Ideas for Products or Inventions

Tom's Personal Clinic

2009-07-29T16:03:00.017-05:00

Here's what "Tom's Personal Clinic" looks like so far. See my Do It Yourself Doctoring Blog for the progress reports.

Let me know if you want to know more or would like to see this setup in person! Feel free to pass this along to others who might be interested.

So far, here's what I can do....

Urine/Saliva pH,

10 panel urine test,

Average Blood Pressure,

Phonocardiograph, - Click here for "how to make"

Endoscope/Otoscope, etc. - Click here for more "how to" information

* Internet access to Symptom Checkers and other Health Information.

* Ability to send my test results to my Healthcare Professional, or anyone else, if I want to - Telemedicine.

All this was done for under $500, including $250 for a used computer.

Click here to see the report I took to the doctor. My doctor was impressed!

Future activities include additional DIY tests, "Super Symptom Checker", Telemedicine, and Interfacing with the Doctor Within. Good Luck on your own DIY Healthcare Journey!

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://my.athenet.net/~ideas

Thanks!

Home Endoscope

2009-07-29T15:22:00.006-05:00

Hello All - I've added a Home Endoscope to "Tom's Personal Clinic" and it works great! I can use it as an Otoscope, for closeups of skin conditions, and for other endoscope functions. I've taken pictures to my doctor and he was impressed. We both could see telemedicine opportunities for this.

You can see pictures of this at http://picasaweb.google.com/tgideas/20090729#.

I bought it on eBay for about $60 using the words home endoscope. I'm still learning how to use it but thought I'd get this out to you via this Blog, in case you haven't heard of it.

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://my.athenet.net/~ideas

Thanks!

Electronic Stethoscope and Analyzer for under $5.00

2009-07-16T15:05:00.010-05:00

Hello All - This posting looks at designing "Low-Cost Electronic Stethoscopes – Heart/Lung Sound Analyzers."

First off, here's something I made for under $5.00. Essentially, I modified a pre-natal heartbeat monitor with a standard stethoscope head, then fed the results into an open-source heart/lung analysis software program.

Below are instructions and see photo album at http://picasaweb.google.com/tgideas/20090716#

1. Find a prenatal heart monitor. I bought mine at a charity shop for $3.00.

2. I found it works better to have an external standard stethoscope head attached to the monitor. Use a plumbing gasket and flexible tubing. Glue the gasket into the monitor head. Push the tubing into the gasket. Connect the other end of the tubing to a standard stethoscope head. I suppose you could use a small funnel if you can't find a stethoscope head.

3. On my monitor, I force the LISTEN button permanently down with a soda bottle cap and duct-tape. I then only use the ON/OFF volume control to turn the monitor on/off and adjust volume.

4. Connect the output of the monitor to the input of a laptop.

5. Download for free - Thinklabs Phonocardiography Open-Source Software

6. You're done! I plan to take a printout of my heartbeat and lung sounds with me on my next physical exam, along with normal heart and lung sound printouts too.

7. Long term, I plan to send these sounds and analysis to my doctor (telemedicine).

If you don't like what I did – here's a few others...plus some other links you might find useful.
http://nielsolson.us/Haversian/2007/12/stethophone.php

http://www.ymec.com/hp/signal2/heart1.htm

http://www.electronics-lab.com/projects/science/019/index.html

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-a-high-tech-spy-stethoscope

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqjxOapIKbE

http://www.openheartsurgery.com/heart_sounds.html

If you still don't see what you're looking for, check out these patents. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active. Patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date) are free to use by anyone. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
Electronic sound amplifier stethoscope with visual heart beat and blood flow ...US Pat. 4783813 - Filed Dec 24, 1986

Universal stethoscope amplifier with graphic equalization and teaching and ...US Pat. 5832093 - Filed Jan 4, 1996

Compact hybrid stethoscopeUS Pat. 4528690 - Filed Mar 12, 1984

ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPEUS Pat. 3247324 - Filed Jun 26, 1964

AMPLIFIED STETHOSCOPEUS Pat. 2419471 - Filed Oct 28, 1944

Noise-reducing stethoscopeUS Pat. 5492129 - Filed Dec 3, 1993

In addition, here's some Idea Seeds for new and improved versions.
* Computer assisted heart/lung sound analysis with preliminary diagnosis. See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17701776 and http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=548236

* Garment showing best places to place the stethoscope head for untrained people. Also, this could be shown in a training video.

* Indicator on stethoscope head showing best place for heart and lung sounds for the untrained user.

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://my.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!

Low-Cost Village Sanitation

2009-06-19T14:17:00.006-05:00

Hello All - This posting looks at designing a "Low-Cost Village Sanitation" dedicated to the Engineers Without Borders, University of Wisconsin-Platteville chapter. Good Luck on your upcoming trip to Ghana!

The topics in this posting might be helpful in providing basic survival needs, making into products to sell, or instructions for people to make devices themselves.

As a start, how about these Low-Cost Village Sanitation patents. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active. Patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date) are free to use by anyone.

DECOMPOSITION TOILETUS Pat. 3921228 - Filed Apr 1, 1974 -

IMPROVEMENT IN PRIVIESUS Pat. 109160 -

PRIVYUS Pat. 432461 - Filed Apr 7, 1890

PRIVYUS Pat. 1290886 - Filed Jan 3, 1918 -

READY-BUILT METAL OUTSIDE PRIVYUS Pat. 2573838 - Filed Feb 3, 1947

COMBINED SEPTIC TANK AND PRIVYUS Pat. 1281528 - Filed Sep 5, 1916

IMPROVEMENT IN PRIVY-HOUSESUS Pat. 147266 - Filed Dec 9, 1873 -

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FERTILIZERS FROM NIGHT-SOILUS Pat. 151905 - Filed May 23, 1874 -

IMPROVEMENT IN PROCESSES AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING FERTILIZERS FROMUS Pat. 183242 - Filed Jun 21, 1876 -

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MANURE FROM NIGHT-SOILUS Pat. 200731 - Filed Jan 4, 1878 -

FERTILIZERUS Pat. 232756 - Filed May 19, 1879 -

APPARATUS FOR MAKING FERTILIZER FROM NIGHT SOILUS Pat. 548561

IMPROVEMENT IN TREATING NIGHT-SOIL FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSESUS Pat. 39472

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FERTILIZERS FROM NIGHT-SOILUS Pat. 129739 -
IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FERTILIZERS FROM NIGHT-SOILUS Pat. 151905 - Filed May 23, 1874 -

Weak alkaline organic fertilizer from organic waste including food waste and ...US Pat. 6793704 - Filed Dec 10, 2001

METHOD OF CLARIFYING NIGHT SOIL WITH BACTERIAUS Pat. 3219576 - Filed Apr 20, 1962 -
MEANS FOR DEODORIZING AND DRYING NIGHT-SOIL AND THE LIKEUS Pat. 950977 - Filed Jul 15, 1908 -

COMPOST TOILETUS Pat. 3840907 - Filed Sep 6, 1972 -

Method for natural biochemical decomposition of latrineUS Pat. 4001108 - Filed Jun 23, 1975

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.

CLTS - Community-Led Total Sanitation

Community-led total sanitation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Google results for Community Led Total Sanitation

Google results for Rural Sanitation

YouTube - THE NEW WAVE- Scaling Up Sustainable Sanitation in Rural ...

YouTube - Awakening - Total Sanitation in Bangladesh - Part 1

YouTube - Water and sanitation: a partnership for change

YouTube - Sanitation: A Perfect Deal!

YouTube - WECF film on Safe Sanitation

YouTube - Community-Led Total Sanitation in Bangladesh

YouTube - East Timor Water & Sanitation - Part 1 of 5 Community ...

YouTube - Awakening: Achieving Total Sanitation in Bangladesh

YouTube - Ecosan toilet in Bangalore,India - Towards sustainable ...

How to Build a Composting Toilet - wikiHow

How to Build a Compost Toilet eHow.com

How to Build an Outhouse eHow.com

YouTube - Ecosan toilet in Bangalore,India - Towards sustainable ...

YouTube - Pump Aid and the Elephant Toilet

YouTube - Water and sanitation: a partnership for change

YouTube - Sanitation in Ethiopia

YouTube - WaterSanitation's Channel

How to Build a Dry Toilet eHow.com

YouTube - Affordable Compost Toilets for the World's Rural Poor

YouTube - Towards Clean Cities: Addressing Sanitation in Urban India

Water And Sanitation Videos - Metacafe

Find your local library at Libweb and ask about Community Led Sanitation or Rural Sanitation.

You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.

+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.

+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.

+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.

+ Existing manufacturers could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.

+ Build on the work of others. Maybe, use patent images instead of starting with a blank sheet of paper. Computer model other's designs and make the designs better or cheaper or simpler. You don't have to "reinvent the wheel" . Design around active patents.

+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas.

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!

Low-Cost People Powered Corn Grinder

2009-05-15T15:34:00.006-05:00

Hello All - This posting looks at designing a "Low-Cost People Powered Corn Grinder" dedicated to the Engineers Without Borders, University of Wisconsin-Platteville chapter. Good Luck on your upcoming trip to Ghana!

The topics in this posting might be helpful in providing basic survival needs, making into products to sell, or instructions for people to make devices themselves. Good Luck!

As a start, how about these People Powered Corn Grinder patents. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active. Patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date) are free to use by anyone.
GRINDING-MILLUS Pat. 525473 - Filed Nov 25, 1893 -
CORN CUTTING AND GRINDING MILLUS Pat. 230547 - Filed Dec 12, 1879
GRINDING -MILLUS Pat. 11181
IMPROVED PORTABLE GRINDING -MILLUS Pat. RE316
GRINDING-MILLUS Pat. 20734
Mill for grinding granular materialUS Pat. 4807818 - Filed Oct 27, 1986
DRIVING DEVICE OPERATED BY THEUS Pat. 1933654 - Filed Jun 9, 1930
CORN HUSKERUS Pat. 224588 - Filed Jan 2, 1879

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
Pedal Powered Grain Mill Project Summary - Looks Good!
Pedal Power Dynapod
Processing Machines ,Hand Operated Machine ,Juice Machine ,Pop Corn ...
Appropriate technology sourcebook‎ - Page 469
by Ken Darrow, Kent Keller, Rick Pam, Volunteers in Asia, inc - Technology & Engineering - 1981 - 816 pages
Appropriate Technology Sourcebook‎ - Page 196
by Ken Darrow, Kent Keller, Rick Pam, Volunteers in Asia - Technology & Engineering - 1981 - 816 pages
Appropriate technology sourcebook‎
1978
Page 196
How to Build a Plumping Mill: 9 steps - wikiHow
How to Build a Plumping Mill eHow.com
Michigan Tech Media Relations Story#876 - Low Tech, High Impact ...
Gristmill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Find your local library at Libweb and ask about People Powered Corn Grinders.
You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Trash Handling System/Incinerator could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ Build on the work of others. Maybe, use patent images instead of starting with a blank sheet of paper. Computer model other's designs and make the designs better or cheaper or simpler. You don't have to "reinvent the wheel" . Design around active patents.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas.

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!

Design Notes for Low-Cost Trash Handling System/Incinerator

2009-03-14T17:12:00.003-05:00

Hello All - This posting looks at designing "Low-Cost Trash Handling System/Incinerator". The topics in this posting might be helpful in providing basic survival needs, making into products to sell, or instructions for people to make devices themselves. Good Luck!

As a start, how about these Trash Handling System/Incinerator patents. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active. Patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date) are free to use by anyone.

* METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ECOLOGICAL RECYCLING OF WASTE PRODUCTSUS Pat. 3728254 - Filed Sep 22, 1971 –

* Process and apparatus for treating municipal trashUS Pat. 4665841 - Filed May 16, 1986

* Method and apparatus for solar destruction of toxic and hazardous materialsUS Pat. 4432344 - Filed Jul 15, 1981

* Solar powered compaction apparatusUS Pat. 7124680 - Filed Jun 9, 2004

* METHOD FOR THE DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE BY MULTI-STAGE THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONUS Pat. 3918374 - Filed Jan 2, 1975

* Low cost trash compactor assembly with improved trash compression and ...US Pat. 5080011 - Filed Jul 24, 1990

* REFUSE INCINERATIONUS Pat. 2104040 - Filed Aug 27, 1934 –

* MOBILE TRASH CARTUS Patent 3,675,940, 1972

* METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING WASTE MATERIALUS Patent 3,426,673, 1969

* IncineratorUS Patent 3,079,878, 1963

* Method for drying refuse of refuse burning generating plant using solar hot-air device Publication info: CN1912514 (A) — 2007-02-14

* Solar refuse nonhazardous treatment method and its equipment Publication info: CN1515822 (A) — 2004-07-28

* INCINERATOR UTILIZING SOLAR HEAT Publication info: JP10160138 (A) — 1998-06-19

* Solar garbage bin Publication info: CN201151547 (Y) — 2008-11-19

* Solar flies-killing dustbin Publication info: CN201109608 (Y) — 2008-09-03

* METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A COMBINED TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE AND DOMESTIC BIODEGRADABLE GARBAGE. Publication info: MX9708423 (A) — 1998-08-30

* Solar refuse can Publication info: CN201027083 (Y) — 2008-02-27

To search for more Trash Handling System/Incinerator patents, try the following.
* In the Patent List above, look at the "Citations" and "Referenced by" of each of the patents that interest you the most. By doing this, you're essentially finding "more like this".
* For more Worldwide patents, go to esp@cenet.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.

* How garbage truck is made - Background, Raw materials, Design, The ...

* The design of very low cost incinerators for emergency situations in developing countriesDJ Picken, MC Bennett - IEE Seminar on Appropriate Medical Technology for Developing …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org

* Low-cost incinerator units for the disposal of waste graphite and oilsMW Boback - AEC pollution control conference, 1973 - osti.gov

* Make - Solar incineration of biomass for increased energy?

* Conceptual framework for municipal solid waste management in low-income countries… on Municipal Solid Waste Management in Low-Income … - 1996 - worldbank.org

* Urban solid waste management in low-income countries of Asia how to cope with the garbage crisis

* Incineration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

* Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries

* Norton Incinerator Drawings

Find your local library at Libweb and ask about Trash Handling System/Incinerator.

You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Trash Handling System/Incinerator could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ Build on the work of others. Maybe, use patent images instead of starting with a blank sheet of paper. Computer model other's designs and make the designs better or cheaper or simpler. You don't have to "reinvent the wheel" . Design around active patents.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Trash Handling System/Incinerator.
* Cremation apparatus and methodUS Pat. 4781174 - Filed Nov 25, 1983

* Backyard Waste to Wealth Project for Low income earning countries ...

* Waste Picker Cooperatives in Developing Countries

* Waste reduction and incineration in developing countries

* Garbage: exploring non-conventional options in Asian cities

* World at work: Brazilian ragpickers

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!
For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/,

Thanks!

Do It Yourself Doctoring – Wish List

2008-11-08T15:39:00.010-06:00

Most, if not all, of us diagnose and treat ourselves, as evidenced by the huge Over-The-Counter Drug market. Yet, how efficient are we at this process? I know I’m not. If I had better tools and knowledge, I think I could diagnose and treat my own health conditions better. In this economy, can we afford to be inefficient in this process?

Here’s my Wish-List. How about you? What would you like to see happen in self-diagnosis and treatment? Feel free to comment and/or add your wishes to this Wish-List.

1. A free computer-based one-stop Medical Advisor that would check more than just symptoms. I’d like to see Symptom Checkers have the capability for the user to input Vital Signs, Diagnostic Test Results, and Health History. Based on these inputs, the computer would give the user most probable Diagnoses. The user then picks a diagnosis. The computer would then give a personalized printed “prescription” for Over-The-Counter Medicines, Exercise, Diet, Treatments, etc. that might help the user’s condition. Think of this as a “Super Symptom Checker”. Examples of existing Symptom Checkers are WebMD, Medical Symptoms Database , Online Medical Symptom Checker , MSO Online Medical Symptom Checker , or Diagnosaurus, etc.

2. More home health tests and tools available openly on pharmacy shelves. Examples – Home General Health Diagnostic Tests (e.g. Blood/Urine Panel Tests), Stethoscopes, etc. - plus how to use instructions.

3. Self-Service Health Kiosks in pharmacies that would include a computer-based Medical Advisor, basic medical testing capabilities, and where the user could provide health history on a removable memory card.

4. Health care professionals make free pre-recorded training sessions on how to diagnose and treat ourselves for common sicknesses.

If you're wondering how this might work - think of your local DIY home-improvement or automotive-repair stores....
* These stores have many items on the shelf and even more available by online ordering.
* All the items have good how-to-use instructions.
* There are helpful knowledgeable employees onsite. Many of the employees are retired people who did that kind of work before they retired.
* There are frequent "How-To" seminars.

"Do It Yourself Doctoring" might be particularly helpful in the situations below:
* For those who just can't afford medical help, e.g. without insurance, particularly in this economy. Similarly, for whatever reason, for those who want to minimize health expenses.
* For those where there is no doctor nearby, e.g. developing countries, rural areas, etc.
* For those who want to have more a part of their healthcare, working alongside with their Doctor on their own. Checking up on their doctor. Second opinion. Etc.
* For those who want to help the doctor of sick loved one.
* For those who just plain want to do it themselves, especially efficiently.
* For those whose doctor has given up on them and have no more answers.

This text plus diagram is at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dswxq4k_19pz6xwk7x for your convenience.

Thanks!

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/

Design Notes for Low-Cost Solar Percolator Water Pump

2008-07-12T11:11:00.003-05:00

Hello All - This posting looks at designing "Low-Cost Solar Percolator Water Pump". The topics in this posting might be helpful in providing basic survival needs, making into products to sell, or instructions for people to make devices themselves. Good Luck!

FYI - As a start, how about these Solar Percolator Water Pump patents. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active. Patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date) are free to use by anyone.

* LIFTING OF LIQUIDS BY SOLAR HEATUS Pat. 2230917 - Filed May 22, 1939
* APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING ATMOSPHERIC OR SOLAR HEAT FOR RAISING WATERUS Pat. 433055 - Filed Feb 2, 1887
* SOLAR HEATED WATER VAPOR LIFTING AND CONDENSING SYSTEMUS Pat. 3490996 - Filed Apr 10, 1968
* Self-pumping solar heating system with geyser pumping actionUS Pat. 4478211 - Filed Jun 18, 1982
* Self-contained reflux condenser solar water heaterUS Pat. 4305382 - Filed Dec 19, 1979
* Pulsing steam solar water pumpUS Pat. 4309148 - Filed Dec 7, 1979
* Water pumping system using solar energyUS Pat. 5511954 - Filed Jun 26, 1995
* Solar displacement pumpUS Pat. 4431385 - Filed Nov 16, 1981
* Self actuating diaphragm pumpUS Pat. 4508493 - Filed Feb 28, 1983
* Solar diaphragm pumpUS Pat. 4427350 - Filed Jan 11, 1982
* Solar powered liquid metering deviceUS Pat. 4407637 - Filed Jan 22, 1981
* COFFEE AND WATER URNUS Pat. 964029 - Filed Jun 27, 1908
* Portable brewing systemUS Pat. App 11/157,285 - Filed Jun 21, 2005
* Solar controlled water wellUS Pat. 4802829 - Filed Feb 17, 1987
* Solar heating systemUS Pat. 4270521 - Filed Aug 15, 1979
* Solar energy generatorUS Pat. 5351488 - Filed Jan 31, 1994
* Water pumping system using solar energyUS Pat. 5511954 - Filed Jun 26, 1995
* Solar power generator and water purifierUS Pat. 4253307 - Filed Aug 27, 1979
* Solar thermal powered water pumpUS Pat. 5163821 - Filed Apr 2, 1991
* Sun Heat MotorUS Pat. 1785651 - Filed May 17, 1928
* Solar water pumpUS Pat. 4409961 - Filed Mar 23, 1981
* Solar powered Stirling engineUS Pat. 4707990 - Filed Feb 27, 1987
* Pumping system using solar energyUS Pat. 3937599 - Filed Oct 11, 1974
* Solar controlled water wellUS Pat. 4802829 - Filed Feb 17, 1987
* Wind-solar lift pumpUS Pat. 4519749 - Filed Nov 15, 1982

To search for more Solar Percolator Water Pump patents, try the following.

In the Patent List above, look at the "Citations" and "Referenced by" of each of the patents that interest you the most. By doing this, you're essentially finding "more like this".

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - f04 OR e03 OR a47
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - solar* AND water* AND pump*
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
* Cooking Without Carbon: Solar Espresso
* YouTube - FRESNEL LENS BOIL WATER WITH SOLAR POWER
* the Otherpower.com Discussion Board Fresnel to heat water
* Fresnel lens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Coffee percolator
* Stirling engine
* Solar hot water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Water well pump - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Portable water purification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Desalination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Solar hot water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Solar water disinfection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Solar hot water panel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Portable water purification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Solar furnace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Solar still - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Solar thermal collector - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Find your local library at Libweb and ask about Solar Percolator Water Pump.
* You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Solar Percolator Water Pump could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ Build on the work of others. Maybe, use patent images instead of starting with a blank sheet of paper. Computer model other's designs and make the designs better or cheaper or simpler. You don't have to "reinvent the wheel" . Design around active patents.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Solar Percolator Water Pump.
* Using solar to boil water
* Heating water with solar
* Solar to disinfect water
* Solar water pumps and filters

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!

For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/,

Thanks!

Interfacing with the Doctor Within

2008-07-06T07:23:00.005-05:00

FYI - TG Ideas LLC has recently launched a new blog "Interfacing with the Doctor Within" - http://doctor-within.blogspot.com/. I still plan to continue on this "Ideas for Products or Inventions" blog also. I think both have merit....and will keep me busy in retirement starting next year!

This "Interfacing with the Doctor Within" concept was first introduced on this "Ideas for Products or Inventions" blog several months ago, under the titles of Low-Cost Medical Diagnostic and Treatment - Parts 1 and 2. I think this concept has so much potential I made a new blog just on this topic alone. If interested, please visit and comment. I look forward to hearing from you.

There seems to be a "Doctor Within" that takes care of most of the body functions, with or without our help or the help of a medical professional. Sometimes, however, the "Doctor Within" might need help from the outside to complete the body repairs. Currently we only "look in" to fix the health problem by our medical tests, etc. We don't “ask” the "Doctor Within" what it needs to fix itself. This new blog lays the foundation for better accessing and investigating the "Doctor Within", perhaps by electronic means.

TG Ideas LLC has created this blog to promote the use of science to record and explore the “intuitive messages” the body, mind, and spirit are trying to tell us about our health and health of others. Up to now, we could only say or write these "intuitive messages". Throughout the world, there is much research being done on "Brain Computer Interfaces" that show brain or mind activity. On the other hand, very little research is being done on to automatically recording "intuitive messages". By doing so, we could scientifically study and improve on this process, and maybe someday, have a device to "Interface with the Doctor Within". This concept might just be a solution to high health care costs.

Please feel free to visit and add your comments, research, experimentation in this area.
Thanks

Tom - TG Ideas LLC

Design Notes for Low-Cost Bicycle-Powered Devices

2008-05-31T13:33:00.005-05:00

Hello All - This posting looks at designing "Low-Cost Bicycle-Powered Devices". The topics in this posting might be helpful in providing basic survival needs, making into products to sell, or instructions for people to make devices themselves. Good Luck!

FYI - As a start, how about these Bicycle-Powered Devices patents. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active. Patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date) are free to use by anyone.
* Bicycle powered boatUS Pat. 3982495- Filed Jun 9, 1975
* Portable self-powered band sawUS Pat. 4641560- Filed Dec 9, 1985
* DEVICE FOR DRIVING EMERY-WHEELSUS Pat. 620893 - Filed May 14, 1898
* MANUALLY PROPELLED FARM TRACTOR DEVICEUS Pat. 2607613 - Filed Feb 18, 1950
* TRACTORUS Pat. 2230749 - Filed Aug 4, 1937
* BICYCLE-BOATUS Pat. 577269 - Filed Sep 4, 1896
* Aquatic device attachable to a two-wheeled vehicleUS Pat. 4170188 - Filed Jun 22, 1977
* Human powered vehicle drive mechanismUS Pat. 6688623 - Filed Jan 16, 2002
* Bicycle powered mowerUS Pat. 5222348 - Filed Oct 4, 1991
* Universal platform for human powered floatation devicesUS Pat. 6146218 - Filed Sep 8, 1998
* Self-tensioning pedal drive mechanism for a human powered boatUS Pat. 6712653 - Filed Jul 6, 2001
* Water system with a pedal powered reciprocating pumpUS Pat. 5772405 - Filed Apr 3, 1995
* Water system with both electric motor power and manual pedal power, for a ...US Pat. 6210125 - Filed May 11, 1998
* Human powered device with removable flywheel power unitUS Pat. 6983948 - Filed May 29, 2001
* POWER TAKE-OFF FROM BICYCLE CRANKUS Pat. 3910126 - Filed Jun 20, 1974
* Bicycle water pumpUS Pat. 4911339 - Filed Jul 13, 1988
* Bicycle based emergency battery charging systemUS Pat. 6717280 - Filed Feb 28, 2000
* Bicycle watercraft accessoryUS Pat. 6267631 - Filed Jun 29, 1999
* Pedal powered potter's wheelUS Pat. 4061460 - Filed Jul 6, 1976
* DENTAL LATHEUS Pat. 696713 - Filed Dec 18, 1901
* Apparatus and method for transporting cargo with a two-wheeled vehicleUS Pat. 6092820 - Filed Aug 12, 1998
* Tandem bicycle adapterUS Pat. 6612597 - Filed Sep 10, 2002
* Pedal operated power generating systemUS Pat. 6229224 - Filed May 13, 1999
* BICYCLE OPERATED GENERATORUS Pat. 3210634 - Filed Nov 24, 1961
* BICYCLE-PATH MAKERUS Pat. 628363 - Filed Jul 25, 1898
* BICYCLE-AMBULANCEUS Pat. 660769 - Filed Oct 31, 1899
* Portable, human-powered electrical energy sourceUS Pat. 7129592 - Filed Mar 2, 2005
* Bicycle power generating arrangementUS Pat. 6502842 - Filed Jan 30, 2001

To search for more Bicycle-Powered Devices patents, try the following.

In the Patent List above, look at the "Citations" and "Referenced by" of each of the patents that interest you the most. By doing this, you're essentially finding "more like this".
For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - b62
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - bicycl* AND (powered OR waterpump* OR generator*)
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
* PEDAL POWERED INNOVATIONS
* Pedal Power
* YouTube - Bicycle Powered Water Pump and Sand Filter
* The Wheel Deal a bicycle powered water pump
* MIT Faculty Newsletter (bicycle powered devices)
* Bicycle Ambulance: Details
* Bicycle Powered Water Pump
* WorldBike.org Bikes that Haul, for All
* Freight bicycle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Bicycles for Humanity.org
* Find your local library at Libweb and ask about Bicycle-Powered Devices.
* You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Bicycle-Powered Devices could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ Build on the work of others. Maybe, use patent images instead of starting with a blank sheet of paper. Computer model other's designs and make the designs better or cheaper or simpler. You don't have to "reinvent the wheel" . Design around active patents.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Bicycle-Powered Devices.
* Bicycle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!

For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!

Design Notes for Low-Cost Medical Diagnostic and Treatment – Part 2

2008-04-26T14:56:00.006-05:00

New - Please also see "Interfacing with the Doctor Within" - http://doctor-within.blogspot.com/

Hello All – This posting continues in designing Low-Cost Medical Diagnostic/Treatment, expanding on interfacing with the "Doctor Within". The goal in all this is to use science to record and explore the “messages” the body, mind, and spirit are trying to tell us about our health and health of others.

Please read this information over and If you like what you see, please pass this along to as many others you think might also be interested. Feel free to comment on this blog posting, perhaps adding your own research. This posting can also be viewed and downloaded at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dswxq4k_4fc3539cj

Repeating portions of the previous posting on designing "Low-Cost Medical Diagnostic/Treatment Devices – Part 1"….There seems to be a "Doctor Within" that takes care of most of the body functions, with or without our help or the help of a medical professional. However, sometimes the "Doctor Within" seems to need help from the outside to complete the body repairs. It seems that currently we only "look in" to fix the health problem by our medical tests, etc. We don't seem to “ask” the "Doctor Within" what it needs to fix itself. I'd like to lay the foundation for better accessing the "Doctor Within", perhaps by electronic means.

Maybe intuition is a way to access the "Doctor Within". Other names for intuition are – hunch, gut feel, sixth sense, gut instinct, gut knowing, innate wisdom, gut reaction, etc. Nothing new here, Medical Intuition has been around for some time.

This posting proposes some ways to detect and record intuition, plus some information on possible “how-to” techniques.

Medical Dowsing or Radiesthesia – Possible How-To Information

Dowsing has been described as an indicator of intuition or unknown knowledge. As you will see below, computer-assisted dowsing is not new. I suggest starting with what has been done already with medical dowsing or Radiesthesia. Then, interface this dowsing with a computer.

A computer or PDA could record dowsing answers very nicely without interrupting the dowsing train of thought. Looking ahead, I can see where computers can help explore these ideomotor effects by recording, analyzing, interpreting, and communicating these effects. Computers can also help form questions and provide known information to the user. It seems like all the traditional uses of dowsing could be duplicated and maybe enhanced by computer-assisted dowsing.

* DE19517828 - Deflection measuring device for divining rod. This patent application shows how to interface a divining (dowsing) rod to a computer (computer-assisted dowsing.

* A Simple, Low-Cost, Data-Logging Pendulum Built from a Computer Mouse

* Camera Mouse to record any dowsing tool response.

* Hand worn remote computer mouse - US Pat. 5489922 -– could be part of a dowsing tool.

* Once dowsing tool responses are inputted to computer, Mouse Gesture software could interpret the tool response into answers.

* A Pie Menu might be viewed as a pendulum-dowsing chart. A Mouse Pad or Computer Screen could be in the form of a Dowsing Chart or an anatomy diagram, Aura diagram, or Chakra diagram. WebMD or other Internet resources could also be dowsed for diagnosis/treatment.

* Tactile-acoustic information detecting and measuring apparatus and methodUS Pat. 5744715 - measuring "stick" as used in Radionics. Furthermore, a computer touch pad might be used instead of a Radionic Stick Plate.

* System and method for speech generation from brain activityUS Pat. 7275035 – Ideomotor responses might initiate speech.

Polygraph (Lie Detector) Devices to record intuition – Possible How-To Information

* EP1651942 - ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL INTUITION INDICATOR…uses body measurements to infer intuition….

* US6067468 - Apparatus for monitoring a person's psycho-physiological condition…uses skin resistance…

* DIY Polygraph

* Build on the work of Cleve Backster and his theory of Plant Perception. Maybe plants could be a remote intuition indicator in themselves and the results could then be inputted into a computer. Don’t forget about animals having a “sixth sense”, knowing when someone is sick.

* Gut Feelings, Intuition, and Emotions: An Exploratory Study - Dean I. Radin, Marilyn J. Schlitz. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. February 1, 2005, 11(1): 85-91. doi:10.1089/acm.2005.11.85. – uses electrogastrogram to investigate gut feelings.

* The intuitive responses of Medical Intuitives, Doctors, Veterinarians, Patients, etc. could be recorded and studied to enhance medical diagnosis.

Inputting Other Intuition Indicators into a computer – Possible How-To Information

* Message type recording psychographsUS Pat. 4753439 - Filed Oct 10, 1985

* Ouija Mouse Pad

* Gypsy: The First Computerized Talking Board

* Automatic Writing could be inputted to a computer using handwriting recognition software.

* Facilitated Communication could be inputted to a computer helping a patient unable to communicate their healthcare wishes.

Use the existing tools for measuring/recording Ideomotor involuntary movements – Possible How-To Information

* Tremor measurement deviceUS Pat. 4306291 - Filed Dec 14, 1979

* Measuring movement disorderUS Pat. 5562104 - Filed Apr 6, 1994

* System an method for detecting tremors such as those which result from ...US Pat. 5293879 - Filed Sep 23, 1991

Collaborative diagnosis and treatment plan – Possible How-To Information

* Collaborative software could link computer-assisted dowsers or other information seekers together in an efficient manner. This is similar to “getting a second opinion”.

Decreasing computer assistance – Possible How-To Information

* Perhaps there could be computer based training to help people increase their own innate intuition. Computer-assisted dowsing could be viewed as “training wheels” to using intuition efficiently.

Stay tuned for news/progress in this exciting research area! Are you with me? Let me know. Thanks!

NOTE - Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active. Please also be advised that many countries have legal restrictions or regulations regarding diagnosing and treating others and the equipment used therein - Alternative Medicine - Regulation, and Medicine - Legal Restrictions, Biomedical Engineering - Regulatory Issues, Medical License, etc. On the other hand, there might be little or no legal restrictions to Self-Diagnosis/Treatment or Self-Experimentation. If in doubt, please check with a legal professional.

This writing, and any other communication, from TG Ideas LLC are strictly for informational purposes. See full disclaimer on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/ The above is a collection of publicly available information that anyone could have found and pieced together.

Design Notes for Low-Cost Medical Diagnostic/Treatment

2008-03-15T12:43:00.006-05:00

New - Please also see "Interfacing with the Doctor Within" - http://doctor-within.blogspot.com/

Hello All - This posting looks at designing "Low-Cost Medical Diagnostic/Treatment Devices", by providing low-cost or free self-care information, laying the foundation for a “Computer-Assisted Medical Advisor”, and interfacing with the "Doctor Within". The topics in this posting might be helpful in providing basic survival needs, making into products to sell, or instructions for people to make devices themselves. Good Luck!

Note - This posting only contains part of the full written article. For free download of full article go to http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dswxq4k_0gs9bksgp&hl=en

Health care usually consists of prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being. I'd also like to add diagnosis to this list.
Here are some suggested steps toward low-cost or free healthcare, some of which you can do today!

Step 1 - For prevention, some diagnosis, treatment, and illness management see the book - Where There Is No Doctor (low-cost or free PDF download). The Hesperian Foundation has other excellent low-cost publications and free downloads. Some of this information even shows how to make your own medical equipment, such as crutches, etc.

Step 2 – Read this information over. If you like what you see, please pass this along to as many others you think might also be interested.

Step 3 – Pick out something you can do to help out. Start today.

For more on “Computerized Medical Advisor” and “Doctor Within”, please see below.

From what I can see, the largest health care costs come from seeing a doctor, taking medications, having operations or treatments, and transport to/from the doctor. Another cost might be the "trial and error" approach to diagnosis and treatment, by ourselves and perhaps even doctors. Usually people go to a Medical Doctor only when necessary after trying Self-Care first.

When going to a doctor, a typical Physical Examination consists of the following steps:

1. The doctor listens to the patient's symptoms to get an idea on where to focus efforts. The patient essentially answers the questions - "Where does it hurt?" or "Why are you here?" Also, the doctor obtains a medical history - including Height, Weight, etc.

2. The doctor then performs a Medical Inspection, including palpation, percussion and auscultation. Here the physician relies on the Five Classical Senses. The Vital Signs are established, plus taking further Diagnostic Tests if necessary. In addition to the words of a patient, the doctor might also consider the patient's body language.

3. From the medical history, symptoms, inspection, and tests the doctor then makes a diagnosis, especially a differential diagnosis . From the diagnosis, the doctor then makes a recommended Treatment or Therapy Plan. The doctor's decision-making process usually relies mostly on Logic, though Intuition might be considered, by some practitioners. In addition, the doctor probably has some sort of weighting factor system, giving more credibility to some information more than others.

4. All of what happens in a medical office becomes a part of a person's medical record.
If technology is available, this record could be an Electronic Medical Record or Electronic Health Record. Follow-up is usually up to the patient to take medications, perform exercises, etc. recommended by the doctor. Follow-up doctor visits are also usually up to the patient. Essentially, the process above is repeated, as necessary, until the patient is satisfied, runs out of money, gives up, or dies. Usually, the doctor does not pursue the patient - the patient pursues the doctor. Furthermore, the patient, or even the doctor, might go to a different doctor for a "second opinion". The patient is responsible for payment whether satisfied or not. Also, I have yet to see a warranty on medical services, similar to other services.

As you will see from the References at the end of this posting, most if not all, the above steps could be computer-based. Therefore, it seems obvious to be able to provide a low-cost or free “Computerized Medical Advisor”. Some aspects of a “Computerized Medical Advisor” already exist, e.g. WebMD, but I think much more could be done in this area. This “Computerized Medical Advisor” could provide helpful information where there is no doctor or for those people who cannot afford the available health-care. If more help is needed than self-diagnostic/treatment, the person could take a printout or send an e-record to a doctor, if possible. The record, whether electronic or hand-written, could include home tests, knowledge and learning, intuition or instinct, other's input, results of self-treatment, etc. The doctor's visit might change from “Please fix me” to the following form. "Hello Doc - Here's what I think I have and here's why I think this way. This is what I think I need from you. What do you think?" By contributing “Sweat Equity”, maybe we can reduce our healthcare costs to next to nothing.

OK, now here's the really exciting part and I think has the greatest potential. There seems to be a "Doctor Within" that takes care of most of the body functions, with or without our help or the help of a medical professional. Examples of this are birth, death, common cold, wound healing, general healing, bone healing, spontaneous healing, etc. However, sometimes the "Doctor Within" seems to need help from the outside to complete the body repairs. It seems that currently we only "look in" to fix the health problem by our medical tests, etc. We don't seem to “ask” the "Doctor Within" what it needs to fix itself. I'd like to lay the foundation for better accessing the "Doctor Within", perhaps by electronic means.

I’m surprised doctors do as good as they do, considering the little information we typically give the doctor, plus the limited time they typically doctors have. The “Doctor Within”, however, has much more time and information to work with. Some information the “Doctor Within” has is where it really hurts, 24/7 health monitoring, what we eat/drink, what we’re exposed to, our emotional state, our activities, etc. All we typically tell the doctor is where it hurts, not the bigger picture.

Every organism does already benefit from self-diagnostic/treatment. It is well known that animals "know what to do to get better" by instinct, I guess. Examples of this are dogs or cats eating grass to aid digestion, animals licking their wounds with healing saliva, animals seeking out healing herbs for their malady, etc. This might be viewed as organisms responding to the "doctor within". The technical term for this is Zoopharmacognosy or animals self-medicating. Perhaps a term that covers this in humans is Innate Intelligence. In other words, we seem to have an inherent internal "Onboard Diagnostic System", similar to automobiles. I don't know how it works. Wouldn't it be great if we could better access our internal diagnostic system directly? Maybe we can and we don't know it yet.

Something to think about - Albert Schweitzer wrote “We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to go to work." - Maybe some day we'll have a way to access our "doctor within". Maybe this article is a step toward that direction.

Several times above I have used the word "intuition" Other names for intuition are – hunch, gut feel, sixth sense, gut instinct, gut knowing, innate wisdom, gut reaction, etc. Maybe intuition is a way to access the "Doctor Within". Nothing new here, Medical Intuition has been around for some time.

To detect and record intuition, I’d like to suggest medical dowsing as a starting point. (If you have a better physical starting point, please blurt it out for the rest of us.) Continuing, dowsing has been described as an indicator of intuition or unknown knowledge. Furthermore, computer-assisted dowsing could document dowsing. As you will see in the Reference section of this posting, particularly DE19517828, computer-assisted dowsing is not new. I suggest starting with what has been done already with medical dowsing. Then, interface this dowsing with a computer.

Another resource that could be explored are the existing Medical Intuitives. Perhaps their techniques could be computer recorded, then analyzed, improved, etc.

Before we get too dependent on computer-assisted dowsing or anything else, please remember that the answers are within each of us and not within the devices.

From all the references in this posting, which is just a sampling of what's publicly available, it is known that:
1. People go to Internet resources for diagnostic and treatment recommendations.
2. People diagnose and treat themselves.
3. The results of medical tests are factored into diagnosis and treatment.
4. Much of the healing and maintenance within a body goes on with or without a doctor.

Maybe some day all we'll need is a good ear to the "Doctor Within". For now though, it seems obvious to combine all these individual public concepts into a free or low-cost “Computerized Medical Advisor”, which might have these concepts and maybe more.
1. Easy to use interface, available in any language, to allow information and test results to be entered.
2. Internet-based, or other means, for easy collaboration.
3. Privacy protected, yet accessible by those granted permission.
4. Input capability for accessing the "Doctor Within".
5. Ability to give a good diagnosis and treatment plan.
6. Ability to continuously improve the process via open innovation.
7. Readily and cheaply available to anyone, anywhere, anytime (24/7) in the world.

Now all we have to do is make it happen. I lack the resources to make this happen alone. Maybe you can. Go for it. To pull this off, we have to work together.

If you think this concept has merit, here's some suggestions to make a positive difference:
1. Ask your local library if they have the book “Where There Is No Doctor” or those like it. If not, ask if they can add it to their collection. Also, consider financially helping the Hesperian Foundation to provide low-cost or free healthcare information to others, particularly those who can’t afford it.

2. Write a book or magazine article on how the general public can best use WebMD, Medical Symptoms Database , Online Medical Symptom Checker , MSO Online Medical Symptom Checker , or Diagnosaurus, etc.

3. Make an ultra-low-cost health-care kiosk and tell the world how you did it. Some good idea springboards might be the ViTelCare Kiosk, Virgin Life Care HealthZone, IBM Health and Fitness Kiosks, Some Health Kiosk images, etc.

4. Write a Science Fiction story or screenplay about how people can heal themselves, for the most part, given the tools and knowledge.

5. Ask your local learning center if they have a course on self-diagnosis, self-treatment, etc.

6. Ask for help from an Engineering School to help you adapt a computer for health purposes. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

7. Find your local library at Libweb and ask about Medical Diagnostic/Treatment Devices, particularly low-cost or self-administered.

8. Find more good "how-to" information on this topic and share it with the world.

9. Make a discussion group on this topic.

10. Form something like a Corporate Wiki to share ongoing project information on this topic.

11. Run a Blog devoted to this topic.

12. Start a newsletter or online magazine on this topic. Include news, new patents or patent applications, activities, collaboration opportunities, licensing opportunities, networking opportunities, conferences, learning opportunities, book reviews, interviews, etc.

13. Write an article on how WebMD works.

14. For those folks who are not getting satisfactory results from their doctors, try “Computerized Medical Advisor” or “Doctor Within”. Same goes for those who have been told there is no hope for them by doctors.

15. Research sci-fi medical devices, like the Triquarter concept from Star Trek, for related information on this topic.

16. Make hardware/software and place it in the public domain by defensive publication.

17. Write an article on “Listening to your body” or “What is your body telling you?”, and then give practical how-to information on how to actually do this, perhaps using a computer. “How can I listen to my body if I don’t have anything to listen with?”

18. Whatever you find, discover, make, etc. - make it public so others can learn from your successes or mistakes.

19. Doctors - You can embrace this change in the doctor-patient relationship, where the patient takes a more active roll, perhaps only calling on you when absolutely needed.

20. People – You have options and are the ultimate decision-maker in your own health. Why not try a parallel path of going to the doctor as usual plus using a “Computerized Medical Advisor” and/or “Doctor Within”? See which works better. Who says you have to tell the doctor that you’re getting a “second opinion”? Maybe just go to the doctor if your self-care doesn’t work or for the more complicated stuff.

21. Caregivers - You can do something for those you care for, in addition to worrying and turning the whole thing over to doctors. It wouldn't be the first time an average person found some information the doctor overlooked. Get busy on the computer or at the library doing research.

22. You can publicly add your constructive comments, especially via an Internet forum, for all to see. A suggestion might be misc.health.alternative, sci.med, etc.

23. Hobby Hackers, Circuit Benders, Breadboarders, Amateur Scientists unite and work on modifying home computers into "Electronic Doctors". Maybe think about how old low-power cheap computers could be recycled into this purpose.

24. Make “Computerized Medical Advisor” software and add to other open source healthcare software or healthcare freeware.

25. Experiment with the “Doctor Within” asking for alternative affordable medicines instead of expensive medicines.

26. Write a science fiction television program where the patient’s “Doctor Within” instructs the Surgeon how to do the surgery.

27. Attorneys – Smooth out the legal bumps in implementing “Computerized Medical Advisor” and/or the “Doctor Within”.

28. Think about entering data for others into WebMD. Maybe this would be particularly helpful for those who don’t have a computer, are illiterate, are handicapped, or have other reasons why they couldn’t enter the data themselves. I’m sure this goes on all the time already, when one family member tries to help another ailing family member.

29. Start workshops, conferences, get-togethers, clubs, etc. on this topic.

30. What do you know about all this? Blurt out what you know to help others, and yourself!

31. You might be thinking that you’re too old, too young, too sick, too busy, too poor, not smart enough, whatever – Do something anyway!

For REFERENCES (Possible How-To Information) – Please go to http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=dswxq4k_0gs9bksgp&hl=en

NOTE - Please be advised that many countries have legal restrictions or regulations regarding diagnosing and treating others and the equipment used therein - Alternative Medicine - Regulation, and Medicine - Legal Restrictions, Biomedical Engineering - Regulatory Issues, Medical License, etc. On the other hand, there might be little or no legal restrictions to Self-Diagnosis/Treatment or Self-Experimentation. If in doubt, please check with a legal professional.

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Feel free to comment.I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!

For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".
This writing, and any other communication, from TG Ideas LLC are strictly for informational purposes. See full disclaimer on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/ The above is a collection of publicly available information that anyone could have found and pieced together.

Design Notes for Low-Cost Rat Catching Devices

2008-02-09T14:13:00.000-06:00

Hello All - This posting looks at designing "Low-Cost Rat Catching Devices". The article titled "In India, new rat trap boosts low-caste tribe" caught my attention. The topics in this posting might be helpful in providing basic survival needs, making into products to sell, or instructions for people to make devices themselves. Good Luck on "making a better mousetrap"!

FYI - As a start, how about these old smoke related patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone. From what I see - bee smokers, mole smokers, gopher smokers, and rat smokers are similar.
* BEE-SMOKERUS Pat. 559546 - Filed Jan 11, 1896
* FUMIGATORUS Pat. 588090 - Filed Mar 13, 1896
* DEVICE FOR EXTERMINATING GROUND - BURROWING ANIMALSUS Pat. 344682 - Filed Oct 28, 1885
* FUMIGATORUS Pat. 441690 - Filed May 22, 1890
* FUMIGATORUS Pat. 463367 - Filed May 19, 1891
* BEE-SMOKERUS Pat. 718689
* IMPROVED FUMIGATOR FOR SMOKING BEESUS Pat. 44427
* BEE-SMOKERUS Pat. 484172 - Filed Nov 19, 1891
* BEE-SMOKERUS Pat. 834121 - Filed Mar 5, 1906
* BEE-SMOKERUS Pat. 473724
* RAT TRAPUS Pat. 1399630 - Filed Feb 19, 1920
* RAT TRAPUS Pat. 3872619 - Filed Jan 9, 1974
* RAT-TRAPUS Pat. 710020 - Filed Feb 13, 1902
* D262732 Rodent trap Jan 19, 1982
* ANIMAL TRAPUS Pat. 1293894 - Filed Jun 15, 1915

To search for more Rat Catchers patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

In the Patent List above, look at the "Citations" and "Referenced by" of each of the patents that interest you the most. By doing this, you're essentially finding "more like this".

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - a01m17 OR a01k55
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - smoke OR smoked OR smoking OR smokes
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
* Bee smoker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* homemade bee smoker - Beesource Beekeeping Forums
* The Beekeeper's Smoker
* Rat Behavior and Biology
* Rat-Trap
* Rat-Catcher
* Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher by Ike Matthews
* Studies in the Art of Rat-catching
by Henry C. Barkley
* Patent Boxes, for Catching and Destroying Rats and Other Vermin: Sold for ...
by Haycraft's & Co
* Rat-catching for the Use of Schools
by H C Berkley
* The Rat: A World Menace - Page 23
by Alfred Moore Hogarth

Find your local library at Libweb and ask about Rat Catching Devices.
You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Rat Catching Devices could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ Build on the work of others. Maybe, use patent images instead of starting with a blank sheet of paper. Computer model other's designs and make the designs better or cheaper or simpler. You don't have to "reinvent the wheel" . Design around active patents.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas.

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!

For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/,

Thanks!

Design Notes for Low-Cost Mosquito Control Devices for Malaria Prevention

2007-11-18T07:42:00.000-06:00

Hello All - This posting looks at designing "Low-Cost Mosquito Control Devices". Some topics included are mosquito controls and bed-nets, maybe in some formats you might not have thought of before. Some of these topics might be helpful in providing basic survival needs and some others might be made into products to sell. Good Luck!

FYI - As a start, how about these old Mosquito Control Devices patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.
INSECT EXTERMINATORUS Pat. 1962439 - Filed Sep 23, 1931
IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS FOR DESTROYING INSECTSUS Pat. 4808
IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS FOR TRAPPING INSECTSUS Pat. 166124 - Filed Jun 9, 1875
ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE INSECT CONTROL SYSTEMUS Pat. 3835577 - Filed Apr 26, 1972
BUG AND MOSQUITO CATCHERUS Pat. 2731762 - Filed Jun 1, 1954
INSECT CATCHER WITH CATCHING GRID UNDER ELECTRIC TENSIONUS Pat. 2132371 - Filed Jun 23, 1936
Insect attractorUS Pat. 4168591 - Filed Jul 13, 1977
Carbon dioxide generator insect attractantUS Pat. 4506473 - Filed Nov 14, 1983
FLY TRAPUS Pat. 3340646 - Filed Feb 10, 1965
INSECT CONTROL APPARATUSUS Pat. 2861132 - Filed Feb 21, 1950
Insect attractorUS Pat. 4168591 - Filed Jul 13, 1977
MOSQUITO NET OR CANOPY HOLDERUS Pat. 1268767 - Filed Aug 3, 1917
AUTOMATIC MOSQUITO-BAR FRAMEUS Pat. 435191 - Filed Nov 16, 1889
MOSQUITO-NETUS Pat. 818882 - Filed Dec 12, 1905
SUPPORT FOB MOSQUITO-NETSUS Pat. 1210573 - Filed Jan 24, 1916
MOSQUITO CANOPY FOR BEDSUS Pat. 2375503 - Filed Oct 12, 1943
COVER HOLDER FOB CHILDREN S BEDSUS Pat. 1130781 - Filed Dec 10, 1913
BED-AWNING OR MOSQUITO-BARUS Pat. 678197 - Filed Jan 4, 1901
IMPROVEMENT IN MOSQUITO-NETSUS Pat. 124239 - ADELIA E
COLLAPSIBLE MOSQUITO TRAPUS Pat. 3120075 - Filed Aug 24, 1962
Apparatus for controlling insectsUS Pat. 4219884 - Filed Jan 29, 1979

To search for more Mosquito Control Devices patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

In the Patent List above, look at the "Citations" and "Referenced by" of each of the patents that interest you the most. By doing this, you're essentially finding "more like this".

Mosquito Nets - For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - E06B9 OR A47C29
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - mosquito* OR malaria*
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

Mosquito Traps - For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - A01M1
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - mosquito* OR malaria*
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
New understanding of malaria mosquito's olfactory system
Spotlight: The Bite of a Malaria Mosquito CDC Malaria
BBC NEWS Science/Nature GM mosquito 'could fight malaria'
Malaria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fighting Malaria By Tricking Mosquito's Sense Of Smell
Mosquito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mosquito control
Mosquito Vector control
Bug zapper
DIY:happy article on making your own mosquito trap from scratch.
Mosquito net - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most Persistent & Deadly Foe by Andrew Spielman & Michael D'Antonio (Hardcover - 2001)
A Textbook of Malaria Eradication - Page 451
by Emilio Pampana
Malaria Education; a Guide for Professional and Lay Workers - Page 57
Disease Prevention Through Vector Control: Guidelines for Relief Organisations - Page 26
by Madeleine C. Thomson
Malariology: A Comprehensive Survey of All Aspects of this Group of Diseases ... - Page 377
Mosquitoes and Their Control - Page 48
by Norbert Becker
Mosquito Eradication
by Walter Ernest Hardenburg
The Engineer and the Prevention of Malaria
by Henry Home - Malaria
Malaria and the Engineer: A Treatise for Technical Students
by Committee on Sanitary Engineering, National Malarial Committee
Mosquito Surveys: A Handbook for Anti-malarial and Anti-mosquito Field Workers - Page 189
by Malcolm Evan MacGregor
Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters - Page iii
by Peter B. Bloland, Holly A. Williams
How to Protect Yourself Against Malaria
A Textbook of Malaria Eradication
by Emilio Pampana, Leonel Cosme, Jaques Courvoisier
Howstuffworks "How Mosquito Magnets® Work"
How to make your own organic mosquito repellent - DIY Life
LIVING : Crafts & Projects : Mosquito Repellent : DIY Network
MOSQUITO ENGINEERING.; A New Science to Rid the Country of the ...
Engineers and urban malaria: part of the solution, or part of the ...
Final Report No.4 - Malaria: success of 'dip-it-yourself' bednet kits
WHO WHO releases new guidance on insecticide-treated mosquito nets
World Health Organization : Global Malaria Programme
HealthBridge / Malaria Matters: Issue 2, January 1998
Nothing But Nets
Find your local library at Libweb and ask about Mosquito Control Devices.
You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Mosquito Control Devices could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ Build on the work of others. Maybe, use patent images instead of starting with a blank sheet of paper. Computer model other's designs and make the designs better or cheaper or simpler. You don't have to "reinvent the wheel" . Design around active patents.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Mosquito Control Devices.
Growth inhibitors for mosquito larvaeUS Pat. 4082814 - Filed Apr 27, 1976
MOSQUITO CONTROL EMPLOYING CERTAIN 2,6-DISUBSTITUTED PHENOLS
Electric fence controllers(Solar) US Pat. 4316232 - Filed May 5, 1980
Cremation apparatus and method(Solar) US Pat. 4781174 - Filed Nov 25, 1983
PORT ABLE CAMPING SHELTERUS Pat. 3536083 - Filed May 21, 1968
PLAYPENUS Pat. 2697843 - Filed Feb 26, 1953
CHILD S FOLDING COMBINED BED AND COOPUS Pat. 1340694 - Filed Jan 7, 1919
Babies bedUS Pat. 4124909 - Filed Oct 6, 1977
Synergistic composition for the control of insectsUS Pat. 4104376 - Filed Jul 7, 1977
CLOTH-TREATING PROCESSUS Pat. 1642360 - Filed May 25, 1923
BACTERIAL MOSQUITO LARVA-KILLING AGENTUS Pat. 3651215 - Filed Aug 12, 1968
INSECTICIDEUS Pat. 2269272 - Filed Mar 11, 1940
DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHODUS Pat. 3917168 - Filed Apr 25, 1974
LONG LASTING INSECT REPELLENT FILMS FOR SKIN AND OTHER SUBSTRATESUS Pat. 3590118 - Filed Nov 3, 1969
Malaria vaccineUS Pat. 4466917 - Filed Feb 12, 1981
INSECT-REPELLING FABRIC AND GARMENTUS Pat. 2344811 - Filed Jan 28, 1942
SUCTION TYPE BLACK LIGHT INSECT TRAPUS Pat. 3305965 - Filed May 4, 1965
Blood Electrification Effectiveness On Malaria - Share The Wealth MOSQUITO ENGINEERING: Building a Disease-Fighting Mosquito ...
Community-based Environmental Management Program for Malaria ...
Youthink! Issues Health Story: Malaria in Africa
Uses for Scrap Fabrics
DIY - My Designs - Tents

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW-COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!

For more of my low-cost DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!

Design Notes for Low-Cost Mass-Transportation using Blimps, etc.

2007-11-11T06:56:00.000-06:00

Hello All - This posting is a request from a reader and looks at designing "Low-Cost Mass Transportation using Blimps, etc.". Some topics included are passenger/cargo blimps, airships, etc. - all focused on large capacity and low cost. Some low cost options might be solar, human-powered, and/or low-cost helium. Some applications might be people-movers, moving products to market, medical supply delivery, medical transport, etc. Some of these topics might be helpful in providing basic survival needs and some others might be made into products to sell. Good Luck!

FYI - As a start, how about these old Mass Transportation using Blimps, etc. patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.
FLYING SOLARTHERMIC TOY AIRSHIPUS Pat. 3153878 - Filed Apr 11, 1960
Non-rigid airshipUS Pat. 4326681 - Filed Sep 20, 1979
Hot air balloonsUS Pat. 3945591 - Filed Nov 18, 1974
Apparatus for collecting solar energy at high altitudes and on floating ...US Pat. 4364532 - Filed Nov 29, 1979
FLYING MACHINESUS Pat. 1390258 - Filed Jun 8, 1920
Solar powered hot air balloonUS Pat. 4174082 - Filed Dec 15, 1977
SOLAR BALLOON OR AEROSTATUS Pat. 3220671 - Filed Oct 28, 1963
SOLAR ENERGY BALLOONUS Pat. 3565368 - Filed Jun 30, 1969
Solar balloon maneuvering systemUS Pat. 4262864 - Filed Mar 14, 1979
BALLOON ACTIVATED BY SOLAR ENERGYUS Pat. 3337162 - Filed Feb 24, 1965
SOLAR ENGINE BALLOON ALTITUDE CONTROLUS Pat. 2931597 - Filed Jan 28, 1954
MEANS FOR PROLONGING BALLOON FLIGHTUS Pat. 2904285 - Filed Jun 29, 1956
HAND POWER PROPELLED HYDROAERO SPORTING DIRIGIBLE BALLOONUS Pat. 1247960 - Filed Apr 18, 1917
AIR-SHIPUS Pat. 877529 - Filed Jan 7, 1907
AIRSHIPUS Pat. 980840 - Filed Apr 9, 1909
AIRSHIPUS Pat. 1189680 - Filed Apr 28, 1913
Hot air aerostatUS Pat. 4084771 - Filed Mar 25, 1976
Method and apparatus for use in harnessing solar energy to provide initial ...US Pat. 4403755 - Filed Feb 14, 1980
PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION OF HELIUMUS Pat. 3815376 - Filed Jul 31, 1969
PRODUCTION OF HELIUM FBOM NATURAL GASUS Pat. 1664412 - Filed Aug 7, 1919
PROCESS OF RECOVERING HELIUMUS Pat. 1529625 - Filed Jun 15, 1923
PROCESS OF SEPARATING GASESUS Pat. 1496757 - Filed Jul 26, 1920
LOW TEMPERATURE FRACTIONATION OF NATURAL GAS COMPONENTSUS Pat. 2940271 - Filed Mar 24, 1959

To search for more Mass Transportation using Blimps, etc. patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

In the Patent List above, look at the "Citations" and "Referenced by" of each of the patents that interest you the most. By doing this, you're essentially finding "more like this".

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - b64b1
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - sun OR solar* OR passenger* OR cargo*
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
Airships - Transportation Means of the Future
Flying saucer to the rescue New Age airship brings disaster relief
Up, up and away: Airships, the next generation - CNN.com
Halfbakery: Solar Blimp
Halfbakery: Stirling High Altitude Blimp
Solar-Powered Blimp Could Fly For A Year
YouTube - solar airship
Teacher Creates Solar-Electric Blimp (TreeHugger)
Blimp-Plane Hybrid: World's Next Megamover?
Barriers and possibilities for the use of airships in developing ...
Solar balloon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Airship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zeppelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Public transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lighter than air - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cargo Transportation by Airships: A Systems Study
by Chen Jung Huang, Charles Dalton
Dr. Eckener's Dream Machine: The Great Zeppelin and the Dawn of Air Travel
by Douglas Botting
Hot Air Balloons
by Tony Freeman
Encyclopedia of Hot Air Balloons
by Paul Garrison
The Complete Book of Airships: Dirigibles, Blimps & Hot Air Balloons
by Don Dwiggins
Propelled Lighter-Than-Air Vehicles - Page 104
by Adam Starchild
Human Powered Aircraft
THE HUMAN POWERED FRISBEE
Human-powered flight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Science Links Japan A Design for Aerobatic Human Powered Airship.
Unusual Human Powered Vehicles - Links and Patents
Airship Design
by Charles P. Burgess - Technology - 2004 - 340 pages
The Rigid Airship: A Treatise on the Design and Performance
by E H Lewitt - 1975
The Airship: Its Design, History, Operation and Future
by Christopher St. John Sprigg
Design Details of the Goodyear Model K Airship
by C. V. S. Knox
Airship Design and Operation: Present and Future : Proceedings
by Royal Aeronautical Society, Airship Association
Model Balloons and Flying Machines: With a Short Account of the Progress of ... - Page 11
by John Henry Alexander
Airship Aerodynamics: Technical Manual
Find your local library at Libweb and ask about Mass Transportation using Blimps, etc..
You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc. + You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Mass Transportation using Blimps, etc. could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ Build on the work of others. Import patents into C.A.D. - instead of starting with a blank sheet of paper - Computer model. Design around active patents. You don't have to "reinvent the wheel" .
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Mass Transportation using Blimps, etc..
Evacuated balloon for solar energy collectionUS Pat. 4534525 - Filed May 10, 1983
DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIP AND THE LIKEUS Pat. 1109502 - Filed Nov 22, 1913
DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIPUS Pat. 1732040 - Filed Mar 9, 1929
AIRSHIPUS Pat. 3486719 - Filed Dec 4, 1967
COMBINED BOAT AND AIRSHIPUS Pat. 1023404
AMPHIBIAN BALLOONUS Pat. 1656780 - Filed Oct 15, 1926
AIRSHIP WITH MIXED SUSTENTATIONUS Pat. 1695394 - Filed Sep 29, 1926
DIRIGIBLE AIRSHIPUS Pat. 1340053 - Filed Aug 21, 1919
AIRSHIPUS Pat. 1853376 - Filed Sep 6, 1921
LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFTUS Pat. 2094619 - Filed Mar 5, 1935
RIGID TYPE LIGHTER-THAN-AIR CRAFTUS Pat. 3180588 - Filed Jun 29, 1962
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMUS Pat. 3670658 - Filed Jul 9, 1970
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMSUS Pat. 3171403 - Filed May 17, 1962
SOLAR POWERED VEHICLEUS Pat. 3089670 - Filed Sep 25, 1957
Modular rapid transportation system for passengers and freightUS Pat. 3987734 - Filed Feb 5, 1975
ELEVATED TRANSPORT SYSTEMUS Pat. 3858518 - Filed Mar 27, 1972
Halfbakery: Lighter than air bike
The FLYING MACHINES Web Site

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!

For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!

Design Notes for Low Cost Solar Cooling

2007-11-03T16:57:00.000-05:00

Design Notes for Using Patent Images

2007-11-03T07:19:00.000-05:00

Hello All - This posting looks at using the images from patents to begin your design work. By doing this you might save time. Plus, you can do computer modeling to see how devices might work. An example might be taking the images from this old TREADLE-PUMP patent and importing them into Google SketchUp. With other software applications, I think the concept could be useful for mechanical, electrical, fluid flow, thermal and many others areas of engineering and design. I have not tried this concept due to limitations in resources and knowledge. Copying/Pasting patent images does work, however, in simple applications such as this blog. I'm hoping you can get the concept to work and tell the world about it! Good Luck!

FYI - Here's some information you might find useful in Using Patent Images.

Sources of Patent Images - Usually PDF or TIF, sometimes direct copy/paste.
Google Patent Search
esp@cenet
USPTO Patent Search Database
Worldwide Patent Offices

Sources of Computer-Aided Design and 3-D Computer Modeling Software
SketchUp
SketchUp Help Center - What kinds of files can I import into SketchUp?
From/to some of my most used graphics apps
importing objects into SketchUp - CartoTalk
CONVERT SCANNED PAPER DRAWING INTO YOUR CAD-PROGRAM WITH RASTERVECT
AutoCAD DXF - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Importing PDF into CAD Drawings - TeSelle
tiff to dxf Free Download
PDF to DXF Converter
Open Directory - Computers: CAD and CAM: Raster to Vector
Raster to vector - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
Computer-aided design - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Computer simulation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Open Directory - Science: Technology: Software for Engineering ...

Note - Patent images might be viewed by some as copyrighted. To help you understand this topic, here's some copyright information you might find helpful. Copyright laws are different in various countries. This is further complicated since the same images are typically used in the various patents within the Patent Family, throughout the world. If in doubt, please consult a professional.
Public domain
Copyright
Fair use
Template talk:PD-US-patent

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!

For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!

Design Notes for "Low-Cost Products using Sand"

2007-10-07T07:07:00.000-05:00

Hello All - This posting looks at designing "Low-Cost Products using Sand". Some areas included are bricks, adobe, building blocks and other materials, pottery, sculpture, art, sandpaper, water filters, etc. - all using sand in some form. Some of these areas might be helpful in providing basic survival needs and some others might be made into products to sell. Good Luck!

FYI - As a start, how about these old "Products using Sand" patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.
METHOD OF FORMING EARTH BUILDING BLOCKSUS Pat. 2388679 - Filed Nov 3, 1941
Poured adobe building construction and method of forming sameUS Pat. 4365451 - Filed Jan 8, 1980
PROCESS FOR MAKING BUILDING-BLOCKSUS Pat. 1162172 - Filed Mar 19, 1915
BUILDING MATERIAL AND HOUSE CONSTRUCTIONUS Pat. 1256384 - Filed Apr 4, 1917
CONFINED SOIL BRICKSUS Pat. 3545155 - Filed Sep 17, 1965
MORTAR OR COMPOSITION FOR COATING WALLSUS Pat. 348644 - Filed May 24, 1886
Decorative potteryUS Pat. 4457103 - Filed Sep 9, 1981
Sand painting unitUS Pat. 3992811 - Filed Mar 10, 1975
METHOD OF PRODUCING A SAND PAINTINGUS Pat. 3819436 - Filed May 15, 1972
SAND FILTER FOR WATER PURIFICATIONUS Pat. 3563385 - Filed Apr 23, 1969
SAND-BRICK MACHINEUS Pat. 889920 - Filed Oct 4, 1906
SANDPAPER-MAKING MACHINEUS Pat. 13913
SAND OR EARTH FILTER FOR SHELTERSUS Pat. 2888870 - Filed Feb 17, 1956
TimerUS Pat. 4527905 - Filed Nov 19, 1984
MACHINE FOR ORNAMENTING GLASS BY MEANS OF THE SAND-BLASTUS Pat. 415230 - Filed Mar 16, 1889
RECOVERY OP PRECIOUS METAL FROM DESERT SANDS AND FROM DESERT PLACERUS Pat. 2265977 - Filed Jan 21, 1939

To search for more "Products using Sand" patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

In the Patent List above, look at the "Citations" and "Referenced by" of each of the patents that interest you the most. By doing this, you're essentially finding "more like this".

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - C04 OR B01D OR B24
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - (sand AND (brick* OR filt*)) OR sandpaper*
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
SAND - Especially see "Uses for Sand"
Extraordinary Uses for Sand
Industrial Sand Uses
Sand: Encyclopedia II - Sand - Uses of sand
sand :: Uses of sand. -- Britannica Student Encyclopaedia
Online Sand: Sand Uses
Create Your Own Sand Mandala: For Meditation, Healing, and Prayer by Eileen M. Rose and Abby Rose Dalto (Paperback - Mar 2004) - Box set
Design Your Own Sand and Seed Vases
Biosandfilter.org
Science Fair Projects - Does the particle size of sand used to ...
Earth Building by Laurence Keefe (Paperback - Oct 27, 2005)
EXN.ca One Week in the Wilderness - Shelter
Crafts: Easy Sand Sculpture Kids Can Make - Kaboose.com
Soil Brick Making Machines Can Save The Forests
Brick manufacture
Sandpaper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How Is Sandpaper Made? - Science Fact Finder
Find your local library at Libweb and ask about "Products using Sand".
You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of "Products using Sand" could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas. Build on the work of others. Design around active patents.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of "Products using Sand".
System for recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sandUS Pat. 4019575 - Filed Dec 22, 1975
Recovering viscous petroleum from thick tar sandUS Pat. 3994341 - Filed Oct 30, 1975
SIEVE FOR SANDING PAPERUS Pat. 5602
GLASS FURNACEUS Pat. 2263848 - Filed Jan 11, 1941
SOLAR FURNACEUS Pat. 811274 - Filed Jan 6, 1904
SOLAR FURNACEUS Pat. 2987961 - Filed Apr 17, 1958
CEMENTUS Pat. 2176862 - Filed Aug 31, 1934
CEMENT OR PLASTERUS Pat. 2227790 - Filed May 6, 1935
Boot for walking on soft materialsUS Pat. 4447969 - Filed Feb 12, 1982
Method of producing low-carbon, white husk ashUS Pat. 4049464 - Filed Sep 2, 1976
COREBINDERUS Pat. 2974048 - Filed Dec 30, 1957
Method of consolidating sandUS Pat. 4560588 - Filed Aug 20, 1984
MANUFACTURE OF CERAMIC PRODUCTSUS Pat. 2215215 - Filed Jan 12, 1938
Filter for water jugsUS Pat. 4491520 - Filed Feb 22, 1984
Device for filtering beveragesUS Pat. 4181243 - Filed Mar 23, 1978
BENEFICIAL REUSE OF SPENT FOUNDRY SAND
Sandcastles
Make your own Climbing Holds!
Casting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Weeds of Rain Fed Lowland Rice Fields of Laos & Cambodia ...
The Use of Rice Husk Ash in Low - Cost Sandcrete Block Production

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Design Notes for Low Cost Cooling Devices

2007-09-22T07:25:00.000-05:00

FYI - Here's some information you might find useful in designing Low Cost Cooling Devices. As a start, how about these old Cooling Devices patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.
EVAPORATIVE COOLERUS Pat. 271813 - Filed Jun 19, 1882
EVAPORATIVE REFRIGERATORUS Pat. 568259 - Filed Dec 27, 1895
COOLING BAGUS Pat. 1668598 - Filed Jan 30, 1926
WATER BAGUS Pat. 1580705 - Filed Oct 13, 1934
EVAPORATIVE REFRIGERATORUS Pat. 1174082 - Filed Sep 22, 1914
EVAPORATION REFRIGERATORUS Pat. 1239250 - Filed Aug 19, 1916
COOLERUS Pat. 1854070 - Filed Apr 9, 1930
WATER COOLERUS Pat. 1960714 - Filed Apr 19, 1932

To search for more Cooling Devices patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.

1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - F28D5 OR F24F5
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - (evaporativ* OR swamp* OR desert*) AND cool*
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the U.S. only, go to U.S. Issued Patents.
1- In the "Query" field, copy and paste in the following - (ccl/62/$ OR ccl/261/$) AND abst/((evaporativ$ OR swamp$ OR desert$) AND cool$)
2 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the latest in U.S. only, go to U.S. Published Applications.
1- In the "Query" field, paste in the same search string above.
2- Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
Evaporative cooler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Water cooler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How to build an inexpensive swamp cooler
Keeping your cool, Replacing the Humble Refigerator- By Nev Sweeney
Coolgardie safe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Find your local library at Libweb and ask about Cooling Devices.
You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Cooling Devices could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas. Build on the work of others. Design around active patents.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Cooling Devices.
SURVIVAL STILL FOR OBTAINING POTABLE WATERUS Pat. 3436313 - Filed Oct 21, 1965
Water producing apparatusUS Pat. 4365979 - Filed Sep 2, 1980
What are different uses for swamp coolers? from ExpertVillage
A C E Evaporative cooler water use
Grey Water Hydro Systems Greywater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reclaimed water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
INFANT INCUBATORUS Pat. 3076451 - Filed May 12, 1959
DEVICE FOR WARMING OR COOLING INFANT FOODUS Pat. 3402763 - Filed Dec 5, 1966
THERMOELECTRIC PILLOWUS Pat. 3648469 - Filed Apr 10, 1970
AIR PURIFYING AND VENTILATING MEANS FOR BEDSUS Pat. 3101488 - Filed Jul 10, 1961
BABY INCUBATOR AND THE LIKEUS Pat. 2243999 - Filed Mar 4, 1938
HYPOTHERMIA SYSTEMUS Pat. 3888259 - Filed Aug 21, 1973
TEMPERATURE REGULATOR FOR INCUBATORSUS Pat. 1178579 - Filed Oct 3, 1914
Heat storage food containerUS Pat. 4567877 - Filed Jul 30, 1984
* See future posting for cooling using solar energy.

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Design Notes for Low-Cost Dental Supplies

2007-09-15T16:46:00.000-05:00

FYI - Here's some information you might find useful in designing Low Cost Dental Supplies.

As a start, how about these old Dental Supplies patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.
TOOTH CROWN CONSTRUCTION AND PROCESSUS Pat. 3483618 - Filed Jul 2, 1963
TEMPORARY DENTAL PLATEUS Pat. 286845 - Filed Jan 2, 1883
IMPROVEMENT IN THE ART OR METHOD OF FILLING TEETHUS Pat. 215397 - Filed Mar 28, 1879
FILLING FOR TEETHUS Pat. 532724 - Filed Jul 6, 1894
Prosthetic denture and method of making sameUS Pat. 3987546 - Filed Apr 2, 1975
TRIAL DENTURE BASE PLATESUS Pat. 2985961 - Filed Nov 19, 1956
COMPLETE PROSTHETIC DENTURE AND METHOD FOR SELF-FITTINGUS Pat. 3464111 - Filed May 9, 1967
ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR FORMING A DENTUREUS Pat. 3460252 - Filed May 2, 1967
DENTIST S KIT AND INSTRUMENT SUPPORTUS Pat. 1684417 - Filed Apr 28, 1925
Aid in the management of clinical emergencies in medical and dental practices and other ...US Pat. 3981398 - Filed Jan 29, 1975
Dental kit for performing root canalsUS Pat. 4353694 - Filed Jan 25, 1980
DENTIST S EMERGENCY UNITUS Pat. 1907187 - Filed Jul 22, 1930
DENTAL CEMENT AND PROCESS OF MAKING DENTAL CEMENTUS Pat. 1900237 - Filed Jul 22, 1929

To search for more Dental Supplies patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - a61c OR a45d OR a61k
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - dental OR teeth OR tooth OR dentist*
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the U.S. only, go to U.S. Issued Patents.
1- In the "Query" field, copy and paste in the following - (ccl/433/$ OR ccl/132/$) AND ABST/(tooth$ OR teeth$ OR dent$)
2 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the latest in U.S. only, go to U.S. Published Applications.
1- In the "Query" field, paste in the same search string above.
2- Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
Do-It-Yourself Dentistry
Do-It-Yourself Medicine: How to Find and Use the Most Effective Antibiotics, Painkillers, Anesthetics and Other Miracle Drugs... Without Costly Doctors' Prescriptions or Hospitals by Ragnar Benson (Paperback - Mar 1997)
U.S. Army Survival Handbook by Department of the Army (Paperback - Jun 1, 2002)
Dental emergency
Dental Health Search
Dental drill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amazon.com: Where There Is No Dentist: Books: Murray Dickson
Hesperian is a non-profit publisher of books and other educational materials that help people take the lead in their own health care.
Find your local library at Libweb.
You could ask for help from an Engineering School. Find schools at All Engineering Schools.

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Dental Supplies could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas. Build on the work of others. Design around active patents.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Dental Supplies.
New method to detect caries via fluorescence
New method to detect caries via fluorescence. Authors:, Eberhart, J.; Frentzen, M.; Thoms, M. Affiliation:, AA(Dürr Dental GmbH & Co. ...
Lasers to Detect Tooth Decay: Because X-rays Are so 20th Century ...
Experimentally the device has been able to see deeper, and more accurately than x-rays without exposing the patient to any ionizing radiation. ...
A Quantum leap for treating tooth decay?
2 Jul 2007
Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of caries in teeth using ...US Pat. 4479499 - Filed Jan 29, 1982
Dental Travel Kit
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN DENTAL EMERGENCY TRAVEL KIT. Don't forget to print out the emergency instruction to go with the kit. ...
Examine your own teeth at home. Dental cleaning tools and ...
The HomeDental.com Complete Dental Hygiene Kit has now proven to be the ... so he or she can examine your mouth and take an x-ray to make sure there is not ...
Make Your Own Toothpaste! A Thrifty and Fun Experiment in Hygiene
Natural Family Online - easy articles on natural family living.
Serengeti - Plantlife
The toothbrush tree is a low bush with characteristic long, arching shoots. These shoots, when green, are cut by locals and used as toothbrushes. ...
Toothpasteworld - Toothpaste History
The world's oldest-known formula for toothpaste, used more than 1500 years before Colgate began marketing the first commercial brand in 1873, ...
Halfbakery: dental floss cornsilk
Maize with silk engineered to work as dental floss, for pleasurable -- and ... here = selectively bred from plants infected with a plant-specific bacterium ...
History of Dentistry and Dental Care
Who invented false teeth - toothpaste - toothbrushes - the history of dentistry. ... Researchers have found dental floss and toothpick grooves in the teeth ...
The History of Toothpaste, Toothbrush and Floss
The early history and evolution of the toothbrush has its origin in the "chewingsticks" used by the ... Floss History · Toothbrush Parts · Dental Dictionary ...
Dental floss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[edit] History. Dental floss. Dental floss. Levi Spear Parmly, a dentist .... Levi Spear Parmly: The Apostle of Dental Hygiene. Journal of the History of ...
Toothpaste - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toothpaste is a paste or gel dentifrice used to clean and improve the aesthetic appearance and health of teeth. It is almost always used in conjunction with ...
Dental floss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search. Dental hygienist flossing a patient's teeth. Dental hygienist flossing a patient's teeth ...
Dental caries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search. This article is about dental caries in humans. To read about dental caries in animals, ...
Toothpick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search. Wood toothpicks. Wood toothpicks. A Toothpick. A Toothpick. A toothpick is a piece of ...
Dr. Samuel D Harris National Museum of Dentistry
The National Museum of Dentistry, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is a lively center where visitors discover the importance of a healthy smile and are fascinated ...

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Design Notes for Low Cost "People-powered" Tools

2007-09-02T07:14:00.000-05:00

FYI - Here's some information you might find useful in designing Low Cost "People-powered" Tools.

As a start, how about these old "People-powered" Tools patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.
PORTABLE DENTAL ENGINEUS Pat. 236080 - Filed Aug 24, 1880
TREADLE MECHANISM FOR DENTAL ENGINESUS Pat. 229614 - Filed Mar 30, 1880
DENTAL ENGINEUS Pat. 590246 - Filed Mar 17, 1896
DENTAL ENGINEUS Pat. 561561
DENTAL ENGINEUS Pat. 397556 - Filed Jul 30, 1888
COMBINATION DENTAL CHAIR AND ENGINEUS Pat. 1527475 - Filed Nov 22, 1924
DENTAL ENGINEUS Pat. 539645 - Filed Jun 9, 1894
DENTAL ENGINEUS Pat. 550114 - Filed Jan 30, 1895
DENTAL ENGINEUS Pat. 1649181 - Filed Jul 24, 1922
IMPROVEMENT IN DENTAL DRILLSUS Pat. 123559
SAW CHAIN GRINDERUS Pat. 3071026 - Filed May 21, 1959
MOTORUS Pat. 452832
SEWING-MACHINE OR OTHER MOTORUS Pat. 322422 - Filed Jun 1, 1885
MANUAL MOTORUS Pat. 364406
IMPROVEMENT IN SCROLL-SAWING MACHINESUS Pat. 170456 - Filed May 11, 1875
CIRCULAR SAWING MACHINEUS Pat. 355589
TREADLE-POWERUS Pat. 425571

To search for more "People-powered" Tools patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.

1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - a61 OR b25 OR b23 OR b24
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - motorless
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For another Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - a61 OR b25 OR b23 OR b24
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - (treadle* OR human) AND (powered OR driven)
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the U.S. only, go to U.S. Issued Patents.
1- In the "Query" field, copy and paste in the following - (CCL/173/$ OR CCL/81/$ OR CCL/74/$ OR CCL/83/$ OR CCL/433/$) AND (ABST/(motorless OR treadle$) OR (TTL/motorless OR treadle$))
2 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the latest in U.S. only, go to U.S. Published Applications.
1- In the "Query" field, paste in the same search string above.
2- Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
W.F. & John Barnes Patented Foot-Powered Machinery
Build an 1805 Treadle Lathe at Tools for Working Wood Make Your Own Treadle Lathe - Download How to Make a Treadle Operated Wood-Turning Lathe: Workshop Equipment Manual Number 6 (Workshop Equipment, 6) by Bob Ingham and Paul Smith (Paperback - Nov 1986)
How to Make and Use the Treadle Irrigation Pump by Carl Bielenberg and Hugh Allen (Paperback - Dec 1, 1995)
Handy Farm Devices: And How to Make Them by Rolfe Cobleigh (Paperback - Feb 1, 1996)
Treadle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of "People-powered" Tools could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas. Build on the work of others.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of "People-powered" Tools.
TOOL ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINESUS Pat. 798299 - Filed Feb 21, 1905
WOOD-CARVING MACHINEUS Pat. 480524 - Filed Aug 24, 1891
ENGRAVING AND CARVING MACHINESUS Pat. 132594
ROTARY HAND TOOLUS Pat. 3908487 - Filed May 6, 1974
MACHINES FOR SCOURING THE BREAST FLAPS OF LOUIS HEELSUS Pat. 2724938 - Filed Feb 17, 1953
ROTARY CARVING TOOLUS Pat. 2569874 - Filed Jun 21, 1949
ETCHING TOOLUS Pat. D200732 - Filed May 28, 1964
MOTORIZED HAND TOOLUS Pat. 2242475 - Filed Jul 14, 1939
Choosing Rotary Tools
Buying Guide: Rotary Tools
Portable one-hand operated rotary torque producing toolUS Pat. 4249617 - Filed Oct 22, 1979
Squeeze-ratchet tool assemblyUS Pat. 4524650 - Filed May 18, 1983

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.. I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!!

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Design Notes for Low Cost Dew Collectors or Solar Stills for Water

2007-08-17T16:51:00.000-05:00

FYI - Here's some information you might find useful in designing Low Cost Dew Collectors or Solar Water Stills. As a start, how about these old Dew Collectors or Solar Water Stills patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.
DEW AND RAIN COLLECTOR...US Pat. 1284042 - Filed Dec 23, 1916
DEW COLLECTING METHOD AND APPARATUSUS Pat. 3318107 - Filed Aug 11, 1965
APPARATUS FOR SOLAR DISTILLATIONUS Pat. 3846251 - Filed Mar 2, 1971
Process and apparatus for solar distillationUS Pat. 4055473 - Filed Nov 4, 1974
Process and system for recovering water from the atmosphereUS Pat. 4146372 - Filed Mar 28, 1977
Solar stillUS Pat. 4141798 - Filed Jan 30, 1978
PNEUMATIC SOLAR STILLUS Pat. 3337418 - Filed Sep 21, 1964
DEW COLLECTING METHOD AND APPARATUSUS Pat. 3270515 - Filed Aug 9, 1965
SOLAR ACTIVATED DEHUMIDIFIERUS Pat. 2462952 - Filed Aug 3, 1945
WOODBURY COLLOIDAL DROPLET COLLECTORUS Pat. 3616615 - Filed Sep 11, 1969
ATMOSPHERIC WATER COLLECTORUS Pat. 3675442 - Filed Feb 12, 1971
Solar powered dehumidifier apparatusUS Pat. 4242112 - Filed Jun 1, 1979
Method and apparatus for abstracting water from airUS Pat. 4342569 - Filed Sep 4, 1980
Apparatus for extracting potable waterUS Pat. 4351651 - Filed Dec 12, 1980
IMPROVEMENT IN EVAPORATING AND DISTILLING BY SOLAR HEATUS Pat. 102633
SOLAR STILLUS Pat. 983424
IMPROVEMENT IN EVAPORATING AND DISTILLING BY SOLAR HEATUS Pat. 102633
LENS-DOME SOLAR DISTILLATION UNITUS Pat. 3351536 - Filed Dec 2, 1964
MOLDED PLASTIC SOLAR STILLUS Pat. 3655517 - Filed Oct 22, 1969
EDLIN AIR SUPPORTED SOLAR STILLUS Pat. 3174915 - Filed Jul 16, 1962

To search for more Dew Collectors or Solar Water Stills patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - b01d OR c02f OR e03b
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - (dew OR fog) AND water AND collect*
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.
4 - Repeat step 1, then step 2 with the following - (solar* OR sun) AND still AND water - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the U.S. only, go to U.S. Issued Patents.
1- In the "Query" field, copy and paste in the following - ccl/62/$ AND abst/((dew OR fog) AND (collect$ OR condens$) AND (water))
2 - Press SEARCH. View your results.
3 - Repeat 1 with the following - ccl/202/$ AND abst/((solar$ OR sun) AND (still$ OR distill$) AND water) - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the latest in U.S. only, go to U.S. Published Applications.
1- In the "Query" field, paste in the same search strings above.
2- Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
Fog Collection
Solar Still
Journal of Arid Environments : A comparative study of two large ...
Large Scale Dew Collection as a Source of Fresh Water Supply How to Make Water from Thin Air - Water collection machine - Softpedia
Solar Distiller
How to Make a Solar Still for Purifying Water in the Wilderness ...
Desert Survival: The Solar Still (DesertUSA)
HOW TO BUILD - AND USE! - A SOLAR STILL
Solar Still How to Make Water in the Desert - wikiHow
Modeling and testing of a dew collection system [An article from: Desalination] by P. Gandhidasan and H.I. Abualhamayel
Building a solar still.(water distillation)(Brief Article): An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal
The effect of using different designs of solar stills on water distillation [An article from: Desalination] by I. Al-Hayeka and O.O. Badran
Performance evaluation of a one-sided vertical solar still tested in the Desert of Algeria [An article from: Desalination] by M. Boukar and A. Harmim
How to build a solar still (Series 75 - Sea Water Conversion Laboratory ; issue 13) by Lee Edson
Plans for a glass and concrete solar still (Technical report) by T. A Lawand

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Dew Collectors or Solar Water Stills could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas. Build on the work of others.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Dew Collectors or Solar Water Stills.
Apparatus and method for automatically watering vegetationUS Pat. 4315599 - Filed Mar 3, 1980
RECOVERY OF POTABLE WATER FROM HUMAN METABOLIC WASTES BY DISTILLATION AND OXIDATION OF THE ...US Pat. 3127243 - Filed Aug 15, 1960
Namib Desert Beetle-based Dune Dew Collectors: Science Fiction in ...
Does Solar PV Still Make Sense for the Developing World?
Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things: How to Turn a Penny into a Radio, Make a Flood Alarm with an Aspirin, Change by Cy Tymony
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival (Survival School Handbooks / Tom Brown, Jr) by Tom Brown
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature and Survival for Children by Tom Brown
Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht
Adventure Travel in the Third World: Everything You Need To Know To Survive in Remote and Hostile Destinations by Jeff Randall and Mike Perrin

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.

I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Go for it! Good Luck!

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Design Notes for Low Cost Solar Water Pumps

2007-08-06T09:17:00.000-05:00

FYI - Here's some information you might find useful in designing Low Cost Solar Water Pumps.

As a start, how about these old Solar Water Pumps patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.
Pumping system using solar energyUS Pat. 3937599 - Filed Oct 11, 1974
Heat-powered water pumpUS Pat. 4177019 - Filed Mar 27, 1978
APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING ATMOSPHERIC OR SOLAR HEAT FOR RAISING WATERUS Pat. 433055 - Filed Feb 2, 1887
Solar powered liquid metering deviceUS Pat. 4407637 - Filed Jan 22, 1981
Heat-powered water pumpUS Pat. 4212593 - Filed Jan 25, 1979
SOLAR ENERGY PUMPUS Pat. 2688922 - Filed Oct 27, 1951
THERMAL-GRAVITY FLUID PUMPING METHOD AND APPARATUSUS Pat. 3765799 - Filed May 1, 1972
Passive solar powered plant watering systemUS Pat. 4304528 - Filed Oct 12, 1979

To search for more Solar Water Pumps patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - f04b OR f04f OR f03g
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - (solar* OR sun) AND water AND pump*
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the U.S. only, go to U.S. Issued Patents.
1- In the "Query" field, copy and paste in the following - CCL/417/$ AND ABST/(solar$ OR sun) AND (water OR well OR wells)
2 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the latest in U.S. only, go to U.S. Published Applications.
1- In the "Query" field, paste in the same search string above.
2- Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
Solar water pumping
A simple water pump, powered by solar energy
Water pumping: The solar alternative by M. G Thomas (Unknown Binding - 1987)
Understanding Solar Water Pumps (Understanding Technology) by C. J. Swet (Plastic Comb - May 1985)
Design of a cost effective solar powered water pump (Hydraulics and hydrology series) by Duane G Chadwick (Unknown Binding - 1980)
Solar-powered pumps

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Solar Water Pumps could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas. Build on the work of others.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Solar Water Pumps.
Solar water pumpUS Pat. 4409961 - Filed Mar 23, 1981
Pulsing steam solar water pumpUS Pat. 4309148 - Filed Dec 7, 1979
Solar diaphragm pumpUS Pat. 4427350 - Filed Jan 11, 1982
IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATORSUS Pat. 116025
Solar driven power unitUS Pat. 4068476 - Filed Nov 14, 1974
Multiple-stage small temperature differential heat-powered pumpUS Pat. 4347045 - Filed Mar 10, 1981
Build your own solar-powered water pumping station by Jeffrey Yago ...

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.

I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Go for it! Good Luck!

For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/,

Thanks!

Design Notes for Low Cost Eyeglasses

2007-07-29T06:33:00.000-05:00

FYI - Here's some information you might find useful in designing Low Cost Eyeglasses.

As a start, how about these old Eyeglasses patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.
MAGNETIC BI-FOCAL LENS HOLDERUS Pat. 2737847 - Filed Oct 20, 1952
FLEXIBLE FRESNEL REFRACTING MEMBRANE ADHERED TO OPHTHALMIC LENSUS Pat. 3628854 - Filed Dec 8, 1969
OPHTHALMIC DEVICEUS Pat. 2273434 - Filed Jun 19, 1940 - f twenty
SOFT FRAME ADJUSTABLE EYEGLASSESUS Pat. 3378851 - Filed Jul 6, 1966
LENSLESS OPTHALMIC DEVICEUS Pat. 3876294 - Filed Aug 17, 1973
EYEGLASSES OR SPECTACLESUS Pat. 1230136
PORTABLE VISUAL FUNCTION TESTERUS Pat. H293 - Filed May 29, 1986
PORTABLE VISION TESTING DEVICEUS Pat. 2622474 - Filed Jan 9, 1952
Vision screening kitUS Pat. 4279479 - Filed May 29, 1980
TESTING VISIONUS Pat. 1500248 - Filed Aug 17, 1922
METHOD OF TESTING VISIONUS Pat. 1686962 - Filed May 28, 1921
EYE TESTING DEVICEUS Pat. 1384252 - Filed May 29, 1920

To search for more Eyeglasses patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - G02C OR A61B
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - eyeglass* OR spectacle*
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the U.S. only, go to U.S. Issued Patents.
1- In the "Query" field, copy and paste in the following - CCL/351/$ AND ABST/(eyeglass$ OR spectacle$)
2 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the latest in U.S. only, go to U.S. Published Applications.
1- In the "Query" field, paste in the same search string above.
2- Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
JP7. Make your own glasses. ( spectacles.)
Eyeglasses - especially history

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Eyeglasses could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas. Build on the work of others.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Eyeglasses.
DISPLAY CARDUS Pat. 2212596 - Filed Jun 14, 1939
MEANS FOR ATTACHING SUNSHADE GLASSES TO SPECTACLESUS Pat. 2065458 - Filed Mar 27, 1936
LAMINATED MULTI-FOCAL LENSESUS Pat. 3877798 - Filed Sep 3, 1970

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.

I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!

For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/,

Thanks!

Design Notes for Low Cost Hearing Aids

2007-07-28T14:05:00.000-05:00

FYI - Here's some information you might find useful in designing a Low Cost Hearing Aid.

As a start, how about these old Hearing Aid patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from the filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.
IMPROVEMENT IN EAR-TRUMPETSUS Pat. 78493
IMPLANTABLE PIEZOELECTRIC HEARING AIDUS Pat. 3712962 - Filed Apr 5, 1971
IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF EAR-TRUMPETSUS Pat. 12951
TRUMPETUS Pat. 2469254 - Filed Jan 15, 1946
ACOUSTIC DEVICEUS Pat. 3618698
AUDIPHONEUS Pat. 1897833 - Filed Jan 26, 1931
AUDIPHONE FOB DEAF MUTESUS Pat. 2018262 - Filed May 12, 1934
DEVICE FOR AIDING THE DEAF TO HEARUS Pat. 226902 - Filed Jan 20, 1880
EAR-TRUMPETUS Pat. 438369 - Filed Jun 9, 1890
APPLIANCE FOR ENABLING THE DEAF TO HEARUS Pat. 608255 - Filed Nov 18, 1897
AURAL INSTRUMENTUS Pat. 30688

To search for more Hearing Aid patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
1 - In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - H04 OR A61F11/04 OR G02C11/06
2 - In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - (hear* OR deaf*) AND (aid* OR trumpet*)
3 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the U.S. only, go to U.S. Issued Patents.
1- In the "Query" field, copy and paste in the following - ccl/381/$ AND abst/((hear$ OR deaf$) AND (aid OR aids OR trumpet$ OR horn$))
2 - Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the latest in U.S. only, go to U.S. Published Applications.
1- In the "Query" field, paste in the same search string above.
2- Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting.
Slashdot Build Your Own Bluetooth Hearing Aid
Hearing Aid or Ear Trumpet

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.
+ You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
+ You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
+ You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
+ Existing manufacturers of Hearing Aid could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
+ You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas. Build on the work of others.

Here's some brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Hearing Aid.
STETHOSCOPEUS Pat. 8591
Sanguma - uses for a plastic vending cup
Convert old telephones into hearing aids?
Combine amplifier and ear trumpet? Inline amplifier?

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if you have a topic you would like covered. I'm open to suggestions on improving my blog format, too. Please e-mail me directly.

I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!

For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/,

Thanks!

Design Notes for Low Cost Treadle Pump

2007-07-22T08:58:00.000-05:00

FYI - Here's some information you might find useful in designing a Low Cost Treadle Pump.

Here's some Treadle Pump patents that have expired due to age (generally more than 20 years old from filing date). Expired patents are free to use by anyone.

TREADLE-PUMPUS Pat. 818522 - Filed Jan 2, 1902
IMPROVEMENT IN TREADLE-OPERATED CONFLUENT PUMPSUS Pat. 194377 - Filed Jul 23, 1877
PUMPUS Pat. 344133 - Filed Nov 16, 1885
PUMP-ACTUATING MECHANISMUS Pat. 705425 - Filed Sep 20, 1901
TREADLE-PUMPUS Pat. 439992 - Filed Jan 6, 1890
ATTACHMENT FOR PUMPSUS Pat. 413669 - Filed Jun 12, 1889
DEVICE FOR OPERATING PUMPS BY MEANS OF TREADLESUS Pat. 482777 - Filed Aug 5, 1891 - JACOB GOETZ
PORTABLE PUMPING APPARATUSUS Pat. 517881
IMPROVEMENT IN LIFT-PUMPSUS Pat. 195253 - Filed Aug 18, 1877

To search for more Treadle Pump patents, try the following. Please remember that newer patents are probably not expired, and therefore active.

For a Worldwide search, go to esp@cenet.
In the "International Patent Classification (IPC)" field, copy and paste in the following - F04B
In the "Keyword(s) in title or abstract" field, copy and paste in the following - (tread* OR pedal*) AND water
Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the U.S. only, go to U.S. Issued Patents.
In the "Query" field, copy and paste in the following - ABST/(pump$ AND water$ AND (pedal$ OR tread$))
Press SEARCH. View your results.

For the latest in U.S. only, go to U.S. Published Applications.
In the "Query" field, paste in the same search string above.
Press SEARCH. View your results.

In addition, here's some other information you might find interesting:

Treadle Pump
How to Make and Use the Treadle Irrigation Pump by Carl Bielenberg and Hugh Allen (Paperback - Dec 1, 1995)
Treadle pumps - WCA Info Net

So what can you do with all this information? Here's some suggestions.

You could make and sell the device described in the expired patent. Please note that just because something is patented or written, it might not work all that well or might not be safe in today's standards. Use your own judgment, or seek help, to stay safe and out of trouble.
You could "translate" the expired patent into easy-to-understand instructions for others to make the device. These instructions could use easy-to-find materials, like trees, plants, rocks, people, scrap materials, etc.
You could recruit the inventors or authors to help you, since they are experts in their field. Some of the inventors of older patents might be retired now and might be looking for something to do.
Existing manufacturers of Treadle Pump could use this information to make their already fine products even better, more efficient, or less expensive.
You could use the information to brainstorm new ideas. Build on the work of others.

Here's some possible brainstorming ticklers to help you launch in new directions around the topic of Treadle Pump.

COMBINED SEE-SAW AND WATER SPRAYERUS Pat. 3231269 - Filed May 5, 1964
BATHER'S PUMPUS Pat. 1628866 - Filed Apr 17, 1924
PUMP ATTACHMENT FOR BICYCLESUS Pat. 559418 - Filed Sep 23, 1896
WATER-ELEVATORUS Pat. 268086 - Filed Aug 17, 1882
ENDLESS-CHAIN WATER-ELEVATORUS Pat. 427997 - Filed Mar 3, 1890
PLASTIC PISTON PUMPUS Pat. 3684410 - Filed Sep 29, 1970
Can we learn anything from Exercise Machines?
Maybe disabled people could combine their efforts to pump water for the village - group effort.
Merry-Go-Round Pumps Water

That's about all for now. As background, the site "Design for the Other 90%" said to "GET INVOLVED", so I did. I plan to continue posting these LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS on my Blog for a while yet. Let me know if there is topic you would like to see covered.

I hope you find this helpful. I'm sure you can do much better though! Good Luck!

For more of my LOW COST DESIGN TOPICS - Click on the tag below "design for the other 90%".

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!

Idea for Wireless Wall Switch

2007-07-07T16:13:00.000-05:00

There seems to be many “wireless switches” these days but not any that look like a regular wall switch to control lights in a room. These wireless wall switches could be flat – maybe about a quarter of an inch thick – and have an adhesive backing. Stick anywhere – no wiring! The receiver could be in the light holder, in the light wiring, or in the cord from the light. Maybe these switches/receivers could be “solar” powered from the room lighting or at least lengthen the battery life.

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!

Idea for Emergency Headlight-Out Device

2007-07-07T16:04:00.000-05:00

How about an emergency headlight-out device? This device might be stored in the car for when a headlight goes out – temporary safety item. The manufacturers could even provide this device with vehicles.

Anyhow, the device could simply stick over burned out headlight. The device could have a reflector to reflect back light to oncoming drivers as well as a fiberoptic link over to the good headlight to “borrow light”. Half a light would be better than driving with one headlight. At least the dim light would give the oncoming driver an idea of what is coming – motorcycle, one-eyed vehicle, or what.

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!

Idea for Warranty Helper

2007-04-21T17:21:00.000-05:00

How about a warranty helper for the consumer? Many times, a consumer buys something that has a warranty – like appliances, vehicles, and roofing – and forgets about the warranty until after something goes wrong and the warranty has expired.

How about a helper system that would organize and remind the consumer of the various stages of the warranty. This could be a software program for the consumer to enter data and an internet link to the manufacturer for warranty details. Maybe this might be a way to get consumers to register their products – a plus for both manufacturers and consumers.

Anyhow, as the product ages, the consumer would be reminded of the imminence of the warranty expiration date, thereby giving them time to take care of problems while still under warranty. In addition, the system could give reminders for maintenance to fulfill the warranty conditions.

The consumer would get something in making the most use of the product over it’s lifetime – and the manufacturer has the benefit of happy customers, product marketing information, and an established link between consumer and manufacturer. Works for both sides – each side gets something.

The product could have a barcode for a personal computer to read to connect to the warranty and registration link. The consumer would just need to register the information once on name, address, etc. and this information would be used for all manufacturers. The only information that might need to be entered for each new purchase would be the date of purchase.

See disclaimers on TG Ideas LLC publications and website - http://www.athenet.net/~ideas/, Thanks!