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Patent EP-0936884-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MORRIS CHRISTOPHER H
IPC: A43B3/00
Filed: 1997-07-09
Granted: 2006-03-01
Abstract: An article of athletic footwear with a sole incorporating low friction surfaces for sliding across a protruding feature on a supporting surface and walking surfaces for other athletic pursuits, and a method of making same.
Patent EP-0934200-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KRAL JOSEPH MICHAEL
IPC: B65C9/06
Filed: 1997-09-10
Granted: 2001-11-21
Abstract: An applicator to apply a label (11) to an object such as a container (12). Each label (11) is applied by a label applicator (68). More particularly, the apparatus (10) is adapted to apply labels (11) irrespective of whether the container (12) is of circular or non-circular configuration. The container (12) is mounted on a holding plate (23) which is caused to rotate so that the peripheral speed of the container (12) is substantially constant.
Patent EP-0912898-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SCHUPPAN DETLEF
IPC: G01N33/573
Filed: 1997-07-14
Granted: 2001-12-05
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting antibodies from body fluids by means of an immune reaction with tissue transglutaminase (tTG), with tTG-containing compounds, the antigenic structures, immunoreactive sequences or analogues thereof. The method may be used in the diagnosis and therapy control of diseases associated with an immune reaction against tTG, tTG-containing compounds, the antigenic structures, immunoreactive sequences or analogues thereof. Therefore, the invention is also directed to the use of tTG and the above-mentioned substances in diagnosis and therapy control, preferably in the diagnosis and therapy control of chronically inflammatory diseases or autoimmune diseases, and more preferably, in the diagnosis and therapy control of sprue or coeliac disease.
Patent EP-0951271-B1 (EP)
Inventor: RYLES CHRISTINE W
IPC: A61K8/19
Filed: 1997-12-23
Granted: 2002-09-25
Abstract: Ce procédé pour rendre les dents plus blanches consiste à appliquer sur celles-ci un mélange d'un peroxyde et d'un sel de bicarbonate. De manière avantageuse, on peut stocker le peroxyde et le sel de bicarbonate, en tant que principes actifs, dans des compositions respectives et séparées, placées dans un contenant distributeur. De préférence, ce contenant se compose d'une pompe sous la forme d'un corps supérieur et d'un corps inférieur s'emboîtant l'un sur l'autre de façon télescopique, le corps supérieur comportant au moins deux cylindres creux, parallèles et séparés contenant chacun l'une des compositions. On peut obtenir la distribution de ces compositions par compression relative des pistons situés dans les cylindres.
Patent EP-0922956-B1 (EP)
Inventor: GARTHE CHRISTOPHER
IPC: G01N27/62
Filed: 1998-09-16
Granted: 2005-07-27
Abstract: Exhaust gas and hydrogen entering at inlets (5,6) are mixed to supply a burner nozzle (10) surrounded by a ring of nozzles (11) supplied with combustion air from a combustion air inlet (8). The nozzles are formed in a ceramic plate (9) on which signal electrodes (16) are incorporated by printing, stamping, evaporative or other processes. A stainless steel plate (14), with holes (15) that are penetrated by the flame, is used as the collector electrode. The system works under direct current application through connections (2,17).
Patent EP-0909808-B1 (EP)
Inventor: CHOWHAN MASOOD
IPC: C11D7/10
Filed: 1994-08-24
Granted: 2002-06-05
Abstract: An improved process for cleaning and disinfecting contact lenses with a single solution is described. The process utilizes the cleaning effect of a cleaning agent in combination with the solvent action of water and physical agitation of the lens (i.e. by means of rubbing) to achieve a degree of cleaning which is comparable to or better than prior processes which utilize surfactant-cleaners. The cleaning agent is selected from polycarboxylates. The preferred cleaning agent is citrate. The process also offers greater convenience, relative to many prior systems for cleaning and disinfecting contact lenses, since the need to utilize additional products to clean the lenses is eliminated.
Patent EP-0847769-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KAMEN DEAN
IPC: A61M5/142
Filed: 1994-02-28
Granted: 2001-08-29
Abstract: The cassette is disposable and provides a fluid circuit including pumps (P1,P2) and valves (V1-V10), for use in performing dialysis. The cassette is divided into separated portions (58,60). One portion includes pump and valve cavities and a flexible diaphragm (59) for sealing the cavities. Local pressure can be applied to the diaphragm to effect pumping and valving. The other side of the cassette includes paths (F1-F9) connected to the ports (27-35) at the exterior of the cassette and defined by channels, sealed by a second flexible diaphragm (61). <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0867308-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SEO KEIJI
IPC: B41C1/055
Filed: 1998-03-25
Granted: 2002-03-06
Abstract: A printing sheet used in a stamp includes a porous layer in which ink can be impregnated and a fibrous layer provided to a side of the porous layer opposite to the pattern. The porous layer carries a pattern on a surface thereof, the pattern including a non-print portion which blocks the permeation of the ink and a print portion which allows the permeation of the ink. The fibrous layer prevents the deformation of the porous layer. The fibrous layer is so constituted that ink can be impregnated therein. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0968011-B1 (EP)
Inventor: HUNTER GORDON
IPC: A61F2/44
Filed: 1998-03-27
Granted: 2004-08-11
Abstract: A coating of blue-black or black oxidized zirconium of uniform and controlled thickness on a zirconium or zirconium alloy material is accomplished through the use of a single phase crystalline material substrate having an altered surface roughness. An oxidized zirconium coating of uniform and controlled thickness is especially useful on orthopedic implants of zirconium or zirconium-based alloys to provide low friction, highly wear resistant surfaces on artificial joints, such as, but not limited to, hip joints, knee joints, shoulders, elbows, and spinal implants. The uniformly thick oxidized zirconium surface of controlled depth on prostheses provide a barrier against implant corrosion caused by ionization of the metal prostheses. The invention is also useful in non-articulating implant devices such as bone plates, bone screws, etc.
Patent EP-0919099-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BELLIFEMINE FABIO
IPC: H04N7/36
Filed: 1998-03-12
Granted: 2001-11-21
Abstract: PCT No. PCT/EP98/01433 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 13, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 13, 1998 PCT Filed Mar. 12, 1998 PCT Pub. No. WO98/42137 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 1998The circuit for motion estimation in digitised video sequence encoders comprises at least an integrated circuit component (IM, IM1 . . . IMn) which is arranged to perform either the function of determining motion vectors and associated costs for different prediction modes, or the function of vector refinement, possibly in addition to prediction mode selection. The circuit (IM) is based on the use of two operating units (M1, M2) which are arranged to concurrently process in different ways different pixel groups according to a MIMD technique. Preferably, when the circuit performs motion vector determination, the operating units (M1, M2) are programmed to execute a genetic algorithm exploiting an initial vector population taking into account the temporal and spatial correlations in the picture.
Patent EP-1024924-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SEVIGNY CLAUDE
IPC: B24D7/04
Filed: 1998-05-08
Granted: 2005-08-03
Abstract: Apparatus and method for both cleaning and polishing work surfaces such as automotive panels using a single combination pad. In one embodiment, a support holds a circular replaceable, disposable cleaning/polishing pad on a powered polishing tool for rotation about the pad's central axis. The illustrated pad is made of compressible/expandable material such as foam. The pad has front and rear recesses that define concentric radially outer and inner sections. The inner section is thinner and has a forward cleaning surface. The outer section normally protrudes forwardly of the cleaning surface so that when it is first brought into engagement with a work surface, the cleaning surface does not engage the work surface. A pressure-applying backup plate of a firm material such as neoprene has a forwardly displaced inner portion that is received in the pad rear recess for applying firm pressure to the pad cleaning surface. The plate has an outer portion for applying pressure to the outer pad section. In operation, the pad is positioned at the work surface and then rotated. The backup plate applies sufficient force to initially axially compress the outer pad section and position the cleaning surface at the work surface. Further force acts through the backup plate inner portion to apply firm distributed cleaning action by the cleaning surface against the work surface to remove the amount of material desired. Then the axial force is reduced to allow the pad outer section to expand and move the cleaning element out of engagement with the work surface. This allows the rotating foam outer section to be used to engage and polish the cleaned area of the work surface.
Patent EP-0989897-B1 (EP)
Inventor: CZERWONIAK ERICH
IPC: D21D5/16
Filed: 1998-06-13
Granted: 2003-03-26
Abstract: The invention relates to a rotationally symmetrical screen for fiber suspensions, comprising an inlet (20) and an outlet (22) for the fiber suspensions, a series of profiled bars (16) which extend perpendicular to the peripheral direction of the screen and which form slotted screen openings (80) and whose cross-section has a longitudinal shape with a first end area facing away from the screen outlet and a second end area facing away from the screen inlet, in addition to metal support rings (10, 12, 14) which are set apart from each other and which are arranged on planes running vertical to the screen axis (18). Each support ring has a series of indents (34) which are open on the edges extending from the inlet, whose shape, when seen in the direction of the screen axis, matches that of the second cross-sectional areas (16B) of the profiled bars located in said sections and form an undercut (34B) in a radial distance from the edge of the support ring facing from the screen inlet. A protuberance (16C) of the cross-section of the profiled bar engages with said undercut so that the second cross-sectional edge areas of the profiled bars are held in a radial direction in relation to the screen axis and locked in positive fit in the support ring sections (34) in the direction of the periphery of the screen. In order to secure the profiled bars to the support rings in a simple and permanently precise manner, the support rings are provided with deformed areas (70A, 70B; 72A, 72B) on the side of the profiled bars facing the outlet so that the protuberances of the profiled bars are pressed against the undercuts of the support ring sections in the direction of the screen inlet as a result of the displacement of the support ring material in said direction.
Patent EP-0996748-B1 (EP)
Inventor: CLESEN ROMAIN
IPC: C21B7/12
Filed: 1998-07-01
Granted: 2001-12-12
Abstract: A pivot device for supporting a working device is disclosed. The pivot device has a load-bearing structure, an arm and a control rod. A first end of the arm is pivotably mounted in the load-bearing structure. The working device is pivotably connected to the second end of the arm. A first end of the control rod is hinged to the pivotable working device. A hinged quadrangle acts as a pivot point for the second end of the control rod. The quadrangle encompasses the load-bearing structure as a chassis, the arm acting as a driven element, as well as two coupling elements which close the quadrangle. The control rod is hinged, by its second end, to one of the two coupling elements. When the arm pivots, the pivot point of the second end of the control rod remains on the same side of the arm, so that the control rod does not cross the arm during pivoting.
Patent EP-1053088-B1 (EP)
Inventor: KREINHEDER MARK
IPC: B28C7/02
Filed: 1998-08-21
Granted: 2004-02-25
Abstract: A mobile system and process for manufacturing cement additives and/or concrete admixture products comprises at least two tanks each containing a different raw material for manufacturing cement additives or concrete admixtures; a frame for mounting and transporting as an integral unit at least two pumps operative to transfer the raw materials into a blender which mixes the raw materials together to provide a cement additive or concrete admixture for dispensing at the destination site, which could be the manufacturer's new or remote manufacturing site, or even a customer's site such as a cement plant or a ready-mix concrete plant. The frame can be placed upon or attached to wheels, as in a truck or trailer frame, and the tanks may also be placed on or secured to the truck or trailer frame. A preferred skid-mounted system comprises pumps, valves, meters, and a computer processor unit which can control the equipment and permit adjustments to be made at the destination site. Tanks of raw materials may be transported to a destination site together with or separately from the frame-mounted equipment, and finished products can be blended and adjusted on site by computer-controlled operation drawing upon inputted information parameters such as the quality of limestone, cement, aggregates, water, and also by drawing upon customer profile information (desired product blends, performance features, etc.) at the destination site.
Patent EP-1012114-B1 (EP)
Inventor: WATZENBERGER OTTO
IPC: C01B21/14
Filed: 1998-08-04
Granted: 2002-07-10
Abstract: An aqueous solution of free hydroxylamine is prepared by treating a hydroxylammonium salt with ammonia by the countercurrent method in a stripping column by a process in which hydroxylamine is liberated and at the same time the solution obtained is separated by distillation into an aqueous hydroxylamine solution and a salt fraction. The novel process can be carried out in a simple and gentle manner and on a large scale. The danger of decomposition is minimized owing to the low thermal load, the low concentration of hydroxylamine and the short residence time in the process.
Patent EP-1030814-B1 (EP)
Inventor: PAULUS JOSEPH W
IPC: B65G47/91
Filed: 1998-11-12
Granted: 2003-03-26
Abstract: A system and method to maintain concentricity of a center hole of a top substrate (6) and of a bottom substrate (7) in a bonded storage disk (7) manufacturing system. A first device holds a coaxial arrangement of a top and bottom substrate around a first arbor (310). A second device holding the arrangement in a coaxial arrangement around a second arbor. One of the first and second arbors is fixed to its associated device and the other is movable in response to urging from the one arbor so that the arrangement maintains concentricity.
Patent EP-1038264-B1 (EP)
Inventor: POUSTIS JO L
IPC: G06K19/077
Filed: 1998-12-03
Granted: 2003-05-02
Abstract: A substrate provided with at least part of a system for the non-contact identification of articles, including at least one electronic device which includes an electromagnetic-wave transmission and reception device coupled with an electronic module making it possible to process received signals and to retransmit other signals. The substrate is based on cellulose fibers and the electronic device is inserted into the substrate. A process for manufacturing such a substrate is also disclosed.
Patent EP-1038259-B1 (EP)
Inventor: JUNG STEFAN
IPC: G06V10/36
Filed: 1998-12-14
Granted: 2003-04-09
Abstract: Sensor elements are arranged in a hexagonal grid. A processor element in the form of a primitive automaton is assigned to each of the sensor elements in the grid. The processor elements are set up to perform algorithms which enable lines of a fingerprint to be simplified such that characteristic minutiae of the fingerprint (endings and branchings of the lines) can be extracted. The processor elements are embodied using CMOS/Neuron MOS threshold value logic or using CMOS/NMOS pass transistor logic. The image grid can be read out via read-out circuits as a matrix.
Patent EP-0943769-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MUEGGE DIRK
IPC: E05C9/24
Filed: 1999-03-22
Granted: 2007-06-20
Abstract: The central locking system fittings, especially the corner profiles, hinges and lock parts, are mounted in a groove (47) with an undercut (48) extending around the profiled metal or plastics sash frame periphery. Driving rod sections are used to engage lock fittings on the same end side of the sash. An arm section (32) of the guide casing for the corner profile and guide member (39) in an adjacent actuator arm (41) on the same end side of the sash both have side plates (32a,40) capable of engaging with the groove undercut. Screw fasteners (35) are used to fix the side plates into the grooves. An Independent claim is also included for the mounting of the central locking system in the sash frame.
Patent EP-1057956-B1 (EP)
Inventor: BRAND HORST
IPC: E05C17/16
Filed: 1999-06-01
Granted: 2008-05-07
Abstract: The bolt (31) in the additional lock (4) works in conjunction with a fixed frame-side stop pivot stirrup (47). The drive bar-operated back closure occurs as the result of a sliding away of a counter control surface (18) on a key-operated control surface (23) and the pre-closure is made possible by a special handling arrangement. The control surface and the counter control surface are arranged in the main lock (3) and the drive bar (24) is shifted by the handling operation. The movement of the control surface is derived from the bolt movement.
Patent EP-0967339-B1 (EP)
Inventor: WACHENFELD WALTER
IPC: E04B1/00
Filed: 1999-06-21
Granted: 2002-09-18
Abstract: A method for fitting a balcony to a building has a natural stone plate (28a) bored with horizontal holes to take tensioning tie rods (31) which run from the outer edge of the plate to clamp the plate to a metal support frame (45). The support frame is fitted with mounting flanges or other girder sections (47) to secure the frame to the building via tie rods (48) through the wall of the building. For improved support the tie rods are positioned through the upper level of the balcony plate.
Patent EP-0972531-B1 (EP)
Inventor: LANGLEY ROBERT W
IPC: A61M1/30
Filed: 1994-10-21
Granted: 2006-10-11
Abstract: A blood component collection system with optimization capabilities. In one embodiment, process parameters are derived from an input/configured predetermined blood component yield and which is based upon the maximization of at least one process parameter. Thereafter, the blood component collection procedure is performed with these derived process control parameters. In another embodiment, process parameters are derived from an input total procedure time from a maximized value for at least one of the other process control parameters so as to maximize blood component yield in this fixed time. Thereafter, the blood component collection procedure is performed with these derived parameters. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1013865-B1 (EP)
Inventor: SCHMID PETER
IPC: E04C3/06
Filed: 1999-12-10
Granted: 2004-01-07
Abstract: The joint element (4), which has a gap (5) positioned alongside, is inserted into the ends of the two hollow profiles (2) to be joined. The profiles (1) are provided with rows of bores(7) for the insertion of tapping screws (13) with a diameter, slightly bigger than the width of the longitudinal gap (5). The gap (5) is spread apart by the insertion of the screws (13), causing the outer surface of the joint element (4) to move towards the inner surface of the hollow profile (2). The resulting tension is defined by the dimensions of the screw (13) in relation to those of the gap (5).
Patent EP-0962507-B1 (EP)
Inventor: LOHS WERNER
IPC: C09D133/06
Filed: 1999-05-14
Granted: 2004-08-04
Abstract: A binder for a coating composition is obtainable as the reaction product of a carboxyl-terminated fatty acid ester with an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester. The carboxylic fatty acid ester is produced by reaction of an autoxidisable fatty acid and a polyol, with modification to introduce at least one terminal carboxyl group. The reaction is optionally effected in an organic solvent which is substantially removed at the end. The material is neutralised with a base to render it water-soluble. Thixotropy can be endowed by an amine /(poly)isocyanate final reaction stage to prior neutralisation.
Patent EP-1060214-B1 (EP)
Inventor: D HOOGHE EDWARD LOUIS
IPC: C08L71/10
Filed: 1999-03-02
Granted: 2003-07-23
Abstract: A blend of a polyarylene ether and a dispersible reactive solvent such as a thermoplastic polyurethane or a cyclopentadiene can be processed at temperatures below the oxidative degradation temperature of the polyarylene ether, yet form an article upon cooling that substantially retains the properties of the polyarylene ether.
Patent EP-1086502-B1 (EP)
Inventor: WAIDHAS MANFRED
IPC: H01M8/2465
Filed: 1999-05-03
Granted: 2002-04-10
Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell stack with liquid cooling, especially for stationary use. The cooling system uses novel sealing frames (1) which tightly seal the intermediate space between adjacent fuel cell units (4) and which also contain integrated supply and distribution channels for the coolant.
Patent EP-1139716-B1 (EP)
Inventor: VAN DEN ENDE PETER HUBERTUS EL
IPC: A01G9/02
Filed: 1999-07-19
Granted: 2003-05-28
Abstract: The invention relates to a plant pot comprising a first space (1) bounded by a first upright wall (4) and a second space (2) bounded by a second upright wall (5) and a bottom (7), which first and which second space (1,2) are separated from each other by a porous plate (9). The plant pot is according to the invention characterized in that a third space (3) bounded by a third upright wall (6) and a bottom (8) surrounds the second space (2), and in that the second space (2) serves to accommodate a moisture-retaining, hydrating but air-permeable material (12).
Patent EP-1105586-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MOORE DUDLEY
IPC: E03C1/05
Filed: 1999-08-26
Granted: 2005-03-16
Abstract: Control apparatus including a plurality of fluid control valves, especially for supplying items of sanitary ware. The valves have magnetic bistable solenoid actuators drivable by pulse signals and a common control circuit able to drive the actuators independently and the control circuit and actuators are driven by a local power supply including a dry cell battery.
Patent EP-1113817-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MOORE NORMAN JAMES
IPC: B01J20/289
Filed: 1999-09-20
Granted: 2005-04-20
Abstract: Disclosed is a cell wall C-polysaccharide antigen of Streptococcus pneumoniae which contains not more than 10% by weight of protein, and preferably less which has been purified with 0.1N Na OH prior to deproteinizing. Also disclosed are polyvalent antibodies raised against Streptococcus pneumoniae which have been affinity purified by passing them over a chromatographic affinity matrix to which is coupled the purified and at least partially deproteinized antigen to render them antigen-specific.
Patent EP-1045685-B1 (EP)
Inventor: MUELLER INGO
IPC: A61H15/00
Filed: 1999-10-11
Granted: 2002-06-05
Abstract: In a massaging apparatus (1) comprising a suction chamber (12) bounded by chamber walls (13, 14, 15, 16) and a pump (19) for the generation of a partial vacuum inside the suction chamber (12) and thus forming a skin fold (20) which is drawn into the suction space inside the suction chamber (12), as well as two rollers (21, 22) to be placed onto a body area (3), the two rollers (21, 22) can be driven by a motor (27) via a drive transmission (28), and the roller (21) which is disposed at the front, as viewed in the operating direction (4), is arranged inside the suction chamber (12), and the roller (22) which is disposed at the rear, as viewed in the operating direction (4), is arranged outside the suction chamber (12), the circumferential surface (25) of the roller (21) which is disposed at the front, as viewed in the operating direction (4), advantageously consisting of a material having a friction value higher than that of the material of the roller which is disposed at the rear, as viewed in the operating direction (4).