifice for hanging the device from a mailbox. The stop device is able to restrict the movement of items hanging from a mailbox when the device is suspended from the mailbox.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Shekhar G. Mahajan
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Patent number: 7261235Abstract: One alternative and optional method of the present invention provides a secured item specific identification system incorporating the steps of identifying an item to a determined degree, generating a first identifying code for the item, generating a second code and separately providing the same to a partner, enabling an access to secure identification data regarding the item upon an authorizing use of both the first and second code. In other optional alternative embodiments, the first and second codes may be optionally linked or alternatively provided in alternative and adaptive composite symbology formats.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Secure Symbology, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Barenburg, Rhett C. Bordner
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Patent number: 7261236Abstract: An ATM (10) includes a housing (46) including a generally L-shaped chest portion (48) and an upper housing portion (54). The ATM includes a fascia (12) which extends on the outside of a wall (14) and includes a user interface (15). Responsive to inputs of a user through the user interface the machine is operative to accept a stack of sheets (84) which are evaluated through operation of a sheet validator device (88) and which enables acceptable sheets to be stored within the chest portion. Unacceptable sheets are routed to a storage area (100). Provisions are made for reducing the risk of attack on the ATM by criminals and to facilitate servicing by authorized personnel.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2003Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Zachary Utz, Daniel Schoeffler, Shawn Griggy, Nat Ramachandran, H. Thomas Graef
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Patent number: 7261237Abstract: An automated banking machine includes a mechanism for accepting deposited items. Deposited items may be provided to the machine in envelopes which are first passed to a user from an envelope storage area (132) in the machine through a transport (124) and which are presented to the user through an opening (244). An envelope storage and dispensing device (134) is operative to assure that only a single envelope is delivered to the user. A user may thereafter include deposit items in the dispensed envelope. The deposited items are passed through the opening (244) and are deposited in a deposit-holding container (128). The deposited items may be marked with indicia corresponding to the transaction or properties of the deposited item where the envelope originally dispensed to the user for holding the deposited item.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Sean Haney, Jeffery M. Enright, Jeffrey Eastman, Franklin M. Theriault, R. Matthew Dunlap, William D. Beskitt, Colin Fitzpatrick, Edward L. Laskowski, Mike Ryan, Bill Lavelle, David Schultz, Matthew Force
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Patent number: 7261238Abstract: A method of locating an imaged bar code in a captured image frame for an imaging-based bar code reader. The steps of the method include: a) determining a mode of operation of the reader; b) if the reader is being operated in a hand-held mode of operation, utilizing a first method of locating an imaged bar code; and c) if the reader is being operated in a fixed position mode, utilizing a second method of locating an imaged bar code. The first method of locating an imaged bar code includes searching for an imaged bar code commencing at a starting location near a geographic center of the selected image frame. The second method of locating an imaged bar code includes determining a location corresponding to movement in a selected image frame of the series of image frames and searching for an imaged bar code commencing at the movement location.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brad Carlson, Thomas E. Lackemann, Robert James Pang
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Patent number: 7261239Abstract: A questionnaire network makes it possible to create, disseminate, conduct questionnaires or surveys on mobile handsets and to collect results for processing and storage. The questionnaire network is powered by a questionnaire creation tool and a questionnaire trading system. A questionnaire trading system for QTime makes it possible for producers of QTime, such as carriers, and consumers of QTime, such as product manufacturers and advertising companies, to buy or sell QTime in bulk and to trade in QTime as a commodity. In one embodiment, supplementary information and preambles that are part of a questionnaire are captured in audio form using the questionnaire creation tool and are stored selectively along with the questionnaire in a carrier's questionnaire repository or separately at a hosted repository.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Bindu Rama Rao
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Patent number: 7261240Abstract: A portable type information processing terminal device is provided which includes a substrate carrying a substantially annular antenna coil thereon, a signal processing integrated circuit element arranged inside the antenna coil, a magnetic plate arranged under the substrate and a metal plate arranged under the magnetic plate, which are integrally formed and arranged on one or more than one metal parts including a battery pack. The metal plate is used to substantially regulate the resonance frequency of the antenna coil so that it is allowed to be arranged in a cabinet of the portable device.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiraku Akiho, Akihiro Kikuchi, Kazuo Nozawa, Masato Ishigaki, Isao Takahashi, Junichi Sawada
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Patent number: 7261241Abstract: A system for regulating the temperature of multiple areas within a facility using multiple energy savings devices (ESD) that each regulate the temperature of individual rooms or areas within a facility having a central heating and cooling plant. The device includes a fan and thermostats to control the temperature in each room. A first thermostat is located within the energy savings device to activate a fan only when a baseboard-heating element, cooling element or conduit provides a pre-selected sufficient temperature level range to activate a fan. Another thermostat is located remotely in each room and communicates to each ESD to deactivate the fan when the temperature in any room exceeds or is less than the desired temperature level. The desired temperature level may be higher or lower than a main thermostat setting that controls the central heating and cooling plant, in accordance with a heating or cooling mode, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Anthony B. Eoga
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Patent number: 7261242Abstract: An electric unit, such as a room thermostat has a circuit board and an electromechanical switch mounted to the circuit board. The circuit board and the electromechanical switch are housed in a casing. The casing is filled with a sound insulation material with the electromechanical switch embedded in the sound insulation material in order to dampen the click sound produced by the communication of the electromechanical switch.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: François Houde
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Patent number: 7261243Abstract: A thermostat is provided that receives one or more inputs from at least one heating system of a climate control system, and initiates an appropriate action in response to the input. The thermostat can turn off a heat pump providing substandard heat and responsively turn on a fuel-fired auxiliary furnace. The thermostat may discontinue further operation of the auxiliary furnace upon receiving an operating error signal associated with the auxiliary furnace, and responsively turn on the heat pump to provide for continued heating. The thermostat may also discontinue operation of the fuel-fired furnace and turn on a circulating fan in response to an input signal indicating a furnace high-temperature or a carbon monoxide presence.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: William P. Butler, Steven L. Casey, John M. Sartain
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Patent number: 7261244Abstract: An electrically-insulated tie plate for electrically isolating parts of a railroad rail system from each other. The electrically-insulated tie plate includes a base plate having a recessed area for receiving a railroad rail and a layer of electrically-insulating material covering portions of the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Portec Rail Products, Inc.Inventors: William T. Urmson, Jr., John W. Mospan, John M. Downey
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Patent number: 7261245Abstract: Adaptive irrigation of vegetation is achieved with a probe implanted into the soil for detecting rootage wetness needs by measuring soil impedance with contacts distributed along the probe. When a dryness threshold indicating rootage needs is met at a depth ZBEGIN previously entered into a control logic coupled to the probe, then irrigation is started. Irrigation is stopped when a wetness front is detected at depth Zend(i) automatically provided by the control logic. The depth of arrest of the drainage front Zfinal(i) descending below the depth Zend(i) is compared with a depth ZFINAL, also previously entered into the control logic. The depth Zend(i) is adapted at each irrigation cycle i for the drainage front to stop at the depth ZFINAL. The probe may be used to determine the depth ZBEGIN where resistance drops are detected first, by measuring resistance over time.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: C.I.T. Controlled Irrigation Technologies Ltd.Inventor: Benjamin Zur
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Patent number: 7261246Abstract: A sealing element for a fuel injector insertable into a receiving bore of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine for direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine includes a sealing element surrounding a nozzle body of the fuel injector peripherally. The sealing element includes a base body having an axial recess through which the nozzle body extends. The base body also has an annular recess which communicates with the recess and into which the sealing element is introduced. At a first contact face, the base body is in at least indirect contact with an end face of the fuel injector, and at a second contact face opposite the first contact face, the base body is at least in indirect contact with a step of the receiving bore.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Heinz-Martin Krause, Stefan Lauter
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Patent number: 7261247Abstract: A slip-clutch assembly including a slip gear and clutch for a sprinkler motor of a sprinkler is disclosed for reducing damage to movable portions of the sprinkler is disclosed. The slip-clutch assembly allows at least a portion of a motor assembly or a sprinkler head to rotate at a rate lower than under normal operating conditions. The slip-clutch assembly includes a first component or portion with deformable portions received under normal operating conditions within recesses or cooperating structure of a second component or portion. The deformable portions are able to release or slip from the cooperating structure when the rotation of a portion of the sprinkler is impeded by a force exceeding a predetermined level. The deformable portions of the slip-clutch assembly may include deflectable arms with an engageable portion received within the cooperating structure. The engageable portion may dis-engage by camming out of the cooperating structure when the impeding force exceeds the predetermined level.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Rain Bird CorporationInventors: Jonathan Yeh, Bradley D. Helzer
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Patent number: 7261248Abstract: A spray nozzle that includes a nozzle body defining a first surface, a cap defining a second surface able to define an annular nozzle opening therebetween, and a turbine having a plurality of radially extending fins circumferentially positioned about the nozzle opening for directing the flow of fluid exiting the nozzle opening. The turbine is rotatably connected to the cap such that the nozzle opening is free of any portion of the turbine. The spray nozzle further includes a grinding member.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Harold D. Curtis
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Patent number: 7261249Abstract: A recording tape cartridge which, with a structure having good produceability, can prevent wear of regions of abutment of a braking member and a releasing member at a time when a reel rotates. In the recording tape cartridge, when the braking member is positioned at a rotation locking position at which the braking member is engaged with an engaging gear provided at a floor portion of a reel hub, rotation of the reel, which is accommodated within a case, with respect to the case is impeded. When the braking member is held at a rotation permitting position at which engagement is released while the braking member abuts a clutch member, rotation of the reel with respect to the case is permitted. The braking member and the clutch member are respectively formed by resin molding, and abut one another at a slide-contact projection which is a resin portion, and a metal plate which is fixed to a clutch main body by caulking.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Kazuo Hiraguchi
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Patent number: 7261250Abstract: A tape guide mechanism in a storage device is disclosed for defining an improved roller guide tape path. A cartridge reel is provided for supplying tape to a take-up reel. Multiple flanged guides are provided located remotely from the cartridge and take-up reels. A non-flanged post guide is provided located proximate to the take-up reel for increasing a length of the tape path and for permitting the flanged guides to be located remotely from the cartridge and take-up reels so that the flanged guides are not located in proximity to the cartridge or take-up reels. An axis of symmetry exists longitudinally about one or two read/write heads. The tape path length is generally symmetrically disposed about this axis of symmetry.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Storage Technology CorporationInventors: Daniel Underkofler, William J. Vanderheyden
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Patent number: 7261251Abstract: A yarn lifting element (28), which is provided on a positive thread regulating wheel, comprises straight yarn-bearing surfaces (34,35) whose position cannot be displaced by the yarn (2), enabling the yarn to slip in relation to the thread feeding wheel (17) when required. Said additional measure enables the positive thread regulating wheel to be used in areas which were previously excluded on account of the required synchronicity between the feeding of the thread and the consumption of the thread.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2003Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Memminger-IROInventors: Falk Kühn, Hermann Schmodde
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Patent number: 7261252Abstract: The apparatus for winding at least one web (1), on a winding roll (2), comprises at least a first roll (3), a second roll (4) and a third roll (5) parallel to one another and to said winding roll (2), said apparatus having a nominal winding position in which: said web (1) passes at least between said third roll (5) and said winding roll (2), and wherein in said nominal winding position, said half-plane delimited by the axis of said third roll (5) and comprising the axis of said winding roll (2) is substaintially horizontal.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Dupont Teijen Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: Luc Nicolai, Dave Wager
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Patent number: 7261253Abstract: A winding core 1 of small diameter is mounted at each end on a locking core chuck 3 coupled to a shaft 14 supported by spaced bearings 4 and 8 located within a housing part 5 at the free end 6 of a rewind arm structure. The central part of the shaft 14 has a pulley portion 12 over which a drive belt 13 runs. A larger core 2 is mounted at each end on a heavier duty locking core chuck 7 carried by larger bearings 8 which are located also within the housing 5. The housing 5 is cut away or stepped at 9 whereby a contact pressure roller 10 having a width greater than that of the core 1 may be accommodated and brought into contact with the core 1 at least at the minimum diameter thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Atlas Converting Equipment LimitedInventor: Kevin P. Windo
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Patent number: 7261254Abstract: A holder for a rolled medium is provided. The holder has a mandrel having a drive surface adapted to receive the rolled medium and is adapted to be rotated so that an amount of rolled medium on the drive surface can be unrolled therefrom. A stop is located on a stop end of the drive surface. A retaining surface is located on a load end of the drive surface and is separated from the stop so that a rolled medium can be disposed therebetween with the retaining surface being movable between a first position where the retaining surface projects above the drive surface and a second position where the retaining surface does not project above the drive surface. A resilient biasing structure is joined to the retaining surface to drive the retaining surface toward the first position and the drive surface drives the rolled media toward the stop.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Robert F. Mindler
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Patent number: 7261255Abstract: The present invention provides a solar-powered transformable airship, on which solar cell panels are installed all over to maximize the amount of solar energy collected. Moreover, the airship according to the present invention has a main body of variable volume, suitable for any altitude, ranging from the ground to 30 kilometers high, providing very good economic potential.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Hiu Yeung Li
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Patent number: 7261256Abstract: One advantageous embodiment of the present invention is a variable-duct support assembly (14) for mounting one or more ducts (12a-12c) thereon. This variable-duct support assembly (14) includes one or more rails (18) each having a groove (40). Each groove (40) has one or more pairs of support brackets (20) positioned therein for supporting a proximal surface (22) of the ducts (12a-12c). The support brackets (20) are coupled to one or more flexible bands (24) and utilized for clamping the duct (12a-12c) between the support brackets (20) and the flexible bands (24). The flexible bands (24) are intended to contact and wrap around a distal surface (26) of the duct (12a-12c) so as to distribute a load substantially across the distal surface (26). Likewise, the support brackets (20) each include support portions (28) for distributing the load substantially across the proximal surface (22) of each duct (12a-12c).Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jody H. Pattie, Todd King
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Patent number: 7261257Abstract: An aircraft for carrying at least one rigid cargo container includes a beam structure with a forward fuselage attached to the forward end of the beam structure and an empennage attached to the rearward end of the beam structure. Wings and engines are mounted relative to the beam structure and a fairing creates a cargo bay able to receive standard sized intermodal cargo containers. Intermodal cargo containers of light construction and rigid structure are positioned within the cargo bay and securely mounted therein. The beam structure is designed to support flight, takeoffs and landings when the aircraft is empty but requires the added strength of the containers securely mounted to the beam structure when the aircraft is loaded. The aircraft is contemplated to be a drone.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Elie Helou, Jr.
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Patent number: 7261258Abstract: An improved cruciform-type parachute is provided for aerial delivery of cargo, with a center panel shaped as a square or other regular polygon, and first lens-shaped panels conjoined to each edge of the center panel. The first lens-shaped panels are formed of two circular section sub-panels conjoined along their respective arc segments. Side panels, shaped as rectangles or other quadrilaterals, have one edge conjoined with each first lens-shaped panel at the other edge opposite from the center panel. The adjacent side edges of each pair of adjacent side panels are conjoined to either convex edge of a second lens-shaped panel. The second lens-shaped panels are defined by three edges; two of which are defined by symmetrically opposed convex arcs joined at one end, and the third edge defined by a straight line intersecting the other ends of the arcs. One end of each of a plurality of upper rigging members are disposed along an edge opposite from the first lens-shaped panel on each side panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Roy L Fox, Jr.
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Patent number: 7261259Abstract: An improved railway frog having opposite side flangeways, each flangeway comprising a channel with an ending width greater than a corresponding channel width of a conventional frog. The improved frog channel further comprising a first segment and a second segment. The second segment having an outside wall angled greater than a corresponding first segment outside wall in relation to an inner wall of the channel.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventors: Michael R. Little, Brett Michael Little
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Patent number: 7261260Abstract: A golf bag bottom of the present invention includes a bottom base and a side frame. The bottom base has a transitional part; and the side frame is divided into two parts by the transitional part, and a notch is formed at a connection portion between the two parts of the side frame. The transitional part is formed on a ¼ position of the golf bag bottom along a longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Fu-Hsing Tan
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Patent number: 7261261Abstract: A stand comprising: a floor mount, a location mechanism for a unit to be supported; and at least one column extending between the floor mount to which it is attached by a first attachment and the location mechanism which is attached to, or integral with, an upper region of the or each column; the column having a longitudinal axis which is curved relative to a straight line extending between the first attachment and the location mechanism; the, or each, column serving to transmit loads applied to the stand by way of the location mechanism to the floor mount; the, or each, column comprising a hollow channel substantially symmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the front panel; the hollow spine having a cross section in the region of the floor stand which is greater than the cross section of the spine in the region of the location mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Peter Ligertwood
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Patent number: 7261262Abstract: A bucket brace holds a bucket in place while the bucket's contents are mixed or stirred. The bucket brace prevents the bucket from spinning due to the mixing. The bucket brace is an assembly made up of four parts: a base, a foot pressure portion, a front support, and a rear support. A handle is provided for carrying the base. The front and rear supports are of semi-circular shape, and are made of rigid or semi-rigid material, as are the base and the foot pressure portion. The foot pressure portion and the base are integral, preferably both parts being formed from the same piece of material. The foot pressure portion and the rear support preferably have surface grip portions. The handle may be made of any suitable material, preferably the same rigid or semi-rigid material as the other parts of the bucket brace.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: DPS, LLCInventor: Jessie L. Dunson
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Patent number: 7261263Abstract: A device to support one or more articles with a pole, where the device may include a collar having a first section and a second section that are coupled by a hinge to allow the collar to open. The collar may be openable at opposite facing ends of the first and second sections to receive the pole, and closeable around the received pole. The device may also include a clasp to lock the collar in a closed position on the pole. The clasp may include a fastening hook and a tensioning member coupled by a clasp pin. The fastening hook has a hooked end that can be received by a lip on the first section of the collar and held on the lip by articulating the tensioning member to the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Brass Smith, LLCInventors: Lester J. Baker, Chuck DeWitt
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Patent number: 7261264Abstract: A locking assembly for readily attaching and detaching a device to a surface such as a wall, non-planar surface, or a plurality of bars such as those found in a kennel. The locking assembly has a bracket assembly with a front and back plate that are fixedly attached to each other about portions of peripheries of the front and back plates defining an opening therebetween with a top slot and at least one side slot. The back plate is directly or indirectly fixedly attached to a surface. Positioned within at least one side slot is at least one pivoting release lever having an upper leg and lower leg movable about a pivot. The locking assembly further includes a yoke assembly having a yoke assembly plate of a size and shape to fit edgewise and be guided into the opening between the front and bottom plates via the top slot. The upper leg of the pivoting release lever and an exterior surface of the yoke assembly plate can be mateably restrained through a pair of interlocking notches.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Control Dynamics Inc.Inventor: Eric M. Moran
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Patent number: 7261265Abstract: A system for mounting a flat panel display. A mounting plate includes a first surface portion. A support arm includes an outward extending radial flange at a first end which abuts the first surface portion of the mounting plate. A cover includes an aperture and is affixed to the mounting plate such that the radial flange is disposed between the cover and the mounting plate with a second end of the support arm extending through the aperture. A flat panel display bracket is affixed to the second end of the support arm. The support arm may optionally be an articulating arm.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2003Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Vantage Point Products Corp.Inventor: Don R. Burns
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Patent number: 7261266Abstract: A video monitor support movable between stowed and deployed positions includes a base attachable to a surface and a carriage fixed to the base. The carriage includes a shaft extendible between the stowed and deployed positions. A constant linear force is applied to the shaft between the stowed and deployed positions, and a mount is fixed to the shaft opposite the carriage for supporting a video monitor.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Johnny A. Satterfield
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Patent number: 7261267Abstract: “Tilt mechanism for a device including a support member for supporting the device, a movable support member and a support structure. The support member is supported by the movable support member and the movable support member is supported by the support structure. The mechanism is further arranged to support the device essentially in a lateral direction of the movable support member, and the device may be supported by the mechanism in a state of equilibrium.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2003Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Bang & Olufsen A/SInventor: John Frydkjær
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Patent number: 7261268Abstract: A holder for a replaceable container of product includes a wall mountable support member having a longitudinal dimension. A holding sleeve extends transversely to the longitudinal dimension a first distance from a first region of the support member. The holding sleeve defines a bulbous recess. A foot extends transversely to the longitudinal dimension a second distance from a second region of the support member. The second distance is less than the first distance. The foot is spaced from the holding sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Edward J. Kunesh, David P. Mather, Allen D. Miller
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Patent number: 7261269Abstract: A support for hanging objects displayed on a wall consists of a <<U>> shaped element integrated within a holding element. The <<U>> provides the added resiliency while the holding element provides the holding surface to frictionally hold the material to be held. Additionally, a hanging tab attached to the holding element to allow for hooking on a frame hook or, in this context, mechanical equivalents such as a screw, a tack, or a nail.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Inventor: Renald Cote