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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to biological detoxification of drain waters from high pH aqueous environments to remove high concentrations of soluble cyanides, thiocyanates, and toxic heavy metals.
2. Description of Prior Art
Heap leaching, i... | Biological treatment process removes free and metal complexed cyanides, and thiocyanate through oxidations. Even high concentrations of these pollutants are workable. Toxic heavy metals are absorbed and adsorbed within a biofilm. This process has been adapted to and performs well at high cyanide concentrations (e.g., e... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE
This application is related to application Ser. No. 08/286,942, filed Aug. 8, 1994, for "Silicon Carbide Carrier For Wafer Processing And Method For Making Same".
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to fixtures or carriers ("boats") used in the manufacture of s... | A single piece, high purity, full density semiconductor wafer holding fixture for holding a multiplicity of wafers and consisting essentially of chemical vapor deposited silicon carbide (CVD SiC). The wafer carrier is advantageous for the fabrication of electronic integrated circuits in a vertical furnace, where high t... | 2 |
This invention relates to a wall element for use in constructing walls, and a wall system constructed of two parallel rows of a plurality of the wall elements laid in courses in interconnecting relationship, the wall system being used as construction forms for retaining fluid concrete, or other materials such as sand, ... | This invention relates to a wall element for use in constructing walls, and a wall system constructed of two parallel rows of a plurality of the wall elements laid in courses in interconnecting relationship, the wall system being used as construction forms for retaining fluid concrete poured into the space therebetween... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from Canadian Patent Application No. 2,818,322, filed May 24, 2013. The contents in the aforementioned application are hereby expressly incorporated by reference in its entirety and for all purposes.
... | A bitumen and heavy oil upgrading process and system is disclosed for the synthesis of hydrocarbons, an example of which is synthetic crude oil (SCO). The process advantageously avoids the waste attributed to residuum and/or petcoke formation which has a dramatic effect on the yield of hydrocarbon material generated. T... | 2 |
The present application is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 08/835,920 filed Apr. 10, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,795,911.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to methods for treating the hyperplasia caused by a papilloma virus, such as Condyloma acuminata or... | A method for a treatment of hyperplasia caused by papilloma virus, such as for treating Condyloma acuminata which comprises administering tea catechin. Tea catechins do not involve the risk of side-effects and may be easily applied to or inserted in the infected area by the patients themselves. | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/709,895, titled “A System For Thermoelectric Energy Generation,” Attorney's Docket 017083.0341, tiled Oct. 4, 2012, by Joshua E. Moczygemba and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. ... | A system includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate is arranged to be thermally coupled to a first surface and the second plate is arranged to be thermally coupled to an environment. The environment has a temperature that is different than the first surface. The system also includes a thermoelectric dev... | 7 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to emission controls for vehicles powered by internal combustion engines and in particular to the filtering of particulates from engine exhaust gases and more specifically, to the periodic incineration of the collected particulates in the filter throu... | A diesel engine exhaust particulate trap and regeneration system for trapping of particulates in the engine gases and periodic burning thereof is disclosed. Collected particulates are burned in the trap by increasing the trap temperature utilizing a backpressure valve in the exhaust gas line. A microprocessor, which re... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates generally to building construction products and more specifically to an elongated cap for a fence panel.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Perimeter and accent fencing is extremely popular in residential home construction. Home... | A flexible elongated cap for topping a fence panel. The elongated cap comprises a durable casing surrounding a foam core wherein the casing defines a channel for receiving the upper end of the fence panel. The side walls of the channel are angled inward to provide a clamping affect over the upper end of the fence panel... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(a) Field of the Invention
The present invention refers to a new composition based on a natural, artificial and/or synthetic polymer, having self-extinguishing properties. In the description of the present invention, "synthetic polymer" means in particular a polyamide, a ... | A new composition is described comprising a synthetic, artificial or natu polymer and a flameproofing additive imparting self-extinguishing properties to the composition and to the articles, such as moulded, spun or woven articles, made therefrom, said additive being the product of the reaction of melamine with acidic... | 2 |
This application is a continuation of Application Ser. No. 126,390, filed Nov. 30, 1987, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to negative air pressure asbestos removal, and in particular relates to negative pressure asbestos removal provided with localized make-up air.
... | A method of removing airborne contaminant material from a work area by isolating the work area from the surrounding environment, providing at least one entrance into the isolated work area, and creating a negative pressure within the isolated work area by exhausting the air therefrom. Make-up air is introduced into the... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to framing systems and, more particularly, to connectors for interconnecting elongated frame members into structurally stable, freestanding frames, building frame modules, lattice-type framework and the like.
Space structures may be defined as two and three... | A framing system for interconnecting elongated frame members into structurally stable, free-standing frames, building frame modules, lattice-type framework and the like employing novel connectors and associated connector arms. | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention concerns a device in an drill string component for percussive rock drilling including a thread for threading together with another drill string component being provided with a complementary thread, wherein the thread includes a thread groove formed by two thread fl... | A device in a drill string component for percussive rock drilling including a thread for threading together with another drill string component including a complementary thread. The thread includes a thread groove formed by two thread flanks and an intermediate thread bottom. In operation one of the flanks forms a pres... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The technical field generally to which this application and the within-described invention applies relates to the protection of young or otherwise vulnerable plants growing outdoors naturally or in a planned garden or landscaped setting. Such plants, especially when in the form or developme... | A plant protection apparatus includes a plurality of side panels. Each of the plurality of side panels includes a mesh portion and a width of each side panel is greater at a lower portion of the side panel than a width of each side panel at an upper portion of the side panel. A side portion of each side panel is operab... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Provisional application: U.S. Ser. No. 61/843,479
[0002] Filing date: Domestic Jul. 8, 2013
Foreign Jul. 17, 2013
FEDERAL SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0004] “Not Applicable”
REFERENCE TO SEQU... | This invention, conforms to Marlin's (the manufacturer) only recommended loading method, utilizing the magazine loading port. It can be easily modified by the purchaser to conform to any laws limiting magazine round capacity. | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to: microspheres having a mean diameter ≧0.1 and <1 μ, comprising a biocompatible polysaccharide polymer and optionally at least one active ingredient, pharmaceutical compositions containing said microspheres administrable by oral, nasal, pulmonary, vaginal ... | Microspheres, having a size lower than 1μ and comprising a biocompatible polysaccharidic polymer, are prepared with a process comprising the precipitation of polymer induced by means of a supercritical antisolvent (SAS). These microspheres are used as vehicling agents or carriers in the preparation of pharmaceutical co... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to techniques for the detection of human pathogens in foods. More particularly, the present invention relates to a novel method useful for the detection and differentiation of virulent and avirulent strains of the bacterium ... | A crystal-violet dye binding technique useful for the detection and differentiation of virulent plasmid-bearing strains of Yersinia enterocolitica. Virulent plasmid-bearing strains of the bacteria bind the crystal violet dye to form dark violet colonies while avirulent plasmidless strains fail to bind the dye and remai... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a method and apparatus for facilitating the connection of tubulars using a top drive and is, more particularly but not exclusively, for facilitating the connection of a section or stand of casing ... | An apparatus for facilitating the connection of tubulars, said apparatus comprising a winch ( 15 ), at least one wire line ( 4, 5 ), and a device ( 2 ) for gripping the tubular ( 3 ), the arrangement being such that, in use, the winch ( 15 ) can be used to winch said at least one wire ( 4, 5 ) and said device ( 2 ) to ... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to the field of alkaline pulping.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Among the chemical pulping methods, alkaline cooking processes and especially kraft cooking are dominant in the production of cellulose or chemical pulp because... | An alkaline batch process for the production of pulp from wood chips, wherein the preheated chips are subjected to an extended impregnation step outside the digester for at least 60 min, preferably longer, at a temperature not exceeding the impregnation liquor boiling point at atmos-pheric conditions, and a rapid heati... | 3 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention relate to podophyllotoxin-type derivatives, mainly related to aniline-substituted podophyllotoxin-type derivatives after substituting position 4 of the C-ring of 4′-demethylepipodophyllotoxin or podophyllotoxin, and preparation method thereof. ... | The present invention discloses an anilino-substituted podophyllin derivative having antitumor activity, method for preparation thereof, and use thereof. By means of anilino reactions, the present invention introduces 4-chloro-3-methylaniline, 3-fluoro-4-methoxyaniline, 4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane, o-anisidine, 4-chlor... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit and priority of DE 10 2010 023 156.8, filed Jun. 2, 2010. The entire disclosure of the above application is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD
The invention relates to cell-based in vitro assays and test systems, in parti... | The invention relates to a multi-layered biological in vitro tissue containing: dermis layer, containing a collagen biomatrix with fibroblasts embedded therein and epidermis layer, containing epithelial cells. It is provided that latently virally infected neuronal cells are integrated at least into the dermis layer. | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to improvements in paper making machines, and more particularly to a twin wire machine of the type capable of making a multi-ply paper web with improved means for controlling the relative running positions of the wires.
In high speed traveling wire p... | An apparatus and method for making a paper web with a traveling fourdrinier wire and a looped mating wire pressed into the fourdrinier wire along a forming run and a headbox with a slice for delivering stock at the head end of the forming run, the mating wire being supported on rotatable rolls fixedly carried on a fram... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/522,398, filed Sep. 24, 2004, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. F... | A method for handling discarding of a sequence of service data units in a communications system is disclosed. The sequence of service data units includes at least a last discarded service data unit (SDU). When a protocol data unit (PDU) containing a length indicator of the last discarded SDU contains no new SDUs, the m... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
Japan Priority Application 2004-301043, filed Oct. 15, 2004 including the specification, drawings, claims and abstract, is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to plants imparted with trans... | An objective of the present invention is to genetically improve plant crossing properties as to effectively prevent recombinant genes in transgenic plants from spreading into the environment. A TFIIIA-type zinc-finger transcription factor gene ZPT2-10 was introduced into petunia . As a result, some of the transformant... | 2 |
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a process for preparing cyclic ethers directly from acetic acid esters of 1,4-glycols. More particularly, it relates to a process for preparing tetrahydrofuran or dihydrofuran from an acetic acid ester of 1,4-butanediol or 1,4-dihydroxybutene-2.
Tetra... | This invention relates to a process for preparing tetrahydrofuran or dihydrofuran by reacting an acetic acid ester of 1,4-butanediol or 1,4-dihydroxybutene-2 and water in the presence of an acid catalyst with a high yield. The process is characterized in that the reaction is carried out in two separate reaction zone in... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to packaging and more particularly to a package for containing various components that can be erected into an elevated canopy.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Elevated canopies are now being sold and used widely. Typically, these canopies include a seri... | The present invention relates to a canopy kit comprising a plurality of elongated pipes and a series of corner connectors and a package for containing the various kit components. An elongated container is provided and the various components of the kit, including the corner connectors and pipes, are disposed within the ... | 1 |
The present invention relates to ferrofluidic suspension, dome type electrodynamic transducer, as well as the applications thereof to loudspeakers, geophones, microphones or the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Axisymmetric, moving coil type electrodynamic loudspeakers generating acoustic waves in response... | The invention relates to an electrodynamic transducer ( 1 ) with a dome type diaphragm ( 2 ), comprising an electrodynamic motor with a coil ( 6 ) borne by a mandrel ( 3 ) integral with the diaphragm suspended to a yoke ( 7 ), the coil being placed in an air gap of a vertical free space in which it can move and which i... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a loom with a weft bobbin located outside the shed, the feeding of the weft into the shed being accomplished by shuttles which are brought into the shooting position by a rotary transporting drum, and more specifically to such a loom having a monit... | A monitoring system for the shuttle movements in a loom of the multiple moving shuttle type. Sensors are located at the end of shuttle travel through the shed, at the beginning and end of its recycling travel back to the transporting drum, and phase sensors are provided to indicate proper position of the transporting d... | 3 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to control of timing of a charge pump.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Various configurations of charge pumps, including Series-Parallel and Dickson configurations, rely of alternating configurations of switch elements to propagate charge and transfer ene... | Cycle timing of a charge pump is adapted according to monitoring of operating characteristics of a charge pump and/or peripheral elements coupled to the charge pump. In some examples, this adaptation provides maximum or near maximum cycle times while avoiding violation of predefine constraints (e.g., operating limits) ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to telephone switching equipment. More particularly the invention relates to a voice dialing server that attaches to the telephone branch exchange equipment to provide voice dialing services without the need to extensively modify the ... | The voice dialing server plugs into one or more unused extensions of a branch exchange system to provide each of the users on the system with voice dialing services. To use the system a user simply dials the extension to which the server is attached. The server then prompts the user to supply the name of a party to be ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a flow control valve. More particularly, the present invention relates to a flow control valve for controlling the oil pressure applied to a hydraulic actuator.
[0003] 2. Descr... | A flow control valve includes a pressure compensating valve and a first switching valve. The pressure compensating valve is configured to enlarge an opening area of a variable orifice between a load pressure line and a compensating pressure line when a pressure of working fluid of the compensating pressure line is smal... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to nucleic acid delivery vehicle constructs that have an enhanced capability of expression in target cells, namely to hepatocytes and other liver cells.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The ability to deliver nucleic acids carried by delivery vehicles, e.g., re... | The invention is directed to novel combinations of liver specific enhancers and promoter elements for achieving persistent transgene expression in the liver. The liver specific enhancer elements may be derived from either the human serum albumin, prothrombin, α-1microglobulin or aldolase genes in single copies or in mu... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/165,180, filed Jun. 21, 2011, and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/359,667, filed Jun. 29, 2010, both of which are incorporated by reference in their en... | Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing cloud-based application security are disclosed. For example, a server part of a cloud-based application may determine a plurality of security challenges for authorizing a request based on a plurality of security settings of a user account and one or more att... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the monitoring of lengths of hose and is particularly applicable to the monitoring of flexible heavy duty hoses used to transfer oil at sea. Such hoses are known as fluid transport hoses.
It is often necessary to load and discharge crude oil at se... | A fluid transport hose having two or more plies comprising a sensing element located between the plies, the sensing element being responsive to the electromagnetic properties of fluid between the plies as a result of a rupture of the inner ply. Alternatively, the sensing element may be adapted to respond to the failure... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT
[0001] The present patent application is a continuation-in-part of my co-pending patent application Ser. No. 14/069,341 filed Oct. 31, 2013 and entitled “METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR INDUCING A PLANNED AVALANCHE”. The specification and drawings of that patent application, which ... | A method and system for inducing a planned or controlled avalanche is disclosed. The system includes one or more sources of vibration mounted within a mass which is mounted within an aperture in the ground in the area where an avalanche has been determined to be likely to occur. The source of vibration is a drive syste... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/372,624 filed Feb. 24, 2003, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/292,024 filed Apr. 16, 1999, entitled METHOD FOR REDUCING CONGESTION IN PACKET-SWITCHED... | The present invention permits a network service provider to detect an operational condition—such as congestion—in a packet-switched network and to alleviate such congestion by providing customer incentives to avoid use of the network. The detection mechanism triggers an incentive such as the modification of the user... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to industrial water cooling towers and particularly to towers of that class which are fire resistant. Novel passive vent means is provided for venting the interior of the tower when a fire occurs to enhance suppression of the combu... | A fire resistant industrial water cooling tower (20) is disclosed having normally closed passive vent structure (28) which vents the interior of the tower (20) above the area which is undergoing combustion to enhance suppression of the fire. The vent area is dependent upon the location and extent of the fire. The vent ... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/505,787 filed Oct. 3, 2014, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The application relates generally to ga... | A method of inducing swirl in pressurized air flowing through an air passageway of a fuel nozzle of a gas turbine engine includes inducing swirl in the pressurized air at an exit of the air passageway, by directing the pressurised air through helicoidal grooves formed at a downstream end of the air passageway. The swir... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention is directed generally to clothes dryers, and more particularly, to safety systems for clothes dryers.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Conventional clothes dryers are constructed of a tumbler configured to hold clothes, a motor for rotating the tumble... | A restriction sensor system for identifying the existence of blockages in exhaust conduits of clothes dryers. The restriction sensor system may include a pressure sensing device having a body configured to be coupled to an exhaust conduit of a clothes dryer. The pressure sensing device may be capable of determining cha... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a device for preventing dock piling and/or structure piling uplift caused by frost heaving or shifting.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] U.S. Pat. No. 4,127,002 relates to a permanent pier piling for use in docks and the... | The present invention relates to a device for preventing dock piling and/or structure piling uplift caused by frost heaving or shifting. | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to an improved composition for use in the protection of non-metallic inorganic materials such as glassware in an automatic dishwashing (ADW) process.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The problem of corrosion of non-metallic inorganic items, such as gla... | The present invention relates to an improved detergent composition for use in the protection of non-metallic inorganic materials such as glassware in automatic ware washing machines. | 2 |
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of priority of pending provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/816,182, filed on Apr. 26, 2013, entitled “Novelty Currency”.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] This invention relates general... | A novelty currency device for promoting the concept of worthlessness is provided. The novelty currency device comprises a piece of currency and an alteration impression for altering the currency. The alteration impression provides an implied message of a reduced inherent value. | 6 |
REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application relies for priority on U.S. provisional application No. 60/230,618 filed on Sep. 5, 2000 and entitled “System and Method for Fabrication Components of Precise Optical Path Length”, P. Chen et al, and a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/898,469... | Optical components, particularly microoptic glass components used in synthesizing birefringence in filter systems based on polarization interferometer techniques, are fabricated using systems and methods which provide accurate frequency periodicity measurements. These measurements are derived from differential delays i... | 6 |
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 07/488,548 filed on Mar. 5, 1990, now abandoned.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to electrical transducers and, in particular, to a resonant electrical system for driving a segmented transducer.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIO... | An electronic system is provided for stimulating a segmented transducer with resonant electrical signals to produce a nonsinusoidal transducer output. In an illustrative embodiment, the transducer comprises a segmented piezoelectric actuator. The actuator comprises stacked piezoelectric dimorphs forming the actuator se... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the production of banana starch using natural banana enzymes to break down the cell walls in a pulped banana slurry causing release of starch granules and allowing their recovery by filtration from the pulp residue and their separation from the aqueous dispersion b... | A process is described for isolating granular starch from bananas by making use of sodium bisulfite and naturally occurring enzymes in the bananas to promote release of starch granules from the banana fruit. | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention concerns a tile built applying at least one metallic layer, in stainless steel or other metals, on a substratum like, as example, a sound-deadening or a thermosetting plastic material; a number of such tiles may be used to cover surfaces in the building fil... | This invention relates to a tile for covering surfaces in the form of one or more metallic plates and a substratum to be placed on the surface to be covered. At least one metal plate has folds forming male and female shaped elements to be connected with those of adjacent tiles to form a substantially continuous coverag... | 4 |
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
To assist in the radiography of sick, newborn infants it is important to position the infant with respect to the x-ray plates or films in a particular fashion and at a particular, selected distance. This is advisable to get as clear an exposure, and preferably as magnified an exposu... | An infant incubator includes a table with an enclosing hood movably overlying the table. To work with the incubator, an exterior elevator can be clamped in position relative to the table and has a plunger movable vertically relative to the table. There are lifting arms on the plunger adapted to extend through slots in ... | 0 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 639,243 filed on Jan. 9, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,125,243.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to refrigeration devices and in particular to devices for cooling fluids.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Airconditioni... | A system for cooling fluid stored in a generally cylindrical container is disclosed. The system includes a generally cylindrical hollow coil element having an engaged orientation for engaging the container and at least one disengaged orientation in which the container is disengaged. The hollow coil element is configure... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a control system having a control computer, which is intended to interchange data with at least one peripheral, and at least one further control computer which is connected to the control computer via a communication channel... | A particularly simple and simultaneously fail-safe control system has a control computer for interchanging data with at least one peripheral, and at least one further control computer connected to the first-mentioned control computer via a communication channel. The further control computer is configured to assume at l... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to collaboration suite applications, and more particularly, to collaboration suite functionality in a client-server architecture.
2. Description of the Related Art
Collaboration suite applications typically in... | A system and method for creating a cached mode is created for some applications, such as for use with BES. Operations on the mailbox items are conducted off the cache, rather than off the collaboration suite server itself, thus reducing the load on the collaboration suite server. According to one aspect of the present ... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO CO-PENDING APPLICATIONS
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/447,611, filed Nov. 23, 1999, and entitled, “LOW INPUT VOLTAGE, LOW COST, MICRO-POWER DC-DC CONVERTER”; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/447,999, filed Nov. 23, 1999, and entitled, “STEPPER MOTOR DRIVING A LINEAR ACTUATOR OPERATING ... | An apparatus for and method for providing easy and rapid conversion from a first fuel to a second fuel in a gas appliance. The gas appliance has a variable fuel valve controlled by a microprocessor. A table stored in non-volatile memory has an entry for each of the fuels to be burned in the gas appliance. The table ent... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device, and more particularly, to a dry etching apparatus.
2. Description of the Related Art
A dry etching apparatus uses plasma to carry out various processes in... | A dry etching apparatus used for manufacture of a semiconductor device includes a plasma confinement ring secured by screws to a cathode, an anode, and a metal focusing ring extending around the anode for enhancing the uniformity of the plasma. The screws are located a maximum distance away from the focusing ring. Thus... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a continuation of international application PCT/EP 2004/014403, filed 17 Dec. 2004, and which designates the U.S. The disclosure of the referenced application is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INV... | A meltblown method for melt spinning fine non-woven fibers and a device for carrying out said method. According to the invention, a polymer melt is extruded, in order to form several fiber strands, through several nozzle bores of a spinning nozzle and twisted on the outlet side of the nozzle bores by means of a cold bl... | 3 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/016,138 filed on Jun. 24, 2014.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present invention relates to filter media cartridges used in air filtering systems, particularly industrial air filtering systems.
[0003] Ai... | A filter media cartridge and method of making filter media wherein the filter media has a plurality of folds formed into a tube with an internal support core supporting the media material. A plurality of retention bands mounted about the filter media to retain the filter media in position and prevent media from expandi... | 1 |
The present invention incorporates by reference the material in the ASCII text file whose name is sample sequence listing, the date of creating the ASCII text file is 29 Dec. 2015, and the size of the ASCII text file is 2552 bytes.
The methylomonas referred to as SP.ZR1 has the China General Microbiological Cul... | The present invention discloses a high concentration methanol tolerant methanotroph and its application, a accession number of the methanotroph in China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center being CGMCC No. 9873, deposit date being Oct. 29, 2014, category names being Methylomonas sp. ZR1. The methanotroph... | 2 |
This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 60/080,856, the specification of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to hoses used to vent appliances, and in particular to a connector for connecting a clothes dryer discharge hose t... | A hose connector having a pair of flanged cylindrical members which can be readily connected and disconnected by insertion of one or more protruding lugs on one flange into corresponding openings in the other flange. | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 61/467,858, filed Mar. 25, 2011, and 61/490,138, filed May 26, 2011, which are incorporated by reference in their entireties herein. This patent application is also a continua... | Sinks and drains for sinks permitting the attachment of the drain to the sink such that the drain is substantially disposed below the top surface of the sink basin, and such that there is no discernable separation between the base of the sink basin and the drain when viewed from above the sink. A method of making a sin... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to improved signal determination in nuclear magnetic resonance well logging. More specifically, the invention is a method directed towards eliminating spurious effects of magneto-acoustic ringing from obtained resonance signals.... | The invention is a method of reducing the effects of non-formation signals in an NMR logging echo signal obtained within a borehole in an earth formation. The method obtains a non-formation signal by the application of at least an excitation pulse, and preferably also at least one refocusing pulse. The obtained signal ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for the application and gluing labels to cylindrical containers.
Devices for applying labels to cylindrical surfaces of containers of the foregoing type are generally known. One of such devices is disclosed, for example in DE-AS No. 2,203... | A device for the application of labels onto the periphery of cylindrical containers, which are advanced at intervals from each other, comprises a continually rotating drum which carries a stationary gripping member and a movable gripping member, which receive cold glue from a glue supply device and grip the uppermost l... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Test fixtures are used in association with downhole tools during the uphole testing of the downhole tools. One such downhole tool is a downhole power unit. A downhole power unit is an electro-mechanical device that is designed to produce a linear force for setting (or pulling) wellbore... | A safety apparatus for catching a test fixture released from a shaft of a downhole tool during the uphole calibration and testing of the shaft force generation capability of the tool. The safety apparatus includes a hollow body having a distal end that will partially envelope the test fixture to catch the test fixture ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a means to increase the depth range of an underwater pressure hull such as an underwater camera without increasing the strength of the structure or seals.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Recent achievements in the microprocessor control field have le... | An apparatus and method for extending the depth range of an underwater pressure hull such as an underwater camera body by supplying gas to balance the internal hull pressure with the ambient water pressure. The balancing gas is supplied by a variable volume reservoir pneumatically connected to the pressure hull. The re... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a functional element commonly found in nearly all sewing machines, namely, a presser-foot. In particular, this invention relates to presser-foot apparatus which is self-adjustable for variable thicknesses and multiple layers of work.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTI... | Presser-foot apparatus is disclosed which is capable of automatically adjusting to various levels of sewing. The presser-foot is slidably held within a housing affixed to a needle bar. The presser-foot is biased against the housing so as to move in conjunction therewith until contact is made with the workpiece. The pre... | 3 |
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
German Patent Application No. DE 100 32 022 describes a method for determining the activation voltage for a piezoelectric actuator of an injector, which provides for first measuring the pressure prevailing in a hydraulic coupler indirectly, prior to the next injection event. The pressure is m... | A method for determining the activation voltage of a piezoelectric actuator of at least one injector which is used to inject a liquid volume under high pressure into a cavity, in particular into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, the activation voltage being varied as a function of the pressure used... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuing application of application Ser. No. 09/939,166, filed on Aug. 24, 2001; this application also claims the priority of copending international application No. PCT/US2002/027070, filed Aug. 23, 2002, which designated the United States; the pri... | A system for stimulating the healing of tissue comprises a porous pad positioned within a wound cavity, and an airtight dressing secured over the pad, so as to provide an airtight seal to the wound cavity. A proximal end of a conduit is connectable to the dressing. A distal end of the conduit is connectable to a negati... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to security documents and their manufacturing methods, and relates in particular to security documents comprising an optical security component.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
[0002] Generally, security documents, such as official identity ... | The present invention relates to a method of securement of a security document comprising providing a security document to be secured comprising a support on which are inscribed personalization data, an optical security component covering at least a portion of the personalization data and an adhesive layer positioned b... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention concerns the field of jewelry and costume jewelry, and in particular its object is a customizable ornament that is suitable for forming, or for being incorporated in, a product such as a bracelet, a necklace, a ring, earrings, a pendant or any oth... | The present invention concerns the field of jewelry and costume jewelry, and in particular its object is a customizable ornament that is suitable for forming, or for being incorporated in, a product such as a bracelet, a necklace, a ring, earrings, a pendant or any other similar personal accessory item. | 0 |
BACKGROUND
The present disclosure relates generally to conserving power in link aggregation groups.
As the value and use of information continues to increase, individuals and businesses seek additional ways to process and store information. One option is an information handling system (IHS). An IHS generall... | A system and method of reducing power consumption in a network switching unit includes detecting whether conditions are suitable for reducing power consumption in a first network switching unit. The first network switching unit includes a link aggregation group (LAG) and a plurality of communication ports, each communi... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
This invention relates to the recovery of gas from coal seams, and more particularly to a new method of completing wells used for the demethanization of coal seams.
Many different methods for completing wells used for demethanization of coal seams have been employed including: open hole, open hol... | A method of completing a production well for the recovery of gas from a coal seam is disclosed. The well is of the type having a casing cemented in the well and the method comprises the steps of providing perforations in the casing above and/or below the coal seam, and hydraulically fracturing the coal seam through the... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority as a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/801,468, filed on May 9, 2007, for “Systems and Methods for Synchronizing Operations Among a Plurality of Independently Clocked Digital Data Processing Devices Witho... | Exemplary systems and methods include a distribution device that maintains a dock rate and distributes a series of tasks to a group of execution devices. Each task has a plurality of samples per frame associated with a time stamp indicating when the task is to be executed. The execution devices execute the series of ta... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to ink jet printing fluorescent ink compositions, and particularly to ink jet printing fluorescent ink compositions whose marks resist blushing, bleeding, or fading as a result of exposure to water.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In... | Disclosed is a jet ink composition suitable for printing marks on metal, glass, plastics, rubber, or paper comprising an ink carrier, a fluorescent colorant, a cellulosic binder resin, and a tetraalkyl ammonium or phosphonium salt. The jet printed marks do not blush, bleed, or fade, as a result of exposure to steam, or... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a training device for rehabilitation of individuals suffering from neurological injuries. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device that utilizes both mechanical and electrical stimulation of individual's muscles.
DESCRIPT... | A functional electrical stimulation step and stand system comprising two footplates (left and right) connected to a primary drive motor that cause the footplates to move in a reciprocal motion. The footplates are further connected to corresponding servos, which allow for control of the movement of the footplate with re... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for aligning printing plates on printing plate cylinders of rotary printing presses.
From U.S. Pat. No. 4,748,911 to Kobler there is known a device for the lateral register adjustment of a printing plate on a printing plate cylinder of a ... | The invention relates to a device for the aligning of printing plates (78) on a printing plate cylinder (10) for a rotary printing press. At least one bore (16) extends through the printing plate cylinder (10) in an axial direction. A movable actuating shaft (26) is disposed in the bore (16). Located in the shaft (26) ... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/039,446, entitled METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HYPERVISOR LEVEL DATA SERVICES FOR SERVER VIRTUALIZATION, filed on Mar. 3, 2011 by inventor Ziv Kedem, which claims priority benefit... | A cross-host multi-hypervisor system, including a plurality of host sites, each site including at least one hypervisor, each of which includes at least one virtual server, at least one virtual disk that is read from and written to by the at least one virtual server, a tapping driver in communication with the at least o... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a counter electrode used in an electrochromic device. More particularly, it relates to a counter electrode in which an optical property in visible region is not substantially changed though reversible change of ions and e... | An improved counter electrode used in an electrochromic device is transmissive in both charge injection and extraction states and exhibits excellent reversibility whereby it is optimum as a counter electrode in a transmissive electrochromic device which is useful as a display device in its control of visible and infrar... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based on and hereby claims priority to International Application No. PCT/EP2010/067830 filed on Nov. 19, 2010 and German Application No. 10 2009 060 937.7 filed on Dec. 22, 2009, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
... | In a method for coating a work piece, a layer is electrochemically produced from a first material. In order to generate an inhomogeneous expansion behavior of the layer, a thermal spraying, in particular a cold gas spraying, achieves that specific zones are created in the layer from a material having a different therma... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/729,631, filed Oct. 24, 2005.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to chemical wipes, to the use of the wipes to treat ... | Wipes treated with organometallic compounds used in combination with organic acids in kit form, particularly organophosphorus acid, are disclosed. The kits can be used to treat various surfaces to alter the physical properties of the surfaces. | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/672,858, filed Sep. 25, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,845,709, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/180,108, filed Jun. 27, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,651,417. The disclosure presented in this application i... | Module builder including holding chamber, wheeled frame towable behind a harvester; compaction chamber, compaction device, forming chamber, door assembly. The compaction chamber having compaction surface oriented between and substantially perpendicular to compaction chamber sidewalls. Compaction surface is nominally ve... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an extraction method for separating petroleum-containing materials into at least two fractions, and also relates to an extraction system, the solvent stripping system and an extraction fluid therefor.
[0002] An economical ... | A method of separating a petroleum-containing material into at least two fractions, an extraction system, and an extraction fluid therefor are provided. Petroleum-containing material as well as a solvent mixture comprising 50%-99% by volume sub-critical carbon dioxide and 1%-50% by volume of at least one co-solvent are... | 1 |
[0001] The present invention relates to a process for the production of polylactide (PLA). Particularly, the present invention relates to an improved process where the goal is to recover a maximum of useful matters in order to recycle without loss and so significantly improving the global yield of the production pro... | The present invention relates to an improved process for producing polylactide where the goal is to recover a maximum of useful matters in order to recycle without loss and so significantly improving the global yield of the production process of polylactide when starting from lactic acid. | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to an amplification method of probed-templates through binding of telomeric C-ssDNA (ABTC), and a kit for detecting alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALTs) by means of the present method.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Telomere is a structure f... | Provided in the present invention are an affinity mediated amplification method of telomeric C-ssDNA with a template probe and a detection kit using this method for performing alternative lengthening detection of telomeres. | 2 |
[0001] This is a divisional of of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/327,601, filed Dec. 20, 2002.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to methods and systems for the installation of an underground pipelines such as sewer lines using a directional boring machine.
... | A method for installation of an underground pipe includes an initial step of boring a pilot hole through the ground at a predetermined grade angle by extending a drill string having a steerable boring bit mounted thereon through the ground. Upon reaching an end location for the pilot hole, the bit is removed from the d... | 4 |
This is a United States national patent application filed pursuant to 35 USC §111(a) claiming priority under 35 USC §120 of/to U.S. Pat. Appl. Ser. No. 61/582,976 filed Jan. 4, 2012 and entitled ARTICLE ORIENTER & ATTENDANT ORIENTATION OPERATIONS, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its e... | An article inspection and orientation adjustment assembly is generally provided. The assembly is generally characterized by a primary subassembly operatively linked for travel with a secondary subassembly. The primary subassembly includes a vision system for visually inspecting conveyed articles, and an array of actuat... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to conjugated polymers and copolymers for use in optoelectronic devices containing substituent groups that promote charge transport or charge injection. More particularly, the present invention is drawn to conjugated polymers and copolymers with tunable charge injecti... | Conjugated polymers and copolymers with strong luminescent properties and balanced charge transporting/injection properties are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing such polymers and copolymers and optoelectronic devices fabricated with such polymers and copolymers are disclosed. A conjugated luminescent polymer with tu... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of cardiac therapy devices, particularly implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), and more particularly, to a novel tachyarrhythmia detection (diagnostic) algorithm which can be employed in such devices for discriminating betw... | A method for detecting cardiac arrhythmias which includes the steps of detecting a patient's cardiac activity, counting the number of intervals which satisfy a first selected criterion, and producing a sinus interval history count indicative of the number of such intervals which are counted, making a preliminary di... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The field of the present invention is anti-lock brake systems for motorcycles.
Anti-lock braking systems for the front wheel of a motorcycle have been developed which include a master cylinder which may be actuated by the operator, a front wheel brake operated by the master cylin... | An anti-lock brake system employing an anti-lock control unit between a brake master cylinder and a front wheel brake. The brake system is applied to a damped telescopic front fork and includes an anti-dive device which operates to increase damping force upon application of braking force to the front brake. In a first ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Various fibrous materials, such as paper, paperboard, fiberboard and cellulose wet-lap, are made by forming a slurry or so-called stock of the fibrous material and other ingredients well dispersed in water and delivering the stock as a ribbon-like jet to a web former, such as the well-... | Finely-mixed stock is produced in a headbox by delivering a multiplicity of separate stock streams at a relatively high velocity into passages defined between closely-spaced planar lamellae which extend parallel to the stock flow and oblique to a medial plane that lies axially and transversely of the fine-mixing stage ... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of divisional of Ser. No. 10/079,688 filed Feb. 20, 2002, which is a divisional of U.S. Pat. No. 6,419,781 issued Jul. 16, 2002.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to the area of st... | An index sticker print is created where small photographic images are printed on individual sticker blanks contained on a sticker blank carrier. The photographic images are derived from digital image data obtained when the photographic film is scanned. The digital image data is formatted to size and is sent to a printe... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to circuitry for sequentially energizing a plurality of lights and, more particularly, to such circuitry possessing the capability of being programmed to provide a number of different lighting sequences.
Among the uses which are contemplated for the... | A controller for sequentially energizing a plurality of lights, such as commercial display lighting or Christmas tree light strings, includes a plurality of outlet receptacles into which the lights or light strings may be connected, a Triac for each receptacle to control the energization thereof, a timing circuit and a... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a shielding device for connection strips in telecommunications and data engineering, comprising a number of shielding plates and at least one base rail allocated to the latter.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A shielding device of the generic type is already... | A shielding device for connection strips in telecommunications and data engineering has a number of shielding plates and at least one base rail allocated to the shielding plates. To simplify the process of fitting the shielding device inside a connection strip, the shielding plates ( 2 ) and the base rail ( 3 ) are int... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/242,112, entitled, “REPOSITIONABLE PIT SEAL,” filed Sep. 14, 2009.
RELATED ART
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The pres... | A method of selectively closing off a loading dock opening defined by a loading dock pit recessed within a floor of a building and a doorway into the building, the method comprising: (a) repositioning a pit seal panel having a substantially incompressible height and width to a barrier position where the pit seal panel ... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is generally directed to systems and methods for evaluating video quality, and, in particular, to an improved system and method for providing a scalable dynamic objective metric for automatically evaluating video quality of a video image.
... | There is disclosed an improved system and method for providing a scalable dynamic objective metric for automatically evaluating the video quality of a video image. The system comprises an objective metric controller that is capable of receiving a plurality of objective metric figures of merit from a plurality of object... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an image display apparatus controlling image quality of displayed images, in which the control is triggered by power-on, according to an audio-visual environment of a user and the only thing the user has to do for suitable image quality control is to answer ... | In general, when a user views an image displayed on a display apparatus, visual environments, such as ambient brightness, a distance from the user to the display apparatus and so on, may disadvantageously cause the image displayed on the display apparatus to become difficult to view. Moreover, it is complicated and tro... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains to a fluid actuator and more particularly to a hydraulic actuator having a piston and a valve means wherein a force applied to the valve means is varied resulting in a frequency change of piston reciprocation.
2. Description... | This invention pertains to a fluid actuator having piston chambers, a piston maintained within said chambers, a valve means for reciprocating the piston and a pressure control means for varying the force to the valve means wherein the reciprocating frequency of the piston is modulated. | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/127,315, filed Mar. 3, 2015, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DRUG DISPENSING TO PATIENTS (Atty. Dkt. No. RDPH-32513), the specification of which is incorporated by reference herein in... | A system for managing patient data for patients moving between a plurality of different patient care facilities includes a first interface for connecting to a plurality of patient care facilities to receive past patient care data. A second interface provides outputs to a current health care provider. A database stores ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to household appliances and, more particularly, to a rotisserie convection oven including a rotatable cooking drum and method of use, which allows cooking of pre-prepared and frozen foods within such cooking drum with minimal ingestion of cooki... | A rotisserie convection oven including a rotatable drum assembly which allows cooking of food items therein without added cooking oils is disclosed. The present oven is designed for cooking of pre-prepared or frozen foods with minimal ingestion of cooking oils and residual oil byproducts of concern to the health-consci... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates generally to wireless network communication. More particularly, the invention relates to improved systems and techniques for multi-cell coordinated scheduling.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Efficiency in wireless network communication is an importan... | Systems and techniques for negotiated control of multipoint coordination. A first device (such as a central entity or base station) signals a second device regarding its desire to assert control over, or readiness to accept control by, the second device, with respect to coordinated radio transmission. The negotiation m... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/728,267, filed Nov. 20, 2012, and European patent application No. 12 193 434.3, filed Nov. 20, 2012, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
... | The present invention relates to a method of forming a curved prepreg strip or sheet, especially for use in fabricating a composite component. The method includes providing a strip or sheet of prepreg material having reinforcing fibers and drawing or conveying the prepreg material in a travel direction, wherein the mat... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 522,293, filed 8/11/83, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,685,878.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to process for producing dough pieces, and more particularly, high volume apparatus... | Dough pieces are produced in high volume by a plurality of dual extruders spaced across a conveyor and each having a pair of extrusion nozzles aligned in the direction of conveyor travel. A cut-off mechanism severs the dough extrusions to deposit dough pieces on the conveyor. The speed of the conveyor is related to the... | 0 |
The subject matter of the present invention relates to perforating operations. More specifically, the present invention relates to a conveyed wellbore intervention tool for perforations.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
After drilling a wellbore into a hydrocarbon-bearing formation, the well is completed in prep... | The present invention provides a conveyance tool and a tool string having one or more sensors or cameras for detecting the performance of pre-existing perforations in a cased wellbore, and one or more perforation intervention tools mounted on the tool string and capable of performing remedial actions directed at most o... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an electronic sewing machine which is controlled with electric signals to produce stitches, and is provided with a device for electrically diagnosing malfunctions of the electric components and the parts related thereto.
Because of the wide distribution o... | A stitch pattern sewing machine utilizes a microcomputer which operates in a stitch control mode and in a malfunction diagnosing mode. Each mode is selectively rendered effective by a changeover switch. The diagnosis of malfunction includes a series of checking steps carried out in a predetermined order. Indication mea... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to improvements in large scale underwater risers, and particularly is such as to provide a buoyancy system for large scale underwater risers which may be effective in deep waters, e.g., ocean waters of a depth of 3,000 meters or more.
Deep underwater drilli... | A buoyancy system for large scale underwater risers is provided, comprising a plurality of canisters. Each of the canisters extends partially around the circumference of a riser--usually, two canisters and the support structure surround a riser--and a plurality of canisters is associated with each riser section. Air is... | 4 |
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