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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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),...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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.,...
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