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TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a starch composition containing a high proportion of so-called "resistant starch" (RS). The composition of the resistant starch is further characterised by a specific chain length distribution of the RS-fraction and by a relatively low specific Differential... | The present invention discloses that retrograded starch having more than 55% resistant starch with >50% chains of DP 10-35 gives rise to a significantly higher amount of n-butyrate production under conditions simulating the human colon. It is expected that such an increased n-butyrate production will diminish the de... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/762,745, filed Jun. 13, 2007, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/302,804, filed Nov. 21, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,331,967, which claims benefit of priority from U.S. application Ser. No. 60/40... | A medical system and surgical instrument adapter are provided. The medical system comprises a surgical instrument carrying a distal tool configured for performing a medical procedure on a patient, an adapter having a clam-shell configuration configured for removably receiving a proximal end of the surgical instrument, ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a device incorporated in the exhaust system of an automotive or similar internal combustion engine for purifying exhaust gases emanating from the engine and, more particularly, to an exhaust purifying device of the type u... | An exhaust purifying device for reducing toxic components contained in an exhaust emanating from an internal combustion engine. The device has a casing connected at both ends thereof to an exhaust system extending from the engine, and a core received in the casing and provided with a honeycomb structure constituted by ... | 5 |
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/398,161, filed Apr. 4, 2006, and claims the priority of provisional patent application Nos. 60/708,206, filed Aug. 15, 2005, and 60/668,022, filed Apr. 4, 2005, the entire contents of each of which is incorporated herein by ref... | The invention provides a homogeneous composition comprising a hemostatically effective amount of a charged oxide, wherein the composition has an isoelectric point, as measured in calcium chloride, below 7.3 or above 7.4. Typically, the charged oxide is selected from the group consisting of silaceous oxides, titanium ox... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The practice is known (West German Pat. No. 1.287.484) of measuring the thickness of the silver before the draft zone and according to the measured values to adjust in the axial direction pins carried on a disc defining a continuous circulating store. The positions of the pins relative... | A method and apparatus for automatically leveling a band of fibers such as sliver, roving and the like by varying the drafting speed of a drafting mechanism responsive to variations in the thickness of the band. Analogue signals are produced by variations in the thickness of the band and are converted to digital signal... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of co-pending U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/820,711, filed on Jul. 28, 2006; 60/823,571, filed on Aug. 25, 2006; 60/825,359, filed on Sep. 12, 2006; and 60/868,233, filed on Dec. 1, 2006. The disclosures of th... | An apparatus and method for receiving wireless signals couples an antenna input of a receiver to a human body and receives a signal conducting from said body. Impedance matching circuitry lessens signal power loss at the antenna input. Parameters of the impedance matching circuitry can be adjusted based on a detected i... | 7 |
This is a divisional of copending application Ser. No. 08/135,046 filed on Oct. 12, 1993.
This invention relates to the treatment of organic materials stored in large flexible storage bags and more particularly to the placement of conduits inside the bags to be used as desired to treat the stored materi... | A method and apparatus for treating bagged materials. A bagging machine is equipped with feed tubes that feed a conduit through a bag filling tunnel of the machine and through the open end of the bag and into the bag. The conduit is perforated and when the bag is filled, the length of the conduits is extended out throu... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a perforator for use in perforating and fracturing well completions particularly, although not exclusively, perforators for use in tubing conveyed perforating guns for explosively perforating a well-bore casing, or perforating guns lowered on a slick line fo... | A composite material case ( 19 ) and liner ( 21 ) is described for use in a perforator ( 17 ) for completing wells such as oil, gas and water wells ( 1 ). The materials selected are intended to exhibit stability during prolonged periods at the raised temperatures and pressures present in a well ( 1 ). | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a device and a corresponding method for mechanically deforming cells.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The past decade has seen substantial growth in research into how changes in the biochemical and biophysical properties of ... | The present invention relates to a device for mechanically deforming cells comprising: a cell holding element ( 33 ) for holding a cell ( 32 ) in a cell holding zone, a micro-actuator ( 31 ) for applying a force on the held cell ( 32 ), wherein said micro-actuator ( 31 ) can be electrically, thermally, photonically or ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a 371 National Stage Application of PCT/EP2012/003450, filed Aug. 13, 2012. This application claims the benefit of European Application No. 11007232.9, filed Sep. 6, 2011, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
... | A device and a corresponding system for reading X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor plate includes a reading device for irradiating the storage phosphor plate with stimulation light and for detecting emission light stimulated in the storage phosphor plate, and a conveyance device for conveying the storage ph... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This Application claims the benefit of Ser. No. 13/611,030, filed Sep. 12, 2012 which is presently pending; and Ser. No. 11/427,490, filed Jun. 29, 2006, which is now U.S. Pat. No. 8,287,667.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the treatment of the ... | A number of variations may include a brake rotor having a surface oxide layer and methods of making the same. | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a handbrake compensator for braking devices on the wheels to be used in modern motor vehicles as a safety device.
Handbrake compensators used as safety devices in motor vehicles are known. Special conditions of the assembly process on the lines of... | A handbrake compensator for a motor vehicle includes a support having a tubular body receiving a spring and two opposing flanges. The support is connected to a load distributor element which transmits load from a primary cable to a secondary cable connected to a wheel. The load distributor element has two opposing wing... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/DE2004/000844, filed Apr. 23, 2004, and which claims priority to German Patent Application No. 103 18 963.7, filed Apr. 26, 2003. The disclosures of these applications are incorporated herein by refer... | The invention relates to an internal combustion engine which can be operated with at least two fuels that have different knock resistance and which comprises at least one cylinder in which combustion of the fuel takes place cyclically. Said engine is provided with a dosing system for feeding a controlled quantity of fu... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of an earlier filing date from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/144,508 filing date Jul. 19, 1999.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to downhole oil field tools... | Extrusion resistant inflatable tool having a biaxially oriented woven material disposed about at least one elastomeric element of the inflatable tool and radially inwardly of a rib structure of the inflatable tool. The woven material prevents extrusion of the elastomeric element between individual ribs of the ribs stru... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to an air and gas mixing valve for a water heater, and particularly to an air and gas mixing valve for a water heater which controls the amount of gas and air supplied to the burner provided in a water heater for a more efficient control of the heat quanti... | A dual venturi having a tubular part having primary and secondary passageways, wherein a primary gas inlet is provided on the side wall of the primary passageway; a body part, for opening/closing the flow of secondary air by rotating in horizontal plane and vertical plane directions, the horizontal plane direction bein... | 5 |
PRIOR PROVISIONAL APPLICATION
Applicant claims the benefit of the filing date of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/069,630, filed Dec. 15, 1997.
CROSS REFERENCE TO OTHER RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation in part application of Ser. No. 08/956,217, filed Oct. 22, 1997, now U.S. ... | An adsorbent package is provided for mounting to a filter or bleed nipple that is, in turn, attached to a bight tube or other fluid flow conduit in an auto or truck accumulator or receiver dryer. In a preferred form of the invention, a centrally disposed opening is provided in the adsorbent package and is surrounded by... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an automatic transport system for transporting articles by an automatic transport vehicle at an assembly location in a plant and the like without human attendance, and particularly to an au... | An object of the present invention is to improve the transportation efficiency of an automatic transport system for transporting an article. In order to attain the above object, the automatic transport system of the present invention comprises a front detecting device which detects an obstruction in a non-contact state... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Conventional curtains to be attached to a window side of a room are used solely for the specific purposes of providing an ornament for a room and obtaining an internal space of a room or securing privacy.
In ordinary practice, two curtain rails are employed and a single sheet of ... | A multilayered integral curtain comprising a first layer of curtain made of a comparatively thick woven fabric material or the like, a second layer curtain made of a comparatively thin woven fabric material, and a third layer of a comparatively thin fabric material such as lace, said first to third payers of curtain be... | 8 |
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[0001] Driver information systems are known in the form of vehicle navigation systems which output driving-direction information in acoustic and/or optical form to guide the driver of a vehicle along a previously calculated route to a destination. In order for the route to be calcul... | A driver information system for a motor vehicle having an operator control for operating the driver information system, a device for detecting travel of the motor vehicle, and a control for limiting and/or preventing an operation of the driver information system via the operator control in the case that motor vehicle t... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a proximity detonator for flying objects, particularly missiles, for combating flying targets with the use of information regarding the speed between detonator and flying target.
It is known that detonators in flying bodies used to combat flying t... | A proximity fuse, hereinafter called detonator for flying bodies, particularly missiles, to combat flying targets using speed information regarding the speed between detonator and target, wherein the firing of the detonator is initiated when the speed of approach v a and the relative speed v r differ by a firing valu... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a transfer line for the metal-cutting machining of workpieces, in which a plurality of machining stations comprising tools together with their drives and guides are arranged one after the other substantially in one plane and transfer devices convey the workpiec... | In a transfer line for the metal-cutting machining of workpieces, the transfer line including a plurality of machining stations arranged one after the other substantially in one plane. The workpieces are arranged in hanging fashion in such a way that clamping devices are arranged above the workpieces, thereby providing... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to a method and its apparatus for testing ionic conductivity. Particularly, it is a method for testing ionic conductivity from an electronic conductive material.
BACKGROUND TECHNIQUE
[0002] Electronic and ionic conductivity are one of the most ... | An ionic conductance measuring instrument comprising a voltage/current test device and a test electrode, in which the test electrode comprises a bulk substrate with four linearly arranged through holes, four Pt wires inserted in the through holes respectively with their upper ends exposed outside of the bulk and their ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 13/248,798 filed Sep. 29, 2011.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention is generally directed to farm implements and, more particularly, to a method and a... | A method and apparatus for automating some of the tasks that heretofore required operator action at headland turns or similar events are provided. The present invention automates operation of lift assist wheels and/or gull wings, such as those found on a stack-fold implement, based on the position of the tractor hitch ... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to shooting targets for use with handguns, shotguns, and rifles, and more particularly, to a rotary shooting target that has a plurality of impact paddle-like plates which define continually moving targets in response to being struck by bullets during u... | A vertical rotary shooting target having a stand with a horizontally extending axial which supports a rotary target structure. The vertical rotary target structure includes a hub rotatably mounted on the axial, a pair of target impact plates, and a support structure connecting the impact plates radially outwardly on di... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to enteric coatings for encapsulated orally ingestible compositions exemplified by pharmaceutical compositions, nutraceutical compositions, nutritional supplements, foodstuffs and the like. More particularly, this invention relates to enteric coating compo... | A suspendible enteric coating composition for encasing orally ingestible articles wherein the enteric coating composition comprises a pH-dependent polymer selected from a group containing alginates and alginic acids, a pH-independent water insoluble polymer selected from the group comprising ethylcellulose and ethylcel... | 2 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 698,019, filed Feb. 4, 1985, U.S. Pat. No. 4,659,815.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to novel chromogenic crown ethers and to the use of the ethers as reagents for the selective extraction and colorimetric determination of lithi... | Chromogenic aza-12-crown-4 ethers which can be used for the spectrophotometric determination of lithium ion in aqueous solutions are disclosed. The compounds of the invention are particularly useful for the analysis of Li + in the presence of Na + , a situation common in biological and geological systems. The compound... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a method of melting together the axial ends of bunched fibers of thermoplastic material, wherein the fiber ends are brought into contact with a heated surface of a stamp. The invention relates further to a device for attaching tufts of bristles for us... | In a method of melting together axial ends of bunched fibers of thermoplastic material, the fiber ends are brought into contact with the heated surface of a stamp. The body of the stamp is heated by controlling an electric current passing through it. In one embodiment the stamp is cooled by a flow of compressed air bef... | 0 |
FIELD
This invention relates to the field of integrated circuit manufacturing. More particularly the invention relates to the treatment of platens for rendering them more useful in dry etching processes.
BACKGROUND
It is desirable to reduce extraneous particulate matter in the environments in which in... | A platen for use in a dry etching process for substrate production, the platen having a surface susceptible to chipping and/or particle generation from the dry etching process and a coating applied to at least a portion of the surface for rendering the surface less susceptible to chipping and/or particle generation, th... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is in the general field of valves, more specifically faucet valves. The present invention concerns such valves that control the flow of fluids by the action of a rotatory stem that drives a seat-washer against a seat.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The rapid w... | The present invention provides a novel faucet with a non-circular slider assembly to which a resilient seat-washer is attached. In a preferable embodiment of the invention the slider assembly has a hexagonal cross-section. In embodiments of the invention the slider assembly is driven by a rotatory stem operated with a ... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is based upon and claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 10-357690, filed Dec. 16, 1998, the contents being incorporated herein by reference, and a continuation of PCT/JP99/03326 filed on Jun. 22, 1999.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENT... | A strap mounting space is formed around a boss formed on an upper cover and a lower cover which, when assembled together, form a case for an apparatus. One, or each, of the upper cover and the lower cover is/are formed integrally with a respective boss, preferably at each corner, so that the respective bosses at corres... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to soldering machines and methods and more particularly to an improved drag soldering machine and method for the soldering of through-hole printed wiring boards (PWB).
Soldering is widely employed for the fabrication of many different products, especially p... | The invention is an improved drag soldering machine for printed wiring boards (PWB) for providing a uniform vertical velocity at the point of separation between the solder and the PWBs. The improved drag soldering machine has a molten solder bath, an entry guide for directing the PWB to a horizontal position partially ... | 7 |
One of several synthetic procedures available for one-carbon homologation of monosaccharides is the addition of the elements of HCN to aldehydes to afford, generally, an epimeric pair of cyanohydrins, with subsequent reduction of the nitrile group of the latter under conditions where the formed imine is concurrently hy... | There is described a method of selectively and continuously converting a cyanohydrin to its corresponding aldehyde using as a catalyst zerovalent palladium dispersed on an organic polymeric resin with a surface area above 30 m 2 /g under highly acidic conditions where the formed imine is resistant to further reduction... | 2 |
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/189,704, filed Mar. 15, 2000.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing 4-substituted resorcinol derivatives.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIO... | The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing 4-substituted resorcinol derivatives, and intermediate compounds useful in the preparation of such resorcinol derivatives. | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/301,472 filed Jan. 26, 1989 now abandoned.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The field of art to which this invention pertains is electrodepositable compositions containing aminoplast resins... | A low cure cathodic electrodepositable resin is disclosed. The backbone of the resin is a polyepoxide amine adduct which is crosslinked with aminoplast resins and catalyzed by metal catalysts. The resin is capable of curing in a basic environment at a temperature below 150° C. The resin can be salted with an acid and c... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The reaction of amines with phosgene to produce isocyanates is well known. The reaction may be represented by the following general reaction: ##STR1## In the course of the reaction the intermediate carbamyl chloride is formed which has a tendency to react under normal reaction conditio... | The reaction of aromatic amines with phosgene takes place in the mixing zone of a plug flow reactor to form both the product isocyanate as well as the intermediate carbamyl chloride. The aromatic amine dissolved in an inert diluent is fed to the center portion of the plug flow reactor while the phosgene is fed to the a... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of automatically adjusting thread tension in a sewing machine.
The prior art belonging to this field will be explained in reference to the attached drawings. With respect to the thread tension, taking the tension of the upper thread, for ... | A method of automatically adjusting thread tension in a sewing machine including detecting changes of load subjected on the needle bar caused when the needle penetrates the fabric to be sewn and adjusting the electric driving part of the thread tension device in accordance with the values of the changing components of ... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/617,196, filed Jul. 9, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,938,857, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/457,053, filed Dec. 26. 1989, and issued Aug. 12, 2003 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,604,708.
This inve... | Methods and systems are provided for improving brake performance, including extending the life of carbon brakes on aircraft. One embodiment of the method comprises measuring the speed of the aircraft and the intensity of braking and comparing these to predetermined maximum values for each. If the values are both lower ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the art of pyrolytic deposition of metal oxide films, and more particularly to the pyrolytic deposition of metal oxide films from aqueous compositions of coating reactants.
The pyrolytic deposition of metal oxides onto a glass surface is... | A method is disclosed for depositing metal containing films using relatively water-insoluble coating reactants by dispersing said coating reactants in ultrafine powder form into an aqueous medium containing a wetting agent to form an aqueous chemical suspension. | 2 |
This application claims priority to International Patent Application PCT/SE2005/001834, filed 5 Dec. 2005, Publication No WO 2006/062454 A1, which claimed priority to Great Britain patent application 0426709.2 filed 6 Dec. 2004.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a data compression method... | A method for transmitting the value of a parameter in a compressed form, the method comprising the steps of: accepting successive numbers representing the value of a parameter; manipulating each number, the manipulation comprising placing the number in a form comprising a mantissa and an exponent, and defining a transm... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Pat. App. No. 61/585,038 filed Jan. 10, 2012, the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
This invention was not fede... | A cartridge system for dispensing substances into a washing machine is disclosed. One or more preferably different sized or shaped cartridges are located within removable drawers contained in a washing machine. Each cartridge contains a particular substance, such as laundry detergent, bleach, or fabric softener, that i... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a method editing a PLC program in a computer with a pointing device, especially to a method editing a PLC program in a computer with a pointing device, wherein the dragged source in a drag-and-dr... | A method edits a PLC program in a computer with a pointing device such as a mouse. When a drag-and-drop operation is detected, a dragged source is identified. When the dragged source is from libraries, the dragged source is optionally converted into an IEC61131-syntax program portion according to the type of the librar... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of curtain coating and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for establishing a uniform wetting line on the back surface of a curtain coating hopper lip.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The technique of curtain coating is w... | A movable trough is taught for establishing a uniform wetting line on the rear face of a curtain coating hopper lip. The trough can be pivoted or moved linearly into a position such that the hopper lip resides in or proximate to the movable trough. The curtain coating apparatus is then started and the coating solution ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
PRIOR ART
This invention relates to the manufacture of 8-methoxypsoralen and is directed to improvements in a process in which pyrogallol is converted to 8-methoxypsoralen in six unit process steps.
Lagercrantz, Acta Chemica Scandinavica Vol. 10, (1956) pp. 647-654 reports the ... | 8-Methoxypsoralen is prepared in six steps from pyrogallol including hydrogenation of .[.6,7-dihydroxy-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran.]. .Iadd.6,7-dihydroxycoumaranone .Iaddend.and dehydrogenation of .[.2,3.]. .Iadd.4',5'.Iaddend.-dihydroxanthotoxin. Improvements in these two steps lead to a marked overall increase in y... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Related Application
[0001] This application is a continuation of and co-owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/668,186, filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Sep. 22, 2000, by the inventors herein; which is a division of U.S. patent application ... | A drill steel for use in mine roof bolting operations. To eliminate or reduce the possibility of fracture in drill steels used in the roof bolting operations in mines the square or hexagonal surfaces of such drill steels or the elements such as couplings, collars, and recesses that are to be connected to drill steels a... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 98111842, filed on Apr. 9, 2009. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of specification.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIO... | A packaging process of a light emitting diode (LED) is provided. First, an LED chip is bonded with a carrier to electrically connect to each other. After that, the carrier is heated to raise the temperature thereof. Next, an encapsulant is formed on the heated carrier by a dispensing process to encapsulate the LED chip... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an aluminum alloy material with superior corrosion resistance, and to a plate heat exchanger using the aluminum alloy material in or as a heat transfer unit that uses a corrosive fluid, such as s... | Disclosed are an aluminum alloy material and a plate heat exchanger using the aluminum alloy material, both of which have superior corrosion resistance. Specifically, the aluminum alloy material includes an aluminum alloy base material having an anodic oxide layer with an average thickness of 1 to 20 μm as its surface ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to networked services, and relates more particularly to admission control decisions made in respect of the provision of networked application services.
BACKGROUND
An existing admission control strategy used in the provision of web-hosting ... | Prediction-based online admission control for incoming jobs has an explicit objective of optimizing a utility function. The input to an algorithmic procedure is a set of requests made in respect of a network service. Each request has information about the length of the request. An output of the algorithmic procedure is... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method for improving the transient thermal properties of air-lubricated hydrostatic bearings for the main spindles of lathes, machining centers, turning centers, and other precision machine tools.
2. Prior Art Statement ... | A method for improving the transient thermal properties of hydrostatic air main spindles for precision machine tools comprises the steps of installing an entire precision machine tool that has a main spindle with an air-lubricated hydrostatic bearing in a temperature-controlled constant-temperature environment, and rai... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a medicine comprising a mixture of a prostaglandin compound and a nitric oxide (hereinafter referred to as “NO”) donating compound that is effective in the treatment of ocular hypertension and glaucoma.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] ... | It is intended to provide medicines having a higher ocular tension-lowering effect on ocular hypertension and glaucoma. Because of showing an excellent effect of lowering ocular tension, medicines comprising a combination of a prostaglandin compound with an NO-donating compound are useful in treating ocular hypertensio... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the manufacture of an aqueous slow-setting bitumen-aggregate mix suitable for cold paving of roads, parking places, sidewalks, and the like. The bitumen-aggregate mix is manufactured by mixing a mineral aggregate, water, and a cationic oil-in-wat... | According to the invention, a slow setting bitumen-aggregate mix for cold paving is manufactured by a) preparing a cationic oil-in-water emulsion of bitumen in the presence of an emulsifier containing i) a tertiary polyamine selected from the group consisting of a di(C 2 -C 3 alkylene)triamine, a tri(C 2 -C 3 alkylen... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/012,395, and Provisional Application No. 61/012,346, both filed Dec. 7, 2007, which are herein incorporated by reference for all purposes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present ... | Method and system for enhancing color saturation. According to an embodiment the present invention provides a method for enhancing color saturation. The method includes providing a color image characterized by a luminance component and two chrominance components, the color image including a plurality of pixels, the plu... | 7 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/178,980, filed Jan. 28, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention is a medical device and relates generally to the field of punch devices used in performing anastomosis (the joining of a hollow or tubular organ to an... | An anastomosis punch device, and method of using same, for creating a circular hole in the aortic wall, where the device also segregates the hole from the blood flow path such that no blood is lost through the hole during attachment of the vein graft. The invention is a hand-held punch having an elongated housing to be... | 0 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 219,613 filed Dec. 24, 1980, now abandoned.
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to the manufacture of dry laid fibrous webs of high bulk whose end use is for towel, tissue, napkin, filter, and absorbent substrates and the like. Specifically, the... | A method of increasing the caliper and bulk of air laid dry fibrous webs, particularly such webs intended for use as napkin, tissue, and absorbent paper towel products by partially drying the loose formed fibrous webs to a degree of dryness of less than 4% prior to consolidation. In the preferred embodiment uniformity ... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/546,465, filed Apr. 10, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,545,268.
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates generally to mass spectrometry, in particular to a novel apparatus and method t... | The use of a segmented-ion trap with collisional damping is disclosed to improve performance (resolution and mass accuracy of single stage and tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometers. In the case of single stage spectrometers ions are directly injected from a pulsed ion source into the trap supplied with RF field and ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a deflection control device having a stationary supporting member comprising a series of hydrostatic supporting elements, and in the supporting member there are provided ducts for supplying or discharging pressure fluid for the supporting elements, two ducts be... | Deflection control device, having a stationary supporting member; said supporting member comprising a series of hydrostatic supporting elements; said device also having a shell movable transversely in relation to the series of said supporting elements; ducts being provided in said supporting member for supplying or dis... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to a high-speed film scanner, and more particularly to a film code reader assembly installed in a film scanner for reading film codes inscribed along either one of two film edges in the film scanning direction.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A film code reader assembly for a film scanner provides film path for accurately guiding the scanning film past a film code reading location where optically readable film codes are extracted by a code reader. The assembly self-aligns the film code reader in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction of the fil... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an electronic musical instrument which generates parameters specifying a musical tone wave form and controlling a musical tone wave form generation with the aid of a neural network.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Th... | A musical tone parameter generating method and a musical tone generating device of this invention feature that when data inputted by a player is inputted into a neural network as input pattern, the neural network infers the parameters necessary to specify a musical tone wave form to be formed. This makes it possible to... | 8 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY IN PROVISIONAL APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/053,754 filed May 16, 2008, entitled, “Cryogenic Capable High Pressure Containers for Compact Storage of Hydrogen Onboard Vehicles” by Gene D. Berry et al, and incorporated by refere... | A cryogenic-capable high pressure container which combines the use of cryogenic-capable high pressure vessels and ultra-thin thermal barrier(s) having a thickness less than about 5 mm because of the reduced thermal requirements of the container from flexible usage, for maximizing storage space. Additional increase in s... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to artificial kidney systems, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for controlling and reversing the flow of dialysis solution within a dialyzer.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Artificial kidney systems usually include a dialyzer and a dialysis m... | There is disclosed herein a dialysis machine adapted for operation with a negative-pressure-type dialyzer. The machine includes a flow system having a negative pressure pump for drawing fresh dialysis solution through a dialyzer under a controllable negative pressure and for discharging spent dialysis solution to a dra... | 0 |
ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
The invention described herein was made by an employee of the United States Government, and may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefore.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field ... | A system, apparatus and method employing a laser with a split-head, V-assembly gain material configuration. Additionally, the present invention is directed to techniques to better dissipate or remove unwanted energies in laser operations. The present invention is also directed to techniques for better collimated laser ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a fluid filter, particularly a liquid filter, especially an oil filter for an internal combustion engine, comprising a receiving head, a cup-shaped housing releasably connectable to the receiving head, and a replaceable filter element disp... | A filter system for a fluid, particularly a liquid filter, especially an oil filter for an internal combustion engine, having a receiving head, a cup-shaped housing releasably connectable to the receiving head, and a replaceable filter element disposed the cup-shaped housing, in which the filter element has a liquid-ti... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a friction lining carrier member having replaceable friction linings, in particular, for clutch-type disc brakes, with the friction linings moving axially in frictional engagement with a disc and being guided and held radially inwardly and outwardly in ... | A carrier member for replaceable friction linings for clutch-type disc brakes wherein the friction linings are guided and held radially relative to a brake disc by a positive engagement with grooves in an adjacent surface of the carrier member with the friction linings being supported in the circumferential direction r... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus for crimping cables, particularly cables made of synthetic plastic filaments. Even more particularly, this invention relates to a crimping apparatus provided with a compression chamber.
Crimping of cables formed of synthetic plastic f... | An apparatus for crimping cables formed of synthetic filaments during a continuous spinning-stretching process includes two pressing rolls which form a crimping chamber into which a cable to be crimped by the rolls is inserted. One of the rolls is displaced from an operative position to a readiness position at a full a... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of vehicle location monitoring systems.
STATE OF THE ART
There are several known approaches to locating a vehicle. These can be broadly grouped into four classes.
The first approach resorts to triangulation. The area travelled over by th... | The system comprises two parts: a first part which operates on a dead-reckoning basis from measurements of, say, measured wheel rotations (CD,CG) and a knowledge of an initial starting point and heading; and a second part which applies corrections to the first. The second part operates on the basis of a simplified map ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for cleaning dust-laden, generally tubular air filters. The invention involves spinning the filter within a closed cabinet, while simultaneously reciprocating a close-coupled reverse air jet along its inner s... | As a preliminary step, the dirty filter is dried to remove substantially all moisture from the dust on the filter. The filter is then spun in a closed cabinet. Simultaneously, a jet of pressurized air is reciprocated in close proximity along the inner surface of the filter. Also at the same time, suction is maintained ... | 1 |
This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 895,061, filed Apr. 10, 1978, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 670,902, filed Mar. 26, 1976, now abandoned. Reference is also had to U.S. application Ser. No. 136,129, a divisional of said abandoned continuation-in-pa... | An apparatus for producing information indicative of the mean blood pressure of a living creature through indirect measurement comprising an inflatable cuff, a pump connected to the cuff, a deflating valve connected to the cuff, measuring apparatus connected to the cuff adapted to measure cuff pressure and pressure osc... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a multi-beam optical system, and more particularly, it relates to a multi-beam optical system for use in an optical system of an image formation such as a multi-color copying machine, color laser printer, or the like.
... | A multi-beam optical system is provided with reflecting mirrors and separating mirrors on optical paths of light beams for each color so that the difference of the numbers of reflections of the scanned light beams for the respective colors when they penetrate through the lens and reach the photosensitive drum can be th... | 6 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of and priority from Japanese Applications No. 2002-212785 filed Jul. 22, 2002 and No. 2002-281576 filed Sep. 26, 2002, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
... | A fuel cap has a torque member attached to an upper portion of a casing body. The torque member is a disk-shaped plate to transmit a rotational torque applied to a handle to the casing body. An interlocking recess and interlocking claws, which constitute a plate attachment mechanism, are arranged on the upper portion o... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This invention claims priority of the German patent applications 100 30 013.8 and 101 15 590.5 which are incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a scanning microscope having a laser that emits a light beam of a first wav... | The invention discloses a scanning microscope ( 1 ) having a laser ( 2 ), which emits a light beam of a first wavelength ( 5, 43, 53 ) and is directed onto an optical element ( 9 ) that modifies the wavelength of the light beam at least to some extent. Means ( 16 ) for suppressing the light of the first wavelength in t... | 1 |
This invention relates to connectors for automotive air conditioning systems in general, and specifically to a sealed connector that provides assured sealing contact in a high pressure environment.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Heat exchangers used in automotive air conditioning systems, such as evaporators o... | A sealed connector for an automotive air conditioning system compresses a sealing ring between accurately ground, axially opposed sealing surfaces of a pair of mated connector blocks that are bolted together. A steel retainer to which the sealing ring is molded prevents it from being blown out under high pressure, and ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is common practice in the installation of concrete earth anchors, or deadmen, to drill holes with augers and to bell the holes at the bottom with a belling bucket. The belling time per hole has been 45-60 minutes. When the belling is done with the use of the procedure and apparatus ... | Cables attached to a rotating Kelly nut of a drill rig serve to maintain the vertical level of pivot points of bell-cutting blades while the blades are swung outwardly about these stationary pivot points to cut a bell for a drilled hole. The bell cuttings gravitate to the bottom of the drilled hole which is disposed a ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an impact reducing sport equipment for use in connection with absorbing and dispersing, at least in part, an impact force.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of protective sport equipment and helmets is k... | A sport equipment for absorbing and dispersing, at least in part, an impact force, thereby reducing the impact force. The sport equipment can be a helmet having an outer shell, an inner shell, and a tensile sheet located between the outer and inner shells. The outer shell includes an interior side featuring a plurality... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(e), this application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/873,041, filed Dec. 5, 2006, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
The role of lymphangiogenesis in promoting meta... | This invention relates to indazole compounds of formula (I) or (II) shown below. Each variable in formula (I) or (II) is defined in the specification. These compounds can be used to treat cancer. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to methods and system for filtering and binarizing images, and, more particularly to binarizing images in the presence of specular noise, where the information of interest in the image is contained in edges.
Edges contain a significant portion of the ... | In order to render information contained in images more detectable in the presence of noise, the present invention discloses a system and method to binarize the images in the presence of noise. The method of this invention comprises the steps of applying a dynamic range reducing filter to the digitized image values, ob... | 6 |
BACKGROUND
This disclosure relates to computer networks in general, and in particular, to apparatus and methods for efficiently and automatically detecting functional defects and performance bottlenecks in home and small business computer networks.
Although most network devices are subject to some quality a... | A network device, such as a router or switch, has a CPU and a memory operable to receive, store and output computer code. The code includes device configuration files, traffic pattern files, and standard-behavior-output template files adapted for detecting network device functional defects and bottlenecks. The device i... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Use
This invention relates generally to self-propelled steerable apparatus for removing material from the surface of a confined area and for pumping it to another location for disposition.
In particular, it relates to such apparatus which is especially well-adap... | Self-propelled steerable apparatus for removing material, such as sludge, from the bottom surface of a liquid storage tank for disposition elsewhere comprises a support platform and a reversely rotatable motor-driven auger mounted below the support platform and cooperating therewith to define a space for receiving slud... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a U.S. National Phase Application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2015/055350, filed on Mar. 13, 2015, and claims benefit to Utility Model Application No. DE 20 2014 002 413.8, filed on Mar. 18, 2014. The Internation... | A door arrangement includes a door leaf movable relative to a frame. A locking device in a locked state locks the door leaf to the frame by at least one locking element and in an unlocked state releases the door leaf relative to the frame. An actuating element selects the state of the locking device. To transmit a move... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a Leg Muscle Therapy Apparatus which has a frame structure composed of at least two support structures, each having a generally arc shaped inner surface, with the support structures being adjustably coupled together. Each support structure has roun... | A Leg Muscle Therapy Apparatus is provided which enables the user to easily and comfortable engage the various muscles of the leg, providing the leg muscles with a therapeutic message which helps to loosen and relieve sore or damages muscles. The apparatus may also be used to assist in the removal of cellulite from are... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a display device such as a liquid crystal display device.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] As an example of a conventional display unit, a conventiona... | A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display unit for displaying images, and a case in which the liquid crystal display unit is installed, the case being formed with an opening through which the liquid crystal display unit is slid into and out of the case. | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a guide device for a connection element.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A device of this general type is known from the European Patent Application No. EP-A2-0 297 033.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the invention to create... | A guide device including a bolt (5) which through a sleeve insert can be fastened rotatably to one end of a rod (21), which bolt is connected, sliding axially, to the front part of a guide sleeve (16') in such a way that a rotary movement of the guide sleeve (16') can be transmitted to the bolt (5). A spring (2... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to data processing, database and file management or data structures and, more particularly, query augmenting or refining.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many prior methods of identifying and highlighting text in a document rely on syntactic or semantic pars... | The present invention is a method of identifying and highlighting textual units of interest using a computer. Text is received and tokens therein are identified. Prefixes, suffixes, and roots are identified and replaced with their standard forms. Starting and continuing tokens of textual units of interest are identifie... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a rolling bearing, and more particularly to a rolling bearing suitably used for, for example, information instruments such as a hard disc device (HDD), a video tape recorder (VTR), a laser printer, etc.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Hitherto, as, f... | A rolling bearing composed of a combination of bearing wings formed with a steel material and rolling elements formed with a ceramic material, wherein the residual austenite amount of the steel material forming the rolling rings is controlled to a specific value. By the construction, at rolling of the rolling elements ... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for purging super heated air contained within a passenger compartment of an automobile.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The air contained within the interior of a vehicle absorbs the sun's radiated emissio... | A ventilation system for purging air contained with a vehicle interior is disclosed. The ventilation system includes a blower, a first vent, a second vent, at least one interior temperature sensor, at least one external temperature sensor, a motion sensor for windy days and dusty areas, a humidity sensor, a sunload sen... | 1 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/003,351 filed Sep. 7, 1995.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to three and four component blends of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers, ionomer, and nylon (semicrystalline nylon in the three-co... | A blend of ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymers with crystalline nylon, and ionomers and optionally amorphous nylon that have a unique balance of properties and to packaging films, laminates, co-extrusions and containers prepared therefrom. | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to boom operation on work vehicles such as, for example, loaders. It relates to a simple and inexpensive system and method of improving the safety, comfort, accuracy and repeatability/consistency in boom operation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A boom position detecting device that detects a boom angle on a work vehicle for a boom that rotates about a pivot. The device includes a boom angle follower and positional sensor. The boom angle follower includes a spring and a follower arm arranged such that the spring biases the follower arm against a surface of the... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention concerns the field of surgery, more particularly the field of cancer surgery and is related to a medical device or instrument.
STATE OF THE ART
[0002] Most cancer cells first develop in a primary tumor site such as the breast, colon ... | The present invention is related to a medical device ( 1 ) adapted for the ablation of a target volume inside an anatomical organ, said medical device ( 1 ) comprising as elements a main body ( 2 ), stabilising means ( 3 ) for stabilising the device relatively to the organ and heating means in the form of a bipolar ele... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and a device for sealing the place of penetration of a pipeline, especially a riser pipeline, in the wall of a submerged structure, which pipeline extends generally horizontally at the place of penetration and is... | An axially flexible sealing device connecting two pipeline ends which comprises a number of sealingly connected annular members, each annular member including an inner cylindrical member, two spaced apart outer cylindrical members, and separate flexible ring members connecting the outer cylindrical members to the inner... | 4 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 307,124, filed Nov. 6, 1972, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,888,519.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
The present invention relates generally to fittings for coupling lined tubing, without permitting the fluid, passing through the tubing, to come into contact with the o... | A leak-tight non-contaminative joint, for connecting tin lined copper tubing with a tin lined coupling member, is formed by exposing the tin lining at the tube end and inserting an elastic "O"-ring between the exposed lining and the surrounding coupling, so that the fluid within the tubing and coupling does not... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to methods for treating unstable atherosclerotic lesions using cytotoxic, nonablative ultraviolet radiation.
Atherosclerosis is a disease which causes thickening and hardening of the arteries. It is characterized by lesions of raised fibrous plaque f... | Ultraviolet radiation can be used to treat vascular diseases. In particular, for unstable lesions where angioplasty may not be warranted, cytotoxic, nonablative ultraviolet radiation, preferably at a wavelength in the range of about 240 to about 280 nanometers, can be used to disable the intima and reduce spasms associ... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/330,573 filed Dec. 26, 2002 in the name of the Applicants, to which priority is claimed.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to online dating support systems and methods and, m... | A secure online dating support system and method requires potential members to submit personal information regarding themselves as a predicate to becoming a member of the dating system. This personal information is provided in a manner, either in-person at an information receiving center, or submitted to an information... | 7 |
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/763,091, filed Jan. 21, 2004, which claims the benefit of provisional Application No. 60/441,797, filed Jan. 21, 2003.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003]... | A locking astragal comprising: a bolt having a bolt retracted position and a bolt extended position; a lock having a locked position and an unlocked position, the lock locking the bolt into the bolt extended position when the bolt is in the bolt extended position and the lock is in the locked position, the lock having ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to a method for automatically depositing objects for transporting the objects. It also relates to a system implementing this method.
The invention relates more particularly to a method and a system capable for example of implementation at places such as airports for ... | A method for automatically depositing objects for transport, including a phase of user storing transport data in a storage element, the data relating to: the user associated with the object; the total number of objects declared by the user; the destination, the route and the time of the transport; a depositing phase, i... | 6 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation application under 37 C.F.R. §1.53(b) of pending prior application Ser. No. 10/675,399, filed Sep. 30, 2003 of Christopher MIDGLEY et al., for SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BACKING UP DATA FILES. This Application is also related to U.S. p... | Disclosed are systems and methods for maintaining, in a storage system having a source storage system and target storage system, information from which a set of source data files stored on a storage system can be retrieved. In one embodiment, the method comprises storing baseline images of one or more source data files... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the manufacture of a compound semiconductor single crystal and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for manufacturing a compound semiconductor single crystal capable of growing a single crystal having a uniform c... | Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a compound semiconductor single crystal, wherein a container containing a raw melt is placed in an atmosphere containing at least one monitor gas selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide, a concentration of the monitor gas in the ... | 8 |
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German Patent DE 3641 365 (1988) Klose; G.
European Patent EP 6682 44 (1994) Batt; S.
PCT/WO. 95/15295 (1995) Beaujean; H.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,179,991 (2001) Norris; B.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,663,766 (2003) Adin; A.
OTHER REFEREN... | The present invention provides a high volume, foul-resistant electrolytic process for treating contaminated water comprising at least one upflow electroflocculation cell consisting of (i) a lower (or “bottom”) electrode ( 3 ) in form of a porous, non-fluidized bed of loose iron or aluminium granules kept in periodic mo... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing an electrochemical device comprising at least one component based on a ceramic or ceramic containing material, for example cermets (ceramic and metallic composites), and for preparing nanosize powders for produci... | Process for manufacturing an electrochemical device including a cathode, an anode and at least one electrolyte membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein at least one of the cathode, the anode and the electrolyte membrane, contains at least a ceramic material. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a digital signal reproducing apparatus suitable for reproducing digital PCM audio signals that have been recorded in the form of single helical tracks on a recording medium, one track being formed per unit time, with a rotary head.
A technique is ... | A digital signal reproducing apparatus which reproduces digital PCM audio signals recorded on a recording medium in the form of single helical tracks. The apparatus is provided with at least two rotary heads for reproducing signals on the recording medium. The apparatus, however, is not provided with an erase head. Pre... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The monolithic integration of several optoelectronics devices in optoelectronics integrated circuits (OEICs) and photonic integrated circuits (PICs) is of considerable interest for the development of telecommunications systems.
[0002] In OEICs, optical de... | In a method of manufacturing a photonic integrated circuit having a compound semiconductor structure having a quantum well region, the structure is irradiated using a source of photons to generate defects, the photons having energy (E) at least that of the displacement energy (E D ) of at least one element of the compo... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 152,751, filed May 23, 1980, now abandoned.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The heparinizing of blood, especially for use in the in vitro testing of blood samples.
BACKGROUND ART
Heparin is normally pro... | Microfibrous heparin salts, nonwoven webs of such fibers, a process for preparing the fibers and the use of the webs for the rapid heparinization of blood are disclosed. | 3 |
[0001] The present invention relates generally to a relocatable oil sand slurry preparation system. More specifically, the relocatable oil sand slurry preparation system comprises a relocatable rotary digester for forming an oil sand slurry free of oversize rejects and a relocatable rejects recirculation unit for r... | A relocatable oil sand slurry preparation system is provided for preparing an aqueous oil sand slurry amenable to pipeline conveyance while producing minimum overall rejects, comprising (a) a relocatable rotary digester for slurrying oil sand and water and digesting oil sand lumps to form a pumpable slurry, the rotary ... | 8 |
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