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5416725 Computer-based notification system having redundant sensor alarm determination and associated computer-implemented method for issuing notification of events  
A notification system for reporting events occurring within a defined area being monitored thereby. The notification system includes a plurality of sensors installed at selected locations within...
5412372 Article dispenser for monitoring dispensing times  
A portable medication dispenser aids and monitors regimen-conforming use of medications provided in standard as-marketed blister packages. A standard blister package and a separate, disposable...
5406261 Computer security apparatus and method  
Unauthorized access to a computer system is prevented by controlling power distribution to components within the computer system by a remotely controllable switch. An authorized computer user...
5389097 Enhanced monitoring device for surgical gloves and other barriers  
A monitoring device for detecting adulteration of an article used in critical use applications such as a surgical glove where the gloves are worn by the surgeon and are exposed to the body fluids...
5379029 Sensing decorative tree  
A sensing decorative tree includes a pot provided with a raised annular member on the bottom and a plurality of protuberances on the inner side, a trunk having a lower end engaged with the raised...
5369623 Acoustic pool monitor with sequentially actuated multiple transducers  
For use in detecting the presence of a foreign body in liquid, such as a swimming pool or the like, at least one transducer support is immersed in the swimming pool or other body of liquid to be...
5349333 Threat sector indicating warner  
A warning apparatus for monitoring a plurality of threat sectors includes a receiving antenna for each threat sector for receiving electromagnetic radiation, an alarm channel for each respective...
5349327 Monitor apparatus for a bed underlying water  
A sensor is located in a bed underlying water. A downward array of sensors may be buried in the bed during normal flow conditions so as to be in a disabled mode. The sensor has an oscillatable arm...
5345225 Tamper detection system for load management device  
A tamper detection system for promptly warns a utility that it has lost control of a load which is part of a load management system, and may be giving price incentives to a customer without...
5330226 Method and apparatus for detecting an out of position occupant  
An apparatus for controlling actuation of a vehicle occupant restraint system includes a displacement sensor mounted to the vehicle dashboard for sensing the distance between the air bag storage...
5309145 Travel convenience and security device  
A clock, a lamp, an alarm, a motion detector and a smoke alarm are advantageously combined in a travel device which provides the user with both convenience and security when travelling. The motion...
5309146 Room occupancy indicator means and method  
Rooms in a building each have a heating, ventilating and air conditioning system (HVAC), a room control unit having a temperature controller, and various sensors. The control unit monitors the...
5307053 Device and method for alerting hunters  
A hunter alert device (9) for use by hunters when hunting wild game consists of transmitter means (21), receiver means (22), an antenna (11), a transceiver controller (20), and an indicator means...
5307051 Night light apparatus and method for altering the environment of a room  
A night light apparatus and method alters the environment of a room, particularly a darkened room, in response to an audio input such as a child's voice. The apparatus and method is adapted to...
5302942 Light curtain system with individual beam indicators and method of operation  
A light curtain system and method of operation includes a control circuit having visible light indicators positioned adjacent channels of individual light beams established across a guard zone. The...
5293160 Keyless vehicle lock system with distance measuring  
A keyless lock system for a vehicle includes a card for transmitting a radio signal, at least one onboard antenna for receiving the radio signal, and a control unit for allowing and preventing...
5289162 Emergency condition and door ajar alarm for appliances  
A combination of a freezer/refrigerator appliance door ajar alarm indicating system with an appliance occupant emergency condition indicating system in a single unit utilizes two visual indicator...
5276429 Contact detecting and signaling device  
A portable generator generates a predetermined signal and has an output connected to a first transducer for transmitting the above signal to the body of a first operator (e.g. physician, nurse,...
5274360 Method of detecting positional dislocation of camera  
A fixed point for confirmation is photographed by a camera prior to the start of a robot job, to obtain photographing data (S1, S2), a position data is determined from the photographing data (S3),...
5270686 Pizza delivery container with tilt alarm  
A container has a container cavity bounded by top, bottom, and side walls, as well as a rear wall, with an entrance cavity at forward ends of the side walls, with the side walls having recesses...
5264834 Power equipment warning device  
A safety message announcing device is interconnected to a machine so as to make the machine inoperative until the safety message has been announced. A control signal is provided along with the...
5260585 Endpoint and/or back diffusion gas impurity detector, and method of using the same  
An endpoint detector for gas purifiers which contains a detection element comprising a small amount of a highly reactive metal coated on an insulator and exposed to the gas stream being purified....
5260689 Dual-mode ski alarm apparatus  
The present invention is a dual-mode alarm apparatus for sports equipment. The two modes of the alarm apparatus are a first motion detect mode and a second separation detect mode. In the first...
5258742 Gauze counter apparatus for surgical use  
A gauze-counting apparatus for surgical use, includes a support frame on is mounted a receiver hopper and a recording chamber. The hopper has a minimum passage section for a single gauze in which...
5257008 Compressed air system with warning mechanism for air dryer service life indication  
A compressed air system includes an air dryer which includes a desiccant for drying compressed air passed through the desiccant before the compressed air is received in a storage reservoir. A...
5249612 Apparatus and methods for controlling fluid dispensing  
Devices and methods are disclosed for controlling the dispensing of fluid, particularly hazardous or flammable fluids, such as automobile gasoline. A recurring problem is the dispensing,...
5231374 Apparatus and method for acquiring electrical signals from rotating members  
A slip ring includes a rotor and a stator. Stator contacts are connected to a data acquisition unit. The rotor contacts are connected to an amplifier circuit mounted in a housing connected to and...
5231377 Electronic close damper alert unit  
A portable unit indicates the precise time to close a fireplace damper door. The unit comprises a housing including a power source, and an electronic circuit, and an external heat sensor. The...
5225816 Electrical connector with display  
An electrical connector with visual display connecting an information bus to a computer in an information processing system including electronics mounted within a connector body and coupled to the...
5210523 Noise suppression system and method  
A broadband transformer with one-to-one turns ratio provides common mode noise suppression in a transmission line. One winding of the transformer is connected in series with each of the two wires...
5206627 Substrate detecting system with edge detection, such as wafer or base material of semiconductor device or LCD  
A plurality of light-emitting/receiving sections respectively include light-emitting sections arranged to correspond to substrates to be detected and light-receiving sections for receiving beams...
5195061 Practice timer  
A timer for measuring time spent productively in an activity, with a minimum of interference with the activity, which includes a sensor and a delay circuit. The delay circuit compensates for...
5189396 Electronic seal  
An electronic seal for a casing records the time of changes in the seal state. A sealing strip is fixed in the casing and is formed as a safety loop. A monitoring device is located in the casing...
5185595 Rockbolt monitor  
A rockbolt monitor monitors increased loadings on a rockbolt in underground mines. The monitor includes a rockbolt plate fitted on the rockbolt to engage the surface of the rock, a stack of...
5177471 Landslide detecting apparatus having improved optical unit  
A landslide detecting apparatus which is laid under the ground include: a light source; a lens device for converting a beam of light from the light source into a parallel pencil of rays; a...
5177469 Safety device for an IC handler and method for its operation  
In a safety device for an IC handler in which a carrier arm and a carrier head, which carry IC elements to testing stations and carry tested IC elements from said testing stations to another...
5177468 Conduit liner monitor  
The monitor allows for the non-destructive determination of the status of a liner disposed within a conduit. The conduit may, for example, be an elbow, valve, pipe. At least one wire is disposed...
5174440 Lipstick case equipped with a sound generating unit  
A lipstick case includes a stationary tube formed with an axially extending guide slot, a rotatable tube formed with an internal spiral groove and rotatably sleeved on the stationary tube, and a...
5175532 Optical drill collar position verifier  
A drill collar position verifier for use with a drill bit having a drilling depth control collar positioned coaxially thereon. The drill bit is inserted in a cylindrical opening in a plastic block...
5157379 Method for monitoring a protective garment  
A protective garment, such as a surgeon's glove, is monitored for the occurrence of a breach in that garment. The monitoring is performed using an improved version of the system disclosed in U.S....
5157389 Keyless vehicle lock system  
A keyless lock system for a vehicle includes a card for transmitting a radio signal, at least one onboard antenna for receiving the radio signal, and a control unit for allowing and preventing...
5146205 Security and display system  
A security and display system for use with a retail item having a threaded bore. The system includes a base for supporting the retail item. The base is fixedly mounted in a display area and has an...
5144661 Security protection system and method  
A security protection system comprises sensors to detect an alarm condition and a controller that controls the operation of a still-video and audio recording unit. When the sensors activate the...
5132668 Heat sensing alarm ashtray  
An ashtray provided with a heat sensing element, an IC plate and an amplifier for emitting an alarm sound when a cigarette supported on the ashtray has burned down close to the edge of the ashtray.
5130696 Sound-generating containment structure  
An arrangement for the generating or producing of sounds and, more particularly, a containment structure incorporating a sound-generating device which will be activated upon opening of the...
5122782 Misgrip sensor for a support member  
A misgrip sensor cooperates with a support member, the support member being of the type having an arm for supporting a workpiece during a plurality of forming operations. The sensor detects...
5121110 Soft sensor mounting  
A contact protected mounting for non-contact proximity sensors has a pair of sleeves and a spring mounted about the sensor. One sleeve engages the sensor, and one engages the mounting bracket. The...
5114425 Method and apparatus for detecting actual or likely adulteration of critical use gloves  
An apparatus and method for detecting adulteration or a condition of near-adulteration of a glove used in critical use application such as in surgery where the gloves are worn by the surgeon and...
5109215 Means and method for monitoring a protective garment  
A protective garment, such as a surgeon's glove, is monitored for the occurrence of a breach in that garment. The monitoring is performed using an improved version of the system disclosed in U.S....
5101195 Discriminating earthquake detector  
An earthquake detector is provided for mounting on a structural member of a building or the like, which is resistant to false alarms arising from door slamming, traffic, running, sonic booms, etc.,...