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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a heating coat-hanger for drying damp garments after washing.
It often happens that clothes which are intended to be worn immediately, or to be placed in a suitcase, are still damp. It is then necessary to iron the garment or wear another garment.
A... | A heating coat-hanger for drying damp garments after washing having a pair of lateral branches connected to a central neck. Ducts formed in the central neck and lateral branches, as well as other openings, permit hot air blown into the duct formed in the central neck to be distributed over a suspended garment. | 3 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of Invention
[0002] The invention relates generally to the field of oil and gas production. More specifically, the present invention relates to an adapter for a shaped charge used in perforating. Yet more specifically, the present invention relates to an adapter for a ... | A shaped charge for use with a perforating gun having an adapter that can couple the shaped charge with perforating gun systems of more than one size. An interference fit can couple the adapter to the open end of a shaped charge. The adapter includes a base section having an outer diameter exceeding the shaped charge o... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Tubular system operators are always receptive to new methods and devices to permit actuation of tubular tools such as those in industries concerned with earth formation boreholes, such as hydrocarbon recovery and gas sequestration, for example. It is not uncommon for various operations in t... | A tubular actuating system includes a tubular, a plurality of same plugs runnable within the tubular, an actuator disposed within the tubular, and a seatable member disposed at the actuator configured to be respositionable relative to the actuator between an unseated position and a seated position upon passage of at le... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART
[0001] The present invention relates to a luminescence device and a metal coordination compound therefor. More specifically, the present invention relates to a luminescence device employing an organic metal coordination compound having platinum center metal as a lumi... | A luminescence device is principally constituted by a pair of electrodes and an organic compound layer disposed therebetween. The organic compound layer contains a metal coordination compound characterized by having a partial structure represented by the following formula (1):
wherein... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a noble metal containing hydrogenation catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of 1, 4 butynediol to 1, 4 butenediol. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the said catalyst. More particularly, the present inv... | A hydrogenation catalyst of the general formula AB(y)C(z) wherein A is a support comprising of a salt of a Group II A metal or zeolite, B is a noble metal selected from Pt or Pd, y=0.2 to 10%, C is nickel and z=0 to 15.0%, with the proviso that when B is Pt, z=0. | 1 |
[0001] This patent application is pending from the U.S. Provisional Application filed on Jul. 6, 2007.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to an apparatus which is supported by ceiling joists allowing work to be accomplished above a ceiling, for example, in an attic. The ... | The support apparatus is principally directed to a planar structure which will support a workman when working above a ceiling with steps provided only by joists. The support apparatus is planar having handles at each side and each end. The apparatus folds about a hinge which is intermediate the ends. Notches at the bot... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many microfilm storage and retrieval systems in the prior art use old analog technology and accordingly have a number of problems. Cartridge retrieval is done using theoretical values which do not work because of the mechanical variations and tolerances inherent within the alignment of... | The microfilm storage and retrieval (MegaSAR-420) system of the present invention puts microfilm images on line in a document imaging system. A MegaSAR-420 could be connected to a PC LAN base document imaging system with specialized software. A remote user then has the ability to retrieve images of the stored microfilm... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of computerized search and retrieval systems. More particularly, this invention relates to a method and apparatus for characterizing and retrieving information based on the affect content of the information.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A technique for analyzing affect in which ambiguity in both emotion and natural language is explicitly represented and processed through fuzzy logic. In particular, textual information is processed to i) isolate a vocabulary of words belonging to an emotion, ii) represent the meaning of each word belonging to that emot... | 8 |
This invention relates to methods and apparatus for sealing and insulating roofs and more particularly to systems employing inexpensive waterproof membranes and insulating materials to repair leaky and poorly insulated roofs of house trailers and other habitations with simple tools requiring minimal skills.
BACKG... | A process and a system for applying insulation and water sealing to roofs such as house trailers includes a sealing strip that fastens completely around the upper wall. This strip seals the edges of successive layers of a first waterproof membrane, a layer of thermal insulation and a second waterproof membrane. The com... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present technology relates to adjusting features on a head-up display. More specifically, the technology relates to adjusting features on a head-up display based on contextual inputs to allow an enhanced user experience.
BACKGROUND
[0002] A head-up display, or HU... | The present disclosure relates to systems that adapt information displayed onto a head-up display (HUD) based on context. The present disclosure also relates, generally, to methods for context awareness and methods for HUD image compensation. In one embodiment, the systems include a processor and a computer-readable st... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
a) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a swivel lever closure for the door, side wall, or the like, of a switch cabinet, machine enclosure or the like, with an actuating shaft which extends through the door leaf, with locking devices, such as a sash lock and/or bar lo... | A pivoting lever closure is disclosed for the door, the sidewall or the like of an electrical control cabinet, a machine casing or the like, comprising an actuation shaft traversing the door leaf or the like, locking devices driven by the actuating shaft such as a sash lock and/or a bar lock, a cavity that can be place... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the control of the speed of electrical motors, and more particularly, to a system for digitally controlling the speed of a D.C. motor.
In present-day high-speed carriage drive matrix printing devices, the voltage requirements of the moto... | A speed control circuit for a motor is responsive to variations in motor supply voltage and torque wherein a digital output indication of the actual speed of the motor is generated. The digital output is converted to an analog value and applied to a comparator which also receives the output voltage of a ramp circuit ba... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/005,113 filed Dec. 5, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,346,783 entitled, “Network Security Device and Method”, which has been allowed. The aforementioned related patent application is herein incorporated by reference.
TECHN... | The invention describes a method for hardening a security mechanism against physical intrusion and substitution attacks. A user establishes a connection between a network peripheral device and a network via a security mechanism. The security mechanism includes read only memory (ROM) that contains code that initiates op... | 7 |
The present application is a continuation-in-part of my earlier copending application Ser. No. 482,092, filed June 24, 1974, and now U.S. Pat. No. 3,952,724.
The present invention relates to solar energy collectors. More specifically, the invention provides a relatively inexpensive and efficient unit fo... | The disclosed invention relates to a solar energy collector in a conversion system. The collector is made from common glass tubing lengths of different diameters and comprises a first outer clear glass cylindrical tube closed at one end, and a glass absorber tube inside the first tube having an energy absorbing coating... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a locking system having a lock unit and a key unit between which power and data can be transmitted, with the lock unit having a lock body on which a coil carrier with a lock side induction coil is provided for the transmission of power and date, and with a key ... | In a locking system comprising a lock unit and a key unit, each of which has an induction coil for transmitting power and data, the induction coil on the lock side is mounted by via a coil carrier on a lock body in the lock unit. Between the induction coil on the lock side and the lock body, there is a screening body w... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the priority of German application no. 10 2006 051 104.2, filed Oct. 25, 2006, and which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for extruding hollow strands from thermoplastic mater... | Device for extruding hollow strands from thermoplastic material, with an extruder head, having a mandrel, and a calibrating device, for making a dimensional change while production is in progress, and with a radially adjustable inlet, at least one Ranque vortex chamber being formed in the mandrel, the cooling air outle... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/381,189, filed Sep. 9, 2010, entitled PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF SILVER NANOWIRES, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
The general preparation ... | Preparation methods, compositions, and articles are disclosed and claimed. Methods for reducing metal ions to metals, the metal products, and articles comprising the metal products are claimed. Such methods show improved reproducibility upon scale-up than previous methods, resulting in products that exhibit reduced var... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Asphalt is inexpensive, has a relatively high penetration value when applied to most porous surfaces, and is relatively weather-resistant and water-impermeable. As a result, asphalt has traditionally been used as a major component of protective coatings, films, and membra... | The present invention relates to multi-part coating compositions that comprise a first part which is an asphalt emulsion comprising water, asphalt, and a dispersion system and a second part which is a liquid polymer composition that lacks water. The asphalt emulsion and liquid polymer composition are combined in situ t... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/505,874, filed Jul. 8, 2011, the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates... | A woven fiber optic tapestry for conveying a specific representation of data on a woven fiber optic threaded surface. The tapestry is provided in a particular system including fiber optic threads threadedly arranged together to form a woven fiber optic panel, in which each of the threads is operatively connected to a l... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION AND PRIORITY CLAIM
This application claims the benefit, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e), of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/219,498, filed 23 Jun. 2009, the entire contents and substance of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as if fully set forth be... | Systems for removing water from an area where water is not desired are discussed and provided. The system can include a dam, a water collection system, and a water removal system. The dam can create a waterproof seal so that the dam is configured to define a reservoir, or retention area, capable of holding water. The w... | 8 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/682,359 filed Apr. 9, 1991 now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for treating aphthous ulcers and other mucocutaneous disorders.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Aphthous ulcers, often re... | A method of treating aphthous ulcers and other mucocutaneous disorders is disclosed. The method comprises contacting the mucocutaneous disorder with a composition in the form of a paste, solution, gel, quick-disintegrating tablet, mouthwash, ointment, cream, powder, adhesive patch, aerosolized spray, lozenge, troche, d... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to impedance cardiographs which determine cardiac output by evaluating changes in impedance across the patient's chest cavity.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Impedance cardiography is a non-invasive technique for determining cardiac performance in ... | An impedance cardiograph which determines cardiac output from a measurement of variations of chest impedance, provides an improved method of calculating the effect of patient volume on the measurement from measurable patient height and chest circumference, and provides a correction process that identifies as a source o... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to an image synthesizing apparatus and method, for combining two images encoded according to the JPEG-2000 Standard, for example, and more particularly to an image synthesizing apparatus and method suitable for use in ... | In an image synthesizer ( 1 ), code stream analyzers ( 10, 11 ), code block extraction units ( 12, 13 ) and EBCOT decoders ( 14, 15 ) work together to decode encoded code streams (D 10 , D 11 ) encoded according to the MPEG-2000 Standard and generate quantization coefficients (D 16 , D 17 ) for each code block. In a cr... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a storage and dispensing container for a liquid product and at least one additional product which are separated during storage.
It is known that it may be necessary to keep separate during storage two compounds which must be dispensed and used simultan... | A container comprises a bottle for a liquid product and having at the end of its neck a leakproof envelope enclosing an additional product to be stored separately from the liquid in the bottle. A cap on the neck includes a slidable push button carrying a perforator to open the envelope in a central region of the envelo... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation patent application which claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/504,404, filed Aug. 15, 2006.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to equipment used in producing fluid from a well and more pa... | A tool which connects the last sucker rod of a sucker rod string to a downhole pump has a circularly cylindrical cylinder and piston so that the piston slides reciprocally and rotates freely within the cylinder. However, the closed upper end of the cylinder and the upper face of the piston have a cooperable tongue and ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to new liquid-crystal compounds and to liquid crystal compositions containing the same, particularly smectic liquid crystal compositions.
The liquid-crystal compounds herein include those compounds which are useful as a comp... | A liquid crystal compound represented by the following general formula (1), which possess a large spontaneous polarization about room temperature and a liquid crystal composition containing a liquid crystal compound represented by the following general formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R 1 represents C 6-14 alkyl group, R... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for quench propagation for a superconducting magnet. More particularly, the invention relates to a device for quench propagation for a superconducting magnet having at least one pair of superconducting coils, where in the event a first coil, which up t... | A quench propagation device for a superconducting magnet having at least one pair of superconducting coils operates so that in the event of a transition to normal-conductance (quench) of a first coil of the coil pair, which up to that point was superconducting, the second coil of this pair is also converted from the su... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is:
a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/750,622, filed May 18, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,479,608 (which application claimed the priority, under 35 U.S.C. §119, of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/801,989 filed May 19, 2006, 60/810,272... | A method of creating a switch to be disposed along a longitudinal axis of a device, comprising providing a hollow body defining an interior cavity, disposing a switching element movably within the interior cavity, the switching element defining a switch-making position and a switch-breaking position and having a biasin... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This patent application is a divisional patent application of U.S. Ser. No. 12/842,021 filed on Jul. 22, 2010, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/271,559, filed Jul. 22, 2009 and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/276,215, fil... | The present invention provides a biphasic and dynamic direct cardiac contact device adapted to be implanted in a patient suffering from congestive heart failure and related cardiac pathologies, said cardiac device having means for providing ventricular assist, ventricular support and diastolic recoil, or for providing ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an image-shake correction apparatus, and particularly to an image-shake correction apparatus that implements image-shake correction in a lens unit used for a virtual system or the like.
... | The present invention provides an image-shake correction apparatus comprising: an image displacement device that displaces on an image forming plane an image formed by an image-capturing optical system; an image-shake correction device that displaces an image by use of the image displacement device in such a way as to ... | 6 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This Application is a Continuation-in-Part of patent application Ser. No. 12/438,381, filed 23 Sep. 2009, currently pending.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for providing weaving material, and particularly to a method for pro... | The present invention provides a method for producing thread using nonwoven, which discloses that nonwoven having different materials is slit first to get a plurality of nonwoven threads and then the nonwoven threads are used for performing a twisting process to get a plurality of nonwoven yarns. In the twisting proces... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to an electrical connector for a sheet-like connection member such as a flexible printed circuit or cable (FPC), a flexible flat cable (FFC) and... | An electrical connector ( 100 ) adapted to be detachably fitted with a sheet-like member includes a housing ( 1 ) defining a longitudinal direction (A) and a cavity ( 11 ) having a front opening for receiving the sheet-like member; terminals ( 2 ) arranged in the housing along the longitudinal direction and each having... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 415,423, filed Sept. 7, 1982, which is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Ser. No. 307,300, filed on Sept. 30, 1981, and entitled "ORGANOCLAY WASTE DISPOSAL METHOD", both now abandoned. The entire disclosure o... | A method is provided for treating polar or aqueous fluid compositions containing an amount of an organic contaminant to immobilize the contaminant by forming a nonflowable matrix containing the contaminant. The non-flowable matrix can be easily disposed of. The method comprises adding a sufficient amount of organoclay ... | 8 |
This application claims the priority and benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent App. Ser. No. 60/973,798 filed Sep. 20, 2007.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to chiropractic health care and to devices that are used in the area of chiropractic treatment. More specifically... | The claimed invention provides an improved posture correction tool in the form of a table to be used by chiropractic practitioners to treat mechanical disorders of the spine and musculoskeletal system. The improved posture correction tool provides a plurality of pads to support the various major areas of the body and h... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to novel baths for generating microstructures which are required in numerous fields of application of the microsystem technique and in microstructuring.
[0002] Moreover such baths enable microstructuring of such layers or lay... | The present invention relates to novel baths for generating microstructures which are required in numerous fields of application of the microsystem technique and in microstructuring. It is an object of the invention to provide novel baths for generating microstructures which offer a less expensive and, above all, a sol... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
[0001] None.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present disclosure relates generally to the field of window construction. Some window designs include a frame that houses the glazing of the window and a glazing bead that couples to the frame to enclose the ... | One embodiment of the invention relates to an apparatus for a window frame. The apparatus includes a window frame having a lower frame portion; a window glazing supported by the lower frame portion; a glazing bead; and at least two connectors operatively connecting the glazing bead to the lower frame. The connectors ar... | 4 |
[0001] The following specification particularly describes the nature of this invention and the manner in which it is to be performed:
TECHNICAL FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] The present invention provides electronically conducting carbon and carbon based composites and nanocomposites by pyrolysis of d... | The present invention disclosed herein is carbon nanomaterial and carbon based nanocomposites by pyrolysis of dead leaves and other similar natural waste material. In particular, the invention relates to synthesis of valuable functional carbon materials and their nanocomposites from different waste materials such as pl... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present document claims priority to Japanese Priority Document JP 2002-196279, filed in the Japanese Patent Office on Jul. 4, 2002, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference to the extent permitted by law.
BACKGROUND OF ... | While supporting an optical disc having a recording density that is higher than conventional optical discs by shortening the wavelength of the emitted light and increasing the numerical aperture (NA) of an objective lens, a reduction in the size of an optical pickup apparatus relative to the size of a disc cartridge th... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to water-soluble synthetic glycosyl orthoesters of vitamin D, and their use in the regulation of calcium metabolism.
2. Description of the Background Art
Vitamin D 3 deficiency, or disturbances in the metabolism... | A compound which is biologically active in maintaining calcium and phosphorous metabolism in animals, selected from the group consisting of formula (IA) and (IB): ##STR1## wherein the bond between carbons C-22 and C-23 is single or double; Y is hydrogen, F, --CH 3 or --CH 2 CH 3 ; Z is F, H or X; Y' is H, --CH 3... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Power supplied to an integrated circuit (IC) occurs through a power distribution network. The power distribution network starts with a power supply that generates an appropriate DC voltage. The power supplied to the IC must traverse from the power supply across the power distribution network... | A computer system uses a power distribution network arranged to propagate at least one voltage potential to an integrated circuit. A resonance detector is arranged to detect a power supply resonance. A damping circuit is operatively connected to the resonance detector and the power distribution network. The damping cir... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 8,490, filed Jan. 29, 1987.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for withdrawing a continuously advancing yarn with a suc... | A yarn withdrawal apparatus is disclosed for temporarily withdrawing a freshly spun and continuously advancing yarn to a waste container when the spinning operation is interrupted, and for thereafter threading the yarn onto the feed godet or winder of the spinning machine. The apparatus includes a yarn advancing means ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a system and method for detecting objects under the surface of the ground, and in particular, to three-dimensional imaging to detect an underground target item such as a mine.
... | A radar system for generating a three-dimensional image includes a radar transmitter which is operable to produce a radar signal of a frequency of at least three gigahertz. A plurality of radar receiving antennas from an antenna array. The antenna array is aerially translatable. For example, in one embodiment, the ante... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
This invention relates to the dual use of a memory storage function and a processing function as a means of programming the configuration of a telephone. The Dial Pulse Rate, Dial Pulse Make/Break Ratio, DTMF Duration, DTMF Inter Digit Delay, Pause Duration and other telephone configuratio... | A configuration parameter programming system of a telephone is presented which is executable by an end user or service person. The configuration parameter programming system is accessed through the use of a dial memory register or other data transfer means, and a control means. In this way, the Dial Pulse Rate, Dial Pu... | 7 |
This is a national stage of PCT/EP08/006609 filed Aug. 11, 2008 and published in German, which has a priority of German no. 20 2007 014 853.4 filed Oct. 24, 2007, hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a pelletizer prefe... | A pelletizer, preferably in the form of an underwater pelletizer, having a cutter and/or grinding head and a tool carrier is provided. The tool carrier can rotatably be driven about a tool carrier axis of rotation, and at least one cutting and/or grinding tool, which is attached to the tool carrier and is spaced from t... | 1 |
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for attaching a shoe to a bicycle pedal.
More particularly, the invention relates to a device of the type comprising:
a pedal body with an upper bearing surface,
a counter-member which is fixed to the sole of the shoe and can be ... | A device for attaching a shoe to a bicycle pedal, comprising a pedal body and a counter-member fixed to the sole of the shoe and adapted to be fitted to the body of the pedal. Attachement is achieved by means of a tooth which is carried by the counter-member and engages a recess formed in the body of the pedal so as to... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
The object of this invention is a device to introduce the upper thread into the eye of the needle of a sewing machine.
It is difficult, especially for older persons, to thread a needle with a necessarily very small eye. For one thing, one has to have a very steady hand and for another thing the e... | A device to introduce the upper thread into the eye of the needle ( 7 ) of a sewing machine which includes two guide clips ( 49, 51 ) having two inlet sections ( 53, 55 ) ending in a narrow point. The two guide clips ( 49, 51 ) are generally identical and can spread evenly when encountering the needle. The grasping hoo... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a ventilator roof for vehicles having a roof opening formed in a fixed roof surface, which can be closed by means of a cover that can be swung, by pivoting around a pivot axis, at, or near its rear edge, into a ventilation position in which the cover front edge... | Ventilator roof for use in motor vehicles with a roof opening in a fixed roof surface which can be closed by a cover. The cover can be swung by pivoting around a pivoting axis, at, or near its rear edge, into a ventilation position in which the cover front edge is below the roof surface, while the cover rear edge is ke... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 11/691,099 filed on Mar. 26, 2007 and published as US2008/0236832 on Oct. 2, 2008, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety; this application also claims pr... | A method for treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore is provided. The method includes providing a treatment fluid containing a viscoelastic surfactant having at least one degradable linkage, a hydrolysable material, and a pH control material, and injecting the treatment fluid into a subterranean form... | 2 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/164,333, filed on Dec. 9, 1993, U.S. Pat. No. 5,415,005.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a device for determining periodic power consumption of an electrically operated appliance and more... | A device and method is provided for automatically defrosting a refrigeration system. The present invention includes a microprocessor which initiates a defrost cycle during a time of day which is most efficient for the refrigerator and the utility company. Moreover, the defrost cycle is initiated during a time of day wh... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. The Field of The Invention
The present invention relates to a cable harness assembly machine and in particular to a cable hold down and positioning device acting on multi-conductor flat flexible cable fed into the assembly machine.
2. The Prior Art
There are many w... | An improved machine is disclosed for forming cable harnesses by simultaneously terminating all conductors at one or both ends of a cable formed of a plurality of flat conductors embedded within a web of insulating material. The subject machine incorporates a cable positioning and hold down mechanism which both accurate... | 7 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY UNDER 35 U.S.C. §119
The present Application for Patent claims priority to Indian Patent Application No. 395/CHE/2006 filed Mar. 7, 2006, and assigned to the assignee hereof and hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein.
The present Application for Patent claims priority to U.S. Pr... | An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a low power voltage reference circuit. The circuit includes a first circuit for generating a PTAT voltage without using an operational amplifier. The circuit also includes a second circuit for generating the reference voltage. The first and the second circuit do not... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a wire saw for cutting wafers from a workpiece, in particular a wire saw for producing semiconductor wafers. The wire saw comprises a cutting head in which at least two wire-guiding rollers are rotatably mounted in each c... | A wire saw for cutting wafers from a workpiece, has a cutting head in which at least two adjacent wire-guiding rollers are mounted rotatably in each case between a moveable bearing and a fixed bearing. These are adjacent wire-guiding rollers, together with a wire wound around them, form a wire web. Each wire-guiding ro... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates in general to belt-type restraint devices for restraining a person by securing the wrists to a belt locked about the waist.
The advantages of the belt-type restraint devices, of which the present invention is intended as an improvement, are well known and i... | A belt-type restraint device, for restraining a person, has a belt for forming a girdle about the waist of the person and restraint means for securing the wrists of the person to the front of the belt. The restraint means are formed of loops continuous with the webbing of the belt to allow a single latching buckle at t... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/668,881, filed Jul. 6, 2012, and entitled “CASE APPARATUSES FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES,” which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
... | A case for a portable electronic devices such as smart phones includes upper and lower shells that are joined by elastic members. The upper shell includes a base surface and sidewalls to retain a portion of the portable electronic device and, likewise, the lower shell includes a base and sidewalls to retain a portion o... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to the art of cutting glass and particularly to the art of scoring glass in the presence of a fluid.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The cutting of individual glass articles from a large glass sheet or ribbon ... | A cutting fluid is disclosed comprising one or more halogenated hydrocarbons dissolved in one or more paraffin, naphtha, or aromatic solvents. Use of the cutting fluid produces a glass edge with increased edge strength compared with a cut edge produced by dry scoring. The cutting fluid is completely evaporative, leavin... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of my copending U.S. provisional application Serial No. 60/160,894, filed Oct. 21, 1999.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to novel sterol esters of conjugated linoleic acids ... | Novel sterol/stanol esters of a conjugated fatty acid are provided through the esterification or transesterification of a sterol such as beta-sitosterol or a hydrogenated form thereof (stanol). Such novel esters exhibit the combined properties normally possess by the sterol/stanol compound and the conjugated fatty acid... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to ultraviolet radiation absorbing contact lenses and to a method for their preparation. More particularly, the invention relates to hydrophilic or "soft" contact lenses having a reactive ultraviolet radiation absorbing agent covalently bonded to p... | An ultraviolet radiation absorbing contact lens and method of making the same, comprising a copolymeric hydrogel material to which is covalently bonded at least one halotriazine reactive ultraviolet radiation absorbing agent of the formula: ##STR1## where X=Cl or F;
A=an ultraviolet radiation absorbing component;... | 3 |
This is a division of Ser. No. 07/316,090, filed Feb. 27, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,018,905, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 06/807,840, filed Dec. 11, 1985, now abandoned, and a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 06/762,800, filed Aug. 2, 1985, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 06/464,973, f... | Apparatus for shoring a building foundation including spaced pilings extending into drilled bore holes such that the lower ends of the pilings rest on and are supported by a sub-stratum believed capable of supporting a portion of the weight of the foundation. Each of a plurality of pressure actuated jacks is connectabl... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates in general to a liquid nebulizer. More particularly, the present invention relates to an ultrasonic liquid nebulizer.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Medica... | A liquid nebulizer utilizes a channel forming element to position a portion of a sonic vibrator and form a channel passing to a medication cup. When the sonic vibrator vibrates up and down, the liquid from the medication cup passes the channel toward a mesh plate for nebulizing the liquid. The liquid nebulizer provides... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/871,227, filed May 31, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,806,262, which in turn is based on and claims priority from Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/208,199 filed May 31, 2000.
BACKGR... | Biologically active 19-nor vitamin D analogs substituted at C-2 in the A-ring with an ethylidene or an ethyl group. These compounds have preferential activity on mobilizing calcium from bone and either high or normal intestinal calcium transport activity which allows their in vivo administration for the treatment of me... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to diaminopyridine-based azo dyes for cellulose-containing fibers. More particularly, it relates to reactive azo dyes for use in dyeing of cellulose-containing fibers, particularly cellulose fibers and mixed fibers of polyester fibers and cellulose fibers in fr... | Diaminopyridine-based azo dyes for cellulose-containing fibers, represented by the following formula: ##STR1## and the other is hydrogen, phenyl, benzyl, allyl, or alkyl which are unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl or lower alkoxy
(wherein
A is methylene, ethylene, propylene, or 1,3-butylene;
n ... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention pertains to the field of foot coverings. More particularly, this invention relates to foot coverings and protective gear for large, solid-hoofed quadrupeds of the Equus Caballus or horse family.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Horses' hooves are hard boney masses ... | A boot for a horse's hoof to protect the coronet comprising a layer of flexible elastomeric foam sandwiched between opposed layers of strong, flexible low-friction cloth like woven nylon, cut in a flat right circular trapezoid shape and bound around the edge with cloth tape and cross-sewn to form a tight sandwich f... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the field of logic design, and more particularly, to a logic design and method for reducing leakage current in logic circuits using field-effect transistors.
2. Background
Referring to FIG. 1, an SRAM memory array is... | A circuit for reducing current leakage in a logic circuit such as a write driver circuit in a memory array is disclosed. The current leakage reducing circuit includes a data line configured to be set to a predetermined voltage, a data drive circuit, and an enable circuit. The enable circuit is coupled to the data line ... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of my application Ser. No. 334,660, filed Dec. 28, 1981, now abandoned and is a continuation-in-part of my companion pending patent applications Ser. No. 112,332, filed Jan. 15, 1980 for DUST TRAP WITH EQUALIZING VALVE, now U.S. Pat. No. 4... | A dust trap having an annular valve seat and a pivoted valve flap closing the same including an off-center connection between the actuating means for said pivoted flap and said flap thereby to lessen the force required to open the valve passageway against the force of vacuum. | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to a fleece folding machine with a plurality of carriages movable in relation to one another and a plurality of laying belts between which the nap is taken up and guided at least in some areas, wherein the fleece folding machine has a belt intake of the laying... | The invention relates to a process for producing a nonwoven fabric and a matting device with several layering belts between which the web is taken up and guided at least in regions. The matting device has a belt inlet on the inlet side for the layering belts with an oblique downwards inclined inlet section with two bel... | 3 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/132,597 filed Oct. 6, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,453,399.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention generally relates to semiconductor-on-insulator structures, and more particularly to semiconductors on fluoride insulators.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ... | In one form of the invention, a method is disclosed for fabricating a semiconductor-on-insulator structure comprising the steps of: forming an insulator layer 22; forming a layer 24 comprising boron (B) on the insulator layer 22; and forming a semiconductor layer 26 on the layer 24 comprising B. | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation under 35 U.S.C. §120 of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/544,320 filed on Aug. 20, 2009, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein, which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of the earlier fili... | A plug for a tubular service entrance of a conduit, wherein the plug includes a core body having a central hollow channel extending from a first end to second end of the core body; at least one flexible fin extending radially outwardly from the core body and having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of t... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention concerns a facility for the production and/or assembly of goods. As is known, such facilities are factories or fixed buildings in which there are machines and also transport capacities for producing individual parts of an article and/or put... | There is proposed a preferably transportable (mobile) and/or re-usable production facility, as is quick and easy to erect virtually at any location in this world. This production facility virtually comprises a tent structure, wherein the roof of the facility is held by at least one carrier (support) and at the same tim... | 4 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 062,908 filed Aug. 1, 1979, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an acrylic fiber suitable for use in a process for preparing a precursor fiber for production of carbon or graphite fibers.
Conversio... | An acrylic fiber useful in the preparation of precursor fibers for the preparation of carbon or graphite fibers contains 93.0-99.4 mol percent acrylonitrile, 0.6-4.0 mol percent of ammonium or amine having a pKb of 5 or less as neutralizing cations for sulfonate and sulfate end groups derived from the initiator and act... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/868,753 filed Jun. 21, 2001 which is a nationalization of PCT/US00/29231 filed Oct. 23, 2000, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Nos. 60/161,292 filed Oct. 25, 1999... | Disclosed are virulent or opportunistic prokaryotes in which metal ion-dependent gene regulation confers a growth or an infectious advantage. The prokaryote contains a DNA molecule containing a sequence encoding a dominant, metal ion-independent repressor protein or a partially metal-ion independent repressor protein. ... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 482,231, filed June 24, 1974.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Systems for protecting premises or areas against improper intrusion have become widely used, particularly those which more or less continually monit... | A system for monitoring a protected premises from a central station over telephone lines employs different audio tones sent back and forth over the lines. A random succession of audio tones from the central station interrogates the protected premises and is returned as a like succession of different tones to the centra... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of provisional U.S. Patent application No. 60/320,294 filed on Jun. 20, 2003 the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0002] Alpha Lipoic acid is take... | A process for the manufacture of new crystalline salts of N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-1,2-dithiolane-3-pentanamide (racemic and chiral forms) is described. Such salts are stable, crystalline and have very good solubility in water. The salts exhibit antioxidant properties. They inhibit collagenase and elastase enzymes. T... | 2 |
This application claims benefit, under U.S.C. §119(a) of French National Applications Number 03.09641, filed Aug. 5, 2003, and 04.00906, filed Jan. 30, 2004; and also claims benefit, under U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. provisional application 60/523,480, filed Nov. 19, 2003.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The pr... | The present invention relates to a flexible semiaromatic polyamide composition with a low moisture uptake comprising, by weight, the total being 100:
60 to 99.5% (preferably 70 to 93%) of at least one copolyamide of formula X/Y,Ar in which:
Y denotes the residues of an aliphatic diamine having from ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to lock stitch sewing machines employing a bobbin on which under or locking thread is wound for concatination with loops of needle thread in the formation of lock stitches. More particularly this invention relates to a novel and ad... | An optical low bobbin thread detector is disclosed utilizing particularly cost effective matrixed light emitting diodes for bobbin thread detection and alarm, and virtually eliminating false alarms by employing a system requiring detection of a predetermined number of successive valid low bobbin thread detections to ju... | 3 |
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for smoothly driving a valve in a fuel injector and for easily measuring small amount of the fuel even under high-speed engine operation.
According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus fo... | A method of driving a valve in an injector for an internal combustion engine which intermittently injects liquid fuel by the valve reciprocally moving by attraction force of a solenoid coil and repulsive force of a spring and an apparatus for carrying out the method. An armature secured to the valve to be attracted by ... | 5 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the priority date of German application DE 10 2004 052 898.5, filed on Nov. 2, 2004, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] The present inve... | The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus for a mobile communications system which can be modulated using different modulation types at the transmitter end. According to one embodiment of the invention, in the middle of a data burst of a Bluetooth communications system, a GFSK modulation method is switched... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising fixed dose combinations of capecitabine and cyclophosphamide, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat cancer diseases.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Among poten... | A pharmaceutical compositions having fixed dose combinations of capecitabine and cyclophosphamide, processes for the preparation thereof, and their use to treat cancer diseases. | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/555,723, filed Nov. 7, 2005, entitled “Method and Device for Breaking Separation of Bearing Caps”, which is a 35 U.S.C. §371 filing of International Application Number PCT/EP2004/002622 which was filed Mar. 12, 2004, which claims p... | A device for breaking separation of at least one bearing cap of a corresponding thrust block in the bearing assembly of engine cases provided with bearing bores which are arranged in-line, in particular crankshaft cases for alternative piston engines is provided. The device includes an extension mandrel comprising two ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention pertains to a system and method for efficiently delivering content to multiple requesters over a communications network. The invention is especially suited to delivery of web content.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Since its inceptio... | An Internet communication technique is provided for making efficient use of available bandwidth between network points by analyzing responses to received requests for information items to identify multiple responses that include the same item and optionally that also have a common next hop address, and responding to th... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE ART
[0001] The dual-axis solar tracker, object of the present patent application, relates to a moving support system for solar panels favoring as much as possible the energy production thereof, upon allowing the positioning of the plane of the solar panels in the perpendicular to the rays of sun... | The invention relates to a two-axle solar tracker, consisting of a moving supporting system for solar panels, which maximises the energy production of said panels and which is formed by a vertical axle and a horizontal axle in relation to which the system rotates in order to track the sun's path. The aforementioned... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the invention relate to a method for the continuous cutting of fibers, and a cutting device for carrying out the method.
Along these lines, a generic method and a generic device for the continuous cutting of fibers are utilized in order to cut continuously converging en... | A method and a cutting device for the continuous cutting of fibers fed in fiber cables into fiber sections of particularly short length is disclosed. In order to avoid high friction forces between the formed knives and the fiber sections, and furthermore, to prevent excessive deforming of the fiber section during the t... | 3 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 452,038, filed Dec. 18, 1989, abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to an integrated system for space heating and for heating water for general service use. Specifically, the invention relates to a heating syst... | An integrated system for both space and water heating. Heating is accomplished in a condensing heating module having a small hot water storage reservoir to reduce burner cycling during periods of low demand. The space heating system includes a fluid flow loop with a fluid circulating pump for circulating a heat transfe... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a process for the preparation of amino-substituted penicillins and, more particularly, to an efficient process for producing α-aminobenzylpenicillin and related ring-substituted compounds in high yield and purity.
α-Aminobenzylpenicillin and α-amino-subs... | A process for producing α-amino and α-amino-substituted-benzylpenicillins in high yield and purity by separately removing solid contaminants from a solution containing a 6-aminopenicillanic acid reactant and an acylating agent solution prior to combining them in a reaction mixture. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention concerns a rotor of a pressure wave machine in accordance with the preamble.
2. Discussion of Background
In pressure wave machines, when they are used as the supercharging unit for internal combustion engines, ambient ai... | In a rotor of a pressure wave machine, rotor cells (2) are evenly distributed at its periphery, these rotor cells being intended to accept two gaseous media during operation for the purpose of compressing the first by means of pressure waves of the second medium. The rotor cells are arranged in such a way that they ext... | 5 |
THE INVENTION IN GENERAL
This invention relates to a pump assembly, and more particularly, to one wherein means such as a servo pump are employed to impulse a bladder-like device which in turn impulses a retention chamber to pressurize a fluid retained therein. The servo pump may be operated to provide a single, ... | The pump assembly comprises means defining a fluid retention chamber having an inlet opening and an outlet opening therein, and check valve means adjacent the inlet and outlet openings, which are operative to limit the fluid flow therethrough to relatively inward and outward of the chamber, respectively, when there is ... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/889,145, filed Feb. 9, 2007 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD
[0002] Inventive subject matter described herein ... | Embodiments of the invention include a catheter, comprising: a lumen having a distal end and a proximal end; one or more marker bands circumferentially arranged around the lumen; a support structure extending from the proximal end of the lumen to the most distal marker band; and a top jacket positioned annularly with r... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/143,912, filed Oct. 26. 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,504,933.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system, in which a broadcasting program is offe... | A system for the so-called "pay-per-program" is provided for viewing individual program on pay basis without signing a comprehensive contract. In response to a request for viewing a pay program executed via public telephone line from an applicant for viewing, a charging center sends a viewing permit code for vi... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to novel film-forming, functionalized polymers having 1,2-dicarboxylic acid monoester groups.
Film-forming, functionalized polymers which have long been known are used for coating metals, papers and textiles and in the cosmetics ... | Film-forming, functionalized polymers having 1,2-dicarboxylic acid monoester groups have at least two polymer units, one of which is acid-labile and hydrolysis-stable and the other is thermally stable. These polymers are used in particular in photoresists. | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a process for making fasteners and more particularly to a process for making plated, case hardened, self-drilling, self-piercing and self-tapping screws where the screw has been specially heat treated. The invention also relates to the product resulting from the ha... | A method for heat treating a metal article such as a fastener comprising the step of case hardening the fastener in a gas carborizing atmosphere at a temperature of about 1700° F. or in a carbonitriding atmosphere at a temperature of about 1550° F., and quenching the fastener in water or oil and tempering the fastener ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In fabric dryers, notably of the type such as are used in commerical laundries, dyeing plants, etc., heated air is drawn through the dryer at a constant rate over the anticipated drying time at considerable volume. Commonly, the burner which heats the air is a two stage burner which op... | A fabric dryer including a damper in the air flow system thereof which reduces air flow through a load in the initial stages of drying and increases air flow during the terminal stages of drying to promote a faster drying cycle with less consumption of fuel. | 3 |
BACKGROUND
Cloud computing, as is well known, is Internet-based computing in which shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, as happens analogously with an electricity grid. Applications, that is, different programs that can be downloaded to computers and m... | Methods and arrangements for accommodating a query, directing the query to datasets, creating partitions and partitioning the datasets, and returning a response to the query, the response being structured in accordance with the created partitions. | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to improved recovery of aluminum values from the aluminum hydroxide production process such as the Bayer process. In particular, the invention relates to the compositions and methods providing the increase of particle size of aluminum hydroxide product without ... | The present invention relates ways to increase the output of a high quality product from the aluminum hydroxide recovery processes such as the Bayer process. The invention is a method of increasing the size of precipitated aluminum hydroxide while not reducing the total production amounts. The invention relates to the ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to a method and device for soldering that includes an integrated solder feed. It further relates to a cartridge that is a compact, self-contained solder supply and to a combination of the device and the cartridge.
It has long been recognized that ... | An improved soldering device is provided, one that is structured for the reception of and use with a new cartridge that is a self-contained supply of solder. When the cartridge is inserted within the soldering device, an operator, using only one hand, is able to advance the solder from out of the cartridge and to a loc... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a drum beater device which is typically used with a bass drum and a drum beater foot pedal. The present invention discloses a novel self-aligning beater which allows the head to self-align with a flat striking surface of a bass drum.
The self-aligning bea... | A self-aligning bass drum beater that allows the drummer to play without the need to make any adjustments to the beater. Because it is self-aligning, it remains centered when impacting the bass drum head, producing maximum sound projection.
The beater also has two different contact surfaces 180° apart which may b... | 6 |
This is a continuation-in-part application of my pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/130,909 filed Aug. 7, 1998, and continued under 37 CFR §1.53(d) entitled “VACUUM HAIR CUTTER” which was a continuation-in-part application of my U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/670,548 filed Jun. 27, 1996, abandoned and con... | A hair cutting device is connected to a vacuum source to draw hair into a cutting chamber and includes a mechanism for cutting which allows an operator to both position the cutting device and to activate the cutting mechanism with one hand. The cutting mechanism includes two blades and preferably at least one blade sli... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of removing ozone remaining in water. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of removing ozone which remains in the form of micro bubbles in water such as ballast water after killing microorganisms mixing in water with ozone, o... | The present invention provides a method of removing ozone remaining in water by separating residual ozone which remains in water after ozone is mixed in the water and kills microorganisms in the water including the steps of storing water containing the residual ozone in a pressure tank, supplying the pressure tank with... | 2 |
[0001] This invention claims benefit and priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/948,460 filed Jul. 23, 2013, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/790,107 filed Mar. 15, 2013 under 35 U.S.C. 119. All benefit to the priority is claimed and is incorporated by reference.
... | The present invention relates to a method of consuming a universal potent healing tonic. When consumed according to the method, the arthritic user will experience a large reduction in symptoms, and possible elimination of symptoms altogether, and may also alleviate general pain in the user. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application 60/680,194, filed May 12, 2005, and which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to magneto-rhe... | A magneto-rheological coupling (MRC) is provided having an input assembly operable to receive a torque input and an output member operable to selectively transmit torque to a driveshaft. A magneto-rheological fluid, or MRF, having a variable viscosity in response to a magnetic flux field is operable to vary the torque ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a case for a portable equipment such as transmitter for key-less entry system of a vehicle.
There has been known a key-less entry system as a remotely controllable auxiliary means for a vehicle, which is provided with a portable equipment such as tran... | A case of a portable equipment for communication to an external system comprises a body portion and an operation portion acting as a function member. At least a portion of the case is provided with a decorative film having a resin film having transparency and a print layer printed on a back surface of the resin film in... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCES
This application relates to and claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-245915, filed on Oct. 26, 2009, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to a power factor correction device and its control me... | Proposed are a power factor correction device and its control method capable of obtaining a stable output as the output of a power supply unit while simplifying and miniaturizing the configuration. In the power factor correction device and the control method thereof including a coil and a switching element, and a contr... | 7 |
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