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6840088 Subsea vehicle assisted pumping skid packages  
The present invention is directed to a pumping skid that may comprise a skid structure, a high volume pump, a battery of high-pressure pumps, a chemical water treating tank, a docking plate and a...
6834559 Vibration compensation system for tire testing systems  
An apparatus and method for improving the measurement of force variation in a tire ( 20 ) being tested on a tire uniformity machine. The apparatus includes a loadwheel assembly ( 500 ) including a...
6829956 Inspection apparatus  
The object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus which enables the speed-up and high efficiency of an inspection as well as the flexibility to the modification of an...
6823753 Sensor signal transmission from processing system  
A processing system includes a plurality of chamber walls that define a sealed environment. A sensor is positioned in the sealed environment. In one embodiment, a power source, such as a...
6823751 Sphere or pig detection switch assembly  
A sphere or pig detection switch assembly adapted for being mounted on a pipe through which the sphere or pig will run. The assembly includes an elongated, hollow main body portion presenting an...
6820508 Apparatus for rotating a sample  
An apparatus rotates a sample to facilitate an accurate analysis of the sample. The apparatus includes a sample stage on which a plurality of samples are supported, a rotatable cap and a linearly...
6801126 Method and apparatus for installing tire pressure monitor assembly onto wheels  
A method and apparatus are provided for installing tire pressure monitor sensors onto wheels and for assembling tires onto wheels having tire pressure monitor sensors. The method includes orienting...
6796196 Arrangement for defining the carbon content of ash  
An arrangement for measuring the carbon content of fly ash consisting of a modified coaxial resonator including an elongated arch-shaped member and an elongated conductor mounted coaxially therein...
6792820 Method and accessories for pipe replacement  
A method of replacing an existing underground pipe, especially a sanitary sewer line, uses a boring machine that advances a drill string of hollow rods through the existing pipe. The method...
6788244 Inspection device for radar absorbing materials  
The invention is a device for inspecting an assembly including a surface coating containing magnetic radar-absorbing materials on a conductive surface. In detail, the device includes a first system...
6775899 Method for inspecting printing state and substrate  
A test printing portion with a pattern dimension smaller than a minimum printing pattern dimension is formed on a substrate, and a printing state of this test printing portion is inspected after...
6776060 Electronic component sucking device and electronic component testing apparatus having the same  
Disclosed are an electronic component sucking device and an electronic component testing apparatus using the same, the sucking device comprising a suction head having at its extremity an opening...
6772536 Accelerated degradation evaluation method and apparatus  
An apparatus and method are provided for measuring the physical strength and ability of a solid sample, to resist breakdown into fines after repeated cycles of hydration and regeneration of...
6768959 Apparatus and method for accurate pipeline surveying  
A pipeline surveying system including a pipeline pig can accurately provide a pipeline profile after correlation with a previously determined GPS survey. An inertial measurement unit located in the...
6754948 Press operation verification system  
A system for verifying the quality of a pressing operation of a press-fit part onto a receiving portion of a receiving assembly. The system is applicable to the installation of a bearing cup onto a...
6745136 Pipe inspection systems and methods  
A method for inspecting pipe, the method, in at least certain aspects, including detecting an inspection parameter in at least a first part of a pipe, the pipe having a length, a hollow body, an...
6739208 Method of delivering target object to be processed, table mechanism of target object and probe apparatus  
In the present invention, a main chuck comprises a table for performing the delivery of a wafer W to and from a pincette and a plurality of lift pins for allowing the wafer W to rise from the...
6739209 Automated sample analysis system  
A sample analyser for bulk materials such as sugar cane includes a shredding means which finelly divides the material and deposits a sample on an endless conveyor ( 2 ). The sample is compressed...
6732001 Production management method  
With respect to production equipment for performing a plurality of production operations having different processing conditions in the same processing chamber, a contamination degree is determined...
6725735 Method and device for testing machine tool  
On a machine tool in which a first element intended to support a machining tool, and a second element intended to support a workpiece, are mutually movable, a special test arrangement may be placed...
6724312 Pest control apparatus and methods  
A pest control system includes pest control devices installed about an area or building. These devices each include a bait member and a wireless communication circuit. The wireless communication...
6715370 Method of inspecting district heating pipes  
A method of inspecting district heating pipes consists in introducing into the pipe a vehicle including an uninflated balloon and a pulley in which a cable is inserted. The vehicle is immobilized...
6708574 Abnormal photoresist line/space profile detection through signal processing of metrology waveform  
A semiconductor manufacturing automation method for analyzing a patterned feature formed on a semiconductor layer is disclosed. At least one patterned feature is scanned to generate an amplitude...
6701772 Chemical or biological attack detection and mitigation system  
Systems and methods for monitoring buildings to detect harmful chemical or biological agents. Self-propelled harmful agent detectors are provided that can propel themselves using motors and...
6694831 Method and system for automatically locating a component on a planar  
A method and system for automatically locating a component connected to a planar, such as a printed circuit board, is disclosed. The method and system comprises providing at least one substantially...
6675665 Self-sufficient electronic system for instant monitoring of steam traps, valves and installations  
Self sufficient electronic system for monitoring and continuous surveillance of steam traps, valves and installations using fluids. The system comprises three essential elements: a multi sensor, an...
6675666 Substrate transportation apparatus  
This invention provides a substrate transportation apparatus in which a loader and macroinspection/transportation section are separate to be independent of each other. The loader can be arranged on...
6668669 Method and apparatus for detecting, measuring, concentrating and suppressing subterranean termites  
A system for subterranean termite detection, measuring, concentration, collection, marking, tracking and suppression is provided by deploying a family of devices in the soil peripheral to objects...
6662671 Gear driven mechanical assembly test procedure  
A method of collecting test data for a gear set includes loading the gear set to a testing device having a first motor which is an input drive motor and a second motor which is an output drag...
6656332 Replicating method for surface finish inspection  
A method of inspecting the surface finish of a component comprising providing an original surface to be inspected. A release agent is applied onto the original surface and an epoxy mixture is...
6640655 Self tracking sensor suspension mechanism  
The invention relates to a self-tracking sensor mechanism for use with a smart pipeline inspection gauge, commonly termed a “smart pig”. The self-tracking sensor mechanism has a link pivotally...
6637278 Measuring system for determining the surface line of a body  
A measuring system has a freely movable measuring instrument and a computer for processing the measured data. Two measuring devices are in the measuring instrument, each with two acceleration...
6634245 Drivingly rotatable mechanism of specimen loading table and specimen loading mechanism  
A rotating mechanism 18 according to the present invention is a mechanism for reversibly rotating a chuck top 11 , on which a wafer to be inspected is mounted. The rotating mechanism is provided...
6621928 Image edge detection method, inspection system, and recording medium  
An inspection system which includes a memory for storing image data provided by picking up an image of a workpiece, a monitor for displaying the image data stored in the memory on a display screen...
6609415 Method of evaluating adsorption of contaminant on solid surface  
A test piece made of a material equal to the material of the workpiece is formed in a size that permits the test piece to be housed in an adsorption tube container mounted to a mass analyzing...
6604435 Low acceleration method of flow cytometry  
An improved nozzle system for a flow cytometer and accompanying methods have been invented for a high efficiency orientation and sorting process of a flat sample and dedicates items such as equine...
6601437 Apparatus for testing or isolating a segment of pipe  
There is described a method and an apparatus for testing or isolating a section of pipe, the apparatus comprising a cylindrical mandrel for insertion into a section of pipe, the mandrel including...
6568289 Planar shape characteristic measuring apparatus and planar shape characteristic measuring method  
A planar shape characteristic measuring apparatus and method, which can precisely and efficiently measure the characteristics relating to a surface shape of the measured surface of a disk such as a...
6546820 Method and apparatus for multifunction vacuum/nonvacuum annealing system  
An apparatus is disclosed for in situ characterizing and quantifying physical properties of thin film materials over time and in various environments. Through the utilization of multiple probes and...
6542852 System and method for paper web time-to-break prediction  
System and method for generating a time-to-break prediction for a paper web in a paper machine. This invention uses principal components analysis, neuro-fuzzy systems and trending analysis to form...
6536294 Inspection machine  
A machine for inspecting glass bottles comprising an elliptical first conveyor having parallel linear front and rear portions. Bottles are displaced sequentially along the linear front portion of...
6522978 Paper web breakage prediction using principal components analysis and classification and regression trees  
A system and method for predicting web breaks in a paper machine. Principal components analysis (PCA) and classification and regression tree (CART) modeling are used to predict web break...
6519534 Paper web breakage prediction using bootstrap aggregation of classification and regression trees  
System and method for predicting web breaks in a paper machine. Principal components analysis and an aggregated classification and regression tree (CART) model are used to predict web break...
6510751 Glass container inspection machine  
A glass container inspection machine has a machine frame to which an inspection device is secured. The inspection device includes a vertical track member, a car vertically displaceable along the...
6508138 Method of, and device for, checking cigarettes  
The invention relates to a method of, and to a device for, checking cigarettes ( 12 ) during the production or packaging of the cigarettes ( 12 ), a push rod ( 35 ) being displaced axially in the...
6505525 Apparatus and method for inspecting lateral sewer pipes  
A self-propelled lateral inspection apparatus includes a body, a main camera fixed to the body, and a lateral camera movable with respect to the body into a lateral sewer pipe. A low frequency...
6487922 Steam turbine inlet sleeve inspection apparatus and method  
An inspection apparatus ( 40 ) for remote inspection of the trepan radius area ( 34 ) of the inlet sleeve ( 24 ) of a steam turbine ( 10 ). The apparatus ( 40 ) provides a sealed volume ( 50 )...
6481302 Slip ring position encoder  
A method, apparatus, and an article of manufacture for determining the angular position of a shaft. The apparatus comprises a circumferentially alternating series of conducting and substantially...
6463817 Dummy sound absorber representing a seated human for measuring sound absorption power of a theater chair  
There is provied a method for measuring a sound therefor power of a theater chair with a human being seated thereon. The method includes steps of disposing a theater chair which is an object of...
6462811 Automatic circular saw tooth inspection system and method  
A system for inspecting first and second surfaces of a cutting member, such as a tooth of a carbide tooth circular saw blade, includes a support for carrying the cutting member, the cutting member...