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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/112,213, filed Nov. 7, 2008, entitled “THERMOSETTING POWDER ADHESIVE COMPOSITION”, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/112,223, f... | A powder adhesive comprising a primary rubber bonding polymer and a thermosetting component, and a method for bonding elastomers to metals employing the same. By adding a thermosetting component to a powdered adhesive, the adhesive may be applied to a substrate, sintered and thermoset to provide a sweep resistant adhes... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application serial No. 60/143,056, entitled “COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING POTENTIAL CLIENTS TO IDENTIFY AN APPROPRIATE PROVIDER FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES” filed on Jul. 9, 1999, the entirety of which i... | A computerized method for matching potential clients with professional services providers which meet their personalized criteria and are interested in providing particular services to them including the steps of: presenting a first electronic document including a plurality of data entry devices to the potential clients... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/334,781 filed on Nov. 15, 2001.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Well-defined transition metal carbene complexes have emerged as the catalysts of choice for a wide variety of selective olefin metathesi... | Chelating ligand precursors for the preparation of olefin metathesis catalysts are disclosed. The resulting catalysts are air stable monomeric species capable of promoting various metathesis reactions efficiently, which can be recovered from the reaction mixture and reused. Internal olefin compounds, specifically beta-... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of an organopolysiloxane or, more particularly, to a method for the preparation of an organopolysiloxane having tetrafunctional siloxane units and containing little amount of residual alkoxy groups so as to be useful as a re... | An efficient and economically advantageous method is proposed for the preparation of an organopolysiloxane comprising tetrafunctional siloxane units, i.e. Q units, and, typically, monofunctional siloxy units, i.e. M units, and useful as a reinforcing agent in silicone rubbers. The method comprises the steps of: mixing ... | 2 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
This application claims priority as a continuation in part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/353,401 filed on Jan. 14, 2009; which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/513,512 having a 371(c) date of Jun. 20, 2005 (submitted to the USPTO o... | The invention provides stabilized concentrated aqueous solutions of alkali hypobromites, as well as a process for the preparation of said stabilized concentrated solutions at low temperatures, comprising reacting a concentrated alkali hydroxide aqueous solution with bromine, adding to the non-stabilized reaction produc... | 2 |
NOTICE OF COPYRIGHTS AND TRADE DRESS
A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. This patent document may show and/or describe matter which is or may become trade dress of the owner. The copyright and trade dress owner has no objection to the fac... | Systems and methods of powder coating glass to block light are described herein. The method includes preheating a glass item and applying two or three coats of powder, alternating with heating at desired temperatures and/or for a set time. The glass article may be a glass window or a container for holding items that mu... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a resolver unit which detects a rotational position, and a resolver using it, and more particularly to a resolver unit which has transformer windings, and in which the axial length is shortened, and a resolver using... | A resolver unit having a structure in which the axial length is shortened to prevent the magnetic coupling characteristic between the rotary and stationary sides from being impaired, a winding generates more magnetic fluxes, and multiplexing is easily conducted, and also a resolver using such a resolver unit are provid... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is related to commonly owned copending Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/026,716, filed Sep. 26, 1996, and claims the benefit of its earlier filing date under 35 U.S.C. 119(e).
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This ... | PEG and related polymer derivatives having weak, hydrolytically unstable linkages near the reactive end of the polymer are provided for conjugation to drugs, including proteins, enzymes, small molecules, and others. These derivatives provide a sufficient circulation period for a drug-PEG conjugate and then for hydrolyt... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
Gutter covering systems are known to prevent debris from entering into the open top end of a rain gutter.
When debris accumulates within the body of a rain gutter in an amount great enough to cover the opening of a downspout-draining hole the draining of water from... | An elongated strip of extruded plastics material includes a vertical rear plane adapted to seat on the rear portion of a gutter-hanging bracket. The rear vertical plane integrally connects to a second forward extending plane that joins, by means of an underlying u-shaped channel, a v-shaped perforated third plane that ... | 4 |
[0001] This application is a Divisional Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/443,566, filed May 31, 2006, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/686,480, filed on Jun. 1, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.
[0002] The United States Government ha... | An article of manufacture for reducing susceptibility of a metal pipe to metal dusting degradation. The article includes a multi-layer tubing having an alloy layer and a copper layer. The alloy layer can include a Ni based, an Al based and an Fe based alloy layer. In addition, layers of chrome oxide, spinel and aluminu... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/358,157, filed Feb. 20, 2002, entitled “Novel Materials for Dental and Biomedical Application.” The application is incorporated herein by this reference.
... | The invention provides novel dental enamel inspired materials for biomedical and dental applications. The materials are apatite-like calcium phosphate complexes and may comprise apatite, octacalcium phosphate crystals, or mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, the materials (calcium phosphate coatings) are mixtures of cr... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Annually in the United States, over 70 million corn acres are planted by approximately 40,000 growers, resulting in over 12 billion bushels of corn harvested annually, which, in-turn, translates into annual revenues in excess of $20 billion. Many growers recognize that one of the most influ... | A planter monitor system and method that provides an operator with near real-time data concerning yield robbing events and the economic cost associated with such yield robbing events so as to motivate the operator to take prompt corrective action. | 0 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Drying clothes with a conventional clothes drying machine is well known. When utilizing a conventional dryer, clothes are typically spun, tossed and thrown around a drying bin at high temperatures. However, after a number of drying cycles clothes tend to shrink and become worn or discolored... | Exemplary embodiments describe a clothes drying apparatus and a method for using a clothes drying apparatus. The clothes drying apparatus can include a base portion with at least one blower. A drying chamber can be positioned above the base portion. A clothing frame can be housed within the drying chamber; the clothing... | 3 |
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/584,528, filed Jan. 11, 1996, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to bicycle helmets, specifically to a transparent sun shield for a bicycle helmet.
2. Description of Prior Art
Presently,... | A bicycle helmet having a transparent eye shade and various interchangeable sun shield portions, along with affixed sun shield portions, also including a helmet with a built in sun shield. Sticker or stickers of various styles can be connected to all eye shade portions of the assemblage. | 0 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] To meet the demand for natural resources, companies invest significant amounts of time and money in searching for and extracting oil, natural gas, and other subterranean resources from the earth. Systems are often employed to access and extract the desired resource. These systems may be loc... | A system and method for accessing a well is disclosed. The system includes a first cap positionable within a bore of a completion member such as a tree or a spool. The first cap has a sealable interface to accept a second cap, and the second cap when sealed to the first cap is capable of providing a barrier against a r... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention is related to well swab cup internal constructions. More specifically, the invention is related to swab cup internal constructions which are adapted to position and support the swab cup reinforcing members or wires within the elastomeric cup like body.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENT... | A well swab cup has an annular bushing for supporting a plurality of longitudinally extending reinforcing members within an elastomeric cup like body. The reinforcing members are supported around the periphery of the bushing and extend upward to a mid-portion of the body. A reinforcing member position support assembly ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for recovery of metal, particularly aluminum, from dross which has been skimmed from a reverberatory or electric furnace.
Aluminum dross is a combination of aluminum metal, various oxides, nitrates and carbides and consti... | An improved method for recovery of metal, particularly aluminum, from metal bearing dross utilizes a trough for collection of the dross. A wedge member compresses the dross in the trough. In this manner, metal is decanted from the compressed dross and flows through slots in the bottom or passages in the walls of the tr... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Divisional of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 11/640,960 filed on Dec. 19, 2006, and for which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. §120; the entire contents of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/640,960 are hereby incorporated by reference. ... | Methods and apparatuses process images. The method according to one embodiment accesses digital image data representing an image including an object; accesses reference data including a shape model relating to shape variation of objects from a baseline object, the objects and the baseline object being from a class of t... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a U.S. National Phase application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2010/066613, filed on Nov. 2, 2010 and which claims benefit to German Patent Application No. 10 2009 053 428.8, filed on Nov. 19, 2009. The Internatio... | A positioning device for converting a rotary motion into a linear motion includes a drive unit configured to generate a torque, a drive shaft on which an eccentric is arranged, a coupling element comprising a slot, an output shaft arranged at the eccentric. The output shaft is configured to move in the slot of the coup... | 5 |
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] Recent advances in high volume server computer systems, typically rack mounted systems, have introduced advanced processors and operating systems capable of addressing significantly larger volumes of memory. Additionally, the advanced processors can in some models b... | An enclosure for a rack mounted electronic device is assembled using upper and lower housings which are adjustable one relative to the other to provide increases in enclosure height by fractional increments of a standard unit of height. By providing for fractional growth in height, a user is enabled to upgrade processo... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for applying a looped rubber member onto a collapsible tire building drum, and more particularly a method of and an apparatus for transferring automatically the looped member from a looped member forming machine to a collapsible ... | A method of applying a looped rubber member on a tire building drum having grooves formed in the periphery thereof, comprising the steps of inserting at least two pairs of retaining members into the looped rubber member in a first direction; retaining the looped rubber member on the retaining members; rotating the reta... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present invention claims the benefit of the PCT/GB2011/000729 filed May 12, 2011, which claims priority to Ser. PT/105116 filed May 14, 2010.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Tetracyclines are broad-spectrum antibiotics, indicated for use against many bacterial i... | Particles containing a tetracycline or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and an antioxidant, formulations containing the same and their use in the treatment of infectious diseases are described. Methods of encapsulation of a tetracycline or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and an antioxidant are ... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0001] The present disclosure relates in general to air conditioning units for controlling environmental conditions within building spaces, including air conditioning units for computer rooms, data centers (server rooms), and other building spaces intended for uses having special envi... | An enclosed air conditioning unit includes a filter section and a cooling section through which intake air passes before being discharged into a space within a building. The orientation of the filter section and cooling section is substantially vertical, and the airflow path through the filter section and the cooling s... | 7 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring local brain water content, perfusional pulsatile changes and the real time derivation of brain stiffness by comparison of perfusional and intracranial pressure tracings.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Monitoring intracranial pressure... | A method and system to determine brain stiffness is disclosed. A probe to measure tissue water content is inserted through an aperture (burr hole) in the cranium into brain tissue. The probe has two electrically separated plate conductors with a dielectric which forms a capacitor plane. One conductor has a surface moun... | 0 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/731,149 filed Oct. 10, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,923,827, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/335,343 filed Nov. 3, 1994 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,598,548.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relate... | A memory management device enables to effectively use a memory which permits its stored data to be erased only in blocks. A facsimile apparatus is arranged to temporarily store sending information and received information in the memory and then to send or receive the information. The facsimile apparatus includes a flas... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to equipment for servicing oil and gas wells and, in particular, to an apparatus and method for protecting blowout preventers from exposure to high pressures and abrasive or corrosive fluids during well fracturing and stimulation procedures.
BACKGROUND OF THE IN... | A blowout preventer (BOP) protector featuring a low profile and a mechanical lockdown mechanism is described. The BOP protector includes a mandrel having an annular sealing body bonded to its bottom end for sealing engagement with a bit guide which protects a top of a casing of a well to be stimulated with acidifying o... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a lining or other material and more particularly to a slip resistant lining material for use within a shoe or other wearing apparel.
It has long been recognized that excess motion of the foot with respect to an enveloping shoe contributes significantly t... | A lining material of a woven, knitted or non-woven substrate. The fibers of the substrate are coated with a gripping agent. The coated fibers grip a second structure to eliminate or diminish relative motion between the second structure and the substrate including the coated fibers. | 8 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 17,009, filed Mar. 2, 1979.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to cryostats utilized to produce an inventory of a liquefied cryogen (e.g. helium). The liquefied cryogen can be used to continuously refrigerat... | A cryostat for maintaining an inventory of a liquefied cryogen including a vacuum jacketed reservoir (Dewar) containing heat shields in the vacuum jacket, the heat shields cooled to different temperatures and a cryogen recondenser cooled by a cryogenic refrigerator. Included in the cryostat is an access passage to plac... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a powered oscillating hand tool, in particular a powered oscillating hand tool comprising a drive unit having an electric motor with a drive shaft to which a sander head can be attached.
2. Description of the Prior ... | A powered oscillating hand tool includes a drive unit having an electric motor and a drive shaft; a bearing eccentrically mounted on the drive shaft and located radially eccentrically relative to the drive shaft; a carrier plate mounted on the bearing and a platen for mounting on the carrier plate. The carrier plate is... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is in the field of implantable medical devices and prosthesis, particularly, devices useful as both a structural prosthetic for articular tissue and an in vivo scaffold for the regeneration of articular tissue, including tendons for rotator cuff repair, and... | A device has been developed to augment the rotator cuff tendon tissue as it proceeds in healing. The device has two purposes: to provide initial stability to the rotator cuff repair site to allow early mobilization of the upper extremity of the patient, and to allow for reinforcement of rotator cuff tendon repairs to i... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/655,485 filed Jun. 5, 2012, and entitled “Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Reconfigurable Robotic Manipulator and Coupling,” which is hereby incorporated herein by reference i... | A robotic manipulator arm is disclosed. The arm includes joints that are attachable and detachable in a tool-free manner via a universal mating adapter. The universal mating adapter includes a built-in electrical interface for an operative electrical connection upon mechanical coupling of the adapter portions. The univ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a scroll compressor, in particular, one suitable for operation in a vapour-compression refrigerating cycle which uses a refrigerant, such as CO 2 , in a supercritical area thereof.
2. Description of the Related Art ... | A scroll compressor with which there is no leakage of the working gas from the compression chamber is disclosed, in which deformation of each end plate of the fixed scroll and revolving scroll is prevented. The scroll compressor comprises a casing; a fixed scroll provided in the housing and comprising an end plate and ... | 5 |
CROSS RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 280,074, filed July 2, 1981, and now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
After the Second World War, so-called corrugated paper boards have been widely spread as packaging materials from the field of pap... | This invention relates to a corrugated board-like sheet made of a synthetic resin. More particularly, it relates to a corrugated board-like sheet made of a synthetic resin having a flap portion with hinge effect. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to orthopedic devices and methods therefor, and more specifically relates to improved orthopedic pillow support devices used to hold, support, cushion and immobilize a patient's injured arm or a patient's arm with... | An orthopedic pillow device for supporting and immobilizing patient's arm relative to a patient's shoulder is disclosed comprising a portable, L-shaped, reversible, pillow and a plurality of straps for attaching and securing the pillow to both the patient's upper torso and arm. The pillow is selectively att... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (1) Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to shaft seals, and more particularly to turbine engine shaft seals.
[0003] (2) Description of the Related Art
[0004] In turbomachinery applications, it is often nece... | A turbine engine has a rotor shaft rotatably carried within a non-rotating support structure. A seal is carried by the support structure circumscribing the shaft and having a flexible sealing element for sealing with the shaft. A chamber is located between the seal and support structure. A fluid is carried within the c... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A major objective of the present invention is to improve on the tool disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,373,380, Mayo. In accordance with the present invention, the utility of the patented tool has been greatly expanded, while its structure has been considerably simplified and its manufactur... | A test and isolation tool for wells of expanded utility and reduced manufacturing cost is disclosed. The outside diameter of the tool is significantly reduced and its overall construction is simplified by total elimination of a previously-employed annular piston. In lieu thereof, the outer surface of a mandrel forms on... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a radiating structure of power converters, especially to a radiating structure in which the joining of a heat conductor plate and the housing is specially arranged in a decent position so that heat can be quickly and uniformly transfered to the fins formed on the ho... | A printed circuit board and heat conductor plate assembly is secured within an housing that includes a front cover, a rear cover and a base plate, whereby heat is dissipated from the assembly through exterior fins of the housing by a fan which directs cool air between the walls of the housing and the heat conductor pla... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the invention
This invention relates to an optical confocal scanning microscope.
2. Description of the Related Art
U.K. Patent Publication No. 2 184 321A discloses a confocal scanning optical microscope which is especially for the study of fluorescent or r... | A confocal scanning optical microscope in which a specimen under test is simultaneously scanned with two distinct spots or slits of illumination and two output beams emitted from the specimen due to reflection or fluorescence are descanned and passed to separate stationary confocal apertures and detectors. | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates generally to portable electronic devices, and more particularly to a portable electronic device having wireless communications features.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Portable electronic devices, such as laptop and notebook computers, dataform readers, barcode read... | A portable computing device has a computer programmed to store and communicate information and a housing configured to house the computer. A communications device, provided in the housing, is controlled by the computer and configured to communicate information between the computing device and a remote computer. An ante... | 7 |
This application is a continuation-in-part, of now abandoned application Ser. No. 907,999, filed Sept. 16, 1986.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a support device for the construction of movable covers for various purposes, for example fo... | A device has at least two longitudinal uprights (1, 2) each of which is made up of a series of juxtaposed aligned discrete sections of a given section member through which a throughway longitudinal cavity and grooves parallel to the cavity are defined. An elongate connecting device extends through the cavities of the s... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation application of PCT/NL00/00271 filed Apr. 26, 2000, which PCT application claims priority on NL application number 1011915 filed Apr. 28, 1999, herein incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an ic... | Ice cube apparatus for the production of ice cubes, comprising a water reservoir with a filling opening, which can be filled with a desired amount of water, an ice cube tray, which is separate from the water reservoir and has at least one mold cavity, water-metering means for supplying a metered amount of water from th... | 5 |
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of and claims priority of prior pending application Ser. No. 09/609082, entitled “Floor Vinyl Repair Technique And Tool” filed Jun. 30, 2000, issuing as U.S. Pat. No. 6,619,360 on Sep. 16, 2003, which is incorporated herein by this reference.
... | A floor covering repair technique and tool includes placement of a spacer between a patch and a damaged floor covering piece before cutting through both layers. This way, the replacement patch is elevated slightly above the damaged piece and this slight elevation allows for a slight increase in the perimeter/total area... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a National Stage Entry application of PCT Application No. PCT/JP2012/072245, filed Aug. 31, 2012.
BACKGROUND
Disclosed herein a seat frame for a vehicle seat, and more particularly, a seat frame for a vehicle seat including side frames arrang... | A seat frame for a vehicle seat has side frames disposed on both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, and a bottom member frame for connecting the bottom ends of the side frames which attach to a seat cushion, wherein: each side frame has a side wall which is positioned on the outside in the width directio... | 1 |
This application is a divisional of copending application Ser. No. 07/471,610, which was filed on Jan. 29, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,083,447.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a washing machine or laundry machine equipped with an optical s... | A washing machine apparatus includes an optical sensor for detecting a light permeability of a liquid contained in a washer tank. The time duration of a washing cycle is determined in accordance with two variables. The first variable is a saturating time in which the detected light permeability becomes relatively const... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/466,224, filed on Mar. 22, 2011. The entire disclosure of the above application is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to adjustable d... | A dental tool may include a head that may include a working portion and a neck. The neck may include a first end and a second end, and the working portion may extend from the first end. A handle may include a clamp and a socket. The socket may be configured to receive the second end of the neck. The second end may pivo... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a data processor which has interrupt in a central processing unit, an interrupt handler which signals a single interrupt vector, and multiple interrupt sources connected to an interrupt handler through a daisy-chain unit to exchange interrupt request signals an... | A data processor, includes a central processing unit, an interrupt handler for selectingly signalling a single interrupt vector to the central processing unit, and multiple interrupt sources that are daisy-chained to the interrupt handler, for therewith exchanging interrupt request signals and interrupt acknowledge sig... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the method of recycling wasted printed-circuit-board, particularly for the method and equipment thereof in collecting the different metals remaining on the recyclable wasted PCB being converted into recycling industrial materials under th... | The present invention relates to a “method of recycling wasted printed-circuit-board”, which takes advantage of the characteristics of the PCB so as to dispose different recycling material in stage manner, so that different metals remaining on said PCB are sorted out step by step; Thereby, the bromide and the fiberglas... | 8 |
This is a divisional application of Ser. No. 08/823,248, filed Mar. 24, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,718,966, issued on Feb. 17, 1998, which in turn is a continuation application of Ser. No. 08/328,835, filed Oct. 25, 1994, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
T... | A method for reinforcing fabric edges to prevent raveling or fraying of a release liner fabric during cutting and subsequent use. The method is carried out by coating the yarn crossovers with a flexible, thin film of a radiation polymerized resin and then curing the coating system at high production speeds. The fabric ... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Reference is made to the copending, commonly assigned U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 08/912,709, filed Aug. 18, 1997 entitled Integrated Pulsed Propulsion and Structural Support System for Micro-satellite, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
... | Miniature arm fire and safe and arm devices include an electrically operated pyrotechnic initiation device ( 5 ) to generate a detonation wave upon command and a movable pressure barrier ( 9 ) that blocks propagation of the detonation wave if the device is not intended to be fired and opens a window ( 12 ) to transfer ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of producing the latch bearing in a latch needle for textile machines, and more particularly to such a latch needle which includes a shank having a longitudinally extending latch slot laterally delimited by needle shank cheeks, and a latch havi... | A method for producing the latch bearing in a latch needle for textile machines of the type in which a latch is pivotably mounted in a longitudinal slot between two cheeks of a needle shank by a hinge pin passing through mutually aligned transversely extending bores in at least one of the cheeks and a bearing portion o... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 10/076,990 filed Feb. 15, 2002 abandoned, which is a Continuation of Ser. No. 09/781,501 filed Feb. 12, 2001 abandoned, which is a Divisional of Ser. No. 09/047,479 filed Mar. 25, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,229,295, issued May 8, 200... | Methods and apparatus for supplying power for use in metering electrical energy over a wide range of voltages with a single meter are disclosed. The wide ranging meter includes a processing unit for processing divided input voltage and a current component in order to determine electrical energy metering values. The pro... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to the infrastructure field, more specifically to sewage technologies. Even more particularly, the invention relates to providing a manhole for desert environments where temperatures can be very high and environmental conditions such as erosion exert ... | A manhole ( 40 ) for desert environments where temperatures can be very high and environmental conditions such as erosion exert different challenges on sewage infrastructure, the manhole including a steel pipe telescope ( 450 ) matched to two circular heat resistant sealing rings ( 460, 461 ) in a concrete cone ( 400 )... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Origin of the Invention
The invention described herein was made in the performance of work under a NASA Contract and is subject to the provisions of Section 305 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, Public Law 85-568 (72 STAT, 435; 43 USC 2457).
2.... | A stable density-stratification solar pond 10 for use in the collection and storage of solar thermal energy including a container 12 having a first section 14 characterized by an internal wall of a substantially cylindrical configuration and a second section 16 having an internal wall of a substantially truncated conic... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus, and particularly to a magnetic head apparatus for use in high density recording and high efficiency reproduction.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Known types of magnetic ... | A magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus provided with a magnetic head device comprising a supporting means having a recording magnetic head made of an alloy system magnetic material and a reproducing magnetic head made of a ferrite system magnetic material. The recording and reproducing heads are fixed relative ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to apparatus for collecting blood and in particular to an apparatus for agitating collected blood to prevent coagulation thereof and for weighing the collected blood.
1. Background of the Invention
Supplies of blood are maintained by hospitals an... | A blood agitating and weighing device includes a base member and a support member, pivotally mounted with respect to the base member, for journally supporting a container, such as a flexible blood storage bag. A spring member is provided for biasing the support member to a first tilted position relative to the base mem... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to yarns and processes for producing yarns and, more specifically, to a composite yarn and a process for producing a composite yarn comprising a multifilament yarn and staple fibers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The basic concept of spinnin... | A composite yarn comprises a staple fiber component that is formed by drafted sliver. A filament yarn component is formed by applying tension to a filament yarn initially having a crimp such that the crimp is temporarily substantially removed. The staple fiber component and the pretensioned filament yarn component are ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a marine engine cooling system and, more particularly, to a cooling system that is provided with a siphon inhibiting device to alleviate problems in marine engine cooling systems that can possibly result due to ... | A siphon inhibiting valve is provided for a marine engine cooling system. The purpose of the valve is to prevent the draining of the pump and outboard drive unit from creating a siphon effect that draws water from portions of the cooling system where heat producing components exists. The valve also allows intentional d... | 5 |
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent appl. No. 09/631,503 filed Aug. 3, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,391,380.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is concerned with stiffener materials for use in the fabrication of shoes and for making other arti... | A process of making a fabric based stiffener material having thermal adhesive properties on its top and bottom surfaces which is based on (a) contacting a non-woven fabric with a latex forming resin and a finely divided powder adhesive polymer to form a latex saturated non-woven fabric; and (b) removing the excess late... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for anchoring a structure in a bed of a body of water. Furthermore, the invention relates to an underwater foundation for a structure, in particular a wind power station.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
Underwater foundations especially in the offsho... | The invention relates to a method for anchoring a structure in a bed of a body of water comprising the method steps of introducing at least one screw anchor into the bed of the body of water, arranging and fastening a base element on the fastening section of the screw anchor, wherein the base element has a holder for t... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to improvements in fuel conservation means and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a device adapted to be interposed between a carburetor and manifold of an internal combustion engine, or the like, for increasing th... | A device adapted to be interposed between the usual carburetor and manifold of an internal combustion engine, or the like, for receiving the fuel-air mixture from the carburetor and discharging same into the manifold, said device comprising three components or stages: a rotor member, a sonic vibrator, and a heated grid... | 5 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Taiwan application Serial No. 101129055, filed Aug. 10, 2012, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The invention relates in general to a search... | A searching method for finding a target location in a variable space is provided. The variable space is constructed by a set of variables and has multiple sub-spaces. The target location renders an output result of a wireless communication system to satisfy a target value. The search method includes steps of: providing... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to magnetic closure means and carrying bags incorporating same. More particularly, this invention relates to magnetic closure and illumination means and re-closable carrying bags incorporating same.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Carrying bags incorporating closure... | A magnetic closure device having an illumination mechanism. The device includes a first detachable closure part that has the illumination mechanism, an electronic circuit, an actuator for operation of the illumination mechanism and the electronic circuit, and a first magnetic fastener with a first approaching surface. ... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of smelting of aluminum alloys, and in particular to an alloy refiner material for refining an aluminum alloy.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Aluminum is the most abundant metal element reserved in the earth crust, has the characteri... | The present invention provides an aluminum alloy refiner, which is characterized by being an amorphous alloy comprising 40 to 60 parts of Zr, 25 to 45 parts of Cu, 1 to 15 parts of Al, 1 to 10 parts of Pd and 1 to 10 parts of Nb in terms of mass fraction. The refiner provided by the present invention can be used to fav... | 2 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/417,246 filed Apr. 2, 2009, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Applications Nos. 61/041,784, filed Apr. 2, 2008; 61/041,791, filed Apr. 2, 2008; 61/041,790, filed Apr. 2, 2008; 61/041,794, filed Apr. 2, 2008; 61/041,797, filed... | Detection and characterization of immunologically detected substances are performed electronically on human and animal biological fluids such as whole blood, serum, plasma, urine, milk, pleural and peritoneal fluids, and semen, which fluids are contained in a thin chamber forming a quiescent fluid sample, which chamber... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an ionisation vacuum gauge.
More particularly, the present invention relates to an ionisation vacuum gauge for measuring the residual pressure of a gaseous material remaining in a container, for instance, after operation of a vacuum pump, the gauge bei... | An ionisation vacuum gauge for measuring the residual pressure of a gaseous material remaining in a container ( 10 ), more particularly after operation of a vacuum pump comprises an electron-emitting cathode ( 31 ) made by exploiting the nanotube technology, a grid ( 13; 33; 133; 133 ′) for accelerating the electrons e... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates, generally to electro-medical devices. More particularly, the invention relates to improved implantable electrodes for interfacing with human body tissue and resulting improved electrical therapeutic systems. The invention h... | An implantable assembly for defibrillation and monitoring and/or regulating the beat of a heart. The defibrillation electrode is flexible and preferably made of braided carbon fiber and conductive metallic wire. It provides a low polarization, low capacitance and low impedance electrical interface with body fluid and/o... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-111281 filed on Apr. 5, 2004; the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] ... | A pulley is configured to receive a torque from a drive source for rotation. The pulley includes a resinous pulley body having a belt engagement portion on the outer periphery of the pulley body. The pulley includes a base plate integrally provided to a pin protruding from the pulley body at a predetermined position to... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the technical field of electrical capacitors.
A considerable proportion of the faults, and more particularly parasitic resistances which occur in electrolytic filter capacitors occur in the hermetic bushings for the terminals and in the latter. At... | An electrolytic filter capacitor has two terminals in a molded insulating cover. The terminals are identical and each is shaped as a polyhedron. The terminals which have means for connection to inner parts of the capacitor and to outer members such as bus bars occupy 15 - 40% of the exposed area of the cover. Each term... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0131601 filed on Oct. 31, 2013, with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The presen... | There is provided a power supply device including: a SEPIC/Zeta converter having an energy storage unit; and a power transmitting unit transmitting the energy stored in the SEPIC/Zeta converter to a load stage. | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a memory, and more particularly to the layout and the structure of a NAND flash memory.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Recently, as demands for the portab... | A flash memory is provided. The flash memory features of having the select gate transistors to include two different channel structures, which are a recessed channel structure and a horizontal channel. Because of the design of the recessed channel structure, the space between the gate conductor lines, which are for int... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a slip casting forming method and mold in and with which the slip of refractory powders, for example, ceramic powders, metallic powders or carbon powders is cast to produce a cast article (green body), and more particular... | In a forming method and a mold wherein a slip is cast into the mold and wherein the mold is removed after hardening of the slip, the mold is patterned by the use of a water-soluble binder. The mold absorbs a water content in the slip to soften and to become easy of removal, while the slip has the water content absorbed... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application serial No. 60/289,202, filed May 7, 2001; and No. 60/312,420, filed Aug. 15, 2001; the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
... | Method of producing controls for use in gene expression analysis systems such as macroarrays, real-time PCR, northern blots, SAGE and microarrays. The controls are generated either from near-random sequence of DNA, or from inter- or intragenic regions of a genome. Ten specific control sequences are also disclosed. Also... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an improvement in the slow fuel controller of a carburetor.
Recently, there are increasing demands for carburetors of automobile engines, such as improvement in driveability, economization of fuel, cleaning of exhaust emissions and improved respon... | A slow fuel controlling device for a carburetor in which fuel metered by a slow jet is mixed with air induced through a slow air bleed in the form of counter flows and the mixture thus formed is supplied into a portion of the intake passage near a throttle valve, and the diameter of the fuel feed passage is selected to... | 5 |
FIELD
[0001] This relates primarily to the field of oil and gas exploration and production. More particularly, this relates to harvesting energy with a downhole oilfield tool to perform work downhole.
BACKGROUND
[0002] An appreciable fraction of oilfield services are provided by lowering t... | Methods and apparatus for harvesting energy while moving a tool through a well are shown and described. The harvested energy can be used by the tool to perform work once it reaches an intended location in the well, or along the way. A considerable amount of potential energy is typically lost by oilfield tools as they m... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Pneumatic systems are now widely used for out-of-doors or so-called "drive-up" banking in which tellers at indoors teller terminals attend to customers who motor up to out-of-doors customer terminals to do their banking. Typically, these systems employ carriers to transfer mone... | A pneumatic system for banking consists of a pair of upright customer and teller terminals joined at right angles at their lower ends by a carrier transit tube. Each terminal includes a carrier elevator, a blower and a special ducting such that while only one blower propels the carrier from the sending to the receiving... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a panel system which may be installed in a building to form, for example, a curtain wall.
[0002] The invention also relates to a building incorporating a panel system, a kit of parts for installing a panel skin in or on a building, and ... | Fibre linear tensile elements 2 are strung between the floor slab 11 and the roof 12 of a building 1. Each fibre linear tensile element has a structural core 21 of polymeric fibres or filaments which can accommodate the tensioning of the fibre linear tensile element. The core 21 is covered by a sheath 22 ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for delignification of chemical wood pulp by oxygen-alkali treatment.
Delignification with oxygen and alkali is today an industrially accepted process. The process is usually conducted as a pre-bleaching step before the final bleaching with chlor... | In the delignification of chemical wood pulp with oxygen and alkali a larger reduction of the kappa number may be obtained without an increase in the charge of oxygen or alkali, provided the pulp is pretreated with a solution of sulphite or bisulphite in order to introduce hydrophilic groups in the sulphate lignin in t... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to methods and compositions useful for improved recovery of coated paperboard composites.
BACKGROUND
In today's environmentally conscious society, the environmental impact of disposal containers is of great concern. One area of concern that remains to b... | The specification discloses a multilaminar paperboard composite having improved recyclability and methods for forming and recycling the paperboard composite. The paperboard composite comprises a paperboard substrate having two surfaces, a highly alcoholized polyvinyl alcohol binder layer adjacent at least one surface o... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/415,540, filed on Nov. 19, 2010, and entitled, “Method for Active Cooling of Downhole Tools Using the Vapor Compression Cycle,” which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
... | A method of and apparatus for cooling equipment including exposing a fluid to a tool comprising electronic components at a temperature T and pressure P, compressing the fluid to a temperature T 1 and pressure P 1 , exposing the fluid to a surface in communication with liquid or gas or both external to the tool wherein... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a system for removing loose debris from streets and other surfaces. Particularly, the present invention relates to snow or ice removal from regular and irregular surfaces. More particularly, the present invention relates ... | A snow removal device that picks up snow from the ground and flicks the snow into impeller units that transport the snow into a discharge tube whence the snow is expelled from the system. The system primarily includes a pick-up assembly, an impeller assembly, and a discharge tube. The pick-up assembly has a drum array ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application is a continuation-in-part of my previous pending application for Log-splitting Accessory for Back Hoe Power Equipment, Ser. No. 756,951, filed Jan. 5, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,111,246.
The device of this invention relates to the splitting of logs and m... | Power log-splitting apparatus utilized as an accessory to back hoe-equipped power equipment comprising a base, an upright member affixed to the base with means for affixing the upright member to the stick member of the back hoe with a wedge member affixed to the piston of the back hoe. Rail means are provided within wh... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) upon U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/039,539, entitled “CATHETERS HAVING AN ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT” filed on Aug. 20, 2014, by Patrick E. Eddy. This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent app... | A vascular access product is provided having a component with a plurality of external surfaces. At least one of the surfaces is coated with an antimicrobial treatment, wherein the antimicrobial material comprises a silane quaternary ammonium salt. The silane quaternary ammonium salt may comprise 3-(trimethoxysilyl) pro... | 0 |
The government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. N00123-77-C-1045 awarded by the Department of the Navy.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to operational amplifiers, and, more specifically, to operational amplifiers having not only a very high gain, b... | An operational amplifier having an extremely high gain-bandwidth product. The amplifier includes a gain cell with an active negative resistance circuit made up of two matched NPN transistors (18 and 20) with their bases cross-connected to their collectors, and with a differential pair of NPN transistors (14 and 16) hav... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/144,657 that was filed on Apr. 8, 2015.
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a device that may apply a vectored force radially outwar... | A constant force device has at least a first non-constant axial force driving the first set of arms and a second non-constant axial force driving the second set of arms, where the two sets of arms are offset from one another by 90°. Each of the non-constant axial forces is converted to a radially extending force by the... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE
[0001] Provisional Patent Applications covering the below described invention were submitted, via Express Mail, which bore label number EM 425754569 US and EG 835094455 US, and were assigned application Nos. 61/341014 and 61/462572. The inventors claim the priority date of said Provisional Pa... | Compounds and methods that release 1-methylcyclopropene, 1-trifluoromethylcyclopropene, and other substituted cyclopropenes are disclosed. The compounds and methods overcome present limitations for storage, transportation, and application of the cyclopropene containing compounds by using light, including sunlight, and/... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and improved construction of withdrawing carrier or taker-gripper for looms with removal of the filling thread or the like from stationary bobbins, the carrier being of the type comprising a hook having a pivotable or swingable clamping tongue.
... | A withdrawing carrier for looms with removal of the filling thread from stationary bobbins, the carrier having a hook and a pivotal clamping tongue. An additional clamping element is provided for augmenting the clamping action exerted by the clamping tongue upon the filling thread. | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/893,182 filed Jul. 16, 2004, which claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/492,434 filed Aug. 4, 2003. The entire disclosures of the prior applications are hereby incorporated by refe... | A halogenated aromatic monomer-metal complex useful for preparing a polymer for electronic devices such as a light-emitting diode (LED) device is described. The aromatic monomer-metal complex is designed to include a linking group that disrupts conjugation, thereby advantageously reducing or preventing electron delocal... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to copolyetheresteramides, derived from caprolactam and/or ε-aminocaproic acid and other polyamide-forming monomers as amide-forming components and equimolecular quantities of saturated aliphatic linear dicarboxylic acids, having 6 to 13 C-atoms, and poly(... | Copolyetheresteramides containing, incorporated by condensation,
20 to 40% by weight of caprolactam and/or ε-aminocaproic acid,
10 to 30% by weight of an equimolecular mixture of adipic acid and primary aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic C 6 to C 25 diamines,
10 to 30% by weight of an equimolecular mix... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of a provisional application Ser. No. 61/041,727 filed Apr. 2, 2008, which application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The prese... | A method for providing lighting includes sweeping an array of light sources on and sweeping the array of light sources off. The array of light sources being swept on and off at a frequency substantially higher than a critical flicker frequency to enhance perceived brightness. An apparatus includes a plurality of light ... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to mixing apparatus, and has particular though not exclusive application to such apparatus for mixing liquids in relatively large containers, for example paints in intermediate bulk containers (IBC).
BACKGROUND
It is often necessary, prior to application or use, ... | Apparatus for mixing liquid in a container, comprises a hollow sleeve member for location in the lower regions of the container, a plurality of circumferentially spaced outlets being provided in the upper regions of the sleeve member, pump means for creating a reciprocating flow of liquid applied to the lower regions o... | 1 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/359,568 filed Feb. 25, 2002.
BACKGROUND
[0002] 1. Field of Invention
[0003] The present invention pertains to shunt tubes used in subsurface well completions, and particularly to s... | The present invention provides for multiple pathways by which fluid can enter one or more alternate pathway conduits. Entrance tubes can be arranged such that their spacing prevents all of them from being simultaneously obstructed, covered, or otherwise blocked. | 4 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/588,003, filed on Sep. 25, 1990, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for forming an elastic corespun yarn and more particularly to an apparatus and method for forming an elastic coresp... | A spindle is mounted to a frame for rotation about the spindle axis. A core yarn package of elastic core yarn is held stationary on the spindle. Elastic core yarn is withdrawn from the core yarn package in a direction substantially along the spindle longitudinal axis. A nonelastic covering yarn is drawn from a supply p... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to overload protectors and more particularly to an overload protector which protects a tool activated by a programmable robot to prevent the tool from being overloaded or being forced into an abnormal position.
In Canadian patent no. 2,004,661 issued to Kaz... | An overload protector is provided which is secured to a robot arm and a tool to protect the tool form being overloaded or forced into an abnormal position. A rocker assembly is located within the cavity in the protector and the cavity is pressurized in order to force a wall of the rocker assembly into a sealing relatio... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional of Application Ser. No. 888,996 filed July 31, 1986 and now U.S. Pat. No. 4,783,524 issued Nov. 8, 1988, which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 777,117 filed Sept. 17, 1985, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | This invention relates to novel peptides having utility for promotion of growth and/or lactation in animals, to processes and DNA useful in production of such peptides, and to methods utilizing such peptides to promote growth or lactation in animals. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to peptides having bov... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to inhibitors of p38, a mammalian protein kinase involved in cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceuti... | The present invention relates to inhibitors of p38, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the inv... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to apparatus for burning crude oil and has particular application to an apparatus for burning crude oil derived from off-shore oil well installations.
2. Description of the Prior Art
When oil-well production test... | The invention proposes apparatus for burning crude oil, particularly crude oil derived from oil wells, and which when burned on site by conventional burners can be hazardous in variable wind conditions. The invention proposes apparatus comprising a burner assembly including a plurality of substantially horizontal burne... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a U.S. National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/EP2011/055826 filed Apr. 13, 2011, which designates the United States of America, and claims priority to DE Application No. 10 2010 015 822.4 filed Apr. 21, 2010, the contents of whic... | A method is provided for increasing the robustness of a vehicle headlight comprising a cylindrical prism that can rotate about a rotary axis in a plurality of rotary positions and comprising a Hall effect sensor by means of the output signals of which the rotary position of the cylindrical prism can be determined. Acco... | 6 |
This application is in the area of veterinary medicine and particularly a method for the prevention and treatment of fescue toxicosis.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Tall fescue, grown on over 35 million acres, is the most widely spread pasture grass in humid areas of the eastern U.S.A. and, to a limited exten... | A method, and compositions, for use in the prevention and treatment of fescue toxicosis in animals, especially cattle, sheep and horses, comprising administering to the animals a dopamine antagonist which does not cause adverse psychological or neurological effects. Useful dopamine antagonists are those specific for D ... | 0 |
Claim of Priority
[0001] This patent application claims priority under 35 USC 119 (e) (1) from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/517,589 filed Apr. 22, 2011, of common inventorship herewith entitled, “Sefe Visor.”
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention p... | The invention provides dimensional moving photo holographic images in a clear or tinted, polarizing polymeric film for applying to sports equipment such as motorcycle helmets, windshield visors, snow goggles, windshields for motorcycles, mopeds, ATVs, dirt bikes, snowmobiles and watercraft, for example. | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to sub-sea control and monitoring, and is concerned particularly with an apparatus and a method for controlling and/or monitoring sub-sea equipment such as is used in a well.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Connecting to down-hole installe... | A system for monitoring and/or controlling at least one device mounted on a tubing string of a well, the system comprising: a down-well cable for conveying a signal to and/or from at least one device mounted on a tubing string of a well; a temporary surface cable for conveying a signal between the at least one device a... | 4 |
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