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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] Reference is made and priority is claimed from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/700,287 filed Jul. 18, 2005, entitled Spreader Grader Apparatus invented by William Juergen of Splendora, Tex.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALY FUNDED SPONSOR... | A spreading and grading apparatus comprised preferably of a multiplicity of elongated and inverted rigid channel or u-shaped members substantially in a planar and parallel orientation attached to a supporting structure to maintain the orientation of the members and provide a preferable attachment surface for connection... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of railroad maintenance and particularly to a method and apparatus for reconditioning ballast used as the roadbed for a railroad track. More particularly, the invention relates to reconditioning the ballast at a relatively high rate of sp... | An articulated ballast cleaning system utilizes a pair of ballast cleaners each dedicated to cleaning only a portion of the ballast bed of a railroad track, such that one cleans the peripheral ballast while the other cleans the center ballast. Spoil or waste ballast is conveyed forwardly along the apparatus for disposa... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Detectable warnings, a distinctive surface pattern of domes detectable by cane or underfoot, are used to alert people with vision impairments of their approach to streets and hazardous drop-offs. The ADA Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) require these warnings on the surface of curb ramps, w... | The present disclosure provides a method for producing detectable warnings ( 16 ) on substrate surfaces ( 14 ), which includes providing a mat ( 30 ) with a top surface ( 38 ) and a bottom surface ( 36 ) and a pattern of mat through holes ( 34 ) extending through the mat ( 30 ). The through holes ( 34 ) comprise a lowe... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Chinese Patent Application No. 200910006550.3, filed Feb. 17, 2009, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002]... | A suspension for supporting a magnetic head is provided with a load beam formed of a thin-plate spring. A recess for accommodating a damper is formed in the load beam. The damper is affixed to a bottom surface of the recess. | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a method and system for detecting a vehicle rollover or dangerous situations that may precede a rollover of a vehicle.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The purpose of the rollover detection system is activation of protection de... | The present invention relates to a method and system for detecting a vehicle rollover or dangerous situations that may precede a rollover of a vehicle. The method comprises the steps of (a) measuring the set of input signals including at least vehicle velocity, vehicle steering angle, vehicle lateral acceleration, and ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to clipboards, and more particularly, to a multi-function clipboard and report apparatus for law enforcement officers, including the provisions for report forms, lights, a gun, and other related apparatus.
2. Description of t... | A multi-function clipboard and report apparatus is disclosed which includes a receptacle for the storage of various items and provisions for two types of lights, one for illuminating the top surface of the clipboard and a second for providing a spotlight or a flashlight, and the apparatus also includes a gun capable of... | 1 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/021,793, filed Feb. 11, 1998, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/829,657, filed Mar. 31, 1997, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/499,268, filed Jul. 7, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,724,571, all of which are incorporated herein by re... | The present mechanism relates to a method and apparatus for generating responses to queries to a document retrieval system. The system responds to a specific request for information by locating and ranking portions of text that may contain the information sought. It locates small relevant passages of text (called “hit ... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/863,602, filed on Jul. 20, 2010 (issuing as U.S. Pat. No. 8,684,678 on Apr. 1, 2014), which claims priority to German patent applications DE 10 2008 005 406.2 filed on Jan. 21, 2008, DE 1... | The invention relates to a turbine ( 1 ), in particular of an exhaust gas turbocharger, having a turbine rotor ( 4 ), which is rotatably mounted in a housing ( 2 ), with which at least one radial inlet channel ( 9 ) for a guide apparatus ( 7 ) forming a medium which drives the turbine rotor ( 4 ) is associated, wherein... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) AND CLAIM OF PRIORITY
The present application claims priority to application entitled “Method For Transmitting Signal In Wireless Communication System” filed with the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Oct. 31, 2006 and assigned Serial No. 2006-106365, the contents of... | A method for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: grouping two subcarriers having different channel characteristics; identifying a number of all cases occurring when either equal symbols or different symbols, among symbols determined upon applying a first modulati... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an valve for injection injecting chemicals and similar liquid substances into sub-surface formations being penetrated by an oil or gas well. Such wells are commonly provided with a casing and tubing means enabling operation of tools for downhole operations. Th... | Injection valve for injecting chemicals into subsurface formations penetrated by an oil or gas well, comprising a cylindrical housing (10) with seals (24A, 24B) for cooperation with well tubing (100), said housing enclosing a cylindrical chamber (1) in which a piston-like sleeve (2) is movable axially so as to cover or... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) of German Patent Application No. 10 2012 000 607.1 filed Jan. 16, 2012, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | Coupling element for a fluid line, an unlocking element, and a method of engaging and/or disengaging the coupling element with an insertion element. The coupling element includes a housing having a receptacle region structured and arranged to receive an insertion element, and a snap-in locking device in the receptacle ... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/886338, filed May 3, 2013, which claims priority to European Application No. 12166698.6, filed May 3, 2012, each of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
... | The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a waterproofing membrane comprising:
a preparation of a composition dispersed in a solvent; coating a reinforcement layer by application of said composition on one side of the reinforcement layer; an evaporation of said solvent; having the coated... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a focus detecting device in a camera in which the image of an object is divided into two parts by means of a prism, a half mirror, and a mirror. Alternatively, the same image of an object is received at two places in accordance with a so-called range-finder sy... | A focus detecting device in a camera having an optical member or an optical system for obtaining two images from an object and an optical member for displacing said two images in opposite directions or displacing one of said two images. Two minute photoelectric conversion element groups are used for converting variatio... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the filing benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/383,554, filed May 24, 2002, which is included herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates generally to multi-axle transport vehic... | A method and device for steering a heavy load transport vehicle includes a variable length strut which cooperates with a power steering valve. The length of the variable length strut changes as a function of tow bar rotation. This length variation is mechanically coupled to the power steering valve, which in turn contr... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to level shifting circuits.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A level shifting circuit is used to shift the logic levels of a signal to higher voltages. For example, in a circuit where the logic levels are 0 volts for a “low” logic level and +5 volts for a “high... | A circuit for shifting a signal from a first voltage level referenced to a first voltage reference, to a second voltage level referenced to a second voltage reference, while reducing the gate to source voltages on the output transistors. In one embodiment, the circuit includes six switches. A first switch receives the ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an apparatus and process for delivering a pulsed fluid jet that can be used to extinguish a fire, launch a projectile and/or perform other useful work.
2. Description of Prior Art
It is a well known fact that rapidly... | An apparatus and process for generating a pulsed high-speed fluid jet that can be used to extinguish fires and/or to launch a projectile. A valve, such as an instant on-off valve, preferably operates in combination with a pressure accumulator. In a controlled manner, a pulsed fluid jet is generated and directed through... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fuel injection timing control apparatus for a diesel engine, whereby the timing of fuel injection into the cylinders of the engine is controlled on the basis of injection time phase difference deviations and firing time deviations.
There have be... | An apparatus for controlling the timing of fuel injection into a diesel engine, including means for computing a target time at which injection should occur and means for sensing when injection actually occurs, with respect to a reference crankshaft position, feedback control means for adjusting the actual injection tim... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to leashes that mechanically couple a human being to a mobile sports device, such as a surfboard, snowboard, skateboard, wakeboard or bodyboard.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Numerous sports devices include a board ... | A board connection module for detachably coupling a surfboard with a surfboard leash is provided. The leash may include a rail saver, a leash length, and an ankle strap. The leash length and rail saver couple the ankle strap with the board connection module. The board connection module detachably anchors the rail saver... | 1 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] The present nonprovisional U.S. patent application claims priority to and benefit from pending Korean patent application no. 10-2013-0124649 filed Oct. 18, 2013.
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates, in general, to a nail polish b... | A nail polish bottle comprises a bottle body, a cap including a disc portion having a center hole and one or more air holes and including a discharge passage and one or more external-air introduction grooves in flow contact with the air holes. A pressure opening and closing valve is mounted to the disc portion such tha... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional 60/389,685, filed Jun. 17, 2002 which is explicitly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not Applicable.
BACKG... | An active or passive vaccine utilizing purified non-toxic mutant TcdB toxins from Clostridium difficile for humans and animals against infections caused by C. difficile and/or C. sordellii. Persons most potentially affected by C. difficile infections include hospitalized patients, infants, and elderly persons. ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a vehicle lighting system and more specifically to a lighting system especially adapted for use with trucks or trailers which will assist a driver in observing conditions at the rear of the vehicle at night when... | A vehicle lighting system for use with trucks or trailers which will assist a driver in observing conditions at the rear of the vehicle at night when backing, turning corners and the like by illuminating the rear wheels and areas adjacent the rear wheels of the vehicle. The lighting system includes a light unit mounted... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an ironing device having a housing and a pumping device for transporting fluid from a receptacle onto an ironing article.
German Patent 198 29 675 A1 discloses an ironing device with a housing in which is disposed a pumping de... | An ironing device includes a housing, a receptacle holding fluid, and a pumping device for transporting the fluid from the receptacle onto an ironing article. The receptacle is fluidically connected to the housing and the pumping device is disposed in the housing, is fluidically connected to the receptacle, and has at ... | 3 |
This invention relates to cationic cross-linked starches and to the use of those starches in papermaking. More particularly, the present invention is directed to cationization and cross-linking of starch, and the use of that cationized cross-linked starch in the wet end system of a paper machine.
The cationized c... | A new cationized subsequently cross-linked starch is described in connection with improved method of paper making in the wet-end system of a paper machine utilizing a Neutral or Alkaline furnish. | 3 |
FIELD
This invention relates to wearable power generating devices.
BACKGROUND
The popularity of wearable and/or portable electronic devices has created a substantial market for such devices. Portable electronic devices include personal electronic devices, such as smart phone, cell phones, MP3 players,... | A wearable generator system in one embodiment includes a plurality of coils, each of the plurality of coils extending within a respective one of a plurality of planes, a magnet for generating a magnetic field, and a support attached to a support anchor point and to the magnet, and suspending the magnet at a position wh... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional No. 60/611,553 filed Sep. 20, 2004, and which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention is generally related to vehicle stabili... | A vehicle comprises a semi-active suspension including controllably adjustable suspension dampers. Open loop and closed loop damper commands are determined for each damper and, depending upon turning direction and damper motion, each damper is controlled with one of the open loop and closed loop damper commands. | 1 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to DNAs encoding anti-apoptotic protein and a recombinant 30K protein. More particularly, the present invention is directed to novel anti-apoptotic DNAs obtained from silkworm and a recombinant 30K protein.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
... | The present invention relates to DNAs encoding anti-apoptotic 30K proteins. More particularly, the present invention is directed to 30K protein genes and a recombinant proteins prepared by using novel anti-apoptotic gene obtained from silkworm. The present invention also provides anti-apoptotic health care food, pharma... | 2 |
This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/020,385, filed on Jun. 25, 1996.
This invention relates to novel indazole analogs. The compounds are selective inhibitors of phosphodiesterase (PDE) type IV and the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and as such are usefu... | The invention relates to compounds of the formula I ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R, R 1 , and R 2 , are as defined herein. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing, and methods of using, the compounds of formula I, or acceptable salts thereof, for the in... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE To RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to U.S. patent applications Ser. No. ______ (Attorney Docket No. 100.840US01) having a title of “MODULARIZED RADIO FREQUENCY BAND COMPONENTS ON REMOVABLE DOORS” (also referred to here as the “'840 Application”), Ser. No. ______ (A... | An electronic equipment apparatus is provided. The electronic equipment apparatus includes an enclosure for holding electronic equipment. The electronic equipment apparatus also includes a hinged pivot mount, wherein the enclosure is rotatably coupled to the hinged pivot mount. | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to apparatus in the field of undergarments, and in particular, to a device for covering portions of an undergarment that might be exposed through an outer garment with a relatively open back.
2. Description of Related ... | A cover can be installed on an undergarment having a back strap and a pair of shoulder straps. The cover has a casing for covering the back strap. The casing is adapted to extend from one of the pair of shoulder straps to the other. An outer garment can be worn over the undergarment that is fitted with the cover. | 0 |
[0001] This application is a Divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/706,948, filed Nov. 14, 2003, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the field of semiconductor devices and manufacture, an... | A multiple-channel semiconductor device has fully or partially depleted quantum wells and is especially useful in ultra large scale integration devices, such as CMOSFETs. Multiple channel regions are provided on a substrate with a gate electrode formed on the uppermost channel region, separated by a gate oxide, for exa... | 7 |
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to a guarding assembly and more particularly to a guarding mechanism to will remove material from the surface of a wheel to prevent the build-up of material around a wheel and axle assembly.
2. Background Art
In the operation of construction ... | In the operation of machines of the type that are typically designed to traverse terrain having deposits of debris, it is a common problem to have the debris become attached to the wheels of the machine and rotate therewith. In many instances this causes material to become entrained around the axles of the machine requ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is based on and claims the priority of provisional application No. 60/139,708, filed on Jun. 17, 1999 and entitled Well Packer and Method.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of downhole tools. More specif... | A releasable packer has a control line therethrough. A hydraulic release mechanism of the packer is controlled from the surface by application of flow and pressure. A modification of the packer and release mechanism using resettable collets and return springs allows multiple sets and releases of the packer. | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention in general relates to a method of and an apparatus for controlling the energization of an electrical load in circumstances where the supply of current is limited and electrical energy reserves have to stay within certain limits, and more pa... | A method and apparatus for controlling the consumption of electrical current exceeding the total generating capability of an electrical system and for monitoring the charge of a storage battery between maximum and minimum levels and for disconnecting electrical loads in response to the level reaching the minimum. | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to dynamic magnetic information storage and retrieval and, ore particularly, to heads which are magnetoresistive, and to sensors of magnetic fields in general.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Commonly assigned U.S. Pat.... | A magnetoresistive permalloy film is deposited upon a substrate and coated with a separating layer composed of titanium or a similar high resistivity, conductive material. A soft biasing layer of a material such as permalloy or a hard biasing material such as cobalt chromium is deposited upon the separating layer to co... | 8 |
REFERENCE TO CROSS RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of an application filed on Jan. 31, 2007, Ser. No. unknown at this time.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The subject matter disclosed generally relates ... | An image sensor with a plurality of photodiodes arranged in an array. A barrier region is disposed between adjacent photodiodes and inhibits depletion region merger between adjacent photodiodes, thereby inhibiting a capacitive coupling between the adjacent photodiodes. | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of, and clams the benefit of, the applicants' prior parent regular utility patent application, entitled Safety Apparatus and Method of Use, Ser. No. 11/233,675, filed Sep. 22, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,150,054 which prior parent regular u... | Body orienting harnesses and associated structures are disclosed, along with methods of use. The body orienting harness can position a body, such an infant, with respect to the associated structure, such as a bed, bed frame or crib, a sheet, or a blanket for example. The harness may be integrated with a sheet or blanke... | 0 |
BACKGROUND
This invention refers to a device for dispensing baked goods that combines with an upstream continuous baking oven.
Such devices for dispensing baked goods with an automatic continuous baking oven mounted upstream used especially for installation in supermarkets is known from EP 1 688 042 A2, for... | The invention relates to a device for distributing baked goods, for combining with a continuous baking oven ( 1 ) arranged upstream of said device, said device comprising a plurality of peripheral carriers ( 6 ) for storing the baked goods (B), and transfer means ( 9, 10, 11, 12 ) for transferring the baked goods (B) f... | 0 |
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional application 60/150,488 filed Aug. 24, 1999 now abandoned.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally to the biosynthesis of glycans found as free oligosaccharides or covalently bound to proteins and glycolipids. In particular, this ... | A novel gene defining a novel human UDP-GlcNAc: Galβ1-3 GalNAcα β1,6GlcNAc-transferase, termed C2GnT3, with unique enzymatic properties is disclosed. The enzymatic activity of C2GnT3 is shown to be distinct from that of previously identified enzymes of this gene family. The invention discloses isolated DNA molecules an... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 13/035,387, filed Feb. 25, 2011, which is based upon and claims the benefit of priority of the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2010-79051 filed on Mar. 30, 2010, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by ... | A storage device includes a switching unit which switches an access destination in a storage area between a first storage area and a second storage area in response to an access request from a host device; and a nonvolatile storage medium which stores a first host device information used to identify the host device in ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This is an invention directed to blade type fuse blocks found in motor vehicles and is specifically an electrical adapter to provide an electrical connection to a fuse block terminal with the intent of facilitating the connection of a remote device which... | An electrical adapter that includes an electrically insulated housing from which the first ends of a pair of parallel blade terminals extend to engage the contact element in a fuse block or panel in a motor vehicle where both of the parallel blade terminals are unrelated and don't come in contact with each other an... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a casing for a pistol or revolver, which has been specifically designed to facilitate a safety handling of the pistol and its withdrawal from the casing.
[0002] In particular, the pistol casing according to the invention a... | An improved casing for pistols, specifically designed for facilitating the pistol bearing and withdrawing, comprises a box-like body, the inner construction of which comprises two “C”-shape section members, a top section member and a bottom section member, coupled to an element of the casing, and a third section member... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The field of the invention is that of apparatus and techniques for forming pleats in material. The invention is particularly adapted for forming uniform pleats in drapery material especially in connection with the fabrication of drapery swags and cascade... | Apparatus for use in fabricating pleated materials, particularly for forming pleats in drapery materials such as swags and cascades. The apparatus greatly facilitates and eliminates some certain hand operations. A plurality of parallel upstanding spaced members is provided. The members are connected by adjustable lazy ... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/589,280, filed on Oct. 30, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,702,937 and entitled Method and apparatus for Operating a Computer System By Adjusting a Performance State of a Processor Resource, which is a Cont... | A method, apparatus or stored program for adjusting the clock throttle rate of a central processing unit (CPU) included in a computer, in which the usage of the CPU is measured, so that the clock throttle rate of the CPU can be automatically adjusted on the measured usage of the CPU, thereby reducing the consumption of... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/379,569, filed on May 10, 2002, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
GOVERNMENT FUNDING
The U.S. Government has a paid-up license in the present invention and the right in limited circu... | A microscope for producing an image of a target using THz radiation. The microscope comprises a source for providing an optical pump pulse and an optical probe pulse; a THz emitter for activation by pump pulse to emit a THz pulse that irradiates the target to form a target-modified THz pulse; a THz detector for modulat... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to rolls of the type which are used in paper machines as well as to methods for manufacturing such rolls.
The present invention relates in particular to that type of roll which has an inner roll body which may be solid or in the form of a hollow slee... | A roll manufacturing method and roll, particularly for paper machines, wherein an inner roll body is surrounded by a strip having circumferential portions such as windings which engage and extend outwardly from an exterior surface of the inner roll body with the successive windings or circumferential strip portions eng... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation-in-part of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/809,927 filed on Mar. 15, 2001.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not Applicable.
REFERENCE T... | A variable reflectance cover for a scanning system. The cover comprises a backing moveable through a plurality of positions. Moving the backing through the plurality of positions varies the reflectance of the cover. In one embodiment, the backing is an endless rotatable belt. In a second embodiment, the backing is a re... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrolysis method and apparatus wherein a positive electrode and a negative electrode are immersed in electrolyte to cause electrolysis to occur so that atoms or molecules may be occluded into or stick to the negativ... | An electrolytic method is disclosed by which occlusion of hydrogen or sticking of atoms or molecules in plating and so forth is not disturbed by electronic magnetic force produced by main electric current and ion current flowing from the positive electrode to the negative electrode through electrolyte. An electric circ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] A fire sprinkler system comprises a fire suppression agent supply system, one or more fire sprinklers, and a piping system connected between the supply system and the fire sprinklers. The fire sprinkler system can be installed in a variety of environments, such as factories, commercial buil... | A sprinkler drop ruler is provided for measuring the sprinkler drop from a roughed-in outlet. The sprinkler drop ruler includes a rigid frame having an opening, a handle connected to the rigid frame and in fixed relation to the rigid frame, and a ruler with an end shaped to seat in the opening and configured to move in... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to gas turbine engines, and more specifically to gas turbine engine assemblies and methods of assembling the same.
[0002] At least some known gas turbine engines include a fan assembly, a core engine, and a low-pressure or power... | A method of assembling a gas turbine assembly includes providing a core gas turbine engine including a high-pressure compressor, a combustor, and a turbine, coupling a low-pressure turbine to the core gas turbine engine, coupling a booster compressor to a gearbox, and coupling the gearbox to the low-pressure turbine su... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to ink-jet printing, and in particular to a specific ink formulation for photo printing. This ink formulation provides for improved ink-jet print quality.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Inkjet printing is a non-impact printing process in whic... | The inks provide excellent ink-jet prints having excellent imaging onto glossy inkjet media with increased dot size leading to improved dot visibility and banding robustness of the image. The aqueous inks each comprise from about 0.1 to about 20 wt % of at least one colorant (CMYK) with the black ink comprising from ab... | 2 |
This application is a 371 of PCT/EP00/02025, filed Mar. 8, 2000, which claims priority to Germany 199 10 986.9, filed Mar. 11, 1999.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the use of xenon for treating neurointoxications. More particularly, the present invention relates to a use o... | Methods for treating mammals for neurointoxication are provided comprising treating the mammal with a xenon-containing gas. Methods of providing neuroprotection in mammals are also disclosed comprising administering therapeutically effective amounts of xenon, preferably in combination with pharmaceutically acceptable c... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to fluid connections, in particular the fluid connection devices for connecting a fluid pipe to another pipe or to a container, in the field of biopharmaceutical applications.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Specifically, the tubes or ... | Fluid-connection device for connecting a flexible pipe defining a first fluid space to a second flexible pipe or a flexible fluid enclosure in a biopharmaceutical assembly, includes a first connector and a second connector equivalent thereto, the first connector and second connector adapted to be coupled together in a ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This application is a Continuation-In-Part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/002,785 filed on Jan. 8, 1993 and allowed May 15, 1994.
This invention relates to elastomeric flexible articles (e.g., film articles) that exhibit enhanced lubricity ("slip"... | This invention relates to elastomeric flexible articles (e.g., film articles) that exhibit enhanced lubricity ("slip") with respect to both dry and damp surfaces, particularly skin or other tissue of the wearer, as compared to similar articles or films that are not treated as described herein. This invention al... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The disclosure relates to programmable graphics hardware. In particular, the disclosure relates to techniques for efficient debugging of software that runs on programmable graphics hardware.
BACKGROUND
A recent trend in the manipulating and displaying of real-time 3D graphics is the in... | Methods and apparatuses for accessing data within programmable graphics hardware are provided. According to one aspect, a user inserts special log commands into a software program, which is compiled into instructions for the programmable graphics hardware to execute. The hardware writes data to an external memory durin... | 6 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/023,062, filed Jul. 30, 1996.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an improvement in the efficacy of herbicidal 2,6-substituted pyridines by combination with a selected second herbicidal compoun... | A herbicidal composition containing
(1) a substituted pyridine of general formulae I or II ##STR1## as defined herein, and
(2) at least one herbicidal component selected from
a) an urea-type herbicide, such as chlortoluron, isoproturon, linuron or neburon,
b) a triazine-type herbicide, such as... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/063,976 filed on Oct. 3, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,914,149, which is a United States national phase application of international patent application number PCT/EP2006/007895, filed Aug. 9, 2... | Systems and methods for treating presbyopia are provided. In one embodiment, a system for photorefractive treatment of presbyopia includes a laser source configured for ablating corneal tissue and a control system in communication with the laser source and configured to control the laser source to ablate conical tissue... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority benefit from U.S. provisional patent application 61/508,151 filed 15 Jul. 2011.
FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates to shape of the combustion chamber and injector orientation in interna... | A toroidal combustion chamber shape with a side injector is disclosed for an opposed-piston engine. Fuel is injected into the toroidal volume from a fuel injector in the cylinder wall. In one embodiment, fuel is injected from each injector a plurality of times with the timing between the injections such that fuel cloud... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying gas to inflate a vehicle occupant restraint, such as an airbag, and particularly to an apparatus for supplying generated gas along with stored gas. Description of the Prior Art
Typically, an infl... | A source of gas for inflating a vehicle occupant restraint comprises a container. Gas generating material in said container comprises an alkali metal azide and a metal oxidizer. When ignited, the gas generating material produces heated nitrogen gas. A supply of pressurized nitrogen gas is also in the container. Structu... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation application of PCT Application No. PCT/CN2015/097852 filed on Dec. 18, 2015 which claims priority to Chinese Application No. 201410796582.9 filed on Dec. 19, 2014, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by referenc... | A photonic crystal (PhC) all-optical OR-transformation logic gate, which comprises an optical-switch unit (OSU), a PhC-structure unit, a reference light, a wave-absorbing load (WAL) and a D-type flip-flop (DFF) unit; two system-signal-input ports are respectively connected with a first logic-signal X 1 and a second lo... | 6 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/455,103, filed Aug. 8, 2014, which is a continuation-in-part from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/184,217, filed Feb. 19, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,899,973, issued on Dec. 12, 2014, which is a continuation fro... | A candle with an embedded item and methods for manufacturing same are disclosed. A method for manufacturing a candle having an embedded item can include providing a first set of items of a first value and a second set of items of a second value different from the first value, combining the two sets to create a third se... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of locating and tracking devices. In particular, it relates to a system and method for locating a vehicle.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
One of the difficulties encountered when driving in a large or unfamiliar city is locating and return... | The invention comprises a method of locating a vehicle, comprising: a) connecting a removable locator device to the vehicle, said locator device automatically noting when it has been connected to the vehicle and then using locating technology to retrieve, at regular intervals, location coordinates for the current locat... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is the United States national phase under 35 U.S.C. §371 of PCT International Application PCT/EP2009/005128, filed on Jul. 14, 2009, and claiming priority to German Application No. 10 2008 033 020.5, filed on Jul. 14, 2008. Both applications are... | The invention relates to a method and a device for which, for determining a routing-metric for a mesh-network, in particular according to standard IEEE 802.11s, routing messages sent in wireless mesh networks or mobile ad-hoc-networks, on various paths of source nodes, via the mesh nodes of the mesh networks to the tar... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an ophthalmic apparatus for measuring and observing an eye and, more particularly, to an ophthalmic apparatus provided with a system to indicate alignment information and others to an operator.
2. Description of Rel... | An ophthalmic apparatus for measuring and observing an eye of an examinee comprising an observing optical system through which an examiner observes the examinee's eye, and a displaying device for providing indication marks to the cornea of the eye, the indication marks showing necessary information for the operator... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present invention claims priority from Russian Patent Application No. 2015103552 filed Feb. 3, 2015, which is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a contactless determination of the amplitude, frequency and phase... | Method for determining oscillation parameters of turbo-machine blades consists in that when the blade tip travels in front of a sensor, reading values of a single pulsed signal formed by the sensor are obtained in a number that is not lower than that of unknown parameters of a harmonic or polyharmonic oscillation of th... | 5 |
This is a continuation-in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 06/942,259 filed on 12/16/1986 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to coupling a membrane to the skin of a human being, for instance as a patient undergoing therapeutic or diagnostic treatment.
... | A membrane is coupled to the skin of a human being, there being a gel layer provided between the membrane and the skin, the apparatus comprises a wiping structure movably mounted in a frame, one side of the membrane facing away from the skin and locally and progressively the membrane is forced against the gel layer and... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to merchandising systems. More specifically, this invention relates to a system in which a number of related but different size products are hung from respective hangers in a planogram at a retail outlet. Still more specifically, t... | A merchandising system comprises an elongate hanger having a rear end adapted to be secured to a vertical surface such as a pegboard and a front end formed with a head having a periphery of a certain shape to identify a product to be hung on the hanger. The system further includes the identified product having a simila... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention generally relates to an advertising display panel, and more particularly to a point of sale advertising display panel for mounting on securable panels such as on the front door panel of a vending machine.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Hard copy advertising by means ... | A display is releasably mounted on the outside of an enclosure. The display may be released from the enclosure upon gaining access to the inside of the latter. In a preferred embodiment, the display is a sign, and the enclosure is a vending machine. The sign includes a rear panel, which is secured to the door of the ve... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to microfilament manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus therefore and the nanofilament obtained. More specifically, the present inventions relate to microfilament manufacturing means that enables the microfilament to be attenuated until it... | The objective of the present invention is to enable a microfilament that is a nanofilament to be manufactured continuously and consistently from all thermoplastic polymers without requiring a specialized high precision.high performance apparatus and also to present the nanofilament manufactured as described. The presen... | 3 |
CO-PENDING APPLICATIONS
[0001] Various methods, systems and apparatus relating to the present invention are disclosed in the following co-pending applications filed by the applicant or assignee of the present invention:
[0002] U.S. Ser. Nos. 09/575,141, 09/575,125, 09/575,108, 09/575,109. ... | A printhead assembly for a pagewidth drop on demand ink jet printer includes an array of printhead modules extending across the pagewidth. A flexible printed circuit board carries data and power to the modules and also extends across the pagewidth. A pair of busbars is electrically connected to the flexible printed cir... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Field of Invention
The invention relates to cellular mobile radiotelephones. More particularly, the invention relates to a system for easily obtaining the electronic serial number (ESN) and mobile telephone number (MID) of a cellular telephone.
Each cellular telephone has a uni... | A method and apparatus for an authorized user of a cellular mobile radiotelephone to easily obtain data and performance evaluation of the telephone, such as the electronic serial number (ESN), the mobile telephone number (MID), and transmitted audio information that permits evaluation of the voice modulation performanc... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/194,966, filed on Aug. 20, 2008 titled DOOR ASSIST SYSTEM CONTROLLER AND METHOD which application is incorporated by reference in this application in it entirety.
... | A method of controlling the operation of a door of a vehicle relative to a door frame of the vehicle is provided. The position of the door is sensed and a door open command or a door close command is received. Opening or closing of the door at preselected speeds is initiated based on the command received. The length of... | 7 |
The present application claims the benefit under Title 35, U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/013,946, filed Mar. 22, 1996.
The present invention relates to refrigerants generally, and more specifically to a mixture of refrigerants that may be substituted for 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroe... | A group of refrigerant fluids that may be combined in novel ways to produce several excellent "drop-in" substitutes for R-134a refrigerant. Performance is increased by constructing a zeotropic mixture of refrigerants, such that a single boiling point (of R-134a) is replaced by a "temperature glide" betw... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a method of recovering gold from waste sources thereof, in particular waste electrical goods. Also disclosed herein is an apparatus for recovering gold from said waste sources.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
[0002] The cost of pre... | The cost of precious metals, such as gold, makes recovery or recycling of these materials economically viable and desirable. Disclosed herein is a method of recovering gold from waste sources thereof, in particular waste electrical goods. Also disclosed herein is an apparatus for recovering gold from said waste sources... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention generally relates to asphalt paving machines, and more particularly to a control for a tamping mechanism on an asphalt paving machine.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Asphalt paving machines are used to spread asphalt relatively evenly over a desired... | A control system for use with an asphalt paving machine receives inputs from an operator interface for inputting a desired tamping frequency or a desired tamping rate (tamps/ft) and a speed sensor that produces a signal indicative of the speed of the asphalt paver. The control system includes an automatic mode and when... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention generally relates to an in-line resonator for an air induction system.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] Resonators for attenuating acoustic pressure pulsations in automotive appl... | An in-line resonator for an air induction system of an internal combustion engine is provided. The system includes a resonator housing, an upstream duct, a downstream duct, a conduit, a partition, and a sleeve. The conduit extends through the resonator housing connecting the upstream duct and the downstream duct. The p... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a quick connect connector for a grooved pipe, which has the ability to inhibit rotation of the pipe relative to the connector, and, in turn, to inhibit rotation of a fitting relative to the grooved pipe, or, rotation of a further length of grooved pipe relative to ... | A quick connector for joining pipes having grooved ends has a circlip which is contracted circumferentially and locked in the contracted condition, the inner diameter of the circlip, when in the contracted condition, being less than the outer diameter of the pipe, the inner diameter of circlip and the bottom wall of th... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to electrical switches and circuit breakers, and more particularly, to a combination switch and circuit breaker.
BACKGROUND ART
Circuit breakers are used in a wide variety of electronic systems in which components must be protected from large currents such as tho... | A unitary switch and circuit breaker (10) includes a switch circuit (14, 16, 22, 24, 26, 56, 57, 58) with first and second contacts (28, 30), the switch circuit (14, 16, 22, 24, 26, 56, 57, 58) being actuable to assume a first condition (FIG. 4) in which the contacts (28, 30) are open and a second condition (FIG. 5) in... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART
[0001] The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, such as a laser beam printer, an LED printer, a copying machine, etc., which employs a developer supply container, which is removably installable in an image forming apparatus, to supply the image formi... | A developer supply container for an image forming apparatus includes a container shell; a developer accommodation bag contained in the container shell; a developer discharging path for discharging the developer from the bag an outside of the developer supply container; an air fluid communication path for fluid communic... | 6 |
[0001] Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Applications 2007-152246 filed Jun. 8, 2007 and 2007-319718 filed Dec. 11, 2007.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to a straight-type finish for synthetic fibers, a processing method for false twisted textured yarns using the sa... | A straight-type finish, which has improved storage characteristics and is capable of preventing synthetic fibers from becoming electrically charged and uneven dyeing from being generated, contains a lubricant and a functional improvement agent at specified ratios. A metal organic sulfonate of a specified type is contai... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to conveyor systems, including conveyor systems that divert items/products from one conveyor to another conveyor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The use of conveyors is well known in many industries. In manufacturing, conveyors are commonly used, for e... | A rotary diverter can be operated at high speed to divert selected products from one conveyor to a vertically displaced second conveyor. The rotary diverter can have at least one rotary member with a plurality of radial arms. Each radial arm can have an end effector with a lifting platform. A timing belt may be coupled... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to improvements in refuse bins incorporating compacting means, for domestic use.
2. History of the Prior Art
FR-A-2 135 322 discloses a refuse bin of the type in question, comprising:
an upwardly open bin; ... | This invention relates to improvements in refuse bins incorporating compacting means for domestic use, wherein the compacting plate comprises two upwardly oriented tabs which are placed in housings in the lid to be slidably associated with a control member. Catches facing opposite each other and borne by said tabs come... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to devices for use with trust falls and other team-building activities.
[0003] 2. General Background
[0004] “Trust falls” are a common team-building exercise used by c... | A “trust fall” mat having peripheral handles, a catching mat, and optional lateral supports is disclosed. The mat can be used to catch individuals falling during trust fall or other team-building exercises. | 6 |
BACKGROUND
This application claims priority from Korea Patent Application 10-2009-0065898, filed Jul. 20, 2009.
The present invention relates to a system for preventing flames and toxic gas from passing through a hole or opening in a partition or wall, such as an interior structure of a building, ship, or t... | A flame-blocking system includes flame retardant foam having at least one through hole and at least one flame retardant tube passing through the through hole. Both the flame retardant foam and the flame retardant tube comprise graphite, aluminum hydroxide and ammonium phosphate in addition to a base resin. The flame-bl... | 5 |
REFERENCE TO PRIOR PROVISIONAL APPLICATION
This non-provisional application is based on and claims the benefit of the filing date (priority) of co-pending provisional application Ser. No. 60/393,220; filed Jul. 2, 2002, under 35 USC Sec. 119.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Inven... | Disclosed are methods of conjugating biologically active substances, particularly, alpha-interferon, with a hyaluronan or a mixture of a hyaluronan with at least one other hydrophilic polymer having a functional group capable of reacting with divinyl sulfone. Also disclosed are stable intermediates formed by partially ... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring cardiac output (CO) in spontaneously breathing humans whose tracheas are not intubated.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Measurement of cardiac output (CO) is frequently performed to guide hemody... | A method and apparatus ( 10 ) for determining cardiac output by directing airflow or gas flow (fluid) to a fluid containment structure ( 12 ) coupled to an inspiratory limb ( 16 ) of a ventilator circuit instead of the patient and enabling the patient to directly inhale fluid from the fluid containment structure and pr... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the synthesis of mixed-metal catalysts, more particularly, high activity, long life, alcohol reforming catalysts, especially methanol, based upon nanosize Pt/Ru particles supported on an electroactive support, especially carbon.
BACKGROUND ART
Battery p... | High activity, supported, nanosized metallic catalysts for methanol reformation and methods of fabricating such catalysts are disclosed. In one embodiment, soluble metal species are dissolved in a polyhydroxylic alcohol (polyol) solution. Platinum and ruthenium are preferred metal species. Other soluble metal species c... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a device for needling a fibrous.
Description of Related Art
A device of the generic kind is disclosed in DE 10 2005 012 265 A1.
The device disclosed therein is used for strengthening and structuring fibrous... | An apparatus is described for needling a fibrous web having at least one needle bar. On its underside, the needle bar carries a needle board with a multiplicity of needles, wherein the needle bar is guided via a movably held bar carrier. The bar carrier is driven in an oscillating manner with a superimposed horizontal ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to the manufacture of tubular fibrous products or shells, intended particularly for the heat insulation of conduits and made of mineral fibers, for example of glass, agglomerated by a polymerized binder. The invention relates more p... | In the manufacture of insulating shells formed by a felt of mineral fibers wound around a mandrel, main pressing elements intervene as soon as the winding begins and remain in contact with the surface of the shell during the entire winding phase. Auxiliary pressing elements intervent only when the shell, during shaping... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of controlling characteristics of drawn wire, and more particularly to an apparatus for consistent control of the cast and the helix of drawn wire.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Metal wire is a material that has a wide variety of uses in ... | An apparatus consistently imparts a desired cast characteristic and a desired helix characteristic to drawn wire. A set of interchangeable rollers imparts the cast characteristic to the wire in a first plane, and a helix control assembly imparts helix control by shifting the wire leaving the rollers into a second plane... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed toward a method for manufacturing an emulsion of alkenylsuccinic anhydride (ASA) in an aqueous solution of a cationic starchy material, it being understood that the oily phase consists of the ASA, the starchy solution acting as a support for said emulsion. ... | A method for producing an emulsion of ASA in an aqueous solution of a cationic amylaceous substance, without having to use a loop for recirculating the product at the emulsification unit. The produced emulsion is characterized by both a fine and monodisperse particle size, and no overheating is involved that could lead... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to devices adapted to dispense a water soluble or dispersible additive into a flushable toilet cistern and bowl thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to such a device having no moving part that is able to minimize the amount of additive that is flu... | A passive dispenser, adapted to be positioned in the cistern of a toilet, useful for dosing a toilet bowl with an additive such as a disinfectant, cleaning agent, colorant, perfume or the like, has a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a common wall having an opening therein, a second wall extending upwardl... | 4 |
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
A portion of the disclosure of this patent contains material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent files or records, but ot... | The present invention relates to a welding booth that has a small foot print and can be joined to other booths for maximization of floor space use. | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation application, under 35 U.S.C. §120, of copending international application No. PCT/EP2013/067676, filed Aug. 27, 2013, which designated the United States; this application also claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. §119, of German patent appl... | A beam assembly contains a substantially straight beam, which is arranged between two bearings and extends in a longitudinal direction. The beam assembly contains at least three segments, which are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction and which are connected to each other by two head plate joints... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of PCT international application Ser. No. PCT/MY2009/000203, filed Dec. 4, 2009, designating the United States, which claims the benefit of Malaysan Application No. PI 20097019, filed Oct. 1, 2009. The entire contents of the aforementioned patent app... | The architectonic spacer building system is a simplified prefabrication assembly using industrialized building system concept. The architectonic spacer building system for skeleton construction includes a spacer ( 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 ) having a predetermined shape for use in constructing modular form of building components,... | 4 |
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/876,143 filed Jun. 13, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,806,204 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a material dryer, and in particular to a dryer incorporating a condenser within a... | A material drying apparatus having a sealable chamber for receipt of wet material, such as clothing. Material placed into the chamber is dried upon the evacuation of air from the chamber wherein moisture drawn from the material is condensed on a condensate coil placed in the chamber. Heating coils placed around the cha... | 3 |
U.S. GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
[0001] The invention was made with U.S. Government support under contract no. N00019-02-C-3003 awarded by the U.S. Navy. The U.S. Government has certain rights in the invention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] (1) Field of the Invention
[00... | A turbine engine nozzle assembly has an upstream flap and a downstream flap pivotally coupled thereto for relative rotation about a hinge axis. An actuator linkage is coupled to the downstream flap along a forward portion thereof for actuating the upstream flaps and downstream flaps between a number of throat area cond... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to heat exchangers of the type having a header plate supporting the open ends of a plurality of tubes and a tank secured to the header plate; and more specifically, to an improved connection between the tank and the header plate.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A tank-header connection including a groove extending about the periphery of a header plate and having a bottom wall surrounded by an upstanding wall with spaced apertures therein. A compressible gasket is located in the groove and a plastic tank having an opening surrounded by a rim is provided. The rim has a series o... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present disclosure relates generally to completing and producing oil and gas wells, and specifically to a novel method and system for deploying a downhole screen.
[0003] 2. Background Art
[0004] In the process of completin... | An interventionless downhole screen that is resistant to plugging during run-in-hole operations and a method for remotely actuating the screen. The screen includes a perforated sleeve that is slideably disposed coaxially with a perforated tubular member. When running, the sleeve is in a closed positioned with its openi... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/850,463, filed on Mar. 26, 2013, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/908,050, filed on Oct. 20, 2010, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/2... | Advanced payment applications are provided to improve the functionality of cards and devices. For example, a user interface may be placed on a card (e.g., a physical button) or a telephonic device (e.g., a virtual button on a capacitive touch screen). Manual input provided to this user interface may, for example, cause... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of vision correction, particularly to corrections achieved by means of spectacle lenses, contact lenses or intraocular lenses which include correction of high order aberrations.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002... | A novel method for the design and construction of a spectacle lens for the correction of human vision, including the correction of high order aberrations. The lens enables the provision of super-normal vision using spectacles. Different lenses are described for use at a partial or a fuller field of view. The method app... | 0 |
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