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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Sony Corporation

Sipix Imaging, Inc.

Candescent Technologies Corporation

Candescent Intellectual Property Services, Inc.

Mcentire Produce, Inc.

David R Morris

Christopher J Spindt

James C Dunphy

Theodore S Fahlen

George B Hopple

Lawrence S Pan

Carter McEntire

R C McEntire, Jr

Tom Lovelace

Jennifer Y Sun

Yu Nan Sun

Bob Lee Mackey

Xiaojia Wang

Fei C Wang

Duane A Haven

Robert M Duboc

Michael James Nystrom

Christopher J Curtin

Arthur J Learn

Andrew C Ho

John E Field

Kollengode S Narayanan

Anthony P Schmid

Robert G Neimeyer

Alfred S Conte

Paul M Drumm

Steve T Cho

Donald R Schropp, Jr

Igor L Maslennikov

Randolph S Gluck

Donald John Elloway

Jun Liu

Ronald S Besser

Robert L Marion

David C Chang

William J Scannell

John K O'Reilly

Vasil M Chakarov

Tomoo Kosugi

Raymond Meyers

Brad Lee Perreault

Thorough spraying and draining freshly cut produce and the equipment processing it in a one-pass system that uses a dilute solution of chilled ultrapure water and chlorine dioxide or chlorine or both significantly reduces bacterial counts. Raw produce is sprayed as it is conveyed to cutting heads and as the cut pieces fall into a hopper above a conveyor. The conveyed cut produce is vibrated and tumbled while being sprayed from above. At the end of the process, the cut produce is sprayed with potable water and deposited in a dryer basket. Drainage from the equipment is collected and processed through a multi-stage water filtration system to potable quality. The near freezing water temperature, its ultra-purity, and the concentrations of biocides in the sanitizing spray are carefully established, monitored and maintained by a process controller.

Process for processing fresh produce

System and process for processing fresh produce

An articulated work holder for a fractional dimensioned, performance vehicle including a base member and first, second and third, support arms having multiple degrees of rotational movement and a vise member carrying vehicle engagement pads for supporting a fractional dimensioned, performance vehicle between the vise engagement pads.

Articulated work holder for a remote controlled vehicle and the like

The present invention relates to electrophoretic displays and methods of addressing such displays. The displays and methods are especially suitable for large size electronic boards or signs.

Electrophoretic display and methods of addressing such display

A light-emitting device contains getter material () typically distributed in a relatively uniform manner across the device's active light-emitting portion. An electron-emitting device similarly contains getter material (, and) typically distributed relatively uniformly across the active electron-emitting portion of the device.

Light-emitting and electron-emitting devices having getter regions

A sterile ocular cover for an eye during surgery which includes a sheet member with a centrally located hole. The sheet member is made from a flexible material and it is designed to be placed over and in contact with the surface of the conjunctiva. The hole is slightly larger than the size of the cornea and it extends through the central portion of the sheet member.

Sterile ocular cover and method

Methods and structures are provided which support spacer walls in a position which facilitates installation of the spacer walls between a faceplate structure and a backplate structure of a flat panel display. In one embodiment, spacer feet are formed at opposing ends of the spacer wall. These spacer feet can be formed of materials such as ceramic, glass and/or glass frit. The spacer feet support the corresponding spacer wall on the faceplate (or backplate) structure. Tacking electrodes can be provided on the faceplate (or backplate) structure to assert an electrostatic force on the spacer feet, thereby holding the spacer feet in place during installation of the spacer wall. The spacer wall can be mechanically and/or thermally expanded prior to attaching both ends of the spacer wall to the faceplate (or backplate) structure. The spacer wall is then allowed to contract, thereby introducing tension into the spacer wall which tends to straighten any inherent waviness in the spacer wall. Alternatively, spacer clips can be clamped onto opposing ends of a spacer wall to support the spacer wall during installation. The spacer clips can provide electrical connections to face electrodes located on the spacer wall.

Self-standing spacer wall structures and methods of fabricating and installing same

A conductive focus waffle structure for focusing electrons emitted from a cathode portion of a flat panel display device. In one embodiment, the conductive focus waffle structure comprises a grid of material comprised of substantially orthogonally oriented rows and columns. The substantially orthogonally oriented rows and columns define openings therebetween having sufficient size to allow electrons emitted from a cathode portion of a flat panel display device to pass therethrough. The focus waffle grid further comprises a lower dielectric portion adapted to be coupled to the cathode portion of the flat panel display device and an upper conductive portion coupled to the lower dielectric portion, the upper conductive portion adapted to focus the electrons passing through the openings.

Conductive focus waffle

A spacer ( ) suitable for use in a flat panel display is formed with ceramic, transition metal, and oxygen. At least part of the oxygen is bonded to the transition metal or/and constituents of the ceramic to form a uniform electrically resistive material having a resistivity of 10  ohm-cm and a secondary electron emission coefficient of less than 2 at 2 kilovolts.

Spacer suitable for use in flat panel display

A method of removing contaminant particles in newly fabricated field emission displays. According to one embodiment of the present invention, contaminant particles are removed by a conditioning process which includes the steps of: a) driving a anode of a field emission display (FED) to a predetermined voltage; b) slowly increasing an emission current of the FED after the anode has reached the predetermined voltage; and c) providing an ion-trapping device for catching the ions and particles knocked off, or otherwise released, by emitted electrons. In this embodiment, by driving the anode to the predetermined voltage and by slowly increasing the emission current of the FED, contaminant particles are effectively removed without damaging the FED. The present invention also provides a method of operating FEDs to prevent gate-to-emitter current during turn-on and turn-off. In this embodiment, the method comprises the steps of: a) enabling the anode display screen; and, b) enabling the electron-emitters after the anode display screen is enabled. In this embodiment, by allowing sufficient time for the anode display screen to reach a predetermined voltage before the emitter is enabled, the emitted electrons will be attracted to the anode.

Procedures and apparatus for turning-on and turning-off elements within a field emission display device

The intensity at which electrons emitted by a first plate structure ( ) in a flat-panel display strike a second plate structure ( ) for causing it to emit light is controlled so as to reduce image degradation that could otherwise arise from undesired electron-trajectory changes caused by effects such as the presence of a spacer system ( ) between the plate structures. An electron-emissive region ( ) in the first plate structure typically contains multiple laterally separated electron-emissive portions ( and ) for selectively emitting electrons. An electron-focusing system in the first plate structure has corresponding focus openings ( P and P ) through which electrons emitted by the electron-emissive portions respectively pass. Upon being struck by the so-emitted electrons, a light-emissive region ( ) in the second plate structure emits light to produce at least part of a dot of the display's image.

Flat-panel display with intensity control to reduce light-centroid shifting

An aquarium filtering apparatus having a spiral prefilter connected between a siphon input line and a return water line for removing floating debris wherein the return line cycles a portion of the return water through a 'dry' biological filter for decomposing biological waste and through a chemical stage filter for eliminating undesirable chemical waste from the aquarium water, the filtering apparatus further including a concentric tube arrangement having an outer inlet tube for receiving water from the spiral prefilter and an inner inlet tube for receiving water from the chemical stage filter, the prefilter operating in paralle with the biological and chemical stage filters permitting the concentric tube arrangement to maintain a pair of water levels within the aquarium filter by utilizing a single submersible pump, the pair of water levels ensuring that the pump remains submersible and the biological filter remains non-submersible which minimizes filter recycling time and improves filter efficiency while being packaged in a single compact unit.

Aquarium filter

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Salinas, CA, United States of America

David R Morris