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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for cleaning a wellbore with specially configured drill string mounted tools. More particularly, the present invention relates to a tool apparatus that enables debris removal tools (e.g., scraper blades, brushes or magnetic members/magnet... | {
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This invention is directed to the formation of one or more channels into the wall of a patient's heart and particularly to the intraoperative formation of such channels in the heart wall. These channels may be used to increase blood flow to heart tissue experiencing ischemic conditions and for the delivery of therapeut... | {
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Personalisation systems for portable object such as smart cards are known and in particular those smart cards known as “intelligent”, that is, incorporating a microprocessor or a microcalculator. In a card personalisation system, several operations can be performed, comprising operations for relief marking of the card,... | {
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The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies and antigens, and to the use of such antibodies and antigens in the detection of the presence and concentration of certain specific microorganisms implicated in the etiology of human periodontal diseases. More specifically, the present invention relates to monoclon... | {
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There are over 223,000 railroad grade crossings in the United States alone. Most of these crossings, especially those in rural areas, have only warning signs to alert motorists to the danger posed by an approaching train. Typical of railroad grade crossing warning signs is the familiar X-shaped "RAILROAD CROSSING" sign... | {
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A walking cane is a device that provides stability and balance to a user when walking, standing, or sitting. Previous canes include features and accessories that conveniently provide additional functions to users, including the ability to reach and grasp distant objects.
Reaching and grasping objects on the ground, the... | {
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The field covers the combination of an opposed-piston engine with a hypocycloidal drive. In particular, the field covers the use of a piston coupled to a hypocycloidal drive to generate electrical power.
The opposed piston internal-combustion engine was invented by Hugo Junkers around the end of the nineteenth century.... | {
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A plasma is an ionized gas whose charged particle constituents (electrons and ions) interact primarily through electromagnetic forces. Plasmas in various forms make up a large portion of the known universe. In addition, they form the basis of a multitude of everyday devices from incandescent or fluorescent lighting to ... | {
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The present invention relates to a pantyhose under garment and, more particularly, to a pantyhose under garment having sheer leg portions that end with knitted-in welts just below or above the knees and a control top portion having good shaping and control characteristics that terminates in the waist region with a knit... | {
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1. Field
The present invention relates generally to communications, and more specifically to a novel and improved method and apparatus for W-CDMA modulation.
2. Background
Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication such as voice, data, and so on. These systems may be ba... | {
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1. Technical Field
The invention relates generally to tripod heads for use in mounting a camera on a tripod, and more particularly to a new and improved tripod head featuring multiple axes locking with one knob.
2. Background Information
A tripod head mounts on a tripod, or other suitable support structure, as an adjus... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention is directed to barbeque grills, and more particularly, to barbeque grills having grill accessories such as, for example, an illuminating light, a rotisserie, or the like.
2. Description of the Related Art
The concept of an electrically-powered barbeque-grill accessory such as a ... | {
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1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates in general to Brunswick-equipped bowling centers and in particular to the carpet covers that cover the shaker board which is located in the ball return system of Brunswick bowling centers.
2) Prior Art
With a mandate several years ago from the American Bowling Congress t... | {
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Various classes of block diagrams describe computations that can be performed on application specific computational hardware, such as a computer, microcontroller, FPGA, and custom hardware. Classes of such block diagrams include time-based block diagrams, such as those found within Simulink®, from The MathWorks, Inc. o... | {
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The present invention relates to a plasma processing apparatus and a plasma processing method, and more particularly relates to a plasma processing apparatus and a plasma processing method suitable for forming a fine pattern in a semiconductor device manufacturing process.
The need for improving the fine pattern manufa... | {
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Fluorescent materials comprising silicate, phosphate, aluminate, or sulfide as a host material and containing a transition metal or rare earth metal as a luminescent center are widely known.
Meanwhile, white light-emitting diodes (white LEDs) that emit visible light when excited by a high-energy excitation source such ... | {
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The present invention relates to garment hangers and more particularly to end-clips for garment hangers which can include a retention means or stop member which allows for improved retention of garments such as undergarments, e.g., bras and underpants.
Examples of garment hangers that can be used with the present inven... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an intake regulating system of engine, and more particularly, to an intake regulating system of engine that makes the engine's discharged gas pass through an air regulating valve and mix with the outside air, then reintroduce the mixed air back into the engine for re-c... | {
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In the last decades, epidemiological long term studies have identified numerous factors accelerating formation of atherosclerosis and thereby promoting development of cardiac infarctions. Despite of avoiding risk factors and of behavior increasing the risk of atherosclerosis, the development of pronounced atherosclerot... | {
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As mounting space is usually at a premium in supermarkets and grocery stores, it is desirable to have bag dispensing systems that use a minimum of such space, are adaptable to a variety of dispenser mounting systems and provide means for keeping bags neat and orderly in the store. Roll mounted bag systems, typically us... | {
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This invention relates to a process for the preparation of actinide dioxides, especially uranium dioxide, plutonium dioxide and neptunium dioxide as well as to a novel composition of matter resulting from this process. Those concerned with the production of nuclear fuel have been constantly searching for processes for ... | {
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In a conventional construction, an electric toy racing car track system is formed by a loop of track sections which are connected end-to-end together to form a pair of co-extending lanes for respective toy cars to race with each other. Each lane is provided with a central groove for guiding a respective toy car by its ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention pertains to an optical waveguide component comprising a substrate, a core-matching refractive index lower cladding layer, a core layer, a core-matching refractive index upper cladding layer, and a low refractive index top cladding.
2. Description of the Related Art
Such a compone... | {
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Generally described, computing devices utilize a communication network, or a series of communication networks, to exchange data. In a common embodiment, data to be exchanged is divided into a series of packets that can be transmitted between a sending computing device and a recipient computing device. In general, each ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to manifold controls. More particularly, the invention relates to a manifold control assembly using valves to precisely control the fluid pressure of the fluid sent through the manifold.
2. Description of the Related Art
Manifolds have valves and other equipment mounted t... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to aromatic compounds, their production processes and their compositions for the control of insect pests.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,987,102, 4,094,989 and 4,153,731 that certain aromatic compounds are useful as insecticide... | {
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The present invention relates to an apparatus for converting or reconverting of spin flow energy into pressure energy.
In systems which employ centrifugal forces for the separation of materials, a type of flow emerges from the separation housing and enters into the pipe conduits, which has a spin flow component. Such s... | {
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(i) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to novel phosphoric esters and more particularly, to phosphoric esters of the general formula (I) ##STR2## in which R.sub.1 represents a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched and substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having from 8 to 32 carbon atoms, R.s... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to high voltage vertical power transistors that are circuits vertically fabricated in a silicon wafer whose rear surface is connected to a high voltage. The invention is directed to MOS-type vertical power transistors or insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBT's)... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to exercise devices. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a bicycle trainer.
2. Description of Related Art
Living in the highly competitive society for 21st century, people often busy at work and then overlook the importance of health. In order to do som... | {
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The invention resides in the field of continuous production of liquid food products from a variety of solid foods such as plant seeds, legumes, etc., which liquid food products contain no substantial objectionable off-flavor volatiles.
To be generally acceptable, the foods need not only be nutritious, functional and ec... | {
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In order to move a tool through a three dimensional space and along a predetermined path to do work continuously or at certain locations, it is necessary to program a computer. In prior art practices, this has been accomplished by moving the tool along the surface of the path through which the tool is to be moved while... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a relief valve and, more specifically, to a pressure relief valve with a singular body.
2. Discussion of the Related At
A relief valve is a type of valve used to control an amount of fluid pressure in a system. When pressure in the system rises to a predetermined lev... | {
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In offshore drilling operations in deep water, the operator will perform drilling operations through a drilling riser string. The drilling riser string extends from a floating platform, such as a drilling ship, to a subsea wellhead or subsea tree assembly on the seafloor. The drilling riser string is made up of a numbe... | {
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a. Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains generally to an electrophysiological device and method for providing energy to biological tissue and, more particularly, to an ablation apparatus with greater contact sensitivity.
b. Background Art
Ablation devices, including radio frequency (“RF”) ablation devic... | {
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There has long been a need to locate leaks in closed refrigeration systems, originally because the loss of refrigerant reduces the cooling capacity of the system, and increasingly because the refrigerants themselves are potential hazardous or deleterious substances when released to the atmosphere. In particular, the pr... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to reactions which are catalyzed by heterogeneous catalysts. More particularly the invention relates to the reaction of normally gaseous reactants in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst. Most particularly the invention relates to the use of an inert... | {
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that can affect systems and organs throughout the body. The pathogenesis is unknown, but in the numerous cases, it is considered to be an autoimmune rheumatic disease activated by polyclonal B cell in vivo and autoantibodies against autoantigens. Western medic... | {
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The invention is related to magnetic tape storage systems for use in data processing systems. More specifically, the invention is concerned with a magnetic tape formatting scheme for facilitating the positioning of read/write heads at a desired location along a tape that carries a magnetic storage medium and the associ... | {
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Previously, in magnetic recording technology, increasingly higher data densities have been stored on disk drives using what is known as longitudinal recording techniques. As seen in FIG. 3 (Prior Art), in longitudinal recording the magnetization on the recording medium is switched between lying parallel and anti-parall... | {
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In optical communication systems optical fiber cables are typically coupled to an opto-electronic transceiver which is in turn coupled to a substrate, such as a circuit board. Such a transceiver typically includes a housing with opto-electronic elements, an array of contacts to be coupled to associated contacts on the ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a system for the adsorption and destruction of volatile organic compounds (VOC's) in gaseous streams which uses a single dual-function bed.
2. Related Art
Gas streams containing volatile organic compounds exhausted to the atmosphere are a source of pollution th... | {
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Generally, a socket for ICs (Integrated Circuits) is loaded in a test board or a burn-in board. The socket is connected to measuring devices for measuring the properties of a burn-in chamber or peripheral devices and an IC, thus being used in a system for testing a series of ICs. In this case, the burn-in chamber is us... | {
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Waste heat recovery in various types of combustion engines is a way to improve the overall efficiency of these systems. Waste heat recovery systems range from power plants that have bottoming cycles, to thermoelectric systems that generate electricity. Power plants that have bottoming cycles utilize the excess heat in ... | {
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Along with rapid development of the information technology, use of mobile terminals (such as mobile phone and tablet computer) becomes increasingly popular. Requirements of users on mobile terminals increase, not only is the relatively high processing speed required, but also dependence on Wi-Fi becomes stronger and st... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
One or more embodiments of the invention are related to the field of software processes that provide answers to queries. Specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to methods of computing answer results to user-submitted queries customizable by one or more users without requiring keywor... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a robot control apparatus, and more particularly, to a robot control apparatus having a backward operation function for operating a robot to retrace a history of program execution.
2. Description of Related Art
A robot control apparatus has a function called a ... | {
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The present invention relates generally to digital signature generation, and more specifically, to optimization of digital signature generation for records that may be selectively removed in groups from storage at a later time.
The demand for long-term, secure storage of electronic records, including, but not limited t... | {
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(a) Field
Embodiments of the present system and method relate to a stereoscopic image display device, and more particularly, to a stereoscopic image display device with an enhanced display quality.
(b) Description of the Related Art
In general, a display device that can display a three-dimensional (3D) image expresses ... | {
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The present invention relates to an apparatus for printing, and more particularly to an apparatus having a displaceable print cylinder for printing on board or cut sections of board.
Apparatus for printing on board or cut sections of board, such as corrugated board, commonly include a number of print stations through w... | {
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Compositing and effects applications (such as Shake® by Apple Computer, Inc.) receive and process multimedia items (e.g., text, image, video, audio, etc.) to produce a multi-layered composited output. Such applications can import and composite multimedia items and allow transformations of multimedia items that change c... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a perpendicular magnetic recording head which performs a recording action by applying a recording magnetic field perpendicularly to a recording medium plane.
2. Related Background Art
As is well-known, a perpendicular magnetic recording head includes a main mag... | {
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1. Field
An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a display device and a fabricating method thereof.
2. Description of the Related Art
Recently, display devices having various shapes have seen increased demand. Accordingly, a technical scheme reducing a defect rate while effectively driving display areas having v... | {
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Machine Type Communication (MTC) is being discussed in various wireless communication standards bodies as a new trend of wireless technology of communication network applications which typically do not require human interaction.
A broad definition of MTC is an automated communication network to and from machines. One m... | {
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Senior executives and officials constantly strive to keep sensitive, confidential intellectual property and trade secrets protected. During personal conferences involving the discussion of sensitive matters, for example matters relating to strategic approaches, advertising, new products or the like, for example those t... | {
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Some breast cancer cells require estrogen as a growth factor, the estrogen acting by binding to estrogen receptors on the cancer cells. Compounds which act as competitive estrogen receptor antagonists bind to the estrogen receptor without triggering the estrogen response, and can competitively block binding by native e... | {
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1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a method of driving a display device such that a gray-scale image is displayed by using pulse width modulation with reduced electrical power consumption. The present invention also relates to a driver circuit based on such a method, a display device, and an electro... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to pressure to electrical signal transmitters. More specifically, the present invention is directed to an overload protection mechanism for a differential pressure transmitter.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Differential pressure transmitters for producing an ele... | {
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PIT, PDT and other light activated therapies have been used to treat various maladies and diseases. PIT and PDT and other light activated therapies often involve the use of an exogenous or endogenous photosensitizing agent or substance that is activated by electromagnetic radiation (e.g., light such as laser light, LED... | {
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I. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a polishing apparatus and a substrate processing apparatus, and more particularly to a polishing apparatus for removing surface roughness produced at a peripheral portion (a bevel portion and an edge portion) of a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer, or for removi... | {
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The invention relates to a computer system in which a population of computers has access to multiple software applications. The computers may be personal computers (PC's) or, for example, integrated circuit cards (“IC cards”), also known as “smart cards”. The applications may be programs available from a variety of sou... | {
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This invention relates to an illuminated speedometer display or speed indicator display.
Every automobile, and most operating machinery having the necessity of an operator governing its speed of operation, contains some means of visual depiction of the relative speed of operation of the machine in comparison to some st... | {
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Multi-zone HVAC systems (hereinafter ‘HVAC zoned systems’) include one or more components to condition air that enters the system and drive the conditioned air through supply ducts to multiple zones within a building. Each supply duct includes zone dampers that may be adjusted to control a flow of the conditioned air i... | {
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This document relates to a mission planning interface, for example, use of a mission planning interface to specify and monitor an unmanned vehicle mission.
Modern cryptography offers a variety of effective schemes for the protection of data. However, for many applications, the lack of usability of cryptographic protect... | {
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Prior art security systems for electronic and other devices require the entry of a code at a keypad to allow the device to be used. One such security system is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,604,708, entitled "Electronic Security System for Externally Powered Devices," by Gainer R. Lewis. This patent describes a security... | {
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A voice-assisted user interface has been introduced in digital wireless terminal devices as a new feature. The voice-assisted user interface allows the user to control his terminal without effort and without eye contact in particular. With a user interface concept of this kind advantage is achieved, for example, in pro... | {
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Hydrocarbons sometimes exist in a formation but cannot flow readily into the well because the formation has very low permeability. Acidizing wells is a conventional process for increasing or restoring the permeability of subterranean formations so as to facilitate the flow of oil and gas from the formation into the wel... | {
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Blends of polyetherimide and polyester resins derived predominantly from cyclohexanedimethanol and a carbocyclic dicarboxylic acid, such as, for example, a poly(cyclohexane-dimethanol terephthalate) resin that provide improved impact strength are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,439,987. Blends of polyetherimide resins and... | {
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The present invention relates to rotary fluid pressure devices, and more particularly, to such devices which include gerotor displacement mechanisms.
Although the present invention may be used advantageously with gerotor devices which are to be used as fluid pumps, the invention is especially advantageous when utilized... | {
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For the precision finishing and microfinishing of bores using rotating tools, fine boring heads are known which have a cutting edge which is screwed onto an adaptor, forming a connecting piece between the head and the machine spindle. The cutting edge of the head comes to rest at a random position on the 360.degree. ci... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to a service rack and work table unit, and particularly to a folding rack suited for arrangement within a garage, and the like, for use in servicing such vehicles as garden tractors, and which can be folded against a wall of the garage when not in use in order ... | {
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In recent years, there have been various image forming apparatuses or multifunction peripheral (MFP), which can perform a tab printing function to insert tab sheets into desired positions in a printed document having a plurality of pages and printing letters and such on a tab of the tab sheet. Use of this tab printing ... | {
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In recent years, the physical capacity of storage has been increasing due to refinement and densification; however, error rates have been increasing with the increase in capacity, and the lifespan of storage is becoming shorter. In order to compensate for this, for example, it is necessary to take countermeasures such ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to printers. In particular, the present invention relates to a printer having a control panel capable of facilitating user manipulation of printer function as well as displaying information which is of importance to the user, but unrelated to printer function. Mor... | {
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Knee prostheses have been produced in numerous different types, the vast majority of which have distinct generally vertical and generally horizontal hinge axes. Such an arrangement of hinges does not provide for a realistic hinging movement between the femur and tibia and therefore does not sufficiently accurately repl... | {
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The present invention pertains generally to electrical connectors for electrically connecting the contacts of a first component to the contacts of a second component. More specifically, the present invention pertains to high density, miniature electrical connectors. The present invention is particularly, but not exclus... | {
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Digital information has become extremely important in all aspects of commerce, education, government, entertainment and management. In many of these applications, the ability to ensure the privacy, integrity and authenticity of the information is critical. As a result, several digital security mechanisms have been deve... | {
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With the proliferation of electronic devices in modern society, technologies for displaying information to people have become more important than ever. Advances in display technology from bulky cathode ray tube (CRT) displays to liquid crystal displays (LCDs), light emitting diode (LED) displays and other displays have... | {
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The present invention relates generally to Web servers, and particularly to solving resource leaks in Web servers.
The recent rapid increase in the demand for network services has caused a similar increase in the number and complexity of Web servers produced to serve that demand. Due to this complexity Web servers are ... | {
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As oil well drilling becomes increasingly complex, the importance of collecting formation samples while drilling increases. | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a vehicle room lamp which is provided within a vehicle room (or compartment), and is switched between the ON-state (for illuminating the room) and the OFF-state by pressing a light-transmitting member such as a lens.
2. Related Art
An automobile is equipped with a veh... | {
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The field of the invention is methods and apparatus for moving a patient, and in particular, a patient laying in a generally horizontal position.
Providing medical care requires patients to be frequently transported. Wheelchairs are used where possible, but when a patient is, for example, postoperative or unconscious, ... | {
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Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method of determining a mass of fuel to be introduced into a suction pipe or into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, through the prescription of a combustion air ratio in the cylinder.
Air mass-guided motor control systems for internal combustion engines need ... | {
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Technical Field
Embodiments of the subject matter disclosed herein generally relate to marine seismic sources able to mitigate ghost effect, more specifically, to devices reducing up-going signals that would otherwise cause ghost signals, which interfere with down-going primary signals.
Discussion of the Background
Exp... | {
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The present invention relates to a novel voice prosthesis device which is insertable through a fistula to connect and channel air directly from the lungs through the trachea to the esophagus for voice restoration after a total laryngectomy.
In the past, voice prosthesis devices have been suggested for insertion into a ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an overheat detection circuit configured to detect an abnormal temperature of a semiconductor device.
2. Description of the Related Art
A circuit disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. Hei 6-242176 has been known as a related-art overheat detect... | {
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This invention relates to a method for applying normally dry relatively large particle size (granular) fertilizers to crops, such as lawns. Lawn fertilizers are available in various forms including solutions of nutrients in water, dispersions (suspensions) of fine powders (70-80 mesh and smaller) in an aqueous medium, ... | {
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This invention is related, in general, to signal conversion and signal processing and the use of integrated circuits to perform these functions. More specifically, this invention provides a circuit and method using averaging, folding and interpolating for converting analog data to digital data.
It is common that conver... | {
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A control system and a method for assisting a motor vehicle in safely pulling in after overtaking is disclosed herein. This system and method is possible in motor vehicles, in particular in HGVs (heavy goods vehicles), in particular owing to the presence of ACC (autonomous/adaptive cruise control). | {
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There are many types of facilities which are adapted to accommodate large numbers of people. As examples, many facilities are used as places of employment, schools and gathering halls (among other functions).
During an emergency the operators of such facilities typically need to either get people out of the facility, o... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a positioning device, a mobile terminal, a positioning method, and a positioning program and particularly to those suitably used for a GPS (Global Positioning System).
2. Related Art
At present, as a ground position determination system, a GPS which is called NAVSTAR ... | {
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1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to agents having regulatory activity for the morphological transition of dimorphic fungi which can grow both as yeast form cells and as mycelial form cells.
2. Description of Related Art
Most fungi take the form, through their life cycle, of either a spherical single ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present disclosure relates to projection display devices and optical systems thereof, and in particular, relates to a projection display device and an optical system thereof both of which can provide high-contrast images for a projection type projector.
2. Description of Related Art
Conven... | {
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In the beverage industry, food industry, and in other industries, it is common to fill a container and then to put some sort of a cap on the container by spin-welding. In spin-welding, the cap (typically plastic) is spun and placed on top of the container (also typically plastic). The contact between the cap and the co... | {
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Many varieties of locking devices exist in today's marketplace and are used to lock a variety of different devices or items. Some of these conventional locking devices are cable locks. Such conventional cable locks typically include a housing and a cable having one end connected to the housing and a second end insertab... | {
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The present invention relates to an input/output paging mechanism in a data processor using a virtual memory.
The virtual memory permits the user to treat secondary storage as an extension of a main memory unit, thus giving the performance of a larger main memory.
A conventional construction of a data processor using a... | {
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Embodiments of the invention relate generally to diagnostic imaging and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus of multi-tasking on a medical diagnostic imaging system.
Diagnostic imaging systems may include computed tomography (CT) imaging systems, magnetic resonance imaging systems, x-ray systems, and PET syste... | {
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The present invention relates to content-aware dynamic network resource allocation in a network such as the Internet and in one embodiment to content-aware dynamic optical bandwidth allocation.
The Internet is a data transport network including legacy networks and optical networks. The legacy networks exist at the oute... | {
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It is common practice for physicians and surgeons after removing human tissue from the body to place such tissue in a biopsy specimen collection bottle containing fixative to enable processing of the tissue so that a pathologist may render a diagnosis of the tissue. During the rush of surgery or rapid pace outpatient a... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a light intensity measurement system and more particularly, to a light intensity measurement system of a projection illumination system for microlithography.
2. Description of Relevant Art
Such systems are in use in wafer steppers or scanners of the ASM-L Company, with... | {
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