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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
[0001] The invention relates to a process for the treatment of a cellulosic molded body, in particular of cellulose fibers for textiles or non-woven fabrics.
[0002] In particular the invention relates to a process for modifying the propert... | The present invention relates to a process for the treatment of a cellulosic molded body, wherein the molded body is contacted with an acid solution of a chitosan. The process according to the invention is characterized in that the chitosan has a deacetylation degree of at least 80%, a nitrogen content of at least 7 w ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to circuits for measuring the time between two voltage transitions, and more particularly to a circuit for converting a time period to a dc voltage proportional to such period.
2. Description of the Prior Art... | A constant current source is provided to charge a reference capacitor. The current is switched to the capacitor by a first high-speed analog switch when a first event occurs and the current is turned off by a second high-speed analog switch when a second event occurs. The voltage produced by the charge on the capacitor... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an improved automatic straight knitting machine.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
As is known, the needle beds of an automatic straight knitting machine are provided with slits that are equidistant and perpendicular to the direction in which the carriag... | Inserted is each slit of the needle bed of this machine is a needle underneath which is placed a blade element that is provided with three butts, namely a first butt at the top, a second butt below, and a third butt at the bottom. The said third and last butt is carried by a tailpiece able to oscillate or undergo flexu... | 3 |
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/404,874, filed Feb. 24, 2012, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/449,877, filed Mar. 7, 2011, both of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTI... | A covering for an architectural opening has a horizontal movable rail supported by cords, with a variety of configurations which allow the movable rail to be moved up and down while concealing the cords. | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a scroll type compressor and more particularly, to an improvement for making a compressor more compact.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventional scroll type compressors (hereinafter simply referred to as... | A relatively small diameter scroll type compressor is disclosed. The axial center of the compressor's shell is displaced from the involute center of the fixed spiral element in a direction towards the base end portion of the orbital scroll. More specifically, the displacement distance (X) is in the range of: 1/2R o... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/225,331, filed on Jul. 14, 2009. The disclosure of the above application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD
[0002] The present disclosu... | A control module and method for operating the same includes a diurnal control valve module that opens a diurnal control valve (DCV) and an evaporative leak check module (ELCM) diverter valve control module that switches on an ELCM diverter valve. The control module includes a correlation module performs a correlation o... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a forging machine of the type known as a radial forming machine, having four rams which are disposed in a cruciform manner in a single operating plane and are movable radially to the longitudinal axis of the workpiece and are pro... | A forging machine having rams arranged in the form of a cross carry respective tools adjustable transversely to the ram axes and partly overlapping one another, so that a closed pass can be formed for any size of the forging pass. To adjust the tools transversely, each tool is carried on a respective crosspiece which c... | 1 |
This application claims the benefit of Provisional application Ser. No. 60/196,517, filed Apr. 11, 2000.
BACKGROUND
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of endoscopic surgical devices. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an endoscopic fast... | A surgical fastener application apparatus for applying surgical fasteners of general U-shape to body tissue is provided which includes a housing having a handle portion and a trigger mechanism, an elongated body portion extending from the housing, the elongated body portion having generally annular cross-sectional area... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a device for cleaning air hoses and more particularly to an open ended airway tube designed to be attached to a continuous positive airway apparatus, such as a respirator and similar devices.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
The use of respirators and similar breat... | Disclosed herein is a method and a device for cleaning an open airway ended tube. The tube being designed for attachment to a continuous positive airway apparatus. The device includes a cleaning element for cleaning the inside of the open ended tube and a support member. The cleaning element attached to the support mem... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the invention:
This invention relates to a method for the growth of single bulk crystals of compound semiconductors such as ZnS, ZnSe, ZnTe, etc., using the sublimation method or the halogen transportation method, and an apparatus used for the said crystal growth meth... | A method for the growth of a compound semiconductor crystal using the sublimation method or the halogen transportation method, comprising maintaining the temperature of a limited portion of the crystal, which has just begun to grow, at a higher level than that of the crystal growth temperature, thereby attaining contro... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from International Application No. PCT/EP 99/01817 filed on Mar. 18, 1999, which was published in English as WO 99/49097 on Sep. 30, 1999, and which in turn claims priority from FP 98400721.1 filed on Mar. 26, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE I... | An organic substrate having optically-active layers deposited by magnetron sputtering and a preparation process for it are provided. Gas pressure used for carrying out better adhesion by sputtering is high, comprised between 0.8 and 5.0 Pa. Sputtering is particularly suitable for targets of Si, Ti, Zr and organic subst... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a structure for retaining a drive ring rotatable with respect to a nozzle mount in a variable displacement exhaust turbocharger, which is used for an exhaust turbocharger of an internal combustion engine and which is equipped with a variable nozzle mech... | It is intended to achieve weight reduction and production reduction of a nozzle mount for pivotably supporting a drive ring constituting a variable nozzle mechanism, and is characterized by: providing on an end face of a guide part 5 a a nail pin 20 having a flange portion and being positioned so as to hold a dri... | 8 |
INTRODUCTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to the application and utilization of a heat driven engine to improve the efficiency of separation of a brine waste stream. Specifically this invention describes the use of low grade waste heat to drive a novel, single chamber adsorption type heat driven e... | A single chamber adsorption concentrator unit is described that utilizes low grade heat to drive an adsorbent/adsorbent working pair to separate a solvent from a solute/solvent mixture. One preferred application of the device of the present invention is separating water from the salt brine produced by the aluminum smel... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a method of determining subterranean formation fracture orientation, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a method of determining fracture orientation wherein a fracture is created in a format... | A method of determining the orientation of a fracture or fractures created in a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore is provided. The method comprises creating a fracture in the formation extending from a lower end portion of the wellbore and then removing a location orientated core containing a portion of t... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a vehicle and to a method of controlling a vehicle. In particular, but not exclusively, the invention relates to a vehicle having stop/start functionality in which an actuator may be automatically stopped and restarted during the course of a driv... | The present invention provides a motor vehicle having driver-selectable first and second modes (eco, dynamic) of operation and driver-operable means for selecting the first and second modes. Driver selection of the second mode (dynamic) when the first mode (eco) has also been selected causes the vehicle to deselect the... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to transmissions and more particularly, to speed reducers for use in the power train of a motor grader.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Motor graders are principally designed to be used in road building, however, due to their large size and stability, t... | The present invention discloses a speed reducer or multiplier for use in a motor grader. The unique structure of the reducer allows the device to be easily inserted in the drive train of a grader and thereby improve the feasible ground speeds at which the grader can operate satisfactorily. The structure further allows ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to heat exchangers and more particularly to combination-type heat exchangers wherein heat exchangers for two or more fluids share a common manifold or header, and in more particular applications, to such heat exchangers as used in vehicular systems, such... | A multi-fluid heat exchanger and a method of making the same are provided wherein a cut portion is provided in an elongated header of the heat exchanger at a location between a pair of baffles in the elongated header and first and second cores of the heat exchanger. At least a majority of the transverse cross section o... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This Application claims the right of priority based on Taiwan Patent Application No. 93120116 entitled “AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING A SHOCK ABSORBER” filed on Jul. 5, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention rela... | An optical access apparatus is provided. The optical access apparatus includes a mounting plate, characterized in that the mounting plate has a bent portion acting as a balance plate of the optical access apparatus. | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] A bed quilt 8 (see FIGS. 1 - 5 ) is commonly comprised of a mat of batting 10 or insulating fill material sandwiched between top and bottom fabric panels 11 t , 11 b that are stitched together by peripheral seams along the four edges (head seam 13 h, foot... | Support members are mounted to move between two separations, respectively less than and greater than the open end of a two-panel cover otherwise seamed together around its edges. Flaps sized to define a desired closure hemm can be in-turned manually along short opposed portions of the panel ends and then positioned ove... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to searching and retrieving electronic documents over a computer network and more specifically, to dynamically assembling electronic documents at retrieval, based on the document type most suitable for the user context.
2... | A document search and retrieval system and program product therefor. Search requests are provided to the system through a user interface. A document decomposer decomposes documents into individual document components. Document components and corresponding searchable indices for each are stored in a Component Library. A... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of Application Ser. No. 665,464, filed Mar. 6, 1991 entitled "A Method for Loading a Chemical Compound Within the Hollow Interior of Fibers" now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally... | The present invention relates to a method for loading a chemical compound within the fibers of a fibrous material and to the fibrous materials produced by the method. In the method, a fibrous cellulose material is provided which consists of a plurality of elongated fibers having a fiber wall surrounding a hollow interi... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a holder for a drive piston of a setting tool.
2. Description of the Prior Art
European Publication EP-O 346275 B1 discloses an explosive powder charge-operated setting tool including a piston guide and a driv... | A piston holder for a drive piston ( 8 ) of a setting tool and having a carrier ( 7 ) for two expansion legs ( 22, 23 ) for frictionally receiving the drive piston ( 8 ) therebetween, with the carrier ( 7 ) being fixedly secured in the setting tool. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to the protection of wire ropes from corrosive conditions and more particularly to the sealing of wire ropes against corrosive environments by the use of plastic foam compositions.
Various expedients have in the past been used to bar the entrance ... | A corrosion resistant rope in which the individual strands are sealed with a plastic foam impregnant and which exhibits excellent retention of lubrication is made by preimpregnating the outer strands of the rope with plastic foam material prior to closing the strands into a wire rope. The final rope may then be surface... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a device and method for protecting plants from cold weather.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many plants, such as tomatoes, have growing seasons shortened by cold weather, thus lessening food production. These plants can be started or grown in greenhouses, ... | A device and method are disclosed for protecting plants from cold weather damage. A transparent, fluid-filled enclosure encircles a plant above the ground. A heater warms the fluid, which in turn warms the plant. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/434,902, filed Dec. 19, 2002, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention is dir... | Indazole compounds that modulate and/or inhibit the ophthalmic diseases and the activity of certain protein kinases are described. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are capable of mediating tyrosine kinase signal transduction and thereby modulate and/or inhibit unwanted cell proliferation.... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/490,820, filed Jul. 21, 2006, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/701,685, filed Jul. 22, 2005, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
B... | A dispensing carton includes a dispenser section having a deformation pattern provided therein. The deformation pattern facilitates removal of the dispenser section during opening of the carton. | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an exhaust gas turbine that is driven by exhaust gas emitted from an engine, more specifically, the present invention relates to an exhaust gas turbine equipped with an exhaust gas control valve,... | Provided is an exhaust turbine equipped with an exhaust control valve (waste gate valve) which can reduce wear of the contact surfaces between the shaft and the bushing or the turbine casing that support the moving components of the valve in the entire operating range of the exhaust control valve. The exhaust turbine i... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of compressing gas in a compressor station for a gas pipe line, particularly in permanent frost areas. The method includes compressing the gas delivered in the pipeline with an entry pressure in a compression pro... | A method and an arrangement for compressing gas in a compressor station for a gas pipeline, especially in areas of permanent frost, wherein the gas is supplied in the gas pipeline to the compressor station at an entry pressure and the gas is returned to the pipeline for further transportation in the pipeline at a desir... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to office furniture systems and more particularly to a hinged panel forming a part of the office furniture system. In one of its aspects, the invention relates to a hinged panel which is capable of being supported in an o... | A panel (12) is mounted to a partition (10) by a hinge (50). The panel (12) includes a support member (118) which is pivotably mounted to a bracket (102) on the panel (12). The support member (118) includes a pedestal (120) which is adapted to engage the partition (10) to hold the panel (12) in an open position. | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/070,949 filed Jun. 4, 1993 for Guide System for Vertically Moveable Flexible Door.
This application is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/919,035 filed Jul. 24, 1992 for... | A damage minimizing closure door that is moved vertically between open and closed positions in which the door is a flexible curtain and a guide assembly is mounted on the side edges of the doorway for receiving and guiding the side edges of the flexible door during vertical movement. A counterbalancing power spring is ... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation application of International Patent Application PCT/EP01/08147, filed Jul. 14, 2001, designating the United States, and published in German as WO 02/08291 A2, which claims priority to German application number 100 34 607, filed Jul. 20, 2000.
BACKGROUND O... | A multispecific reagent has at least one first binding site for a cell surface receptor which requires multimeric ligand binding to be stimulated. The reagent possesses a second binding site for a target antigen which is expressed on the same cell as the cell surface receptor. | 2 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] The present application is a National Phase entry of PCT Application No. PCT/EP2012/062075, filed Jun. 22, 2012, which claims priority from French Patent Application No. 11 55513, filed Jun. 22, 2011, said applications being hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
... | This invention relates to the development of nanoparticles, which can be used as tracers, in order to track the movement of fluids injected into an oil reservoir. The injected fluids diffuse through a solid geological medium which constitutes the oil reservoir, thus making it possible to study this latter by following ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to polyester fibers having high boiling water shrinkage, i.e., at least 40%, yarns made therefrom, and a method of producing the high shrinkage polyester fibers.
Polyester fibers have been prepared for commercial use for more than thirty years, ... | High shrinkage polyester fibers having good strength and uniform dyeability are disclosed, along with a method of producing the high shrinkage polyester fibers, by drawing a feeder yarn having a birefringence (Δn) of at least 0.0175 at ambient temperature and carefully controlled draw ratios. | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the electrical coupling of a touch-sensitive piezoelectric transducer to a voltage-responsive electric control circuit, and more particularly to a circuit for performing the coupling function in a reliable manner, despite the high impedance of the piezoelectri... | The high impedance output of a touch-sensitive piezoelectric sensor is coupled directly to the high impedance input of a CMOS (complementary metal oxide silicon field effect transistor pair). The CMOS is protected on its input side by clamps which restrict the voltage swing applied to the gates to within the range defi... | 8 |
This is a continuation-in-part application of my impending Ser. No. 478,284 filed on June 11, 1974, and now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to the particleboard art generally with particular reference to a product that is pressed and mol... | A wood-base building component of cellulosic particles and/or fibers and adhesive binder is, in a single pressing operation, molded into an integral product of sheathing and support members for use in constructing wood-frame buildings. The dies utilized during press-molding form a flat panel containing a plurality of e... | 4 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/258,556, filed on Jun. 10, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,476,111.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of manufacturing ophthamalic lenses, especially molded, hydrophilic contact lenses, and more specifically, to ... | An automated method for high speed production rates in the hydration of soft contact lenses. The method includes the use of robotic transfer equipment to transfer contact lens molds containing contact lenses to and from a hydration station and a flushing station. | 1 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/654,283, filed Feb. 18, 2005, entitled F IFTH W HEEL S ENSOR A SSEMBLY , which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to an electronic sy... | An electronic system that monitors a trailer hitch assembly having a plate hitch with a throat for receiving a kingpin of a trailer and a locking mechanism for locking the kingpin within the throat. The electronic system determines whether the trailer hitch assemblies is properly coupled to the trailer, and comprises a... | 1 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/862,657, filed Apr. 1, 1992 abandoned, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to novel compounds having potent activity as histamine H 3 -receptor ("H 3 ") antagonis... | The present invention provides novel compounds having activity as histamine H 3 -receptor antagonists. The novel compounds include 4-imidazolyl-N-substituted pyrrolidines, piperidines, and cycloheptimides. The preferred compounds are 4-imidazolyl-N-(cycloalkyl/aryl-alkyl-carbonyl) piperidines such as 4-(1-cyclohexylva... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/700,037, filed Jul. 2, 2001, which is the National Stage of International Application No. PCT/US99/12128, filed Jun. 1, 1999, which claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/087,524, fil... | The present invention is directed towards methods for the classification of plant embryos by the application of one or more classification algorithms to analyze digitized images and absorption, transmittance, or reflectance spectra. The methods are generally applicable and emphasize the importance of acquiring and usin... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a connectable pneumatic apparatus comprising a body having:
a first face intended for its fixation on a support,
a second face parallel to and opposed to the first intended to receive a removable pneumatic fluid switching apparatus,
a third an... | A connecting device is for pneumatic apparatus intended particularly to control the distribution of fliuds passing to receptor apparatus. The body (1) of each apparatus can be coupled to that of an identical or analogous apparatus, placed upstream or downstream, by orientatable screws (45) placed in housings opening in... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a National Stage of International patent application PCT/EP2010/052118, filed on Feb. 19, 2010, which claims priority to foreign French patent application No. FR 09 51104, filed on Feb. 20, 2009, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference in ... | A detoxification method for obtaining a pigment compound free from acute and chronic aquatic ecotoxicity by mixing at least one zinc-based component with good anti-corrosive properties but high toxicity-with a phosphate or hydrogen phosphate of a magnesium, sodium, potassium, calcium, strontium, aluminum, ammonium, or ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
Premium articles have been used to promote the sale of products enclosed within cartons. For example, toys and other novelty items have been mounted in cartons containing food products in order to enhance the salability of the products. U.S. Pat. No. 5,379,886 to Brauner et al. discloses one such produ... | A carton is formed from a blank having a longitudinal length and a transverse width. The blank has a front panel with a display window, a first side panel, a back panel, a second side panel, and a display panel. The display panel has a central portion and a marginal portion that circumscribes the central portion. The m... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a drum type washing machine with balancing devices provided to a spin basket which rotates about a horizontal axis.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A conventional drum type washing machine, which performs a washing/hydro-extracting (spin-dr... | A front loading clothes washing machine includes a spin basket rotatably driven about a horizontal axis. Axially spaced front and rear sides of the spin basket are formed by panels. Disposed on each of the front and rear panels is a dynamic balancing mechanism comprised of an annular chamber arranged coaxially with the... | 3 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/223,666, filed Dec. 30, 1998, entitled MODULAR STRUCTURAL MEMBERS FOR CONSTRUCTING BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED OF SUCH MEMBERS now ______.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A... | Novel prefabricated modular structural members for use in low cost construction of relatively small residential, institutional and commercial buildings with high degrees of resistance to damage by fire, hurricanes, earthquakes, moisture, etc., are disclosed. A structural member of this class basically consists of two s... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to fluid filled resilient bushing assemblies, and more particularly the present invention relates to fluid filled resilient bushing assemblies having both radial and axial damping.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Bushing assemblies are generally located... | A fluid filled resilient bushing assembly for vibration control in the radial and axial directions or combinations thereof, particularly adapted for use in a suspension system, which comprises an elongate inner rigid member and an elongate outer rigid sleeve member, a resilient member interposed between the inner and o... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to injection laser manufacture and in particular to the manufacture of an (In,Ga)(As,P) laser having the structure referred to sometimes as an Inverted Rib Waveguide (IRW) laser, and also referred to as a Plano-Convex Waveguide (PCW) laser.
An IRW laser is ... | A method of making an (In,Ga)(As,P) inverted rib waveguide laser in which a lateral waveguiding effect is provided by an inverted rib formed in intermediate index material spacing the active layer from the substrate which accommodates the rib in a channel in the substrate includes forming the channel with {111}B or {01... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT RE: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains generally to steam desuperheaters or attemperators and, more particularly,... | An improved spray nozzle assembly for use in a steam desuperheating device that is adapted to spray cooling water into a flow of superheated steam. The nozzle assembly is of simple construction with relatively few components, and thus requires a minimal amount of maintenance. In addition, the nozzle assembly is specifi... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a truss assembly and more particularly to a truss assembly which is constructed in a way so as to support a brick wall or other heavy mortar construction.
The most prevalent prior art is a continuous horizontal shelf angle, upon which brickwork is... | A truss assembly for supporting a building brick or masonry wall comprising a top and bottom chord, a plurality of vertical and diagonal stud members interconnected between the chords; and a lintel angle, for supporting the brick wall, connected to the bottom of the stud members at least. Tieback members are provided w... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation in part of, and claims priority to, Applicant's co-pending, commonly owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/014,658, filed Aug. 30, 2013, which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF T... | Estimates are formed of reservoir pressure between the wells for subsurface hydrocarbon producing reservoir. The estimation is based on field data and physical laws governing the hydrocarbon flow in porous media. Information from 3-dimensional fine geological and numerical reservoir simulation models, statistical inter... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention. This invention relates to a case assembly for motorcycle including an innovative coupling system.
2. Description of the Related Art. In the field of equipments for motorcycles there is the common known problem to provide a stable and safe coupling syste... | A case assembly for motorcycles comprises a frame ( 11 ) for coupling to the motorcycle and a case ( 12 ) including means that allow its removable coupling to the frame. The means which allow the removable coupling include U-shaped elements ( 17 ) which move between a non-active position to accommodate therein a comple... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims benefit from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/062,589, entitled “Body Mount,” filed on Jan. 28, 2008, which is hereby incorporated in its entirety by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is generally... | A body mount included at least one clip, at least one plate and a sleeve. The clip may include a generally cylindrical body having a central aperture therethrough. The clip may further include at least one set of inwardly extending prongs. The clip may further include at least one set of outwardly extending prongs. The... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to a method and system for creating an accurate skills inventory for skills retained by each independent human resource within a business concern. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system that generates a metric for each resourc... | A method and system for obtaining and storing accurate skills data relative to human resource objects of an enterprise. Relevant data is extracted from runtime processes that monitor the activities of the human resource objects and a metric value indicative of a skill level attained for each of a list of skills is calc... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to loading of scrap metal into containers, and more particularly to an apparatus and method for loading of scrap metal into containers that prevents damage to the containers and allows the amount of scrap by weight to be precisely monitored.
BACKGRO... | An apparatus for loading a shipping container comprising a metal trough having a bottom, a front end, a back end and two sidewalls. A push plate disposed at the back end of the metal trough. A force mechanism coupled to the push plate and configured to move the push plate from the back end of the metal trough to the fr... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to a portable display system, and more particularly, a display system that is relatively easy to set up and which lends itself readily to large display requirements.
Among the objects of this invention is to provide a display system wherei... | A portable display system having a plurality of hollow panel assemblies with each comprising two parallel and facing wall boards secured within a border strip device. Eight panel assemblies are hinged together to fold and unfold between a folded position in which all panel assemblies are in parallel stacked relation an... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Current application relates to a studded leather garment which has inner lining, especially to a leather garment easy to repair damaged studs due to hidden zipper installed on the inner lining.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Studded leather garment of jack... | A studded leather garment is provided. The studded leather garment according to current application comprises of; 1) leather garment, including but not limited to, coat, jacket, skirts, belts, and pants, etc., which has inner lining, 2) pluralities of studs made of, including but not limited to, stainless steel, alumin... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to skylights and, more particularly, to a skylight system with a tubular light conduit connecting to a roof skylight device to a ceiling skylight device.
[0002] Roof skylights are a means to provide daylight into a room with ... | This invention relates to a flexible light conduit having two ends, one end mounted to an outdoor support such as a roof and at it's other end to a ceiling or other support inside a structure such as a house, garage, shed or other structure, said light conduit being of any shape in cross section, preferably square ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is broadly concerned with a spinal fusion cage system. More particularly, it is directed to an articulated implant which can be installed between a pair of adjacent vertebrae and selectively expanded in situ to form a wedge with an adjustable angle of inclination ... | An articulated modular spinal fusion cage is implanted in the intervertebral space and adjusted in situ from an anterior access position to support adjacent vertebrae in normal curved alignment. The cage includes a first leg having a cylindrical pivot member and a second leg having a socket. The socket permits pivotal ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a magnetic disk device that incorporates a driving unit for driving a magnetic disk and can be mounted to and removed from the body of an apparatus, and an electronic apparatus including the ... | A magnetic disk device is removable from an apparatus body includes a case, a driving unit, and a connector. The driving unit is installed in the case, and includes a magnetic disk and a rotary driver for rotationally driving the magnetic disk. The connector connects the driving unit and the apparatus body. The case in... | 6 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to hydraulic fracturing, and in particular to systems and methods for controlling silica dust during the handling of frac sand.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Hydraulic fracturing (“fracing”) is a well known technique for releasing oil and natural g... | A system for controlling silica dust generated during the transfer of frac sand from a storage container through a conveyor system includes a system of conduits having a plurality of inlets for collecting silica dust generated at selected points along the conveyor system. An air system pneumatically coupled to the syst... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/671,793, entitled “A POYNTING-VECTOR BASED METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE BEARING AND LOCATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SOURCES,” filed on Apr. 15, 2005, and is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
... | A method and apparatus is utilized to determine the bearing and/or location of sources, such as, alternating current (A.C.) generators and loads, power lines, transformers and/or radio-frequency (RF) transmitters, emitting electromagnetic-wave energy for which a Poynting-Vector can be defined. When both a source and fi... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates in general to board games and, in particular, to a game for toy vehicles such as cars and trucks and to a game board used to play the game.
[0002] Board games are well known. Some board games have provided intellectual stimulation, ... | A vehicle racing board game includes a racetrack having a start/finish line crossed by lanes and a pit area connected to the lanes. The lanes and the pit area are divided into a plurality of spaces including starting positions and a crash zone. Toy vehicles are used as playing pieces for advancing around the racetrack ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device to reduce airflow noises on elevator cars travelling at high speed. The device is in the form of an aerodynamically favorably formed dome that is attached either on the car roof or under the car floor or in both positions.
An elevator car... | An apparatus for reducing wind noises on elevator cars traveling at high speed includes domes with an aerodynamically favorable shape that are attached above the car roof and/or under the car floor. The domes are made of a flexible material attached over a supporting frame of rods or tubular air chambers. Closable open... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to certain 1-(3,5-dichlorobenzoyl)-3-phenylpyrazolines which are useful as a mildewicide.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The compounds of the present invention are certain 1-(3,5-dichlorobenzoyl)-3-phenylpyrazolines and have the following structural for... | Certain 1-(3,5-dichlorobenzoyl)-3-phenylpyrazolines which have the structural formula ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy or halo and their uses as a mildewicide. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation application of PCT/JP2007/56389, filed on Mar. 27, 2007.
FIELD
[0002] The embodiments discussed herein are related to a semiconductor component in which a semiconductor element is enclosed, and a manufacturing me... | A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor element that has a plurality of signals, a wiring board that is disposed below the semiconductor element and that draws the plurality of signals of the semiconductor element, a heat conduction member that dissipates heat generated by the semiconductor element, a joinin... | 7 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/602,579 filed Aug. 18, 2004.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to ion exchange fuel cells.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The performance of conventional lithium battery syst... | A regenerative ion exchange fuel cell having an anode, a metal ion conductor coupled to the anode, an aqueous electrolyte solution positioned adjacent the metal ion conductor, a proton conductor mounted adjacent the aqueous electrolyte solution opposite the metal ion conductor, a cathode positioned adjacent the proton ... | 8 |
The present application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/807,064, filed on Jul. 23, 2015 and claims priority thereto under 35 U.S.C. 120. The disclosure of the above-referenced parent U.S. patent application is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1... | A booster for a digital circuit block provides speed and reliability at lower static power supply voltages, reducing overall power consumption of the circuits. The booster includes a transistor that couples a dynamic power supply node to a static power supply and is disabled in response to a boost clock. An inductor an... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/074,466 filed Nov. 3, 2014, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Minimizing noise contributions of devices is im... | Systems and methods of measuring and determining noise parameters. An exemplary method measures noise data and determines element values of a device noise model for a device under test (DUT), using a test system including an impedance tuner coupled to an input of the DUT for presenting a controllable variable impedance... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is based on U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/247,400, filed Nov. 10, 2000, entitled “Highlevel Active Pen Matrix”.
[0002] The present application is also related to application Ser. No. (Atty docket 3797.00066), e... | The present invention relates to a system, method and medium for receiving and acting upon user input. In one embodiment, the user may only have access to a limited input device, like a stylus. Using the present invention, a user is provided with intuitive responses from the system based on inputs from the limited inpu... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims benefit of provisional applications Ser. No. 60/180,817, filed on Feb. 7, 2000 and Ser. No. 60/215,722, filed on Jul. 3, 2000.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to lottery tickets.
BACKGR... | The invention allows a purchaser of lottery tickets to scan multiple lottery tickets at once, send the resulting image to a web site, where the web site will indicate to the purchaser whether any of the tickets are winners and also highlight on the image for the purchaser the location of a winning ticket in the image a... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to fuel cells. More specifically, this invention relates to fuel cells that can be operated at relatively low temperatures. Additionally, this invention relates to fuel cells utilizing molten alkali hydroxide as an electrolyte, including eutectic mixtures.
... | A fuel cell having at least one chamber containing a molten alkali hydroxide electrolyte in contact with an anode and a cathode, a fluid pathway allowing hydrogen containing fluids to flow to the anode, and a fluid pathway allowing oxygen containing fluids to flow to the cathode. | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/534,631, filed Nov. 6, 2014 and entitled Soft Through Air Dried Tissue, which in turn is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/837,685, filed Mar. 15, 2013 and entitled Soft Through Air Dried Ti... | A process for manufacturing tissue including providing a first pulp mix, delivering a wet-end additive to the first pulp mix at a first point in the process, forming a tissue web comprising the first pulp mix after the first point in the process, monitoring the tissue web for breaks and preventing delivery of the wet-e... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 858,302 filed Dec. 7, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,230,700, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 677,133 filed Apr. 15, 1976, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 582,573 filed June 2, 1975, n... | Compositions for inhibiting the anomalous mobilization of calcium phosphates in animal tissue comprising an effective amount of certain phosphonate compounds as herein defined in combination with Vitamin D-like antirachitic compounds, and a method for treating or preventing conditions involving hard tissue demineraliza... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a novel aromatic polythioetherimide, and more particularly to an aromatic polythioetherimide which is excellent in heat resistance and can be melt-molded and is, therefore, useful as super-engineering plastics, heat resistant fibers, heat resistant film, materials ... | An aromatic polythioetherimide is disclosed, which comprises at least 50 mol % of a repeating unit represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Ar is as defined in the specification, with the total of the repeating unit(s) being 100 mol %. The polythioetherimide has an excellent balance between heat resistance and mech... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention generally relates to a process for oxidizing organic compounds. In particular, the invention relates to a process utilizing hydrogen peroxide to oxidize an oxidizable organic substrate in the presence of a silylated titania/silica-containing catalyst and to a pr... | Disclosed is a process for oxidizing organic compounds using hydrogen peroxide to oxidize an oxidizable organic substrate in the presence of a silylated peroxide-activating metal/silica-containing catalyst and to a method of preparing such a catalyst. | 1 |
The invention described herein may be manufactured, used, and licensed by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalties thereon.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the utilization of permanent magnets to produce helically oriented magnetic... | Permanent magnet structures are fabricated from a plurality of hollow cylrical flux sources, the sources displaced radially from each other progressively along the structures' elongate axes so as to produce a heliform magnetic field extending centrally in a passage through the structures. Superconducting plates ar... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention refers to antioxidant complexes derived from wine vinasses, wherefrom solid, semisolid or liquid formulations to be orally used as dietary supplements have been prepared. Said formulations comprise the same antioxidant complexes comprising polyphenolic c... | The present invention refers to a dietary supplement containing all of the natural components of wine, except for the volatile ones, in particular ethanol. Said dietary supplement is suitable for oral administration and contains antioxidant complexes present in wine vinasses combined with one or more bioavailability pr... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional patent application No. 60/091,720 filed Jul. 6, 1998 titled Arched Window Blind.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of window coverings, and in particular window coverings in... | An arcuately deployable blind for arched frame windows includes a base, a pivot mounted to the base and positionable over a center of curvature of a window frame of the arched frame window, and a slide arm, rotatably mounted at first end to the pivot. An arcuate guide secured to the base. An arcuately deployable pleate... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional patent application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/852,359 filed Sep. 10, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The exemplary embodiments of this invention relate generall... | A method is disclosed to reduce parasitic capacitance in a metal high dielectric constant (MHK) transistor. The method includes forming a MHK gate stack upon a substrate, the MHK gate stack having a bottom layer of high dielectric constant material, a middle layer of metal, and a top layer of one of amorphous silicon o... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Images are typically recorded and stored as contone images in which each image element has a color tone value. For example, consider a digitally stored color image—each image element will typically have three corresponding values setting tone, among 256 gradations, for ex... | A total-ink method ensures that the total amount of available colors remains the same such that the color characterization process can treat the restricted printing process as if it is dealing with a non-restricted printing process without loss of quality. This method enhances non-lossless, black generation methods tra... | 7 |
This is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 07/211,135, filed on June 22, 1988, by Tooru Shibayama et al. entitled "PRINTING DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUS STRIP OF TAGS", now abandoned which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/524,128, filed on Aug. 16, 1983, by Tooru Shibayama et al. entitled "PRINTING... | A printing device for a continuous strip of tags prints a plurality of lines on each of the tags. The device allows free selection and easy changing of line spacing. The device for a continuous strip of tags has a feed mechanism for feeding the strip of tags, a printing mechanism for printing a plurality of lines on ea... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of image processing, computer vision, and computer graphical user interfaces. In particular, the present invention discloses a video image based tracking system that allows a computer to identify and track the location of a moving ob... | A tracking method is disclosed. The method of the present invention tracks a object using a probability distribution of the desired object. The method operates by first calculating a mean location of a probability distribution within a search window. Next, the search window is centered on the calculated mean location. ... | 6 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/318,794 filed on Sep. 13, 2001, incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is generally related to control and operation of power converter devices, and, more particularly, to circui... | A power distribution system is provided including current sharing circuitry, current sensing and over-current protection. The system includes a plurality of power converter modules each having a current sharing signal terminal on an input side and power output terminals on an output side, the corresponding power output... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention concerns the field of paper manufacture and refers to an aqueous suspension for addition to cellulose fibre, paste, in which such suspension includes calcium sulphate plus at least one additive.
[0002] The addition of this aqueous suspension to ... | The aqueous suspension contains hydrated n calcium sulfate (CaSO 4 nH 2 O), the value of n ranging from 0 to 2 (0<n<2) and an additive. The method for preparing said aqueous suspension involves the following steps: a) mixing the calcium sulfate and at least one of said additives with water and b) homogenizing th... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, such as a printer, a copier, a fax machine.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] A digital duplicating machine may hav... | There is provided an image forming apparatus including a digital printing device that prints an image according to image signals and a digital scanning device, connectable to the digital printing device, that scans an image and converts the image into electric signals. The digital printing device includes a first nonvo... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to and the benefit of the filing date of PCT Application No. PCT/EP2007/006736, filed Jul. 30, 2007 and European Patent Application No. EP 06 425 539.1, filed Jul. 28, 2006, which are each hereby incorporated by reference in thei... | A reflective optical system, in which radiation from a radiation source is directed to an image focus or intermediate focus, including one or more mirrors (symmetric about the optical axis). Each mirror has at least first and second reflective surfaces, whereby radiation from the source undergoes successive grazing inc... | 6 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of PCT International Application No. PCT/US2008/009986, filed Aug. 22, 2008, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/965,762 filed on Aug. 22, 2007; U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/965, 732 filed on Aug. 22, 2007, U.S. Provisional Applic... | Featured are various devices, apparatuses and systems for use in connection with animal studies or experimentation as well as methods related thereto. Such devices, apparatuses and systems include a scalable animal enclosure that is easily customized for a given application; a scalable and easily customizable sound att... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C.§ 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/376,073 filed Apr. 29, 2002, entitled Torque Converter Clutch Regulator Valve and Method of Installation.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
... | A replacement torque converter clutch regulator valve assembly for use within an automatic transmission including two cooperating valves, namely a regulator apply valve and an isolator valve, disposed in fluid communication with a line pressure circuit and a torque converter clutch apply circuit is disclosed. In one em... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-163768 filed Jun. 21, 2007. The entire content of this priority application is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The invention relates to an image... | An image processing apparatus includes a display, a retrieving unit, a process display unit, a process receiving unit, a process storing unit, a thumbnail display unit, and a thumbnail designating unit. The retrieving unit retrieves image data. The process display unit displays on the display a plurality of candidate i... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/494,405, filed Oct. 26, 2004, which is the U.S. National Phase application of PCT International Application No. PCT/GB02/04724, filed Oct. 18, 2002, and claims priority of British Applicat... | A bulk sample is fed with a liquid into a mixing tank ( 1 ) where it is stirred to form a dispersion. A proportion of the dispersion is recycled from the bottom of the tank through a line to the top of the tank so that at least the dispersion in the recycle loop ( 3 ) is substantially homogeneous, and a representative ... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a break-over photodiode.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
German Patent No. 44 17 164 describes a break-over photodiode that can be stacked with a plurality of additional break-over photodiodes. This stack represents a light-sensitive high-voltage switch. ... | A break-over photodiode, designed as a light-sensitive thyristor, can be stacked using a series connection with a plurality of break-over photodiodes, such stacking representing a high-voltage break-over diode. The break-over photodiode can be triggered by lateral illumination in an edge zone, and includes a gate-layer... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to amusement rides, and, more particularly, to amusement rides in which the riders are subjected to a movement in multiple directions.
Amusement rides are popular forms of entertainment for individuals of all ages. The excitement experienc... | An amusement ride is provided in which passengers can be simultaneous subjected to three different types of movement. A circular motion is provided by the circular rotation of the head which mounts the passenger seats. A tilting motion is provided by mounting the head for tilting movement as it rotates in the circular ... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
A. 35 U.S.C. Sections 120, 121 and 365(c)
This application is a divisional/continuation of copending application:
application Ser. No. 09/309,947 filed on May 11, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,316,214.
This application claims priority benefit from copending U.S... | The purification and structure elucidation of several products of the metabolism of Et 743 by human cytochrome CYP3A4 have been accomplished. These compounds are abbreviated herein as “ETM” followed by a numeric value which represents the approximate molecular weight. Three compounds have been identified to date, namel... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application 61/222,075, filed Jun. 30, 2009, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
STATEMENT REGARDING GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
[0002] ... | Compounds which modulate quorum sensing in quorum sensing bacteria. Compounds of the invention inhibit quorum sensing and/or activate quorum sensing in various bacteria. Compounds that inhibit quorum sensing are particularly useful for inhibition of detrimental bacterial biofilm formation. Compounds that activate quoru... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention generally relates to vehicle brake systems and more particularly relates to a method of operating a brake assistant system.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In order to realize a shortest possible stopping distance of automobiles in emergency brake situations, it is necessar... | In a method of operating a brake assistant system which includes a first mode of operation in which the brake assistant system is not operated, a second mode of operation in which, after recognition of an emergency brake situation, a pressure build-up of wheel brakes is generated, and a third mode of operation which is... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The condensation of 1,4-dihalobutene-2 such as 1,4-dichlorobutene-2, with lower alkyl malonic esters such as dimethyl malonate is widely used in industry to prepare various vinylcyclopropane derivatives such as dimethyl 2-vinylcyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylate which has utility in a wide ... | This invention relates to an efficient cis-to-trans isomerization of 1,4-dihalobutene-2 by means of a thiol or hydrogen bromide or hydrogen chloride catalyzed reaction. | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is based on, and claims priority from, Japanese Application Number 2008-001916, filed Jan. 9, 2008, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present i... | A motor drive includes a dynamic braking circuit for producing a deceleration torque utilizing a braking force caused by a synchronous motor acting as a generator when the synchronous motor is deenergized. The motor drive apparatus is equipped with a dynamic braking circuit fault detection capability, a DC power supply... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to coffee brewing and in particular to efficiently manufacturing a filter paper cup.
Various methods of brewing coffee are known. A popular method is using a single serving pod or filter paper cup in a brewing machine designed to accept the correspon... | A filter paper cup manufacturing machine produces filter paper cups containing a brewing material. The filter paper cups have similar depth and diameter. The machine exercises ordered steps of first cutting a receptacle portion and then forming a recess in the receptacle portion for receiving the brewing material. Perf... | 1 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation patent application claiming priority of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/024,356 entitled “Tactical Duostock”, filed Dec. 28, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,104,001 which is a continuation patent application claiming priority to U.S. Pat. No. 6,925,743, issued ... | A butt stock for a tactical weapon, rifle, shotgun or other firearm. The butt stock has a butt plate with two or more surfaces. One of those surfaces is generally perpendicular to the direction of the firearm. The other surface is angled to provide a more stable shooting platform for the firearm as well as more comfort... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 12/346,256, filed Dec. 30, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,621,708, issued Jan. 7, 2014, which is a divisional application of Ser. No. 11/276,167, filed Feb. 16, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,784,148, which claims the benefit of U.S. Pro... | A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a fluid delivery system including a supply of cleaning fluid stored in a fluid supply chamber and a fluid recovery system for drawing dirty cleaning fluid using suction from the surface to be cleaned. The apparatus has an inline fluid heater having a metal body with an embedded he... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/277,246 filed on Sep. 23, 2009 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all that is taught and disclosed therein.
BACKGROUND
Technical Field
Thi... | A multi-function tool includes an extendible and retractable portion that becomes offset from a centerline position of the handle when in the offset position. A locking mechanism allows the workman to offset the shaft from a centerline position of the handle, or retract the shaft back into the handle into a centerline ... | 1 |
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