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20120255998 | GOLF BALL WITH RFID INLAY BETWEEN A SPLIT CORE - A compressible core with an RFID tag is described. The compressible core comprises an RFID integrated circuit, and an inlay material sandwiched between a top hemisphere and a bottom hemisphere. The RFID integrated circuit includes a memory that stores a unique identifier. The inlay material includes an RFID antenna electrically coupled to the RFID integrated circuit. The top hemisphere of the compressible core is separated from the bottom hemisphere of the compressible core. The inlay with the RFID antenna and the RFID integrated circuit placed between the top and bottom hemispheres. The top hemisphere, the inlay and the bottom hemisphere are joined together forming a compressible core. Additionally, the molded shell encapsulates the compressible core. | 10-11-2012 |
20120255999 | GOLF BALL WITH ENCAPSULATED RFID CHIP - A spherical compressible ball having an RFID tag is described. The ball comprises an RFID integrated circuit, an encapsulating material, a first antenna contact, a first conductive wire, a molded compressible core, and a molded shell. The RFID integrated circuit includes a memory that stores a unique identifier. The encapsulating material encapsulates the RFID integrated circuit. The first antenna contact is electrically coupled to the encapsulated RFID integrated circuit. The first conductive wire is electrically coupled to the first antenna contact. The molded compressible core includes a molded impression that receives the encapsulated RFID integrated circuit and the conductive wire. The molded shell further encapsulates the molded compressible core that receives the encapsulated RFID integrated circuit and antenna. | 10-11-2012 |
20120256731 | GOLF BALL WITH RFID INLAY IN A MOLDED IMPRESSION - A compressible core with an RFID tag is described. The compressible core includes an RFID integrated circuit, a carrier material, a molded compressible core, and a fill material. The RFID integrated circuit includes a memory that stores at least one unique identifier. The carrier material includes an RFID antenna electrically coupled to the RFID integrated circuit. The molded compressible core has a center and a spherical surface. Additionally, the molded compressible core includes a molded impression that receives the carrier material with the antenna and RFID integrated circuit. The fill material fills the molded impression occupied by the inlay. | 10-11-2012 |
20130165261 | SPLIT INNER CORE OF A MULTI-CORE GOLF BALL WITH RFID - A multi-core golf ball having a split inner core with an RFID tag disposed thereon is described herein. The multi-core golf ball includes a split spherical inner core having a first inner core section and a second inner core section that interfaces with the first inner core section. The multi-core golf ball also includes an RFID tag, an outer core, and a dimpled cover. The RFID tag is positioned between the first inner core section and the second inner core section. The outer core encapsulates the split spherical inner core and the RFID tag. The dimpled cover encases the outer core. | 06-27-2013 |
20130196787 | RFID EMBEDDED WITHIN INNER CORE OF A MULTI-CORE GOLF BALL - A multi-core golf ball with an RFID tag embedded thereon is described herein. The multi-core golf ball includes a spherical inner core, an RFID tag, an outer core, and a dimpled cover. The RFID tag is positioned to interface with the spherical inner core. The outer core is configured to encapsulate the spherical inner core and the RFID tag. The dimpled cover is further configured to encase the spherical inner core, the RFID tag and the outer core. | 08-01-2013 |
20130274025 | RADAR BASED TRACKING SYSTEM FOR GOLF DRIVING RANGE - A golf ball range target system that includes a golf target, a golf ball dispenser, at least one golf ball, a target sensor, a tracking module, and a client computer is described. The golf target has a known geographic location and includes at least one golf target area. The golf ball dispenser houses golf balls. Each golf ball is associated with a particular player. The tracking module determines a golf ball flight trajectory for the golf ball associated with the particular player. The target sensor determines whether the golf ball has landed in a target area. | 10-17-2013 |
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20110255966 | Arrangement Comprising a Shaft Seal - A shaft seal for sealing a gap between a shaft and a casing is provided. The shaft seal includes a plurality of sealing modules, at least one fluid supply and one fluid drain, and a first main seal on which a major partial pressure difference occurs. Conventional shaft seals of the above type require significant amounts of additional barrier fluid in regular intervals to ensure suitable pressure gradients. In the presently proposed shaft seal, the first main seal is designed as a radial double seal which is defined by two gas seals having respective rotating sealing surfaces and stationary sealing surfaces, the pair of sealing surfaces being opposite each other in a respective sealing plane. The sealing planes extend in a substantially radial manner relative to the shaft. | 10-20-2011 |
20120082546 | TURBOMACHINE - A turbomachine, particularly a steam turbine, is provided. The turbomachine includes a machine housing and a shaft, which is guided through and guided out of the machine housing, at least on one side, wherein at least one annular gap present between the shaft and the machine housing is sealed by way of a shaft sealing assembly, wherein the shaft sealing assembly includes at least one radial double seal having two pairs of sealing surface pairs, which are spaced apart substantially radially and between which an annular sealing liquid chamber is formed, which can be supplied with sealing liquid via a sealing liquid feed line, wherein each sealing surface pair has an annular rotating sealing surface and an annular non-rotating sealing surface, which are arranged substantially axially opposite of each other and prestressed with respect to each other | 04-05-2012 |
20130115049 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SHAFT SEAL - A shaft seal includes more than one sealing module, at least one fluid supply and a fluid discharge, and a main seal which is subject to a greatest partial pressure difference. A second main seal is a radial double seal, which includes two gas seals, each gas seal having a rotating sealing surface and a stationary sealing surface, wherein the two sealing surface pairs are located opposite each other in a sealing plan, and wherein the two sealing planes have substantially radial extension to the shaft. | 05-09-2013 |
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20080301947 | Method For Removing Hair, Hair Removal Apparatus and Attachment Therefor - A hair removal apparatus having a housing, a drive mechanism for driving at least a first hair removal unit, and an abrasive element is described. The abrasive element and the first hair removal unit are in close proximity and are equally driven. The abrasive element is arranged and carried in an attachment mountable on and demountable from the housing as an addition to the first hair removal unit. | 12-11-2008 |
20100234858 | EPILATING DEVICE - An epilator ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100274261 | Hybrid Epilator Device - The present invention is a hybrid epilator device comprising an epilation unit for gripping and plucking hairs from a skin surface and at least one razor blade edge to shave off hairs growing on the skin surface. The blade edge defines a use direction along which it is effectuated that hairs are shaved off when the razor blade is drawn over the skin surface during operation. The razor blade is arranged behind the epilation unit with respect to the use direction. The epilation unit and the razor blade are mounted for simultaneous contact with the skin surface, where during operation the epilation unit grips and plucks out hairs from the skin surface and subsequently the razor blade shaves off remaining hairs growing on the same skin surface in a single stroke. | 10-28-2010 |
20110130770 | Epilation Device - An epilation device is proposed that has a housing, a roll-like epilation implement mounted at the housing, which epilation implement has clamping units for successively clamping and plucking hairs, and the epilation device has further a powered motor operatively coupled to the epilation implement, and a motor control. The proposed epilation device is arranged to have at least a fast operation mode in which the motor is controlled by the motor control such that the clamping units move with a circumferential speed of more than 2.5 meters per second relative to the housing. This serves to e.g. achieve a gap-less clamping and plucking in a use direction (U) even if the epilation device is drawn over the skin with a relatively high speed. | 06-02-2011 |
20110276061 | EPILATOR WITH AN ATTACHMENT AND SUCH ATTACHMENT - The present invention is concerned with an epilator that comprises a housing, an epilation cylinder mounted at a head region of the housing for plucking hairs from the skin during operation, and an attachment detachably connected with the housing, which attachment comprises at least a shaving blade defining a use direction along which the shaving blade is to be drawn over the skin to shave off hairs. In the attached state the shaving blade is disposed behind the epilation cylinder with respect to the use direction so that during operation the epilation cylinder plucks hairs from the skin and the shaving blade contacts the skin to shave off hairs from the skin in successive order during a single stroke of the epilator over a skin area, wherein the attachment is connected with the housing in the head region such that the epilation cylinder is partially covered by the attachment and a non-covered part of the epilation cylinder extends into an aperture of the attachment. | 11-10-2011 |
20110306987 | Epilation Device - The present invention is concerned with an epilation device that comprises a first clamping element having a first clamping surface, a second clamping element having a second clamping surface, the first clamping element and the second clamping element being arranged to be movable between an open position in which a hair or hairs can enter into a gap between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface and a first closed position, and at least a spacer for defining a distance between the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface in the first closed position. Such an epilation device is specifically suited for plucking out terminal hairs while vellus hair, specifically present on facial skin areas, is plucked out due to its lower thickness that relates to the distance. | 12-15-2011 |
20120041452 | Hybrid Epilator Device - The present invention discloses a hybrid epilator device that comprises a razor blade having a sharp edge for cutting hairs, an epilation cylinder comprising at least a pair of clamping elements that during operation are actuated by an actuation system between an open position and a closed position so that hairs can feed into the gap between the pair of clamping elements in the open position and are gripped and plucked out from the skin surface when the pair of clamping elements is in the closed position, and a manually operable adjustment mechanism that has a least a first adjustment and a second adjustment such that in the first adjustment and the second adjustment the skin surface can be simultaneously contacted by the sharp edge of the razor blade and an circumferential area of the epilation cylinder. This allows switching between two different epilation efficiencies of the epilation cylinder. | 02-16-2012 |
20140107669 | Epilator - An attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs that is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing along a hair capture direction is disclosed. The clamping unit has a moveable clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a fixed clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surfaced. The moveable clamping element and the fixed clamping element are arranged to be cyclically moveable between an open position in which the two clamping surfaces have a minimal distance such that a gap for receiving hairs is formed between them and a closed position in which the two clamping surfaces abut on each other. The two hair guiding surfaces form a funnel in front of the gap in the open position with respect to the hair capture direction. | 04-17-2014 |
20140107670 | Epilator - An attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs that is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing of the attachment or the epilator along a hair capture direction is disclosed. The clamping unit has a first clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a second clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface. The first clamping element and the second clamping element are arranged to be cyclically first between an open position in which the two clamping surfaces have a minimal distance such that a gap for receiving hairs is formed between them and a closed position in which the two clamping surfaces abut on each other. The two hair guiding surfaces form a funnel in front of the gap in the open position with respect to the hair capture direction. | 04-17-2014 |
20140114328 | Epilator - The present disclosure is concerned with an attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs. The clamping unit is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing of the attachment or the epilator along a hair capture direction. The clamping unit has a moveable clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a fixed clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface, wherein the moveable clamping element and the fixed clamping element are arranged to be cyclically moveable between an open position and a closed position. | 04-24-2014 |
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20110118649 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA - The invention relates to a method and a device for treatment of glaucoma, wherein by means of an elongated catheter provided with a distal portion and a proximal portion, a tube-shaped implant is inserted and released in a Schlemm's canal with two opposite openings exposed by an incision and a folded up scleral flap. In a first phase, the distal portion inserted into the Schlemm's canal through the first opening, while a fluid or gaseous medium is injected at the same time, and exited through the second opening, which is, in circumferential direction, oppositely located. The implant detachably disposed at the protruding distal portion and, in a second phase, inserted, in circumferential direction, into the expanded Schlemm's canal up to the first opening. Subsequently, the distal portion, which protrudes from the first opening, is detached from the implant and, together with the catheter, removed. | 05-19-2011 |
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20120310072 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE PATHOLOGY ANALYSIS OF THE SCHLEMM'S CANAL - A method and device are proposed for carrying out ophthalmologic analyses especially for the pathological evaluation of the Schlemm's canal that has been exposed through a scleral flap and into which an micro catheter is inserted that also includes a medium line by means of which medium is brought into the lumen of the Schlemm's canal for dilating the lumen and a light guide for illumination such that analog images of the dilated lumen, the inner wall of the trabecular tissue and the veins of the aqueous humor can be taken by a camera and transmitted to an outside monitor for visual evaluation. | 12-06-2012 |
20130331760 | IMPLANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA - The invention refers to a tube configured as an implant for insertion at least at one location into the exposed Schlemm's canal of an eye and which, for example, has been mechanically dilated. The elongated tube insertable into the Schlemm's canal includes a plurality openings that are arranged at the tube in axial direction distanced from each other by ring parts and that are in communication with the trabecular tissue the interior space of the tube and the aqueous humor veins of the episcleral vein system and further includes openings oriented in axial direction at a circular arc shaped segment corresponding to the cross section profile of the tube. To realize the natural trabecular aqueous humor drainage, the tube are inserted into the Schlemm's canal that either the openings in the segment are in communication with the aqueous humor veins or that segment with the openings are associated with the trabecular tissue. | 12-12-2013 |
20140364791 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA - The invention relates to a method and a device for treatment of glaucoma, wherein by means of an elongated catheter provided with a distal portion and a proximal portion, a tube-shaped implant is inserted and released in a Schlemm's canal with two opposite openings exposed by an incision and a folded up scleral flap. In a first phase, the distal portion inserted into the Schlemm's canal through the first opening, while a fluid or gaseous medium is injected at the same time, and exited through the second opening, which is, in circumferential direction, oppositely located. The implant detachably disposed at the protruding distal portion and, in a second phase, inserted, in circumferential direction, into the expanded Schlemm's canal up to the first opening. Subsequently, the distal portion, which protrudes from the first opening, is detached from the implant and, together with the catheter, removed. | 12-11-2014 |
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20110118649 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA - The invention relates to a method and a device for treatment of glaucoma, wherein by means of an elongated catheter provided with a distal portion and a proximal portion, a tube-shaped implant is inserted and released in a Schlemm's canal with two opposite openings exposed by an incision and a folded up scleral flap. In a first phase, the distal portion inserted into the Schlemm's canal through the first opening, while a fluid or gaseous medium is injected at the same time, and exited through the second opening, which is, in circumferential direction, oppositely located. The implant detachably disposed at the protruding distal portion and, in a second phase, inserted, in circumferential direction, into the expanded Schlemm's canal up to the first opening. Subsequently, the distal portion, which protrudes from the first opening, is detached from the implant and, together with the catheter, removed. | 05-19-2011 |
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20110046536 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA - The invention relates to a method and device for the treatment of glaucoma, though insertion of an implant into the lumen of the Schlemm's canal to realize proper drainage of the aqueous humor, which implant is brought into its position in the Schlemm's canal by means of a catheter having a distal and a proximate portion and provided with a number of pores through which a gaseous or fluid medium which comes from a pressure source can emerge during insertion of the catheter carrying the implant into the Schlemm's canal, and while the catheter is being inserted into the Schlemm's canal the gaseous or fluid medium is released under pressure thereby expanding the Schlemm's canal and the implant and upon releasing the implant at its determined location, the catheter can be withdrawn from the Schlemm's canal. | 02-24-2011 |
20110224597 | IMPLANT FOR INSERTING INTO THE SCHLEMM'S CANAL OF AN EYE - An implant for inserting into an exposed Schlemm's canal is proposed. The implant insertable into the lumen of Schlemm's canal includes an elongated tube which includes an axially extending continuous connecting part having several openings or recesses distanced from each other by web shaped ring members and connecting to the interior of the tube with and with arc shaped surfaces, such that in inserted condition the webs are bearing in supporting manner against the inner wall of the lumen of Schlemm's canal. The openings/recesses form a direct and permanently open connection between the trabecular tissue and the small channels of the channel system for natural trabecular drainage of the aqueous humor. | 09-15-2011 |
20140364791 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA - The invention relates to a method and a device for treatment of glaucoma, wherein by means of an elongated catheter provided with a distal portion and a proximal portion, a tube-shaped implant is inserted and released in a Schlemm's canal with two opposite openings exposed by an incision and a folded up scleral flap. In a first phase, the distal portion inserted into the Schlemm's canal through the first opening, while a fluid or gaseous medium is injected at the same time, and exited through the second opening, which is, in circumferential direction, oppositely located. The implant detachably disposed at the protruding distal portion and, in a second phase, inserted, in circumferential direction, into the expanded Schlemm's canal up to the first opening. Subsequently, the distal portion, which protrudes from the first opening, is detached from the implant and, together with the catheter, removed. | 12-11-2014 |
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20090134123 | HIGH VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH IMPROVED GAS EXHAUST - A method of evacuating hot gases produced in a current breaking operation by a high voltage circuit breaker ( | 05-28-2009 |
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20100326958 | RELIEF VALVE FOR DISCHARGING A DIELECTRIC GAS BETWEEN TWO VOLUMES OF A HIGH-VOLTAGE OR MEDIUM-VOLTAGE INTERRUPTING CHAMBER - A relief valve for discharging a dielectric gas between two volumes (V | 12-30-2010 |
20140347101 | OPTIMAL HVDC BY-PASS POINT-ON-WAVE INDUCTIVE LOAD SWITCHING - The invention relates to a method of opening a shunt switch carrying a current, the switch being connected in parallel with at least one thyristor of a high voltage DC network, interruption of the current flowing through the switch being initiated at the time of a current zero of the current flowing through the switch, the method being characterized in that it includes, based on a measurement effected by means for measuring the current flowing through the switch, a step of adjusting a control angle of the thyristor to position the current zero in a zone in which the time derivative of the measured current is a continuous function and the absolute value of a peak value of the measured current is substantially equal to the absolute value of the inaccuracy of the measurement of the current zero. | 11-27-2014 |