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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring service on communications networks, and particularly to systems and methods that cause minimal disruption to the communications network traffic by using passive monitoring of network traffic data packets.
BACKGROUND O... | A system and method for determining optimal selection of paths for passively monitoring a communications network. A diagnostic set of paths is determined by ensuring that, for all pairs of links in the network, the set contains one path having only one member of that pair. A detection subset of paths is determined by e... | 28,063 |
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[0001] 1. Field
[0002] Embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to the field of packaging for pastry and baked goods and more particularly to a multidiametric case for a cupcake or similar good, the case having a relieved upper portion for clearance of frosting or to... | A cupcake package includes a base element having a primary diameter for receiving a cupcake body and a relieving cylinder having a second diameter extending from the base element for clearance of a top contour of the cupcake. A bottom surface closes the base element and includes an aperture centrally located therein si... | 11,558 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to magnetic separation generally and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a novel apparatus that permits the automatic separation of magnetic components in a laboratory micropl... | In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus for automated magnetic separation of materials in laboratory trays, including: a frame upon an upper surface of which a multiwell laboratory tray may be placed; a base plate on which is mounted a plurality of upstanding magnets disposed below the upper surface; and apparatus to r... | 13,464 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to a broadcast communication system architecture and receiving terminals used within the system, and more particularly to a digital television (TV) network architecture and client terminals.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The conventional terrestrial digital... | This invention discloses a digital TV broadcast system coordinated with a broadband communication network, an information transmission network in which the broadcast system is applied, a digital TV heterogeneous network architecture, and a client terminal used in each of the above network systems. The various broadcast... | 50,572 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to thiophenesulfonamides that have carbonic anhydrase inhibition activity and are useful as anti-glaucoma agents.
2. Background of the Art
Glaucoma is an ocular disorder associated with elevated intraocular press... | The present invention provides novel carbonic anhyrase inhibitors represented by the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R 1 and R 2 are, for example, independently (a) hydrogen; or
(b) OR 4 , wherein R 4 is hydrogen or C 1-7 alkyl; or
(c) NR 5 R 6 , wherein R 5 and R 6 are independently hydrogen, o... | 53,613 |
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 749,589, filed June 27, 1985, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates in general to integrated circuits and in particular to integrated circuits in complementary circuit technology comprising at l... | An integrated circuit in complementary circuit technology comprising two field effect transistors (T1, T2) of different channel types with the first one (T2) mounted in a doped semiconductor body (1) having a first conductivity type and the other FET (T1) mounted in a semiconductor zone 2 of a second conductivity type ... | 16,046 |
[0001] This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/226,190, filed on Aug. 23, 2002, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to image sensors which use a stacked avalanche multiplication layer to... | An image sensor includes a pixel having a protection circuit connected to a charge multiplying photoconversion layer. The protection circuit prevents the pixel circuit from breaking down when the voltage in the pixel circuit reaches the operating voltage applied to the charge multiplying photoconversion layer in respon... | 27,186 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Such roller as a pinching roller used for such tape recorders as, for example, cassette tape recorders and VTR's has been conventionally formed as shown in FIG. 3.
That is to say, in the drawing, the reference numeral 11 denotes a holder, 12 denotes a shaft, 13 denotes a spac... | This invention relates to a compact roller used as a tape recorder pinching roller for such as cassette tape recorders and VTR's or as a paper feeding roller for such as copying machines, facsimiles and printers. | 7,140 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/716,677 filed Oct. 22, 2012, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as if fully set forth herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to metal detectors with means to transmit, receive, and proc... | This invention relates to a metal detector where a coil is used to transmit a periodic magnetic field to energize metal objects that are concealed and often buried or hidden in a matrix (ground) containing ferromagnetic minerals. There are many difficult and often simultaneous challenges, such as detecting large deep t... | 24,637 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for depositing particulate food items.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There has long been a need in the baking industry for a depositor which will uniformly distribute particulates, particularly raisins. Distribution should b... | A depositor is provided for the feeding or distribution of particulate food pieces, as for example, raisins, nutmeats, etc. The depositor includes a pair of superposed screws positioned in a hopper over an outlet screen member. By oscillating rotational movement of the screws, the particulates are fed from the hopper t... | 19,243 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 12/546,056 filed on Aug. 24, 2009, which is a continuation of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 11/650,323 filed on Jan. 5, 2007, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application ... | An embodiment of an apparatus for extracting excess liquid in a human body spray system includes a spray booth defining a booth volume. The spray booth includes a base configured to support the human body and a column having walls extending vertically from the base and at least one vent opening disposed on a bottom hal... | 29,124 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates generally to gas lasers and more particularly to matching and drive systems for transversely excited gas lasers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Interconnection and matching of an RF excited gas laser to an RF generator is typically accomplished by the use of a 50 oh... | A system for improved drive and matching between an RF power source and a plasma tube in a laser system. The system uses standard 50 or 75 ohm quarter wave transmission lines as the sole interconnect and matching elements between discharge electrodes and drive transistors. The drive transistos may be operated in deep s... | 20,899 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to two provisional patent Applications Nos. 61/661,619 and 61/661,622 filed on Jun. 19, 2012. The disclosure of the prior applications are incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention generally relate... | An HVLS fan system uses STOL technology for airfoils and angle of attack thus optimizing air movement efficiency and reducing drag. The HVLS fan system includes wingtip fence end caps to the airfoils for improving efficiency by reducing drag. The HVLS fan system also includes an interconnection of the airfoils to a sec... | 15,594 |
[0001] The present invention relates to a composition, which contains several kinds of components beneficial to human eye health, and provides supplements for indispensable materials such as lutein, zeaxanthin, zinc, and selenium necessary for human eyes.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Eye health is a permanen... | The present invention provides a formula food comprising lutien, zeaxanthin, zinc, and selenium beneficial for eye health and its application. The formula food is not only applied for dietary supplement tablets and capsules, but also applied for various formula milk powders, various functional beverages, various baked ... | 41,424 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for implementing switching in the time domain, and to a method for implementing switching in the space domain, for signals of several different levels of hierarchy, the signals having a common frame structure. An example of such a frame structure is th... | A method for implementing switching in the time or space domain, in which the switching is effected on the basis of switching data contained in an address control memory, and a basic switching block is defined on the basis of an incoming frame structure so that the number of its time slots corresponds to the greatest p... | 19,645 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 12/944,017, filed on Nov. 11, 2010, the entirety of which is herein incorporated by reference, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/032,285, filed on Jan. 10, 2005, now U.S.... | A method is provided for forming a garment, including providing a fabric layer having sonically weldable material, the fabric layer having an inner surface and at least one opening region, the opening region having a periphery and an outer free edge, placing an elastic edge band having sonically weldable material aroun... | 17,259 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to automatic gain control in photodetectors, such as those used in a variety of electro-optical applications.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Circuits that employ an automatic gain control for controlling the gain of a photomultiplier tube (PMT) or simil... | The amount of gain applied to a photodetector such as a photomultiplier tube (PMT) is limited to an amount that does not cause the applied PMT bias voltage to overdrive, hence damage, the PMT. Techniques for limiting the PMT gain are implemented in a way that does not interfere with the precision with which the PMT gai... | 6,849 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-106918, filed Apr. 9, 2002, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
... | Disclosed is a liquid crystal display control device for making gradation display on a liquid crystal display panel using binary display patterns, comprising a memory section storing a plurality of pattern data items for a plurality of gradation levels, each of the pattern data items defining a plurality of binary disp... | 57,765 |
[0001] Cross-reference to related patent application, if any: None.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates generally to the field of vehicle occupant protection systems and more particularly, to those which involve th... | An inflatable headliner system is mounted below a vehicle roof. It deforms upon an accident/impact toward vehicle occupants. In the preferred embodiment, inflatable portions surround a central section of an inflatable layer. Individual portions may be separated by passageways. If cross bows are employed in the vehicle ... | 15,735 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority based upon U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/281,926 filed Apr. 6, 2001.
[0002] This application is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 10/ ______ (Atty. Docket No. 5181-89400) entitled ... | Disclosed herein is a method and associated apparatus for the design and manufacture of VLSI circuit which incorporates therein a method for routing connections between component tiles of the VLSI circuit being designed. | 59,290 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an image reading device used in a facsimile device, copier, or the like.
Conventionally, a facsimile device includes an image reading device for reading an image printed on an original. An "original" is an original document, drawing, or ot... | A reference surface for determining a threshold level of an image sensor is provided on a guide plate swingable with a cover away from the image sensor. The reference surface has markings thereon for determining a reading range of the image sensor. The image reading device makes three detections from the reading of the... | 15,782 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to input devices for computers and, in particular, to devices, systems and methods for facilitating positioning of a cursor on a display device of a computer-based system.
2. Description of the Related Art
... | Devices, systems and methods for facilitating positioning of a cursor on a display device are provided. For example, an input device is provided which includes a shifter configured to electrically communicate with a computer. The shifter is configured to enable functional information, provided by a mouse-type input dev... | 24,976 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a device and method that enables Internet communication products to receive and send electronic voice mail, and more particularly, to a device and method that enables the sending and receiving of v... | A device and method that enables Internet communication products equipped with Web linkage functions to have the functions of a voice mailbox available only in general telecommunication systems or voice telephones through the multimedia service of the Internet. The invention uses the sound recording, playing functions ... | 16,577 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a process for preparing a masterbatch comprising sulfur, more generally comprising a sulfur-based material, and carbon-based nanofillers, and also the masterbatch obtained in this way and the various uses thereof. Another subject of the invention is a s... | The invention relates to a method for producing a master batch comprising between 0.01 and 50 wt. % of carbonaceous nanofillers and at least one sulphurated material such as elemental sulphur by melt compounding, and to the master batch thus produced and the different uses thereof. The invention also relates to a solid... | 34,182 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/942,248 filed Nov. 9, 2010 and entitled “Methods for Identifying the Guarantor of an Application,” to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/119,617 filed May 13, 2008 and entitled “Multi-Channel Mu... | Methods for software activation are provided that associate a software license key with one or more authorized individuals such that an authorized individual can readily transfer a license between different platforms. A biometric sample of the individual is stored in an enrollment step upon first activation of the soft... | 35,452 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The inventive concept relates to a dental instrument, and more particularly, to a dental instrument for cutting soft tissue in the oral cavity to provide soft tissue used for a soft tissue transplantation surgery.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] In general, a biomaterial may b... | Disclosed is a dental instrument for cutting soft tissue. The dental instrument for cutting soft tissue according to the present invention includes: a main body having an inlet portion for inserting soft tissue to be cut into the main body; a cutter blade arranged in the main body such that at least a part of the cutte... | 25,791 |
PRIORITY
This application claims priority from co-pending provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/147,668, filed Aug. 6, 1999, entitled “GRAPHICS WORKSTATION” and bearing, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein, in its entirety, by reference and co-pending provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No... | A workstation for processing and producing a video signal comprises a video input system, a video graphics processor, and a video output system. The video input system may comprise a video input module, a first video pipeline, and a second video pipeline. The video output system may comprise a receiver, a video pipelin... | 55,026 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a surfactant composition, suitable for enhanced oil recovery and to a method for enhancing oil recovery.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is well known in the art of oil production that only a portion of the oil present in subterranean oil reservoirs can b... | A surfactant composition, suitable for enhanced oil recovery comprising in a 60:40 to 10/90 weight ratio a) (o,m)- and/or (o,p)-dialkylbenzene alkali sulfonate and b) polyalkoxyphenyl ether alkali sulfonate. | 9,420 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] None.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] None.
LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES
[0003]
Ilex×attenuate
VARIETAL DENOMINATION
[0004] Holly tree which I h... | A holly tree ( Ilex attenuata ) named ‘IABOF’ having a compact, dense canopy, an increased caliper to height ratio, reduced berry weight load and also capable of being reproduced reliably from vegetative cuttings. | 9,386 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
The present application claims priority to the following provisional application, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety:
U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/598,315, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RUNTIME INTERFACE VERSIONING, by Neil Smithline... | The present invention provides methods, machine readable memories and systems for versioning plugin adapters for servers so as to allow legacy versions of software plugins to function when the interfaces configured to accept the plugins are upgraded. An adapter resides between a plugin interface and the plugin module a... | 23,700 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Tissue defects are sometimes repaired with porous scaffolds comprising biocompatable materials. The porous nature of the devices allows the inward migration of cells, followed by the in-growth of tissue, thereby repairing the defect. The pore structure must be controlled... | Devices and processes (e.g., improved Plasticized Melt Flow processes (PMF) or improved Phase Separation Polymer Concentration (PSPC), etc.) used to make resorbable and non-resorbable structures for treating and/or healing of tissue defects are disclosed. Among the advantages of using these improved processes are the p... | 55,829 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to pupilometry systems and, more particularly, to pupilometry systems having a pupil irregularity detection capability. In one particularly innovative aspect, the present invention relates to hand-held pupilometry systems having a pupil irregularity d... | A pupilometer having a pupil irregularity or non-uniformity detection capability. The pupilometer may comprise an imaging sensor for generating signals representative of a pupil of an eye, a data processor; and a program executable by the data processor for enabling the data processor to process signals received from t... | 49,904 |
CLAIM TO PRIORITY
[0001] The present invention claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/551,262, filed Mar. 8, 2004, entitled, “METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED DRILLING AND MILLING TOOLS FOR RESECTION,” and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/551,080, filed Mar. 8, 2004, entitled, “METHODS... | Milling and drilling tools and soft tissue management techniques are provided for arthroplasty that facilitate intraoperative and postoperative efficacy and ease of use. In one embodiment, resiliently biased soft tissue protective sleeves surround a side cutting tool and are interposed along the longitudinal axis of th... | 57,082 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a material on hand checking method in inventory, and particularly a method that is capable of checking material shortage status of trial-run prototypes/modules applied to an inventory management s... | A material on hand checking method of trial-run prototypes/modules aims at resolving the problem of not able to forecast material shortage of trial-run prototypes/modules in electronic format by enterprises. Through the calculation method, when there is a request of trial-producing (trial-running), the Enterprise Resou... | 20,205 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from the commonly-assigned U.S. provisional patent application Serial No. 60/637,659, filed on Dec. 21, 2004, the contents of which are incorporated here by reference.
[0002] This application is also related to the following co-pen... | Prototype software is securely delivered and evaluated by electronic transfer over a network. The software is secured by multiple levels of encryption to prevent unauthorized copying, modification, and/or use of the prototype software. Electronic transfer of the prototype software minimizes the time and cost associated... | 23,766 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This patent arises from an application claiming priority as a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/644,151, (Now U.S. Pat. No. 8,549,267), entitled “METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE PARTIAL-COMMIT CHECKPOINTS WITH FIXUP SUPPORT” which was filed on Dec. 22, 2009, granted on Oct. 1, 2013 ... | Example methods and apparatus to manage partial commit-checkpoints are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying a commit instruction associated with a region of instructions executed by a processor, identifying candidate instructions from the region of instructions, and generating a processor partial ... | 54,539 |
BACKGROUND
As is known in the art, phased array radar systems require extensive and costly signal processing hardware and software in order to meet real-time requirements. Existing radar signal processors rely on custom built and/or specialized high-end, limited volume equipment, resulting in high capital outlay,... | A system provides high-throughput radar signal processing without resorting to costly parallel processing tool kits. The system breaks the signal processing chain into a series of independent data processing units (DPUs) that execute independently and in parallel. Queuing theory is used to efficiently distribute proces... | 40,078 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
STATEMENTS REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
Not applicable.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to energy treatment systems and more particularly to a system for positioning and protecting an electromagnetic ene... | A system is provided to position an energy delivery handpiece a desired distance from a treatment site while at the same time protecting the handpiece, and energy transmitting optical fibers, from soiling due to tissue debris. The system includes one or more energy transmissive members that are formed from a material t... | 20,246 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application Ser. No. 09/851,685, filed May 8, 2001 and of Ser. No. 09/653,646, filed Sep. 1, 2000, which is a continuation application of Ser. No. 09/226,322, filed Jan. 6, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,190,018, issued Feb. 20, 2001.
... | A flashlight having a light-emitting diode light source with first and second leads extending therefrom, a power source, a power source frame enclosing at least a portion of the power source; a housing containing the light source and power source, a switch located adjacent the power source and operable to close a circu... | 59,598 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to normal detection method using distance detectors, a normal detection device, and a machining machine provided with a normal detection function.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] In machining, it is important to perform machining according to desi... | A normal detection method for measuring the distance to a measurement subject using one or more distance detectors, and obtaining a normal vector (Vn) on the measured surface of the measurement subject from the obtained measurement result (L), wherein: within a three-dimensional space, the straight line linking a first... | 57,221 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to a portable vacuum canister capable of interconnection with and deployment of waste into a sink drain having a waste grinder in direct communication with the sink drain flange covering a sink drain opening. The portable vacuum caniste... | A portable vacuum canister is disclosed for vacuuming debris by a hand-held suction hose and for transferring the debris down through the vacuum canister and into an existing garbage disposal for grinding, where it is then washed down the drain. The vacuum canister adapts and slides into an existing disposal opening. | 29,075 |
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/544,837, filed Oct. 18, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,845,215.
BACKGROUND
Applicants' invention relates to electrical telecommunication, and more particularly to wireless communication systems, such as cellular and satellite radio systems, for... | A method and device are provided for of supporting a plurality of mobile station operation modes in a wireless communication system by user control. Presently, communication protocols exist for supporting end user equipment which operates in a single mode of operation. However, it is desirable to combine protocols from... | 51,508 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Machine tools utilizing a rotating workpiece or a rotating spindle are often capable of permitting sequential tool operation on the workpiece. For instance, where the workpiece is rotating such as in lathes, turret lathes and chucking machines, a variety of tools such as boring tools, ... | The invention pertains to a multiple spindle machine tool wherein a plurality of substantially parallel spindles transversely disposed to a workpiece transfer path permit sequential operations upon a workpiece transferred from spindle to spindle. Spindles may be mounted upon opposite sides of the transfer path permitti... | 16,978 |
The present invention relates to stable alcohol-containing, cream-based beverages. For purposes of the present application, the term "cream-based" includes a variety of dairy products broadly, including low-fat milk, milk, cream, half-and-half, and heavy cream. Broadly, any composition having more than 2% butte... | An homogenized cream/alcohol-containing beverage comprising cream or milk and alcohol in drink preparation amounts, and a high HLB emulsifier selected from the group consisting of high HLB polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, ethoxylated fatty acid esters; and sugar esters, each in an emulsifying amount. | 19,094 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a non-provisional application which claims benefit under 35 USC §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/421,509 filed Dec. 9, 2010, entitled “CONDENSATION OF GLYCOLS TO PRODUCE BIOFUELS,” which is incorporated herein in its entirety.
... | The present disclosure relates to methods for converting light glycol streams of biological origin into products suitable for use as oxygenated fuel additives. These methods involve the acidic condensation of light glycols to form larger products, termed low molecular weight poly-glycols. The remaining hydroxyl functio... | 35,555 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to shift mechanisms for manual transmissions in motor vehicles. More particularly, this invention relates to shift mechanisms with a shift shaft largely internal to a transmission housing for making gear range selections. Axial displacement of the shift shaft is used ... | An inhibitor for a manual transmission shift control which aids in preventing unintended downshifts into first gear. The inhibitor blocks shifting from second gear to first gear following a first gear to second gear shift. No other shift sequence is affected. | 22,996 |
[0001] This application is a National Stage completion of PCT/DE2009/050042 filed Aug. 11, 2009, which claims priority from German patent application serial no. 10 2008 041 374.7 filed Aug. 20, 2008.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to an operating device for a gear shi... | An operating device for shift-by-wire transmission comprises a selector lever which has a detent mechanism. The detent mechanism comprises bevel and notched contours that can be displaced for automatically returning the selector lever back to the first lock position or shift gate. The notched contour is spring-biased t... | 31,626 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to moisture-curing, polyurethane hot-melt adhesive compositions based on polyethers. Hitherto hot-melt materials including eva, polyester or polyamide have been used for fast bonding processes and automatic adhesive application requiring quick setting bond... | A quick-setting, moisture-curing hot-melt polyurethane composition having a first polyether-based polyurethane prepolymer having a Tg above room temperature and a second polyurethane prepolymer with a Tg below room temperature, the first prepolymer being prepared from a low molecular weight polyether; preferably the se... | 15,453 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an alarm management system. More particularly, the invention relates to a system and method for managing alarms in an industrial facility. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for m... | An alarm management system and method includes structure and function for receiving one or more process parameter signals representative of one or more process parameters. Each of the received process parameters is then compared with an associated alarm point. An alarm status signal is generated on the basis of the com... | 36,678 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This Application is related to U.S. patent applications Ser. No. 617,246, entitled IMPROVED RECIRCULATING DOCUMENT FEEDER, filed in the name of Russel et al; Ser. No. 617,337, entitled IMPROVED RECIRCULATING DOCUMENT FEEDER HAVING A CROSS-TRACK REGISTRATION MECHANISM, filed... | An improved recirculating document feeder for presenting sheets from a document sheet stack individually to a station of the reproduction apparatus for reproducing of information contained on such sheets. The improved recirculating document feeder comprises a housing containing a support for a document sheet stack. A f... | 53,798 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to confection holding devices, and more particularly relates to a symmetrically shaped holding device which is suitable for automatic mechanical insertion within a conical container.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
It has long been known to utilize rigid hold... | The specification discloses a confection holding device having a central body with an annular surface and two rigid symmetrical elongate members integrally attached to and perpendicularly extending from opposite sides of the central body. The symmetry of the holding device allows it to be mechanically inserted in a con... | 13,683 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/936,037, filed Nov. 6, 2007, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] ... | One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method, which includes the steps of generating a first rendered image associated with a first application, independently generating a second rendered image associated with a second application, applying a first set of blending weights to the first rendered image to e... | 20,609 |
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. NAS7-1260 awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to millimeter wave devices, and, more particularly, to a hou... | Development of Millimeter Wave Devices containing MMIC's is expedited by use of a new package for the MMIC's and associated electrical components that define the functional circuit. The package includes a base plate and a plurality of metal inserts removeably fastened to the base plate. The inserts are spaced a... | 33,895 |
This application contains subject matter similar to subject matter disclosed in copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/366,216, filed on Aug. 2, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,107,167, issued Aug. 22, 2000, and copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/365,411, filed on Aug. 2, 1999.
TECHNICAL FIE... | Polysilicon gates are formed with greater accuracy and consistency by depositing a silicon carbide antireflective layer on the polysilicon layer before patterning. Embodiments also include depositing the polysilicon layer and the silicon carbide layer in the same tool. | 16,531 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 91119089, filed Aug. 23, 2002.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a high performance thermally enhanced package. More particularly, the pre... | A high performance thermally enhanced package and method of fabricating the same is provided. A chip (a wire bond chip or a flip chip) and a carrier (lead frame or tape carrier) are bonded together using flip-chip technology and thermal compression. The chip and the carrier are encapsulated using a molding compound. Th... | 25,581 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of International Application PCT/EP2004/051008, filed Jun. 3, 2004, which claims priority from German Application 103 31 646.9, filed Jul. 12, 2003.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for teaching a k... | The invention relates to a method of learning a knowledge-based database used in automatic defect classification. According to this method, the user is spared a series of entries as the system carries out an automatic learn mode, which requires a reduced number of user entries. | 42,391 |
[0001] This application is a national phase application of PCT/KR2006/002872, and claims priority from Korean application (KR) 20-2005-0022608 (Aug. 2, 2005) for inventor KIM, Ki Ryong.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to a road traffic-control signboard assembly, and ... | Provided is a road traffic-control signboard assembly with which a road traffic-control signboard can be assembled while being linked with a vertical support at right angle. The road traffic-control signboard assembly is fitted with and fixed to a road traffic-control signboard stay bar and has a structure of being ret... | 17,632 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to an apparatus for threading metal into a heating device and for removing scales that form and flake from the metal during heating. More particularly, the present invention relates to an induction heater having a continuous belt that threads metal strip ... | A threading and scale removing device is disclosed which includes a heating apparatus having an inlet and an outlet. A work-piece is fed through the inlet and exits through the outlet. A plurality of rollers are operatively associated with the heating apparatus. A belt is mounted on the plurality of rollers and is adap... | 18,153 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There is a growing need for low cost, lightweight, low profile, readily mass-producible, high aperture-efficiency antennas of useful bandwidth in a variety of mass market applications.
The desirable characteristics of low cost, lightweight, low profile and mass producibility are ... | Microstrip antenna having one or more arrays of resonant dipole radiator elements. The radiator elements have an E coordinate dimension of approximately λo/2√ ε r μ r . Bridge elements directly and conductively join adjacent pairs of radiator elements to provide energy distribution and the desired phase relationship. ... | 31,966 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. NO. 11/148,543 to Moffat et al., filed Jun. 8, 2005, which is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/656,840 to Moffat et al., filed Sep. 5, 2003.
BACKGROU... | A process for the coating of substrates comprising insertion of a substrate into a process oven, plasma cleaning of the substrate, dehydration of the substrate, withdrawal of a metered amount of one or more chemicals from one or more chemical reservoirs, vaporizing the withdrawn chemicals in one or more vapor chambers,... | 38,976 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a memory device that can be shared by a plurality of chips such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), and more particularly to a memory device containing an ... | An arbiter performs activation of memory that corresponds to a bus access request from DSP in parallel with an access to memory that corresponds to a bus access request from CPU, when DSP requests to access the bus before the access to memory that corresponds to the bus access request from CPU has been completed. There... | 20,720 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/462,312, filed Aug. 3, 2009, which is related to, and claims priority of, U.S. provisional application No. 61/086,678 filed on Aug. 6, 2008, by Donald Burn and Jack J. Stiffler.
FIELD OF THE INVENTI... | While system-directed checkpointing can be implemented in various ways, for example by adding checkpointing support in the memory controller or in the operating system in otherwise standard computers, implementation at the hypervisor level enables the necessary state information to be captured efficiently while providi... | 34,195 |
This application claims the benefit of Provisional application Ser. No. 60/071,754, filed Jan. 16, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a non-destructive testing method for determining the texture of materials using ultrasonics.
The word “texture” designates direction-... | A sputtering target ( 24 ) under test is irradiated with an ultrasonic pulse ( 20 ). The ultrasonic pulse ( 20 ) has a wavelength in the sputtering target ( 24 ) in the range of the average grain size for the target ( 24 ) under test. Backscattering echoes ( 28 ) are produced by the interaction of the pulse ( 20 ) with... | 19,503 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to electronic displays and an improved switching control circuit based on diodes for the control of the circuit.
BACKGROUND AND PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED
[0002] In an electronic display, a material, called the display medium, changes its opti... | An active-matrix electronic display including a switching circuit for each pixel to control the optical state of the display. The switching circuit includes at least one diode and at least one load impedance for each circuit. The front plane electrode of the display may be unpatterned over a significant portion of the ... | 31,568 |
The present invention relates to a unidirectional glass fabric produced with continuous yarn which is twisted, plied or has zero twisting turns, with different gram weights and interlaced with thin glass yarns as a stabilizing binding, as well as to use thereof in the manufacture of printed circuits.
BACKGROUND O... | A unidirectional fabric produced with a continuous glass yarn which is twisted, plied or has zero twisting turns, with different gram weights. Interlacings of thin glass binding yarns for stabilizing the fabric extend warpwise to engage weft yarns in a leno interweaving. The fabric is used in the manufacture of printed... | 12,373 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 09/629,362 filed Aug. 1, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,757,286 which was a continuation application of application Ser. No. 09/475,623 filed Dec. 30, 1999, now abandoned which was a continuation application of application ... | Methods for configuring, maintaining connectivity in and utilizing an ATM network. Neighboring switches share topology information and enable links to neighboring switches for tag switching. Point-to-point tagged virtual connections are established between switches on the best and next-best paths learned from topology ... | 52,427 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present disclosure generally relates to a relay, and more particularly, to a magnetic latching relay with a parallel-type magnetic circuit.
BACKGROUND
A relay is an automatic switch device having isolation function, widely applied in communication, automobiles, automatic control, h... | A magnetic latching relay of a parallel type magnetic circuit, forming two parallel permanent magnetic circuits on the permanent magnetic circuit of a relay; one of the permanent magnetic circuits is used to provide adequate attraction to an armature, so that permanent magnetic attraction can achieve a balance of appli... | 48,321 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/216,797, entitled “INTERACTIVE DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM,” filed on Jul. 7, 2000, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes.
This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/... | Methods and apparatus for use in a network including a local server coupled to a central server, the local server being coupled to a plurality of network devices, for interactively controlling from one of the plurality of network devices a flow of audio visual data from the central server to the network device, compris... | 53,620 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a wavelength conversion device composed of a semiconductor laser device and a nonlinear optical element having a planar optical waveguide, which are mounted on a substrate in an integrated ... | A wavelength conversion device that converts a wavelength by second harmonic-wave generation and generates a laser beam, includes: a substrate having a plurality of electrodes; a semiconductor laser device mounted on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes; and a nonlinear optical elemen... | 58,594 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a multi-purpose clamping apparatus for pressing the confronting edges or ends of two boards or other components during a gluing process.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the practice of woodwork crafting the occasi... | A multi-purpose clamping apparatus to join the confronting edges of two boards together during a gluing process having a pair of base plates, a central hub about which the base plates may be rotated, a rail projecting laterally from the hub on which one of the base plates is connected and a press mounted on one of the ... | 22,751 |
[0001] This Application is a Continuation of currently pending PCT/IB2010/050784 filed Feb. 23, 2010, which Application claims priority of Spanish Patent Application P200900505 filed Feb. 24, 2009.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a method for reducing inters... | The method for reducing interstitial elements in alloy castings which comprises the following steps: pouring the alloy for the formation of a casting; and allowing said alloy to cool. According to the method, at least a peripheral region of the casting is heated, so that the flux of interstitial elements is caused towa... | 21,249 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a transmission coil which is configured to inductively transfer energy, comprising a carrier, a coil arrangement with a multiplicity of turns, and a capacitance which forms, together with the coil arrangement, an oscillatory circuit. Further aspects... | The invention relates to a transmission coil ( 10 ) configured for inductive energy transfer, comprising a carrier ( 17 ), a coil arrangement ( 11 ) having a plurality of turns ( 12 ), and a capacitance. It is thereby provided that the capacitance is formed of a plurality of capacitors ( 22 ), wherein each capacitor ( ... | 24,736 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation-in-part of the earlier patent application Ser. No. 07/560,604 filed Jul. 31, 1990 now abandoned.
THE FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a Gardening Information Kit to be used in supplying t... | A Garden information Kit has two elements which provide all the information necessary for successful planting, growing and harvesting of crops. The first element is a set of data cards both carrying information and having means to easily sort the cards carrying the desired information. The second element is a calendar ... | 23,060 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/519,227, which was invented by the same inventor, was filed on Nov. 12, 2003, and was entitled “Wheel Illumination Device”.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention ... | A system for illuminating a motor vehicle wheel assembly of a motor vehicle is provided, the system including a mount configured to be fixed to the wheel assembly, a plurality of lights fixed to the mount, a control circuit coupled to the plurality of lights to regulate a flow of electricity to the plurality of lights;... | 54,658 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/970,290, filed Oct. 21, 2004, and is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-363925, filed Oct. 23, 2003, the entire contents of each of which ... | A power switch and connector that are conventionally included in a body are formed in spaces created at the outer ends of the shafts of hinges other than the body and a display, whereby the body is thinned. Electronic device comprises a body, a display, and a hinge that joins the body and display so that they can be fr... | 58,424 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a divisional of copending U.S. utility application entitled, “Higher Picture Rate HD Encoding and Transmission with Legacy HD Backward Compatibility,” having Ser. No. 11/132,060, filed May 18, 2005, which is entirely incorporated herein by ref... | Methods and systems for the efficient and non-redundant transmission of a single video program in multiple frame rates, optionally employing a combination of video coding standards, in a way that is backwards-compatible with legacy receivers only supportive of some subsection of frame rates or of some subsection of vid... | 57,035 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present patent application is a US National Stage of International Application No. PCT/CA2013/000884, filed on Oct. 15, 2013, which claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) of U.S. provisional Application Ser. No. 61/713,226, filed on Oct. 12, 2012, the contents of which ar... | There is described a system, method, and computer-readable medium having stored thereon executable program code for generating a final Cobb angle prediction for idiopathic scoliosis, the method comprising: receiving patient-specific 3D morphological spine parameters, a selected curve type, and a selected skeletal matur... | 59,102 |
This application claims priority to prior Japanese patent application JP 2004-171271, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a card connector for use in connecting a card and, in particular, to a card connector capable of prevent... | In a card connector for use in connecting a card, an eject mechanism is coupled to a housing for receiving the card. The eject mechanism is for executing an ejecting operation of ejecting the card from the housing. The card connector is provided with a retarding mechanism which cooperates with the eject mechanism to re... | 14,432 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the ball type constant velocity joints. In particular, the invention relates to a ball assembly in the form of a sphere divided up into a plurality of rollers (rolling elements) and a common shaft that holds the rollers. The purpose... | A constant velocity joint includes an outer joint member, an inner joint member, torque transmitting ball assemblies guided in pairs of tracks, and a cage having windows for receiving the ball assemblies and cage webs defined between the windows. Each ball assembly comprises a slide shaft having lugs at the ends, a rol... | 19,472 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure generally relates to user-manipulable controls in software user interfaces. More specifically it expands upon a tabbed notebook control for switching among various views.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Tabbing controls are becoming increasingly pervasive in... | A method for extending known single-select mutually-exclusive tabs to simultaneously include multiple selection tabs with easy surfaced user controls. These controls enable the user to quickly and easily select and unselect one or more tabs in the tab group. | 10,905 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority from Taiwan patent application TW 103 124 194, filed Jul. 14, 2014, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to... | The present invention relates to a pulley for an alternator, and in particular, to a pulley applicable to an automotive alternator. The pulley effectively mitigates the problem that a belt and a tension pulley of an alternator vibrate because a rotation speed of a vehicle engine changes, thereby improving the overall o... | 51,487 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/704,839 filed Aug. 2, 2005 for a “Wearable Electronic Scorekeeping Device”.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
... | An electronic wearable scorekeeping device for use with a racquet/court-related sport. The device includes a body capable of being attached to a sport participant, such as by a wristband, strap or, suspending lanyard worn by the user. The body includes a display face and a maximum of five individually depressible butto... | 27,468 |
RIGHTS OF THE GOVERNMENT
The invention described herein may be manufactured, used and licensed by or for the United States Government for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalties thereon.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates in general to the measurement ... | A method and apparatus for converting the absolute pressure of a pressuri fluid to a differential pressure indicating the fluid pressure relative to a reference pressure. The pressurized fluid is directed asymmetrically into a laminar proportional amplifier (LPA) along a centerline toward a first of two outlets at a v... | 16,392 |
RELATED PATENTS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/952,071 filed on Sep. 25, 1992.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to mail processing and delivery systems and more particularly to cancelling apparatus which is adapted to mark or "cancel&#... | The method and apparatus for verifying that the correct postage has been paid includes a mail processing machine which is adapted to receive properly oriented mail via a transport from a racer apparatus. The mail processing machine includes a scale for weighing a mailpiece having postage affixed thereto for the purpose... | 20,612 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
An embodiment of the disclosure relates to techniques for generating a controlled voltage and more particularly to the methods for controlling a switching regulator.
BACKGROUND
A block diagram of a voltage regulator that supplies a load L through a cable C is depicted in FIG. 1 . A co... | An embodiment of a power-supply controller comprises a switching-control circuit, an error amplifier, and a signal generator. The switching-control circuit is operable to control a switch coupled to a primary winding of a transformer, and the error amplifier has a first input node operable to receive a feedback signal,... | 32,933 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 858,746 filed May 2, 1986, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a semiconductor module and, particularly, to a semiconductor module including switching devices as components of an ... | A semiconductor module includes two switching devices operated by the PWM control signal, current detectors for detecting currents through the respective switching devices, and bypass units operated by the corresponding opposite current detector for shunting the control signal to the respective switching devices to pre... | 9,780 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to measuring and testing equipment for semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs), and in particular to those devices which mount an IC and perform measuring and testing utilizing a measurement handler socket provided with probes whi... | An IC measuring and testing device and measuring and testing method comprising a measurement handler socket provided with mold-receiving base having guiding members corresponding to the shape of a mold body of an IC to be tested around its periphery and probes for contacting outer leads of the IC, and a suction arm for... | 33,362 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an intraocular lens (IOL) having variable optical power and containing two immiscible liquids.
BACKGROUND
[0002] During cataract surgery, the patient lens is removed and replaced by a fix plastic lens, which deprives the ... | According to a first aspect, the invention relates to an intraocular variable focus implant comprising a non-conducting liquid with a melting temperature above 0° C., a conducting liquid, a liquid interface formed by the non-conducting and conducting liquids, a first electrode in contact with the conducting liquid, a s... | 54,647 |
[0001] This nonprovisional application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 60/174,601 entitled “Map Decoding In Channels With Memory” filed on Jan. 5, 2000. The Applicant of the provisional application is William Turin (Attorney Docket No. 105038). The above provisional application is hereby incor... | This invention provides an iterative process to maximum a posteriori (MAP) decoding. The iterative process uses an auxiliary function which is defined in terms of a complete data probability distribution. The auxiliary function is derived based on an expectation maximization (EM) algorithm. For a special case of trelli... | 35,433 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/357,092 filed Dec. 15, 1994, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/185,167 filed Jan. 24, 1994, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/786,606 filed Nov. 1, 1991, all now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of t... | An autofocus camera conducts a focus detection operation with one of differently directed sets of photoelectric conversion elements which is given priority according to the detected attitude of the camera. If focusing cannot be effected using the elements given priority, a focus detection operation is automatically con... | 24,150 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a national phase entry under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT/CN2014/090535 filed Nov. 7, 2014 which claims priority from Chinese application 201410029070.X filed Jan. 22, 2014, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.... | The present invention provides a sensing control system for an electric toy, characterized in that it comprises a signal detection module for receiving an external sensing and then generating a sensing signal; a calculation and control module for receiving the sensing signal and counting a number of the sensing signal,... | 25,340 |
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
[0001] This invention was made with Government support under Contract No.: N00014-12-C-0472 awarded by the Office of Navy Research. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present application relates to reactive mat... | A reactive material stack with tunable ignition temperatures is provided by inserting a barrier layer between layers of reactive materials. The barrier layer prevents the interdiffusion of the reactive materials, thus a reaction between reactive materials only occurs at an elevated ignition temperature when a certain e... | 18,913 |
[0001] The present invention relates to ventilatory assist devices and more particularly to a lightweight emergency ventilatory assist device that can be retrofitted onto a conventional protective mask without removing the mask, for example, to provide CPAP in situ, i.e. without having to transport the patient to a ... | A mask interface device is provided for a protective mask of the type having a mask filter and a mask expiratory port, the mask expiratory port having an expiratory port valve of the type that is normally closed and openable upon expiration, the mask filter having an inspiratory air inlet, the mask interface device com... | 50,316 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/954,735, filed on Jul. 30, 2013, titled “DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CERVIX MEASUREMENT,” now U.S. Pat. No. 8,870,794, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/747,331, f... | A device for measuring a length of a cervix includes an elongate measurement member extending along a longitudinal axis and including a measurement scale thereon, a hollow member coaxial with and disposed over the elongate measurement member, a flange offset from the longitudinal axis and attached to a distal end of th... | 51,890 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to containers for containing products that are sensitive to radiation, especially light, essentially of the food industry, more particularly milk and further dairy products, including nutrients and dairy products that are enriched or contain fruit. ... | Preform, serving as a semi-finished product, for a container intended for containing products therein that are sensitive to radiation in particular light sensitive and food and dairy products, consisting of at least one base layer ( 1 ) made of a primary plastic base material, with a certain amount of additives ( 5 ) i... | 50,934 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a suspension system for a pipe lining machine and more particularly, to a damping assembly for damping vibrations in the belts used to support and rotate pipes during the lining operation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Concrete-lined pipes of e... | A belt assembly for a pipe lining machine used to make concrete lined pipes. A pipe to be rotated is supported on the exterior surface of a belt loop wound around several pulleys, including a drive pulley and a displaceable pulley which moves laterally in response to slack and tension in the belt loop. A damping assemb... | 15,196 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for producing highly collimated light and, more particularly, to a method for producing highly collimated light for use with a tiled, flat-panel liquid crystal display (LCD).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Conventional flat-p... | The present invention features an apparatus and method for collimating light for use with a tiled, flat-panel display having a seamless appearance (i.e., having visually imperceptible seams). A novel, multi-cell, collimation lattice is placed behind the bottom mask of the tiled, flat-panel display assembly, but in fron... | 16,567 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] Oil-based sludges of various types and consistencies are commonly generated as waste streams during oil or other hydrocarbon production processes. These sludges arise during well tests and initial production, as a by-product waste stream of hydrocarbon production, and as tank b... | A modular apparatus having certain processing equipment mounted on portable skids that are adaptable and versatile to permit customized arrangement for oil-recovery processing of a wide range of oil-base sludge compositions in a cost-efficient manner. In one aspect, the invention is directed to a modular apparatus opti... | 53,305 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Leishmaniasis is a protozoan parasitic disease endemic in 88 countries, which causes considerable morbidity and mortality. At least 20 species of Leishmania can be transmitted by sandfly bites, originating cutaneous, diffuse cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral leishmani... | Disclosed are novel ring containing phospholipids represented by the structural formula A-X—PO 3 —W and physiologically acceptable salts thereof and a process for the preparation of these compounds. The compounds can be used for the treatment of protozoal diseases and especially leishmaniasis. | 59,552 |
BACKGROUND
Building highly effective customer service applications, in an interactive voice response (IVR) system, is complex and expensive. The value of these investments is reduced when users fail to negotiate the IVR prompts correctly, ultimately having their transaction needs met by a call center agent. When ... | A system engages a live agent in a multi-party call type arrangement with the user and an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) unit when the user has difficulty with the IVR. The agent is provided with information about the IVR process being executed and the user's input. When the agent is introduced into the call, the... | 53,575 |
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