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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to mobile apparatus preferably carried on the frame of a tractor for movement through a field of row crops, such as cotton to agitate the plants in the rows being transversed and to knock insects therefrom so that the insects fall ... | Tractor mountable apparatus for collecting and destroying insects from multiple rows of plants, such as cotton, as the tractor passes along the rows is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a supporting frame including longitudinal support members mountable upon the front end of a tractor to project forward rather than re... | 0 |
ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
The invention described herein was made in the performance of work under a NASA contract, and is subject to the provisions of Public Law 96-517 (35 USC 202) in which the Contractor has elected to retain title.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Microshells of a diameter less... | A system is described for forming accurately spherical and centered fluid-filled shells, especially of high melting temperature material. Material which is to form the shells is placed in a solid form in a container, and the material is rapidly heated to a molten temperature to avoid recrystallization and the possible ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the art of operating cells that are used for the electrolysis of brine to produce chlorine and caustic, and in particular to such cells wherein a diaphragm divides the cell into anolyte and catholyte portions, with the diaphragm... | By adding to the anolyte of an alkali-brine electrolysis cell of the kind that has a diaphragm of relatively hydrophobic material such as polytetrafluoroethylene, a small quantity of C 8 to C 14 alkyl glycoside, the wetting performance of said anolyte is much improved, and in some instances, good flow of anolyte thro... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/083,909, filed Mar. 18, 2005 and entitled “Solar Powered Radio Frequency Device Within an Energy Sensor System”, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/554,188, filed Mar. 18, ... | Systems and methods for ensuring data integrity in a mesh network. A mesh network can include multiple RF devices. Transmitting quality data in or on the mesh network is improved using communication validation functions. The communication validation functions ensure a reliable communication network, preserve data durin... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present invention relates in general to drill bits and, in particular, to an improved system, method, and apparatus for a steel tooth drill bit having enhanced tooth breakage resistance.
[0003] 2. Description of the Re... | A drill bit having steel teeth is provided with a combination of hardfacing materials on the teeth. The bases of the teeth are hardfaced with nickel-based materials to significantly reduce any potential cracking therein. Portions of the supporting cones adjacent the teeth also may be fabricated with the nickel-based ha... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention concerns a continuous digester, according to the preamble of claim 1 .
STATE OF THE ART
[0002] In Prior Art for cooking of chemical cellulose pulp with continuous digesters it has been a well known practice to use a vertical digester vessel, wi... | The continuous digester is for producing pulp from comminuted cellulosic material. The digester has a cone diverter on a bottom scraper arranged in the bottom of the digester for assisting in out feed of pulp produced. The cone diverter of the bottom scraper has an upper inclined surface of the cone diverter with an in... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/157,971, filed Jan. 17, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,945,441, which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/834,454, filed Mar. 15, 2013, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,662,878, which is a continuation... | A laminate nanomold includes a layer of perfluoropolyether defining a cavity that has a predetermined shape and a support layer coupled with the layer of perfluoropolyether. The laminate can also include a tie-layer coupling the layer of perfluoropolyether with the support layer. The tie-layer can also include a photoc... | 1 |
[0001] The present invention relates to a method and system for the distribution of multimedia tracks through computer networks, magnetic media and personal computers in general.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Currently, several kinds of methods and commercial tools are used to distribute musi... | A method for distributing multimedia files through a computer network comprises the steps of selecting a multimedia track from an archive, encoded in a digital file according to a conventional encoding which comprises a header and a division into frames; converting a plurality of the conventionally encoded frames into ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is well known to use a vibration damper in a clutch assembly for a vehicle clutch ahead of a manually-operated transmission or in a torsional coupling between driving and driven shafts. Also, where a lock-up clutch is inserted into a torque converter of an automatic transmission, a ... | A vibration damper assembly used in a torsional coupling between driving and driven members providing a low rate, high amplitude deflection, wherein the damper assembly includes a hub operatively connected to a driven shaft and having arms, at least one floating equalizer journalled on the hub, drive tangs connected to... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to underground pipe bursting and replacement systems of the static type which operate by pushing or pulling a string of rods to which a bursting head or other tooling is attached.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Pipe bursting is a well k... | A rod pushing and pulling machine includes at least one hydraulic cylinder having a front end thereof engagable with a reaction surface at an entry opening of a existing pipeline or borehole, a spindle assembly, and a dual vise assembly. The spindle assembly includes a frame, a spindle shaft rotatably mounted in the fr... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
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NAMES OF PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT
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REFERENCE TO A SEQUENCE LISTING
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BACKGROUND
[0005] 1. ... | The present invention relates to bulk vending machines that sell items in combination with a redemption certificate for points that can be redeemed at a website for premium prizes by a customer, and for collection of marketing information by the seller. | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to novel protoberberine alkaloid derivatives obtained from various protoberberine alkaloids quaternium as substrate through various derivatization reactions or their physiologically acceptable salts, their preparation method and the use of them as a drug for in... | Disclosed are derivatives of protoberberine biological alkaloids or physiologically acceptable salts thereof produced by means of a derivative reaction of a source material of biological alkaline quaternary ammonium salts of protoberberine alkaloids, a preparation method for same and pharmaceutical uses thereof. The de... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a torsion bar-type automotive vehicle suspension. More specifically, the invention relates to a torsion bar suspension which is compact enough to provide adequate road clearance for the vehicle.
In conventional torsion bar-type suspensio... | A torsion bar suspension is provided with a torsion bar connected to a lower suspension arm and independent of the connection between the lower suspension arm and a vehicle body. The torsion arm is connected to the lower arm at a position remote from the position in which the lower arm is connected to the vehicle body.... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to static progressive splinting. More particularly, the present invention relates to a monofilament slide lock that is used in connection with a splinting apparatus to allow for the adjustment of inelastic traction.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The use of ... | The invention is a slide lock for adjusting static progressive splints having a housing, a glide member, and a wheel whereby a monofilament can pass through the housing and be securely held in place by using the glide to force the wheel toward the floor of the housing. | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Application relates to and claims priority from commonly owned U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/776522, filed on Feb. 24, 2006 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/431,366, filed on May 9, 2006.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARC... | This invention relates to a multi-purpose holding device to handle, support and rotate one or more hollow cylindrical objects. The holding device consists of a rigid frame and support members for precise alignment and rotation of one or more objects within the frame structure. A method is also provided to reproducibly ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a looper for use in an overlocking sewing machine, and more particularly to a double-purpose looper capable of forming overlocked stitches with one needle and two threads and one needle and three threads.
Conventional overlocking sewing machines f... | A looper for a sewing machine capable of making overlocked stitches has a unitary distal portion which is operable for the selective production of overlocked stitches with one needle and three threads or one needle and two threads. The unitary distal portion of the looper includes an upper looper portion and a spreader... | 3 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/157,139, filed on May 5, 1993.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to an improved system for indicating the size of a garment suspended from a garment hanger. Specifically, this invention relates to an improv... | A combination garment hanger and garment size indicating system is provided in the form of a garment hanger equipped with a tab-holding section that accommodates a size-indicating tab. Once the size-indicating tab is inserted into the tab-holding section, it is substantially unremovable. Any removal of the tab from the... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to structured trading card display kits. More particularly, the kits are provided for creating an organized showing of trading cards, with the cards being structured around specific indicia for each kit. The kits may or may ... | The structured trading card display kit provides a way of displaying trading cards in an organized manner, based on a particular index assigned to the kit. The index can be selected from a large possible group and the kit includes structure identifying the index as well as a display assembly. | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of German Patent Application No. 198 13 640.4, filed on Mar. 27, 1998, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the... | Calender for the treatment of a paper web including a roll stack of at least three rolls and with least one double-soft nip. The double-soft nip(s) are formed by two rolls, each with an elastic surface layer. At least one of the rolls forming the double-soft nip is heated. In a process using the calendar to treat a mat... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to ceramic inkjet inks and to a method for decorating green or fired ceramic bodies by the use of inkjet printing.
[0002] The ceramic inkjet inks of the invention comprises ceramic inorganic pigments, having average particle size betwee... | Method for decorating green or fired ceramic bodies by inkjet printing comprising the use of a ceramic inkjet ink which is prepared by milling a ceramic inorganic pigment in an organic medium in the presence of a dispersing agent which is the reaction product of a polyethyleneimine and a 12-hydroxystearic acid and ε-ca... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national stage application of International Application No. PCT/EP2009/064020, filed on Oct. 23, 2009, which claims the benefit of German Patent Application No. DE 10 2008 053 145.6, filed on Oct. 24, 2008, the entire contents of both applications are ... | A cooking appliance including an interior, a fan mechanism having at least one fan wheel in the interior, at least one first flow directing member for subdividing the interior into a pressure chamber that houses the fan wheel and a cooking chamber, in which the first flow directing member includes at least one suction ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] I. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates generally to implantable medical devices for stimulating target tissue, and more particularly to, implantable pulse generators connecting to one or more elongated, electrode bearing leads and incorpora... | A device-to-lead terminal connector for an implantable medical device is designed to positively lock the proximal lead terminal within a lead bore formed in the connector of the implantable device. Rather than using a conventional setscrew locking arrangement, first and second latching members are insertable through si... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a sequential chromatographic procedure for the purification of a human tumor necrosis factor, produced, by the LuKII cell line, termed TNF(LuKII), the characterization of TNF(LuKII) and hybridoma cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies to TNF(LuKII).... | Human TNF(LuKII) having a specific activity of at least 1.5×10 5 units per milligram of total protein is produced by contacting a TNF-containing protein composition, which has been harvested from human cell lines of hematopoietic origin or recombinant origin, in separate adsorption stages with glass beads, lentil lect... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium, and more particularly it relates to a magnetic recording medium having excellent running durability.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A strong demand has arisen for a magnetic recording medium having a higher recording den... | A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic support having provided thereon a magnetic layer containing ferromagnetic particles and a binder, wherein said magnetic layer contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an ammonium sulfate and an ammonium sulfonate. | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to methods and materials for improving retention of anchors in wood structures, and, more particularly, relates to such methods and materials for use at the situs of a driven railroad spike into a wood cross tie.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The rail indust... | A rail spike retention and tie preserving mixture and method are disclosed for use in a wood cross tie at the situs of a driven rail spike, the mixture providing a single stage dry mixture application and including ground petroleum pitch, sub-angular silica sand and a hydrocarbon resin adhesive/sealant material. The mi... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to the use of a laser to process light.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The use of lasers for processing light includes conversion of light from one part of the electromagnetic spectrum to another part of the spectrum. Typically, such processing invol... | Processing of incoherent electromagnetic radiation is described, said incoming incoherent electromagnetic radiation comprising radiation in a first wavelength interval. An arrangement comprises a focusing arrangement for focusing the incoming incoherent electromagnetic radiation, a first cavity configured to comprise a... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 10/195,017 filed on Jul. 10, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,177,606 titled A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL POWER LEVEL OF A WIRELESS TRANSMITTER.
The present invention relates to the field of wireless transmitters. More ... | A method and system for controlling an output signal power level of a wireless transmitter can be created by detecting the signal power level of the transmitter with a detector, selectively attenuating the output signal power level with an attenuator having variable attenuation levels, and monitoring the output signal ... | 3 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 441,811, filed Feb. 12, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,905,738, issued Sept. 16, 1975.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
When articles are made of plastic on blow molding machines, the plastic is substantially stronger if the plastic material has been st... | This injection blow molding machine has special provision for maintaining the plastic of a parison on a core rod at the orientation temperature of the plastic; and stretching the plastic of the parison lengthwise of the core rod for orientation in the direction of one axis without any substantial increase in the diamet... | 1 |
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to injecting liquid into the stem or trunk of a tree, and more particularly, this disclosure relates to injecting liquid such as a pesticides, growth regulators or nutrient and/or fertilizers into the sapwood of a tree trunk.
[0002] Arborists may inject li... | There is provided by the present invention an injection system for use in injecting a liquid into a tree, the system comprising: (A) a liquid supply assembly ( 10 ) comprising a liquid supply inlet ( 34 ) for providing the liquid to the assembly at ambient pressure, an electric pump ( 68 ) for pressurizing and discharg... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from Patent Application No. GB0422295.6 filed on Oct. 7, 2004 and entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA ENTRY.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates generally to the field of the entry of data... | A system and method for data entry by an operator uses data containing a first component and a second component derived therefrom, wherein the second component has error detection and correction abilities therein. The second component of the entered data is used to detect and correct error in the data entered for the f... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to an improved method for lubrication of metal workpieces being formed at elevated working temperatures of at least 250° C. and higher and more particularly to a novel lubricant combination for such method of metal forming which includes formation of a ... | An improved method to lubricate a metal workpiece at elevated temperatures is described employing a novel polymer lubricant formed in situ. The novel lubricant is provided with a liquid mist of a lubricant preparation containing a vaporizable and polymerizable organic reactant in combination with graphite particulates ... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The application claims the benefit, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e), of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/807,217 filed Jul. 13, 2006, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invent... | Self-Validating Thermocouple (SVT) Systems capable of detecting sensor probe open circuits, short circuits, and unnoticeable faults such as a probe debonding and probe degradation are useful in the measurement of temperatures. SVT Systems provide such capabilities by incorporating a heating or excitation element into t... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of my copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 48,091, filed June 13, 1979, now abandoned entitled "Roofing Composition and Structure".
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates ... | A pourable roofing composition composed of chopped discrete small chunks or pieces of closed cell plastics material, such as polystyrene, polyurethane, and the like; inexpensive granular or powder particles of fly ash or the like inert particulate material which will hold down the light cellular plastic pieces; and an ... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Section 371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2015/000236, filed Feb. 5, 2015, which was published in the German language on Aug. 13, 2015, under International Publication No. WO 2015/117759 A1 and the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by... | A plate apparatus suitable for heat and/or material exchange has plates (P 0 , P 1 , P 2 , P 3 ) contacting each other flush along a peripheral seal ( 1 ) while forming respective intermediate spaces (Z 0 , Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 ) and having upper ( 2, 3 ) and lower ( 4, 5 ) through-flow openings for fluids. A group of these... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a paper strength enhancing resin that is fluorescent.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The addition of an amine across an activated aliphatic double bond is often called the Michael addition reaction, and this reaction can produce linear aminoacids or linear... | A fluorescent resin suitable for use as a paper strength enhancing additive having the formula: ##STR1## where each R is independently selected from the class consisting of methyl and hydrogen, X is a halogen selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br and I, and n is the integer 8 or a larger integer. | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a magnetic head having a confined current path, and more specifically, to a ballistic magneto resistive (BMR) sensor having a free layer stabilized by an in-stack bias and spacer-decoupling layer including nanoparticles.
2... | An in-stack bias is provided for stabilizing the free layer of a ballistic magneto resistive (BMR) sensor. In-stack bias includes a decoupling layer that is a spacer between the free layer and a ferromagnetic stabilizer layer of the in-stack bias, and an anti-ferromagnetic layer positioned above the ferromagnetic layer... | 6 |
REFERENCE TO CO-PENDING APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/684,558 filed Aug. 17, 2012, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates generally to construc... | A method of constructing a shaft in the earth for use as, for example, a launch shaft or a retrieval shaft, may include several steps. One step includes installing a secant pile wall into the earth. The secant pile wall encloses a portion of the earth. Another step includes excavating the portion of the earth enclosed ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of copending PCT Application PCT/US96/12160, filed Sep. 12, 1995, designating the United States, which claims priority from South African application no. 94/0711, filed Sep. 12, 1994, both of which are incorporated herein by r... | A process for treating a liquid comprising subjecting a liquid containing, in solution, citric acid as well as a less desirable component having a similar molecular weight to citric acid, to nanofiltration in a filtration step. From the filtration step, a permeate in which the ratio of the concentration of the citric a... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates generally to multi-channel systems and, more particularly, to reducing skew in multi-channel systems.
BACKGROUND
Referring to FIGS. 1A and 1B of the drawings, the reference numeral 100 generally designates a conventional bed scanner. Scanner 100 generally co... | Conventional analog front ends or AFEs for scanners are implemented using multiple integrated circuits or ICs. As a result, there is typically a problem of skew (due at least in part to manufacturing process variations) for these different ICs in the AFE. Here, an AFE is provided which serializes input data so as to co... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention generally relates to nickel-base alloy compositions, and more particularly to nickel-base superalloys suitable for components requiring a polycrystalline microstructure and high temperature dwell capability, for example, turbine disks of gas turbine en... | Gamma prime nickel-base superalloy and components formed therefrom. The alloy contains, by weight, 11.3 to 13.3% cobalt, 12.4 to 15.2% chromium, 2.1 to 2.7% aluminum, 3.6 to 5.8% titanium, 3.5 to 4.5% tungsten, 3.1 to 3.8% molybdenum, 0.0 to 1.2% niobium, 0.0 to 2.3% tantalum, 0.0 to 0.5% hafnium, 0.040 to 0.100% carbo... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to apparatus and methods for managing air flow during the manufacture of nonwoven webs and laminates.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Meltblowing and spunbond processes are commonly employed to manufacture nonwoven webs and laminates. With mel... | An air handler for collecting air discharged from a melt spinning apparatus. The air handler includes an outer housing having walls defining a first interior space. One of the walls has an intake opening for receiving the discharge air. Another wall has an exhaust opening for discharging the air. The intake opening is ... | 3 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to novel vanadium phosphate materials useful to provide microporous structures and to the methods for the preparation of such materials.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There is currently intense interest in the chemistry of the vanadium oxide phosphate system bec... | A new class of vanadium phosphate materials has been created using hydrothermanl self-assembly techniques. Of particular interest is that these materials comprise a vanadium phosphate framework structure about an organic template that after removal leave a microporous structure. These materials typically are produced b... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/091,154, filed Mar. 5, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,759,576. The aforementioned application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This inventi... | An enhanced, diploid pollenizer watermelon plant and method used to maximize the yield of triploid seedless watermelons per area. The enhanced pollenizer watermelon plant of the invention is either a hybrid variety, an open-pollinated variety or a synthetic variety, that exhibits the characteristics of small leaves and... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a fire isolation device for free standing structures. More particularly, the present invention relates to a fire resistant house cover.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Every year free standing struct... | The present invention relates to a fire isolation device for a free standing structure. This device includes a left tarp and right tarp fabricated from a fire resistant material. The left tarp and right tarp are of a size to completely enclose the free standing structure. Attached to the left tarp and right tarp is a s... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims benefit from U.S. Provisional Application for Patent Application No. 62/298,038 filed Feb. 22, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
The field of the present device and method relates to spring-loaded animal t... | The present improved animal trap and unique catch release mechanism eliminates substantial eating or removal of the bait without the trap activating and provides a dual means to activate the trap. This is accomplished by the present catch release mechanism having a sliding member which slides within a hole through the ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the automatic regulation and control of an irrigation of plants in accordance with the preamble of the independent patent claims. It relates, in particular, to an apparatus ... | A method for the automatic irrigation of plants, wherein the temporal progression of soil moisture is determined from measured soil moisture values, and said progression is used for the calculation of an optimized irrigation time duration, such that both water excess in the soil and soil drying are avoided as much as p... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a liquid crystal device for displaying information and to a method from producing such a device. More specifically, to a device having liquid crystal material stabilized by a support layer of mate... | A liquid crystal display and method of making. The display includes a layer of support material stabilizing a layer of liquid crystal material in dimensional thickness and uniformity. The invention is particularly well suit for making heatsensitive display labels. | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART
The present invention relates to a process cartridge, and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus in which a process cartridge is removably mountable.
Here, an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is an apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium (fo... | A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an apparatus, includes a drum, a developing member, a cartridge frame including a developer accommodating portion, a first light guide adjacent one end of the cartridge frame and a leading end with respect to a cartridge mounting direction and including a l... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a sintering process. More particularly, this invention relates to a sintering process wherein sintering in solid phase is followed by brief heat treatment with a liquid phase.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In conventional sintering of multiphase tungsten ... | This invention relates to a sintering process. More particularly, this invention relates to a process for preparing a sintered form having a tungsten content which comprises the steps of:
(a) sintering a porous form of pressed tungsten alloy powders having a high tungsten content in solid phase, and
(b) hea... | 2 |
This application claims the benefits of Provisional Application No. 60/318,691 filed Sep. 12, 2001.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention concerns cosmetic compositions of improved aesthetic properties having low pH and containing organic sunscreen agents.
... | A cosmetic composition is provided which includes an organic sunscreen agent, a water-insoluble polymeric powder of porous particles, and an aqueous system wherein pH is less than 7. The porous particles remove the tackiness normally associated with organic sunscreen agents and low pH systems thereby providing a result... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/900,853, filed on Sep. 13, 2007, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/540,376 filed on Sep. 29, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,476,131.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The pres... | A device and method for reducing crosstalk between wires is provided. The method includes spatially separating first and second sets of wires. A device is disposed relative to the first and second sets of wires to maintain the spatial separation. The method also comprises coupling pins to the first and second sets of w... | 7 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
This application makes reference to, incorporates the disclosure of, and claims all benefits accruing under 35 U.S.C. §119 from an application entitled IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM WHICH USES A PORTABLE COMPUTER MONITOR AS A DISPLAY earlier filed in the Korean Industrial Property Office on Sep... | An image signal processing system uses a display removed from a portable computer, and includes a housing containing an image signal processing system for receiving and converting image signals to provide image signal data, wherein the housing is provided with a fixing member for fixing the display removed from the por... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of air conditioner controlling technologies, and in particular, to a customized control method and system for air conditioner operation mode.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Currently, with the rapid development of... | A customized control method for an air conditioner operation mode. The method includes: when a customized setting instruction for an air conditioner operation mode sent by a user is received, providing a customized setting interface of the operation mode for a user to set the air conditioner operation parameters in a c... | 5 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of defoaming equipment, and more particularly, to removing, defoaming, and storing large amounts of foam after a Blast Mitigation or Decontamination Foam has been used in either an open area or in a contained area.
BACKGROUND OF ... | The present invention relates to the field of defoaming equipment, and more particularly, to removing, defoaming, and storing large amounts of foam after a Blast Mitigation or Decontamination Foam has been used in either an open area or in an contained area. The invention provides an apparatus for defoaming, comprising... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to digital media container racks and, in particular, a divider, spacer or support for such racks.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
[0002] Digital media container racks come in a variety of forms. They are generally configured to hold... | This invention relates to a rack for digital media containers such as compact disc jewel boxes. The unit contains a base and opposed sides, between which a plurality of tubular members are provided to hold the containers. Dividers are provided between adjacent tubular members and have attachment means at at least one e... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
Activated carbons are high porosity, high surface area materials used in industry for purification and chemical recovery operations as well as environmental remediation. Toxic metals contamination of various water sources is a significant problem in many... | Activated carbons derived from nutshells, and for use in adsorption of metallic cations, are prepared utilizing phosphoric acid activation with concurrent oxidation under air. The acid activation is carried out utilizing a one or two-step heating regime subsequent to the infusion of the phosphoric acid into the nutshel... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the May 20, 2013 Priority Date benefit of Provisional Application No. 61/855,660.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not applicable
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A pipe severing tool is arranged to align a plurality of high explosive pellets along a unitizing central tube that is selectively separable from a tubular external housing. The pellets are loaded serially in a column in full view along the entire column as a final charging task. Detonation boosters are pre-positioned ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] As the computing power of mobile devices increase more sophisticated applications can be developed to utilize these resources. Typically a provider of such a mobile device may want to protect the device from attackers that try and obtain digital rights management keys or device keys. One wa... | Disclosed is a code verification service that detects malformed data in an automated process and rejects submission and distribution if any malicious code is found. Once the submission is verified it may be packaged in container. The container may then be deployed to a mobile device, and the public key may be used to v... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a voltage driven type MOS controlled thyristor and method for fabricating the same which has a four layer pnpn structure turned on and which off by two MOS gates, and is used as a power switching device.
2. Descript... | An MCT (MOS controlled thyristor) including a first outer layer of a first conductivity type whose surface contacts a first major electrode, and a second outer layer at which an MOS structure is disposed, and whose surface contacts a second major electrode. The MCT is provided with a second conductivity type region for... | 7 |
[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/905,309, filed Oct. 15, 2010, and entitled “A Rapidly Self-Drying Rectifying Flame Rod”. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/905,309, filed Oct. 15, 2010, is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND
... | A system having a flame rod assembly for operation in a high temperature pilot burner. The assembly is designed for operation in temperatures from about −40 to 1100 degrees C. The system may operate in inclement weather involving high speed winds and significant amounts of moisture and rain to hurricane storm force lev... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to a pressure relief valve with a closing element having a closing force that can be set and with a threaded sleeve that can be actuated by means of a handwheel for generating a variable closing force of the closing element as well as a valve shaft, which exte... | A pressure relief valve for flowing media has a closing element ( 6 ), whose closing force can be set with both the setting of the closing force and the brief release of the closing element ( 6 ) performed with a single setting element. Teeth ( 22, 23 ) are provided, by which the threaded sleeve ( 3 ) can be actuated s... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/562,100. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/562,100 is a national-stage application of International Patent Application No. PCT/CH04/000384. International Patent Applicatio... | A pneumatic support comprises a long hollow body, tapering towards the ends and two pressure/tension elements. The hollow body is embodied by a sleeve of gas-tight, flexible, non-stretch material. Said sleeve can be formed from two layers, an external non-stretch, flexible sleeve and an inner gas-tight elastic bladder.... | 4 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Taiwan application Serial No. 105103771, filed Feb. 4, 2016, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Field of the Invention
[0003] The invention relates in general to a touch disp... | A control method for a touch display device including a display panel is provided. The display panel includes multiple first gate lines and multiple second gate lines respectively corresponding to a first field and a second field of a frame, and multiple sensing electrodes for touch sensing. Within one single frame per... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/744,386, filed May 4, 2007, and entitled “Means to Detect a Missing Pulse and Reduce the Associated PLL Phase Bump,” which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
B... | A phase/frequency locked loop (PLL) includes circuitry adapted to detect missing pulses of a reference clock and to control the phase bump of the PLL. The circuitry includes, in part, first and second flip-flops, as well as a one-shot block. The first flip-flop has a data input terminal responsive to a voltage supply, ... | 7 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/687,183, filed Jun. 3, 2005, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to exchange trade matching systems and methods. More particularly, the invention ... | Systems and methods are provided to fulfill customer trading orders in an illiquid two sided market. Request for cross functionality may be implemented in a trading environment using a trading engine for the matching of trades involving financial instruments. Request for cross functionally integrates the benefits of a ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a refrigerator; and, more particularly, to a refrigerator having a cooled-air passageway defined by a sunken portion of a liner and a cover plate covering the sunken portion, resulting in the cooled-air passageway being formed opposite to a thermal insulatio... | A refrigerator has a storage compartment defined with two lateral walls and a rear wall. The walls has a liner at its innermost surface and a urethane foam outside the liner. The refrigerator is provided with a passageway defined with a sunken portion of the liner which is depressed toward a urethane foam and a cover p... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 257,997, filed Apr. 27, 1981, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 674,502, filed Apr. 7, 1976, now abandoned, which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 595,738, filed July 14, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. ... | A ceramic fiber mat attached to the interior wall or surface of a high temperature chamber of furnace or adapted to overlie an intermediate insulating member positioned between the mat and a furnace wall, the fibers in the mat lying in planes generally perpendicular to the wall, the mat constituting an improved insulat... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention is in the field of child safety and security.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Unencumbered access to playground ladders by toddlers can result in tragic accidents especially when adults are not present to supervise play on ladders. Although i... | Many family homes, school and municipal parks have play structures for children. Typically these playground play structures have ladders. In the case of family homes in particular, toddlers typically enjoy climbing the ladders but then are stuck at the top and in danger of falling off the ladder. In order to prevent to... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation-in-part of, and claims priority to, Provisional Patent Application No. 60/224,721, filed Aug. 11, 2000, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Fi... | A microcomposite structure for use as a component of a lithium battery is formed from a liquid phase mixture by the removal of a solvent. The microcomposite structure includes a continuous reticulated solid polymer phase, a formed in situ gel-electrolyte phase, and a solid phase surfactant at the interface between the ... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/819,590 filed Mar. 27, 2001, entitled “WINDOW PROTECTOR ASSEMBLY” which was a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/397,748, filed Sep. 16, 1999, entitled “WINDOW PROTECTOR ASSEMBLY” n... | A window protector assembly that protects both the inside and outside of standard panes of glazing from vandalism or other damage. The assembly comprises a pane of glazing, a sheet of protective material on the inside and outside of the glazing, and a frame. The frame pivots on the outer side of the glazing for quick l... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part application of Petitioners' earlier application Ser. No. 10/103,308 filed Mar. 20, 2002, entitled “CONCRETE RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING PANELS”.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention re... | A concrete railroad grade crossing comprised of a precast concrete gauge panel extending between the rails and precast concrete approach panels which extend between each rail and the roadway. Elastomeric gauge seals are provided on the opposite sides of the gauge panels for sealing the space between the sides of the ga... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to compounds targeting metal isotopes to neurotensin receptor-positive tumors.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the tenth most common human cancer, grows extremely rapidly, disseminates early and occult metast... | The invention relates to a new neurotensin analogue, or a salt thereof, useful for targeting to neurotensin receptor-positive tumors, like ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma, exocrine pancreatic cancer, invasive ductal breast cancers, colon adeno-carcinoma, small cell lung carcinoma, Ewing sarcoma, meningioma, medullobla... | 2 |
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/186,861, filed Apr. 27, 1988 U.S. Pat. No. 4,828,662.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the electrochemical removal of a surface layer from an article, and more particularly but not exclus... | A method of removing a layer of cobalt from an underlying nickel surface of an article comprises the steps of immersing at least part of the article in an aqueous solution of a caustic alkali having a pH value not less than 12.5 and preferably not less than 14, and applying an electrical potential difference between th... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a displacement detecting device, a scale calibrating method and a scale calibrating program applied to a linear encoder, a rotary encoder, etc.
2. Description of the Related Art
Generally, measurement error of a displacement m... | A displacement detecting device includes: a scale which has an optical lattice; a detecting unit which is disposed so as to be movable in a scanning direction relative to the scale, inclusive of at least a first detection portion, a second detection portion and a third detection portion, arranged in the scanning direct... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the feed mixing art and more specifically to an improved feed dispenser for conveying mixed feed from a mixing hopper to a cattle feeder.
The feed mixing art has developed from agricultural and biological studies which have indicated tha... | An improved feed dispenser for conveying mixed feed from a discharge opening of a mixing hopper and for directing the flow of feed exiting the dispenser, said dispenser including a trough contoured to an auger; a slideably disposed outlet door between the mixing hopper and the trough; a retractable, hingedly disposed s... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/766,347, filed on Jan. 19, 2001, now pending, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] ... | The present invention discloses novel aromatic azide derivatives and their bioconjugates for phototherapy of tumors and other lesions. The organic azides of the present invention are designed to absorb low-energy ultraviolet, visible, or near-infrared (NIR) region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The phototherapeutic e... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] N/A
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention is an x-ray irradiation system using two line-type x-ray sources and a rotating sample canister to provide an x-ray irradiation system with high sample throughput, uniform dose distribution throu... | According to one general aspect, A blood irradiator apparatus for evenly irradiating blood bags comprising a blood canister, wherein the blood canister holds a blood bag an one or more power supply; an one or more x-ray sources, wherein the one or more x-ray sources are connected individual or together to the one or mo... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a travelling worktable apparatus (a sample travelling worktable apparatus or a sample stage apparatus) for semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses, semiconductor inspecting apparatuses, and... | In a travelling worktable apparatus including a roller guide unit to guide a travelling table. Deformation of a sample table caused in association with precision of the guide unit such as deviation in precision of rail attachment and precision of rollers is prevented while keeping rigidity of the roller guide. This kee... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an anisotropic conductive sheet, which is interposed between a circuit board such as a substrate and various circuit devices (components) to render conductive path, and to its manufacturing method.
RELATED ART
[0002] As re... | An anisotropic conductive sheet interposed between a circuit board such as a substrate and various circuit parts to render them conductive and its manufacturing method. The anisotropic conductive sheet has a fine pitch required by the recent highly integrated circuit boards and electronic parts, and exhibits conductivi... | 7 |
[0001] This application clams the benefit of U.S. Provision Patent Application Ser. No. 60/992,901 filed on 6 Dec. 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
[0002] For some types of inkjet printer ink cartridges ink is introduced into the cartridge throug... | In one embodiment, a cartridge includes: a housing having a chamber therein for holding a fluid; a hole extending through the housing to the chamber; and a breachable membrane that, in an unbreached state, substantially closes the hole, the membrane resiliently configured such that, upon being breached, the membrane re... | 1 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application, Ser. No. 60/116,610, filed Jan. 21, 1999 entitled GeAs SULPHIDE GLASSES CONTAINING P, by Bruce G. Aitken.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
U.S. Pat. No. 5,389,584 (Aitken et al.) describes stable glasses that exhibit excellent transmi... | A GeAs sulphide glass family of transparent glasses having transmission far into the infrared portion of the spectrum, containing a source of phosphorus ion as a co-dopant to effect dispersion of a rare earth metal ion dopant in the glass, an optical component comprising the glass, and a method of dispersing a rare ear... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is divisional application of Ser. No. 10/609,252 filed Jun. 27, 2003 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/342,452 filed Jan. 14, 2003.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT ... | A magnetic lid closure sensor uses a magnet sensor element mounted within the washing machine housing below the closed lid. Flux directors conduct flux from a magnet in the lid to the magnet sensor. A lock mechanism employs a hook engaging an aperture in the lid so that opening of the lid does not impart a torque to th... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to ground anchors, and more specifically to driven pivoting ground anchors.
2. General Background
Ground anchors, or earth anchors, of the driven and pivoting or tilting type are well known and generally include a main body por... | An earth anchor of the pivoting type having an essentially cylindrical body, a blind bore extending thereinto from a trailing axial end of the cylindrical body and a leading edge projecting from a leading end of the body, the leading edge being formed as a rounded surface adapted for penetration through reinforcement p... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisional patent application No. 61/273,282, filed Aug. 3, 2009, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to high strength c... | A quenched and tempered high strength, corrosion resistant steel suitable for aircraft landing gears and structures, having a unique combination of mechanical and corrosion resistant properties: ultimate tensile strength of 295 to 305 ksi, yield strength of 225 to 235 ksi; elongation of 12 to 13.5%, reduction of area o... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the dyeing of natural proteinaceous and synthetic polyamide fibers, particularly the normal and specialty nylons.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The dyeing of nylons--manufactured fibers in which the fiber-forming s... | Compositions and methods for dyeing natural proteinaceous and synthetic polyamide fibers, particularly wool, silk and nylons, utilizing dye assistants effective with both acid and disperse dyes, such assistants being a combination of (a) dibenzyl ether with (b) a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein x is selected ... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This divisional patent application corresponds to parent co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/1759,494 filed Dec. 4, 1996, entitled "Wavelet Hidden Markov Modeling Method for Cardiac Event Wave Detection and Arrhythmia Analysis" to Sun et al. Reference is h... | This is a method and apparatus for the automated discrimination of cardiac events of interest, including P-waves, R-waves, T-waves and specific arrhythmic sequences, in EGM signals for data storage in an implantable monitor or to control operations of an implantable cardiac stimulator through the use of Hidden Markov M... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method of making MMC components by an infiltration process, with the preform which is disposed inside a crucible and, optionally, held by a preform holder, being placed inside a pressure container, wherein the atmosphere inside the pressure container is chang... | Method of making MMC components by an infiltration process, with a preform (3) which is disposed inside a crucible (6) and, optionally, held by a preform holder (2), being placed inside a pressure container (1), wherein the atmosphere inside the pressure container (1) is changeable during the production process, and af... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method for obtaining in large volume a gas stream that is 90%-99% and higher by volume in one component of a gaseous mixture. This invention especially relates to an adsorption process for providing an enriched gas stream by means of a pressure swing adsorpt... | Gaseous mixtures are separated on a two zone (two columns connected in series per zone) carbon molecular sieve pressure swing adsorption system to produced a gas stream enriched in at least one component. This process includes the partial pressurization of an adsorbent zone with lean gas in the range of 40 to 90 percen... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention generally relates to semiconductor quantum-well structures. In particular, the invention relates to InP and InGaAs quantum-well diode lasers whose fabricational variations can be better controlled.
BACKGROUND ART
Many advanced electronic and opto-electronic integra... | An InP-based opto-electronic integrated circuit including an active layer having one or more quantum wells (36, 38). According to the invention, a barrier layer (34) of AlGaInAs is formed, preferably between the quantum wells and the substrate (30) to prevent the migration of species from the substrate and lower InP la... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610358437.1, filed May 26, 2016, the contents of which are incorporated by reference in the entirety.
FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates to supports for video playba... | A support for video playback devices includes a headwear device, a support mechanism, and a holding mechanism. The support mechanism is connected to the headwear device. The holding mechanism is connected to the support mechanism, and is used to hold a video playback device. Viewing distance and angle of the video play... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a superconductive magnet coil arrangement for generating a homogeneous magnetic field in a volume under examination, comprising a magnet coil having two first windings of a superconductive wire which are disposed adjacent the ends of the magnet coil and... | A superconductive magnet coil arrangement for generating a homogeneous magnetic field in a volume under examination, comprising a magnet coil having two first windings of a superconductive wire which are disposed adjacent the ends of the magnet coil and which are supported on a hollow supporting body, and comprising fu... | 6 |
Background of Invention
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The Invention relates to fluorescent discharge lamps, and more particularly, to a multi-tube fluorescent discharge lamp which is constructed of multiple glass tubes of different caliber in coaxial structure, the both sides of ... | A multi-tube fluorescent discharge lamp, which is constructed of multiple glass tubes of different caliber in coaxial structure, the both sides of the inner most tube are connected to a cathode respectively, by isolating, perforating and blocking the discharge path, forming a successive discharge path, and coating phos... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-074369 filed Mar. 29, 2013. The entire content of the priority application is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a fixing device that therma... | Some fixing devices include a nip member, an endless belt, a rotating member and a stay. The stay, in some arrangements, has a first supporting face. Additionally, the first supporting face includes a first downstream edge. The first downstream edge includes a first portion, a third portion, and a second portion. Accor... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a bias-T circuit.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Bias-T circuits are useful, for example, for providing both a radio frequency (RF) signal and DC voltage down a single transmission line to a modulator.
[0003... | A bias-T circuit including a radio frequency signal input device and a dc bias input device connected in parallel with an output. The radio frequency signal input device includes a capacitive element in series with the output. The dc bias input device includes a radio frequency transistor for controlling the dc bias le... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and improved method of, and apparatus for, controlling the operating conditions prevailing at a ring spinning machine, by means of a control or monitoring apparatus which travels from spinning position to spinning position, there being consecutive... | A method of, and apparatus for, consecutively controlling the operating conditions at a plurality of spinning positions or locations of a ring spinning machine, wherein there are detected yarn breakages and lap-up formations on rolls of the drafting arrangements. Upon detection of a yarn breakage at a predetermined spi... | 3 |
This application claims benefit of Provisional Appln 60/046,500 filed May 14, 1997.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for developing a test strip, and more particularly a test strip having a reagent test pad requi... | A test strip incubation device and method for developing a test strip having a reagent test pad disposed thereon, the reagent test pad requiring an incubation time, which allows greater accuracy and reliability of test results as well as a narrower window of PASS and FAIL indication concentrations. The device comprises... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/537,891, filed Aug. 7, 2009, entitled Method for Improving Peer to Peer Network Communication, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/040,364, filed Jan. 21, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,583,682, entitled Method ... | The present invention relates to a node for deployment on a peer to peer network. The node is programmed for monitoring the network to receive communication messages therefrom and to forward the communication messages, optionally changing the communications radius parameters to an optimal or near optimal value. The nod... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a portable terminal apparatus for an IC card which selectively reads and displays various transaction data, amount data, and the like from an IC card used as, e.g., a credit card and electronic money and supporting a plurality of applications.
In ... | A data processing apparatus for an IC card includes an interface section for receiving and accessing an integrated circuit medium, a first application function for performing data processing for the integrated circuit medium on the basis of the first application, a second application function for performing data proces... | 6 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to device and method for handling metal sheets. More specifically it relates to a turning device and method for turning metal sheets used in connection with device separating metal deposit from a cathode.
BACKROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] ... | The invention relates to a turning device for metal deposits used in combination with a separating device, comprising at least one turnable receiving unit mounted on a rotating axle under the separating device and in the vicinity of at least one conveyor, guiding means for guiding a metal deposit to a receiving unit ac... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of and priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/762,594, filed Feb. 8, 2013, which is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to sa... | Woodworking machines including a blade to cut a workpiece and a detector to detect movement or position of at least part of a human body near the blade and a reaction system adapted to mitigate possible injury upon detection of a dangerous condition between the human and the blade. | 5 |
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