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TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a backlight unit that supplies light to a liquid crystal display panel or the like, and also relates to a liquid crystal display device that incorporates such a backlight unit.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Conventionally, liquid crystal disp... | Three grating piece groups ( 13 gr .Gr.B, 13 G, 13 R) on the top surface ( 11 U) of a light guide plate correspond to light of different wavelength regions, and respectively diffract and reflect light of the corresponding wavelength region, which is incident thereon at an incident angle within a specific range, bac... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for the mining of thick strata of useful minerals, consisting of a wall lining section, a mining machine (in particular, a coal plough), and a conveyor unit for the haulage of the winnings, in particular a scraper conveyor.
PRIOR ART
From Polish... | A device for mining thick coal strata comprising a plough pressed in the ion of the floor by a ram, whereas in the vicinity of the roof the plough is pressed by a unit fixed to a canopy of the lining. The unit is provided with guides on which the plough is supported through a slide. A lever of a distributor is deflect... | 4 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to priming solutions used during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
The first successful cardiopulmonary bypass procedure was performed in 1953 by John Gibbon at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. Today... | The present invention relates to priming solutions used during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures. In particular, the present invention relates to a cardiopulmonary bypass priming solution comprising a balanced salt solution and a combination of oncotic and non-oncotic dextran molecules. The present invention also relat... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/439,966, HIGH-DENSITY REMOVABLE EXPANSION MODULE HAVING I/O AND SECOND-LEVEL-REMOVABLE EXPANSION MEMORY, filed Nov. 12, 1999, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Application Serial No... | The utility of portable computer hosts, such as PDAs (or hand-helds), is enhanced by methods and apparatus for removable expansion cards having application specific circuitry, a second-level-removable memory, and optional I/O, in a number of illustrative embodiments. In addition to providing greater expansion utility i... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to throttle valve control devices of an internal combustion engine, and more particularly to the throttle valve control devices of a type which has, besides a known system for directly controlling the throttle val... | A throttle valve control device having a traction control system includes a first control system which controls a throttle valve in accordance with movement of an accelerator pedal, a second control system which, upon a traction control of the vehicle, enforcedly pivots, with an aid of an electric motor, the throttle v... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/419,818, filed Apr. 7, 2009, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/043,124, filed Apr. 7, 2008, both of which are hereby incorporated herein in their ... | A system that enables a fleet of vehicles to be maintained is provided. The disclosed system allows a fleet operator to review the history of the vehicles in the fleet along with vehicle sensor data to identify earmarks in the vehicle sensor data that are predictive of faults that the vehicles have experienced. The ope... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to cantilevered assemblies and in particular, to a safety device for a cantilevered beam and boom assembly incorporating the same.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Wall mounted cantilevered assemblies such as for examp... | A safety device for a cantilevered beam pivotally mounted adjacent one end thereof to a support surface is adapted to bridge the beam and the support surface and is structured so that when coupled to the beam and support surface, the safety device maintains the beam in a substantially fixed cantilevered condition until... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/512,034, filed Oct. 17, 2003, and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/609,288, filed Sep. 13, 2004, both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
... | This invention describes compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful as ubiquitin agent inhibitors. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are useful as inhibitors of the biochemical pathways of organisms in which ubiquitination is involved. The invention also comprises the use of the compo... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of and claims priority to pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/120,528, entitled “Shaped Charge Casing Cutter,” filed May 29, 2014.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not Ap... | A shaped charge casing cutter is constructed with the cutter explosive formed into radial section modules aligned in a toroidal cavity between a pair of housing plates. The center sections of the housing plates are contiguously aligned with opposite parallel surfaces of a center disc. The housing plates comprise annula... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of arylethanoldiamine derivatives. Compounds of this type are known to be useful as agonists at a typical beta-adrenoceptors (also known as beta-3-adrenoceptors).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | An improved process for preparing arylethanoldiamines is described. Compounds of this type are known to be useful as agonists at a typical beta-adrenoceptors (also known as beta-3-adrenoceptors). | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 09/228,432, filed Jan. 11, 1999, now abandoned which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/678,892, filed Jul. 12, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,858,199, issued to Joseph J. Hanak,... | An apparatus and method for electrocoriolysis, the separation of ionic substances from liquids in the electrodynamic mode. The method maximizes centrifugal forces on a fluid contained in a chamber having oppositely polarized electrodes. A feed fluid is fed into the chamber. Spacing of the electrodes can be minimized fo... | 2 |
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 6,681, filed Jan. 26, 1979, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 864,389, filed Dec. 27, 1977, now abandoned, and which is a continuation of now abandoned application Ser. No. 749,881, filed Dec. 13, 1976.
BACKGROUN... | Various rare earth phosphor admixtures are described utilizing thulium-activated oxyhalides of lanthanum and/or gadolinium to provide improved performance in x-ray image converter devices. These phosphor admixtures are used in radiographic screens in combination with either blue sensitive or green sensitive photographi... | 2 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/779,431, filed Mar. 7, 2006.
BACKGROUND
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates generally to telecommunications services. More particularly, the present invention r... | A subscription manager module or message processing engine operating within a messaging inter-carrier vendor (MICV) provides value added services to both service users (e.g., mobile telephone users) and service providers (e.g., information brokers, vendors, news sources, etc.). The MICV is disposed between a plurality ... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The present invention relates an article used for spacing during wall panel installati... | A novel clip for spacing wall panels above a floor during the construction of a partition comprises a clip with a clip portion with a radius, with a long leg and a short leg emanating in substantial parallel relation from each end of the radius. The short leg further includes a clip flange that projects transversely fr... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present invention is related to the subject matter of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/880,729, incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is related to the field of electrical computers and digital processing systems to transfer dat... | The disclosed invention is an improvement to a demand-based messaging system that enables multiple message recipients to coordinate responses to the message. The improved messaging system comprises a messaging program that provides an interface through which a recipient can indicate an intent to reply to the message. T... | 7 |
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to U.S. Provisional App. No. 61/637,472, filed 24 Apr. 2012, by Geoff Daly, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND
[0002] 1. Field of Endeavor
[0003] The present invention relates to d... | A method of preserving and controlling dispensed liquids is achieved exclusively and uniquely through operation of direct or indirect actuation of gas control valves acting systemically upon the liquid container and its contents so as to cause and control the flow of dispensed liquids held within the container. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention broadly relates to a new coating composition and to a method of applying said coating composition to various enclosures to protect electronic equipment from electromagnetic interference (EMI). More particularly this invention relates to a new copper dispersion coating co... | A new copper dispersion coating composition particularly useful as a copper shielding coating for plastic enclosures to protect electronic equipment from electromagnetic interference (EMI). The coating maintains high electrical conductivity even after exposure to heat, humidity or salt spray. The coating composition ma... | 2 |
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A wide variety of sonar system... | Diver carried transducers and electronic instrumentation are provided whichill enable a diver to approximate the directional and discriminatory resolution of marine mammals. An ensonifying signal above the audio spectrum is projected and echo signals are digitized. Next, they are transformed to within the audio spectru... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a process for racemizing an optically active vinyl-substituted cyclopropanecarboxylic acid compound.
Optically active vinyl-substituted cyclopropanecarboxylic acid compounds are known as important synthetic pyrethroid ... | There is disclosed a process for the racemization of a vinyl-substituted cyclopropanecarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, which is characterized by reacting an optically active vinyl-substituted cyclopropanecarboxylic acid compound of formula (1):
wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 e... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an automatic sewing machine controlled by a computer for producing a path curve or trajectory as a relative movement between a sewing head with a needle and workpieces to be sewn.
An automatic sewing machine is known from U.S. Pat. No. 4,312,283 in which... | A computer-controlled automatic sewing machine has a sewing head and a workpiece holder. In order to be able to alternately sew at least two workpieces, the sewing head is movable in X and Y-directions by means of servomotors, while the workpiece holder having at least two workpiece clamps is fixed. | 3 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 613,274 filed May 24, 1984 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,596,410.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Fittings are commonly defined upon conduit ends permitting interconnection of conduits, or attachment thereof to other fittings, adapters, hose, etc. Most conduit fittings... | The invention pertains to the attachment of a wrenching nut to a metal conduit wherein torque forces can be applied to the conduit through the nut. An annular nut member is located upon a conduit and the conduit is radially deformed to force the conduit material into engagement with keying surfaces defined upon the nut... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a text transfer device of a fascimile, and more particularly to a transmit text transfer device which is able to perform one hundred percent complete reproduction of a text and error-free feeding of sheet of text.
In a composition of a conventiona... | A transmit text transfer device of a facsimile capable of performing full reproduction of transmit text and error-free feeding of text. A feed roller and a main roller having the same linear velocity are provided to enable sustained text feeding velocity and regularity in interval between a first and a second texts is ... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 13/810,782 filed Jan. 17, 2013, which in turn is a National Phase entry of PCT Application No. PCT/SG2010/000314, filed Aug. 26, 2010, each of which is hereby fully incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
Em... | Embodiments relate to a guiding apparatus, a wind turbine system, and methods related thereto. In an embodiment, a guiding apparatus for guiding a flow of a fluid for use with a rotor, the rotor comprising an annular radial vane assembly surrounding a central space which is enclosed save via the vane assembly and being... | 5 |
REFERENCE TO EARLIER APPLICATION
This Application incorporates and claims the benefit of U.S Provisional Application No. 60/270,162, filed Feb. 22, 2001, now abandoned by P.C. Chen entitled Magnetorheological Damper and Damping Method.
GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
This invention was made with U.S. Gove... | Disclosed is a high-speed, high-force impulse load damper susceptible to adaptive control including a cylinder, a piston defining in the cylinder a volume, a coil, fixed relative to the cylinder, configured to generate a magnetic field, and a fluid channel, configured to be influenced by the magnetic field, for one or ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a method for interference suppression of a sampling process, in which, as a function of the presence of a particular type of interference in the base band of a sampled and analog-digital-converted signal, a successive modification of the sampling... | A method for interference suppression of a sampling process includes sampling an analog signal with a sampling frequency f, and determining whether an interference amplitude is present. The method provides that if an interference amplitude is present, the sampling frequency f is increased or decreased, and the method b... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to clip structures and more particularly pertains to an extension tube clip holder for securing an extension tube to a side of an aerosol container.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of clip structures is k... | A holder for securing an extension tube to a side of an aerosol container. The inventive device includes a center member having a slot for receiving the extension tube. A pair of arcuate arms extend from the center member and can be resiliently positioned about the container to secure the center member and associated e... | 1 |
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
U.S. Pat. No. 6,025,682 is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
I. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to agitation control for a washing machine, and in particular, to user-selectable agitation action and sp... | An apparatus, method and system of wash action control for an automatic washing machine. A manually operable user interface allows selection from between a plurality of discrete agitation speed selections which comprise at least a continuous speed agitation mode for a given agitation period during a wash cycle and an i... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Divisional patent application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/780,463, filed on Feb. 17, 2004, projected U.S. Pat. No. 7,588,728 projected Issue Date: Sep. 15, 2009, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
... | A laboratory device design particularly for a multiplate format that includes a manifold wherein the position of the plate is not a function of gasket compression or vacuum rate applied. In one embodiment, the device has a modular design, wherein one or more removable inserts, preferably with different functionalities ... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/999,206, filed Nov. 24, 2004, which is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/JP02/05340, filed May 31, 2002, which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
... | A mobile station for mobile communication includes a receiver operable to receive data from a base station. The receiver includes a first receiving unit operable to receive identifying information for multicast data from a base station and a second receiving unit operable to receive the data on a shared channel from th... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and system for stable compliance control at a high speed by cooperation between a manipulator and a wrist body which is located at the end of the manipulator arm and is capable of high speed compliance control.
In many instances the work ... | Stable compliance control at a high speed is achieved by cooperation between a manipulator and a wrist body which is located at the end of the manipulator arm. | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/227,415, filed Sep. 7, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,605,216, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/041,305, filed Mar. 4, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,035,742, which is a continuation of U.S. app... | A digital cable broadcast receiver and a method for automatically processing caption data of various standards and types, is disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes: a demultiplexer for dividing a received broadcast stream into video data, audio data, supplementary information; a controller for determining w... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a novel organic transition metal compound and a process for the preparation of a polyolefin in the presence of the organic transition metal compound as a main catalyst. More particularly, the present invention relates to an organic transition metal compound ... | A novel organic transition metal compound is disclosed, which is represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein the all symbols are defined in the disclosure. A polymerization catalyst comprising the organic transition metal compound and a process for the preparation of a polyolefin using the polymerization... | 2 |
The application claims the filing-date priority of Provisional Application No. 61/142,575, filed Jan. 5, 2009, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety; the application also claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/139,391, filed Jun. 13, 2008, the disclosure of which is incorporated... | The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for preventing oxidation or contamination during a circuit printing operation. The circuit printing operation can be directed to OLED-type printing. In an exemplary embodiment, the printing process is conducted at a load-locked printer housing having one or more of chamb... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to an unsubstituted quaternary ammonium salt that is an effective biocide in combination with a germicidal/bactericidal ingredient, alkyl-dimethyl-benzyl-ammonium chloride (Benzalkronium Chloride or BAC) and Carbamide peroxide (CH 6 N 2 O 3 ).
[00... | A water based, alcohol-free, skin sanitizing solution with a natural skin softener, where the nature of the biocidal enhancer used in the process of making the solution significantly increases efficacy while simultaneously enabling much more economical manufacturing, processing and transportation of the product. Becaus... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of Ser. No. 12/442,382 filed Mar. 8, 2008, which is an application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of PCT/US2008/060129 filed Apr. 11, 2008, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application 60/911,721 filed Apr. 13, 2007, all of which are incorpor... | This invention provides non-spherical nanoparticle compositions that are the reaction product of a source of a Group 12, 13, 14, or 15 metal or metalloid; a source of a Group 15 or 16 element; and a source of a quaternary ammonium compound or phosphonium compound; wherein nanoparticle tetrapods comprise 75-100 number p... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
[0001] The invention relates to ceramic composite bodies including at least two layers, particularly for armor in civilian and military applications, and methods for fabricating ceramic composite bodies. In particular, the invention relates to bo... | A ceramic composite body includes at least two layers: material layer A and material layer B. Material layer A contains phases of a metal and the carbide of this metal. Material layer B contains silicon carbide that has been loosely bound by sintering. A method for fabricating the composite body is included and a prote... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates generally to setting tools for packers and more particularly to a hydraulic setting tool for packers, which is capable of setting the packer and opening the packer valve in one trip.
Generally, the production efficiency of an operating oil and/or gas well decreases over ... | A hydraulic setting tool for packers capable of mechanically setting the packer and opening a valve in the packer in one trip. The tool comprises an outer sleeve and an inner mandrel coaxially disposed within the outer sleeve and adapted to move axially relative to the outer sleeve. The tool further comprises three loc... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to measuring devices and, more particularly, to apparatus for measuring a number of particles and an amount of pigment in a test liquid.
To measure the number and the size of blood components (leukocytes, corpuscles, etc.) in a blood sample, the prio... | A control system for a particle detector for detecting particles of blood components in an electrolyte employs sets of cams mounted on one-way clutches, which are positioned on a shaft of a motor. When the shaft is rotated by the motor in a clockwise direction, one set of cams moves together with the shaft, and when th... | 6 |
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119, from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/291,414 for “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AN ISOLATED DEVICE,” filed on Dec. 31, 2009 by Kyle Karren and Athanasios Gkourlias, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present disclo... | Disclosed is a system and method for controlling the activation of isolated circuitry, and more particularly complete discharge devices for batteries, and similar circuits that are enclosed within sealed housings. | 8 |
BACKGROUND--FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to internal combustion rotary engines having rotors that move inside a cylindrical cavity with cyclic rotary motion superposed on uniform rotary motion. It is concerned specifically with a glow ignition system whereby such engines can be operated with othe... | A rotary engine in which two rotors having interleaving radial vanes revolve inside a cylindrical cavity and are connected to a planetary output gear system which causes them to alternately speed up and slow down. The radial vanes divide the cylindrical cavity into four chambers in which intake, compression, explosion ... | 5 |
This invention is in the field of intumescent mat materials, especially flexible, resilient mat materials adapted to serve, among other things, as heat-activated firestops in openings through the walls, floors and ceilings in buildings and to support, protect and cushion the fragile ceramic catalyst support found in ca... | A flexible, resilient, intumescent mat material comprising fiber, binder, and an intumescent agent which includes a mixture of unexpanded vermiculite and expandable graphite undergoes intumescence at a lower temperature, with an enhanced degree of expansion and with a lesser degree of contraction upon prolonged heating... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE
[0001] This non-provisional application claims priority of provisional application Ser. No. 61/796,151 entitled Pet Hair Conditioning and Shine Composition filed on Nov. 5, 2012.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention is in the technical field of ... | A canine sebum substitute utilizes plant derived raw components that contain essential fatty acids, triglycerides and sterols present in canine sebum applied directly to the coat or added to pet products such as shampoos, conditioners, shine sprays, and detanglers to re-fat the hair and skin of dogs and improve shine a... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] A. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a building support system, and more particularly to a temporary support system for supporting manufactured homes during foundation process.
[0003] B. Description of the Prior A... | A temporary tripod support system for use during preparation of the home foundation of concrete piers and the like. At locations along the sidewalls and mate line of home the tripod supports may be installed in a number significantly less than conventional design supports. The tripod support system comprises multiple t... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a lace provided with a tubular lace body.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, as to a lace which needs to be pass through a hole for fixation, a lace, where its core is made of a linear material ... | In the conventional lace with knobby portions having elastic rubber core, there is difference in degree of stretch between both ends and core of the knobby portion. Therefore, there are a portion that is subjected to heavy stretching force and a portion that is subjected to no stretching force, and when large strain is... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/543,575, filed Jul. 6, 2012, and issued Dec. 31, 2013 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,617,457, and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/505,958, entitled Method an... | Methods for condensing metal vapors comprising directing a mixture of metal vapor and carrier gas into at least one inlet conduit are provided. Some methods comprise directing the mixture of metal vapor and carrier gas into a holding tank for liquid metal and subsequently into at least one outlet conduit operatively co... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation, under 35 U.S.C. §120, of copending international application No. PCT/EP2013/058597, filed Apr. 25, 2013, which designated the United States; this application also claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. §119, of German patent appl... | A woven-fabric web, such as a forming fabric or forming wire, for a machine for producing and/or processing a fibrous web, has a first woven-fabric layer with first longitudinal threads and first transverse threads interwoven with the first longitudinal threads and a second woven-fabric layer with second longitudinal t... | 3 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 639,693, filed Dec. 11, 1975.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method and arrangement for automatically positioning a working implement, such as a drill bit, to predetermined positions and/or predetermined directions in space, w... | A working implement such as a rock drilling apparatus is automatically positioned to predetermined positions and/or directions. Particularly, a drill bit is moved to an imaginary plane spaced from the surface to be worked upon completion of a drill hole by programming the predetermined positions such that they are in s... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a process for producing octafluoro[2,2]paracyclophane, which is useful as an intermediate for functional materials. This compound is particularly useful as a raw material for a heat-resistant parylene polymer film.
There are several processes for ... | A process for producing an octafluoro[2,2]paracyclophane includes the steps of (a) reacting 1,4-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzene with a halogenated silane represented by the general formula (1), in the presence of a low valence metal, thereby obtaining a novel compound (precursor) represented by the general formula (2); and... | 2 |
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/119,048 filed Feb. 8, 1999.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains to fuel delivery systems, and more particularly to systems for delivering gaseous fuel to internal combustion engine... | This system uses the fuel tank not only to store fuel, but as a generator to create a raw overly rich air/fuel mixture through the use of a bubble pan in the bottom of the fuel tank. This raw air/fuel mixture is then measured by sensors linked to a computer and additional air or fuel may be added by computer demand. Th... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to new anionic surfactants derived from aromatic or substituted aromatic molecules and alkene sulfonic acid. More particularly this invention relates to alkyl, dialkyl and higher substituted aromatic sulfonates and methods f... | New anionic surfactants and methods of preparation which are derived from aromatic or substituted aromatic molecules and alkenesulfonic acid. Wherein the aryl compound is alkylated and sulfonated in one-step with an alkene sulfonic acid prior to sulfonic acid neutralization. The methods allow the functional sulfonate g... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to semiconductor lasers and, more particularly, to high power semiconductor lasers providing high power output in a single diffraction-limited far field lobe.
Many laser applications require high optical power with spatial coherency. Conventional lasers, i.... | A semiconductor laser diode provides high optical power output in a single diffraction-limited farfield lobe using a conventional Fabry-Perot resonant cavity and a planar well graded index separate confinement heterostructure (QW-GRINSCH) active region. An antiguide region is optically coupled to the active region of t... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of copending International Application No. PCT/DE01/04089 filed Oct. 29, 2001, which designates the United States.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a flu... | A fluid dosing device for a pressurized liquid is disclosed, which comprises a chamber ( 35 ) which is supplied with pressurized liquid by means of a liquid supply line ( 17, 19 ); a valve needle ( 9 ) which is guided through the chamber ( 35 ), the first end section of said valve needle being able to be lifted and the... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an assembly comprising an extension tube and a sleeving conduit.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The principle of sleeving the main tube of a riser in offshore drilling is known from the prior art. However, prior art devices are based on the principl... | An assembly which includes an extension tube and a sleeving conduit disposed therein. The tube includes a number of components connected together. The sleeving conduit includes several components and the assembly includes a device for fitting each of the conduit components to a corresponding component of the tube. The ... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates generally to cyclosiloxanes having at least one alkenyl substituent on a silicon atom as a bond layer with plastic substrates, articles comprised of same and a method of making such articles.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Plastics have found widespread use as... | An article of a plastic substrate and a bond layer of a plasma polymerized cyclosiloxane having select unsaturation and a method of forming same. | 8 |
This application is a division, of application Ser. No. 08/262,007, filed Jun. 17, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,533,286.
This invention relates to a luminous electric display unit of the inert gas-containing tube type and, more particularly, to such a display unit having an improved housing of simple and e... | An electric luminous display unit for conveying visual information including a housing comprising an opaque front face portion of substantially rigid molded plastic, an elongated groove in the front face portion of the housing, inert gas-containing glass tubing located in the groove and extending therealong, and electr... | 6 |
The invention described herein was made in the course of work supported in part by Public Health Service, Grant No. DAO4975 from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 568,301, f... | A method of resisting neurological damage caused by overstimulation of the NMDA receptor of nerve cells by glutamate includes exposing the NMDA receptors to an oxidizing agent to thereby diminish overall activity of the receptors following activation by glutamate. The oxidizing agent preferably is a material selected f... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a disc player which is capable of playing both audio and video discs by means of a single pickup and more particularly to a disc player which is capable of placing accurately a plurality of spindle motors.
In the prior art, no system has been prop... | A disc player comprises a first driver for driving a first turntable for a first kind of an information-recorded disc, a second driver for driving a second turntable for a second kind of an information-recorded disc, a single holder for holding thereon the first and second drivers, holder drive means for driving the ho... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/423,093, filed Apr. 25, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,992,625 issue Jan. 31, 2006 entitled “CALIBRATION OF A DEVICE LOCATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES WIRELESS SIGNAL STRENGTHS” which is incorporated... | An architecture for minimizing calibration effort in an IEEE 802.11 device location measurement system. The calibration technique is based upon a regression function that produces adequately accurate location information as a function of signal strength regardless of gaps in the calibration data or minimally available ... | 7 |
This application claims benefit of Ser. No. 60/137,655, filed Jun. 4, 1999.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The mammalian bombesin (Bn)-related peptides, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and neuromedin B (NMB) have a wide range of biological and pharmacological effects. These include stimulation of the... | A novel class of analogs which exhibit both high affinity and selectivity for Neuromedin B and Somatostann receptors are claimed. One example is Nal-Tyr-cyclo(D-Cys-D-Trp-Lys-D-Cys)-Abu-Nal-NH 2 . | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Netherlands Patent Application No. 2009050 entitled “Device for Blocking a Vehicle, Method Therefore and Loading-Unloading Station Provided Therewith” filed Jun. 21, 2012, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its ent... | Disclosed is a device for blocking a vehicle, a method making use of such a device and a loading-unloading station provided therewith. The device includes a guide track disposed along a driveway, a blocking means for blocking a wheel of the vehicle, and height-adjusting means for height adjustment of the guide track an... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention concerns the production of paper and paperboard.
2. Brief Description of Related Art
Conventional paper or paperboard manufacture involves forming a fibrous stock containing additives such as pigments, fillers and sizing agents... | Paper or paperboard is made by forming an aqueous cellulosic suspension, passing the cellulosic suspension through one or more shear stages, draining the suspension to form a sheet and drying the sheet, wherein the cellulosic suspension that is drained includes organic polymeric material and inorganic material, wherein... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a no-lube telescoping, or sliding, landing gear utilizing high strength synthetic, or natural fiber ribbons or strands as support for extending or lifting an apparatus.
[0002] Landing gears are generally designed to have a g... | A landing gear assembly comprises a first leg member adapted to couple to a vehicle frame member, and a second member operably coupled to the first leg member and moveable between a raised storage position and a lowered in-use position. The landing gear assembly further comprises a flexible member operably coupled with... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/018,372 entitled “CONTROLLER FOR MEDICAL WARMING CABINETS” filed on Dec. 31, 2007. The content of that application is hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth in its entire... | A data logging module and a method of monitoring a medical warming cabinet is disclosed. A temperature of the heating chamber and a state of a door of the heating chamber are sampled at predetermined intervals and recorded as data packets on a memory device. A display may provide a message when the memory device is rea... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
Embodiments of the invention are directed, in general, to identifying the individual responses of cascaded components given an overall channel response and, more specifically, to identifying and eliminating a feedback channel response from an overall system response by introducing a frequency shif... | Systems and methods for identifying a transmission channel response and a feedback channel response from a plurality of composite system responses are disclosed. A plurality of shifted feedback signals are created by shifting a feedback signal frequency by a plurality of first offset values and/or by shifting a transmi... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to water saving plumbing fixtures. More particularly, it relates to improved means for using a pump to assist in the operation of plumbing fixtures such as toilets and urinals.
DISCUSSION OF THE PRIOR ART
Gravity feed toilets of the type having a rese... | A toilet has a pump to deliver selected quantities of water from a reservoir to a toilet bowl so as to effect a water savings. In one aspect, both the motor and pump are positioned in the reservoir to deliver water to both the rim and bowl portions. In another aspect, there are conduits connected between the basin, the... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention is related to data transfer. More particularly, the present invention provides a method for dynamic management of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) reassembly buffers in hardware (e.g., in a TCP/IP offload engine (TOE)).
2. Related... | A method for dynamic management of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) reassembly buffers in hardware (e.g., in a TCP/IP offload engine (TOE)). The method comprises: providing a plurality of data blocks and an indirect list; pointing, via entries in the indirect list, to allocated data blocks in the plurality of data b... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to non-volatile semiconductor memory such as electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) and flash EEPROM, and specifically to cache operations based on shared latch structures allowing overlapping memory operations.
BACK... | A non-volatile memory can perform a first operation (such as a write, for example) on a designated group of one or more addressed pages using a first set of data stored in the corresponding set of data latches and also receive a request for a second operation (such as a read, for example) that also uses some of these c... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention is generally related to the lubrication of wire ropes and more particularly to the in situ lubrication of wire ropes on cranes.
[0003] 2. General Background
[0004] Wire rope is... | Lubrication devices for lubricating wire rope on a crane. Spray nozzles may be permanently mounted to the multi-sheaved wire block assemblies. A controller and oil supply located near the base of the crane are used to control and deliver oil to the spray nozzles. A telescopic spray unit is used to lubricate the vertica... | 5 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 885,215, filed July 14, 1986 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,293,470.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field:
This invention relates generally to slat or bar-type support systems for conveyor belts especially for use under a loading zone of the conveyor belt ... | A cradle assembly having longitudinal slats for supporting a conveyor belt, especially a troughed conveyor belt, in which the cradle may be folded or readily partially disassembled for easy original installation as for retrofitting into an existing conveyor belt system is disclosed. | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of German Patent Application 10 2008 064 458.7 filed Dec. 19, 2008, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The inven... | A locking device for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, is provided with a locking mechanism for the mechanical locking of a movable catch of the locking mechanism with a counter-element, and with an actuator unit for the actuation of the catch via a drive. A hosing is provided in which the locking... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to buried heterostructure semiconductor lasers in which a radiative recombination active layer is buried in semiconductor materials which are larger in bandgap but smaller in refractive index than the active layer. More particularly, the present invention ... | A buried heterostructure semiconductor laser diode with improved efficiency, CW operating temperature and output characteristic is comprised of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and includes successively at least a first cladding semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, an active semicon... | 7 |
This application claims benefit of Provisional application Ser. No. 60/028,880, filed Oct. 17, 1996.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a calibration system for recalibrating electronic thermometers. More specifically, the present... | The present invention is directed to an ambient temperature recalibration subsystem for a recalibration system that recalibrates a tympanic thermometer. In particular, the present invention relates to a computer-related invention comprising a computer that is in communication with a tympanic thermometer which includes ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a wind turbine blade vortex generator unit for a wind turbine blade, where said wind turbine blade comprises at least a root end, a distal tip end, a pressure side and a suction side, where said ... | A wind turbine blade vortex generator unit and a method for installing it, where a wind turbine blade has at least one series of vortex generator units formed of fins extending substantially perpendicular to the surface of the airfoil and substantially in a direction from the leading edge towards the trailing edge of t... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of plant breeding and, more specifically, to the development of tomato variety ENHANCER (also designated as NUN 00001 TOR).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The goal of vegetable breeding is to combine various desirable traits in a single va... | The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of tomato, ENHANCER or NUN 00001 TOR which is especially useful as tomato rootstock. | 2 |
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 591,729, filed June 30, 1975, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Various substituted amides, particularly N-substituted amides and substituted phenoxy amides, are known to be useful as insecticides, miticides, and herbicides. Typical insectic... | Miticidally active compounds are described herein, which are defined by the following generic formula ##STR1## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of chlorine, fluorine, and trifluoromethyl; Y and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine, and methyl; R 1 is either methyl... | 0 |
BACKGROUND
1. Technical Field
The disclosure generally relates to the field of power transistors.
2. Description of the Related Art
Power circuits are generally susceptible to issues related to power dissipation, such as concentrated heat and current densities. Power dissipation, simply put, is ... | A power transistor for use in an audio application is laid out to minimize hot spots. Hot spots are created by non-uniform power dissipation or overly concentrated current densities. The source and drain pads are disposed relative to each other to facilitate uniform power dissipation. Interleaving metal fingers and upp... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a nonspecific adsorption inhibitor of a substance relating to a living body, which inhibits nonspecific adsorption of a substance relating to a living body such as various species of proteins which are used in clinical di... | A nonspecific adsorption inhibitor of a substance relating to a living body, which inhibits nonspecific adsorption of a substance relating to a living body such as various species of proteins which are used in clinical diagnostic agents, clinical diagnosis devices, biochips and the like, and a method for coating an art... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an apparatus for removing odor from a toilet bowl.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Japanese Patent No. 4-108928(A) discloses a toilet which employs an exhaust system coupled to the rim flush duct for removing odor fro... | A toilet odor removal system which uses an overflow tube in the water tank and a float valve to open and close an opening in the overflow tube for water overflow purposes and for odor removal purposes respectively. The overflow tube extends through a side wall of the water tank to an exhaust system. | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a wind turbine, a control arrangement, a method of controlling a control system being multiplied by at least one further control system for controlling the same equipment under control of a wind turbine and uses hereof.
DESCRIPTION ... | A wind turbine ( 1 ) comprising equipment under control is presented, which comprises at least one control system ( 14, 14 A, 14 B) for one or more of said main components, ( 5, 7, 9 ) of the wind turbine. The control system ( 14 A) is multiplied by at least one further control system ( 14 B) for controlling the same ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an optical scanning device having an improved response characteristic, for use in an apparatus for optically reading or writing information in one or more tracks on a recording medium, which may be, for example, a compact disc (known as a CD), a digital versatile di... | An optical scanning device having an improved response characteristic, for use in an apparatus for optically reading or writing information in one or more tracks on a recording medium. The object of the invention is to provide an optical scanning device which, without any electronic compensation means, very largely avo... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a device for separating the phases of a three-phase fluid of the crude oil type, a method for separating the phases of said fluid, and a method for converting a two-phase fluid separating device into a three-phase fluid separating device.
... | A new device and method for separating all phases of a three-phase fluid of the crude oil type, by means of a two-phase fluid separating device provided with a “T” joint for splitting the feed flow. The invention allows the conversion of two-phase separator into a three-phase fluid separating device, updating its funct... | 1 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of prior application Ser. No. 10/499,901 filed on Jul. 12, 2004, now abandoned, which in turn is a national phase filing of PCT/CH02/00721, filed on Dec. 23, 2002, which in turn claims priority to Swiss Patent Application 2340/01, filed on Dec. 24, 2001.
BACKGROUND OF TH... | An environmentally sound method for applying or fixing elements ( 2 ) to constructed objects used for road traffic. The element ( 2 ), which is at least partially made of a material that can be liquefied by mechanical energy, is positioned on the surface, is pressed against the surface, and is simultaneously subjected ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2013/070531, filed on Jan. 16, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] Embodiments of the present disclosure rela... | A method for implementing operation, administration and maintenance (OAM), a routing bridge (RB) and a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) network are described. A designated virtual local area network identifier (DVLAN ID) of a TRILL network is designated to be used for TRILL OAM, so that an inner vir... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present disclosure is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/034,846 (now U.S. Pat. No. 8,347,034), filed on Jan. 13, 2005. This application is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/034,677 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,685,372), filed on Jan. 13, 2005. T... | A system comprising a processor, a first cache, and a second cache. The processor is configured to perform a processing task according to data stored in a main memory and output a command associated with the processing task. The first cache is located between the processor and the main memory and is configured to store... | 6 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to respiratory valves used in endotracheal medical procedures involving a respirator, a resuscitation bag, and a suction catheter. In particular, the present invention is a respiratory valve that facilitates rapid switching between a respirator, or breathing machine, and ... | A respiratory valve apparatus with a housing having a upper entry port and an opposite endotracheal tube connection port, along with a resuscitation bag connection port and an opposite respirator connection port. A rotational valve assembly with an inner channel fits within a chamber formed in the housing. The rotation... | 0 |
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 11/732,655 filed Apr. 4, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,736,776 issued Jun. 15, 2010 which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as if fully set forth herein.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/788,714 filed Ap... | A method and system are described to treat ammonia-containing wastewater or process waters. Sewage containing human or animal waste and certain process liquids, typically water, contains high levels of nitrogen in the form of ammonia. An electro-chemical method to extract the ammonia from the wastewater is also describ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a fastening device comprising a support part and adhesive fastening elements attached to and protruding from the support part. A shaft part protrudes beyond the support part and is connected to at least one elastically resilient hooking part.
BAC... | A fastening device has a supporting part ( 9 ), adhesive fastening elements ( 25 ) attached to the supporting part and protruding from the supporting part ( 9 ), a shaft part ( 27 ) protruding beyond the supporting part ( 9 ), and at least one elastically resilient hooking part ( 19 ). Each hooking part ( 19 ) extends ... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to monitoring of infrastructure of transport networks, for example infrastructure of rail networks, such as tunnels or bridges or the rail track itself, and in particular to condition monitoring which uses movement of traffic on the rail network.
BACKGROU... | The present invention relates to conditions monitoring of structures forming part of a transport network, e.g. structural health monitoring of structures, especially tunnels by performing distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) on at least one optical fiber ( 104 ) deployed so as to monitor the structure ( 206 ) and detecti... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to trading systems and methods. More particularly to methods and systems that reconcile exchange account data with firm account data and that provide adjustment mechanisms.
[0003] 2. ... | Methods and systems for reconciling firm account data and exchange account data are provided. Firm account data and exchange account data are compared and discrepancies are displayed on a display device. A user may receive additional information about the data that does not match by selecting appropriate hyperlinks or ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present invention relates to an art of a diesel engine.
[0003] 2. Background Art
[0004] Conventionally, a diesel engine, in which fuel is injected to a combustion chamber provided in an upper surface of a ... | This diesel engine is provided with pistons which slide, moving to and from the cylinder head, and which converts the sliding motion of the pistons into rotational motion of a crankshaft. This diesel engine is further provided with a supply pump which is driven by rotation of the crankshaft, a rail which stores fuel pu... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/825,170, filed Sep. 11, 2006, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to ... | A Call Server in a network is able to monitor an offered rate of incoming calls per Access Gateway (AGW). A calculated GlobalLeakRate can be distributed between the AGWs in proportion to the traffic rate they offer. A leak rate calculation method is used to calculate the GlobalLeakRate control parameter of the ETSI NR ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a coding apparatus in which a code amount for length fixing is calculated during variable length coding.
2. Related Background Art
In a conventional method of highly efficiently coding image data, the image da... | A coding apparatus has a quantizer selected from a quantizer group and being used for coding inputted data, a first code amount calculation circuit for calculating a code amount of codes of the inputted data quantized by the quantizer, a prediction circuit for predicting a quantizer among the quantizer group capable of... | 7 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of earlier filed and copending U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/190,626, filed Mar. 20, 2000, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] 1. Technical Field
[0003] The pre... | A bioprocess for producing carboxylic acids, alcohols and aldehydes is provided by culturing Candida sp. in a fermentation medium containing various defined substrates. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an improved process for dyeing and pigmenting of coating materials and plastics with pigment salts and to novel pigment salts.
The use of organic pigments for coloring plastics and in coating materials is already known. The object of the present invention... | The present invention relates to a process for coloring polymeric materials by dyeing or pigmenting said polymeric materials with a pigment salt having the formula (I): ##STR1## and tautomeric forms thereof, wherein M n+ is an n-valent cation. | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Application claims the benefit of, and is related to, the following Applicant's provisional patent application: U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/251,159 titled “Trash Bag Apparatus” filed Nov. 5, 2015, which is incorporated herein in its entir... | A bag apparatus for bags having a main body, front & rear panels, detachable sections that may be perforated and a flip section that provides a user access to the bags within the bag apparatus. The detachable sections, when detached, enable dispensing of bags from the apparatus. The bag apparatus also contemplates ... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/334,905 filed May 14, 2010.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention pertains to lighting fixtures structured to dissipate heat from h... | A lighting fixture with a housing having an opening and containing a fan and at least one heat-generating light bulb to produce light at the opening and a protective lens assembly below the housing opening. The protective lens assembly includes a top clear or translucent lens and a bottom clear or translucent lens havi... | 5 |
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/279,435 filed Mar. 29, 2001. The entirety of that provisional application is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present... | Methods and compositions for using the MHC class II invariant chain polypeptide, Ii (also known as CD74), as a receptor for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), are disclosed. These include methods and compositions for using this receptor, as well as agonists and antagonists of MIF which bind to this receptor,... | 2 |
The Government has rights to this invention pursuant to a government contract.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the deposition of hydrogenated amorphous silicon films or certain alloys thereof on substrates and, in particular, to an improved method and apparatus for control th... | An improved method and apparatus for the controlled deposition of a layer of hydrogenated amorphous silicon on a substrate. Means is provided for the illumination of the coated surface of the substrate and measurement of the resulting photovoltage at the outermost layer of the coating. Means is further provided for adm... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of structural supports for plants, vines and the like. More specifically, the present invention relates to a structural system having connectable and removable loops of adjustable length which can be used to support plants and vines without choking... | A plant system is preferably made of plastic and even more preferably made of clear acrylic structural members. Such acrylic members take on the color of the surrounding plants and "blend" into the background created by the plants. The acrylic members have abbreviated length attachment members which extend from... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-421992, filed on Dec. 19, 2003, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The ... | It is an object of the present invention to provide a cabinet capable of containing various devices and securely attaching/detaching an additional device thereto/therefrom, and to provide an additional device. In order to achieve the object, a cabinet according to the present invention includes: a conductive cylinder h... | 7 |
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