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an antenna arrangement may include : a ground plane , a feed element , and a radiating element coupled to the feed element , the radiating element being substantially parallel to and vertically displaced from the ground plane by the feed element and a shortening element . the antenna may also include a conductive portion coupled to the ground plane using a switching element , the conductive portion being configured to alter the size of the ground plane .
| 7Electricity
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the present invention relates to a novel dna assay for the diagnosis and / or prediction of autoimmune diabetes . the present invention relates to a dna assay for the prediction of autoimmune diabetes in human subjects , which comprises the steps of a ) obtaining a dna sample from the subject and amplifying at least one class iii allele of variable number of tandem repeats located upstream of the insulin gene which is associated with silencing of thymic insulin mrna expression ; and b ) subjecting the sample to electrophoresis to identify the silencing class iii allele .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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devices and methods for a low latency data telecommunication system and method for video , audio control data and other data for use with one or more robots and remote controls are disclosed . the data transmission can be digital . the data telecommunication system can enable the use of multiple robots and multiple remote controls in the same location with encrypted data transmission .
| 6Physics
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in a computer network environment , a server protocol is provided to process read requests from clients . rather than all read requests being processed synchronously or all read requests being processed asynchronously , an attempt is first made to perform a synchronous read . if the synchronous read is unsuccessful , the connection through which the request was received by the server is registered with a monitoring service . when the data is ready to be read , an appropriate callback is called and the data transmitted . an optional delay may be imposed before the synchronous read is attempted to increase the likelihood that the attempt will be successful . a series of delays / read attempts may also be employed in order to increase the likelihood still further that an attempt will be successful .
| 7Electricity
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tester edge placement accuracy is important for testing of semiconductor component devices . the value of that accuracy is quantified to the device manufacturer in terms of yield loss and bad parts sold as good parts . a simulation is presented that models the tester accuracy , the device edge distribution and their interaction for a example device having an operating speed of 800 mbps . the same model can be applied for microprocessors or other parts that operate near the limits of ate performance . in an example given , the estimated losses due to lack of appropriate tester accuracy are considerable : with the estimated yields and selling prices for the example device , the model shows a value of over $ 1 m for every 1 ps of enhanced tester edge placement accuracy .
| 6Physics
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a method is disclosed for producing convenience foods from food units coming from the grower in various sizes . the vegetable or fruit food units of various sizes , are cleaned and handled and frozen in a generally conventional manner , and then are compressed by a high capacity press into a standard predetermined size of frozen block of food product , after which the block is cut by sawing , into generally equal size units which can then be further processed , such as for instance batter coated and cooked , and then packaged by count , prior to shipment .
| 0Human Necessities
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a method of fuel treatment and distribution for an internal combustion engine including the steps as follows : operating an adiabatic reactor without a substantial amount of exhaust heat within an operational temperature range , the catalyst bed reactor including a partial combustion catalyst and a dissociation catalyst ; providing a substantial amount of engine exhaust heat to an endothermic reactor having an endothermic dissociation catalyst therein , vaporizing liquid alcohol to form alcohol vapor ; mixing the alcohol vapor with air to form a partial combustion mixture ; contacting the partial combustion mixture and the partial combustion catalyst whereby a dissociation mixture is formed and heat is evolved ; contacting the dissociation mixture and the dissociation catalyst to form a hydrogen rich fuel ; contacting the hydrogen - rich fuel and the endothermic dissociation catalyst to form a fuel product whereby at least a portion of any residual undissociated alcohol in the hydrogen - rich fuel is dissociated to hydrogen and carbon monoxide using the engine waste heat provided by the exhaust gas .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a method for controlling a hybrid power unit with power bypass for an automobile including at least two driving wheels , wherein the power unit includes a thermal engine , at least two electric machines , and an infinitely variable transmission mechanically connecting the thermal engine , the two electric machines , and the driving wheels . in the method , an initially stopped thermal engine is brought , in an independent manner and in plural operation phases , to a rotation speed that is sufficient for participating in propulsion of the vehicle , the vehicle moving under action of the electric machines .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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systems and apparatus for managing buffers in a buffer memory are described . in at least one aspect , a system includes a buffer memory including a plurality of buffers ; an allocation memory including a plurality of allocation data elements associated with the plurality of buffers ; an allocation clear register coupled with the allocation memory ; a reclaim memory including a plurality of reclaim data elements each associated with an allocation data element and corresponding buffer ; a reclaim clear register coupled with the reclaim memory ; an allocation register configured to receive one or more allocation data elements from the allocation memory ; and a buffer manager .
| 6Physics
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a method and apparatus for determining word frequency from a document without first converting the document to character codes . the method includes morphological image processing to determine word unit characteristics for placement into equivalence classes utilizing non - content based information . word shape representations are preferably determined and compared to define equivalent word units .
| 6Physics
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installation for carrying persons down from a mountain station into a valley station along a guide rail which is born by supports or the like at a distance above the ground . individual sections of the guide rail are connected to one another in an articulated and longitudinally non - displaceable manner , and the guide rail is fastened on at least some of the supports in each case via a link that can be pivoted about a more or less vertical axis .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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the present invention relates to a method of regulating apoptosis . the method comprises the step of introducing into a cell an rna construct comprising a nucleotide sequence which is homologous to mrna within said cell . the mrna within the cell includes genetic information of a gene element involved in the regulation of apoptosis . the invention also relates to an sirna construct having a nucleotide sequence which is homologous to mrna transcribed from a gene element involved in the regulation of apoptosis .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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the rotating cutting tool of a sub - grader is adjustably mounted transverse the front of the frame of the machine upon a tool support in a manner which isolates changes in grade from changes in slope and which minimizes the influence of changes in slope upon the grade of the tool . the transverse pivot axis for grade control of the tool support is located at an intermediate point on the main frame , while the cutting tool , its associated drive means and housing are mounted on an independent pivot axis for slope control that extends longitudinally on one side of the main frame . any changes made in the grade are accomplished by raising and lowering the entire tool support on the transverse axis equally at both ends which does not alter the slope of the tool . the arc of movement is relatively long so that the change in fore and aft altitude of the tool is minimal . the rotating tool is maintained perpendicular to and in the plane of its longitudinal slope control axis by the tool frame . however , any changes in slope are entirely independent of the grade deviations and the tool is maintained in a desired plane at all times .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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an extension of the serial / parallel montgomery modular multiplication method with simultaneous reduction as previously implemented by the applicants , adapted innovatively to perform both in the prime number and in the gf polynomial based number field , in such a way as to simplify the flow of operands , by performing a multiple anticipatory function to enhance the previous modular multiplication procedures .
| 6Physics
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a sample draining apparatus includes a hydraulic circuit having a sampler vessel and a drain vessel disposed therein . a first pump is located outside the hydraulic circuit and pumps fluid from a fluid source outside the hydraulic circuit into the hydraulic circuit to pressurize the circuit . a second pump is disposed in the hydraulic circuit for circulating fluid in the hydraulic circuit so that a fluid sample flows from the sampler vessel into the drain vessel while the sample is maintained within the closed hydraulic circuit .
| 4Fixed Constructions
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patients suffering from acute renal failure must be diagnosed and treated quickly so that a physician can confidently prescribe either peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis . in one way of quickly treating the patients , software is used to calculate a suitable peritoneal dialysis prescription without regard to how short or how long a dialysis cycle is used , and without regard to a total dialysate fluid volume for a therapy . for patients with suitable peritoneal membrane transport properties , the software program suggests that , at least over a short period of time , unexpectedly high ultrafiltrate volumes and high clearances may be achieved .
| 0Human Necessities
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an apparatus for raising and lowering a carrier for supporting clothes hangers or other hanging articles within a wardrobe closet that includes a tube , brackets for rotatable mounting of the tube , a tubular motor coupled to the tube for rotating the tube , and a base that attaches to a side panel of the wardrobe closet . two arms each lie on a plane parallel to the base and to the side panel , attach at their ends to the carrier , and are mounted on the base so that they may oscillate and pivot in the plane between two positions , raising and lowering the carrier . at the lowest position the carrier releases from the arms and drop further . fabric straps are wound onto and unwound from the tube to raise and lower the arms as the tube is rotated . a remote control receiver or programmable device may be used to control operation of the motor .
| 0Human Necessities
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an improvement in purification of scandium through ion exchange chromatography is disclosed in which the oxidation potential of the eluting solution is altered by the addition of potassium chlorate or ammonium chloride so that removal of contaminants is encouraged . the temperature , ph and concentration of the eluent hedta are controlled in order to maintain the scandium in the column while minimizing dilution of the scandium band . recovery of scandium is improved by pumping dilute scandium over the column prior to stripping the scandium and precipitation . this eliminates the hedta ion and other monovalent cations contaminating the scandium band . this method maximizes recovery of scandium while maintaining purity .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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this invention relates to the use of vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of fibromyalgia which comprises applying a therapeutic stimulation signal from a stimulus generator , when activated , to at least some of plural electrodes implanted in stimulating relation of the patient &# 39 ; s vagus nerve and activating the stimulus generator to generate the therapeutic stimulation signal to alleviate the pain under treatment .
| 0Human Necessities
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a drag bucket apparatus for separating pieces of solid material from liquid in a rectangular receiving tank includes driven trolleys that move along the longitudinal tank walls to pull a drag bucket along the tank from a start end to a dump end . if the drag bucket encounters excessive resistance during a pickup run , a pickup level control automatically raises the bucket incrementally to eliminate such excessive resistance ; and when the trolleys near the dump end of the tank the bucket is automatically elevated to a discharge level and when the bucket is at the dump end its load of material is automatically dumped onto a material support out of the liquid . the drag bucket is then lowered and returned to the start end for another pickup run which may begin at once , or which may be delayed depending upon the conditions encountered during the last preceding pickup run . the apparatus is particularly adapted for use with a quenching tank that sits beneath a furnace and has a water seal within and generally parallel to the tank walls .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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a connector for electrically connecting a first printed circuit board with a second pcb wherein , in one example , the connector includes a housing having a keyed feature adapted to mate with a correspondingly keyed feature provided to each of the first and second pcbs and at least one connecting terminal carried by the housing having at least partially exposed opposed ends each of which electrically engages a contact pad formed on an underside of the respective pcbs . the connecting terminal may be arranged to accept a conductor and to thereby electrically couple the conductor to the first and second pcbs .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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a database management system includes a first data storage structure for storing timestamped counter data entries for each of devices in an unordered manner and such that each counter data entry is assigned a uniquely identifiable storage address ; a second data storage structure for storing and mapping between : address data identifying the storage addresses of counter data entries , excluding those which are null or empty , timestamps corresponding to the counter data entries , and device identifiers identifying the devices to which the counter data entries correspond ; and data access means for , in response to receiving a request for data in respect of a specified time period and at least one of the devices , using the second data storage structure to identify , for the or each specified device , the storage addresses of the temporally first and last counter data entries falling within the specified time period and not null or empty .
| 6Physics
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a film densitometer for generating digital density values as a function of analog transmittance signals received at an input . a comparator coupled to the input compares the transmittance signals to one or more range references characterizing a plurality of ranges of transmittance signal magnitudes , and provides digital transmittance range signals as a function of the comparison . an amplifier amplifies the transmittance signals to provide amplified transmittance base signals . a gain control circuit coupled to the amplifier and the comparator controls the gain factor of the amplifier as a function of the magnitudes of the transmittance signals . the amplified transmittance base signals are converted to digital transmittance base values by an analog - to - digital converter . a lookup table of data characterizing the logarithmic relationship between transmittance base values and density base values is stored in base memory . a lookup table of data characterizing the relationship between the transmittance range signals and range gain values is stored in range memory . a digital processor accesses the memory as a function of the transmittance base values and transmittance range signals , and generates the digital density values as a function of a sum of the density base values and range gain values .
| 6Physics
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a switching operation is performed in response to an externally applied dc control signal from an external load . an input connector receives an input audio signal from an external audio source , and an output connector that provides an audio output signal . a dc isolator couples the input audio signal from the input connector as the audio output signal on the output connector while isolating the externally applied dc control signal from the input connector . a switch is responsive to the externally applied dc control signal applied to the output connector so as to perform the switch operation .
| 7Electricity
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an electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery using a heterocyclic compound and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided . the heterocyclic compound , which is useful as a cathode or anode active material , includes a six - membered ring and a five - membered ring containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of nitrogen , oxygen and sulfur , and the heterocyclic compound is configured such that two pairs of carbons which form double bonds with nitrogen atoms contain a functional group linked by a single bond , thus exhibiting redox activity .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a technique for flattening architectural register windows into flattened space depending on a current window pointer to a register window is provided . the technique involves converting an n - bit value of a particular register in a register window to an x - bit value dependent on the current window pointer , where x is greater than n , and where the x - bit value is used for register dependency checking among a plurality of instructions .
| 6Physics
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a circuit board is mountable inside a case that houses a user interface device , such that the circuit board is proximate to a portion of an external wall of the case . the portion is situated such that when the case is oriented for the user interface device to be in communication with a user , the portion is conveniently between the circuit board and a location outside and relative to the case that is occupyable by an external device operable to communicate with the circuit board .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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the present invention provides a voltage booster circuit for effectively supplying a boosted voltage of a stable level despite of small area . the voltage booster circuit of the present invention includes : an oscillator for generating a basic pulse signal ; a phase divider for dividing a frequency of the basic pulse signal to output a plurality of pulse signals having predetermined phase difference ; a first to a fourth charge pumps for outputting a boosted voltage in response to a correspondent pulse signal among the plurality of pulse signals ; and a drive controller for controlling the oscillator to maintain the boosted voltage to have a desired level .
| 7Electricity
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disclosed is an improved switch particularly adapted to be used as a coaxial cable switch for cable television systems because of its superior isolation of the signal inputs . the switch comprises an electrically insulating body , first , second and third terminals located on the body in spaced relationship , a movably mounted contact , which is movable along a predetermined path to form alternative conductive paths between the first terminal and either of the second or third terminals , and a partition means between said terminals and located adjacent the path of the contact to form a barrier to radiated signals from whichever of the second and third terminals that is not in contact with the movable contact . additionally , terminating means for the unused terminal and / or shielding means to further isolate the unused terminal from the used terminal can be provided .
| 7Electricity
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the present invention provides an improved single chip radio receiver which has less external components than do previous similar receivers . with the present invention the integrated circuit which includes the radio receiver also has an on - chip adaptive filter . the radio receiver is designed for use in a radio pager which is only active for a very short time slot during a relative long repeat cycle . thus the adaptive filter only need remain stable for a short period after its coefficients are adjusted to the desired values . the radio receiver includes an external filter which has the same frequency response as desired from the adaptive filter . immediately prior to activating the radio receiver , the circuit is activated to adjust the parameters of the adaptive filter so that the adaptive filter matches the external filter . the radio receiver is then activated using both filters in series thereby producing the desired radio reception . the adaptive filter quickly changes characteristics ; however , since the radio receiver is only active for a short period of time , operation of the system is not affected .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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disclosed is a water - dissipatable or dispersible adhesive composition that is useful in forming paper articles and other products that can be recycled through repulping in both neutral and alkaline media . the water - dispersible adhesive composition is preferably a hot melt adhesive that is a low molecular weight , branched copolyester containing a sulfomonomer . additional utility for the invention resides in the manufacture of recyclable articles where insolubility in body fluids combined with solubility in tap water are required .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a device and a method are provided for regulating the fuel pressure in a high - pressure accumulator . a volumetric flow regulation and a pressure regulation combine the advantages of regulation of volumetric flow and regulation of pressure with one another and thus achieve increased dynamics and higher efficiency .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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an improved programmable duty cycle generator and method of operation . in one aspect , the generated output signal duty cycle is not measured , but rather is generated based on a predetermined value . saw tooth generator / integrator schemes are used to create the saw type waveforms of the incoming frequency which in conjunction with dac is used to create the desired duty cycle . the improved programmable duty cycle signal generator for placement in key pinch points of a critical path where precise duty cycle definition is needed .
| 7Electricity
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a beverage can lid which has a sealing tab on its surface so that the can can be resealed after it has been opened . the can contains a rotatable lid element in addition to a fixed lid element either above or below the fixed element to perform the sealing feature .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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the invention provides , improved herbicide compositions , methods of making the compositions and methods of controlling plant growth . the subject invention relates to combining fatty acid based and other herbicides with succinic acid , succinic acid derivatives and other additives such as those having essentially no herbicidal activity to increase the activity of the herbicide and provide methods of controlling plant growth by applying a combination of a herbicidal fatty acid with succinic acid and / or succinic acid derivative chemicals and / or other additives . in addition to the use of succinic acid , combining other krebs cycle acids with herbicides can also provide beneficial effects . concentrations of herbicides and additives applied to plants in accordance with the invention can include compositions involving 0 . 1 to 30 % herbicide , preferably 0 . 5 to 15 % herbicide and additive and more preferably 1 - 8 % herbicide . the ratio of herbicide , such as fatty acid herbicide to activity enhancing additives can be from 1 : 10 to 20 : 1 , preferably 1 : 1 to 20 : 1 , most preferably 1 : 1 to 5 : 1 .
| 0Human Necessities
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the invention relates to an apparatus and method for more effectively dissolving a gas into a liquid stream . a gas is introduced into a liquid stream , at atmospheric pressure , to create a mixed / dissolved stream . the mixed / dissolved stream is then pressurized to an elevated pressure and directed into a hydrocyclone where the gas is further dissolved and more thoroughly distributed in the liquid thereby creating a more intimately mixed / dissolved stream . the intimately mixed / dissolved stream is then directed to a pressure retention vessel where the liquid is held at a predetermined pressure for a predetermined time period for effectively treating , disinfecting and / or clarifying said intimately mixed / dissolved stream . the treated intimately mixed / dissolved stream can then be directed to further processing steps .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a method for shared estimation of parameters is described , which together with an error vector e , describe the connection between a digitally modulated reference signal inputted to a transmission channel and a received receiver signal z which is at an end of the transmission channel . the method includes the following steps : forming the error vector e in dependence of the parameters , a reference signal s , and the receiver signal z ; linearizing the error vector e ; substituting a real parameter of the linearized error vector through components of a estimation vector , wherein a substituted error vector is produced ; inserting the substituted error vector into the cost function ; and determining the estimation vector through gradient development of the cost function and subsequently setting the gradient to zero .
| 7Electricity
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an anilox printing unit includes , as inking unit rolls , an ink applicator roll and an engraved roll mounted in rapid change roll sockets , for removing the engraved roll from the roll sockets and inserting another engraved roll into the roll sockets by an operator . the engraved roll is hollow and a temperature control fluid flows therethrough . the engraved roll and the ink applicator roll each have bearer rings . a device which presses the bearer rings of one inking unit roll against the bearer rings of the other inking unit roll has springs for compensating for diameter differences as a result of manufacturing tolerances between the bearer rings of the engraved roll and the bearer rings of the other engraved roll and for compensating for thermally induced diameter changes of the bearer rings of the engraved roll . a printing press having an anilox printing unit is also provided .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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various embodiments of this invention are directed towards the communication infrastructure of an automated inventory system , on which the necessary communication between a dispensing unit and an administrative unit of the system occurs . to facilitate the integration of the automated inventory system into the client &# 39 ; s computer network , the infrastructure is preferably implemented using hypertext transfer protocol or its secured counterpart . in certain embodiments the administrative unit is located external to the client &# 39 ; s network , beyond the client &# 39 ; s firewall . in these embodiments it is preferable to have the dispensing unit initiate communication with the administrative units because the firewall is typically setup to reject external connection requests .
| 6Physics
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a fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine operated on gaseous fuels , for example , liquid petroleum gas . the system includes a housing having a chamber for vaporizing liquid gas , including means for heating the vaporizing chamber . also included in the housing is a mixing chamber for mixing the vaporized gas with incoming air for delivery to the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine through a standard carburetor . the fuel supply system includes means for mounting the system on the carburetor , including means for supporting an air filter circumjacent the mixing chamber .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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the present invention provides for a flexible connection for connecting train cabins in a train . the connection comprises a first tubular train cabin having an end portion having a first diameter and a second tubular train cabin having a front portion having a second diameter . the second diameter is greater than the first diameter such that the end portion of the first train cabin fits within the front portion of the second train cabin . at least one flexible buffer ring , extending around an outer circumference of the end portion of the first train cabin is positioned as a cushion between the outer circumference of the end portion of the first train cabin and the inner circumference of the front portion of the second train cabin such that when the train enters a curve and the first train cabin turns relative to the second train cabin about a pivot axis . the flexible buffer ring provides a stable cushioned connection between the train cabins .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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the present invention relates to a surface processing apparatus which performs heating processing of an object of heating which is mounted on a mounting device provided inside a process container , and which includes a plural number of lamps provided so as to oppose a rear surface of a processing surface of an object of processing , a rotating unit which has the plural number of lamps mounted to it in a ring shape , and a drive unit which drives the rotating unit . also , the present invention relates to a processing apparatus for leading a process gas from a gas supply tube to a gas chamber partitioned inside a process container , and which blows process gas from an outlet of the gas chamber and onto an object of processing which is mounted on a mounting device provided inside the process container , and which includes a plural number of partition plates each provided with a plural number of through holes , being provided at required intervals in a direction of gas flow and inside the gas chamber .
| 7Electricity
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several forms of a novel amplitude - modulated signal format are disclosed . circuits of several types for generating the desired special vestigial - sideband am waveforms are discussed . the principal form of the svsb modulation provides for a reduction in transmitted signal bandwidth compared with standard double - sideband techniques plus very linear amplitude characteristics with simple synchronous detectors . circuits according to the invention may also include means for dynamically varying signal bandwidth to accommodate special applications .
| 7Electricity
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the disclosure includes a method , process and apparatus for the conversion of biomass to carboxylic acids and / or primary alcohols . the system may include a pretreatment / fermentation subsystem operable to produce a fermentation broth containing carboxylic acid salts from biomass , such as lignocellulosic biomass . the system may also include a dewatering subsystem operable to remove excess water from the fermentation broth to produce a concentrated product . the system may also includes an acid springing subsystem operable to produce a mixed carboxylic acid product . the system may also include a hydrogenation subsystem operable to produce an alcohol mixture , such as a mixture containing primary alcohols . methods of operating this system or other systems to obtain a carboxylic acid or alcohol mixture are also provided .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a closure for a cable connector covered at the ends of the cables connected to each other in a sleeve through end face plates for closing both ends of the sleeve . grasping fittings are mounted at the ends of the cable contained in the sleeve which has axial restricting means and / or rotational restricting means provided in the sleeve for preventing the grasping fittings from moving axially and / or rotationally . thus , the closure can provide mechanical strength sufficient for enduring loads such as tension , compression and twist transmitted through the cables .
| 6Physics
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a metal sealed organic light emitting diode device comprising a lid , containing a recessed portion to accommodate large quantity of getter / dessicant , a band of metal stack at the perimeter over which is laid a band of low temperature melting solder alloy , pre - tinned subsequently , and a substrate . the substrate containing organic light emitting diode at the central area with a band of metal stack at the perimeter . the lid and the substrate are placed together in substantial alignment such that the pre - tinned low melting solder band of the lid contacts the metal stack of the substrate and thermally sealed in a controlled atmosphere . multiples of substrates are sealed with a single lid containing multiplicity of recessed portions with multi - segmented metal stack and pre - tinned solder band to derive a large area device .
| 7Electricity
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a hammock includes a bed made of a piece of flexible material gathered by folding at opposite ends . ropes are attached to the gathered ends whereby the bed can be suspended from trees . the edges of the bed are drawn apart along a tension axis which is diagonal to the suspension axis , giving the bed the shape of a non - equilateral polygon so that one can lie diagonally across the suspension axis , whereby the back is well supported .
| 0Human Necessities
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to reduce a shaft insertion load and prevent extrusion of a seal ring to the low pressure side , a sealing device has a seal ring in an installation groove formed on a shaft to have a tapered groove bottom section and a backup ring having a tapered section corresponding to the tapered groove bottom section , a gap is provided between a side wall surface at the low - pressure side of the mounting groove and a side end surface of the backup ring , a peripheral surface of the backup ring at the opposite side of the tapered section has a tapered surface which comes closer to a peripheral surface of a housing at the low - pressure side , and the tapered section is formed to have a two - staged taper .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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a stable extreme pressure grease comprising a base oil , a soap and an ep agent , in the preparation of which excess soap is provided for reaction with the ep agent whereby the thickening effect of the remaining soap in the grease is retained .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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the invention is a method for increasing the capacity of an electrical component , such as a bus bar , to carry an electrical current . the method comprises the step of exposing the electrical component to an evaporative fluid that is in fluid and thermal contact with the electrical component . upon heating , fluid undergoes a phase change at least partially to a vapor state . thus , electrical energy in the form of heat generated by the flow of current is dissipated at least partially by the evaporative fluid . as a result , the temperature of the electrical component is maintained within an acceptable range when carrying the electrical current .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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an annular culture vessel for growing mammalian cells is constructed in a one piece integral and annular configuration with an open end which is closed by an endcap . the culture vessel is rotatable about a horizontal axis by use of conventional roller systems commonly used in culture laboratories . the end wall of the endcap has tapered access ports to frictionally and sealingly receive the ends of hypodermic syringes . the syringes permit the introduction of fresh nutrient and withdrawal of spent nutrients . the walls are made of conventional polymeric cell culture material and are subjected to neutron bombardment to form minute gas permeable perforations in the walls .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a wire printer printing head comprises a support member , a plurality of printing elements having a print wire with a flap - armature electromagnet and a sound absorbing cover . the printing element are radially and slidably mounted to the support member and adjustable to a mounting position of each printing element with respect to the support member by an eccentric pin . the sound absorbing cover composed of a core plate and sound absorbing material is secured to the support member and surrounds all printing elements .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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the present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for safely transporting mobility devices on the rear of a motor vehicle . the apparatus and method includes wheel wells to receive the drive wheels of the mobility device , and l - shaped members which automatically retain the undercarriage of the mobility device when it is being lifted into position for transport and which automatically disengage from the undercarriage when the mobility device is being lowered to the ground for unloading .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a keypad having a plurality of switches identifies a numerical value according to user input to the plurality of switches . the numerical value may be computed as a total count of the plurality of switches that are swiped across in a consistent direction or may be computed as a total count of the plurality of switches that are simultaneously pressed . the keypad may further send the numerical value to a controller configured to facilitate access to vehicle unlock functionality .
| 6Physics
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a water treatment apparatus includes a housing comprising multiple housing portions and a plurality of treatment sections disposed within the housing , each treatment section comprising at least one distinct particulate layer . the apparatus is designed so that no water pressure need be applied to force the water through the apparatus , as gravity pulls the water down through the filtering layers . water may also be force fed through the treatment apparatus ; when the water is force fed , the housing portions need not be vertically stacked , but may be configured in any suitable arrangement . the treatment sections are distributed through the various housing portions in logical groups to perform various kinds of filtering . the housing portions are detachable and sealably stackable in multiple configurations , thus passing water through more or fewer treatment layers , depending on the quality of the incoming water .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a semiconductor - on - insulator type semiconductor device with an enhanced electrostatic discharge tolerance having a semiconductor layer on an insulating support substrate , comprising a pair of voltage supply lines formed on the semiconductor layer , a pair of low resistivity semiconductor regions connected to said pair of source supplying lines and disposed within the layer , and a dielectric region disposed between said pair of low resistivity semiconductor regions ; wherein said pair of low resistivity semiconductor regions form a capacitor .
| 7Electricity
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methods of treating neurological inflammatory disease or seizures caused by neuroinflammation by administering cpmp are described . treating neuroinflammatory and neurometabolic diseases with cpmp is described so as to override dyshomeostasis in the moco synthesis pathway and control synaptic inhibition in the gephyrin - gabar pathway . this is a novel strategy for preventing neural circuit dyshomeostasis by stabilizing inhibitory synapses .
| 0Human Necessities
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a cup rack includes an upright cup body for receiving multiple cups in a stack , and a base for supporting the storage cups in the upright cup body and defining an access port for finger access to pick up the cups individually .
| 0Human Necessities
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a process for preparing a complementary mos integrated circuit by forming a shallow first source - drain region near the gate ; determining simultaneously the contact holes in the source - drain regions of both of the p - channel and n - channel transistors ; forming a deep second source - drain region from the contact holes using thermal diffusion ; and forming the electrodes at the contact holes .
| 7Electricity
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a system and method for biasing the outputs of a laser modulator driver while allowing for high speed operation . a differential amplifier type modulator driver is provided which uses a reduced number of components in the high speed path . additionally , the modulator driver may be constructed with a distributed output stage .
| 6Physics
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a jet loom with a weft yarn insertion brake contains a braking element that is movable from a position of rest , on one side of the weft yarn , across the path of the weft yarn to a braking position . an electric motor , which drives the braking element , can be actuated during each insertion process of the loom . the electric motor preferably constitutes a fast response step or d . c . motor , whose direction of displacement can be switched and whose stroke can be individually adjusted for each set position of the braking element during the insertion process . operation of the electric motor is controlled by an electronic control device . programming within the control device can be modified between varying insertion processes so as to adapt the timing , stroke and driving direction of the electric motor . the driving force of the electric motor is transferred to the braking element by a constrained , inelastic link connecting the two . the electric motor is controlled so that the driving force exerted on the braking element is always greater in magnitude than the greatest possible reaction force of the deflected weft yarn .
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each cylinder is provided with a first intake valve and a second intake valve , and a first intake cam for driving the first intake valve and a second intake cam for driving the second intake valve are coaxially pivotally supported on an intake camshaft . a first cam phase change mechanism which varies respective phases of the first and second intake cams relative to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine is combined with a second cam phase change mechanism which varies a phase of the second intake cam relative to the first intake cam . the second cam phase change mechanism is set to have a variable - phase angular range wider than that of the first cam phase change mechanism .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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a bicrystal substrate is formed by joining end faces of a first single crystal substrate and a second single crystal substrate , the end faces having different crystal orientations . a high critical temperature superconducting thin film is then epitaxially formed on the bicrystal substrate . the superconducting thin film is etched so as to form a first superconducting electrode on the first single crystal substrate , a second superconducting electrode on the second single crystal substrate , and a superconducting bridge across a joint between the first and second single crystal substrates and connecting the first electrode and the second electrode . a conductive film is formed on the superconducting bridge by vapor deposition , and is then etched so as to form a weak link on a part of the superconducting bridge over the joint .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a static pressure gas bearing is incorporated in a housing wherein a slotted groove with a small volume and a throttling control valve are positioned close together . compressed gas is injected onto the bearing surface from the slotted groove . this configuration provides a static pressure gas bearing in which it is difficult to develop self - induced vibration .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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a circuit for use in a dmm utilizes an auxiliary a / d converter to measure the battery voltage of the dmm and displays the result on the lcd display screen of the dmm . the user receives a numeric indication of the battery voltage measured , rather than a simple good / bad or bar graph indication . the voltage measured provides the user with a quantitative indication which allows the user to determine how close the battery is to being exhausted . thus , the user can be made aware of a weakened state of the battery before operation of a backlight further drains the battery to an unacceptably low level .
| 6Physics
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the present invention is an apparatus for and method of aligning the terminals of a group of connectors in side by side abutting relationship with tooling for terminating wires to the terminals thereof . the group of connectors is placed in a track with the first connector against a stop . a plurality of vertically reciprocal guide blades are arranged adjacent the track and are moved upwardly , one at a time , the first engaging the first connector and positioning it relative to the termination tooling followed by subsequent blades engaging the other connectors . these subsequent engagements occur one at a time in sequential order with increasing distance from the stop . when all connectors are positioned by engaging guide blades , wires are terminated to the connector terminals and the guide blades moved out of engagement so that the completed connector assembly can be removed and the process repeated .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a method for producing an electrical contact element comprises the steps of providing a base material , and applying at least one electrically conductive contact layer to the base material . the contact layer has an outer surface which is elevated by roughness and which is suitable for receiving a lubricant .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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an improved stackable charcoal briquet has a convex bottom and a concave top and is packaged in a stacked compact boxed package . a charcoal briquet having improved burning characteristics and also improved shipping and retailing characteristics is thereby provided .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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an apparatus and a procedure to detect and quantify the microorganisms concentration in anaerobe ecosystems , for instance , sulfate - reducing bacteria in oil producing systems or industrial or urban waste - waters production systems , as well as in aerobe microbial ecosystems , for instance in the industrial , clinical fields , etc . the apparatus analyzes the growth of microorganisms in cells provided with a culture medium by conducting automatic , continuous , and simultaneous measurements of the impedance components between at least two electrodes immersed in the culture medium and the turbidity measurements of the inoculated medium . the use of two incubators makes it possible to conduct simultaneous analysis at two different temperatures . the determination of the growth threshold detection time makes it possible to quantify the microorganisms concentration in an unknown sample .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a tone ring assembly for use on a rotatable machine part . the tone ring is able to generate a varying voltage output when rotated at varying speeds . a fixed position magnetic sensor detects this voltage . the tone ring comprises an axially extending main body portion having a plurality of areas able to generate a voltage upon rotation . a retainer having at least one radial flange prevents axial movement of the tone ring and the tone ring includes ribs and spaces on its inside diameter to permit oil to pass therethrough .
| 6Physics
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disclosed is a method for testing a memory device , which can test a memory cell block while testing another memory cell block , so as to catch a process defect of the memory device within a short time period , thereby reducing the test time . the method for testing a memory device provided with a bank including n memory cell blocks and sense amplifiers , the method comprising the steps of : a ) expressing the n memory cell blocks as a first , a second , . . . , an nth memory cell block ; b ) sequentially activating odd - numbered memory cell blocks of the n memory cell blocks one by one in a predetermined time period ; c ) performing sense , read and precharge operations for each activated memory cell block ; and d ) performing steps a ) to c ) for even - numbered memory cell blocks after tests for all the odd - numbered memory cell blocks are finished .
| 6Physics
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an automobile dashboard display device including a panel that includes indicator numerals and letters that are printed with an acrylic resin bound phosphor pigment wherein the display is illuminated with ultraviolet light .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a fiber - optic probe which is useful for measuring raman spectra of samples remote from the light source and detector . the probe head contains optical components which selectively remove unwanted fluorescence and raman scattering arising from the interaction between the raman excitation source radiation and the input optical fiber . the optics also filter the raman excitation source into a return optical fiber leading to a spectrometer or detector . in one embodiment , the disposition of optical components provides a compact probe geometry with parallel input and output fibers at one end and a sampling port at the other end . an encasement for the optics is also disclosed , for sealing the components against the environment , and for coupling the probe to specialized sampling attachments , such as for conducting surface enhanced raman spectroscopy .
| 6Physics
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a wedge - shaped , high speed airfoil having a variable geometry configuration consisting of separate , upper and lower airfoil surfaces individually and / or collectively adjustable between inner , retracted and outer , extended positions to vary the amount of airfoil surface area exposed to the free stream flow to that required for effective aircraft stabilization and / or control at selected mach numbers while minimizing the drag and aerodynamic heating normally resulting therefrom .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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the present invention relates to disposable cigarette lighters which have a latch member which is intended to resist inadvertent operation and to make undesirable operation by unintended operators more difficult . the lighter preferably includes a latch member which in its initial condition blocks movement of the actuator in order to resist operation of the lighter . the latch member is movable to a ready position so that the actuator may be depressed in order to produce a flame . it is preferred that the lighter contain additional or alternative forces on the latch member to improve the ability of the latch member to return to the blocking position over the life of the lighter and to improve the consistency of the latch member &# 39 ; s movement and return . in some of the embodiments , this additional or alternative force is provided by a bending moment or flexing force preferably applied to the latch member through a flexing mechanism to flex the latch along at least a portion of its length . alternatively or in addition to , a biasing member may assist in returning the latch member to the initial position over the life of the lighter and improve the consistency of the latch force .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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substrates are charged with a material by introducing the substrates into an evacuated vacuum container and exposing the surface of the substrates to a reactive gas which is adsorbed on the surface . the exposure is then terminated and the reactive gas adsorbed on the surface is allowed to react . the surface with the adsorbed reactive gas is exposed to a low - energy plasma discharge with ion energy e 10 on the surface of the substrate of 0 & lt ; e 10 ≦ 20 ev and an electron energy e eo of 0 ev & lt ; e eo ≦ 100 ev . the adsorbed reactive gas is allowed to react at least with the cooperation of plasma - generated ions and electrons and wherein the density of the resulting material charging on the substrate surface is controlled to have a predetermined density ranging from isolated atoms , to forming a continuous monolayer .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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a pet restraint for restraining a pet to a vehicle . the restraint includes an elongated member having a first portion proximate the vehicle for mounting the elongated member to the vehicle and a second portion distal of the vehicle for engaging a pet . the first portion comprises at least one fastening means adapted to engage the vehicle and the second portion extends away from the vehicle .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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an image projector has a pulsed or similar light source of high intensity and high heat emission housed in an opaque box having a light - diffusing glass panel in its forward side which is spaced behind a vacuum film - holding plate having a glass center . between the box light and the film - holding plate is a compartment which is open on the front and back and is sandwiched between the light diffusing glass panel of the box light and the film - holding plate such that no light escapes into the room . said compartment thus comprises an isolation chamber which passes light to the film but not heat . the box light and the isolation chamber each has its own blower system and independent , specially baffled vents such that air between the two does not intermix . the vents are so designed as to permit discharge of the air but inhibit the egress of light therethrough .
| 6Physics
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uniform electrical heating of a circular , single crystal germanium window uses its bulk resistance and pairs of electrodes equally spaced about the window &# 39 ; s periphery . the electrode pairs are sequentially switched at a rate high enough to avoid thermal switching transients .
| 7Electricity
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a battery poisoning agent contained in thermoplastic encapsulating material , positioned adjacent a battery electrode or within the battery separators , which will melt at a predetermined temperature and release the poisoning material , deactivates that portion of a battery that is exceeding the predetermined temperature .
| 7Electricity
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a method for transmitting messages using an efficient communications link protocol over an air interface of a cellular communications system is disclosed . a frame in the protocol is divided into a plurality of sections including a header section and a data section . the header section contains a field which indicates what type of information is contained in the frame .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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an error correction codeword . in one embodiment , an irregularly structured ldpc code ensemble possessing strong overall error performance and attractive storage requirements for a large set of codeword lengths . embodiments of the invention can offer communication systems with better performance and lower terminal costs due to possible reductions in mandatory non - volatile memory over conventional systems .
| 7Electricity
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an improvement to a subsonic passenger aircraft is provided . the passenger aircraft has a fuselage including a main passenger seating deck including forward , middle , and aft regions . the fuselage includes an upper forward deck located above the main passenger seating deck forward region and accessible thereto . both the main deck and upper forward deck having doors , therein for passenger and supplies ingress and egress . the fuselage includes an aft upper deck located above the main passenger seating deck aft region and accessible from the main deck . an upper middle region is located above the main deck middle region . in one embodiment , the upper middle region is of a height elevationally less than either of the forward and aft upper decks . the cross - sectional area of the fuselage at the upper middle region is less than the cross - sectional area of the fuselage at either the forward upper deck region or the aft upper deck region . in another embodiment , the forward upper cabin and the aft upper cabin are separate , longitudinally non - adjacent cabins for accommodating seated passengers .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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the individual wires of large capacity cables are held in predetermined spaced - apart positions by a device having dimensions suitable for insertion through conventional conduits . in one embodiment , a flexible support comprising a pair of tapes or the like secure the wires therebetween in areas which have aligned apertures so that access may be had to the wires for splicing connectors .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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a pullable golf club receptacle forms a unit by which a set of clubs is pulled over a golf course . tubular elements are used for connection to the golf club receptacle or bag from the three ends of which a handle and a pair of wheel supporting arms are pivotally mounted .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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an apparatus for the separation and removal of solid waste material from a flowing liquid , for instance , wastewater , includes two endless , circulating chains , which are partially immersed in the liquid . the chains exhibit links which , by means of pivotal joints are bound together . between the two chains are placed sieve elements which , respectively , are rigidly affixed to each link . successive sieve elements overlap each other in the running direction of the chain in the area of the pivotal joint of the links .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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a programmable logic device comprising a first plurality of logic blocks each comprising a first number of i / o macrocells , a second plurality of logic blocks each comprising a second number of i / o macrocells and a configuration circuit configured to enable one or more of said first plurality of logic blocks and / or one or more of said second plurality of logic blocks .
| 7Electricity
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a layered message updating method and system for the decoding of ldpc codes with high sub - matrix degree has a scalable foldable and flexible decoder architecture to support ldpc codes with arbitrary high sub - matrix degree with very small hardware overhead and high throughput . embodiments of the invention support ldpc codes with sub - matrix degree w =& gt ; 1 .
| 7Electricity
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a novel framework for fast and continuous registration between two imaging modalities is disclosed . the approach makes it possible to completely determine the rigid transformation between multiple sources at real - time or near real - time frame - rates in order to localize the cameras and register the two sources . a disclosed example includes computing or capturing a set of reference images within a known environment , complete with corresponding depth maps and image gradients . the collection of these images and depth maps constitutes the reference source . the second source is a real - time or near - real time source which may include a live video feed . given one frame from this video feed , and starting from an initial guess of viewpoint , the real - time video frame is warped to the nearest viewing site of the reference source . an image difference is computed between the warped video frame and the reference image . the viewpoint is updated via a gauss - newton parameter update and certain of the steps are repeated for each frame until the viewpoint converges or the next video frame becomes available . the final viewpoint gives an estimate of the relative rotation and translation between the camera at that particular video frame and the reference source . the invention has far - reaching applications , particularly in the field of assisted endoscopy , including bronchoscopy and colonoscopy . other applications include aerial and ground - based navigation .
| 6Physics
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the present invention comprises a thrust actuated control for use in a motor operated valve having a motor operator including a motor drive , a stem nut coupled to the motor drive for rotation about an axis and a stem nut lock coupled to the motor drive for preventing axial movement of the stem nut . the valve includes a valve gate , a valve seat and a valve stem coupled to the valve gate , the valve stem threadingly engaging the stem nut for axial movement in a first direction upon rotation of the stem nut in a first direction to move the valve gate toward and into engagement with the valve seat and for axial movement in a second direction upon rotation of the stem nut in a second direction to move the valve gate out of engagement with and away from the valve seat . the improvement comprises a thrust sensor positioned between the stem nut and the stem nut lock for sensing axial displacement of the stem nut in the second axial direction resulting from axial compressive thrust on the stem caused by continued rotation of the stem nut in the first direction after the valve gate is in engagement with the valve seat . a switch is operatively coupled with the thrust sensor and with the motor drive for actuation to stop the operation of the motor drive to stop rotation of the stem nut when the axial displacement of the stem nut exceeds a predetermined limit proportional to a predetermined axial compressive thrust on the stem .
| 5Mechanical Engineering; Lightning; Heating; Weapons; Blasting
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a face - mounted carrier for transporting a refiner plate segment for refining lignocellulosic material to a refiner disk . the refiner plate segment may contain threads that facilitate bolting to the face - mounted carrier and bolting to the refiner disk .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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a ballast circuit for a fluorescent lamp including a rectifier - filter for coupling to an ac power supply to generate a dc voltage , an oscillator circuit coupled to said dc voltage for developing an rf oscillator signal , and switching signal means for developing concurrent oppositely phased switching signals at the frequency of said oscillator signal to drive series connected power transistors . the common output of the power transistors is coupled to energize a fluorescent lamp coil and regenerative feedback means for generating a signal to aid in switching the power transistors .
| 7Electricity
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a head and neck restraint system includes a headpiece , a saddle , and tensioners connecting the headpiece to the saddle . the headpiece resides on top of a crew member &# 39 ; s head and the saddle includes a saddle strap residing under the crew member &# 39 ; s buttocks . the tensioners are pneumatic muscles which contract when a flow of gas is provided by gas generators . the gas generators are triggered by a g - sensor or by the initiation of a predetermined event . triggering signals pass through a manifold from an ejection seat , aircraft , or vehicle . contraction of the pneumatic muscles pulls the headpiece toward the saddle , thereby restraining the head , neck , and spine . the system is worn as an undergarment or incorporated into a garment . a manual adjustment provides head support during flight . the system is particularly useful for preventing head and neck injuries during ejection from or crash of an aircraft or vehicle .
| 1Performing Operations; Transporting
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an injection molding apparatus including a power transmission device is provided for axially moving a screw by a rotational force of a motor received through a first clutch . during non - injection / non - metering , the motor is driven to cause an energy accumulation device to accumulate energy through a second clutch . during injection , a driving force of the motor and the energy accumulated in the energy accumulation device achieve high - pressure , high - speed injection with good response characteristics .
| 8General tagging of new or cross-sectional technology
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the invention provides a light scanning device for scanning light from a light source , the light scanning device having : a pivotably mounted mirror for receiving light from the light source ; a counterbalance ; and a drive for oscillatorily pivoting the mirror and the counterbalance simultaneously in opposite directions to reduce uncoupled forces .
| 6Physics
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a plasticized polyvinyl chloride composition and method for its preparation , the plasticized polyvinyl chloride composition comprising polyvinyl chloride and an organic phosphate selected from the group consisting of the phosphates of the formula x y po 4 , wherein x is 0 , 1 or 2 and y is 1 , 2 or 3 , x + y being 3 , and mixtures of said phosphates , the amount of said organic phosphates being within the range of 20 to 100 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of polyvinyl chloride .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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substantially pure , free flowing , sodium amalgam particles of predetermined composition and controlled particle size are prepared for use as vaporizable fill for high pressure discharge lamp devices , whereby accurately measurable quantities of the sodium amalgam may be introduced into the lamp devices . a process for producing the substantially pure amalgam particles of accurately controlled size includes heating a mixture of sodium and mercury to form a melt , passing the melt through a vibrating discharge nozzle and subjecting the droplets so formed to an inert cooling fluid maintained at a temperature below the solidification point of the amalgam . an apparatus for producing the amalgam particles comprises a vessel to contain an alkali metal amalgam melt , a vibrating discharge nozzle adapted to form the melt into uniformly sized droplets , and a column of inert cooling fluid maintained at a low temperature at which the melt droplets are solidified .
| 2Chemistry; Metallurgy
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in one embodiment , a data element is passed between a first block and a second block of a block diagram during execution of the block diagram . the first block and the second block negotiate use of a particular input / output type from a plurality of available i / o types . the particular i / o type is used with at least one i / o buffer employed in passing the data element between the first block and the second block . the first block may produce a signal representing the data element . the signal is received at the i / o buffer and the data element stored according to the particular i / o type . subsequently , the data element may be read from the i / o buffer by the second block , which performs an operation , the result of which is used when the block diagram is executing .
| 6Physics
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a tool for improving drill bit penetration in the drilling of oil , gas and water wells and the like is provided . the tool includes a housing and a mandrel connected for co - rotation and limited axial movement under the influence of a spring fluid . the mandrel and drill bit in conjunction with the spring fluid form a spring - mass system having a damped fundamental frequency of oscillation approximately equal to a characteristic frequency of forces which act on the drill bit during drilling . resonance causes the forces acting on the bit to be amplified and magnified , thereby increasing the drilling rate .
| 4Fixed Constructions
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in a communications system having a plurality of stations interconnected by a two - line circuit , in which the two - line circuit consists of a data bus circuit for transmitting a series of data bits between at least one sending station and at least one receiving station of the plurality of stations and a clock bus circuit for transmitting clock signals in synchronism with each of the data bits ; the data bus circuit sends a signal or a command requesting the receiving station to enter a standby or an execute state after taking in data supplied , while a logic value on the clock bus circuit is fixed . in more detail , the sending station transmits signals to make at least one of the receiving stations enter the standby state after taking in data and then sends data to another receiving station , after which the sending station sends a signal or command to make both the first and second receiving stations simultaneously enter the execute state . the signal or command requesting the standby or execute state is added at the end of a data packet containing a series of data . the data packet includes data to be transferred to the receiving station and an address of the receiving station .
| 6Physics
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