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[0001] The present application is a continuation application of PCT/JP01/10020 filed on Nov. 16, 2001, claiming priority from a Japanese patent application No. 2000-360076 filed on Nov. 27, 2000, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1... | An electron beam generating device, wherein a high-resistance film is formed on the outer surface of an insulator provided with a cathode for emitting thermal electrons and a grid for collecting thermal electrons and forming an electron beam to allow a feeble current to flow to the high-resistance film, thereby prevent... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a scroll fluid machine comprising compressing and expanding sections and especially to a scroll fluid machine used to feed air into and discharge it from a fuel cell.
[0002] In a fuel cell, there is electrolyte between an an... | A scroll fluid machine comprises an orbiting scroll and front and rear stationary scrolls. The orbiting scroll is driven by a driving shaft via an eccentric portion and has front and rear orbiting scroll wraps. The front and rear stationary scroll have front and rear orbiting scroll wraps respectively. The orbiting scr... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a refrigerator cabinet appliance, the liner wall of which is resistant to attack by Freon and Freon substitutes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Typical refrigerator appliance cabinets consist of an outer metal cabinet, an inner plastic liner, typically ABS ... | A refrigerator cabinet is provided with a plastic liner, the inside wall of the refrigerator, which is resistant to chemical degradation by fluorocarbons. Freon and Freon substitutes used as blowing agents for foaming the insulation contained between the outer metal cabinet and the inside wall of the refrigerator can c... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The formation of slimes by microorganisms is a problem that is encountered in many aqueous systems. For example, the problem is not only found in natural waters such as lagoons, lakes, ponds, etc., and confined water as in pools, but also in such industrial systems as cooling water sys... | A microbial inhibiting composition and method is disclosed. The composition comprises an amount, effective for the intended purpose of 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol and didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride. The method comprises administering an amount of this combined treatment to the particular water containing system... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of German Patent Application No. 198 52 634.2, filed on Nov. 4, 1998, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Fi... | A sheet forming system of a paper or cardboard machine. A headbox includes a headbox nozzle with to laterally extending side panels and first and second nozzle walls extending along a width of the machine. First and second screens converge in a region adjacent the headbox nozzle. At least two guide mechanisms, each hav... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
This patent application claims priority based on provisional application U.S. Ser. No. 60/360,122, filed on Feb. 28, 2002.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
An apparatus for measuring the angle between two rays, wherein the apparatus comprises a light source for generat... | This device is a handheld, battery-operated instrument that utilizes light beams to project visible lines for increasing the accuracy in determining angles. A linear potentiometer is incorporated at the pivot point between the two diodes and measures a voltage change based on the angle between the arms of the device. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/835,806, filed Aug. 3, 2006, Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/845,260, filed Sep. 18, 2006, Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/845,261, filed Sep. 18, 2006, Provisional Application Se... | Polymorphic forms of solifenacin base have been prepared and characterized. These polymorphic forms are particularly useful for preparing solifenacin salts. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an ESD protection device and a layout thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to an ESD protection device with equal-substrate-potential technology and a layout thereof.
... | An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device and a layout thereof are provided. A bias conducting wire is mainly used to couple each base of a plurality of parasitic transistors inside ESD elements together, in order to simultaneously trigger all the parasitic transistors to bypass the ESD current, avoid the elem... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/089,095, filed Dec. 8, 2014, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] This invention... | A 3DIC includes a die and a substrate. The die includes multiple bumps to provide electrical connection the substrate. The substrate includes multiple elongated contact pads. The elongated contact pads making electrical contact with the bumps and shaped to maintain alignment with the bumps over a temperature range. | 7 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 035,268, filed Apr. 2, 1987.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the compressive treatment of webs in which a stationary retarding surface acts upon the outer surface of a driven web to cause the web to slow ... | A web treating machine and method employing a web-gripping drive surface, a primary member that presses the web against the drive surface, and a stationary retarding surface, supported by a sheet form member, that retards the web before it leaves the drive surface, has the following of features. The sheet form support ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vane-type motor or pump including a rotor disposed in a housing, a plurality of cam ring members surrounding the rotor in axially disposed side-by-side relationship including sets of vanes respectively associated with a cam ring and displaceable in ra... | A vane-type motor is disclosed including a rotor disposed in a housing having a plurality of cam rings surrounding the rotor, which cam rings are displaceable relative to one another in the circumferential direction. Vanes associated with the cam rings subdivide a work chamber provided between the rotor and the cam rin... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority on the provisional patent application filed Aug. 12, 1996, under Serial No. 60/023,250, of the same applicant.
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to mammalian antiviral therapy. More particularly, it concer... | The risk of drug resistance in HIV infection is reduced by profoundly suppressing the viral load using novel hematopoietic cells. Modified CD4 lymphocyte host cells are used to “capture” virions in a sterile micro-environment. The host's CD4 T-cell lymphocytes are replaced with lumphocytes derived from autologous o... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention:
The present invention relates to a universal fertilizer (or other material) spreader which may be attached to any type of lawnmower, be it self-propelled or not and also allows for removal/reinstallation on same or other types or sizes of lawnmowers as ... | A universal spreader comprising a hopper; a cable by which the speading of fertilizer/chemical/seed/pesticide/etc., in the hopper may be inititated or terminated; a rotatable, driven agitator which distributes and controls the amount of the fertilizer; an adjustable width drive for the agitator; a series of moveable fe... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of the earlier filing date of provisional application 61/353,681, filed Jun. 11, 2010.
FIELD
The present disclosure relates to an insulated foundation and subflooring structure. More particularly, the disclosure rela... | A crawlspace encapsulation system that enables sealing and insulating of the crawlspace while allowing for the venting of gases trapped between the ground and the sealing and insulating system. The crawlspace encapsulation system includes an insulation joist plug, one or more insulation panels, and a polymeric membrane... | 4 |
PRIORITY INFORMATION
This application claims priority from provisional application Ser. No. 60/222,751 filed Aug. 3, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the field of microfabricated devices, and in particular to microfabricated devices released to move by removal of a sacrificial la... | A microelectromechanical system is fabricated from a substrate having a handle layer, a silicon sacrificial layer and a device layer. A micromechanical structure is etched in the device layer and the underlying silicon sacrificial layer is etched away to release the micromechanical structure for movement. One particula... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention provides novel compositions of matter. This invention further provides novel processes for producing these compositions of matter. This invention further provides novel chemical intermediates useful in the above processes.
Particularly this invention provides novel... | This invention comprises certain analogs of the prostaglandins in which the double bond between C-13 and C-14 is replaced by a triple bond. Also provided in this invention, are novel chemical processes and novel chemical intermediates useful in the preparation of the above prostaglandin analogs. These prostaglandin ana... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-170622, filed Aug. 4, 2011, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present disclosure relates to a sewing machi... | An apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions therein, wherein the computer-readable instructions instruct the sewing machine to execute steps comprising acquiring image data including one or more characters, extracting, from acquired image data, one or... | 3 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to cleaning exhaust gas of an automobile engine, in particular, to air-fuel ratio control on an automobile equipped with a lean NOx catalyst.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In engines burning fuel at lean side of an air-fuel... | The invention provides an electronic control unit for controlling an air/fuel ratio of an engine having a lean NOx catalyst in its exhaust system in order to improve the cleaning of exhaust gas during rich process to reduce lean NOx catalyst. The electronic control unit comprises: an estimator for estimating NOx amount... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a hinge for hanging the free panel of a bipartite corner cabinet door on the panel that is hung to turn on the carcase supporting wall, consisting of two mounting parts each associated with the door panels, which can be turned by... | The invention relates to a corner cabinet hinge (30) for hanging a free panel (14b) of a two-panel corner cabinet door (14) on the panel (14a) that is hung by a hinge on the carcase supporting wall. The hinge (30) has two members which are associated one with each of the door panels and which are formed as a hinge cup ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to the field of computing device interfaces and, more particularly, to user positional anchors for directional, user controlled audio playback from voice-enabled interfaces.
[0003] 2. Description of the... | The present invention discloses a concept and a use of audio anchors within voice-enabled interfaces. Audio anchors can be user configurable points from which audio playback occurs. In the invention, a user can identify an interface position at which an audio anchor is to be established. The computing device can determ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention is in the field of computer systems which utilize high speed multi-processors which communicate with each other across backplane and cabinet boundaries and describes a technique to resolve synchronization problems caused by propagation and other delays inherent in such an envi... | A system for enabling processor cells in a high speed multi-processor environment to communicate with each other so as to resolve synchronization problems caused by propagation and other delays inherent in such an environment. The invention is for systems for which the data delay is both bounded and fixed wherein the m... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a novel process for isolating superoxide dismutase from red blood cells and more particularly to a process for isolating superoxide dismutase from hemolyzed red blood cells by causing proteins having affinity for hemoglobin and superoxide dismutase and ... | A process for isolating superoxide dismutase from red blood cells comprising the steps of heating hemolyzed red blood cells in the presence of at least one monovalent inorganic neutral salt and at least one transition metal salt; eliminating precipitate from the hemolyzed red blood cells by filtration or centrifugation... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to the reforming of fuels, and in particular to autothermal reforming methods and apparatus for the production of gas containing hydrogen and carbon oxides, such as methonal synthesis gas (“syngas”), including but not limited to lar... | An apparatus and method for reforming a fuel include: first and second partial oxidation zones; and first and second catalytic zones containing first and second catalysts respectively. The first catalytic zone is in fluid communication with the first and second partial oxidation zones. The second catalytic zone is in f... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a novel process for living/controlled polymerization of vinyl monomers, particularly to use of a novel initiating system comprising an organic sulfur compound combined with an onium salt for living/controlled polymerization of vinyl monomers.
BACKGROUN... | A process for polymerization of vinyl monomers is described comprising polymerizing vinyl monomers in the presence of of an initiating system comprising (i) an organic sulfur compound and (ii) an onium salt catalyst. The present invention provides a novel method for living polymerization of vinyl monomers, which provid... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to co-pending, prior-filed U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/279,307, filed Jan. 15, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference.
FIELD
[0002] This invention generally relates to a coupling f... | An insert, a motion-transmitting mechanism and a method of operating a motion-transmitting mechanism. The insert may include an insert body receivable in a bore, the insert body having an outer surface at least partially engageable in a driving relationship with a bore surface, the insert body defining an insert bore o... | 5 |
[0001] The present invention relates to apparel or clothing having pockets and, more particularly, to underwear having; a discreet concealed pocket for securely and safely holding valuables and other items therein; in relation to underwear for males improved support for male genitalia providing improvements in healt... | Underwear having a concealed pocket for securely and safely holding valuables and other items therein and including underwear for males having improved design for health and comfort. | 0 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 11/741,249 filed on Apr. 27, 2007 entitled Spinal Implant, the contents of which are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Inven... | A spinal implant for insertion in the intervertebral space is formed as a hollow cage, wedge shaped in profile, with a lesser height leading end for a low profile entry. The cage has two open sides with a plurality of angled teeth along opposite longitudinal edges for engaging the end plates of adjacent vertebrae when ... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to human medical treatment by aerosol inhalation of immunoglobulin (Ig) A. More specifically the invention relates to treatment of immunodeficiencies and viral or bacterial infections of the lower respiratory tract by administering doses of IgA o... | Pooled human plasma is processed by cold ethanol fractionation to produce purified immunoglobulin G antibodies for intravenous administration. Immunoglobulin A is an unwanted by-product since intravenous administration of immunoglobulin A-containing immunoglobulin G can cause life-threatening anaphylaxis in some people... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to rotating water feeds and more particularly to a ventilation system therefor. The invention is particularly useful in connection with water-cooled generators which preferably comprise coaxial feed and discharge ducts.
Prior to initiating ... | A ventilation system for rotating water feeds particularly useful in water-cooled generators is equipped with bypass means arranged to extend between coaxial feed duct means and discharge duct means defining a centrally located axis of rotation. The bypass means includes at least one inlet which is located to open in t... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a pressurized device for the dispensing of liquid or creamy products, for example, cosmetic, food or pharmaceutical products. 2. Description of the Related Art A conventional pressurized device is constituted by a container body ... | A pressurized device for dispensing a product (19) includes a container body having a reservoir cavity (11.1), a valve (12) positioned at the top of the reservoir cavity, a dispenser (14) connected to the valve and a pressurizing device (15). The pressurizing device is formed by an element of cellular material with clo... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to proportional solenoid-controlled valves and more specifically to a normally closed spool type solenoid valve which as it begins to open changes it opening or orifice size in proportion to the amount of current supplied to the solenoid.
Normally closed sol... | A normally closed spool type solenoid-controlled valve which changes its opening in proportion to the amount of current supplied to the solenoid. The spool which blocks the valve opening in an overlapping relation is held in a closed position by a dual spring design having differing spring rates wherein the lighter spr... | 5 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of prior filed co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/236,406 filed on Aug. 24, 2009, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Modern vehicles include com... | A mechanism for determining whether a malfunctioning sensor has returned to a normal or acceptable operating range. The mechanism includes controllers and methods that perform a “good check” on the sensor to determine whether the sensor has returned to normal or acceptable operation after a malfunction has been detecte... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a railway or railroad track joint, and more particularly, to an improved electrically insulated bonded rail joint incorporating a non-conductive spacer in or associated with a rail bonding adhesive. The present ... | The present invention generally relates to a railway or railroad track joint, and more particularly, to an improved electrically insulated bonded rail joint incorporating a non-conductive spacer in or associated with a rail bonding adhesive. The present invention also relates to a method for bonding such electrically i... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a window having an integral solar heat collector.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Windows may incorporate a transparent solar collector and thereby offer a more pleasing architectural aesthetic than opaque solar heat collectors. Th... | A window with an integral solar heat-absorber is provided in a compact, low-cost package. Two transparent panes are separated from one another to provide a first passageway for receiving a working fluid. The periphery of the panes is secured in a frame in which a heat exchanger is also secured, the heat exchanger havin... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a wheelchair, and, more particularly, relates to a power-assisted wheelchair.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Wheelchairs are now in wide use, and various types have been heretofore suggested, including wheelchairs powered by electrical drive units.
V... | A power-assisted wheelchair is disclosed that is particularly well suited for use by a person capable of exerting some hand/arm force in attempting to propel the wheelchair while seated therein, but incapable of exerting sufficient force, at least in some instances, to achieve satisfactory overall non-assisted operatio... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to medical apparatus in general, and more particularly to anatomical visualization and measurement systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many medical procedures must be carried out at an interior anatomical site which is normally hidden from the view of the... | The present invention provides an anatomical visualization and measurement system including a first database of 2-D slice images and a second database including a 3-D computer model defining a first software object. Apparatus is provided for selecting a 2-D slice image from the first database. Apparatus is also provide... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Reference is made to my previous U.S. Pat. No. 4,453,611 issued June 12, 1984; and to the art cited therein, for further background of this invention. The present invention provides improvements over the above prior art by the provision of a low profile track assembly which supports a ... | A vehicle especially adapted for traveling on snow, which has a single endless track made bendable laterally in order to change direction of travel. The vehicle has a main body assembly which is separated and supported above the track by a special suspension arm. A motor is located in the body assembly, and a drive tra... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates in general to embroidery machines and in particular to an improved attachment for embroidering hats and caps.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A typical embroidery machine has one or more heads for performing monogrammin... | An embroidery machine has an attachment for stitching hats and caps. The attachment fits over a saddle of the embroidery machine. A cap driver is carried on the saddle. The base of the cap driver moves parallel to the axis of the saddle in unison with a carriage member. The cap driver has an arcuate member which will r... | 3 |
[0001] The present invention relates to a retaining wall block that is resistant to damage and wear caused by the environment it is placed into. The deterioration resistant block is generally a hollowed frame or shell of a deterioration resistant material that is light-weight and is configured to accept and retain a... | The present invention relates to a retaining wall block that is resistant to damage and wear caused by the environment it is placed into. The deterioration resistant block is generally a hollowed frame or shell of a deterioration resistant material that is lightweight and is configured to accept and retain any type of ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is related to U.S. application titled, “SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMBEDDING A DISPLAY IN A BEZEL,” which was filed on even date herewith; attorney docket number 90104 and inventors Kenneth Lowe, Matthew Blake McRae and John Schindler.
... | An application for a bezel with internal lighting includes at least one illuminated element situated behind a monitor/television bezel. The brightness and color of the illuminating elements and hence the bezel appearance are modified based upon either user preference or an internal or external parameters such as time, ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to barley cultivars having grain with ultra-high beta glucan content and uses thereof.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Barley is one of the world's most important cereal crops. In addition to containing eight essential amino acids,... | The present disclosure relates to barley plants having grain with ultra-high beta-glucan content, methods for constructing said barley plants, grain therefrom and uses thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, present disclosure provides a barley plant having grain with ultra-high beta-glucan content known as CM1. | 0 |
ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
The invention described herein was made by an employee of the United States Government and may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
BACKGROUND OF... | The present invention provides systems for growing two or three dimensional mammalian cells within a culture medium facilitated by an electromagnetic field, and preferably, a time varying electromagnetic field. The cells and culture medium are contained within a fixed or rotating culture vessel, and the electromagnetic... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
A bayonet-type bulb mounting assembly of the type commonly employed on large vehicles, such as school buses, in which conventional vehicular lamp housings require separately wired sockets for securing a bayonet-type bulb, and the bulb contacts are subjec... | A molded lamp housing for vehicular application, requiring no wires for making electrical connections to a lamp socket, with all electrical contact pieces molded in place. The entire bulb mounting is accomplished through a single screw connection which also serves as a grounding connection. Significantly, the problem o... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Embodiments of the present invention are directed to cooling of rack-mounted devices, and more particularly to a data center infrastructure having a cooling system.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Electronic equipment racks generally are designed to re... | A modular data center includes a plurality of racks, each of the racks having a front face and a back face, wherein the plurality of racks is arranged in a first row and a second row, such that the back faces of racks of the first row are facing the second row, and the back faces of the racks of the second row are faci... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation under 35 U.S.C. §115 and claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 13/811,037, filed on Mar. 21, 2013, which was a National Stage Application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Applicati... | The present disclosure is drawn to a method of administering glyburide intravenously to a subject over a period of time as a first bolus administration of glyburide; a second bolus administration of glyburide, after the first bolus; and a first continuous infusion administration of glyburide, wherein the first continuo... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of provisional patent application No. 60/647,346 filed on Jan. 27, 2005 and entitled “Combination Scooter/backpack,” the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
B... | The combination scooter/backpack is an article carrying device with the capacity to be converted into a wheeled land vehicle, and therefore has two modes of usage. The article carrying device resembles a conventional backpack with two straps positioned to be placed over the user's shoulders, entitled backpack mode.... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method of forming fluoride glass fiber preforms for optical communication.
The application of fluoride glass fibers is expected in the field of optical communication, for example, the fiber optical amplifier operating at 1.3 μm-band, the optical wavegu... | A method of forming a fiber glass preform includes the steps of: (a) pouring a cladding glass into a mold; (b) pouring a core glass on a flat horizontal upper surface of the cladding glass so as to form a united glass body having the core glass and the cladding glass under a condition that viscosity of the cladding gla... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This relates to methods and apparatus in a cantilevered frame part of a press section and/or wire section of a paper machine in which a cantilevered beam attached between the side frames of the paper machine is pre-tensioned by applying a predetermined force in a downward direction of ... | Method and apparatus in a cantilevered frame part of a press section and/or wire section of a paper machine in which a cantilevered beam extending between the side frames of the machine is pre-tensioned by applying a force on the cantilevered or projecting part of the beam. The pre-tensioning is produced by a power dev... | 3 |
This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 541,272, field 10/12/83 now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 4,530,866.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a rubber roller for spinning and manufacturing method thereof. More particularly... | A rubber roller for spinning whose rubber cot comprises an inner and an outer rubber layer bonded together over a reinforcing layer consisting of a woven cloth or sheeting and fitted securely on the outer periphery of a metal core for roller, without using an adhesive and the manufacturing method thereof. | 3 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of Invention
The water gun launches the water grenade as a grenade launcher and fires the water chain shots accompanied with the synchronous firing click sounds.
2. Description of Prior Art
The conventional water gun projects the stream of fluent. It doesn't simulate the ... | A water gun system comprises a water gun, firing sound emulator, launching tube and rocket type water grenade. Converting the air pressure to be the momentum, the water gun generates the chain shot made of the air and fluid and the firing sound emulator generates the click sound of machine gun. Converting the air press... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 095,412, filed Nov. 19, 1979, now abandoned.
The present invention relates to a process for the production of tablets and to a tabletting machine for execution of the process.
It is well known that tablets use... | This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for producing tablets of good quality with minimal waste by compressing granulated matter at a regulated temperature. An important advantage of the invention is that it permits direct tabletting of active ingredients without the need to include additives in the table... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a new hose assembly and new internally threaded member therefor as well as to a new method of making such a hose assembly and to a new method of making a such an internally threaded member.
2. Prior Art Statement
It ... | A hose assembly, an internally threaded member therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the hose assembly comprising a flexible hose having opposite ends, an internally threaded member mounted on one of the opposite ends in a manner to swivel thereon to permit the internally threaded member to be finger co... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present disclosure relates to communication between instruments and in particular the mirroring of instruments.
BACKGROUND
An energy services interface (ESI), which may be located in an electric meter, for example, provides security and coordination functions that enable secure int... | Techniques for mirroring to allow for data transmissions from a device through mirror capable device. In an embodiment, a plurality of mirror capable devices may report their capability, which may include signaling conditions related thereto. A mirror capable device may be selected from the plurality of mirror capable ... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a process furnace, and more particularly to a reforming furnace having a convection section with an efficient design.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Several important chemical processes use a high temperature furnace to drive catalytic reactions. Examples ... | A process furnace and method of operating a furnace are disclosed. The furnace comprises a radiant heating chamber, a primary convection section leg, a secondary convection section leg with two or more parallel flow channels, convection burners to heat the primary and/or secondary convection sections and dampers to adj... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61,994,787 filed May 16, 2014, which is entirely incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Smoking devices, such as cigarette holders and pipes are well known in th... | A smoking device for generating and releasing smoking vapor free from contamination into the mouth of a user comprising a mouthpiece for providing vapor for inhalation to a user including a tubular casing containing a heater for heating a smoking substance at a substantially constant low temperature by regulating the f... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCED APPLICATIONS
This application is a File Wrapper Continuation of application Ser. No. 08/128,265 filed Sep. 28, 1993 (now abandoned) which was a File Wrapper Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/851,333 filed Mar. 16, 1992 (now abandoned), which was a continuation-in-part application of Se... | A supporting structure for positioning a product within an outer shipping container takes the form of a plastic air bladder shaped on one side to provide a cavity having internal dimensions matching external dimensions of the product and shaped on the other to have external dimensions matching internal dimensions of th... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is highly desirable for tires to exhibit good traction characteristics on both dry and wet surfaces. However, it has traditionally been very difficult to improve the traction characteristics of a tire without compromising its rolling resistance and tread wear. Low rolling resistance... | This invention relates to a tire tread compound that is easily processable which can be used to improve the treadwear, rolling resistance and traction characteristics of tires. The tire tread compounds of this invention are a blend of tin-coupled polybutadiene, high vinyl polybutadiene and natural rubber. This blend of... | 2 |
This is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 205,677, filed on June 13, 1988, now abandoned.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention disclosed herein comprises a shield, manufactured of plastic in two sections, which protects a storm drain outlet pipe. The shield is set down into the s... | A plastic shield which is generally rectangular and convex in shape is inserted into a storm drain to provide protection to a storm drain outlet from cleaning tools. The shield is constructed in two sections and is moveably connected to the storm drain to allow workman easy access to the storm drain outlet. | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains generally to the field of automated design techniques for electronic circuits, and more particularly to compaction and pitchmatching methods for hierarchically defined layouts of integrated circuits, and systems for implementing t... | A hierarchical pitchmatching compactor is provided that maintains hierarchical structure, design rule correctness, and circuit integrity of a symbolic layout while globally compacting the layout without excessive computational or data handling requirements, even for layouts of substantial size. The compactor achieves t... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The field of this invention is that of edgeboard connectors for mounting printed circuit boards, and the invention relates more particularily to edgeboard connectors having large numbers of contacts adapted to make electrical connection to one or more printed circuit boards each having... | An edgeboard connector having a large number of contacts accommodated in a housing cavity is adapted to mount one or more printed circuit boards having lesser numbers of contacts pads and to assure that the contact pads on the boards are electrically engaged with predetermined ones of the connector contacts by attachin... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 12/262,027 filed Oct. 30, 2008.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to improvements in the construction and manu... | The present invention is directed toward an improved construction of an elastic drawstring trash bag. The elastic drawstring trash bag described herein is comprised of a plastic bag made from two panels. An elastic drawstring is provided within hems running along the top of the two panels. The upper opening of the elas... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a nationalization under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2014/056893 filed under the PCT, having an international filing date of Apr. 7, 2014, which claims priority to European Patent Application No. EP 13163927.0, having a fil... | A sliding door for use with a rail system, having a rail, which guides a sliding motion of the door, and an attenuation and retraction device, which brakes the sliding motion of the door at a brake position in the vicinity of a door end position and retracts the door to the end position. The sliding door includes a pin... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to aqueous fluid suspensions of polymeric thickeners. In particular the invention relates to the use of fluidized suspensions of polysaccharide mixtures in paper coating compositions.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,799,962, 4,883,536 and 4,883... | A nonionic cellulose ether such as hydroxyalkylcellulose, alkylcellulose or an alkylhydroxyalkylcellulose hydrophobically modified with a C 4 to C 24 alkyl or an arylalkyl group is suspended by a low molecular weight polysaccharide and below 10% by weight salt to provide a fluidized polymer suspension. The process fo... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE
This application is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/325,336 filed Dec. 14, 2011.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The embodiments of the present invention relate to an electric vehicle equipped with an energy-producing system for producing energy for use to rec... | An energy-producing system comprising an axle configured to be driven by an electric vehicle's wheels when in motion. The axle supports a series of wind-catching cups contained within an aerodynamic housing configured to direct air to the cups while also increasing the air speed. During vehicle motion, the cups are... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation in part of U.S. Ser. No. 13/248,648, filed Sep. 29, 2011 and currently pending, entitled Method Of Treatment Of Wooden Items, by Emery, Raymond, et al., which is hereby incorporated by reference; a continuation in part of U.S. S... | An improved method for the treatment of wood in preparation for manufacture of wooden items comprising the steps of first heat treating the wood and then fashioning the wood into a finished item, whereby the resulting wooden item is darker, harder, more weather and rot resistant, and more stable than items fashioned fr... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a sewing machine of the double chain stitch type and more particularly pertains to the lower stitching instrumentalities thereof for forming such a stitch.
Sewing machines of this type, that are well known generally include at least one needle and... | A device for forming double chain stitches in a sewing machine having independent thread sources for its needle and looper. The device includes a driving apparatus for causing travel of the looper solely in a rectilinear pathway in front of the needle and is effective in taking a loop of thread from the needle and to f... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains to the field of hinged orthopedic splints and braces of the type applied across the joint of a limb such as a knee or elbow for limiting movement of the joint for therapeutic purposes, and is more particularly directed to certain impr... | A hinge for an orthopedic splint has two plates hinged for pivotal movement relative to each other and a detent engageable for locking the plates at a selected angle to each other, and a spring urging the detent into engagement. The detent is protected in a recessed guideway against operation with the unaided hand to d... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national phase entry under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Patent Application PCT/AU2011/001019, filed Aug. 12, 2011, designating the United States of America and published in English as International Patent Publication WO 2012/019230 A1 on Feb. 16, 20... | A catheter includes a handle, a catheter sheath having at least one conductor within a lumen of the catheter sheath, and a stylet received within the catheter sheath. The catheter sheath is fabricated by providing a tubular member, forming an aperture in a wall of the tubular member at a distal part of the tubular memb... | 0 |
This application claims the benefit of the Patent Korean Application No. P2004-091991, filed on Nov. 11, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a controller effectively controlling t... | The present invention relates to a controller effectively controlling the power for a washing machine and a drier, and a method of doing the same. More particularly, it relates to a controller for a washing machine or a dryer, and a method for supplying the power so that a washing machine and a drier as a one body may ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a high-pressure pump, in particular a radial or inline piston pump. The invention relates particularly to the field of fuel pumps for fuel injection systems of air-compressing auto-ignition internal combustion engines.
[0002] A high-pre... | The invention relates to a high pressure pump ( 1 ), which is used in particular as a radial or in-line piston pump for fuel injection systems of air-compressing auto-ignition internal combustion engines, comprising a pump assembly ( 13 ) and a drive shall ( 6 ) which comprises a cam ( 9 ) that is assigned to the pump ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling thermoplastic friction welding machines. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electromechanical method and apparatus for determining the quality of a spinwelded bo... | Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining the quality of a spinweld bond produced on a single or multiple spindle production spinwelder and to a method and apparatus for alarming and/or ejecting products containing defective welds.
The method and apparatus of the present invention utilizes a detector me... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 14/284,611, filed on May 22, 2014, to issue as U.S. Pat. No. 9,428,986 on Aug. 30, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The field of the invention is barrier plug... | A disintegrating plug uses a setting tool to push a swage into the plug body that has external ribs that contact the wall of the surrounding tubular. The ribs retain the body to the surrounding tubular wall with frictional contact. Some leakage may ensue but in fracturing some leakage does not matter if enough volume u... | 4 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/091,109 filed Jun. 29, 1998, entitled “ A Method of Hop - By - Hop Routing In Multiprotocol Networks With Overlaid Routing Domains ,” which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates ... | This invention relates to a method to effect hop-by-hop routing in a network segment where different nodes have different views of the network topology. In particular, the methods of this invention are applicable when each node in a network or network segment may be aware of only a subset of the communication links in ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a charge/discharge circuit for a discharge lamp which is particularly suitable for use in dry-type copiers. printers, facsimile machines and so forth as a fixation device and/or exposure device. More specifically, the invention relates to a po... | A power supply circuit comprises a single discharge capacitor having a charging sufficient to trigger discharge in a discharge lamp. The discharge capacitor is associated with means for accumulating energy, with which it is charged. The energy accumulating means receives commercially available alternating current and a... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/745,195, filed on Dec. 21, 2012, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The pr... | In accordance with the present invention, processes for producing bromofluoropropenes in commercial quantities by reacting 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne with hydrogen bromide at elevated temperatures are provided. | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to materials and methods for treatment of hepatitis C. More closely, the invention relates to human monoclonal antibodies against HCV E1 antigen, to a reagent comprising such antibodies, and to vaccine compositions comprising such antibodies for ... | The present invention relates to materials and methods for treatment of hepatitis C. More closely, the invention relates to human monoclonal antibodies against HCV E1 antigen, to a reagent comprising such antibodies, and to vaccine compositions comprising such antibodies. Futhermore, the invention relates to a method o... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to ore handling, and more particularly, to the handling of bauxite ore.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Dusting is a common problem in the mining, storage, and transportation of bauxite ore. For example, in t... | The invention provides a method for the suppression of bauxite dust emissions from dry, finely divided bauxite ore. The method includes the step of contacting bauxite ore with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble vinyl addition polymer. The polymer being selected from the group consisting of non-ionic and anionic wat... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a neutral control device of an automatic transmission, more particularly, a device for preventing the slipping down of a vehicle stopped on an upward slope.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Generally, in the case wher... | A device provides transmission control whereby when a vehicle starts from standing state, even if a driver releases a brake pedal, action of the brake is maintained compulsorily until the starting gear position is formed by connection of frictional elements in the automatic transmission. Therefore, this device prevents... | 1 |
INTRODUCTION
It is desirable for many reasons to replicate stored data between a number of data stores. This provides redundancy in the event of disaster or failure of a primary data store. For simple data types, this can be as simple as sending a single message from a primary data center to a secondary data cent... | Presented herein are methods of replicating versioned and hierarchical data structures, as well as data structures representing complex transactions. Due to interdependencies between data entities and a lack of guaranteed message ordering, simple replication methods employed for simple data types cannot be used. Operat... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a flexible chip set encapsulation structure.
2. Description of the Prior Art
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional chip set encapsulation structure. The chip set encapsulation structure comprises a... | A flexible chip set encapsulation structure includes a chip set. The chip set comprises a plurality of spaced chips and a fixing film. The fixing film is adapted to wrap and fix the chips. The fixing film has at least one bending portion at a predetermined position for the fixing film to have flexibility in a predeterm... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of bathtubs, especially bath tubs which are adaptable to the changing demands of those who have decreasing abilities to care for themselves.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Innumerable studies and publications report "The Graying of America... | A bathing device including tub surround panels useful with a conventional bath tub or with a tub configured to the special needs of the disabled. The panels have unobtrusively reinforced side panels recessed to accept a full length chair height reclining shower seat and a tilting bath tube to contain the bathing water ... | 0 |
[0001] The present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/872,344, filed Aug. 30, 2013, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] A control system and associated methodology and apparatus for the implementation ... | A system is described that provides for proppant to be blended into a liquefied gas fluid stream with an eductor to produce a proppant slurry which is effectively controlled by the use of a control valve system and associated PLC controller. This system ensures allowing for operation of the system at various static pre... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a portable electronic device, and in particular to using a comb... | A system and a method for remotely storing information from portable electronics using a multi-point wireless link. The method and system involves a Bluetooth-enabled camera that communicates to a 3G cellular telephone via a Bluetooth wireless link, the telephone then uses the 3G wireless link to connect to a remote st... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus and of a method of preserving and protecting tassels. More particularly, the present invention relates to a tassel protector accommodating at least one tassel, particularly when undergoing high wear operations, such as, but not limited to, machi... | The present invention relates to an apparatus and of a method of preserving and protecting tassels. More particularly, the present invention relates to a tassel protector accommodating at least one tassel, particularly when undergoing high wear operations, such as, but not limited to, machine laundry. The invention is ... | 8 |
PRIORITY
The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/048,863, filed Oct. 8, 2013, which is related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/048,527, which are both incorporated by reference herein in each of its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present applica... | A system and method for providing electrical isolation between closely spaced devices in a high density integrated circuit (IC) are disclosed herein. An integrated circuit (IC) comprising a substrate, a first device, a second device, and a trench in the substrate and a method of fabricating the same are also discussed.... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to dispensers generally, and more particularly to a liquid foaming pump with an arrangement for efficiently foaming and dispensing foamed liquid from within a liquid container.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Manual liquid disp... | A liquid foaming dispenser includes multiple valve mechanisms for regulating the inflow and mixture of air and liquid to create a foamable preparation. A gasket incorporating a double-valve structure is employed to regulate air inflow from the external environment, and air delivery to the liquid in preparation for foam... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/088,584, filed Aug. 13, 2008, entitled “Use of a Multifunctional Aluminum Alloy Sandwich Panel for Mine Blast Protection,” and this application also claims priority under 35 USC §120 as a continu... | Methods and systems to manufacture bonded corrugation truss-based structures. This allows the ability to change the dimensions of the individual structural features of the corrugations, i.e. thickness of the core, face sheet thickness, relative density of the core, and the alloys. The nodal design which provides ideal ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to medical devices comprising synergistic combinations of triclosan and chlorhexidine.
[0002] Whenever a medical device comes in contact with a patient, a risk of infection is created. Thus, a contaminated examination glove, ... | The present invention relates to polymeric medical articles comprising the anti-infective agents chlorhexidine and triclosan. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that the synergistic relationship between these compounds permits the use of relatively low levels of both agents, and on the discovery that effec... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to tools for cutting, and in particular to a mechanism for use in tools for cutting.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] The following discussion of the background art is intended to facilitate an understanding of the present invention only. It should be app... | A cutting tool mechanism and cutting tool ( 11 ) including the mechanism ( 31 ), for cutting hard material such as concrete and stone is disclosed. The tool ( 11 ) has one or two blades ( 23 ), ( 25 ) each driven by a mechanism ( 31 ). Each mechanism ( 31 ) has an input coupling 35 for transmission of rotary motion f... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of using VDSL zipper duplex transmission in an unsynchronised mode, a system employing VDSL zipper duplex transmission, in an unsynchronised mode, over a common twisted pair cable, a transmission system employing the method, a receiver for use with th... | Zipper is the time-synchronized frequency-division duplex implementation of discrete multi-tome (DMT) modulation. Two communicating Zipper modems transmit DMT symbols simultaneously with a common clock. When all transmitters are time synchronized, the near end cross-talk (NEXT) and near end echoes injected into the rec... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is related to an application entitled "Mold Press with Dielectric Electrodes", Mr. David R. Stewart inventor, filed Aug. 31, 1988, Ser. No. 239,104.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The mechanical properties of thermoplastic articles of manufacture may be improv... | A laminate having at least one non-dielectrically heatable first material, (processable at an optimum starting temperature), and at least one dielectrically-heatable second material, (processable at a higher optimum finish temperature), is initially brought to its starting temperature. The dielectrically heatable secon... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a hearing device. The hearing device can be a hearing aid, worn in or near the ear or (partially) implanted, a headphone, an earphone, a hearing protection device, a communication device or the like. The invention relates furthermore to a method of operating a hearing device... | The hearing device is MIDI-compatible, wherein MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. The hearing device can be adapted to communicating and/or loading and/or storing and/or interpreting and/or generating data compliant with the MIDI Protocol, also referred to as MIDI messages. Acknowledge sounds of the ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of and claims priority benefit to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/929,826, filed Feb. 17, 2011, allowed, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 12/285,802, filed Oct. 14, 2008, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,952,449, which applicati... | A coaxial connector that includes: a first inner conductor and a second inner conductor; a capacitor that is electrically coupled to the first inner conductor and the second inner conductor; an outer conductor that surrounds the first and second inner conductors, and the capacitor; a first support member that fixes the... | 7 |
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 07/738,517 filed Jul. 31, 1991, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention describes an efficient method for assaying nucleic acids employing fluorescence.
2. Related Art
I... | A method for assaying nucleic acids or similar compounds comprises binding a sample such as a nucleic acid to phosphatase; reacting the phosphatase with a 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid-2'-phenyl anilide phosphate; irradiating the reaction product with an excited light; and detecting fluorescence emitted therefrom. | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not Applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not Applicable.
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to the preparation of co-salts of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and another anion such as citrate, phosphate... | A co-salt of a polyunsaturated fatty acid and a non-fatty acid is formed as a precipitate. The co-salt formed is free flowing and does not tend to agglomerate (cake) in storage. The resultant co-salt product will be easy to blend with other products to produce dietary supplements. These novel co-salt products may also ... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Continuation Application of prior of application Ser. No. 12/343,860, filed on Dec. 24, 2008 in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, which claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 2008-0027810, filed on Mar. 26, 2008 in the Korean ... | An image reading apparatus with a structure capable of reliably discharging a document, and a multi-functional machine having the same are disclosed. The image reading apparatus includes a document feed path having a document outlet, a reading unit which reads an image of a document fed through the document feed path, ... | 1 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 670,169, filed 11/13/84, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,597,787 granted 7/1/86.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention is concerned with the manufacture of so-called optical fibres also known as optical waveguides which are used as transmission lines in data communica... | Manufacture of optical fibre preforms. A material such as Si, Ge and B 2 O 3 is evaporated in vacuo into a silica tube and is made to condense therein as a viscous liquid which is then oxidized. The operation may be repeated several times with different materials. In this way the tube is clad from within in such a wa... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a high molecular weight polyether polyol, and more particularly to a high molecular weight polyoxyalkylene polyol and the method of preparing same.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The maximum molecular weight ... | New polyether polyols of predetermined structure are prepared by reacting polyether bis alcoholates with selected bis epoxides. Specifically, a polyoxyalkylene glycol is converted to the bis alcoholate, and then the bis alcoholate is reacted with an equivalent amount of a glycol bis glycidyl ether, with the reactants b... | 2 |
DEDICATORY CLAUSE
The invention described herein may be manufactured, used and licensed by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment to us of any royalties thereon.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Remote imaging systems are in use in many applications ranging from convenience sto... | The Remote Mosaic Imaging System having High-Resolution, Wide Field-of-View and Low Bandwidth (“Remote Mosaic System”) uses image frame synchronization and multiplexing to reduce the bandwidth needed to transmit the plurality of images to a remote location. The Remote Mosaic System employs a plurality of remote sensors... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for the calibration and quality control of a spectrophotometer and particularly an ELISA spectrophotometer used in a clinical laboratory.
Spectrophotometers, including micro titer plate readers, are a well known to... | An apparatus for the calibration and quality assurance of a multichannel spectrophotometer, particularly an ELISA spectrophotometer, comprises film selectively exposed in the presence of a color to produce a series of filters having a known first color and linearly increasing optical density. The response of the spectr... | 6 |
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