description stringlengths 2.98k 3.35M | abstract stringlengths 94 10.6k | cpc int64 0 8 |
|---|---|---|
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a shock absorber with a check valve and a check valve for a shock absorber. The check valve, possibly even a shutoff valve or non-return valve, is between two segments of a fluid connection, which connects two fluid chambers of ... | A shock absorber with a check valve device and a check valve device for a shock absorber is disclosed. The check valve device located in the bypass of a shock absorber between a high-pressure segment and a low-pressure segment has a check valve which can be moved by an external control into a standby opening status, in... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Compounds of formula
[0002] wherein R 1 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl radical and n is 4, 5, or 6 are known in U.S. Pat. No. 4,024,175 and its divisional U.S. Pat. No. 4,087,544. The uses disclosed are: protective effect agains... | The instant invention is a series of novel mono- and disubstituted 3-propyl gamma aminobutyric acids of Formula I
The compounds are useful as therapeutic agents in the treatment of epilepsy, faintness attacks, hypokinesia, cranial disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, depression, an... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the field of computer systems. More specifically, the invention relates to an apparatus and method for preventing overheating of a computer system.
2. Background
Modern day computer systems place inc... | A system and method for preventing a computer system from overheating when a processor or software controlling the processor which controls the cooling system fails. The apparatus utilizes a watchdog timer which receives periodic signals confirming proper operation of the processor. When these status signals are not re... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a method for extracting raw data from an image resulting from a camera shot.
[0003] More specifically but not exclusively, it relates to a method for presenting data extracted from a... | The method according the invention allows the extracting raw data from an image resulting from a camera shot.
It comprises determining, for each point of the image of a combination V 0 [C,L] of colour components of the image, calculating, for each point of the image, of a value V N+1 [C,L], iterating said calcula... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application claims the benefit of Argentine Patent Application No. 20100101915 filed on 1 Jun. 2010, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the... | Processes for obtaining aqueous dispersions comprising alcohols and acids obtained by hydrolysis of jojoba oil. Hydrolyzed jojoba oil products are treated by a process comprising neutralization of jojoba fatty acids with aliphatic organic amines dissolved in a co-solvent followed by the dispersion of both the neutraliz... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to articulating doors for motor vehicles, and more particularly to a handle for an articulating door of a motor vehicle having a linear pull action.
2. Discussion
It is well known in motor vehicle doors... | A handle assembly for a motor vehicle door operative for selectively releasing a latch mechanism. The handle assembly includes a mounting portion attached to the motor vehicle door and a handle proper adapted to be manually grasped. The handle proper is linearly translatable between a first position and a second positi... | 4 |
This is a divisional of application(s) Ser. No. 08/176,557 filed on Dec. 30, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,413,734.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fiber treatment compositions and to a method of making fiber treatment compositions. More particularly, the present inventi... | The present invention relates to fiber treatment compositions comprising an unsaturated acetate, an organohydrogensiloxane, a metal catalyst, and a dispersant selected from the group consisting of one or more surfactants and one or more solvents. The compositions of the present invention impart beneficial characteristi... | 3 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/493,598, filed Jun. 6, 2011, entitled Ribbon Security Clean-up, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to prin... | An apparatus and method of securing and maintaining the integrity of desired information on a ribbon and media subsequent to a printing operation is provided. The apparatus and method includes a thermal transfer printer having a print station and a printhead operable for performing a printing operation. The printhead i... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
As described, the present invention relates to an improved construction for a splint-like protective device, such as for the knee made of a compartmentalized construction adapted for pneumatic inflation, whereas to circumferentially support and protect the knee joint of the user.
... | The present invention relates generally to an athletic protective pad device, and more particularly relates to an improved construction for a prophylactic splint-like device of the type to be utilized by a participant in protecting the body in a contact sport, such as football or the like. In the invention, the device ... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/493,164, filed on Jun. 23, 2016, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A common design of mechanical l... | A lock including a set of tumblers preserving their position after contact with a key to permit blocking of the keyhole during the opening process. | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application hereby claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/582,788, filed on 25 Jun. 2004, entitled “Photomask Image Registration in Scanning Electron Microscope Imagery,” by inventor Fereydoun Maali.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention ... | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that computes translational differentials between a “perfect” image (henceforth called a database-image) and a scanned-image of a photomask. During operation, the system receives a noise-free database-image and a scanned-image that is generated by an imaging pro... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(a-d) to CN 201410624318.7, filed Nov. 7, 2014.
BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to an organic-inorgani... | A method for preparing an aromatic polyamide porous hollow fiber membrane firstly premixes PPTA resin, solvent, composite pore-forming agents and inorganic particles in a stirring vessel to form casting solution, secondly injects the casting solution into a double-screw extruder to be fully dissolved under the effect o... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to the field of seed layers for subsequent metallization. In particular, this invention relates to methods for repairing seed layers prior to metallization and to methods for filling of apertures.
[0002] The trend toward s... | Disclosed are electroplating baths for enhancing copper seed layers and for subsequent metallization on the seed layers. Methods of enhancing copper seed layers and depositing metal on such seed layers are also disclosed. | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/197,011, filed Feb. 15, 1994, pending, which is a file wrapper continuation of application Ser. No. 07/883,667, filed May 15, 1992, abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Inve... | An anti-whirl rotary drag bit including one or more cutters, wear knots or other support structures disposed on the flank of a bit profile in a normally cutter-devoid region of the profile adjacent the gage of the bit in the circumferential segment of the gage used as a bearing zone for the bit to ride against the side... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a National Phase Application based on PCT/GB2003/003570, filed Aug. 14, 2003, and claims the priority of European Patent Application Nos. 02358016.0, filed Aug. 20, 2002, and 03358004.4, filed Mar. 3, 2003, all of which are incorporated herein by referen... | A process for the preparation of a silicon containing transition metal compound that includes the steps of (a) non-hydrolytic sol-gel condensation of a silane of formula L x SiQ n wherein L is a σ-bonded ligand, Q is an anionic ligand, and x+n=4 with a halogenated silane (or siloxane) and an alkoxysilane, (b) optional... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to apparatus for generating the inverse of a binary number.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Those involved with the development of binary arithmetic have required the need for mechanisms for finding the inverse of a number as easily as possible. Finding the in... | Apparatus for generating the inverse or reciprocal of a binary number simplifies the implementation of previous methods. A plurality of registers, a comparator subtractor and a clock circuit are used in combination to modify a long division operation to generate the desired inverse number expeditiously. | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/318,844, filed on Mar. 30, 2010, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
... | A radio-frequency (RF) front-end circuit includes a tunable filter, a negative transconductance circuit coupled with the tunable filter to produce a tuning oscillation signal, and a counter arranged to determine a frequency of the tuning oscillation signal. The RF front-end circuit also includes a control circuit arran... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a complex of novel, sulfur-containing antibiotic compounds demonstrating activity against transplanted tumors designated CL-1577A and CL-1577B and their congeners, to pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof, to a process for the production of sa... | A purified isolate of an actinomycete identified as ATCC 39363 is capable of producing a complex of sulfur-containing antibiotic compounds having activity against transplanted tumors.
Antibiotic compounds CL-1577A and CL-1577B and their closely related congeners are produced by cultivating isolate ATCC 39363 unde... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for open-end rotor spinning, wherein the fibers to be spun are conveyed via a fiber guide channel into the rotor, are collected in its rotor groove of the largest interior diameter, are tied while being twisted into the yarn end in the area of a so-cal... | It is the object of the invention to propose a method for open-end rotor spinning, wherein the formation of cover yarn, in particular the so-called “belly bands”, is at least appreciably reduced.
In accordance with the invention, the fiber flow exiting a fiber guide channel has a directional component in the dire... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to paper making machines and more particularly to the dryer section of such a paper making machine and, still more particularly, to apparatus for use with such a dryer section for enhancing the removel of moisture and thereby enhance the drying of the paper ... | In the dryer section of a paper making machine, the paper web is pressed against the drying cylinders by means of an air-permeable endless support band. An air blast apparatus extends transversely of the paper making machine and creates an air flow which is directed generally across and through the support band and ont... | 3 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to an improved snap-ring retaining device for use within a vehicle transmission.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A circlip or snap-ring is a substantially circular or annular retaining device having a break or opening which divides th... | A retaining device or snap-ring for retaining a mating hub and drum within a transmission is provided. The device is insertable into a groove along the inner circumference of a circular flange and includes a main outer loop, an opening for dividing the snap-ring into two deflectable curvilinear portions and at least pa... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention is related to the production of ultra-clean surfaces and more particularly for a method of cleaning flexible webs.
BACKGROUND
[0002] It is known that in modern industry there are some production processes, e.g. the manufacture of silicon wafers ... | A method of web cleaning, particularly relatively soft polymeric webs, without using dipping baths or ultrasonic energy. The method includes conveying the web against a backup roller and spraying the web with a high pressure liquid while the web is supported by the backup roller. Thereafter, residual fluid from the hig... | 3 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/304,616, filed May 3, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,350,083.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to the field of powered roller screeds used to screed cementitious material.
BACKGROUND OF THE RELA... | A powered rotary screed provides a powered strike tube that rotates to provide a finish to wet concrete during screeding and a drive tube that provides motive power to the screed to assist with the difficult task of removing excess concrete from a poured pad, or other horizontal concrete surface. The drive tube is spli... | 4 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of processing scene graphs used in the display of computer-generated images. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for quickly and accurately creating well-behaved affine transformations of bounding spheres.
B... | The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for obtaining a bounding sphere for the ellipsoid that results when an affine transformation matrix transforms a bounding volume. The present invention accomplishes this by using Gershgorin intervals to obtain a new radius for the bounding volume. The invention op... | 6 |
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 821,409, filed Aug. 3, 1977, abandoned.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for the production of workpieces turned on the peripheral surface on multi-station machine tools, wherein:
rod stock is introduced into a clam... | The method and apparatus relates to the production of turned workpieces on multi-station machine tools. In such machines rod stock is introduced into a clamping device (collet chuck) of the machine and is clamped thereby. A rod section is severed at a distance from the clamping device and the free end protruding from t... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from Chinese Patent Application Serial No, 200710121397.X filed Sep. 5, 2007, the disclosure of which, including the specification, drawings and claims, is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This di... | This disclosure provides a calibration method for structure parameters of a structured-light vision sensor, which includes setting up the coordinate frames of a camera, image plane and target for calibration. The calculation of coordinates in the camera coordinate frame of stripes, projected by structured-light, on the... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention is directed toward an apparatus for managing cables, wires, cords, and the like, and more particularly, to a cable clip for organizing and routing cables and wires in various directions.
[0003] ... | A system and apparatus are provided for managing cables, wires, and cords, and more particularly, to organize and route cables and wires in various directions. For example, there is provided an apparatus comprising: a cable clip with a rigid circular base and a flexible dome-shaped head, wherein the base includes a cen... | 7 |
This application claims priority under 35 USC § 119 (e) (1) of provisional application number 60/011,204, filed Feb. 6, 1996.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to infrared (IR) scanners and, more specifically, to oscillating type IR scanners.
2. Brief D... | A scanner which includes a motor for driving a load and circuitry for providing a position error signal responsive to the difference between a predicted position of the load and the actual position of the load, preferably a mirror scanning a scene. The motor is driven in response to the position error signal. The posit... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to surface cleaning apparatus and in particular to such apparatus that uses a liquid to clean carpet, upholstery and the like. Further, the present invention relates to devices such as cleaning solution buckets and latching devices, useful in such equipmen... | A liquid extraction surface cleaning apparatus having a cleaning solution tank and a recovery tank held in a floor-supported carriage with the tanks having sidewalls extending above the carriage. A housing which contains a suction fan, a suction chamber, a suction inlet connecting with the chamber and a water and air s... | 0 |
This application claims priority from provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/218,396, filed Jul. 14, 2000, entitled Modular System and Fixture for Positioning and Clamping a Workpiece.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to workpiece positioning and fixating systems,... | The a modular system for locating and clamping a workpiece in space is provided that includes positioning blade including a riser mount having a plurality of first mounting-bores and a plurality of first positioning-bores. A clamp mount is provided on the blade that includes a plurality of second mounting-bores and a p... | 1 |
This invention relates to the art of glass fiber reinforced plastics and more particularly to a reinforced plastic material with flame retardant additive capable of being formed into large rigid panels.
The invention is particularly applicable to material which is in the form of large panels for use as traffic si... | A strong, fiberglass reinforced plastic material with fire retardant additive for use as a traffic sign blank material is described. The material is formed from a well balanced mixture of unsaturated polyester resin, halogenated polyester resin, inorganic fire retardant filler, monomer cross-linking agent and fiberglas... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/005,035 filed on May 30, 2014.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to a vehicle cross-support member which in a most preferred em... | There is provided in a preferred embodiment a vehicle cross-support member for positioning in a generally transverse orientation to a length of a vehicle, the cross-support member including a jointed portion extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the jointed portion includes a first elongated member and a ... | 1 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/685,453, filed Jul. 19, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,720,683.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an apparatus for separating woody material from plant fibers and, more particularly, to a method for decorticating shive from flax straw to yi... | A method for separating woody material from plant fibers is disclosed which includes the provision of a plurality of woody material bending regions with the plant material being fed to a first and then a second one of the bending regions as bending and pulling surfaces are moved through the bending regions. The bending... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to apparatus and method for treating carbon fiber fabrics and particularly to a disintegrating apparatus for a carbon fiber fabric obtained by using a multifilament yarn, namely, an apparatus for discretely separating carbon filaments bonded together with ... | An apparatus for disintegrating a carbon fiber fabric. The apparatus includes a water vessel containing water, with an ultrasonic wave oscillator immersed in the water and a guide plate for the fabric being located in opposed relation to the oscillator. A conveyor is provided for continuously conveying the carbon fiber... | 3 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Baseball is played on a field comprised of an outfield and an infield, with most of the action taking place on the infield. The infield is in the shape of a diamond, with first base, second base, third base, and home plate located in sequence at each point of the diamond. A player must prog... | A device and a method for accurately laying out the bases of an infield, said device comprising marking pieces that attach to one another to form a single integrated unit. Base marking pieces forming the integrated unit may mark the positions of the bases of an infield. The marking pieces may be connected, which connec... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/360,227, filed Jan. 27, 2012, which is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/784,016, filed May 20, 2010 (issued on Feb. 28, 2012 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,1... | A patient interface that is comfortable for a user to wear is disclosed. The patient interface includes a forehead rest and cushion. In particular the cushion includes a deformable resilient member that when compressed creates a uniformly and gradually increasing force while evenly distributing the pressure on the fore... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 61/334,639 filed May 5, 2010, which is herein incorporated in its entirety by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The invention relates to slings used with lifters to mobilize ... | A rigid sling system is provided to ease the lifting of a disabled person by sliding its constituent sections under the subject as opposed to lifting the disabled person into the sling. This sling system is comprised of two sections, a right section and a left section. A right side main frame and its appropriate straps... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/190,654, filed Feb. 2, 1994 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,451,225, which is a continuation in part of Ser. No. 08/075,179 filed Jun. 10, 1993, still pending.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present inve... | A fastener for wires or pins used with an external fixation device to rigidly immobilize bone fragments during linear or angular distraction thereof includes a fixation bolt with either a transverse asymmetrical shank bore, or a transversely slotted bolthead for providing multiple contact surfaces to secure the wires o... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/295,709 filed on Jan. 16, 2010, of the same inventorship and entitled “Garbage Disposal Guard”, the contents which are incorporated herein by reference in entirety.
BACKGROUND ... | An inlet to an under-sink garbage disposal is guarded by a novel guard and splash-back baffle that comprises an outer tubular ring defining an exterior circumference approximately sized to coincide with an inside diameter of the plumbing inlet; an inner tubular ring coupled through at least one radially extending bar w... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is based on and incorporates herein by reference Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-111054 filed on Apr. 10, 2001.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to an accessory equipment driving de... | Three shafts of a planetary gear mechanism, which is a torque distribution mechanism, are connectable to an engine, a motor-generator and a compressor, respectively. An engine connecting shaft, a motor-generator connecting shaft and an accessory equipment connecting shaft are connected to a ring gear, a carrier and a s... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to hard disk drives used to store data, and more particularly to a head-media system having reduced stiction and low fly height capability.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
In the field of hard disk storage systems, continuous improvements have been made in ... | A head and disk system for use in a disk drive includes a slider having a surface that contacts the disk. This disk contacting surface of the slider is textured with pads, bumps, an etched surface or an otherwise roughened surface. The contact area of the disk has a greater roughness than a data zone. The head disk sys... | 6 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 361,473, filed June 5, 1989, issued 1/29/91 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,988,341.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to dressing device and a method used to prevent infection of a live host body during injection to remove blood or inject a medicament.... | A dressing device and method are described, for use with a needle that is injected into the skin. The dressing device comprises a cover sheet and a gel medium attached to the cover sheet, the gel medium being transparent and effective to reseal after being punctured by the needle. Most importantly, the gel medium inclu... | 0 |
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The object of the present invention is to provide for a multiunit washstand, which is capable to render services to several people simultaneously, which can be installed quickly and easily, which can be foldable and stackable and can be aligned with other multiunit washstands... | The invention relates to a stackable, folding, multi-unit washstand which can be used simultaneously by several people. The inventive washstand can be installed quickly and easily by means of unfolding. Once folded, the washstands can be stacked, thereby facilitating the transport and storage thereof. | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a tufting machine with replaceable self-aligning gauge modules and is more particularly concerned with a gauge module with individually replaceable gauge elements which can be readily installed and removed.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTI... | A tufting machine modular gauge assembly that allows damaged or broken gauge elements to be replaced individually. The modular gauge assembly consists of a gauge bar with a plurality of modular blocks removably attached to the bar. The modular blocks are six sided with a detent and fastener mechanism for attaching the ... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/674,862, filed Sep. 30, 2003 now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/222,062, filed Aug. 16, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,637,050, and a continuation... | An overflow system in the bathtub has an overflow port and has a drain pipe in connection with the overflow port. A threaded flange has a stub shoulder on one end which is fitted into a circular sleeve on the overflow port. The threaded flange has exterior threads on its outer surface and a thin diaphragm secured to th... | 4 |
RELATED U.S. APPLICATION DATA
This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application 60/561,104, filed on Apr. 8, 2004.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to boat attachments, and in particular, to boat-mounted, collapsible tray useful as a work station for chumming, bait rigging a... | A collapsible work station. Three locking hinges are used to ensure the work station is secure. The hinges rotate and lock in place. The work station is supported on a telescoping leg, capped with a thick rubber boot to protect the boat deck. A quick release clamp snaps open and shut with the flick of a thumb, firmly l... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to managing locks to assets in distributed data storage systems such as file systems and databases.
2. Description of the Related Art
Distributed file systems are used to provide data sharing in distributed computer syst... | A system and method for managing access to assets in a distributed data storage system includes requesting, from a client computer, a lock from a server computer. The lock is evaluated using a bitwise comparison of the protected access modes and restricted access modes defined by the lock with the protected and restric... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/569,215, filed May 11, 2000, pending, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/388,032, filed Sep. 1, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,082,605, issued Jul. 4, 2000, which is a continuation of appl... | A solder jet apparatus is disclosed The solder jet apparatus is a continuous mode solder jet that includes a blanking system and raster scan system. The use of the raster scan and blanking systems allows for a continuous stream of solder to be placed anywhere on the surface in any desired X-Y plane. This allows for gre... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to a door latch system which latches a door to a fixed member, and more particularly to a door latch operating device which operates the system to assume its door lock or door unlock condition.
2. Descriptio... | Herein disclosed is a door latch operating device which comprises a stationary member fixed to the door, a first movable member movable from a first position to cause the door to be locked to a second position to cause the door to be unlocked, a second movable member hingedly connected to the stationary member, and a t... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 02148902.5 filed on Nov. 8, 2002. The disclosure of the above application is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates t... | The invention discloses a flow control method for VC-Trunks in metropolitan-area network equipment. The method at least includes following steps: Receiving-end transmission equipment determines whether there is a service data packet block in its VC-Trunk, if it is, a flow control packet with the VC-Trunk tag is sent ou... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention appertains to an air quantity metering apparatus and more particularly, to a fuel injection system of a combustion engine having a barrier flap which is pivotably mounted in a flow path on a shaft extending transversely of the flow path. A first restoring spiral spring el... | Disclosed herein is an air quantity metering apparatus for use in internal combustion engines including a fuel injection system having an air intake manifold provided with a barrier flap which is mounted on a shaft to which is attached, exteriorly of said manifold, a spring loaded mechanism that serves to pretension th... | 5 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/877,634, filed Dec. 29, 2006, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to powered ISO 7816-compliant cards and, more parti... | Apparatuses and methods for packaging electronically powered cards are provided for maintaining electronically powered cards in a deactivated state. In an embodiment, a housing having a face panel and two side panels attached to the face panel at opposite sides is configured to provide an offset distance between an act... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an improved method for activating or reactivating potassium nitrate for use in the ion exchange method of strengthening sheet glass.
Glass sheets have previously been strengthened by the well known ion exchange method in which glass sheets are emersed in ... | By the addition of a small quantity of potassium chloride or arsenous sulfide to commercial grades of molten potassium nitrate, the potassium nitrate may be activated or purified sufficiently to produce strengthened glass by ion exchange equal to glass strengthened by use of highly purified laboratory reagent grades of... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a cell reagent, an assay method for measuring an analyte and a kit therefor.
2. Description of Related Art
British patent specification No. 2,005,018 describes a method of detecting a toxic substance by forming a susp... | The invention is directed to an assay reagent comprising bacteria cells which have been killed but which retain a functional metabolic activity. The assay reagent is useful in a method for assaying an analyte when the functional metabolic activity of the killed cells is signal-generating. A kit for assaying an analyte ... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/237351, filed Sep. 28, 2005.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates generally to a cargo area for a motor vehicle, and more particularly ... | A retainer for a vehicle cargo area that is bounded in part by a floor and a door moveable between open and closed positions includes a retaining member spanning at least a portion of the cargo area, a pivot feature operably associated with the retaining member, and a retaining feature that yieldably retains the retain... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a temperature measuring device for an internal-combustion engine, and more particularly to a temperature measuring device for an internal-combustion engine, which device is provided not only with a main temperature sensor inten... | Temperature measuring device for an internal-combustion engine comprising a main engine temperature sensor to measure the temperature of the cooling water, for example, and a secondary or auxiliary temperature sensor disposed near a heat generating element in an electronic engine control unit, as a standby for the main... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a washing machine, more particularly, to a washing machine having a floatage clutch that performs the intermittence of power in cleansing and dehydrating operations by using the floatage thereof.
2. Description of t... | The present invention relates a washing machine having a floatage clutch for performing the conversion of a cleansing step and a dehydrating step. This floatage clutch can be actuated only by using floatage and gravity to be generated during the feeding/draining of water without a separate driving part. Accordingly, th... | 3 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/911,954 filed on Aug. 15, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,951,734.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a semi-convective forced air system and method for heating glass sheets for subsequent processing. More particularly, the system and ... | A method of heating low emissivity glass sheet for subsequent processing. The glass sheet is loaded onto a longitudinally extending conveyor and oriented such that the lengthwise edge of the sheet is parallel to the length of the conveyor and the direction of conveyance of the glass sheet. The sheet is conveyed into a ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
The following disclosure relates to energy management, and more particularly to energy management of household consumer appliances, as well as other energy consuming devices and/or systems found in the home. The present disclosure finds particular application to a hot water heater.
... | A hot water heater and method that includes power consumption reporting to enable consumers to better understand and control the energy usage and/or efficiency of the hot water heater. Monitoring energy consumption of an electric hot water heater having at least one electrical load that is selectively activated by a co... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a clock recovery circuit, and more particularly, to an over-sampling type clock recovery circuit which performs sampling of a data signal based on a plurality of clock signals having different phases.
2. Description... | An over-sampling type clock recovery circuit includes a phase difference detecting section, a phase adjusting section and a signal selecting section. The phase difference detecting section detects a phase difference between a data signal and each of a plurality of active sets of clock signals, and generates a phase adj... | 8 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/748,898, filed Nov. 15, 1996.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method of and apparatus for inspecting slight defects in a photomask pattern.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A photom... | A photomask defect inspection method is provided by which defects of pin holes with the diameter equal to or less than 0.35 μm can be detected with certainty. According to the inspection method, a pattern whose image is projected onto an imaging position by the use of illumination light (P1) for exposure consists of li... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Extremely large earth digging buckets, such as used in dragline and large shovels, have increased in size to the point where many such buckets dig upwardly of 100 cubic yards of earth in a single bite. Such buckets have an open front with a digging lip at the bottom equipped with forwa... | An earth digging bucket toothpoint construction with a tooth base having a tooth holder removably attached thereto and a toothpoint removably secured to the tooth holder in which an internal rib structure on noses of the interfitting parts with mating grooves in the interfitting parts of a particular specified size inc... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the management of data files, such as large object binary files, for temporary access by a requesting application.
2. Relevant Technology
Databases are computerized information storage and retrieval systems.... | The invention provides management of requested data files, such as large object binary files (LOBs), to maximize storage space. An interface module provides translation between a requesting application and a database containing the data files. The interface module stores requested data files in a temporary directory wh... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to image projectors, and more particularly to a bowling alley score projector having a light source within a table like housing for projecting an image onto a remote screen.
BACKGROUND DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
Bowling alley score projectors commonly have double ter... | A lamp assembly (16) mounted to an interior frame (14) of a bowling alley score projector (10). The lamp assembly (16) includes a U-shaped bracket (34) having two end portions mounting two lamp holders (44). Lamp holders (44) have housings (46) receiving coil springs (54) which spring bias sockets (48). The sockets (48... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical for the treatment of sleep disorders, which contains lower dosages of barbiturates in combination with cinnarizine and/or flunarizine.
Among the therapeutically employed hypnotics, barbiturates still hold a central position today. Among t... | At least one barbiturate or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts is combined with cinnarizine or flunarizine or one of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts to provide a hypnotic requiring lower dosages of barbiturates to produce the same effect as the barbiturate alone. | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a window of the type in which the space between a pair of face-to-face panes is adapted to be selectively flooded with liquid in order to reduce the transmission of heat and light through the window. The liquid may be exhausted from the space when conditions a... | A space defined between two face-to-face panes of a window is adapted to be selectively flooded with a colored liquid in order to reduce the transmission of heat and/or light through the window. The window is characterized by the provision of a supply manifold located between the panes and by the manner of delivering l... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO CO-PENDING APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of the Sep. 30, 1998 filing date of provisional application Ser. No. 60/102,541 Sep. 30, 1998, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Inventio... | A holder for a circle gazing globe has a receiver for receiving the tubular neck of the gazing globe and a member affixed to the receiver and encircling at least a portion of the gazing globe when the gazing globe is mounted in the receiver. The encircling member takes a variety of forms. In one aspect, a hanger is car... | 1 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
This application is a Continuation application claiming priority from Divisional application Ser. No. 13/933,388, filed on Jul. 2, 2013, which claims priority from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/335,505, filed on Dec. 15, 2008, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,542,902, which claims priority fr... | A system for initiating and using a three-dimensional object as a controlling device when interfacing with a computer system used for interactive video game play is provided. One example system includes an interface for receiving data from a capturing device of a three-dimensional space and storage coupled with compute... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present application relates generally to an improved method of synthesizing naphthalocyanines. It has been developed primarily to reduce the cost of existing naphthalocyanine syntheses and to facilitate large-scale preparations of these compounds.
CROSS REFERENCE TO OTHER RELATED ... | A method of preparing a sultine of formula (V) from a dihalogeno compound of formula (IV) is provided.
The method comprises reacting the dihalogeno compound (IV) with a hydroxymethanesulfinate salt in a DMSO solvent,
... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to suspended ceilings and more particularly to suspended ceilings constructed of wood.
With the increase in home remodeling, industries supplying the tools and materials for the home remodeler have grown dramatically. In the past, most suspended ceiling... | A suspended ceiling constructed of wood having main beams and cross beams arranged to receive and support ceiling tiles. Each beam having horizontally projecting side extensions with the ends of the cross beams being grooved to frictionally fit on the side extensions of the main beam. | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/393,464, filed Sep. 10, 1999 for “Fire-Fighting System Having Improved Flow” by David R. Bissen, William F. Burch, and Lawrence P. Schmidt.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The pres... | An improved fire-fighting device designed to allow variable positioning of a quenching agent dispensing point. The fire-fighting device also allows high quenching agent flow rates. The device uses an articulable boom arrangement and solid pipeline to achieve these advantages. | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to shoe machines, and more particularly to shoe bottom roughing machines having dust extraction features.
2. Prior Art
In the manufacture of shoes in which an outsole is cemented directly to the margin of an upper, it i... | A dust extraction hood is mounted for pivotal movement with its associated tool on an automatic shoe bottom roughing machine. A parallel linkage is arranged to permit the hood to be spaced equidistantly from the shoe bottom throughout the operation of the machine, or in a way in which the tool becomes retracted into th... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a novel heat exchanger or quench cooler for quenching the effluent from a hydrocarbon cracking furnace. More particularly, the invention relates to the coupling between the cracking furnace tubes and the tubes of the quench cooler or transferline exchanger.
... | A quench cooler or transferline heat exchanger for quenching the effluent from a hydrocracking furnace has an inlet coupling between the cracking furnace tubes and the tubes of the quench cooler which splits the flow into a plurality of branches. The flow passages are configured to initially decelerate and then re-acce... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a drip portable cup.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] There are about three ways to make coffee at home, instant, drip and cooking. The present invention improves... | A drip portable cup comprises a cup container, a drip container, a cover body and a filter container. The cup container is screwed on the lower part of the drip container, the filter container is located between the drip container and cup container, the cover body is screwed on the upper part of drip container, and the... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention pertains to semi-automatic cartridge reloading machines which are particularly suited for persons who desire to reload their own firearms ammunition. Machines of this class are well known to those skilled in the art. For example such machines are described in U.S. Pat. N... | A semi-automatic cartridge reloading machine of the type including a lower travelling platen with a rotatable support for sequentially positioning a plurality of cartridges in each of a series of operating stations and including an upper stationary platen with a plurality of tools or dies depending or extending downwar... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention pertains to betaine esters and processes for the preparation and use thereof.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] There is an increasing industrial and societal need for the preparation of ingredients that reduce or eliminate organic solvents and... | A variety of betaine esters, including dial kylaminoalkyl cocoate betaines. These betaines were advantageously prepared in high yield and purity by a three-step chemoenzymatic process. These betaine esters have excellent surfactant properties. | 2 |
This invention relates to novel structural analogs of corosolic acid having anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory properties. These compounds are found to exhibit potent hypoglycemic, 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory and antitumor activities.
TECHNICAL FIELD
Diabetes is perceived as a disorder of metabolism, where b... | This invention relates to novel corosolic acid analogs of the formula I, wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are described herein. These compounds exhibit good hypoglycemic and 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory activities. They also inhibit tumour growth. Pharmaceutical compositions containing known adjutants and the title... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to Provisional Application No. 60/205,728 which was filed on May 19, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Technical Field
[0003] The present invention relates generally to computer perso... | A migration tool and methods for migrating computer personalization information from one computer to another when a network is not available, when a network is available but use of the network is undesirable for some reason, and/or when the computer which is the source of the data being migrated has limited or unknown ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a system for controlling the air intake of an engine, or more in particular to a system for controlling the idling speed of engine revolutions and the pressure in its air intake tube at the time of deceleration for a spark-ignition type of engine.
Genera... | A system for controlling the amount of air taken in by an engine comprises an air duct tube bypassing a throttle valve of an intake tube for taking in air supplied to an automobile engine, a plurality of valves for regulating the amount of air passing through the air duct tube, and control device therefor. The amount o... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a method for separation and purification of epothilones. In particular, the invention relates to a method for separation and purification of epothilones B and A.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Epothilone is a novel natural cytotoxi... | The invention discloses a method for the separation and purification of epothilones, especially discloses a method for the separation and purification of epothilones B and A using normal phase silica gel chromatography, which comprises loading the sample after dissolving the sample containing epothilones B and A with C... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
I. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to clips and hanger devices for attachment to suspended ceilings. More particularly, the present invention relates to resilient, plastic clips designed to be snap-fitted to suspended ceiling rails for supporting mi... | A system for hanging objects from conventional suspended ceilings comprises resilient clips snap-fitted to ceiling rails, an installation tool for controlling the clips, and an elongated pole that threadably couples to the tool, enabling clip manipulation. Each clip comprises an upper clasp, an integral, lower hook, an... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is the field of fish reproduction and specifically related to peptidomimetics which are active as neurokinin B (NKB) and neurokinin F (NKF) antagonists and their use in inhibiting or delaying fish maturation of reproductive system.
BACKGROUND OF THE... | Provided are Peptide-based neurokinin antagonists of fish reproduction. Compositions including antagonists of fish neurokinin and methods of inhibiting or delaying puberty, fish maturation or reproduction processes using these compounds are also provided. | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of United States Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/828,445 filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Oct. 6, 2006.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
As weapons technologies have advanced, so too have the implements used ... | Methods and apparatus for ballistic shielding and protective armor; and more particularly, representative and exemplary embodiments of the present invention generally relate to improved methods and systems for ballistic deflection and protection through dynamic armor and/or the like. | 8 |
This application is a divisional application claiming priority to Ser. No. 11/275,514, filed Jan. 11, 2006.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to semiconductor transistors, and more particularly, to semiconductor transistors with expanded top portion... | A semiconductor transistor with an expanded top portion of a gate and a method for forming the same. The semiconductor transistor with an expanded top portion of a gate includes (a) a semiconductor region which includes a channel region and first and second source/drain regions; the channel region is disposed between t... | 7 |
[0001] This applications claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/098,111, filed Aug. 27, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to methods for terminating both of the constituent encoders of a turbo code and developing puncturing patte... | A method of terminating two or more constituent encoders of a turbo encoder employing a turbo code, comprising the step of: generating tail input bits at each of two or more constituent encoders, including deriving the tail input bits from each of the two or more constituent encoders separately from a contents of shift... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to offshore structures, and more particularly, to a brace assembly for a truss leg.
[0002] Leg-supported offshore structures are extensively used for mineral exploration and production. Convention truss legs comprise a system o... | A brace assembly for truss legs of offshore structures is provided with a reinforcing sleeve mounted on the brace member in the portion of the brace member most prone to buckling under the force of horizontal moment acting on the brace member. The reinforcing sleeve surrounds the critical area of the brace member and p... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Disclosure
The present invention relates in general to disk drives and, in particular, to a system, method and apparatus for synchronizing writing on bit patterned media.
2. Description of the Related Art
In some disk drives with bit patterned media, t... | A system and method of establishing write timing in a disk drive using bit patterned media and a magnetic head with read-write offset in which servoing and writing occur on different tracks with timing offsets. Initially, the distance between the servoing and writing tracks is determined for each track/head position in... | 6 |
This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2005-0076785 filed on Aug. 22, 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 washing machine.
2. Descri... | A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a front panel defining a front portion of the washing machine, a decoration panel covering a front-outer circumference of the front panel, a coupling projection formed on at least one of the front and decoration panels, and a slot-shaped hole formed on at leas... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a human interactive interface device, in particular, to a mouse device having a functional turntable capable of signaling the associated computer for the execution of various functions.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
With the advancement and wid... | Provided is a human interactive interface device having a functional turntable. The interface device includes a housing unit, an interface circuit, a sensor unit, and a control unit. The housing unit has at least a left key, a right key, a mouse wheel, and a turntable. The turntable is disposed around the mouse wheel. ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/IB2005/003358 filed on Nov. 9, 2005, which claims the benefit of Italian Patent Application No. TO 2004 A 000777 filed Nov. 9, 2004. The disclosures of the above applications are incorpora... | The disclosure relates to a thermostatic mixer, including a device for the dynamic regulation of the cold water flow which supplies the mixer. A resistance is generated to the flow of cold water supplied to the thermostatic mixer when small flows of mixed water are required, and said resistance is lifted or reduced whe... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to systems and methods for conserving vapor and collecting liquid carbon dioxide for cleaning systems, more particularly to methods and systems for conserving vapor and collecting liquid carbon dioxide for carbon dioxide dry cleaning systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE IN... | A dry cleaning system arranged for washing articles employing a cleaning solution. The dry cleaning system includes a wash tank ( 2 ) for washing an article to be washed with a cleaning solution. The wash tank ( 2 ) is arranged for washing the article at an increased pressure compared to atmospheric pressure. The dry c... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a rail section in the form of a frog comprising two rail sections and guard rails held apart by liners, where at least the frog is passed through by a sleeve surrounding a connecting element such as a bolt.
Frogs are provided at points or crossovers by in... | Rail construction including laterally adjacent frog sections with guard rails outwardly spaced to each side thereof by interposed liners. The components are interconnected by a transverse tightened bolt with vertical misalignment precluded by either nesting projections on adjacent abutting faces of the components or by... | 4 |
FILED OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for row-wise separation of rectilinear, plastic porous concrete bodies, which are formed by longitudinal and transverse curing of a rectilinear, plastic porous concrete block.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A known apparatus (DE 2... | In this method for row-wise separation of rectilinear, plastic porous concrete bodies formed by longitudinal and transverse cutting of a rectilinear plastic porous concrete block preferably standing on edge. After turning back through 90°, the cut block is so placed with its major side surface on a plurality of paralle... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a rotary hook (in execution with bobbin case) for a lockstitch sewing machine (with one needle thread and one bobbin thread), both for home and industrial use, which comprises means to reduce the noise thereof caused by the plays between the... | A rotary hook ( 1 ) of a lockstitch sewing machine composed of at least one hook body ( 2 ) includes a cylindrical cavity ( 11 ) and a basket ( 6, 6 b ) free to rotate in the cylindrical cavity ( 11 ), a bobbin case ( 8, 8 b ) housed in the basket ( 6, 6 b ) and a bobbin ( 4, 4 b ) housed in the bobbin case ( 8... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(a) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method of transforming eukaryotic cells. More particularly, this invention relates to the use of DNA constructs designed to insert a particular DNA fragment more efficiently into host cell's DNA in the goal of transgenesis... | The present invention relates to DNA constructs provided to improve transgenesis or genomic integration of DNA fragment of interest into nuclear DNA of eukaryotic cell. The DNA constructs of the present invention allow a more efficient procedure by increasing the rate of genomic integration of a DNA fragment. After int... | 2 |
This is a contination-in-part of application Ser. Nos. 439,895, filed Nov. 8, 1982, now abandoned, and 494,569 filed May 13, 1983, now Pat. No. 4,480,854.
This invention relates to an improvement in the seat belt apparatus described in the aforementioned patent applications which disclose a slideable ti... | An improved tip assembly which includes a tongue plate insertable into a buckle is provided for a safety belt apparatus in which a continuous retractable belt length provides both a lap portion and a shoulder portion. The tip assembly through which the belt passes has a snubber slide engaged with the tongue plate and s... | 1 |
[0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/663,187, filed Dec. 4, 2009; which claims priority to, the benefit of and is a 35 U.S.C. 371 filing from PCT Application Serial No. PCT/US2008/007046, filed Jun. 4, 2008; which application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. A... | An electrochlorination and electrochemical system for the on-site generation and treatment of municipal water supplies and other reservoirs of water, by using a custom mixed oxidant and mixed reductant generating system for the enhanced destruction of water borne contaminants by creating custom oxidation-reduction-reac... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to movable structure support mechanisms, and more particularly relates to apparatus for supporting a structure for tilting and swiveling or rotating motion.
Supporting devices having tilting and rotating capabilities are commonly employed t... | A tilt and swivel apparatus supports a structure such as a CRT display device above a stable base. Separate tilt and swivel mechanisms are provided to improve the stability of the apparatus. Stop elements limit the extent of tilting and rotation which is permitted. An internal passage is provided for cable connections ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to the manufacture of mesoporous materials.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Ordered mesoporous materials, such as and usually mesoporous silica (SiO 2 ), consist of arrangements of pores with uniform diameter and... | A process for preparing a mesoporous material comprises the step of preparing a sol and treating the sol material under supercritical fluid conditions. The treatment under supercritical fluid conditions forms an ordered mesoporous material. The sol may be applied to a substrate to form a mesoporous film and subsequentl... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to loaders used in earth-moving service and the like and, more specifically, to means for reducing the width of the front portion of a loading bucket to facilitate dumping of the bucket's contents into a separate receptacle such as a dump truck, for example.
... | A loader, including a vehicle frame, lift arms mounted on the frame for movement between upper and lower positions, and a bucket having a bottom, a rear and spaced sides, said bottom and sides defining a dumping opening, the bucket being mounted on the lift arms for movement therewith, wherein the improvement comprises... | 4 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.