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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(e) of U.S. provisional application No. 62/144,440, filed Apr. 8, 2015, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relate...
A slave device for exchanging data with a master device over a serial interface sends data to the master device upon receipt of a command from the master device. A controller responsive to a command byte in a receive register commences transmission of data in the transmit register under the control of a clock signal pr...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS/PRIORITY [0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/257,831 filed Oct. 25, 2005, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/210,643, filed Jul. 31, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,010,221, which is a continuation of U.S. patent applicatio...
A fluid warming cassette system in which the cassette has a stiffening frame structure and an integral handle is provided to support a parenteral fluid container. The fluid container is desirably thin to minimize heat exchange inefficiencies. The frame structure permits the thin fluid container to be inserted into the ...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This is a divisional application of Ser. No. 710,960 filed Aug. 2, 1976, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,125,593. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION It is ecologically unacceptable to release halogenated hydrocarbons into the atmosphere or into public waters. Among the me...
Halogenated hydrocarbon materials are burned in an internally-fired horizontal fire-tube boiler and the heat of combustion directly produces saturated steam. Halogen values may be recovered from the combustion gases, e.g., by being absorbed in water. Thus halogenated hydrocarbon material which may need to be disposed o...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates generally to a portable seat. In one aspect, the invention relates to a portable seat-shelter. [0002] Portable seats are desirable for many outdoor activities, such as at sporting events, for hunting, or for relaxing, such as at the ...
A seat-shelter is formed from an inflatable closure can be collapsed for ease in transport and inflated on-site to form free-standing a five-sided shelter.
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This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/597,268, filed on Jun. 20, 2000 now abandoned, which had been a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/287,261, filed on Apr. 7, 1999, which had been a continuation of PCT/CA97/00736 filed Oct. 7, 1997, and this application i...
Disclosed is a pneumatic actuator which includes a housing comprised of two halves and having at least two passages defined therethrough, including a “loop” groove defined in an inner peripheral wall of the housing into which a seal member is inserted. A rotary piston is rotatably received in the housing. The piston ha...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/803,169, filed Mar. 17, 2004, which application is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to gri...
An electric cooking assembly includes a main body portion that defines a cooking area. First and second cooking surfaces are contained within the cooking area. A first electric heating element arranged to provide heat to at least a portion of the first cooking surface, and a second electric heating element is arranged ...
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This application is a national stage completion of PCT/FR00/02685 filed Sep. 28, 2000 which claims priority from French Application Serial No. FR 99/12332 filed Sep. 29, 1999. FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention concerns a modular drainage unit intended for soil draining in general and draining ...
An economical, efficient, practical and easy-to-use modular drainage unit capable of efficiently collecting and evacuating drainage water and designed to provide a global solution for producing a very simple drainage process. The modular drainage unit ( 1 ) is characterized in that it comprises an elongated body ( 2 ),...
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TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to the field of mitigating attacks in a computer security system, where the attack may employ multiple concurrent Advanced Evasion Techniques. BACKGROUND Computer security systems have to contend with increasingly sophisticated attacks, or exploits from ma...
A method of identifying a potential attack in network traffic includes payload data transmitted to a host entity in the network. The method includes: performing a first data-check on one or more data bytes of the payload data at the host entity; performing a second data-check, equivalent to the first data-check, on dat...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Bicycles in general are very well known, and provide an exceptionally valuable mode of transportation. However, they require balance to maneuver and a certain amount of agility to keep upright and going on a straight course. For the very young--and very old--cyclists, and for people wh...
A tricycle having both front and rear wheel drives, for hand and foot motion respectively, includes a front wheel drive assembly that is adjustable with respect to the frame of the tricycle to position a hand crank in the optimum position for almost any user. A seat assembly is also adjustable with respect to the frame...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The object of the invention is a method of condensing and/or polymerising sulfonated lignin containing materials by means of which the viscosity, molecular weight and the efficacy of the materials may be substantially increased. According to the invention polymers based on sulfon...
A method for polymerizing sulfonated lignin containing materials by adjusting the pH of the materials to a pH below 7, adjusting the moisture content of the materials to a value sufficient to allow the conversion to proceed, but less than 15 percent, and then subjecting the thus treated materials to heating at a temper...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/248,025, filed Nov. 13, 2000 and entitled “Carried-Forward Service Units and Commoditization Thereof”, hereby incorporated by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [00...
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for rolling over unused credits. An available number of service units is provided during a billing cycle. The number of service units consumed during the billing cycle is compared to the available number of service units. When service units remain at an end of the billing cy...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION [0001] This patent application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/026,239, filed Jul. 18, 2014, which application is hereby incorporated in its entirety by reference. BACKGROUND [0002] Electronic systems produce a...
Shielding radio frequency interference (RFI) using reflector optics is disclosed. A simplified non-sealed reflector is used in conjunction with a mounting system, resulting in desired amounts of visible and non-visible light using radio frequency driven luminaries and emitters without sacrificing output or coverage are...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/576,626 filed Jun. 4, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates gener...
A flexible solar module is provided sufficient rigidity for use in construction, and comparable rigidity to a glass based solar module, by incorporation of a metal backing to the module, preferably in the laminated module. The rigidity of the construction is enhanced by the inclusion of a corrugation, either in the met...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to agricultural machines such as combine harvesters or forage harvesters, provided with an engine driving the machine and operating its crop-processing parts, such as cutting drums and blowing fans. STATE OF THE ART The aforementioned machines tradi...
The present invention relates to a self-propelled agricultural machine, comprising: elements ( 5 ) for gathering and/or processing crops; an engine ( 1 ) operable to travel the machine through a first driving mechanism ( 3 ) and to drive the operation of said elements through a second driving mechanism ( 4 ); ...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a process for producing an antimicrobial compound consisting of a specific phosphate containing a metal ion having antibacterial, antifungal or antialgal activity such as silver, copper, zinc, tin, mercury, lead, iron, cobalt, nickel, manganese, arsenic, ant...
A process for producing an antimicrobial compound represented by the following formula [1]: M.sup.1.sub.a H.sub.b A.sup.1.sub.c M.sup.2.sub.2 (PO.sub.4).sub.3.nH.sub.2 O [1] wherein M 1 is at least one metal ion selected from silv...
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TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention broadly relates to method and apparatus for forming joints between two sheets of material, and deals more particularly with a method and apparatus for mechanically forming so-called clinch joints between two sheets of material by mechanically deforming into interlocking relat...
A method and apparatus for forming pierce type or pierceless clinch joints in two sheets of material, such as sheet metal, employs a drive system which eliminates the need for camming mechanisms and periodic adjustment of worn cams. A die and anvil are relatively moveable and are displaced relative to a punch by means ...
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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application claims priority under Title 35, United States Code §119 of U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/364,347 filed Mar. 13, 2002. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002] The pres...
The present invention provides a compound of Formula I, all of its related stereoisomers, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein A-B, K, Q, X, Y, Z, R and R1 are as defined in claim 1. The present invention also provides processes for the preparation thereof, the use thereof in treating immune mediated di...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/157,787, filed May 29, 2002, which claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/092,021, filed Mar. 6, 2002, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. ...
Chemical compounds, being the alkyl sulfate of sulfated saccharides, particularly, dextrin, dextran, and cyclodextrin, and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. The compounds of the invention provide antiviral activity, particularly in the treatment and prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases. Met...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer which can be thermoformed into electrically conductive packaging for the electronics industry. This thermoplastic polymer can be beneficially utilized in manufacturing trays for supporting disk drive head suspension assemblies d...
This invention relates to a thermoplastic polymer composition that exhibits excellent characteristics for being thermoformed into a wide variety of packaging trays for electronics, including the disk drive and semiconductor industries. More specifically, these trays are applicable as packaging material for head suspens...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to electric irons and in particular to a nozzle assembly for spraying water onto the garments being ironed while the iron is being used. In the field of electric irons of the type that are commonly used in the modern household, many of the irons include mea...
A spray nozzle for an electric iron includes a nozzle cap having an outlet orifice formed in a first end wall thereof. The cap includes an axially extending cylindrical wall defining an axially extending bore. A fluid flow coupling is inserted into a second end wall of the cap and includes a valve seat. A movable valve...
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This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 212,308, Mar. 14, 1994, U.S. Pat. No. 5,612,318, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 35,897, Mar. 18, 1993, abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 633,626, Dec. 20, 1990, abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention T...
This invention relates to genetic constructs which comprise an enhancer-promoter region which is responsive to radiation, and at least one structural gene whose expression is controlled by the enhancer-promoter. This invention also relates to methods of destroying, altering, or inactivating cells in target tissue by de...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to automatically opening doors. More particularly, the present invention relates to apparatus for testing the door controller and door sensors of an automatic door system. Automatic door systems of a type which are automatically operable for initi...
A test device for testing automatic door systems has a test circuit including a display, a micro-controller, a memory for storing data and a test program, and a control switch for controlling operation of the test program by the micro-controller. The test device is installed by interposing the test circuit between the ...
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This application claims priorty to Provisional application Ser. No. 60/019,22 filed 6 Jun. 1996. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is in the field of human medicine, particularly in the treatment of viral infections. More particularly, the present invention relates to the treatment of rhinoviral,...
The present application provides a series of benzimidazole compounds which inhibit the growth of picornaviruses, such as rhinoviruses, enteroviruses, polioviruses, coxsackieviruses of the A and B groups, echo virus and Mengo virus and flaviviruses such as hepatitis C and bovine diarrheal virus.
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BACKGROUND THE INVENTION This invention relates to water crafts and particularly to sailboats having keel structures for improving the lateral stability of the sailboats when pointing the sailboats. The lateral stability provided by the keel structure enables a sailboat to better hold its course. The keel s...
This invention pertains to a retractable wing keel for sailboats. A keel member is movably attached to the bottom of the sailboat, and a wing member is attached to the bottom of the keel member. In a first embodiment, the keel member is pivotally attached to the bottom of the sailboat and the wing member is pivotally a...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a new and improved construction of apparatus for monitoring yarn travel at a multiple spindle spinning machine equipped with a suction device servicing at least one group of the spindles, a probe being arranged in a collecting channel of the suction dev...
An apparatus for monitoring yarn travel at a multiple spindle spinning machine which is equipped with a suction device servicing at least one group of the spindles. In a collecting channel of the suction device there is arranged a probe which upon passage therepast of fiber flocks or the like delivers an electrical sig...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a divisional application of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/628,129, filed Jul. 24, 2003. BACKGROUND [0002] Lithography is used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. In lithogr...
A light source chamber in an Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system may include a secondary plasma to ionize debris particles created by the light source and a foil trap to trap the ionize particles to avoid contamination of the collector optics in the chamber.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a new grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet with an electrically insulating coating which is applied after final annealing in order to ensure electrical insulation of the individual layers of sheet, for use of the grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet e.g. ...
The invention relates to a grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet including an electrically insulating coating made of an amorphous carbon-hydrogen network, which is applied after final annealing in order to ensure electrical insulation of the individual layers of the sheet. The grain-oriented magnetic steel sheet includi...
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RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/516,934 filed Mar. 1, 2000 (pending). FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates to high-security removal of data from information bearing disks, especially high-securit...
The data destruction machine is a desk-top, portable unit with a short (under 10 second) cycle time, pluggable into a wall outlet. Upon insertion of a disk (such as a CD or split DVD) into the machine, which is fully automatic, data is removed. The machine converts the data-storage layer into residue consistent with se...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/489,664 filed Jul. 24, 2003. TECHNICAL FIELD OF INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to amplifier design, and more particularly to a power ...
The invention is a power amplifier circuit for providing a signal acceptable for use in audio amplifiers or similar applications without requiring a stable power supply free from fluctuations. An alternating current power supply signal rectified to a direct current signal is processed by two voltage multipliers. A volt...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for inspecting the lead integrity of integrated circuit chips. BACKGROUND Very large scale integrated (VLSI) circuit semiconductor chips are used in a wide variety of applications (e.g., computers, appliances, aut...
A technique for detecting damage of leads arranged in a generally parallel periodic pattern, includes the following steps: directing a coherent light beam at a plurality of adjacent leads; detecting an image at a distance from the leads at which the light beam would form a diffraction image having substantially uniform...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Floral pollen is the male seed (sperm) of flowers which brings about the fertilization of the plant. This pollen consists of tiny corpuscles, 500/1000ths of a millimeter, and is produced in so-called "anthers" which form the upper part of the "stamens" of a plant. These...
A pollen trap for use on honeybee colonies employing a pollen collecting drawer and having an entranceway into the trap positioned either above or below the pollen collecting drawer and employing a pivotally movable barrier in the entranceway for selectively prohibiting the bees from entering the pollen trap.
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 62/138,264 filed Mar. 25, 2015, entitled “Compost Filter Netting that is Linearly Stable During Filling” which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND INFORMATION [0002] 1. Fie...
A compost filter netting comprises plastic netting formed in a tube having a diameter of 6″-36″ wherein the plastic netting includes netting openings of ⅛-⅜″ and configured to be filled with compost to form a compost filter sock, wherein the linear length of the compost filter sock is not less than 93% of the linear le...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a silver-based contact material for use in power engineering switchgear, particularly for contacts in low-voltage switches, in which, in addition to silver, there are present as active components at least iron oxide used main component and at least one furth...
In particular for contacts in low-voltage switches, the contact material consists of silver and further active components. In accordance with the invention, there are present as active components, in combination, iron oxide (Fe 2 O 3 /Fe 3 O 4 ) in a proportion of between 1 and 50% by weight and at least one oxide o...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 10/079,670, filed Feb. 20, 2002 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 09/779,861, filed Feb. 8, 2001 as well as U.S. Ser. No. 10/021,724 filed Dec. 12, 2001 (which claims priority to provisional patent applicatio...
The present invention provides a screen for a well that utilizes a partial screen wrapping used to advantage with side conduits (e.g., alternate flowpaths), control lines, intelligent completions devices, and the like. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that w...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] None FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH [0002] None SEQUENCE LISTING [0003] None BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention [0004] This invention relates to a type of gun known as a two-stage light...
An improved two-stage light gas gun for launching projectiles at high speeds. The gun consists of three tubes: the expansion, pump, and launch tubes. The expansion tube contains a close-fitting expansion piston that is propelled by an explosive charge. The expansion piston in turn drives the pump piston housed within t...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This utility application is the Continuation-In-Part application of the nonprovisional utility U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/764,793 filed on Jan. 26, 2004, which claims benefit from is the nonprovisional application of U.S. Provisional Application Nos. ...
A portable motor driven air gun powered by a power source includes a motor that is coupled to a pinion which drives a rack connected to a piston. The piston compresses air in a chamber producing high-pressure air. When sufficient energy is stored within the air stream by the piston, a valve opens which releases the com...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a system and method for selectively creating an airflow sufficient to entrain an anticipated length of the thread and capturing the length of thread from the airflow to provide for selective removal of a captured thread length from the airflow. BACKGRO...
A system and method for capturing thread from an entraining air flow is provided, wherein the entraining airflow is selectively created in response to a location of the user relative to the device. The entraining airflow is sufficient to entrain an anticipated length of the thread, wherein the entraining airflow then p...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of covering a substrate surface with a sintered layer, particularly to a method of covering the surface of a steel material with a sintered layer exhibiting a high corrosion resistance and a high abrasion resista...
A method of covering a substrate surface with a sintered layer comprises the step of loading a powdery raw material in a region of forming a sintered layer on the surface of a substrate, and the step of sintering the loaded powdery raw material so as to form a sintered layer on the surface of the substrate. The powdery...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/807,732, filed Jul. 19, 2006, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] It has been reported that indi...
An airflow window system that includes at least three glazing layers positioned roughly parallel to each other to define at least two internal airflow cavities within the window system. A first of the glazing layers is adjacent a first of the airflow cavities, a second of the glazing layers is adjacent a second of the ...
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[0001] This invention was made with Government support under Contract Number N00019-02-C-3002 of the Joint Strike Fighter Program. The Government has certain rights in this invention TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention generally relates to check valves with flapper closure elemen...
Methods and apparatus are provided for retaining a hinge shaft of a check valve with a bushing. The check valve includes a valve body defining a flow passage therethrough; a hinge shaft; a bushing coupling the hinge shaft to the valve body; a pin secured to the valve body and engaging the bushing; and a closure element...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/040,562, filed Mar. 28, 2008, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT ...
The present invention relates generally to compounds providing antibacterial therapeutic agents and preparations, and related methods of using and making antibacterial compounds. Antibacterial compounds of the present invention include chalcone, alkylpyrimidine, aminopyrimidine and cyanopyridine compounds and derivativ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a helmet which a driver wears when he rides on various kinds of vessels and vehicles such as a motorcycle, and a automobile, a motorboat or a bicycle, and more particularly to a helmet which ...
This invention is to obtain a targeted traveling-window channeling-off function irrelevant to respective intrinsic driving postures of a helmet wearer, a speed of vehicles and the like. Helmets A, B, C include straightening members which relate to the holding of the stability of the helmets during traveling. The straig...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The instant invention is directed toward a portable carrier that permits rapid access to a carried item (e.g., keys, Mace™, pepper spray, a light, tools, a knife, whistles, electronic devices, alarms, and door openers). Mo...
A portable carrier adapted for releasable connection to the human body and adapted to carry an auxiliary item such as keys, Mace™, pepper spray, or the like, includes a base strap having first and second parts of a hook and loop type fastener secured thereto. The strap is adapted to be wrapped around a part of the huma...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to a glass conduit, particularly to be used as a feeder, a working tank and/or as a distributing conduit of a glass melting furnace. The glass conduit includes, successively from the interior toward the exterior, a trough chanelling the glass melt and a trough cov...
A plurality of conduit segments contact on another which run vertically and transversely to the direction in which molten glass is channelled. Each segment includes at least one trough section and at least one cover section, an insulation of individual formed bodies, and an external casing. The segments are coupled tog...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims the priority of German Application No. P 44 28 802.6 filed Aug. 13, 1994, which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring the winding of sliver (wrap formation) o...
A sliver processing machine includes a plurality of roll pairs between which a running sliver passes. Each roll pair is composed of a driving roll and a pressure roll. A separate pressing device is connected with each pressure roll for urging each pressure roll against its driving roll. Each pressing device has a shift...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Subject matter disclosed herein may be disclosed and claimed in the following application filed concurrently herewith, assigned to the assignee of the present invention: [0002] “Fiber Spinning Process Using a Weakly Interacting Polymer”, Ser. No. 61...
The present invention is a fiber spinning process comprising the steps of providing a polymer solution, which comprises at least one polymer dissolved in at least one solvent with a vapor pressure of at least about 6 kPa at 25° C., to a spinneret, issuing the polymer solution in combination with a blowing gas in a dire...
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BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a braking system for vehicles equipped with an ABS system or an antiskid protection system. [0002] An antilock system for a motorcycle is known from German Patent Document 39 31 313 A1, in the case of which a t...
The general principle underlying the invention is a braking system that is provided with an arithmetic unit with at least two independent channels for determining the reference speeds approximated to the actual vehicle speed. The at least two determined reference speeds are used only for regulating a part of the brakes...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to vacuum breakers. Vacuum breakers have been used in various water and plumbing systems to prevent a back flow or back siphoning of water from the outlet end of a hose or other water outlet. This can occur when a lowered pressure from the water source is e...
The present invention comprises an outer housing and an inner housing having a pressure relief chamber defined therebetween. The inner housing receives fluid and directs it through a pressure outlet opening into the pressure relief chamber. The outer housing includes an outlet opening and a pressure relief opening. A f...
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CROSS-REFERENCE INFORMATION The present invention is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 10/083,726, entitled “An Online Marketplace For Moving and Relocation Services,” filed on Oct. 19, 2001, and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,487,111 B2, the contents of which is fully incorporated by reference...
A method for conducting a review including the step of detecting a payment request from a vendor; generating a review based on the payment request; and, transmitting a reference to the review to a customer, wherein the reference provides a link to retrieve the review. A system for performing the method is also describe...
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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present patent application is a continuation-in-part of, and hereby claims priority to, U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 12/660,694, filed Mar. 2, 2010 entitled “Three Dimensional Connection System For Bed Frame”, which in turn, claims priority from U.S. ...
A bed frame wherein the side rail and/or cross rails are fully encased in plastic shields. A plastic shield or shields cover the entire cross sectional area of the side and cross rails so that the side rail and cross rails are easy to handle and esthetically pleasing. The system avoids the need for a person to handle c...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to digital circuits and, more particularly, to test circuits. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to boundary-scan circuits for use with linearized impedance control type output buffers. BACKGROUND Many complex circuits use bounda...
A method for coupling a linear impedance control (LIC) type output driver to IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan circuitry includes entering a boundary scan load mode to load a test pattern into a chain of boundary scan registers (BSRs). The test pattern includes values corresponding to output enable and data signals according t...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a high-frequency apparatus that is suitably used in, for example, a digital broadcasting receiving tuner for a CATV. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] ...
A high-frequency apparatus includes a shielding plate that electrically shields any of a plurality of terminals protruding from a frame. An exposed portion of the terminal disposed between the frame and a motherboard is shielded by the shielding plate. Therefore, especially, a terminal that is likely to be adversely af...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to sewing apparatus and, more particularly, to sewing machines of the type adapted to quilting. The first practical sewing machine was independently invented by three different inventors in the United States in the period from the mid 1830's to 1...
A quilting machine employs bobbin holders which support bobbins each having a conical lower portion ending in a point. A plurality of hooks are driven in an eliptical path to engage and pull down a loop of thread formed by insertion of a needle through a needle plate and the partial withdrawal thereof. The hooks keep t...
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DESCRIPTION CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a division of Ser. No. 025,878, filed Apr. 2, 1979, now abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to novel prostaglandin analogs. Particularly, these compounds are analogs of the p...
The present invention provides novel 2-decarboxy-2-tetrazolyl-19-hydroxy-19-methyl-PG compounds and methods for their preparation and pharmacological uses for the induction of prostaglandin-like effects.
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FIELD OF INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a method for producing male sterile plants. In particular this invention relates to transformation of a plant with said genetic construct comprising plant BECLIN 1 gene and expression of this gene in anther tapetum yields a male sterile transgenic pl...
The present invention relates to a method for producing male sterile plants. It involves selective killing of reproductive cells in plants by using an autophagy related gene plant BECLIN I/ATG6. An expression cassette comprising plant BECLIN I/ATG6, regulated by a tapetum specific promoter can induce killing of tapetum...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to DNA sequences encoding for rat kynurenine aminotransferase. The enzyme kynurenine aminotransferase (known in the art as KAT) catalyzes the biosynthesis of kynurenic acid (KYNA) from kynurenine (KYN) and is singularly responsible for the regulation...
Disclosed are isolated DNAs encoding a kynurenine aminotransferase selected from the group consisting of: (a) an isolated DNA sequence which encodes rat KAT; (b) an isolated DNA sequence which hybridizes to the isolated DNA sequence of (a) above and which encodes a KAT enzyme; and (c) an isolated DNA sequence differing...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Residential and commercial air conditioners include a condenser arranged externally of the building being cooled. A refrigerant is circulated through a coil in the condenser for heat exchange. During operation of the condenser, the coils become quite warm. The hotter the coils, the har...
An air conditioning condenser cooling device is characterized by a unique valve assembly which delivers a spray mist to the coils of the condenser only while the condenser is operating. A vibration transducer is provided which senses vibrations of the condenser when the condenser is in operation. The transducer produce...
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This application is a continuation-in-part application based on U.S. patent application Ser. No. 06/849/116 filed Apr. 7, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,651,953; which is a continuation of Ser. No. 06/701/856 filed Feb. 14, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,667,900 which application, in turn, is a continuation of application Ser. N...
An induction lift flying saucer having a circular shaped air frame which houses a vacuum cell induction lift wing adapted to be used in an aerodynamic generating channel wherein the lift wing includes an airfoil having a leading edge and a trailing edge, a top panel and an acoustically treated hollow interior, and wher...
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CROSS REFERENCE TO OTHER APPLICATIONS The following issued patents and co-pending applications of common assignee contain some common disclosure: U.S. Pat. No. 6,167,489 to Bauman et al. “System and Method for By-Passing Supervisors Memory Intervention for Data Transfers Between Devices Having Local Memorie...
A data by-pass system for a hierarchical, multi-level, memory is disclosed. The by-pass system provides by-pass interfaces between storage devices located at predetermined levels within the memory hierarchy. The hierarchical memory system of the preferred embodiment includes a main memory coupled to multiple first stor...
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This application is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 08/117,933, filed on Sep. 7, 1993, abandoned. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to packaging technology for mounting a stack of a plurality of semiconductor elements to form a semiconductor dev...
A semiconductor device is provided with a stack of a plurality of semiconductor elements each having a bump deposited on each of surface electrodes, and a plurality of leads disposed closely adjacent to the stacked semiconductor elements, the leads being bonded to the bumps respectively thereby structurally integrally ...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Not applicable. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention generally relates to a compressor component having an airfoil and more specifically to an airfoil having a profile that is configured to improve performance of a gas turbine combusto...
A compressor component having an improved airfoil profile so as to eliminate previously known vibratory issues in the blade tip is disclosed. By altering the airfoil profile throughout its span, the natural frequency of the airfoil is altered so as to not coincide with a critical engine order of the compressor. Further...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates generally to cooling devices for devices that generate heat such as semiconductor chips, and particularly, to an apparatus that improves the capability and reliability of cooling devices for sem...
A cooling apparatus for heat generating devices such as semiconductor chips comprises a parallel disk fan in the middle of a set of heat sink fins. The parallel disk fan has radial elements placed between the disks to efficiently create air flow without turbulence. Cooling efficiency is further enhanced when heat dissi...
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This application is a continuation-in-part of application serial number 08/368,285 filed on Jan. 4, 1995 now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/297,187 filed on Aug. 26, 1994 now abandoned. The entire contents of both of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference....
Compounds of the formula ##STR1## inhibit the activity of endothelin. The symbols are defined as follows: R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are each directly bonded to a ring carbon and are each independently (a) hydrogen; (b) alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkenyla...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to International Application PCT/EP/2006/068183, which was filed Nov. 7, 2006. This application claims priority to Italian Application TV2005A000169 filed Nov. 7, 2005. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention ...
Method—and device for the implementation thereof intended to provide a protection system for barriers which are movable along an operating path and actuated by a motor, such as roller blinds, gates or the like, comprising the steps of connecting the barrier, with play, to a fixed part ( 30 ) so that the barrier is able...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an optical recording device and method for recording information on an optical disc having a plurality of recording layers, and more particularly to optimum power control (OPC). [0003] ...
Before new information is recorded on a comparatively deep recording layer in a multilayer optical recording disc, a predetermined target value of a reproduced signal parameter is read from the disc itself or from a separate storage unit, the recorded/unrecorded states of the shallower recording layers are determined, ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a yoke mechanism for a printing apparatus using an electrophotographic method. In order to reduce the cost of a yoke mechanism and reduce the mechanism to compact size, a double face tractor in which both sides of the tractor are used, as illustrated in ...
A yoke mechanism for a copier is provided with an engagement mechanism capable of holding the yoke at a position intermediate the retracted and transfer positions, at which position the yoke may be easily loaded with paper, and then moved to the transfer position, in one simple operation.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Japanese Patent Application No. P2002-13262, filed on Jan. 22, 2002, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0...
A medical image diagnosis apparatus, comprises an image generator, a display, and a mechanism. The image generator is configured to generate a medical image. The display comprises a plurality of monitors and is configured to display the medical image. The mechanism is configured to change an arrangement of the pluralit...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation, and claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120, of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/334,056, filed Jul. 17, 2014, which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119 of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/863,655, filed Aug. 8, 2013, the entire disclo...
An adapter that optically couples a camera on a mobile device to an eye piece of an optical device. The adapter includes a base plate configured to retain the mobile device without obstructing a display screen on the mobile device. The base plate includes an optical interface configured to attach to the eye piece of th...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This Application claims the benefit of the priority of Applicant's earlier filed U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/018,665 filed on Jan. 2, 2008, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ...
A portable multi-purpose illumination device that wraps into a compact shape for storage and includes a holding and storage device; a positioning member that is extendable and that is connected to the holding and storage device and around which at least a portion of the positioning member is wrapped for storage; and a ...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention generally relates to implantable medical devices and in particular to a memory architecture for use with a microcontroller of an implantable medical device. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A wide range of implantable medical stimulation devices are provided for surgica...
The implantable medical device is provided with typically equal portions of both random access memory (RAM) and read only memory (ROM) and a virtual memory space is defined equal to the amount of memory in one of the memory devices. In a specific example, the RAM and ROM provide 256K of memory each, with the virtual me...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION a) Field of the Invention This invention relates to a real image mode finder optical system. b) Description of the Prior Art The real image mode finder optical system can bring about a large magnification ratio from an adequate design, but nevertheless can diminish an...
A real image mode optical system includes an objective lens forming an image of an object and an eyepiece for observing the image and is provided with a variable focal length mirror which dispenses with any polarizing plate so that a diopter change can be corrected due to the change of its optical power. Accordingly, t...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/226,836 filed Sep. 14, 2005, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/832,053 filed Apr. 26, 2004 which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No....
A hybrid brush seal is provided for sealing a circumferential gap between two machine components that are relatively rotatable with respect to each other having seal bristles mounted in a ring shape on a first machine component with bristle ends directed at the sealing surface of the second, rotating machine component....
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/639,455 filed on Apr. 27, 2012 entitled “Method and Apparatus for Controlling the Flow of Well Bore Returns”, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. ...
A method and apparatus to regulate the down-hole hydrostatic pressure in a wellbore are provided which depend on regulating the resistance to the flow of wellbore returns produced by the wellbore. The resistance may be provided by the internal gas pressure in a gas/liquid separator receiving the flow of wellbore return...
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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/350,675, filed Feb. 8, 2006, still pending, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/733,058, filed Dec. 10, 2003, now issued U.S. Pat. No. 7,048,403, the contents of which applications are incorporated herein...
A portable light intended for mounting on a garment as support includes two LED light sources spaced apart towards the rear of the portable light. A clipped base below on anchor facilitates locating a garment between the anchor and the base, and a spring action urges the base toward the anchor. A hingedly movable head ...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/859,945, filed on Nov. 20, 2006. The disclosure of the above application is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD [0002] The present disclosure relates to va...
A vacuum including a housing, a suction device disposed within the housing, a plurality of accessories operable to engage the suction device, a plurality of wheels mounted to the housing and at least one bumper disposed on the housing. The at least one bumper includes a retaining feature operable to store at least one ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The invention relates to a method of producing from a first device-dependent image data set, a second image data set matched to a real process, and a color management method for a printing process, wherein a device-indepen...
A method of producing from a first device-dependent image data set, a second image data set matched to a real process, includes, by using inverse gamut mapping, transforming color values from the first image data set into color values of a device-independent color space and, by using gamut mapping, transforming these d...
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BACKGROUND The present invention relates to power amplifiers for base stations in wireless communication systems and, in particular, to power amplifier control for Multiple Carrier Power Amplifiers (MCPA). MCPAs presently account for more than half the equipment cost of a base station in a wireless communicatio...
A method and apparatus for controlling power in a Multiple Carrier Power Amplifier (MCPA) equipped base station in a wireless communication system. MCPA gain level is adjusted to maintain a linear transmit power, measured during an interval, and related information fed back across an interface to the base station. Two ...
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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] This document discloses various methods and systems for detecting contaminant concentrations in a fuel. For example, this document discloses methods and systems for detecting sulfur concentrations in a fuel, such as diesel fuel. Still more specifically, this document discloses methods ...
A method and a system for determining if fuel containing more than the desired concentration of sulfur is being combusted in an engine. The engine includes a selected catalytic reduction (SCR) module or a lean NOx trap (LNT) and the system includes various sensors and a controller for calculating NOx conversion ratio a...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates in general to a regulating valve suitable for controlling the flow of a fluid in response to a sensed condition, and more particularly, to such a regulating valve suitable for controlling the flow of a heating or cooling medium in response to changes in te...
A regulating valve having a fail-safe action which is suitable for controlling the flow of either a heating or cooling medium in response to a sensed condition is disclosed. The flow of heating or cooling medium is responsive to changes in temperature at a selected location, which changes are sensed by thermal element....
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention is in the field of telephony communications, including public-switched telephony communications, Internet protocol telephony communications, and cellular telephony communications. The invention pertains particularly to a system for facilitating parallel d...
A system for identifying and interacting with callers has: a telephone switch for receiving and distributing incoming calls; a messaging server for sending or receiving messages and attachments; and, a software routine for identifying wireless callers and for matching them to messages in the messaging server. The syste...
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This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/098,708, filed Jul. 28, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,496,439. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to improvements in processing baled waste material containing waste paper articles of various types for recycling the conte...
An improved method of processing baled waste material containing waste paper having fibers contaminated to various degrees for recovering usable cellulosic fiber pulp from the bale in which the bale contents are impregnated with a fiber swelling and debonding fluid by enclosing the bale within a closed chamber and subj...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/843,290, filed Jul. 5, 2013, which application is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Excavators, dozers, and backhoes are a few examples of hea...
An undercarriage wear measurement tool includes a housing with an elongated passage. A sleeve is attached to the proximal end of the housing for centering over a component, such as, a bolt head therewith and includes a fastener magnet for attaching to a metal component. The undercarriage wear measurement tool includes ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] This invention relates to a small-sized food chopper, and more particularly, to a small food chopper for chopping up foodstuff. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Food choppers main...
The present invention discloses a small-sized food chopper for chopping up foodstuffs, characterized in that it comprises: an outer case including a lower casing removably connected with an upper casing and a button mounted on the upper casing; a blade connection holder installed inside said outer case, said blade conn...
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The present application is a continuation of PCT application PCT/CN2006/001586, filed on Jul. 6, 2006, entitled “A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING GROUP INFORMATION BY THE INVITED USER DURING THE SESSION”, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION The pre...
The present invention relates to a method for obtaining group information by an invited user in a Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) session. The method comprises: sending, by a PoC client where a user initiating the session is located, a session request message carrying information about the user initiating the session ...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2009-0078701, filed on Aug. 25, 2009, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD ...
Provided are a method for preparing zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles and a method for preparing ZnO nanofluid using the same. The method for preparing ZnO nanoparticles includes: a) heating deionized water; b) dissolving zinc (Zn) salt in the deionized water to prepare a precursor solution; c) adding solid alkali salt to...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a method and apparatus for drilling a tunnel, wherein there are two independent forces; the one driving the protecting tube and the other driving the drilling apparatus by means of a rotating spiral tube. 2. Description of ...
An apparatus and a method for drilling a tunnel utilize hydraulic means comprising a cylinder and a piston to enable independent adjustment of the driving force acting on the protecting tubes and the driving force acting on the drilling tool/conveying tubes. The hydraulic means acts as a thrust bearing and moves freely...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flexible multi-parameter cable having a plurality of different types of conductors for conducting signals relating to a plurality of different types of sensed parameters, and more particularly to a multi-conductor patie...
A flexible multi-parameter conductor cable having coaxially symmetric elongated zones for signal carrying conductor placement therein, comprising an electrically conductive inner shield defining an electrically shielded inner longitudinal zone symmetrically disposed along and defining a center of said cable for contain...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The operating life of electrical equipment such as transformers depends to a large extent upon the dielectric properties of the transformer wire insulation. When the coating ceases to provide sufficient insulation between the turns of the transformer coil, electrical breakdown can occu...
An electrically insulating wire coating material comprised of the heat cured product of a mixture of polyvinylacetal and phenol-aldehyde resins, or a mixture of these resins with epoxy resins, and a catalyst from the special metal containing group of cyclic organic compounds known as chelates and which can be further d...
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a national stage of International Application No. PCT/EP2013/067451 filed Aug. 22, 2013, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in entirety, and which claimed priority to German Patent Application No. 10 2012 016 737.7 ...
A disc brake for a motor vehicle brake system and a restoring spring arranged therein, the disc brake comprising the following: a brake support which has at least one receiving region; a brake lining arrangement which has a brake lining support and a brake lining which is attached to the brake lining support and which ...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to dobbies and other weaving mechanisms of the negative type and more particularly to the drawing device interposed between each of the members for maneuvring the mechanisms and a corresponding heddle frame mounted on the as...
A drawing device for actuating the heddle frames of a weaving machine of the negative type including rocking levers which guide cables extending from the heddle frame to a return spring system. The rocking levers are mounted on shafts which are shiftable within elongated slots to thereby relax tension on the cables and...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to the feeding of molten strands of plastic to a trough where the strands are solidified, and more particularly to a slanted drainage trough which extends under the fall line of stands that emerge from nozzles. In the use of troughs to collect molten plasti...
Extrusion apparatus for extruding plastic filaments and having a trough for cooling filaments, the trough being pivoted about a horizontal pivot means such that the upper end of the trough can pass from the collecting position through the fall line of the filaments to a position where the filaments fall behind the trou...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a porous silicon component which guarantees reliable contacting of the porous silicon. 2. Description of the Prior Art Silicon is an indirect semiconductor having a band gap of 1...
For manufacturing a component with porous silicon, two highly doped regions with a lightly doped region arranged between them are formed in a silicon wafer. The dopant concentrations are thereby set such that porous silicon arises in the lightly doped region in a subsequent anodic etching. Light-emitting diodes or ligh...
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[0001] The entire disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-064010, filed Mar. 9, 2006 is expressly incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND [0002] 1. Technical Field [0003] The present invention relates to ferroelectric memory devices having ferroelectric capacitors and ...
A method for manufacturing a ferroelectric capacitor includes the steps of: forming a ferroelectric capacitor having at least a lower electrode, a ferroelectric film and an upper electrode on a base substrate; and applying an anneal treatment to the ferroelectric capacitor in an oxygen atmosphere, wherein the step of f...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a carrier for door drives of lifts. 2. Discussion of the Prior Art Carriers of the kind which are mounted on the roof of an elevator cage at the door side, serve for the reception of all important components for the d...
A carrier for the reception of all important components of a door drive. The carrier has a base part and a length adapter, which are connectible together in such a manner that carriers of different lengths can be produced so that the carrier can be used in different door systems with different entrance widths.
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A residential garage can be either attached or detached from a residence and normally includes a paneled, roll-up door that can be opened and closed either manually or via mechanical means utilizing a motor and drive system. A pendant (soft target) suspended from a cord is movable in a vertical direction from a raised ...
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cylinder head gasket for an internal combustion engine. More particularly, the invention relates to cylinder head gasket having a self-energizing combustion seal flange. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Gaskets 10 are often used to provide a seal ...
An improved combustion gasket is disclosed incorporating a self-energizing combustion seal flange. The flange includes at least one valley that serves to redistribute combustion explosion forces acted upon the gasket during operation of the engine to provide improved combustion sealing and to extend flange life.
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[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of and claims the benefit of priority from PCT application PCT/EP2011/057002 filed May 3, 2011 and German Patent Application DE 10 2010 019 696.7 filed May 7, 2010, the disclosure of each is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. [0002] ...
The invention relates to a process for melt-spinning, drawing and winding multiple synthetic threads and to an apparatus for performing the process. The synthetic threads are spun concurrently side by side through extrusion of fine filamentous strands, cooled down and hauled off to be then collectively drawn as a sheet...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention generally relates to a data-conversion device and an information-processing device. The present invention more particularly relates to a data conversion device supplying digital image data processed b...
A data conversion device is provided in an information-processing device having an image-display device as an integral part thereof, wherein the information-processing device supplies data to the image-display device through the data conversion device. The data conversion device includes a voltage-level conversion unit...
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[0001] This application is a Division of Ser. No. 10/958,855, filed Oct. 5, 2004 which is a Division of Ser. No. 09/936,039, filed Sep. 8, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,866,171. [0002] This invention relates generally to a method for introducing additives into flowing or fluidized media with specific app...
The method introduces additives into a flowing melt or fluidized metallic/ceramic powder media in a pulsed high pressure manner. The nozzle needle of at least one nozzle is variable and highly precisely moved for the introduction by means of a device and in such a way that additive is dosed exactly in relation to the v...
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The instant invention relates to an apparatus for handling elongate members, e.g., drill pipe, drill collars, well tubing, etc., at a well drilling site. More particularly, this invention provides a cable transport mechanism which may be used either to deliver pipe to the elevated rig ...
A pipe handling apparatus for transporting pipe, drill collars, or similar elongate members between the elevated drilling floor of a well derrick and a lower storage area is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a pair of support cables forming a cable track extending between the rig floor and the storage area with a rear...
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