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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of U.S. Ser. No. 10/021,456, filed Dec. 13, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,930,064, which claims the benefit of priority Provisional Application No. 60/255,842, filed Dec. 15, 2000, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
... | A method of forming flame-retardant nonwoven fabrics by hydroentanglement includes providing a precursor web. The precursor web is subjected to hydroentanglement on a three-dimensional image transfer device to create a patterned and imaged fabric. Treatment with a flame-retardant binder enhances the integrity of the fa... | 3 |
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
The U.S. Government has rights in this invention pursuant to NIH Grant Number GM 46059.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 090,338, filed Jul. 12, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,442,719, entitled "Catalytic ... | A catalytic asymmetric reduction process, which, by hydrogenating enamines, yields a corresponding amine having a high level of enantiomeric purity is disclosed. The reduction process utilizes a chiral metal catalyst that includes a metal or metal complex that is selected from groups 3, 4, 5, or 6, lanthanides and acti... | 2 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/017,900, filed on Feb. 24, 1987 and abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/550,090, filed on Nov. 9, 1983, abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a construction for a filter in which a si... | A filter assembly comprises a casing, a semiflexible, perforated core and a filter cloth. The casing is provided with a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet and the core is arranged within the casing and between the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet so that liquid which passes from the inlet to the outlet must pass throug... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART STATEMENT
The present invention relates to a linear ball bearing such as a ball bush or a ball spline to be used in the linear guide portions of various industrial machines and, more particularly, to an improvement in a linear ball bearing of the type having a flange for fix... | Herein disclosed is a flanged linear ball bearing, in which a ball cage for arraying balls between a bearing housing and a bearing shaft is formed with a flange to be fixed on a mounting member such as a bed or a table. Thus, the bearing housing can be formed into a cylindrical shape having no flange so that it can be ... | 5 |
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §§119 and/or 365 to Appln. No. 199 46 921.0 filed in Germany on Sep. 30, 1999, now published as German Offenlugungsschrift DE 19946921 A1; the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to methods... | The invention relates to a device and a method for moving a measuring sensor ( 2 ) into and out of a pressurized or flow-through conduit ( 1 ) or a pressurized or flow-through vessel. The device according to the invention comprises, in this case, a holding element ( 3 ) for holding the measuring sensor ( 2 ), a guiding... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to particulate filters, and more importantly, is concerned with a filtering apparatus containing a mechanism for preventing leakage of unfiltered fluid around the periphery of an exclusion filter.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The removal of partic... | There is provided an integrated exclusion filter and pressurizing device which prevents leakage of unfiltered fluid across the interface area between a rotating filtering apparatus and non-rotating bulkhead. The exclusion filter utilized is of the type which utilizes Boundary Layer Momentum Transfer methodology to achi... | 1 |
The present invention is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/798,324, filed Mar. 13, 2013, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
This disclosure relates to seals for preventing drafts and the like at door bottoms, window bottoms and other similar p... | A one-piece seal for use on the bottoms of doors or windows of uniform cross-section has a planar base and upwardly extending members on each side of the base with engagement members at the top of the upwardly extending members. The seal also has downwardly extending fins and semicircular walls to engage a threshold. T... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a structure with moveable louvres and means for holding a set position of the louvres.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Louvred structures such as louvred doors and/or window shutters, etc. often include moveable louvres which pivot through an angle o... | A louvred structure comprises a frame with opposing styles supporting a plurality of moveable louvres having pivot pins fitted in pivot pin openings of the styles. At least one of the styles is provided with an interior flexible clamp extending lengthwise along the style and gripping a plurality of the pivot pins for h... | 4 |
[0001] The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for measuring the absorbance of light of a substance in a solution using visible or non visible light, the substance having a capacity to absorb light at a specific wavelength or wavelengths. The methods and apparatus have particular utility in detecting ... | Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring the absorbance of a substance in a solution, comprising: i) a sample cell ( 30 ) of known path length (b) for containing said solution (S), said cell being transparent to light of a predefined wavelength spectrum; ii) plural LED's each being independently operable by means of... | 6 |
This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/909,901, filed Aug. 12, 1997 which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,006,223 on Dec. 21, 1999.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to discovering trends in text databases. More particularly,... | A method and apparatus for mining text databases, employing sequential pattern phrase identification and shape queries, to discover trends. The method passes over a desired database using a dynamically generated shape query. Documents within the database are selected based on specific classifications and user defined p... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention pertains to communication systems and more particularly to a method for allocating a unique interface identifier to a mobile station.
[0002] When a mobile station connects to a General Packet Radio Support (GPRS) or Universal Mobile ... | A method for an Internet Protocol (IP) address allocation by an external packet data network ( 40 ) to a mobile station ( 10 ) unburdens the mobile station ( 10 ) of directly contacting the external network. The mobile station requests ( 51 ) the unique IP address. The mobile network ( 31 ) statefully obtains the uniqu... | 7 |
BACKGROUND
1. Technical Field
This invention relates generally to battery charging and protection circuits, and more specifically to a thermally-limited charging circuit with overcharge and undercharge protection.
2. Background Art
Electronic devices, including cellular phones, pagers, radios, c... | This invention includes a thermally stable, low-cost charging circuit for rechargeable batteries. The circuit includes a thermal control circuit that employs a temperature dependent component such as a thermistor or positive temperature coefficient device. The temperature dependent device is thermally coupled to a char... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCED PATENTS
This application is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/483,586 filed Jan. 14, 2000, which was a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/415,947 filed Oct. 8, 1999, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
... | A curtain wall (ACM) system has vertical mullions and horizontal supports which provide a dry as well as a structural system for non-sequential construction of curtain wall exteriors. Internal gutters offer a failsafe moisture proof system. The horizontal and vertical framework members may be mounted in the reverse ori... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the production of nitrogen fertilizers and more particularly to a portable, home-use unit which, for example, may be attached to a garden hose for production of dilute nitric-nitrous acid fertilizer or, by the addition of lime, calci... | A method and apparatus for home production and application of fixed nitrogen fertilizer uses an arc discharge process to ionize nitrogen and oxygen and form nitrogen oxides. These nitrogen oxides are injected into water supplied by a garden hose to a yard or garden. The device is compact, economical and requires no raw... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Generally, the present invention relates to composite materials and methods for making composite materials, and more particularly to a combined continuous fiber and whisker reinforced composite material having improved material properties.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
F... | A composite material (20) comprises a matrix layer (21) having a plurality of interspersed reinforcing whiskers (23) and a plurality of continuous reinforcing fibers (25) embedded within the matrix layer (21). The preferred embodiment includes a matrix layer (21) which may be a ceramic, intermetallic or metallic materi... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for feeding yarns of different colours from yarn supplies through a positive feeding device and a yarn selection unit to a knitting machine for producing striped fabrics.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is known to place the positive feeding devi... | The invention relates to a method for feeding yarns of different colors to a conventional knitting machine for producing striped fabrics (circle-striped fabrics). The first step of the method according to the invention consists in selecting and presenting a predetermined length of a yarn of a desired color in accordanc... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In many industrial applications it is common to store solid particles in bulk form within a container such as a silo or bunker which has a bin portion (the top part of the container) and hopper (the bottom part of the container). The hopper normally has converging surfaces which termin... | An apparatus for facilitating the flow of solid particles in bulk form by gravity through a container within which the particles are temporarily stored or through a pipe within which the particles are being moved by force feeding or induced methods. The apparatus is a multisurfaced body the surfaces of which are descri... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to enclosures such as sheds, garages and the like, and, more particularly, to an enclosure having telescoping front, back and opposed side walls which are simultaneously movable between a retracted and extended position.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Enclosu... | An enclosure for use as a garage, storage shed and the like comprises a roof supported at its four corners by vertical posts, and front, back and opposed side walls each including a plurality of telescoping wall panels movable between a raised position in which the wall panels are nested together near the roof and a lo... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/076,469 filed Mar. 31, 2011, published as US 2011-0248214 on Oct. 13, 2011 and the contents thereof are incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] This in... | A composition and a method for producing mesoporous carbon materials with a chiral or achiral organization. In the method, a polymerizable inorganic monomer is reacted in the presence of nanocrystalline cellulose to give a material of inorganic solid with cellulose nanocrystallites organized in a chiral nematic organiz... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates generally to theft prevention/deterrence systems for vehicular components, such as radios. More particularly, the invention pertains to audio component anti-theft systems having the capability of being overridden by authorized personnel.
BACKGROU... | A vehicle anti-theft arrangement and method relies on matching vehicle identifiers upon detection of vehicle battery cycling to confirm whether or not the component being protected is still resident in an authorized vehicle. The arrangement and method further includes a facile way for authorized personnel to override t... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to the art of winches, and more particularly to a modular winch onboard an aircraft. The invention notably finds an advantageous but non-limiting application in helicopter winches.
[0002] Modular signifies that the winch consists of a subset o... | A modular winch onboard an aircraft includes at least one cable wound onto a drum. The winch includes a basic mechanical assembly intended to be attached to the aircraft. The basic mechanical assembly is capable of receiving, in a removable manner, at least one module for varying at least one of the performance charact... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The invention relates to a transglutaminase gene and a transglutaminase obtained therefrom.
[0002] Transglutaminase (hereafter, referred to as TGase) catalyzes intramolecular or intermolecular formation of ε-(γ-Gln)-Lys covalent bond, and the crosslink between protein molec... | A DNA molecule encoding translutaminase, a transglutaminase, an expression vector containing the DNA molecule, and a cell containing the expression vector. The DNA molecule is composed of a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 23,455 filed Mar. 23, 1979, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,246,768 which in turn is a divisional application from application Ser. No. 886,776 filed Mar. 15, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,193,273.
The invention relates... | Apparatus for manually producing a knit fabric comprises a series of knitting supports positioned along the edge of a base member on which supports the fabric is produced and supported, and at least one curved needle having a pair of yarn-threading eyes, which needle carries yarn from a yarn supply and is manipulated i... | 3 |
[0001] This application claims the priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201210003529.X, entitled “WIDE VIEWING ANGLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY”, filed with the Chinese Patent Office on Jan. 5, 2012; and Chinese Patent Application No. 201210050635.3, entitled “WIDE VIEWING ANGLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY REALIZING MU... | A wide viewing angle liquid crystal display realizing multi-domain display comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel is connected to a corresponding common electrode ( 7 ), a corresponding pixel electrode ( 5 ), a corresponding source electrode ( 3 ) and a corresponding gate electrode ( 2 ) respectively, and ... | 6 |
[1] 1. This application claims the benefit of United States provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/087,323, filed May 29, 1998, entitled “Low Capacitance Surge Protector for High Speed Data Transmission,” the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INV... | The present invention is a surge protector circuit and method of protecting electronic equipment which do not load down a circuit at high frequencies and do not degrade a signal in high speed data transmission. A gas tube is connected in parallel with low capacitance diodes and an avalanche semiconductor device, such a... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] Roller cone bits, variously referred to as rock bits or drill bits, are used in earth drilling applications. Typically, they are used in petroleum or mining operations where the cost of drilling is significantly affected by the rate that the drill bits penetrate the various t... | A roller cone drill bit and a method for designing thereof. The roller cone drill bit includes a bit body configured to be coupled to a drill string and a journal depending from the bit body. A split roller cone is rotatably attached to the journal. The split roller cone includes an upper section and a lower section. T... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the work feeding mechanism of a sewing machine, it is highly desirable to have the feed regulating shaft, or its adjuster, heavily biased toward a maximum forward feed setting. This heavy biasing ensures a constant stitch length over an extended period of sewing without said regulat... | A control system for the work feeding mechanism in a cam controlled pattern sewing machine wherein a manual forward feed biasing spring is bypassed when cam control is selected. The control system also features a quick reverse linkage, operable in the manual mode, which may be lockably engaged for hands-off reverse sew... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 62/199,596 filed Jul. 31, 2015, and entitled “SEPARATING DRILLING CUTTINGS AND GAS USING A LIQUID SEAL,” which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FI... | A new method and device for separation of drilling cuttings from liquids and gases in air and fluid drilling operations. A liquid seal is created and maintained for proper separation of gas and liquid from cuttings and drilling slurry in air and liquid drilling. A cuttings agitation chamber is created and maintained un... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 12/811,050 filed Jun. 28, 2010, which is a national stage of PCT/JP2008/004007 filed Dec. 26, 2008 and claims priority to JP 2008-000196 filed Jan. 4, 2008, the entire contents of each of which are incorporated by re... | A radio communication station device can prevent limiting of resource allocation in a UE group. The radio communication device includes: a CCE allocation unit, modulation units, an arrangement unit, and a radio transmission unit. The CCE allocation unit allocates allocation information allocated to a PDCCH which is inp... | 7 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] In WO97/20802A we describe a series of dimeric indane molecules with four different chemical scaffolds. Within this group of molecules we elaborated 2, 2 coupled dimers. The synthesis and biological activity for several 2-alkylated derivatives of this scaffold are presented as is their biol... | A compound of the absolute stereochemical formula
and salts thereof is useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of inflammatory bowel disease or other inflammatory autoimmune diseases with similar aetiology involving T-cel... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Patent Application is a U.S. Utility Patent Application of French Patent Application No. 04 11197 filed on Oct. 21, 2004, and French Patent Application No. 04 11198 filed on Oct. 21, 2004, the contents and teachings of which are hereby incorporated by ref... | Swell attenuating device comprising a horizontal plate slightly immersed in the incident sea swell, this plate being held in position under the free surface of the water and presenting perpendicular upstream ( 12 ) and downstream ( 14 ) edges raised to a positive dimension above the free surface of the water, so that t... | 4 |
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY-SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
This invention was made with government support under contract DE-AC05-84OR21400, awarded by the United States Department of Energy to Lockheed Martin Energy Systems Inc., and the United States Government has certain rights in this invention.
... | A method for separating and recovering components includes the steps of providing at least a first component bonded to a second component by a microwave absorbent adhesive bonding material at a bonding area to form an assembly, the bonding material disposed between the components. Microwave energy is directly and selec... | 1 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 076,222, filed on Sept. 17, 1979 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,279,506.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the method and apparatus for quantizing various whole blood components and conducting other turbinometric a... | Photometric apparatus, for counting the particulate components in blood and for determining the degree of particulate agglutination is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a body provided with an absorbent well for holding the blood bearing solution. The body is further provided with a passage to allow communication betw... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is directed to a centrifugal rpm regulating device for use in a fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a governor for control of an injection pump in response to the volume of a work chamber. In an already known rpm regulating device of this gen... | A regulator shaft, rotary centrifugal weights, and a governor member which is slidable on the regulator shaft, are arranged in a pressurized, fuel-filled inner chamber of a fuel injection apparatus. The centrifugal weights engage regulator springs via the governor member and a control sleeve. The governor member is clo... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a micro-pulsation fuel injection system with underpressure stabilizer, particularly to a micro-pulsation fuel injection system with underpressure stabilizer to be used in an internal combus... | A micro-pulsation fuel injection system with underpressure stabilizer, comprising a fuel supply system, a fuel tank, a micropump, and a compression pump. The micropump ejects fuel into an intake pipe. The compression pump is connected with a fuel supply pipe of the micropump, for keeping underpressure of the inlet of t... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present disclosure relates to test devices, and particularly, to a device for testing the distance between centers of two through holes.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] In machining, a lot of through holes are ... | A test device for testing whether the distance between centers meets specifications includes a support member, a benchmark member set on a first end of the support member, to be positioned at the first through hole, a test member set on a second end of the support member, to be positioned at the second through hole, an... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to jewelry and more particularly to an ornamental article interconvertible from a ring to a pendant.
Pendants which allow a variety of centerpieces are known in the prior art. French Pat. No. 699,074 is such a device in which a tongue-and-groove m... | A convertible ring, pendent comprising of an ornamental piece of jewelry, which may be configured as a ring or pendent, depending on the owner's needs. As a ring, the gemstone mounting or other ornamental centerpiece is held by a unique locking mechanism, in the plane perpendicular to the semi-split shank. Conversi... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This applications claims priority to Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2003-158252 filed Jun. 3, 2003 and 2004-011396 filed Jan. 20, 2004 which are hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an o... | An output circuit is provided for outputting, based on a first drive signal, an output signal with an amplitude smaller than a source voltage, comprising: a first type MOS transistor whose gate is impressed with a first drive signal and whose drain outputs a signal; a second type MOS transistor whose gate is impressed ... | 7 |
This is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/050,215 filed Mar. 30, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,911,809.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cobalt--tin coating provided on aluminum or aluminum alloy by chemical conversion to reduce the sliding friction... | An aluminum or aluminum alloy surface which during use is exposed to sliding friction is coated to provide a chemical conversion coating of tin comprising 0.2-10.0 wt. % cobalt. For example, a swash plate type compressor has a cylinder block with cylinder bores disposed parallel to the axis of the cylinder block. A rot... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/775,817 filed on May 7, 2010 now abandoned the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to t... | An apparatus for use in erecting a temporary guardrail on a stair, having a stair stringer. The apparatus has an elongated stanchion. A first jaw assembly is operatively attached to the stanchion for engaging one side of the stringer, proximal the bottom edge thereof, and includes a first compression assembly to operat... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1 Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for diagnosing sleep apnea. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting whether a temporary absence or cessation of brea... | An apparatus for diagnosing sleep apnea, which detects a temporary cessation of breathing during sleep by applying light to a part of a subject's body and processing light output therefrom, includes a light source unit for sequentially generating light of at least two different wavelengths according to a control si... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns an optical transmitter having a modulation-capable wavelength-stable laser source. Patent 2 308 461.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
European Patent 0 584 647 describes an optical transmitter which is used in optical telecommunications. The transmitter is c... | An optical transmitter having a modulation-capable wavelength-stable laser source is proposed, the signal of the laser source passing through at least one Michelson band-pass filter to prevent interference signals of other wavelengths outside the emitted wavelength from affecting the laser. | 7 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 10/127,642, filed Apr. 22, 2002 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a plant pot, and more particularly to a wall-hanging pot which keeps the suitable water and air supplies so as to encourage t... | A wall-hanging plant pot with a water level control device which keeps suitable moisture and air supplies in the pot. The wall-hanging plant pot comprising a screw or nail, a wall hanger, a container with bottle-neck bottom having one or more projections and bottle-neck bottom, a water level control device, and a cap. | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to socks in general, more specifically, to a double ply sock having an undyed inner ply.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Double ply socks have a number of useful advantages over single ply socks including: increased padding for jogging and running; blis... | A double layer sock has an inner ply having a foot portion that is undyed and a dyed outer ply covering the inner ply and joined to the inner ply at an upper end of the inner and outer plies. The inner ply is formed of antimicrobial and/or hydrophobic yarns.
A method of making a double ply sock includes knitting ... | 3 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to endoprostheses, and to methods of making the same.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The body includes various passageways such as arteries, other blood vessels, and other body lumens. These passageways sometimes become occluded or weakened. For example, th... | A bioerodible endoprosthesis erodes to a desirable geometry that can provide, e.g., improved mechanical properties or degradation characteristics. | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONS
[0001] Embodiments of the invention relate to devices and methods for less invasive treatment of atrial fibrillation. More particularly, certain embodiments of the invention relate to ablation and/or coagulation probes that utilize suction to ensure consistent and intimate tissue c... | An embodiment of the invention includes a surgical device for coagulating soft tissue such as atrial tissue in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and atrial tachycardia. The surgical device can include at least one elongate member comprising conductive elements adapted to coagulate soft tissue when r... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application Serial No. PCT/US12/39911, filed on May 30, 2012, which, in turn, claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/491,538, filed on May 31, 20... | A method for fabricating a high-density array of holes in glass comprises providing a glass sheet having a front surface and irradiating the glass sheet with a laser beam so as to produce open holes extending into the glass sheet from the front surface of the glass sheet. The beam creates thermally induced residual str... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The application relates to the use and preparation of poly(vinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-co-vinylalcohol (PVA)) as inkjet recording material.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Ink jet printers, that is to say, printers which form an image by firing a plural... | The use and preparation of poly(vinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-co-vinylalcohol (PVA)) as inkjet recording material, the method of making PVP/PVA copolymer comprising the steps of: hydrolyzing PVP/polyvinyl acetate (PVAC) copolymer with a mixture comprising water, at least one alcohol and at least one strong base. | 1 |
[0001] The invention concerns a method and a device for producing a structured object, especially for structuring a nonplanar surface of an object, as well as the structured object thus produced.
[0002] With increasing storage capacity and local storage density of present-day data carriers, for example,... | The invention relates to a method for the production of a structured object, particularly an optical clement having a structure on an optically effective non-planar surface, preferably for structuring a non-planar surface of an object, and to objects produced according to the method. which comprises providing a base bo... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a pleated pocket device. Particularly, the present invention relates to a pleated pocket device to secure loose items such as a fluid container, cell phone, and other similar items.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In th... | The present invention is an apparatus and method for forming a pleated pocket device having a back panel having at least one pleat, a first section, and a second section wherein the second section is capable of expanding more than the first section, and a front panel connected to the back panel to form a cavity adjacen... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a novel bulkhead barrier member which is structurally arranged to be inserted within a tubular housing and expanded radially to engage the tubular housing to separate the housing into sections or chambers that are sealed from one another.
In the p... | A bulkhead barrier member for separating a tubular member into chamber sections is described. The barrier member has a diameter between about 0.001 to 0.005 inches less than the diameter of the inner surface of the tubular member when positioned within the tubular housing. Upon compression of the barrier member, the ba... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C.§119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61506345 filed Jul. 11, 2011, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present i... | A hair iron holder is configured to provide protection from incidental contact to users while holding a heated iron. A barrel for detaining irons may include a side wall with vent holes to dissipate heat. The holder may also prevent damage to hair irons as they are inserted into the holder. An open end of the barrel ma... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the heat treatment of cutting tools, in particular, although not necessarily exclusively, the heat treatment of cutting tools such as twist drills having a shank and a cutting portion to which it is desired to impart different hardness.
BACKGROUND ART
... | Apparatus for heat treating a cutting tool comprises a furnace and a tool holder within the furnace adapted to receive therein a first portion of the tool, a second portion of the tool projecting from the tool holder, the second portion of the tool being directly exposed to radiant heat from at least one radiant heatin... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/837,475 filed Jul. 15, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method for fabricat... | A method for fabricating a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a silicon layer on the semiconductor substrate; performing a first photo-etching process on the silicon layer for forming a gate pattern; forming an epitaxia... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates generally to providing an optical arrangement and more particularly to providing a cost-effective optical filter having target optical properties and a low sheet resistance.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] The selection of target optical properties f... | An optical filter is formed of a layer stack that includes metallic layers and dielectric layers, with at least one dielectric layer being defined by more than one zinc-based film. These zinc-based films have different percentages of zinc. The selections of the percentages are based upon the positions of the films with... | 6 |
BACKGROUND
Tools in the downhole drilling and completions industry are often located in a borehole by the use of no-go profiles (or landing nipples, radially inner restrictions, etc.). While these no-go profiles are relied upon for providing positive indication that a tool is properly set, too much load on the to... | A system for setting and retrieving a tool including a tubular having a first profile and a tool having a second profile, the first and second profiles complementarily formed and engagable together for enabling the tool to be located in a borehole with respect to the tubular, the first profile or the second profile at ... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The field of the invention is subsea drilling, including methods and apparatus for securing an umbilical to a subsea riser.
BACKGROUND
[0002] In subsea drilling operations, a marine riser with an attached umbilical is often deployed from a drill ship or platform to t... | An apparatus and method for connecting an umbilical to a marine riser is provided. The method and apparatus can be employed in instances when a riser is already in place in the water, extending from a drilling vessel to subsea equipment on the ocean floor. | 4 |
[0001] This is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/684,821 filed on Oct. 10, 2000 which claims priority from Ser. No. 09/066,194 filed on Apr. 24, 1998 which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,129,163 on Oct. 10, 2000; Provisional Application Serial No. 60/257,054 filed on Dec. 20, 2000; No. 60/203,061 fil... | A flightless rock auger is used for drilling postholes through rock with the use of hydraulic pressure and at slow revolution per minute. The rock auger is used in combination with a conventional flighted auger used for drilling postholes in dirt and clay. During a posthole drilling operation, the rock auger is substit... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an industrial two-layer fabric which forms a longitudinal groove on its upper surface side by a combination of a design, and, in particular, relates to the industrial two-layer fabric which exhibits good hydration property and good air permeability... | The object of the present invention is to provide an industrial two-layer fabric which exhibits good hydration property and good air permeability by forming a longitudinal groove on its upper surface side through a weave design without decreasing the number of warps, while at the same time exhibits good fiber supportab... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/615,835 filed on Dec. 22, 2006, and is also related to U.S. application Ser. No. 11/615,854 filed on Dec. 22, 2006, which applications claim priority to U.S. provisional application No.... | An apparatus for forming fabrics for use, by way of example, in coverings for architectural openings includes a system for handling single or multi-layered fabrics by suspending the fabric from a lift tower, threading the fabric through various clamp systems within a housing for the apparatus, and subsequently forming ... | 3 |
This application is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 08/067,178, filed May 24, 1993, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 07/816,277, filed Jan. 3, 1992, now abandoned.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the field of exercis... | Two attachments are provided for an exercise apparatus of the type having a lever arm with an end pivotably connected to a base and a free end adapted to receive weights. A tower attachment provides a flexible tensile member connected at an end to the lever arm, with intermediate portions borne across elevated pulleys,... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a 35 U.S.C. 371 National Phase Entry Application of International Application No. PCT/US2013/0033641 filed Mar. 25, 2013, which designates the U.S., and which claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of the U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/615,982, filed... | Disclosed herein are novel cationic lipids that can be used in combination with other lipid components such as cholesterol and PEG-lipids to form lipid nanoparticles with oligonucleotides. The cationic lipids can demonstrate enhanced efficacy along with lower liver toxicity as a result of lower lipid levels in the live... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is based upon and claims benefit of priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-124638 filed on May 12, 2008, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Inv... | A load-driving circuit supplies electric current to a load, such as a resistor of an airbag squib. The load-driving circuit includes high side and low side current control circuits, both connected in series. Each current control circuit is composed of a driving transistor, a resistor and a current mirror circuit for co... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to routing communications within a computer network, and more specifically, to a method and system for finding shared risk diverse paths.
Communication in a computer network involves the exchange of data between two or more entities interconnec... | A method for finding shared risk diverse paths is disclosed. The method includes receiving route information at a node and running a shortest path algorithm to identify a first path. A shared risk metric is assigned to links and nodes with the first path. The method further includes running the shortest path algorithm ... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 61/437,741 filed Jan. 31, 2011 and U.S. Provisional Application 61/451,761 filed Mar. 11, 2011, which applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
... | A fluid composition or nanofluid is described that includes a dielectric base fluid, a chemical dispersant, and nanoparticles dispersed in the dielectric fluid. The chemical dispersant is used to facilitate the nanoparticle dispersing process and also to increase the stability of the nanofluid thus produced. The nanofl... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
The invention relates generally to stud welding and more particularly to a stud gun and method for using a stud gun having a stud confirmed in location for welding prior to initiating a welding sequence.
Stud welding guns are used to weld a variety of sizes of studs onto various work pieces for furth... | A stud welding gun includes a closed conductivity path indicating a stud properly positioned for welding. Another aspect includes a conductivity detection circuit closed when a stud is present. A further aspect provides a method to operate a stud welding gun including closing a conductivity path to permit a welding ope... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to devices for washing brassieres, and, more particularly, to devices for washing plus size brassieres and the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Brassieres (also commonly called “bras”) are commonly made with two cups, two shoulder straps,... | A washing device for plus size bras includes a shell which consists of upper and lower shell portions. The upper and shell portions are curved inwardly and may have flat upper and lower surfaces, respectively, such that the height of the shell is less than the lateral dimension of the shell between opposite sides. A hi... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pressure-responsive surgical tool assembly, and more particularly, concerns a surgical retractor tool which provides an indication of the pressure being applied by the retractor against tissue or the like during surgery.
During surgical operatio... | A pressure-responsive surgical tool assembly includes an inflatable enclosure and a pair of electrodes positioned therein. The electrodes are adapted to contact each other and operatively move away from each other under an increase of fluid pressure inside the enclosure until electrical contact is broken. An electrical... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to bridge decks and in particular to transversely compressed bridge decks comprised of timber and metal.
SUMMARY
The low modulus of elasticity of wood leads to excessive deflections and span length limitations of stressed timber deck bridges. By use of mod... | This invention relates to a bridge deck comprised of longitudinally positioned timbers having metal plates inserted between the timbers. Transversely positioned rods apply compressive forces to the timbers and metal plates. Resulting friction causes bridge deck components to behave as a single unit. The metal plates ar... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/935,296, filed Aug. 21, 2001, which is currently pending. The contents of application Ser. No. 09/935,296 are incorporated herein by reference.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY S... | A flexible cryosurgical catheter having a deflectable segment adjacent its distal end, a pull wire through said catheter connected to the deflectable segment, and a deflection mechanism in its handle for pulling on the pull wire to establish a desired curvature in the deflectable segment. | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to the monitoring and prediction of the remaining useful life of an electric storage battery, such as a Lead acid battery. It also relates to determination of the state of charge of the battery. It is ... | The electrolyte inside a lead and acid battery is inaccessible and measurements of the voltage across a battery's terminals do not necessarily give a good indication of the future performance of a battery. Furthermore, although the state of charge of a battery can be determined from measurement of the voltage acros... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority benefits under 35 § U.S.C. 119(e) of the U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/779,309, filed on Mar. 3, 2006.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to a method and apparatus for dispensing... | A wide neck bottle for dispensing promotional items including a housing including a top section and a bottom section defining an interior cavity for receiving at least one promotional item, a securing element for removably securing the top section to the bottom section, a neck included in the top section including a su... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/677,660, which entered the national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371 on Mar. 11, 2010. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/677,660 is a national-stage filing of PCT/GB2008/050951, filed Oct. 17, 2008. PCT/GB... | A completion apparatus for completing a wellbore includes a tool to alternatively open and close a throughbore; a tool to alternatively open and close an annulus between the outer surface of the completion and the inner surface of the wellbore; a tool to alternatively provide and prevent a fluid circulation route from ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains to a method for the selective dry etching of a first semi-conductive compound, which contains no aluminium molecules, without the attacking of a second semi-conductive compound comprising an aluminium molecule in its formula. ... | The invention pertains to a method for the selective etching of a surface layer which is automatically stopped at a subjacent layer.
According to the invention, a first layer of a material containing gallium is selectively etched with respect to a second layer containing aluminium by reactive ion etching in the p... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] FIG. 1 depicts a functional block diagram of a portion of an operating system 100 including a memory manager 102 responsible for allocating and de-allocating pieces of memory from a memory pool 104 to requesting processes, e.g., internal memory requester 106 and external memory r... | A memory management system for managing memory of a processing device and a corresponding method thereof are described. The system comprises a memory manager and a garbage collector. The memory manager is configured to allocate memory after dividing discrete units of memory into smaller units. The garbage collector is ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to skin-care products in general and specifically to sunscreen formulations comprising an emulsion of water and at least one oil. In particular, it relates to oil and water emulsions containing organic sunscreens or containing orga... | Disclosed are methods and compositions for increasing the sun protection factor of oil and water sunscreen emulsions comprising adding a phthalic acid derivative to an oil and water sunscreen emulsion in an amount effective to increase the sun protection factor of the emulsion, the phthalic acid derivative having the g... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to the following applications, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety: U.S. provisional application No. 60/323,928, entitled Process and System for Comparing and Reconciling Estimated Data with Actual Data in a Com... | A modular data structure is provided for storing a compilation of actual data input to the a complex workflow system via a field document. A standard data array module correlating to a standard data input interface of the field document is provided. The standard data input interface receives input of standard actual da... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention pertains to a remote-controlled lamp for use with artworks to cast the art in a favorable light.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Patrons of the arts who keep their art in the home or office recognize the need to show-off the art be i... | A lamp for wall mounting above a piece of wall mounted art, having a base connected to a bottom cover to form an enclosed base interior, wherein a remote controller station is disposed, said lamp having an elongated arm mounted normal thereto, with the arm having a swivel mounted shade thereon. A remote coupled to the ... | 7 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 437,245, filed Nov. 16, 1989 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,053,926 issued Oct. 01, 1991.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to electrical connector assemblies and, more particularly, to electronic cabinet cover panels with integrated electrical connector assemb... | An electronic equipment cabinet is shown having an integrated cover panel which provides a plurality of connector receptacle positions to which outside equipment may be connected. Connector contacts are snap locked into the receptacle positions. The connector receptacle contacts are automatically bridged when the matin... | 7 |
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/263,246 filed on Jun. 21, 1994, (abandoned Mar. 8, 1995) which was a continuation of Ser. No. 08/119,897 filed on Sep. 10, 1993, (abandoned Jun. 24, 1994) which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/635,757 filed on Dec. 31, 1990, (abandoned Sep. 30, 1993).
... | A persuasion organizer and calculator with which attorneys and others required to form and develop persuasive arguments may create, modify, and control a knowledge base and a persuasive calculus without the need for a knowledge engineer. By eliminating the knowledge engineer from the process of creating and maintaining... | 8 |
This is a continuation of PCT/EP99/04464, filed Jun. 28, 1999.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The invention concerns a method and a system of detection of a run-flat condition of a vehicle tire as well as tires, wheels and safety inserts designed to facilitate that detection.
When a mounted assembly—tire and whe... | A method of detection of a run-flat condition of a vehicle tire, said tire being mounted on a wheel, wherein:
a quantity f(α, t) is sensed, which varies which the angular displacement of the wheel in time; measuring signals are elaborated, which vary with the angular speed of the wheel dα(t)/dt; a quantity chara... | 1 |
PRIORITY INFORMATION
This application is a continuation-in-part to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/833,602, filed Apr. 28, 2004, which claims priority to U.S. Patent Application No. 60/465,930, filed Apr. 28, 2003. The content of both applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
... | A general chiral column with a multipleproline-based chiral stationary phase. Embodiments include chiral stationary phases of the following formula:
wherein n is any integer of 2 or greater, and analogs and isomers thereof. | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application relates to U.S. patent application, Ser. No. ______ (not yet assigned) entitled Content Management System and Methodology Employing a Tree-Based Table Hierarchy Which Accommodates Opening a Dynamically Variable Number of Cursors (... | A content management system is provided including a plurality of tables forming a tree-based storage hierarchy. The system includes a stored procedure which enables information to be retrieved from different arbitrary locations throughout the storage hierarchy. Advantageously, the system retrieves information from both... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a table tennis game employing end goals and particularly to a conversion kit by which a conventional table tennis table can be readily adapted to play the game.
The conventional table tennis game is universally popular as is evidenced by the many million... | This table tennis game utilizes a conventional table, paddles, center net and ball together with end goals which are supplied in the form of a conversion kit. The conversion kit includes a pair of end goals detachably mounted to the table, each goal being formed from a frame having upper, lower and side members and a n... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of malononitrile.
2. Background of the Invention
Malononitrile is a starting material and intermediate of central importance for the preparation of an extremely wide range of, for e... | A novel process for the preparation of malononitrile which involves subjecting a (2-cyano-N-alkoxy)acetimidoyl halide to a high-temperature treatment. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention concerns the provision of heat to a screen covering the guttering on the roof of a house or other building.
[0002] Mesh materials are commonly installed as screens over guttering along the edge of building roofs for the purpose of preventing ... | A screen ( 15 ) applied to overlay a gutter ( 14 ) on an outside edge of a roof ( 11 ) of a building. The screen comprises a panel ( 15 ) of generally planar mesh affixed along a first edge to the roof ( 11 ) and along the opposite edge of the panel to the top outside edge ( 18 ) of the guttering ( 14 ). The mesh is fo... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION
[0001] This application is related to U.S. Ser. No. 09/346,213, filed Jul. 1, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,225,429, issued May 1, 2001.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] This i... | A process of making a vinyl caprolactam (VCL)-based polymer which comprises suspension polymerizing the monomers in aqueous medium in the absence of an added protective colloid, wherein polymer formed at an early stage of the polymerization functions as a dispersing agent to maintain polymer particles suspended in wate... | 2 |
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 782,746, filed Oct. 1, 1985 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to spacecraft rocket propulsion systems and, more particularly, to the utilization of fluid bipropellant by ... | A method is provided for controlling the utilization of a fluid bipropellant including two respective constituents separately in respective tanks aboard a spacecraft for consumption by a spacecraft rocket engine, comprising the steps of actuating the rocket engine; during the actuation of the rocket engine, providing a... | 5 |
This application is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 07/852,447 filed on Mar. 16, 1992, now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 07/414,482 filed on Sep. 29, 1989, abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to composit... | Disclosed is a lanate composite elastic material made by a method including the steps of applying a tensioning force to elongate at least one pressure sensitive elastomer adhesive sheet; inserting substantially individualized fibrous materials into the elastic sheet by mechanical needling the elastomer sheet while it i... | 3 |
RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
Patent application Ser. No. 09/678,242, filed Oct. 4, 2000, entitled Dual Grindstone.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to tire uniformity machines. The present invention more particularly relates to a grinding apparatus in a tire unif... | A grinder in a tire uniformity machine that receives a tire for testing, the grinder including an arm received in bearings; a grinding head supported on the arm, the grinding head having a rotatable grinding stone and a motor causing the rotation of the grinding stone; and a linear actuator operatively engaging the arm... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE DATA
This application is a continuation application of U.S. Pat. No. 8,518,672, issued on Aug. 27, 2013, which is a continuation of PCT App. No. PCT/US2010/039481, filed Jun. 22, 2010, which claimed priority from provisional application U.S. Patent App. No. 61/219,764 and provisional application U... | A method is disclosed for the production of alcohol and other bioproducts hemicelluloses extracted from biomass prior to thermal conversion of the biomass to energy. The process can be integrated with the host plant process to minimize the energy loss from extracting hemicelluloses. Also disclosed is a stepwise enzymat... | 2 |
This application claims priority from European Patent Application No. 09155123.4 filed Mar. 13, 2009, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a mould for fabricating a micromechanical part using galvanoplasty and the method of fabri... | The invention relates to a method ( 3 ) of fabricating a mold ( 39, 39 ′) including the following steps: (a) depositing ( 9 ) an electrically conductive layer on the top ( 20 ) and bottom ( 22 ) of a wafer ( 21 ) made of silicon-based material; (b) securing ( 13 ) the wafer to a substrate ( 23 ) using an adhesive layer... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-157011 filed Jun. 14, 2007. The entire content of the priority application is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to a... | An image-selecting device includes a storing unit, a displaying unit, a detecting unit, a reading unit, an identification data storing unit, a display controlling unit, an image data identifying unit, and an image data selecting unit. The displaying unit displays a plurality of images based on a plurality of pieces of ... | 6 |
This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. 10-2002-0074067 filed on Nov. 26, 2002, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a laundry drier, and more particularly, to a laundry drier control met... | A laundry drier control method reads a temperature variation rate per unit time, to enable drying according to the amount and type of an object being dried. The method includes steps of initiating a drying procedure; measuring a temperature variation rate per unit time over the drying procedure; calculating an overall ... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/964,034, filed Sep. 26, 200. The aforementioned related patent application is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | The present invention provides a recess within an expandable downhole tubular, such as an expandable sand screen. The recess resides within the wall, such as the outer shroud of an expandable sand screen. The recess serves as a housing for instrumentation lines, fiber optics, control lines, or downhole instrumentation.... | 4 |
This is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 07/806,840 filed on Dec. 9, 1991 and now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/586,423 filed on Sep. 21, 1990 and now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of producing to... | The invention relates to a method of producing magnetostriction type torque sensor shafts adapted to detect a change in permeability when a torque is applied. A plurality of shot peening operations are applied to the surface of a torque sensor shaft in such a manner that the diameter of shot particles to be used is dec... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to large bearings with rolling elements and, more particularly, to bearing retainers for rolling element bearings operated at very low rotational speeds.
A bearing retainer in a rolling element bearing serves to separate and align the rolling elem... | A bearing retainer subassembly for use between inner and outer bearing races of a rolling element bearing comprises rolling elements, a bearing retainer, and biasing elements within the bearing retainer for biasing the rolling elements toward one of the inner and outer bearing races to extend a zone of contact between ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to apparatus for receiving fabric produced by a circular knitting machine.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention is concerned with an improved apparatus for receiving and storing fabric from a circular knitting machine having a rotary unit which includes ... | Apparatus for receiving and storing fabric knitted on a circular knitting machine comprises a carriage movable along the ground and which carries a fabric-receiving container. The carriage is engaged beneath the needle cylinder and other rotary parts of the machine to rotate therewith so that the container receives the... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to portable, hand-held shock producing devices which can be used as prods for livestock or for controlling crowds and the like.
2. Discussion of Related Art
Electric shock prods are generally hand-held devices th... | The shock prod comprises a circuit for producing high-voltage electrical pulses. The circuit is mounted in a housing and communicates electrically with two conductors integral with a prod extension. The prod extension extends from the housing in a fixed predetermined direction with respect to the housing. The extension... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to maple tree sap but more particularly to sap device that processes that sap into syrup.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Collecting the sap of maple trees to make maple syrup and other derivative products has been kn... | A maple sap reverse osmosis device has a support rack configured and sized to rest atop a tank. The support rack supporting a reverse osmosis device. The reverse osmosis device has a pump line and a dump line both located within the tub. The pump line being located at an upper region of the tank. A pumping means to pum... | 8 |
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