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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an automated placket shirt front forming machine and method for sewing placket shirts applicable to chain stitch, lock stitch and other types of sewing machines to provide a completely automatic apparatus and method which... | An automatic placket shirt front forming machine and method for sewing placket shirt fronts is provided which utilizes an apparatus and method to automatically position, sew, mitre cut and remove a sewn placket shirt front and stack the placket shirt front. The method and apparatus requires the operator to only master ... | 3 |
This application claims Priority from Provisional Application 60,365,809 filed on Mar. 21, 2002.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Present invention relates to a novel, aerobic biological process for the degradation of lignin using the defined consortium of ligninolytic bacteria isolated from the specific si... | The invention provides a novel process of lignin degradation using a consortium of bacteria. To date, biodegradation of lignin has been centered to fungi only. Degradation of lignin by bacteria confer a new understanding that may be of tremendous industrial significance. This invention also discloses the isolation and ... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a 35 U.S.C. 371 National Application of PCT/EP2009/067827 filed Dec. 23, 2009, which claims priority to European Patent Application No. 08022476.9, filed Dec. 29, 2008, the entire contents of which are incorporated entirely herein by reference.
... | An injection device for delivering a medicament to the human or animal body. The injection device comprising a housing, a piston rod for driving a bung of a medicament container, a drive mechanism including a motor for providing an output drive to the piston rod for delivering the medicament; and controller for control... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation-in part application and claims the priority benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/240,419, filed 22 Sep. 2011, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/264,726, filed 4 Nov. 2008, which in ... | A technique for operating a mobile station as wireless local-area network [“WLAN”] gate-way. A gateway application sets up ( 3 - 0 ) a WLAN base station capable of communicating with WLAN terminals over a WLAN network; creates a network identifier ( 3 - 2, 3 - 4 ) for the WLAN base station; assigns ( 3 - 8, 3 - 10 ) an... | 7 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 901,500 filed Aug. 28, 1986.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method of removing particles such as foreign matter and dust from a flexible support (hereinafter referred to merely as "a support"... | A method and apparatus for removing particles from a flexible sheet. The sheet is run over a rotating rod, rotating oppositely to the moment of the sheet. The rod is immersed on its lower side in a bath of solvent and excess solvent is removed from the bath and is filtered. Additionally, solvent may be applied to the s... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to hermetic compressors having positive displacement liquid lubricant pumps to supply liquid lubricant to bearing surfaces. More specifically, the present invention relates to compressors incl... | A hermetic compressor assembly includes a compressor housing having a quantity of liquid lubricant therein. A compressor mechanism is provided within the compressor housing and a drive shaft is selectively rotatable and operably connected to the compressor mechanism. A liquid lubricant displacement element is engaged t... | 5 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to electronic data manipulation processes. More specifically, this invention relates to electronic data compression processes.
BACKGROUND
FIG. 1 illustrates a typical LZ data compression method. The LZ compression method of FIG. 1 processes an input data strea... | An improved multi-codebook phase-in coding process for coding electronic data wherein for each received electronic input data, the coding process detects whether that input data exceeds a current coding maximum, then selecting a codebook coding method from one or more codebook coding methods in response to detecting wh... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 10/966,905, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,378,187, issued May 27, 2008 and filed Oct. 14, 2004, which claims priority to and the benefit of Korea Patent Application No. 10-2003-0071948 filed on Oct. 15, 2003 in the Kor... | An integrated cap assembly of a secondary battery. A cap lamination forms a top portion of the secondary battery and serves as a connection terminal while the secondary battery is charged or discharged. A gasket is molded integrally with the cap lamination in such a manner that a peripheral portion of the cap laminatio... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to compounds and formulations useful for improving the toughness of adhesive compositions and methods for use thereof. In a particular aspect, the present invention relates to epoxy-based resin formulations having improved fracture toughness. In another aspect,... | In accordance with the present invention, there are provided toughening agents which are useful for improving the performance properties of epoxy-based adhesive formulations. For example, epoxidized polybutylacrylates have been found to be useful toughening agents of component level underfill adhesive compositions. Inv... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for use in the manufacturing of a fluid dynamic pressure bearing, and more particularly to a method of filling an oil a bearing gap.
2. Background Art
Various fluid dynamic pressure bearings have been proposed fo... | Oil which will serve as a lubricating fluid of a fluid dynamic pressure bearing is degassed in a first environment under a first pressure which is lower than atmospheric pressure. First and second members of the bearing are place in a second environment under a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure and higher than t... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a log infeeder, e.g., for feeding logs to chip-and-saw apparatus, and more particularly to a mechanism for adjusting the height of the infeeder.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Maximizing the production of lumber from each log is a major objective of sawmil... | A mechanism for elevating and/or shifting a log infeed table to position a log received on the infeed table for a subsequent operation. The mechanism has sets of opposed paired crank arms pivotally mounted on supports. The infeed table is mounted on supporting shafts extending between the crank arms with the supporting... | 1 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to method for carrying out a process of parking a vehicle by means of a driver assistance system. The method involves detecting objects in an environment of the vehicle and their respective relative positions with re... | A method for performing an automatic parking process of a vehicle involves offering a user a selection between at least two parking maneuver for implementing by a driver assistance system in the vehicle. The first parking maneuver is a direct parking maneuver in which an automatic parking process is performed from the ... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/201,292 filed by T. P. Weihs et al. on May 2, 2000 and entitled “Reactive Multilayer Foils”. It is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ filed by M. E. Reiss et al. c... | In accordance with the invention, a reactive multilayer structure comprises alternating layers of materials that exothermically react by a self-propagating reduction/oxidation reaction or by a self-propagating reduction/formation reaction. This combination of a reduction reaction and either an oxidation or formation re... | 8 |
This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/935,474 filed Feb. 4, 2014, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to posts for mailboxes and fences, and in particular to devices, app... | Devices, apparatus, kits, systems and methods for protecting sides of wood or plastic posts from damage from lawn equipment with easily attachable plastic panels, and for providing marking surfaces, such as addresses for the posts, as well as a surface for applying desirable colors and indicia designs thereon. The pane... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part and claims the benefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/008,970, filed on Jan. 19, 2011 now abandoned, entitled, “Nestable Hangar With Articulating Integrated Hook”, which is a continuation-in-part and claims the benefit of U.S. app... | A garment hanger is disclosed having a hook insert therein wherein the hook may be inserted into the body of its hanger to facilitate the nesting of one hanger with the other like hanger. | 0 |
PRIOR ART STATEMENT
Although considerable improvements have been made in sealing materials, the basic design of the slush pump or mud pump for oil field operations has generally remained constant during the past thirty-five years.
Traditional mud pumps have employed a one-piece molded rubber compound having... | In a pump having a cylinder liner, there is a piston therein, a seal around the piston and rear wearband around the piston body to align the piston within the liner. An elastomeric seal ring is in sealing and sliding contact with the liner. A gap filler, with minimal axial creep and controlled radial creep, abuts the r... | 5 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 296,429 filed on Aug. 26, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,521,372.
This invention relates generally to the storage of material and in particular to the monitoring of storage containers to detect leakage of material from the storage containers and to detect the migrat... | An apparatus and method for monitoring stored material is disclosed. Material to be stored and monitored is placed within the innermost container of a series of nested containers and monitoring fluids are circulated in a closed loop of fluid flow through the spaces between the nested containers. Monitoring devices are ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. The Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a glass ceramic plate providing a cooking surface of a cook top or cooking apparatus, which is composed of a glass ceramic material which is transparent to visible light as well as IR radiation and which is provided w... | The glass ceramic plate for a cooking apparatus is transparent to visible light and IR radiation and has a noble metal film on its underside. The noble metal film is composed of an alloy of gold, platinum and/or palladium, which imparts a reflective property to it. It contains from 0 to 5 percent by weight, in relation... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/889,032, filed Feb. 9, 2007, the details of which are incorporated by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This application relates generally to warewasher systems which are used... | A warewasher for washing wares including a housing defining an internal space with at least one spray zone for washing wares. The housing includes an opening defined in part by a lower shelf. A liquid delivery system provides a spray of liquid within the spray zone. An access door has a vertically hinged connection to ... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of, and claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/147,445, filed on May 16, 2002. It claims priority to both U.S. application Ser. No. 10/147,445 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/368,892, filed on Mar. 29, 2002. The content... | This invention relates to a method for treating cancer including administrating to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of the formula:
wherein, A is H or
each of Ar 1 , Ar 2 , and Ar 3 , independently, is phenyl, thienyl, furyl, pyrroly... | 0 |
[0001] The present disclosure is directed to medical instruments and, more specifically, to an applier that may be used to apply a left atrial appendage occlusion clip.
[0002] It is a first aspect of the present invention to provide a medical instrument comprising: (a) a first joint comprising a first m... | A medical instrument comprising: (a) a first joint comprising a first member and a second member, the first member configured to be repositionable with respect to the second member in a first degree of freedom; (b) a second joint operatively coupled to the first joint, the second joint comprising a third member and a f... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to and the benefits of U.S. Provisional Patent Application titled Rotary Peristaltic Dome Pump, Ser. No. 62/245,629, filed on Oct. 23, 2015 and which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[000... | An exemplary refill unit for a foam dispenser includes a container for holding a foamable liquid and a liquid pump connected to the container and an outlet nozzle. The liquid pump has a rigid back plate and a flexible membrane. The flexible membrane and the rigid back plate form an arcuate shaped liquid pump chamber. T... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to a biocidal composition containing tetrachloroisophthalonitrile and 3-iodo-2-propynylbutylcarbamate in the form of a liquid which serves to inhibit fungal, algae and bacterial growth.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
The compound 3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcar... | The invention is directed to a biocidal composition for inhibition fungal, bacterial and algae growth which comprises a mixture of tetrachloroisophthalonitrile and 3-iodo-2-propynly butyl carbamate. | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is based on a regulating device for control of variables of an internal combustion engine and more particularly relates to providing an intervention capability responsive to knocking signals for developing frequency and amplitude information for evaluation to control igni... | A regulating device is proposed for control variables of an internal combustion engine, in particular for the fuel metering signal and the ignition signal, which has an intervention capability for signals of at least one knocking sensor on the engine via a knocking-signal evaluation circuit; this knocking-signal evalua... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to ceramic metal composites and to processes for the production thereof. More particularly, but not exclusively, it relates to metal-ceramic composites of biocompatible metals and bioactive ceramics.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
It is known tha... | A device for assembling components having metal bonding pads includes plates that can move relative to each other, bearing metal components respectively and leaving between them a flat chamber surrounding the components when the latter are in contact with each other. The flat chambers can be saturated with deoxidizing ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns an interlacing apparatus and process for the interlacing of multifilament yarns in accord with the generic concept of using a flow of a medium through a specially designed jet nozzle to entwine multifilament yarns.
Interlacing apparatuses and proces... | An apparatus for interlacing a multifilament yarn includes a housing with a conduit defined therethrough. A jet nozzle is configured with the housing. The jet nozzle includes a main channel symmetric to the yarn conduit axis and at least two side channels. The main channel directs a greater volume of pressurized air in... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to baskets and more particularly to a basket designed for releaseable mounting to a shopping cart for increasing the carrying capacity of the shopping cart and allowing shopping carts to be stored in no greater storage area than is required for storing shopping... | An unbreakable basket detachably coupled to a nestable shopping cart, has vertical and horizontal plastic ribs, certain ones protecting a detachably mounted sign on the forward face. The open end of the basket has a continuous rolled rim which enhances structural ridigity of the basket and protects the shopping cart an... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a pressurized washing system and apparatus, and more particularly, to a self-contained washing system that is capable of simultaneously washing a plurality of vehicles used for landscape ma... | A washing station and method for removing debris and oil from landscape maintenance equipment vehicles includes a self-contained pressurized washing system that separates the washing water from solids, washes the solids, captures the oil and debris, recycles the filtered water and prevents contamination of the surround... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention generally relates to a process for removing one or more sulfur compounds from one or more hydrocarbons, and a vessel relating thereto.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART
[0002] Caustic carryover in the hydrocarbon streams, such as fuel gas and lique... | One exemplary embodiment can be a process for removing one or more sulfur compounds from one or more hydrocarbons. The process may include passing a hydrocarbon stream from a prewash zone containing a coalescing zone to an extraction zone. Often, the zones are contained within a single vessel and the coalescing zone co... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to voice communication and, more specifically, to automated control to compensate for variable ambient noise levels.
2. Background of the Invention
Voice communication devices such as mobile telephones have become ubiqu... | A system and method for reducing or entirely canceling background or ambient noise from a voice transmission from a communications device. A communications device, such as a mobile telephone, is configured with an ambient noise compensation signal generator that is connected between a microphone and a mixer. The origin... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to transition metal complexes and more particularly to transition metal complexes used in the preparation of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Sensitizers are one of the most crucial components for th... | This invention provides a transition metal complex of formula MXY 2 Z and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein M is selected from iron, ruthenium, and osmium; X represents a ligand shown in formula (II)
wherein R 1 a... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application relies for priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) upon U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/412,222 filed Sep. 20, 2002.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to methods for treating conditions associat... | The invention provides methods of using beta glucans to treat conditions associated with bone loss or low bone density as well as methods for promoting bone growth in situations where enhanced bone growth is desirable. In the invention methods beta glucans are administered so as to enhance the development of osteoblast... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The disclosed invention relates to optical fiber technology and, more particularly, to methods and devices for reducing or eliminating ultraviolet and infrared radiation degradation in a large core polymer fiber (LCP) such that it may be used with available light sources without modificatio... | A method and a device are disclosed for reducing ultraviolet and infrared degradation of a polymer core of large core polymer fiber. The method comprises coupling a large core polymer fiber with a glass rod resulting in the placement of the glass piece in the path of the ultraviolet and infrared radiation, thus interce... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for registering parameters of an elongated test material, said device comprising elements for generating a beam path in a region of the test material.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
From EP 0 401 600 such a device is already known for a test materi... | A device for registering parameters of an elongated test material that takes up little space, can be manufactured easily and is cost-effective includes a light source for illuminating at least one region of the test material. The light source is in the form of a radiator of planar construction which is preferably desig... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing tabbed or indexed sheets.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Tabbed or indexed sheets are used as dividers, for example, in ring binders or in other stationery applications. In the simplest form, the material formi... | Tabbed or indexed sheets typically for use in ring binders or other stationery applications are produced from a web of sheet material by means of forming an aperture in the sheet material and inserting through the aperture a length of reinforcing material. The length of reinforcing material is secured to the opposed fa... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a small sealed container and an applicator. More specifically, the present invention relates to a small slender container designed to be used with an applicator such as a cotton swab.
[0003] 2. ... | A small slender container and an applicator that may be used to store small quantity of substance, such as creams, lotions, and make-ups in a sealed environment and easily and sanitarily dispenses its content for application as desired is disclosed. The content of the slender container may be permanently sealed with an... | 0 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/413,796 filed Mar. 30, 1995, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the field of spray guns for the spray application of liquid coatings. M... | An improved HVLP spray gun which operates from an air supply source and an improved nozzle therefor are disclosed. The HVLP gun has a fluid nozzle including a first, integral, laterally extending portion including pressure reduction orifices which are calibrated, relative to a fluid passage in the nozzle, so that the s... | 1 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/172,239 filed on Mar. 23, 1988, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The α-(1-methylethyl)-3,4-dimethoxybenzeneacetonitrile is an intermediate useful in the preparation of a drug having coronodilator activity, internationally know... | New process for the synthesis of the α-(1-m.ethylethyl)-3,4-dimethoxyacetonitrile of formula (I): ##STR1## which is known as an intermediate in the synthesis of the drug internationally known as verapamil. The process starts from the isobutyryl-3,4-dimethoxybenzene of formula (II): ##STR2## which, by means of the Darze... | 2 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/388,494, filed Sep. 2, 1999, now abandoned entitled “Atomizing Apparatus & Process”, which was a divisional application of parent patent application Ser. No. 08/751,970, filed Nov. 19, 1996, now U.S. Pat No. 5,993,509,... | An atomizing apparatus for the production of powders or spray deposits, having an atomization device for receiving a liquid stream of molten metal or metal alloy to be atomized; at least two primary atomization gas jets for directing an atomization gas at an angle into the liquid stream in an atomization zone at an imp... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/358,790, filed Feb. 21, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,211,080, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/436,910, filed May 13, 2003, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation of U.... | An instrument and method are provided for sealing and joining or hemostatically dividing tissue, which is particularly suitable for laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery. The instrument makes use of the controlled application of a combination of heat and pressure to seal adjacent tissues, to join adjacent tissues, or to ... | 0 |
This invention was made with government support under Grant No. N00014-86-K-0766 awarded by the Office of Naval Research. The government has certain rights in the invention.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present invention is cross-referenced to Epstein and Yue U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,137,99... | Broadly, the present invention takes advantage of the ability of self-protonated sulfonated polyaniline (SPAN) to sense and/or modulate pH of a medium in the vicinity of a SPAN electrode. Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention is directed to a method for sensing pH of a medium in the vicinity of a sensing ele... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention concerns personal care compositions providing moisturization both in high and low relative humidity environments.
2. The Related Art
Dry skin is a problem in varying degree to most humans. This condition is particularly evident ... | A personal care composition is provided which includes a trihydroxy and quaternary ammonium substituted dipropyl ether. The substituted dipropyl ether functions as a humectant when applied to human skin to moisturize both in high and low relative humidity environments. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2005-105697, filed on Nov. 4, 2005, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[000... | A shift register circuit comprising a plurality of stages dependently connected to an initial input signal or an output signal of a previous stage and connected to first and second clock signals which are mutually inverted. Each stage includes eight switching devices interconnected together with three capacitors and in... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO PROVISIONAL APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of provisional application Ser. No. 60/615,367, filed Oct. 1, 2004.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to refrigerator cases.
[0003] Refrigerator cases ty... | A refrigerator case assembly is provided which includes at least two refrigerator case elements positioned next to each other and defining a gap therebetween; and a trim joint having a body portion for covering the gap and a mounting member for releasably securing the trim joint relative to the at least two case elemen... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention pertains to building shutters, and more particularly, to adjustable modular shutter assemblies having a multiple panel.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
As is well known, there are various decorative building shutters designed to be installed next to building openings,... | A multi-panel modular shutter assembly comprised of a plurality of center panels disposed side-by-side between a pair of side rails which include retaining means engagable with the adjacent sides of a center panel for retaining said center panel in place and including a plurality of top and bottom rails for framing sai... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/496,816, filed Feb. 2, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,359,204.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to improvements in the structure and function ... | Harmonica structures designed for enhancing harmonica play are disclosed. In one aspect, a reed comb is provided with a common bridge having reeds formed integrally therewith. The reed plate has a plurality of reed slots formed therein and is adapted to receive the reeds of the reed comb into corresponding slots formed... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application corresponds to PCT/EP2O15/000077, filed Jan. 19, 2015, which claims the benefit of German Application No. 10 2014 001 167.4, filed Jan. 31, 2014, the subject matter of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE... | A frame (10) for a vehicle seat belt retractor comprises a back part (12), two side legs (16) extending in parallel to each other starting from the back part (12), with a retaining aperture (18) for a belt reel being provided in each side leg (16), and a mounting structure for mounting the frame (10) fixed to the vehic... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Voids in bones may exist because a diseased portion of the bone has been surgically removed or a bone has been damaged in an accident. These voids can lead to discomfort and structural instability, either of which may prompt a patient to seek ways to alleviate the pain and to obtain more st... | A syringe that has a barrel with curvature is provided. The curvature enables a greater volume of bone graft materials to be housed than in a straight syringe without increasing the absolute distance from the handle of the plunger to dispensing end of the syringe. Additionally by maintaining a constant diameter, the ba... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally concerns heat conservation devices for clothes dryers and more particularly an exhaust air diversion device with lint scrubber apparatus adapted to be positioned in the exhaust air vent pipe of a clothes dryer for diverting warm, humid exhaust air from t... | A heat recovery device is adapted for placement in the heat exhaust vent pipe of a conventional clothes dryer. The device includes a scrubber for primary removal of lint from the dryer exhaust and a final filter means for removing small particles of lint remaining prior to allowing the warm, humid dryer exhaust air to ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to shift lever control devices for use in wheeled motor vehicles of a type having an automatic transmission mounted therein, and more particularly to shift lever control devices of a floor-mounted type which has the shift le... | A shift lever control device is disclosed which comprises a pivot structure for permitting a shift lever to pivot in both first and second directions which are perpendicular to each other; a bracket which is pivotal together with the shift lever in the first direction and has a mounting portion; a cam plate rotatably m... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an ice island structure for location over a submerged drill site in offshore waters, and to a drilling method utilizing the ice island structure for drilling prior to grounding of the ice island structure upon the sea bed... | An off-shore ice island structure for location over a submerged drill site in waters which normally freeze in winter. The structure includes a buoyant protective caisson which freezes in position over the drill site upon onset of winter. A barge floats on water kept unfrozen within the caisson, and is connected to the ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to down-hole tools, and in particular, though not exclusively, to a time delay mechanism for use with down-hole tools.
Down-hole pressure actuated or initiated devices which may be, for example, suspended from "pack-off" devices tubing or casing wel... | A time delay mechanism wherein there is provided a time delay between the application of a pressure to the mechanism and an action being carried out as a result of the application of said pressure. The mechanism may comprise a first piston and piston chamber and a second piston and piston chamber. Communication of a vi... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to on-line character recognition apparatus and, more particularly, to an on-line character recognition apparatus having a group table memory in which characters and symbols can be associated with nominated characte... | A character recognition apparatus is comprised of an input device for obtaining hand-written informations, a character dictionary memory for storing characteristics of characters and symbols, a character recognition device for determining character or symbol of the hand-written informations in association with characte... | 6 |
[0001] The present invention generally relates to a light-emitting diode and a method for fabricating the same.
[0002] Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are playing an increasingly important role in our daily life. Traditionally, LEDs are become ubiquitous in many applications, such as communications and ... | Systems and methods for fabricating a light emitting diode include forming a multilayer epitaxial structure above a carrier substrate; depositing at least one metal layer above the multilayer epitaxial structure; removing the carrier substrate. | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE
[0001] The present application is a Continuation under 35 U.S.C. §120 of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/601,328, entitled Adjustable Cleat, filed on Jun. 20, 2003, which in-turn claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to United States Provisional Patent Ser. No. 60/390,552, entitled: ... | The present invention is directed to a method and system for providing workpiece positioning for power tools, such as miter saws. The apparatus includes an adjustable positioning device such as a threaded rod. A retention member is connected to the adjustable positioning device. The retention member is capable of pivot... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/079,933, filed Jul. 30, 1993, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to hand railing and more particularly to safety railing used at con... | The present invention relates to hand railing that complies with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations for hand railing on both landings and stair cases. The hand railing utilizes a post which can be converted by angling a bracket to accommodate various stair case inclinations. The brackets c... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a dryer for a textile fabric web, and to a method of drying a textile fabric web.
For drying textile fabric webs, dryers are known in which one or more drums are arranged in a housing. A textile fabric web is supplied to the dryer via an opening in the dr... | The invention relates to a dryer for a textile fabric web, comprising a dryer chamber ( 2 ) and having at least one drum ( 3 a ) which is arranged in the dryer chamber ( 2 ) and around at least part of which the fabric web ( 5 ) is wrapped, wherein heated drying air flows through the fabric web ( 5 ) and is discharge... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 09/994,506 filed on Nov. 27, 2001 now abandoned.
ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
This invention was made by employees of the United States Government and may be manufactured and used by or for the Governmen... | A welding method and apparatus are provided for forming a weld joint between first and second elements of a workpiece. The method includes heating the first and second elements to form an interface of material in a plasticized or melted state interface between the elements. The interface material is then allowed to coo... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATION(S)
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/445,025 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,844,722), filed Jun. 1, 2006, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/142,731 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,085,845), filed on May 8, 2002, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provi... | Collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording is accomplished by gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording and determining if tags are embedded in the media recording and gathering descriptive... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This disclosure includes material related to the disclosure of the following commonly-owned US Patent Applications: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/136,402; filed Jul. 29. 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,485,147; U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/385,127, filed Feb. 2, 2012, now U... | A barrier ring for a cylinder assembly for an opposed-piston engine fits into a groove fashioned into a portion of the cylinder liner that is adjacent to the top dead center location of the end surfaces of the pistons, in a volume of the cylinder liner that defines the combustion chamber. The barrier ring and groove ar... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/877,425, filed Sep. 13, 2013, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
INTRODUCTION
[0002] Elect... | An electrochromic insert adapted to be fitted into an existing window frame allowing an existing window to be retrofit to have the benefits of electrochromics. The insert may have a scaffold that fits into a window frame. Securing the insert to the frame may occur through a variety of ways including a bracket, a flexib... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to devices for the dispensing of microliter volumes of liquid samples. More specifically, it relates to the dispensing of small volumes of liquid using a positive displacement technique.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The accurate dispensing of smal... | A piston is disposed inside a tube having an inner cross sectional size and shape uniform along its length. The tube has an open end. The piston is free to move linearly inside the tube and preferably may move out of the tube through the open end. If the tube is cylindrical, for example, it has a constant inner diamete... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates optical coherence tomography (OCT). In particular, the device relates to OCT for use in the diagnosis of otitis media (OM).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Otitis Media is a common disease of the inner ear, involving tissue inf... | An OCT apparatus and method for characterization of a fluid adjacent to a tympanic membrane has a low coherence source which is coupled to a splitter which has a measurement path and a reference path. The reference path is temporally modulated for length, and the combined signals from the reference path and the measure... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to windows having frames with multiple tracks or channels therein for sashes and, more particularly, for features other than sashes such as screens.
Windows, including windows for doors such as storm doors, are, in many instances, desired to have fea... | A window with an outer frame for mounting in a window opening in a structure this outer frame having on the sides thereof sash tracks or channels facing one another across the window space. Window sashes containing a single window pane are positioned between and securable in such channels in a manner allowing them to b... | 4 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/712,742 filed on May 14, 2015,which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/473,806 filed on Aug. 29, 2014, now issued U.S. Pat. No. 9,061,531, the contents of which are incorporated herein
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
... | A method of maintaining a printer including a plurality of printheads positioned in a staggered overlapping arrangement across a width of a media feed path. Each printhead has a respective wiper and the method includes the step of moving the wipers towards respective printheads in a direction parallel to a media feed d... | 1 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 591,416, filed Mar. 20, 1984, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to a shock absorber and more particularly to an engine mount through which an automotive engi... | Disclosed herein is an improved engine mount which comprises first and second retaining members which are separated from each other, a first shock absorbing elastomer block disposed between the first and second retaining members, a highly magnetic member connected to the first retaining member to move therewith, and a ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a method of providing an immediate anti-wrinkle effect and/or an immediate tensor effect on the skin. The invention also relates to a process for obtaining a polysaccharide-rich active ingredient of high molecular weight that is derived from oat bran, h... | The invention relates to a method for obtaining an active ingredient having an immediate anti-wrinkle and skin-tensioning effect, by extracting and purifying high molecular weight polysaccharides from oat bran, fibers and/or grains, and solubilizing and stabilizing the polysaccharides in water. The invention also relat... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Use
The process of this invention relates to a process for removing lower alcohols from a tetrahydrofuran stream. More particularly, the process of this invention relate to a process for removing lower alcohols from a tetrahydrofuran stream by extractive distillation ... | A process for separating one or more aliphatic alcohols selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and tertiary butanol from a tetrahydrofuran stream comprising tetrahydrofuran, one or more of said alcohols and optionally water by extractive distillation with water. | 2 |
[0001] This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. Application No. 11/066,099, having been filed May 23, 2005, which application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. Application Ser. No. 10/347,489 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,860,074), having been filed on Jan. 21, 2003, which in turn is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S.... | The invention is a joint cover assembly for covering a gap adjacent an edge of a panel that covers a sub-surface, and a method of covering such a gap. The assembly includes a molding having a foot, a first arm, and a second arm. The foot is positioned along a longitudinal axis of the molding, and the first arm extends ... | 4 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a fire retardant panel door, and more particularly to a reinforced fire retardant panel door that provides additional structural support, stiffness and fire resistance for preventing the spread of fire through the fire retardant panel door and doo... | A reinforced fire retardant panel door that prevents buckling of the door during a fire. The reinforced fire retardant panel door includes a door member having at least one door panel and stiles and rails. The reinforced fire retardant panel door also includes at least four (4) steel washer inserts embedded within the ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The proper and efficient operation of a sewage treatment plant is dependent upon the rate at which activated return sludge is cycled in the system. The return sludge carries the necessary operating bacteria back into the system to control the rate of treatment. The best operation is ob... | A system for automatically extracting samples of sludge and mixed liquor from a sewage treatment plant, delivering them to a testing settleometer jar and centrifuge and measuring the rate of settling of sludge and suspended solids in the test samples. | 2 |
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to scaffolding, and more particularly to scaffolding that is adapted for supporting studio lighting, grip and sound components.
Studio sound stages are typically equipped with heavy wooden scaffolding known as "greenbeds" that form hanging catwalks as aerial ... | A scaffold system in which a scaffold bed is suspended between a pair of channel members. The channel members are horizontally disposed in respective frames that include a spaced pair of column members. The bed is modular and provides a deck surface that is formed by a plurality of panel members that are joined by a pa... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/648,013, filed Jan. 27, 2005.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to thin films, methods of making the films, and structures including the films.
BACKGR... | Structures comprising substrates comprised of an organic material capable of accepting a proton from an organophosphorous compound and a film of the organophosphorous compound bonded to the substrate are disclosed. The structures are useful in a variety of applications such as visual display devices. | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Machines incorporating intermeshing rotors have been described. See Chomyszak U.S. Pat. No. 5,233,954, issued Aug. 10, 1993 and Tomcyzk, U.S. patent application Publication 2003/0111040, published Jun. 19, 2003. The contents of the patent and publication are incorporated ... | The invention provides a toroidal intersecting vane machine incorporating intersecting rotors to form primary and secondary chambers whose porting configurations minimize friction and maximize efficiency. Specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a toroidal intersecting vane machine that greatly reduces... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to novel substituted 3-thiazolines (isothiazolines), processes for their preparation and their use as a flavoring for foods and drinks.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the flavor industry, there is still a strong demand for compounds which give foods and dri... | The present invention provides for novel 3-thiazolines comprising the formula
where R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are identical or different and denote hydrogen or a lower alkyl, wherein said lower alkyl denotes an unbranched or branched hydrocarbon having 1 to 3 carbon atoms. These novel 3-thiaz... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/757,304, filed Jun. 1, 2007, which is hereby incorporated herein by referenced in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for... | A magnet controller supplied by a DC generator controls a lifting magnet. Four transistors, forming an H bridge, allow DC current to flow in both directions in the lifting magnet. During “Lift”, full voltage is applied to the lifting magnet. During “Drop”, reverse voltage is applied briefly to demagnetize the lifting m... | 1 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 583,275, filed Feb. 27, 1984, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a signal communication system, and more particularly to an improved signal communication system which convey... | A signal communication system provided in a board device has a signal input/output terminal board having a plurality of input/output terminals. When a signal is communicated between two board devices, some of the input/output terminals serve as an input signal terminal and the remainder as an output signal terminal in ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an apparatus for coating food products with sauce while simultaneously deep freezing them, with a rotatable drum in a horizontal position, on the inner wall surface of which a driving plate is disposed and which has an opening at an end face.
Previously, ... | An apparatus for coating food products with sauce while simultaneously deep freezing them comprises a rotatable drum (10) in a horizontal position, on the inner wall surface of which a driving plate is disposed and which has an opening (16) at an end face. The apparatus furthermore comprises a second opening (18) on th... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to new semiconductor films made of metal oxide with large bandgaps formed on substrates.
The new semiconductor films are very useful to be used in electronic and photonic devices.
The present invention relates to... | The present invention is directed to a new semiconductor film comprising of metal oxide grown on a substrate and its fabrication method.
The metal oxide is comprised of molybdenum oxide which is very useful to fabricate electronic devices with high withstand voltages and photonic and electronic hostile-environmen... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of prior application Ser. No. 14/600,601, filed on Jan. 20, 2015, which is a continuation of prior application Ser. No. 14/335,174, filed on Jul. 18, 2014, which is a continuation of prior application Ser. No. 14/243,453, filed... | A method for activating/deactivating secondary carriers of a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation is provided. The method comprises, receiving a control message including an activation/deactivation Control Element (CE) in a first sub-frame from a Base station, identifying ... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to Provisional Application No. 61/192,891, filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Sep. 22, 2008.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the papermaking industry, substituting inorganic filler for wood fiber ... | Methods for making a heterogeneous polymer blend comprising one or more anionic polymers, one or more cationic polymers, and one or more non-ionic polymers, which method comprises (a) adding to a non-neutral solution a first amount of polymerization initiator and one or more anionic or cationic monomers, wherein each m... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present application relates generally to low and high molecular weight double stranded RNA (“dsRNA”) and single stranded RNA (“ssRNA”) in their use to induce cell death and cell apoptosis and in particular, in transformed cells.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | The present application is directed to the use of dsRNA and/or ssRNA for the purpose of inducing apoptosis or cell death in proliferating cells. Specifically, low molecular weight and high molecular weight dsRNA and ssRNA are shown to induce apoptosis and/or cell death in proliferating cells, to arrest proliferation of... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to International Patent Application No. PCT/US2012/69761, filed Dec. 14, 2012, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/578,986, filed Dec. 22, 2011, all of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entire... | Disclosed are processes and apparatuses for producing a crystalline product. The processes and apparatuses may extend the operational time of an evaporative crystallizer by providing an internal volume or large deposit inventory for fouling deposits to reside without impacting the unit operation. | 1 |
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates generally to the field of semiconductor structure fabrication methods, and specifically to determining the thermal profiles of semiconductor structures.
Reflow soldering is a process in which a plated metallurgy may be used to temporarily attach one or several electr... | According to embodiments of the present invention, a semiconductor substrate is formed on at least a portion of a surface of a semiconductor substrate. The emitting layer is excited for a first predetermined time period. A first luminescent intensity value of the emitting layer is determined. In response to exposing th... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/095,298, entitled Elongate Pipe-Base Structure For Supporting Heavy Loads, and filed Dec. 3, 2013 by the same inventors. That application is incorporated herein by reference.
... | A temporary bridge for supporting heavy loads includes elongate hollow cylinders. A first rigid flat plate is horizontally disposed in overlying relation to each hollow cylinder and a second rigid flat plate is horizontally disposed in underlying relation to each hollow cylinder. Stress-distributing strengthening membe... | 4 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/255,961 filed on Oct. 29, 2009, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of th... | A light assembly that can be attached to virtually any welding helmet to create a well lit working area. The light emitting diode (LED) provides a bright white colored light, which is ideal while doing repair welds, fabrication, and the like. The adjustable light enables the welder to position the light as needed. The ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the manufacturing process of semiconductor integrated circuits said rotary coating apparatus is used to drop diffusion agent or photo resist on semiconductor wafers and form their uniform coatings thereon utilizing a centrifugal force.
In said rotary coating apparatus liquid t... | The present invention relates to a rotary coating apparatus wherein liquid to be applied (diffusion agent, photo resist, and others) is dropped through a nozzle on a rotating glass plate or semiconductor wafer seated on top of a spindle to form coatings over their surfaces and a cap is fitted on the lower surface of th... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a pump means and coupling means for moving water from a reservoir in the bottom of an evaporative cooler to a water manifold at the top of said cooler for dripping water down the sides of the cooler.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Evaporative or "swamp... | This invention relates to an evaporative cooler with improved water pump means wherein a single motor will operate the cooler fan and the pump. The water pump is of the impeller type that draws water therein and it will exit by one or more outlets. In addition there are new and unique coupling means which extend from t... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Nos. 61/040,112 filed Mar. 27, 2008 and 61/143,370 filed Jan. 8, 2009; the contents of each of these applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. ... | Dry powder inhaler systems for pulmonary delivery of pharmaceuticals are disclosed. The dry powder inhalation systems comprise a dry powder inhalation device or inhaler and a cartridge containing a pharmaceutical formulation comprising an active ingredient for delivery to the pulmonary circulation. The present devices ... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present disclosure relates in general to apparatus and methods for introducing fluids into a casing string or other tubular element during well construction operations, and for removing fluids from the casing string. In particular, the disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for in... | A cementing adaptor includes a cylindrical carrier carrying a casing seal, a middle interval and a lower end separated by an annular rib, and a cylindrical swivel element disposed around and coaxially rotatable relative to the middle interval. A cylindrical connector has an upper end rotatably disposed around the carri... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a control circuit for an electromagnetically driven programming shutter of a camera.
An electromagnetically driven programming shutter suffers from a large variation in its performance caused by the variation in the voltage or the current of the e... | The electromagnetically driven programming shutter includes magnets and shutter blade driving coils provided on the respective shutter blades of the shutter and electromagnetically cooperating with the magnets and the shutter blades are actuated for opening and/or closing operation when the driving coils are energized.... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
This invention relates generally to surface mounted perimeter raceway for the distribution of electrical and data/telecommunication cables in buildings that have a need for Protective Distribution Systems (PDS) as described in National Security Telecommunication and Information Systems Secur... | A raceway system having forwardly open channel-shaped base members with opposed longitudinally extending side walls, and the side walls including inwardly and rearwardly projecting marginal edge flanges, the improvement wherein the raceway covers must be slid into these elongated base members to define at least one wir... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In operation, piston engines, in particular piston internal combustion engines, are excited to vibrate by the changing events in the cylinder chamber, such as the course of combustion, but also by mechanical influences; the vibrations are also radiated as noise at the surfaces of the p... | A piston engine which includes an engine block composed of a base material. The engine which block has a cylinder block with at least one cylinder formed therein, a piston located in the cylinder, and a crankshaft connected to the piston and being mounted on crankshaft bearings disposed in a crankcase of the engine blo... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and improved method of, and apparatus for, fabricating a substantially U-shaped body, especially a bifurcated or fork-type joint for a Cardan or universal joint from a blank or unfinished part, which is worked by cold impact or press forming while... | A method of, and apparatus for, fabricating a substantially U-shaped body, especially a fork-type joint of a Cardan or universal joint from a blank which is worked by cold press forming while using dies and punches. During a first step there is extruded from a substantially parallelepiped-shaped blank two leg members w... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present disclosure relates to electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection, and particularly to an interface circuit with an ESD protection circuit.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] ESD protection is generally impor... | An exemplary interface circuit with an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes an interface and an ESD protection circuit. The interface includes at least two pins. The ESD protection circuit includes at least a first polarity signal enable circuit, a second polarity signal enable circuit, and an ESD ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Information bearing cards are widely used for credit, fare and informational purposes, and it is common to locate the information bearing indicia upon magnetic strips attached to the card rear face. As such cards are carried in purses and billfolds, and repeatedly handled, the cards be... | The invention pertains to a protective holder for information bearing cards, such as credit cards, wherein the card includes a magnetic strip affixed to the rear face upon which information is magnetically stored. The holder comprises a substantially flat body having folded-over lips at the upper and lower lateral edge... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the rinsing of surface-treated articles, and more particularly to a counterflow spray rinse process for surface-treated articles.
Articles, whose surfaces have been chemically or electrochemically treated, such as by electroplating or galvanizing, requir... | A process and an apparatus for rinsing a chemically treated or plated article by sequentially moving the article initially over a chemical solution bath and subsequently over a plurality of rinse baths, in which the article is sprayed as it rises from each successive bath with a less concentrated rinse solution from th... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
None.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a grapple of a type having arms that pivot about parallel axes of a frame for grasping and releasing objects and wherein the entire grapple, including the grapple arms, pi... | A grapple apparatus of a type having arms that pivot about parallel axes of a frame for grasping and releasing objects and wherein the entire grapple, including the grapple arms, pivots about a pivotal axis transverse to such parallel axes, and more particularly to a grapple which is pivotally adjustable about such piv... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for detection of the occupied or free state of a track section having a transmitter for feeding a transmitted signal in the form of an AC voltage into the rails of the track section and at least one receiver for... | A device detects an occupied state or a free state of a track section and has a transmitter for feeding a transmission signal in the form of an alternating voltage into the running rails of the track section and at least one receiver for receiving a reception signal which is brought about by a transmission of the trans... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an injection device for fluid, in particular to an injection device for injecting fluid into an exhaust tract of an internal combustion engine.
The demands on the exhaust-gas quality of internal combustion engines, in particular of internal combustion eng... | The invention relates to an injection device, in particular for injecting fluid into an exhaust tract of an internal combustion engine, having a valve unit which comprises a valve needle, an injection chamber having at least one injection opening, and a control chamber, wherein the injection device is designed so that ... | 5 |
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