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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to garments for animals, and particularly to a protective garment for a dog working in a cleanroom.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Four-legged animals, particularly dogs, have long worn simple garments to protect them from cold or wet weather. Dogs hav... | Protective suit for a dog allows a dog to work in a cleanroom or other controlled environment. Suit 10 includes particle-blocking coverall 20 and hood 50 . Hood 50 includes transparent face shield 52 to cover dog's eyes and snout. Face shield 52 is open at the end to allow air and odors to reach dog'... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention is concerned with a first responder system for predictively modeling contaminant transport during an environmental threat or a Chemical, Biological, or Radiological (CBR) threat or obscurant threat and for effective response after the threat.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
... | Networked groups of sensors that detect Chemical, Biological, and Radiological (CBR) threats are being developed to defend cities and military bases. Due to the high cost and maintenance of these sensors, the number of sensors deployed is limited. It is vital for the sensors to be deployed in optimal locations for thes... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to refractory metal carbide grade powders. Such powders contain a refractory metal carbide, a matrix metal and a pressing aid.
It also relates to a process for producing cemented carbides from such grade powders.
2. Pri... | A process for producing a refractory carbide grade powder having improved particle size distribution and pressing characteristics. The process comprises forming an aqueous slurry of a standard refractory metal carbide powder and the desired matrix, attritor milling for 1 to 10 hours, removing the milled slurry from the... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to apparatus for separating a food product from a tray, and more particularly separation from a tray having apertures defining a supporting lattice to which the food product is adhered.
2. Description of Related Art
... | An apparatus for separating a food product from a tray having apertures defining a supporting lattice to which the food product is adhered. A conveyor belt carries the tray in an inverted position with the food product on the bottom and engaging the upper surface of the belt. The undersurface of the belt is slidably su... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to polymer blends and, more particularly, to a blend of thermoplastic polymers which form a single phase solid solution of excellent optical clarity and good flexural properties.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Thermoplastic polymers useful for injection moldi... | This invention relates to a visually clear blend of thermoplastic polymers comprising a polyetherimide and a polyester of (a) an acid component comprising 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid and (b) a glycol component comprising at least one glycol selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, 1,3-trimethylene g... | 2 |
The present application is a continuation of pending application Ser. No. 07/109,770 filed on 10/16/87 which in turn is a continuation-in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/029,735 filed 03/24/87 for Card Holding, Carrying And Retaining System, which application is still being prosecuted concurrently with this ... | The present invention relates to an improved system whereby a business card can be immediately placed onto a card holding means which permits the card to be immediately stored in a card carrying means which can be carried in a coat pocket or purse and further upon return to one's office permits the business card to... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the priority of German Application No. 198 31 139.7 filed Jul. 11, 1998, which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a device incorporated in a fiber processing machine such as a carding... | A fiber processing machine includes a fiber processing roll carrying a roll clothing on a circumferential surface thereof; an operationally substantially stationary carding segment carrying a segment clothing for cooperating with the roll clothing along a circumferential length portion thereof; a strip-supporting compo... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of insulation and thermal barriers, and, more particularly to a method for forming a multi-layer, nonwoven fiberglass insulating mat, and the mat formed therefrom.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In recent yea... | A method is provided for forming a relatively thick, lightweight, nonwoven insulating mat. The method includes the steps of forming a relatively thin, relatively dense first outer layer by needle punching a first batt of glass fibers and forming a relatively thin, relatively dense second outer layer by needle punching ... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a surgical draping system for retaining sterile and clean conditions at an operation site. Surgical drapes are well known in the medical community and serve to prevent contamination of the sterilized operation site by foreign bodies, in particular micro... | A two-part surgical draping system comprising a disposable drape (1) for adhesion to an operation site, and one or more reusable drapes (6) placed over the disposable drape (1). The disposable drape (1) comprises a window (2), an upper absorbent layer (5) and a lower impermeable layer, first adhesive means (3) for adhe... | 0 |
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 801,640 filed Nov. 25, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,682,609.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to devices for measuring cervical dilation.
In the early stages of labor, the doctor monitors cervical dilation to de... | A meter (10) for measuring cervical dilation during labor includes rings (20 and 22) that fit at the bases of the user's fingers (24 and 26). Pivot arms (14 and 16) mount the rings (20 and 22) at one end and a scale and indicator (30) at the other end. Scale indicia indicate the separation of the rings. Ring separa... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a drain cover assembly interlock having a releasable plug for obstructing a discharge port upon removal of a drain cover.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] ... | Missing drain covers used in connection with swimming pools, spas and/or other applications expose humans and animals to discharge ports in the drains that can develop near vacuums which eviscerate, entrap the body and entangle hair. A drain cover is disclosed that releases an elastomeric plug in the neighborhood of th... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a lace provided with a tubular lace body.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, as to a lace which needs to be pass through a hole for fixation, a lace, where its core is made of a linear material ... | In the conventional lace with knobby portions having elastic rubber core, there is difference in degree of stretch between both ends and core of the knobby portion. Therefore, there are a portion that is subjected to heavy stretching force and a portion that is subjected to no stretching force, and when large strain is... | 3 |
[0001] The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2008-0137599 (filed on Dec. 30, 2008), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
[0002] A packaging technique for a semiconductor integrated device is continuously de... | A semiconductor package apparatus includes a first semiconductor chip bonded onto a substrate of which metal wire turning upward; and a second semiconductor chip conductively bonded onto the first semiconductor chip in a vertical direction such that a metal wire of the second semiconductor chip and the metal wire of th... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to medical equipment and more particularly to surgical apparatus for suturing organs and tissues with metal staples. The proposed apparatus can find application in oncology for suturing the walls of the pharynx in laryngectomy in case of cancer as well as ... | A surgical apparatus for suturing organs and tissues with metal staples, comprising a frame provided with an opening and a clamp member having, on a side facing the frame opening, a flat portion provided with recesses for bending staples, a staple head with a staple holder and a staple pusher, both mounted on the frame... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/938,412, filed on Sep. 10, 2004.
BACKGROUND
[0002] This description relates to enterprise application performance monitors.
[0003] Applications of an enterprise ... | Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for receiving a first information related to a first transaction associated with a first user session with a multi-tier enterprise application, the first information including performance data that is representative of how wel... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/852,080 filed Mar. 15, 2013 and titled “APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A RESISTIVE SHUNT WITHIN A LIGHT STRING” the contents of which are incorporated by refere... | A shunting mechanism is provided within a socket of a light string system having a resistive element that substantially mirrors the resistive characteristic of the bulb inserted in the socket. The shunting mechanism is disabled when the bulb is inserted into the light string socket. When the bulb is removed from the li... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based on and claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Application No. 61/972,199, filed Mar. 28, 2014, the teachings of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
[0002] Material contained in this document is sub... | In a distributed computing system, the allocation of workers to tasks can be challenging. In embodiments described herein, nodes in such a system can execute takeover algorithms that provide efficient, automated, and stable allocation of workers to tasks. | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present invention relates to a method for making a vertical stand-up package having a compartment constructed using a modified vertical form, fill, and seal packaging machine, and the apparatus and method for making same, that ... | A method for making a vertical stand up package having one or more open or closed compartments within the package, and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same, constructed by modification to existing vertical form, fill and seal packaging machines. The invention involves producing a flat bottom bag that can sta... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of co-pending U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/873,237, filed Sep. 3, 2013, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Composite wood particulate pro... | The disclosed composite wood particulate products, adhesives contained in such wood particulate products, and methods of making the adhesive and the wood particulate products employ an aldehyde-free adhesive, and more specifically a formaldehyde-free adhesive. The aldehyde-free adhesive includes an inert additive that ... | 2 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/398,465, filed on Mar. 3, 1995 U.S Pat. No 5,563,833.
RELATED APPLICATION
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/398,468, filed Mar. 3, 1995, entitled "BIST Tester for Multiple Memories"(Atty. Docket No. BU9-94-146).
FIELD OF THE INVENTION... | An associated memory structure having a plurality of memories amenable for testing and a method of testing the memories is provided. First and second memories are formed, wherein data in the first memory provides a basis for at least a portion of the input to the second memory during functional operation of two memorie... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Present invention relates generally to intensive use furniture for use in institutional settings such as prisons, jails, detention centers and psychiatric facilities. And more particularly to furniture for use by individuals where using a contraband barier to secure the furnitur... | The invention is directed to a rotary molded bed having a sleeping surface surrounded by a raised edge, storage compartments molded into the side of the bed and a means for attaching a base of the bed to a floor. The rotationally molded bottom may comprise a flat surface or a honeycombed configuration. The hollow bed b... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the regulation of fluid pressure. It has particular application to the control of gas mass flow rates through the control of pressure. It is especially useful in controlling the flow of a gaseous fuel supplied to an internal combustion engine, for example in... | A gas regulator has a has an internal gas chamber and a solenoid valve that controls gas flow into the clamber. A pressure monitor monitors the pressure in the chamber and controls the operation of the solenoid valve to produce a desired pressure in the chamber. The solenoid control signal is a pulsed signal with a var... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to verifying a description of a network and, more particularly, to confirming that the description of the network is consistent with communication paths of the network.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Networks, such as ... | An apparatus and method are disclosed for verifying that a description of a network corresponds to communication paths of the network. The verification is accomplished by accessing data that represents of a plurality of logical links of the network. A determination is made whether each of the logical links correspond t... | 7 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/178,415 (now U.S. Pat. No. 8,034,360) filed Jul. 12, 2005, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/857,691 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,972,128) filed Sep. 5, 2001, which is a national stage of PCT/GB99/04129 filed Dec. 9, 1999. The en... | This invention is concerned with agents for the treatment of primary, metastatic and residual cancer in mammals (including humans) by inducing the immune system of the mammal or human afflicted with cancer to mount an attack against the tumour lesion. In particular, the invention pertains to the use of whole-cells, der... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/675,439, filed Jun. 28, 1996.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The Ras family of proteins are important in the signal transduction pathway modulating cell growth. The protein i... | A family of compounds capable of inhibiting the activity of prenyl transferases. The compounds are covered by the four following formulas
Each of the R groups is defined in the disclosure. | 2 |
This is a divisional application of application Ser. No. 09/566,136, filed on May 5, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,474,313, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of the earlier filing date of U.S. ... | An integrated pressure management system manages pressure and detects leaks in a fuel system. The integrated pressure management system also performs a leak diagnostic for the headspace in a fuel tank, a canister that collects volatile fuel vapors from the headspace, a purge valve, and all associated hoses and connecti... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(e) to U.S. Application Ser. No. 60/376,028, filed Apr. 26, 2002.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to the delivery of fragrances to skin and/or hair. I... | Compositions and personal care articles are described comprising a complexed perfume and a coating material which acts to retain the perfume in the complexed state and to keep out other competing materials. | 0 |
All publications and patent applications mentioned in this specification are incorporated herein, in their entirety, by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication or patent application was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The... | The present invention relates, generally, to the reduction or elimination of permanent and catastrophic herniations in Bowden cables or coil pipes in articulating devices or snake-like robots. More particularly, the present invention relates managing the coil pipes in a spiral pattern along the articulating device or s... | 5 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to a provisional patent application, Application No. 60/398,101, filed Jul. 25, 2002, entitled, “Method and System for Providing Filtered Advertisements Over the Internet,” still pending.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
... | Methods and systems that allow an Internet distribution partner of an advertisement listings provider to receive filtered and masked listings for display on the website of the Internet distribution partner. The Internet distribution partner defines filters to be applied to ranked advertising listings provided by an adv... | 6 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/937,303 filed on Aug. 31, 1992.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a novel refrigerant mixture for use in refrigeration systems. The refrigerant is not harmful to the ozone layer, and is particularly applicable in systems su... | A refrigerant mixture. The mixture of propane and butane may be advantageously used as a substitute for R-12, thus eliminating the use of ozone depleting R-12 refrigerant. Ideally, the mixture is comprised of approximately 50% propane and 50% butane by liquid volume. Alternately, the mixture may contain up to about 75%... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to improvements in powered roller conveyors and, in particular, to a novel drive sprocket arrangement for the rollers of such conveyors.
PRIOR ART
Power driven roller conveyors are used in process equipment for conveying materials such as wet slurrys, mats, ... | A sprocket assembly for a roller conveyor comprising a hub and a sprocket plate, the hub having a central cylindrical bore for fitting onto a round shaft of a roller, the hub having provisions for rotationally and axially locking it on a shaft in a manner adequate to transmit torque to the shaft and rotationally drive ... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/866,192, filed May 30, 1997, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to hydrogen storage alloys for use in rechargeable batteries.
A battery typically include... | A hydrogen storage alloy of the AB 5 -type, where the A component includes La and/or Nd and at least 0.4 mole fraction Pr, as well as batteries including the alloy, are disclosed. | 8 |
This application claims benefit of U.S. Ser. No. 60/554,636, filed Mar. 19, 2004, and U.S. Ser. No. 60/602,893, filed Aug. 19, 2004, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference into this application.
Throughout this application, various publications are referenced and the full citations f... | The invention is dental floss applicator and interdental stimulator that is flexible and also includes a guard to ensure that the dental floss has not been used or otherwise tampered with. Users can adjust the angle of the dental floss applicator and stimulator into a configuration that best suits their particular need... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to design and construction of lightweight elevated suspended guideways whereon high-speed vehicles will experience virtually no guideway-induced oscillations. More specifically it relates to a method of arranging suspension cables to suspend guideways alon... | Suspension cables for an elevated lightweight guideway are arranged so that high-speed traffic along the guideway is not subjected to guideway-induced oscillation. Furthermore, suspension cables are interconnected so that pre-assembled towers and guideway spans can be transported and rapidly installed by helicopter. | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present Application is based on International Application No. PCT/EP2006/062972 filed on Jun. 7, 2006, which in turn corresponds to French Application No. 05 06178 filed on Jun. 17, 2005, and priority is hereby claimed under 35 USC §119 based on these applications. Each... | The present invention relates to a method for antimissile protection of vehicles having a very short response time with practically no false alarms and not requiring the use of means such as decoys or conventional laser jammers, while providing the best possible protection. It is characterized in that at least one curt... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to method and apparatus for adjusting vehicle wheel alignment and, more particularly, to method and apparatus for adjusting caster and camber in a vehicle steerable wheel suspension assembly.
Many utility vehicles such as trucks and four-wh... | A bushing assembly for adjusting at least one wheel alignment parameter for use in a vehicle wheel suspension system of the type having a suspension member with a bore therein adapted for mounting a ball-joint-shaft-receiving bushing and with at least one positioning surface located adjacent to the bore in the suspensi... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Removal of contaminants or debris from a flowing liquid stream by the employment of a filter media comprised of particulated filter material is old in the art, as evidenced by the patents listed herebelow. These prior U. S. patents teach the advantages of using various different sizes ... | A filter system has a filter media comprised of particles of filter material contained within the lower end of a vessel. Liquid flows into the upper end of the vessel and down through the filter media, thereby removing unwanted contaminants from the liquid. When the accumulated contaminant load in the filter media reac... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to the filing date of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/196,161, filed Apr. 11, 2000, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Aggre... | A method and apparatus for performing multiple ratio analysis of aggregate particles, wherein the method includes the steps of measuring a first maximum dimension of a particle, measuring a second maximum dimension of a particle in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first maximum dimension, and inputting th... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to detection systems in the realm of speaker verification (or speaker identification, authentication or recognition) and in other applications, such as radar detection, fire alarms, visual (face) detection and many others.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIO... | In detection systems, such as speaker verification systems, for a given operating point range, with an associated detection “cost”, the detection cost is preferably reduced by essentially trading off the system error in the area of interest with areas essentially “outside” that interest. Among the advantages achieved t... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a new process for making vicinal epoxides.
Vicinal epoxides are valuable chemical intermediates and monomers useful in making epoxy adhesives and various heat- and solvent-resistant polymers. A well-known process for making vicinal epoxides from olefins ... | Vicinal epoxides are prepared by decomposing a β-haloalkyl carbonate of the general formula ##STR1## in the presence of a quaternary ammonium or phosphonium salt. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a device for processing a card clothing mounted on a card clothing carrier, particularly an all-steel sawtooth card carrier, with at least one processing tool and a guiding device serving for guiding the processing tool a... | A device for processing a card clothing mounted on a card clothing carrier, particularly an all-steel sawtooth card clothing carrier, has at least one processing tool and a guiding device for guiding the processing tool along a predetermined path. The guiding device has at least two guiding elements which can be adjust... | 3 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based on Provisional Application Serial No. 60/314,744 filed on Aug. 24, 2001, entitled “Retractable Structures Comprised of Interlinked Panels.”
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Structures that transform in size or shape have numer... | This invention discloses tongs-linkage, which, in its extended position, provides an essentially triangular-shaped surface, whereby the links of the tongs-linkage are themselves the panels that form the surface. Such assemblies may be planar, or, by use of intermediate hub elements, may form a surface with curvature. A... | 4 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention is related to the use of certain diterpenes (that are not taxol) as antitumor agents. More specifically, the present invention relates to the drugs, 10-deacetyltaxol and cephalomannine and their antineoplastic activities against cancerous cells.
BACKGROUND
Taxo... | A method for assessing the sensitivity of a patient's tumor cells to cephalomannine and 10-deacetyltaxol in order to treat those tumor cells involves the removal of a sample of the tumor cells and establishing a cell line therefrom. Cells from the cell line are cultured and then contacted with varying concentration... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for securing cables into the ground by means of an improved earth anchor. Earth anchors depend upon the weight of the earth above the anchor and the sheer strength of undisturbed soil which lies above exte... | An apparatus and method for installing an extending plate earth anchor using extension plates, a hydraulic jack which works against the side of the wall, and techniques for load stress distribution are shown and described. | 4 |
The invention relates to an electromedical implant for intracardial coronary therapy, having the features recited in the classifying portion of claim 1 .
BACKGROUND OF THE ART
The electrotherapeutic treatment of cardiac arrhythmias by means of implantable cardiac pacemakers has become established as a powerful... | The invention concerns an electromedical implant for intracardial coronary therapy comprising an implant housing in which functional component parts of the implant, namely a circuit, a battery and the like, are disposed. It is characterized in that the battery ( 10 ) has a flat side ( 10.2 ), an underside ( 10.3 ) and ... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0014392 filed on Feb. 8, 2013, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGRO... | Disclosed are thienopyrimidinone derivatives as antagonists that act on metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 1. The thienopyrimidinone derivatives show pharmacological activity against metabotropic glutamate receptor-related diseases, including pain, such as neuropathic pain and migraine, psychiatric diseases, such ... | 0 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/210,252, filed Jun. 8, 2000, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the use of aldehyde donors, such as 1,3-bis(h... | The present invention is a method of stabilizing hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous solution, such as a circulating water slurry, comprising a peroxide, such as hydrogen peroxide. The aqueous solution may include organic matter. The method comprises adding an aldehyde donor, such as a methylolhydantoin, to the solution (o... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a vehicle suspension system and in particular to a vehicle suspension impact energy absorption arrangement and integrated rear impact collision safety arrangement.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A vehicle impact energy absorption arrangement... | A vehicle impact energy absorption arrangement includes a vehicle frame, a slider suspension arrangement coupled to the vehicle frame and including an axle member, and a spring member biasing the axle member, and an impact force absorbing arrangement that includes a mounting member coupled to the vehicle frame, first a... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention pertains to the handling of continuous strips of asphaltic material, such as asphaltic material suitable for use as roofing membranes and roofing shingles. In one of its more specific aspects, this invention relates to the cooling of the asphaltic strip material in the production pr... | A method and apparatus for cooling a continuously moving strip of asphaltic material includes directing the asphaltic material into a plurality of loops, spraying an evaporative liquid onto the asphaltic material, evaporating the evaporative liquid by causing an array of air jets to impinge on the asphaltic material su... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an axial piston machine with a rotating cylindrical drum, which has a multiplicity of cylindrical bores arranged concentrically to the axis of rotation with pistons capable of sliding longitudinally therein. The drum lies agains... | An axial piston machine having a longitudinally movable rotary cylindrical drum with cylindrical bores arranged concentrically to the axis of rotation of the drum. A longitudinally sliding piston located in each bore and lying against a control surface in contact with the drum. The pistons have an end in contact with a... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. provisional application 61/558,299, filed Nov. 10, 2011, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to 2-amino-4H-nap... | Methods for inhibiting the growth of ovarian cancer cells or other serosal cancer cells are disclosed. The method involves exposing the cells to a 2-amino-4H-naphtho[1,2-b]pyran-3-carbonitrile of formula:
whereinY is CR ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to measuring the quality of an optical signal transmitted in a photonics network, and, more particularly, to techniques for using an interferometer to separate a modulated, coherent signal from incoherent noise mixed with the signal.
BACKGROUND OF T... | Differences in the interferometric patterns of modulated telecommunication signals and broadband optical noise sources are identified and are exploited in measuring the optical signal-to-noise measurements in reconfigurable photonic networks. A light output power from said interferometer corresponding to a specified de... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to structural members generally and, more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a novel tubular column of high resistance to buckling.
2. Background Art
The maximum compressive load that structural bars ... | In a preferred embodiment, a device for sustaining longitudinal compressive loads applied to the ends thereof, the device including: a longitudinally extending tube; devices to seal the ends of the tube; pressurized fluid within the tube, the pressurized fluid having a pressure greater than the external pressure on the... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/352,210, filed on Jan. 29, 2002, the entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to real-time in-situ monitoring of a ... | A method and apparatus for real-time monitoring of a gaseous environment during a semiconductor process. The method utilizes metastable electronic energy transfer to excite and ionize the chamber gaseous effluent and correlates the fluorescence signals from the excited species and mass spectroscopy analysis of the ions... | 2 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/484,161, filed on Jun. 7, 1995, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to hinges and collapsible containers in general, and specifically to an improved collapsible container.
In the materials handling an... | A hinge is provided to affix members to each other and permit a the members to be moved relatively to each other transversely of the hinge axis while remaining hinged to each other. A collapsible container assembly utilizing such hinges is provided, in which a plurality of sidewall members hinged to a base member can b... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a controller for controlling an actuator for a magnetic valve, and more specifically to a controller for an electromagnetic actuator for driving a valve of an engine mounted on such apparatus as an automobile and a boat.
Valve driving mechanism having an ... | A controller for an electromagnetic actuator is provided that enables detection of a minute movement of the armature leaving the seating position and carries out pullback operation responsive to such detection. The electromagnetic actuator has a pair of springs acting on opposite directions, and an armature coupled to ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a receptacle for a wheeled frame, in particular for the transportation of babies or infants.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Transportation of infants and babies in bicycle trailers is not readily possible, because the bicy... | A body receptacle for a wheeled frame allows for the transport of babies in a bicycle trailer. The body receptacle has a flexible mat that is brought into the intended transport form with the help of tensioning devices. | 1 |
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to cellular telephony and, more particularly, to a searcher for a DSSS cellular telephony system.
In a DSSS cellular telephony system, the base stations identify themselves by transmitting pilot signals. Each pilot signal is a sequence of z... | A searcher for a mobile station of a cellular telephony network. Pilot signal from nearby base stations are correlated with a pseudonoise sequence inside a search window, using a bank of correlators. Each correlator is assigned a different delay, from among a sequence of delays in the window. At each delay, correlation... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of the filing dates of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/930,837 filed May 18, 2007 and GB Application No. 0709604.3 filed May 18, 2007, the disclosure of each of which is incorporated by reference herein.
FIE... | A method of recording allocation of resources in response to a request for a data item to be transmitted to a device in the network where the request comprises data indicative of one or more requested items. The device is typically a mobile device and the requested items can be key words making up a search request or c... | 7 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] Methods and example embodiments described herein are generally directed to interconnect architecture, and more specifically, to network on chip system interconnect architecture.
[0003] 2. Related Art
[0004] The number of compo... | Systems and methods for automatically building a deadlock free inter-communication network in a multi-core system are described. The example embodiments described herein involve deadlock detection during the mapping of user specified communication pattern amongst blocks of the system. Detected deadlocks are then avoide... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a semiconductor device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a semiconductor device and its manufacturing method in which a leak current between elements due to a parasitic tra... | This invention provides a semiconductor device with an element isolation implemented by a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming a pad oxide film 140 and a nitride film 150 sequentially on a silicon layer 130 in an element region S; forming a metal oxide film 180 for generating ... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of the U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/968,772, filed on Aug. 29, 2007, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[... | Bioluminescent endoscopy methods and compounds, wherein an anatomical object is examined by means of filling, perfusing, intubating, injecting, or otherwise administering a solution containing a bioluminescent substance or a mixture of luciferin and luciferase which produces bioluminescence, wherein a color or monochro... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The reaction of amines with phosgene to produce isocyanates is well known. The reaction may be represented by the following general reaction: ##STR1## In the course of the reaction the intermediate carbamyl chloride is formed which has a tendency to react under normal reaction conditio... | The reaction of aromatic amines with phosgene takes place in the mixing zone of a plug flow reactor to form both the product isocyanate as well as the intermediate carbamyl chloride. The aromatic amine dissolved in an inert diluent is fed to the center portion of the plug flow reactor while the phosgene is fed to the a... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a communication apparatus which has achieved an improvement in the ease of operations thereof.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] In recent years, such an operation of photographing an object by using a mobile communication terminal equipped wit... | Disclosed is a communication device wherein, in order to improve operability when sending electronic mail to which image data has been attached, the communication device is provided with an image capture means for capturing image data of a subject; a storage means for storing registered information associating a predet... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/339,799, “Toy Car Wash Play Set”, filed Oct. 31, 2001, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A toy car wash play set including a toy vehicle car wash station, including a conveyer belt for transporting a toy vehicle from a first position to a second position, scrubbing rollers for simulating scrubbing rollers used in car washes for full-scale vehicles, and a bubble producing apparatus for simulating soap suds ... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/215,447, filed on Jun. 30, 2000.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally to database systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system a... | A method and system is presented for storing data in data cells containing only a single element of data. Each data cell includes four components: an Entity Instance identifier (“O”), an Entity Type identifier (“E”) an Attribute Type identifier (“A”), and an Attribute Value (“V”). Groups of cells with identical O and E... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a set of brackets for constructing a wooden gate.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Corner gate brackets can be used to frame right angle joints between structural members of a gate at each of four corners. Such gate brackets are me... | A gate bracket is formed of a planar web in which two rectangular portions along two edges of the web are bent to define a first pair of perpendicular flanges, and two other rectangular portions are bent from an inner portion of the web to form a second pair of perpendicular flanges. The flanges of the first pair are s... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to an automatic body-part cleansing apparatus for cleansing the body surface of fecal matter and urine while the user is positioned to utilize a toilet, and more particularly an automatic cleansing apparatus for such an application which apparatu... | Addressing primarily the needs of physically incapacitated individuals, this invention is a device connected to a common toilet for aiding such individuals in their cleansing of their private body parts with an apparatus that has a unique seat that seals fluids beneath the body of the user. The apparatus is basically a... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to compositions of matter classified in the art of chemistry as salicylate esters, compositions containing them, their combination with polyisocyanates, and the use of said combinations as pot life extenders for hydroxy terminated polybutadiene based polyurethane... | Salicylate esters have been found to be suitable blocking agents for polyisocyanates, enabling preparation of hydroxy terminated polybutadiene based polyurethane bound propellant grains having extended pot life. Unblocking occurs readily at normal propellant cure temperatures, allowing normal cure rates. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to power door drive equipment for mass transit vehicles, and more particularly to door operators for use in vehicles requiring essentially uninterrupted side wall surfaces when the vehicular doors are closed. Operators of this type are commonly used to ... | A power door operator for vehicles requiring uninterrupted car surfaces in a door area and minimal use of car interior space, particularly in the closed position. The equipment provided utilizes a rotary motor drive and distributed gear system for moving opposing door panels away from an opening in the car wall. Moveme... | 4 |
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 07/378,144, filed on July 11, 1989, now abandoned, which is a divisional of Ser. No. 07/276,376, filed Nov. 23, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,933,534.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to electrical heaters powered from automoti... | An electrical heater, to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter socket, includes a heating element, a plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a pair of conductors permanently connecting the heating element to the plug. The plug has a flat substrate and a pair of conductors mo... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a conversion of and claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/798,267 filed May 4, 2006.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to the reduction of sulfur in gasoline and other petroleum products produced ... | This invention focuses on the specialized catalyst and/or additive for lower FCCU gasoline and diesel blendstock component sulfur content. This invention utilizes a specified ratio of the transition metal oxides of cobalt and molybdenum to accomplish gasoline and diesel blendstock sulfur reduction. This is accomplished... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method for separating isopropyl ether from isopropanol using certain higher boiling liquids as the extractive agent in extractive distillation.
DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART
Extractive distillation is the method of separating close boiling compounds or aze... | Isopropyl ether cannot be completely removed from isopropyl ether--isopropanol--water mixtures by distillation because of the presence of the minimum ternary azeotrope. Isopropyl ether can be readily removed from mixtures containing it, isopropanol and water by using extractive distillation in which the extractive dist... | 2 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending provisional application Ser. No. 60/071,310, filed Jan. 13, 1998.
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention is directed to methods, compositions, kits and apparatus to identify and detect the presence or absence of target analytes. The embodi... | The present invention is directed to methods, compositions, kits and apparatus to identify and detect the presence or absence of target analytes. The embodiments of the present invention have utility in medical diagnosis and analysis of various chemical compounds in specimens and samples, as well as the design of test ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is directed to a piezoelectric composite to which plating is applied and a method for applying such a plating to provide improved adhesion and reliability, and specifically to a ceramic piezoelectric composite ultrasonic transducer having an array of cera... | A transducer having a ceramic element in which the ceramic is elevated above a polymer and a method of manufacturing the transducer. The transducer comprises a piezo-composite element comprising a ceramic element embedded in epoxy. In an array, the ceramic elements may be in the form of posts. The plurality of ceramic ... | 8 |
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/899,690, filed Jun. 17, 1993, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a process for the production of a shoe shaped part using a web of material with a plurality of patterns in the form of the layout of a shoe upper, cu... | For the production of a shoe upper by cutting out of the shoe upper in the form of a layout from a web of material, shaping of the shoe upper with connection of material parts of the layout with formation of seams, a process is used by which such shoe uppers can be produced in a timesaving and efficient manner despite ... | 3 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/286,937, filed on Apr. 27, 2001.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates generally to control systems for automobile power convertible tops and power windows, ... | A method and system of controlling a movable body portion of a vehicle where the body portion is moved by a motor responding to a control input. Power is applied to the motor upon actuation of the control input and a timer is maintained concurrent with the application of power. Power is removed from the motor as a func... | 4 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
The present application claims priority from Japanese application JP 2006-239724 filed on Sep. 5, 2006, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a shelf-like display machine and an image display method,... | The prior art in this field had a display portion of electronic paper at a part of a shelf and showed a problem that the display portion and the goods were hardly co-related to each other in response to the arrangement of the goods. In view of the foregoing, plural images arranged in response to the number of stages of... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/351,495 filed Jan. 23, 2003 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,776,727 and claims the benefit thereof.
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to putters that can be used for practice and play, with either a r... | The present invention is an improved putter that combines several features to provide a balanced putter, which assists a player in perfecting a putt stroke during practice and repeating it with the same club during play. The shaft is attached to the clubhead such that it can swivel from a practice configuration to a pl... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
Generally, the present disclosure relates to integrated circuits, and, more particularly, to the design of Built-In Self-Test (BIST) circuits for testing components of a microcircuit design.
2. Description of the Related Art
Built-in self-tes... | Methods, systems, and apparatuses are presented that remove BIST intrusion logic from critical timing paths of a microcircuit design without significant impact on testing. In one embodiment, BIST data is multiplexed with scan test data and serially clocked in through scan test cells for BIST testing. In another embodim... | 6 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/422,662, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,575,777, filed Apr. 10, 1995 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/152,401, now abandoned, filed Nov. 15, 1993.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to medical applian... | Leakage of blood from the insertion set, during and after safety-needle retraction, is suppressed by components that receive and retain flash blood for viewing--notwithstanding forces developed within the device in retraction. One preferred such system includes a flash chamber that moves with the retracting needle, wit... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims the benefit of Great Britain Patent Application No. 1121818.7, filed Dec. 19, 2011, and Great Britain Patent Application No. 1204224.8, filed Mar. 9, 2012, and Great Britain Patent Application No. 1210908.8, filed Jun. 20, 2012, and Great Brit... | A thermal window comprising a thermally transparent window member, a window frame for receiving the thermally transparent window member, and at least one transmitter configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation with a frequency from 3 Hz to 300 GHz. The thermal window also has a cover for protecting the thermally t... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a method for transferring signal and more particularly, relates to a method for transferring single ended signal with interference-resistance and a device used for inputting and outputting single ended signal with interference-resistance.
BACKGRO... | The invention provides a method of transferring single ended signal with interference-resistance. The transmission of the single ended signal includes an input device and an output device. The output device has its signal output terminal connected with a signal input terminal of the input device. A signal floating isol... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims, under 35 U.S.C. §109, priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2006-0126877 filed on Dec. 13, 2006, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
(a) Technical Field
The present... | A system for maintaining the temperature of a vehicle audio and/or audio-video deck provided in a vehicle cabin is provided, comprising: an air duct positioned on both sides of the deck for supplying cooled or heated air to the vehicle cabin, a side part of the air duct defining therein a plurality of through holes thr... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to apparatus for opening the conditioning rolls of a mower conditioner when the header is raised to the transport position. The mower conditioner in which the crop conditioning rolls and the roll opening apparatus is incorporated is of the type having a wheel mou... | Roll opening apparatus for separating the crop conditioning rolls of a mower conditioner is presented. The mower conditioner is of the type wherein a wheel supported main frame has mounted thereto by pivotal linkage a transversely disposed header having a sickle spanning its forward edge, a rotary reel for rearwardly s... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The present invention relates to a method to mitigate and reduce the volatile compound emissions (Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and other volatile compounds) of a Steam Methane Reformer (SMR) plant by routing the contaminated streams to the furnace and by using the heat of the furnace to... | A method for volatile compound (VC) mitigation in a syngas production process is provided. This method includes providing a hydrocarbon reforming syngas production plant, this plant includes a reformer system comprising a primary fuel and oxidant stream, where part of this system is at low pressure, a steam inlet strea... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to devices for providing medical gas and electrical services to hospitals and other medical care facilities.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Construction costs for hospitals and other medical care facilities depend in part on the cost of required medical equi... | A modular in-wall medical services unit for medical care facilities. A frame supports a cabinet with a cover panel providing electrical and/or gas outlets. Built-in electrical and gas conduits are included. A junction box and ends of the gas conduits near the top of the frame are accessible after wallboard is applied. ... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The following applications are related and were filed contemporaneously: “MAGNETIC HELICAL PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION MEASURED ABOVE FLIGHT”, “MAGNETIC HELICAL PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION MEASURED ADJACENT TO FLIGHT”, “MANUFACTURING A HELICAL PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTIO... | A helical physical unclonable function is disclosed. The helical physical unclonable function may be used to authenticate a supply item for an imaging device. Measurements of the magnetic field above a helical flight are stored in a non-volatile memory to be used by an imaging device to authenticate the supply item. Ot... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a roll of the kind that comprises a drivable roll shaft and two axially spaced-apart stop rings, one of which is fixed, and the other one is a lock nut, a plurality of other rings, of which one or more are roll rings, being mounted between the stop rings.
... | A ring, preferably in the form of a lock nut, made for combi rolls, which ring includes at least one spring device in which a mechanical compression spring is included that acts between, on one hand, a front press body that is movable to and fro in order to constantly forward a spring force generated by the compression... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an improved fireplace grate and heat transfer unit of the type which uses natural gas as a fuel.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
U.S. Pat. No. 4,078,542 discloses a fireplace grate and forced air heat exchanger useful in a wood burning fireplace. The device ... | An improved fireplace heat transfer unit includes a gas burner tube in a layer of sand retained in a trough beneath air conduction tubes arranged transversely to the burner tube. The air transfer tubes are all connected to a manifold at the rear of the fireplace grate unit which receives air for transport through the c... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention generally relates to image sensor devices and more particularly to charge coupled devices.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Without limiting the scope of the invention, its background is described in connection with virtual phase charge coupled device (CCD) image senso... | An image sensor element having at least one charge storage well 70 and 80, charge transfer structures for transferring charge from one charge storage well 70 to another charge storage well 80, and a charge sensor for sensing charge levels in a charge storage well 70 without removing the charge from the well.
Othe... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a wireless keyboard and computer system, and more particularly, to a wireless keyboard and computer system having the flexibility of keystroke allocation to enhance convenience of usage.
... | A wireless keyboard comprises at least a keystroke each comprising a first resonating circuit for responsing a first wireless signal to provide a power source, a chip storing a key data, and a switch coupled between the first resonating circuit and the chip for conducting a connection between the first resonating circu... | 6 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the design of programming languages for computer systems and associated development tools. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for associating metadata attributes that do not affect program execution ... | One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for associating metadata attributes with program elements. During operation, the system receives source code containing syntactic elements that specify metadata attributes for program elements, wherein the metadata attributes do not affect program execution. The... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present disclosure relates generally to devices and methods of fabrication of semiconductor devices, and more particularly to the fabrication of field-effect transistors (FETs) with reduced gate contact resistance.
BACKGROUND
Continuous scaling of the gate dielectric in metal-oxide... | A method (and semiconductor device) of fabricating a semiconductor device provides a field effect transistor (FET) with reduced gate contact resistance (and series resistance) for improved device performance. An impurity is implanted or deposited in the gate stack in an impurity region between the metal gate electrode ... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/328,779, filed Dec. 16, 2011 (now U.S. Pat. No. 8,523,623), which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/890,240, filed Sep. 24, 2010 (now U.S. Pat. No. 8,079,888), which is a continua... | A device comprises a spring and a sleeve. The spring is configured to form a closed loop. The spring is moveable between a coiled configuration when the spring is collapsed and an uncoiled configuration when the spring is expanded. The spring defines a circumference while in the uncoiled configuration. The spring is di... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 12/274,124 filed Nov. 19, 2008, still pending, which claims the benefit of prior U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/003,647, filed Nov. 19, 2007.
FIELD OF TH... | A multi-tiered self-standing riser system includes one or more intermediate buoyancy chambers configured to provide an upward lifting force on strings of associated riser assemblies. The intermediate chambers have either an open-bottomed or closed container design. The chambers can further include an auxiliary buoyant ... | 4 |
This application claims the priority of Provisional Application No. 60/070,887 filed Jan. 9, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to the field of separation of molecules using selective adsorbents.
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE ART
Since its d... | The invention discloses a method for rapid identification of a candidate selective separation material by placing small samples of the candidate material in an array of vials and adding a solution of the analytes to be separated. The solution is allowed to interact or equilibrate and the distribution of the analytes in... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to memory devices and more particularly, to disc type storage drives that incorporate magnetic or optical discs as an information storage medium.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Electronic members are used to store large quantities of digital data and other in... | In a disc drive head positioning system a reference signal generator synthesizes a real time analogue representation of a perfect signal as would be outputted by the tracking sensor during a theoretically perfect movement to the desired disc track, which is used as a reference; the analogue representation is subtractiv... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/194,966, filed on Aug. 20, 2008 titled DOOR ASSIST SYSTEM CONTROLLER AND METHOD which application is incorporated by reference in this application in it entirety.
... | A method of controlling the operation of a door of a vehicle relative to a door frame of the vehicle is provided. The position of the door is sensed and a door open command or a door close command is received. Opening or closing of the door at preselected speeds is initiated based on the command received. The length of... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a breathing mask and method for use in cold weather to supply warm air for inhalation to persons having respiratory and heart ailments and the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many breathing masks have been developed for protecting humans from exposure... | A face mask for use in cold weather to supply warm air for inhalation by normal breathing to persons having respiratory and heart ailments to avoid the discomfort, pain and limited mobility caused by breathing cold air and to healthy people engaged in strenuous cold weather activities. The face mask has inlet and outle... | 0 |
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