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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2015/076393, filed on Apr. 13, 2015, which claims the priority benefits of China Application No. 201410635972.8, filed on Nov. 12, 2014. The entirety of each of the above-mentioned patent applications ... | The present invention relates to the field of protective grids, and more particularly, to a protective grid with an adjustable size, comprising frames which are composed of horizontal frames and vertical frames, an adjusting device which is used for connecting the horizontal frames and the vertical frames and comprises... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention is related to food freezing processes, and specifically it refers to freezing equipment operating with liquid nitrogen, for food confined in a container destined for distribution to final consumer, in order to preserve the food so frozen.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENT... | The invention is related to an ultrafast freezing equipment for food contained in a packing with multiple cavities, for public sale, by applying a liquid nitrogen trickle, in an amount enough to produce an ultrafast freezing of food. Liquid nitrogen is dispensed from a container at atmospheric pressure, vacuum isolated... | 0 |
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 08/623,430, filed Mar. 28, 1996, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/324,345, filed Oct. 17, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,514,503 and a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/499,982, filed Jul. 10, 1995,... | A method for making color filters for liquid crystal display panels. A raised pattern corresponding to the desired black matrix pattern is formed on a substrate, e.g., by an embossing means. A plurality of colored ink patterns is formed in the appropriate location within the boundaries formed by the raised pattern, the... | 1 |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the making of composite parts using composite molds and vacuum and/or pressure forming.
2. Background of the Invention
For many years the aircraft industry has had difficulty building molds suitable for producing composite par... | A method of and apparatus for forming composite parts comprising producing a composite mold surface having a high fiber volume and that is resistant to crazing, backing the mold surface with Viton rubber extending beyond the outermost peripheries of a part to be formed in the mold surface with heat and pressure and sec... | 1 |
The present invention relates generally to a machine for processing crustaceans such as crawfish and extracting the tailmeat and other edible portions therefrom. The present invention also relates to an automatic air conveyor loading system that delivers the crawfish to the processing machine at a desired orientation a... | An apparatus for extracting tailmeat and other edible materials from crustaceans. The apparatus of the present invention includes a pair of clamps movably mounted to a frame which grasp the head and tail portions of the crustacean and then momentarily impact the head portion towards the tail portion, thus rupturing an ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to apparatus which utilizes the rotary motion imparted to a member as the motive force for a pump.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is well-known in the art that the magnitude of the pressure differential across a sea... | An arrangement for minimizing the pressure differential across shaft seals is characterized by a pump powered by the rotative force of a shaft to pump a fluid from a reservoir chamber into a chamber next-adjacent to each shaft seal. When the pressures in the chambers adjacent to the seals exceed a predetermined magnitu... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a National Stage Entry of PCT/IN2011/000858, filed Dec. 15, 2011, which claims priority to Indian Patent Application No. 1589/MUM/2011, filed May 30, 2011.
BACKGROUND
[0002] 1. Filed of Invention
[0003] ... | A process for preparation of Fipronil (i.e. 5-amino-1-(2, 6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-cyano-4-trifluoro-methylsulphinyl-pyrazole) is provided, which comprises oxidizing 5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-cyano-4-tri-fluoromethylthio-pyrazole with sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide as oxidizin... | 2 |
PRIORITY
[0001] This application claims priority to provisional application Ser. No. 60/130,773 filed Apr. 23, 1999.
BACKGROUND
[0002] A well known commercial product in the laundry care industry is the fabric dryer sheet. In use, the consumer typically uses at least o... | A process for applying relatively volatile or heat sensitive ingredients, such as perfume, to fabric dryer sheets minimizes the loss of the ingredients to the atmosphere or through degradation. | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention.
The present invention relates to crystal growth, and, more particularly, to epitaxial growth of semiconductors.
2. Description of the Related Art.
Epitaxial growth of electronic grade semiconductors such as gallium arsenide (GaAs) relies on ... | A chemical beam epitaxy system including a cylindrical vacuum chamber (32) with wafer heaters (42) affixed about the cylindrical wall, a rotatable wafer holder ring (40) with mounted wafer holders (38) adjacent the wafer heaters (42), and a central rotatble set of gas cells (44) for directing chemical beams (50, 54) ac... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The present invention relates generally to integrated circuit memory devices and, more particularly, to a column redundancy system and method for embedded dram (eDRAM) devices with multibanking capability.
[0002] The discarding or scrapping of defective integrated circuit... | A column redundancy system is disclosed for a memory array having a page structure organized into columns and data lines. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the system includes a steering logic network for coupling a memory input/output (I/O) device to the memory array. A storage register is in communication ... | 6 |
This application is a file wrapper continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/286,155, filed on Aug. 8, 1994, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for activating electric wireline firing s... | A method and apparatus of activating electric wireline firing systems in which a firing pin is restrained against movement toward a detonator until application of sufficient voltage to the apparatus. The firing pin is not permitted to move immediately upon application of voltage to the apparatus thereby providing a per... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119(e), this application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application (serial number unknown), (converted from U.S. application Ser. No. 09/567,271, filed May 9, 2000).
BACKGROUND
[0002] The tr... | Piperazinedione compounds of the formula:
Each of and , independently, is a single bond or a double bond; A is H or CH(R a R b ) when is a single bond, or C(R a R b ) when is a double bond; Z is R 3 O—(Ar)—B, in which B is CH(R c ) when is ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to the use of structural testing techniques to speed the testing of a memory array beyond what is possible with conventional functional tests.
ART BACKGROUND
As memory arrays commonly used in many electronic devices become increasingly larger and... | An apparatus and method for testing memory cells comprising coupling a first and a second memory cell to a first and a second bit lines, respectively, reading data from the first and second memory cells through the first and second bit lines, and comparing the voltage levels of the first and second bit lines. | 6 |
The present application claims priority of Chinese patent application Serial No. 200610171614.1, filed Dec. 31, 2006, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a gas filtering device, more particularly, to an integrated devi... | The present invention relates to a gas filtering-buffering device, which comprises at least one gas filtering unit; a gas inlet, the gas to be processed flows into the at least one gas filtering unit from the gas inlet; and a gas outlet, the gas processed by the at least one gas filtering unit is discharged out of the ... | 1 |
FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to a process for manufacturing a paperboard from a high consistency pulp slurry of cellulosic fibers containing high levels of intrafiber crosslinked celluosic fibers.
SUMMARY
[0002] This application is directed to a process for manufacturing a ... | A process is described for manufacturing a paperboard from a high consistency slurry containing high levels of crosslinked cellulosic fibers by dispersing the fibers in a screen with a rotor in the screen and then passing the fibers through the screen basket with a hole diameter of at least 2 mm and forming the cellulo... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional application to the commonly assigned, copending United States Application Ser. No. 06/833,987, filed Feb. 26, 1986, entitled "TREATMENT OF COTTON", now U.S. Pat. No. 4,796,334; this application is related also to the commonly assign... | The invention relates to a process for rendering harmless sticky material adhering to cotton or cotton fibers, termed "honeydew". According to the process the cotton or cotton fibers is heated for a brief period of time to a temperature adequate to render said honeydew hard and brittle, and this without adverse... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention is directed to an X-ray installation of the type having a radiation source and a radiation receiver in the form of a solid state detector, and a central control device.
[0003] 2. Descr... | An X-ray installation has a radiation source and a transportable radiation receiver in the form of a solid state detector, and a mobile central control device, the transportable radiation receiver communicates for information transmission via a wireless communication link. | 0 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/978,759 filed Nov. 26, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,973,192.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to thioglycerol derivatives and their preparation, the derivatives having utility in optical mate... | Novel thioglycerol derivatives, processes for their manufacture, and optical materials made from such compounds. The thioglycerol derivatives have high concentrations of sulfur relative to compounds conventionally used for optical materials, and thus exhibit high refractive indices without sacrificing processability. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
As urban growth occurs over time, a situation often arises where major arterial routes, especially freeways, become the hub of an infrastructure such that the immediately surrounding land is seen as best suited for developments such as high rise office towers, apartments, shopping cent... | A building system for the basic structure of a one-story, modular, temporary building, constructed primarily of fire-resistant materials, comprising: a foundation of poured, leveled concrete, having regularly spaced holes for vertical block assembly rods and/or columns; a plurality of wall blocks of standardized size(s... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a National Stage filing of International Application PCT/EP 2010/000437 filed Jan. 26, 2010, entitled “NEW COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES RELATED TO PROTEIN MISFOLDING” claiming priority to PCT/EP2009/007627 filed Oct. 26, 2009. The... | The present invention relates to the field of protein misfolding diseases and thus to diseases which are associated with or induced by abnormal or pathogenic three-dimensional folding of proteins and/or peptides or which are linked to pathogenic conformational changes of proteins and/or peptides, such as Alzheimer'... | 0 |
This invention relates to a process for preparing amide esters of dibasic acids. More particularly this invention is directed to a process for reacting a dibasic acid with an alkyl amine in a distillation column to selectively provide the mono amido ester and avoid making large amounts of the diamide. These compounds a... | A process for preparing precursors for amido containing organic peracids is disclosed wherein a diester of a dibasic acid is reacted with an amine to provide a mono amido carboxylic acid ester. The reaction is conducted in a reaction column to provide a highly selective reaction which limits the amount of diamide produ... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the flushing method of toilet and the apparatus therefor.
BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY
The sealing between the outlet of conventional toilet bowl and the sewer generally adopts a Z-shaped trap. The function of the trap is the sealing of water and prevention of... | A toilet flushing method causes high-pressure flush water, provided by a flow pipe, to spray along the baffle in the bottom of the trap of a toilet bowl and causes the flush water used for washing the toilet bowl to spray into the toilet bowl. The high-pressure flush water discharges the egesta with water in order to s... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from and is related to commonly owned U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/460,932, filed Apr. 7, 2003, entitled: A Method and Apparatus for Process Control in Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) Etch Processes, this Provisional Pate... | The present invention provides a method for controlling pressure in a vacuum chamber during a time division multiplexed process. A throttle valve is pre-positioned and held for a predetermined period of time. A process gas is introduced into the vacuum chamber during the associated plasma step (deposition or etching) o... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/US98/21236 filed Oct. 8, 1998 designating the United States, which claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/061,773 filed Oct. 10, 1997.
BACKGROUND OF THE I... | A ram ( 10 ) with a hydraulic cylinder ( 22 ) and piston ( 52 ) has an electronics enclosure compartment ( 54 ) integrated within it at one end. The compartment ( 54 ) is formed by two clam shells ( 70, 72 ) which are bolted to the end of the cylinder ( 22 ) so as to create a chamber for housing the electronics ( 66 ).... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a semiconductor laser device having a diffraction grating for producing feedback of laser light, which attains laser oscillation in a single longitudinal mode.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Semiconductor laser devi... | A semiconductor laser device with a resonator containing an active region for laser oscillating operation is disclosed which comprises a third-order diffraction grating with a periodic corrugation for producing feedback of laser light, the corrugation being of substantially rectangular shape, wherein the ratio of the w... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 13/110,037, filed May 18, 2011, entitled “Apparatus and Method to Improve Toddler's Steps and Mobility” which is invented by all of the inventors as the present application and is incorporated herein by referenc... | An apparatus which can be operated in one of two modes. The apparatus has a plurality of legs, a processor, at least one electronic motor controlled by the processor, a plurality of mechanical gears coupled to the at least one electronic motor, the plurality of mechanical gears are configured to adjust a length of the ... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/595,035, filed Jan. 31, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,008.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not applicable
REFERENCE TO "MICROFICHE APPENDIX" (SEE 3... | A baked good includes a laminate. The laminate includes a layer of fat and a protein layer which adsorbs a portion of the fat layer. The laminate prevents moisture from penetrating the baked good.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/595,035, fil... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a benzimidazole-2-piperazine heterocyclic compound, a preparation method, a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, and use thereof as a therapeutic agent and a poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) inhibitor.
RELATED ART
[0002] C... | The present invention relates to a class of benzimidazole-2-piperazine heterocyclic derivatives, a preparation method and medical use thereof. Specifically, the present invention relates to a new benzimidazole-2-piperazine heterocyclic derivative of general Formula (I), a preparation method, a pharmaceutical compositio... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to intumescent compositions and more particularly to intumescent compositions comprising a bicyclic phosphate compound and a compound of nitrogen. The intumescent compositions of this invention impart flame retardant and intumescent character to polymers.
I... | Compositions comprising 2,6,7-trioxa-1-phosphobicyclo [2.2.2.] octane -4-methanol-1-oxide and a nitrogen compound selected from the group melamine, ammeline, benzoguanidine, guanidine, urea and salts thereof, are intumescent and are readily adapted to flame retard a variety of dissimilar resins including polyolefins, p... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to glass fiber mats which include an improved binder, particularly for application in roofing and flooring products.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Glass fiber mats are composed of glass fibers held together by a binde... | A glass fiber mat having excellent tensile strength and flexibility is provided herein. The mat includes a plurality of glass fibers and a binder therefor which is characterized by comprising about 25% to 90% by weight of a urea-formaldehyde resin and about 10% to 75% by weight of a styrene-butadiene latex copolymer co... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a process for reducing the level of chloride in a chlorosilane direct process residue hydrolyzed substrate. Particularly, the invention relates to a process for reducing the level of chloride to less than 0.5% by weight on a dry basis.
BACKGROUND OF TH... | The present invention relates to a process for providing a low-chloride hydrolyzate comprising contacting an acid or base hydrolyzed substrate of a chlorosilane direct process residue with nitric acid to provide a hydrolyzate with a chloride content of less than about 1.8% by weight. The process of present invention is... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Continuation-in Part Application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/253,983, filed Nov. 18, 1998, which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates generally to an axially orie... | A scanning apparatus is provided, which includes a medium attached to a surface of a fixed, hollow cylindrical segment, the fixed, hollow cylindrical segment having a first longitudinal axis, a rotational radial laser beam rotating around the first longitudinal axis and arranged to scan said medium, and a light sensiti... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to fluid supplying devices equipped with peristaltic pumps, and more particularly to a fluid supplying pump by which a desired amount of fluid can be obtained.
A peristaltic pump has been extensively employed for blending or supplying reaction raw material,... | A fluid supplying device having a peristaltic pump with a depression and delivery system that includes an elastic tube (17) for receiving fluid and an assembly of depressing members (15) for alternately constricting and relaxing the elastic tube. A drive shaft (10) connects the depression and delivery systems to an ele... | 5 |
The present invention relates to a camshaft adjusting device.
BACKGROUND
Camshaft adjusting devices are generally used in valve train assemblies of internal combustion engines to vary the valve opening and closing times, whereby the consumption values of the internal combustion engine and the operating beha... | A camshaft adjusting device including a vane cell adjuster with a stator which can be connected to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and with a rotor which is rotatably mounted in the stator and can be connected to a camshaft. The camshaft adjusting device also includes a central locking device for locking ... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from European patent application No. 10 163 520.9-2213 filed on May 21, 2010, all of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present inventi... | The present invention relates to a floating noise reduction system for moving and/or falling fluids, the process for manufacturing of such system and the use of such system. | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention pertains mostly to the petrochemical sector. It relates to systems and methods for contaminant reduction in hydrocarbons and biofuels, mainly focused on the significant reduction of sulphur, and metals embedded in the fuel molecules, therefor improving fuel... | The present invention provides a novel system and method for sulphur and metal removal from crude oil and all liquid fuel fractions to biofuels by means of ultrasonic cavitation to enhance chemical reactions of said contaminants with sodium or potassium methylate and a water/fluoride mix in separate stages obtaining a ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an ink cartridge detector operable to detect whether or not an ink cartridge is properly mounted on a cartridge holder. The invention also relates to an ink jet printer provided with the above mentioned ink cartridge detector, and to the ... | An ink cartridge is detachably mounted on a cartridge holder. At least one first reflector is provided in the cartridge holder. A reflective-type optical sensor includes a light emitter and a light receiver. The optical sensor is operable to form an optical path originated from the light emitter to the light receiver v... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to foam pigs of the type used to test pipelines for obstructions or damage, and in particular to such a pig that is instrumented.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is the National Phase of International Application PCT/GB2010/... | An instrumented pig comprises a foam body having an outer surface and an inner cavity in which, in use, is located a sealed unit housing at least a part of a parameter measurement apparatus configured to measure at least one parameter from which the extent of deflection of the outer surface of the foam body may be deri... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention is in the field of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications and, more particularly, in the field of systems and methods of interfacing a standard telephone to a VoIP compatible communication network over an existing wireless network.
BACKGROUN... | The claimed invention consists of integrating a wireless client with a network adapter in a single device which allows a telephone to connect to a network access point for the purpose of establishing Voice over IP (VoIP) calls. The user can attach his telephone to the network adapter and place it anywhere within range ... | 7 |
This invention relates to a process for the recovery of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, also known as bisphenol-A, substantially in the form of easy-to-handle rhombic crystals from a mixture resulting from the condensation reaction of phenol and acetone. The process involves isolating an adduct of bisphenol-A and phen... | The compound 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane is recovered in the form of rhombic crystals from an essentially non-crystalline mixture comprising 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, organic by-products of the condensation reaction of phenol and acetone, and phenol by lowering the temperature of the mixture from an elevated... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to decontamination systems and methods.
[0002] BACKGROUND
[0003] Class I or Class II (laminar flow) biological safety cabinets are designed to minimize hazards inherent in work with biological agents. BSC's can be used ... | A system includes a portable source of gaseous chlorine dioxide (CD) to be generated within an isolated chamber or tent structure enclosing the device to be treated. A portable scrubber has first sourced couplings for sealingly connecting to a scrubbing flow path comprising at least one gas conduit for removing the CD ... | 8 |
RIGHTS OF THE GOVERNMENT
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States for all governmental purposes without the payment of any royalty.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present document relates more or less to three earl... | A broadband multi-element antenna having desirable phase, standing wave and polarization characteristics is disclosed. The antenna is arranged as a plurality of airfoil shaped elements located in radial planes about a central axis with the element peripheries collectively defining a horn shaped surface--centrally dispo... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a toothed selector clutch in a hydrostatic/mechanical, split-torque power-shift transmission. The transmission includes both a four-shaft epicyclic-gearwheel transmission and an infinitely variable hydrostatic transmission arranged in parallel. The power shift ... | A toothed selector clutch is provided to operate in a hydrostatic/mechanical, split-torque power-shift transmission comprising a four-shaft epicyclic-gearwheel transmission and an infinitely variable hydrostatic transmission arranged in parallel. The selector clutch is associated with a particular gearwheel stage and i... | 5 |
STATEMENT OF FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
This invention was made with government support under DMR-0605880 awarded by the National Science Foundation. The government has certain rights in the invention.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a National Stage application under 35 ... | A composition comprising a block copolymer that includes at least one polyester block and at least one linear polyolefin block, wherein the composition is in the form of a nano-structured, bicontinuous composite that includes a continuous matrix phase and a second continuous phase. The continuous matrix phase comprises... | 2 |
This is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 472,391 filed on Mar. 4, 1983, abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to glassware forming machines of the rotating table type having a plurality of continuously rotating, circ... | A four axis adjustment mechanism is disclosed for adjusting the orientation of the deflector of the delivery system of a rotating table type of glassware forming machine. The orientation of the deflector is adjustable as it oscillates along a predetermined arcuate path relative to its deflector axis in order to properl... | 2 |
This is a divisional of copending application Ser. No. 07/928,589 filed on Aug. 13, 1992 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to novel [4S-(4alpha, 12aalpha)]-4-(dimethylamino)-7-(substituted)-9-[(substituted glycyl)amido]-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,1... | The invention provides compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R, R 3 , R 4 and W are defined in the specification. These compounds are useful as antibiotic agents. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention:
The present invention relates to a cap opening and closing mechanism which is attached to a discharge port portion of a container.
2. Description of the Related Art
As a cap which is fitted to a discharge port of a container in which a seaso... | A cap includes a cap body attached to a discharge port portion of a container and having a pouring port through which a content of the container can be discharged, and a lid pivotally supported by the cap body and capable of opening and closing the pouring port. The cap is provided with: a pushing member whose intermed... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International Application No. PCT/CA2008/000522 filed Mar. 19, 2008, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference into the present disclosure.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The... | A system and method for micromanipulating samples are described to perform automatic, reliable, and high-throughput sample microinjection of foreign genetic materials, proteins, and other molecules, as well as drawing genetic materials, proteins, and other molecules from the sample. The system and method overcome the p... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention generally relates to a wooden casing, such as a door frame or window frame, that prevents wood rot when installed on a horizontal base, such as a concrete slab, where the base may be comprised of a porous material or subjected to moisture accumulation. The inven... | An wood rot resistant assembly comprises a vertical wooden member having an exposed end grain. At least two buttons extend from the end grain. A sill assembly defines a horizontal base plane. The sill assembly extends perpendicular to the vertical member. The buttons elevate the vertical member end grain above the hori... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to a portable motorized chain saw and more particularly to a portable motorized chain saw having a clutch which is arranged between the motor drive shaft and the chain sprocket and wherein a brake band acts on a drum which is adjacent to the chain sprocke... | Disclosed is a portable motorized chain saw, comprising: a chain sprocket; clutch means positioned between the chain sprocket and the drive shaft of the motor for selectively coupling the chain sprocket with the drive shaft, the clutch means including a drum member; and a brake band positioned in contiguous relationshi... | 5 |
FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates to a method and a computer system for processing redeemable instruments, such as virtual scratch cards or virtual coupons.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Conventional scratch cards are physical entities comprising one or more areas on which information is pri... | A method of processing redeemable instruments, such as virtual scratch cards or virtual coupons, is described. A redeemable instrument is delivered to a first electronic device. The redeemable instrument includes a user interface configured to react to a redemption activity of a user, the redemption activity causing re... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to timing apparatus, and in particular to timing devices for coin-operated, elapsed time apparatus such as classified in class 194, subclasses 9,16 and 18.
Counting circuits for adding and subtracting digital pulses, such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,735,... | A coin operated elapsed time apparatus capable of receiving coins at any time, even while counting down, in order to increase the time remaining and therefore avoid the additional costs required to activate the system again if the service or use of apparatus required that more time be rented or purchased. The apparatus... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to the field of minimally invasive surgery, such as intervertebral disc and cataract surgery and more particularly to a handpiece for practicing the liquefraction technique.
The human eye in its simplest terms functions to provide vision by transm... | A surgical handpiece tip with at least two coaxially spaced electrically conductive tubes. The tubes are separated by an electrical insulator. The interior of the inner tube is used for aspiration of liquefied tissue. The distal portion of the interior tube terminates just inside of the outer tube so as to form a boili... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an oxygen separation module and apparatus that incorporates a plurality of tubular membrane elements, each configured to separate oxygen from an oxygen containing feed stream when an electric potential difference is applied to produce oxygen ion ... | A module and an apparatus incorporating such module utilizing a plurality of tubular membrane elements, each configured to separate oxygen from an oxygen containing feed stream when an electric potential difference is applied to induce oxygen ion transport in an electrolyte thereof. The tubular membrane elements can be... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to, and claims priority from, U.S. Provisional Patent application No. 60/464,406 on April, 18th, 2003 , by Thomas H. Watkins III and Linardo Thorne titled “Method and apparatus for digitally integrating sales, confirmation and billi... | An integrated electronic system enabling the transaction of advertising business related to printed publications over an electronic network, using standard web interfaces, including well known browsers. Advertisers my use the system to negotiate and purchase advertising space from a variety of printed publications and ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to power consumption during digital image processing in video compression. More specifically, a device and method that reduce power consumption by reducing the number of memory accesses when calcu... | A method and apparatus to reduce the system load of motion estimation for DSP discloses circular buffers, a plurality of absolute difference calculation circuits, a multiple input adder, a full adder, a plurality of accumulators, and a control circuit. The first four bytes from the reference block buffer and the first ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for receiving and delivering sheets between one sheet dealing apparatus and another sheet dealing apparatus. In particular, the invention relates to terminal units of a bank such as an automatic transaction a... | A sheet dealing apparatus feeds sheets, received within the apparatus, to a user through a sheet delivery portion by an operation of the user or receives the sheets into the sheet dealing apparatus from the user. Also, this operation may be similarly applied to the sheet delivery mode between the sheet dealing apparatu... | 6 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/907,055, filed Jul. 1, 1992 now abandoned.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to rearview mirrors for automotive vehicles and, more particularly, to an improved outside automatic rearview mirror for automotive vehicles.
Her... | An automatic electrochromic rearview mirror for automotive vehicles, the mirror being particularly adapted for use as an outside rearview mirror and incorporating improved means enabling the mirror to survive, over a relatively long useful life, extreme environmental conditions, such as extreme heat and/or cold, ultrav... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a method for generating a write clock of a constant angular velocity optical storage device, and more particularly, to a method that uses a wobble signal to generate a write clock of a constant... | A method for generating a write clock of a constant angular velocity compact storage device and the device thereof. The compact storage device has a counter for generating a count number by a reference clock counting a wobble signal, and a phase detector for generating an adjustment value by comparing a phase shift bet... | 6 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 414,921, filed on Sept. 3, 1982, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to a word information storage and retrieval device, and more particularly to an electronic translator for providing efficie... | An electronic translator comprises a specifying device for specifying letters to be input. An input device cooperates with the specifying device to input the specified letters into the electronic translator. The translator also includes a memory for memorizing a plurality of words containing the input letters, an acces... | 6 |
BACKGROUND
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/106,216, filed Aug. 13, 1993, now abandoned.
There are many examples in which relatively dilute solutions of polymers under poor solvent conditions form thermally reversible gels. Although this phenomenon can be ... | Thermally reversible gels comprising liquid solvents wherein the solvent is converted into a thermally reversible gel upon the addition of a rigid polymer, preferably, a liquid crystal forming polymer. Structural modifications of the rigid polymer, and in particular modifications of the side-chain, adapt the rigid poly... | 2 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of my co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 954,726 filed Oct. 25, 1978, which is itself a continuation-in-part of my U.S. application Ser. No. 851,966 filed Nov. 16, 1977, which was issued on Mar. 20, 1979 as U.S. Pat. No. 4,144,923.
The present improvem... | A tire cutting machine can rotatably support a wheel mounted and inflated tire with the tread thereof facing one or the other, or both, of a groove cutter, and a rotatable siping blade assembled with a lead screw. The tire can be driven by a spiked roller for cutting circumferential grooves, or can be driven by the sip... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method of making a magnetic recording material, more particularly, to a method of making a magnetic recording material having a ferromagnetic metal thin layer, such as a magnetic tape, by a plating method.
2. Description... | An improved method of making a magnetic recording material comprises providing a ferromagnetic metal thin layer which has uniaxial anisotropy in any direction on a web by means of plating.
A plating solution is jetted onto the web through holes in a conveying pipe set in a plating bath. The web is then moved from... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention generally relates to optical receivers, and more specifically, to transimpedance circuits used in optical receivers.
Optical receivers are used in a variety of devices such as photodetectors, optical detectors and optical sensors, to convert light to an electric cu... | An optical receiver, a method of operating an optical receiver, a correction based transimpedance amplifier circuit, and a method of adjusting an output of a transimpedance amplifier. In one embodiment, the optical receiver comprises an optical-to-electrical converter, a transimpedance amplifier, and a correction circu... | 7 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No.: 799,404, filed Nov. 19, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,678,818, issued July 7, 1987.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a friction material used for making brake linings for applying braking forces to automobile wheels and the like. More parti... | A friction brake material contains fibers, graphite and a binder. All or part of the graphite is physically combined with one or more metals or alloys which are softer than steel to form a first combination or mixture. A separate combination or mixture is formed to include friction increasing fibers in a binder. Both m... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to microfabrication of semiconductor devices, and, more specifically, to methods for taking into account signal integrity in the automatic generation of test patterns for semiconductor devices and/or semiconductor device manufacture.
Semiconductor devices and compone... | Crosstalk effects can be taken into account in automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) by providing crosstalk fault models, determining paths and/or nodes to be sensitized to activate each crosstalk fault, and optimizing to enable as many crosstalk faults as possible with a given pattern, subject to constraints. Const... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION
This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/050,992, filed on May 6, 2008, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF T... | An end support unit for supporting the ends of at least one front and one rear cross beam including: a front support post having a column of slots along its length for receiving at least one slot engaging member of the front cross beam; a rear support post having a column of slots along its length for receiving at leas... | 0 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/432,927, filed Nov. 7, 1989 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,034,170, issued Jul. 23, 1991.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to connectors and, more particularly, to high-precision molding of connectors for single-mode optical fibers.
Optica... | A injection-molded connector for single-mode optical fibers includes two mating plugs having aligned fiber-receiving holes. To keep transmission losses in the connector at an acceptable level, the eccentricity of each hole relative to its plug profile must be maintained within a fraction of a micron. The mold utilized ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Most of the bronchodilators used at present for the therapy of diseases showing tracheal abnormality such as asthma are β-adrenoceptor stimulants as typically represented by isoproterenol, terbutaline, salbutamol, trimetoquinol and the like and their pharmacological action is based on ... | Novel α-methyl-β-aminopropiophenone derivatives having bronchodilator activity represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## where R represents alkyl having 1-6 carbon atom benzyl or phenyl; R 1 and R 2 individually represent alkyl having 1-6 carbon atom or they form, joining to each other together with the ... | 2 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 264,543, filed Oct. 31, 1988 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,916,250.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to novel phosphonates which can be employed as precursors to a variety of biologically-active materials; including 13-cis retinoic acid (ac... | Processes for synthesizing novel phosphonate diester compounds of the general formula ##STR1## are disclosed and claimed. The claimed process includes forming a reaction mixture of a C-14 aldehyde and a methylene-bis-phosphonic acid ester, separating a pentadienyl phosphonic acid dialkyl ester intermediate from the rea... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a drive coupling for the connection of a load device to a rotating shaft while allowing for the ready disconnection of the load device.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
[0002] Throughout this description and the claims which foll... | A single piece coupling device for connecting a load component to a rotatable shaft. The device comprises a sleeve having a bore for containing a rotatable shaft, an externally threaded portion and a tapered engagement face on the outer surface of the sleeve. Radial compression relief associated with the tapered engage... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a new and useful protective envelope for storing a flexible disk cartridge for information processing systems.
Flexible disk cartridges are well known in the art and used extensively in computers and other information ... | A protective envelope for a disk cartridge assembly including a disk for storage of information signals thereon and a jacket for housing said disk has a rear wall, a front wall and a cover. Each of the rear and front walls has corresponding bottom and opposite side edges joined together and unjoined top edges which for... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national stage filing under 35 U.S.C. §371 of PCT/NL96/00163.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of Invention
The invention relates to a method for carrying out endothermic and exothermic chemical reactions.
2. Description
A gr... | The invention relates to a method for carrying out two chemical reactions in a reactor system comprising at least two mutually separate reactor beds, of which the surfaces exposed to the reactants are catalytically active for the chemical reactions concerned, and at least one partition; wherein at least one first react... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a grating-interference type displacement meter, and more specifically to that capable of assuring stable interference even when a scale has a uneven surface.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A photoelectric enc... | A grating-interference type displacement meter apparatus is disclosed wherein a convex lens or a concave mirror is disposed such that a focal point thereof is placed on a refraction plane or a diffraction plane of a diffraction grating, or wherein zeroth-order beams transmitted through the diffraction grating are refle... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to N 2 -(3,4-dimethylphenyl)-6-((4-(p-tolyl)piperazin-1-yl)methyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine, useful in the treatment of a condition or disorder associated with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (Nox). More specifically, the prese... | The compound N 2 -(3,4-dimethylphenyl)-6-((4-(p-tolyl)piperazin-1-yl)methyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamineor a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said compound. The compound is useful the treatment of a condition or disorder associated with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidaseactivity. A pharmaceutical com... | 2 |
This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C.119(e) of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/393,121, filed Oct. 14, 2010.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a lifting device which is suitable for lifting a personal vehicle on a vehicle dolly thereon, and more particu... | A lifting device has a lifting track mounted on a wall and a carriage with a lift frame movable along the track. A dolly with wheels at opposing ends is arranged to support various cargo thereon including personal vehicles such as motorcycles or snowmobiles or other comparably sized objects. The lift frame of the carri... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to apparatus for disintegrating food waste and particularly to such apparatus including a rotor to which blades are fixed.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] For use in a kitchen a waste disposer must be sufficiently versatile to satis... | Blades on a rotating grinding plate force waste against a stationary grinding ring. The blades are mounted on radially aligned guides on the grinding plate, allowing the blades to move freely inwardly and outwardly between opposing stops. The blades are thrown outward by rotation of the grinding plate. A receding face ... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 based upon U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/203,271 filed May 10, 2000.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention generally relates to the fields o... | The present invention involves the early diagnosis of cancerous or precancerous conditions in the gastrointestinal tract by detection of a backleak of signature proteins or carbohydrates in a biological sample obtained from the gastrointestinal tract. | 2 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 342,453, filed Jan. 25, 1982, and now U.S. Pat. No. 4,400,340.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method for the preparation of a polymer of dicyclopentadiene (hereinafter referred to as DCPD). In particular, it relates to employing a... | A method of making a thermoset polydicyclopentadiene by first combining a plurality of reactant streams, one containing the activator of a metathesis-catalyst system, a second containing the catalyst of a metathesis-catalyst system and at least one containing dicylopentadiene; then immediately injecting this combinatio... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention generally relates to test apparatus for wire-type material used for power transmission line, in particular, relates to a winding tester for the wire rod-type specimens with carbon fiber or glass fiber reinforced composites, specifically provides for a winding tester with carb... | It is provided a dedicated winding tester for composite wire rod-type specimens for effectively measuring the minimum winding radius of the wire rod-type specimens being made with carbon fiber or glass fiber reinforced composites in various diameters or textures via automatically gripping specimens, tightly winding, an... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to building construction devices that provide drainage and reduce cracks within masonry coatings such as stucco. More specifically, the present invention relates to an improved movement control screed that is structured to o... | Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a movement control screed that is structured for installation between first and second masonry coatings applied adjacent to a building wall. The movement control screed is structured as a control joint for absorbing movement between the first and second mason... | 4 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/637,245, filed on Aug. 7, 2003, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/829,519, filed on Apr. 9, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,618,509, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/396,0... | In a digital signal processing system, a method for selecting a transform function to apply to an input signal based on characteristics of the signal, and for self-adjusting criteria which are used in selecting a transform function to apply to a subsequent signal. Characteristics are obtained from the signal. The chara... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates generally to ion implantation dose measurement systems and methods, and more specifically to an in-situ dose measurement system comprising a calorimeter.
BACKGROUND
[0002] In the semiconductor industry, ions are implanted into a workpiec... | An ion implantation system for implanting ions into a workpiece is provided, having a process chamber and an energy source configured to produce a plasma of ions within the process chamber. A workpiece support having a support surface configured to position the workpiece within an interior region of the process chamber... | 7 |
BACKGROUND AND FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the field of pillows and, in particular, to a pillow that provides a musical sound to accompany the user as he or she rest and/or falls asleep. It is believed that a pillow that can simultaneously provide the feelings of warmth, sound, and touch to th... | The invention is a music-playing pillow with an internal music playing device. The device has a switch for automatically turning the music on when pressure is applied and turns off when pressure is removed. The pillow has an ovoid shaped depression for the head, consisting of tightly bound cotton material in the interi... | 8 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/412,796 filed on Mar. 29, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,823,355.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The processing of pulp fibers requires several steps before the fibers can be used to manufacture paper. Some of these processes include pressing, washing and li... | A support structure for thin screenplates utilized for fine screens in Fibresaving applications for pulp fiber suspensions or the like wherein a support structure having a screen support in minimum screen contact positioned by a support reinforcement and positioning device, assembled to form an integral structure which... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/040,353 entitled “BIOADHESIVE APPLICATOR FOR ENT SURGERY” filed Mar. 28, 2008 by Sean T. Dycus, which is incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND
... | The present disclosure relates to an electrosurgical suction coagulator and includes a housing having an elongated electrode and a fluid applicator. The elongated electrode includes distal and proximal ends and is adapted to connect to an energy source, for example, an electrosurgical generator. The proximal end of the... | 0 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/738,034, filed Oct. 24, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,756.
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to measuring nanometric distances between objects, particularly an op... | The invention provides an apparatus for measuring the flying height and orientation of a magnetic head (54) relative to a transparent disk (20) based on both frustrated total internal reflection and total internal reflection. The apparatus comprises a housing (10) that mounts an electric motor (12) which rotationally s... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the continuous regasification of cryogenic fluids and liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) which relies only on ambient air as the heat source. The subject ambient air exchangers continuously heat the cryogenic fluid directly through the ... | A cryogenic fluid vaporizer using ambient air comprising a conduit through which the fluid is passed having an outer finned tubular sleeve which includes a thermal insulation barrier between the conduit and the outer finned tubular sleeve. A fan may be included to provide an increased rate of heat transfer from the air... | 5 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to novel topical formulations of acyclovir in the form of a highly bioadhesive hydrophilic gel, containing low molecular weight hyaluronic acid in association with polyacrylic acid.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
[0002] Acyclovir is an a... | The invention relates to topical formulations in the form of a bioadhesive hydrophilic gel comprising acyclovir as active ingredient, Sodium hyaluronate and an acrylic polymer. Said formulations improve the local administration of acyclovir in the treatment of herpes infections, because they possess good properties of ... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to plastic films that have at least one preexisting fragile zone designed to form an oriented tear zone. Such plastic films are notably used in the field of packaging when a part of a container is torn so that its content can be removed.
STA... | The invention relates to a plastic film ( 3 ) including a pre-existing oriented tear zone ( 11, 7 ), characterised in that the zone ( 11, 7 ) comprises a butt weld ( 7 ) which assembles one end of the plastic film ( 9 ) with another end of the plastic film ( 10 ), said weld zone being disposed in the thickness of one o... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a spill resistant container for holding light-weight powders. In particular, the invention relates to a spill resistant container for use with fingerprint dusting powders.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a spill re... | A spill resistant container for light weight powders is disclosed. The container has retaining members which allow a fine powder to be retained in the container when the container is dropped or knocked over. The present invention also discloses a top for a common household jar which can be modified to allow for use as ... | 1 |
This application is a division, of application Ser. No. 577,340, filed Feb. 6, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,675,043.
DESCRIPTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the manufacture of profiled elements of a material which can be brought to the viscous state. More particularl... | The apparatus for manufacturing ink jet glass tubes includes a vertical mandrel which receives the tubes one at a time from a feeder and rotates them relative to a pair of gas nozzles for their heating. The tube is heated in an axially limited intermediary zone so as to form an hour-glass shaped profile.
The prof... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a fuel delivery rail assembly for an internal combustion engine, especially for an automotive engine, equipped with an electronic fuel injection system. The fuel delivery rail assembly delivers pressurized fuel supplied from a fuel pump toward i... | A fuel delivery rail assembly for supplying fuel to a plurality of fuel injectors in an engine is provided. The assembly comprises an elongate conduit having a longitudinal fuel passage therein, a fuel inlet pipe, and a plurality of sockets. One wall of the conduit opposite to the socket mounting wall includes a flat o... | 5 |
BACKGROND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring the degree of contamination of liquids, and more particularly to a method and apparatus wherein fine contaminants contained in liquids such as oil utilized in hydraulic actuators, lubricating oil or the like are accumulated ... | Liquid containing contaminants is passed through a lamination of a plurality of filter papers and the quantities of the contaminants deposited on upper and lower filter papers are compared with each other to determine the degree of contamination of the liquid. | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The field of the present invention is exhaust timing control devices for two cycle engines.
Japanese utility model laid open No. 51-39112(39112/1976), the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses an exhaust timing control device which controls the initia... | An exhaust timing controller for controlling an exhaust timing member in a two cycle engine includes a control circuit for generating a control signal which actuates a mechanism for moving the exhaust timing member. The control circuit controls the member such that the member is drivable in a range from a fully open po... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention concerns a method of detecting false locks between a reference signal and a signal to be demodulated by coherent digital demodulation and a device implementing a method of this kind.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A first conve... | In a method of detecting false locks between a reference signal and an input signal to be demodulated to produce a coherent demodulated signal comprising a number of phase states, the level of the input signal at a predetermined moment in the bit period of the input signal after demodulation and before regeneration is ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The present embodiments relate to altering the surface area of cylindrical objects, such as for example pipes and tubes, for increasing heat transfer at same.
[0002] It is desirable to increase a surface area of pipes and tubes (collectively “piping”) in order to increase their... | An apparatus for altering a surface of a cylindrical object includes at least one container containing a fluid resist therein and having at least one opening from which the fluid resist is discharged; at least one roller operatively associated with the at least one container and having a surface sized and shaped to be ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/399,801 filed Oct. 6, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,854,435, now allowed, which is a U.S. National Phase filing under 35 USC 371 based upon PCT Application No. PCT/AU01/01361, filed Oct. 23, 2001, which claims prio... | A variable duration valve timing camshaft is disclosed. The camshaft has a shaft with fixed cam lobes and lobe modifying elements that are adapted to move outwardly as the rate of rotation of the camshaft increases thereby cooperating with the lobes to continuously increase the angular distance at constant radius of ea... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a speculum for carrying out vaginal surgery, and, more particularly, to a vaginal speculum that has an angular adjustment of the blade angle as well as an adjustable blade length.
[0002] The performance of any vaginal surgery, s... | A vaginal speculum comprising a supporting base oriented generally vertically. A blade extends from the base and the angle between the blade and the base is adjustable. A locking system has an unlocked position allowing the blade to be angularly moved with respect to the base and a locked position retaining the blade a... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to night vision devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to night vision devices of the type which removably and relatively movably attach to a support structure secured to a face mask or to a helmet, for ex... | A night vision device with improved user safety includes a head gear support structure which suspends a night vision viewer relative to the head and eyes of the user. The head gear includes a flip up mount allowing the user to flip the night vision viewer up and out of the user's line of sight for an unobstructed n... | 6 |
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