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FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present disclosure relates to safety systems and methods for a vehicle, and in particular to a system and method for determining if a driver of a vehicle is using an electronic device.
BACKGROUND
Driving while using an electronic device, for example a smartphone, is one of ... | A vehicle safety system and method for controlling usage of mobile devices in a vehicle is disclosed that includes determining mobile device location in the vehicle; determining vehicle movement; determining whether device is being used by the driver based on device location; and monitoring or limiting usage of the dev... | 7 |
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 06/632,733 filed July 20, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,790,736.
This application relates generally to pressure extrusion, and more particularly to pressure extrusion coupled with centrifugal fiber spinning for producing continuous and nonwoven fabrics.... | A method wherein there is provided a source of fiber forming material, with said fiber forming material being pumped into a die having a plurality of spinnerets about its periphery. The die is rotated at a predetermined adjustable speed, whereby the liquid is expelled from the die so as to form fibers. It is preferred ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a cooling system for automotive vehicles, and more particularly relates to an improved cooling system in which liquid coolant is subjected to a comparatively low system pressure, resulting in a reduced boiling point for the liqu... | A hermetically sealed low pressure, low temperature cooling system for internal combustion engines which include a thermostat that operates at a predetermined temperature, typically 195° F. Thermostatic control of engine operation temperature is maintained at or in relatively close proximity to this predetermined tempe... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/700,090, filed Jan. 31, 2013, now U.S. Pat. No. ______, which is a national phase entry under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Patent Application PCT/NL2011/050366 filed on May 26,... | The disclosure relates to improving the aqueous solubility of 2-iminobiotin. In a particular aspect, the disclosure pertains to formulations suitable for administration of 2-iminobiotin to mammals suffering from disorders or conditions that benefit from that administration. | 0 |
This is a Continuation of International Application PCT/EP02/03801, with an international filing date of Apr. 5, 2002, which was published under PCT Article 21(2) in German, and the disclosure of which is incorporated into this application by reference.
FIELD OF AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention r... | A method and apparatus for generating an AC voltage in a system frequency range from a DC input voltage. Two opposite-pole, pulse-width modulated (PWM) rectangular pulses having a high switching rate are applied to the primary winding of a transformer. Every pulse is modulated to correspond to a half-wave of the AC vol... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/074,360, filed Feb. 10, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to the field of rigid disc drives, and more particularly, but not by way of limita... | A glide test head assembly optimized for glide avalanche testing. The glide test head assembly of the present invention includes air bearing surfaces formed with a negative crown, or slightly concave surface. The negative crown of the air bearing surfaces of the inventive glide test head lowers the hydrodynamic pressur... | 6 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/927,347 filed on Sep. 11, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,980,531, and which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of stent d... | A stent delivery device having a pair of balloons at a proximal end of a catheter and having separate lumens for selectively inflating the respective balloons. The outer balloon is relatively compliant and the inner balloon is relatively non-compliant. A central lumen is provided for a guide wire. A stent is carried by... | 0 |
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERAL RIGHTS
This invention was made with government support under Contract No. W-7405-ENG-36 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The government has certain rights in the invention.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to continuous air monitors, and, ... | An apparatus and corresponding method for automatically changing out a filter cartridge in a continuous air monitor. The apparatus includes: a first container sized to hold filter cartridge replacements; a second container sized to hold used filter cartridges; a transport insert connectively attached to the first and s... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an electric compressor in which an electric motor portion and a compressor portion are integrated and, in particular, to an electric compressor in which a drive circuit portion for supplyin... | In an electric compressor, in which an electric motor and a compressor driven thereby are integrated, in order to prevent a reduction in the durability of the electric motor and the like due to heat conducted from heat radiating bodies such as drive circuits, a fluid, prior to being taken into the compressor portion, i... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to seating structures and more particularly to seating structures having support surfaces formed from resilient fabric without the need for underlying springs or cushion support structures.
BACKGROUND
Traditional seating structures such as for us... | A seating structure including fabric support webs is provided. The seating structure includes a webbed support surface formed from a warp knit fabric with weft insertion of an elastomeric yarn. The stretch in the warp is substantially linear over a full range of applied stress from zero pounds to failure. The stretch i... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The task of harvesting nuts has always been a tiresome job since it requires picking up nuts from the ground under the nut trees. The back-breaking nature of the job has been the motivation for many past inventors to devise machines to do the job. In general these have been large cumbe... | A rolling apparatus to be pushed by hand to roll over ground where nuts have fallen, pick up the nuts, and collect them in a bag; the apparatus including a roller assembly of a plurality of thin wheel units each having a flexible wall member which contacts the ground and is spaced from the wall member of the next adjac... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to delivery chutes and in particular to a delivery chute for use in a sorting machine having a horizontal conveyor.
Horizontal conveyor sorting machines are well known and are described in such patents as U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,077,620, 4,147,252 and 4,527... | An orientation chute is provided for a sorting machine which has a horizontal conveyor. The chute positively guides the objects as they leave the conveyor such that the relative orientation of successive objects leaving the container is maintained as the objects are deposited at a point of collection. A curved panel is... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The following co-assigned application is included herein by reference:
Docket # Serial # Filing Date Inventors Title TI-19552 08/291636 Aug. 17, 1994 Jain Enhancement in Throug... | A semiconductor device and process for making the same are disclosed which use reticulated conductors and a width-selective planarizing interlevel dielectric (ILD) deposition process to improve planarity of an interconnect layer. Reticulated conductor 52 is used in place of a solid conductor where the required solid ... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a non-soap shave gel composition. Such a composition is dispensed in the form of a gel containing a volatile component that causes the gel to turn into a foam when spread on the skin in preparation for wet shaving--that is, shaving with a razor blade.
BACKGRO... | The present invention comprises a soap-free self-foaming shave gel composition which maintains superior performance attributes while avoiding the harshness and drying associated with soap-based shave preparations. The shave gel composition of the present invention comprises water, a water-soluble sarcosinate salt, a vo... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a pinch valve and, in particular, to a pinch valve of low mass which is capable of developing a very large closing force.
2. Brief Statement of the Prior Art
Pinch valves are frequently used for specialized applications su... | There is disclosed a pinch valve of greatly improved performance. The pinch valve has a housing with end plates having apertures forming a through passageway to receive a flexible conduit. The housing is split through the apertures of the end plates, into two halves, forming upper and lower saddles that are detachably ... | 5 |
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not applicable.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for monitoring the cerebral cellular environment, especially in patients who ... | A method and apparatus for predicting the outcome of head injury trauma by monitoring cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) characteristics, preferably my monitoring the pH of CSF. The apparatus includes a catheter with a wall section adapted to permit CSF to flow therein, and a sensor located within the catheter such that the CSF... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD TO WHICH THE INVENTION BELONGS
[0001] The present invention relates to a cement composition which improves drawbacks of Portland cement wherein an environmental countermeasure is taken such that the cement composition is of low pH and free of eluting a hexavalent chromium (hereinafter the c... | To provide a novel cement which is alkalescent, capable of solidifying a wide range of soil and applicable to biological environment. That is, a cement composition comprising 100 parts by weight of magnesium oxide comprising 5 to 25% by weight of at least any one of silicic acid, alumina and iron oxide, 3 to 35 parts b... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application for Patent Serial No. 60/404,069, filed Aug. 16, 2002.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the slicing of re... | An apparatus and method for surface crust freezing of a food product utilizes a refrigeration shell enclosing a freezing chamber, the freezing chamber having a cavity shaped to substantially accommodate the shape of the exterior surface of the food product; the cavity communicating with the refrigeration shell; a trans... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to fuel additives for improving thermal efficiency of petroleum fuel such as gasoline or gas oil and reducing the production of pollutive gases upon combustion.
2. Prior Art
In general, as to ignition engine such as aut... | The novel fuel additives contain elements available in seawater and the reaction product of a hydrocarbon oil and a strong alkali, dissolved in an organic solvent solution. The fuel additives are added to fuels directly and are effective for reducing fuel costs and cleaning the exhaust gas of every type of combustion s... | 2 |
The present invention concerns a flat cleaning system for a card equipped with a set of revolving flats, the individual flats of which are not in mutual contact, each flat consisting of a T-shaped profile. The legs of the flat are arranged on both sides and support a point clothing on their working surface. The web of ... | Flat cleaning system for a card equipped with a set of revolving flats, in which the flats (12) consist of a T-shaped profile, and in which, by temporary sealing, of the room between the webs 18, 18a of two neighboring flats (12,12a) using a sealing element 30, a longitudinal duct is formed, in which duct an air stream... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is generally directed to a system, method, and apparatus for packaging electronic circuit components. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a system for electronic component packaging which permits easy insertion and removal of fully populated ci... | An electronic printed board assembly comprises a printed circuit board which employs printed circuit card connectors electrically connected to components mounted on the board. The printed circuit board includes board level guides with slots for receiving correspondingly shaped ridges disposed on outer, lower portions o... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to hydraulically assisted power steering gears with detent mechanisms.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A hydraulically assisted power steering gear with a detent mechanism typically has a steering gear input member and a steering gear output member. As vehicle speed ... | A power steering gear with a hydraulic valve and a detent mechanism allows simultaneous hydraulic and mechanical balancing. The hydraulic valve is rotatively separate from the detent mechanism to allow separate balancing. The hydraulic valve is integral with an input member. The detent mechanism is integral with a stub... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to the use of various waste products in cementitious compositions, such as cemented mine backfill, or other stabilized earths. Such waste products may include ferrous or non-ferrous slags, as well as fossil fuel combustion residues.
BACKGROUND ART
By-products of m... | Methods for producing cementitious compositions from waste products, such as non-ferrous slags, or fossil fuel combustion residue, or ferrous slags, whereby the CaO and alumina contents of the waste products are adjusted as necessary to enable them to combine with a sulphate additive at elevated pH and so couple the fa... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to gel compounds within conduits or buffer tubes and more specifically to the reduction of dripping of the gel compounds at higher temperatures while providing additional protection to optical fibers from water pen... | A fiber optic buffer tube containing fiber optic ribbons centrally located within the buffer tube and a gel compound surrounding the fiber optic ribbons. Disposed within the gel compound, between the walls of the buffer tube and the fiber optic ribbons are water swellable yarns and/or particles. The water swellable yar... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/685,206, filed on Oct. 14, 2003, which is based upon and claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/418,936 entitled “System and Method for Providing Check Fra... | A method for a consumer to protect against loss associated with specified forms of check fraud. Upon purchasing checks, a consumer can subscribe to a check fraud protection program, for an additional fee. The subscription will enable the consumer to obtain reimbursement from the check printer for the consumer's los... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/434,294, filed May 7, 2003, which in turn claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/379,134 which was filed on May 7, 2002. Each of these applications is incorporated herein by reference a... | An electrochemical fabrication process for producing three-dimensional structures from a plurality of adhered layers is provided where each layer comprises at least one structural material (e.g. nickel) and at least one sacrificial material (e.g. copper) that will be etched away from the structural material after the f... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to vehicle safety and pre-warning technology and more particularly, to a vehicle door opening warning system, which gives audio and visual warning signals when the car door is being opened, and limits the opening angle of th... | A vehicle door opening warning system for a car includes a sensor for sensing the approaching of another car from behind when a person is opening the car door, a car door-opening control unit stops the car door from being opened when the sensor senses the approaching of the other car from behind, and a warning light an... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to a method for producing patterned textile labels and to an installation for carrying out the method.
BACKGROUND
[0002] A method and in installation of the type initially mentioned are known, for example, from DE 36 27 315 A or WO 00/73 55... | The invention relates to a method for producing patterned textile labels during which a production machine, which is controlled by a pattern device ( 22 ), provides labels (E 1 to E N )with a pattern (M), which is the same for all labels, and with pattern sections (T 1 to T N ) that are different from one another. In... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the storage and shipment of articles conventionally packaged and sold in blister packs. A "blister pack" refers to the conventional packaging arrangement including a card, usually formed of medium to heavy gauge cardboard, and a clear, rigid or ... | A device for the convenient storage and shipment of conventional blister-pack articles comprises two sheets of material, optionally hinged in the middle, each sheet containing a plurality of openings therethrough. Each opening is configured so that one blister itself can pass easily through the opening, but the card to... | 1 |
This application is a Divisional of application Ser. No. 08/802,408 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,942,768, filed Feb. 18, 1997; which itself is a Continuation of Ser. No. 08/539,558, filed Oct. 5, 1995 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates t... | Thin-film transistors (TFTs) of peripheral logic circuits and TFTs of an active matrix circuit (pixel circuit) are formed on a single substrate by using a crystalline silicon film. The crystalline silicon film is obtained by introducing a catalyst element, such as nickel, for accelerating crystallization into an amorph... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to road vehicles, particularly to road vehicles having load-restraining mechanisms.
2. Prior Art
Vacuum restraint systems are known in which a sheet of flexible impermeable material is put over a load on an air-impermea... | A load-carrying vehicle has either an air-impermeable load platform or an air-impermeable sheet over the platform and has a further air-impermeable sheet put over the goods on the platform. Continuous extraction of air from within the sheet, despite possible leakage of air into the sheet around its periphery, causes a ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Ruminants possess the unique ability to utilize non-protein nitrogen sources to fulfill a major portion of their dietary protein requirements. These include urea and ammonium salts of organic acids such as ammonium lactate, ammonium acetate and ammonium propionate. It has been proven t... | A process for the treatment of sewage wherein the sludge is innoculated with a bacteria, L. plantarum, and a carbohydrate such as lactose is admixed therewith. The addition of the bacteria and the carbohydrate without more, drops the pH of the sludge to below 4.0. This results in the elimination of pathogenic bacteria ... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a rail fastening for points of railway tracks, in which the inner foot of the rail is removed to permit the installation of a movable point which is transversely displaceable relative to the web of the rail.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Railway rails are... | The fastening comprises a fastening shoe having, overall, an "L"-shaped cross-section, one of the branches of which is bolted with vertical elasticity to a sole-plate secured to a railway sleeper and the other branch of which is bolted with lateral elasticity to the web of the rail on the side opposite the mova... | 4 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 852,236, filed Nov. 17, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,118,212, granted Oct. 3, 1978.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a double crucible system for the production of light conducting fibers.
It is already known to draw light conductin... | A double crucible system is disclosed for the production of light conducting fibers. The system has an interior crucible which can be axially displaced in relation to the exterior crucible which is concentric thereto. The spacing of the crucible jets in the exterior and interior crucible in relation to one another is t... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/454,056 filed Aug. 7, 2014, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/409, 941 filed Mar. 24, 2009 which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/142,... | Methods and apparatus for controlled distribution of program content are described where program content for certain regions may be selectively blocked. The described methods and apparatus allow content distribution to authorized regions while providing control to the content provider to effectively block program conte... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the invention:
The present invention relates to a drive coupling device for use in optical instruments which are detachably combined together. The drive coupling device of the present invention is used, for example, for transmitting a drive force from a camera body as... | A drive coupling device for transmitting a rotational drive force from an optical instrument such as a camera body to another optical instrument such as an exchangeable lens has a construction which couples driving and driven coupling members steadily while centerizing the center axes of the driving and driven coupling... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a first-in-first-out random access memory (FIFO RAM), and more particularly to an apparatus and method for controlling the access of an asynchronous dual port FIFO memory.
[000... | An apparatus and method for controlling an asynchronous First-In-First-Out (FIFO) memory. The asynchronous FIFO has separate, free running read and write clocks. A number of n-bit circular Gray code counters are used to handshake the operation between read and write parts of the FIFO, wherein n is any integer more than... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to shingles, and more particularly, to a pair of coordinated roofing shingles of the solid type, usually made from either felt or fiberglass covered with asphalt and ceramic granules, and each with at least two vertical adhe... | A pair of coordinated roofing shingles of the solid variety both with vertical adhesive strips to provide sealing of the shingles with limited nailing and to provide a complete vertical seal at the overlap between adjoining shingles in the same course to prevent water leakage from the horizontal flow of water. | 4 |
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 269,976, filed June 3, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,368,688.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of treating a tow of filamentary filter material, especially a tow which is about to be converted into the filler o... | A filter rod making machine wherein a rotary brush which is installed in a housing normally atomizes successive increments of a stream of liquid plasticizer which is supplied thereto by a varibale-delivery pump at a rate matching the speed of transport of a permeable tow of filamentary filter material through the housi... | 8 |
This is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/643,023 filed Jan. 18, 1991, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 06/787,692 filed Oct. 15, 1985; which is a continuation of Ser. No. 06/644,155 filed Aug. 27, 1984, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Ser. No. 06/555,426 filed Nov. 23, 1983, now abandon... | A half-bridge inverter is powered from a constant DC voltage and provides an AC output voltage that is--in contrast with the usual squarewave voltage--describable as being a sinusoidal waveform with the tops clipped off at some fixed magnitude; or, described differently, a waveform composed of truncated sinusoidal wave... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to catalysts for treating waste gases comprising nitrogen oxides. More particularly, the invention relates to prolongation in life of catalysts of the type which is very useful when applied to a process of treating waste gases comp... | A catalyst for treating waste gases comprising nitrogen oxides, which catalyst comprises a protonized zeolite coating formed on the surface of a catalytic ingredient. This type of catalyst has a prolonged life and is very useful in treating waste gases comprising nitrogen oxides by adding ammonia to the waste gas and r... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Fluorescence microscopy is an essential tool in microbiology and medicine. In fluorescence, light of one wavelength is absorbed by molecules and re-emitted at a different wavelength. The absorption and emission wavelengths depend on the specific molecules. The separation in... | An epifluorescence microscope achieves a compact form factor without sacrificing optical sensitivity by the novel use of combined optic mounts and light baffles constructed using additive manufacturing processes. The use of additive manufacturing enables stray-light-capturing structures that are not practical to make b... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of and claims priority to PCT Application Serial No. PCT/ES2013/070437 filed Jun. 28, 2013 which claims the benefit of the filing date of Spanish Application Serial No. P201231019 filed Jun. 29, 2012, the entire disclosures of w... | A method of manufacturing T-shaped stringers made of composite material, including a second shaping step for shaping laminates into L-shaped preforms, which includes providing a set of tools formed by a fixed tool comprising a lower portion and an upper portion, and a moveable tool comprising a lower element and an upp... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/701,715, filed Nov. 5, 2003, and titled “APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANALYTE,” now U.S. Pat. No. 7,010,956, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION... | An apparatus and method for automatedly detecting the presence of one or more chemical contaminants, such as 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, in/on a plurality of cork wine bottle stoppers in rapid succession using electronic nose chips. The apparatus moves the nose chips and the cork stoppers independently to align the cork st... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a framework system for use in creating a climbing frame or play enclosure for children. The framework system is particularly for use in construction by a final consumer on behalf of the children and can be of various sizes, which can be built up using a number... | A load bearing framework system ( 11 ) for use as ready to assemble playground equipment constructed of a plurality of connector rods ( 31, 32 ) having fixed lengths and one or more adjustable length rods ( 33 ) and a plurality of connectors ( 21, 22, 23, 24 ) with angular spaced radially extending fingers and a camber... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to cigarette making machines and is particularly concerned with a portable machine for filling a preformed paper tube with a compressed plug of tobacco to form a cigarette.
SUMMARY OF THE PRIOR ART
In its simplest form, a manually operated machine for fill... | The invention relates to a cigarette making machine of the kind having a fixed member and a movable packing block together defining a cylindrical cavity for compressed tobacco, a nozzle communicating with the end of the cavity for supporting a preformed paper tube and an ejector for ejecting the charge of compressed to... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to embedding data in an information signal. Examples of the invention relate to: a method of and system for controlling copying of an information signal; an information signal; a data carrier on which an information signal is re... | The present invention controls copying of an information signal, comprises the steps of prior to recording and/or transmission, applying to the information signal a substantially imperceptible modification representing copy control data including a password securely encoded according to a predetermined algorithm; upon ... | 6 |
[0001] This application is based on and claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/216,772, filed Jul. 7, 2000.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a system and methods of determining air content and pressure in fluid, especially ... | Methods and apparatus for air content and pressure measurement of sample fluid, especially sample fluid in association with an infusion pump. Volume change in a chamber as the chamber transitions between negative and positive pressure relates to the air content in the chamber. In particular, in an infusion pump, the vo... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
This is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 08/730,476 having a filing date of Oct. 16, 1996, now abandoned.
This disclosure is directed to an external pipe wiping apparatus. It is a device which is used in drilling an oil well with drilling fluid. The drill... | This device is a pipe wiping apparatus. The pipe wiping structure incorporates a housing and the housing is provided with a central opening to enable the housing to be positioned along the pathway of a pipe string. The pipe string is extended upwardly and passes through the housing. The pipe string is made of a number ... | 4 |
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
... | Apparatus is provided for interconnecting an unmanned underwater vehicle V) and a free-floating pod, the apparatus comprising a communications cable extending between the pod and a less buoyant buoy, the buoy being in communication with a distal station, a mobile UUV in communication with a control vessel, connector s... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A typical refrigeration control system consists of a compressor to compress gaseous refrigerant, a condenser in which the refrigerant liquefies, an evaporator in which the liquid refrigerant transforms back to a gaseous state, an accumulator which collects refrigerant, and an adjustabl... | A refrigeration system comprises a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, an accumulator, and an adjustable controllable expansion valve. An electronic control system monitors the value of superheat and accordingly provides an electrical control signal to adjust the controllable expansion valve in order to maintain a ... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED DOCUMENTS
[0001] The present invention is a continuation-in-part (CIP) of co-pending application Ser. No. 14/031,966, filed Sep. 19, 2013, which was filed claiming priority to provisional Patent Application (PPA) 61/704,902, filed Sep. 24, 2012. Accordingly priority is claimed for ... | A word game has a plurality of tennis balls bearing alpha-numeric characters, spaced apart uniformly on the spherical surface of the tennis balls, a support structure having a thickness, parallel upper and lower surfaces, and an arrangement of indentions configured to support individual tennis balls in a manner to prim... | 0 |
[0001] The entire contents of a document cited in this specification are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the technical field of forming silicon nitride films by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The invention more... | The silicon nitride film-forming method includes a step of supplying a gas material including silane gas, ammonia gas and nitrogen gas in such a manner that a flow rate of the nitrogen gas is 0.2 to 20 times a total flow rate of the silane gas and the ammonia gas, and a step of carrying out inductively coupled plasma-e... | 2 |
The invention relates to a device for the stuffer box crimping of a synthetic multifilament yarn.
The disclosure in German Patent Application 101 32 148.1 of Jul. 3, 2001 and PCT/EP02/07161 of Jun. 28, 2002 are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
An example of a device for the stuffer ... | The invention relates to a device for the compression crimping of a synthetic multifilament yarn, said device comprising a transport nozzle and a compression chamber. Said transport nozzle comprises a yarn channel by which means a yarn is guided to a compression chamber. Said compression chamber forms a section having ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to winged implements in which the wings are biased by a hydraulic downpressure circuit to pivot toward the ground during operation to provide force onto the ground working tools so that they better penetrate hard ground to the set working depth.
An earlier ... | An agricultural implement includes a frame having a pair of tool-carrying wings pivotally mounted thereon for pivotal movement between raised transport positions and lowered ground-working positions. Each wing has a hydraulic wing actuator connected thereto which is extendable and retractible for effecting the pivotal ... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (MLPPP) and is particularly concerned with maintaining synchronization between an active MLPPP receiver and transmitter side of a switch, and the hot-standby MLPPP receiver and transmitter of the same switch.
BACKGROUND OF THE... | A method and system for MLPPP sequence number synchronization between the active and standby side transmitters is disclosed. The MLPPP sequence number synchronization system includes a method for the standby side to associate transmit frame fragment numbers used by the active side to those generated by the transmitter ... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to an improved gate latch and is especially concerned with an improvement in a bi-directional self-latching gate latch.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Gate latches have been in common use for untold years. Such latches come in various functional ty... | A positive gate latch having a striker bar and two vertical catch members held in place by two sleeves secured to a base. When the catch members are down, the striker bar (often referred to as a gate tongue) cannot move in either direction. The catch members are attached to an operating bar, allowing passage when activ... | 8 |
This application is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 07/149,374, filed Jan. 28, 1988, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to drill bits, and more particularly to rotary drill bits with diamond cutting elements used in the drilling of bore holes in eart... | A rotary drill bit for boring earth formations is provided which includes a main body portion of a hard metal matrix material and at least one protrusion or shoulder formed of the same matrix material. On the protrusion is mounted a cutting element. Means for reinforcing the protrusion are provided and extend between t... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention pertains to covered clarifiers, and more particularly, the present invention pertains to a low profile retractable cover which is supported largely on the outside wall of a circular clarifier.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The clarification of industrial effluent is... | The clarifier cover has a shape defined by a low profile circular segment of revolution around the central column of the clarifier, for maintaining the volume of gas thereunder minimum. In another aspect, the support structure of the cover is made of a plurality of ring trusses disposed in a circular array and defining... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the determination of the equivalence of two blocks of assignment statements, such as those used in computer programs. The invention provides a method and computer system for carrying out such a determination and also to a computer program product includin... | The present invention discloses a method for determining, in a computer environment, the equivalence, if any, of two blocks of assignment statements in a computer program for use in compiler optimization of source code, program verification, program proving, and like computing tasks. The method, inter alia, successfull... | 6 |
This application is a Divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/373,384, filed Feb. 24, 2003 now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to pneumatic tires having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure, more particularly to high speed heavy load radial ply tires such as those used... | A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure wherein the belt reinforcing structure is a composite belt structure having at least one pair of radially outer zigzag layers and at least one spirally wound belt layer with cords inclined at an inclination of 5 degrees or less relative to the tire'... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This disclosure relates to a three-dimension fabric suitable to be used for an object supporting surface such as a backrest and seating surface, having a three-dimension shape of an object supporting tool such as a chair.
BACKGROUND
[0002] There has been a body suppo... | A three-dimension fabric by which a three-dimension fabric surface can be formed by supporting the fabric edges by a frame member and stretching the fabric, wherein the fabric per se, which constitutes the fabric surface, is provided with at least one heterogeneous portion that is different at least in yarn type and/or... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to submersible pump installations for wells and to a safety system which maintains the well under control. The invention also relates to a novel system to direct control fluid to the safety valve used in the safety system.
2.... | A submersible pump and safety system for installation in wells having a submersible pump adapted to land within a well flow conductor for pumping well fluids to the surface plus a subsurface safety valve or valves for maintaining the well under control as the pump is run into and removed from the well. The subsurface s... | 4 |
This invention relates to fluid treatment devices wherein fluid is passed through particulate material, within the device, for treatment thereby.
Fluid treatment devices are known which include a cylindrical housing containing particulate material. There are inlet means at or adjacent one end of the housing for t... | A fluid treatment device is described which includes a cylindrical housing with fluid inlet and outlet means at or adjacent opposite ends. Particulate material for treating fluid flowed through the device, is disposed within the housing, between the inlet and outlet means. A helical baffle is disposed within the housin... | 2 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/301,839, filed Sep. 7, 1994, now abandoned, which is in turn a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/028,467, filed Mar. 9, 1993, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns a method for producing an alkali metal hydroxide by chl... | The invention concerns a method for producing an alkali metal hydroxide by a chlor-alkali electrolysis (1), wherein an alkali metal chloride solution is electrolyzed in order to form alkali metal hydroxide, chlorine and hydrogen, wherein at least a part of the alkali metal chloride used in the electrolysis is prepared ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention refers to an arrangement for the anticipatory assessment of plants to be gathered with a harvesting machine.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] With harvesting machines, a measurement of crop throughput is sensible for the purpose of an automatic... | A arrangement is provided for the anticipatory assessment of plants to be gathered by a harvesting machine, disclosed as a combine harvester, and includes a non-contact sensor arrangement for the generation of signals representing at least one characteristic of plants located ahead of the machine, a measurement device ... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/716,816, filed Sep. 14, 2005, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field Of The Invention
The present invention ... | The invention is a computer programming method that includes inputting a drawing shape or drawing figure into a computer via a user interface of the computer. In response to a prompt that is generated related to the input drawing shape or drawing figure, data is input into the computer via the user interface. Computer ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the method, device and catalyst to clean exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine including a car, and particularly to the method, device and catalyst to clean exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine permitting lean bu... | In a method and apparatus for removing nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of a lean-burn automobile, a CO adsorbent component, which may, for example be made of Pd, Ru or Ir, is contained in an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst which captures NOx when the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas is higher than theoretical air-fuel ... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/261,167 filed Apr. 24, 2014 which application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/727,241 filed Dec. 26, 2012, now abandoned, which application is a continuation of U.S. patent appl... | A sea vessel exploration and production system is provided, wherein the system includes a drilling station formed from at least one section of a first sea vessel hull; and a docking station, which is also formed from at least one section of a second sea vessel hull. A mooring system suitable for connecting the drilling... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for continuing measurements which have been interrupted or which have not started yet, when the measuring sonde is immobilized in a well into which it has been lowered at the end of a maneuvering and measure transmission cable.
BACKGROUND OF T... | A method for continuing a measuring operation using a sonde immobilized in the well which method involves lowering, concentric to the cable, a length of tubular elements until the sonde is engaged by a special coupling fitted at the end of the length of tubular elements, the length of tubular elements serving to protec... | 4 |
[0001] This application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/853,296, filed Aug. 10, 2010 and incorporates that application by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] Embodiments of the present invention relat... | A rapidly deployable flexible enclosure system for the collection, containment and presentation of hydrocarbon emissions from compromised shallow or deepwater oil and gas well systems, pipelines, other structures, including subsea fissures. The flexible containment enclosure can accommodate various depths and collectio... | 4 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The invention relates to spectroscopy, and in particular, to spectroscopes for detecting vulnerable plaques within a wall of a blood vessel.
BACKGROUND
Atherosclerosis is a vascular disease characterized by a modification of the walls of blood-carrying vessels. Such modifications, w... | A spectroscope includes first and second beam redirectors in optical communication with first and second fibers respectively. The first and second beam redirectors are oriented to illuminate respective first and second areas. The second area is separated from the first area by a separation distance that exceeds the sep... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns a method of feeding substantially rectangular laundry articles to a laundry processing apparatus, such as an ironing roller, comprising alignment of the laundry article to a predetermined angle with respect to the direction of feed of the laundry article ... | A method and an apparatus for feeding substantially rectangular laundry articles to a laundry processing apparatus, such as an ironing roller, comprising alignment of the laundry article to a predetermined angle with respect to the direction of feed of the laundry article on a conveyor face on which the laundry article... | 3 |
FOREIGN PRIORITY INFORMATION
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to a Korean Patent Application, Serial No. 2002-63070, filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Oct. 16, 2002, to Korean Patent Application Serial No. 2002-84575, filed in the Korean Intellectual Property... | A head drum assembly for a compact-size camcorder such as a digital video camera comprised of a drum cover, stationary and rotating drum, a subcircuit board, a stationary and rotating transformer and a motor stator and rotor. By forming the drum cover, which is attached to the shaft of the rotary drum above the rotary ... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to currently co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/369,681, filed Jul. 31, 2010, for “Multi-Purpose, Small-Garment Bag Structure”. The entire content of this provisional application is hereby incorporated herein by refere... | A combined, flexible and floppy laundry, travel, storage/display bag structure for socks and like small clothing articles, including (a) a machine-launderable/dryable, open-mesh, fabric bag having front and back sides, and spaced top, bottom and lateral edges, (b) located intermediate the bag's top and bottom edges... | 3 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/307,262 filed Feb. 23, 2010 which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/970,445, filed on Sep. 6, 2007, entitled, “Morinda Citrifolia Based Formulations for Regulating T Cell Immunomodulation in Neonatal... | Embodiments of the invention relate to fortified food and dietary supplement products which may be administered to produce desirable physiological improvement. In particular, embodiments of the invention relates to the administration of products enhanced with Morinda citrifolia and iridoids. | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to switching networks and more particularly to multipath switching networks that include means for overcoming faults.
Multistage interconnection networks have long been studied for use in telephone switching and multiprocessor systems. Since the early 70... | A multi-stage, alternate routing switching network is enhanced with a switch architecture that is able to detect and mask all single faults. The switch employs a controller that develops dual rail control signals. In one embodiment, the controller is made up of two controllers that receive the same inputs but generate ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The invention relates generally to methods and procedures for maintaining well control during drilling operations. More specifically, the invention relates to well control methods and procedures where “riserless” drilling systems... | A method for a dynamic shut-in of a subsea mudlift drilling system. The method comprises detecting a kick, isolating a wellbore, and adjusting a subsea mudlift pump and a surface mud pump to provide a selected wellbore pressure. Selected well parameters are measured and used to calculate a kick intensity.
The in... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/039,904 filed Oct. 23, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,530,182 issued on Oct. 23, 2001, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/242,797 file... | An energy absorbing seismic brace for both retrofit and new construction. The brace comprises a central strut of either multi-legged or homogeneous section fabricated from low strength aluminum, whose characteristics maximize the seismic energy absorption for a building installation. This central strut absorbs energy a... | 4 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of International application No. PCT/FR2003/002,356, filed Jul. 25, 2003; which claims the benefit of priority of French Patent Application No. 02/09,588, filed Jul. 29, 2002, both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
BACKGROUND ... | This invention discloses and claims a compound of general formula (I)
in which R 1 represents either a hydrogen atom, or an optionally substituted alkyl group, or a cycloalkylalkyl group, or an optionally substituted phenylalkyl group, or an alkenyl group, X represents a hydrogen atom or ... | 2 |
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention generally relates to a waste material collection tub and method of use and more particularly to such tubs which are usually located behind a restaurant or other commercial site for temporarily storing waste material therein until periodically picked up an... | The present invention relates to a waste material collection tub which is provided with a pair of selectively removable tub dumping pins which are precisely located in relation to the tub lifting pins for use with appropriate material transport vehicles to ensure a longer life for such tubs and to maintain them in good... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application is filed under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International Application No. PCT/FR97/00715 filed Apr. 21, 1997.
The present invention relates to a cast wall with continuous reinforcement, to a method of making such a cast wall in the ground, and to shuttering for making such a... | The invention relates to a cast wall constituted by a succession of panels touching via their end edges and made by casting a binder in contiguous lengths of trench dug in the ground in line with one another, each panel including reinforcement, said wall further including link means between the reinforcements in two co... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns an rpm governor for fuel injected internal combustion engines--especially diesel engines--which has an rpm-dependent, automatic regulating member that is connected with the feed control member of the fuel injection pump by means of an intermediate lever, and whic... | An rpm governor for diesel engines, with which an increased starting quantity of fuel, controlled by the rpm, is released automatically when the engine is started, but which is only released during a start when the engine is cold, and which is limited to the operational maximum when the engine is warm. The governor inc... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of co-pending Chilean Patent Application No. CL 3295-2014, filed 2 Dec. 2014, which is hereby incorporated herein.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The invention is related to the field of components for earthmoving e... | A rolled lip for rope shovel machine buckets and for excavator buckets of high hardness and improved weldability is provided. The rolled lip is folded and used in buckets with capacities above 25 m 3 . The lip is made of rolled steel plates of up to 3,000 mm wide and 12,000 mm long and up to 250 mm thick, wherein the s... | 4 |
CROSS-REFRENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) the benefit of Taiwanese Application No. 101136641, filed Oct. 4, 2012, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention r... | A method for hydroxylation of phenol is disclosed. The method includes the step of performing a reaction of phenol and hydrogen peroxide to form diphenol in the presence of solid catalyst with zeolite framework, wherein the solid catalyst includes silicon oxide, titanium oxide and cobalt oxide. The solid catalyst used ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the indication of the level of a liquid in a container by the use of a total-reflection refractive optical device, whose properties of transmitting a light ray are modified when the surface of reflection is wetted by the liquid.
The detection of one or mo... | Liquid level indicator in a tank of the type having a total-reflection optical sensor (1). The sensor is mobile vertically, so as to be able to be immersed or partially immersed in relation to the liquid level. The optical sensor (1) has an integrated light transmitter (DE) and receiver (PR) and is suspended by a non-e... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A number of processes and apparatus have been developed to carry out an "open-end" spinning process or a "round-about" spinning process. For example, as discussed on pages 322-327 of the book "Textile Yarns Technology, Structure, & Applications" by B. C. Gos... | A process and apparatus for producing a thread from staple fibers by the open-end or round-about spinning methods wherein the individual fibers are transported by an air stream to the thread forming zone in the nip between two air-permeable rollers with suction applied from within the rollers, characterized by the use ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to construction components for buildings and to methods of constructing and utilizing such construction components. The present invention relates more specifically to improvements and additional components for a sy... | An assembly of structural building components for use in conjunction with an improved anodized aluminum post having a generally cylindrical cross section and longitudinal grooves disposed in a peripheral wall therein for the receipt of the various components. The improved aluminum post has a double wall extruded constr... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/992,060 filed Nov. 18, 2004.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to well production and more specifically to determining wellbore parameters.
BACKGROUND
... | One embodiment of a system for determining a wellbore parameter includes a pulse generator positioned in fluid communication with a wellbore such that a fluid can flow from the wellbore through the pulse generator, wherein the pulse generator selectively releases the fluid to flow through the pulse generator causing pr... | 4 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/365,572 filed Mar. 1, 2006, Now U.S. Pat. No. 7,377,644 B2 which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/748,445 filed Dec. 8, 2005 and entitled THE SLIT LAMP FIXATION ALARM.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Thi... | A slit lamp includes a rest for receiving a patient's face such as the patient's forehead. The slit lamp further includes an optical portion for observing the patient's eye. A fixation light is positioned near the optical portion to direct the patient's view toward the optical portion. A sensor secures ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a loom.
Looms comprising heald devices of shafts are known, in which for the movement of the heald devices, levers are used. The levers have pivot axes which are aligned with one another and extend at right angles to the planes spanned by the heal... | A loom includes a plurality of reciprocatably displaceable heald devices each generally disposed in a respective one of a plurality of parallel planes, and a plurality of levers each coupled through an intermediate element to a respective one of the heald devices. The respective pivot axis of each of at least two lever... | 3 |
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to fuel preparation processes, and particularly to a process for preparing a fuel consisting at least in part of coal which reduces the sulfur content of the combustion products and which increases the heat content per pound of fuel.
While coal is by far... | A fuel is produced by cleaning coal using an oil as a cleaning medium whereby the sulfur content of the fuel is substantially reduced and the heat content per pound is substantially increased by the reduction of water and other non-combustibles. The process may be used to produce a coal-oil fuel directly. | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 3,648,308, issued Mar. 14, 1972, for ELEVATED TRACTION PILLOW, by Greenawalt, included by reference herein.
The present application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 3,829,917, issued Aug. 20, 1974, for THERAPEUTIC PILLOW, by De Laittre, inc... | The present invention provides a medical support pillow and method for supporting a patient in the lateral position while maintaining an open airway. The lateral airway support pillow includes a chest support, a shoulder recess, a head support and a posterior bolster. The orientation of these components support the pat... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application relates to application Ser. No. 810,904, entitled "A System For Reception of Frequency Modulated Digital Communication Signals" filed June 28, 1977 in which the inventors are Josef Gammel, Karl Kammerlander, and Hans-Juergen von der Neyen assigned ... | A receiving system for digital communication signals modulated on a carrier in the form of binary frequency modulation in a propagation medium which is affected by reflections in which the information losses occurring as a result of phase and amplitude distortions are automatically determined by two mutually supplement... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/436,093, filed 30 Mar. 2012.
FIELD
This invention relates to fan blades within evaporator blowers, and to acoustic performance of evaporators in vapor cycle cooling systems.
BACKGROUND
Ce... | An acoustic baffle for reducing noise of a centrifugal fan includes a base for mounting with a fan outlet and a projection extending from the length of the base at a back side of the base and curving away from a top surface of the base. The projection continuously tapers from the base to an apex that aligns with a cent... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the employment of molecular crystals as bactericidal, viricidal and algicidal devices, but more particularly to the molecular crystal semiconductor tetrasilver tetroxide Ag 4 O 4 which has two trivalent and two monovalent silver atoms per molecule, an... | A novel molecular scale device is described which is bactericidal, fungicidal and algicidal. The antipathogenic properties of the device are attributed to electron activity indigenous to diamagnetic semiconducting crystals of tetrasilver tetroxide (Ag 4 O 4 ) which contains two monovalent and two trivalent silver ions... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to heat exchangers, especially for motor vehicles, and more particularly to a manifold for a heat exchanger, comprising a manifold plate closed by a wall in such a way as to delimit a chamber into which at least one pipe opens out.
BACKGROUND ... | Manifold with integrated pipe for a heat exchanger A manifold for, e.g. a motor vehicle heat exchanger, has a first part formed from a shaped metal sheet and featuring a bottom and two lateral walls folded face-to-face, at least one of which is provided with an aperture for fixing a pipe there. A second part is formed ... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is entitled to the benefit of and incorporates by reference essential subject matter disclosed in International Application No. PCT/EP02/00866 filed on Jan. 28, 2002 and German Patent Application No. 101 05 082.8 filed on Feb. 5, 2001.
FIELD OF THE INVENT... | A device for accepting banknotes comprises a compartment for receiving a bundle of banknotes and a separating mechanism for extracting individual banknotes from the bundle. A sensor system for detecting metallic foreign bodies connected to the banknotes is arranged along at least one of the walls defining the compartme... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A very common problem encountered in many industries, such as the petrochemical industry, is compensating for disturbances in the flow rate of liquid materials coming into a particular processing unit. Such disturbances are usually common and ordinary events in the routine operation of... | A portable self-contained surge level controller detects the liquid level in a vessel, such as by neutron backscatter, and adjusts inlet or outlet flow to compensate for incoming surges while minimizing outgoing flow disturbances. | 8 |
FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to fluid compositions and their use in controlling proppant flowback after a hydraulic fracturing treatment and in reducing formation sand production along with fluids in poorly consolidated formations.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Hydraulic fracturing operations a... | An aqueous slurry composition for use in industries such as petroleum and pipeline industries that includes: a particulate, an aqueous carrier fluid, a chemical compound that renders the particulate surface hydrophobic, and a small amount of an oil. The slurry is produced by rendering the surface of the particulate hyd... | 4 |
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