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REFERENCE TO PRIOR PROVISIONAL APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/051,770 filed Jul. 7, 1997.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The tower guillotine cigar and cutter of this invention is used to cut off the end of a cigar, or the burning end of a ciga... | A tower guillotine cigar end cutter has spaced twin towers with an upper crossbeam on a base, with a moveable cutter block and blade that is raised vertically by a rope, between the towers. Upon release, the cutting blade and block falls on a lower block having a channel for the blade, thereby cutting the end off a cig... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application claims benefit of U.S. provisional patent application serial number 60/194,443 filed Apr. 4, 2000.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to a method and dual reactor system for hydrotr... | The invention relates to a method and dual reactor system for hydrotreating a wide cut cat naphtha stream comprising heavy cat naphtha (HCN) and intermediate cat naphtha (ICN). Accordingly, a HCN fraction is hydrotreated under non-selective hydrotreating conditions and an ICN fraction is hydrotreated under selective hy... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to emission control valves that are used in emission control systems associated with internal combustion engines in automotive vehicles. The invention particularly relates to force-balance and anti-coking improvements in exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valves.... | A double-pintle valve ( 20 ) has two seats ( 54, 56 ) each circumscribing a respective through-hole for exhaust gas flow. The through-hole of one seat ( 56 ) is large enough diametrically to allow the closure ( 46 ) that seats on the other seat ( 54 ) to pass through during fabrication of the valve. The closure ( 46 ) ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a method for installation or removal of objects at sea, particularly relating to installation or removal of objects that are part of the infrastructure in oil and gas fields offshore.
[0002] Conventional methods are normally ba... | A method and a suitable arrangement for installation of a deck structure at an offshore location, where the deck structure is put on a vessel at a location inshore, then transported on the vessel to the offshore location and positioned relative to legs ( 13 ) of a jacket or gravity base type support structure standing ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/059,519 filed Oct. 3, 2014.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to an automatic child safety lock release during an accident.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTI... | An automated child safety unlocking system for automobiles which disengages the child safety locks and unlocks the doors at appropriate times during events such as vehicle crashes. The vehicle ECU continually monitors the status of the vehicle to check if a crash event has occurred via various methods such as the statu... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an ignition system for a gasoline engine.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Generally, in ignition systems of the type in which the interrupting signal from the contact breaker of the distributor is amplified by a tran... | An ignition system for a gasoline engine comprising an ignition coil to which an electric current is supplied from a battery through a transistor. The transistor is so controlled as to turn on and off in response to switching off and on of a contact breaker. A current flowing through the breaker points of the contact b... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the servicing or workover of hydrocarbon wells and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for the servicing or workover of a hydrocarbon well when tubing does not need to be run into or removed from the well.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Hydrocarbon p... | The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the servicing or workover of a hydrocarbon well. The apparatus includes a pair of hydraulic cylinders pivotally mounted to a pair of base beams connected to each other. The cylinders are moveable from a horizontal position for transportation to a vertical posi... | 4 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application for Patent No. 60/277292 titled “A Method of Effectively Reusing a Common Template File System Tree in an Environment With Concurrent Access and a Separate Private Modification Area” filed on Mar. 20, 2001 for pr... | A common template file system tree is utilized by isolated operating system processes groups for effective read-only common file set access via multiple file system paths. Files are opened from different views of the file system template for write-ability access and copied into a private modification area; this is also... | 8 |
This application claims benefit, under U.S.C. §119 or §365 of French Application Number 02/00596, filed Jan. 17, 2002; and PCT/FR03/00114 filed Jan. 15, 2003.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to supramolecular polymers. Supramolecular polymers are polyme... | The invention relates to a supramolecular polymer containing units which are linked by hydrogen bonds, said units being monomers of prepolymers comprising at least one functional group selected from the functional groups (1) and (3) and a second functional group chosen from functional groups (1) to (5) wherein A denote... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device that expands the ironing surface on a conventional ironing board.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
Ironing boards have been in use over many years in order to facilitate the crisp, fresh, wrinkle-free look to clothing adorned by many. The general pu... | The present invention relates to a platform assembly and method that expands the surface area of a conventional ironing board. The platform assembly covers a converging end of an ironing board and expands the surface area of the ironing board. The platform assembly of the present invention includes parabolic shaped out... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to semiconductor devices. More specifically, the present invention relates to the production of semiconductor devices where wet chemical treatments are used on a wafer with high aspect ratio nanostructures ... | A method is provided for treating the surface of high aspect ratio nanostructures to help protect the delicate nanostructures during some of the rigorous processing involved in fabrication of semiconductor devices. A wafer containing high aspect ratio nanostructures is treated to make the surfaces of the nanostructures... | 7 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to methods and apparatus for automatically cleaning a plurality of planar pads of material having a surface of closely spaced projections. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus for poultry husbandry... | A method and apparatus is provided wherein poultry nest pads are moved on a conveyor between a plurality of cleaning stations, involving first bending the pads prior to wetting in order to separate debris and dried manure by cracking and breaking from the projections of the pad and to further expose the internal pad re... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a non-provisional application based upon an earlier filed provisional application Ser. No. 60/248,918 filed Nov. 15, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to elevator car door opening and closing apparatus. More specifically th... | An elevator car door opening and closing apparatus is taught having a clutch assembly carried by each car door for coupling with a landing door locking and unlocking assembly whereby the car and landing doors open and close simultaneously. The clutch assembly includes a four bar mechanical expanding and collapsing para... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/888,893, filed on Jul. 9, 2004, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates generally... | The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing temporary electrical power to stationary locations and moveable locations. For example, vessel marine power systems may be directed to the reduction and elimination of air pollutants produced when using a ship's generator while at dock. The power s... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
Crochet Needle Storage and Dispensing Device.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In crocheting it is common practice to employ a number of needles of various sizes. Such needles during the crocheting operation may be easily lost or mislaid.
... | A light weight, portable device for removably storing a number of needles of various transverse cross section but of substantially the same length, which needles have crochet hooks defined on first ends thereof, and the device capable of being used to selectively dispense any desired one of the needles therefrom by a s... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the preparation of lithium hydroxide which is substantially dust free. More particularly, there is provided coated lithium hydroxide monohydrate crystals which are dust free and suitable for producing industrial grease.
BACKGROUND O... | The present invention provides a method for forming dust free lithium hydroxide monohydrate. The method contains the step of coating the lithium hydroxide with 0.2 to 1.5% by weight of paraffinic oils. | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The invention described and claimed hereinbelow is also described in German Patent Application DE 10 2007 062 333.1 filed on Dec. 21, 2007. This German Patent Application, whose subject matter is incorporated here by reference, provides the basis for a claim of priority of i... | The present invention relates to a method for transmitting multiturn modulo control axis data which includes at least one control axis position value (600°-604°; 245°-248°) and an associated control axis modulo value (720°; 360°) in one communication system which includes at least two participants, at least one real-ti... | 6 |
This invention was made with Government support under Grant No. NSF-90-10908, awarded by the National Institute Science Foundation. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/899,431, filed Jun. 16, 1992, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND O... | A single layer film is deposited onto a substrate at room temperature from two sources, one source being a magnetic material, the other being a non-magnetic or weakly-magnetic material. The film is annealed for predetermined time in order to induce phase separation between the magnetic clusters and the non-magnetic mat... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] In the downhole hydrocarbon recovery industry elastomeric seals are used to seal annular areas between concentric tubulars. To prevent axial extrusion of the elastomeric seals at high temperatures and high pressures, backups are employed. Backups are radially expanded to fi... | A downhole backup system including, a tubular positionable within a downhole structure such that an annular space exists between the tubular and the downhole structure, and a plurality of wedges that are radially movably positioned within the annular space, each of two opposing ends of the plurality of wedges are confi... | 4 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/381,058 filed on Jan. 31, 1995, now abandoned.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates generally to battery operated devices and, more particularly, to a system for reducing power consumption in such devices.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
P... | A system for reducing the amount of power consumed by a battery operated computer device is disclosed. A microcontroller continuously monitors the activity of at least one I/O device and sets an activity state variable (ASV) associated with the I/O device accordingly. Upon each the expiration of a preselected time peri... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.K. Patent Application No. 1111624.1, filed Jul. 7, 2011; U.K. Patent Application No. 1111625.8, filed Jul. 7, 2011; U.K. Patent Application No. 1207922.4, filed May 5, 2012; U.K. Patent Application No. 1207923.2, filed May 5... | Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO A RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of International Patent Application Number PCT/EP2011/058021, filed on May 18, 2011, which was published in German as WO 2011/144648. The foregoing international application is incorporated by reference herein.
... | An airbag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The airbag arrangement comprising airbag inflatable for protecting a vehicle occupant, a gas generator for inflating the airbag, a gas generator carrier at which the gas generator is arranged, a housing part which—with regard to the state of the... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/448,544, filed May 29, 2003 (published as US 2003-0202681 A1), which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/473,396, filed Dec. 28, 1999 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,577,746). Each of these p... | Digital watermarking is provided in a printed photograph. The digital watermarking includes an identifier. The printed photograph is scanned and the digital watermark is decoded to obtain the identifier. The identifier is used to obtain a substitute image for use when generating a copy of the printed photograph. A user... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The subject matter of the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for downhole pipe or casing repair including a corrosion monitoring tool for evaluating the extent of corrosion on an internal surface of a pipe, a surface treatment apparatus, such as a sand bl... | A downhole pipe or casing repair method and apparatus includes a corrosion monitoring tool adapted for examining an interior of a pipe or tubing or casing to create a record of the condition of said interior of said pipe, a surface treatment apparatus for cleaning said interior of said pipe, a plating apparatus for pla... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for controlling an ignition device for vehicles, and more particularly to a system for controlling movement of a key operated movable member of an engine ignition device such that the key operated movable member will not return once the key ope... | A system for controlling an ignition device for a a motor vehicle comprises a key operated movable member, a blocking mechanism for automatically blocking the key operated movable member against return movement once the key operated movable member has moved beyond a predetermined position, and means responsive to a pre... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a dismantlable scaffold and in particular to a facade scaffold in.
In a known scaffold of this lind (DE196 33 091 A1), latching catches are provided at the end fittings of the individual floor panels and ensure latching of the end fittings on placement of... | The invention relates to a dismountable scaffolding with vertical struts and horizontal struts. A base plate extends between said struts and is provided with hook-shaped end fittings on each front face. Said base plate can be placed on a rail section in such a way that vertical locking or unlocking can be selectably ac... | 4 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 840,941, filed Oct. 11, 1977, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to solid propellant control systems, and more particularly to a dual pressure solid propellant control s... | A dual pressure solid propellant control system capable of operating at temperatures of approximately 3000° F. and at multiple pressures. A solid propellant gas generator is connected to a plurality of valve clusters by a manifold, the valves and manifold being of a high temperature material and each valve being indepe... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The term “MDI” refers to a large number of technically important, but also structurally different, isocyanates. They include both monomers, in which two aromatic structural elements are bonded with one another via a methylene bridge (monomeric MDI), and also higher oligomers, in which ... | Isocyanate mixtures comprising: (a) NCO prepolymers having an NCO content of 1.5 to 18 wt. %; and (b) 1 to 40 wt. % of monomeric 2,2′-diisocyanatodiphenylmethane, based on the isocyanate mixture; wherein the isocyanate mixture has a total NCO content of from 2 to 22 wt. %; polyisocyanate polyaddition products prepared ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention pertains to communication systems, such as wireless local area networks and land mobile radio (LMR) systems, for wireless communication between a plurality of mobile nodes as well as between one or more geographically fixed nodes and the mobile nodes. More parti... | The invention is a method and apparatus in which data can be transferred between a mobile node and a fixed based node in a wireless local area network through a data passing scheme in which data can be bounced between a base node and an out-of-range mobile node through other mobile nodes. | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates generally to a device for loading bales of biomass into a container for transporting to another location, and more particularly to a bale loading apparatus that simplifies and speeds up the loading process... | An apparatus for loading a container with stacks of bales comprising biomass. Conveyors are driven from a mid-point between the ends of the container, thus reducing the strain on the conveyor material. Squeeze flaps help guide the stacks of bales into the container, and provide the ability to reduce the width of the ba... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates in general to drill bits and, in particular, to an improved system, method, and apparatus for a steel tooth drill bit having enhanced tooth breakage resistance.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the prior art, steel tooth dr... | A drill bit having steel teeth is provided with a combination of hardfacing materials on the teeth. The bases of the teeth are hardfaced with nickel-based materials to significantly reduce any potential cracking therein. Portions of the supporting cones adjacent the teeth also may be fabricated with the nickel-based ha... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/987,822, filed Jan. 10, 2011, which application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/583,216, filed on May 30, 2000, which application are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
FIELD ... | A method and system that allows a user to file a complaint related to a transaction completed over a network-based transaction facility. For example, a method can include the following operations conducted via a server: receiving a complaint from a first party, communicating information about the complaint to a second ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application has the same Assignee and shares some common subject matter with U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/363,558, filed on even date herewith, by Johannes Kirschnick et al., U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/363,597, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,055,493, filed ... | Sizing an infrastructure configuration optimized for a workload mix includes: a) instructing a virtualized-aware testing service (VATS) test controller to perform a test of an initial infrastructure configuration in a virtualized environment, in which the test provides at least one test result; b) determining whether t... | 6 |
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to driers of wet granular material such as, for example, pre-drained coal leaving washing tanks.
Centrifugal driers have a rotatable drum in which an entry part is fixed to form the continuation of a fixed supply duct. The entry parts rotates at high... | A centrifugal drier drum for wet granular material has a peripheral drying wall arranged for rotation about its axis and an entry part for receiving the material to be dried and directing this material to within the drum. The entry part is fixed to the wall of the drum by a number of supports. Material fed to the drum ... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to Korean Application No. 10-2004-0097085, filed on Nov. 24, 2004, and the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention genera... | The present invention provides a position changing apparatus for moving a vehicle body or a vehicle part that includes a jig base, a guide unit forming a slanted guide surface, a driving block, an actuator, and an attaching unit. In addition, all components of the position changing apparatus are simplified, thereby red... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is divisional of application Ser. No. 09/761,985 filed Jan. 17, 2001 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,412,578 issued Jul. 2, 2002 which is a continuation-in-part of my application Ser. No. 09/643,306 filed Aug. 22, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,378,629 which is hereby incorporated by reference... | Apparatus for boring a hole from an inside of a casing outwardly at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the casing comprises a drill shoe having a longitudinal axis and being positionable in the casing, the shoe having first and second passageways which converge into a third passageway exiting the shoe, a torsi... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to enzymatic pretreatment of wood chips to improve the chips for downstream processing, such as lowered energy consumption during refining of the chips.
BACKGROUND
Wood pulps are generally produced through multistep processes. Initially, logs can be subject... | A process using a multicomponent enzyme preparation to treat chips that have been crushed using a device that combines shear and compressive forces where treatment occurs mainly during decompression and reduces the specific energy consumption and/or increasing production of subsequent refining while maintaining or incr... | 3 |
The invention relates to optical data signals processing methods of decoding a binary modulated light spectrum to recover intelligence encoded therein.
Commonly assigned and copending U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,233,261 and 4,778,270, disclose an optical spectrum analyzer and a spectral optic temperature sensor which utiliz... | A method of decoding spectral data that has been encoding by modulation of a spectrum of light to produce data bits from a source using on/off and off/on transitions to represent each data bit. A start data bit with a constant width precedes each segment of light representing the data bits. The intersection of the outp... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/961,514 filed on Oct. 30, 1997.
The present invention is related to the following commonly assigned U.S. applications and U.S. patents:
U.S. Pat. No. 6,098,049, entitled “Electronic Price Label System... | An apparatus for grouping electronic price labels (EPLs) which facilitates installation of electronic price labels in signs and promotional displays rather than standard shelf edges. The apparatus primarily includes a frame member for mounting the EPLs including a plurality of bays arranged in a plurality of rows and c... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/352,007 filed Jan. 23, 2002 entitled “Silicone Rubber Materials Containing Phase Change Material”. The international application Serial No. PCT/US03/01785 entitled “Material made from silicone rub... | Silicone rubber materials comprising finely divided phase change materials such as crystalline alkyl hydrocarbons or salt hydrates facilitate thermo-regulation due to latent heat absorption and latent heat release in the phase transition range of the phase change material, which improves the thermal performance and enh... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to thermal switches, specifically switches for transferring heat and/or tuning the rate of heat transfer between two structures on command.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There are many thermal switching means to transfer heat between structures... | A method of controlling thermal transfer between a first structure and a second structure includes sending a command signal to a thermal switch and actuating an electric motor in response to receiving the signal. The electric motor may move a first thermally conductive member toward and/or in contact with a second ther... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus for improving the thrust produced by a marine propeller.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Marine propulsion systems generally operate to move a vessel through the water by producing an accelerated column of water. The column o... | An air encircled marine thruster cowling includes a cowling that surrounds a propeller and provides an annular blanket of air around the slipstream from the propeller. The cowling includes an inner conical section around the propeller and an outer tubular section around the conical section to form an annular space arou... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not applicable.
NAMES OF PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT
[0003] Not applicable.
REFERENCE TO AN APPENDIX SUBMITTED ON ... | The purpose of the invention is to reduce the abrasive impact of the fibre or the yarn on the rollers coated with elastic material, which are used for drafting and guiding purposes in yarn production techniques, and thus keep the operating conditions and yarn quality parameters constant. The fibre on the top rollers co... | 3 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to “Byte Slice Based DDR Timing Closure”, Provisional Application for U.S. Patent, Ser. No. 60/495,585, filed Aug. 15, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT... | Presented herein is a system and method for byte slice based DDR timing closure. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for synthesizing/laying out a dual data rate memory, said method comprising synthesizing/laying out a portion of the dual data rate memory; replicating the portion; and placing the synthesized... | 6 |
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 071/365, filed Jul. 9,1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,796,388, issued Jan. 10, 1989.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for the removal of flashing from elastomeric elements after th... | An apparatus for deflashing of elastomeric elements comprising: a) a tumbling barrel having a closable opening for introducing and withdrawal of elastomeric elements and deflashing media to the interior of the barrel; b) a refrigeration chamber sized for receiving the barrel therein, having an access opening for provid... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] None.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION—FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The dry ice delivery method of the current invention gives one an effective alternative when using dry ice as a temperature lowering means in a portable cooler or other cool... | A cooler/container with a dry ice sublimation regulating system having an insulated dry ice module that encloses dry ice so that the module's outside surface is not hazardous to touch. Insulation, breathable material, or a combination of insulating and breathable materials, allows dry ice sublimation at a sufficien... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 13/161,694 filed Jun. 16, 2011, which claims the benefit of U.S. Ser. No. 61/355,353, filed Jun. 16, 2010.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The subject matter disclosed herein relates generally to monitorin... | A system and method for monitoring and mitigating leakage currents is disclosed. The data acquisition system records data from multiple monitoring locations over extended periods of time to identify stray voltage and/or leakage currents present at the monitoring location. The data is processed to identify trends in the... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to downhole cutting tools and clean-out methods and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, it relates to a downhole rotary cutting tool that has both a grinding and a liquid jetting capability.
2. Descript... | A downhole rotary cutting tool having an elongated cylindrical body with radially expanded cutting blades that are controlled by application of selected fluid as controlled from a surface source. The cutting blades have a combined abrading/jetting capability as hardened cutting surfaces are disposed at critical points ... | 4 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The instant application relates to a device, and a method for extending a distal end of an anatomic tube.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Congenital abnormalities may cause serious threats to the well-being of individuals with such abnormalities. Congenita... | The instant application relates to a device, and a method for extending a distal end of an anatomic tube. This device includes an accordion pleated bladder, which includes a proximal end and a distal end. The method includes the steps of (1) providing a device for extending a distal end of an anatomic tube including an... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application: claims the benefit of co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/579,596, filed on Dec. 22, 2011; which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] 1. The Field of the Invention
[0003] This inven... | A fitting provided for earbud-type personal audio speakers may be formed as a homogeneous, integral component molded from an elastomeric polymer, such as silicone, urethane, or other elastomeric resins. A sleeve fitted to the speaker engages the fitting to the speaker, while ribs extending from the sleeve terminate in ... | 7 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/600,707 filed Feb. 13, 1996.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to flue gas heat recovery systems in general and more particularly to a combined system of flue gas heat recovery and pollutant rem... | An integrated flue gas treatment desulfurization system for treating flue gas exhausted from an electrostatic precipitator and passing at a flue gas flow velocity in the range of 10-20 ft./sec. or more through a condensing heat exchanger and a wet flue gas scrubber. The scrubber sprays a reagent throughto the flue gas ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a technique for reproducing compressed image data which may be recorded on optical discs, magnetic discs or the like and, more particularly, to such technique wherein the image data is compressed by a moving or motion picture experts group (MPEG) system... | A method and apparatus for reproducing data compressed in accordance with a motion picture experts group (MPEG) standard and recorded on a recording medium. The data represents a plurality of frames which correspond to a plurality of groups of pictures (GOPs), in which each of the GOPs includes different types of pictu... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to the field of measurement technology. More specifically, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for digitizing electromagnetic radiation measurements by a high-resolution control of camera... | This invention relates to a method, device and apparatus for digitizing electromagnetic radiation measurements by control of camera shutter speed. The invention uses an Electromagnetic Radiation Sensitive Device (ERSD), such as for example a camera system containing a CMOS- or a CCD-image chip, to perform precise measu... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The subject matter disclosed herein relates to gas turbines and more particularly to optical flame holding and flashback detection.
[0002] In a gas turbine, fuel is burned with compressed air, produced by a compressor, in one or more combustors having one or mo... | Optical flame holding and flashback detection systems and methods are provided. Exemplary embodiments include a combustor including a combustor housing defining a combustion chamber having combustion zones, flame detectors disposed on the combustor housing and in optical communication with the combustion chamber, where... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a thermally insulating shipping container including a bottom piece, two longitudinal side pieces, two transverse side pieces and at least one cover piece, which enclose a shipping chamber and are made o... | A thermally insulating transportation box, including a base part, two longitudinal side parts, two transverse side parts and at least one top part, which parts bound a transportation space and are produced from a thermally insulating material. The longitudinal side parts and the transverse side parts are pivotably moun... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/980,005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,866,916 B2, filed Oct. 30, 2007, which is a continuation-in-part of application U.S. Ser. No. 10/706,341 filed Nov. 11, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,353,634, which is, in turn, a continuation-in... | Roadways are deiced or ice formation on roadways is prevented by applying salt compositions derived from waste water streams from water softening operations. | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention pertains to the field of ornamentation or reinforcement for clothing. More particularly, the invention pertains to patches which are especially adapted to being applied to soft clothing such as sweatsuits or the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Decorative patches ... | A soft, flexible patch which will not fray, but which may be ironed on to the softest garments, especially suitable for decoration or reinforcement of fleece or flannel sweatsuits, as well as a method of manufacturing such a patch. The patch is made of a layer of fleece material such as flannel, bonded to a layer of he... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Smooth floor coverings have ancient origins. In the Bronze Age (1600-1000 BC) water-worn pebbles were laid as floorings in Crete and also on the Greek mainland. The Greeks, refining this technique between the sixth and the fourth centuries BC, installed decorative pebble mosaics. Such ... | Resilient wood replication especially suited for use as floor covering is provided by a thick resilient elastomeric polyurethane base having a wood-stained molded textured wood-grain surface which is overcoated with a clear, tough, abrasion-resistant, flexible, water-resistant polyurethane protective coating. A preferr... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a plastics metering pump, comprising two rotors which are coupled to each other by means of gearwheels and can be driven in opposite directions and which are mounted in a pump housing provided with suction connection and outlet connection, wherein each ... | A disposable metering pump is made of plastic for products having solid fractions. The disposable metering pump has two rotors ( 10 ) which are coupled to each other by means of gears ( 11 ), can be driven in opposite directions, and are supported in a pump housing ( 5 ). Each rotor ( 10 ) has a rotor shaft, the rotor ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The subject invention relates to methods, apparatus and systems for mounting a hollow-cylindrical member and, from another aspect thereof, to tape recording methods, apparatus and systems and tape transports. By way of example, the subject invention more... | A hollow-cylindrical member, such as a reel, is releasably retained on a rotatable hub against forces tending to loosen the reel. To this end, a plurality of locking keys are inserted into corresponding axial slots in the reel at the inside thereof. These locking keys are first driven up corresponding ramps on the hub ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to information handling systems, and particularly to networked information display systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Rooms go unused even when they are set aside in a schedule. Previous methods of using written schedules and sign-up she... | An information display system is disclosed. The information display system includes a display connected to a controller and a network interface. The information display system is capable of changing the information processed by the system through a network interface or directly through an input/output device connected ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of preparing nanosized spherical vanadium oxide particles and, more particularly, to a method of preparing nanosized spherical vanadium oxide particles having an average particle size of tens of nanometers using ... | A method of preparing nanosized spherical vanadium oxide particles, comprising preparing a vanadium ion-containing aqueous solution by dissolving a vanadium ion-containing material; adding at least one solvent selected from a non-protonic, polar organic solvent and a glycol solvent to the vanadium ion-containing aqueou... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention generally relates to exploration for hydrocarbons involving electrical investigations of a borehole penetrating an earth formation. More specifically, this invention relates to highly localized borehole investigat... | Sequential measurements are made using a two terminal resistivity imaging device wherein the measure electrodes are activated sequentially with the remaining electrodes in a floating mode. This eliminates the hardware requirements for focusing electrodes, prevents galvanic leakage between proximal electrodes and the ef... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a process for hydrolyzing an acrylamide polymer, that is, a process for producing a partially hydrolyzed acrylamide polymer.
Acrylamide polymers, namely, homopolymers and copolymers of acrylamide have been widely used as flocculants or thickeners for pap... | Polyacrylamide in the form of aquagel is partially hydrolyzed in such a manner that small pieces of the aquagel are mixed with an alkali agent in a specified quantity and maintained at a temperature of 50° to 95° C. until the hydrolysis reaches substantial completion. The quantity of the alkali agent is that correspond... | 2 |
[0001] The application claims the priority of Chinese patent application with application No. 201020158149.X, titled as “WALL HANGING AIR CONDITIONER”, and filed on Apr. 9, 2010, and all disclosed contents thereof should be incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The presen... | A wall hanging air conditioner comprises a panel ( 1 ) provided with an air outlet ( 10 ) and an air sweep blade mechanism ( 3 ). The swing blade mechanism ( 3 ) is mounted at a lower portion ( 102 ) of the air outlet ( 10 ). The invention has advantages of buffering wind power, improving the swing angle, and increasin... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the fields of computer systems and computer conferencing. More specifically, the present invention relates to heterogeneous multimedia conferencing.
2. Background Information
Today, many computer conferencing ... | A plurality of specially equipped personal conference managers (PCMs), one each, are provided to a plurality of personal conference systems (PCSs), and a plurality of specially equipped multi-point conference managers (MCMs), also one each, are provided to a plurality of multi-point control units (MCUs) interconnecting... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates, in general, to garment storage and, more particularly, to portable laundry storage containers and sorters for storing and pre-sorting of garments prior to laundering them.
[0003] 2. Ge... | A removable hanging laundry storage container such as a bag or hamper including a pair of substantially C-shaped handles extending upwards from opposites sides of the top of the hamper or bag. The C-shaped handles define interior regions for receiving a horizontal support to hang the hamper or bag thereon. The handles ... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/248,064.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention is a flashlight that has an a... | A pocket light that allows a user to view documents in a dark situation without having to hold a flashlight. The pocket light fits easily over the top of the pocket and can be covered by a conventional pocket flap. The light is an LED display device that produces a significant amount of light so a user can check identi... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the distribution of a plastic of the butyl rubber type, particularly for the extrusion of the bead intended to serve as a seal and interlayer in multilayer glass sheets, hereinafter referred to as multiple glazings, and it relates more particularly to the prep... | The invention relates to the distribution of a plastic of the butyl rubber type, and more particularly to its preparation and its routing from a tank where it is hard, viscous and at a relatively low temperature, to an extrusion nozzle where it must have a viscosity and a hardness much lower than those that it had init... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of our copending application Ser. No. 521,637, filed Nov. 7, 1974 and now U.S. Pat. No. 3,967,909 dated July 6, 1976.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to latching devices for securing shank-an... | A lever-operated latching device for securing in endwise coupled relation a socket portion and mating shank of axially aligned auger sections of an auger mining machine. The latching device is designed to be of minimum radial dimension so as to fit in a hole of limited radial cross section bored by the auger machine, a... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to an ultrasonic motor and a method for operating the same.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] Recently, ultrasonic motors have been drawing attention as a new ty... | An ultrasonic motor capable of simultaneously generating a plurality of vibration modes efficiently generates each vibration mode so as to stably obtain high motor power. The ultrasonic motor an ultrasonic vibrator and a pressing unit. The ultrasonic vibrator includes an electromechanical converting element that genera... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to cam mechanisms used for forming the shed in weaving machines.
2. History of the Related Art
The term "cam mechanism" is known generally to designate an assembly comprising a series of rocking levers, i... | In a weaving machine with a cam mechanism for forming the shed a heddle frame levelling apparatus includes rocking levers which are pivoted about a pin which is urged against a fixed bearing surface on the frame of the machine during weaving by elastically deformable elements. In a first embodiment the movement of the ... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/026,844. filed Dec. 21, 2001, which was allowed on Nov. 25, 2003.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to gas turbine engine design, and in part... | A gas turbine engine including a gas generator module and a reduction gearbox module. The gas generator module has an axis which extends longitudinally along a centreline of the gas generator module, and the reduction gearbox module has an axis which extending longitudinally along the centreline of the reduction gearbo... | 5 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 047,180 filed June 8, 1979, abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 853,342 filed Nov. 21, 1977, U.S. Pat. No. 4,164,729.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to synchro to digita... | An improved ladder network for use in a converter utilizing a single ladder network with single pole double throw switches to simultaneously implement nonlinear sine and cosine functions. | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention concerns a nanowire structural element, a process for production of said and a micro-reactor system, specifically a microcatalyzer system.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In “Chemistry in Microstructured Reactors,” Ang. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43... | The invention concerns a nanowire structural element which is suited for implementation in, for example, a microreactor system or microcatalyzer system.
For the production of the nanowire structural element, a template based process is used wherein the electrochemical deposition of the nanowires in nanopores is i... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based on and hereby claims priority to Japanese Application No. 2000-69606 filed on Mar. 14, 2000 in Japan, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of... | A heat exchanger includes a honeycomb rotor, a drive unit and a gas movement device. The honeycomb rotor has at least two heat exchange passages and at least two purge zones provided respectively between the at least two heat exchange passages. The drive unit rotates the honeycomb rotor. The gas movement device circula... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to acoustic ground vibration detectors which are used to detect vibrations in the ground and render them audible. Such ground vibration detectors are used inter alia in disaster control and rescue work, especially for detecting kno... | In an acoustic ground vibration detector for the detection of infrasound ground vibrations, comprising at least one three-component geophone probe, the three individual geophones of said geophone probe are electrically connected in series and act upon an operation amplifier whose output signal activates a Reed relay. T... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates generally to tinted or colored glass and, in one particular embodiment, to a method of making colored glass in a float glass process.
[0003] 2. Technical Considerations
[0004] In ... | A method of making colored glass in a float glass process includes the steps of: melting glass batch materials in a furnace to form a glass melt; transporting the glass melt into a float glass chamber having a flame spray device, the glass melt forming a float glass ribbon; supplying at least one coating material to th... | 2 |
FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates to a capacitive proximity sensor for mounting to a body such as, for example, the rear side and/or bumper of a vehicle, to sense external objects.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Capacitive proximity sensors have been used in various industrial applications fo... | A capacitive proximity sensor assembly comprises: (i) a capacitive proximity sensor ( 1 ) for mounting to a body for sensing external objects, the sensor comprising a dielectric substrate ( 2 ) having front and rear major surfaces which, in use of the sensor, face respectively outward from and towards the body; a senso... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. §119, of German application DE 10 2015 221 187.8, filed Oct. 29, 2015; the prior application is herewith incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invent... | A hearing aid system contains a hearing aid having with an acoustoelectric input transducer for recording a sound signal and converting the latter into an electrical input signal, a signal processing unit, connected to the input transducer, for processing the input signal, and an electro acoustic output transducer, con... | 0 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
The present invention claims priority from Japanese application JP 2004-357539 filed on Dec. 10, 2004, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference on to this application.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electron beam apparatus, such as an electron mi... | The conventional detection technique has the following problems in detecting interference fringes: (1) Setting and adjustment are complex and difficult to conduct; (2) A phase image and an amplitude image cannot be displayed simultaneously; and (3) Detection efficiency of electron beams is low. The invention provides a... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a filing under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International Application No. PCT/GB2007/004320 filed Nov. 13, 2007, entitled “Process for the Synthesis of Moxifloxacin Hydrochloride,” claiming priority of Indian Patent Application No. 1879/MUM/2006 filed Nov. 13, 2006,... | A new polymorph of moxifloxacin hydrochloride is described, together with a method for making the polymorph. In addition, new intermediates in the formation of moxifloxacin hydrochloride are described, having formulas (1) and (II): | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to solar modules. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system for deploying these solar modules and for adjusting their deployment such that the exposure of the solar modules to the sun is maximized by maintaining the solar modules as clos... | Systems and devices for deploying solar modules. A ladder frame having multiple solar modules is hinged with a base. The ladder frame is coupled to the base and is rotatable about an edge axis. Each one of the multiple solar modules is connected to the ladder frame by a panel frame, with the panel frame joining the sol... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a tire having a plurality of recessed portions formed on a buttress portion along a tire circumferential direction.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Conventionally, in a tire mounted on a vehicle such as a passenger vehicle, various methods hav... | This tire has a buttress section to which a plurality of depressions ( 100 ) have been formed along the tire peripheral direction (D C ). The depressions ( 100 ) have: a first outer edge ( 110 ) that bulges inward in the tread width direction (D T ); and a second outer edge ( 120 ) that is continuous with the first out... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a system for injecting liquid chemical into a subsea well and to pumps designed for use in such a system. Although the term “subsea” is used for convenience to indicate the location of wells to which the system relates, ... | A high pressure pump for use in the injection of liquid chemicals into subsea oil or gas wells, and intended to be positioned in the subsea environment adjacent to the wellhead, comprises a piezoelectric actuator ( 19 ) for reciprocating a plunger ( 22 ) which acts to compress and expand the effective volume of a pumpi... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is concerned with the separation of monovalent anions in a basic medium with respect to their relative basicity.
More especially this invention relates to a process that separates the liquors used in the kraft pulping process ... | A process using an electrodialysis system employing cation-selective membranes and anion-selective membranes, particularly monovalent anion-selective membranes is used to separate kraft pulping liquors into two streams; one that is rich in sulphides (to be used in the initial stage of pulping), and another that is poor... | 3 |
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 07/470,242, filed Jan. 25, 1990.
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to the measuring of gas pressures and, in particular, to a gauge for measuring the pressure in certain high pressure gas cylinders.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
... | A gauge is described for measuring the gas pressure in high pressure gas cylinders. The gauge is mounted in the high pressure port of the cylinder valve, while gas is delivered through a lower pressure portion. The gauge comprises a cylindrical housing and a retaining nut, with the housing rotatable relative to the ret... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of paint coatings, especially paint coating on architectural surfaces, and the application, preservation, and removal of such paint coatings.
The references cited in this description are not admitted to be prior art to the present invention, bu... | A method of improving the adhesion and durability of both new paint coatings, and older cracked or peeling paint coatings on an architectural surface is described. An aqueous wax emulsion (AWE) which, upon drying, forms an aqueous wax emulsion coating (AWEC), is adherent to an architectural surface as well as to new an... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION
The present patent, application claims priority from U.S. Provisional patent application No. 60/261,042 filed Jan. 11, 2001 entitled COMPUTER BACKPLANE EMPLOYING FREE SPACE OPTICAL INTERCONNECT and listing Robert Mays, Jr. as inventor, which is incorporated herein in ... | Provided is an optical backplane interconnect system, one embodiment of which features transceiver subsystems employing holographic optical elements (HOEs) that define, and discriminate between, differing optical channels of communication. The HOEs employ a holograph transform to concurrently refract and filter optical... | 7 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] In accordance with 37 C.F.R. 1.76, a claim of priority is included in an Application Data Sheet filed concurrently herewith. This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/021,482, entitled “INTERVERTEBRAL SPACER, filed Sep. 9, 2013, which is a divisio... | An intervertebral insert member and an instrument for positioning the insert in a space between vertebral bodies in vivo. The insert member is advanced by the instrument into a prepared site located between adjacent vertebral bodies. Upon reaching the appropriate insertion point, the sleeve is retracted and a pivotal m... | 0 |
[0001] This patent application claims the benefit of Provisional Patent Application No. 60/232,223, filed Sep. 13, 2000.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates generally to the field of door security systems. More specifically, this invention relates to an improve... | An electrically controlled strike including a strike frame; a keeper carried by said strike frame for movement when released allowing door opening and adapted to receive and resist door opening prior to keeper movement; an electrically powered solenoid carried by said frame; means operatively connected between the sole... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to portable decks and porches, and more specifically to collapsible porches and decks which, while they include the means for holding them sturdy and stable when set up as a porch or deck, also include means for collapsin... | A portable collapsible porch is provided for use with campers, camping trailers and the like which includes a foldable platform structure and collapsible legs, stairway and protective rail structure, thereby requiring minimal space for storage and transportation, and further includes adjustable legs to facilitate use i... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for producing high-pressure and superheated steam by means of hot reaction gases from a gas generator in which coal or carbon containing materials are gasified.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Description of the Prior Art
Acc... | With a process for producing high-pressure superheated steam via hot reaction gases of a gas generator, in which coal or carbon containing materials are gasified, the production of the high-pressure superheated steam is effected in the gas generator and in a waste heat system. The gas generator preferably is provided w... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/368,491, filed Mar. 28, 2002.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to emulsion compositions which can uniformly deposit insoluble so... | The present invention relates to particle stabilizing compositions suitable for use in fabric care products, home care products, diapers, incontinence articles, feminine care products, pharmaceuticals, oral care products, antiperspirants, deodorants, personal cleansing products, skin care products and hair care product... | 2 |
PROVISIONAL APPLICATION
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of a provisional application 60/427,741, filed on Nov. 20, 2002 the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The field of the invention generally relates to optical amplifying devi... | Optical amplifying method and apparatus are proposed. Constant gain amplifiers operate such that the output power of the amplifier generally tracks the input power. However, optical systems are not perfect and the input to the optical amplifier stage includes not only the desired signal, but also includes accumulated e... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the synthesis of N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester (neotame) by reductive alkylation and crystallization/isolation in methanol and water. This method of producing neotame results in high purit... | N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester is produced by reductive alkylation and crystallization/isolation in methanol and water. The production method is efficient and low cost, as compared with conventional N-[N-(3,3-dimethylbutyl)-L-α-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine 1-methyl ester synthesis an... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for use in drilling a well from an offshore floating vessel, the vessel having a marine riser interconnected between the vessel and a subsea wellhead assembly.
2. Description of the Prior Art
An... | Method and apparatus for use in drilling a well from an offshore drilling vessel having a riser extending from the vessel down to a subsea wellhead. The apparatus of the invention comprises a flexible coupling installed in the riser's upper elements, with a tensioned cable connected between the flexible coupling an... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority to U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/079,302 filed Mar. 25, 1998 ('302 application).
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to content delivery over a large computer network, and more pa... | Methods, devices, and systems are provided in a multi-level computer architecture which provides improved capabilities for managing courseware and other content in a shared use operating environment such as a computer network. In particular, the invention provides a commercial networked instruction content delivery met... | 7 |
This is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/298,561, filed Jan. 17, 1989, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates generally to removable keyboard protectors for keyboard instruments such as pianos, electronic pianos, organs, synthesizers, samplers, and the li... | A removable unitary keyboard protector with attachment means adaptable to a broad spectrum of keyboard instruments. The protector includes a rear section with fastening means comprising fastening wedges adapted to conform to the space in between the black keys of the keyboard thereby attaching the keyboard protector th... | 6 |
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of circulation control rot... | An airflow control valve for a circulation control rotor helicopter blade wherein the airflow path is equally distributed about the closure element so as to prevent the generation of unbalanced pressure forces. | 1 |
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