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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a mobile communications system, and in particular to a method for assigning a communication channel to a mobile terminal according to a carrier sensing scheme.
2. Description of the Related Art
Recen... | A communication channel is dynamically assigned to a mobile station in autonomous decentralized channel assignment in TDMA/TDD communications system. An interference detection criterion is determined depending on a signal strength of a call request signal. It is determined whether interference occurs in a transmitting ... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to a longitudinally extendible front end for an automotive vehicle and, more particularly, to a locking structure for the telescopically extendible rails to transfer impact forces to the frame of the vehicle.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The front end s... | An extendible rail and bumper apparatus is mountable within the base frame lower rails of an automotive frame to provide an improved crash force absorbing bumper apparatus for deployment on either the front or rear bumpers of an automobile. The extendible rail member is mounted for telescopic movement through slidable ... | 1 |
Continuation-in-part (CIP) of prior application No. 60/618,025, filed Oct. 12, 2004.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a pneumatic wave generation for pools and more particularly to pneumatic wave generation systems that generate waves in pools as small as a back yard pool.
... | The device is a wave generation system for bodies of water such as pools. At the deep end of the pool there is a set of air tight caissons. These caissons have an open bottom and allow the water of the pool to flow within. Pressurized air from a high pressure blower is introduced into these caissons via a duct. The duc... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This Application claims rights under 35 USC §119(e) from U.S. Application Ser. No. 61/527,159 filed Aug. 25, 2011, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
Embodiments are generally related to direction finding systems. Embodim... | A system and method of determining a pointing vector using two GPS antennas and a single GPS receiver is disclosed. Two stationary GPS antennas, with a separation preferably less than half of a wavelength (˜100 mm) may use a single receiver to determine the pointing vector of the system. Incorporation of a three axis a... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a liquid developer for use in developing electrostatic latent images in electrophotography, electrostatic printing etc.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The composition of the conventional liquid developer for... | A liquid developer for electrophotography and a process for developing latent images using the liquid developer. The liquid developer comprises a highly insulating carrier liquid, a toner particle dispersed therein, and a copolymer produced from at least one member selected from the monomers of the formula (1) and at l... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application No. PCT/DE2004/002287, filed 15 Oct. 2004, which claims priority of German Application No. 103 58 203.7, filed 12 Dec. 2003, and each of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present i... | Unit for automated container recovery machines, such as for receiving returnable bottles and cans, includes a conveyor device for transporting the returnable containers horizontally in the direction of their longitudinal axes and for rotating the containers about their longitudinal axes. The aim is to provide an additi... | 6 |
FIELD
The present invention relates to containers for holding, storing and dispensing liquids, such as sauce, dressing or other items.
BACKGROUND
Food items served with sauces or other condiments (such as ketchup, mustard, dressings, or the like) for dipping are common (generically, the foregoing refe... | A container for holding a dipping condiment or sauce and allowing a user to wipe a food item to remove excess condiment or sauce. The container has a base and a side wall having one portion higher than an opposing portion, the wall including at least one ridge, groove or other fluid retention device. The wall also incl... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of copending U.S. application Ser. No. 11/542,072, which was filed on Oct. 3, 2006, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/789,357, which was filed on Feb. 27, 2004, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/693,5... | A modular light emitting diode (LED) mounting configuration is provided including a light source module having a plurality of pre-packaged LEDs arranged in a serial array. The module includes a heat conductive body portion adapted to conduct heat generated by the LEDs to an adjacent heat sink. As a result, the LEDs are... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for decontaminating soil and waste materials, particularly to a method and apparatus for removing volatile and semivolatile hazardous organic contaminants from soil, municipal, chemical and refinery sludges and other particulate material... | A method and apparatus for removing volatile organic contaminants from soil and waste materials including transporting and placing the contaminated material into a hopper, the hopper being substantially sealed from the atmosphere to prevent fugitive emissions of the contaminants from escaping into the atmosphere; conve... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to systems for providing users with status of consumables used in image forming devices, and more particularly, to a system and method which displays dynamic consumable status in a driver user interface.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Image forming ... | A system includes a printer having at least one container for storing a consumable and a monitor for monitoring the status of the consumable in the at least one container; a host device for sending a print job to the printer, wherein the host device includes a display; and a printer driver for controlling operation of ... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Priority is hereby claimed from provisional patent application No. 60/407,669 filed on Sep. 3, 2002, and also from provisional patent application No. 60/407,620 filed on Sep. 3, 2002.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
FIELD OF THE INVENT... | A golf club face and protective shield for adhesion to the face of a golf club is provided such that a renewed surface for proper backspin is obtained. Adhesive holds the shield to the face of the golf club, and the striking surface is generally flat with a plurality of materials to mimic the surface of the face of a n... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority on provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/625,641, entitled A COOKING APPLIANCE, filed Nov. 5, 2004.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention is directed towards a burner shield for use with ... | The invention is directed towards a burner shield for placement between a grill's heat source and cooking surface. The burner shield comprises two sides connected to form a radiused peak. The burner shield includes protrusions that extend outwardly from at least one of the sides for inhibiting the flow of grease do... | 0 |
BACKGROUND
The present invention pertains to protective chaps of a pant-like construction to cover the legs of a wearer. More particularly, the chaps provide protection against a chainsaw cut or, optionally, the bite of a poisonous snake, but typically not both.
Protective chaps for use in the forestry indu... | Protective chaps to provide protection against chainsaw cuts and, optionally, poisonous snake bites has a woven cloth-like shell lined by a layer of polyester/aramid fiber and, optionally, a partial layer of a woven material, all enclosed by an inside thin polyester fabric. The combination of zippers and hook-and-loop ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a an apparatus for removing liquids from the surface of a strip conveyed from a strip processing machine, more particularly a rolling stand, by means of a gas jet, having an outlet nozzle, from which the gas jet emerges, and a suctional opening, via which the g... | The invention provides an apparatus for the removal of liquid from the surface (0', 0") of a strip (B) conveyed from a strip processing machine, more particularly a rolling stand, by means of a gas jet (G1, G4, G5, Gzl, Gzr, G12-G18, G17', G18'), which has an outlet nozzle (2, 4, 5, 12-19) from which th... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division, of application Ser. No. 08/042,547, filed Apr. 5, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,461,998.
This application is related to Applicants' applications Ser. Nos. 07/711,315, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,375,545 and 07/711,659, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,315,94... | An apparatus for automatically feeding one edge of a textile article to a sewing machine. The apparatus includes a first gripper adjacent to the sewing machine for gripping the leading portion of the edge of the textile article. A feed dog is adjacent to the first gripper for advancing the edge of the textile article w... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/748,764 (filed Jan. 4, 2013). The entire content of this related application is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
Near field communication, or NFC, is a set of short-... | A proximity sensing method employed by a wireless communications device includes the steps of: performing a first predetermined operation to detect a presence of at least a transponder in the proximity of the wireless communications device; when the presence of a transponder in the proximity of the wireless communicati... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the production of grain-oriented silicon steel having very low core losses by a procedure employing simultaneous phosphorus flux-printing through the forsterite layer and phosphorus contamination of the exposed lines of substrate metal. The surface condition s... | A method is provided to effect domain refinement of grain-oriented silicon steel sheets having a surface layer of forsterite by applying to the layer a phosphorus-rich flux-printing agent having a desired composition, and degree of fluidity in a sufficient amount to effect removal of the forsterite layer in a striped p... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of PCT/US00/4180, filed Nov. 2, 2000, which is based on U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/163,017, filed Nov. 2, 1999, now closed.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates generally to ... | A modular cooling system adapter for coupling to an orifice and applying pressure from a source of pressurized gas. The adapter includes a universal cooling orifice fitting for attaching the device to cooling system orifices of various sizes and configurations. The universal fitting preferably includes a plurality of s... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to machine tools, and, more particularly, to machine tools for simultaneously machining a stack of plate-like workpieces.
In Herb et al. U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,270,253 and 4,462,147, there is described a machine tool for simultaneously mounting a stack of ... | A machine for the simultaneous maching of a stack of plate-like workpieces has a frame with an overhead arm portion, a worktable below the arm portion, and a workpiece guidance assembly for moving the workpiece stack on the worktable. A rotary tool drive assembly and a riveting assembly are provided in the arm portion,... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the use of solar energy to desalinate sea water.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Global fresh water shortages are affecting not only people's health, but regional economies and politics. Nearly two million children die a... | A pump uses solar energy to heat bimetals and other materials with high expansion coefficients to create movement that is coupled to pistons or impellers resulting in a fluid pumping action. The moving pistons or impellers are used to push salt water (or any fluid) through a membrane for filtration. Furthermore, the me... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a gear pump for feeding of fluids, in which the pump includes gears arranged axially parallel to each other and meshing in pairs within a housing having a peripheral wall. One gear is axially fixed to the housing while the other is movable in the axial directio... | Gear pump or motor to deliver fluid medium or use fluid medium as power source, respectively. The pump or motor has at least two gears contained within a housing. At least one gear is in a fixed position while the other gear is in slidable engagement with the fixed gear. In the pump configuration, fluid is introduced i... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The field of the invention is that of heat exchangers, and more particularly, heat exchangers for use in domestic furnaces.
In one prior art form of a conventional domestic furnace, air to be heated (room air) is circulated around a serpentine heat exchanger for heat transfer to ... | The present invention is an improved serpentine heat exchanger. Two metal sheets are crimped together, sealed at their abutting edges. The sheets have matching depressions which from a serpentine air passageway. Within the passageway are elongated ribs and column like dimples which serve as obstruction to the air flow,... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/270,395 filed with the USPTO on Jul. 9, 2009. The Inventors have filed related applications regarding floating storage tank roofs as disclosed in PCT Applications PCT/CA2009/000388, f... | An fire monitoring apparatus for large storage tanks of combustible fluids permits wireless communication between a Linear Heat Detector system and a Fire Control system. The system comprises a Communication Unit and a Remote Unit. The Communication Unit relays status and control signals between the Fire Control system... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention concerns the manufacture of optical fibers, particularly bend insensitive multimode fibers.
[0003] 2. Discussion of the Known Art
[0004] Patent Application Pub. No. US 2009/0060437... | A method of assembling a preform for a bend-insensitive multimode optical fiber (BIMMF), includes providing a multimode core rod, a glass overclad tube, and a trench tube of down-doped quartz glass with a depressed refractive index sufficient to obtain a desired trench depth in a refractive index (RI) profile of a draw... | 8 |
RELATION TO PRIOR APPLICATION
[0001] This is a U.S. non-provisional application relating to and claiming the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/512,453 filed Jul. 28, 2011.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Light emitting diode (LED) lighting systems are becoming more and ... | There is provided an LED light fixture including a housing adapted to be mounted a predetermined height above a surface. The housing includes at least one LED emitter situated so as to emit light toward the surface below the housing. A first lens plate is provided and is removably attached to the housing. The first len... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to methods for carrying out multiple binding reactions between bio-molecules in an array-format and more specifically to such systems and methods using biosensors and more specifically using optical detection methods such as surface plasmon resonance (SP... | A method for determining one or more kinetic parameters of binding between a first binding member and a second binding member. The method comprises adsorbing the first binding member to a surface at a plurality of microspots. The second binding member is then presented to the first binding member at each of the microsp... | 6 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/056,308, filed Sep. 3, 1997.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to anti-atherosclerotic agents and more specifically to compounds, compositions and methods for treating atherosclerotic conditions such as dysl... | Antiatherosclerotic agents are provided having the following structure:
wherein:
R 1 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1-6 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3-8 carbon atoms, alkenyl of 2-7 carbon atoms, alkynyl of 2-7 carbon atoms, or phenylalkyl of 7-10 carbon atoms; and
R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , ... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This patent application is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 09/884,286, filed on Jun. 19, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,649,933, which claims priority to Taiwanese Application No. 89112829, filed on Jun. 29, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Fie... | A manufacturing method and the structure of a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) are disclosed. The TFT-LCD uses metal electrodes as a mask to thoroughly remove the unwanted semiconductor layer during the etching process for forming the source and drain electrodes. This manufacturing method can reduc... | 7 |
This is a file wrapper continuation of application Ser. No. 08/283,358, filed Aug. 1, 1994, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the production of elemental material from the halides thereof and has particular applicability to those metals and non-metals for which t... | A method of producing a non-metal element or a metal or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures thereof. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a stream of liquid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or mixtures thereof in sufficient quantity to convert the halide to the non-metal or the metal or alloy an... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of German Patent Application No. 10 2010 052 713.0, filed on Nov. 26, 2010, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0... | The present invention relates to a drivable device for compacting a soil layer structure, having at least one vibration means or device, such as a vibration roller or a vibration plate, via which load pulses (P), which compact the soil layer structure, can be introduced into at least one load introduction area. At leas... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application relates to copending application Ser. No. 249,596 filed on Sept. 26, 1988 and entitled SEGMENTED RAIL ASSEMBLY FOR CLOSED WORKPIECE CONVEYOR SYSTEM which application is commonly assigned with the present application.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ... | A transfer slide is used in a conveyor system to advance a trolley from one position to another position and includes a body fixed to a free end of a rail and has a cavity formed substantially throughout its length. The body has longitudinally extending surfaces spaced apart from one another by an opening communicating... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a magnetic recording medium and to a method for its preparation, and is particularly directed to an improved method for dispersing magnetic powder into a resinous binder to achieve improved residual magnetic flux density B r , i... | A magnetic recording medium is produced using a highly purified lecithin which is selectively adsorbed upon magnetic powder particles so as to coat substantially the entire surface of such particles with a monomolecular layer, thereby providing a magnetic record medium of improved magnetic properties. | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates generally to integrated circuit devices, and, more particularly, to baluns and transformers manufactured on integrated circuit chips.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
... | A method for producing an on-chip signal transforming device. The method includes providing a substrate, and laying a first conductive layer above the substrate, wherein the first conductive layer has a plurality of interleaved inductors. The method then includes laying a second conductive layer above the substrate, wh... | 8 |
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 515,646, filed July 20, 1983, now abandoned.
DESCRIPTION
The present invention relates to new amino derivatives of benzylidene-pyrrolo[2,1-b]quinazolines and benzylidene-pyrido[2,1-b]quinazolines, to a process for their preparation and to pharmaceutic... | Amino derivatives of benzylidene-Pyrrolo[2,1-b] Quinazolines are provided, together with pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds and the compositions have pharmaceutical utility and are particularly useful as anti allergy agents. | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/164,090, filed on Nov. 6, 1999, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus a... | An apparatus and method for measuring a plantar contour having a foam impression block and a carrier. The apparatus has a foam impression block including a front portion and a rear portion and a carrier including a height adjuster. The block is associated with the carrier such that the rear portion and the height adjus... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to composite film materials and methods for their preparation. More particularly it relates to composite films and methods of manufacture wherein highly crystalline polymeric materials (e.g., those having a mass crystallinity greater than about 60%) are non-adhes... | A multilayer composite film structure comprising (i) a support of polyester film, (ii) a first layer of organic polymer having a mass crystallinity of less than about 60%, and (iii) a second layer of organic polymer having a mass crystallinity of greater than about 60% is provided. A method for non-adhesively bonding n... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to probe structures for testing of electrical interconnections to integrated circuit devices and other electronic components and particularly to testing of integrated circuit devices with rigid interconnection pads and multi-chip module packages with high d... | Method for repairing, reworking or replacing damaged probes that are formed using a flying lead wire bonding process used for testing integrated circuit devices and other electronic devices, with the same column and row spacing as the original probes and using the same height as the original probes. | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to lightwave communication systems and, more particularly, to techniques for controlling the power level of an optical signal so that harm from the optical signal emanating at a downstream fault in an optical fiber path is substantially reduced.
BACKGR... | Automatic reduction of optical signal power supplied by an upstream network element by a prescribed amount is achieved by capturing and processing reflected optical energy that is generated within the optical fiber path as a result of a downstream fiber cut, open connector, or other potentially hazardous discontinuity.... | 7 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] (1) Field of the Invention
[0002] Relating to improvements in knives and lights, and more particularly relates to the combination of lights and knives that improve the visual perception for the user.
[0003] (2) Description of the Related Art
[0004] US ... | A lighted knife device has a knife blade, handle and a lighting device in a side of the handle and also there is a second lighting device arranged in mirror fashion. The first and second plurality of lighting devices are arranged at differing angles to light up an area underneath a blade edge. Alternatively, the first ... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is entitled to the benefits of the Disclosure Ser.#536671 filed Aug. 18, 2003. This application is entitled to the benefits of Provisional Patent Application Ser.#60/500301 filed Sept. 5, 2003. This invention uses the transmission of my co-pen... | A Compound Post Frame ( 28 - 80 ) with securing devices ( 46 A). It provides a means to united small post, pipe, rods or tubing ( 46 C) in marriage to form a strong single Compound Post ( 80 ). Other items can be attach easily and the post replaces any post of any material. | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of tissue ligation, and more particularly to an improved device and method for electrosurgically severing lesions.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A wide variety of lesions, including internal hemorrhoids, polyps, and mucositis, m... | A system for severing lesions within a living body includes a housing defining an interior tissue receiving chamber is coupled to the distal end of an endoscope. At least one snare extends around the ligating band supporting surface so that, when at least one ligating band is received around the ligating band supportin... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention is related to the field of aquaculture fish farming, and in particular, to an improved open ocean fish cage that can be readily moved from contaminated waters for use in aquaculture fish farming.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] On Apr. 20, 20... | Disclosed is a geodesic aquaculture fish cage formed from an injection molded composite structure having adjustable buoyancy. The composition structure is component based made and constructed from standardized structural tube members that are coupled together to form independently sealable chambers. Junction nodes inte... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a Section 371 filing of international application No. PCT/FR2005/050173 filed on Mar. 18, 2005, and published, in French, as International Publication No. WO 2005/105639 A1 on Nov. 10, 2005, and claims priority of French Application No. 0450776 filed on Apr. 23, 200... | A method and apparatus for production of a yarn, by plying, twisting or covering several basic yarns, subjected to a prior transformation, is provided. At least one of the basic yarns is different from the others and/or is subjected to a different prior transformation. The prior transformation may be carried out in par... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This non-provisional United States (U.S.) patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/287,532, filed by inventors Ahmad Chini et al. on Apr. 30, 2001, titled “Wideband Symbol Synchronization In The Presence Of Multiple Strong Narrowband Interf... | A method and apparatus for time-shift extraction in a wideband transmitted signal containing strong narrowband interference or noise. The time-shift extraction is based on the time domain and frequency domain relation of symbol misalignment. The invention uses the sign of the product of a recieved signal sample and a r... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Danish Patent DK PA 1999 01207, filed Aug. 31, 1999 and U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/157,042 filed Oct. 1, 1999, the entire contents of both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their ... | A method for stimulating growth in biological tissue or sprouts, an apparatus and a use thereof employs fluctuating magnetic fields. The apparatus includes a pulse generator and a plurality of coils in which pulsed currents will cause fluctuating magnetic fields in a predetermined region holding the material to be stim... | 0 |
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates generally to the maintenance and rehabilitation of water wells and specifically to systems and methods for monitoring the change in permeability of the well structure (e.g., screen, gravel pack, and geological formations) surrounding boreholes which can influence the water... | A system and method for monitoring the permeability of a well structure defining a bore hole. The system comprises a wave generator, a sensor adapted to receive current wave data, and a processor programmed to compare the current wave data to prior wave data in order to determine the permeability of the well structure.... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the field of optical scanning and particularly to bar code laser scanners. More particularly it relates to an apparatus and method for sealing the optical surfaces of bar code laser scanners from spilled liquids and other contam... | A soft compliant seal is attached to either an anchored or a loose reinforcement ring to provide a non-hermetic seal against liquids or particulates in order to maintain a space between two windows substantially free of all foreign matter. | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates generally to bottle organizers and, more particularly, to beverage organizers that are incorporated into refrigerated compartments, such as those used on passenger aircraft.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Keeping food and beverages chilled to the proper tem... | A bottle organizer includes a generally vertical wall, a generally horizontal floor proximate to the generally vertical wall, and a spacing member positioned along the generally vertical wall. The spacing member has a portion (which may be curved) that protrudes in a plane that is generally parallel to the horizontal f... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The present invention relates to an off-line switched mode control system with fault condition protection.
[0002] Quantum leaps in electronic technology have led to the development of “smart” electrical and electronic products. Each of these products requires a steady and c... | A circuit protects a power conversion system with a feedback control loop from a fault condition. The circuit has an oscillator having an input for generating a signal with a frequency and a timer connected to the oscillator input and to the feedback control loop. The timer disables the oscillator after a period follow... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns systems to bring about building bodies as warehouse, storages, garages, hangars, shelters for artisan-, industry-, sport-, military, entertainment-spaces, field hospitals and second line structures and the like, comprising modular, easily in situ to assem... | A system suitable for making buildings, comprising: modular, easily to assemble components which are in the form of polylateral frames and which consist of at least three sub-components, each formed by standard elements having means for reciprocal coupling. Said standard elements having a core made of co-polymeric mate... | 4 |
This application is related to application Ser. No. 596,492 filed April 4, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,548,252.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to a method for extending radial fractures obtained during controlled pulse fracturing of underground formations or reservoirs.
BACKGROUND OF ... | A method for extending fractures in underground formations obtained by controlled pulse fracturing through the use of a stabilized hydrogen peroxide solution. Controlled pulse fracturing causes radial fracturing near the wellbore. These radial fractures are further extended into the formation or reservoir when stabiliz... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a 371 filing of PCT International application no. PCT/EP2008/006378 filed Aug. 1, 2008 and published in English as WO 2009/018979 A1 on Feb. 12, 2009, which claims the priority of European application no. 07015271.5 filed Aug. 3, 2007. The disclosures of... | An in vitro method for the risk stratification of patients with stable arteriosclerosis, especially stable coronary artery disease, is disclosed wherein the concentration of procalcitonin is determined in the circulation of such patients using a highly sensitive PCT assay, and wherein within the range of PCT concentrat... | 6 |
GROMMET ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF DESIGN
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Patent Appln. No. 61/974,248 filed Apr. 2, 2014.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present disclosure relates to a grommet assembly and, more particularly, to a dilution air grommet assembly for a combustor ... | A grommet assembly and method of design to enhance the flow coefficient, thereof, includes a shell having a first side and an opposite second side, and a chamfered grommet projecting through the shell along a centerline and including an annular first end surface spaced outward from the first side and a conical face spa... | 8 |
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 517,665 filed 24 Oct. 1974 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,951,711.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The instant invention relates to a system and apparatus for the controlled etching of copper with ferric chloride etchants.
The etching of copper work pieces has at... | System and apparatus for the controlled etching of copper work pieces with ferric chloride etchants. The working solution is constantly monitored with regard to its oxidation reduction potential (ORP) by comparison with a standard solution or voltage. To reduce the build up of etched copper in the working solution, an ... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Application claims priority from provisional application 60/808,510 filed on May 25, 2006 and provisional application 60/808,372 filed on May 25, 2006. Additionally this Application claims priority from non-provisional application Ser. No. 11/805,756 filed ... | Methods of controlling arthropod pests by dispersing spinosyn compositions in the form of aerosols, fogs, smokes, or vapors are disclosed. | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation and claims priority benefit under 37 CFR § 1.20 from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/794,159, at the time of this application and filed Mar. 5, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,377,441.
The present application claims priority from and incorporates by r... | A portable end device, such as a bar code scanner, may be equipped with auxiliary interfaces. The auxiliary interfaces may be easily added to the end device as a replaceable cover, such as a replaceable battery door. A signal path conducts signals to and from the replaceable cover. One auxiliary interface is a Bluetoot... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to superconductive materials and devices and, in particular, to a superconducting plane fabricated so as to enable the controlled levitation and positioning of magnetic bodies.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The levitation of a magnet above a superc... | Apparatus for levitating a magnetic body. The apparatus includes a structure (10) comprised of a material that is superconductive below a critical temperature. The structure includes at least one Josephson junction device (14) for passing a variable current therethrough for controlling an amount of magnetic flux penetr... | 8 |
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 09/617,676, filed Jul. 14, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,528,105.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a portable food container, and more specifically, a single handed container which consists of two separate containers holding two di... | The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for a food container which includes an inner member (which can be a cup or a bottle) for holding a particulate food; an outer member (which can be a second cup or a second bottle) adapted to receive the inner member, with a space between the inner and the outer members,... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an electronic control device for an internal combustion engine which detects a first crank angle position SGTT and a second crank angle position SGTL on the side of advance ignition angle of SGTT, calculates a target ignition ti... | An electronic control device for an internal combustion engine which comprises: means of detecting a first crank angle position, SGTT and a second crank angle position, SGTL provided at a position on advance ignition angle side of the first crank angle position; means of calculating and setting the target ignition timi... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part of International application No. PCT/EP2011/068011, filed on October 14, 2011, published as WO-A1-2013053402, and incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A soft custom ear mold ( 300 ) comprising: an inner ear mold part ( 100 ) consisting of a first bushing ( 101 ), a sound tube ( 102 ) and an ear wax guard bushing ( 103 ), and an outer ear mold part ( 200 ) that is adapted to fit an individual ear canal and comprises a sound conduit having holding means adapted to enga... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 13/016,374, filed Jan. 28, 2011, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/031,514, filed Jan. 7, 2005, which claims priority to and the benefit, under 35 U.S.C. 119(e), of the filing date of U.S. Provisiona... | An apparatus for processing at least one biological sample accommodated on at least one carrier member ( 15 ) in a chamber includes, at least one reservoir ( 18 ) able to accommodate a fluid on a surface inside the chamber adjacent to and/or facing a substantial part of the at least one biological sample. The apparatus... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
One of the limitations of using poly(vinylidene fluoride), acronymn PVDF, resins as a material of construction in forming, for example, molded parts for pumps and valves, is the decrease in load bearing strength which occurs when the resins are heated to elevated temperatures. Another ... | Low shrinkage, mechanically strong, acid stable, carbon fiber reinforced poly(vinylidene fluoride) resin compositions are prepared by extrusion blending carbon fibers, which have been precoated with poly(vinylidene fluoride), with a poly(vinylidene fluoride) resin. | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/138,921 filed Mar. 26, 2015 entitled Ophthalmic Lens Holder for Physical Vapor Deposition, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE IN... | A system and method for coating an optical lens by, for example vapor deposition, that employs a housing or drum having a plurality of apertures that each receives a lens holder assembly. The lens holding assembly configured to hold a standard, uncut optical lenses or lens blanks or, alternatively, to hold cut, non-sta... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to fiber-containing rice-based cereals and methods of preparation. More specifically, this invention is directed to methods for providing cooked rice with enhanced levels of fiber, wherein the fiber-containing cooked rice is suitable and especially adapted for use... | Methods for providing cooked rice with enhanced levels of fiber, wherein the fiber-containing cooked rice is suitable and especially adapted for use in preparing fiber-containing rice-based cereal products and especially for preparing fiber-containing puffed rice-based cereal products, are provided. | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/913,748, filed Aug. 6, 2004, entitled VEHICLE INTERIOR MIRROR SYSTEM INCLUDING A RAIN SENSOR, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 10/618,334, filed Jul. 11, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,774,356, which ... | An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a vehicle comprises a housing that is adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving structure on the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle. The housing houses at least two acce... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2014/073342, titled “ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE BATTERY ASSEMBLY”, filed on Mar. 13, 2014, which claims the benefit of priority to Chinese patent application No. 201420086547.3, titled “ELECTRONI... | An electronic cigarette battery assembly, including a charging electrode, the charging electrode including an inner electrode arranged on the inner rim thereof and having a spherical cap end face, and an outer electrode arranged outside the inner electrode and having a ring shape; the charging electrode and the recharg... | 7 |
The invention relates to a method of servo-control in a braking system having electric brakes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Modern aircraft have braking systems including electric brakes provided with electromechanical actuators.
Each actuator comprises a pusher facing a stack of disks and moved under drive ... | The invention relates to a method of servo-control in a vehicle brake system including at least one electric brake having at least one actuator comprising a pusher facing friction elements and driven by an electric motor to apply a force selectively against the friction elements in response to a braking setpoint, the m... | 1 |
This is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 06/644,135 filed Aug. 23, 1984 which is a continuation of Ser. No. 06/511,128 filed July 6, 1983 abandoned.
The present invention relates in general to power supply switching circuits, and in particular to a device for providing automatic switching as a functio... | A power supply switching circuit is disclosed which provides for automatically switching an electrical circuit load from a main power source to an auxiliary power source, yet maintains the two power sources isolated from each other. The power supply switching circuit is readily integrated with its electrical load to fo... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO PRIORITY APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of DE 10061967.3, filed Dec. 13, 2000, DE 10120819.7, filed Apr. 27, 2001 and DE 10144411.7, filed Sep. 11, 2001, all of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties and relied upon.
... | 4-Haloalkylnicotinonitriles having the formula (I)
which are suitable as intermediates in the preparation of pesticides, are obtained by:
(a) reacting a 3-amino-1-haloalkyl-2-propen-1-one
R F —C(O)—CH═CH—NH 2 (II)
in a condensation reaction with a compound of th... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a facilitated transport membrane with improved permeance and selectivity to alkene-based unsaturated hydrocarbons, which includes a solid state polymer electrolyte and additionally a non-volatile surfactant that remarkabl... | A facilitated transport membrane with improved permeance and selectivity to alkene-based unsaturated hydrocarbons is provided. The facilitated transport membrane includes a solid state polymer electrolyte and additionally a non-volatile surfactant that enhances long-term operation stability. In preparing the facilitate... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The current invention is directed to a spring clip for attaching two members. More specifically, the current invention is directed to a spring clip having a snap-lock feature that allows a panel to be releasably attached to a support member.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A variety... | A spring clip for releasably attaching a first member, such as the carrier of a fascia panel cover, to a second member, such as an electric component rack module. The spring clip is anchored to a support plate extending from carrier. The spring clip has two forwardly extending U-shaped spring elements that cooperate wi... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and a system for verifying the identity of an individual, and more particularly, a method and a system for providing enhanced identity verification security utilizing encryption and biometric techniques.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In to... | A method of performing biometric authentication of a person's identity including a biometric template prior to storing it in a biometric database. The encryption algorithm encrypts the biometric template using a pass-phrase, known only to the individual, to generate the cryptographic key used to store and retrieve ... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a construction machine.
BACKGROUND ART
In the past, there has been proposed a so-called hybrid construction machine that generates power by the drive of an engine, stores the generated power in an electrical storage device, and assists the drive of the ... | A construction machine with improved safety can include a high voltage cable for supplying power. The high voltage cable connects a storage devices to an electric drive that drives using power from a power generation device, which generates power using the drive of an engine, or from the storage device, which stores th... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The teachings of this invention relate generally to computer vision and computer graphics and, more specifically, the teachings of this invention relate to techniques for acquiring silhouettes from an image.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A number... | Disclosed are methods and apparatus for obtaining the shape of an object by observing silhouettes of the object. At least one point light source is placed in front of the object, thereby casting a shadow of the object on a translucent panel that is placed behind the object. A camera, or other imaging device, captures a... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to wireless communications networks, and in particular to a method of self-configuration of such a network.
BACKGROUND
A cellular communications network includes multiple base stations. In order for the network to provide the best possible coverage for use... | A cellular communications network includes multiple base stations. In order for the network to provide the best possible coverage for users, it is necessary for the radio configuration of each base station to take into consideration the radio configurations of nearby base stations. Operational context information for t... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an electrical connector assembly, and particularly to an electrical connector assembly used for interconnecting an Integrated Circuit chip (hereinafter abbreviated as IC chip) and a Printed C... | An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector ( 2 ), a second connector ( 4 ) and a transfer member ( 3 ). The first connector has a first housing ( 20 ) and a number of first contacts ( 21 ) received in the first housing. An Integrated Circuit chip (not shown) electrically connects with the first contact... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The field of this invention relates to installation of lengthy assemblies into a live well while providing a dual shut-off capability in a technique which does not require lengthy surface-mounted lubricators.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In many applications, downhole assemblies ... | The wellbore is adapted for use as a lubricator for assembly of lengthy installations. The subsurface safety valve is used in conjunction with a nipple inserted into the wellbore and held in position by a packer. A plug is part of the nipple assembly. Upon setting of the packer, two barriers downhole are created to fac... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/704,120, filed Nov. 10, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,488,823, claiming benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/427,544, filed Nov. 20, 2002, the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
... | Cyanoguanidine quinazoline and cyanoamidine quinazolamine derivatives that are useful in the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases are disclosed. Methods of treating hyperproliferative diseases in mammals are also disclosed. | 2 |
This application claims priority from Provisional application Serial No. 60/107,715 filed Nov. 9, 1998.
This invention relates to low cost, single use, strong and absorbent coverings for health care and commercial bedding.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Conventional fabrics for use as bedding i... | Specific nonwoven fabrics having a good hand, high strength both wet and dry, and very high absorbency are useful for disposable health care and commercial bedding material. These fabrics are composed of randomly entangled natural and synthetic fibers interconnected so that the individual fibers are held in place to fo... | 3 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 433,357 filed Dec. 22, 1982, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to plant food solutions, and more particularly, to storage stable liquid compositions comprising urea, uncondens... | Storage stable liquid plant food compositions are provided exhibiting low saltout temperatures, high nitrogen concentrations, and reduced nitrogen release rates, comprising urea, uncondensed methylolurea, and water, present in particular proportions. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a line pressure control arrangement for an automatic transmission which includes an adaptive self-adjusting feature which compensates for wear and/or temperature changes, and more specifically to such a system w... | In order to prevent the line pressure level from being adjusted to abnormally low levels during the operation of a high load device such as an air conditioner compressor, oil pump and the like, which device consumes energy output from the engine and reduces the amount of torque which is supplied to the input shaft of t... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a vehicle with an anti-lock mechanism.
2. Related art
A cylinder lock is attached to the front part of a lock device. In the cylinder lock, as known, a key rotor is rotatably disposed within a rotor case. A pl... | A vehicle lock device is disclosed to impede a person from using a wrong key. When a key rotor is forcibly turned by a wrong key, the key rotor with the aid of tumblers turns a sleeve. The sleeve then moves slide members backward through a cooperative cam action. The front ends of the slide members have cam faces that ... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to a hybrid dump bailer for use in a wellbore, and a method of using a hybrid dump.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In subterranean wells, such as oil and gas wells, there are occasions when material, such as cement slurry or other chemicals... | A hybrid dump bailer is disclosed herein comprising a bailer tubes for containing a material, such as cement slurry, to be dumped. The hybrid dump bailer comprises a pressure pulse piston that is accelerated by a spring causing a pressure pulse to expel the material to be dumped. The hybrid dump bailer further comprise... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
When a gaseous fluid (gas) is provided for mixing with another gas such as air, and then the mixture is to be used in a process of some kind, it is necessary to be able to control flow of the gas, and for this purpose valves are provided in the pipe or duct in which the gas flows. In t... | A leak detector for a valve controlling flow of fuel to a combustion chamber employs a fuel concentration sensor in a sensing chamber placed downstream from the valve seat. The valve has a downstream chamber which is in communication by diffusion through an orifice, with a source of pressurized air. By injecting air in... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to fabrication of fiber optic devices, and more particularly to a fabrication method that produces fiber optic devices having improved intrinsic resistance to external environmental conditions.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0... | A method for producing fiber optic devices having improved intrinsic resistance to external environmental conditions and a fiber optic device made my the method are disclosed. The fabrication method produces an optic device that is treated with deuterium. The method includes a step for treating and/or making optical de... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a functional polyurethane prepolymer, a method of preparing polyurethane by using the functional polyurethane prepolymer, and an application method thereof, in particular to a functional polyurethane prepolymer prepared b... | A method of preparing polyurethane prepolymer does not require using a toxic isocyanate monomer (manufactured by harmful phosgene) as a raw material. Epoxy resin and carbon dioxide are used as major raw materials to form cyclic carbonates to be reacted with a functional group oligomer, and then amino groups in a hydrop... | 3 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a bulb-type lighting source that uses a light-emitting element such as an LED, and in particular to a technology for more effective heat dispersal from the light-emitting element.
Background Art
In recent years, research and development of technologies ... | A bulb-type lighting source employs a light-emitting element in a structure that facilitates heat dispersal. The lighting source includes a first heat sink member mounted in a bowl shaped case supporting a power supply circuit. A mounting substrate is positioned in surface contact with a surface of the heat sink member... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to aircraft, and, more specifically, to determining aircraft altitude.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] For aircraft certification and modeling for simulation, the actual height of the aircraft during flight must be dete... | A method, apparatus, and computer program product for accurately determining aircraft altitude, impact pressure, and calibrated air speed are provided. The determined results may be used for analysis in certification processes, used for building flight testing or simulation models that also may used in certification pr... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a current integrator for generating an output voltage in response to an input current to be integrated, comprising: an input terminal for receiving the input current; an integration capacitor; charging means for charging the inte... | A current integrator for generating an output voltage (Vo) in response to an input current (Ii) to be integrated. The input current is applied to an integration capacitor via a current-current converter. This enables one end of the integration capacitor to be connected to a fixed voltage and to be implemented by means ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND
Various devices have heretofore been proposed for providing heated air for persons having respiratory problems as disclosed, for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 398,991; 427,179; 438,464; 603,021; 3,200,819; 3,249,108; 3,333,585; Re. 20,135; 3,139,885; and 3,707,966.
Despite the many attempts that have... | A portable conditioned heated air breathing device is provided comprising a compartmented canister with a collapsible hose storage compartment, an air conditioning compartment and a heating compartment and which also contains an ejector for ejecting an additive into the conditioned air as well as a structural arrangeme... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a stapler and a stapler positioning member used for document binding, etc.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In a stapler, an object (for example, a bundle of paper) is filed for example with a U-shaped staple, and the stapl... | Step parts 30A, 30B are formed on both sides of a first member 20 attached to a base 1 of a stapler such that the member is free to slide, and the thickness of a binding object (for example, a bundle of paper) is determined by comparing with the height of steps 31A-33A, 31B-33B of the step parts 30A, 30B. Markings are ... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention is in the field of brushes for application of mascara to the eyelashes, mascara applications systems, and a method.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Mascara both lengthens and thickens lashes. In order to obtain optimal results, ideally each lash should be liberally and unifor... | A brush for the application of mascara to the eyelashes comprised of a central core of twisted metal wire, having gripped therebetween at least two types of fibers which extend radially from the core, wherein the first fiber has a cross-sectional diameter of less than 4 mils and the second fiber has a cross-sectional d... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent application No. 61/383,656, filed Sep. 16, 2010, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to ... | A concrete finishing tool includes a body having a chassis, a guard, and frame supports. An extension handle is attached to the body, and a motor is attached to the body and operatively connected to a driving gear and driven gear to rotate blades having a quick change coupling mechanism. An integrated handle is configu... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a base paper (raw paper), which can be made into various processed paper, such as the paper sheet of a textbook, the thin layer of a notebook or wrap paper, the flake structure of household paper or the base layer of office paper. The present inv... | A raw paper prepared by a mixed pulp including straw pulp, which can be used to prepare textbooks, writing papers and office paper with good performance, and the producing method of said raw paper are provided. The weight proportion of the straw pulp in the mixed stock is from 10% to 100%, and the straw pulp has a hard... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/581,018, filed 16 Oct. 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,116,225 which application claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/110,257 filed 31 Oct. 2008, each of which application is i... | A bandwidth estimation algorithm on shared links detects peaks and/or average per-user bandwidth. Estimating is performed at the transport or IP layer with no assistance from lower layer (PHY, MAC, etc.) and the techniques can be used for any of adjusting the level of video optimization to the available bandwidth; driv... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a mixing apparatus used in mixing two fluids such as two liquids, a liquid and a solid, or a liquid and a gas, within a culture fermenter for microorganisms, waste water treatment systems, and other chemical processes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In kno... | A mixing apparatus is used in mixing two fluids, such as two liquids, a liquid and a solid, or a liquid and a gas, within beer fermenter, microorganism culture mediums, waste water disposal plants, and other chemical processes. It is high in efficiency and simple in maintenance and repair. In particular, this apparatus... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
This invention concerns the characterisation, classification, identification and typing of different DNA containing organisms such as plants, animals, bacteria and their viruses.
The science of detecting genomic polymorphisms is quickly evolving, and several techniques have been developed to comp... | A nucleic acid analysis method is provided which includes the steps of using a primer to amplify the nucleic acid; providing an array of probes, each probe comprising a sequence identical to the primer and an adjacent sequence; applying fragments of the amplifier nucleic acid under hybridisation conditions to the array... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to fuel delivery systems for internal combustion engines and more particularly to an improved carburetor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Carburetors are widely used to produce and control the mixture of fuel and air delivered to an operating engine.... | A carburetor having an idle nozzle and a main nozzle each with a fixed flow area and an idle speed single adjustment screw adjustable by the user. The idle and high speed fuel flows are controlled by the idle nozzle and the main nozzle, respectively. The user can adjust the engine speed only by adjustment of the idle s... | 8 |
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 07/531,783 filed on Jun. 1, 1990, now abandoned.
The present invention relates to bucket attachments for connection to the arm structure and hydraulic system of a mobile machine such as a skid-steer loader and, more particularly, to a vibrating bu... | The present vibrating bucket screen attachment for cleaning beaches and for being mounted on mobile machines such as skid-steer loaders includes an outer excavating bucket with a sand-scooping blade and runners on the outer bucket for supporting the outer bucket relative to the beach. An inner vibrating screen bucket i... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to geological well logging, and more particularly to methods and apparatus for testing geologic formations.
Various wireline instruments and techniques are employed in logging of uncased boreholes to measure the properties of drilled section and the ... | Apparatus and method are disclosed for testing and sampling fluid in an oblong borehole of fracture zones in the area maximum permeability for more efficient recovery and testing in a given sampling period. The tester includes a pair of oppositely extending arms urged against the sides of the borehole causing the teste... | 4 |
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