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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION The present application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 891,043 of KLAUS SOMMER and HERMANN WEBER, filed Mar. 28, 1978 and entitled "N-SULFO ALKANE AMINO ALKANE PHOSPHONIC ACIDS AND THEIR ALKALI METAL SALTS AND A PROCESS OF PRODUCING SAME" and to Appli...
N-(sulfo alkane) amino alkane phosphonic acids or their water-soluble salts are obtained by reacting an alkali metal salt of an amino alkane phosphonic acid with at least one hydrogen atom in the amino group which can be replaced by a sulfo alkane group, in an alkaline medium with an alkane sultone while heating.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion device, specifically a thin film n/p or n/i/p heterojunction with graded carrier concentration, using semiconducting compounds from the I-III-VI 2 , I-III-VI-VII and I-VI 3 -VII series. It relates further to methods of ma...
A photovoltaic energy conversion device and methods for forming the same with relatively high efficiency, high stability, low cost, low weight, and low toxicity. The device comprises a thin film n/p or n/i/p type, gradient-doped heterojunction which uses compatible, lattice-matched, non-hazardous semiconducting compoun...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 663,283 filed Sept. 20, 1984 which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 464,620 filed Feb. 7, 1983, both now abandoned. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates ...
A rim lock which includes a housing, a bolt displaceable in the housing, a strike which receives the bolt, a solenoid which is mounted on the housing and has a coil, a plunger which is axially reciprocal in the coil, a crosspiece fin which is disposed between and which is rigidly affixed to the plunger and the bolt, a ...
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This application is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 08/509,425, filed Jul. 31. 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,925,593. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improved hot stamping foil, more particularly to a hot stamping foil having a layer which includes...
A hot stamping foil includes a carrier, and disposed thereon, a thermochromic layer. The thermochromic layer includes a mixture of a thermochromic compound, a sizing or adhesive compound, a release compound, and an antimicrobial compound. The hot stamping foil is useful in creating various visual effects and also preve...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates generally to a control application for a HVAC&R system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system and method for humidity control in a HVAC&R system. [0002] To achieve climate control for a structure ...
A controller controls operation of a HVAC&R device to reduce an interior humidity level for a structure to provide comfort for occupants of the structure. The controller includes a first sensor for sensing a temperature inside a structure and a second sensor for sensing a humidity level inside the structure. A cont...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a semiconductor device equipped with a heat-fusible thin film resistor, and to a method of producing such a semiconductor device. 2. Description of the Related Art A semiconductor device including a thin film resisto...
A fuse fusible type semiconductor device capable of reducing energy required for fusing and a production method of the semiconductor device. In a semiconductor device equipped with a heat-fusible thin film resistor, the thin film resistor formed on a substrate 1 through an insulating film 2 is made of chromium, silicon...
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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to torque transferring devices used within vehicle transmissions, and, more particularly, to a composite clutch shaft assembly. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Clutch shafts for use in vehicle transmissions are well known in the ...
A composite clutch shaft assembly has an annular hub with a shaft extending therefrom. The shaft has a generally tubular outer portion and a core portion. The core portion has higher internal damping than the outer portion, thereby improving the vibration and noise damping characteristics of the clutch shaft while havi...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/697,972 , filed May 10, 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/675,293, filed Mar. 26, 1991 and entitled "Cut Resistant Strap", which in turn is a continuation-in-pa...
A novel woven webbing having improved resistance to cutting is provided. The webbing has edges adapted to resist cutting by absorbing the initial impact of a force applied to the webbing edge. The woven webbing may have a nontubular central region and at least one tube attached along the length of the central region an...
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BACKGROUND The cementing of a liner or a casing in a well is done to, among other things; prevent flow in an annular space between the liner or casing and the open borehole. It is common to perform several cementing operations within a single deep well. When additional drilling is required after a cementing opera...
A runnable member catcher includes a body fixedly attachable within a tubular, the body defines inner radial dimensions that are smaller than portions of the body that are fixedly attached the body to the tubular, the body is configured to be structurally weakened upon exposure to an activation fluid to facilitate remo...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/715,911 entitled “OPTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS,” filed Nov. 18, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,989,935, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference. ...
A mechanism for adjusting an apparatus for the inter-pupilar distance of a user is disclosed. Example embodiments of the disclosed mechanism use gears that link the movements of eye-optics and reflectors placed along the optical path. When the eye-optics are adjusted, this movement causes a movement in the linked refle...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a National Phase filing under 35 U.S.C. §371 of PCT/JP2007/062587 filed Jun. 22, 2007, which claims priority to Patent Application No. 2006-189732, filed in Japan on Jul. 10, 2006. The entire contents of each of the above-applications are incorporated he...
A method for cultivating a culture of a cell, tissue, etc. There is provided a method of cultivating a culture including a cell or tissue (cell construct), imparting bending motion to the culture. By virtue of applying bending force to a culture of a cell, tissue, etc. (cell construct) to thereby curve the culture, con...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a Divisional Application of prior U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/699,987 filed Jan. 31, 2007, which is a Continuation of prior U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/029,487 filed Jan. 6, 2005, which is a Continuation Application of prior U...
A method for branching data in a mobile communication terminal to perform data communication between a mobile station and a network which have media access control sublayers. In a data sending mode, each of the media access control sublayers of the mobile station and network attaches logical channel types based on traf...
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This is a division of application Ser. No. 157,181, filed Jan. 27, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,579 which is a division of application Ser. No. 52,296, filed May 21, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,743,697, which is a division of application Ser. No. 870,564, filed June 4, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,687,865. ...
A process is provided for preparing a 7-oxabicycloheptane amino alcohol intermediate of the general structure ##STR1## which is useful in preparing thromboxane A 2 receptor antagonists. This intermediate is prepared by reacting mesoanhydride with an aryl amine ##STR2## wherein R is alkyl, CH 2 OH, CO 2 H or CO 2 al...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a machine with a centrifugal drum for centrifuging the liquid from a wet material and with a stripper for removing the residue from the centrifugal drum. A machine of this kind for preparing coffee extract is described in DE-OS No. 26 26 330. It compris...
An apparatus is provided for centrifuging liquid from a wet material. The apparatus includes a centrifugal drum and a stripper member positioned adjacent the centrifugal drum. The front side of the centrifugal drum is open and is arranged to be closed by a cover. The stripper is firmly connected to a driving shaft when...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/248,244 filed on Oct. 2, 2009. The disclosure of the above application is incorporated herein by reference. FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH [0002] Certain of the ...
A non-contact laser inspection system includes a probe with a thin tubular extension into which a light redirecting mechanism is incorporated to permit inspection of small diameter cylinders. The laser inspection system contains a laser that produces a beam of light that is coincident with an axis of the probe body. A ...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to the field of communications and in particular to multi-screen service (which provides a multimedia service for at least two of a television set, a personal computer and a handheld portable terminal of a certain user) and the serving technology th...
A uniform multi-screen service request command template is defined by using an OMA interactive media document so that a notification of a network device about a multi-screen service and a request command of a user for multi-screen service content are compatible with the OMA standard. With the multi-screen service reque...
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This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 380,143, filed July 14, 1989, abandoned, which is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to coordination complexes of lanthanide metals. In one of its more particular aspects, it relates to a pentadieny...
A pentadienyllutetium complex is prepared by reacting a source of 2,4-dimethylpentadienyl anions with a source of trivalent lutetium cations.
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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a semiconductor sensor device and more specifically relates to a MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) device into which structures are sealed in an airtight manner such as an inertial sensor such as an acceleration or angular velocity sensor measurin...
The purpose of the present invention is to improve the pressure resistance of a cavity in a semiconductor sensor device employing a resin package, and to do so without adversely affecting the embeddability of an electrically conductive member. The semiconductor sensor device has a gap 1 a sealed in an airtight mann...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/054,199 entitled “Device and Method for Cooling Solid Particles” filed Jan. 14, 2011 and being the national phase application of International patent application No. PCT/IL2009/000...
A cooling arrangement and system are provided for use in a process of producing brittle particles, and comprising: a first chamber having: a solid particles feed ingress means; a solid particles mixing means; and a solid particles egress means, and a second chamber comprising at least one cooling fluid discharging mean...
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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The invention relates to a handover control mechanism for a mobile communication system. In particular, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for triggering the seamless handover of an established connection from circuit switched over packet switched domain to circuit switche...
A method for initiating handover of a circuit switched service using a packet switched bearer of a mobile station ( 31 ) from a packet switched domain to a circuit switched MS eNodeB PMSC PCRF domain in a mobile communications network comprising a radio network and a core network, said method comprising communicating t...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION The invention described and claimed hereinbelow is also described in German Patent Application DE 10 2010 014 704.4 filed on Apr. 12, 2010. This German Patent Application, whose subject matter is incorporated here by reference, provides the basis for a claim of priority of i...
In a device and method for manufacturing preforms of fiber reinforced plastic, in a first step, continuously supplied fiber layers are laterally reshaped in a predetermined manner, and the section that is obtained is curved longitudinally in a specific manner in a second step.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screw groove type vacuum pump, and a complex pump and a vacuum pump system both of which include the screw groove type vacuum pump. More specifically, the present invention relates to a screw groove type vacuum pump, a ...
A screw groove-type pump has a rotor member mounted for undergoing rotation, a stator member arranged so as to be coaxial with the rotor member and having a peripheral wall disposed opposite to and spaced-apart from a circumferential wall of the rotor member, an inlet port for introducing gas into a space between the c...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention generally relates to material displacement apparatus and, in a preferred embodiment thereof, more particularly relates to apparatus for releasably coupling a replaceable excavation tooth point to an associated adapter nose structure. A variety of types of ma...
A replaceable excavating tooth point is telescoped onto an adapter nose and releasably retained thereon by an elongated, flat connector member having an untapered side periphery. The connector member longitudinally extends through aligned point and connector openings and blocks forward removal of the point from the ada...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a tubular jacket for an absorber tube of a solar energy collector, especially a parabolic trough collector. The invention also relates to a parabolic trough collector for solar energy and a receiver tube for it. A known parabolic trough collector ...
The parabolic trough collector includes a single-axis parabolic mirror ( 1 ) and a receiver tube ( 2 ) arranged at the focal point (F) of the parabolic mirror ( 1 ). The receiver tube ( 2 ) includes an absorber tube ( 4 ) and an outer tubular glass jacket ( 3 ) around it. To compensate for focusing errors in the parabo...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is related to the copending application Ser. No. 707,616, filed Mar. 4, 1985, entitled "Current Limiting Solenoid Operated Circuit Breaker", of Y. K. Chien, W. V. Bratkowski, and J. A. Wafer; and Ser. No. 707,632, filed Mar. 4, 1985, entitled "Re...
A circuit breaker for use in remote load energy management systems and characterized by an insulating housing including opposite side walls, end walls and edge walls with a circuit breaker structure contained therein; a manual operator including a handle extending through an edge wall for actuating the structure betwee...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to a moulding tool for a machine for processing glass or other plastic material, the tool comprising at least one mould middle section divided into middle section parts, and an operating device having members each carrying with clearance a respective one of the mo...
A moulding tool for a machine for moulding plastic material, especially molten glass, comprises at least one mould middle section divided into a plurality of middle section parts, and operating means having members each carrying with clearance a respective one of the mould middle section parts for opening and closing m...
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TECHNICAL FIELD This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/945,319 filed Sep. 15, 1992, by the same inventor now U.S. Pat. No. 5,354,743. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a method for reducing or relieving symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome (“P...
The present invention is directed to a method for treating symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome. The method comprises administering to an individual in need of treatment an amount of a combination of elemental calcium and vitamin D effective to reduce the symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome.
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BACKGROUND [0001] The present disclosure is related in general to wellsite equipment such as oilfield surface equipment, downhole assemblies, and the like. [0002] The present disclosure relates generally to pump down conveyance of wireline and/or slickline tools including, but not limited to, th...
A cable that includes outer cable jacketing located about a conductor layer. The conductor layer includes cable elements that are resistant to compression and a plurality of compression-resistant members.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of pending International Application No. PCT/EP2015/055580 filed on Mar. 17, 2015 and now published as WO 2015/140180, which designates the United States and claims priority from German Application No. 10 2014 103 666.2 filed o...
A door handle with a door-side output shaft 17 and a handle 10 facing away from the door, said output shaft and handle having a common rotational axis 2 and being connected via an electromechanical clutch, may be particularly compact and may have a particularly low energy intake for shifting the clutch by providi...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention generally relates to computers, in particular, to computer systems with a storage housing for its keyboard. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The computer has become an indispensable electronic machine for the industrialized world. In particular, computers are us...
A computer system has a keyboard storage portion and carrier. The computer system may be a personal computer capable of generating a control signal. A keyboard holding carrier slides in and out of a processing housing. This enables selective positioning of a keyboard within the processing housing. A drive mechanism imp...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, and in particular the prevention and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in humans as well as other animals through the use of avian polyclonal antibody therapy. BACKGROUN...
Methods are described for treating inflammatory bowel disease in animals, including humans. Specific avian polyclonal antibodies directed to TNF are shown to have a beneficial effect in animal models predictive of human therapy for the treatment of colitis.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/982,790, filed Oct. 26, 2007, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates to pharmaceutic...
A pharmaceutical composition comprising licarbazepine acetate, especially eslicarbazepine acetate, in combination with suitable excipients, in particular a binder, and a disintegrant. Also disclosed is a granulation process, especially a wet granulation process, for making the pharmaceutical composition.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a unit, particularly for floating point operations, having input and output devices which form the transition to data paths, control devices and devices for the simultaneous processing of data words, or parts of a data word, which represent characters and numb...
An arithmetic unit, particularly for floating point operations, is provided in which numeric words with n digits, shifted by any desired number of digits, can be taken, in one step with a duration independent of the extent of the shift, from a shift array which is constructed from tri-state elements in a triangular mat...
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STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST The inventions described herein may be manufactured, used and licensed by or for the U.S. Government for U.S. Government purposes. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates in general to wells and in particular to initiating flow from a well. To initiate the fl...
Various shaped charges and methods of operation produce multiple jets in various profiles by employing multiple initiation points to address various earthen formations and producing different types of perforations in well bores. The shaped charge device includes a configuration of components wherein multiple detonation...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to plumbing installations, and more particularly, to boxes for use in attaching the water supply hoses and drain hose of a washing machine to corresponding boiler drain valves and a drain line mounted in a wall. 2. Des...
A forwardly opening low profile washing machine outlet box configured so that it can be stamped as a unitary piece of sheet metal comprises a back wall having an upper vertical section and a lower downwardly extending forwardly sloping section, a forwardly extending peripheral wall integral with and extending forwardly...
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RELATED APPLICATION INFORMATION [0001] This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/445,731, entitled “RFID Switch Tag,” filed Feb. 28, 2017, which is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/578,196, entitled “RFID Switch Tag,” filed Dec. 19, 2014, now U.S...
Various embodiments of RFID switch devices are disclosed herein. Such RFID switch devices advantageously enable manual activation/deactivation of the RF module. The RFID switch device may include a RF module with an integrated circuit adapted to ohmically connect to a substantially coplanar conductive trace pattern, as...
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DESCRIPTION The invention relates to a layout for connecting two adjacent platforms of a turbomachine, as well as to a seal designed for use in said layout. Turbomachine designs are often found in which certain elements such as the nozzles of the stator are made up of an assembly of parts which are themselv...
A layout for connecting two platforms of a turbomachine which support blades. A common clearance between the blades is occupied by a seal which includes a core placed in channels under the surface of the platforms and strips which close off the clearance and which are embedded in a layer of easily eroded material. Not ...
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FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE [0001] The present disclosure is generally directed toward illumination devices and systems. BACKGROUND [0002] Light-emitting diode (LED) lighting has become widely available to replace compact fluorescent lights (CFL) and incandescent products. LED lighting provide...
A downlight auxiliary ring device and method of control and use of same is disclosed. Specifically, the downlight auxiliary ring device, comprising light-emitting diodes, allows a dimmable and reduced-glare reflected downlight. It is also an aspect of the present disclosure to provide easy-to-implement and cost-effecti...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for the manufature of integrated electronic devices, in particular high voltage P-channel MOS transistors, and specifically for the manufacture of integrated circuits comprising a MOS transistor of the above specified type and another device ha...
This method, requiring a smaller number of masking steps with respect to the known methods, comprises boron implant on the surface of an epitaxial layer, without masking, and arsenic implant in predetermined locations of the epitaxial layer surface by means of an appropriate mask. A subsequent thermal treatment then le...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a fabric tensioning device for stretching work fabric in the sewing location of a sewing machine. 2. Description of Related Art Devices for tensioning a piece of tube-like fabric, such as a material for socks and wris...
The present invention provides a fabric tensioning device for stretching fabric on a sewing machine. The fabric tensioning device includes a cylindrical frame having a window extending in a longitudinal direction. A fabric clamping member clamps down the cloth material against the frame for presenting the material to t...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/113,262, filed May 1, 2008; which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/093,152, filed Mar. 29, 2005. This application relates to commonly-owned, co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 11/0...
A method and apparatus for supporting cache coherency in a multiprocessor computing environment having multiple processing units, each processing unit having one or more local cache memories associated and operatively connected therewith. The method comprises providing a snoop filter device associated with each process...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a semiconductor laser, and more particularly to a semiconductor laser having a so-called simplified antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide (hereinafter referred to as S-ARROW) structure,...
Disclosed is a semiconductor laser having an S-ARROW structure confining a basic lateral mode light between a pair of guide layers extending with a gap therebetween, which increases a precision of a shape of a guide portion, and is capable of stably emitting a light in the basic lateral mode. In the semiconductor laser...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the priority of provisional application Serial No. 60/127,691, filed Apr. 5, 1999, and is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/542,176 filed Apr. 4, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,336,379. These applications are hereby incorporated herein by referenc...
A drive combination that is disclosed that is particularly suited for use in automobiles constructed to engage in acceleration racing. The drive combination includes a torque converter drive unit that is driven by an engine, and a countershaft transmission that that is driven by the torque converter drive unit. The dis...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to self-contained bathroom units, and particularly to bathroom units which may be conveniently installed in either new or preexisting building structures, at or above floor level, and above or below sewage drain facilities. It is well-known to constr...
A self-contained bathroom unit including a rigid L-shaped tank enclosure and a toilet attached thereto, the enclosure having a sewage ejector pump located therein and float level detection mechanism for actuating the sewage ejector pump, and attachable basin mounting mechanism, and connections for water inlets, sewage ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention pertains generally to the precision measurement of electromagnetic fields and more specifically to a two-dimensional imager for measuring the electric-field amplitude and phase distribution across an extended spatial region. 2. Descr...
A two-dimensional imager for measuring the electric-field amplitude and phase distribution across an extended spatial region for millimeter and microwave electro-magnetic waves. The imager consists of a small active area within a generally passive structure which measures the electric (E)-field amplitude and phase info...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a method for compensating for a voltage offset in a voltage-lambda characteristic curve in relation to a reference voltage-lambda characteristic curve of the two-point lambda sensor, the two-point lambda sensor being situated in the exhaust gas o...
A method is described for compensating for a voltage offset in a voltage-lambda characteristic curve of a two-point lambda sensor in relation to a reference voltage-lambda characteristic curve of the two-point lambda sensor, the two-point lambda sensor being situated in an exhaust duct of an internal combustion engine....
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to a switching power conversion system such as DC-AC (Direct Current-Alternating Current), DC-DC or AC-AC conversion systems or any combination of the above mentioned. More specifically, the invention relates to startup pop elimination in an audio amplifie...
A switching power conversion system and a method for start-up pop minimization in an audio amplifier assembly are disclosed. The switching power conversion system comprises a forward path including a compensator, a switching power stage and a demodulation filter. The system further comprises a DC-servo and a pre-chargi...
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This application is a 371 application of PCT/EP01/10107, filed Aug. 29, 2001. TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates generally to plasma display panels and their construction. Specifically, the invention relates to a plasma screen comprising a front plate which comprises a glass plate on which a d...
A plasma display panel having a structured black matrix ( 8 ) which is coated with a reflecting layer ( 9 ) on the side turned away from the viewer. Visible light incident from outside is absorbed by the black matrix ( 8 ) and light incident from inside is reflected by the reflecting layer ( 9 ). This enhances the LCP ...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is related to Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-189344, filed on Jul. 10, 2006, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to p...
A rotational power transfer device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The rotational power transfer device includes a first rotary member and a second rotary member. The first rotary member has an inner periphery formed with a solid lubricating layer composed of a chemical film and molybdenum disulfid...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method and an assembly for injection moulding and, more specifically, such a method comprising introduction, under pressure, of a melt into a cavity defined by two mould halves of a mould, and a corresponding assembly. BACKGROUND ART Injection mouldi...
A method for injection moulding, comprising introducing, under pressure, a melt into a cavity ( 14 ) defined by two mould halves ( 10, 11 ) of a mould ( 6 ). The method is characterized by the steps of joining the mould halves ( 10, 11 ), for definition of said cavity ( 14 ), by moving at least one of the mould halves ...
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This application is a 371 of PCT/IB2006/002436 filed on Sep. 5, 2006, published on Mar. 15, 2007 under publication number WO 2007/029092 A1 which claims priority benefits from French Patent Application Number 05 09123 filed Sep. 7, 2005, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF T...
The invention concerns a parking lot at least partly automatic comprising at least one floor ( 1; 1 a, 1 b ) including parking lanes ( 4 ) separated by lateral boundaries ( 5 ), characterized in that each parking lane ( 4 ) comprises one or more driving means ( 7 ) to drive a vehicle in the longitudinal directio...
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FIELD OF INVENTION [0001] The invention concerns the use of bleaching solutions. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Raw cotton (gin output) is dark brown in colour due to the natural pigment in the plant. The cotton and textile industries recognise a need for bleaching cotton prior to its ...
The present invention concerns bleaching of substrates with an aqueous solution of a water soluble salt of a preformed transition metal catalyst together with hydrogen peroxide.
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of International Application PCT/EP2013/067404 filed on Aug. 21, 2013 claiming priority from German patent application DE 10 2012 107 729.0 filed on Aug. 22, 2012, both of which are incorporated in their entirety by this reference. ...
A grinding device, in particular a vertical mill for grinding a grinding material, the grinding device including at least two grinding elements that are movable relative to one another, wherein the two grinding elements together form at least one grinding portion in which the grinding material is grindable by the two g...
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This application claims the benefit of 60/349,619 filed Jan. 22, 2002. BACKGROUND 1. Field The present invention relates to roofing clips and more particularly to such clips that are applied to secure metal roofing panels. 2. Prior Art Typically, metal roofing panels are secured to roof using rela...
A roof panel clip that extends ten feet in length rather than the usual prior art one to two inches, enabling the clip to span the distance between two purlins to support roof panels over these distances. The extended length of the clip enables it to provide greater strength against uplift loads than that which was pos...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for stabilizing soil and reducing the possibility of structural damage to foundations used to support buildings and dwellings. More particularly, this invention relates to an apparatus for controlling soil mo...
The present invention is a moisture stabilization control system used to prevent structural damage to foundations resulting from forces exerted by the expansion and contraction of underlying soil. Stress sensors are employed to monitor the stress applied against the foudnation. When abnormal amounts of stress are sense...
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[0001] This patent application claims priority to provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/073,021 filed Jun. 16, 2008 and to provisional patent applications Ser. No. 61/097,456 filed Sep. 16, 2008. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention is in the field of torque hubs used to supp...
A compact gear reducer electric motor assembly with an internal brake disclosed and claimed wherein a high speed electric motor is interconnected with a gear reducer having substantial gear reduction. The assembly includes a spindle, a brake mounted substantially within said high speed electric motor and operable again...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application. No. 61/213,539, filed on Jun. 18, 2009 in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. FIEL...
A system and method of dynamically altering the encoding, structure or other attribute of a cryptographic key, typically a license activation key, to render useless keys that have been created by illegal key generation “cracks”. An encoding/decoding engine provides a plurality of key obfuscation algorithms that may alt...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-170622, filed Aug. 4, 2011, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. BACKGROUND The present disclosure relates to a sewing machine that can perform sewing...
An apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions therein, wherein the computer-readable instructions instruct the sewing machine to execute steps comprising acquiring image data including one or more characters, extracting, from acquired image data, one or...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/598,926, filed Feb. 9, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,670,545, which is incorporated in its entirety by reference herein FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method f...
Bucillamine and N-2,2-dimethyl-3-mercaptopropionyl)-L-cysteine or related compounds can be used to prevent damage to living tissue from the formation or presence of reactive oxygen species. These reactive oxygen species are formed when tissue is first rendered hypoxic due to interruption of blood flow and then reoxygen...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/584,130 filed on Jan. 6, 2012, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety and for all purposes. BACKGROUND Semiconductor and other thin ...
Provided are adaptive heat transfer methods and systems for uniform heat transfer to and from various types of workpieces, such as workpieces employed during fabrication of semiconductor devices, displays, light emitting diodes, and photovoltaic panels. This adaptive approach allows for reducing heat transfer variation...
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 555,528 filed Nov. 28, 1983, now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to an apparatus for determining the alignment accuracy of an ophthalmic instrument, and in particular to an appa...
An ophthalmic instrument for effecting eye measurement with an eye-measuring target mark projected onto an eye to be examined, includes a photodetector provided at a position optically conjugate with the position of the corneal reflection image of the eye-measuring target mark to thereby determine the quality of the ac...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 62/491,258, titled “AUTOMATED CONTACT CENTER AGENT MOBILE DEVICE CLIENT INFRASTUCTURE TESTING” and filed on Apr. 28, 2017, and is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No...
An automated contact center agent mobile device client infrastructure testing system comprising a mobile device command repository is disclosed. The system also has a mobile device control module that retrieves mobile device commands from the repository, receives instructions, data, and parameters for contact center de...
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CROSS-REFERENCE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE This application is a 371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2012/054700, filed on Mar. 16, 2012, which, in turn, claims priority to German Application No. DE 20 2011 100627.5, filed on May 12, 2011, and to German Application No. DE 20 2011 101599.1, filed on May...
This invention relates to an offshore supporting structure ( 1 ) for wind energy installations with multiple, preferably six, specifically tubular piles ( 2 ) that can be anchored in the seabed, and a latticework structure ( 4 ) assembled from multiple bars, specifically steel tubes ( 14 ). Pursuant to the invention, w...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates generally to an image sensor, and more particularly, to a photo detector device capable of detecting an image input from a stylus, pen, torch or a shadow. [0002] With the rapid development in the high-tech industry, pen tablets hav...
A photo detector device includes a photosensitive transistor capable of detecting an optical signal including an image component and a background component and converting the optical signal into a current including an image current corresponding to the image component and a background current corresponding to the backg...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 06/713,116 filed Mar. 18, 1985. now abandoned. This invention relates to prostacyclin derivatives and to a process for preparing them. More particularly the invention rela...
The present invention describes allenic prostacyclin derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: n is 0, 1, or 2; R 1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable cation; R 2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, halogen, phenyl, alkylthio, phenylthio, alkylsulfinyl, phenylsulf...
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BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION The present invention relates, in general terms, to torsion-damping devices comprising at least two coaxial parts mounted rotatably relative to one another within the limits of a specific angular movement and against the action of elastic means designed to act circumferentially between...
A torsion-damping device of the kind comprising two rotary parts capable of limited relative angular displacement with elastic means interposed circumferentially between the two rotary parts, incorporates an elastically deformable arm extending between two bearing elements one of which is fixed in rotation to one of th...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority to copending U.S. provisional application entitled, “Fibreboard Sheets With Vacuum Breaking Perforations,” having Ser. No. 60/234,729, filed Sep. 22, 2000, which is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD...
A perforated palletizing sheet 10 and method for forming such palletizing sheets 10 for receiving, handling, storing and shipping unitized loads. The method includes placing at least one perforation 18 in a upper surface 14 of the palletizing sheet 10 . The size, shape, number, and placement of perforations 1...
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This is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/876,509 filed on Jun. 7, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,735,155, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/834,715 filed on Apr. 1, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,252,838. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present i...
An information recording apparatus includes: a unit for applying a predetermined processing to record information divided into error correction units and generating processed record information including a plurality of record units; and a unit for recording the processed record information on an information record medi...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Materials suitable for such applications as electrical insulation, heat insulation, sound insulation, and decorative building elements consisting essentially of ceramic fibers bonded into an article of a desired geometry utilizing an organic or inorganic binder have been marketed comme...
The present invention is directed to the production of articles exhibiting high mechanical strengths which are relatively insensitive to changes in relative humidity. The articles consist essentially of organic and/or inorganic fibers and a binder, the binder being composed of the product of reaction between an organic...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/466,301 entitled “Connection Mechanism”, filed May 8, 2012. The entire contents of the above mentioned application are hereby specifically incorporated by reference in their entirety. ...
A connection mechanism between two components may use one or more metallic pins that are magnetically extended when the components are engaged, and a sloped groove that retracts and unlocks the pins when the components are rotated. The components are locked in place by the pins during engagement. Disengagement may be p...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention in general relates to a prime mover based upon a centrifugal reverse flow disk turbine, which is applicable to steam, gas, water, and air turbines, and a method to yield a rotational power thereby. 2. Related Art In conventiona...
A centrifugal reverse flow disk turbine for power generation, comprising; a) a turbine shaft; b) a disk rotor disposed on said turbine shaft; c) a housing, having said turbine shaft and said disk rotor, bearings, seal devices, and at least one jet nozzle means; d) a plurality of radially engraved channel for transporti...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority from German Patent Application Nos. 103 389 47.4 dated 25 Aug. 2003 and 10 2004 033 509.5 dated 10 Jul. 2004, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to a card top...
In an arrangement at a carding machine for cotton, synthetic fibres and the like, at least one card top bar has a carrier and card top clothing. The card top clothing is fastened to the card top bar carrier and is positioned opposite to the clothing of a roller, e.g. the cylinder, and at least the regions of the clothi...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to millwork building construction members, and more particularly to an improved member of that type and to a method of fabricating such a member. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The term millwork refers to formed building construction members that are often ra...
A millwork building construction member of rabbeted construction such as a doorjamb which includes a core to which a thin bendable exterior skin is bonded. The core is a non-lumber wood material such as composition board that has been folded after V-shaped grooves have been cut and the skin has been affixed. The skin i...
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RELATED APPLICATION DATA [0001] This patent application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/754,919, filed May 29, 2007 (U.S. Pat. No. 7,460,726), which is a continuation of Ser. No. 10/277,617, filed Oct. 21, 2002 (U.S. Pat. No. 7,224,819). The 10/277,617 application is a continuation-i...
The presently claimed invention relates generally to content identification, such as deriving identifiers from content itself. One claim recites a method including: using a processor, deriving first information from audio elements of an audio signal; using a processor, deriving second information from data representing...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a process for producing a laminated sheet comprising an alumina fiber precursor spun out from a spinning solution containing an aluminum compound. More particularly, it relates to a process for producing a laminated sheet comprising an alumina fiber pre...
The present invention relates to a process for producing a laminated sheet comprising an alumina fiber precursor, which process comprises spinning out an alumina fiber precursor from a solution mainly comprising an aluminum compound, falling and stacking said alumina fiber precursor on the surface of an accumulator to ...
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This application is a continuation-in-part application of my prior application Ser. No. 455,897 filed Mar. 28, 1974, now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to machinery for the production of ornamentally patterned pile fabrics, and particularly to the fo...
Pile fabric is produced by needling in an ornamental pattern a pile layer of loose fibers through the back or nonvisible side of a fabric backing web which is intermittently passed with its back side up through a series of needling stations comprising needles disposed in a particular arrangement to form the fibers into...
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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATION Not Applicable STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT Not Applicable BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention The invention relates to dust separating apparatus, particularly but not exclusively to dust se...
The invention provides dust separating apparatus (10) including a cyclone (14) having an outer wall (14a) and an air inlet (12), a shroud (16) and an airflow path, the airflow path being arranged so as to direct an airflow flowing, in use, in the dust separating apparatus into the cyclone (14) via the air inlet (12) an...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) AND CLAIM OF PRIORITY [0001] The present application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. section 119(a) of Japanese Patent Application filed in the Japan Patent Office on Jul. 4, 2007 and assigned serial number 2007 - 176029 , the disclosure of which is incorporated ...
To provide a friction material with an excellent balance for both service brake and parking brake usage that satisfies the required performance for the service brake and improves the static coefficient of friction for the parking brake. The friction material comprising a fibrous base material, a friction modifier, and ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates generally to an acoustic detection system, and, more particularly, to a system which is sensitive to sounds outside the frequency range of human hearing to enable a user to enhance his hearing capability. It is often required in police surveillance and milit...
Apparatus for enhancing human hearing includes a pair of parallel-connected directional microphone elements responsive to frequencies ranging from below the audible frequency range to above the audible frequency range, the microphone elements facing in opposite directions and mounted in a parabolic reflector. The micro...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention: The present invention relates to a logic circuit, and more particularly to an ECL (Emitter Coupled Logic) circuit suitable for being formed in a semiconductor substrate. 2. Description of the Prior Art: The ECL circuit in the prior art is fo...
A logic circuit such as an emitter coupled logic includes a current switch section formed of transistors and resistors and comparing an input signal with a reference voltage and an output section formed of at least a transistor and a resistor and producing an output signal in response to the comparison result, the resi...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS The present invention was first described in and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/903,477, filed Nov. 13, 2013, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally t...
A flood gate system for a doorway utilizes a frame having a slide panel guide located at lateral and bottom edges thereof. A slide panel is slidably adjusted within the slide guides. The slide panel guides, perimeter edges of the frame, and bottom of the slide panel are provided with seals to provide a waterproof abutm...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to port collars for use in a tubular string. Specifically, the invention relates to a two-position port collar which can be repeatedly opened and closed and securely retained in each position. 2. Background of the Rela...
The present invention generally provides a port collar assembly comprising a housing and a sleeve disposed therein. The sleeve is moveable between a first or opened and a second or closed position relative to the housing. In the closed position, the port collar prevents communication of the fluid between the exterior a...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to surgical drapes and more particularly to a surgical drape specifically adapted to be used in certain endourological procedures, specifically nephroscopy, nephrolithotomy and nephrolithotripsy procedures. PRIOR ART Surgical drapes are customarily ...
A surgical drape for endourological procedures is disclosed. The drape has a plurality of tube holders on the surface of the drape, a fluid collection bag with strips to hold the bag open during the procedure, and a fenestration specifically adapted for endourological procedures.
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BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an identification bracelet, and more particularly, to a disposable hospital identification bracelet with which a photograph or other pictorial likeness the wearer may readily be associated. In conventional modern-day hospital practice, when a patient ...
An identification bracelet has a band portion and an enclosure for a likeness of the wearer having an outwardly facing transparent portion, and a closure member adapted for snap closing of the enclosure. A second enclosure is provided for other identifying indicia. The enclosures and closure members are preferably inte...
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This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 493,759 which was filed on Mar. 15, 1990 and which has now been abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE The present disclosure is directed to a diaper for incontinent dogs, both male and female. Moreover, it is adapted for use with...
A canine diaper is set forth and is comprised of three sheets of material. The outer sheet is a thin flexible waterproof sheet, the next sheet is an absorbent pad of multi-plyed construction, and the inner sheet is porous, and the diaper is shaped with a central tail hole in a strip which extends from the tail above an...
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/296,666, filed on Jun. 7, 2001. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The field of this invention is packers or plugs which undergo large expansions to set, such as through tubing, followed by setting in casing or open hole. BACKGROUND OF THE INV...
A packing element, which is a composite structure, contains the sealing portion to minimize extrusion. The element is retained in tension when running in to minimize damage. In the preferred embodiment, a collapsing sleeve transfers setting force applied at one end, to the opposite end to avoid the problem of bunching ...
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[0001] This nonprovisional application claims priority to German Patent Application No. DE 10 2013 223 066.4, which was filed in Germany on Nov. 13, 2013, and which is herein incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present inv...
A thermally driven condenser unit and an adsorption heat plant constructed therewith, which can be used as an adsorption heat pump, adsorption refrigeration plant, heat store and/or refrigeration storage mechanism. The thermally driven condenser unit integrates a thermal compressor and a condenser in a modular componen...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to load frames and in more particularly to means for reacting side loads between the upper and lower cross heads or platens of a load frame. 2. PRIOR ART In the prior art, the assignee of the present invention, M...
A load frame used for testing purposes which includes means for reacting side loads between upper and lower cross heads of platens of a press or load frame.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an encapsulation for a high voltage interrupter. 2. Description of Related Art High voltage interrupters are typically mounted at the upper end of an epoxy or porcelain structure or encapsulation that includes...
An encapsulation for an interrupter includes a main body that includes an internal cavity; the internal cavity including a space at a first end thereof for the interrupter; the internal cavity including an internal wall extending from the interrupter space to a second end of the encapsulation; a surface at the second e...
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BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION 1. Field of the Present Invention The present invention relates to a technique for producing planar silicon on insulator MOS transistors, where the channel regions are created in an underlying single crystal silicon wafer, and where the source-drain extension regions are ...
The present invention is a technique for producing planar silicon on insulator MOS transistors, where the channel regions are created in an underlying single crystal silicon wafer, and where the source-drain extension regions are created by damascene patterning a thin film of amorphous silicon deposited on a layer of o...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/693,707, filed 27 Aug. 2012, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT This inv...
A method and apparatus for cooling hot gas streams in the temperature range 800° C. to 1600° C. using multi-stage circulating fluid bed (CFB) coolers is disclosed. The invention relates to cooling the hot syngas from coal gasifiers in which the hot syngas entrains substances that foul, erode and corrode heat transfer s...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a vehicular suspension interlock system to restrain suspension travel during a rear impact event. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Modern automotive vehicles typically have impact absorbing devices located in their rear areas to absorb impact forces a...
A vehicle having a suspension system that supports a vehicle frame has a suspension interlock for governing the distance that the suspension system may move away from the frame during a vehicular rear impact event, thereby channeling impact forces through the suspension system and into the vehicle frame. A flexible mem...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS/INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE [0001] [Not Applicable.] FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002] [Not Applicable] [MICROFICHE/COPYRIGHT REFERENCE] [0003] [Not Applicable] BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ...
A decoder for decompressing real-time media data streams and a method for operating such a decoder is disclosed. The decoder may comprise a relatively larger first memory for storing compressed data and parameters, and a processor for executing a decompression algorithm, the processor having a relatively smaller second...
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BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The instant invention relates to a process for piecing back to a spinning device operating with a pneumatic torsion element in which a yarn which is fed back to a drafting mechanism is brought together with a roving, as well as to a device to carry out the process. In...
For piecing to a spinning device operating with a pneumatic torsion element, yarn is fed back through the torsion element into a readiness position alongside a drafting mechanism, while the roving is stopped before the end of the drafting zone. The roving is then released, whereby the forward roving end which is leavin...
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This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/445,174 filed on Apr. 24, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,733,966. The specification of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/445,174 is hereby incorporated by reference. This application asserts priority of international application numbers PCT/NL98/00325, file...
The present invention relates generally to the field of human genetics, and more specifically to the detection of a specific type of germline mutations in the BRCA1 gene, which will predispose to breast and ovarian cancer. In addition, the invention relates to the molecular genetic mechanism that may have mediated the ...
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 751,337 filed Aug. 29, 1991 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,259,166 issued Nov. 9, 1993. The present invention relates to the art of converting a pitched roof into a potable water gathering system and more particularly to a method of applying a water gathering and chan...
A method and system for applying a water gathering and channeling roof covering onto the upper roof of a building, which roof is at least slightly pitched, wherein fully annealed sheets of at least 99% titanium with a thickness of less than 0.020 inches are preformed into roof pans with right hand and left hand edges t...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2007-49266, filed on May 21, 2007 and No. 2007-86874, filed on Aug. 29, 2007 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND ...
Disclosed herein are a washing machine that is capable of maintaining the balanced state of laundry to more smoothly perform a spin-drying operation and a control method thereof. The control method of the washing machine including a drum to receive laundry and a motor to rotate the drum to reduce unbalance generated du...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates to the emission of X rays, or of particles, particularly protons and electrons, and more particularly to the manufacturing of targets used in such an emission. BACKGROUND [0002] A known principle of X-ray generation comprises focusing a l...
A method of manufacturing a target for the generation of radiation of photons, protons or electrons by means of a laser, including: forming a support including first and second surfaces connected by openings, and forming in an enclosure a layer of material on the first surface by protecting the first surface with a pro...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of now abandoned application Ser. No. 700,337, filed June 28th, 1976, which, in turn, is a streamline continuation of application Ser. No. 557,811, filed on Mar. 28th, 1975, and now abandoned, and which, in turn, is a streamline co...
The device is positioned in a stack arranged above a location where coke quenching is performed. The coke quenching, which takes place below the stack, evolves steam and gases containing solid coke particles or dust, and which must be prevented from passing into the outside atmosphere. The steam and gases flow upwardly...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority benefit of and is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/829,086 filed on Jul. 1, 2010 incorporated herein by reference. This application also claims priority to U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/246,347, filed Sep. 28, 2009 also ...
Disclosed herein is a device which provides a safety measure to vehicles by utilizing the dead man (tether) switch, or other electrical connection, in combination with a valve and actuator, to keep oil from leaking out of the lubrication system of the vehicle in a rollover situation.
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