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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a soil compacting device.
2. Description of the Related Art
Vibratory tampers, vibrating plates or vibrating rollers are generally used for soil compaction. Whereas tampers are displacement-excited vibratory systems w... | A soil compacting device has a damping system which couples an upper mass and a lower mass together with a spring system in a vibration system. The damping properties of the damping system can be modified while the device is in operation. Therefore, when the soil compacting device passes over soils having different pro... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the technical sector of automatic machines for packing vials.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
[0002] The prior art comprises packing machines of variously-structured vials, used in various industrial sectors, for example food, cos... | A machine (M) for packing vials (F) includes a supply station ( 1 ) of empty vials (F) and an Archimedes screw ( 3 ) having a rotation axis parallel to a longitudinal development of the machine (M), activated in phase relation with the supply station ( 1 ) from which it receives the vials (F). A first device ( 4 ) has ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for shed forming whereby the position of the heddles for the warp threads in a weaving machine are individually controlled according to the open-shed principle. In such a shed-forming device the heddles for the warp threads can occupy two positions: Bo... | A shed-forming device for individually controlling heddles for warp threads of a weaving device has hook elements connected to the heddles for the warp threads. Upward and downward moving knives are provided to which the hook elements can hook onto. The hook elements are provided with spring elements and actuators conn... | 3 |
This is a divisional of Ser. No. 07/549,756 filed Jul. 9, 1990 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,067,202.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method of maintaining a predetermined quality of a carded sliver produced in a card and/or drafted in a drawframe, the sliver being delivered into a ca... | The present invention is directed to a drawframe having a sliver delivery device and a computer part for maintaining a predetermined quality of sliver, wherein there is a predetermined overproduction from a card and/or a drawframe relative to a spinning machine. The arrangement temporarily decreases production to tempo... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation, under 35 U.S.C. §120, of copending international application No. PCT/EP2012/002644, filed Jun. 22, 2012, which designated the United States; this application also claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. §119, of German patent application No. ... | A method for checking the operation of a photovoltaic module of a photovoltaic power station. The module has a positive terminal, a negative terminal and a number of solar cells, in particular thin-layer solar cells. An electric field emitted by the photovoltaic module as a result of solar radiation is measured at an e... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to the field of semiconductor device fabrication. In one aspect, the invention relates to the manufacture of a wordline stack while in another aspect, the invention relates to forming an insulating layer on the top surface of the stack. In yet another a... | Insulating material is deposited onto a gate dielectric surface separating two wordline stacks, the method comprising the steps of:
A. Forming at least two adjacent wordline stacks over a common gate dielectric, the stacks spaced apart from one another thereby forming an open surface on the gate dielectric betwe... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of display terminals and particularly to video screen display terminals which are vertically adjustable.
Video terminals having a screen similar in configuration to that of a television set have become very widespread in their use in office env... | A CRT data display comprises a display head of significant weight which may be moved vertically with the aid of constant force springs and which may be tilted to adjust the position of the CRT for operator comfort. The display may be rotated about a vertical axis to permit multiple viewing positions. | 8 |
DEDICATORY CLAUSE
The invention described herein was made in the course of or under a contract or subcontract thereunder with the Government and may be manufactured, used, and licensed by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment to me of any royalties thereon.
BACKGROUND... | The dual-secondary mirror optical system utilizes, in principle, the Cassain optical system. An apertured, single, primary mirror is coaxially aligned with two secondary mirrors to provide coaxial transmit and receive optical paths. Separation of the optical paths is in radial distance from the central optical axis. A... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to attachments and clips for securing building components together, and more particularly to a metal attachment that can be used, for example, to secure a header to a vertical member in a wall system.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Connecting building compon... | An attachment is provided for connecting two building members together such as a header and an adjoining support member. The attachment includes a plate having an engaging surface for extending across and in engagement with the two building members. At least one L-shaped bracket projects from the plate. The L-shaped br... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a flow rate control valve, and more particularly, to a proportional solenoid operated valve having a shielded armature motion sensing feature.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Solenoid valves have been conventionally used to ... | A shielded solenoid for a solenoid operated valve having a solenoid body and an annular coil of electrical wire in the solenoid body. An armature of magnetic material is rectilinearly movable with respect to the body. A magnet holder is fastened to the armature and has a permanent magnet fixedly oriented thereon. A shi... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to methods of making metal spheres. In particular, the present invention relates to making metal spheres from molten metal, such that the solid metal spheres achieve a very close tolerance for sphericity and size. Such metal spheres, particularly... | A method of forming metal spheres includes ejecting a precisely measured droplet of molten metal from a molten metal mass, buffering the molten metal droplet to reduce the internal kinetic energy of the droplet without solidifying the droplet and cooling the buffered droplet until the droplet solidifies in the form of ... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the manufacture of polymers of l, d, dl or meso lactides. More particularly the present invention relates to a process for the continuous production of such polymers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Canadian patent 808,731 issued Mar. 18, 1969 to Eth... | Lactide monomers and copolymers may be polymerized by a continuous process using one or more continuous stirred tank reactors. The process offers productivity and product quality advantages over the batch process of polymerization. | 1 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a formal application based on and claiming the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/410,831, filed Sep. 16, 2002.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to achieving more energy-efficient horizo... | The knuckle boom includes a hoist boom having a proximal end pivoted to a machine base, and a stick boom having a proximal end pivoted to a distal end of the hoist boom. At least one hydraulic hoist cylinder is mounted between the machine base and the hoist boom, and at least one hydraulic stick cylinder is mounted bet... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a non-provisional counterpart to and claims priority to U.S. Ser. No. 60/653,385, filed on Feb. 16, 2005, which is now expired, which is hereby fully incorporated by reference. The present application is a continuation of and claims priority to U.S. Ser. No. 29,236,653, now ... | A throwable pet toy bounces and creates an interest for a pet when impacting the ground or an object. The toy includes two domed structures, which are mounted on opposite sides of an aerodynamic base. The structures are in fluid communication with each other. A fascinator is mounted in one of the first and second domed... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/426,466, filed Jun. 26, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,831,306, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/318,741, filed Dec. 13, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,069,083, the disclosures of wh... | In one embodiment, a method electrically stimulates an area in a spinal disc. The method comprises: implanting at least one steerable lead at a placement site for stimulating a spinal disc such that the lead is disposed exterior and immediately adjacent to and circumferentially along an annulus of the spinal disc, the ... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/322,790, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Continuous Removal of Submicron Sized Particles in a Closed Loop Liquid Flow System”, filed on Nov. 28, 2011, which is a National Stage ... | A method and apparatus for continuous removal of sub-micron sized particles and other materials attached thereto such as cancer cells and bacteria from blood and other liquids. A centrifuge rotor having a curved shape is offset on a spinning rotor base and creates contiguous areas of low to high centrifugal force depen... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation in part of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 799,933 filed Nov. 20, 1985 and now Pat. No. 4,730,422. This application is also related to Ser. No. 799,932 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,706,422.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Fie... | A synthetic plastic wall tie of variable lengths for use with concrete forms. The tie has a pair of T-shaped end sections at its opposite ends. Each of the T-shaped end sections including a stem having a sufficient thickness for receiving an end of a screw in threaded engagement therewith. The T-shaped end sections hav... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/977,070 filed 2 Oct. 2007, and PCT/U.S.08/77769 filed 26 Sep. 2008 which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field ... | The invention relates to low flow rate cascade impactors for sampling aerosols, notably but not limited to pharmaceutical aerosols. The impactor stages serve as both orifice plate and collecting cup, simplifying collection and analysis. The impactor is designed to operate at flow rates approximating the inspiratory flo... | 6 |
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional application Serial No. 60/289,106 for all commonly disclosed subject matter. U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/289,106 is expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety to form a part of the present disclosure.
... | A portable security system comprises two security units, located on opposite sides of a roadway or other path for vehicles, each consisting of at least two hollow barrier devices filled with a ballast material such as water, sand, chunks of rubber or the like. Adjacent barrier devices in each security unit are intercon... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a non provisional application and hereby claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119e from provisional application 60/863,416 filed on Oct. 30, 2006, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF T... | A closet device or wardrobe whereby cross-supports to the bars for hanging clothing lead to increased stability and load capacity. A cross-support is simply connected to the top of the frame and can be a wire with bends at its two ends and two body sections that lead to a middle section wherein an obtuse angle is made ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates generally to a suspension unit having a magneto-spring unit and metal springs and, in particular but not exclusively, to a suspension unit having a spring constant of substantially zero in a p... | A suspension unit includes a lower frame and an upper frame vertically movably mounted on the lower frame via a link mechanism. The suspension unit also includes a magneto-spring unit for resiliently supporting the upper frame relative to the link mechanism. The amount of motion of the magneto-spring unit is smaller th... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This is a division of application Ser. No 847,302, filed Apr. 2, 1986.
The present invention relates to ceramic substrates for microelectronic circuits and to a process for producing the substrates. More particularly, the invention is directed to a ceramic substrate hav... | A ceramic substrate for densely integrated semiconductor arrays which is superior in a coefficient of thermal expansion, dielectric constant, strength of metallized bond, and mechanical strength, comprising a sintered body composed essentially of mullite crystals and a non-crystralline binder composed of SiO 2 , Al 2 ... | 8 |
This application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/709,002, filed Nov. 8, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,430,908.
The present invention relates to hitches for towed implements and more specifically a relates to self-leveling hitch and clevis arrangements adapted for being hitched to a trac... | A rotary cutter includes a hitch comprising upper and lower arm sections which define a parallel linkage extending between the deck of the rotary cutter and a ball clevis forming a forward end of the hitch. The ball clevis includes identical upper and lower halves which include block-like rear portions that are clamped... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims priority from German Patent Application No. 10 2004 035 771.4 dated Jul. 23, 2004, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates ... | A carding machine has a number of rollers including a cylinder and having at least one clothed and/or unclothed machine element located opposite the cylinder at a spacing therefrom. The machine may have further elements influencing the carding nip. In order to make possible a carding nip between the cylinder and the cl... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a drain garbage collector. More particularly, the invention provides a drain garbage collector that can effectively collect drain garbage while preventing inundation caused by garbage jam.
... | A drain garbage collector of the invention includes a frame, a top grate, a separator grate, and a collector grate. A plurality of passages are defined through the top grate let the roadside garbage pass through. The separator grate prevents garbage from flowing out of the garbage collector via filtering wastewater flo... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to systems and methods for crash energy management and, more specifically, relates to systems and methods for energy absorption in automotive applications utilizing a taper and flare energy ab... | An energy absorption system and method comprised of a crush tube, a taper component, and a flare component. The crush tube is inserted into a matching hole in the taper component. As the taper and flare components are moved down over the crush tube, the taper component decreases the diameter of the crush tube and the f... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(i) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to systems for minimizing heat loss from buildings. More particularly, it is directed to systems for selectively insulating large transparent exterior walls, e.g., the roofs and walls of greenhouses and other structures., e.g., sw... | An improved building, e.g., a greenhouse structure, is provided herein. It consists of an enclosure having a pair of spaced-apart walls, e.g., an outer light transparent covering and an inner light transparent membrane spaced apart from the outer covering. A fan is provided for charging the space between the covering a... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Applicant claims priority under 35 USC 119 c to provisional application 61/212,169 filing date Apr. 8, 2009.
STATEMENT AS TO RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not Applicable
B... | A free floating canopy shade system for use in a pool or at a beach. The canopy has four legs each leg supported by an open top float, each float having an outer tapered cylindrical wall and an inner cylindrical wall, the inner cylindrical wall being sized to receive a leg, an attachment to attach the leg to the float.... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to orthopedic treatment devices, particularly to an ankle brace, and more particularly to a pliant ankle brace providing both compression and stability to the entire ankle joint region.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the treatment of soft ... | An orthopedic ankle brace is provided having a pliant boot that surrounds the ankle joint, as well as the foot and lower leg in the region thereof. The boot may incorporate means of applying compression to the ankle joint. Attached to the boot are a pair of adjustable tension straps vertically disposed about the ankle ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to adducts of tetrasubstituted pyrophosphato titanates with phosphites and/or amines. The pyrophosphato titanate adducts of the present invention are useful in controlling the viscosity, flow and the conductivity of many filled resins. They improve the phy... | Adducts of tetrasubstituted pyrophosphato titanates and/or amines, having the formula
X.sub.c Ti[OP(O)(OR.sup.1)OP(O)(OR.sup.2)OR.sup.3)].sub.4-c (NR.sup.4
R 5 R 6 )d[P(OR 7 )(OR 8 )(OR 9 )]e,
are useful in improving the physical and chemical properties of many filled resins. | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/645,154, which was filed on Jan. 19, 2005, and which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present... | The present invention utilizes the ability of electromagnetic energy at the appropriate frequency to selectively deposit thermal energy in the heavy oil for precise control of cracking temperature throughout a given volume of material. Selective electromagnetic energy absorption in the heavy crude oil provides energy e... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The field to which the disclosure generally relates includes bipolar plates for fuel cells and methods of making and using the same.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Heretofore bipolar plates for fuel cells have been known to include at least one reaction gas flow path defined in a... | One exemplary embodiment includes a method of selectively electroplating an electrically conductive coating on selected portions of lands of a bipolar plate leaving portions of the lands uncoated by the electrically conductive coating. Thus, allowing for reducing cost of bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells considerably. | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an ignition system and more particularly to a continuous plasma ignition system for a gas turbine engine.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
An ignition system for a gas turbine engine may include a plasma igniter. A plasma arc is generated across an ai... | A variable arc gap plasma igniter element includes electrodes moveable relative to each other. The electrodes are preferably set to define a smaller air gap to initiate a plasma arc and later extended to obtain longer plasma arc. | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field of the Invention
This invention relates to instrument heaters, and more particularly, to an apparatus for heating a instrument used in surgery, such as laparoscopic surgery.
2. Description of Related Art
Various delicate and small instruments are us... | An instrument heater for heating a surgical instrument. The instrument heater includes a sheath having an inner and outer wall. The inner wall forms a bore through which the optical scope is inserted. A chemical solution fills the space between the inner and outer wall of the sheath. At one end of the sheath is an acti... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/525,801, which is a national stage application of PCT/SE2008/050129, filed Feb. 1, 2008, which claims benefit of SE 0700289-2 filed Feb. 5, 2007, the disclosures of each of which are incorporated herein by reference in ... | A method may include determining whether a discrepancy exists between scheduling headroom computable by a first device and scheduling headroom computable by a second device, determining one or more load measurements that the second device bases its computation of the scheduling headroom if it is determined that the dis... | 7 |
[0001] The invention concerns a method for evaporation of liquids with assistance of a heat pump, both for production of evaporated liquids for industrial and other technical purposes, as well as for distillation.
KNOWN TECHNOLOGY
[0002] Evaporation of liquids is required in many processes. Both f... | The invention concerns a method for evaporation and possibly distillation of liquids by means of a heat pump. By using a heat pump ( 2 ), energy is taken from energy reservoirs ( 1 ) such as rivers, lakes, sea water, air, sun or ground heat. It is however difficult to obtain temperatures to evaporate water at atmospher... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The subject matter of the present application relates to tool assembly, particularly for heavy duty parting-off applications, comprising a solid cutting insert having a single cutting edge, a tool, and a clamp for securing the insert to a rigid insert seat of the tool.
B... | A tool assembly for heavy duty machining includes an insert, tool and clamp for securing the insert to a rigid insert seat of the tool. The insert is a solid cutting insert including a single cutting edge located at a corner region thereof. At a diagonally opposed corner region the insert is not subjected to clamping f... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/913,118, entitled “Pocket With Secure Dividers” filed on Apr. 20, 2007, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
... | A pocket assembly includes a major panel and a pocket panel coupled together to define a pocket between the panels. A divider is placed in the pocket to partition the pocket into two or more compartments. The divider comprises a securing element secured to at least one of the major and pocket panels. | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to new methods of selecting and breeding organisms, in particular organisms which exhibit symbiotic behaviour with symbionts such as fungal endophytes or epiphytes or bacterial microbiome in plants, and to new organisms and symbiota developed thereb... | The present invention relates to new methods of selecting and breeding organisms, in particular organisms which exhibit symbiotic behaviour with symbionts such as fungal endophytes or epiphytes or bacterial microbiome in plants, and to new organisms and symbiota developed thereby. More particularly, the present inventi... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Prior art heat exchangers and evaporative processes as employed for refrigeration and the like have recognized drawbacks which thus far have defied correction. Evaporators for refrigeration systems, air conditioning and other uses commonly employ an interior liquid running in a conduit... | An essentially tubeless heat exchange structure and an attendant controlled evaporative or condensing process is disclosed. A finned heat exchanger body has multiple spaced through passages constructed by locally deforming the fin metal. Each through passage includes multiple terraced liquid traps and coaxial orifices ... | 5 |
SCOPE OF INVENTION
The invention consists of an infrared clinical thermometer which, during measurement of the body temperature of the patient, is put at a preset distance from the patient.
PRIOR ART
Traditional mercury thermometers are well known and still widely used for both medicine and veterinary... | A clinical thermometer is described, based on the measurement of the infrared radiation emitted by the patient, in which the body temperature of the patient in obtained in a non-invasive way and (normally) without any contact between the thermometer and the patient. During measurement of the temperature, the thermomete... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority from Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0112376 filed on Oct. 31, 2011 and 10-2012-0106615 filed on Sep. 25, 2012, which applications are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1... | Provided is a headlamp of a vehicle, and more particularly, an automotive headlamp which is structured in a simple manner to secure a sufficient amount of light, emit light in different beam patterns, and improve heat dissipation efficiency thereof. The automotive headlamp includes: a plurality of lamp modules disposed... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to detecting and correcting errors in arrays after successful ABIST testing, where diagnostic testing is performed upon the array after ABIST testing, and the detected error or fault is isolated.
2. Background Art
The problem of past s390-proces... | Detecting and correcting errors in arrays after ABIST testing, after ABIST testing, detected errors are faults are isolated by blowing a fuse. | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. JP 2005-056648 , filed Mar. 1, 2005, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relat... | Embodiments of the present invention provide a write-current control chip capable of effectively preventing adjacent track interference (ATI) that occurs depending on how a magnetic disk drive is used, and to provide a magnetic disk drive using the write-current control chip. In one embodiment, a write-current control ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of PCT/EP05/04525, filed Apr. 27, 2005.
RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not applicable.
REFERENCE TO... | The invention relates to an electrosurgical instrument that comprises two branches joined to one another in an articulated manner, which can be actuated to open or close in a manner corresponding to a clamping, spreading or cutting tool. The instrument further comprises electrode parts at distal ends of the branches, w... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/068,424, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Creation and Maintenance of Database Structure,” filed on Feb. 28, 2005, which is a continuation of U.S. Pat. No. 6,917,941 (application Ser. No... | The invention provides a method for configuring a database system to store information regarding a plurality of items, the method comprising: establishing a database on a computer system; establishing within the database a first object corresponding to a first item of the plurality of items; generating within the first... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to color ink compositions for ink-jet printing, and more particularly, to color ink compositions that enhance pen performance while minimizing color bleed.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The combination of low cost an... | Ink-jet ink compositions are described comprising a mixture of succinic acid and at least one second organic acid. The ink-jet ink compositions alleviate color bleed, and lead to reliable pen performance when incorporated in a pen architecture. | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/885,127, entitled SASH LIFTER FOR CASEMENT WINDOWS, filed Jan. 16, 2007, which is hereby fully incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002]... | A sash lifter for positioning a window sash within a window frame of a casement window includes a body portion presenting a sash positioning surface. As the window sash is rotated within the window frame about an axis of rotation defined by at least one hinge assembly, the window sash encounters the sash lifter and rid... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Catalytic cracking of heavy petroleum fractions is one of the major refining operations employed in the conversion of crude petroleum oils to desirable fuel products such as high-octane gasoline fuels used in spark-ignited internal combustion engines. Illustrative of "fluid" ca... | An improved fluid catalytic cracking process providing improved product yield and selectivity and reduced catalyst deactivation which employs a split flow of catalyst to the reactor riser. | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to an apparatus for forming a stack of sheet-like objects, in particular but not exclusively a stack of banknotes formed in a cashbox.
BACKGROUND ART
Various devices are known for forming stacks of banknotes. One such device is described in published European pat... | A device for stacking banknotes, comprising a cashbox and a stacker arranged to stack banknotes of predetermined dimensions in said cashbox, said cashbox having a surface including an aperture therein, said aperture having a dimension in a first direction of W, said device being arranged to receive a banknote at a posi... | 1 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 257,128, filed Oct. 7, 1988, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 799,911, filed Nov. 20, 1985, now abandoned.
This invention relates to apparatus for dispensing beverages in general, and more particularly to an improve... | A post mix in-home carbonated drink dispenser has a novel expansion chamber and an anti-surge valve. The expansion chamber is a gradually expanding chamber which reduces carbonation loss as the carbonated liquid passes from the carbonator to the point where the liquid is discharged. The anti-surge valve, which is provi... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application Nos. 2005-119530, filed Dec. 8, 2005, and 2006-74089, filed Aug. 7, 2006, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invent... | A wide-band multimode frequency synthesizer using a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) is provided. The multiband frequency synthesizer includes a multimode prescaler, a phase detector/a charge pump, a swallow type frequency divider, and a switching bank LC tuning voltage-controlled oscillator having wide-band and low phase noise... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a steam iron comprising: a soleplate; a heating element for heating the soleplate; a control circuit for controlling the temperature of the soleplate by activation of the heating element; a steam generator for generating steam, comprising a steam chamber which ... | A steam iron comprises control device(s) for adjusting temperature and steam generation. The soleplate is heated with a heating element controlled by a control circuit which compares the desired temperature with the temperature of the soleplate measured with a temperature sensor. Steam is generated by transporting wate... | 3 |
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to a check or relief valve and, more particularly, to a floating high flow shroud and O-ring construction for a check or relief valve.
2. Background Art
Check or relief valves for fluid flow have been known and used for a long time. At one pe... | A check valve or relief valve is provided with a floating shroud having a retaining lip engaging with a downstream edge of a moving poppet to maintain the shroud and a captured seal ring in proximate relationship with the poppet to maximize the usefulness of the flow ports in the poppet and to eliminate seal ring flutt... | 8 |
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention describes a subsurface refuse collection system. Comprises an underground bunker, a refuse container, a deposit bin and a cover with automatic opening and closing which can be powered electrically using a solar system. The container is collected by means ... | The present invention relates to a subsurface refuse collection system comprising an underground bunker ( 4 ), a refuse container ( 3 ), a deposit bin ( 1 ) and a cover ( 2 ) with automatic opening and closing which can be powered electrically using a solar system. The container ( 3 ) is collected by means of an automa... | 8 |
OTHER RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation-in-part of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/873,614, filed on Mar. 4, 2008, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to ... | A low weight wheeled bag device having a bottom assembly having two crossed members with an upperside and an underside. The wheel members are coaxially mounted to a shaft journaled by two bushing members at the ends. Spacer leg members have cooperative dimensions to permit the bottom assembly to be at rest at a substan... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is related to U.S. patent application having Ser. No. 12/325,221 titled “Dryer With Reverse Tumble Action” filed Nov. 30, 2008 and U.S. patent application having Ser. No. 12/325,219titled “Dryer With Stationary Drying Cycle” filed Nov. 30, 2008.
... | Systems and methods for bypassing a centrifugal switch are disclosed. The systems may include a bypass relay operatively connected to the heating element and configured to bypass the centrifugal switch prior to the drum reversing rotational direction, and allow the heating element to remain energized during the drum re... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is often necessary or desirable to deliver particulate material in accurate, measured amounts into containers. For example, a high degree of accuracy in the delivery of particulate material is required when the particulate material is a medication. The term "particulate material... | A method for loading a predetermined amount of particulate material into a container comprising providing a hopper containing a supply of the particulate material and a movable plate at least partly below the hopper, with the plate having a series of openings extending therethrough. The particulate material in the hopp... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to presses used to form can ends, and particularly easy-open ends. The ends are used to close food and beverage containers or cans.
Ends are formed in a press equipped with a progressive die. The die has upper and lower tooling defining a plurality of stati... | End tooling for forming easy open can ends has cooperatively-engageable upper and lower tooling defining a plurality of stations. Each station has appropriate punches and dies for progressively converting shells indexed by conveyor into easy open can ends. The tooling is adapted to convert ends of multiple diameters. T... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present invention is filed under 35 U.S.C. § 371 as the U.S. national phase of International Application No. PCT/NZ2014/000213, filed Oct. 3, 2014, which designated the U.S. and claims the benefit of priority to New Zealand Patent Application No. 616313, filed Oct. 4, 2... | The present invention relates to optical measurement devices and systems, and methods of using these systems and devices, and more particularly but not exclusively it relates to a system and apparatus adapted to measure optical properties in-situ. | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuing application, under 35 U.S.C. §§120 and 363, of copending international application No. PCT/GB2009/050266, filed Mar. 23, 2009, which designated the United States and was published in English; this application also claims the priority, under 3... | An improvement is disclosed for an engine valve system with variable lift and duration of the type that includes two cams mounted coaxially, a summation rocker coupled to cam followers in contact with both cams and movable in proportion to the instantaneous sum of the lifts of the respective cams, and a valve actuating... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
"A Process of Fabricating a Portion of an Optical Fiber Capable of Reflecting Predetermined Wavelength Bands of Light", by D. C. Schmadel, Jr., U.S. Ser. No. 546,608, filed Oct. 28, 1983; "A Ruggedized Grated Optical Fiber", by J. E. Goodman et al, U.S. Ser.... | The apparatus is capable of coating thin objects, such as wires, optical fibers, and the like, with fluids such as enamels, photoresist primers, photoresists, and the like. The apparatus is configured so that the area over which the object is coated and the thickness of the coating can be adjusted. The coating is appli... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to novel substituted deazapurine derivatives which selectively bind to CRF receptors. More specifically, it relates to pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-amines, pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridin-4-amines, and pyrrolo[3,... | Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), wherein Ar represents an aryl or heteroaryl group; and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 represent organic or inorganic substituents, which compounds are highly selective partial agonists or antagonists at human CRF1 receptors and, thus, are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of... | 2 |
The present invention relates to an apparatus for operating a blind, in particular, but not exclusively, a vertical window blind, and also to a method of operating such a blind using the apparatus.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is known to provide a vertical louver blind comprising a plurality of louver ca... | An apparatus for operating a vertical louver blind having a plurality of louver carrier trucks slidably mounted within a headrail, wherein each of the carrier trucks includes a louver carrier which is mounted for rotation about a vertical axis, and an operating wand which is selectively engageable with first or second ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application claims the benefit of priority of International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2006/004360 filed on May 10, 2006, which application claims priority of German Patent Application No. 10 2005 023 535.2 filed May 21, 2005. The entire text of the priority ap... | A system for conveying open containers filled with liquid, especially wide-necked containers, whereby the containers can be conveyed in the open state safely and without contamination, including an anti-slosh device which prevents the liquid from sloshing out as the containers are being transported. | 1 |
This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 08/990,840 filed Dec. 15, 1997.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to collating apparatus for collating loose articles and more particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for arranging and/or... | A foodstuff collating apparatus having a plurality of discrete channels within which foodstuffs are collated. The apparatus is elevated at one end to provide a slide for the foodstuff with the channels converging from one end of the apparatus to the other. As the foodstuff slides down a channel, the former is oriented ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a process for preparing bicyclic, β-lactam antibiotics. Specifically it relates to preparing 6- and 2-substituted-1-carbadethiapen-2-em-3-caboxylic acids and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters (I): ##STR3## wherein, inter alia, R 1 and R 2 ar... | A process is disclosed for preparing antibiotic 6- and 2-substituted-1-carbadethiapen-2-em-3-carboxylic acids and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters (I) ##STR1## wherein: R 1 and R 2 are selected from hydrogen, alkyl aryl, and aralkyl; and R 3 is hydrogen, --R, --OR, or --SR, wherein R is hydrogen, a... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/759,961 filed on 16 Sep. 1991, now abandoned, which is a continuation of parent application Ser. No. 07/411,716 filed on 25 Sep. 1989 now abandoned which is a continuation in part of Ser. No. 07/339,682 filed on Apr. 18, 1989 now abandoned.
... | Liposomes of a size of less than 200 nanometers target ischemic myocardial tissue and preferentially deliver active agents to infarcted areas in the absence of antibodies bound to the liposomes to effect the delivery. | 0 |
RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not applicable.
REFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX
Not applicable.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the use of dapsone as the first effective treatment against... | The use of dapsone is the first effective treatment against the disabling consequences associated with cerebral infarction in patients. Dapsone was evaluated as a neuroprotector in the cerebral infarction model produced by the occlusion of the middle cerebral artery in rats and in patients suffering from acute cerebral... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus for scraping a roll surface to remove surface deposits that cause surface defects in a molten metal coating process.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Continuous hot-dip galvanizing lines are known in the art. A cleaned strip of steel is heat-tr... | An apparatus for scraping the surface of a sink roll in a molten metal coating process comprises a support member having a pair of linearly movable arms supported thereon. The support member depends from a bridge structure spanning a continuous metal coating line, and a pair or arms, the arms being disposed on opposite... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(e), is a divisional patent application of U.S. Patent Publication 2008/0292035 (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/122,541), filed on May 16, 2008.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Inve... | A system is provided that enhances the throughput and reliability of wireless communications by providing multi-beam user terminals that exhibit directional discrimination. Multiple wireless communication channels are matched with multiple beams created from an array antenna by a beam-forming processor. The multiple wi... | 7 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 756,355, filed Jan. 3, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,190,418, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 649,049, filed Jan. 14, 1976, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to apparatus for applying dyes to webs so as ... | Means orient a web to lie in a vertical plane and feed the web longitudinally through a dye bath in a generally horizontal path and with progressive transverse immersion and emersion. Reciprocating paddle means produce a wave form to the bath surface. | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 09/501,467, filed Feb. 9, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 09/350,620, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,177,366, filed on Jul. 9, 1999, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 09/335,257, ... | Coated inflatable fabrics, more particularly airbags to which very low add-on amounts of coating have been applied, are provided which exhibit extremely low air permeabilities. The inventive fabrics are primarily for use in automotive restraint cushions which require low permeability characteristics (such as side curta... | 3 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to a technique for recommending content for viewing at night.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Today, users can acquire content from a variety of sources, including on-line content providers such as Technicolor's M-GO content delivery service. In conn... | A method for recommending content from among a collection of available content includes determining for each of available content at least one of a first, second and third content ratings related to (1) content characteristics that interfere with sleep patterns; (2) excitement level of the content; and (3) dynamic rang... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This utility patent application claims benefit of priority to U.S. provisional patent application 60/711,481, filed Aug. 25, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT
[0002] T... | A method for controlled deposition and orientation of molecular sized nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) on substrates is disclosed. The method comprised: forming a thin layer of polymer coating on a substrate; exposing a selected portion of the thin layer of polymer to alter a selected portion of the thin layer of p... | 1 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/494,971 filed on Jun. 26, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,674,171.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a roll outer layer material for hot rolling steel which exhibits excellent resistance to surface... | A roll outer layer material for hot rolling includes, as analyzed in weight percent, of 2.5-4.0% C, 6.0-20% Cr, 3.0-10.0% V, 0.6-5.0% Nb, 2.0-15% Mo, 3.0% or below Si, 3.0% or below Mn, C, V, Nb and Cr satisfying a following formula (1),
10.5(%)≦6.5.C(%)-1.3.V(%)-0.7.Nb(%)≦2.Cr(%)-2(%)(1)
, an... | 2 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 336,236, filed Dec. 31, 1981 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for the storage of digital information in the form of magnetic bubbles in a magnetizable layer located in a bias magnetic field which extends tra... | A memory device utilizing magnetic bubbles which are driven by a rotary magnetic field on contiguous disc drive patterns. These disc patterns have mainly a first scale. Each drive pattern also comprises a further disc pattern of a substantially larger scale. These further disc patterns each time comprise an excitation ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The field of the present invention relates to the enhanced recovery of hydrocarbons in reservoir rocks, by means of medium sweep techniques using aqueous solutions comprising chemical products.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The recovery of oil from oil fi... | The present invention relates to a method for enhanced hydrocarbon recovery in an underground reservoir rock comprising injecting an aqueous conditioning solution containing an alkaline agent, wherein the in-situ effects of the injection are determined by means of a flow simulation on a reservoir model discretized in c... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is a device designed for the treatment of wounds and bums, through the enhancement of circulation while providing an active anti-microbial agent to deter the risk of infection.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] When the body sustain... | A device for treating wounds on an individual is disclosed. The device includes a flexible foam, a treatment suitable for treating the wound placed in relative proximity to the foam, and a flexible fabric with recoverable properties substantially circumferencing the wound and the treated foam. The flexible fabric maint... | 0 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to devices for transferring a cryogenic liquid from a stationary source into a rotating machine such as a dynamoelectric machine having a superconducting winding on its rotor.
Cryogenic liquids such as helium have substantial benefits in cooling... | A liquid coolant transfer device that has a stationary tube fit within a rotating conduit and a threaded throwback seal on the surface of the rotating element is further provided with a seal and bearing device in the form of a washer affixed to the conduit at the end of the threaded insert and extending across the gap ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The apparatus described herein is generally directed to the field of valves; and, more directly, to the field of air valves for inflatable devices.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The use of inflatable devices has long been associated with water sports and ... | A housing has an upper end, a lower end, and an opening extending between the upper and lower ends, the housing being sealingly attachable to an inflatable device. A check valve has a body member with an upper end, a lower end, an outer surface sized and shaped to be selectively matingly received in the opening of the ... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a process for the manufacture of institutional towels with the resulting towel having a much longer life expectancy.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] It is well known to manufacture towels in a process utilizing yarn spun f... | A colored institutional towel comprising ground warp, fill, and pile warped yarns, all of said yarns being colored by intimately draw blending a predetermined amount of pre-dyed polyester fiber with cotton fiber when the yarn is spun and twisted to thereby form a predetermined color for the institutional towel. | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Conventional case for storing floppy disk for computor use is designed to put all disks together into the case in a way like a card-index system used in a library. However, such a conventional case has the following defects:
1. The disks are crowded or overlapped within the case ... | A collapsible storage box for floppy disk includes a casing, a switch means and a collapsible storing means consisting of a plurality of storage bags for storing floppy disk for computor use whereby the collapsible bags can be extended to form a sector type for easy and convenient take-out or take-in service for the fl... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is related in general to the field of semiconductor processing. More particularly, the invention is related to a method of forming contacts and vias in semiconductor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A challenge for semiconductor processing engineers is the f... | A method of filling openings (20, 50) in a semiconductor (10, 40) includes the steps of first forming a fill metal layer (30, 60) over the semiconductor which substantially covers the openings (20, 50). Thereafter, a surface coating (32, 62, 64) of a predetermined material is formed over the fill metal layer (30, 60). ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to devices used in the manufacture of nonwoven sheeting and, specifically, to devices known as crosslappers which provide a means for transferring filaments or fleece from a feed means such as a carding machine to a delivery means ... | A crosslapper is disclosed utilizing at least one foraminous transporting belt to permit rapid escape of entrained air during fast operation of wide-bed machinery. | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/482,229, filed Jun. 24, 2003.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to a method and apparatus for casting composite metal ingots, as well... | A method and apparatus are described for the casting of a composite metal ingot comprising at least two separately formed layers of one or more alloys. An open ended annular mould has a feed end and an exit end and divider wall for dividing the feed end into at least two separate feed chambers, where each feed chamber ... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 220,245 filed Dec. 23, 1980, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a multi-function revolving door, and more particularly to a revolving door which is capable of... | A revolving door in which the center revolving support is generally cylindrical with a diameter at least 0.3 that of the space between the stationary walls of the door. Four door panels are hinged to the central member, and maintained in their normal positions by hydraulic door closers, so that the door panels can be r... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to a burner for the thermal regeneration of a particle filter, which is arranged in the tailpipe of an internal combustion engine, especially a diesel engine.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
P 44 43 133.3 suggests a burner for the thermal regeneration ... | Four design variants of a full-flow burner for the thermal regeneration of a particle filter in an exhaust gas aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine, especially a diesel engine, which is arranged fully in the tailpipe, especially in an expanded, straight coaxial tailpipe section, are suggested accordin... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/800,723 filed May 7, 2007, which has issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,151,379. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/800,723 is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROU... | A toilet, comprising a bowl, a rim provided at an upper portion of the bowl, a rim channel disposed in the rim, a rear extension that extends from the rim, and a water distribution structure provided in the rear extension and configured to receive water from a water supply. The rim channel includes a first opening, a s... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a microwave oven widely used in distribution industries including convenience stores. More particularly, this invention is concerned with a cash register system in a store in which such microwave ovens and a cash register... | A microwave oven and a cash register system of a store in which an employee of a store, who is requested to operate the microwave oven, can run the store efficiently while reducing the waiting time for shoppers and suppressing losses deriving from incorrect operation of the microwave oven. The microwave oven includes a... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an engine idle control system for a vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There has been known an engine idle control system for a vehicle which has a bypass passage provided in an intake passage of the engine to ... | An engine idle control system for a vehicle causes the engine speed to converge on a target idling speed by feedback control when the engine idles. Whether the engine is revolving by itself or is being driven by the vehicle is detected, and the engine speed is controlled by a proportional feedback control on the basis ... | 8 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/667,956 filed Jun. 18, 1996, abandoned.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates, in general, to the recovery of information from computer data storage devices and/or media and, in particular, to the recovery of inform... | Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for remote recovery of inaccessible data on computer storage devices. The method comprises the steps of (1) establishing a communications link from the local computer containing the storage device requiring recovery of data to a remote data recovery computer operated by a technic... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of The Invention
The present invention is directed to a locking carriage mechanism for a lamp, such as an operating or surgical lamp or light. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a lamp or light carriage mechanism that rides on a track that may be mou... | A lamp assembly for surgery and the like includes a ceiling mounted track having opposed internal channels, a carriage assembly that rides in the track and that is connected to a depending tubular stem which terminates in a control head having a lighthead fastened to it. A switch on the control head energizes a solenoi... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. National Stage application Ser. No. 11/817,208, filed 27 Aug. 2007, US National Stage of PCT/IB2006/000421, filed 28 Feb. 2006, claiming priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/657,208, filed 28 F... | A process for epitaxial deposition of compound semiconductor layers includes several steps. In a first step, a substrate is removably attached to a substrate holder that may be heated. In a second step, the substrate is heated to a temperature suitable for epitaxial deposition. In a third step, substances are vaporized... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of and priority to European patent application No. 15382190.5 filed on Apr. 20, 2015, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates ... | A heat exchange device of a floating core type, having a special configuration which allows increasing its durability as it increases its thermal fatigue resistance. The device is characterized by a configuration having high thermal fatigue resistance due to the special configuration of the end where the floating side ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a novel method for the production of perfluoro-(N-vinylamine) compounds. More particularly, this invention relates to a method for producing, economically in high yields from readily available raw materials, perfluoro-(N-vinylamine) compounds which are useful ... | A perfluoro-(N-vinylamine) compound containing a >NCF═CF 2 group is produced from a perfluoro-compound containing a group of the general formula: ##STR1## (wherein X stands for a fluorine atom or a --OM group having an alkali or alkaline earth metal ion for M) and having connected to the group of the general formul... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) and a fuel cell system therewith, and, more particularly, to a DMFC operating on concentrated methanol at an anode thereof and a fuel cell system therewith.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002]... | A direct methanol fuel cell unit is provided with a fuel cell including an anode, a cathode with a hydrophobic microporous layer, an electrolyte membrane put in-between, and a fuel supply path supplying fuel to the anode. The fuel supply path is provided with an upwind water barrier preventing back-diffusion of water a... | 8 |
REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of: (i) U.S. Design patent application Ser. No. 07/745,995 filed Aug. 9, 1991, which is a continuation of Design Pat. application Ser. No. 07/292,742 filed Jan. 3, 1989; and (ii) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/763,870 filed Sep. ... | A deck construction including a plurality of supports for anchoring deck construction elements to a building site. The supports include a body (which may be an integrally molded concrete pier) having upper and lower portions. The upper portion includes at least one slot for seating a horizontally oriented construction ... | 4 |
This application is the U.S. National Phase of PCT Application Serial No. PCT/EP2010/063222, filed Sep. 9, 2010, which claims the priority of German Application Serial No. 102009041095.3, filed Sep. 14, 2009 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/242,887, filed Sep. 16, 2009, all of which are incorporated herein by re... | Support materials for printing electrically conductive structures by means of inkjet printing with inks which contain conductive particles lead to low resistances for the printed structures without thermal post-treatment when they contain a microporous layer with a mean pore size of less than 100 nm as an outer layer. | 8 |
RELATED INVENTION
This invention is related to inventions disclosed in U.S. application Ser. No. 08/553,443 filed Nov. 11, 1995, and U.S. application Ser. No. 08/537,789 filed Oct. 23, 1995.
RELATED INVENTION
This invention is related to inventions disclosed in U.S. application Ser. No. 08/5... | A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment and a cool air distributing system on the back wall thereof. The distributing system includes vertical passages which divide a flow of incoming cool air and conduct the air to vertically spaced discharge openings communicating with the refrigerating compartment. Dispo... | 5 |
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