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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention concerns an inner lining for the roof of a motor vehicle that has a ceiling consisting of a self-supporting fitting which is attachable to the roof frame structure of the motor vehicle via an adhesive. 2. Description of Related Art ...
An inner lining for a motor vehicle with a finished ceiling made of a self-supporting form piece attachable to the edge of the motor vehicle structure includes at least one air-bag which is premounted on the self-supporting form piece before the ceiling is installed in the motor vehicle.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a National Phase application claiming priority to PCT/GB2011/051689 filed Sep. 9, 2011 which claims priority to GB1015032.4 filed Sep. 10, 2010, all of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entireties. FIELD OF INVENTION The invention to wh...
A valve assembly, including a valve body, at least one passage along which fluid can be selectively allowed to pass, and at least one ball located in the passage so as to be movable between a first position in which a channel in the ball forms part of the passage and a second position in which the ball prevents fluid p...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is filed under 35 U.S.C. §120 and §365(c) as a continuation of International Patent Application PCT/EP2013/059150, filed on May 2, 2013, which application claims priority from German Patent Application No. 10 2012 103 938.0, filed on May 4, 2012...
The invention relates to a plasma generation device comprising a plurality of plasma modules for generating a plasma. Each plasma module has a module housing with at least one gas inlet for supplying a process gas. Furthermore, a discharge device for generating the plasma from the process gas and a plasma outlet are pr...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/171,426, filed Jun. 5, 2015, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] This disclosure relates generally to ...
A mobile device can provide predictive user assistance based on various sensor readings, independently of or in addition to a location of the mobile device. The mobile device can determine a context of an event. The mobile device can store the context and a label of the event on a storage device. The label can be provi...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation of Application Ser. No. 229,884 filed Aug. 8, 1988, now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to the destruction of waste material and, more particularly, it pert...
A method and apparatus for pyrolytically decomposing waste material characterized by injecting a mixture of waste and water into a plasma torch having an operation temperature of in excess of 5000° C. to form a mixture of product gases and solid particulate; separating the gases and particulate in a first cyclone separ...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates generally to self-inflating tires and, more specifically, to a pump mechanism for such tires. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Normal air diffusion reduces tire pressure over time. The natural state of tires is under inflated. Accordingly, drivers must repeatedl...
A self-inflating tire assembly includes an air tube connected to a tire and defining an air passageway, the air tube being composed of a flexible material operative to allow an air tube segment opposite a tire footprint to flatten, closing the passageway, and resiliently unflatten into an original configuration. The ai...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an apparatus for indicating the status of sheets, and has particular application to an apparatus for indicating the status of currency notes. In automatic currency note handling apparatus, such as cash dispensers or note counters, it is often necessary t...
A note checking apparatus for indicating whether normal single notes, double notes or notes having local attachments of folds are passing therethrough includes two rollers 10 and 12 between which the notes pass. The roller 10 has a fixed axis, and the roller 12 is supported by pivotably mounted arms 38 so that it is mo...
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BACKGROUND Audio and video information may be compressed to remove redundancy within the information. This allows the information to be stored using less memory. It is common to store audio as MP3 format which uses a reduced amount of memory. The advantage of storing the information is in this way is that a fixed...
Compressed entertainment content such as audio or video or both includes additional aspects and operations associated their way. The compressed audio may be used to signal computers such as a telephone or reminder for an appointment. A melody line may be extracted from the audio, or the audio may be used exactly as it ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention concerns N-substituted 2-chloro-7-fluoro-10-piperazino-10, 11-dihydrodibenzo (b,f) thiepins of the general formula I ##STR2## in which R represents an aminocarbonyl, amino-oximinomethyl (amidoxime), 1,3-dioxolan-2-yl or 1,3-dioxan-2-yl group, and their addition salts with...
N-substituted 2-chloro-7-fluoro-10-piperazino-10,11-dihydrodibenzo(b,f)thiepins are disclosed of the general formula I, ##STR1## in which R represents an aminocarbonyl, amino-oximinomethyl, 1,3-dioxolan-2-yl or 1,3-dioxan-2-yl, group and their addition salts with convenient organic and inorganic acids. These compounds ...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates to the field of printing systems, and in particular, to management of printing systems. BACKGROUND [0002] Printers are common peripheral devices attached to computers. A printer allows a computer user to make a hard copy of documents that...
A printer is disclosed. The printer includes one or more sub-systems having a capability of a different magnitude of operation based on print job properties and a controller. The controller includes a monitor to track a first operation time for each of the sub-systems during printing of a first print job and track a se...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention has to do with wellhead equipment used in connection with a pumping oil well, preferably one pumped with a rotated rod string. For years, a typical conventional pumping wellhead for a rotary pumping oil well has been constructed as shown in FIG. 1 . The assembly ...
The assembly functions to clamp onto and frictionally engage the polished rod of a well's rod string, with sufficient force to suspend the string from the wellhead. The assembly comprises an annular body forming opposed, radial, internally threaded side openings extending from its outer circumferential surface to i...
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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/380,097, filed Jan. 27, 1995 now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The well known complications of blood transfusion namely incompatibility reactions, disease transmission, immunosuppression and the storage limitations of erythrocytes points t...
The present invention provides a chemically modified form of hemoglobin that is stabilized and can efficiently bind and release oxygen. In addition the chemically modified hemoglobin may be polymerized to increase its molecular weight and increase its stability so that it will have a longer half life in the circulatory...
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BACKGROUND [0001] The current invention is related to powering notification appliance circuits (NACs), and in particular to a system and method for providing boost voltage and load-sharing for a plurality of NACs. [0002] Emergency systems, such as fire systems, often contain one or more NACs. Th...
A power system includes one or more notification circuits for powering notification devices, a backup power source, and a plurality of primary power supplies. The primary power supplies are configured to provide a combined current to the notification circuits. Each primary power supply regulates its output current to e...
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This application is a division of Ser. No. 08/101,360, filed Aug. 3, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,561,861. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to protective body garments such as commonly worn by surgical and other medical personnel, especially disposable surgical gown...
A novel method of fabricating surgical gowns basically comprises the steps of fabricating main body robe portions for the gowns, each having a pair of arm sleeves terminating at respective wrist openings, knitting on a circular knitting machine a plurality of discreet individual annular cuff blanks for the gowns, and a...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a national stage of, and claims priority to, Patent Cooperation Treaty Application No. PCT/GB2015/050652, filed on Mar. 6, 2015, which claims priority to Great Britain Application No. GB1404184.2 filed on Mar. 10, 2014, each of which applicat...
A composite component can be designed for manufacture using a pre-impregnated uni-directional or woven material A design for a composite component comprising multiple layers of pre-impregnated uni-directional or woven material is created. Within the design a division of the design into a plurality of macroscale element...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a printer or typewriter, and more particularly to a printer or typewriter in which a ribbon supply is mounted on a stationary section of the machine and a print ribbon is passed through a print head on a carrier and is fed in relation to movement of the carrie...
A printer having a print ribbon feed mechanism is disclosed which allows optimal feeding of a print ribbon, eliminating unnecessary consumption of the ribbon. The mechanism includes first and second clamp means mounted on a stationary section and a print carrier of the machine, respectively, which are both controlled i...
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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/482,151, filed on May 3, 2011, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Controlling particles and oth...
Particulate shields above the top wafer in wafer containers such as FOUPS prevent accumulation of particulates on wafers. The shields may be formed of materials that are compatible to maintaining less than 5% RH, particularly materials that will not absorb meaningful amounts of water, and that will not bring absorbed m...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to improvements in apparatus for processing wood pulp and other fibrous fluid suspensions, and methods for manufacturing the apparatus. More particularly, the apparatus and methods relate to an improved screen for wood pulp, for removing foreign particles ...
A paper pulp screening apparatus wherein a modular cylindrically-shaped screen plate is formed of a thin material of uniform thickness bent to form an undulating shape to increase the screening area, and the screen plate is supported by cylindrical-backing members to give the plate strength, with the plate being formed...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention is directed to control devices for bicycles and, more particularly, to a twist-grip shift control device for shifting a bicycle transmission. [0002] An example of a twist-grip shift control device is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,921,139....
A bicycle shift control device comprises a base member; an operating member structured to be mounted around a handlebar so as to rotate in first and second directions around the handlebar; a transmission control member coupled to the operating member and rotatably mounted relative to the base member for pulling and rel...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Diaphragm pumps have found wide application because of the fact that they work essentially leak free, as compared to conventional piston pumps, and do not contain parts as susceptible to wear, which may also contribute to contaminating the pumping medium. In diaphragm pumps, the diaphr...
A new mechanism for pulsation damping in a reciprocating diaphragm pump system is disclosed which is especially suitable for solvent delivery in modern high pressure liquid chromatography requiring a wide range of solvent flow rates and pressures. The disclosed damper has good overall performance over the full range of...
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This is a divisional of copending application Ser. No. 08/220,274 filed on Mar. 30, 1994. TECHNICAL FIELD The invention relates to the analysis of an oil sample to determine metal additive content and other organic content, and more particularly, to a self-contained analyzer for on-site use and an...
The on-site analyzer (10) includes a housing (14). The housing (14) contains an infrared spectrometer (18) and an optical emission spectrometer (24) for testing a sample (12) of oil. A conduit (32) by operation of a pump (40) draws the sample (12) into the conduit (32), and controllably moves the sample (12) to an infr...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/731,404 filed Mar. 25, 2010, which issued on Jun. 19, 2012 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,201,293, which in turn is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/504,406, filed Aug. 15, 2006, which issued on May 11, ...
A method and apparatus for a sleep system is provided. More specifically, the invention provides a method and apparatus for an adjustable mattress that allows the user to increase or decrease the firmness of the mattress. Furthermore, the adjustable mattress has zones of adjustability thereby allowing two users to adju...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to a surgical instrument and a method for treating female urinary incontinence. 2. Description of the Related Art Urinary incontinence is a significant health concern worldwide. Incontinence may occur w...
A sling assembly including a surgical sling configured to be implanted during a surgical sling procedure. The sling includes first and second regions and a central portion. The sling assembly further includes a removable sheath assembly situated about the surgical sling. The removable sheath assembly includes first and...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/935,032, filed Sep. 7, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,135,449 which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/783,071, filed Feb. 20, 2004, now abandoned, said Applications being incor...
The present disclosure relates to compositions useful for maintaining the clean impression of a carpet (that is, its scent and appearance) over an extended time despite occurrences that might damage the carpet surface. The composition, which includes an antimicrobial agent, an enzyme inhibitor, and an odor-reacting com...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The invention relates to a cowling, and in particular, to a cowling for a wind power generator. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] An impeller of a conventional wind power generator is driv...
A cowling of the invention includes a cover body and an empennage connected with the cover body. The cover body includes an accommodating space for receiving an impeller, and a first opening serving as an air inlet for the impeller. According to the wind direction, the empennage will adjust the first opening to the pro...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is the national stage of International Application No. PCT/EP2007/004563, filed May 23, 2007, which claims priority to German Application No. DE 102006024319.6, filed May 24, 2006. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention ...
An ionizing hair-care appliance includes a voltage source, an electrical conductor electrically connected to the voltage source, and an ionization electrode comprising a tip and electrically connected to the voltage source by the electrical conductor. The electrode is disposed within an ionization chamber defined by th...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for monitoring a surgical tourniquet system to detect a hazard. The invention relates more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a hazard monitor having means to provide an alarm if a pneumatic cuff of a surgical tournique...
A hazard monitor for surgical tourniquet systems comprises: pressure transducing means for detecting a pressure in a pneumatic tourniquet cuff; power monitoring means for monitoring the supply of electricity to an electrically powered component of a tourniquet instrument, wherein the tourniquet instrument is connectabl...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to pipe couplers, more specifically to an adjustable coupler with an improved gasket. Clamps and couplers used to connect sections of pipe, end-to-end, are known to the art. Such clamps often are employed to connect sections of pipe or hopper tees...
A pipe coupler for interconnecting pipes and components together, for transferring bulk and fluid materials, and useful for connecting sections of pipe-end-to-end. The coupler connects grooved pipe to ground pipe, smooth pipe to grooved pipe or smooth pipe to smooth pipe. Also tees, valves, and pipe sections can be sec...
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/498,292, filed on Mar. 23, 1990 now abandoned. TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates generally to semiconductor integrated circuits and to methods for fabricating them. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION As integrated circuits bec...
An integrated circuit and method of fabrication are disclosed. The invention provides an etch-stop layer between a plug formed in a via and an overlying runner. The etch stop layer serves a variety of functions, including protecting the plug during the etching process which defines the runner.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a §371 of PCT International Application Serial No. PCT/EP02/06966, filed Jun. 24, 2002. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The invention is in the field of security elements, particularly for bank notes. Security th...
A security element is equipped with first code of magnetic material and/or second code of electroconductive material and has in addition third, optically read-able code, for example as negative writing and/or as a bar code, which is present in the magnetic and/or electroconductive code or is produced preferably togethe...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention generally relates to tools and techniques for developing computer programs. Particularly, the invention relates to tools and techniques for developing workflow applications that provide decision support for the end-user. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ...
The invention comprises a new and useful process, and appurtenant apparatus, for developing and using workflow applications with decision support. Specifically, the invention includes a decision support engine and a programmatic interface thereto. The decision support engine is a middleware computer program that receiv...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to an actuator element comprising a housing, a drive arranged in the housing, a movably mounted rod operatively connected to the drive to execute a force transmitting movement, and at least one means for detecting position, and to a modular ...
An actuator element suitable, for example, for actuating a rotatable disk or a flap valve shaft. The actuator includes a housing, a drive situated in the housing, and at least one position detector, in which a movably mounted piston rod in the housing is operatively connected to the drive for exerting a force effect, a...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to the general field of MEMS structures with particular reference to cantilever beams. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION MEMS (micro electromechanical systems) sensors and actuators, such as accelerometers, pressure sensors, and gyroscopes are manufactured using ...
A process has been described which makes use of polysilicon beam as the structural material instead of single crystal silicon for the fabrication of MEMS sensors/actuators. The invention describes the process for fabricating suspended polysilicon beams by using deep trenches etched into silicon substrate as a kind of a...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to machines which lay out spaced assemblies of textile yarns or similar fiber structures. The general field would include conventional looms and knitting machines along with more specialized equipment such as that described in U.S....
This invention provides a machine for efficiently laying out biased arrays of yarns. The machine combines on a single supporting machine frame (1) two mechanically driven continuous yarn carrier strips, each provided on its edge facing the other carrier strip with a plurality of spaced yarn restrainers, and (2) a recip...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention pertains to apparatus for pumping liquids, and more particularly to apparatus for positively pumping liquid and viscous liquid food products. 2. Description of the Prior Art Positive displacement pumps for pumping liquid food p...
A sanitary positive displacement pump having increased internal clearances to allow increased operating pressures without detrimental wear while maintaining high volumetric efficiency. The invention includes rigid and accurate positioning of the liquid impellers to the shafts while maintaining ease of disassembly and a...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to secure, distributed web server authentication of users using a shared, single key in both a single enterprise and across separate enterprise multiple-server configurations. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Currently, user authentication is accomplished in a...
A method and system for providing distributed web server authentication of a user in web servers using a shared secret key. The method and system include receiving a request to connect a user to a web server, creating a user password cookie using a shared secret key and transmitting the user password cookie in response...
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This is a division of application Ser. No. 849,334 filed Apr. 8, 1986. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a prestressing steel material for use in the fabrication of prestressed concrete by post-tensioning, and particularly to a prestressing steel material having a coatin...
An elongated prestressing steel material for use in the fabrication of prestressed concrete comprises a steel member and an outer coat of many microcapsules each containing a flowable material in its interior.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a device by which substantially parallelepiped products or stacks of products can be transferred from one conveyor to another. The object of the present invention is to embody a conveyor device free from the drawbacks described above. SUMMAR...
At least one compartment capable of movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to that in which the products are fed to the device. Each compartment has a size defined by opposing vertical wall members capable of relative movement therebetween for adjusting the size of the compartment. A drive system first mov...
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BACKGROUND [0001] Certain software products are able to monitor themselves during execution and produce data points relating to status condition, action, event and other parameters and characteristics of the product or its working environment. These data points may be collected in a data warehouse. A softw...
A system for sampling raw data from a reporting application and segmenting portions of the sampled data into at least one of a set of raw data stores. The system enables ad hoc querying to be done against a data warehouse using the set of raw data stores and in conjunction with an aggregate store. A reporting aspect of...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a clock generation apparatus and, more particularly, to technology of correctly acquiring VBI data from television signals or the like on which the VBI data are superimposed. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a semi...
A clock generation apparatus generates a synchronous clock based on an input analog signal. The average of maximum and minimum values of a digital signal in a predetermined period is used as a threshold. Rise and fall times which are times when the threshold and an approximated line of two values of the digital signal ...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/681,546 filed Aug. 9, 2012, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present inventio...
A lock apparatus including a plurality of locking discs rotatable about a rotational axis between locked and unlocked states and each having a locking engagement surface, at least one driver disc rotatable about the rotational axis and having a driving engagement surface, a movable catch having a catch surface that abu...
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[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. provisional application serial number 60/050,225, filed Jun. 19, 1997, incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to methods for trea...
The present invention includes methods for treatment and prophylaxis of eye disorders and injuries, particularly treatment and prophylaxis of ocular neovascularization and disorders, especially a vasculopathy that affects retinal or chorodial vessels. The methods of the invention in general comprise administration of a...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a national phase application filed under 35 USC §371 of PCT Application No. PCT/IL2012/000334, filing date Sep. 6, 2012, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/573,120, filing date Sep. 7, 2011. Each of these applications is herein incorporated by ref...
Systems for performing sequential multiple function ophthalmic measurements using separate measurement instruments, by mechanical switching between the instruments. In prior art systems, the separate measurement instruments are stacked, and transfer between them is performed by means of a linear mechanical motion stage...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] (1) Field of the Invention [0002] The invention relates to fuel nozzles for combustors for gas turbine engines. More particularly, the invention relates to the configuration of the vanes of a swirler. [0003] (2) Description of the Related Art...
A gas turbine engine combustor swirler has vanes with a spanwise chord length distribution providing a desired swirl distribution.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a Section 371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2013/069787, filed Sep. 24, 2013, which was published in the German language on Apr. 10, 2014 under International Publication No. WO 2014/053351 A1, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Applica...
The production of noble metal oxalate complexes from noble metal precursors and oxalic acid and/or oxalic acid salts is an exothermic reaction, in which heat and CO 2 are produced, is described. The temperature can increase above the decomposition point of the noble metal oxalate complexes in the course of the reactio...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The N-methyl-3,4-dimethoxyphenylethylamine, also known under the name of N-methylomoveratrylamine, is an intermediate useful in the synthesis of a drug having coronarodilator activity, internationally known as verapamil (INN), described in the U.S. Pat. No. 3,261,859. The synthes...
New process for the synthesis of the N-methyl-3,4-dimetoxyphenylethylamine of formula ##STR1## intermediate in the synthesis of the drug internationally known as verapamil. The process starts from the 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde which, by means of a Darzens condensation, gives an epoxyester that, by alkaline hydrolysis a...
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[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Ser. No. 60/494,398 filed Aug. 12, 2003, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND [0002] Several types of color displays are known for use in mobile devices. These known devices have limitations however, includi...
A device and a method are provided for establishing a monochromatic background light source in an electronic device with a field sequential liquid crystal display. The device and method provide for the continuous illumination of one or more of a plurality of color backlights of a field sequential liquid crystal display...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a novel method of screening and identification of anti-amebic drugs. More particularly, the invention relates to an assay that utilizes the ability to inhibit anaerobic growth of a novel bacterial mutant for identifying therapeutic agents effective against par...
There is disclosed an assay method of screening and identification of anti-amebic drugs which utilizes the ability to inhibit anaerobic growth of a novel bacterial mutant that expresses the EhADH2 gene and which bypasses the conventional need for a parasitic culture. The novel mutant, designated E. coli/EhADH2, is cult...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field Of The Invention The present invention relates to improved thermally insulated window sash constructions and a uniquely configurated framing element for use therein. 2. Description Of The Prior Art Numerous types of window constructions have been used previou...
A window sash member is composed of a pair of rail members and a pair of vertical sash members or stiles which may each include a framing element having a unique cross-sectional configuration. The sash member is so constructed as to permit replacement of glass panes without destroying the integrity of the frame. This i...
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FIELD OF INVENTION This invention relates to network systems and more particularly to a system for the fast reliable transfer of data relating to objects from one node of a network to another where respective processes are running. BACKGROUND OF INVENTION In the case where a number of users on a netwo...
A system for fast, efficient and reliable communication of object state irmation among a group of processes combines the use of a fast, but lossy and thus unreliable communications channel to the group of processes and a server coupled to the group for providing data which has been lost in the multicasting. In one emb...
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CROSS-REFERENCE [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 14/273,522, filed May 8, 2014 entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPID SCALABLE UNIFIED INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLATFORM”, which claims the benefit of Provisional Patent Application Nos. 61/820,703 filed May 8, 2013...
Method and Apparatus for rapid scalable unified infrastructure system management platform are disclosed by discovery of compute nodes, network components across data centers, both public and private for a user; assessment of type, capability, VLAN, security, virtualization configuration of the discovered unified infras...
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BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0001] Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to a method for operating an internal combustion engine, and an internal combustion engine which is designed for carrying out the method. [0002] In automotive technology it is customary to filter soot pa...
A method for operating an internal combustion engine involves using an injection valve to post-inject fuel into at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine in order to help regenerate a particulate filter that is arranged in an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine, downstream of an oxidation cat...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to locks for golf cars and other vehicles not having lockable doors and other locking means. Previously, golf cars have been almost unprotected against theft unless locked in a building. Steering-wheel locks have been devised for cars but not adequately for...
Golf car locking apparatuses having a restraining member (1) positioned on a seat (2) of a golf car (3) to prevent access to power-storage batteries (4) and extended from a seat upright member (5) behind the seat (2) and an attached member (7) extending from the seat restraining member (1) to a locking position on a st...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The Ras gene is found activated in many human cancers, including colorectal carcinoma, exocrine pancreatic carcinoma, and myeloid leukemias. Biological and biochemical studies of Ras action indicate that Ras functions like a G-regulatory protein, since Ras must be localized in the plas...
The present invention comprises dipeptide analogs that inhibit the farnesylation of Ras. These farnesyl-protein transferase inhibitors are characterized by the inclusion of a cyclic amine in the backbone of the dipeptide. Further contained in this invention are chemotherapeutic compositions containing these farnesyl tr...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to apparatus, systems and methods for reducing vortex-induced-vibrations (“VIV”), current drag, low frequency drift oscillations due to random waves, and low frequency wind induced resonant oscillations. In another aspect, t...
Methods and apparatus for the installation of VIV suppression during the S-Lay installation of a subsea pipeline. A locking member will be interposed between a pipe and a fairing rotatably mounted on the pipe, sufficient to bias the fairing against rotating. Upon marine application, the locking member will degrade, the...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a thermostat valve used in a cooling system of an automobile, more particularly, to an adjustable electronic thermostat valve. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In general, a thermostat valve is installed between the automobile engine and radiator and ...
The present invention relates to an adjustable electronic thermostat valve comprising an actuating means provided with a rod for stroking a chamber of an expendable thermal element, so that temperature at which the thermostat valve opens can be easily adjustable based on driving condition of an automobile by changing t...
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The United States Government may enjoy rights in this invention under U.S. Army Contract DAAE0784CR086.P4. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention: This invention relates to a method for improving mechanical and chemical properties of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and the impr...
SBR is treated with sulfur, an optional chemical accelerator and a crosslinking agent, under mild heat, to form a preform having sufficient strength to resist handling. The preform is exposed to substantial irradiation on the order of 5-25 Mrad dose of 10 MeV electrons equivalent, which significantly improves wear resi...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to fences, particularly those used for residential purposes, and in particular, to devices and methods to deter vegetation growth under the fences. 2. Problems in the Art Property owners many times erect fences t...
An improved blocking member and vegetation barrier for the bottom of fences includes a riser portion that runs along one side of the fence. The riser is somewhat flexible and is securable to the fence in a manner that allows the installer to adjust the riser vertically relative to the fence or other portions of the ris...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION This patent application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/916,432, titled “SELF-LATCHING PIEZOCOMPOSITE ACTUATOR.” filed on Dec. 16, 2013, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. The ...
A self-latching piezocomposite actuator includes a plurality of shape memory ceramic fibers. The actuator can be latched by applying an electrical field to the shape memory ceramic fibers. The actuator remains in a latched state/shape after the electrical field is no longer present. A reverse polarity electric field ma...
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[0001] This application claims priority from copending provisional application Serial No. 60/283,262, filed Apr. 12, 2001, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorportated by reference. [0002] This invention concerns novel tricyclic pyridyl carboxamides which act as oxytocin recep...
This invention provides novel substituted tricyclic pyridyl carboxamides which act as oxytocin receptor competitive antagonists, as well as methods of their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of their use in treatment, inhibition, suppression or prevention of preterm labor, dysmenorrhea, endometritis,...
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[0001] The present invention relates to laundry facilities. Specifically, a single device for both washing and drying clothes is disclosed using a common heat source for both washing and drying. [0002] Commercial and home laundry facilities have typically required the use of separate appliances for w...
The combination washer/dryer and method for operating a combination washer/dryer. The washer/dryer has a containment drum which receives wash water, and includes a perforated clothes drum which rotates within the containment drum. A heat plenum is provided in heat transfer relationship with the containment drum, and a ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a method of controlling an elevator installation with multiple cars, by means of which several floors can be served with one stop, wherein the travel requests are allocated to the elevator car. [0002] There has become know...
An elevator installation with multiple deck cars serves several floors simultaneously with one stop is controlled such that the travel requests are allocated to the most suitable elevator car of the elevator group and the allocation of a travel request from a starting-point floor to a destination floor to a car deck of...
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[0001] This application is a Continuing in Part application from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/076,000 filed on Mar. 14, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,177,266 which claims the claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 60/918,465 filed Mar. 15, 2007 all of which are incorporated herein in their respective ...
A door latch assembly for engagement in a mounted position at or adjacent to a side edge of a door which abuts a door frame stop upon a full closure of the door into a surrounding door frame. The device features an angled or biased latch member which employs an end to engage the door stop molding of a door jamb and the...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is a continuation of International Patent Application PCT/EP02/06504 filed Jun. 13, 2002, and which designates the United States. The disclosure of the referenced application is expressly incorporated herein by reference. ...
A texturing machine for producing a crimped yarn and which has a plurality of serially arranged yarn processing units leading to a takeup device. A threading device is provided for threading a yarn for the first time before the start of a process. For this purpose, the threading device comprises at least one guide tube...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a U.S. National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/EP2013/062296 filed Jun. 13, 2013, which designates the United States of America, and claims priority to DE Application No. 10 2012 210 301.5 filed Jun. 19, 2012, the cont...
A method for determining an amount of energy released in the working cycle of an internal combustion engine cylinder includes: (a) recording a time curve of the rotational speed of the engine crankshaft using tooth timings measured using a toothed sensor disc, (b) assigning each tooth timing to a working cycle of a sel...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/769,116, filed Jun. 27, 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention ...
A nursing garment including a front panel and a back panel coupled to the front panel along a side seam. The side seam includes an upper segment and a lower segment that is distinct from said upper segment. A portion of the front panel is removably coupled to the back panel at the upper segment.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates to apparatus for filling and weighing bulk bags, and particularly relates to vibrating table assemblies for use in such apparatus. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Efficient filling and weighing of bulk bags (also known as flexible...
A vibrating table assembly for an apparatus for filling and weighing bulk bags comprises a bag support table, vibrating means for vibrating the bag support table, and a lifting device for raising an lowering the bag support table, the lifting device being located below the bag support table. Preferably, the lifting dev...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a system for preparing antimicrobial fabrics, coated with metal oxide nanoparticles by a novel sonochemical method. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Antibacterial fabrics are widely used for production of outdoor clothes, under-wear, bed-linen, and ba...
We disclose a system for preparing antimicrobial fabrics, coated with metal oxide nanoparticles by means of a novel sonochemical method. These antibacterial fabrics are widely used for production of outdoor clothes, under-wear, bed-linen, bandages, etc. The deposition of metal oxides known to possess antimicrobial acti...
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[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/106,674 filed Oct. 20, 2008 and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/149,632 filed Feb. 3, 2009. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The inven...
Non-rotating tubular wellbore cleaning devices are described which include a central tool mandrel with radially surrounding stabilizers and a cleaning member subassembly. A rotational bearing is provided that is partially radially recessed, thereby improving the overall strength of the cleaning device.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the priority benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0093307, filed on Sep. 27, 2010, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND 1. Field One or more ...
A processor and an operating method are described. By diversifying an L1 memory being accessed, based on an execution mode of the processor, an operating performance of the processor may be enhanced. By disposing a local/stack section in a system dynamic random access memory (DRAM) located external to the processor, a ...
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TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention concerns textile armatures used as products for reinforcing composite articles, i.e. articles based on resin (polyester or other resin) reinforced by a reinforcement textile armature. [0002] Reinforcement textile armatures are known f...
A textile armature that can be used for making composite materials or parts includes a central layer containing fiber segments of a first type of synthetic material previously submitted, before shaping it into a layer, to a process imparting a permanent crimp; outer layers including a mixture of segments of chemical fi...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to articles of footwear, and in particularly, to footwear having relatively stiff upper shells mounted to a sole. Accordingly, the present invention has specific application in the ski and hiking boot industries. The technology developed in the s...
An article of footwear having independent toe and heel portions that are pivotally rotatable with respect to one another over a fairly large angular range. The independent toe and heel portions are pivotally hinged to each other about the axis of the ball of the foot so as to allow relative ease in walking even when th...
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SPECIFIC DATA RELATED TO THE INVENTION [0001] This invention claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 60/675,790 filed Apr. 28, 2005. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] This present invention relates to disposable bottles and more particularly pertains to a dispo...
This invention is a disposable bottle device intended to disperse all types of pre-packaged ready to use liquids to all age groups of people and to animals through a nipple located on the disposable bottle device. The disposable bottle device has a sidewall that is all one piece, having ventilation holes spaced through...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention: This invention relates to a sheet metal poly-V pulley having poly-V grooves formed at specified pitches in the peripheral wall of a cup-shaped blank, and a manufacturing method thereof. 2. Prior Art: Conventionally, sheet metal poly-V pulley...
A sheet metal poly-V pulley and a method of manufacturing the same, having a tubular peripheral wall integrally formed from the peripheral edge of bottom wall and having poly-V grooves formed in said peripheral wall at specified pitches, in which a bent part is formed in said bottom wall in an annular form concentric w...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a ceramic heater for use in an intake pipe heater of internal combustion engines or the like purposes and, more particularly, to a novel construction of a flexible ceramic heater which is adaptable to external force and less liable to be broken. R...
A flexible barium titanate ceramic PTC heater for use in, for example, an intake pipe of an internal combustion engine to heat the air-fuel gas mixture is formed as a thin disc-shaped ceramic sheet constituted by a plurality of individual coplanar ceramic segments having interior edges positioned in spaced side-by-side...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS Not Applicable STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT Not Applicable BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention is in the field of equipment used in the production of fluids from, and injection...
A method and apparatus for simultaneously producing fluid from one or more zones of an oil or gas well, while injecting fluid into one or more other zones of the well, and for converting a depleted production zone into an injection zone, by remotely shifting sleeves in the apparatus to selectively align inlet and outle...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This patent application is a continuation-in-part of and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/152,919, filed Jun. 3, 2011, which in turn claims the benefit of priority to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/351,503, fi...
The present invention generally relates to a cosmetic applicator and in particular, relate to a cosmetic applicator comprising of at least two molded applicator parts that are interlinked such that a non-zero angle is formed at an interface of the at least two molded applicator parts with respect to a centerline of the...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application Ser. No. 87113032, filed Aug. 7, 1998, the full disclosure of which in incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a meth...
The structure of high-Q inductor applied in a monolithic circuit according to the invention comprises a plurality of spiral metal lines and a plurality of dielectric layers, each dielectric layer formed between two adjacent spiral metal lines. Furthermore, via plugs are formed in each dielectric layer to electrically c...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/450,661 filed on Apr. 19, 2012, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/975,544 filed on Dec. 22, 2010 (now abandoned), which is a continuation of U.S...
A keyless door lock that prevents young children from opening doors. The lock is a bolting mechanism type lock or a latching type lock having no keyed lock access side to it, but rather, a means for locking and unlocking the lock, such as a knob, on one or both sides of the door that when turned, unlocks the door. The ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention A mechanical magnetic pin setter for facilitating the positioning and retaining of dowel pins in the production of cast replicas of teeth and mouth to aid in the production of crowns and bridges for dental restoration. 2. Description of the Prior A...
A magnetic pin setter useful in constructing replicas of teeth for production of crowns and bridges. The device employs two support rods mounted on a base, each supporting a horizontal plate at its upper extremity. Mounted on the base between the two support rods is an adjustable work table. In producing castings for r...
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BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The subject matter of U.S. Pat. No. 5,709,784 is incorporated by reference herein. The present invention is directed on a tool with a tool body and a wear resistant layer system, wherein the layer system comprises at least one layer of MeX, wherein Me comprises ...
A tool has a tool body and a wear resistant layer system, which layer system has at least one layer of MeX. Me comprises titanium and aluminum and X is nitrogen or carbon. The tool has a tool body of high speed steel (HSS) or of cemented carbide, but it is not a solid carbide end mill and not a solid carbide ball nose ...
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TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for producing water-absorbing resin particles, water-absorbing resin particles obtained by the method, a water blocking material, and an absorbent article. The present invention specifically relates to a method for producing, under specific production cond...
The present invention provides a method for producing water-absorbing resin particles having high equilibrium swelling capacity, a high water-absorption rate or high initial swelling capacity, and an appropriate particle size that achieves good handling performance; water-absorbing resin particles obtained by the metho...
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The present invention relates to a method for controlling the sodium and sulphur balance of a pulp mill while separating lignin from black liquor, and also a lignin product or an intermediate lignin product obtainable by said method. The present invention also provides use of a lignin product or an intermediate lignin ...
A method for controlling the sodium and sulphur balance of a pulp mill while separating lignin from black liquor, and also a lignin product or an intermediate lignin product obtainable by the method. The present invention also provides use of a lignin product or an intermediate lignin product for the production of fuel...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing planar fiber webs from short, oriented reinforcing fibers or fiber blends, wherein the reinforcing fibers or fiber blends are elutriated in a slurry liquid and subsequent to passin...
Method and apparatus for manufacturing planar fiber webs from reinforcing fibers which are oriented in their passage through a hydrodynamic orientation section and deposited on a filter surface. In the process, the rotating orientation section produces a laminar flow pattern causing the reinforcing fibers in the slurry...
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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] This invention relates to devices used in aid of surgery and, more particularly, to a device for holding suture clamps and/or sutures and for organizing sutures during surgery. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Many kinds of surgery require the use of multi...
A suture clamp and/or suture retainer and organizer device for use during a surgical procedure, comprises an elongated body formed of resilient material and has a plurality of spaced lateral slits through one surface. The slits are individually identified and are sized to receive and grip a surgical suture. A tapered p...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/423,939, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,244,076, which was filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Mar. 27, 2000 as a national application of PCT/IL98/00111, filed Mar. 8, 1998, which is a continuation-in-part of PCT/IL/97/...
An actuator system for activating a latch needle, which latch needle has a shaft, comprising: a flat planar extension of said shaft having first and second parallel planar surfaces; at least one piezoelectric micromotor having a first surface region for transmitting motion to a moveable element, which first surface reg...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to valves in general and, more particularly, to valves which reaches one fluid input and provides two fluid outputs. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Valve means includes a first pipe which receives a signal fluid stream. T...
Valve means includes a first pipe which receives a signal fluid stream. The stream is separated into two substreams in accordance with a control signal. A second and third pipe are connected to the separating apparatus provides the substreams external to the valve.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to a process for the removal of m-dichlorobenzene from dichlorobenezene mixtures with an m-dichlorobenzene content of up to 35% by weight, relative to the total amount of dichlorobenezene in the mixture, by chlorination in the liqui...
The invention relates to a process for the removal of m-dichlorobenzene from dichlorobenzene mixtures by chlorination in the liquid phase at elevated temperature in the presence of Friedel-Crafts catalysts, the chlorination being carried out with addition of sulphur, sulphur compounds, iodine and/or iodine compounds an...
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FIELD [0001] The present disclosure concerns a fluid purification system, particularly a liquid purification system, and even more particularly a system for preparing fluids for use in dialysis. BACKGROUND [0002] There are, at present, hundreds of thousands of patients in the United States...
Disclosed are systems and methods of preparing dialysate for use in a home dialysis system that is compact and light-weight relative to existing systems and consumes relatively low amounts of energy. The method includes coupling a household water stream to a dialysis system; filtering the water stream; heating the wate...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a process for extracting hydrocarbons from the earth. More particularly, this invention relates to a method for recovering especially viscous hydrocarbons, e.g. bitumen, from a subterranean formation using at least two wells for...
Performing steam drive operations in critical manipulative steps can improve the recovery of viscous hydrocarbons from tar sand deposits. Steam is injected into an injection well at a rate that is less than the rate needed to fracture the formation, and fluids are simultaneously produced from a communicating production...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention is directed to a knitting machine, in particular a crochet galloon machine having a plurality of knitting needles and a plurality of thread guides associated with the knitting needles and supported on a driveable guide bars. There are a great many known knitting mac...
Guide bars (24, 32, 34) with thread guides (26, 36, 38) are arranged above the knitting needles (4). At least one group (G1 to G7) of at least two guide bars (36, 38) which are arranged one above the other is provided to increase the number of possible guide bars and/or to improve the accessibility of the guide bar reg...
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This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 323,278 filed Jan. 10, 1973, having the same inventorship and ownership. The technology of the parent application is hereby incorporated herein for reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This inventi...
An integrated shingle construction in which shingles are constructed perferably of foamed plastic primarily, the construction being in the form of panels in which the foamed plastic shingle is integrated with a board or wooden roofing member such as a standard sized sheeting member that attaches directly to the rafters...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to image proofing systems, more particularly to a proofing apparatus and a proofing head assembly used to prepare color correct samples of printed materials. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In the printing industry, it is common to provide a sample of an image to th...
The present invention discloses a proofing head apparatus and a proofing printer for generating a proof. The proofing head assembly comprises a color light analyzer and a color printhead joined by a housing to align the color light analyzer and to direct both the printhead and the color light analyzer at a media. In ce...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates generally to specialized carrier or transport devices, and in particular to a belt clip support mechanism for a hand-carried rigid container, such as an infant carrier seat or similar device for transporting the device from one location to anot...
A belt mounted infant carrier support device comprising a belt clip, an attached upward projecting hook-like protrusion upon which the lip of an infant carrier rests and a support cross member below the hook.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a brassiere, the blank for making the brassiere and to the methods for making the brassiere and the blank. More particularly, this invention relates to producing a brassiere blank on a circular knitting machine, producin...
This invention discloses methods of manufacturing brassiere blanks and brassieres, and the brassieres made therefrom. In particular, the methods and brassieres involve circular knitting operations in which a brassiere blank is produced on a circular knitting machine as a cylindrical tube, and thereafter cut and sewn on...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a process for producing a p-halogenobenzophenone derivative useful as a monomer for heat-resistant polymers. 2. Description of the Related Arts p-Halogenobenzophenone derivatives are recently especially noted ...
The present invention provides a process for producing a p-halogenobenzophenone derivative of a high purity in a high yield at a low cost in the presence of a repeatedly usable catalyst having a long life and free from the problem of waste water treatment without using any chemical of a strong toxicity. According to th...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A. Field of the Invention A new design for a complete set of luggage consisting of several new innovations to accomplish the following: 1. Provide a method whereby a traveler can easily carry and transport a complete set of luggage on a built in dolly that can either be pul...
This is a combination computer work station, cosmetic desk, casual/open tote and luggage set device. The device is easily transported and the area to push or pull luggage may be expanded to stow various pieces of luggage. Luggage may be partially filled yet secured by the divider device.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an all terrain vehicle including a radiator mounted frontward of a vehicle body frame in a protective environment. 2. Description of the Related Art In vehicles of the type including a radiator used to maintai...
A vehicle including a main body frame having a length direction and a width direction includes a front frame carried by the main body frame. The front frame includes a first front cross frame having a generally height and extends along said main body's width direction. A second front cross frame is disposed frontwa...
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This application is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 10/261,107 filed Sep. 30, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,767,455, which claims priority of provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/404,944 filed on Aug. 21, 2002, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION Th...
A submerged, vertically-mounted membrane device, the device receiving a gas-sparged feed stock at a bottom feed inlet to provide airlift circulation of the feed stock through the device and separating the feed stock into filtrate and residual gas-containing retentate which passes from the top end of the device. The dev...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an inkjet recording head and an inkjet recording apparatus for recording data on a material to be recorded by ejecting ink as liquid droplets. The present invention is applicable to apparat...
In an inkjet recording head having a plurality of ink ejecting ports and a plurality of energy generating elements respectively positioned in confrontation with the ink ejecting ports for generating energy utilized to eject ink from the ink ejecting ports, the plurality of ink ejecting ports and the plurality of energy...
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