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5661464 Snow pack stability monitor  
Apparatus comprises a probe for measuring snow pack movement, comprising a mobile element adapted to contact and be displaced by the snow pack, a static element linked to the mobile element by...
5658277 Apparatus for electrical connection of glove monitor to patient  
Apparatus for electrically, detachably attaching a monitor such as a glove monitor between a health care worker and a patient utilizing a particular magnetic, electrical connection so that the...
5655461 Robbery deterrent system for convenience stores  
A robbery deterrent apparatus and method is provided for convenience stores or other businesses vulnerable to armed robbery, in which a would-be armed robber is incapacitated by an aerosol agent...
5650768 Baggage claiming method and apparatus  
An automatic baggage claiming apparatus for use in an airport, train station, or bus station controls removal of baggage from a secured area. The present invention scans a baggage tag and a claim...
5646596 Interactive window display  
An interactive window display enables a person to activate one or more electrical devices located inside an enclosure from outside of the enclosure. Each electrical device is electrically connected...
5644294 Rescue support apparatus  
A disaster support apparatus provides a compact enclosure within which a power supply energizes a circuit providing emergency lighting, radio wave and audible beacons activated by violent...
5644300 Seismoscopic detector  
A seismoscopic detector has a front casing, a rear casing, a positioning plate, a cup and a flashlight. An upper opening, a window, a positioning hole and a plurality of threaded holes are on the...
5629673 Shooting patch  
A device positions the butt end of a firearm. The device functions to assist the user in properly positioning and aiming the firearm. In its broadest context, the present invention includes a...
5629681 Tubular sonic displacement sensor  
The displacement sensor of this invention comprises a tube combined with a sonic transmitter and receiver. The tube acts as a waveguide for the sonic waves and a processor determines whether the...
5629672 Low paper detection system  
An improved paper image reproduction device being communicatively integrated into a communications network and having a cabinet having at least one cassette receiver for receiving a paper cassette...
5625347 Electronic bottle cap  
A device for delivering an audible message is described. It includes a housing adapted for releasable emplacement on an externally threaded bottle neck. The housing includes a substantially...
5623248 Miniature electromagnetic impact sensor  
A self-contained electromagnetic impact sensor includes a frame, a fixed permanent magnet, a fixed coil, and a metallic body elastically mounted for movement within the frame. An impact received by...
5610593 Communication controller and communication control method  
A portable terminal unit is connected to a network, such as a LAN, to communicate with a host apparatus. The terminal unit has a decision unit for determining whether or not the terminal unit is...
5608378 Electric stove warning system  
A fire-preventing warning system for alerting an occupant leaving the premises that a stove burner is on, includes (a) a sensor to detect whether a gas or electric stove is "on", connected to (b) a...
5602526 Vehicle open door warning system  
An open door warning system for a vehicle includes an open door detector mounted on the vehicle, which detects when the door is left open, and a light module mounted on a side of the vehicle and...
5600250 Apparatus for monitoring the integrity of a personal protective barrier  
A method and apparatus for detecting the possibility of transfer of material through a protective barrier between a worker and an external object and warning the worker of that possibility is...
5592148 Safe-distance warning system for EMF generators  
The warning system includes, in one embodiment, an antenna which is tuned to an EMF frequency generated by the EMF radiating device. These EMF radiating devices may be televisions, computer...
5589820 Retail theft prevention and information device  
A device for use in preventing theft of an item from a building and for use in identification of the item is disclosed. The device comprises an antenna adapted to receive a frequency signal from an...
5574437 Safety device for a printing machine  
This invention describes a monitoring device which monitors the safety of a printing machine. The printing machine has a drive, a control unit arranged upstream of the drive, command buttons which...
5557098 System to identify bags disinfected by irradiation which punches holes in a polarized portion of the bag to indicate processing thereof  
A system and a method are provided for detecting a bag that has been subjected to a process, such as illumination, wherein the contents of the bag require processing before subsequent use. The...
5557258 Method and apparatus for warning of potential harm to an underground utility conveyance  
Potential harm to an underground utility conveyance (12), resulting from excavation by a backhoe (14) in the vicinity of the conveyance, is sensed by a sensor (32, 40, 42 or 44) that detects a...
5552767 Assembly for, and method of, detecting and signalling when an object enters a work zone  
An assembly for detecting and signalling when an object enters a work zone including a plurality of transmitter-sensor pairs serially connected along a section of the work zone perimeter for...
5546076 Earth-tremor-responsive light  
An earth-tremor-responsive light contained in a main housing is described having a back member for mounting against a vertical wall and a light transmitting front cover; a stand-by battery; a light...
5541577 Electromagnetic asset protection system  
The security of articles, and particularly articles in transit, is checked by detecting the status of a magnetic strip attached to the articles at a strategic location when the strip is subjected...
5541579 Personal alarm safety system  
A personal alarm safety system warning device will sound an audible alarm when a firefighter is motionless for a predetermined time such as thirty seconds or one minute, and optionally, if the...
5539387 Earthquake sensor  
An earthquake sensor includes a base support, a first element pivotably supported onto the base support at a first pivot location, a second element pivotably supported onto the first element at a...
5532681 Protection device for power frequency magnetic fields  
The present invention is a magnetic field warning device suitable for protecting fetal health by alerting the mother whenever she or her fetus is exposed to alternating magnetic field levels which...
5530431 Anti-theft device for protecting electronic equipment  
Security (e.g., theft-disincentive) for portable electronic appliances is provided by integrating a decoder into the power supply of an electronic appliance which prevents the electronic appliance...
5528219 Ropeway safety monitoring system  
Sensors distributed along a ropeway communicate with a base station and preferably a base station computer. One type of sensor detects and signals cable misalignments from a normal line of cable...
5528220 Anti-graffiti apparatus  
An anti-graffiti apparatus is for deterring taggers from performing tagging on private or public property such as freeway sound walls, freeway signs, tunnels, bridges, buildings, and other similar...
5525963 Apparatus for actuating a safety device  
Apparatus for actuating a safety device comprises an acoustic sensor and apparatus coupled to the sensor for actuating the safety device in response to sound of a predetermined character. Apparatus...
5517176 Emergency exit bar with dual sensors  
An exit bar has an elongated body for mounting on an exit door. The exit bar incorporates a pair of independent sensors. An infrared beam is generated along the front of the bar. An infrared...
5515029 Glass breakage detector  
A method of detecting glass breakage utilizing the sound produced by an event comprising the steps of sensing the sound and producing an electrical signal characteristic of the sound, producing a...
5508681 Interactive safe for disposal of medical needles  
A closed automatic system for removing (for facilitating the removal) and safely storing potentially contaminated medical (or other) needles in which the operator only uses one hand to operate the...
5496658 Storage battery state-of-charge indicator  
A storage battery is provided which includes a casing and a cover secured to the casing. The cover includes a body having a top surface and a peripheral skirt; the top surface having a plurality of...
5489889 Universal earthquake safety valve  
An improved system for shutting off utilities, such as gas and electricity, automatically in the case of an emergency, such as an earthquake, fire and the presence of hazardous fumes. The device...
5481247 Blast furnace tuyere sensor system  
A blast furnace tuyere sensor system comprising a conditioning circuit including a D.C. power supply, a potentiometer for base loading circuit voltage, and a photosensitive resistor sensor which...
5481245 Monitored environment container  
A container for transporting, storing, and handling sensitive items has a housing within which at least one sensitive item is stowable, and a monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of...
5479150 Bridge failure alarm  
A bridge failure alarm system designed to be used with bridges has a plurality of spans across the length of the bridge, activates an alarm whenever the distance between any two adjacent spans is...
5477211 Ambulatory aid warning device  
An ambulation aid warning device for warning the uses when an ambulation aid is about to be used improperly. The device includes one or more gravity sensitive switches to activate an auditory,...
5473310 Pool guard alarm  
A pool guard alarm provides constant security at the entrance to a pool using a delayed alarm to allow access to the pool area by authorized persons. Younger, unsupervised children are indicated by...
5467076 Realty sign lighting/anti-theft assembly  
The realty sign lighting and display assembly is in the form of a real estate standard having a vertical post and a horizontal cross-arm from which depends a display panel. The cross-arm is...
5457838 Extendible dock leveler  
A dock leveler for providing a bridge into the rear end of a truck trailer over which a fork vehicle can travel in loading the truck trailer. The dock leveler includes a ramp with a rear section...
5455567 Crane anti tractor lift system  
An automatic signaling system from a tractor-trailer being accidentally lifted with the cargo by the overhead traveling crane includes a height-change sensor for triggering a pulse generator which...
5451930 Emergency condition, door ajar, and temperature alarm for appliances  
A combination appliance door ajar, occupant emergency and abnormal temperature condition alarm system, in a single unit utilizing three visual indicators, one for each of the emergency conditions,...
5446448 River ice motion detector  
A river ice motion detector system for detecting ice run conditions in or to warn communities downstream that flooding from ice jams is possible, comprises a voltage source, a multi-meter, a...
5444437 Signaling device  
An apparatus for generating a signal for indicating consent between two parties, comprises a generally box-like housing having a cavity, an indicator light on an exterior portion of the housing, a...
5430434 Portable surgical early warning device  
A portable early warning device for use in detection of breaches in protective garments such as gloves, during surgical procedures and the like. The device embodies a central process and source...
5424719 Consumption control  
Consumption control apparatus has a rate meter operative for determining an actual rate at which an arm of a user is brought into an eating position during a consumption session, and an indicator...
5418521 Power cable with alarm  
The power cable includes an elongated cable having a plurality of conductors extending therewithin and first and second connectors positioned at respective ends of the elongated cable. Each...