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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to web coating apparatus such as is used, for example, to coat paper for magazines. More specifically, this invention relates to a new type of holder to mount the rotating metering rod in the so-called"rod coater" type coating apparatus.
Rod coaters... | A holder for rotatably mounting the metering rod in a rod-type web coating apparatus, such as used to coat paper, is made of a rigid but yieldably deformable material, such as a plastic. The holder includes a plurality of longitudinally extending conduits for carrying water to lubricate the rotating rod and removing co... | 3 |
The U.S. Government may have rights in this invention pursuant to contract DE-AC11-76PN00014 between the U.S. Department of Energy and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the purification of water in a nuclear power plant fuel pool, ... | A portable, submersible water purification system for use in a pool of water containing radioactive contamination includes a prefilter for filtering particulates from the water. A resin bed is then provided for removal of remaining dissolved, particulate, organic, and colloidal impurities from the prefiltered water. A ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to cover assemblies, and more particularly to a cover assembly for a storage device.
2. Description of Related Art
An electronic apparatus, such as a typical desktop computer, tower computer, server, or the like, usually includes... | A cover assembly includes a panel defining an opening therein for allowing a storage device to move in or out therethrough, a cover shielding the opening, a connecting member, and an elastic member. The connecting member is pivotably connected to the panel through a first pivoting mechanism formed therebetween along a ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention:
The present invention relates to a multicolor fluid jet loom which in operation carries out a cutting blow, and more particularly, to a device for preventing the cutting of a weft yarn which need not be cut on such a multicolor fluid jet loom.
2. ... | A standby weft yarn cutting preventing device is provided for a multicolor fluid jet loom, such as a multicolor air jet loom. In cutting a picked weft yarn among a plurality of weft yarns with the cutter of the loom, the standby weft yarn cutting preventing device drives away the free ends of the rest of the weft yarns... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to control of a multi-chamber heat-pump type air conditioner in which a plurality of room units are connected to one heat source unit, and cooling and heating can be effected selectively for each room unit, and cooling can be ef... | A multi-chamber heat-pump type air conditioner in which a plurality of room units (2, 3, 4) are connected to one heat source unit (1), cooling and heating can be effected selectively for each room unit (2, 3, 4), and cooling can be effected by one room unit and heating can be simultaneously effected by another, wherein... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a device for a riding mower having a wheel-born chassis supporting the operator, an engine for driving at least one of the wheels and at least one cutting means arranged in a front mounted cutting unit that is placed such... | A device for a riding mower having a wheel born chassis ( 11,12 ) intended to support the operator, an engine ( 14 ) for driving at least one wheel ( 13 ) and cutting knives ( 31 ) arranged in a front mounted cutting unit ( 17 ). The cutting unit is placed such that at least a part of the cutting unit is situated close... | 0 |
CROSS-RELATIONSHIP TO PENDING APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to provisional application Ser. No. 60/941,209 filed May 31, 2007, and is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD
[0002] This invention relates generally to syringe systems and methods for mixing and... | The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shield... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to apparatuses and methods for distributing gas which may be applicable in the field of polymer oxidation and melt curtain ozonation in particular. Aspects of the invention relate to ozone applicators as well as other features of ozonation apparatus... | Apparatuses and methods are described for distributing gas which may be applicable in the field of polymer oxidation and melt curtain ozonation in particular. Ozone applicators and other features of ozonation apparatuses, which may be used separately or in combination, are also described. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Undulated shed looms with electromagnetic shuttle drive are already known. In previously known shuttle drives of this type there is the danger that the synchronism between the beating up of the filling threads and the transporting of the shuttles is lost. As a result, there can be rela... | The present invention relates to an undulated shed-type loom for transporting shuttles filled with filling thread through sheds by means of electromagnetic fields acting on the shuttles and having means for beating up the filling threads introduced against the fell of the cloth, the beating-up of the filling threads ta... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining yarn number or thickness deviations in yarn connecting processes of automatic open-end spinning machines.
2. Description of the Related Art
As is known, yarn connections are alwa... | A method for determining yarn number and thickness deviations for yarn connecting processes in automatic open-end spinning machines includes producing a yarn connection at a yarn connection point, subsequently automatically measuring one of the yarn number, yarn thickness and yarn mass per unit length in a yarn section... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a camera system which includes an image-taking apparatus, such as a television camera and a video camera, and a lens apparatus mounted on the image-taking apparatus.
2. Description of the Related Art
Camera systems fo... | A camera system is disclosed which allows different types of lens apparatuses to be used in combination with a single image-taking apparatus without requiring changes of focus control signals on the side of the image-taking apparatus depending on the type of a lens apparatus mounted on the image-taking apparatus. The c... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to venetian blinds and more specifically to holders or clips for supporting a valance in front of or around the head of a venetian blind.
A valance for a venetian blind head is desirable in order to eliminate an objectional but unavoidable light gap ... | A holder or clip for supporting a valance in front or around a venetian blind head, with a flat sheet metal body having prongs for holding the valance and having tabs or an especially shaped body portion for connection to the blind head. | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part (CIP) of U.S. patent application for “Cell culture apparatus and a fabricating method of the same”, U.S. application Ser. No. 11/446,207, filed Jun. 5, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,749,761.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of t... | A cell culture apparatus and a method for fabricating the cell culture apparatus are disclosed, the method comprises forming at least one fillister on a biomaterial composite layer by photolithography, wherein the biomaterial composite layer contains two gel materials. One is a bio-compatible hydrogel composition havin... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
Cross Reference
This application is a United States national phase application of co-pending international patent application number PCT/US2007/079352, filed Sep. 25, 2007, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/826,805, filed Sep. 25, 2006... | A guard system for a coupling that connects a first component to a second component in a pressurized machinery system includes a coupling guard moveable between an open position, which allows access to an internal region of the coupling, and a closed position, which forms a seal surrounding the coupling from the first ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to systems for controlling electric motors and, more particularly, to a system for deriving an accurate stator resistance estimate for use by electric motor controllers.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ART
Induction Motors
Induction motors have broad appli... | A non-invasive system for accurately determining the stator resistance in an electric motor during motor operation. The system includes a mechanism for determining the phase angle of the stator current within the dq frame of reference and a mechanism for transforming feedback voltages into a new frame of reference defi... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0060457, filed on Jun. 22, 2011 in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The pre... | Disclosed is a fire evacuation installation. When evacuees are not able to evacuate through an emergency exit or other means of evacuation when a fire occurs, the fire evacuation installation may safely protect the evacuees from flames and poisonous gas until rescue workers arrive. Further, the fire evacuation installa... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART
[0001] The present invention relates to a driving force transmitting device using a pulley and a belt member and relates to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, including such a driving force transmitting device, such as a copying machine, a facsimile machine... | A driving force transmitting apparatus includes a driving source; a drive pulley rotatable by a driving force supplied from the driving source; a follower pulley rotatable with a member to be rotated; a belt member extending around a cylindrical surface of the driving pulley and a cylindrical surface of the follower pu... | 6 |
[0001] This is a Rule 53b Divisional application of Ser. No. 10/885,589 filed Jul. 8, 2004 which is a Rule 53b Continuation application of Ser. No. 10/772,364 filed Feb. 6, 2004 (issued on Nov. 29, 2005, U.S. Pat. No. 6,971,037) which is a Rule 53b Divisional application of Ser. No. 10/194,687 filed Jul. 24, 2002 (... | A data processing apparatus has a first processing unit for processing an input data, a second processing unit responsive to the data processed by the first processing unit for executing a processing dependent on the data and producing a display data, and a display unit having a display drive unit and a display device ... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0104654 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Oct. 13, 2011, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The p... | A laser apparatus for welding is disclosed. The laser apparatus includes: a laser optic head adapted and configured to modify a spot size of a laser beam oscillated by a laser oscillator and to project the laser beam into a joining portion of joining members, wherein the laser optic head is adapted and configured to mo... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relate to a process for the optical resolution of (±)-cis or (±)-trans-permethric acid.
2. Description of the Prior Art
(±)-Cis or (±)-trans-permethric acid is a carboxylic acid, whose side chain substituent may be modified, an... | A method for optically resolving (±)-cis or (±)-trans-permethric acid which comprises reacting (±)-cis-permethric acid and optically active 1-(p-tolyl)ethylamine or optically active cis-N-benzyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexylamine, or reaction (±)-trans-permethric acid and optically active 1-(p-isopropylphenyl)ethylamine,... | 2 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/422,662, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,575,777, filed Apr. 10, 1995 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/152,401, now abandoned, filed Nov. 15, 1993.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to medical applian... | Leakage of blood from the insertion set, during and after safety-needle retraction, is suppressed by components that receive and retain flash blood for viewing--notwithstanding forces developed within the device in retraction. One preferred such system includes a flash chamber that moves with the retracting needle, wit... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a fan assembly, particularly to a fan assembly of the type which has a housing having side walls, a fan having rotating blades mounted within the housing and a slidable fan screen mounted relative to the housing and spaced from the rotating blades.
In th... | A fan assembly having a housing having side walls, a fan having rotating blades mounted within the housing and a fan screen mounted relative to the housing and spaced from the rotating blades. The fan assembly includes a housing having two parallel spaced tracks for slidable reception of a pair of opposed parallel edge... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a continuation-in-part application of the application of Mark Welker, U.S. Ser. No. 11/031,928, filed Jan. 8, 2005, entitled FIXTURE AND METHODS.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of l... | The present invention relates generally to the field of lighting. More particularly, the present invention relates to decorative, reconfigurable or energy and maintenance efficient fluorescent light fixtures that use energy efficient lamps and ballasts, and to an apparatus for new fluorescent light fixtures and for rep... | 5 |
This application is based on and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 with respect to Swedish Application No. 0302855-2 filed on Oct. 29, 2003, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to a combination of a bearing housing a... | The combination of a bearing housing and a load measuring plate includes a bearing housing having a foot member possessing a substantially rectangular outer contour, with outer wall portions and transverse intermediate wall portions forming a planar overall contact surface to be in contact with and resting upon a load ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to outboard marine motors, and more particularly to a cowl assembly for housing the engine portion of an outboard marine motor.
An outboard marine motor generally includes an engine portion and a depending gear case. The engine portion of the outboar... | An outboard marine motor housing by a cowl assembly having an upper cowl section and a lower cowl section includes various features for improving the structural integrity of the cowl assembly and for providing a water-resistant seal at the joint between the cowl sections and at various points of entry of cables and oth... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) of International Application No. PCT/US02/40722 filed Dec. 19, 2002 and published in English as WO 03/058194 A2 on Jul. 17, 2003, which claimed priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60... | The invention provides assay methods and reagents useful for evaluating the level of enzyme activities within living cells. Enzyme activity levels within living cells, such as caspases and Serine proteases, can be key determinates in assessing; 1) the apoptotic state of a cell, 2) the presence of tumor (cancer) cells, ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an improved electric steam iron.
2. Description of the Related Art
In all cases, a steam iron comprises a baseplate heated by means of an electrical resistor, a device for supplying water to the vaporization c... | An electric steam iron having a heating baseplate (1) and a vaporization chamber (2), and further including a plate (7) on which are fixed or formed at least part of the device (3) for feeding water to the vaporization chamber (2), an assembly (4) for regulating the flow of water and components for regulating the heati... | 3 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation application of and claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/994,428, filed Nov. 26, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,221,851, entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DVD SMOOTH SEARCH TRANSITIONS,” naming James van Welzen, Brian Falardeau, and Jonath... | Methods, systems and computer-readable medium for changing video playback speed are disclosed. Video playback speed may be changed by determining a first frame rate and a second frame rate for which a frame rate transition is to be made. An instantaneous frame rate is calculated to produce a calculated instantaneous fr... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/869,283, filed Oct. 9, 2007 now U.S. Pat. No. 8,296,053, issued on Jun. 7, 2012 by Edward M. Brennan et al., titled “System and Method for Determining Relative Motion Between Ship Combat System Elements”... | A method is disclosed for determining relative motion between equipment systems positioned on a structure that is subject to deformation due to vibrations, using accelerometers. Relative motion between equipment systems can introduce error into the targeting information provided to a system such as a weapons system, an... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method of initially setting a stepping motor for controlling stitches in a sewing machine.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
When the stepping motor is used for controlling the stitches, a load torque of a motor should be lower than a generated torque there... | A stepping motor is initially set while it passes through a full moving range at comparatively low pulse frequency, and it is discriminated whether the motor moves accurately in response to driving pulses between detecting points until the motor passes one detecting point and again reaches this detecting point. | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of co-pending, commonly owned provisional U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/132,975, invented by Bernard J. New and filed May 7, 1999, which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This inventio... | A method and apparatus to accelerate the evaluation of complex, computationally intense digital signal processing algorithms is disclosed. In one embodiment, a filter accelerator is connected in parallel with a conventional digital signal processor (DSP). The accelerator enhances the speed at which the DSP performs som... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to novel, improved methods and systems for so damping impact-generated vibrations as to keep those vibrations from discomforting or paining the wielder of an implement in which the vibration originated.
DEFINITION
The term "implement&#... | Small, effective, lightweight, vibration damping devices for implements which are subject to impact. These devices have a head and a stem and are fabricated from a soft elastomeric material. The stem is capable of oscillating over a 360° span in directions generally normal to the longitudinal axis of the device. The pe... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (1) Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention pertains to a lubricant retention assembly employed with an electric motor that has a self-contained lubricant reservoir. More specifically, the present invention pertains to a thrust collar mounted ... | A lubricant retention assembly is employed with an electric motor to prevent the loss of lubricant from a self contained lubricant reservoir of the motor. The lubricant retention assembly includes a thrust collar mounted on the motor shaft and a bearing cap surrounding the thrust collar, where the thrust collar has an ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an optical amplifier for optical communications, and more particularly, to a multi-stage fiber amplifier in which the total available pump power, which is supplied from a single source, is optimally divided between the stages to provide maximum gain and... | The present invention relates to a multi-stage fiber amplifier in which the first and stages are connected by means including a filter for attenuating the amplified spontaneous emission. The pump source consists of a pair of light sources that are connected to a coupler that splits the power equally to two output legs.... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This Patent Application is a Continuation of International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2007/061264 filed on Oct. 22, 2007, entitled, “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CRIMPING A MULTIFILAMENT THREAD”, the contents and teachings of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their ... | A method and an apparatus involves crimping a multifilament thread, wherein the thread which is produced by melt spinning is compressed to a thread plug. The thread plug is cast on the circumference of rotating processing drum for thermal treatment and is wrapped around the circumference of the processing drum with man... | 3 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to gas detection devices and in particular to a small, inexpensive dosage badge for determining the exposure of firefighters to toxic gases.
Fire atmospheres to which firefighters are exposed commonly include toxic gas components. For ... | An inexpensive badge for detection of dangerous gases wherein a plurality of paper discs impregnated with a color sensitive gas indicator chemical are mounted in alignment with apertures in a plastic substrate by a pressure sensitive tape backing. The front face of the substrate is covered with a further strip of press... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to road working or repair equipment and more particularly to a novel road or pavement surfacing machine.
BACKGROUND
Unevenness of a road surface can reduce the useful life of the road. When a vehicle rides over an uneven road surface, it tends to bounc... | Apparatus and methods for controlling the operation of a pavement surfacing machine are described. One embodiment that controls a pavement surfacing machine having a vehicle moveable in a preselected direction of travel along a pavement surface under the influence of a prime mover and configured to urge a rotatable gri... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
[0001] This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/877,243, filed on Sep. 12, 2013, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
SUMMARY
[0002] The invention ... | A helmet speaker system includes two small side-firing high fidelity speakers and an electronics package contained in a small water resistant plastic housing. Microphones are located close to one or more of the speakers. The speakers, microphone and electronics package are detachable from their respective helmet base m... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present invention claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/067,511 entitled “Method and Apparatus For Dynamically Modifying Instructions in a Very Long Instruction Word Processor” and filed Dec. 4, 1997.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invent... | A pipelined data processing unit includes an instruction sequencer and n functional units capable of executing n operations in parallel. The instruction sequencer includes a random access memory for storing very-long-instruction-words (VLIWs) used in operations involving the execution of two or more functional units in... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device; and, more particularly, to the method for manufacturing a ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) device to prevent the device from damage induced by a package process by applying an anneal... | A method for manufacturing a ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) device, the method including the steps of forming a unit die including a transistor and a capacitor on a semiconductor substrate, testing a wafer level function for the unit die, annealing the device above Curie temperature of ferroelectric materia... | 7 |
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
This invention relates generally to measuring devices and, more particularly, to tape measuring devices containing means for marking or engraving articles.
2. Background Art
Tape measuring devices employing a coiled tape which may be slidably extended from a slotte... | A tape measuring device including an outer casing and a coiled metal tape disposed within the casing which may be retracted or withdrawn through a slot in the front of the casing. In addition, a consumable marker and a scriber are disposed within the casing immediately forward of and along side of the slot through whic... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/169,550, filed Apr. 15, 2009, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/169,602, filed Apr. 15, 2009, which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
This description relat... | Approaches to segmentation or detection of objects and their boundaries in images (or other data sets) do not rely on machine learning approaches that aim to minimize pixel-level agreement between a computer and a human. Optimizing such pixel-level agreement does not, in general, provide the best possible result if bou... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to substituted triazine compounds and to their use. In particular, it relates to sym-triazine (1,3,5-triazine) compounds containing at least one phosphonate, phosphonamidate or phosphonamide group which are generally useful as flame retardants in various organic mater... | Triazine compounds useful as flame retardants have the formula: ##STR1## where Am represents an amino group, Pp represents a phosphonate group and Z represents an amino group or a phosphonate group, or are polymers comprising repeating units of the formula: ##STR2## where ##STR3## is a diamine residue. The triazine com... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Previous Filing Information
On Sep. 20, 2003 the United States Patent Office received a copy of—and assigned Ser. No. 60/503,976 to—a Provisional Patent Application (PPA) filed by the same inventors hereof. That PPA is incorporated herein by this reference as though set out here in f... | Adjustable apparatus for bracing one or both sides of a wall being fabricated from masonry blocks and having an opening near the base of the block wall. Bracing system includes strong rigid members assembled in the form of a right angle brace set having stiff vertical, horizontal and diagonal members, a connector havin... | 4 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 930,119, filed Aug. 1, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,204,828.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an improved quench system and method for use in spinning multifilament synthetic fiber. More particularly, the system and method use a fog in t... | A quench system for spinning multifilament synthetic fiber using a fog in the quench stack is disclosed. The system and method comprise
a. spinning synthetic multifilament fiber from the molten synthetic polymer through a spinnerette into a quench stack,
b. quenching the freshly spun fiber in the quench sta... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from Provisional United States application Ser. No. 60/140,495, filed Jun. 24, 1999.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to methods for the control of ash accumulation and corrosive effects of combustio... | A process for the utilization and strategic addition of ash modifying compounds, into selective catalytic reduction units, to modify the resultant ash chemistry to control ash accumulation and corrosive effects of the combustion products, and problems associated with fly-ash disposal or recycling. | 5 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention pertains to a thin-film, floppy and compliant, electromagnetic read/write head array structure. More particularly, it pertains to such a structure which is intended to be used in compliant, pressure-biased contact with a magnetic imaging medium, with little a... | A thin-film, floppy and compliant, electromagnetic, read/write head structure which is adapted to be pressed against a magnetic imaging medium during reading and writing. Individual heads and associated structure are distributed like "bumps" on one face of a support substrate--the opposite face of which is the ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns the heating of electrically conductor flat products, this heating being obtained by scrolling through electromagnitude induction. A known device employed for this contains the following essential components:
A transfer system keeping the flat product to be ... | As known the product to be heated (7) is made to scroll longitudinally in the flow of an inductor (IC) with a dual frequency along a longitudinal pitch and along a transverse pitch. According to the invention this produce is made to scroll in the flow of two successive inductors with a common transverse pitch (PT) whic... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
It is well known that ring opening polymerization can be performed on dicyclopentadiene (DCPD), methyl tetracyclododecene, and other norbornene monomers.
For example, Japanese Kokai Patent No. SHO 58[1983]-129013 discloses the manufacturing method of a thermosetting DCPD homopolymer ... | A reinforced polymeric matrix comprising a glass mat and a norbornene polymer surrounding the glass mat, the glass mat is composed of at least one glass fiber treated with a silane coupling agent and a binder adhering the glass fiber(s) to the norbornene polymer; the binder is selected from polyolefins, vinyl aromatic ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to control devices for contactors, motor starters and the like, which couple electrical power to loads. In particular, the invention concerns a trip indicator for signalling and preferably displaying the trip status of a single or m... | A self powered trip indicator remotely reads out parameters such as the type of trip detected in a contactor or motor starter circuit controllably coupling a power line to a load. The contactor circuit imposes signalling pulses on a trip status signal following a transition of the signal to a fault-indicating level, th... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a motion compensator to be placed in a well pipe to permit relative movement between an underwater well installation and a floating vessel on the water surface. The motion compensator is particularly useable while conducting a p... | Disclosed is a motion compensator to permit relative movement between an underwater well installation and a vessel on the water surface. The motion compensator includes telescoping elements, seals between the telescoping elements and ports to permit lubrication of the seals. A method of using the motion compensator is ... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of active cephalosporin antibiotic derivative. The present invention more particularly relates to an improved process for the preparation of cefuroxime sodium of the formula (I).
... | The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of the sterile cefuroxime sodium of formula (I). | 2 |
The present invention is directed to a new strain of a group of lactic bacteria having probiotic activity. This strain was isolated from a natural corn silage without chemical or biological additives. Specifically, the invention provides a new strain of enterococci, Enterococcus faecalis GALT, capable of surviving in... | An isolated strain of Enterococcus faecalis GALT deposited under number CECT 7121 of the group of lactic bacteria is disclosed, which is capable of surviving and colonizing the gastrointestinal tract of humans and/or animals and showing beneficial probiotic activity for the health of humans and animals. The strain E... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates generally to construction materials for upholstery and, more specifically, to a kind of cushion blocks for use in setting a build-up surface, such as wooden flooring, wooden wall or wooden cei... | A cushion block for using in a build-up surface formed by strips is disclosed to have two male coupling devices at one end, two female coupling devices at an opposite end corresponding to the male coupling devices, a retaining device protruded from one side thereof and adapted to secure the strip to the corresponding s... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a method for reducing the computational complexity of a Viterbi decoder and, more particularly, to a method for reducing the computational complexity of a Viterbi decoder at all code rates of a convo... | A method for reducing the computational complexity of a Viterbi decoder, which is suitable for all code rates of a convolutional code applied by the Viterbi decoder. The method dramatically reduces the branch metric computation to thus reduce the complexity of implementing the Viterbi decoder, without affecting the cap... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to holiday decorations and, in particular embodiments, to decorative plush articles for interactively counting down the days preceding a holiday.
[0002] Households are often adorned with decorations and ornamentation contemporaneously wit... | A holiday countdown interactive display may include a set of magnetically attachable ornaments that have discrete appearances and functionalities, each ornament being marked with a distinct number associated with the number of days remaining before a holiday. In certain preferred embodiments, the interactive display co... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to data storage systems that utilize tape or other base storage along with high speed cache. More particularly, the invention concerns a data storage system that stores data objects with encapsulated metadata tokens in cache... | A data storage system stores data with a corresponding encapsulated metadata token in cache and/or base storage to protect against recalling stale data from base storage in the event of a cache failure and subsequent cache miss. A controller is coupled to a cache, base storage, and token database. After receiving a dat... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A number of barbecued food cooking grills have been proposed, including those in which a pan for burning a fuel such as charcoal have been proposed with a supporting grill for the food, wherein the grill may be rotated by a motor. This construction is shown in a number of patents, e.g.... | A cooking grill assembly of high energy efficiency is disclosed. A gas burner arm heat source is oscillated through an arc of a variable amount in order to limit the heat source cooperation with the cooking grill to that area of the grill on which the food is to be cooked. A means to limit the heat source to this given... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of U.S. National Stage application Ser. No. 13/128,416, filed Jun. 9, 2011, which is based upon and claims benefit of PCT Application No. PCT/U.S. Ser. No. 09/066,796, filed Dec. 4, 2009, which is based upon and claims benefit of U.S. Prov... | A link belt for use in a sintering furnace, which is made of a plurality of first links, each of said links having working surfaces for supporting objects to be carried on the belt. A plurality of rollers are positioned intermediate certain of said first links, and a plurality of pins pass through apertures within said... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/666,940 filed on Mar. 31, 2005, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein. This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/601,820 entitled Spray Dyeing of Gar... | Processes for dyeing fabric are provided. The process can include continuously moving the fabric in a machine direction; removing folds or creases from the fabric; spraying a first surface of the fabric with a dye; and exposing the fabric to atmospheric steam after spraying the dye on the first surface but prior to the... | 3 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] This disclosure relates to a decorticator, a type of machine designed to separate the outer bast or bark fiber from the inner woody core of plant stalks such as hemp, flax, kenaf, jute, nettles, and other plants in a single operation, by means of an improved method of rapidly breaking the w... | A fibrous pant stalk decorticator is disclosed. The decorticator includes a feeding device a breaker roll having a first plurality of blades, and a skutcher roll having a second plurality of blades. The skutcher is positioned such that the first and second pluralities of blades overlap. A plurality of air outlets pass ... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] None
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] None
LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE PLANT CLAIMED
[0003]
Malus domestica
VARIETY DENOMINATION
[00... | A new apple variety distinguished by the amount and intensity of over-color of the fruit and the earlier coloration of the fruit. | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally to the field of optical mark scanning apparatus. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system for creating and scanning a customized survey form. This method and system has particular application in the creation of customized surve... | A desktop survey system for creating and scanning a survey form to be completed by a survey respondent, the survey form being printed on a scannable form having a preprinted timing track that can be scanned by an optical mark scanner is comprised of a processor for entering, editing, and formatting customized questions... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a pelletizing additive for silicone rubber compositions, to a process for preparing the additive, to a pelletized silicone rubber material containing the additive, and to a process for preparing the pelletized material.
2. ... | The invention relates to compositions which can be prepared from at least one polyorganosiloxane, boric acid and water, and which may serve as a pelletizing additive for crosslinkable silicone rubber formulations. A small proportion of the pelletizing additive, when added to a ore component crosslinkable silicone rubbe... | 2 |
This application is a continuation-in-part, of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/374,379, filed Jun. 30, 1989 (abandoned).
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to optical disk memory systems and, particularly, to optical disk read/write heads. More particularly, the invention pe... | A ultra-compact optical readout device utilizing a binary optical element that provides a wide separation between diffraction efficiency peaks of different polarization modes so that sending and returning light can take distinct paths at the light source and detector, respectively, and also take the same paths at other... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional patent application No. 61/049,820, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND
[0002] 1. Technical Field
[0003] The present di... | There is provided a penetratable toothed fastener for clamping tissue during surgery. The toothed fastener includes first and second legs each having longitudinal rows of transverse teeth and a securing member configured to pass through the transverse teeth to hold first and second legs closed relative to each other an... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application claims priority benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119 (e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/521,697 filed Aug. 8, 2011 by Linda Grimes, entitled “Voice decibel application and a method for a cellular phone”. The present application incorporates the... | The present invention in general relates to a voice decibel application and a method for a phone and in particularly relates to the application and the method for a phone to measure the voice decibel during a phone call. The application incorporated into the user's phone is configured to measure the voice decibel d... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an improvement in a baking and drying furnace for containers such as cans for canned food, which are coated or printed.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Where containers such as cans have been coated or printed for or... | This invention relates to a baking and drying furnace wherein hot air is supplied from the top of containers such as cans passing through the furnace in an inverted attitude and the hot air within the cans are suctioned whereby the hot air may flow along internal and external surfaces of the containers, the improvement... | 5 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY TO PRIOR APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/191,588, filed on Jul. 13, 2015, entitled “Adjustable Pole With Foot Rests to Aid in Human Fecal Matter Evacuation From the Rectum”, the entire disclosure of which is hereb... | The invention is a simple, portable, storable fecal matter evacuation device. The device relaxes the puborectalis muscle for easier fecal matter evacuation. The invention has foot rests that can be raised or lowered. In addition, the invention can be placed off to the side out of the way of normal urination practices. | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to detonators, and more particularly to an apparatus for reliably achieving detonation when there is a gap between the donor and acceptor charges and they are not in axial alignment.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The ... | Detonation of an acceptor charge by a donor charge across an intervening where the two charges are not axially aligned is achieved by shaping the respective charges to control the direction of the fragments of the donor charge and their impact pattern upon the acceptor charge. | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/855,822, filed on Sep. 14, 2007, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/680,658, filed on Mar. 1, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,292,688, issued Nov. 6, 2007, which is a c... | A method for location-based communicating includes identifying a service provider based on information received from a requesting party at a networked communications apparatus. The method also includes determining whether a plurality of predefined service areas have been defined for the identified service provider. Whe... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/366,419, filed Feb. 6, 2012, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/593,083, filed Jan. 31, 2012.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This applicat... | A gas turbine engine is defined wherein the inlet guide vanes leading into a core engine flow path are sized and positioned such that flow paths positioned circumferentially intermediate the vane are sufficiently large that a hydraulic diameter of greater than or equal to about 1.5 is achieved. This will likely reduce ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field
[0002] One or more embodiments described herein relate to compressors.
[0003] 2. Background
[0004] Scroll compressors have been used in air conditioners, refrigerators, and other appliances. In a scroll compressor, two scrolls rotate r... | A foam control device includes a first member coupled to an oil reservoir of a compressor and a second member to prevent foam from flowing into an interior section of the compressor. when a shaft of the compressor rotates. The second member controls a position of the first member based on at least one condition which, ... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation application of International Application No. PCT/JP2008/059281 filed on May 20, 2008, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. F... | A honeycomb structure includes center and peripheral regions. The center region has a smaller similarity shape in relation to a peripheral shape of the honeycomb structure in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The peripheral region is located outside the smaller similarity shape. Zeolite ion-e... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application 60/989,405, filed Nov. 20, 2007; U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/058,876 filed Jun. 4, 2008, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/080,110, filed Jul. 11, 2008, the contents of which are in... | Disclosed is a process for forming a CO 2 capture element comprises providing a mixture of a monomer or monomer blend or a polymer binder, a miscible liquid carrier for the binder and a CO 2 sorbent or getter in particle form, forming the mixture into a wet film or membrane, evaporating the liquid carrier to form a f... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a hockey stick, which consists of a handle portion, or shaft, and a blade portion, or blade.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Up till now, all hockey stick shafts, either of solid or hollow construction, have been manufacture... | A hockey stick comprising a shaft portion and a blade portion, the shaft portion including means having preformed stresses to induce a flexural resistance at about mid-span so as to create in the shaft portion induced stresses which are neutralized as stresses are further induced in the shaft portion at impact on the b... | 0 |
This invention relates to a Space Train™, and to a System for projecting it into space at a velocity enabling its escape from the gravitational field of the Earth, without the use of combustible fuels, and with an acceleration and deceleration tolerable to humans. An object of this invention is to provide an alternate ... | The direct projection of a space vehicle, herein termed a "Space Train™", into space without combustile fuel is described. A mathematical physics analysis derives critical ranges of parameters, which inlcude a vehicle having a mass of about 3,000,000 Kg., a length of about 180 m and 5 m dia.; an acceleration of... | 1 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/048,272 filed Jun. 2, 1997.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the art of diagnostic imaging. It finds particular application in conjunction with nuclear or gamma cameras and will be de... | A gamma camera includes detector heads disposed about an examination region. A high energy collimator collimates the radiation received by each of the detector heads. Either a positron emitting radionuclide or a positron emitting radionuclide and a single photon emitting radionuclide is introduced into an object to be ... | 6 |
RELATED U.S. APPLICATION DATA
This application has priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/216,085, filed Jul. 6, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a flip chart holder. More specifically, the invention is directed toward an updatable and lockable... | An updatable and lockable flip chart holder that can clip into the rail strip or channel of a shelf or fasten to a display at a retail store. The flip chart holder allows manufacturers or promoters of products that are sold at retail to create consumer, educational, or promotional flip charts that can easily and econom... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 11/757,892, filed Jun. 4, 2007, status allowed.
The present invention is related to the subject matter of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/922,029.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present inve... | Force balancing adjusts hydraulic fluid pressure in an upper piston area of a Rotating Pressure Control Device (RPCD) that has an inner housing rotatably engaged within an outer housing by an upper bearing and a lower bearing. The hydraulic fluid pressure is adjusted to balance net force in a upper piston area and a lo... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a process for the asymmetric hydrogenation of imines with hydrogen under elevated pressure in the presence of a catalyst system. The invention particularly relates to the use of the said catalytic system for the enantioselective hydrogenation of ... | The present invention relates to a process for the asymmetric hydrogenation of imines with hydrogen under elevated pressure in the presence of a catalyst system. In particular the present invention relates to the use of the said catalytic system for the enantioselective hydrogenation of prochiral ketimines to asymmetri... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a biological process for the preparation of various carboxylic acids by the enzymatic oxidation of the corresponding alcohols with alcohol oxidase in very high yields. The alcohol oxidase is formed by bacteria of the genus Gluconobacter, prefe... | The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of aliphatic, aromatic and thiocarboxylic acids, where cultures comprising bacteria of the genus Gluconobacter are used. | 2 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 674,438, filed Nov. 23, 1984, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an apparatus for cutting cord reinforced rubber sheet and more particularly an apparatus for longitudinally cutting such cord reinforced rubber sheet in... | Disclosed is an apparatus to longitudinally cut a cord reinforced rubber sheet into at least two strips of tire ply stock while the sheet is being conveyed past the apparatus. The apparatus includes a slitting device that utilizes shear-type action to cut through the sheet by the interaction of rotating disc-like upper... | 1 |
[0001] This application is a continuation application of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/014,610 filed on Jan. 15, 2008. This application also claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) to Patent Application No. 10-2007-0017384 filed in the Republic of Korea on Feb. 21, 2007, the entire conte... | A mobile terminal including a communicating unit, a display unit including an indicator area notifying an alarm when a message is received, and a controller configured to receive a message from at least one other terminal, and display message information on the indicator area of the display unit. Further, the message i... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The disclosure relates in general to a test method for a memory, and more particularly to a method for testing a memory by half page read.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Flash memory plays an important role in an electronic device. For example, a memory card having the flash memo... | A test method tests a memory device including a memory array having a plurality of symmetric memory cells, a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines. In testing a first word line, a first bit line is charged to test a single bit of a first half of an adjacent first symmetric memory cell; and a second bit l... | 6 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The invention relates to the use of somatostatin or one of its agonist analogues for preparing a medicament intended to regulate the ovarian follicular reserve in non-menopausal women, or the use of a somatostatin antagonist analogue for preparing a medicament intended to accelerate the start o... | The invention primarily relates to the use of somatostatin or one of the agonistic analogs thereof for producing a medicament serving to regulate the ovarian follicular reserve and, in particular, to reduce the depletion of the ovarian follicular reserve over time in non-menopausal women or to the use of an antagonisti... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to tufting machines and more particularly to a yarn jerker system therefore for controllably applying different degrees of pull-back on the yarns of selective needles.
It is known to provide a yarn jerker system in tufting machines comprising a jerker membe... | An adjustable yarn jerker system for a tufting machine including a movable jerker member secured to the needle bar and a split adjustable stationary jerker secured to the machine frame. The split adjustable jerker comprises a bar adjustably moveable relative to the machine frame carrying a first jerker member and a sli... | 3 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The embodiments of the present invention relate generally to ink-jet printing mechanisms, and in particular to squeegees for wiping excess ink off inkjet printheads.
[0003] 2. Background of the Invention
[0004]... | An inkjet printhead squeegee is split on one side so that its wiping force on a printhead is highest on the front stroke and much lighter on the backstroke when the surface is dry. Alternatively, the split can be arranged so that the front stroke is light enough to leave the printhead wet, and then the backstroke is mu... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional of patent application Ser. No. 454,464 filed on Dec. 3, 1999, which is a divisional patent application of Ser. No. 09/464,545, filed Dec. 3, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,328,009, which is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 09/203,015, filed Dec.... | A valve lifter apparatus is provided including a valve lifter body with predetermined oil paths for increase lubrication to a rolling member for engaging a lobe of a camshaft. An anti-rotation member for prevent rotation of the valve lifter in the lifter bore of the engine block as the valve lifter reciprocates is also... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to European Patent Application 14189908.8 filed Oct. 22, 2014, the contents of which are hereby incorporated in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates generally to multi stage turbi... | The invention relates to a turbine in which a bypass-passage extends through a base member of a stationary vane to join seal cavities of adjacent rotating blade rows so that seal flow passing between a casing and shrouds of the rotating blades at least partially bypasses the turbine main flow passage. | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to aeration of liquid systems.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Aeration of liquids is important in many process applications. In waste water treatment for example, various processes require effective aeration to perform efficiently. Typically, ... | A device for dissolving a gas in a liquid. The device comprises a pressure vessel or column for receiving a gas-entrained liquid via an inlet and for injecting the gas-entrained liquid via a riser into a headspace of the vessel. A flow director is disposed in an upper portion of the vessel or column to form a swirling ... | 2 |
[0001] This application claims priority of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/786,738, Ventilation chimney section and method, to John Waldner, filed 29 Mar. 2006, which is incorporated herein by reference.
[0002] This invention is directed to a method of manufacture of ventilation chim... | A ventilation chimney or exhaust fan flue section for hog barns has inner and outer plastic tubes formed by edge welding plastic sheets. An snug fitting insulation sheet is slid between the tubes. Collars of male and female coupling elements are inserted into the ends of the section between the inner and outer tubes an... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The existing pressure sensitive ink jet media for various commercial ink jet printers and inks, such as sold by Apple, Hewlett Packard, Canon, Epson and the like, work under the mechanism in which the ink absorption relies principally or partially on the absorption of th... | The problems of applying ink jet inks to various known coating surfaces so as to overcome smearing, poor resolution and attack by water etc., is overcome by the use of the new ink jet receptive media. The media comprises in combination: (1) a waterproof ink jet receptive coating, (2) a primer coating, (3) a non-porous ... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0096456, filed on Aug. 14, 2013, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
TECHN... | Provided is an impeller for a fuel pump of a vehicle capable of decreasing a magnitude of high frequency fluid noise due to high speed rotation of the impeller by upper and lower blades of impeller blades positioned between upper and lower casings of the fuel pump and coupled to a shaft of a driving motor to deliver a ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for testing the depth of structures such as foundations using parallel seismic testing with a cone penetrometer to house the receiving element.
[0003] 2. ... | A parallel seismic tester utilizing a cone penetrometer to test the depth of a foundation or the like comprises three important elements: the cone penetrometer which houses a receiver, an impactor to impact the structure, and data gathering and analyzing equipment. The receiver may comprise a hydrophone, a geophone, or... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to semiconductor integrated circuits, and in particular, to a semiconductor integrated circuit that incorporates a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit and a plurality of clock and data recovery (CDR) circuits for synchronization of clocks used in a plurality of serial transmissi... | A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit configured to generate an oscillation output signal synchronized with a reference clock and a plurality of clock and data recovery (CDR) circuits configured to adjust a phase of the oscillation output signal and a phase of serial data. The PL... | 7 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to toilet paper holders and more specifically to an attachment therefor for holding the free end of a roll of toilet paper in a position such that ready access thereto is provided the user.
Conventional toilet paper holders that are ro... | A toilet paper unrolling fixture adapted for simple attachment to a conventional toilet paper holder includes a frame, a paper guide over which the free end of a roll of toilet paper passes, and a tear bar for enabling the user to quickly tear a length of paper from the roll. | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/337,183 titled “BATTERY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD” filed Dec. 6, 2001, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD
The present invention relates to a battery monitor... | A battery monitoring system is disclosed. The system comprises a means for acquiring a value representative of a first period of time during which the battery will deliver a sufficient amount of power. The system also comprises a means for measuring a set of parameters comprising a voltage of the battery and a temperat... | 8 |
[0001] This application is the U.S. national phase application of PCT International Application No. PCT/EP2004/011298, filed Oct. 8, 2004, which claims priority to German Patent Application No. DE 103 58 292.4, filed Dec. 12, 2003.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Technical Field
... | A web processing roll comprising at least one cavity. The cavity of the roll is at least partially filled with a mixture of a liquid and at least one mixing partner that is insoluble in the liquid. Solid particles, preferably a granular solid, or another liquid constitute the mixing partner. | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the powering of a plurality of functional circuits within a telephone or other terminal device, through a subscriber's line of a telecommunication system, such as a telephone network, and, in particular, to a system f... | A circuit is provided in telecommunication terminal equipment for splitting a limited supply of current received from a subscriber's line current among a plurality of functional circuits according to their priority rank. The circuit uses a differential pair of current delivering transistors and a special circuit to... | 8 |
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