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BOTANICAL/COMMERCIAL CLASSIFICATION
[0001] Rosa hybrida /Shrub Rose Plant
VARIETAL DENOMINATION
[0002] cv. Radtko
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The new variety of Rosa hybrida landscape shrub rose plant of the present invention was created by artificial poll... | A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis attractive double blossoms that are red in coloration and possess significantly more petals than the ‘Radrazz’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,836). The vegetation is vigorous and the growth... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a vehicle windscreen cleaner and more particularly to a vehicle windscreen cleaner having a partially open container for containing water-soluble, cleaning and/or rinsing agent, preferably in a solid form, the container having means to attach the container rel... | A vehicle windscreen cleaner device comprises a container which can be fastened to or is made integral with a windscreen wiper arm. The container is cylindrical and a portion of one side wall is grid-like with apertures. Either a part of the side wall or part of the end wall are removable to permit the insertion of a s... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the invention
The present invention relates to a miniature air pump with an innovative structure, and more particularly, to a miniature air pump which can optionally choose the number of air bladders, and improve pump structure so as to stabilize the air output of the... | An elaborately designed miniature air compressor is composed of a motor unit, a compression unit, and an air collection unit. Several bladders installed in the compression unit are sequentially actuated by a compression vane with a thrust and pulling force imparted from priston like motion caused by revolution of an ec... | 5 |
This is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 08/124,815, filed 21 Sep. 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,488,741.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to devices for cleaning air.
More particularly, the present invention relates to air cleaning d... | A toilet bowl ventilating and deodorizing apparatus comprises an odor collector for extracting air from a toilet bowl, a filter assembly for deodorizing the air extracted from the toilet bowl, and a neck coupling the filter assembly to the odor collector, with the odor collector and the neck supporting the filter assem... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to the use of water-based lubricants for textile machines, in particular, the use as needle oils and/or sinker oils in textile knitting machines.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
... | The present invention relates to water-based lubricants for textile machines, especially to such lubricants for use as needle oil and/or lifter oil as well as the use thereof as a needle oil and/or lifter oil. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention is directed to treatment of liquid compositions that are useful as biomedical adhesives and sealants, particularly methods of sterilizing them. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method using electron beam irradiation to st... | A method for sterilizing a liquid adhesive composition includes subjecting the composition to electron beam irradiation while it is enclosed in a container. | 2 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 159,350 filed Feb. 23, 1988, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an optical recording medium for optically recording and reproducing information.
2. Related Back... | An optical recording medium comprises an organic film, wherein said organic film contains at least one compound selected from the compounds represented by Formulas (I), (II) and (III). | 8 |
PRIOR APPLICATION DATA
[0001] The present application claims priority from prior UK application 0606965.2 filed Apr. 6, 2006, incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to video processing and display. For example, som... | To supplement a video display on a conventional television, a surround video stream may be projected onto wall and other surfaces adjacent the television. The surround video stream may derive from a wide angle lens camera positioned alongside the main camera. The surround video stream may be processed in a local proces... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for unlocking a door lock for a vehicle, in which collision direction detecting means detects a side of a vehicle on which a collision has occurred, and an unlocking mechanism unlocks a door located on a side... | An apparatus for unlocking a door lock for a vehicle, comprising a plurality of door locks for being mounted on doors of the vehicle, a collision direction detecting device for detecting a direction of an impact applied to a vehicle; and an unlocking mechanism for unlocking a door lock located on a side opposite to a c... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to mortarless interlocking blocks capable of being easily assembled in longitudinally staggered or aligned rows and, more particularly, to the special interlocking terminations on said blocks and the system for forming wall structu... | A set of interlocking building blocks capable of being assembled with each other forming wall structures without requiring mortar or any other binder. The set consists of four types of blocks and one lintel rib which are capable of forming wall structures and openings in said structures that are adapted to cooperate in... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Japanese Patent Application No. 202722/2011, filed Sep. 16, 2011, and Japanese Patent Application 023623/2012, filed Feb. 7, 2012, the contents of both of which are hereby incorporated by re... | An index for deciding the necessity of surgically operating on the jaw in orthodontic treatment, an index for deciding disharmony of the maxilla and mandible in dental treatment, and an index for deciding dentofacial deformity. The distance (S−A) between S and A, the distance (S−B) between S and B and the distance (Go−... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a division of U.S. Ser. No. 10/971,181, filed Oct. 22, 2004, which claims the benefit of priority Provisional Applications No. 60/513,280, and No. 60/513,348, both filed on Oct. 22, 2003, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by r... | The present invention is directed to a knitted net, and more specifically to an expandable knitted net. In one form, the net comprises a plurality of fill yarns with an elastomeric performance, which allows the net to expand in the cross-direction. In another form, the present invention is directed to a netting, and mo... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not Applicable.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not Applicable.
MICROFICHE/COPYRIGHT REFERENCE
[0003] Not Applicable.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0004] This invention relates to piston drive... | A method and apparatus is provided for operating a piston driven, internal combustion engine ( 10 ) including a the piston ( 40 ) translating in a cylinder ( 30 ). The engine ( 10 ) has an intake stroke, followed by a partial exhaust stroke, followed by a compression stroke, followed by a power stroke and then an exhau... | 5 |
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
The invention relates to dry liquids, and a process for their preparation.
Dry liquids, in particular dry water, are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,393,155.
They consist of pyrogenically prepared silica which has a mean particle size of not more than 50 millimicrons, whose su... | Dry liquids having a particle size distribution (cumulative undersize)
D10% 80 to 140 μm D50% 140 to 200 μm D90% 190 to 340 μm
are prepared by passing the liquids and a hydrophobic, pyrogenically prepared silica through a clearly de... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE
This is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 of PCT patent application PCT/US08/64073, filed on May 19, 2008, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application U.S. Application Ser. No. 60/939,773, filed May 23, 2007, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in i... | Disclosed and described herein is a compound having a formula (I) therapeutic methods, medicaments, and compositions related thereto are also disclosed. | 2 |
[0001] This invention relates generally to an apparatus for displaying advertising material in an attention getting manner, and deals more particularly with a method of advertising incorporating such apparatus.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The apparatus of the present invention provides a g... | A system for displaying segments of a graphic image in a window or the like, and comprising a plurality of vertically elongated transparent slats, each slat having marginal edges defining inwardly one facing elongated grooves for framing the elongating segments of the graphic image, top and bottom horizontal rails for ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The invention concerns a sanitary component that has a jet regulating device in the interior of a mounting housing; said jet regulating device comprises at least one directly-mounted element housed in the mounting housing; said element has ridges transverse to the flow direction that defi... | The invention concerns a sanitary component ( 1 ) that has a jet regulating device ( 4 ) in the interior of a mounting housing ( 6 ). The jet regulating device ( 4 ) includes at least one directly-mounted element ( 5 ) housed in the mounting housing ( 6 ), this element being provided with ridges ( 11 ) transverse to th... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/142,797, filed Jan. 6, 2009 by Yuanqiu Luo, et al., and entitled “Field Framing with Built-In Information,” which is incorporated herein by reference as if reproduced in its entirety.
... | An apparatus comprising a frame alignment processor coupled to a receiver, wherein the frame alignment processor is configured to align a first frame and a second frame in the receiver by matching a first synchronization (sync) pattern predicted using a first sync field in the first frame with a second sync pattern obt... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a substrate inspecting apparatus and, in particular to an apparatus for inspecting wafers.
BACKGROUND ART
As for semiconductor wafer inspecting apparatuses, there are two kinds: an inspecting apparatus which inspects a wafer while rotating the wafer and... | Provided is a method wherein a multi-anode detector is used for the purpose of detecting scattered light from a wafer, data obtained from the detector (multi-anode) for detecting defects is used, the shape of a beam radiated to the wafer, a rotational shift between the radius direction and the beam long side, and the l... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the art of rock boring and more particularly to a rotary bit which comprises three toothed conical rotary elements on which are disposed hard metal tips. The tips may be inserts. Such bits are typically rotated under the weight of a drill collar and dri... | A rock boring bit assembly which includes a body configured for engagement with associated driving mechanism. At least one roller cutter is rotatably mounted on the body. The roller cutter includes a plurality of cutting member disposed about the entire face or surface thereof in generally upstanding relationship. The ... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a feed system for a continuous digester in which wood chips are cooked for the production of cellulose pulp according to the preamble to Claim 1 .
PRIOR ART
[0002] In older conventional feed systems for continuous digesters, high-pre... | The feed system is for a continuous digester where at least two pumps are arranged in parallel at the bottom of a pre-treatment vessel. Each pump has its own independent transfer line extending to the top of the digester. The system makes it possible to provide a feed system with an improved accessibility and operation... | 3 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/355,619, filed on Jan. 16, 2009, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 61/021,404, filed Jan. 16, 2008.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present invention relates generally to large containers... | Several embodiments of plastic dumpsters with improved strength and durability are disclosed. In one embodiment, gussets connect pockets to bevel walls, connecting the side walls to front and rear walls of the dumpster. The bevel walls are stronger than the side walls of the dumpster. Other embodiments disclose gussets... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to a method of bonding by eutectic bonding of two semiconductor substrates and a MEMS device formed by the same.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] As a bonding method of these kinds of semiconductor substrates, a method has been known in which a silicon waf... | Disclosed is a method for bonding semiconductor substrates, wherein an eutectic alloy does run off the bonding surfaces during the eutectic bonding. Also disclosed is an MEMS device which is obtained by bonding semiconductor substrates by this method. Specifically, a substrate ( 11 ) and a substrate ( 21 ) are eutectic... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to light weight easily assembled and portable scaffolding.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In building structures or repairing buildings, scaffolding is used as a work platform in order that workers can access raised portions that are not accessible fro... | A light weight, easily assembled, readily portable by a single individual, adjustable to most any terrain electric scaffold having a base with a plurality of outrigger members with adjustable feet to accommodate differential terrain wherein the base is affixed to a mast having a drive unit thereon capable of raising an... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to composite structures and their methods of manufacture, more particularly to structures used in composite aircraft construction.
2. Description of Related Art
Apparatus for the manufacture of structures from la... | Disclosed is a method and apparatus for manufacturing multiple layer composite structures and structures containing components made of multiple layer composite structures, comprising dispensing layers of composite material, trimming each layer to its final shape as it is being dispensed, and positioning it properly wit... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an information processing blade and an information processing apparatus using the same, and in particular, relates to an information processing blade in which temperature control of parts is easy.
2. Description of the Re... | An information processing blade computer includes a board having a blade structure such that the board is stored in a main body of an information processing apparatus; a part contained in a circuit which is mounted on the board to execute an process, wherein heat is generated during an operation of the part; and a hold... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method for the real time measurement of bit wear during oilwell drilling.
2. Background Information
In T. Warren, "Factors Affecting Torque for a Roller Cone Bit," appearing in Jour. Pet. Tech. (September 19... | A method for measuring the wear of milled tooth bits during oilwell drilling uses surface and subsurface wellsite sensors to determine averaged values of penetration rate, rotation speed and MWD (measurements-while-drilling) values of torque and weight-on-bit to obtain a real time measurement of tooth wear, drilling ef... | 4 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/003,261 filed Dec. 6, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,506,666 which, in turn, is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/571,718 filed May 15, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,342,445, which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ... | A method of fabricating an SrRuO 3 thin film is disclosed. The method utilizes a multi-step deposition process for the separate control of the Ru reagent, relative to the Sr reagent, which requires a much lower deposition temperature than the Sr reagent. A Ru reagent gas is supplied by a bubbler and deposited onto a s... | 2 |
FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to abrasive articles, and more particularly to back-up pad/abrasive disc combinations.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Back-up pads are used in the abrasives field to support an abrasive article, such as a disc or sheet during abrading. These ab... | An abrasive article and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The abrasive article includes a particle impermeable back-up pad attached to an abrasive disc. The abrasive disc includes a plurality of perforations therethrough. When the abrasive article is moved and contacted against a workpiece, debris fro... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/613,407, filed on Sep. 13, 2012, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/206,427, filed on Sep. 8, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,295,399, which is a continuation of U.S. pat... | A transmission method includes modulating a transmission signal using a modulation scheme selected from a plurality of modulation schemes, to generate a first symbol sequence and generating at least one second symbol including a pilot symbol generated using a PSK modulation scheme. The method includes changing an inser... | 7 |
This application is a continuation of currently pending in International application No. PCT/EP2004/001921 filed Feb. 26, 2004 which claims priority of German Patent Application No 103 08 831.8 filed Feb. 27, 2003.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a rotary piston machine of the type having... | A rotary piston machine with a housing forming a prismatic cavity with a cavity wall. The cross section of the prismatic cavity is a cavity oval. A rotary piston is guided for rotary movement in the cavity. The rotary piston moves in consecutive intervals of motion from one blocking position to an adjacent end position... | 5 |
This is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/200,698 filed on May 31, 1988, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to apparatus for processing relating to a stream of bits.
Bits in a stream that are transmitted from one processor to another typically... | Apparatus for processing a stream of bits including a hardware comparator that compares first predetermined bits of the stream, comparison input means to provide a table of comparison values to said hardware comparator for comparison with said predetermined bits of said stream, the comparison input means being programm... | 6 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/165,058 filed on Jan. 27, 2014, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/398,774 filed on Feb. 16, 2012 (now U.S. Pat. No. 8,662,631), which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-032927, filed Feb. 18, 2011, th... | An image processing device allows for easy removal of a process medium stuck in the conveyance path while protecting the image processing unit from the outside. In many embodiments, the device includes a conveyance path for conveying process media in a specific conveyance direction, an image processing unit having an e... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to endermic application kits for external medicines, with which drugs can be administered into a human body through the skin thereof with high absorption efficiency by the utilization of the function of ultrasonic oscillation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ... | Disclosed is an endermic application kit for external medicines, which comprises a drug-containing layer as provided near an ultrasonic oscillator. The kit includes a cylindrical fixed-type or portable-type and a flat regular-type or adhesive-type, and the adhesive-type may be flexible and elastic. The drug absorption ... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/485,122, titled PROMPT HOT WATER SYSTEM AND METHOD. Filed May 11, 2011.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention is in a convection hot water system that provides prompt ... | The prompt hot water and water conservation system includes a hot water supply pipe connected to a hot water heater outlet. A discharge faucet is connected to the supply pipe. A return pipe is connected to the supply pipe and to a hot water tank drain. The return pipe carries cooled water to the drain for reheating. Re... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a pole grip, in particular for walking sticks, trekking poles, downhill ski poles, cross-country ski poles and Nordic walking poles, having a grip body and having a device for the adjustable fastening of a hand-retaining device in particular in the fo... | The invention relates to a stick/pole grip ( 1 ), particularly for walking sticks, trekking poles, alpine ski poles, cross-country ski poles and Nordic walking poles, with a grip body ( 3 ) and with a device ( 11 - 14 ) for adjustably fastening a hand-retaining device, particularly provided in the form of a hand strap ... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
Not applicable
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is generally known to provide money changers for coin-operated machines with so-called coin tubes which receive coins of certain denominational values... | A device for sorting coins in at least four coin tubes of a coin changer that leave a coin testing device, the coin tubes being located in a common plane, the device comprising a housing having a substantially vertical wall, a first gate element including a first runway inclined relative to a horizontal level and a bar... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for detecting a state of engagement of a pinion with a corresponding gearwheel, in particular a state of engagement of a starter pinion with a starter.
The invention also relates to a method for starting a starter motor.
Furthermore, the in... | The invention relates to a starter ( 100 ), to a device for starting a starter motor, to a device for detecting an engaged state of a starter pinion, to a method for starting a starter motor, to a method for detecting an engaged state of a pinion ( 101 ) in a corresponding gearwheel, to a computer program and to a comp... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a process and device for detecting the presence of insects or insect larvae in a solid substrate, e.g. wood, by observing their specific behavior (behavioral pattern).
Insects and insect larvae living in wood cause, in some cases, considerable damage to ... | The process of detecting the presence of insects or insect larvae in a solid substrate, e.g. wood, in which the behavioral patterns of the insects to be detected are established. These behavioral patterns are compared to actual noise and vibration patterns detected in the substrate, after extraneous noise is filtered f... | 0 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/491,709, filed on Aug. 1, 2003, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by this specific reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to systems for vacuuming, blow nozzle cleaning, or extra... | An automatic festoon hose handling system for mass transit vehicles such as buses or the like, includes a vacuum or pressurized fluid source, a hose connected to the source, and a lance portion disposed on a distal end of the hose. A festoon assembly is positioned for suspending the hose from an overhead support. The h... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/685,814 filed Mar. 14, 2007, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/782,458, filed Mar. 15, 2006, which is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth.
... | In a wireless communication system, a method and apparatus switches operating modes of a receiver receiving data and operating in a first mode. The method comprises determining whether a criteria is met to switch the operating mode of the receiver. The operating mode of the receiver is switched from the first mode to a... | 7 |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of power electronic devices and their thermal management. More particularly, the invention relates to a technique for improving cooling and heat distribution in power modules.
[0002] Power electronic devices and module... | Provided is an electrical apparatus comprising a magnetic core, a conductive coil wound around at least a part of the core, a cooling element configured to receive a cooling fluid to cool the core and the coil during operation, and at least one biasing element operatively associated with the core to urge the core and t... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. patent application No. 60/324,044 filed Sep. 24, 2001 and Swedish patent application No.0103174-9 filed Sep. 24, 2001, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION... | An apparatus for suction and discharge of material comprises a container ( 9 ) with a suction opening ( 19 ) for letting in a sucked-up air/material mixture and a discharge opening ( 14 ) for discharging material. The container ( 9 ) is rotatable and has inner conveying means ( 18 ) which upon rotation of the container... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to novel split seals and techniques for sealing around shafts without the need for disassembly of equipment.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Wherever rotating shafts are present in machinery and other such equipment it is necessary to support the shafts by mea... | A novel sealing technique for bearings from which a rotating shaft extends outwardly. The novel seal comprises an elongated flexible strip having two ends. The seal encircles the shaft and is adhered to the face of the bearing housing. | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an improvement in a cloth feed device for blind stitch sewing machines.
In such a cloth feed device of the prior art a cloth feed rack is secured to a locking lever which is connected to a main driving shaft of a sewing machine body so as to allow... | A cloth feed device for blind stitch sewing machines comprises two cloth feed racks disposed in a direction perpendicular to a cloth feed direction and the two cloth feed racks are operatively connected to a main shaft of the sewing machine body, respectively, thereby obtaining individual and proper feed of each of the... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/KR2011/004717 filed Jun. 28, 2011, claiming priority based on Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0062374, filed Jun. 29, 2010, the contents of all of which are incorporated herein by reference in t... | Provided are a film for food packaging, capable of having excellent adhesion with a metal deposition layer and thus retaining moisture barrier property while having superior flexibility, transparency, and biodegradability, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Advances in the fields of biotechnology and genetic engineering have resulted in the availability of sufficient quantities of biologically active macromolecules such as growth hormones and/or related compounds to make the administration of these agents on a commercial scale economicall... | The invention relates to sustained release compositions of growth hormones and/or related compounds and multiple water-in oil-in-water emulsions. The invention also relates to methods for increasing and maintaining increased levels of growth hormones and/or related compounds in the blood of treated animals for extended... | 8 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from German Application No. 10 2005 037 086.1 filed Aug. 3, 2005, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference together with each and every U.S. and foreign patent and patent application mentioned below.
BACKG... | An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring a glue quantity or glue mass applied to a wrapping strip of the tobacco-processing industry includes an ultrasound measuring system. The ultrasound measuring system comprises at least two ultrasound generating sources adapted to supply the wrapping strip with ultrasound, a... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to the following U.S. Patent Application 61/050,207, entitled “Sample collection devices with sample processing and data storage capability,” filed on May 3, 2008; 61/052,215, entitled “Processing Non-liquid Samples on a Droplet Actuator,” filed on... | The invention provides droplet actuators and droplet actuator cassettes including reagent storage capabilities, as well as methods of making and using the droplet actuators and cassettes. The invention also provides continuous flow channel elements and techniques for using electrodes to manipulate droplets in flowing s... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a Continuation Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/359,734, filed on Feb. 7, 2003, incorporated herein by reference, which is a Continuation Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/671,873, filed on Jun. 28, ... | A display controller in a computer system controls the asynchronous output of graphics display data in a computer system having at least one fixed resolution flat panel display. Fixed panel displays may have problems displaying non-native resolutions particularly at lower resolutions. The controller of the present inve... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to tufting machines and more particularly to hand-held tufting machines using pneumatic power for driving the reciprocating needle.
Hand-held tufting machines of this general class are universally used as mending tools for correcting faults in tufted fabric... | A hand-held tufting mending gun has a piston within a cylinder pivotably mounted on a plate, the piston rod being eccentrically connected to a crank pin on a rotatable drive disk. The plate has an inlet port and an outlet port for registering cyclically with a respective port at each end of the cylinder. When an inlet ... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a dual-mode hybrid high occupancy capacity vehicle (HHOCV) whose on-road electrical energy and power is primarily derived from an electrical storage device whose electrical energy and power is replenished from a unique application of an existing ... | The invention presents a dual-mode hybrid high occupancy capacity vehicle (HHOCV) with a novel electrical energy and power storage application, electrical energy and power source and charging system in conjunction with additional methods to maximize the energy and rate of use such that the overall system is far superio... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] A method of manufacturing a TFT panel, and more particularly, to a method of manufacturing a LTPS TFT OLED panel.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] In general, low temperature poly c... | The present invention relating to a method of manufacturing an AMOLED panel. The method comprises providing a substrate, forming a TFT on the substrate, forming an inter-layer insulator layer, forming a plurality of via holes, forming a metal layer which electrically contacts a source and a drain, forming a transparent... | 7 |
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER APPLICATIONS AND PATENTS
[0001] The present application claims priority from pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application, Ser. No. 62/020,618, filed Jul. 3, 2014.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a system of implements mutually a... | A system of implements mutually and separably joined as a carrying unit for easy transport and subsequent use, the implements comprising a plurality of nestible buckets, a caddy removably receiving of the plurality of nestible buckets, optionally a collapsible chair removably attached to the caddy, at least one shovel ... | 0 |
This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 12/611,373 filed Nov. 3, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,003,702 which is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 11/865,437 filed Oct. 1, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,622,495 which claims priority from U.S. Provisional application Ser. No. 60/848,642, filed Oct. 3, 2006. These prior ap... | This invention is directed to substituted aryl compounds, which are linked to a substituted indole moiety by various linkers, and the kynurenine/kynuramine-like metabolites of these agents, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. This invention further is directed to the pharmaceut... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/149,047, filed Jun. 8, 2005, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/633,155 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,910,832), filed Jul. 31, 2003. The entire conte... | A novel foundation system, method of manufacture and method of implementation are disclosed, comprising a simplified cast structure/pile combination advantageously shaped for selective positioning in different soil conditions to become a supporting foundation. In at least one aspect, the shape comprises a cavity or sha... | 4 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to organic light emitting devices, and more particularly, to monochromatic organic light emitting devices for improving the lifetime markedly, and further relates to white organic light emitting devices for improving the lifetime markedly.
BACKG... | The present invention relates to monochromatic organic light emitting devices. The organic light emitting device includes a substrate, an anode, a cathode and an organic electroluminescent medium disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein the organic electroluminescent medium includes compound monochromatic lu... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a visual camera surveillance system that rides along track cables. The operation of the camera system is controlled from a remote location. Such movable unmanned cameras would find particular application in remote outdoor locations where having a camera operat... | An unmanned visual monitoring system used outdoors to patrol large expanses of space such as along highways, fences, railroad lines, rivers, borders, beaches, etc. Guidance and support for the unmanned surveillance camera carriage vehicle, as well as the electrical power for its operation, are provided to the carriage ... | 5 |
This is a continuation-in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 865,591 filed on May 16, 1986, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Applicant is owner of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 724,097, filed April 17, 1985, and entitled IMPROVEMENTS TO CORRUGATING MACHINES, now abando... | An apparatus for making laminated dual and multiple arch corrugated structures including a first unit for making single-face corrugated members formed of a corrugated member and an attached liner and a second unit for combining one or more single-face corrugated structures into a double-face structure. The subject inve... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application claims priority based on German application 199 43 183.3, filed Sep. 9, 1999 and the contents thereof are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to methods for adjusting color in an image, more particularly, to a... | In the representation of X-ray images, an atomic number characteristic for an X-rayed sub-object ( 2, 3, 4 ) is determined from X-ray beams having different energies and the absorption values determined in that process, to which specific colors and shades are assigned. The representation of the color intensity is influ... | 7 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/227,146 filed Aug. 22, 2000.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to protocol stacks used to transfer data between a plurality of host computing devices connected to one or more networks and more specifi... | The present invention provides for a method and protocol for high bandwidth, low-latency and reliable transfer of variable length FC Frames over the Gigabit Ethernet. | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a system and method of enhancing attention and more particularly to a technique correlating virtual reality with biofeedback for enhancing attention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Recent progress in politics, econ... | The present invention discloses a system and method for the enhancement of attention and further the treatment of attention deficit disorder. The present invention also presents a virtual reality environment for enhancing attention shift, selective attention, and sustained attention by correlating a biofeedback device ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates the field of magnetocardiogram (MCG) imaging. More specifically, it relates to the generation of high-resolution MCG images from sparse data input from an electromagnetic sensor unit.
2. Description of Related Art
Cardiac electric cu... | Magnetocardiogram (MCG) provides temporal and spatial measurements of cardiac electric activities, which permits current localization. An MCG device usually consists of a small number of magnetic sensors in a planar array. Each sensor provides a highly low-resolution 2D MCG map. Such a low-res map is insufficient for c... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/566,896, filed Aug. 3, 2012 and now pending, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/522,058, filed Aug. 10, 2011, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
... | A customizable hockey skate includes a removable runner-blade assembly such that a runner-blade assembly having a first stiffness may be readily replaced with a runner-blade assembly having a second stiffness. The runner-blade assembly may be removably attached to first and second cups that are optionally removably att... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART
The present invention relates to an image heating apparatus for heating the image on recording medium.
There are various image heating apparatuses. For example, a fixing device for fixing an unfixed image on recording medium to the recording medium, an apparatus for he... | An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable belt member for heating an image on a recording material; a rotatable member pressing against said belt member; a nip forming member, provided inside said belt member, for cooperating with said rotatable member to form a nip for nipping and feeding the recording material;... | 6 |
The invention described herein was made in the performance of work under NASA contract number NAS8-39000 and is subject to the provisions of Section 305 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2457).
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to digital communication... | A method and apparatus for disabling an echo canceller in a framed digital network from a remote terminal that is copuled to the network through an unframed data link. Control is effected by sending N different bit sequences from the remote terminal, where N is the number of different framing alignments that may be imp... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to charging devices and in particular to charging devices that include grid elements such as scorotron charging devices used in imaging systems.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY
In electrostatographic-type copiers and printers in common use, a charg... | A charging system for uniform charging of charge retentive surfaces such as photoreceptors in imaging systems. The charging system includes corona producing elements and grid elements such as scorotron screens wherein the grid elements are arranged generally parallel to each other and have differentiated grid feature p... | 6 |
This is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/063,430 filed on June 18, 1987 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to control of an automotive vehicle equipped with an electronic control unit for controlling devices mounted on the vehicle.
The appea... | An automotive vehicle control system is equipped with a main electronic control unit for controlling devices mounted on the vehicle, and an emergency electronic control unit for backing up the main electronic control unit. Both electronic control units transmit diagnostic signals, receive the diagnostic signals from ea... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a technique for interconnecting communication networks, more particularly for providing a traffic protecting though loop free interconnection between layer 2 Ethernet and/or VPLS-packet networks.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] An... | Technique for interconnecting a first communication network and a second communication network, for example layer 2 Ethernet networks, which uses a fully or partially redundant dual homing configuration. The configuration includes: at least three network elements where at least two of them are peer elements belonging t... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present invention relates to etching tools for semiconductor and photomask fabrication, and more specifically, to etching tools for dry etching.
[0003] 2. Related Art
[0004] A conventional fabricat... | An apparatus (and method for operating the same) which allows etching different substrate etch areas of a substrate having different pattern densities at essentially the same etch rate. The apparatus includes (a) a chamber; (b) an anode and a cathode in the chamber; and (c) a bias power system coupled to the cathode, w... | 7 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] This application claims the benefit of German Application Serial No. 102011012461.6 filed on Feb. 25, 2011, contents of which are incorporated herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates on the one hand to a vehicle seat with a seat part, with... | The present invention is directed to an integrated belt retention apparatus for use with a vehicle seat having a seat part with a backrest and with a belt retention apparatus integrated with the vehicle seat, comprising a belt suspension means having a fastening means for fastening to the backrest, wherein the vehicle ... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to composite yarns and processes for producing composite yarns.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention provides a process for producing a composite yarn and a composite yarn produced thereby. The process for producing the composite yarn of the invention gen... | A process for producing composite yarns comprises the steps of first wrapping a second yarn around the perimeter of and along the length of a first yarn and then heating the yarn intermediate produced by such wrapping to produce a composite yarn. When a heat-shrinkable yarn is used in producing such a composite yarn, t... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a Continuation-In-Part under 35 U.S.C. §120 of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/224,212, filed Sep. 1, 2011, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0... | A diagnostic kit to detect lung adenocarcinoma, or to stratify patients according to expected prognosis comprising at least one oligonucleotide probe capable of binding to at least a portion of a circulating miRNA selected from the group comprising miR-556, -550, -939, -616*, -146b-3p, -30c-1*, -339-5p and -656. | 2 |
The invention concerns an anchoring bolt with a connection portion, a smooth rod section and an insertion portion, by which it is possible to produce conical undercutting in a cylindrical pre-bore which is filled with a mortar capsule, when the anchoring bolt is drilled into the bore.
BACKGROUND AND PRIOR ART
... | In order to produce conical undercutting of the bore when the anchoring bolt is driven into a previously bored hole with a percussion drill, the insertion end of the bolt has a slot into which the thin end of a wedge is inserted. Hard metal pegs set in radial bores near the insertion end of the bolt at diametrically op... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to plastic blends, which may be called polymer alloys, made from natural sources, namely starch, which exhibit environmentally desirable biodegradation properties.
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The New York Times reported on Sunday, Oct. 21, 1990 at page F9 that plasti... | A biodegradable plastic composition prepared by mixing:
(a) dry unmodified starch, e.g. Pearl starch,
(b) a copolymer of an olefin and a comonomer selected from the group of C 1-6 alkylacrylates, C 1-6 alkylmethacrylates, and vinyl acetate, and optionally also including,
(c) a poly(mono)olefin or a ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a radio-frequency power amplifier (RF power amplifier hereinafter), and more particularly, to a RF power amplifier with high output efficiency and a wide range of gain control.
2. Description of the Related Art
... | A RF power amplifier with the advantages of high output efficiency and a wide range of gain control is disclosed. By appropriately biasing the power transistor of the power-stage amplifier in the RF power amplifier, the power-stage amplifier functions as a class C amplifier. By varying the bias source of the driving-st... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a U.S. national stage of International Application No. PCT/JP2011/065146, filed on Jul. 1, 2011. Priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) and 35 U.S.C. §365(b) is claimed from Japanese Application No. 2010-152606, filed Jul. 5, 2010, the disclosure of which is a... | A medium transport direction switching mechanism may be provided of a simple configuration which is capable of switching the transport direction of a transported information recording medium. One end may be a biasing member for biasing a pinch roller toward a transport roller engages a support shaft which supports the ... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based on and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/703,120, filed Jul. 28, 2005, the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Inv... | A system and method for placing an implant into or onto supporting bone, or between adjacent bones, without impaction is disclosed. The system includes an implant, a distracter, and a sleeve. Optionally, the invention includes an alignment guide, a surgical navigational tracker, and a bone displacer. The sleeve is stru... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 943,730, filed Sep. 11, 1992, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention refers to an electric heating element, more particularly a heating element to be used, e.g. for se... | An electric heating element is formed of a knit fabric and includes current supply wires and resistance wires which are incorporated in the heating element. The different types of wires extend mutually perpendicularly in the heating element. The conductive wires may be disposed in local or edge regions spaced apart wit... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for use in diagnosing the occurrence of certain serious disorders, especially certain bleeding disorders, and novel compositions and methods for use in treating such a disorder, in a person in which the disorder has o... | Based on the discovery of the nucleotide and amino acid differences which distinguish the Gov a and Gov b allelic forms of the membrane glycoprotein CD109, and which comprise the biallelic Gov platelet alloantigen system, compositions and methods are provided for determining the Gov genotype and phenotype of individu... | 2 |
FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY
This disclosure generally relates to synthesizing an Iron (Fe) doped Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nano-particle photocatalyst and using the said novel photocatalyst as a solar light activated photocatalyst to remove hazardous and toxic chemicals.
BACKGROUND
Environmental pollution has received... | Toxic organic materials contaminate water resources and one need to find an easy and energy efficient way to decontaminate water resources. The current invention discloses a photocatalyst Fe doped ZnO nano-particle photocatalyst that enables the decontamination process by degrading toxic organic material such as brilli... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present non-provisional utility application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/390,570 titled “Exercise Bicycle Frame with Bicycle Seat and Handlebar Adjustment Assemblies,” filed on Oct. 6, 2010, which is he... | An indoor cycling device including a unique frame arrangement with fore and aft adjustable seat and handlebar assemblies. The assemblies support a seat and handlebars for fore and aft movement. The assemblies may include a receiver with an elongate aperture with a slider positioned therein. The slider defines a first c... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a stack of bags which have been made from rectangular sections of synthetic thermoplastic film in that said sections have been folded onto themselves about bottom fold lines and provided with side seam welds and near their open ... | A stack of bags is provided, which have been made from rectangular sections of synthetic thermoplastic film. The sections have been folded onto themselves about bottom fold lines and provided with side seam welds. Their open ends, the sections are also provided with centrally disposed, punched grip holes and with later... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a National Stage application of International patent application PCT/EP2013/069383 filed on Sep. 18, 2013, which claims priority to German patent application No. 2012018384.4 filed on Sep. 18, 2012, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by ref... | The present invention relates to a device and a method for the application of composites in tooth cavities. The device consists of a spray gun with integrated lighting for light-polymerizable composites, a measuring unit and a control unit. The composites are applied under controlled, precisely dosed exposure to polyme... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority on provisional application Ser. No. 61/095,697 filed Sep. 10, 2008, which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Certain references are cited herein. These references are incorporated by refer... | A method and system for improving the quality of composing image volumes using deformable registration, and a gradual elastic morphing to create a seamless whole body volume image from several component volumes from a 3D medical imager. | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a product quality test in a winding step of the entire manufacturing process of a deflection yoke, which is a core part of a display device employing a cathode ray tube such as a color TV o... | Disclosed is a product quality test in a winding step of the entire manufacturing process of a deflection yoke, which is a core part of a display device employing a cathode ray tube such as a color TV or a monitor, and in particular, a winding zig for measuring magnetic fields of a deflection yoke and a magnetic field ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a screening apparatus for macerating and screening a paper feedstock in a paper manufacturing process, and more particularly to a strainer suitable for use in a pulper for macerating a paper feedstock or the like.
In general, a pulper for paper making or... | A strainer for paper making capable of accomplishing maceration and screening of a paper feedstock with high efficiency and being simplified in structure and manufacturing. The strainer is arranged in proximity to a rotor and formed with a plurality of recesses on a surface thereof opposite to the rotor. Also, a screen... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a carrier strip assembly as well as the interface between the lead pins on the carrier strip assembly and an electrical component package. More particularly, this invention relates to a carrier strip assembly which has round lead wires with integrally f... | A carrier strip assembly of continuous length having transversely mounted round lead wires with an integrally formed resilient clamp on each end of each lead wire for connection with an electrical component substrate. The carrier strip provides the transporting means for the attached electrical component substrate for ... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Applicant hereby claims foreign priority benefits under U.S.C. § 119 from German Patent Application No. DE 10 2006 019 804.2 filed on Apr. 28, 2006, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] ... | The invention concerns a hydraulic steering with a steering motor arrangement, a steering valve arrangement and a pressure supply comprising a first pump and a second pump. It is endeavoured to perform a change between the supplies by the pumps as unperceived as possible. For this purpose, the steering valve arrangemen... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to sealing systems for multiple pane windows and more specifically to sealing systems for dual pane windows utilized in movable side glass of automotive vehicles.
The desire of the automotive industry to enhance the aerodynamic efficiency o... | A window sealing system for double plane movable automotive windows includes a seal having bulbous portions for compressively engaging peripheral edges of each glass pane sealing lips for engaging non-peripheral surfaces of the panes | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an apparatus for the reactive coating of a substrate with an electrically insulating material, for example silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ). It comprises an A.C. power supply which is connected to an electrode disposed in an evacuable coating chamber which in turn is e... | A pair of magnetron cathodes in an evacuable coating chamber are each connected to an ungrounded output of an A.C. power supply. The discharge voltage of at least one of the cathodes is measured and the flow of reactive gas into the chamber is controlled so that the measured voltage is identical to a desired voltage. | 2 |
BACKGROUND
Application Ser. No. 08/816,490 filed Mar. 13, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,707,280 as a continuation of Ser. No. 08/589,114 filed Jan. 19, 1996, now abandoned discloses crop inclusive poultry eviscerating method and apparatus in which the crop is loosened from its point of attachment to the neck cavity o... | The holding fixture has a narrow neck fork designed to fit entirely inside of and between the shoulder joints of the carcass so as to utilize the inside surfaces of the shoulder joints as a means of centering the carcass and precluding side-to-side movement thereof. Each arm of the fork is narrow enough to fit entirely... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority from Great Brittain Application Number 1414986.8, filed Aug. 22, 2014, the disclosure if which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns a landing gear assembly for... | The present invention provides a landing gear assembly for an aircraft landing gear, the assembly comprising a steering mechanism for steering at least one wheel of the landing gear, a deployment mechanism for moving a leg of the landing gear between a stowed position and a deployed position, and an actuator arranged t... | 1 |
1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to novel tris-hydroxyaryl phosphites which are useful as stabilizers and antioxidants for organic materials.
2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
It is known in the art that certain hindered phenolic phosphites are useful as stabilizers for orga... | A group of phenolic phosphite compounds having the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R' may be the same or different and are tertiary alkyl groups containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms. These compounds are disclosed to be useful as stabilizers and antioxidants in various organic materials. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an economical process for recovery of terephthalic acid (TPA) from various polyester waste materials.
The extensive use of polyesters and the need for disposal of polyester waste has created a great problem for many industries. In the past, polyester was... | Polyester scrap such as film (plain or silver-bearing), fabric, yarn or bottles, based primarily on polyethylene terephthalate, is depolymerized at room temperature and atmospheric pressure with a mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and water to form crude terephthalic acid which is purified by dissolving in alkali s... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an apparatus for detecting the duration of voice.
In order to recognize separately pronounced words or series of words by a pattern matching method or other similar methods, it is required to correctly detect the duration of each voice generated word or ... | The detection of voice (speech) signal presence in input signal-plus-noise is improved by more accurate determination of the decision threshold, which is determined by first finding a medium-length interval consisting of noise-signal-noise (no-signal, signal, no-signal), then calculating a histogram (energy probability... | 6 |
This is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 883,973 filed on July 10, 1986, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for insertion of an object into a close clearance hole. Specifically, the invention rel... | Apparatus for insertion of an object into a close clearance hole utilizing a double taper starter system. The apparatus includes a first taper to align the object radially; a narrow section of length such that with the object tilted to the angle of the first taper, clearance in the hole is maintained; a cut-back segmen... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention:
This invention relates to an apparatus for applying a length of tape to a reusable envelope closure. More particularly, the envelope has a closure flap provided with a piece of tape dispensed by the apparatus of the present invention capable of adhering... | Apparatus for feeding and applying a length of an adhesive tape to a reusable envelope closure. Tape is fed from a supply roll by a draw roll which is in contact with the adhesive surface of the tape to frictionally advance the tape between a stationary knife blade and a rotary knife blade. The tape is cut to a desired... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to image and video processing generally and, more particularly, to a method and/or apparatus for adaptive video enhancement gain control.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Video enhancement techniques are used to make video appear sharper. One type of vid... | An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to determine frequency of occurrence information for a range of gray levels from luminance data of an input signal. The second circuit may be configured to selectively adjust enhancement for at least one portion of the ran... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to devices indicating the status of a fuse or circuit breaker and providing a visual indication thereof, particularly such devices for use in multi-phase electrical systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Fuse status indicators have long been known including fuse sta... | There is disclosed a multi-phase fuse status indicator having a green "good" and a red "bad" indicator LED for each line fuse of the respective phases, the current to the LED's being pulsed to cause them to provide a blinking indication. Power used for the logic circuit for the LED's and the LED... | 7 |
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