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This application is a continuation of, and claims the benefit of, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/821,299 filed on Mar. 29, 2001, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/654,024 filed on Sep. 1, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,363,683 and which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/008,437 ... | An insulated concrete structure including a side panel, a spaced-apart sheet such as plywood, and concrete disposed therebetween. The concrete is poured into a cavity formed between the side panel and the sheet and allowed to substantially cure, after which time the sheet can remain as part of the structure or be remov... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/864,768, filed Aug. 12, 2013, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[0002] Therapeutic agent (e.g. drug) ... | Devices and methods for administering a therapeutic agent, comprising an implantable delivery device. Exemplary embodiments comprise a reservoir in fluid communication with a channeled member, and a compound comprising the therapeutic agent and a solubilizer disposed within the reservoir. | 0 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 677,273 filed on Dec. 3, 1984, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to aircraft deicers and more particularly to an improved inflatable deicer or boot adapted for attachment to the airfoil of an ... | A deicer pad for use on an airfoil wherein the airfoil has a leading edge and a stagnation line. The deicer pad is constructed to have an intermediate portion or region and two spaced apart portions or regions and with inflatable passageways only located on or within the two spaced apart portions. The pad is mounted on... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to skylights and, more particularly, to a skylight system with a tubular light conduit connecting to a roof skylight device to a ceiling skylight device.
Roof skylights are a means to provide daylight into a room with limited amounts of available dayligh... | This invention relates to a flexible light conduit having two ends, one end mounted to an outdoor support such as a roof and at it's other end to a ceiling or other support inside a structure such as a house, garage, shed or other structure, said light conduit being of any shape in cross section, preferably square ... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a method of attaching an integrated circuit component to a substrate, and in particular to a method for attaching an integrated circuit (IC) component such as a memory chip or a RFID (radio-frequency identification device) to a smart card.
BACKG... | An integrated circuit component is attached to a substrate by dispensing a controlled amount of photo-activatable anisotropic conductive adhesive (ACA) at a desired location on the substrate, exposing the dispensed ACA to an electromagnetic radiation source to initiate a chemical reaction in the ACA, aligning the compo... | 7 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/107,371, filed Nov. 6, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates in general to a support platform for a computer keyboard or the like and, more particularly, to a tilt control or pitch control mechanism for a... | There is disclosed a tilt control mechanism for a keyboard support platform. The keyboard support platform is of the type that includes linkage for connecting the platform to a work surface. The linkage further includes linkage arms that pivotally connect the keyboard support platform to the work surface. The tilt cont... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Residential housing and much commercial building has in the past been made in the United States and in other countries with wooden supporting structures, most of it in the form of elongated beams of standard sizes in inches, such as 2×2, 2×4, 2×6, 2×8, 2×10, 2×12, 4×4, 4×6, 4×8, 4×10, ... | A metal wall stud in the shape of an elongated open channel having pre-punched nail or screw holes and pre-punched passageways for electrical or plumbing facilities. Integral tabs extending beyond the ends of stud walls are foldable to provide connections to wooden plates or metal wall stud purlins in the construction ... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/388,366, filed Mar. 24, 2006, which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention refers to a thermoplastic element for the prot... | It is the object of the present invention a thermoplastic element for the protection against corrosion in the thermofused splicing of a thermoplastic tube to a thermoplastic connection, which element has the shape of a fully thermoplastic tubular sleeve, able to be introduced into a socket mouth formed by the expansion... | 1 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 748,203, filed June 24, 1985, now abandoned without prejudice in favor of the present case.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a chute used for separating and selecting particulate or flat agricultural products such as... | A chute for an optical selector has a corrugated bottom surface in order to insure that particulate articles to be selected flow linearly and are dispersed uniformly across the width. The corrugations along the bottom surface of the chute are gentle having a small ratio of height to pitch of corrugation, and such corru... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates, in general, to spinning discs and, more specifically, to games utilizing spinning discs.
2. Background Description
Numerous games involve one or more players throwing or hitting various projectiles past one or m... | A game kit and method of playing a game using a spinning disc. The game kit includes boundary elements which are selectively arranged to form a throwing area, a target area, and a distance between the throwing area and the target area in variably selected sizes and distance spacing according to the players level of ski... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to blenders. More particularly, the present invention relates to hand held blenders.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Hand held blenders including im... | There is provided an hand held blender essentially having at least two housing or body portions, a first housing or body portion suitable for containing a drive motor and a second housing or body portion suitable for containing one or more shanks or shafts operatively connected to the drive motor, and a processing tool... | 0 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Japanese Patent applications No. 2003-039933 and No. 2003-173720 which are hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to a one-way clutch device... | A one-way clutch device comprises a plurality of torque transmission members interposed between an inner race element and an outer race element for performing torque transmission therebetween only during one-way relative rotation. A cage has a pair of flanges for holding the torque transmission members therebetween and... | 5 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 866,928, filed Jan. 4, 1978.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the food processing industry the trend is to replace metal cans with something more convenient and more efficient. To that end, retort pouches have been conceived.
A typical retort pouch is... | A hermetically sealed pouch, being safe for the storage of foods, avoiding giving a taste to enclosed food, the filled pouch being able to withstand cooking temperatures typically used to cook food. | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/925,457 filed Apr. 19, 2007, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1.... | A bone plate having a plurality of openings for receiving a compression bone screw or a cortical screw. An end cap, threadably insertable in the opening and having a layer of polymeric material interposed between the end cap and the top of the head such that the compression of the polymeric material would allow slight ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a merchandise display in the form of a box-like rack with a security lock for retaining articles, of merchandise against unauthorized removal, the display being particularly useful for but not limited to use with fishing reels. ... | A merchandise display is disclosed with a security lock to prevent pilferage, the display including an elongated box on the upper or outer face of which the articles are mounted for display, with an interiorly disposed rotatable locking rod, key operated for locking and release of the articles. | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an outerwear garment, typically a jacket or the like garment as used by sportsmen, hunters, and other persons involved in outdoor activities.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Convertible constructions of outerwear garments are known in the art which incorpor... | A convertible garment, such as a jacket, tunic or vest, includes a pouch concealed between inner and outer rear walls of the garment, and which can be withdrawn through an aperture in the inner rear wall of the garment for the pouch to be employed as a carrying bag for the garment when the garment is apropriately folde... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/442,490 filed on Jan. 24, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference and to which priority is claimed pursuant to 35 USC 119.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A transverse Bragg resonance waveguide is comprised of a waveguiding channel, and on at least two opposing sides of the channel two periodic index media; and a means for providing gain in the periodic index media. In one embodiment the waveguiding channel is planar and is sandwiched on two opposing sides by the periodi... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/787,093, entitled BULK BAG WITH PERFORATED SECTIONS, filed Mar. 6, 2013. U.S. application Ser. No. 13/787,093 claims the priority benefit of provisional applications entitled BULK BAG WITH MULTIPLE PE... | A novel bag for holding, transporting, and pouring a bulk product is provided. In one embodiment, the bag comprises a curved, perforated section at one corner. The section can be removed by tearing along the perforation, thus forming a spout for pouring the product from the bag. In another embodiment, the bag further c... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to suspension assemblies for tracked vehicles.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Conventionally, the rear suspension of a snowmobile supports an endless track that is driven by the engine to power the snowmobile. The endless track is tensioned to surround a pai... | A suspension assembly for a vehicle having an endless drive track is disclosed. The suspension assembly has a slide frame assembly and a rail extension assembly pivotably connected to a rear portion of the slide frame assembly and pivots about a first axis. The rail extension assembly is pivotable between a raised posi... | 1 |
ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
The invention described herein was made in the performance of work under a NASA contrast and is subject to the provisions of Section 305 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, Public Law 85-568 (72 Stat. 435; 42 U.S.C. 2457).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Th... | A fixed, linear, ground-based primary reflector having an extended curved-sawtooth contoured surface covered with a metallized polymeric reflecting material, reflects solar energy to a movably supported collector that is kept at the concentrated line focus of the reflector primary. The primary reflector may be construc... | 5 |
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
This invention was made with Government support under contract no. DE-AC04-94AL85000 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to Sandia Corporation. The Government has certain rights in the invention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
... | Crystals of lithium tetraborate or alpha-barium borate had been found to be neutron detecting materials. The crystals are prepared using known crystal growing techniques, wherein the process does not include the common practice of using a fluxing agent, such as sodium oxide or sodium fluoride, to reduce the melting tem... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a system and method for acquiring ultrasound images. The invention also relates to a computer program for implementing said method.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Ultrasound imaging is commonly used to diagnose many differe... | The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system ( 10 ) and a corresponding method which enable that in subsequent examinations of the same patient ultrasound images are acquired under conditions such that the images can be compared and can be used to monitor disease progression. The proposed ultrasound im... | 6 |
PRIORITY REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/995,575, entitled AUTOMATED CONSUNER ELECTRONICS DEVICE REPORTING, filed on Sep. 26, 2007 by inventors Itay Sherman, Eyal Bychkov, Uri Ron, Hagay Katz and Hagit Perry. This application als... | A system for maintaining an appliance, including a storage housed within an electrical appliance for storing identifying information about the electrical appliance and its purchase, and a communication card including an interface connector for connecting the communication card to the electrical appliance, and a wireles... | 8 |
This application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 11-35514 filed in Japan on Feb. 15, 1999, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for forming an imag... | An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrying member that carries an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof, and an ink holding member that is disposed in opposing relation to the latent image carrying member and holds a thin layer of conductive ink on a surface thereof. The surface of the ink ho... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to interconnecting an array of electrical contacts with discrete wires, and more particularly to discrete wire interconnection of a bank of card edge connectors. In use the connectors pluggably receive the edges of printed circuit cards therein. The connec... | This invention relates to a card edge connector, multiple numbers of which are arranged in banks and interconnected by discrete wires. The present invention provides a system for lacing wires through passageways and channels, thereby aligning the wires for insertion within slotted plate electrical contacts. One or a pa... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a method of printing from an inkjet printhead, whilst modulating a peak power requirement for the printhead. It has been developed primarily to reduce the demands on a pagewidth printhead power supply, although other advantages of the methods of print... | A method of modulating a peak power requirement of an inkjet printhead is provided. The printhead comprises a plurality of transversely aligned color channels, each color channel comprising at least one nozzle row extending longitudinally along said printhead. Each nozzle in a color channel ejects the same colored ink.... | 1 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 398,052, filed July 14, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,444,765.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Petrillo in U.S. Pat. No. 4,168,267 discloses that various phosphinylakanoyl substituted prolines are useful as hypotensive agents due to their ability to inhibit the a... | Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is an amino acid or ester are useful hypotensive agents due to their angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition activity. | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally to a control system for an internal combustion of an automotive vehicle, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for predicting the exhaust gas temperature at a predetermined location of the exhaust system.
BACKGROUND
Minimizing tailpipe... | A control system and method for controlling an engine ( 10 ) of an automotive vehicle having a catalyst ( 34 ) and controller ( 40 ) is set forth herein. The controller ( 40 ) is configured to determine a first exhaust flow rate and a second exhaust flow rate based on a flow rate of the exhaust gases. The controller is... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present application relates generally to devices that can be used as both telephones and TV remote controls.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
TV remote controls are ubiquitous. Typically, viewers watching TV keep their remotes close at hand. The same might not be true of telephon... | When a person arrives home with his mobile phone, the phone sends a presence signal via Bluetooth to the TV system in the home, which enables a telephone feature in which phone calls to the phone are relayed to the TV system. The remote control associated with the TV has a microphone and speaker so that a person can us... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the technical field of controlling audio systems, which comprise both an acoustic output device such as a loudspeaker and an acoustic input device such as a microphone. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for controlling an adaptation of... | It is described a method for controlling an adaptation of a behavior of an audio device ( 100 ) to a current acoustic environmental condition. The method comprises (a) monitoring an audio output signal (x(t), x′(t)) being provided to an acoustic output device ( 110 ) of the audio device ( 100 ) for outputting an acoust... | 7 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] This invention entails a data transport system in a telecommunication network, using radio frequency subcarriers.
DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF THE ART
[0002] Since the early 90's, a large growth in telecommunication services has been experienced due to... | This invention refers to a data transmission system and process wherein a data packet ( 1 ) to be transmitted in a telecommunications network with a tag ( 2 ) containing destination and origin information ( 2.1, 2.2 ) of said packet ( 1 ). In each node of a packet path ( 1 ), tag ( 2 ) will be read and there will be no... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application claims the benefit of provisional U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/055,194 filed on Aug. 11, 1997, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] ... | Corrosion-resistant, oxidation-resistant, and/or wear-resistant coatings are made of ternary ceramic compounds of the general formula (I):
M 2 X 1 Z 1 (I)
wherein M is at least one transition metal, X is an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Ge, Pb, Sn, Ga, P, S, In, As, Tl and Cd, a... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The subject invention relates generally to turbomachinery. More particularly, the subject invention relates to adjustment of turbomachinery components via magnetic forces.
[0002] Turbomachinery typically includes seals which are utilized to control clearances between rotating c... | Disclosed is a seal for a turbomachine including at least one fixed component located proximate to a rotating component of the turbomachine defining a clearance therebetween. At least one magnet is located at the at least one fixed component. The at least one magnet is, when activated, capable of moving the at least on... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority of the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-060957, filed on Mar. 24, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD
[0002] The embodiments ... | A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a display control program that causes a computer to execute a process including, in response to a selection of a retrieval item from a plurality of retrieval items, displaying an input area of a retrieval condition corresponding to the selected retrieval item, d... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a technique for genetically producing Wisteria floribunda lectin ( Wisteria floribunda agglutinin, WFA). In addition, the present invention relates to a method for manufacturing other novel modified lectins having sugar-chain recognition activity, wh... | [Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to stably supply high-quality and highly uniform Wisteria floribunda agglutinin (WFA) that recognizes biologically important sugar-chain markers, to elucidate the sugar-chain recognition activity in detail, and to furthermore increase the specificity of the sugar-chai... | 6 |
INTRODUCTION
[0001] Printing mechanisms often include an inkjet printhead which is capable of forming an image on many different types of media. The inkjet printhead ejects droplets of colored ink through a plurality of orifices and onto a given media as the media is advanced through a printzone. As used ... | A method for reducing a servicing noise is provided. In a measuring action, a servicing position is measured using a full pushing force of an actuator applied to a service station. In a disengaging action, the actuator is disengaged from the service station. In a reducing action, the pushing force is reduced to a minim... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a process and equipment for fluid catalytic cracking (FCC), for the production of middle distillates of low aromaticity, in the absence of added hydrogen, from heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks of various origins.
[0002] The invention fur... | The present invention relates to a process and equipment for fluid catalytic cracking for the production of middle distillates of low aromaticity that comprises cracking a mixed feed consisting of heavy fractions of hydrocarbons, in the absence of added hydrogen and employing a catalyst of low activity and low acidity,... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE
[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/104,179, filed on Mar. 20, 2002 (which is incorporated herein by reference).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] This invention relates to compos... | A therapeutic composition is provided including a polysaccharide or a cationic peptide dissolved in an organic substance. The polysaccharide can be heparin or a derivative of heparin. The cationic peptide can be L-arginine, oligo-L-arginine or poly-L-arginine. The organic substance can be formamide. A method of coating... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] A cover for a slide-out unit found on recreational vehicles, mobile homes, and the like, includes a canopy and scissors-type support arms which extend as the slide-out unit is extended from the main body of the vehicle. The ... | A retractable cover for a slide-out unit on a recreational vehicle, mobile home, travel trailer, or the like, includes a roll bar that is movable with the slide-out unit away from the side of the vehicle with the roll bar mounted in a housing having a closure plate which is easily pivoted to an open position or removed... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to variable frequency AC motors and more particularly, to a method and apparatus to compensate for voltage deviations at motor term... | An apparatus for compensating for turn on delay distortions generated by a PWM controller. When turn on delay compensation is added to a PWM controller command signal and current zero crossings are inaccurately determined, compensation at the zero crossings causes further distortion which is reflected in a d and q-axis... | 7 |
This invention relates to transfer mechanisms and more specifically to a transfer device for progressively indexing workpieces between stations of a die mounted in a device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A transfer device comprises a base on which a workpiece carriage is slidably mounted for movement to succe... | A transfer device for indexing workpieces through successive stations of a die in a stamping press is provided wherein the carriage and work engaging fingers are driven through separate drives actuated by the press ram. Each drive has an output shaft for operating the carriage and work engaging fingers, respectively. E... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention is related to semiconductor devices, and more particularly, to field effect transistors (FETs) showing an improved performance by incorporating scalable stressed channels.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The ability to scale CMOS devices to sm... | A CMOS FET device having an enhanced performance is described by taking advantage of known dual-stress-liner effects and by making use of compressive nitride in an appropriate geometric configuration to induce compressive stress in the n-FET channel, and a tensile stress in the p-FET. The stress enhancement is designed... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a heat engine for a motor vehicle.
The invention relates more particularly to a heat engine for a motor vehicle, of the type which comprises at least one cylinder block which comprises a first internal circuit for the circulation of a cooling liquid, of t... | A thermal engine for an automotive vehicle, including at least one cylinder block including a first inner circuit for circulating a cooling liquid, of the type in which the first inner circuit includes an outer supply duct including an inlet opening into a reception chamber for a rotor of the engine water pump formed i... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to virtual world program applications and more particularly, to methods and systems for controlling the rendering of avatars or other elements employed in these applications.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A Virtual Universe (VU) is a comput... | The rendering of avatars in a virtual universe is selectively controlled by the avatar owner. Avatar ranking by several criteria, operating either jointly or independently, is employed to control avatar rendering in ways intended to reduce computational loading while not significantly impacting the virtual universe exp... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to building construction systems and more particularly to building construction systems for installing metal studs in metal tracks for the framing in drywall construction.
Description of the Related Art
Both interio... | Framing for drywall building construction consists of vertical metal U-shaped studs whose ends are positioned with U-shaped metal top and bottom tracks. The tracks have spaced sets of inward protrusions, preferably dimples, formed from the sidewalls of the tracks. The studs are snapped into the sets of protrusions and ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This non-provisional U.S. patent application is a divisional application of and claims priority to U.S. non-provisional application Ser. No. 12/479,626, filed Jun. 5, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,309,746, which claims priority to U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/059,65... | The invention relates to processes for preparing 17-alkynyl-7-hydroxy-steroids, such as 17-Ethynyl-10R,13S-dimethyl 2,3,4,7,8R,9S,10,11,12,13,14S,15,16,17-hexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3R,7R,17S-triol (also referred to as 17α-ethynyl-androst-5-ene-3β,7β,17β-triol), that are essentially free of process impu... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to tools used in subterranean wells and, in a preferred embodiment thereof, more particularly provides a slurry delivery apparatus for use in formation fracturing operations.
Oftentimes, a potentially productive geological formation beneath... | An abrasive slurry delivery apparatus and associated method of using permit repeated and/or extended use of the apparatus in a subterranean wellbore and reduces abrasive wear of the casing during fracturing operations without requiring the disposal of expensive items of equipment after each fracturing operation. In a p... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is concerned with a method of starting a loom after a phase at standstill, in particular after an interruption of the weaving process for the purpose of removal of a fault in the formation of the fabric. The conventional loom comprises a warp let-off motion, a cloth take-... | A method of restarting a loom after an interruption in the weaving process. A cloth fell (15) is moved from an operative or beating position (15) to a second position (15') away from a sley (4). The weft yarn is prevented from being fed into a shed (20) and the loom is then driven in a idling motion for a number of... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to amplifiers such as those employed in AM broadcasting and, more particularly, to such amplifiers including mean for minimizing distortion and noise resulting from variations in the DC power supply.
It is known that noise and/or other variations app... | An amplifier system is disclosed having improved distortion reduction. This system includes a DC voltage source having AC and DC components. An input signal to be amplified is supplied to an amplifier coupled to a DC voltage source for amplifying the input signal to provide an output signal in accordance therewith. Cor... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is continuation of and claims priority of U.S. Ser. No. 10/848,877 filed May 19, 2004, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention r... | A CT detector capable of energy discrimination and direct conversion is disclosed. The detector includes multiple layers of semiconductor material with the layers having varying thicknesses. The detector is constructed to be segmented in the x-ray penetration direction so as to optimize count rate performance as well a... | 6 |
The U.S. Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. CR-812123-01-0 between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and New York University.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to the process for the removal of organic contaminants, in particular pol... | A process for the decontamination of materials such as soil, sediments and sludges contaminated with organic contaminants such as PCB's. The process comprises the steps of separating the material into a solid fraction and a liquid fraction when liquid is present leaching the solid fraction with a leaching solvent t... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from Korean patent application no. 10-2012-0068800 filed Jun. 26, 2012, all of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present in... | A gasifying apparatus including a variable gasifier and used as both a power generator and a combustion boiler and a method of driving the same are disclosed. A combustion boiler and a generator engine, driven with synthesis gas, are associated with a single gasifier, and the gasifying apparatus produces synthesis gas ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an adhesive. In particular, the invention relates to a corrugating adhesive and to corrugated products constructed with the adhesive.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Corrugated board conventionally is prepared by a process known as the Stein-Hall process. As... | Corrugating adhesives comprising a starch, an alkali, water and a surfactant allow the user to control the amount of adhesive applied, minimize warpage of the final corrugated board and allows equipment to run faster and in a more efficient manner. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a press device. Also it relates to a method for converting a press device in order to increase the linear force in an individual press nip, and to a multiple-nip press device.
[0003] 2. Des... | This invention relates to a press device with a suction press roll. According to the invention, a linear force increase can be achieved in press devices with suction press rolls of identical or smaller size than conventional suction press rolls by equipping the suction press rolls with a compliance compensator. Said co... | 3 |
This is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/926,968, filed Aug. 7, 1992, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a screen suitable for use in a profeed washer and other machine or equipment used for separating a mixture of liquid and sol id materials into liquid and solid.
... | A screen suitable for use in a device for separating solid from liquid is made of a plurality of screen wires each of which is formed on the facial surface thereof with a plurality of projections or depressions. The screen may be additionally formed on the side surfaces thereof with a plurality of projections. The scre... | 1 |
[0001] This application claims benefit of the 22 Jul. 2005 filing date of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/702,010.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates generally to the field of materials technology, and more particularly to ceramic matrix composite materials.
... | A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material ( 10 ) with increased interlaminar strength is obtained without a corresponding debit in other mechanical properties. This is achieved by infusing a diffusion barrier layer ( 20 ) into an existing porous matrix CMC to coat the exposed first matrix phase ( 19 ) and fibers ( 12 )... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2011/077022, filed on Jul. 11, 2011, which claims priority to International Application No. PCT/SE2010/000216, filed on Sep. 4, 2010, both of which are hereby incorporated by refer... | Channel resource allocation is disclosed. Embodiments of channel resource allocation allocate channel resources to plural cells or cell sections according to a classification depending on distribution statistics. | 7 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/629,796, filed Jul. 30, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,198,773, issued Apr. 3, 2007, and claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2003-0049836, filed Jul. 21, 2003, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. F... | An apparatus for fabricating ZnO nanostructures includes a heating element, a horizontal reaction tube having an inlet and an outlet. The reaction tube is positioned inside the interior cavity of the heating element with the inlet disposed to introduce a carrier gas into the reaction tube. The apparatus includes a sour... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to cure accelerators for epoxy resin compositions, to epoxy resin compositions comprising these cure accelerators, to processes utilizing these cure accelerators and to articles made therefrom. Specifically, the invention relates to utilizing an alkali metal co... | Disclosed are epoxy resin compositions which include an alkali metal containing cure accelerator. The alkali metal containing cure accelerators are preferably alkali metal hydroxides, alkoxides, carboxylates, or alkali metal salts. Articles prepared from the resin compositions of the invention exhibit enhanced thermal ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to HVAC control components. More specifically this invention relates to an enthalpy sensor providing on/off output and externally controllable on-off setpoints.
Enthalpy sensors are used to provide an economizer function for heating and cooling sy... | A low-cost, accurate enthalpy sensor is described. The invention provides an on/off output which reflects the result of a comparison between the enthalpy level of a space and a predetermined setpoint. The sensor combines a signal representative of humidity with a signal representative of temperature to create a signal ... | 5 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 119,965 filed on Nov. 13, 1987 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,842,257.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to vehicle seat suspensions and their method of manufacture and more particularly to vehicle seat assemblies which utilize an elastomeric component to suppo... | A vehicle seat suspension has a thin high strength elastomeric membrane. The membrane is formed from block copolymer material by a process in which a sheet is extruded and tensioned to orient molecules in a select direction with respect to the membrane; the oriented membrane is annealed to retain the orientation during... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/148,484, filed Jan. 6, 2014, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
STATEMENT OF FEDERAL SUPPORT
[0002] The United States Government ... | This disclosure provides a method for transporting a pathogen under ambient conditions, by culturing the pathogen with an amoeba under conditions that favor the incorporation of the pathogen into a trophozoite, starving the amoeba until it encysts, then culturing under conditions that favor conversion of the amoeba bac... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In recent times an electronically controlled sewing machine has been introduced into the marketplace and is generally of the type illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 3,872,808, issued Mar. 25, 1975. In such a machine a static read-only-memory device is provided in which is stored stitch patte... | This disclosure relates to electronically controlled sewing machines and in particular to the combination of such a machine with a re-programmable static memory with which an operator can program in input data representative of stitch position coordinates for selected patterns, which input data will be stored and decod... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the art of automobile climate control systems, and more particularly, to a system, method, and apparatus for connecting the components of the climate control system to a manifold block of a condenser via a fitti... | An automobile climate control system has a coolant dispersing device to allow coolant to flow. A heat exchanger cools the coolant. A manifold block allows the coolant to transfer between the coolant dispersing device and the heat exchanger. The manifold block is in communication with the heat exchanger and the coolant ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an apparatus for crimping filamentary tow and more particularly to a loading arrangement for one of the forwarding rolls used to feed the tow into a stuffing box crimper.
It is well known in the art to crimp synthetic filaments that are to be processed e... | A tow crimping apparatus that includes a pair of advancing rolls associated with a crimping chamber is provided with a movable roll to permit controlled loading of the nip between the rolls. The controlled loading is accomplished through a pressure chamber linked to the movable roll and having a restricter in the press... | 3 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/525,353 filed May 18, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,311,917.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to pneumatic radial tires, and more particularly to a pneumatic radial tire for use in truck and bus.
2.... | A pneumatic radial tire for truck and bus comprises a carcass ply containing cords arranged substantially in a radial direction of the tire and a belt superimposed about said carcass ply and comprised of plural belt layers each containing steel cords arranged at a cord angle of 5°-20° with respect to an equator of the ... | 3 |
This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/597,451, filed Feb. 2, 1996 entitled "MECHANICAL SEALS," now abandoned.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to improvements in mechanical seals.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
Double mechanical se... | A mechanical seal combination includes a double mechanical seal and a barrier fluid pump system. A barrier fluid circulating pump 10 is coupled to rotatable shaft 3 so as to derive its motive power from the rotatable shaft. When the rotatable shaft is not running, a by-pass arrangement causes barrier fluids to flow bet... | 5 |
This case is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/518,196, filed Sep. 7, 1995 entitled "WALL PANELS AND JOINT STRUCTURES", now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to wall panels and more particularly to insulated wall panels, apparatus for interconnectin... | A wall panel and joint structure for erecting structurally sound, thermally efficient and inexpensive structures for human habitat. Each wall panel includes a foam core faced on each side with reinforced cementitious facing panels, the foam edges of the composite panel being grooved peripherally inside the cementitious... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a Continuation-In-Part of application Ser. No. 09/939,834, filed Aug. 28, 2001, which is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 09/938,598, filed Aug. 27, 2001, which is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 09/344,895, filed Jun. 25, 1999, now U.S. P... | An improved multi-layered diagnostic sanitary test strip for receiving a heterogenous fluid, such as whole blood, to test for presence and/or amount of a suspected analyte in the fluid by facilitating a color change in the strip corresponding to the amount of the analyte in the fluid, wherein the test strip includes fl... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to portable apparatus for forming reinforced concrete, hollow core units of a modular building structure, and more particularly to conical spacers used for supporting and spacing supplemental forms in parallel relationship to primary forms of a core unit and for ... | A conical spacer assembly for supporting and spacing one member relative to another member comprising a conical housing having a smooth outer surface and hole extending axially therethrough for receiving at one or both ends thereof a bolt in threaded arrangement therewith. A flat circular shaped clamp having an apertur... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/934,936, filed Aug. 22, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,833,424, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention r... | A two component polyurea coating composition that exhibits a dual cure phenomena. The coating composition comprises a polyaspartic ester that is combined together with a polyisocyanate in such a manner that the polyisocyanate is present is an amount that is greater than a normal stoichiometric amount for the polyaspart... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to pyrotechnic compositions based upon the reaction between aluminum and calcium sulfate.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Aluminum and calcium sulfate incendiaries have been used for specialized purposes for a number of years. However, this mixture has never b... | A pyrotechnic composition produced by mixing and permitting to cure a mixture of aluminum, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, and water. Increased heat output and density and improved ignitability result, while exotherm during curing can substantially be eliminated. | 2 |
[0001] This application claims priority of provisional application 60/743,022 filed on Dec. 9, 2005.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the field of semiconductor fabrication tooling; more specifically, it relates to a method of improving the performance of ... | An improved performance charged beam apparatus and method of improving the performance of charged beam apparatus. The apparatus including: a chamber having an interior surface; a pump port for evacuating the chamber; a substrate holder within the chamber; a charged particle beam within the chamber, the charged beam gen... | 7 |
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/626,912, filed on Nov. 12, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention generally relates to structural supports. In particular, this invention r... | A pile based braced caisson structural support device includes a number of legs in is used to support a wind turbine. The wind turbine includes a base, a turbine generator and a blade mechanism. The legs are configured in a teepee type configuration such that the footprint of the base is larger than the footprint of th... | 4 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2008-0026348, filed on Mar. 21, 2008, which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relate... | A air-conditioner and the refrigerant charging method of the air-conditioner are disclosed. When a refrigerant amount determining mode is requested to be performed, whether or not the refrigerant amount in the air-conditioner is proper is automatically determined and a shortage amount of refrigerant can be charged. Thu... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a process for producing a branched aldehyde represented by the following formula (1); ##STR3## wherein Y represents an acyl group of two or more carbon atoms; and X represents an acyloxymethyl group represented by --CH 2 ... | It is provided a process for industrially advantageously producing a branched aldehyde represented by the formula; ##STR1## wherein Y represents an acyl group of two or more carbon atoms; and X represents an acyloxymethyl group represented by --CH 2 OY' (where Y' represents an acyl group of two or more carbon... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a light, or laser, printer in which a photosensitive or photoconductive media is moved in a first direction relative to a light, or laser, beam which is scanned in a second direction, perpendicular to the first ... | A photosensitive, photoconductive media moving in a first direction relative to a laser light beam scanning in a second direction, transverse to the first direction, incurs velocity variations. These velocity variations result in variations in the absolute and relative heights of white and black image features. This pr... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to specific, improved spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics comprised of continuous multi-component longitudinally splittable fibers. The resulting nonwoven fabrics exhibit enhanced flexibility, drape, softness, thickness, moisture absorption capacity, mois... | This invention relates to specific, improved spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics comprised of continuous multi-component longitudinally splittable fibers. The resulting nonwoven fabrics exhibit enhanced flexibility, drape, softness, thickness, moisture absorption capacity, moisture vapor transmission rate, and cleanliness in ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is in the field of photochromic glasses and relates to refractive index-corrected photochromic glasses useful in the manufacture of photochromic ophthalmic lenses.
Photochromic glasses comprising crystallites of a silver halide as the phototropic phase have ... | Alkali boroaluminosilicate glass compositions providing refractive index-corrected copper-cadmium halide photochromic glasses of optical quality, particularly useful for making ophthalmic lenses, are described. Ion-exchange-strengthenable glasses exhibiting good chemical durability and a satisfactory liquidus-viscosity... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of cognitive functioning and results thereof, particularly problem solving, inventing, innovating and realizing human potential.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to methods and... | The present invention provides a method and apparatus for enhancing cognitive functioning and its manifestation into physical form and translation into useful information for improving functioning in human experience, for example, business, academic or personal endeavors. | 6 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
This Application claims the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/961,936, filed on Jul. 25, 2007, that is incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention provides an automatic via creation tool for u... | This invention is directed to a methodology of creating and detecting crossings of conductive traces on different layers of an integrated circuit or a conducting trace over a device contact during a system. Values are stored by the system simulator corresponding to the galvanic potential or same “net,” and then by a se... | 6 |
RELATED CASES
[0001] I claim priority from my earlier-filed applications U.S. Ser. No. 61/007,117 filed Dec. 11, 2007 and U.S. Ser. No. 60/887,657 filed Feb. 1, 2007, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] this invention relates t... | Methods of treating and or preventing substance abuse/dependence, and alcohol abuse/dependence in particular. Combinations of medications are also disclosed. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This patent application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/049,438, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,208,565, filed on May 30, 2002 which is a U.S. National Phase of PCT/JP2000/05728 filed on Aug. 24, 2000 claiming priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 11-237485 fil... | The present invention provides processes for producing polyester. In one of the embodiments, the invention provides a process for producing polyester, comprising adding a catalyst in a polycondensation reaction, esterification reaction or transesterification reaction between components comprising at least a polyfunctio... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of co-pending application heretofore filed by the same inventor on Sept. 23, 1970 under Ser. No. 74,688, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates generally to the field of bicycles and more parti... | A two wheeled, rider propelled vehicle having both wheels pivotably mounted upon a medial principal frame. The pivotable rear wheel frame supports pedal mechanism propelling the rear wheel and may be steered by the feet of the user. Mechanical biasing means communicate between the pivotable rear wheel frame and main fr... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a new sub-denier spunbonded nonwoven web product produced by a unique spunbond apparatus and its unique operating process for the continuous production of thermoplastic synthetic resin filaments a... | A unique isotropic sub-denier spunbond nonwoven product created by an apparatus and method comprising a unique multi-head resin metering system, a spinneret head with spinning sections, separated by a quench fluid extraction zone, a two sided, multilevel quench system, a fluid volume control infuser system which automa... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to packages, and more specifically to a package including a compartment for holding a number of ancillary items therein that are to be utilized with the primary item disposed within the package.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] ... | The present invention is a package for retaining both a primary item and one or more ancillary items to be utilized with the primary item therein. The package includes an inner container disposed within an outer container that has first and second compartments therein within which the primary item and ancillary items c... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the filing date of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/980,598 filed Oct. 17, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates generally to apparatus for... | A toilet bowl plunger includes a fluid reservoir for containing a disinfectant fluid and a fluid dispensing mechanism for dispensing the disinfectant fluid from the reservoir out from the toilet bowl plunger upon activation by a user. | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a drag head for dredging purposes and to a trailing suction hopper dredger comprising such a head. The invention further relates to methods of dredging.
BACKGROUND
Dredging at sea or in open water may be carried out by dredging vessels, such as a trailing sucti... | A drag head ( 100 ) for dredging material ( 2 ) from the bed ( 3 ) of a body of water and transporting the material ( 2 ) to a suction tube ( 120 ). The drag head ( 100 ) is arranged to be dragged over the bed ( 3 ) in a dragging direction (D). The drag head ( 100 ) includes a suction section ( 110 ) in which an under ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to managing storage resources on a computer network.
2. Description of the Related Art
For managing storage resources on a computer network, conventionally used addresses locating the storage resources on the n... | A resources managing program is provided on a computer network for converting a resources allocation request issued from a user into a setup request adapting to the type of storage systems that are resources on the network. Computer network interface type information is added to the address of each resources unit of th... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to a novel apparatus utilizing fiber optics for colorimetric measurement of chemical properties. More particularly, this invention relates to a fiber optic probe which employs a confronting face optical gap measurement configuration while... | A fiber optical probe for colorimetric measurement of chemical properties suitable for the insertion into living tissue. A chemical to be colorimetrically measured is introduced into a sample chamber on the side of the probe near the probe tip. A colorimetric substance contained in the sample chamber changes colors in ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an ESD protection device modeling method of modeling the electrical characteristic of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device to simulate a circuit that includes the ESD protection... | An ESD protection device modeling method of modeling an electrical characteristic of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device for simulating a circuit that include the ESD protection device, comprising the steps of ( 114 ) setting a parameter of at least one specific element that affects the electrical charac... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a kind of electric iron for eliminating the wrinkles on clothes and some other materials.
BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY
[0002] For the ironing seat of the existing electric irons, the heating temperature in the area close to the heater o... | This invention relates a kind of electric iron for eliminating the wrinkles on clothes and some other materials. The electric iron has an ironing seat, which is composed of soleplate, ironing surface on the soleplate, and heater that heats the soleplate. There are heater-shaped dents on the ironing surface where the he... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present invention relates to the creation of a holographic media display system that combines physical media or digitally stored files with a digital holographic player hardware system. The result is the creation of a compact and p... | A master holographic media storing large quantities of holographic media is disclosed. Holographic images may be recorded onto individual Child Plates. A Child Plate may be obtained by culling a portion of a starting or working parent holographic plate with the Child Plate portion comprising all the necessary data requ... | 6 |
ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
The invention described herein was made in the performance of work under a NASA contract, and is subject to the provisions of Public Law 96-517 (35 U.S.C. Section 202) in which the Contractor has elected not to retain title.
This application is a continuation of U.S. applic... | Hard amorphous hydrogenated carbon, diamond-like films are deposited using an electron cyclotron resonance microwave plasma with a separate radio frequency power bias applied to a substrate stage. The electron cyclotron resonance microwave plasma yields low deposition pressure and creates ion species otherwise unavaila... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is the U.S. National stage filing of International Application No. PCT/EP2013/071010, filed 9 Oct. 2013, and claims priority of German application number 10 2012 218 378.7, filed 9 Oct. 2012, the entireties of which applications are incorporated herein by r... | The invention provides methods for producing sheetlike structures or shaped articles that comprise latent heat storage media, characterized in that mixtures comprising one or more microcapsules which contain one or more latent heat storage media, and one or more polymers based on one or more ethylenically unsaturated m... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of German patent application 10054697.8 filed Nov. 4, 2000, herein incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to an open-end spinning device and, more particularly... | An opening cylinder ( 1 ) for an open-end spinning device with a detachably fixed opening ring ( 2 ) which can be fixed by a torque-free rapid tension device ( 7 ) in a readily replaceable manner on a rotatably supported structural component of an opening cylinder ( 1 ) driven by an opening cylinder drive ( 4 ). | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains to a braking system for air conveyors. In particular, the present invention provides a braking system along the guide rails of an air conveyor that transports plastic bottles along a pathway between the guide rails. The br... | A braking system is provided along one of a pair of guide rails of an air conveyor that transports plastic bottles along a pathway between the pair of guide rails. The braking system is selectively actuated to move into the pathway defined by the guide rails decreasing its width and positioning a stop of the braking sy... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to baseball and softball bats. More particularly, the present invention relates to a multi-component bat and a related assembly process.
[0002] Baseball and softball are very popular sports in the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Japan... | Assembling a multi-component baseball bat includes disposing a rigid sleeve coaxially over a portion of an elongate composite handle. The rigid sleeve encircles a second end of the handle and extends toward a first end of the handle. A ring is positioned near a second end of a bat barrel. A first end of the bat barrel ... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
Cross-reference is made to the following U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 12/338,058, entitled “Region-Matching Transducers For Natural Language Processing” and 12/338,029, entitled “Complex Queries For Corpus Indexing And Search” that (a) are concurrently filed herewith, (... | Computer methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture therefor, are disclosed for text-characterization using a finite state transducer that along each path accepts on a first side an n-gram of text-characterization (e.g., a language or a topic) and outputs on a second side a sequence of symbols identifying one or mo... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a premixed air-fuel mixture supply device for supplying a premixed air-fuel mixture to a combustor for a gas turbine or an aircraft engine and, more particularly, to a premixed air-fuel mixtu... | A premixed air-fuel mixture supply device combined with a combustor liner included in a combustor comprises a prevaporizing, premixing unit having inner and outer walls defining a prevaporizing, premixing chamber, and a wall surrounding an end part of the outer wall so as to define a secondary combustion air passage to... | 8 |
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