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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This is a continuation in part of our application Ser. No. 09/187,893, filed Nov. 6, 1998. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002] Not Applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ...
A dead shaft or motorized conveyor pulley in which a drum is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation on a shaft mounted against rotation, has the shaft mounted in a pivot sphere. The sphere is mounted in a complementarily socketed block against rotation around the axis of rotation but to permit angular movement ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to data communications and, more particularly, is directed to a highly efficient coding apparatus for compressing the number of bits of data required for each picture element of a digital television signal or the like. 2Descr...
In a highly efficient coding apparatus, for coding digital video data in a block format and allowing video data compression for transmission using a data transmitter having a predetermined transmission capacity; maximum and minimum values of the digital video data of plural picture elements in a block are detected, the...
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PRIORITY CLAIM [0001] The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/471,053 entitled, “GOLF PUTTER WITH ERROR VARIANCE REDUCING INSERT,” filed May 16, 2003, and herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002...
A golf putter includes a putter head having an error variability reducing insert that imparts proportional damping properties such that the distance accuracy problems of conventional golf putters are statistically reduced. Through the use of a proportional damping insert comprising at least one exterior striking layer ...
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BACKGROUND 1. TECHNICAL FIELD This invention relates generally to thermal regulation circuits for power dissipating electronic circuit elements, and more specifically to power regulation and thermal management for power transistors as, for example, in battery charging applications. 2. BACKGROUND ART ...
This invention provides a means of protecting power dissipating pass elements from exceeding their predetermined thermal limits. In one preferred embodiment, the circuit protects a pass element in a battery charging circuit from exceeding its threshold junction temperature by predicting temperature based upon the volta...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pulp mill recovery system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a low temperature kraft spent liquor recovery system utilizing separate reactors for pyrolysis, combustion and sulfate reduction. 2. D...
A kraft black liquor recovery system utilizing three separate reactors for liquor pyrolysis, sulfate reduction and carbon plus organics combustion, respectively. Oxidized black liquor is pyrolyzed in a fluid bed reactor. The temperature in the fluid bed reactor is 600° C. or lower. The resulting char, containing Na 2 ...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to an earth-working vehicle, such as a backhoe loader, having an implement, such as a backhoe, in which the implement is capable of being shifted transversely of the vehicle. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION For many years, it has been common to moun...
An earth-working vehicle, such as a backhoe loader, has an implement, such as a backhoe, mounted in a manner that the implement can be shifted transversely with respect to the vehicle. A hydraulic motor and roller cable or rack are secured to the vehicle main frame and implement supporting plate to position the impleme...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates generally to a nitrogen oxide reducing system for a diesel engine and a nitrogen gas generating device for reducing a nitrogen oxide in an exhaust gas by adjusting a nitrogen concentration in ...
A nitrogen oxide reducing system of a diesel engine can reduce nitrogen oxide contained in an exhaust gas of the diesel engine and whereby cab adapt to a restriction. At a tip end of a mixer, air holes required by the engine are formed, a nitrogen gas generating device for increasing concentration of nitrogen in the ai...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In the art of the manufacturing cable by twisting strands, it is common practice to rotate reels on which strands are coiled about an axis on which the cable is to be formed. In the past, each strand left its reel under substantial tension and passed over guide pulleys on its way to th...
Cabling machine for fine strands, in which the strands feed from cans that are arranged in a circle about the axis of a rotary table, each can taking part in one rotation about its axis for each rotation of the table.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a system for prevention of and protection against a fire caused by fuse misuse. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system for prevention of and protection against a fire caused by fuse misuse, in which if a user who does not kn...
The present invention relates to a system including a slow blow fuse interposed between a high-capacity fuse and a load, and which blocks an overcurrent from flowing into the load with a fusing part melted to be cut when the overcurrent having passed through the high-capacity fuse is input. The system protects equipmen...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to the selective gas phase ethylation of xylene to form a highly isomerically-pure dimethylethylbenzene product and to the use of catalyst compositions comprising metal-modified, crystalline borosilicate molecular sieves, incorporated into an inorganic matrix, fo...
Described is a process for selectively converting xylene in the gas phase with an ethylating agent under hydrocarbon conversion conditions to a highly pure 3,4-dimethylethylbenzene product in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising a metal-ion-modified, crystalline borosilicate molecular sieve in which the me...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 10/375,829, filed Feb. 26, 2003, now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The subject invention generally pertains to loading dock shelters ...
In order to provide a durable loading dock shelter with an effective seal, the dock shelter is provided with a face panel that is relatively lightweight and firm, yet moveable for sealing against vehicles of various size and position. The face panel can be used as a side curtain or a head curtain. To provide the face p...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS N/A BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. The Field of the Invention The present invention is generally related to puzzles, brain teasers, mind bogglers or benders, magic tricks, or the like. In particular, the present invention provides a device configured to give the i...
The present invention provides the illusion that an elastic apparatus is hooked from within a base unit, wherein actually hooking the elastic apparatus is virtually impossible. An opposite end of a rod is inserted at least partway into a hole of a base unit using the handle end of the rod. The base unit gives the appea...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention Embodiments of this invention relate to lubricating compositions including high concentrations of magnesium and boron in the form of nanoparticles and to methods for making and using same. More particularly, embodiments of this invention relate to ...
The present invention describes a nanoparticle size composition comprising at least one overbase complex of a magnesium salt and an associated organic boron complex. The present compound is an improvement over previous processes due to less complicated processing requirements and the high concentration of both magnesiu...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §1.78(c) claims priority based on provisional application serial No. 60/384,694, filed May 30, 2002. BACKGROUND OF INVENTION [0002] Tinted papers have been around for quite some time, especially papers...
A paper stock with at least one side dyed or tinted such that each side has a different color or shade to provide an indication of any erasures on the dyed or tinted side of the paper. Machinery and systems are disclosed for practicing the method of making the inventive paper.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Ser. No. 302,567, filed Oct. 30, 1972, which was a continuation-in-part of my then copending application Ser. No. 121,572, filed Mar. 5, 1971 and since abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENT...
This invention is a group of PGF 1 .sub.α -type oxaphenylene compounds, and processes for making them. These compounds are useful for a variety of pharamcological purposes, including inhibition of platelet aggregation, treatment of asthma, labor inducement at term, and cervical dilation.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention generally relates to continuous separation and reaction of chemical fluids (liquids, solutions and gases) using supercritical fluids, and more particularly to the separation of industrial fluids into sub-components based on the different solubility of the components in s...
A method for the continuous process of fluids is based on mixing the fluid with a supercritical fluid. The mixing of the two fluids may be accomplished using either a co-flow or counter-flow process. The process focuses on the difference in the solubilities of the desired and the undesired components into supercritical...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to the drying of clothes using a clothes dryer. More particularly, the invention relates to providing a clothes dryer with a combined temperature sensor and electromechanical thermostat for measuring the inlet air temp...
A clothes dryer has a system for regulating the inlet air temperature. The system includes a first sensor located in an inlet of the dryer and including a thermistor and a thermostat, a heat source located in a heater box adjacent the first sensor, and a second sensor located in an exhaust of the dryer. The thermistor ...
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This invention relates to a docking system for handheld electronic communication devices such as cellular telephones or the like, for use with structures or vehicles, and this application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/020,450, filed Dec. 22, 2004, to issue on 15 Jul. 2008 as U.S. Pat. No. 7,4...
The present invention comprises a docking system for connecting a portable communication device to a further signal transmission line. The docking system may be arranged within a workstation such as a desk or a tray. The system may also envelope a room in a building or be located in a vehicle, to control and restrict t...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates in general to centrifugal pump stages, and in particular to a method of attaching radial and axial support bearing elements. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Centrifugal pumps for petroleum production are made up of a large nu...
A method of installing an annular bearing element within a centrifugal pump utilizes a mechanical staking operation. The bearing element locates within a receptacle of a pump stage that is surrounded by a retaining wall. Once the bearing element is located within the retaining wall, the retaining wall is permanently de...
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TECHNICAL FIELD This disclosure relates to wireless coverage detection and more particularly to systems and methods for using mobile devices for detecting the boundary of a measurable phenomenon, such as the signal quality of RF broadcasts. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Providers of wireless services, such as...
A system and method is shown for determining the spatial boundary of certain measurable phenomena, such as broadcast signals, at various locations within geographical areas covered by the phenomenon. Data representing relative signal quality at various locations within the geographical area is created within a mobile d...
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Field of invention The present invention relates to a method for damping the natural vibrations and/or oscillations of movable pillar-stands carrying X-ray equipment, when making positional adjustments thereto. Such a pillar-stand may be mounted to the ceiling, on the floor or on the wall of a room, and the...
A movably mounted pillar-stand for carrying X-ray equipment, the pillar-stand preferably celling-suspended and having a pendulum arrangement or the like for the purpose of damping natural oscillatory movements. When natural oscillatory movements occur in the pillar-stand when making positional adjustment thereto, the n...
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a power pack for a portable cellular telephone, the power pack having a concealed radio transmitter for use by a law enforcement agent or a witness cooperating with the government to broadcast to sound recording equipment at some distance away a conversation that...
The present power pack for a portable cellular telephone has a concealed radio transmitter for law enforcement use. The usual battery compartment in the housing of the power pack has a shortened battery compartment above which are located interior walls of the housing which are notched or recessed to support a printed ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is broadly concerned with methods of forming substituted guanidines utilizing nickel catalysts. More particularly, the methods comprise guanylating amines or pyrrolidines with guanylating agents such as thioureas or isothioureas in ...
An improved method for guanylating amines is provided. Broadly, the amines are reacted with a guanylating agent in the presence of a nickel catalyst. Preferably, the nickel catalyst comprises nickel in the zero oxidation state. Suitable nickel(0) catalysts are derived from nickel-boride alloys, nickel-phosphide alloys,...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is related to low power non-isolated driver used for LED lighting and other non-isolated power supply appliance. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION LED lighting market is growing very fast and becoming more and more important. For the AC input source, most LED dri...
The present invention mainly discloses low power non-isolated driver that can be used for LED lighting and other non-isolated power supply appliance, in which the input side is connected to an AC or DC input, a PWM control circuit is connected to the buck converter switch, a capacitor filters the output voltage ripple ...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a continuation application of prior copending U.S. non-provisional application Ser. No. 12/614,005, filed Nov. 6, 2009 which claims benefit and priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from U.S. Provisional Application 61/138,803 filed Dec. 18, 2008, entitled PRE-INSULATED ...
An apparatus and method for constructing pre-insulated structural panels is disclosed that has a tongue and groove assembly arrangement. Each panel may include one or more c-channels or profiles embedded in expandable polystyrene (EPS) foam to provide structural integrity to the panels, and resulting wall. The panels m...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This is a continuation-in-part of Application Ser. No. 334,201 filed Dec. 24, 1981 now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Preparations of Mg or Mg alloy granules in a friable salt matrix are taught, e.g., in U.S. Pat. No. 4,186,000; U.S. Pat. No. 4,...
A horizontally positioned rotating table is provided with a rotation means, a means for feeding molten material to the topside of the table as it is rotated, a means for cooling the molten material, and a means for scraping the cooled material from the table. This table is especially useful in continuously receiving a ...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims benefit to German Patent Application No. DE 10 2009 014 023.9, filed on Mar. 23, 2009, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein. FIELD [0002] The invention relates to a dishwasher with a cleaning compartment whose...
A dishwasher includes a cleaning compartment having a front portion that can be closed by a door. The door is configured to pivot at a bottom section thereof around a horizontally running axis. An illuminating device is configured to illuminate at least one of the cleaning compartment and the front portion of the clean...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention pertains to methods for correcting the water permeability contrast for heterogeneous subterranean formations. In one aspect, the invention pertains to prolonged permeability contrast correction of underground strata. In a particular aspect, the invention pertains to gelable aq...
A water permeability correction process, and composition therefor, to improve the sweep efficiency of waterflooding which involves the sequential injection of (1) an optical aqueous preflush slug to adjust connate water salinity, (2) an aqueous sequestered polyvalent metal cation, such as chromium, wherein the sequeste...
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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The invention relates to a device for producing nanofibers or microfibers from solutions, emulsions, liquid suspensions or melts containing a spun substance. BACKGROUND ART [0002] Currently there are numerous devices for electrostatic spinning of solutions, emulsions...
A device for producing nanofibers or microfibers from solutions, emulsions, liquid suspensions or melts containing a spun substance, comprises a chamber in which a hollow shaft is assembled, on which at least one rotating disc with an output gap is mounted, The chamber is generally provided with a source of the flowing...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention: The present invention relates to a bitline precharge circuit for a semiconductor memory device, and more particularly relates to a bitline precharge circuit for precharging the bitlines connected to memory cells arranged in matrix. 2. Description ...
According to the present invention, a bitline precharge circuit for a semiconductor memory device is provided. The semiconductor memory device includes: a plurality of word lines arranged in a row direction; a plurality of bitlines forming a plurality of bitline pairs arranged in a column direction; and a plurality of ...
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CROSS REFERENCED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims benefits from provisional application No. 60/437,772 filed Jan. 3, 2003 and provisional application No. 60/503,126 filed Sep. 15, 2003, the complete disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF INVEN...
The present invention provides a golf training putter comprises a putter head that is connected to a shaft in a manner which enables the putter head to rotate around the shaft.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Non-woven fabrics are well known and have many varied uses, particularly in the textile industry. Such non-woven materials are useful as interliners for adhesive purposes or for support with fabrics and films. In many instances, the non-wovens can be made self-supporting and then used ...
The present invention relates to a stereo reticulated lace-like structure formed from a mixture of polymeric materials, which structure is formed by extruding a film of the polymeric mixture and simultaneously imparting a cellular or reticulate structure to said film by means of a blowing agent. The resultant stereo re...
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RELATED APPLICATION This application is a Divisional of, and claims the benefit of priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/043,759, filed on Mar. 6, 2008, entitled Relocatable Habitat Unit, and currently co-pending. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention pertains generally to R...
A construction set and method for assembling a Relocatable Habitat Unit (RHU) requires a plurality of flat panels that include male (M) and female (F) connectors located on their respective peripheries. The entire RHU can then be assembled using a single, hand-operated tool to engage a selected M with a selected F. Fir...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to the use of extracellular matrix components derived from stem cells in skin-related applications. BACKGROUND [0002] All publications herein are incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication or patent ap...
Methods of manufacturing collagen and other extracellular matrix components from SCCs are disclosed. The extracellular matrix components are useful in cosmetic applications, and can be manufactured free of immunogenic concerns and contaminants while controlling for other factors that commonly impact product quality and...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The instant application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/600,651 filed Sep. 8, 2003, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The instant application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/6...
The invention provides an external in-line device (“Subnet Box”) placed between a network and an access point to achieve secure Wi-Fi communications without needing to modify the access point. The Subnet Box comprises an embedded token and will authenticate users based on pre-stored access rights. In at least one embod...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/311,980, filed Jun. 23, 2014, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The field of in...
The present invention relates to an amorphous adsorbent composition capable of purifying a gaseous hydrocarbon fraction and methods for synthesizing the composition. The composition is advantageously capable of filtering non-combustible contaminants for increasing the quality and heating value of a gaseous hydrocarbon ...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to exercise devices and methods performed by an exercise apparatuses, and particularly but not exclusively to exercise devices with treadles. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventional exercise apparatuses, such as stair climbers and steppers, serve to assis...
An exercise stepper with a fluid resistance system guides stepper treadles angularly downward and outward from the center of the stepper. According to an embodiment bellows that support treadles angle downward and outward.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an apparatus for preventing troublesome load change shocks caused by a combustion engine used to propel a vehicle, whereby control commands for a power control element delivered by an accelerator pedal are transmitted with a time delay. An apparatus con...
A method and apparatus for preventing troublesome load change shocks caused by a combustion engine having a time delay in the transmission of the accelerator pedal commands to the output control element. In order to exclude undesirable influences on operation due to the time delay, the time delay is limited to a very n...
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This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/121,339, filed Feb. 24, 1999. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention generally relates to the use of drugs for the treatment of mental disorders. More specifically, the invention describes methods for the treatment ...
Impulse Control Disorders (ICD's) are characterized by harmful behaviors performed in response to irresistible impulses. The essential feature of an ICD is the failure to resist an impulse, drive, or temptation and to perform an act that is harmful to the person or to others. The present invention comprises methods...
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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/016,353, filed Dec. 10, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,830,599. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to vacuum type cleaning machines and more particularly concerns back-flow valves and valve triggers facilitating cyclical washing...
A valve and trigger cyclically connect a vacuum and a blower to a filter. The valve box has three openings, the first connectable to the vacuum, the second connectable to the blower and the third connectable to the filter. A gate inside the box, biased by the blower and the vacuum toward closing the first opening, is h...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a system for securely storing and selectively transmitting sensitive information. More particularly, the invention relates to a system incorporated into a conventional data or voice transmission network that includes a secure repository for storing the sensitive in...
A secure information retrieval system comprising three levels of confidential access to a database, wherein the first level is stored and transmitted in an unencrypted form, the second level is stored in an encrypted form but transmitted in an unencrypted form, and the third level is stored and transmitted in an encryp...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This is a Continuation Application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/778,139 filed on Feb. 17, 2004, which is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/302,668, filed on Nov. 23, 2002, now issued U.S. Pat. No. 7,152,958 all of which is herein incorpo...
A method of producing a pagewidth inkjet printhead to have structures of a plurality of nozzle openings defined through a single surface layer is provided In the method, the structures are formed in-situ on a substrate having heater elements for heating ink so that the surface layer has a thickness of ten microns or le...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention concerns sulfur plasticizing compositions which comprise both an aromatic polysulfide and a linear aliphatic polysulfide. In particular, this invention concerns the use of olefinic-type unsaturated carboxylic acids to moderate hydrogen sulfide evolution during the reacti...
A sulfur plasticizing composition comprising an aromatic polymeric polysulfide, a linear aliphatic polysulfide and an olefinic-type unsaturated carboxylic acid. The presence of unsaturated acid moderates the evolution of hydrogen sulfide when the plasticizing composition is reacted with sulfur, thereby preventing a rap...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to an apparatus for dispensing fluent matter, and more particularly, to a hopper and vehicle having a hydraulically driven apparatus to dispense fluent matter from the vehicle into individual receptacles. Deformable receptacles containing fluent matter have ...
A vehicle comprising a motor for providing drive power to the vehicle, a hydraulic system powered by the motor, a container for containing a bulk quantity of fluent matter, and matter-dispensing apparatus comprising the hopper for receiving fluent matter from the container, a selectively operable transfer mechanism for...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims priority to Serial No. 60/153,576, filed Sep. 13, 1999. Serial No. 60/153,576 is incorporated by reference herein. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT This invention was made with United States governm...
A method of expressing proteins is disclosed. In a preferable embodiment, the method comprises placing a DNA sequence encoding a protein or peptide and expression vector containing a regulatable promoter expressible in Rhodospirillum rubrum and expressing the protein within a bacterial host, wherein the host has extr...
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PRIORITY CLAIM Applicants claim the benefit of their prior Provisional Application, Ser. No. 60/727,175, filed Oct. 14, 2005, and titled IMPROVED DECK CONNECTOR. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improved construction for deck con...
A deck connector that may be cast into a structural concrete element for use in joining adjacent ones of the concrete elements to each other by the use of weld plates that are movably disposed within a weld plate housing forming an element of each of the deck connectors.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/871,218 filed Aug. 30, 2010 that claims priority to United Kingdom Patent Application No. GB1013292.6, entitled “Low Friction Wireline Standoff,” filed on Aug. 7, 2010, the entire disclosu...
The low friction wireline standoff improves wireline cable performance during borehole logging operations. The use of low friction wireline standoffs ameliorates the effects of wireline cable differential sticking, wireline cable key-seating, and high wireline cable drags, by reducing or eliminating contact of the wire...
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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present disclosure relates to modifying torque limits in hybrid vehicles. BACKGROUND [0002] A hybrid electric vehicle utilizes both an engine and an electric machine to provide torque to the wheels. A disconnect clutch may decouple the engine from the vehicle pow...
A powertrain controller for a vehicle may include input channels configured to receive start requests for an engine and operating condition data for an electric machine, and output channels configured to provide torque commands for the electric machine. The powertrain controller may further include control logic config...
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The present invention relates to a controllable and improved method of producing molding compounds of aldehyde condensates directly from the monomers and to the materials produced thereby. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The condensation reactions of aldehydes, and particularly the condensation reactions of phe...
A controlled reaction is had by reacting a phenol monomer with a basic catalyst to form a phenolate salt and the phenolate salt is then reacted with an aldehyde while dispersed throughout the inorganic filler of a molding compound. The reaction is stopped at a fusible state to produce a molding compound.
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BACKGROUND [0001] Currently in WebSphere MQ (a family of network communication software products launched by IBM in 1992) and in other message-oriented middleware (MOM) products, a sender can send a message to a particular queue (in a point-to-point model), but the sender does not have the ability to authori...
In the context of middleware products, an arrangement wherein a sender tags messages with authorization information identifying those users or groups who are authorized to view or receive the messages. Thus, even if multiple users will be connected to the same queue for reading messages, only specific receivers/consume...
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Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.78(a)(4), this application claims the benefit of and priority to prior filed co-pending Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/347,449, filed Nov. 1, 2001, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to the packaging of compressible...
An apparatus for fully automated roll packing of compressible mattress spring assemblies, including a radially collapsible mandrel for easy removal of finished rolls. In-fed spring assemblies are precompressed prior to winding on the mandrel, which is mounted to a pivotable arm to permit controlled compression of the s...
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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority from provisional application Ser. No. 60/225,153, filed Aug. 14, 2000. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention generally relates to chafing pans, tables and burners used in the restaurant and ...
A portable and collapsible chafing system includes a frame forming a well configured to hold a chafing container. Underlying the frame is a heating device holder in the form of a platform pivotally connected to the frame. The chafing system includes legs pivotally connected to the frame for movement between a first col...
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PRIORITY [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/732,531, filed Jun. 5, 2016, for “Minimizing Oil Leakage From Rocking Journal Bearings Of Two-Stroke Cycle Engines”. RELATED APPLICATIONS [0002] This application contains subject matter related to the...
A rocking journal bearing is provided in a piston coupling mechanism of a two-stroke cycle engine. The bearing includes a sleeve and a wristpin constructed with two sets of eccentrically-disposed bearing surfaces which alternate in accepting a compressive load during an operational cycle of the bearing. The sleeve incl...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/730,704, filed on Nov. 28, 2012, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND [0002] The present invention relates to a mechanical spacer with bu...
A spacer and electrical connector assembly for printed circuit boards includes a first member to be placed between two of the printed circuit boards to provide a required spacing between the printed circuit boards. The assembly also includes at least one second member disposed adjacent to the first member, the second m...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a divisional of copending patent application Ser. No. 13/047,164, filed Mar. 14, 2011; the application also claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. §119, of German patent application No. DE 10 2010 011 249.6, filed Mar. 12, 2010; the prior applications are h...
A method for producing a structured surface making contact with printing material, preferably a cylinder cover, includes producing a structured coating having microparticles on a substrate, preferably a stainless steel plate. The microparticles are encased antiadhesively and agglomerated by adsorption of nanoparticles,...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/764,072 filed Jan. 23, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,152,863. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the field of entertainment and games, and more pa...
A method of playing a game of chance comprising the steps of defining a set of wagers on the outcome of a plurality of differentiable random events, said random events defining an aggregate event, defining a set of payout odds associated with said wagers, accepting at least one player wager for at least one wager in sa...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of bioinformatics and its applications to functional genomics and advanced genetic engineering. More particularly, the present invention contemplates a method for identifying effector molecules capable of modulating gene ne...
The present invention relates generally to the field of bioinformatics and its applications to functional genomics and advanced genetic engineering. More particularly, the present invention contemplates a method for identifying effector molecules capable of modulating gene network integration and which facilitate genet...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a pneumatic rotary tool, and more particularly to an air inlet valve construction for such a tool. The invention has been developed as an improvement on the pneumatic rotary tool disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,918,686 issued Jul. 6, 1999, entitled Pneumati...
A pneumatic rotary tool including a housing and an output shaft projecting from the housing for transmitting torque to an object. An air motor drives rotation of the output shaft in the forward and reverse directions. Air passages extend from an air inlet to the motor for delivering pressurized air to the motor. A spri...
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This Non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) on Patent Application No(s). 10-2003-0020073 filed in Korea on Mar. 31, 2003, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of Invention The present invention relates to a refri...
The present invention relates to a dispenser for a refrigerator. The dispenser includes a housing that is mounted on a front surface of a door to define an external appearance and has a recessed portion formed to be depressed rearward; a dispensing port for discharging water delivered from a main body of the refrigerat...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. NonProvisional patent application Ser. No. 11/541,161 filed on Sep. 29, 2006. This application claims the benefits of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/722,073 entitled “MODIFIED A...
A nut and screw set for reducing the amount of hindered motion therebetween is disclosed. The nut and screw set includes a screw and a nut. The screw includes a plurality of screw threads. The nut includes a plurality of nut threads. The nut threads are threadably engagable with the screw threads. The nut threads are s...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is the US National Stage of International Application No. PCT/EP2005/053877, filed Aug. 5, 2005 and claims the benefit thereof. The International Application claims the benefits of German application No. 10 2004 043 529.4 filed Sep. 8, 2004, b...
According to one embodiment of the inventive method, half the cylinders of an in-line cylinder arrangement or the entire internal combustion engine are forcibly excited cylinder-specifically in opposite direction to the other half of the cylinders in order to balance the cylinder-specific total torque. According to ano...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to controlling temperatures in electronic components and especially to controlling the temperatures of electronic components in a tactical missile. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION During the flight of a missile, waste heat is generated by the guidance a...
A tactical missile includes a heat pipe connecting heat sources with heat sinks within the missile. The system includes a removable external heat dissipation device that connects to the heat pipe while the missile is being tested or reprogrammed. The external heat dissipation device draws heat out of the heat pipe and ...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a resin composition, furniture, electrical household appliances and molded objects which have excellent antibacterial activity and aesthetic appearance, and is safe, and in which these properties are retained for a prolonged period of time. BACKGROUND ART ...
A resin composition that excels in antibacterial action and realizes high aestheticity and safety, these properties retained for a prolonged period of time; and a relevant furniture, electrical household appliance and molding. Coating layer is superimposed on the surface of top board of table (furniture). This coating ...
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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/267,830 filed Nov. 4, 2005, and hereby incorporates the same application herein by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present inventio...
A device for selectively protecting a needle includes an adapter holding the needle and a guard engaging the adapter for relative movement therebetween. Further, the device includes a means for guiding movement between the adapter and the guard. Structurally, the guiding means includes a “V” shaped slot in the guard an...
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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to rotating radiator screens of the type used, for example, on agricultural machines such as combine harvesters. More particularly, it relates to a way of obtaining an improved dynamic seal at the interface between the rotating screen and a wall surface of...
A rotating radiator screen has a series of fins surrounding the peripheral edge of the screen at its interface with a wall surface of the machine on which the screen is mounted. An annular baffle on the wall surface circumscribes the fins and cooperates with them in producing positive pressure and an axially outwardly ...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention is generally related to processes for making or manufacturing image transfer kits which enable the production of a desired image or design on a substrate which then may be used in a number of decorative applications. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ...
A process of manufacturing an image transfer kit which enables the production of a desired image on a substrate which subsequently may be used in different decorative applications. The process may include the application of different layers of lacquer, photoclear and inks to a substrate in addition to the ultra-violet ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to optical reading or writing apparatus such as an optical disc memory for reading or writing information by light, more particularly to the apparatus for maintaining perpendicularity between the information-carrying medium and the optic axis of the incident beam...
An information-carrying medium having the form of a disc is rotated around a central axis. The temperature of the disc is controlled by a temperature-adjusting element facing the surface of the disc.
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PRIORITY This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/574,821 filed Aug. 10, 2011, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference herein. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to the field of medical instruments, and mor...
Herein disclosed are dual-mode electrosurgical devices designed to function in a first mode in which high-density RF energy is used to cut or vaporize tissue, and then a second mode in which lower-density RF energy desiccates tissue to produce hemostasis, as well as methods of performing electrosurgery using same. Devi...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a storage rack for an all terrain vehicle and more particularly to a container support rack which will accommodate containers of varying heights and diameters. 2. Description of the Prior Art and Objects All terrain ...
An all terrain vehicle storage rack including an L-shaped bracket having a base for supporting a container thereon and an upstanding leg for detachably mounting on the back of an all terrain vehicle storage rack. A forward portion of at least one container retaining ring is secured to the upstanding leg. A rear portion...
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The present disclosure relates generally to spiral wound membrane elements. BACKGROUND The following discussion is not an admission that anything discussed below is citable as prior art or common general knowledge. Typically, a spiral wound membrane element is made by wrapping one or more membrane lea...
The present disclosure describes an axial bypass sleeve for use with a spiral wound membrane element. The axial bypass sleeve has a protrusion and an opening that defines a flow path to provide fluid flow communication through the axial bypass sleeve. In use, the axial bypass sleeve is wrapped around a spiral wound mem...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention concerns a method for colour printing and magnetic encoding of plastic cards, in particular pre-paid cards, smart cards and the like. The invention comprises also a compact, reliable, efficient, low-cost machine embodying said method. There is a huge and fas...
A method for ribbon color thermal printing and encoding cards, particularly pre-paid, smart cards, chip cards, and the like is disclosed. The method includes the steps of detecting the printing ribbon color, controlling the thermal printing energy feed and driving the printing, encoding and detection, in which the enco...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention concerns certain novel compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, processes for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use in the treatment, prevention or delay of progression of proliferative dise...
This invention relates to the discovery of novel compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which possess HDAC inhibitory activity. In particular, the compounds of the invention demonstrate selectivity towards Class I HDAC enzymes, and are accordingly expected to be useful for their anti-proliferative act...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is the U.S. national phase application of PCT International Application No. PCT/EP2007/051440, filed Feb. 14, 2007, which claims priority to German Patent Application No. DE102006008956.1, filed Feb. 23, 2006, and German Patent Application No. D...
In order to impart a pleasant brake pedal feeling to the operator in the transition from a ‘conventional mode’ to a ‘brake-by-wire’ mode, it is disclosed that the travel (s) covered upon application of the brake pedal is determined and subsequently reduced by the operator, and in that upon reduction of the actuating tr...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates to humanized antibodies that bind to the amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) and to preventative and therapeutic treatment of conditions associated with the Aβ peptide, such as Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. ...
The present invention encompasses isolated antibodies, or fragments thereof, that are humanized variants of murine antibody 266 which employ complementarily determining regions derived from murine antibody 266. The variant antibodies are useful for treatment or prevention of conditions and diseases associated with Aβ, ...
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This application is based on U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/071,868 filed Oct. 6, 2014, priority of which is claimed and which is incorporated herein by reference. This invention relates to hand held tools and more particularly to tool handles for hand held tools which have high grippin...
A hand held hammer includes a handle incorporating a series of outwardly extending pegs providing gripping power between the user's hands and the handle. In some embodiments, the pegs are spaced far enough part to make it overly painful to swing the hammer bare handed. In some embodiments, the cumulative surface ar...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 of U.S. provisional application No. 60/133,894 filed May 12, 1999 and Danish application no. PA 1999 00611 filed May 6, 1999, the contents of which are fully incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF...
A process for producing paper materials having improved wet strength. This process involves (a) preparing a suspension of unbleached or semi-bleached chemical or semichemical pulp or pulp from recycled fibers; (b) treating the pulp with a phenol-oxidizing enzyme and a mediator; and (c) de-watering the treated pulp in a...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS, PATENTS AND PRIOR ART This application is related to our own, commonly assigned patents, U.S. Pat. No. 5,224,098, entitled "Compensation for Mismatched Transport Protocols in a Data Communications Network", U.S. Pat. No. 5,361,256, entitled "Protocol Selection and Address Resolut...
In order to more fully support the need to interconnect dissimilar networks, methods and apparatus are set forth which allow a transport gateway between a native (SNA/APPN) network and a mixed or non-native network to preserve the dynamic functions of the native network. The functions of fully dynamic directory and rou...
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REFERENCE TO CO-PENDING APPLICATION(S) The present application is a continuation of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/547,642, filed Feb. 23, 2004, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to medical devic...
One aspect of the present invention is a server for communicating with a medical device. The server comprises a web browser process for communicating with a remote device and a pump interface process for communicating with a medical device. Another aspect of the present invention is a medical device. The medical device...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The method, and system of our invention relate to client server systems, and especially to development tools, methods and systems that build upon functions, routines, subroutines, subroutine calls, or object oriented programming. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ...
A software development method and system having a suite of graphical customization tools that enables developers to rapidly configure all aspects of the underlying application software, including the look-and-feel, behavior, and workflow. This is accomplished without modifying application source code, base objects, or ...
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BACKGROUND 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vee-shaped endless transmission belt. 2. Description of the Related Art There are currently in existence numerous types of vee-shaped transmission belts intended to be mounted on pulleys. One example of a vee-belt nota...
A vee-shaped transmission belt ( 1 ) has a main core ( 10 ) in the shape of a trapezium made of natural and/or synthetic rubber, containing at least one substantially inextensible cord ( 20 ) extending over the entire length of the belt ( 1 ). At least one layer ( 14 ) of fiber-reinforced elastomer is placed in contact...
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This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/765,584 filed Sep. 25, 1991 now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for cleaning clothes. The dry cleaning technique is intended to remove soil from clothes by the use of a nonaqueous solve...
Disclosed is a method for cleaning clothes which comprises bringing the clothes into contact with a cleaning solvent, removing the contaminated solvent, rinsing and then drying the clothes, the improvement wherein said cleaning solvent consists of propylene glycol monomethyl ether containing 4 to 50% by volume of water...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/124,337, filed Apr. 14, 2011, and assigned a 371 Completion Date of Jul. 12, 2011, which is a Section 371 National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/GB2009/051376, filed Oct. 14, 2009 an...
The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of the active pharmaceutical ingredient vorinostat. In particular it relates to a process for preparing vorinostat substantially free from impurities.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a centrifugal rpm governor, and in particular to a centrifugal rpm governor or regulator for fuel injected, internal combustion engines, especially diesel engines. Centrifugal rpm regulators of the type under consideratio...
In a centrifugal rpm regulator for fuel injected internal combustion engines, a fuel quantity control rod is provided which receives the forces associated with the displacements of an adapter sleeve which, in turn, is displaceable under the influence of centrifugal flyweights and as a function of engine rpm. The regula...
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BACKGROUND The present disclosure relates to a jig assembly for preparing a disk drive for inclusion in a computer. Typically, during a hard disk drive (HDD) preparation process, side rails are attached to the edges of the HDD with 4 screws, two on each side. An example is shown in FIG. 4 , where respective si...
A jig assembly for preparing a disk drive for mounting in a computer comprises a bay arranged to receive a disk drive and a pair of side rails to be fixed to opposite edges of the disk drive. Each side rail has captive screws in register with a respective screw-threaded hole in the edge of the disk drive. Two powered s...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application: is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/600,270, filed Jan. 20, 2015; which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/676,292, filed Nov. 14, 2012, issued Feb. 10, 2016 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,950,055; which is a continuation-in-part of U...
An anchor for lightning protection systems include a base and pad that extend over a sufficient area and a sufficient bearing length to hold in shear and in tension against the weight, shear force, and moment of cables, points, and other components of a lightning protection systems. The mounting anchor is non-penetrati...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The field of invention relates to concrete finishing apparatus, and more particularly pertains to a new and improved vibratory concrete float apparatus wherein the same is arranged for the finishing of a concrete surface. 2. Description of the Prio...
A float plate includes vibratory members secured in operative relationship thereto to effect vibration of the float during a concrete finishing procedure. A modification of the invention includes the apparatus to have fluid dispersion structure to enhance ease of a finishing of an underlying concrete pad. Illumination ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to cartridges and modifications for an M16/AR15 rifle. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Domestic Law Enforcement Needs [000...
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to cartridges and modifications for an M16/AR15 rifle. In one embodiment, a modified M16/AR15 rifle or carbine includes a bolt having a maximum outside diameter greater than that of a standard M16/AR15 bolt; and a bolt extractor pivoted to the bolt. The bolt and the...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to an assembly of a shoe and a retention element adapted to retain the leg of an athlete on a gliding board, and particularly the leg of a skier on a ski. The invention likewise relates to a shoe and to a retention element of ...
An assembly of a boot and a binding for a gliding board, such as a ski, as well as the boot and binding themselves. The binding has a movable mechanical mechanism for enabling a modification of the release threshold of the binding at will. The boot has a local reference which differs according to whether the boot is fo...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to door construction, and more particularly, to exterior french doors. Double opening french doors have long been considered a gracious or otherwise desirable element of home construction. However, french doors have long been impractical for homes in northe...
A door assembly is provided and generally includes a door frame having a door hingedly mounted on one of the jambs of the frame. The door includes stiles and rails with double glazing panels mounted between the stiles and rails with an insulating air space between the glazing panels. First and second weatherstripping m...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a method for improving the performance of high temperature superconducting materials. INTRODUCTION TO THE INVENTION We are working with high temperature superconducting materials, in particular, YBCO (yttrium-barium-copper oxide) ceramic supercondu...
A novel method for forming homogeneous silver high temperature superconductor (HTS) composites. The novel method comprises a chemical coprecipitation of silver, barium, yttrium, and copper salts solutions, followed by calcination and milling processes. The novel method has an advantage of retaining all the virtues imma...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. 2001-68632, filed Nov. 5, 2001, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] ...
An ink cartridge used with an ink jet printer. The ink cartridge has an ink reservoir and a housing to cover the ink reservoir with a negative pressure maintenance unit therebetween to maintain the inner pressure of the ink reservoir under a negative pressure. Since the negative pressure maintenance unit does not conta...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO A RELATED APPLICATION This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/539,730 filed Jun. 18, 1990, now abandoned. COPYRIGHT NOTICE A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The owner has no obj...
An expert system methodology for operating a computer system is disclosed to facilitate tuning, that is, resource balancing of the various resources comprising a large-scale software system. The computer system is adapted to store a knowledge base derived from experts who manually tune the large-scale system. The syste...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/704,630, entitled “Casing Drilling Bore Hole Assembly With A Wireless Power and Data Connection,” and filed on Sep. 24, 2012, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. ...
Various embodiments of methods and systems for wireless power and/or data communications transmissions to a sensor subassembly above a mud motor in a bottom hole assembly are disclosed. Power and/or data are supplied by rotary modulator and power generation system positioned above the mud motor. Wires may connect to an...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The invention relates generally to design of handicap accessible buildings and more particularly to the design of buildings permitting handicap barrier-free access to multiple building levels without the use of mechanical ...
Barrier-free multiple level residential housing can be constructed by employing ramps between adjacent housing levels where the housing levels are offset by one half the normal full story height found in multiple story houses. The ramps are constructed in a stacked and side-by-side manner so that the full standard heig...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to cooking utensils. More particularly, the present invention relates to frying pan cooking utensils for preparing fried foods. Even more particularly, the present invention pertains to frying pans for the preparation of fri...
A cooking utensil, such as a frying pan for reducing splattering comprises an open top base member having a bottom and an upstanding sidewall integrally formed therewith. The sidewall is provided with a plurality of apertures disposed therearound. A lid which seatingly engages the base member is provided with a central...
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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] The present application is a utility application based upon Provisional application Ser. No. 60/188,506, filed Mar. 10, 2000. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates generally to a method for formin...
The present invention includes a method for producing high-alumina bodies with superior chemical properties at reduced sintering temperatures. One form of the method includes the steps of providing an alumina powder precursor, adding about 2 wt. % magnesia powder precursor and about 2 wt. % titania powder precursor, mi...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a metering and dispensing device for the packing of liquid products, such as for example food products, in pots or similar containers, comprising metering means equipped with a piston movable inside a cylindrical metering chamber connected, via a closing val...
The invention relates to the packing of liquid products. A piston, moving inside a cylindrical metering chamber, introduces successive quantities of liquid in pots via a tubular nozzle vertically movable, which can be entirely retracted inside the dispensing chamber and which is equipped with a truncated bubble trap fo...
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RELATED U.S. APPLICATION DATA This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application, Ser. No. 09/823,644, filed Nov. 27, 2000, now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a blind rivet and, more particularly, to a closed-end blind rivet with a crimped shank ...
A blind rivet having a mandrel with a predetermined breakable stem disposed within a body with a bored shank. A radial flange is formed on one end of the shank to engage a workpiece and at the other end of the shank there is disposed within the shank an enlarged head of the stem the diameter of which is greater than th...
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BACKGROUND [0001] 1. Field [0002] The present disclosure relates generally to testing electronic packages, and more particularly, package on package (POP) devices, which generally have a package mounted on top of another package. [0003] 2. Background [0004] POP devices ...
A method and apparatus for testing a package-on-package digital device is provided. The method includes the steps of: affixing a top device onto a wing board; affixing a bottom device onto the wing board; connecting the top side solderballs of the bottom package to the bond fingers of the wing board. The wing board is ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a process and apparatus for preparing crystalline powders of alphaaluminum orthophosphate and alpha-gallium orthophosphate. 2. Description of the Prior Art Alpha-aluminum orthophosphate (berlinite) and alpha-gallium ...
Berlinite crystalline powder of uniform particle size and high purity is prepared by repeated thermal cycling to react a mixture of aluminum hydroxide or aluminum oxide and an excess of concentrated phosphoric acid in a sealed pressure vessel. The vessel is preferably held in a horizontal orientation and rotated about ...
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