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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A common problem that users encounter when searching for information resources is how to choose keywords for input to a search engine. One particularly perplexing problem occurs when a user wants to search for items for which the user has seen but has no text-based information from which... | A system for retrieving information. The system has a storage unit for storing an image that includes first and second selectable objects. The first selectable object is associated with a first metadata and the second selectable object is associated with a second metadata. The system also includes a visual output devic... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/692,112, which was filed on Jun. 20, 2005, and which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. This application is a continuation-in-part application of, and claims pri... | The present invention relates generally to a radiofrequency reactor for use in thermally recovering oil and related materials. The radiofrequency reactor includes a radiofrequency antenna configured to be positioned within a well, where the well is provided within an area in which crude oil exists in the ground. The ra... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention generally relates to machine controls and more particularly to the control of combustion in a burner for heating water or other substances by controlling air flow into the burner responsive to changes in ph... | A method and apparatus that applies corrections to the mass flow rate of combustion air into a gas or oil-fired, forced-draft burner, and thus provides for correcting the air-fuel ratio, by directly measuring the combustion air temperature and/or the barometric pressure of the combustion air, and using these measuremen... | 5 |
This disclosure is based upon, and claims priority from, French Patent Application No. 98/01370, filed Jan. 22, 1998, and International Application No. PCT/FR99/00052, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a standardized inte... | A standard size smart card has a flat support with a slot in the support to define the boundary of a minicard attached to the support by lugs. Each lug has two types of grooves opposite each other so they provide sufficient resistance to bending and flexing. One of the grooves is configured so it starts to crack when t... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 60/910,494, filed Apr. 6, 2007 which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth.
TECHNOLOGY FIELD
[0002] This subject matter disclosed herein is generally ... | A method and apparatus for improving handover in an IEEE 802.21 compliant communication network. A query is transmitted from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to a media independent handover (MIH) server (MIHS). The WTRU includes a target point of attachment (PoA) and/or a preferred mobile inter protocol (MIP) me... | 7 |
[0001] This application claims priority to provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/162,890, filed Mar. 24, 2009.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to a pocketknife puzzle or kit for making a pocketknife. The component parts may be assembled into a pocketknife, u... | A pocketknife puzzle or kit is provided having a blade and spring, sandwiched between two handle sections and held in place by three pins. The pins are held in place by friction, resulting from the tension of the spring against the pivoting end of the blade. The pocketknife may be assembled and disassembled without too... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a building structure and more particularly relates to part of a building structure that constitutes a ceiling/floor or a ceiling/roof assembly.
The present invention will be described with reference to a method of building that utilises pre-formed... | A ceiling/floor or ceiling/roof structure comprising a plurality of substantially parallel substantially horizontally extending joists, each joist being supported at the two opposed ends thereof, a first set of transverse members resting on the top of and secured to the top of at least some of said joists, and a furthe... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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Application
... | The Play-ble Recreational System is composed of two separate assemblies, each of which includes a through-aperture, dimensioned to allow a beanbag to pass entirely through it, which can be sealed by a detachable cover cap. The invention will be constructed so that the assemblies can serve multiple functions. When the a... | 0 |
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 432,451 filed Jan. 11, 1974 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to whippers, and more particularly the hand crank variety which are combined with a bowl or pitcher, and having a plurali... | A whipper is shown having a crank secured to a gear housing assembly which in turn orbitally drives a beater plate, the beater plate having three beaters secured thereto in removable relationship. The gear housing assembly is proportioned to fit atop a substantially cylindrical bowl, and the beaters with their included... | 1 |
This is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/666,840, filed Mar. 8, 1991, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to ophthalmological surgery techniques which employ an ultraviolet laser used to pr... | An ophthalmological laser surgery system having a laser, associated elements for delivering an optical beam from the laser to a patient eye location, a control unit for controlling the operation of the system and a system input/output device, is enabled by a patient data card. The data card originally contains both pat... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of commonly-assigned application, Ser. No. 08/253,535, filed Jun. 3, 1994, entitled "Recording And Reproducing An MPEG Information Signal On/From A Record Carrier" in the names of R. W. J. J. Saeijs, I. A. Shah and Takashi Sato, which is in t... | A method of transmitting timing critical data via an asynchronous channel. The timing critical data can be an MPEG transport stream of packets. The asynchronous channel can be a computer or telephone network, a digital storage media such as a digital VCR, or a digital interface. The packets are processed serially throu... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the control of fed-batch or continuous fermentation processes. In fermentation processes where a maximum biomass yield is required or the build-up of acids such as acetic acid might become toxic or may be detrimental to the product, the presence of such acid... | A process of culturing a microorganism in a culture medium in which process the addition of feed medium is controlled by using the production of a by-product as a measure of the culture conditions, characterized in that the by-product is an electrically charged metabolite produced by the microorganism, and in that the ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an image projector, more particularly to an image projector with optical valves such as liquid-crystal valves, which is used to display a computer or video image on an external screen.
[0002] One example of an image projec... | The present invention relates to an image projector comprising a casing containing at least:
an illumination system ( 11, 10 );
an optical unit comprising at least one optical valve ( 30′, 31′, 32′, 20 ) modulating the light emitted by the illumination system;
a projection lens ( 5 ) projecting the... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to a method for controlling electromechanical valves in an internal combustion engine with direct fuel injection.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
An electromechanically operated poppet valve in the cylinder head of an internal combustion, as disclos... | A system and method are disclosed for operating an internal combustion engine in which the intake valves are electromechanical valves and the engine has direct fuel injection. By opening the intake valves during the intake stroke when the piston is moving at its maximum speed, the turbulence through the intake valve is... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of provisional applications Serial No. 60/169,855, filed Dec. 9, 1999; Serial No. 60/170,380, filed Dec. 13, 1999; Serial No. 60/178,010, filed Jan. 24, 2000; and Serial No. 60/178,042, filed Jan. 24, 2000, now abandoned.
... | A packing section includes a plurality of vertically oriented, diagonally cross-corrugated packing sheets defining a section height. The section height has a base region, a bulk region, and a top region. The base region has a first particular geometry different from the geometry of the bulk region. The top region has a... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), a set of single nucleotide variants at genomic loci, are distributed throughout a genome. A single nucleotide polymorphism can be “allelic.” That is, due to the existence of the polymorphism, some members of a species may have the unmutated sequenc... | A method for simultaneously genotyping and quantifying Hepatitis B Virus. Also disclosed are (1) a pair of primers containing, respectively, the sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 13 and 14, SEQ ID NOs: 17 and 14, or SEQ ID NOs: 20 and 6, each primer being 8-50 nucleotides in length; (2) a pair of probes, containing, respectivel... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to gels and composites made of polymers d... | Articles of manufacture, such as bulk composites, composite coatings, and composite films, can be prepared by exposing a gel to air, and allowing it to stand at room temperature to cure. The gel is obtained by mixing an organopolysiloxane sheet or tube polymer with an alkoxysilane. Organopolysiloxane sheet or tube poly... | 2 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention is related to a method for printing gradient images using phase change ink with discrete drop size. More specifically, the present invention is related to an apparatus and method for printing an image with a high gradient and excellent resolution without substantial compro... | The present invention describes an apparatus for recording a gradient image on transparent media comprising: at least one solid phase change ink; a solid null image element; a heating system capable of melting the solid phase change ink to form a molten phase change ink and capable of melting the solid null image eleme... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a method for treating threads on spools which can be worked with the above-defined installation, and which comprises impregnating in cool condition the spooled thread with a treatment liquid inside a kier, discharging said liquid from the kier, and treating the spooled threads ... | The method comprises the steps of impregnating spooled threads with a cold treatment liquid inside a kier, leaving an air cushion above the liquid inside the kier, discharging the liquid from the kier through a liquid discharge outlet by feeding steam above the air cushion, stopping the discharge when the steam reaches... | 3 |
PRIORITY CLAIMS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/493,079, filed on Jun. 21, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention is generally directed to devices that permit the... | An implement attachment device for tractors allowing for easy and quick attachment of implements and tools to a tractor bucket along with correspondingly easy and quick detachment of such implements and tools, wherein such device may itself may be readily connected or disconnected to the bucket and while connected may ... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an 18 F-labeled azide compound, a reagent for 18 F-labeling, and a method for 18 F-labeling of an alkyne compound using the same. The present invention is suitably applicable to production of a radioactive tracer indispensable for positron emission tomogr... | The present invention provides an 18 F-labeled azide compound usable in the Huisgen reaction which enables 18 F-labeling although only a small quantity of alkyne compound is available as a counterpart substrate, more specifically the 18 F-labeled azide compound enabling the PET to be applied to peptides or oligonucl... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a non-provisional application based on provisional application Ser. No. 61/158,712, filed Mar. 9, 2009, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to fuel cel... | A fuel cell assembly including a fuel reforming unit for reforming a fuel supply for a series of fuel cells constituting a fuel cell stack. The reformed fuel supply is routed first to the anode of the fuel cell most adjacent the reforming unit, and thereafter to a manifold external to the stack. The manifold intakes th... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of applicant's patent application, Ser. No. 07/921,314, filed Jul. 28, 1992, U.S. Pat. No. 5,394,658, issue date Mar. 7, 1995, entitled FREE STANDING MODULAR FURNITURE AND WALL SYSTEM, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/787,678, filed Nov. 4, ... | An integrated wall, archistructural and desk and panel system comprises a series of modular units that integrate into a variety of configurations with a minimum number of components. The desk and panel system comprises a base wall formed of interconnected modular wall panels having a desk back panel formed of modules o... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/612,852 filed Mar. 19, 2012, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as if fully set forth herein.
BACKGROUND OF TH... | The current invention provides an improved petroleum coking process wherein the risk of silicone poisoning of units downstream of the coke drums is reduced. The method of the current invention controls the foam layer within the coke drum by injection of a silicone anti-foam agent in a highly aromatic carrier fluid such... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority, and incorporate by reference the entire disclosure of Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-38041, filed on Feb. 15, 2002.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003... | The present invention is aimed to provide a head suspension having a high resonant frequency, high shock resistance and low rigidity, which greatly contributes to an improvement of a magnetic disk apparatus. In an oscillation-type actuator, at least a part of a spring arm of the head suspension having a data reading/wr... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a device for monitoring data on consumable goods. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device for monitoring the consumption, life span and nutritional value of various foods and related items.
2. Descr... | The present invention concerns an appliance door that incorporates a monitor and display system for tracking the inventory and use of consumer goods. The device includes a microprocessor having a memory that stores product specific information regarding the consumer goods, and is capable of receiving additional informa... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] Current U.S. Class:
514/23; 514/565; 514/275; 514/385; 514/386; 514/396; 514/557; 514/501; 514/553; 514/563; 514/564; 514/575; 514/631; 514/636; 514/646; 514/546; 514/547
[0003] International Class: 037/12; A61K 037/26; A61K 031/198,70,19,22
... | The present invention relates to the use of methyl pyruvic acid (a methyl ester of pyruvic acid) and/or methyl pyruvate (methyl pyruvate is the ionized form of methyl pyruvic acid) for the purpose of increasing muscle energy production. When used as a dietary supplement, energizer or pharmaceutical, this anion can be f... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT AS TO RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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REFERENCE TO A “SEQUENCE LISTING,” A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING APPENDIX SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISK
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BACKGRO... | A method for monitoring a dose of a silicon bearing implant is described. The method includes introducing a first implant species through a surface of a semiconductor substrate at a first does of energy level and introducing a silicon bearing species through the surface of the semiconductor substrate at a second dose a... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for and method of elevating liquids.
Devices of the above mentioned general type are known in the art. The devices for elevating liquids through a discharge pipe with the utilization of solar or wind energy are disclosed in the U.S. Pats.... | In a device for elevating liquids a heat exchanging vessel to be neated by an exterior source of heat is connected with a discharge pipe arranged to elevate doses of liquid, so that for performing a thermodynamic cycle the liquid to be elevated is used as a working medium, the liquid is introduced into the heat exchang... | 5 |
This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/456,396, filed Jul. 10, 2006, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,851,733, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to air inlets, such as air inlets for missiles.
BA... | Methods and apparatus for delivering a missile may operate in conjunction with a missile comprising an outer skin. The missile may be configured in a closed position and an open position. In the open position, an aperture is opened in the outer skin, for example to supply air to an air-breathing engine. In the closed p... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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NAMES OF PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT
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REFERENCE TO AN APPENDIX SUBMITTED ON COMPACT DISC
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BACKGROUND OF THE... | A pet door unit allowing entry to and egress from a dwelling of an animal includes a pet door provided with a latch. The pet door is mounted for movement to allow passage of an animal when the latch is disabled. The pet door unit includes an animal detector for detecting an animal seeking passage past the pet door. A c... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to toilets (sometimes referred to as "water closets"). More particularly, the present invention relates to toilets having a tank for providing flush water. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to a ... | A two flush modality toilet composed of a bowl, a tank connected with the bowl wherein the tank is connected to a water supply, a conventional flush modality for flushing solid waste from the bowl, and a urinal flush modality for flushing liquid only waste from the bowl, wherein the urinal flush modality includes: a bo... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing high-purity polycrystalline silicon granules which is suited for use in a CZ process.
2. Description of the Background
As manufacturing methods of polycrystalline silicon, the Siemens... | A method of manufacturing high-purity silicon crystals, which comprises depositing silicon on the surface of high-purity silicon particles, while feeding into a fluidized bed reactor at a high temperature a material gas consisting of high purity chlorosilane and a diluting gas, said method having a silicon deposition r... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
The present application relates to a method for cutting a fish head off a fish, i.e., heading a fish, and in particular, a method for orienting a fish in a heading machine for heading. The present application also relates to a device for orienting a fish in a heading machine, in which a blade suitable fo... | A method and device for positioning a fish is presented. In an exemplary method, a fish is positioned in relation to a cutting plane. Pressure is applied to a rising area of the fish's head via a pressure part such that the fish is displaced in the direction of the fish's body, thereby positioning the fish for ... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a compact time-of-flight mass spectrometer which enables very accurate mass determinations.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The best choice of mass spectrometer for measuring the mass of large molecules, as undertaken particularly in biochemistry, is a time-... | The invention relates to a compact time-of-flight mass spectrometer which enables very accurate mass determinations. The invention consists of a method of producing a high resolution by means of a long flight path, where the ion beam repeatedly sweeps a figure of eight in two opposed cylindrical capacitors, each of 254... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a Continuation-In-Part (C.I.P.) of application Ser. No. 11/156,638 filed on Jun. 21, 2005, now abandoned, and benefit of U.S. Provisional Application for Patent Ser. No. 60/581,456, filed on Jun. 22, 2004, is hereby claimed.
... | An automated feeding apparatus for animals includes a compartmented feed storage container provided with an upper hinged access door for charging the feed into the compartments, which are provided with automatically or manually operable discharge doors. The container is so dimensioned that the discharge doors in their ... | 0 |
STATEMENT OF THE INVENTION
An improved non-jamming self-adjust pawl and ratchet mechanism is disclosed for use in an automotive parking brake system or the like, including cam-out and cam-in means that are spaced to define an overlap dwell distance for insuring positive suitable engagement between the adjuster pa... | An improved non-jamming self-adjust pawl and ratchet mechanism for use in an automotive parking brake system or the like, includes cam-out and cam-in devices that are spaced to define an overlap dwell distance to insure suitable engagement between the adjuster pawl and the adjuster ratchet as a foot or hand brake opera... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a safety pillow, and especially to a pillow device of a car seat which is helpful to the safety of a passenger sleeping in a moving car.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Currently, the primary concerns in the decorat... | A pillow device can be adhered to the pillow of a car seat is disclosed. The pillow device includes an adjustable or inflatable soft portion for supporting the neck of a passenger, a head supporting portion for preventing the head to turn aside. A ring sticky buckle serves to fix the pillow device on the pillow of a ca... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a process for the production of a composite camshaft and an apparatus suitable for use in the production process.
A known process for the production of composite camshafts is disclosed in German Application No. DE-A1-3209980 wherein cam elements and beari... | A process for the production of composite camshafts comprises the selective positioning of a plurality of cam elements on a camshaft and orienting the cam elements at a desired location with respect to the central axis of the shaft and thereafter securing the cam elements in place on the shaft. | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Application Ser. No. 62/090,639 filed on Dec. 11, 2014, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates generally to heat pro... | A vaporization lighter device includes a heat source for producing a flame and directing the same in a horizontal direction. The heat source is perpendicularly aligned with a flame filter via a main body. The flame filter includes an elongated chamber having an open front end, an open second end, and an aperture along ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to an on-off valve which instantly operates between an open position and a closed position. The on-off valve of this invention is particularly suitable for high-pressure fluid systems and/or those th... | An on-off valve that operates between an open position and a closed position, particularly with high-pressure working fluids. The on-off valve has a valve body that defines a valve cavity. A valve poppet is slidably mounted within the valve cavity. A bushing is mounted with respect to the valve body and divides the val... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to gang form bolts for use in holding a tie rod passing through abutting frames of prefabricated panel units.
This invention is an improvement on and an adaptation of the gang form bolt of U.S. Pat. No. 3,756,555, issued to Doubleday et al on Sept. 4, 1973, ... | A gang form or tie rod holding bolt is adapted for holding a tie rod passing through abutting frames of prefabricated panel units, the frames having mating slots. The tie rod holding bolt includes a body portion and a slot leg for extending through the mating slots, a middle leg for loading the frames, and a tie rod en... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates, in general, to a method for plasma etching organic materials and, more specifically, to a method for anisotropically etching organic materials in a hydrogen plasma.
The increasing complexity of semiconductor devices has required technological changes in th... | A method is provided for anisotropically etching organic material to reduce mask undercutting. The layer of organic material to be patterned, with an overlying patterning mask is provided on a substrate. The substrate with the layer of organic material on it is placed on the powered electrode within a plasma reactor. A... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 10/617,134, filed Jul. 11, 2003, which claims benefit of U.S. Provisional application No. 60/394,871, filed on Jul. 11, 2002 (all of which is hereby incorporated by reference).
BACKGRO... | Carbon nanotubes and activated carbon containing a metal such as palladium release a photoacoustic effect when subjected to a flash of light. A light ignitable, energetic composition is produced by mixing one of them with an energetic material such as black powder or ammonium perchlorate. | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application No. 61/065,591 filed on date Feb. 13, 2008, “A System and Method For Cryptographic Communications Using Permutation”.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
[0002] Not Applic... | The present invention discloses a system and method for cryptographic communications. It may significantly improve operation efficiency of existing symbol level encryption algorithms by permutating at symbol sequence level with significantly less computational requirements. The system includes a communications channel,... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to disposable containers having a charge or pre-filling of a predetermined quantity of a liquid material to which a second liquid may, if desired, be added in order to produce a required solution of the liquid material.
There are available today various typ... | A method of hermetically sealing a predetermined quantity of alcohol into a chamber provided at the bottom of a stackable disposable container of plastics material by securing a lid or cover having the thickness of foil to a ledge defined at the transition of the chamber with the remainder of the container. The method ... | 1 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 268,341, filed Nov. 7, 1988 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,974,384.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention is directed to heavy construction attachment systems, in particular, to a system incorporating majo... | Re-attachable structural assemblies incorporating complementary area fastening elements comprising hook and loop elements over extended rigid contact surfaces between structural members of an assembly are disclosed for use in the construction industry in relation to: temporary formwork for casting concrete; precast con... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the priority of the PCT application PCT/US2006/027518 filed on Jul. 14, 2006, which, in turn, claimed the priority of the filing of the U.S. provisional patent application 60/699,445 filed on Jul. 15, 2005, of which the present app... | Manual CPR apparatus allowing the application of force at two points separated by a line making a nonperpendicular angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the patient. The line separating the two force points may also lie out of the plane formed by the device's belt which circumnavigates the patient's torso.... | 0 |
FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to shoe boxes and, in particular, to a shoe box which is configured to maintain each of a pair of shoes in fixed space relation to one another within the box.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Shoeboxes have been designed for shipping and storing a pair of shoes ... | A shoe box having opposite sides and opposite ends with the sides longer than the ends is provided with a flexible divider extending lengthwise and dividing the box into two longitudinal sections, said divider anchored only at one end to an end wall intermediate its ends and providing separate compartments for each sho... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/990,741, filed 9 May 2014.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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MICROFICHE APPENDIX
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DESCRIPTION
1. Fiel... | An orthopedic intramedullary fixation apparatus and system for use in hip and femur fracture surgery comprises an intramedullary nail, a dynamic lag screw structure comprising a longitudinal sheath and a lag screw, and securing means to fix the intramedullary nail relative to a femur. A dynamic channel created by the l... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to design of integrated circuits and to end-product integrated circuits.
PRIOR ART DISCUSSION
[0002] FIG. 1 shows a typical integrated circuit 112 at a high level. The chip 112 contains an internal logic core 110 , an I/O ring 11... | This invention concerns an automated method of generating a design for an I/O fabric of a target integrated circuit having a core and pins. A process tool executes algorithms to generate a synthesizable representation of the I/O fabric ring in hardware description language. It imports integrated circuit design data, an... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to pop-up sprinklers and in particular to a housing for protection against intrusion of sand, dirt and debris into pipe threading, into underground pipes to which they connect and onto related sprinkler components when the sprinklers are repaired, replaced, remov... | A pop-up-sprinkler housing has a cap sleeve (1) that slides adjustably into a base sleeve (2) having a base plate (3) with a fluid conveyance (4) that screws onto underground sprinkler plumbing (10) and into sprinkler shafts (8). A housing cap (11) on top of the cap sleeve has a sprinkler-shaft aperture (12) that is si... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO PROVISIONAL APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional application Ser. No. 60/104,801 filed Oct. 19, 1998.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present disclosure concerns the field of gene therapy applied to vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) for the purp... | Methods for induction of E2F-1 related vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) death to limit vascular stenosis or restenosis, to regress atherosclerotic plaque and to prevent atherogenesis are disclosed. Also disclosed is an adenovirus vector containing the E2F-1 gene, and a method of transferring the gene to a vessel or g... | 2 |
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalty thereon.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to temperature sensing devices, and, more p... | A compensated temperature sensing device having a sensing element capable of surviving extreme operating environments while still being able to substantially instantaneously sense temperature changes. This is accomplished by incorporating within the device an auxilliary heat source which artificially heats the sensing ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the priority of PCT Patent Application No. PCT/US11/30165 filed Mar. 28, 2011, entitled ENGINEERING OF AN ULTRA-THIN MOLECULAR SUPERCONDUCTOR BY CHARGE TRANSFER which claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/317,810 filed Mar. ... | A method of forming a superconductive device of a single layer of (BETS) 2 GaCl 4 molecules on a substrate surface which displays a superconducting gap that increases exponentially with the length of the molecular chain is provided. | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a closure system for a leakproof baby feeding bottle.
In known baby feeding bottles, the teat at the lower edg... | A closure system for a baby bottle including a lower closure ring screwed onto an external thread of a bottle, an upper closure ring for connecting to a screw ring for fastening a drinking teat, locking elements which rotatably and releasably lock together the lower closure ring and the upper closure ring, a circular l... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a circular pole piece included in a magnetic circuit for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and an MRI system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a circular pole piece capable of minimizing a residual magnetic induction and... | The object of the present invention is to minimize the residual magnetic induction in a circular pole piece included in a magnetic circuit for magnetic resonance imaging. A circular pole piece is divided into two portions, that is, a center portion and a marginal portion. A soft magnetic material that exhibits a high p... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a kind of capsule endoscope, and more particularly to the control method for a kind of capsule endoscope with memory storage device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Since 1975 many medical scholars have been engaging in the ... | The object of the present invention is to reveal how to control the operation of a capsule endoscope that has a memory storage device. The capsule endoscope is swallowed through the mouth to start the photographic inspection. During the process of operating the capsule endoscope, the built-in wireless receiving module ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention is related to a method and a device for laterally aligning a lateral edge of flat material webs fed to a machining station, in which the lateral position of the lateral edge is detected transversely to a feed direction under formation of a ... | The invention concerns a method and device for laterally aligning a lateral edge of flat material webs (10) fed to a machining station (16). The lateral position of the edge (26) transversely to the feed direction (14) is detected, so that a position signal is formed and the flat material web (10) is conveyed transvers... | 3 |
TECHNICAL AREA
[0001] The present invention concerns a method for the continuous cooking of cellulose according to the introduction to claim 1 with the aim of achieving improved heat economy during impregnation with black liquor.
THE PRIOR ART
[0002] The technique of impregnation ... | A method for the continuous cooling of chemical pulp with the aim of achieving improved heat economy in a digester system comprising a vessel ( 1 ) for impregnation and a vessel ( 2 ) for cooking the impregnated cellulose chips. A part of the black liquor ( 14 ) withdrawn from the digester ( 2 ) is added at the beginni... | 3 |
This is a divisional of co-pending application Ser. No. 652,869 filed on Sept. 20, 1984 now abandoned. which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 592,945 entitled CLEANING SYSTEM filed Mar. 23, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,640,638 the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
... | A cleaning system utilizing a hollow bodied, disposable dispensing capsule or package comprising a storage chamber and integral dispensing chamber made of a plastic material. The package is connected to the system handle via a conical protrusion on the package closure. An orifice separating the two chambers is provided... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to pet treats and especially to means for dispensing edible pet treats in a manner to be attractive to dogs and other domestic pets.
2. Problem Presented
Edible pet treats made from rawhide, natural bone, or various othe... | A pet treat dispensing system comprising a non-edible, interactive pet toy having fastening means therein for removably mounting and retaining an edible pet treat in an exposed position for easy access by a pet, wherein the treat is kept at a distance from stainable surfaces when the toy is in the upright position. | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to vapor recovery apparatus and, in particular, to using recovered vapor for power generation.
2. Description of Related Art
Since the passage of the Clean Air Act, the Congress of the United States has required ... | A system for recovering and utilizing vapor from a source of vapor has a vapor holder for storing a quantity of vapor from the source of vapor. Also included is a condenser coupled to the vapor holder for receiving and condensing at least partially, vapor from the vapor holder. The system also has an engine and a gener... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Reference is made to the following copending applications filed concurrently herewith: application Ser. No. 131,163 entitled "Process Unit Incorporating A Charging Device" in the name of Alan C. R. Howard et al. application Ser. No. 131,075 entitled "Process Uni... | A process unit which can be removably mounted in a main assembly of an electrostatographic copying machine has a housing enclosing an imaging member and, optionally, other processing means such as a development device, a cleaner, and a charge corotron. The transfer corotron, for transferring a toner image from the phot... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for refilling disposable ink cartridges of ink jet printheads from ink reservoirs located off-board the printhead carriages. The pressure in ink lines connecting the off board reservoirs to the cartridges is monitored prior to and during a re... | A system for intermittently refilling the cartridge reservoir in an ink jet printer from an off-board ink supply tests the ink flow path prior to initiating a refill operation. Air at a pressure greater than the ink feed pressure is applied to the ink flow path to check the integrity of the system. After venting the sy... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a dazzling light device, and more particularly to a light device incorporated with lamp shades to produce a dazzling light effect.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Light devices are well used for many years by human being to assist in walking or working at a dark ... | A dazzling light device includes a shell, a gem stone and one or several lighting members. The shell comprises a holding section to hold the gem stone therein. The lighting member shines light to the gem stone which then refracts or reflects light from various angles to produce dazzling light. By rotating or moving lam... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to automoated machines for supplying molded plastic six-pack or eight-pack carriers to upstanding necked containers such as bottles, to form a carrying assembly for hand transport of the carriers with the bottles held by their necks after the molded plastic article is... | An endless horizontal conveyor discharges cartons of necked bottles onto a horizontal tabletop aligned with the endless conveyor insuring carton-to-carton movement of the bottles beneath the discharge end of a gravity chute feeding a series of bottle carriers, individually supplied to the gravity chute from a nested ca... | 1 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/356,740 filed Feb. 3, 2003; the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a jetting head capable of ejecting various kinds of liquid in the form of droplets for use in an ink jet printer, a di... | There is disclosed a head driving device which drives a plurality of pressure generating elements for generating pressure fluctuation in a jetted object contained in each of associated pressure chambers formed in a jetting head of a jetting apparatus to eject the jetted object from each of nozzles communicated with the... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a detection apparatus, and particularly to a biochemical detection apparatus. The biochemical detection apparatus is capable of performing detection for an environmental parameter or a biological parameter by a biochemical sheet and an electronic... | A biochemical detection apparatus includes an electronic computing device and an optical device. The optical device includes a main body. The main body includes an accommodating space provided in the main body, and an insertion slot, an optical lens and an opening that are in communication with the accommodating space.... | 7 |
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 08/311,537, filed Sep. 23,1994, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to ceramics, and more particularly to improving the properties of ceramic zirconia.
2. Description of ... | The invention is directed to improved stabilized zirconia compositions and the processes for making the same. Low cost stabilizers, in the form of ceria/yttria or ceria/yttria/noedynium mixtures, are used to maintain zirconia in tetragonal form at room temperature without tending to convert back to monoclinic form at i... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/206,483, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
GOVERNMENT INTERESTS
[0002] This invention was made with government support under contract number W... | A solid oxide fuel cell module includes a manifold member comprising a plurality of openings. The solid oxide fuel cell module further includes a plurality of fuel cell tube units. The solid oxide fuel cell module further includes a fuel cell tube unit to manifold interconnect member providing a fluid flow channel betw... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The following application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60982312, filed Oct. 24, 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Putting is a very complicated and misunderstood p... | A putter fitting method and system comprising a laser configured to deflect a laser beam off of a putter at address and strike a scoring map in such a way so as to indicate the any error's in a golfer's aim. The method and system may further comprise determining physical alterations to the golfer's putter i... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/015,025, filed Feb. 3, 2016, entitled METHOD OF MAINTAINING PRINTHEADS USING WIPERS MOVING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/712,742 filed on May 14,... | A method of wiping a plurality of printheads positioned in a staggered overlapping arrangement across a width of a media feed path, each printhead having a respective wiper associated therewith. The wipers for neighboring printheads are moved in opposite directions with respect to each other. | 1 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/035,506, filed Jan. 15, 1997.
BACKGROUND
This invention relates to bruxism measurement devices and more particularly to an intraoral appliance for quantifying the extent of wear due to the grinding action of teeth.
Br... | A bruxism monitoring device comprising a thin shell formed to the shape of and elastically retained to one or more teeth, said shell further comprising: a plurality of layers having mutually distinguishable colors, each color distinguishable from the colors of adjacent layers; and a material thickness that is greater a... | 0 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/378,437, filed on July 10, 1989 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,979,956.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for repairing severed or lacerated tendons and ligaments and, more particularly, the invention relates to a device having... | A device, suitable for use in repairing a lacerated or severed tendon, particularly a hand flexor tendon, having a flat band body with opposite ends of the body designed to anchor connecting sutures. The device also finds applicability in the repair of lacerated or severed ligaments. Also disclosed is a method of repai... | 3 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 635,012, filed Nov. 25, 1975, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the pyrolytic deposition of silicon nitride onto a heated substrate and to substrates having uniform films of silicon nitride deposited thereon. More pa... | Silicon nitride is pyrolytically deposited by the reaction of a halosilane with ammonia in an evacuated system. The process is particularly useful in providing uniform layers of silicon nitride on silicon wafers to be used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to tank valves for tank-type toilets and more particularly to a tank valve adapted to regulate and minimize the amount of water utilized in flushing.
Conservation of water has become recognized as of late to be of considerable importance, especially in urba... | Disclosed herein is a tank valve for tank-type toilets comprised of a closed upper portion adapted to extend across the opening of a valve seat, and a hollow lower portion extending downwardly from adjacent the upper portion and adapted to extend within the opening of the valve seat. The lower portion is provided with ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates broadly to methods and apparatus for removing previously applied floor tile mastic, and particularly with the removal of such mastic materials where those materials may contain asbestos or other hazardous waste.
For many years, the floors of various kinds o... | Apparatus for removing floor tile mastic from a floor includes a scouring unit enclosed within a shroud coupled to a plenum through which air can be drawn by a vacuum unit including a HEPA filter. Water or other liquid is delivered from a reservoir to the region of the scouring unit to wet any asbestos fibers in the fl... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to methods and apparatus for welding by use of high frequency electrical resistance heating and, more particularly, to the welding of brake webs to brake tables to form brake shoes.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Tradi... | A method and apparatus for welding an edge surface of a curved metal brake shoe web to a metal brake shoe table surface. The metal brake shoe table surface has a greater radius of curvature than the brake shoe web edge. The brake shoe table is positioned in longitudinal alignment with the brake shoe web with one end po... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
This is a Continuation Application of application Ser. No. 11/873,282, filed Oct. 16, 2007; which is a Continuation Application of application Ser. No. 10/612,013, filed Jul. 3, 2003, and issued on Nov. 6, 2007, as U.S. Pat. No. 7,292,657; which is a Continuation Appl... | A multi-scanner scans a signal according to several different patterns. A scanning pattern selector determines which scanning pattern produced the most efficient coding result, for example, for runlength coding, and outputs a coded signal, coded most efficiently, and a selection signal which identifies the scanning pat... | 7 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The present disclosure relates to a three-phase solid bowl screw centrifuge, or three-phase decanter having a rotatable drum, a screw arranged in the drum, a solid material discharge located at a first axial end of the drum, and two liquid outlets located at a second axial end of the drum. ... | A three-phase solid bowl screw centrifuge has a rotatable drum ( 1 ) and a screw ( 2 ) arranged in the drum ( 1 ). In this case, at least one solid material discharge is arranged at one axial end of the drum ( 1 ) and at least two or more liquid outlets for liquid phases of different densities—a lighter liquid phase an... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
A hydralically operated clutch modulator for modulating the rate of engagement of a hydraulic clutch is provided.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Numerous prior art patents exist that attempt to provide clutch engagement modulation. There are... | Modulated hydraulic clutch pack engagement is provided in a single valve body which includes a drive direction selector spool, a dump valve, a pressure modulating spool, a downstream system pressure regulator and a provision for continuous flow to a downstream torque converter. The modulator spool interrupts communicat... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for matching of a repair paint to texture properties, and optionally colour, of a paint film on a substrate to be repaired.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Repairing painted surfaces requires that the repair paint visually matches the originally a... | A method for matching colour properties and texture properties of a repair paint to colour properties and texture properties of a paint film on a substrate to be repaired is provided. In the method, the texture of the paint film is imaged with a digital imaging device, the imaged texture is analyzed using image analysi... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to the French application 1554713 filed May 26, 2015, which applications are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention concerns the ... | A light-emitting device, notably a lighting and/or signaling device for a motor vehicle, including at least one first light source intended to emit a first modulated light beam coding information; at least one second light source intended to emit a second modulated light beam coding information; a control device adapte... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the hardware of digital systems, and in particular, it relates to a method and respective hardware logic circuit for implementing partially programmable Finite State Machines.
Developing a complex VLSI-chip is, despite all the verification tools like ... | A method and respective hardware logic circuit for implementing partially programmable Finite State Machines in the hardware of digital systems which use finite state machines to implement the control logic of the hardware design. In order to provide a partly reprogrammable Finite State Machine (FSM), which can be repr... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
I. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a simplified phonograph capable of being started by a shock imparted thereto. More particularly, the present invention concerns a device into which the simplified phonograph hereof is incorporated. Even more particularly, the pr... | A weight means disposed in a casing of a phonograph is capable of being swung and urged normally in a predetermined direction. The weight means is associated with a lifting means. The lifting means is able to mechanically lift a sound transmitting member to move it in a direction away from a record disc against which, ... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally to equipment utilized and operations performed in conjunction with a subterranean well and, in an embodiment described herein, more particularly provides a downhole electrical power generator.
BACKGROUND
A wide variety of downhole well tools may be uti... | A downhole electrical power generator. A downhole electrical power generating system includes a flow restricting device which variably restricts flow through an opening, the restricting device vibrating in response to flow through the opening and the restricting device thereby alternately increasing and decreasing flow... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a device for propelling a pipe from a vertical shaft, and more particularly, to a device for exerting propelling power to small bore pipes such as water supply and drainage pipes, gas pipes and cable laying pipes to force them i... | A pipe propelling device comprises two sets of jack assemblies spaced from each other and arranged in the direction of propelling the pipe in a vertical shaft having a reacting shaft wall so that the small diameter pipe such as water supply and drainage pipes, gas pipes and cable laying pipes can be propelled from the ... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a tire with improved resistance to sidewall damage such as splitting or puncture. More particularly, the present invention provides a tire with tread features positioned along the sidewall in a manner that improves the protection of the sidewall against dama... | A tire with improved resistance to sidewall damage such as splitting or puncture is provided. More particularly, the present invention provides a tire with tread features positioned along the sidewall in a manner that improves the protection of the sidewall against damage when contacting obstacles during operation of t... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for reducing or eliminating the problem of edge overdrying which occurs during the drying process in the manufacture of paper. It also includes a paper machine drying cylinder which is suitably coated to achieve ... | The invention overcomes the problem of paper edge overdrying during the paper drying process on paper machine drying cylinders. It comprises applying a thin ceramic coating onto the circumferential exterior surface of the cylinder near the cylinder edges, thereby forming a thermal barrier coating which decreases paper ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF INVENTION
This invention relates to a locking device for excavating equipment and, more particularly, to a device including a C-shaped clamp member and a wedge member useful in securing an adapter to the lip of a shovel dipper bucket, etc.
This invention is related to the co-pendin... | A locking device for excavating equipment including a C-clamp member and a wedge member, the wedge member having ratchet-type teeth held in position against the C-clamp member by means of an arcuate lock which itself is resiliently mounted within the C-clamp member. | 4 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a screening device for the separation of solid particulate material usually in the form of wood fibres, particularly in the recycling of newsprint.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
A significant proportion of newsprint is recycled. In a typical operation,... | Aqueous slurries of particulate materials, particularly wood pulp slurries produced during the recycling of newsprint and other paper products, are processed to recover an accepts fraction in a rotary filter having a hollow cylindrical rotor. The rotor is modified to prevent plugging by outwardly tapering the inner wal... | 3 |
BACKGROUND
The present disclosure relates to transport of print media and particularly print media in sheet form as is employed in photocopiers and office printers. The disclosure particularly relates to digital image printing in print engines arranged for parallel processing, as for example, printing in plural p... | A method and apparatus for bi-directionally transporting sheet stock in a marking engine by disposing idler rolls on opposite sides of a drive roll on movable idler roll decks for forming forward and reverse nips and feeding sheets from opposite directions into the nips and providing for moving the idler rolls away fro... | 1 |
PRIOR ART
Patterning devices are known which produce jacquard-patterned knitted pile fabrics on crocheting galloon machines and which comprise a row of slide needles, a bar providing eye-pointed or feed needles for delivering knitting threads to the slide needles, at least one filling bearing, horizontally and ve... | The invention produces jacquard-patterned knitted pile fabrics on pile knitting machines, more particularly crocheting galloon machines in which sinkers for reliably selecting respective patterning pile thread are provided together with non pattern thread diverting surfaces. | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The subject invention is directed to a system and method for determining the buying power of an investment portfolio, and more particularly, to a system and method of determining a purchasing limit for a proposed transaction... | A system and method for determining the buying power of an investment portfolio are disclosed which involve providing a set of compliance rules for an investment portfolio, receiving a request to analyze a proposed transaction, and calculating a transaction limit for the proposed transaction based upon the set of compl... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to a curvilinear spa, and more particularly to curvilinear spa frame design to support a curvilinear spa shell.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Typical spas are designed around dimensional lumber and are usually very linear in shape. Some deviations... | A curvilinear spa frame apparatus and method that provides support to a curvilinear spa shell design, including a frame comprising a top curvilinear rail, a bottom curvilinear rail, and one or more box sections aligned to be within the confines of the curvilinear spa shell providing stiffness for the completed frame. T... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present disclosure pertains to slings for carrying and manipulating an object and, more particularly, to a sling adapted for use with firearms to accommodate rapid weapon deployment and use in a variety of tactical environments.
[0003] ... | A sling that includes a first strap having an elastic sidewall enclosing a hollow interior and a pair of elastic cords attached to the strap and located inside the hollow interior of the strap, the first strap further comprising a first connector member on a first end of the first strap; and a second strap having an el... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The subject matter of this application is related to the subject matter of British Patent Application No. GB 0416736.7, filed Jul. 27, 2004, priority to which is claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 119 and which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF... | An electrical machine has a rotor position transducer which provides output signals to a control system. The output signals contain errors due to component shortcomings and manufacturing imperfections. A method is disclosed which is able to determine the errors in the signals by successively running the machine with a ... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to and is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/889,580 filed Sep. 24, 2010 which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/507,100 filed Jul. 22, 2009 which is a divisional of Ser. No. 11/371,940 filed on Mar. 10, 2006.
... | A monolithically integrated light-activated thyristor in an n-p-n-p-n-p sequence consists of a four-layered thyristor structure and an embedded back-biased PN junction structure as a turn-off switching diode. The turn-off switching diode is formed through structured doping processes and/or depositions on a single semic... | 7 |
The present invention is a continuation-in-part of an application filed by us in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Mar. 8, 1982 under Ser. No. 355,981 for Safety Relief Valve Soft Seat, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,446,886.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The pres... | In a poppet-type relief valve, including a housing having a spring guide assembly axially biasing a valve toward a seat in its inlet passageway, a soft valve seat member is coaxially disposed in the inlet passageway. The soft seat member includes a rigid surface limiting movement of the spring urged valve toward the in... | 5 |
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