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PRIORITY AND COPYRIGHT CLAIMS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/187,389 filed Mar. 7, 2000, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
[0002] This application includes material which is subject to copyright ... | A system and method which allows third-parties to monitor company inventory via the Internet and World Wide Web (“web”) and automatically order needed items. The present invention also provides a forum through which resellers and customers may directly interact to resell surplus and used equipment. The present inventio... | 6 |
This application is a continuation of International Application PCT/CN2004/000642, filed Jun. 15, 2004, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the field of crushing and grinding, and more particularly to a crushing and grinding device and a ... | The present application discloses a recirculating crushing and grinding device for crushing and grinding liquid-like materials or materials that contain liquid, said device comprises a motor, a hopper, a crushing and grinding part and a material recirculating part. Said crushing and grinding part includes a coarse-crus... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/896,587 filed May 17, 2013 (allowed); which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/208,210, filed Aug. 11, 2011 (U.S. Pat. No. 8,466,194); which is a continuation of U.S. pa... | The present invention relates to spiroketal compounds that are useful in methods of treating or preventing protozoal infections, parasitic infections, bacterial infections, cell proliferative disorders and anti inflammatory disorders. The spiroketal compounds are also useful as immunosuppressive agents, and also in met... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. § 119, of German application DE 10 2007 010 309.5, filed Feb. 23, 2007; the prior application is herewith incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Inven... | A switching resonance intake system is provided an internal combustion engine with a first and a second cylinder bank. The cylinder banks are each coordinated with a resonance container with a group of swing pipes leading to the cylinders, and the resonance containers are joined together by resonance pipes provided wit... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to control reagents. More particularly, it relates to control reagents formulated so as to improve the stability of the analytes contained therein, without affecting the usefulness of the composition.
BACKGROUND AND PRIOR ART
Work in clinical analysis requi... | Control reagents an oxidant or a hydroxylamine compound together with other ingredients, the most important of which is a known amount of the analyte for which the reagent acts as a control. | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a Continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 08/933,458 filed Sep. 18, 1997 which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,071,260 on Jun. 6, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to an ultrasonic liposuction d... | An ultrasonic liposuction device comprises a piezoelectric crystal transducer assembly that is connectable to a solid push rod that provides for the use of an interchangeable operative probe. The push rod is made of one material and the probe is made of a different material. The probe can be hollow, if aspiration of th... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to doors for elevators, in particular, locking mechanism to prevent unintended opening of such doors.
PRIOR ART
As used hereinafter, the term “freight elevator” or “elevator” for short, will be understood to also apply to passenger elevators, goods lif... | A door locking system for a freight or passenger elevator or goods lift installation having vertically spaced landings served by a vertically movable car, the landings and car each being protected by associated horizontal slide doors, a mechanical interlock device at each landing that prevents a landing door from openi... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a National Stage Application of PCT International Application No. PCT/EP2011/053864 (filed on Mar. 15, 2011), under 35 U.S.C. §371, which claims priority to Austrian Patent Application No. A 853/2010 (filed on May 25, 2010), which are each hereby ... | The invention relates to a device for the hydrolysis of preferably solid organic substrates, in particular of energy crops and plant residues, with a collection vessel ( 1 ) for receiving the organic substrates, with a conveying means ( 4 ) for transporting the organic substrates into a charging device ( 7 ) for the ba... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority under 35 USC §365 from International Application PCT/BR2004/000016, filed on Feb. 20, 2004, which claims priority from International Application PCT/BR2003/000024, filed on Feb. 21, 2003.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical ... | The disclosed invention refers to a process for obtaining fatty acid alkyl esters, rosin acids and sterols from crude tall oil (CTO), which is characterized by the following steps: (a) reacting the free fatty acids present in the CTO with lower alcohols; (b) esterifying the sterols in the CTO with boric acid or transes... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the moving and transportation of bedridden persons and patients in hospitals, homes and nursing homes and more particularly, to the transportation of patients from one location in a bed to another, from the bed to a wheelchair o... | A patient transport device which is characterized in one embodiment by a flat rail bed having spaced, parallel, upturned rails on opposite sides, with a seat slidably disposed over the rails by means of rollers rotating in the rails on spaced axles carried by the seat. The device is designed to transport patients from ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a disk drive system for accessing a disc-shaped storage medium such as an optical disk and, more particularly, to a disk drive system enabling access not only to a disk-shaped storage mediu... | A disk drive system having a disk-shaped disk storage medium and a disk drive for accessing the disk storage medium including a media cartridge of the same shape as that of the disk storage medium to which not less than one small-sized storage medium is attachable, and an access unit provided in the disk drive for acce... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/486,257, (now U.S. Pat. No. 8,768,428), filed Jun. 1, 2012, which claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 61/492,136, filed on Jun. 1, 2011, the full disclosures of which are incorporated he... | The system for displaying muscle force data includes a wearable patch and a remote visual display. The wearable patch carries electrodes suitable for sensing electromyographic signals on the skin of the patient. The patch carries circuitry which converts the detected electromyographic signal to a digital output which c... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/135,050, filed May 23, 2005 now abandoned, entitled “Methods and Apparatus for Measuring Formation Properties”, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/573,289, fil... | This application relates to various methods and apparatus for rapidly obtaining accurate formation property data from a drilled earthen borehole. Quickly obtaining accurate formation property data, including formation fluid pressure, is vital to beneficially describing the various formations being intersected. For exam... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application which claims benefit under 35 USC §120 to U.S. application Ser. No. 12/790076 filed May 28, 2010, entitled “ENHANCED SMEAR EFFECT FRACTURE PLUGGING PROCESS FOR DRILLING SYSTEMS,” and to PCT Application Ser. ... | This invention relates to drilling a well, particularly an oil or gas well, where casing or liner will be installed to stabilize the wellbore. The present invention is intended to permit more drilling and longer lengths of casing or liner to be installed at one time. The present invention includes a combination of a sm... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fluid friction clutch, and more especially to a fluid friction clutch for driving a fan in a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine wherein a viscous fluid is circulated between a reservoir and a working chamber to transmit torque between a drive di... | Disclosed is a fluid friction clutch, preferably for driving the fan in an automotive cooling system, comprising a driven disk member; a drivable housing member surrounding the driven disk member in such a manner as to provide a working chamber therebetween for receiving a fluid capable of transmitting rotational force... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to x-ray bone densitometers for measuring bone health and particularly to a bone densitometer providing computer assisted detection of measurement artifacts and operator errors.
[0002] X-ray bone densitometers make meas... | An x-ray densitometry system provides computer assistance to the operator in identifying possible sources of scanning or analysis error through computer review of the acquired data, operator input, and the ultimate diagnostic outputs. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO PROVISIONAL APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/968,098, entitled “WCSP On-Package Substrate SM Decoupling” filed on Aug. 27, 2007 by Rajen M. Murugan, et al., commonly assigned with the invention and incorporated herein by reference.
... | One aspect of the invention provides a semiconductor device that includes a microchip having an outermost surface. First and second bond pads are located on the microchip and near the outermost surface. A first UBM contact is located on the outermost surface and between the first and second bond pads. The first UBM con... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to crystallography, and more specifically, to an apparatus for cleaving crystalline materials.
In the semiconductor industry, a monocrystalline wafer of semiconducting or semi-insulating material is commonly used as a substrate material. Many applica... | An apparatus for accurately and precisely cleaving crystalline material comprising a platform having an edge over which a workpiece projects, and a rotatable member having a scribing point and protrusion extending substantially radially therefrom. Upon rotation of the rotatable member, the arcs described by the scribin... | 8 |
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
The disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-225000 filed on Aug. 1, 2002, including its specification, drawings and abstract, is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a thermo... | A thermophotovoltaic generator apparatus has: a burner that is supplied with a fuel and an air, and burns the fuel; an emitter heated by combustion heat produced by the burner; a photoelectric conversion cell that converts radiant light from the emitter into electric power; and a cell holder portion that holds the phot... | 7 |
The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the fractional distribution by weight of fibre specific surface, in a cellulose pulp which has undergone mechanical treatment. It relates more particularly to a specific surface fractionator for mechanical pulps.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The s... | A method and apparatus for determining the fractional distribution of fibers by specific surface in a sample of mechanically treated pulp comprising: a hydrocyclone, at least two collecting chambers, a pump to feed pulp to said hydrocyclone, means to selectively connect the pump inlet with each chamber and means to sel... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of international application number PCT/EP2008/001623 filed on Feb. 29, 2008, which claims the benefit of German application number 10 2007 011 606.5 of Mar. 2, 2007, which are each incorporated by reference in their entirety.
... | In order to provide a non-woven fiber fabric, in particular, in the form of a flat material or as part of a flat material which can be used as a biodegradable material in medicine, in particular, as an implant or carrier material for living cells (tissue engineering) but also a non-woven fiber fabric which can be used ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to sheet metal connectors and more particularly to a support adapted to fill corner base gaps in flashing, and further to support patches which are applied to cover over and seal said gaps.
In the construction industry one recurring problem is tha... | Disclosed is a corner gap support used in conjunction with flashing applied to seal the seams created at the junction of a housing erected around a port in a surface, with said surface. As fabricated, the device is adapted both to fill corner gaps in said flashing and to act as a support for patching material used to s... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is based on a minimum-maximum speed governor for fuel-injected internal combustion engines. A speed governor of this kind is already known (German Offenlegungsschrift No. 30 18 720), in which a leaf spring acting as the idling spring rolls off in accordance with rpm on a ... | The governor includes a force transmission lever subject to the prestressing force of a main governor spring, which lever the governor sleeve comes into operative contact after traversing an idling sleeve path a, and a leaf spring acting as the idling spring. The leaf spring is supported between its two ends on a curve... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention generally relates to a blanket construction for use on apparatus used in the compressive shrinkage of textile fabrics.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Many textile fabrics, and in particular those made wholly or partly from cell... | A construction for a rubber blanket for use on a fabric compressive shrinkage apparatus is described. The blanket includes an inner bearing surface defining a bearing face and an outer surface defining a working face, with the edges of the belt along the bearing surface being beveled so that the bearing face is relativ... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/222,510, filed on
Mar. 21, 2014, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/954,974, filed on Jul. 30, 2013, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,709,494, which is a continuation of U.S. paten... | A method for preparing placenta membrane tissue grafts for medical use, includes obtaining a placenta from a subject, cleaning the placenta, separating the chorion tissue from the amniotic membrane, mounting a selected layer of either the chorion tissue or the amniotic membrane onto a drying fixture, dehydrating the se... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part application based on an invention that was disclosed in U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/476,975, filed 9 Jun. 2003, a PCT application (International Application No. PCT/US2004/018265) filed 9 Jun. 2004, and a U.S. Non-provisional application Ser. No. 10/543,... | This rotary internal combustion engine has two rotatable vane type pistons mounted for axial rotation in a sealed casing. In an exemplary cycle, one piston is released to rotate at or prior to initiating combustion in the combustion space between the two pistons, while the other remains fixed. As the free piston rotate... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to catalysts uniformly distributed in mesoporous aerogels and ambigels having a three-dimensional nanoarchitecture and a metal-oxide framework. Specifically disclosed are Au—TiO 2 aerogels and their oxidation of carbon mono... | Gold-titania (Au—TiO 2 ) composite aerogels and ambigles were synthesized, characterized, and tested as ambient temperature catalysts for carbon monoxide. Adding alkanethiolate-monolayers-protected gold clusters (with ˜2 nm Au cores) directly to titania sol before gelation yields uniformly dispersed guests in the compo... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for controlling an inverter under altering voltage and particularly to a method to change the electric conductive interval of the electric conductive cycle of the inverter to maintain the existing dimming range and stabilize actuating electric output ... | A method for controlling an inverter under altering voltage aims to change the electric conductive interval of the electric conductive cycle of the inverter corresponding to alteration of an input voltage so that the dimming duty cycle, electric conductive cycle and transformer oscillation duty cycle of the inverter ca... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a process for recovering valuable metals such as zinc, iron and the like from a dust having a higher content of zinc, such as the one generated in an electric arc furnace for steel manufacture or the like.
A dust generated in an iron and/or steel ... | There is disclosed a process for recovering valuable metals from a dust containing zinc comprising mixing the dust containing zinc with a reductant and a flux for regulating the basicity of slag, forming the mixture into pellets with a pelletizer, charging the pellets into a shaft type preheating-prereducing furnace pr... | 8 |
This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/130,737 filed Apr. 22, 1999.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the needleless administration of permanent cosmetics and tattoos. In particular, the present invention relate... | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the needleless administration of permanent makeup and tattoos. In particular, the present invention relates to hypodermic injectors for use in delivering pigment or other desired substances to targeted layers of the skin, avoiding needlestick injuries and tr... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for removing a component from, or placing a component on, an underwater valve.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide an apparatus suitable for removing a component... | An apparatus and a method for removing a component from, or placing a component on, an underwater valve comprises a base attachable to the flowline that carries the valve, and a two part assembly having a gantry that is aligned and mounted on the base and a sliding frame placed in sliding engagement with the gantry. Th... | 4 |
RIGHTS OF THE GOVERNMENT
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States for all governmental purposes without the payment of any royalty.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for quantifying the degre... | A system for measuring crazing in a transparency is described which comprises one or more light sources disposed near a first surface of the transparency for projecting light rays through the transparency at the portion thereof having a crazed condition, optical detectors corresponding in number to the number of light ... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/857,834, filed Jun. 2, 2004 and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 120 therefrom. This application is incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention re... | A method for preventive maintenance of a boat hull to restore the integrity of a fiberglass boat hull and prevent new water infiltration damage to a boat hull. The wet area repair guidelines using a surface moisture meter. Any balsa cored area reading 15% or above is considered a wet area. Any wood cored area reading 2... | 1 |
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent fil... | A tread support device for stairways is generally triangular with two parts which pivot in relationship to one another to allow selection of any desired riser height. Precalculated groups of holes on each of the two parts overlap, with different sets of holes overlapping at different riser heights separated by differen... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of provisional application No. 60/290,106 filed May 10, 2001, which is assigned to the assignee of the present invention and which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to optical fiber tran... | The specification describes optical fibers that are constructed to prevent theft of optical signals. One construction is designed to block access of the core of the fiber to the “writing” radiation necessary to form a grating tap. In this embodiment the optical fiber cladding is provided with a highly absorbing UV laye... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of United States Provisional Patent Application Serial Number 60/296,313, filed Jun. 6, 2001.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates generally to an apparatus for measurin... | A gas separator system for providing contaminant-free engine crankcase gas to a gas analyzer. The system has an inlet member for receiving the crankcase gas from the engine and an oil separator for separating at least a portion of the contaminants from the crankcase gas. A pump is arranged to draw the crankcase gas thr... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a water and energy recovery process for an ice rink and in particular, a process utilizing demineralized water.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Municipal, well or lake water is commonly used to make the initial ice sheet of an ice rink and for maintenance o... | A water and energy recovery process for an ice rink is disclosed. The process includes softening and carbon filtering water for use as flood water on an ice rink. The water is then demineralized by reverse osmosis to produce flood water having a specific conductance of about 2 to 30 micromhos/cm. The demineralized wate... | 5 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/564,944 filed on Nov. 30, 2011 the content of which is relied upon and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The disclosure relates generally ... | A precursor batch composition that can be used to make porous ceramic articles is provided. The batch composition includes a cellulose-based polymer and, in particular, a methylcellulose showing a specified micro-calorimetry thermal response fingerprint that correlates to an increased T onset . | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a 35 U.S.C. §371 national phase application of PCT Application No. PCT/CN2008/000265, filed on Feb. 1, 2008, the disclosures and contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference as if recited in full herein. The above-referenced PCT International Ap... | 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
This invention relates to a fluid jet loom in which the supply of a jet fluid used for insertion or the weft yarn into the warp shed, such as air or water, is controlled by a valve unit or valve units. More particularly, this invention relates to a method and an apparatus for monitorin... | According to the present invention, the respective fluid pressures at the output sides of the plural jet fluid valve units in a fluid jet loom are converted into electrical signals by respective pressure detection elements such as piezo-electric elements. An alarm lamp or buzzer is activated or the loom operation stopp... | 3 |
[0001] The present invention relates to electrical generators and, in particular, to improvements to efficiency in electromechanical energy conversion in electrical generators and electric motors.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Faradays Law governs induction in the motion of a closed current b... | The present invention relates to electrical generators and, in particular, to improvements to efficiency in electromechanical energy conversion in electrical generators and electric motors. The regenerative acceleration generator coil according to the present invention takes advantage of the structure of a high impedan... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a crystalline optical fiber for infrared rays which has a core-crust structure and to a method of manufacturing the crystalline optical fiber.
2. Background of the Invention
A quartz glass fiber has been widel... | A crystalline metal halide optical fiber having a two or a three layer structure. The core consists of relatively small crystals. An inner crust surrounds the core and has the same composition but consists of relatively large crystals. An optical outer crust surrounds the inner crust and has a different composition fro... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/369,747, filed Apr. 4, 2002, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to extrusion members used in the construction of si... | A hinged sign face assembly is provided for use on a standard sign box. The assembly may be retrofitted on an existing sign box to facilitate access to fluorescent light tubes and other components inside the sign box. The assembly pivots the face of a sign box to an open position to allow interior components to be acce... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present patent application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/012,291 filed Jan. 24, 2011, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/901,196 filed Sep. 14, 2007, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/483,128 fi... | A construction project document system and method for managing a construction project including storing a signed lien waiver document, executed by a payee in a construction project, to a computer-readable memory. A payment to the payee from a payor in the construction project is facilitated after the lien waiver docume... | 6 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 572,709, filed Apr. 29, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,174,420.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a novel process for improving the flame resistance of upholstered furniture, and especially of upholstery fabrics, and to upholstered furn... | Flame resistance of upholstered furniture is significantly improved by interposing between the cover fabric and the padding or applying to the top side of the cover fabric a layer of neoprene foam capable of forming when exposed to a burning cigarette or under the conditions of a standard flame spread test, a thermally... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method for generating images by using a ray-tracing method.
First, overview is described for the ray-tracing method, for example, stated by Turner Whitted in "An Improved Illumination Model for Shaded Display", Com. of the ACM, June 1980, Vol. ... | This invention relates to a method for generating images by using a ray-tracing method. The method for generating images according to the invention registers only a cell containing the surface of an object among cells that are obtained by dividing the region containing the object to be displayed. The calculation of int... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/625,960, filed on Apr. 18, 2012, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to robotic mani... | The invention is a novel compact robotic manipulator with a special configuration that supports a remote center-of-motion attribute, so it has the ability to accurately and conveniently manipulate and re-orient in 2 degrees of freedom, and to firmly “lock” in place, special purpose surgical tools necessary for minimall... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The objective of the present application is the procedure for the magnetization of different inorganic surfaces, whether natural or synthetic, such as synthetic and natural aluminosilicates (natural zeolites, synthetic zeolites, alumina, allophane, among others), which confers magnetic prop... | Procedure for the magnetization of different inorganic surfaces, whether natural or synthetic, such as aluminosilicates, both synthetic and natural (natural zeolites, synthetic zeolites, alumina, allophane, among others) that give magnetic properties to those surfaces. Objectives of the present application are also the... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This present invention relates to lossless digital data compression, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for re-indexing digital data to a new symbol mapping as an aid to data compression.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Color digital images can be represented in a numbe... | A method for re-indexing a palette-indexed image is disclosed. The method uses an array of symbol cross-counts that indicate the degree of occurrence, within the image, of symbols in one or more predefined contextual relationships, such as symbol adjacency. One objective of the method is to manipulate the palette index... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/481,996 to Hirte et al., filed on Feb. 2, 2004, entitled: “Front Loading Printer With Center Justified Print,” the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
... | A printer for printing indicia upon media having a frame defining a media cavity, the media cavity accessible for front loading of the media via a pivotable top cover carrying the print head. During media loading, a spindle supporting the media engages a pair of media guide rails located on opposing sides of the media ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for the flameproofing treatment for imparting a washing-resistant flame retardancy to cellulosic fibers or fibrous articles.
2. Description of the Related Art
As the flame retardant for cellulosic fib... | A method for flameproofing cellulosic fibrous materials, which comprises treating a cellulosic fibrous material with a treating liquid comprising 100 parts by weight of an N-hydroxymethyldialkylphosphonopropionamide represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R stands for an alkyl gorup having 1 to 3 carbon ... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates generally to teleconferencing systems and particularly to speaker identification in teleconferencing systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Teleconferencing systems are in widespread use around the world. In such systems, audio streams are provided to the var... | A communications system is provided that includes:
(a) a speech discrimination agent 136 operable to generate a speech profile of a first party to a voice call; and (b) a speech modification agent 140 operable to adjust, based on the speech profile, a spectral characteristic of a voice stream from the firs... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims priority rights from U.S. Provisional Application 60/881,846 filed Jan. 23, 2007 and U.S. Provisional Application 60/960,634 filed Oct. 9, 2007.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates... | A liquid testing assembly for testing a liquid, the assembly comprising a test vessel and a stopper adapted to fit into a free end of the vessel. The stopper substantially hermetically seals the test vessel from the ambient. Further, the assembly includes a support coated with one or more identifying materials for iden... | 1 |
BACKGROUND AND PRIOR ART
In view of the fact that earthquakes occur suddenly and generally without much warning, it is necessary for recorders designed to record the occurrence of sesimic events to be continuously operational and fully prepared to record even the beginnings of the seismic signatures. For this rea... | A digital recorder and method for digitizing and recording seismic events, the recorder being capable of lengthy stand-by periods during which it records lesser events of little interest in a static buffer and then displaces these events with more recent events when the static buffer is full. The recorder is self power... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns an apparatus for inductively transmitting electrical energy. Such apparatuses are especially used for inductively charging a rechargeable battery incorporated into an electric vehicle. To attain a high degree of efficiency, the magnetic coupling between the primary an... | An apparatus for inductively transmitting electrical energy from a stationary unit to a mobile unit which is located adjacent to the stationary unit. The apparatus has a coil and a flux guide unit for guiding a magnetic flux occurring during operation of the apparatus with at least one ferromagnetic body, which consist... | 1 |
This application is a DIV of Ser. No. 13/226,985 filed on Sep. 7, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,785,592.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a method for preparation of poly(alkylene carbonate) through alternating copolymerization of carbon dioxide and epoxide. More particularly, the pres... | Provided is preparation of poly(alkylene carbonate) through alternating copolymerization of carbon dioxide and epoxide. According to the disclosure, by introducing a diepoxide compound to alternating copolymerization of carbon dioxide and epoxide compound using a metal(III) prepared with salen-type ligands containing q... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a snowmobile traction assisting assembly, which utilizes a threaded shank extending through a snowmobile track and a pointed, combined nut and traction point that threads onto the shank. The traction point protrudes from the track for engagement with su... | A traction point for a snowmobile track includes a fastener that extends through the track with a head on one side of the track, and a pointed nut that has a pointed end and which is threaded onto the fastener on the opposite side of the track from the fastener head. The traction point includes a base for support on th... | 1 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 291,587, filed on Dec. 29, 1988, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a polymeric alumina sol in a non-aqueous solution and a process for ma... | An improved process for manufacturing a polycrystalline alumina fiber comprising dissolving aluminum alkoxide in alcohol, adding acetylacetone, hydrolyzing with water, and polymerizing to form a polymeric alumina sol and spinning the polymeric alumina sol by using a spinning apparatus. | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is directed to bulkheads and methods of fabricating a panel with a mitered corner. More specifically, this invention relates to bulkheads and methods of fabricating a panel with a mitered corner from a precast material in order to fabricate a cured panel.... | The present invention relates to bulkheads and brackets for use a part of a bulkhead. The bulkhead includes an upstanding portion including a bracket-mounting end, a mitering portion including a bracket-engaging end, and a bracket including a seat cavity adapted to receive the bracket-engaging end of the mitering porti... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The disclosure of Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2008-235757 and 2009-180959, which were filed on Sep. 12, 2008 and Aug. 3, 2009, respectively, are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention... | The present invention provides an imaging apparatus capable of monitoring a plurality of monitored sites in a switching manner by a single surveillance camera and an imaging system. Provided are: an imager for imaging an object scene image so as to produce imaging data; a cutout processor for cutting out one portion of... | 7 |
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 823,107, filed Aug. 9, 1977, and now abandoned, which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 660,398, filed Feb. 23, 1976, and now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to systems and... | In a device for continuously monitoring the characteristics of a moving filament, such as the denier of an extended synthetic yarn, by passing the filament through a capacitive sensor to develop an electrical signal representing an absolute measurement of the filament with reference to a prescribed datum, the problem o... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus and methods for stacking flexible material such as neckties and the like.
In the manufacture of neckties, cloth having the desired appearance is cut into patterns which are wider than the finished necktie. The extra width allows... | An apparatus for handling flexible material positioned with two distal portions thereof accessible to the apparatus has a frame, first and second arms each having first and second ends, with the first ends having pivotal mountings on the frame and the second ends having gripping fingers adapted for gripping and subsequ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fuel injection system for mixture compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engines, and more particularly to such a system including fuel injection valves, and a fuel distribution unit with fuel metering valves which determine the fuel quan... | A fuel injection system for mixture compressing, externally ignited internal combustion engines includes a fuel distributing unit having a plurality of fuel metering valves, and a plurality of pressure valves. The pressure valves are disposed in the fuel flow path between their respective fuel metering valve and their ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a circular knitting machine creel.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
Circular knitting machine creels are bobbin frames in which a number of bobbins are arranged in a circle and in tiers above one another. Threads drawn off from the bobbins are fed to knittin... | A circular knitting machine creel for a plurality of bobbins which are supported in tiers by a circular cylindrical frame, comprising a carrier located inside the frame, at least one blower supported by the frame, having an air outlet connection directed somewhat radially outward, the blower moving on a circular path w... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
I. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to presses, more particularly, to toggle operated presses commonly used in injection molding machines. The invention is directed particularly to setting relative locations of fixed and thrust or “die height” platens in such presses... | Method and apparatus for control of a toggle operated press to effectively set relative position between a fixed platen and a die height platen. The toggle crosshead is placed at a position required to achieve a desired press clamp force. The die height platen is advanced toward the fixed platen until minute motion of ... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation application of, and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 from U.S. application Ser. No. 14/936,402, filed Nov. 9, 2015, and U.S. application Ser. No. 13/630,944, filed Sep. 28, 2012, which is continuation applica... | The present invention describes a speech enhancement method using microphone arrays and a new iterative technique for enhancing noisy speech signals under low signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) environments. A first embodiment involves the processing of the observed noisy speech both in the spatial- and the temporal-domains t... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional application of Ser. No. 324,608 filed Mar. 17, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,953,857, entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLATION AND ALIGNMENT OF A SERIES OF POSTS".
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally t... | A method for aligning a series of posts begins with providing a first alignment apparatus adjacent a first hole. A first post is attached to one end of the alignment apparatus and hung at the desired elevation in the post hole. A second alignment apparatus is then provided and one end is connected to the first post suc... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] In producing integrated circuits, it is often desirable to provide packaged integrated circuits having plastic or resin packages that encapsulate the die and a portion of the lead frame and leads. These packages have been produced a variety of ways.
[0002] Conventional molding ... | A transfer mold assembly including a first mold chase; a second mold chase; a first lead frame; at least one first lead frame die mounted on the first lead frame; a second lead frame substantially identical to the first lead frame; at least one second lead frame die mounted on the second lead frame; and wherein the fir... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an automobile light emitting device, not only reducing car accidents, but also providing a warning effect to improve the safety of drivers and passengers.
[0003] 2. Brief Description... | An automobile light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting members, a control unit and an electric connection circuit. Each light emitting member is installed at an external peripheral surface (such as a fender, a wheel arch panel or a wheel housing panel) of an automobile wheel, a door handle or a door... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/238,670, filed Sep. 21, 2011, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/621,991, filed Nov. 19, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,051,853, which is a continuation of U.S. pate... | The apparatus provides for the determination of the instantaneous phase in the respiratory cycle, subject's average respiration rate and the provision of ventilatory assistance. A microprocessor ( 16 ) receives an airflow signal from a pressure transducer ( 18 ) coupled to a port ( 17 ) at a mask ( 11 ). The microp... | 0 |
The invention relates to a refrigerator and/or freezer with an appliance body and a door for closing an opening of the appliance body, wherein a pivot bearing is provided which pivotably supports the door relative to the appliance body about a pivot axis.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Refrigerators and freezers g... | A refrigerator and/or freezer with an appliance body and a door for closing an opening of the appliance body, wherein a pivot bearing pivotably supports the door relative to the appliance body about a pivot axis. The door relative to the pivot axis and/or the pivot axis relative to the appliance body are movably mounte... | 4 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 680,188 filed Apr. 26, 1976.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to electroless metal plating and more particularly, to a method for operation of an electroless metal plating solution having evaporative losse... | This invention relates to electroless metal deposition and more specifically, to a process where a plating solution is brought to equilibrium and thereafter operated with the concentration of plating reactants and by-products maintained substantially constant. The plating solution treated in accordance with the inventi... | 2 |
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct plant of Paspalum vaginatum O. Swartz, which has been given the name ‘SEA ISLE 2000’. The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are the most pronounced characteristics of this new cultivar when grown in Georgia, and in comb... | A vegetatively reproduced seashore paspalum cultivar, selected as a mutation from the cultivar Adalayd®, is named ‘SEA ISLE 2000’. It is distinguished by high tolerance to salinity, dark green color, extremely fine leaf blades that are generally ≦1.5 mm in width, and the ability to tolerate mowing to {fraction (5/32)} ... | 0 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/205,263, filed Aug. 14, 2015 which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present disclosure relates to a vehicle seat, and part... | A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back is coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to extend in an upward direction away from the seat bottom. The vehicle seat further includes an electronics system. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to a pallet assembly.
[0002] Pallets are often used to store and transport goods. Pallets maintain the goods at a distance above the floor such that they can readily be lifted and moved by a forklift. Plastic pallets are lighter... | A pallet assembly includes an upper deck and a plurality of supports extending downward from the upper deck. A cap is secured in front of at least one of the supports to protect the support. The cap may be formed of a material different from the support, such as a higher density, tougher or harder material without incr... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a completion arrangement. More particularly, to a completion arrangement for a hydrocarbon and/or an injection well.
[0003] 2. Description of the Relevant Art
[0004] Whe... | A completion arrangement and methods of using the completion arrangement are described herein. The completion section includes a completion section and impacting formations. The completion section is arranged to be coupled to production tubing, and has means to allow hydrocarbons to pass therein from reservoir rock in ... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part of Animal Carrier, Ser. No. 08/924,979, filed Sep. 8, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,941,195.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a portable animal carrier which permits the safe and humane traveling of an animal, su... | A portable animal carrier is disclosed which permits the transportation of a small animal, such as a cat or dog, in the passenger compartment of an airplane, by securely and safely containing the animal, but permitting placement below the airplane seat. In addition to providing manual carrying of the portable animal ca... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present method and apparatus relate to the field of supports for pumps.
BACKGROUND
[0002] One method of treating waste water is by use of a septic system. The prior art septic system shown in FIG. 1 may include a tank 10 that may comprise a single chamber 11... | A pump riser provided with recesses positioned and configured to receive and frictionally engage the legs of a septic system pump. The riser may support the pump above a support surface such as the bottom of the tank of a septic system. The riser body may include legs for supporting the riser body. The lower surface of... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/593,140, entitled “Voice Recognition Grammar Selection Based on Context,” filed Aug. 23, 2012 which claims priority to U.S. patent application S... | The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving geographical information derived from a non-verbal user action associated with a first computing device. The non-verbal user action implies an interest of a user in a geographic location. The method also in... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an improved and versatile system that enables temporary fastening of objects to each other by pressed engagement of respective pluralities consisting solely of flexible loops or solely of flexible hooks on both objects. More particularly, this invention relates to ... | An improved hook and loop fastener system enables fastening to each other of two objects each provided solely with respective pluralities of flexible loops via an intermediate connection element that has two faces each provided solely with flexible hooks and is sandwiched between the two objects. The intermediate conne... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cruise controller having a distance sensor for controlling the speed or acceleration of a vehicle.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
It is believed that cruise controllers, with which a desired driving speed is preselectable, are known, including cruise c... | A cruise controller is provided, which regulates the driving speed of the vehicle not only beyond a certain minimum speed but also at speeds below a preselected critical speed down to standstill of the vehicle. Detecting the traffic situation using a distance sensor allows the vehicle to be automatically started once t... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to an electromagnetic miniature relay comprising a flat core disposed within an excitation coil with the ends of the core merging from the ends of the coil to form pole pieces for an armature which is positioned next to the coil and presses against the... | An electromagnetic miniature relay of a narrow structure characterized by a flat core being embedded in a body and extending outside of the ends of the coil to form pole pieces, a stationary contact element being embedded in the body adjacent each of the pole pieces, a flat armature extending parallel to the flat coil ... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This patent application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 12/060,820 filed Apr. 1, 2008 now abandoned for Efficient Vehicle Power Systems, which application is incorporated in its entirety herein by this reference.
... | An improved gas-electric power delivery system is provided. The invention provides an array of internal combustion engine-powered electric generators and an array of electric drive motors wherein each electric drive motor connects to a common shaft. The common shaft of the electric drive motor array connects to a mecha... | 8 |
[0001] The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of an easy open device for “Flow Pack” or similar packages with longitudinal seams and transversal closures, an opening device obtained through said process, and the package using it.
[0002] More specifically, it relates to a proce... | Process for the manufacture of an easy open device for “Flow Pack” or similar packages with longitudinal seams and transversal closings, structured horizontally or vertically, with a detachable strip, attached in alignment on the internal face of the packaging film by means of an applicator head, to be manually grasped... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention generally relates to transistors and more particularly to the fin type transistors known as FinFETs and to an improved manufacturing process and FinFET structure.
[0003] 2. Description of the... | The invention provides a method of manufacturing a fin-type field effect transistor (FinFET) that forms a unique FinFET that has a first fin with a central channel region and source and drain regions adjacent the channel region, a gate intersecting the first fin and covering the channel region, and a second fin having ... | 7 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application claims priority benefit of provisional application No. 60/054,471, filed Aug. 1, 1997, and is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/996,526 filed Dec. 23, 1997 entitled “Apparatus And Method For Program Level Parallelism In A VLIW Processor”, ... | A very long instruction word (VLIW) processor exploits program level parallelism as well as instruction level parallelism. Unlike prior VLIW machines which obtain speed advantages using instruction level parallelism, the present processor exploits the parallelism inherent in a VLIW processor by providing new instructio... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present invention generally relates to computerized systems for use with highway vehicles, and more particularly to a method of enhancing the safety of such vehicles using an onboard navigation system and various databases. ... | A method and system for vehicle hazard warning and safety integrated with an onboard navigational system for providing a current geographical location of the vehicle to a base station, receiving an event signal from the vehicle at the base station, while the vehicle is proximate to the current geographic location assoc... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority of German patent application no. 10 2005 042 214.4 filed Sep. 5, 2005, which is incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to a receiving and transferring station... | A receiving and transferring station ( 1 ) for coverslipped specimen slides ( 2, 2′, 2 ″) comprises at least one vertically upright magazine frame ( 5 ), open toward the receiving side, for at least one specimen slide magazine ( 4 ) having horizontally oriented compartments ( 6 ), and a rotation apparatus, connected to... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The diaphragm of a pressure transducer is its most crucial part and yet is exposed to the most arduous conditions. Pressure transducers are employed for measuring pressure changes in internal combustion engines, turbines, hydraulic and ballistic systems, rockets, explosive forming mach... | A diaphragm arrangement for a pressure transducer, particularly one employed in monitoring an internal combustion engine and employing a force measuring transducer element abuts either against the pressure transducer directly or a preload element coupled therewith. The diaphragm arrangement includes a plurality of ring... | 6 |
1. CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/898,939 filed on Jan. 31, 2007 titled IMPROVED INTRAVENOUS DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS FILTER AND METHOD OF FILTER PLACEMENT.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] ... | A vascular filter system and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, the filter system comprises a dispensing needle releasably attached to a filter dispenser which stores a length of filter wire. The filter wire dispenser has a guide tube which guides the filter wire into the needle and then into a vein during surgic... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The present invention relates to candles that dispense an air treatment chemical. More pa... | Candles are provided with a band on a wall of their outer housing for sealing an air treatment chemical placed adjacent the housing. The candle includes a housing containing a combustible fuel. An air treatment chemical is mounted on a radially outward portion of the housing in a position where it can be heated through... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent applications Ser. Nos. 11/394,435, and 11/378,867, respectively filed on Apr. 1, 2006, and Mar. 16, 2006, both of which are incorporated herein by reference.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY... | A flue securing apparatus providing a planar metal plate having a flue hole therein and a tab of the metal plate extensive within the flue hole. The tab having a locating hole positioned at a juncture of the tab and one edge of the flue hole. A sheet metal strap is coplanar with the plate and joined thereto by mutual s... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a liquid crystal display, and more particularly to a liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device that prevents the liquid crystal from being blended w... | A liquid crystal display device includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a liquid crystal. A sealant is formed along edges of the upper and lower plates to join the upper plate with the lower plate, and a protrusion separates the sealant from a picture displaying area at an inner portion of the upper and lower plate... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to umbrellas, and particularly to a fully automatic closing umbrella which includes functions of automatically closing an umbrella canopy and automatically retracting and resetting a telescopi... | An automatic close umbrella is disclosed. As the umbrella is to be folded, the user only needs to press an elastic control device on a handle by one finger so that a tenon is released from a buckle and thus the buckle unit of the lower rib collector is separated with the lower sub-bar. Furthermore, the lower rib collec... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to the field of unimolecular polymeric micelles (UPM); particularly to UPM and their methods of preparation which result in a micelle having an ionizable core; and most particularly to the use of such micelles as carriers for pharmacological constituents; wh... | The present invention describes the preparation of unimolecular polymeric micelles (UPM) that bear a hydrophilic shell and a potentially ionizable and relatively hydrophobic core at a determined pH value. The core becomes electrostatically charged as the pH is changed. Such micelles can be made from either biodegradabl... | 0 |
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/215,982 filed Mar. 22, 1994 now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to a composition and method of utilization of same to control the formation and deposition of scale imparting compounds in water systems such a... | A method and composition for controlling the formation and deposition of scale imparting compounds in an aqueous system is disclosed. A treatment comprising a sulfonated polymer and a polymaleic acid is effective in controlling the formation and deposition of such compounds. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
With the advent of high speed thermoplastic bag making machines the need for a variety of controls became essential to produce high quality bags and bags of various varieties. Present day high speed bag machines can operate, for certain bag dimensions and bag styles, up to 300 bags a m... | This application discloses an improved device for reducing the velocity at which thermoplastic bags, as they are produced by a bag machine, are directed to a table, or other suitable support, for accumulation in even-edged stacks. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed generally to agricultural machines. More specifically, the invention is directed to harvesting and crop processing equipment employing roller driven belt conveyors for transporting fruit and vegetable products to facilit... | A roller assembly is disclosed for an agricultural conveyor apparatus including an endless conveyor supported on one or more roller assemblies mounted on a support frame. The roller assembly includes a conveyor support roller having a central bore formed therein and bearing supports formed on the roller for receiving a... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The following descriptions and examples are not admitted to be prior art by virtue of their inclusion in this section.
[0002] In order to facilitate the recovery of hydrocarbons from oil and gas wells, the subterranean formations surrounding such wells can be hydraulically frac... | A method is provided of adding material to an oilfield application in which a material is agglomerated into a compacted volume. The compacted volume is delivered into a processing system to produce a dispersed material. The dispersed material is used to perform the oilfield application. | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 12/123,031, entitled “Apparatus and Method for Convection Enhanced Therapeutic Delivery,” filed on May 19, 2008, which application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Applica... | A system for convection enhanced delivery of therapeutic comprises one or more flexible, biocompatible microcatheters that are directed to a target location to deliver a therapeutic agent. The microcatheter is releasably coupled to a guide tube and directed to the desired location. The microcatheters are small and flex... | 0 |
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