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This is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/GB94/02331, with an international filing date of Oct. 21, 1994, claiming priority of GB 9321861.8, filed Oct. 22, 1993 and GB 9400022.1, filed Jan. 4, 1994.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to platelet-derived growth factor (... | Novel peptide analogues of platelet-derived growth factor, for use in inhibiting or stimulating growth and/or chemotaxis of cells, e.g., smooth muscle cells, are provided. Also provided are compositions of matter comprising those peptide analogues. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of PPA Ser. No. 60/883,001, filed Dec. 31, 2006 by the present inventor.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
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SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. F... | A method for finding sets of two-dimensional data (S2DDs), which are similar to a target S2DD, is invented. The method leverages a new category of signatures, called equivalence signatures, to characterize the S2DDs. These signatures have the salient feature that, at worst, they change in a bounded manner when changes ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a socket caddy holding sockets and socket ratchets for use by mechanics.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Sockets and socket ratchets are widely used in various repairs, particularly in auto repairs. An auto mechanic would position ... | A tent-shaped socket caddy with pins holding sockets by way of the force of gravity, substantially without friction with the pins. A base with a shallow storage box provides storage for socket ratchets and socket ratchet extensions. | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is related to and claims the priority benefit of each of the following U.S. Patent Applications: U.S. application Ser. No. 10/837,525, filed Apr. 29, 2004 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,279,451), which in turn is a continuation-in-part of each of U.S. application Nos. 10/694,273... | Disclosed are the use of fluorine substituted olefins, including tetra- and penta-fluoropropenes, in a variety of applications, including connection with blowing agents, foams, foamable compositions, foaming methods, heat transfer compositions and methods, propellants, and solvating methods. | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally to communications and in particular to methods, devices and systems involving presence technologies.
BACKGROUND
During the past years, the interest in using mobile and landline/wireline computing devices in day-to-day communications has increased... | Systems and methods for reactively authorizing publication of information by a third party are coordinated through the use of a presence server. The presence server communicates with other communication nodes/devices to determine and relay publication information. Publication requests that are initially unauthorized, f... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
[0001] The present application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/235,168 filed Sep. 5, 2002, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relate... | The invention relates to a refrigerator and/or freezer with an appliance body and a door for closing an opening of the appliance body, wherein a pivot bearing is provided which pivotably supports the door relative to the appliance body about a pivot axis. According to the invention, the refrigerator and/or freezer is c... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to hand-wear for wearers of helmets having face-enclosing visors and for wearers of goggles. The invention has particular, although not exclusive, application to motorcyclists and snow skiers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] An inhere... | This invention relates to gloves ( 10 ) and wipers fitted to gloves that enable wearers of the gloves to wipe debris from eye shields, such as goggles and face-coverings, visors ( 5 ) in helmets. More specifically, the invention relates to a glove ( 10 ) that comprises a covering for the hand and fingers of a wearer an... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE
The invention described and claimed hereinbelow is also described in PCT/EP2008/004990, filed on Jun. 20, 2008 and DE 10 2007 029 358.7, filed on Jun. 26, 2007. This German Patent Application, whose subject matter is incorporated here by reference, provides the basis for a claim of priority of inv... | The invention relates to a hydraulic control arrangement and to a method for controlling a hydraulic consumer that comprises a pressure chamber on the input side and on the return side, said pressure chamber being connected to an adjusting pump or a tank via a valve device. The valve device is controlled by means of a ... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is related to the following copending applications:
1. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/757,978 entitled "Circuitry and Method for Translating Voltages" filed by International Business Machines Corporation on Nov. 27, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No.... | An output buffer translates digital input signals which toggle between ground and V DDL to signals which toggle between ground and V DDH . The technology dielectric breakdown voltage limit is less than the magnitude of V DDH , such that use of a traditional output stage would subject transistors' dielectrics to vo... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to heat exchangers, and more particularly to heat exchangers featuring anti-freeze protection of the condensate draining path.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art
Although freeze protection is an important crit... | The freeze-protected heat exchanger comprises a fluid supply header for receiving a pressurized heated fluid and a drain chamber coextending with the fluid supply header for collecting and draining cooled fluid. A plurality of heat exchanger tubes extends radially from the fluid supply header and drain chamber, and eac... | 8 |
FIELD
[0001] Embodiments usable within the scope of the present disclosure relate, generally, to apparatus and methods usable for controlling vibrations within a drill string and applying a downhole force to a drill bit, and more specifically, to devices and methods for maintaining weight-on-bit during drill... | Apparatus and methods for controlling drill string vibrations and applying a force to a drill bit include a body having a first piston at an uphole end in association with a drill string and a second piston at a downhole end in association with a drill bit. A first biasing member urges the first piston outward to provi... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/640,475, filed Dec. 15, 2006, claiming the benefit of European Patent Application 05 027 634.4, filed Dec. 16, 2005, herein incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The in... | A method for treating a catalyst base that comprises a contact area of porous material. A fluid, such as a flue gas stream, can be conducted along the contact area. A catalytically relevant substance is introduced into pores of the catalyst base using a transport fluid and remains on pore wall areas after removal of th... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to methods for medical diagnosis and treatment, and more particularly to methods for diagnosis and treatment of specific psychiatric, neurological and neuroendocrine conditions using a Focused... | Disclosed herein are methods for stimulating neurons within the brain by modifying electrical currents in brain circuits through the simultaneous use of focused ultrasound pulse (FUP) and an existing brain-imaging system, such as a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) system. The methods are used for research, ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a temperature detector circuit and an oscillation frequency compensation device using it, and more particularly to a MOS-transistor-based temperature detector circuit which has stable output ... | A temperature detector circuit using a MOS transistor capable of reducing manufacture variation of a mobility and realizing stable output characteristics which are not affected by temperature dependency may be offered. In one example, the temperature detector circuit includes a pair of depression type transistors to ou... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. FIELD OF INVENTION: The present invention relates to acoustic well logging.
2. DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART: In acoustic well logging, acoustic waves are emitted from a wave transmitter or source in a well borehole into subsurface formations to obtain information about the formations.... | An electromagnetic source or sources in a sonde in a well bore is caused to emit electromagnetic forces into the well casing. The electromagnetic forces cause displacement of the casing, inducing acoustic waves. The acoustic waves may be either P-waves or S-waves, depending on the type of electromagnetic source used. T... | 8 |
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/289,696 filed Aug. 12, 1994, now abandoned, of BILL J. POPE for PROSTHETIC JOINT WITH DIAMOND COATED INTERFACES.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a prosthetic joint, and in particular to a prosthetic joint h... | A prosthetic joint with polycrystalline diamond compact coated interfaces and a method for making the same are disclosed. The prosthetic joint has a diamond layer formed on at least one of the interacting, load-bearing surfaces of the joint. The diamond layer adds resistance to damage from impacts and, when polished, g... | 0 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 108,921 filed on Oct. 15, 1987, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a disposable CO 2 gas generator which utilizes chemical reactants to generate the CO 2 gas. Conventional CO 2 gas cylinders are ... | A gas generator chemically generates a gas from a chemical reaction between two reagents contained within a common container. The reagents are normally separated by a gas generation chamber into different regions of the container in the absence of gas generation therein. A reference pressure source of a predetermined p... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. Non-Provisional Application Ser. No. 12/093,625, filed May 14, 2008, which claims priority to International application Ser. No. PCT/ZA07/00015 filed Feb. 14, 2007, which claims priority to foreign Application Ser. No. ZAP2... | An application roller for applying liquid or semi-liquid substances on surfaces comprises a frame having a shaft including a handle thereon for grasping by a user and a cross axle oriented at a right angle to the shaft. A cylinder having first and second ends rotatably mounted on the cross axle defines an outer surface... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for driving roller shutter doors to a closed or open state. More specifically, the present invention relates to a controller for applying motive power to a roller shutter door of the type used to re... | The present invention is a method and apparatus for driving a roller-shutter door having a drive mechanism. The method comprises the activation of a circuit in response to an external stimuli to a switch. This actuates a timer and raises a timing bar. A cable passes across the timing bar and is connected to the switch ... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention pertains to a type of Reed Solomon decoder that decodes Reed Solomon encoded signals used for error correction in recording media and in digital transmission.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The Reed Solomon code (referred to as RS code hereinafter) has a high coding ... | A Reed Solomon decoder which can perform high-speed decoding operation without significantly increasing the circuit scale. The Reed Solomon decoder includes the following: input parameter operator 309 which generates syndrome and erasure data for a data sequence, decoding operation processing unit 304 which perform... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention provides a file folder, box and panel designed with pre-perforated holes, grooves and slots in which file panels and file clips are separately designed. The file clips are selective depending what the type of file folders are used. The sep... | A novel file folder, box and panel designed with pre-perforated holes, grooves and slots where the file folder at least comprises two pieces of panel, on which a plurality of holes, grooves, slots, and border indentations are pre-perforated. The file folder panel has at least a flap on its periphery. The pre-perforated... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/611,109.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to novel processes for preparing new aryl-and heteroaryl-substituted urea compounds of f... | Disclosed are novel processes and novel intermediate compounds for preparing aryl-and heteroaryl-substituted urea compounds of the formula(I) wherein Ar 1 , Ar 2 , L, Q and X are described herein. The product compounds are useful in pharmaceutic compositions for treating diseases or pathological conditions involving in... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
This invention relates to reciprocating pumping units, and more particularly, a pumping unit having variable output without using a transmission between the pump and the prime mover therefor.
Reciprocating pumping units are well known, and such units have been used extensively in oil field applicatio... | A transmissionless variable output pumping unit comprising a multiple crankshaft pump driven by a prime mover. The apparatus includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a phase angle between first and second crankshafts. Plungers in the pump are disposed in cylinders forming part of a pumping chamber. When the phase... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present subject matter relates generally to tower structures, and more specifically to methods and apparatus for assembling tower structures.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Construction of towers for support of various items has been practiced for many... | A method and apparatus for constructing a tower, where the apparatus may include a structure including a foundation including a plurality of hydraulic cylinders; a truss tower located on the foundation and configured to support a tower built on the foundation; and a controller configured to control extension and retrac... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a process for production of synthesis gas used for the production of liquid hydrocarbons, such as diesel and gasoline. The invention relates in particular to a process for the production of liquid hydrocarbons in the form of diesel in which the l... | The invention relates to a process for the production of liquid hydrocarbons by the use of light-end fractions from downstream synthesis in the reforming section of the plant. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an amplifying circuit, and more particularly, to an amplifying circuit with high linearity and low power consumption.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] As ... | An amplifier includes: a class AB input stage, receiving an input signal, for generating an inner signal according to the input signal; class AB output stage, includes: a biasing circuit, for providing a first voltage and a second voltage according to the inner signal; and an output stage, for generating an output sign... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention is directed to circuits for recovering a clock signal from a data stream and, more specifically, to a programmable phase interpolator that can be used to generate a set of evenly spaced phase steps that span the period of a recovered clock signal. Enhanced phase resolution ca... | A programmable phase adjuster spans a clock signal's period with N linearly distributed phase steps. The resulting phase adjust resolution is finer than that of an inverter delay for a given process. Enhancement of the phase resolution of a phase picker CRM architecture enables use of the architecture for recoverin... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application is based on and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/451,123 filed on Feb. 27, 2003, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by this reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] This invention relates generall... | A method is provided for converting a two-dimensional image or bitmap of a handwritten manuscript into three-dimensional data The three-dimensional data can be used to automatically recognize features of the manuscript, such as characters or words. The method includes the steps of: converting the two-dimensional image ... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The disclosure relates to a turbocharger system and a method of controlling a turbocharger system, particularly, a twin-turbocharger system incorporating electric turbo assist.
BACKGROUND
A turbocharger forms part of an engine, and comprises a turbocharger shaft driven by a turbine tha... | A turbocharger system comprises: a gas input for receiving exhaust gases from an engine; a first turbocharger comprising a first compressor driven by a first turbine, arranged to be driven by received exhaust gases and providing a compressed air output defining a boost pressure a second turbocharger, arranged to be dri... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This patent application claims the benefit of provisional patent application 60/586,251 filed Jul. 8, 2004, and also is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application U.S. Ser. No. 10/748,115 Dec. 30, 2003, now abandoned, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application ... | The invention includes a heat transfer geometry having first and second flow channels in parallel with each other. The flow cross-sectional area of individual channels varies along the length of the flowpath, with one channel undergoing an expansion and the other undergoing a contraction. Different amounts of additiona... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The capacitance of a capacitive sensor changes when an object approaches or touches the sensor. Since the sensors require no moving parts, capacitive sensors may be robust and reliable and widely used in many areas. In particular, capacitive sensors are used in human-to-machine interfaces s... | A capacitance-to-digital converter for an extended range of capacitances includes a reference capacitor and one or more offset capacitors. Electrical charge accumulated in the offset capacitors is used to at least partially cancel the charge accumulated in a sensed capacitance to facilitate matching with a charge accum... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention concerns a rearview mirror arrangement, especially a lightweight mirror assembly for commercial vehicles.
[0002] Outside mirrors of this kind and of variously different construction are already known in the present state of the technology. A... | A rearview mirror assembly blowmolded carrier for vehicles and method of blowmolding the carrier are provided. The mirror assembly has a blowmolded carrier with a hollow space and a recess to affix a mirror element. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a filter cartridge, in particular a suction filter cartridge, according to the preamble of claim 1 . The invention also comprises a seat element for such a filter cartridge. The inlet area and the outlet opening of the filter ca... | The invention relates to a filter cartridge ( 1 ), especially a suction filter cartridge, which is provided, in the outlet opening ( 20 ), with an inward-pointing, peripheral snap-on rim ( 22 ) which can be folded from a first lower snap position into a second upper snap position and vice versa. The invention also rela... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to providing a cover that both cushions and provides a finished surface for a pole. More specifically, the present invention relates to cushioning and covering a lally column of the type found in the basement of a residence ... | A method and a kit for cushioning and covering a pole is disclosed. First and second sheets of cushioning material are wrapped around a pole, with the second sheet of cushioning material being cut to fit the height of the pole. A first cover sheet is applied to the cushion sheet and is secured in place to cover a porti... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/215,815, filed on Aug. 9, 2002, which is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1) Field of the Invention
The present invent... | There are provided apparatuses and related methods for forming sheets. The formed sheets can be formed of a thermoplastic material, such as flat sheets of reinforced thermoplastic, which can be lightweight, strong, and perform well in flammability, smoke, and toxicity tests. The apparatus includes a heater for heating ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention generally relates to fertilizers and, more specifically, to a system and method for manufacturing fertilizers from poultry litter.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] ... | A system and method for manufacturing fertilizer nutrients from poultry litter. The method of the invention includes heating and pasteurizing raw material; drying the heated and pasteurized material; reducing the dried material to a powder; and pelleting the powder to granular and homogenized pellets. The poultry litte... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
Fracture stimulation of a well, and more particularly to a method and system for determining formation properties. Particularly, this disclosure is directed to determining formation properties associated with production potential from the formation.
BACKGROUND
Oil and gas wells produce... | Methods for determining whether to perform a stimulation treatment on a subterranean zone are disclosed. Process zone stress (“PZS”), indicative of a production potential of the subterranean zone, is determined, and a determination is made as to whether the PZS exceeds a preselected value. A PZS exceeding the preselect... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a Divisional Application of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/447,788 filed on Jun. 6, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,___,___, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] ... | A device including: a housing; a powered element disposed on or in the housing; and an impact power producing element housed on or in the housing and operatively connected to the powered element, the impact power producing element producing power upon an impact of at least a portion of the housing with another surface;... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
This invention relates generally to an apparatus for removably securing structures to the ground. More specifically, this invention relates to an anchor for removably securing a cover over a trench or hole in the ground.
Access holes are dug in the street or right-of-way to access an... | The present invention provides an earth anchor to secure a cover over a trench or hole in the ground. The device has a retaining cap which is attached to a rod. Extendible arms are connected to the rod below the cap. The end of the rod opposite the cap is inserted into the hole or trench until the cap rests at ground l... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to rotary drilling of subterranean formations and, more specifically, to a rotary drill bit exhibiting particularly beneficial characteristics for drilling slow drilling shales as well as for high rate of penetration dril... | A fixed cutter, or rotary drag, bit for drilling subterranean formations, exhibiting an enhanced resistance to bit balling and an improved rate of penetration. The bit includes an auger-like blade configuration, wherein positively raked, relatively tall blades lean rotationally forward to provide increased clearance an... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the priority of US provisional application No. 61,137,690, filed on Aug. 1, 2008, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates gen... | The current invention describes methods of transesophageal access to the neck and thorax to perform surgical interventions on structures outside the esophagus in both the cervical and the thoracic cavity. It describes a liner device made of a complete or partial tubular structure, or a flat plate, the liner having mean... | 0 |
The invention relates to the design of a winding machine with a multitwist spindle for textile working of endless fibers and yarn, where arbitrary adjustable revolutions of a multitwist spindle and of a winding-on mechanism are synchronized.
Twisting arrangements, using single twist spindles with a rotating count... | A winding machine with a multitwist spindle for textile working of fibres and yarn with a synchronized movement of the multitwist spindle and the winding-on mechanism, both of which are mutually independently supported by a supporting frame. | 3 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to instruments, more specifically to an instrument for the cutting and removing of stitches from a lockstitch seam made by a sewing machine. In the process of joining various types of fabrics occasionally, there is a n... | A thread cutting apparatus that is held between the thumb and forefinger used to cut and remove stitched seams in fabric and the like combining the feature of traditional tweezers and scissors, so that only one tool is needed for the removal process of stitches. | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the wet spinning process for producing yarn of copolymers consisting essentially of recurring units of the formulas ##STR1## and ##STR2## where Ar is ##STR3## R is a C 1 to C 4 alkyl and the mole ratio of (a) units to (b) unit... | Yarns of phenylene oxadiazole/N-alkylhydrazide copolymers are made by a wet spinning process involving the steps of extruding, coagulating, washing, drying, hot-drawing and collecting. These yarns when formed into cord lose considerable tenacity, that is, cords plied from these yarns have considerably less tenacity tha... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a crane control apparatus for a crane where a load is suspended on a crane cable from a cable suspension point of the crane.
For the control of the crane, exact information on the position and/or the velocity of the load is of great importance... | The present invention relates to a crane control apparatus for a crane where a load is suspended on a crane cable from a cable suspension point of the crane, comprising an observer for estimating at least the position and/or velocity of the load from at least one sensor input of a first sensor by using a physical model... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to the field of vehicles and, more particularly, to vehicle air conditioning systems and related methods.
[0003] 2. Related Art
[0004] Seals used in sealing flu... | A seal kit for vehicle air conditioning systems and associated methods are provided. The seal kit includes a container and a set of a plurality of retrofit seals positioned in the container and adapted to retrofit a set of a plurality of existing seals of any one preselected group of different vehicle air conditioning ... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of, claims priority to, and incorporates by reference in its entirety, pending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/780,037, filed 17 Feb. 2004, and titled “Method, System, and Device for Storing Cremains”, which is a continuation-in-part of, claims p... | Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a device comprising: a first wooden portion comprising a substantially rectangular and substantially planar face interlocked to an opposing pair of substantially rectangular and substantially planar sides and to an opposing pair of substantially rectangular and substantially plana... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims the benefit under any relevant U.S. statute to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/756,017 filed Jan. 24, 2013, titled EER METER AND OPTIMIZING FEEDBACK CONTROL FOR DX AIR-CONDITIONERS.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present ... | Measured EER and COP are affected by the load under which an air conditioning, refrigeration or heating system is running; the load is a function of the evaporating and condensing temperatures. The invention makes adjustments for the purpose of maximizing measured EER and COP in a feedback loop utilized to optimize coo... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of cut diamonds and more particularly to a triangular star shaped diamond adapted to generate a hearts and arrows pattern comparable and substantially equivalent to the hearts and arrows pattern generated by an ideal round cut diamond when exposed ... | A triangular star shaped diamond adapted to display a hearts and arrows pattern when exposed to light comparable to the hearts and arrows pattern in a round diamond, comprising: six main crown facets, twelve crown half facets, a table facet, six main pavilion facets and an even number of main girdle facets separating t... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an improvement in a belt conveyor that includes protrusions formed on a conveyor belt and holes formed on a pulley that mesh the protrusions.
2. Prior Art
FIG. 6 shows one type of belt conveyor system. In this... | A belt conveyor comprising an endless, fixed-width belt mounted on a pulley provided on rollers. Protrusions are formed on the back surface of the endless, fixed-width belt, and each of the protrusions has a shape comprising inwardly curved front and rear sides and tapering towards its tip end, and the pulley that is d... | 1 |
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 780,194, filed Mar. 22, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,092,262, issued May 30, 1978 which is a Divisional Application of Ser. No. 609,115, filed Aug. 29, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,035,258 issued July 12, 1977; which is a Divisional Application of Ser. No. 391,663, filed Aug. 27, 1... | This invention relates to azeotropic compositions of 1,2-dichloro-1-fluoroethane or of 1,2-dichloro-1,2-difluoroethane with certain alcohols, ethers, or ketones. | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application 61/702,409, filed Sep. 18, 2012, and to U.S. provisional patent application 61/775,074 filed Mar. 8, 2013, which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
STAT... | In various embodiments, the present invention describes a system that attaches to an existing pipeline, pipe, valve or meter in order to prevent unwanted theft and tampering with fluids and gasses flowing through the pipeline, pipe, valve or meter. In one embodiment of the present invention, the inventive device has tw... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the general field of press studs. While not being limited thereto, the invention has been devised with particular regard to a female component for a press stud, also known as a press fastener, to be fitted, for example, on a fabric flap in order ... | A female component of a press stud including a monolithic body made by hot forming and defining a housing seat for a retaining member housed in the housing seat and intended to lock a corresponding male component in position selectively during use. A locking lip, integral with the monolithic body, extends from the hous... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a convenience structure for closing or occupying unwanted space between a window blind structure and a window frame, and more specifically a structure to provide users with a window shade system for bordering a window blind structure, to enhan... | A blind extension system with removable soft side blinders or light blocking structures provides an organizational system which can be used to reduce light due to improper sized blinds without damaging the blinds or the window frame itself. In one embodiment, a sock-like structure is used to attach lengths of decorativ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. Pat. Appl. Ser. No. 09/096,877, filed on Jun. 12, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,243,608 the specification of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
T... | A system is provided for optically communicating with an implantable device. In one embodiment, the system includes an implantable device having a large memory and an external unit which downloads information from the memory for analysis and display. The implantable device includes a light-emitting diode (LED) and a mo... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an end-of-scan reporting system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system that reports the completion of a scanning session to a user through computer peripheral components.
2. Description of the... | A reporting system capable of reporting the end of a scanning session to a user through existing computer peripheral devices is proposed. By reporting at the end of a scanning session, the user can proceed with subsequent scanning operations with no delay. Hence, idle time of the scanner is greatly reduced. | 7 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 11/041,814, filed Jan. 21, 2005, which is to be abandoned in favor of this application, after this application is filed, which is a divisional of Ser. No. 10/261,050, filed Sep. 30, 2002, now Pat. No. 6,869,639.
DISCLOSURE
[0002] Th... | An improved film coater which utilizes one or more coater or applicators to transfer coating to the outer surfaces of at least one more rolls, which in turn transfers the coating from the roll surface to one or more sides of the web for coating paper is disclosed. The coater or applicator includes a smoothing doctor on... | 3 |
The present invention claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2003-16458 filed in Korea on Mar. 17, 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a liquid crysta... | A liquid crystal display module is disclosed that has an optical sheet supported by a main support. In the module, the optical sheet is secured to a main support through a first securing point close to one corner at one side and secured to the main support through a second securing point close to each corner at the opp... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part application of Patent Cooperation Treaty Patent Application Number PCT/JP2010/072004 (filed on Dec. 8, 2010), which claims priority from Japanese patent application JP 2009-281010 (filed on Dec. 10, 2009), all of which are hereby i... | An image display device which is provided with an image display panel, and a housing which houses the image display panel. In the front wall of the housing, an image display window makes the screen of the image display panel viewable from the outside. In the rear wall of the housing are two housing sections, each being... | 7 |
GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
The U.S. Government has a paid-up license to this invention and the right in limited circumstances to require the patent owner to license others on reasonable terms.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/598,781, filed Feb. 5, 1996, now abandoned.
... | A process for fabricating dispersion-strengthened ceramic-metal composites is claimed. The process comprises in-situ interaction and chemical reaction of a metal in gaseous form with a ceramic producer in plasma form. Such composites can be fabricated with macroscopic dimensions. Special emphasis is placed on fabricati... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a method of producing mixtures of polyvinyl chloride and polymers based on conjugated dienes and acrylonitrile.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Mixtures of polyvinyl chloride and, for example, copolymers of acrylonitrile an... | The invention relates to a method of producing mixtures of polyvinyl chloride and polymers based on conjugated dienes and acrylonitrile, by mixing powdered polyvinyl chloride with latexes based on conjugated dienes and acrylonitrile and then coagulating the mixture. The method according to the present invention represe... | 2 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention generally relates to the field of processes and apparatus for converting carbonaceous materials such as biomass, waste, coal, organic materials etc. to product gas which is one of either producer gas, typically obtained from air-blown gasification, or syngas, t... | A method and assembly for producing substantially tar free product gas from gasification of carbonaceous material. The assembly preferably includes a first stage gasifier to produce char-ash and tar laden product gas and a second stage gasifier which has a char-ash heating zone, at least one cyclone, and at least one s... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a regular application claiming priority from provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/792,821 and 60/792,822 both filed 18 Apr. 2006.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] None
... | Conjugationally extended hydrazine compositions of the formula (RR 2 )N(H) n (NH 2 ) n , fluorescent hydrazone compositions of the formula (RR 2 )NN═C(R 1 R 2 ), methods of the formation of hydrazones from the reaction of conjugationally extended hydrazines with conjugationally extended carbonyls and methods of their u... | 2 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/217,790 filed Jul. 12, 2000 entitled “One (1) Piece Tubular Doorbeam”.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
I. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the forming of a tubular beam and more particularly to a on... | A method of rollforming one-piece tubular doorbeams. The method includes the steps of drawing a continuous metal strip, creating cut-outs in the edges of the strip at spaced locations, rollforming the strip into a tube so that the unindented edges engage one another, welding the engaged edges together, cutting the tube... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present invention relates to a method for super-resolution microscopy and, more particularly, to a method for non-fluorescence higher harmonic generation ground state depletion super-resolution microscopy.
[0003] 2. De... | The present invention discloses a method for non-fluorescence higher harmonic generation ground state depletion super-resolution microscopy, it includes the following steps: providing an organic material unit, focusing excitation light and ground state depletion light, generating a higher harmonic signal, performing gr... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a receiver or chucking device for the interchangeable attachment of a work-contacting probe pin or probe-pin combination to the probe head of a coordinate-measuring instrument. Such devices are intended to permit the fastest and easiest possible chuckin... | The invention concerns a receiver (1) in the probe head of a multiple-coordinate measuring machine in which probe-pin combinations (21) can be replaceably chucked with high precision with respect to their position in space. The receiver contains an isostatic three-point support (14) against which the base (15, 16, 17, ... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/960,308 filed on Aug. 6, 2013. The entire contents of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/960,308 are hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present disclosure relates t... | Disclosed is a door catch that can help to prevent door sag, especially for heavy or tall residential or commercial doors, and provides for post-installation catch tension adjustment without removal or adjustment of mounting members. In one aspect, the door catch can include a ball catch base, a threaded ball plunger a... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/401,381, filed Mar. 10, 2009, which claims the benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/035,227, filed on Mar. 10, 2008, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated b... | The present invention is related to the novel discovery of a number of genes that were identified as systemic markers of pulmonary inflammation. This discovery allows for development of a novel tool for reliable, rapid and efficient assessment of therapeutic responses and enables design of novel therapies targeted agai... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to single lens reflex cameras and viewfinders for single lens reflex cameras in which data images are displayed with the image of a scene by passing data light into the camera's pentaprism, and more particularly to display chan... | The disclosed single lens reflex camera includes a shutter dial and a pentaprism as well as an eyepiece, and forms an image of a scene in the camera's field of view and a data image near the scene image through the eyepiece by passing data light from the vicinity of the pentaprism into the interior of the pentapris... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to plumbing fixtures. More particularly, it relates to a flush valve that includes a height-adjustable overflow tube to allow for proper setting of the overflow tube in relation to the height of the water contained within a toilet tank, ... | The present invention provides an improved top mounted toilet flush valve and a method for installing the flush valve that can be readily adapted to the tank profile of a wide variety of gravity operated flush toilets. More specifically, in accordance with the objectives of the present invention, there is provided a fl... | 4 |
PRIORITY APPLICATION
[0001] This application is based upon Provisional Patent Application No. 60/889,592 filed Feb. 13, 2007, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention is directed to the field of watercraft, and in par... | An improved tunnel configuration for tunnel mounted surface piercing propellers. The improved tunnel configuration provides a flooding suction to the tunnel to allow flooded propeller operation at speeds below planning. The tunnel is stepped whereby an upper portion of the tunnel is sized to allow the propeller to draw... | 1 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 879,373 filed Jun. 27, 1986, now abandoned.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates generally to a magnetic head supporting device for supporting a magnetic head for recording and reproducing, for example, in a floppy disk player. More specifically, th... | In a magnetic recording device wherein a magnetic head is maintained in elastic contact with a recording medium, an improved magnetic head supporting device integrates a hinge, a swingably supported arm and a magnetic head holding member into a unitary flat spring member. Further, an elongate oil retaining bearing slee... | 6 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of my copending application Ser. No. 53,898, filed July 10, 1970, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,842,596 which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to rotating heat pipe... | A unique rotary hermetic heat pipe is disclosed for transferring heat from an external source to an external heat sink. The heat pipe has a tapered condensing surface which is curved preferably to provide uniform pumping acceleration, the heat pipe being rotated at a velocity such that the component of centrifugal acce... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a printing head for a dot printer.
2. Related Art And Prior Art Statement
A printing head for a general dot printer comprises a plurality of needles arranged in a retractable manner within a tubular needle hol... | A printing head comprising a plurality of armatures which are arranged radially and which are swingable before and behind, an armature stopper having armature abutting portions of cantilever type provided in projection toward a center in a radial direction at respective locations at the back of the armature for positio... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is claiming the benefit, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e), of the provisional application filed Jul. 30, 2008 titled Catheter System under 35 U.S.C. §111(b), which was granted Ser. No. 61/137,344. This provisional application is hereby incorporated by reference.
... | A catheter retaining system for a container is disclosed. The system may be utilized with a wide variety of containers for receiving catheterized fluids. Each embodiment of the system includes a structure for selectively securing at least one catheter to the container. The structure assists in maintaining the catheter ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a roll manufactured with a light waveguide conductor (LWG-conductor), in particular for the transmission of optical signals from and to, respectively, a moving body.
In an arrangement known form DE-OS 20 12 293 a coil wound with an LWG-conductor is accomm... | The invention relates to a roll manufactured with a light waveguide conductor (LWG-conductor), in particular for the transmission of optical signals from and to, respectively, a moving body. A perfect winding construction from which the conductor can be unreeled without interference is obtained in that the LWG-conducto... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The production of electrical energy from electrical energy from the surroundings without utilizing a utilization of a battery is a form of energy harvesting. Energy harvesting also known as power harvesting or energy scavenging is a process by which energy is captured and stored. Energy har... | An energy harvesting system and method includes a rotatable member with an electrically conductive coil mounted to the rotatable member and adapted to move with the rotatable member such that the movement of the coil through a magnetic field induces a voltage in the coil. An energy storage device is coupled to the coil... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 60/258,395 filed Dec. 27, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates generally to railroad cars and, more particularly, to jacket... | A method for forming a cylindrical body utilizing a continuous weld is provided. The method includes feeding a source material including a first edge and a second edge from a coil and offsetting at least one of the first edge and the second edge. The method further includes spiraling the material to form a cylinder, we... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a wire enclosure and in particular to a lockable wire enclosure and a locking mechanism therefor.
Lockable wire enclosures are well known in the prior art and are conventionally used for securely storing valuable materials, such as packages, tools, valuable ... | A lockable wire mesh security and closure including a locking member which engages and locks to both the top wall and the bottom wall of the enclosure. The locking member can be latched into position and locked in place to securely lock the enclosure. | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a data input apparatus, and more particularly, to a position coordinates signal detecting circuit of a sensor panel for sensing position coordinates at which contacts occur.
2. Description of the Related Art
A... | A position coordinates signal detecting circuit of a sensor panel is provided. The position coordinates signal detecting circuit of the sensor panel according to the present invention includes first through fourth resistors each of which has one end connected to one of the left upper-most edge, the left lower-most edge... | 6 |
[0001] Oral intubation is a procedure by which a tube is inserted through the mouth down into the trachea, the large airway from the mouth to the lungs. The tube is often inserted with the a laryngoscope, an instrument that permits the person inserting the tube to see the upper portion of the trachea, just below the... | A device used for oral intubation on a patient having a mouth and airway (or oropharynx) is disclosed. The device comprises a hard palate pivot support attached to a laryngoscope blade by a plurality of actuating arms, wherein the hard palate pivot support is used to push against the roof of a patient's mouth and c... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates generally to cable support systems for suspending an object from an overhead structure by means of cables. The cable support systems include novel clamps that clamp to the overhead structure and supp... | Cable Support Systems for supporting an object at a desired distance below an overhead beam or other overhead structure are provided. Novel clamps for clamping to the overhead structure are fitted to support cables that encircle objects to be supported by the cable support systems. The novel clamps have internal method... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Metal lead frames used in the production of plastic encapsulated electrical components are usually made with temporary metal bars connected between each adjacent pair of leads. The bars are integral with the lead frame and are referred to by a variety of terms such as tie strips, stabi... | Fabricating spacer bars or dam bars in conventional lead frames of a low melting material, e.g. solder, permits facile removal of the bar after molding. The low melting bars can be removed by furnace heating, localized radiant energy heating, exposure to rapid thermal annealing (RTA), hot air or hot liquid leveling, et... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method for compensating image blocking artifacts, and more particularly to an apparatus and a method for compensating image blocking artifacts occurring in displa... | An apparatus and a method for compensating image blocking artifacts are capable of eliminating image blocking artifacts occurring in consecutively input image signals, in advance. The apparatus for compensating image blocking artifacts has a video signal comparing unit for comparing gradation values of video signals wh... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a §371 of International PCT Application PCT/EP2014/062712, filed Jun. 17, 2014, which claims the benefit of DE 10 2013 106 382.9, filed Jun. 19, 2013, both of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entireties.
FI... | Subject-matter of the invention is a process for producing fatty alcohols by catalytic hydrogenation of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), in which the FAME initially is hydrogenated to fatty alcohol (FA). The fractions of non-converted FAME remaining in the hydrogenation product are converted to wax ester and methanol in... | 1 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/680,678 filed Apr. 4, 1991 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,017,722.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
I. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the field of methods for identifying toxicants and/or isolated component substances in a ... | Methods for the isolation and identification of a toxicant in a sample are disclosed. Luminescent biological agents (i.e., bacteria) having sensitivity to a toxicant or an isolatable component in a sample are used to provide visually discernable zones of luminescent inhibition in the presence of a toxicant (or) in the ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many of the prior art methods and combinations of apparatus which are designed to accomplish optical waveguide amplitude modulation have intrinsically and inherently involved the reliance upon additional polarizer/analyzer devices for their operation. Generally, it may be said that man... | An optical waveguide arrangement operates in the manner of an interferometer to provide modulator and/or switching functions. Two optical waveguide branches having a common connection diverge along a substantially coextensive distance and reconverge to provide first and second light paths of identical optical length. C... | 7 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 06/894,372 filed Aug. 6, 1986, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 474,930 filed mar. 14, 1983, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 368,773 filed Apr. 15, 1982, now abandoned.
... | Human urokinase is produced using recombinant DNA techniques. The invention disclosed thus enables the production of urokinase free of contaminants with which it is ordinarily associated in its native cellular environment. Methods, expression vehicles and various host cells useful in its production are also disclosed. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention is related to novel compounds and more particularly to compounds which are useful as dyes.
It is therefore the object of the invention to provide novel compounds.
It is another object of the invention to provide compounds which are useful as dyes.
It is... | There are described novel compounds which are chrome-complexed dyes and which include an ortho, ortho' dihydroxyazo dye moiety, an onium salt and a ligand which is a radical of an iminodiacetic acid. | 2 |
[0001] A reinforced concrete structure comprising weight-lightening discs for making light reinforced concrete structures such as slabs, pre-slabs, floors, partitions and beams, comprising an upper and lower mesh suitable designed for this invention, and to the construction method of these structures. The method all... | This invention refers to a weight-lightening disc for making light reinforced concrete structures such as slabs, prefabricated slabs, foundation slabs, partition walls and beams; to a mesh, specifically designed for this invention and to the construction method to make such structures. The method allows manufacturing t... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the cross benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/115,154, which is incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The field of the invention is a tool for endoscopic procedures. These include colonoscopy... | A method and apparatus for removing loops formed during endoscopic procedures including colonoscopy and small bowel enteroscopy. The device inserted through the biopsy channel of an endoscope reversibly engages the distal portion of the biopsy channel of the endoscope. When pressure is applied to the device handle exte... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to color document scanners and more particularly to such scanners employing fiber optic bundles.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
My copending application Ser. No. 581,085 filed Feb. 17, 1984 and assigned to the assignee of the present application describes a d... | A color document scanner is achieved using three optical fiber bundles. Each bundle is linear at the entrance face and merely gathered at the exit face. The linear ends are abutted against one another and aligned across a document to be scanned. The (three) exit faces are abutted against one or more associated sensor a... | 7 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/817,185 filed Jan. 8, 1986 now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of amides using microorganisms. More particularly, it is concerned with a process for hydrating nitriles by the action o... | A process for the production of amides utilizing microorganisms is described, which comprises subjecting nitriles having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms to the action of a microorganism belonging to the genus Rhodococcus, and genus Arthrobacter or the genus Microbacterium having an ability to hydrate the nitriles to form the ... | 8 |
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 08/982,858, filed Dec. 2, 1997, such prior application being incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to systems in which it would be desirable to detect events or sequences of ... | An event detector and associated methods of protecting systems provide convenient and economical safety features. In a described embodiment, an ignition sequence detector for a boiler system has a microprocessor which is programmed so that an ignition control module of the boiler system is deprived of primary power whe... | 5 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/160,450 filed on Oct. 21, 1999.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/659,429, filed Sep. 8, 2000, now abandoned, the disclosure of which is expressly incorpor... | A wall mountable rack for supporting and securing a skateboard, scooter or inline skate having one or a pair of wheels in proximity to each end of a board, footpiece or shoe by at least one of its wheels while allowing the board, footpiece or shoe and the remaining wheels or pair of wheels to hang below the rack. | 4 |
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to genotyping animals for the leptin Arg25Cys functional mutation and also application of a class of compounds known as β-adrenergic agonists (β-AA), specifically Zilpaterol Hydrochloride (ZH), and Ractopamine Hydrochloride (RH), in order to take ... | A method of identifying livestock animal subgroups of the same species, from a group of livestock animals of the same species wherein the subgroup has similar genetic predispositions for response to Zilpaterol Hydrochloride (ZH) treatment with respect to marbling, HCW gain, REA size gain, DDMI, % EBF, and YG's. The... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to railings and barriers used to separate environmental areas, and more particularly to a system and method for installing railing members in residential and commercial decks, staircases, and balconies.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ... | A system and method of fastening a railing member against an anchored horizontal rim beam of a deck, stairway or balcony. The system typically includes a series of upright railing members in combination with a plurality of securing members. The securing member can be a clench bolt, a clench strap (formed or welded), or... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to gas turbine engines, and more particularly to internally cooled airfoils used in such engines.
Gas turbine engines, such as aircraft jet engines, include many components (e.g., turbines, compressors, fans and the like) that utilize airfo... | The flow of cooling fluid through a core tie hole formed between a pair of internal cooling passageways of an airfoil component is reduced by providing a restriction that meters coolant flow through the inlet passage of one of the passageways so that the pressures in the two passageways are equalized, thereby minimizin... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to optical read/write devices and, more particularly, to a mechanism for driving an optical pickup head of an optical read/write device.
2. Description of Related Art
In general, an optical pickup head records or reprod... | According to one aspect, an optical read/write device for reading and/or writing an optical disk includes a rack disposed between the worm gear and the optical pickup head for transferring motion from the worm gear to the optical pickup head. The rack includes a fastening portion for fixing the rack to the optical pick... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to incorporation of a carboxylation system into the bleach plant of a wood pulp mill to provide carboxylated cellulosic fibers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Cellulose is a carbohydrate consisting of a long chain of gluc... | An apparatus for carboxylating wood pulp which utilizes the wood pulp bleach plant and the method of carboxylating the pulp which takes place in the bleach plant. | 3 |
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