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[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/863,973, filed on Jun. 9, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part of International Patent Application No. PCT/US03/04566, filed Feb. 14, 2003, and parent U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/863,973 is also a continuation-in-part of Intern...
This invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating interleukin and/or interleukin receptor gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA) molecules. This invention also relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for modulating the expression and activity of oth...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates in general to filter circuits and in particular to a low-pass filter circuit having a high slew rate. Analog data acquisition systems often simultaneously acquire waveform data from several different analog signals by sampling the signals in rapid su...
A multiplexer samples multiple analog waveform signals to provide a sequence of input signals to an active low-pass filter. The bandwidth of the filter is determined by an input RC network having series resistance and shunt capacitance elements. As the multiplexer switches state to sample a different analog signal, the...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to gift wrapping and in particular to an ornament assembly which expands to form an ornamental design, figure or shape which resembles either indicia which is printed on gift wrapping paper or is otherwise simulative of a 3 ...
An expansible ornament assembly comprising an expansible form having an open position and a closed position and constructed of a lightweight material such as tissue paper. The form has cavities formed therein and includes two ends wherein each of the two ends is attached to at least one base. The assembly includes mean...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to electric appliances and, more specifically, to electric irons. An electric iron consists essentially of a heating element and a means for controlling the application of electric power to the heating element. Thermostatic controls are conventionall...
An automatic-cutoff electric iron employs two timing cycles for turning off power to the electric iron upon the absence of motion for two different discrete time periods. A motion sensor includes an angle sensor to enable a short timing cycle for cutting off power to the electric iron after the electric iron is motionl...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims the benefit of, and priority to, previously filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/146,518 entitled “Adding Individual Database Failover/Switchover To An Existing Storage Component With Limited Impact” filed on Jun. 26, 2008, the subject matter of ...
High availability architecture that employs a mid-tier proxy server to route client communications to active data store instances in response to failover and switchover. The proxy server includes an active manager client that interfaces to an active manager in each of the backend servers. State information and configur...
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This is a 371 of PCT/US00/08350 filed Mar. 30, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of 09/282,855, filed Mar. 31, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,201,154, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to compositions and methods for the...
(Z)-styryl benzylsulfones of formula I are useful as anticancer agents: wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chloro and nitro; R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, chloro, bromo, iodo and fluoro; and ...
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RELATED APPLICATION This divisional application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/403,466, filed on Mar. 31, 2003, which, in turn, claims priority to and the benefit of United Kingdom patent application number 0207643.8, filed on Apr. 2, 2002, which applications are herein incorpora...
A building component for forming a roof. The component includes an ETFE foil cushion comprising sheets of ETFE foil which are held in a frame about their periphery, and which are inflated. The frame includes a release mechanism for releasing the cushion from the frame, for example, in the event of a fire.
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[0001] This application claims priority under 35 USC §120 to application Ser. No. 10/036,793, which was filed on Nov. 8, 2001, the entire contents of which are hereby expressly incorporated by reference. This application also claims priority, under 35 USC §119(e), to provisional application 60/282,428, which was fil...
Carbon fiber brake preforms ( 20 ), specifically, annular discs built up of fabric arc segments ( 21 ) composed of continuous fibers ( 25 ) and staple fibers ( 26 ). Most of the continuous fibers ( 25 ) in the fabric segments ( 21 ) are arranged to be located within 60° of radially from th e inner diameter to the outer...
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REFERENCE TO PROVISIONAL APPLICATION This application claims benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/374,731 filed Apr. 23, 2002. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a fitting for use with air tanks and, more particularly, to a fitting including a twist e...
A fitting connector for a pressure vessel including a bushing for mounting within an aperture defined in a pressure vessel wall. The bushing includes a cylindrical bushing body having a head portion at one end thereof and including at least a pair of locking members for engaging along an interior surface of the pressur...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to background signal processing technologies, and, more specifically, to a background signal processing method and a background signal processing system used in a touch panel. [0003] 2....
A background signal processing method and a background signal processing system are provided. The background signal processing method includes measuring a first conductive wire group, comparing a first background signal measurement value with a predetermined background signal threshold value to determine their differen...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to the generation of charged particles, and more particularly, to the control of electrostatic latent images formed from this charged particle source. A wide variety of techniques are commonly employed to generate ions in various applications. Conventional ...
Generation of charged particles by extracting them from a high density source provided by an electrical gas breakdown in an electrical field between two conducting electrodes separated by a solid insulator, subject to the influence of a third electrode. The ions are generated by a high frequency alternating potential b...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/055,428, filed on Mar. 26, 2008. BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE [0002] 1. Field of the Disclosure [0003] The present disclosure relates to methods fo...
A method of severing a drill string or other tubular string that includes lowering a torch into the drill string, positioning the torch at a joint in the drill string, such that the joint may have a pin component engaged with a box component, igniting the torch to produce cutting fluids, and directing the cutting fluid...
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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/162,221 filed May 15, 2015 and entitled, Ceiling Ladder. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention pertains generally to ladders, and more particularly to those adapted ...
A foldable ceiling ladder assembly for installation within a ceiling opening includes a concealment panel sized and shaped to substantially cover the ceiling opening when the ladder is in a stowed configuration; the concealment panel including a swingout door portion capable of pivotal rotation away from the ladder whe...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a National State Entry of International Application No. PCT/FR2007/002116, filed on Dec. 19, 2007, which claims priority to French Patent Application No. 0611493, filed on Dec. 29, 2006, both of which are incorporated by reference herein. ...
The present invention relates to a method for controlling the distribution and use of digital multimedia files composed of binary data blocks according to an original format, and separated into at least two parts, characterised in that it includes a step of transmission, from a server of utilisation conditions, of the ...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application, Serial No. 60/462,787, filed Apr. 14, 2003. The entire disclosure of the above-mentioned application is hereby incorporated by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION ...
A self propelled, endoscopic apparatus formed of a flexible, fluid-filled toroid and a motorized or powerable frame The apparatus may be used to advance a variety of accessory devices into generally tubular spaces and environments for medical and non-medical applications. The apparatus when inserted into a tubular spac...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Not all harmful impurities in potable waters are detectable by taste and/or odor. Nitrates, for example, are undetectable by the senses yet them may be physiologically harmful. In humans, especially in infants, consumed nitrates may be reduced to nitrites in the gastrointestinal tract....
The invention relates to a method for separating nitrate from waters containing a significant amount of sulfate ion. Nitrate removal is accomplished by passing the water to be treated through a bed of a strong-base anion exchange resin which is a tributyl amine derivative of a copolymer exemplified by styrene-divinyl b...
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TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention is directed, in general, to the use of reinforced ice for road surfaces over water. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] In cold climates roads are made out of ice over naturally frozen lakes and other bodies of water to permit th...
The present invention provides a method of fabricating road surfaces in cold climates for ice roads. In one embodiment the road surface includes: a combination of water and sawdust that is placed on the road surface and frozen.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The invention relates in general to shipping containers, and more particularly, to a shipping container for flowable material which comprises a large outer container (i.e., a common twenty foot shipping container, or the like) a...
A shipping container for flowable material including a large rigid shipping container and a flexible tank. The shipping container has a substantially rectangular cubic configuration with common attachment regions. The flexible tank is positionable within the rigid shipping container. The flexible tank includes a genera...
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/185,074 filed Jan. 18, 1994 now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to accelerometers including a silicon capacitive acceleration detector, and to a method for measuring t...
An accelerometer includes a silicon capacitive detector and an electronic device for measuring the capacitive unbalance of the detector, providing an output voltage representative of the acceleration. To avoid the perturbations caused by the stray capacitances present in the detector, there is provided a compensation s...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to apparatus for airless atomization for electrostatic deposition of a coating material upon a substrate. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Commercial equipment for atomizing and electrostatically depositing coating material, such as paint, commonly utilizes eit...
A spray gun for airless atomization for electrostatic deposition of a coating material upon a substrate includes a novel dual electrode element having a spring loop portion. The two electrodes are the respective end portions of a single electrode wire, which has its major portion between the electrodes formed into a sp...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field Of the Invention This invention relates to the field of preparing floral arrangements, and in particular to preparing individual flowers for such floral arrangements by inserting on the stem of a flower a stem pick. The invention also relates to the field of cutting flow...
A method and apparatus for stemming a flower in which the flower stem is cut substantially simultaneously with attaching a flower pick to the flower stem, thereby eliminating the separate steps of cutting the flower stem and subsequently attaching a stem pick by combining these two operations. In another aspect of the ...
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The present invention starts from known methods for the production of structures of electrically conducting material using printing methods. The invention relates to a method by means of which it is possible to deposit nanofibres in a targeted manner with a high spatial precision onto any desired surface. This is made...
Apparatus and method for producing electrically conducting nanostructures by means of electrospinning, the apparatus having at least a substrate holder ( 1 ), a spinning capillary ( 2 ), connected to a reservoir ( 3 ) for a spinning liquid ( 4 ) and to an electrical voltage supply ( 5 ), an adjustable movement unit ( 6...
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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a lightning protection of a wind turbine. BACKGROUND ART [0002] Generally, countermeasures against lightning are implemented for blades of a wind turbine. FIG. 9 is a side view showing an example of a wind turbine. A tower 102 o...
In lightning protection equipment of a wind turbine, it is required to ease the maintenance with maintaining high safety. The lightning current received by a receptor of a blade is conducted to an earth line in the blade. The earth line is conducted to the internal space of the rotor head via the internal side space of...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/582,126, filed Oct. 20, 2009, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/426,109, filed Jun. 23, 2006, which is based on and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. ...
A method of monitoring a fluid process control system having a control loop for controlling the flow of a material through a path in the fluid process control system. The control loop a control valve, a valve controller, and a fluid control line. The control valve is disposed in the path and is movable between an open ...
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This Appln. Claims Benefit of 60/079,347 Mar. 24, 1998. BACKGROUND a. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to installation of underground pipelines and similar conduits, and, more particularly, to an apparatus for installing fill material around a pipeline after thi...
An apparatus for depositing fill material over a pipeline. A wide-track carriage is provided for straddling the pipeline trench, and this includes a shaker screen mechanism for screening aggregate fill material, such as excavated native spoils. The screened fill material is fed into the trench via a pivoting conveyor w...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/040,261, filed on Mar. 30, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,432,062, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for controlled proteol...
Proenzymes or proforms of blood factors can be cleaved in the presence of a detergent or a chaotropic substance to produce active blood factors selected from the group consisting of Factor Va, Factor VIIa, Factor VIIIa, Factor IXa, Factor Xa, Factor XIa, Factor XIIa, Factor XIIIa and activated protein C. The chaotropic...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Among the known herbicides there are included 1-(1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-urea derivatives, which are disclosed in Germans DT-PS Nos. 1,816,696 and 2,118,520. However, these herbicides exhibit only a very limited selectivity spectrum toward cultivated plants. The object of the pres...
2-(Dimethylcarbamoylimino)-1,3,4-thiadiazolin-3-carboxylic acid esters of the formula: ##STR1## in which R and R 1 are aliphatic hydrocarbon groups which may be halogenated, and n is 0, 1 or 2, are effective herbicides, and exhibit a high degree of selectivity toward cultivated plants.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. §119, of German application DE 10 2006 007 181.6, filed Feb. 16, 2006; this application also claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e), of provisional application No. 60/777,246 filed Feb. 27, 2006; the ...
A method and an apparatus control a printing press having a plurality of printing units, a plurality of cylinders which are coupled mechanically to one another and a control computer for controlling at least one drive motor which drives the mechanically coupled cylinders. A torsion model is stored in the machine comput...
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RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/106,910, filed Aug. 13, 1993, now abandoned, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/826,839, filed Jan. 28, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,300,073, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/593,196, filed Oct. ...
An implant system for spinal fixation includes a fastener having an upper portion, a lower portion configured to engage a vertebra, and a shoulder between the upper and lower portions. A connector is provided for engaging the fastener to an elongated rod that is positionable along the spinal column laterally from a lin...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a passenger conveyer, and in particular to a driving pulley which drives a hand rail and more particular to a driving pulley which is capable of controlling a moving speed of a hand rail. 2. Description of Related A...
Present invention relates to a hand rail driving pulley for a passenger conveyor. According to the invention, when difference between the moving velocity of a step and the moving velocity of a hand rail generates, by adjusting the radius of the driving pulley, the velocity difference can be synchronized without any cha...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/377,915, filed on May 3, 2002, which is incorporated herein by reference and to which priority is claimed pursuant to 35 USC 119. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present...
The invention is a method for pulse position modulating signals which are synchronized to clocked bit periods using a clock comprising the steps of generating two, three or n signals to mark the presence of digital ones during corresponding n time slots occurring during the same bit period. The two, three or n signals ...
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This invention was made with government support under Grant No. 5 P51 RR00163 "Support for Regional Primate Research Center" awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Research Resources. The government has certain rights in this invention. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION...
Synthetic sapogenin and sterol compounds, administered orally to warm-blooded animals, inhibit the absorption of cholesterol and are useful in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. Particular compounds suitable for such purposes include glycosides with spirostane, spirostene, or cholesterol aglycones, and esters of sp...
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[0001] The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/736,411, filed Nov. 14, 2005, titled “Fuel Filler Neck.” FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to fills for conveyance of fluid and, in particular, to a fuel fill for conveyanc...
A fill system, particularly for use as a fuel fill system for filling a tank of a vehicle such as a boat, is disclosed including a fill device for mounting on the vehicle and a closure for substantially closing an opening of the fill. The closure is generally a unitary component provided a vent to the atmosphere for pr...
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CROSS-REFERENCE [0001] This application claims priority from Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 14/662/342 filed on Mar. 19, 2015 and from Provisional Patent Application Ser. Nos. 62/062,441 filed on Oct. 10, 2014 and 62/067,612 filed on Oct. 23, 2014. FIELD OF THE INVENTION ...
An improved device for enabling a user to quickly and securely attach and detach an accessory (e.g., a scope, light, bayonet, etc.) to the Picatinny or tactical rail of a firearm. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device comprises a lower portion, an upper portion and a locking mechanism. The devi...
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FIELD [0001] This invention relates to the field of integrated circuit design. More particularly, this invention relates to an efficient hardware implementation of a variable node processing unit (VNU) inside of a low-density parity check (LDPC) min-sum decoder. BACKGROUND [0002] Low densi...
A variable node processing unit with N+1 inputs, having at least a first bank of two-input adders and a separate last bank of two-input adders, where the banks of adders are disposed in series.
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[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/983,029, filed Oct. 22, 2001, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/403,834, filed on Oct. 27, 1999 (now abandoned), which is a U.S. National Phase application of International Application...
The free-cutting copper alloy according to the present invention contains a greatly reduced amount of lead in comparison with conventional free-cutting copper alloys, but provides industrially satisfactory machinability. The free-cutting alloys comprise 69 to 79 percent, by weight, of copper, 2.0 to 4.0 percent, by wei...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The subject invention is generally directed to a technique of encoding data for serial transmission and the correlative technique of decoding the transmitted data. The invention has particular application to the transmission of data from a remote location to a central receiving station and ...
A technique for redundantly encoding data for synchronous or asynchronous serial transmission or recording and the correlative technique for decoding the serial bit stream are disclosed. The encoding technique involves making the second data string of a data string pair the complement of the first data string and forma...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character processing apparatus and, in particular, to a character processing apparatus having a digit place alignment function to align and display an input numeral string. 2. Description or the Related Art ...
A character processing apparatus having a judgment device which checks if a tab setting has been made when a currency symbol is input from an input device, and a digit place alignment device which aligns an input numeral string preceded by the currency symbol around the position at which the tab setting has been made a...
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CROSS REFERENCES RELATED TO THE APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/949,821, filed on Dec. 4, 2007 now abandoned. BACKGROUND 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to thermally conductive materials, more particularly t...
A thermally conductive silicone composition includes 25 to 50 volume % of a silicone, 30 to 60 volume % of a first heat conducting filler, and 20 to 40 volume % of a second heat conducting filler, and 1 to 2 volume % of a third heat conducting filler. The thermally conductive silicone composition has two heat conductin...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital radio communications receiver that predicts the structure of a received frame based on the phase and intervals of sync words picked up. 2. Description of the Related Art In digital radio communicatio...
A digital radio communications receiver for predicting correctly a frame structure and assuring correct synchronization. The digital radio communications receiver for use in a digital communications system having two or more frame structures on a single channel, comprises a unique word detector module for detecting a u...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [1] 1. This application is a divisional of prior application Ser. No. 09/093,520 filed Jun. 8, 1998. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [2] 2. The present invention generally relates to a collector for collecting liquid samples from a source of liquid. M...
A collector and method for collecting samples of liquid from at least one source of liquid for automated analysis of the samples. The collector has at least one receptacle for receiving liquid from the source of liquid and holding a quantity of the liquid for obtaining a sample. Each receptacle has an inlet for deliver...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/651,436, filed Feb. 10, 2005, and entitled “Magnetic Finger Glove,” which is herein incorporated by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to gloves, and more particularly, t...
A magnetic finger glove helps persons hold, install, and retrieve small metallic objects, such as nuts or screws, in hard-to-reach places. The finger glove is sized and shaped to sheathe and conform to an adult human index finger. A small round disc neodymium magnet is affixed to a fabric assembly in the region corresp...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] (1) Field of the Invention [0002] The invention relates to the preparation of a bituminous composition, such as asphalt, which is prepared, cooled and packaged for subsequent transport and use at a work cite, such as a road or highway. The invention relates to ...
A cold blending and containerizing method and apparatus for preparing a bitumen composition for subsequent transport to a selected work cite. A pre-selected quantity each of a plurality of additives is introduced into a receptacle. The additives may or may not be heated and then mixed within a receptacle to form a bitu...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/771,031, filed Feb. 3, 2004, entitled “IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE,” which is cooperated by reference herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention...
An analog front-end (AFE) circuit of a digital display is disclosed including: a first circuit to intermittently invert a working clock to generate a control signal and to generate a sampling signal, wherein the sampling signal is corresponding to the working clock; a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to ...
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RELATED APPLICATION The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/173,990, filed Jun. 18, 2002, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a fuel recovery system for recovery leaks that occur in fuel...
A fueling environment that distributes fuel from a fuel supply to fuel dispensers in a daisy chain arrangement with a double walled piping system. Fuel leaks that occur within the double walled piping system are returned to the underground storage tank by the outer wall of the double walled piping. This preserves the f...
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This application is based on Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/157,625, which was filed on Oct. 4, 1999, and priority is claimed thereto. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the manufacture of window systems. More specifically, this inve...
A method for producing window components using polymer based, metallurgy based, extruded, injection molded, or wood material is provided. This invention provides a low cost, highly reliable, low defect method of producing window components by machining from a singular piece of material, providing bendable portions, wit...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0074203, filed on Jun. 27, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to a voltage clamp step-up b...
A apparatus provides a voltage clamp step-up boost converter that is capable of reducing voltage stress on a switch and a diode of the boost converter without using a dissipative snubber and that is capable of reducing a switching loss while maintaining a high input-to-output boost ratio.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The advent of structural thermoplastic materials having good heat and electrical resistive properties has resulted in the use of such materials as circuit breaker and power bus support saddles hereafter referred to as "saddles". Such plastic molded saddles having means integral...
A modular molded plastic circuit breaker and power bus support carries a plurality of integrally formed circuit breaker support hooks and power bus support posts on a common thermoplastic saddle for automated assembly. Means are formed at one end of the saddle for receiving modular extension saddles to accommodate circ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION It is desirable to have telescopically length variable steering columns in motor vehicles for adapting the length of the steering column to the body size of the respective driver. STATEMENT OF THE PRIOR ART In the German Patent Application P 39 02 882.8 (published after Sep...
A steering column of a motor vehicle is composed of two telescopically and torque transmittingly interengaging steering column tubes. These tubes are mounted in bearings. A steering wheel is allocated to a first steering column tube. The other steering column tube is connected with a steering gear box. A cylinder pisto...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ferromagnetic resonator formed of ferromagnetic thin film and suitable for use in microwave devices, and particularly, to a ferromagnetic resonator designed for use in suppressing spurious response. 2. Description...
A ferromagnetic resonator employing a disk of ferrimagnetic material is disclosed. The ferromagnetic resonator comprises a disk of ferrimagnetic material such as yttrium iron garnet (YIG) and a magnet applying D.C. magnetic field perpendicularly to a surface of the disk, and microstrip line applying RF magnetic field t...
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GOVERNMENTAL RIGHTS The U.S. Government has a paid-up license in this invention and the right in limited circumstances to require the patent owner to license others on reasonable terms as provided by the terms of F33615-01-C-1602 awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory. BACKGROUND OF INVENTIO...
Provided is a process for forming a contact for a compound semiconductor device without electrically shorting the device. In one embodiment, a highly doped compound semiconductor material is electrically connected to a compound semiconductor material of the same conductivity type through an opening in a compound semico...
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BACKGROUND [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates generally to the field of telephone switching equipment. More specifically, the present invention relates to verifying subscriber information stored in various components of a cellular telephone system to ensu...
A consistency verification tool performs a consistency check on subscriber data records stored in the cellular telephone system. One such consistency check analyzes subscriber data records in a home location register (HLR) and a billing system to determine the presence of duplicate records. Duplicate records can be sto...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/431,270, filed on May 6, 2003, titled “Emission Control System”, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/378,861, filed May 7, 2002, titled “Emission Control ...
A method and apparatus to reduce the emissions of an exhaust stream is provided. One feature of the present invention includes a control unit for metering a reagent into the exhaust strean. The control unit adjusts a quantity of the reagent to be metered into the exhaust stream. One embodiment of the present invention ...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 08/262,813, filed Jun. 21, 1994, which is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 07/513,282, filed Apr. 20, 1990 U.S. Pat. No. 5,352,575; which was a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/100,817 filed Jun. 29, 1987, a...
The present invention provides recombinant DNA molecules comprising a sequence encoding a pseudorabies virus (PRV) glycoprotein selected from the group consisting of gI, gp50 and gp63 host cells transformed by said recombinant DNA molecule sequences, the gI, gp50 and gp63 polypeptides. The present invention also provid...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to surfactant mixtures with improved dermatological compatibility and advantageous low-temperature behavior which contain alkyl oligoglucosides having a selected chain length composition. 2. Statement of Related Art Alk...
An ultramild surfactant mixture consisting of a) from about 48 to about 52% by weight of at least one alkyl oligoglucoside corresponding to formula (I): R.sup.1 --O--(G).sub.p (I) in which R 1 is an alkyl radical containing 8 to 10 carbon atoms, G is...
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This is a divisional application of Ser. No. 654,683, filed Sept. 26, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,668,118. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention concerns a tool with at least one wear-resistant hard metal part which serves to process production pieces, such as stone or the like, which is firmly...
This invention relates to a tool with at least one wear-resistant hard metal part which serves to process production pieces, stones, or the like, wherein the hard metal part is firmly connected with a metallic carrier by solder located in at least one solder aperture. In order to reduce the danger of formation of tensi...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a digital speech-synthesis process. 2. The Prior Art Three processes are essentially known in the synthetic generation of speech with computers. In formant synthesis, the resonance properties of the human vocal ...
A digital speech synthesis process in which utterances in a language are recorded, and the recorded utterances are divided into speech segments which are stored so as to allow their allocation to specific phonemes. A text which is to be output as speech is converted to a phoneme chain and the stored segments are output...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS Reference is made to the following prior disclosures in which subject matter relating to the basic mechanical and electrical features of copier/duplicators having fixed and movable optical systems is disclosed as well as the overall operating modes of copier/duplicators hav...
Apparatus and method for use in a multi-mode copier/duplicator for delaying mode changes in response to operator commands to permit vital copier/duplicator functions to be continued without interruption for the copy in process.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to semiconductor memories, and, in particular, to non-volatile, Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), and Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM). 2. Prior Art Metal Oxide Semic...
A non-volatile semiconductor memory cell comprises a P-type semiconductor substrate (5) and N+ diffusion regions (6) spaced apart from each other on the principal surface of a P-type substrate (5). Each N+ diffusion region (6) can be used as source or drain of a transistor. Between any two adjacent N+ diffusion regions...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates, in general, to magnetic tape head assemblies for use in conjunction with magnetic contact recording media, and more particularly to a tape head with a transducer support assembly with protective edges, i.e., at the leading ...
A magnetic head is provided for use with magnetic recording media of varying stiffness. The head includes a first and a second elongated support spaced apart on a facing surface with support surfaces extending along a longitudinal axis. A core support is positioned between the two elongated supports and is wider than t...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Ser. No. 60/514,946 filed Oct. 3, 2002, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference and U.S. Ser. No. 60/514,883 filed Oct. 27, 2003, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by referen...
Disclosed herein is a communication and lock open device which includes a lock open portion including a latch configured to engage a shifting profile on a closure member of a safety valve. Further included is a communication portion configured to rotationally align a cutter with a non-annular hydraulic bore in the safe...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application for patent claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) from U.S. provisional application No. 60/676,188, filed Apr. 29, 2005. TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates to surface treatment of materials, and in particular relates to a method for...
A method of preparing a material surface, such as palladium, to facilitate desirable reactions, especially exothermic reactions in a liquid medium, involves placing the material whose surface is to be treated into an electrolytic cell as at least one of the electrodes and then concurrently stimulating the material elec...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/182,874 filed Jul. 15, 2005; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/300,056, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,923,827; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/252,322 filed Feb. 18, 1999, ...
Balloon catheters having the strength and maximum inflated diameter characteristics of an angioplasty balloon and having the recovery characteristics during deflation of an elastic embolectomy balloon. The balloon catheter can be made in very small sizes and has a lubricious and chemically inert outer surface. The ball...
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REFERENCES TO EARLIER APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is based on U.S. provisional application No. 60/262,418, filed on Jan. 19, 2001. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to a device for monitoring the administration of doses by a diabetic. ...
The invention relates to a portable control device for monitoring the administration of doses by a diabetic. The control device is arranged in conjunction with a portable dosage unit having a body and an injection member designed to deliver the dose to the diabetic and attached to the body of the portable dosage unit. ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention concerns a method to process magnetic resonance diffusion image data, as well as a user interface, a magnetic resonance apparatus, and a non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium encoded with programming instructions for impleme...
In a method, a user interface, a magnetic resonance apparatus, and a storage medium encoded with programming instructions, in order to enable processing and/or display of magnetic resonance diffusion image data, diffusion image data are provided to a computer, a signal threshold are provided to a computer, and a b-valu...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of priority under 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/405,975, filed Oct. 22, 2010. BACKGROUND [0002] 1. Field [0003] The embodiments discussed herein relate to a panel mounti...
A mounting apparatus for mounting a panel to a structure. The mounting apparatus includes a panel extrusion that attaches to a back side of the panel such that the panel extrusion is obscured behind the panel in order to show a clean surface look. A connector extrusion secures the panel extrusion to the structure for s...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This utility patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/315,939, filed on Mar. 20, 2010, entitled “Pet Door Bug and Debris Blocker,” the benefit of which is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 119, and is further incorporated herein by r...
A barrier device preventing access of pests such as mosquitoes, flies, and other small animals as well as debris between a panel pet door and a screen door by providing a seal between the panel pet door and the screen door. The barrier material may have ribs for the purpose of added stiffening or as a guide for adjusti...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to devices for use with bags of food, pet food, potting soil, and other bulk items. More particularly, this invention relates to devices used to close and open these types of bags. A previous invention, U.S. Pat. No. 6,105,217, “Bag Clamp”, was co-authored ...
An improved bag clamp and bag cutter is presented that is a non-obvious increase in capability over this inventor's previous bag clamp/cutter invention. The improved clamp possesses a stronger spring, an improved cutting blade with safety guard, a springboard button for pressing the blade firmly against a bag surfa...
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/442,089, filed Jan. 23, 2003. The present invention is directed to certain pharmaceutically acceptable salts of sertraline: and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, wherein said salts...
The present invention is directed to certain pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the therapeutically potent selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, sertraline: and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, wherein said salts are selected from the group consisting of the p-toluenesulfonic ...
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RELATED APPLICATION(S) This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 (e) of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2005-0132706 filed Dec. 28, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a capacitor and a method for manufacturing...
A capacitor capable of being formed in a vertical plane without an additional mask process and/or deposition process and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The capacitor includes: a first conductive line formed on a substrate; a first interlayer dielectric including a first via hole formed at an upper por...
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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] This disclosure relates to wireless communication systems. In particular, this disclosure relates to determining when to wake up a processor in a mobile station. BACKGROUND [0002] Continual development and rapid improvement in wireless communications systems have pla...
A method and device that intelligently suppresses reporting of an “in-service” condition to the application processor in a mobile station when the mobile station experiences low received signal strength. When the mobile station's application processor is in a power-saving mode, an in-service condition is not report...
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FIELD OF INVENTION The present invention relates to specific compositions made by alkoxylation of crude guerbet alcohol mixtures that contain between 15% and 50% lower molecular weight alkoxylated alcohols. The lower molecular weight alcohols are the raw material alcohols used to make the guerbet. Compositions co...
The present invention relates to specific compositions made by alkoxylation of crude guerbet alcohol mixtures that contain between 15% and 50% lower molecular weight alkoxylated alcohols. The lower molecular weight alcohols are the raw material alcohols used to make the guerbet. Compositions containing this specific bi...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Sealing and labeling of containers is a highly developed art. There are many instances where the sealing and labeling procedure is designed to prevent tampering of the container prior to the time of use. In the medical supply field as well as in the food packaging field it is often qui...
A tamper-proof label adapted to be applied to joined surfaces of a member and heat sealed in place. A label includes a sheet adapted to bear identifying indicia with the sheet being cut in at least one location and the cuts being spaced so that they are located on each side of adjoining surfaces of the member to which ...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority to and is a non-provisional of Indian Provisional Application No. 3665/DEL/2013, filed on Dec. 16, 2013, which application is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The p...
The present invention provides a compound of general formula 1, useful as potential anticancer agents against human cancer cell lines and process for the preparation thereof. R 1 =H, 4-F, ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to new derivatives of the antibiotics collectively defined as LL-F28249. These antibiotics preferably are produced by the fermentation of the microorganism Streptomyces cyaneogriseus subsp. noncyaneogenus, deposited in NRRL under deposit accession no. 1577...
The present invention relates to novel derivatives of LL-F28249 compounds wherein the 23-hydroxy group is eliminated to introduce a double bond at the 23,24 position. These resulting derivatives are Δ 23 -LL-F28249 compounds. These LL-F28249 precursor compounds preferably are derived via a controlled microbiological f...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a §371 National Stage Application of PCT/EP2009/063930 filed Oct. 22, 2009, which claims priority to DE 10 2008 052 680.0 filed Oct. 22, 2008and U.S. Provisional Application No 61/175,556 filed May 5, 2009. FIELD OF THE INVENTION Th...
The invention concerns a device for adjusting the position of a screw ( 13 ) that is able to move a part of a surgical instrument, said device ( 4 ) comprising: —a stem ( 41 ) comprising a tip ( 42 ) suited to the head ( 130 ) of the screw ( 13 ), —an actuated system ( 45 ) for driving said stem ( 41 ) in rotation, —co...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ink tank system using a replaceable ink tank for supplying ink to a print head of an ink jet printer for ejecting ink drops to printing sheets. The present invention also relates to a replaceable ink tank used in the i...
There is provided an ink tank system for supplying ink to a print head of an ink jet printer from a replaceable ink tank by pressurizing inside of the ink tank with pressurized air. By disposing an air filter in an air supply channel of the ink tank, dust is prevented from entering the ink tank together with air, and t...
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BACKGROUND [0001] Rotary earth drills are commonly used in drilling operations, especially for drilling holes and conducting subsurface soil testing. These drills utilize drill bits to cut away soil and rock which is then removed from the drilling area up the shaft. Frequently, drill bits break, or lose t...
A hollow auger head assembly for penetrating geological formations that utilizes drill bit assemblies to which both blades and finger bits are attached. The method of securing the individual drill bit assemblies to the auger head reduces incidents of the drill bit assembly becoming detached from the auger head during d...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to supercavitating projectiles in general, and, more particularly, to control surfaces for supercavitating projectiles. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A supercavitating underwater projectile can achieve speeds of 150 knots, and, therefore, it is especi...
The illustrative embodiment provides bumpers which are roughly shaped like skis that face towards the air-water boundary of the air cavity. When the projectile fishtails and one or more of the bumpers come into contact with the air-water boundary, the water imparts torque and a rebounding force to push the projectile c...
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CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-060025, filed Mar. 24, 2014, entitled “FUEL-LEVEL SENSING APPARATUS.” The contents of this application are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. BACKGRO...
A fuel-level measuring apparatus measures the level of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank. The apparatus can ensure a sufficient capacity of the fuel tank and sense the fuel level even when the fuel tank has a thin or complicated shape. A fuel-level measuring apparatus that senses the level of fuel in a vehicle fuel tank disp...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to vehicle lamp assemblies and, in particular, to a novel method for hermetically sealing lamp assemblies having an adjustable reflector. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Generally, vehicles, especially automobiles, are equipp...
The present invention comprises a lamp assembly with a boot hermetically cohered to the housing. The housing comprises a thermoplastic polymer and the boot comprises a thermoplastic elastomer. The boot is cohered to the housing by welding. According to one embodiment, the boot is sonic or vibration welded to the housin...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a combustion heater system for use in a motor vehicle, and more particularly to a combustion heater system having a control unit for controlling the ignition and extinction of a combustion heater which utilizes the heat o...
A combustion heater system for use in a moter vehicle has a combustion chamber housing a combustion pad which is heated by a pre-glow plug for vaporizing a fuel that is supplied from a fuel tank through a solenoid-operated valve to the combustion pad. The combustion chamber is supplied with air from a fan, and houses a...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of and claims priority in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/532,957, filed Nov. 4, 2014, which is a continuation of and claims priority in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/412,359, filed Mar. 5, 2012, now U.S. Pat....
A system and method for recording, uploading, and archiving video recordings, including a front-end and a back-end application. The preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a front-end application wherein video is recorded using a mobile device. The recorded video is embedded with date, time and GPS locat...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/861,329 filed Nov. 28, 2006, the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference. FIELD OF INVENTION The present invention relates to plant...
A root ball including soil disposed in and around root system and a layer of agricultural polymer around the soil and root system. The agricultural polymer creates a root ball having a semi-permeable, solid outer layer, which provides protection for the root system and eliminates the need for a container.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates generally to systems for injecting substances into underground formations, and in particular relates to novel systems and methods of combining fluids and proppant under high-pressure, and for injection of the resultant fluid stream into formations...
A high-pressure injection proppant system for stimulating coal bed methane production preloads proppant, such as sand, into one or more high-pressure vessels, for delivery into a fluid stream, such a N 2 gas stream. A screw auger arrangement meters the proppant volumes and rates into the fluid stream. Two such vessels...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is the National Stage of International Application No. PCT/US2006/039441, filed Oct. 10, 2006, which claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/724,453, filed Oct. 7, 2005. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates t...
Devices for fluid control and biological particle manipulation (e.g., cell enrichment and blood sampling) are disclosed. The devices a based on the ability to control the flow of fluids through the use of microfluidic valves. The valves are characterized, for example, by microstructures disposed on a mobile diaphragm.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a new process for producing 1,3,2-dioxaborinane compounds. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The direct borylation of aromatic halides with pinacolborane is a growing business for pharmaceutical applications. The use of low ...
A process for producing a 1,3,2-dioxaborinane compound of the general formula (I) in which each R individually is selected from the group consisting of H and C 1-8 -alkyl, by reacting a diol of the general formula (II) ...
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 689,858, filed Jan. 9, 1985, now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to holding tanks for waste fluids and in particular to a novel holding tank to collect waste fluids from recreational vehicles for use in camping areas and ...
An in-ground holding tank to collect sewage and grey water from recreational vehicles in areas where central sewer facilities are not feasible. The holding tank has a typical volume of 60-100 gallons and is made of non-corrosive material. The tank contains input and removal assemblies, a pressure release valve, and may...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to processing product components. Product components can be intermixed to produce a wide variety of products having different physical characteristics. For example, a colloidal system may be a stable system comprising two immiscible substance phases with on...
Methods and apparatuses for processing product components. The methods include directing a first jet of fluid along a first path and directing a second jet of fluid along a second path to cause interaction between the jets that forms a stream oriented essentially opposite to one of the jet paths.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/640,140, filed Jan. 31, 2013. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/640,140, filed Jan. 31, 2013 is the National Stage Entry of PCT/CA2011/050427, filed Jul. 12, 2011, which claims...
A method is provided for the internal processing of a transparent substrate in preparation for a cleaving step. The substrate is irradiated with a focused laser beam that is comprised of pulses having an energy and pulse duration selected to produce a filament within the substrate. The substrate is translated relative ...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/265.765 filed on 30 Apr. 2014, which claims benefit of 35 U.S.C. §119(a) of German Application Nos. 10 2013 104 409.3 filed 30 Apr. 2013 and 10 2014 100 750.6 filed 23 Jan. 2014, the entire contents ...
A method for the production of glass components, an apparatus for carrying out the method, and a glass component that is obtainable through the method are provided. The method is a drawing method wherein a forming zone of a preform is heated to a temperature that allows drawing of the glass. The method includes a formi...
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[0001] This invention relates generally to the field of immunotherapy and, more specifically, to methods for enhancing host immune responses. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The immune system of mammals has evolved to protect the host against the growth and proliferation of potentially de...
The present invention provides a method for enhancing an immune response in a mammal to facilitate the elimination of a chronic pathology. The method involves the removal of immune system inhibitors from the circulation of the mammal, thus, enabling a more vigorous immune response to the pathogenic agent. The removal o...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to novel 5-thiocarbamoyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles which are active as insecticides. The cyclization of thio- and dithiocarbazic acid ester derivatives which are acylated in position 3 by the radical of a carboxyic, sulfonic, carbamic, phosphoric, thiophosph...
Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently lower alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R 3 is lower alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, lower cycloalkyl having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted with methyl or ethyl, lower alkoxyalkyl having up to a total of 8 carbo...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention concerns a bucket-, claw-, scraper blade- or compacting-type attachment intended to be fitted to an arm of a machine to which a rock breaker is connected. Hydraulic rock breakers comprising a tool are used during operations involving the destruction of surfacing...
The invention relates to a bucket-, claw-, scraper-blade- or compacting-type attachment ( 1 ) which is intended to be fitted at one end ( 18 ) of a rock breaker ( 15 ) comprising a tool ( 17 ). The inventive attachment comprises: (i) means ( 7, 8, 9, 12 ) enabling the correct positioning thereof in relation to the rock...
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[0001] Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119 (a), this application claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0086741, filed on Sep. 3, 2010, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE [...
The present disclosure is disclosed to record in detail and manage information on energy use history of a user under various energy pricing systems where energy prices are changed in time. To this end, an energy meter receives time-based energy price information from a remote server, and time-sequentially records a rec...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A desirable feature of certain hand-held lights, such as battery operated flashlights, is the capability of adjusting the beam width. In certain instances, it is useful to provide a concentrated beam of light of constant diameter, while in other instances, it is desirable for the beam ...
A flashlight has a battery housing and a head. A carriage is slidably mounted on opposing walls of the head. The carriage carries a socket for holding a flashlight bulb. A tab on the carriage is accessible to one's finger to enable movement of the carriage and the bulb carried thereby in any one of a number of posi...
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CLAIM OF PRIORITY [0001] This application claims the priority of U.S. Ser. No. 62/294,715 filed on Feb. 12, 2016, the contents of which are fully incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE EMBODIMENTS [0002] The field of the embodiments of the present invention relate to elect...
The present disclosure relates to electronic inhalation devices, namely electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices with superior performance and user control over device variables. In some instances, the present device is configured to properly interpret the attached atomizer's electrical resistance and subsequ...
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RELATED APPLICATION This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/425,820 filed on Mar. 21, 2012, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/131,092 filed on Jun. 1, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,177,188 granted on May 15, 2012, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/223,236 filed...
A valve manifold includes a valve body carrying pairs of laterally spaced piston actuated valves controlled by control modules operative to selectively pressurize and exhaust an outlet port connected to a fluid device and configured in groupings permitting varying valve functionalities.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2015-0065570 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on May 11, 2015 and Korean Patent Application No. 10-2015-0167328 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Nov. 27...
One form of a driving test system for a moving object includes: an unmanned aircraft configured to fly at a set distance from the moving object that is configured to drive along a set route in a set zone and has a vision sensor disposed on one side that is configured to detect the moving object's motion; and a cont...
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This is a continuation of PCT/NZ00/00198, filed Oct. 12, 2000 and published in English. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a pull through and related methods of manufacture, use and dispensing. In one form such a pull through is a pull through for an endoscopic and a method fo...
A pull through such as might be used for an endoscope where a thermaplastics monofilament substantially free of spool or coil memory has molded thereon a desirable thermoplastic mass profile in a material of lower melting point than at least part of the filament, such melting point differential with preferably pre-heat...
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