Patents Issued in January 29, 2008
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Patent number: 7322486Abstract: A nestable crate for bottles which includes a floor member and first and second pairs of opposed sidewalls integrally formed with the floor member. Each sidewall includes a side band member which is defined by a centrally disposed upper edge and lower edge. The lower edge is spaced above the floor member by a predetermined distance to define a sidewall nesting area therebelow. The upper and lower edges each contoured downwardly to form a corner band portion having a corner upper edge and corner lower edge, wherein each nesting area matingly receives a corresponding side band member of a crate nested subjacent thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Rehrig Pacific CompanyInventors: Gerald R. Koefelda, William P. Apps
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Patent number: 7322487Abstract: A propane tank cover, which safely covers, protects, and locks a propane tank having a protective cage. The propane tank cover has a protective cover, a safety cover, a tabletop, and a tablecloth for use as an end table. The safety cover has an upper circular plate having an outer edge for covering the protective cage, and a lower locking collar for fitting around the protective cage. The tabletop has a bottom surface having a centrally positioned track having a slotted channel. The slotted channel receives the outer edge of the upper circular plate for securing the tabletop to the safety cover and propane tank. The tablecloth is draped over the tabletop for fully covering the tabletop, safety cover, and propane tank.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Frederick Hill
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Patent number: 7322488Abstract: A double-diaphragm bladder. The bladder comprises a non-flexible diaphragm having a peripheral edge and a flexible diaphragm having a peripheral edge. The non-flexible diaphragm has an aperture adapted and constructed to be connected to a liquid port, and the peripheral edges of the non-flexible diaphragm and the flexible diaphragm are sealed together. The bladder is suitable for use in an expansion tank.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Flexcon Industries TrustInventors: Robert Lombari, David van Houten
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Patent number: 7322489Abstract: By reducing the overlap distance O of the interfolded sheets in the upper layer of a stack of interfolded sheets, sheet tears and/or multiple dispensing can be avoided for the initial sheets dispensed. By increasing the overlap distance O of the interfolded sheets in the lower layer of a stack of interfolded sheets, fallback of the subsequent sheets can be avoided. To maximize the number of sheets that can be placed into the same sized dispenser, the folded width of all sheets in the stack should be substantially the same. The interfolded stack is especially useful in an upright dispenser to improve sheet dispensing, but can also be utilized in a flat dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventor: Leslie Thomas Long
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Patent number: 7322490Abstract: A liquid crystal dispensing system includes a container to contain liquid crystal to be dispensed, a discharge pump to receive the liquid crystal from the container and to discharge the liquid crystal, a nozzle to dispense the liquid crystal discharged from the discharge pump onto a substrate, and a control unit to control a dispensing amount of liquid crystal discharged from the discharge pump and to compensate the dispensing amount when the dispensing amount of liquid crystal exceeds a limitation value.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joung-Ho Ryu, Soo-Min Kwak, Hae-Joon Son, Man-Ho An, Joon-Young Kim, Do-Hyun Ryu, Seung-Soo Lee
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Patent number: 7322491Abstract: An apparatus has a valve body defining a first passageway, a valve seat, and a flow aperture extending through the valve body and coupled in fluid communication with the first passageway. A valve cover of the apparatus is formed of an elastic material and includes a cover base mounted on the valve body and fixedly secured against movement relative thereto, and a valve portion overlying the valve seat. The valve portion defines a predetermined radial thickness and forms an interference fit with the valve seat. The valve portion and the valve seat define a normally closed, axially-extending valve opening therebetween. The valve portion is movable between a normally closed position with the valve portion engaging the valve seat, and an open position with at least a segment of the valve portion spaced away from the valve seat to connect the valve opening in fluid communication with the flow aperture to thereby allow the passage of fluid from the flow aperture through the valve opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Py, Julian V. Chan, Benoit Adamo, Nathaniel Houle
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Patent number: 7322492Abstract: A fixing member is fixed to a beverage pack in a state in which a through-hole and an opening are aligned. Next, the pointed end of an adapter body is inserted into the opening through the through-hole. This causes the pointed end to puncture a film and pass through the opening, but a flange serves as a stopper so that just the pointed end is inserted into the beverage pack. At this point the surrounding area is kept liquid-tight by a seal, and the adapter body is prevented from falling out by ridges provided to this. One end of a tube is connected to a joint of the adapter body. A catheter is connected to the other end of this tube, allowing a nutritional beverage contained in the beverage pack to be discharged directly from the catheter.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Sankyo Seiyakukogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Susumu Kawaguchi, Tsukasa Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 7322493Abstract: A dispensing closure for a container comprising a closure body adapted to be mounted on the container. The closure body has a dispensing orifice and a sealing cap. A pair of adjacently spaced living hinges connect the sealing cap to the closure body for movement between an open and a closed position. The closure body and sealing cap have sealing elements that provide a complete peripheral seal between the sealing cap and the closure body when in the closed position. The sealing cap has a camming lug located between the living hinges, and contacting the sealing elements on the closure body without impairing the integrity of the sealing elements, and further provides a snap-action to the movement of the sealing cap from the open to the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Polytop CorporationInventor: Clifford Skillin
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Patent number: 7322494Abstract: A collapsible fuel container can that is used to store a small quantity of gasoline or other fuel. The collapsible fuel container can be flattened by pushing the sides together, causing the collapsible fuel container to compactly fold. The collapsible fuel container also has a two-way spout which can be used to assist an individual in filling the collapsible fuel container with fuel or with dispensing an amount of fuel from the collapsible fuel container.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Adrian Hicks
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Patent number: 7322495Abstract: A pour spout for removable attachment to a container wall for efficiently pouring viscous liquids between containers includes a generally flexible exterior member having a pour region and a collection region. The exterior member defines a slot for removably receiving a container wall, the exterior member flexibly conforming to the diameter of the container wall. The collection region is situated adjacent the inner wall of the container wall when attached thereto and is configured to guide liquids toward an outwardly extending pour region and channel. At least one clip is attached to the exterior member in an over-molded construction and is situated in the slot. The clip includes attachment members biased toward each other for securely gripping the container wall when the slot and clip are engaged therewith.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Jan MacClarence
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Patent number: 7322496Abstract: In a rotary nozzle brick body formed into a substantially egg-like shape in it's plan view, the present invention secures a contact area of a nozzle portion and improves a configuration factor which considerably affecting the durability of the body. A rotary nozzle brick body is characterized in that the external shape in plan view is comprised of first circular portions (G), second circular portions (H), third circular portions (K), and tangent lines connecting the first circular portions and third circular portions so that a substantially elliptical shape is formed by increasing the circular portion and shortening the tangent lines, instead of a substantially egg-like shape having long tangent lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignees: JFE Refractories Corporation, Nippon Rotary Nozzle Co., Ltd., Tokyo Yogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, JFE Mechanical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Yotabunn, Tsuyoshi Mizuno, Hideto Takasugi, Tsuneo Kondo, Hisao Inubushi
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Patent number: 7322497Abstract: Items of clothing, such as dress shirts, may be smoothed or pressed by pulling them taut from within by way of an inflatable body that is linked with a base that is provided with a fan for inflating the inflatable body. In order to partially or completely prevent the inflatable body from being worn down, a covering is provided for the inflatable body, which is air-permeable across at least a part of its surface. The covering can be produced at substantially lower costs than the inflatable body so that it can be washed more often, while accepting the wear and tear thereby caused, since the covering can be replaced at a low cost. The covering may have a different shape and/or smaller dimensions in order to adapt to the type of the item of clothing to be smoothened.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbHInventor: Kathrin Redlin
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Patent number: 7322498Abstract: A lightweight child carrier that can be mounted upon the front or the back of a wearer's torso with little or no need to adjust the carrier's harness. The carrier includes a main panel having generally a rectangular shape. The bottom edge of the main panel is joined to the top edge of a padded waist band and the bottom edge of a head restraining panel is joined to the top edge of the main panel. Shoulder straps are connected to the main panel and are cojoined by a chest strap that is slidably mounted upon each shoulder strap. Adjustable restraining straps are connected to the chest strap and to the head restraining panel. An auxiliary waist belt is provided that considerably expands the length of the waist band to allow the carrier to be worn by a woman during pregnancy.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: The Ergo Baby Carrier, Inc.Inventor: Karin A. Frost
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Patent number: 7322499Abstract: Provided is a sports rack configured to be mounted on a truck bed. The truck bed may have a front wall, a rear tail gate and a pair of elongate side walls extending therebetween. Each one of the side walls may have a bed rail. The sports rack comprises a front frame member, a rear frame member and a plurality of channel lengths. The front frame member is disposed adjacent the front wall and extends between the side walls. The rear frame member is disposed over the rear tail gate and also extends between the side walls. The plurality of channel lengths extends horizontally between the front and rear frame members. Each of the front and rear frame members comprises a pair of upright end plates that may be used to mount the sports rack on the bed rails.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Ron D. Storer
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Patent number: 7322500Abstract: A motor-vehicle center console has a wall formed with a recess. A hand tool, for instance an ice scraper, screw driver, bottle opener, or flashlight, is adapted to fit with the recess and is formed with a throughgoing hole. Latches releasably secure the tool in the recess so that for use the hand tool can be grasped through the hole and freed from the recess.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Seeber AG & Co. KGInventor: Thomas Maierholzner
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Patent number: 7322501Abstract: A cylinder is constituted such that the cylinder includes a large diameter portion constituted by forming a portion thereof brought into contact with an O ring by a diameter larger than a diameter of other portion when a piston is disposed at an upper dead center and a small diameter portion formed downward from the large diameter portion, and a fastening margin is provided between an outer periphery of the O ring and an inner periphery of the cylinder even when the piston is disposed at any position from the upper dead center to a lower dead center and a clearance is provided between an inner periphery of the O ring and an outer periphery of a groove.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Ishizawa, Hiroki Kitagawa, Masashi Nishida
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Patent number: 7322502Abstract: A protection device of a DC-powered nail gun includes collar mounted to a connection rod on the trigger and the collar has an inner diameter larger than an outer periphery of the connection rod so that when the trigger is not pulled, the collar is positioned to pivot a second switch so that the push member of the shooting unit of the nail gun cannot activate an activation button on the second switch when a new battery pack is installed. By the collar and the pivoted second switch, the nail cannot shoot even if the push member is powered and moved by the new battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Pei-Chang Sun
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Patent number: 7322503Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements in a constructional component includes a setting mechanism located in the tool housing (21) and including a drive piston (7) for driving a fastening element (6) in the constructional component (1), a reading device (10) for acquiring information containing in a coding (8) provided on a magazine strip (27) containing the fastening element (6), and control device (15) communicating with the reading device (10) for adjusting setting parameters for a setting process dependent on data acquired by the reading device (10) upon reading out the coding (8).Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Walter Odoni, Ulrich Rosenbaum, Bernard Favre-Bulle
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Patent number: 7322504Abstract: A stapler has a base, a magazine, a handle assembly and an articulated lever assembly. The base has a stationary bracket and a recoiling tab mounted to the stationary bracket. The magazine is mounted pivotally to the base and has a frame mounted pivotally on the base and a slot defined in the frame. The handle assembly is mounted pivotally to the base and has a handle and a magazine cap mounted pivotally on the base. The articulated lever assembly is mounted pivotally to the handle assembly and the base and has a lever and a link. The lever is mounted pivotally to the base. The link is mounted pivotally between the lever and the handle. The articulated lever assembly allows a user, especially a female or a child to press the stapler without strenuous effort when stapling paper sheets.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: SDI CorporationInventor: Jau-Shyong Chen
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Patent number: 7322505Abstract: A pneumatically powered nail gun having a duster mechanism which is also pneumatically powered with the same pneumatic source. The nail gun includes a main body having a lower end and defines therein a compressed air chamber. A cylinder piston arrangement is disposed in the main body, and the compressed air is selectively applied to the piston for moving a driver blade connected to the piston to drive a nail. The duster mechanism includes a duster nozzle provided at the main body for ejecting a compressed air therethrough. A pressure release valve is disposed at an air passage extending between the duster nozzle and the compressed air chamber for selectively shutting off a fluid communication therebetween. A pressure regulating section is disposed at the air passage for providing a compressed air passing through the duster nozzle at a pressure lower than that in the compressed air chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Ishizawa, Yoshihiro Nakano
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Patent number: 7322506Abstract: A tool with a driver, which is translatable along a driver axis, and a motor assembly having an electric motor, a flywheel, a roller and an actuator. The electric motor is selectively operable for driving the flywheel. The actuator is selectively operable for translating the roller such that the roller drives the driver against the flywheel to permit energy to be transmitted from the flywheel to the driver. The electric motor is selected to substantially minimize energy losses associated with bringing a mechanical inertial of the motor assembly to a predetermined rotational speed while substantially minimizing an amount of time that is needed to bring the mechanical inertia to the predetermined rotational speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventor: Michael Forster
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Patent number: 7322507Abstract: A transducer assembly and wire bonding method has a vibration unit for generating an ultrasonic wave. A body section is coupled to the vibration unit for transferring the ultrasonic wave. A tapered horn is coupled to the body section for transferring and concentrating the ultrasonic wave. A capillary is coupled to a front section of the horn. The capillary has a channel running the length thereof. A wire is inserted through the channel. A discharge device is coupled to the capillary for forming a ball on the wire for wire bonding.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Amkor Technology, Inc.Inventors: Song Hak Kim, Jae Sung Kwak
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Patent number: 7322508Abstract: A joining portion of an opposed surface of workpieces is heated by generating an induced current due to a change of a magnetic field as well as by applying a frictional heat to the joining portion, so that productivity and quality of welding can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Research Institute of Industrial Science & TechnologyInventors: Woong Seong Chang, Sook Hwan Kim, Young Gak Kweon
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Patent number: 7322509Abstract: There is provided a friction stir spot joining device to eliminate the generation of tipping torque caused by a pressing force by allowing the axis of a ball screw for generating the pressing force and the center of a shaft of a stirring motor to be coincident with each other, thereby allowing the device to be downsized and the device to effect joining operation with ease. The friction stir spot joining device comprises a ball nut fixed to the rear end side the stirring motor, a hole is defined in an output shaft of the stirring motor in which the ball screw is housed from a rear portion of the hole so as to be positioned in the hole, wherein a rotating force of the pressing motor is transmitted to the ball screw and the stirring motor is moved forward and backward by the ball nut threaded with the ball screw.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Obara CorporationInventor: Yoshio Sato
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Patent number: 7322510Abstract: A machining system and unit, especially a welding cell, is provided for use for the machining of workpieces (2), especially body parts of vehicles. The machining system has one or more machining stations (15, 16) with robots (18, 19, 20) and at least one rotation or turning station (5), which has at least two work stations (6, 7) for carrying out different operations simultaneously. The turning station (5) has at least two said multiaxially movable turning units (8, 9) arranged next to one another with said gripping tools (11, 12, 13). The working areas (10) intersect each other at the work stations (6, 7).Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: KUKA Systems GmbHInventor: Gerhard Kraus
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Patent number: 7322511Abstract: A method and device for printing liquid material such as liquid solder is provided. C4 structures as small as 10 microns in diameter can be produced using devices and methods described above. Further, devices and methods provided are able to operate at temperatures much higher than other print head designs such as piezoelectric actuated print heads. Additionally, due to the use of a gas flow restricting device and a recharging gas supply, ejection devices as described above can be used for a substantially extended lifetime, thus making devices and methods described above more economically desirable.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Paul A. Farrar, Jerome M. Eldridge
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Patent number: 7322512Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for holding a coin, wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of scored concentric circular regions that may be removed as needed to accommodate the diameter of different size coins.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Adam M. Higer
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Patent number: 7322513Abstract: A multimedia intelligent business card system allows multimedia and Web content to be stored on a smart card. The invention automatically and selectively translates each file, URL, or file references as they should be when the contents of the smart card are read. The invention waits for a smart card to be inserted into a smart card reader attached to or resident in the host computer and intelligently distinguishes between a multimedia, Web-enabled, or combination smart card. A multimedia file/mp3 file/playlist or URL address is accessed from the smart card. The multimedia player required to play the accessed file/playlist or the browser required to display the accessed URL is determined and the accessed file/playlist is sent to the multimedia player and played to the user or the accessed URLA is sent to the browser and the Website is displayed to the user. The invention enables multiple auto play from multimedia files/MP3 playlist and multiple automatic connection with multiple URLs.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: 360 Degree Web, Inc.Inventors: Chih Jen Kuo, Wei Luo, Miao Li
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Patent number: 7322514Abstract: Methods are described for identifying and authenticating goods. A code or checksum based on information or an image relating to a good is derived and associated with a barcode to include on a label. The label is scanned by a recipient to authenticate the goods. Scanable codes are provided based on an image by distilling an image into its hue components and using a grid to create a pattern. The pattern is readable by a scanner to obtain a code directly, or by consulting a look-up table. The code, barcode, digital barcode or scanable code can be included on a label or tag, such as an RFID tag.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: International Barcode CorporationInventor: Allen Lubow
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Patent number: 7322515Abstract: Controlling electronic withdrawals by a drawee including receiving in the drawee from a withdrawal device a withdrawal request, where the withdrawal request includes a withdrawal device identifier, a drawer identifier, and a withdrawal amount; retrieving from storage in computer memory of the drawee data representing limitations on electronic withdrawals for the drawer, wherein the limitations include a limitation on drawer location; and authorizing, by the drawee, an electronic withdrawal in dependence upon the limitations, including the limitation on drawer location. In typical embodiments, the limitations on electronic withdrawals may include limitations on withdrawal type account, withdrawal period, and maximum withdrawal amount. In typical embodiments, the limitation on drawer location may include a geographic area that includes one or more locations of withdrawal devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Susann Marie Keohane, Gerald Francis McBrearty, Shawn Patrick Mullen, Jessica Murillo, Johnny Meng-Han Shieh
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Patent number: 7322516Abstract: A system for use in assisting a financial transaction between a financial-services institution and a customer of that institution includes a display component including circuitry for creating a visual display for a human user of the system and a mobile interface component configured to receive information gathered by a self-service terminal through which the customer engages in the financial transaction. The system also includes a control component configured to receive from the mobile interface component information related to the financial transaction and to deliver the information to the display component for presentation to the user. The display component, mobile interface component, and control component are all packaged in a housing of a size that allows the user to hold the system in one hand while using it.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Gerard Savage, Norman Taylor
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Patent number: 7322517Abstract: An automated banking machine includes a processor case rotatably mounted in supporting connection with a chest. The processor case houses and supports various components including at least one processor. A movable mounting tray supported on the chest housing, supports various banking machine components which may include a display, a card reader, a receipt printer, and input keys. When the automated banking machine is in an operable condition, the processor case and the mounting tray are housed in an interior area defined by a top housing. To access and service the banking machine components, the movable tray may be extended outwardly from a front opening in the top housing and the processor case may be rotated from an operational position to a service position.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, IncorporatedInventors: Richard C. Lute, Zachary Utz, Pedro Tula, Klaus Steinbach, Natarajan Ramachandran, Mark Estep
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Patent number: 7322518Abstract: A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus being fitted with a plurality of storing boxes for storing bills including a deposited bill box, an outgoing bill box, a recycle box, and an acceptance box with multi-compartments for sorted storing of bills. The acceptance box has a fitting mechanism common to at least one of a fitting mechanism of the deposited bill box, the outgoing bill box and the recycle box, and has a slot in a same position to at least one of the deposited bill box, the outgoing bill box and the recycle box. Further, the acceptance box has a plurality of storages for storing bills conveyed in through a common slot, and are arranged in a horizontal direction within the acceptance box. At least two storages of the plurality of storages are arranged with an inclination in a same direction relative to a bottom surface of the acceptance box.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Atsuko Uozumi, Riichi Kato
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Patent number: 7322519Abstract: A transaction card assembly may include a transaction card and an auxiliary portion attached to the transaction card. The transaction card and the auxiliary portion may be formed to have a shaped edge that conforms with a trademark, a representation of a product, or other information printed or otherwise formed on the assembly. The auxiliary portion may be a functional item, such as a shoe horn or a luggage tag.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Arthur Blank & Company, Inc.Inventors: Eric Blank, David A. Jacobs, Joseph T. Mandile
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Patent number: 7322520Abstract: A system for authenticating a merchandise unit includes a memory for storing an electronic product code obtained from and identifying the merchandise unit, and a sensor for detecting an attribute of a marking medium associated with the merchandise unit. The system is configured to output data representative of the attribute and the identity of the merchandise unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Markem CorporationInventors: Todd Warden, Paul Mills
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Patent number: 7322521Abstract: A Universal Ticket Transport (UTT) 10, 150 may be configured to read from and write to many types of magnetically encoded tickets 20 currently used in fare collection systems. The UTT 10, 150 includes a mechanical insertion interface and automated movement along a transport path 18 for tickets 20 of varying thicknesses that are presented at a range of different angles 40, 42 into and exiting from the UTT 10, 150. The UTT 10, 150 includes a mechanical assembly 156, 158 which may be rotated, and the belts 22, 24, 152, 154 and rollers 30, 32, 34, 36 reconfigured, to accommodate tickets 20 having top-face or bottom face magnetic stripes. The belt subassemblies A, C and the magnetic head subassembly B are configurable across a width W of the UTT 10, 150 to process tickets 20 having magnetic stripes which are offset from a center line 86.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Cubic CorporationInventors: Graham H. Hilton, Paula Miller, Thomas Busch-Sorensen, Richard A. Pearson
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Patent number: 7322522Abstract: The present invention provides identification functional paper which allows secure measurement of a change in signal caused by a magnetic material and excels in waveform reproducibility when measuring a single specimen two or more times, and an identification card including the identification functional paper. The identification functional paper includes a magnetized fiber obtained by filling the fiber inner cavity with a magnetic material, and the identification card includes the identification functional paper.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignees: Lintec Corporation, Ehime Prefectural GovernmentInventors: Katsuhisa Fujiwara, Masaaki Morikawa, Satoshi Yamamoto, Kousaku Nagashima, Taiga Matsushita, Tatsuo Senba
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Patent number: 7322523Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for identifying and provisioning individual RFID devices in a network. According to some implementations of the invention, a combination of EPC code information and existing networking standards form the basis of identifying and provisioning methods. For example, MAC address information and EPC information can be combined to identify a particular device and its location in a network. For implementations using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“DHCP”), DHCP Options may be used to pass provisioning information. Some implementations employ Domain Name Service (“DNS”) and dynamic DNS (“DDNS”) to allow easy identification of RFID devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Arthur G. Howarth, Ralph Droms, Roland Saville, Lawrence Kreeger, Christopher Wiborg, Vikas Butaney, Rajiv Singhal
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Patent number: 7322524Abstract: A computer system configured for operating graphic design software to enable a user to perform graphic design activity using an interface surface. The interface surface contains information relating to the graphic design software. The interface surface includes coded data having a number of coded data portions indicative of an identity. The computer system is configured to receive indicating data from a sensing device; determines, using the indicating data, a determined identity; retrieve, using the determined identity, a layout indicative of the information on the interface surface; determines, using the layout and the determined identity, at least one parameter relating to a graphic design activity; and operate the graphic design software at least partially in accordance with the at least one parameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty LtdInventors: Kia Silverbrook, Paul Lapstun, Jacqueline Anne Lapstun
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Patent number: 7322525Abstract: A bar-code reading device includes a container, a holder and a bar-code reader. The container has an outer circumferential surface on which a bar code is provided. The holder holds the container in an upright position. The bar-code reader reads the bar code from the container. A pulling mechanism pulls up the container from the holder until the bar code is completely exposed, when the bar code reader reads the bar code.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: IDS Company, Ltd.Inventor: Teruaki Itoh
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Patent number: 7322526Abstract: A portable hand-held reader unit includes a photosensor array interiorly of the unit and optics for focusing an image of indicia of information contained on and occupying a predetermined area on a label exteriorly of the reader unit. The reader unit further includes a flashable light source such as a xenon flash tube which is disposed in a ring-like manner about the optical field of view of the reader unit. A marker source which in a preferred embodiment comprise four light sources such as photo diodes or laser diodes, for example, are peripherally disposed interiorly of the reader unit laterally adjacent the photosensor array or in another embodiment at the four corners of the photosensor array. Light emitted from the light sources is projected through the optics of the reader unit peripherally of the field of view of the reader unit as marker beams which impinge a surface toward which the reader unit may be pointed in marker spots peripherally of the predetermined area.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.Inventor: Steven E. Koenck
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Patent number: 7322527Abstract: A color measurement instrument that is capable of both spot reading and strip reading. The instrument includes a handheld unit and a docking unit. When removed from the docking unit, the handheld unit is used for spot reading. When docked in the docking unit, the handheld unit and the docking unit are used together for strip reading. The handheld unit includes a self-storing target that is deployed for spot reading and stored for strip reading. The handheld unit also includes a self-storing calibration plaque that is deployed for calibration and stored otherwise. When docked, the handheld unit teeters on the docking unit between a normally closed position and a manually selectable open position to accommodate a variety of sample thicknesses.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: X-Rite, Inc.Inventors: Douglas V. Baker, Michael J. Weber, Todd A. Sutton, Paul D. Newton
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Patent number: 7322528Abstract: A shutter apparatus of a cash transaction machine, including: a drive unit; a cam rotating body engaged with the drive unit and including a guide rail eccentric to the rotation center thereof; and a shutter including a guide projection moving along the guide rail, which shuffles a straight path in response to the rotation of the cam rotating body. Since the shutter can be moved by using the rotation of the cam rotating body, the structure of the shutter apparatus can be simply maintained. Also, the rotation center of the cam rotating body and the guide projection are located on one straight line, thereby forming a structural lock without an additional locking unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Nautilus Hyosung Inc.Inventors: Won Joon Lee, Dong Sik Lee, Joong Hyuk Han, Jin Yong Hwang
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Patent number: 7322529Abstract: Security can be provided for lottery tickets having data printed thereon in a bar code or other machine readable media by covering only a portion of the bar code with a scratch-off material. Removing the scratch-off material, or in some cases only a portion of the scratch-off material, can permit machine validation of the lottery tickets. For bar codes having a specified level of redundancy, it is desirable to cover at least enough of the bar code to prevent the machine reading of ticket validation data encoded in the bar code. Also, a lottery ticket can include a bar code printed on the ticket having both inventory and validation data along with a bar code printed on the front of the ticket including the validation data. All or part of the bar code printed on the front of the ticket can be covered by a scratch-off material.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Scientific Games International, Inc.Inventors: William F. Behm, Fred Finnerty
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Patent number: 7322530Abstract: The invention relates to forgery-proof marking for objects, such as check cards, banknotes, labels, and the like, comprising a plastic transparent film (1) having a first and second surface, whereby a series of layers is applied to the second surface. When viewed from the first surface, the color of this series of layers changes according to the viewing angle, and the series of layers is formed from an absorber layer provided on the second surface, from a spacer layer (3) overlying the absorber layer, and from a mirror layer (2) overlying the spacer layer (3). In order to improve the machine identification of the authenticity of the marking, the invention provides that the absorber layer is comprised of metallic clusters (4).Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2002Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: november Aktiengesellschaft Gesellschaft fur Molekulare MedizinInventors: Harald Walter, Georg Bauer, Ralph Domnick
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Patent number: 7322531Abstract: A memory card wherein a substrate is affixed to a cap is formed without the projection of substrate edges from a back surface of the cap. The memory card includes a substrate having a sealing member bonded to a recess in the cap. By utilizing a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the sealing member and the substrate, the substrate is warped so that its central portion projects away from the cap. The shallow recess is deeper than the sum of the thickness of the substrate and the thickness of an adhesive for bonding the substrate to the bottom of the shallow recess, whereby peripheral edges of the substrate retract into the shallow recess without projecting from the back surface of the cap. The cap is shaped as a card several millimeters thick. A memory chip and control chip are incorporated in the sealing member.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2006Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignees: Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd., Renesas Technology CorporationInventors: Takahiro Osawa, Yoichi Kawata, Atsushi Fujishima, Tamaki Wada, Kenichi Imura
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Patent number: 7322532Abstract: A hot-water supply apparatus is an apparatus which has a primary heat exchanger absorbing sensible heat of combustion exhaust and a secondary heat exchanger absorbing latent heat of the combustion exhaust, and improves a freezing prevention function of the hot-water supply apparatus at a cold period. Further, this apparatus has a temperature detection means (temperature sensors) which detects a freezing prevention temperature, a combustion means (a burner group) which supplies combustion exhaust generated by combustion to the primary and secondary heat exchangers, an air supply means which supplies air to the combustion means, and a control means (a control unit) which makes the combustion means burn and drives the air supply means based on a detected temperature of the temperature detection means.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Takagi Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Takada, Akihito Yamashita, Katsumi Naitoh
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Patent number: 7322533Abstract: A sprinkler includes a riser having an inlet end and an outlet end. A nozzle is rotatably supported at the outlet end of the riser and has a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially extending stream forming slots. An orifice member is removably mounted adjacent the outlet end of the riser and has an orifice shaped to deliver water flowing through the riser into the stream forming slots in a manner that produces a predetermined water distribution pattern. A rotatably adjustable deflector ring is configured and mounted for intercepting streams of water ejected from the stream forming slots to vary a reach thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Inventor: Glendale Grizzle
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Patent number: 7322534Abstract: The present invention relates to a spraying device suitable for spraying cleaning compositions and rinse water onto hard surfaces, More particularly the spraying device may be attached to a hose, for example a conventional garden hose, so that the cleaning composition and rinse water can be applied to outside surfaces, such as vehicles or the outside surface of windows. The spraying device comprises a purifier located inside the cavity of a container and a spray head.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: The Procter and Gamble CompanyInventors: Eric Richard Bartsch, Henry Cheng Na, John Allen Wooton
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Patent number: 7322535Abstract: A faucet spray head for attachment to a faucet spout includes a spout adapter configured for attachment to the faucet spout. The spout adaptor has a body defining an interior chamber. The interior chamber has at least one exit passage. A spray head mechanism is rotatably coupled to the body. The spray head mechanism includes an aeration unit and a spray unit that are individually selected based on a rotational position of the spray head mechanism in relation to the spout adaptor.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Newfrey, LLCInventor: Edward Erdely