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This is a divisional, of application Ser. No. 08/159,528 filed Dec. 1, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,506,011.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to packaging prepared from a paperboard laminate. More particularly, the present invention relates to a heat-sealable paperboar... | Paperboard packaging for non-refrigerated liquid products and for dry products contains a buried polyvinyl alcohol copolymer (PVOH) barrier layer which has a low oxygen permeability particularly at low relative humidity, and outer heat-sealable surfaces which provide good resistance to moisture penetration and a means ... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This Application is the U.S. National Stage of International Application No. PCT/EP2008/051559, filed Feb. 8, 2008, which claims priority to Spanish Application No. P200700359, filed Feb. 9, 2007.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a large ... | The invention relates to a shopping basket in self service stores and/or supermarkets, of the type of those which can be stacked and incorporate rolling means ( 5 ) at their base and a drive handle ( 4 ) for transporting them in an inclined manner on the floor in which said drive handle ( 4 ) is located on a plane diff... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a surface light emitting apparatus and a method of light emission for the same, and more particularly to a surface light emitting apparatus using a hollow multilayer structure and a method of light emission for the same.
BACKGROUND OF THE... | An object of the invention is to provide a thin, low-power consumption, light-weight, and inexpensive surface light emitting apparatus using a hollow multilayer structure in combination with LEDs, and a method of light emission for the same. More specifically, the invention provides a surface light emitting apparatus c... | 6 |
REFERENCE TO PRIORITY DOCUMENT
[0001] This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/904,308, titled, “SPECULUM”, filed Sep. 25, 2007, to James Marino, which in turn claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/847,481, filed Sep. 26, 2006. Priority... | A bone access tool including a handle assembly and speculum assembly coupled to the handle assembly for accessing and channeling through biological tissue is described. The handle assembly has first and second portions that are movable relative to one another. The speculum assembly has first and second speculum members... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present invention is a continuation-in-part of the patent application Ser. No. 11/117,053, filed on Apr. 28, 2005, entitled “Method of Producing a Reflective Design on a Substrate and Apparatus”.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
Not Applicable
THE NAMES OF THE ... | A method of producing a reflective design includes the steps of lasering a pattern on an adhesive side of a reflective laminated material. The lasering ablates the adhesive and causes these areas to not adhere. The reflective laminate material is applied to a substrate. A carrier layer of the reflective laminate is rem... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an ozone generator with a first and a second metallic electrode, with a layer of enamel on the surface of the second electrode facing the first electrode and a discharge gap between the first electrode and the enamel layer.
... | In an ozone generator with enamel dielectric, to increase the ozone yield, the latter is built up on at least two enamel layers, the layer (4) facing the discharge space (5) having a smaller dielectric constant (≦6) than the layer (3) lying underneath. | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] Reference is made to and this application claims priority from and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/649,383, filed Feb. 2, 2005, and entitled PARALLEL FLOW EVAPORATOR WITH CRIMPED CHANNEL ENTRANCE, which application is incorporated herein i... | A parallel flow (minichannel or microchannel) evaporator includes channels which are crimped at or adjacent to their entrance location which provides for a refrigerant expansion and pressure drop control resulting in the elimination of refrigerant maldistribution in the evaporator and prevention of potential compressor... | 5 |
GOVERNMENT INTEREST
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Patent Appl. Ser. No. 61/791,381, filed on Mar. 15, 2013, entitled “Encapsulated Thermoacoustic Projector Based On Free-Standing Carbon Nanotube Film,” which patent application is commonly owned by the owner of the present invention. This pa... | A suspended nanotube film (or films) producing sound by means of the thermoacoustic (TA) effect is encapsulated between two plates, at least one of which vibrates, to enhance sound generation efficiency and protect the film. To avoid the oxidation of carbon nanotubes at elevated temperatures and reduce the thermal iner... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field to which Invention Relates
The invention relates to a device for unpacking bottles or similar articles in a shrink foil package.
2. The Prior Art
Small bottles, more particularly bottles for medicaments are packaged by the glass manufacturer for transport to ... | A table is adapted to receive the shrunk foil package, and its top is substantially the same in size or somewhat smaller than the base surface of the package. A pressing platen is adapted to be lowered on to the package, for clamping and holding firm the bottles. A cutting device cuts open the shrunk foil around the pe... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation under 35 U.S.C. §120 of international patent application no. PCT/US2009/047001, filed Jun. 11, 2009, which is s continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/141,427 (attorney docket 1233-540), filed Jun. 18, 2008, now U.S... | A lock system includes keys, key blanks, keyways, and lock cylinders, and the keys or key blanks have opposite sides formed with grooves for cooperating with a conforming keyway. More particularly, the sides of the key or key blank have a portion grooved for registration, another portion grooved for top-level hierarchi... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims benefit and priority from U.S. provisional application No. 61/400,533 accorded a filing date of Jul. 29, 2010.
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates generally to a method and material for avoiding clogging of steel mak... | A method for reducing tundish and ladle nozzle clogging in a steel making process by introducing an additive into molten steel containers used in steel making at predetermined times. The additives introduced are oxides of iron which contain between 10% and 30% of oxygen by weight. By adding the oxides of iron in a cont... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a novel synthetic zeolite-type material and to a process for its preparation and use.
2. Description of the Prior Art
U.S. Pat. No. 3 950 496 describes the preparation of zeolite ZSM-18 using a synthesis gel w... | A novel zeolite type material, designated SUZ-9 and suitable for use as an absorbent, catalyst or catalyst base, has, in its dehydrated organic free form, the empirical form m (M 2/a O):X z O xz/2 : y YO 2 , where m is 0.5-1.5, M is an a valent cation; x is 2 or 3 and z is correspondingly 1 or 2; y is at least 2; X... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] This application hereby incorporates by reference the following chain of applications/patents and claims the priority benefit of as a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 10/264,305, filed Oct. 3, 2002, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/472... | A container for storing a fluid incorporates an overflow region. The overflow region is located above the desired fill line of the container and preferably terminates in the same plane as the opening of the fill spout. In this manner, the amount of fluid filled in the container can be maximized while still providing th... | 1 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 693,343, filed Jan. 22, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,621,121.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is directed to bis-(2-ethylamino-4-diethylamino-s-triazine-6-yl) tetrasulfide (V 480), a process for its production, its use, and vulcanizable mixtures co... | The invention is directed to bis-(2-ethylamino-4-diethylamino-s-triazine-6-yl)-tetrasulfide and a process for its production from the corresponding mercaptotriazine. The compound of the invention is employed in vulcanizable mixtures as a cross-linker or as vulcanization accelerator. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to electromotive motor structures and more particularly to improvements therein.
Piezoelectric motors or actuators of the type wherein PZ discs or PZ tubes interact with steel rods or tubes for the purpose of converting electrical signals into linear motion... | An electromotive actuator comprises a hollow cylinder within which is an electroexpansive body having attached to each end a metal cup with slotted sides. Inside of each cup there is positioned an electroexpansive disc which, in the absence of excitation, causes the slotted sides, which are called fingers hereinafter, ... | 7 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to copending application "Method of Depositing a Silicon Oxide Dielectric Layer" by E. B. Priestley and P. J. Call, Ser. No. 793,641; copending application "Method of Depositing a Lubricant Layer on a Video Disc" by A. D. Grubb and G. F... | This invention relates to a video disc with a thin polymeric dielectric layer formed from styrene and nitrogen. The dielectric layer has improved age deterioration resistance, wear characteristics and adhesion to a metal conductive layer. | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is the National Stage of PCT/RU2010/000177 filed on Apr. 16, 2010, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of Russian Application No. 2009115817 filed on Apr. 28, 2009, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference. The international application u... | A method and assembly for recovering oil using elastic vibration energy involves placing a downhole apparatus in a well, which downhole apparatus is connected to aboveground power supply units and contains an ultrasonic transducer that provides for the generation of high frequency elastic vibrations, exciting elastic v... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] This invention is directed toward an apparatus for improving the performance of undercabinet and other similar streamlined profile puck lights by providing a longer lighting life, greater efficiency and improved heat dissipation. More particularly, the invention relates to i... | A lighting assembly for improving the performance of undercabinet and streamlined lighting includes a LED module onto which is mounted a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs serve as the light source for generating a light pattern. An optical assembly focuses and disperses the LED output to a desired lig... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This patent application is a Continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/755,697, filed Jan. 5, 2001 now abandoned, which is a Continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/336,271, filed Jun. 18, 1999, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,203,486 on... | Apparatus and method are provided for enhancing the earth's dc magnetic field ( 14 ) and/or for restoring the earth's dc magnetic field ( 14 ), when the earth's dc magnetic field ( 14 ) has been degraded by steel construction, or has been degraded by either an extra-low-frequency or an rf magnetic field ( 9... | 0 |
This application is a Continuation-in-Part application of U.S. Application Ser. No. 108,000 filed Oct. 14, 1987, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a high voltage measuring circuit which is surged to a capacitive grounding tap bushin... | A high voltage measuring circuit for broadband measurement of transient signals occurring in high voltage apparatus. The measuring circuit is housed in a shielded housing having an input sensing circuit for connection to a capacitive grounded tap of the high voltage apparatus. The sensing circuit is connected to an out... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an improved chair including a removable worksurface.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is known to provide a chair assembly having a seat and integral worksurface. This assembly is often referred to as a desk. The worksurface is provided on the chair to pr... | A chair including a worksurface assembly which is selectively mounted to an arm of the chair. A connecting structure interface between the chair arm and worksurface assembly allows the worksurface assembly to be easily removed from and remounted on the chair arm. The worksurface assembly when removed from the chair ope... | 0 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 61/311,920 filed on Mar. 9, 2010.
BACKGROUND
[0002] This invention relates generally to a formulation that minimizes mixed inorganic deposits in non-phosphate or low-... | An automatic dishwashing detergent composition having at least two components. The first component is a polymer containing polymerized residues of at least one C 3 -C 6 carboxylic acid monomer and a lactone end group. The second component is a biodegradable builder selected from among nitrilotriacetic acid, ethylenedi... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Utility panels may contain arrays of utility panel elements, such as switches or fuses. Such utility panels may be located within enclosures for safety and/or security purposes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Monitoring utility panel elements with an ima... | Switch boxes and other such utility boxes must some time be monitored by video. And most of the time, they are behind a door for security and safety reasons In order to image them, the imaging system must then be located very close to them, that is, inside the enclosure. Disclosed herein are systems and corresponding m... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to safe deposit boxes. More particularly, this invention relates to safe deposit box constructions having removable shelves and interconnectable doors allowing an intermediate shelf between adjoining boxes to be removed and the doo... | A safe deposit box construction including a two-dimensional array of safe deposit boxes, the doors of which are interconnectable with adjoining doors and the shelves of which are removable. The interconnectability of the doors and the removability of the shelves permit the intermediate shelf between adjoining boxes to ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/827,116 filed on Sep. 27, 2006.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] This inventio... | A laser control system and apparatus for guiding a drilling or boring operation during a trenchless technology implementation. In most if not all trenchless technology applications, direction of the pipe or utility structure through the earth is of utmost importance. Proper directional guidance throughout the trenchles... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 61/759560, filed Feb. 1, 2013, and Provisional Application No. 61/710610, filed Oct. 5, 2012, the disclosures of which are hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND
... | An ophthalmic irrigator-aspirator has a handpiece with aspiration and irrigation openings through its distal end; and a narrow aspiration tip projecting distally. A flexible sleeve has an annular hub for watertight connection to the handpiece. The sleeve surrounds the full extent of the tip. An intermediate portion of ... | 0 |
This application is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 08/083,763, filed Jun. 30, 1993 now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to photographic couplers, particularly to pyrazolotriazole magenta couplers, preferably to 1-H-pyrazolo[1,5-b] [1,2,4]triazole magenta couplers o... | In the production of 1H-pyrazolo[1,5-b] [1,2,4]triazole couplers, substituted 3-amino-pyrazole compounds add to suitable organic nitriles in the presence of an acidic condensing agent such as aluminum chloride, stannic chloride or boron trifluoride to directly produce desired amidine intermediates in good yields, avoid... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/236,046, filed Oct. 1, 2015, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/276,010, filed on Jan. 7, 2016. Each of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their... | An environmentally friendly method and device to eliminate insect pests utilizing lighting, sound, pheromones or scents, alone or in combination. This present invention to remove pests avoids the expense of biocide technologies that have not been developed fully, the damage to people and the environment from the use of... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Claiming Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 120
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/245,296, filed on Oct. 6, 2005 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,484,012, now under allowance, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/034,725, fil... | An Internet user transfers directly to a domain within an e-community without returning to a home domain or reauthenticating by providing to a web browser by a home domain server a home identity cookie with an extensible data area and an enrollment token; performing enrollment through an e-community for a web-browser u... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to inventory management systems and the parameters used therein. In particular the invention deals with the calculation of optimum reorder parameters, optimizing service levels as well as minimizing cost.
[0002] Inventory management systems usi... | A system designed for the calculation of control parameters for a computer based inventory management system according to the present invention comprises a computer program based on mathematical probabilities using statistical distribution functions. In the context of the invention a computer based inventory management... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates generally to devices and methods for removing water from a subterranean wellbore.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] The presence of water is natural gas wells is a si... | Water is removed from a natural gas well using a piston pump is driven by a power fluid that is pumped into the wellbore. The power fluid is intermixed within wellbore water and pumped out of the wellbore along with the removed water. | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/400,436, filed on Sep. 21, 1999, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 09/011,924, filed on Jun. 8, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention consists of a fixation device used... | The invention relates to a fixation device with clamping jaws and with rods connecting the clamping jaws, said rods being adjustable axially and angularly for positioning relative to the clamping jaws and clampable in the desired position, and with fixation and retaining pins that are receivable in a clampable fashion ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
a. Field of the Invention
The instant invention relates to catheters. In particular, the instant invention relates to a catheter with a steerable distal section having reduced variation in planarity during deflection.
b. Background Art
It is well-known that the pumpin... | The invention relates to a steerable catheter having a distal section with reduced variation in deflection path during deflection. The distal section of the catheter includes stripes of different material hardness along the length of the distal section affecting the directionality of catheter deflection upon the applic... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/960,487, filed Dec. 4, 2010, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,126,265; which is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/558,859, filed on Sep. 14, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,865,036; which is a Contin... | A method for digital image eye artifact detection and correction include identifying one or more candidate red-eye defect regions in an acquired image. For one or more candidate red-eye regions, a seed pixels and/or a region of pixels having a high intensity value in the vicinity of the candidate red-eye region is iden... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for delivering a substance to an internal portion of a body that has been acted on by a procedure performing instrument such as a catheter, trocar, laparoscopic instrument or a biopsy device. The invention more particularly relates to a biopsy ... | A device for delivering a substance such as a surgical sealant or adhesive to an internal portion of the body that has been acted on by a procedure performing instrument such as a catheter, trocar, laparoscopic instrument or a biopsy device is described. The invention more particularly relates to a biopsy device for ob... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Patent Application No. 12/350,092 filed Jan. 7, 2009.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The embodiments of the present invention relate to lenses designed to decode three dimensional content display... | Curved lenses configured to decode three dimensional content and method of fabricating the same. The lenses comprise a polyvinylalcohol polarizer film or similar type of material laminated with triacetate or similar type material on one or both sides, wherein the polarizer film has a polarizing efficiency equal to or e... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a powdered medicine dispensing apparatus and a powdered medicine dispensation packaging apparatus using the same. More particularly, it relates to a powdered medicine dispensing apparatus and a powdered medicine dispensation packaging apparatus using th... | The present invention relates to a powdered medicine dispensing apparatus, and a powdered medicine dispensation packaging apparatus using the same. According to the present invention, the production cost of the apparatus is significantly reduced, and thereby more precise uniform dispensing of the powered medicine can b... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a rotary machine and more particularly to a tie bolt and stacked wheel assembly for the rotors of such machines, wherein the tie bolts retain the stacked wheels in assembled relation without relative rotation between the tie bolts and the stacked wheels... | Stacked wheels of the rotor of a rotary machine are axially coupled to one another by tie bolt assemblies. Each tie bolt assembly includes a stud having forward and aft ends. The aft end of the stud includes a self-locking nut to thereby lock the stud/nut assembly against rotation relative to the rotor. | 5 |
[0001] This application is a divisional application and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/317,648, filed Dec. 12, 2002, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention is related generally to airspring suspens... | An improved airspring assembly includes a collapsible support member disposed within the pressurizable chamber of an airspring having a flexible sidewall. The support member is configured such that it extends and collapses along a longitudinal axis of the chamber responsive to pressurization and depressurization of the... | 1 |
This application is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 838,201, filed Mar. 7, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,723,109, which is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 727,589, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention deals with a hold down device for mu... | A hold down device for multi-layered roofs. The hold down device can be modified to afford a water leak detector. A method of using the devices in securing a multi-layered roof is also disclosed. | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/855,711, filed Oct. 31, 2006, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein, and is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/928,226.
BACKGROUND O... | A respiratory nasal filter including an outer ring having concentric outer periphery and inner periphery sized to the periphery of a user's nasal orifice, a filter layer having an outer periphery larger than the inner periphery of the outer ring, but smaller than the outer periphery of the outer ring and an adhesiv... | 8 |
PRIORITY
[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/097,576 filed on Apr. 4, 2005, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This application relates to means of alerting motorists to the presence o... | A condensed retractable traffic cone is a device designed to provide motorists with advance warning of disabled vehicles and/or work zone areas. The device has been designed to withstand reasonable winds through the use of two base supports, a lower portion, a retractable arm and a series of retractable vertical risers... | 4 |
This is a National Phase Application filed under 35 U.S.C. 371 as a national stage of PCT/EP2012/063209, filed Jul. 6, 2012, and claims priority benefit from European Application No. 11172900.0, filed Jul. 6, 2011, the content of each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
... | Wind turbine blade has a longitudinal direction and includes a shell structure made of a fiber-reinforced polymer material including a polymer matrix and reinforcement material comprising a plurality of carbon fiber layers embedded in the polymer matrix. At least a portion of the shell structure is formed of a laminate... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of making a perpendicular recording magnetic head pole tip with an etchable adhesion CMP stop layer and, more particularly, to the steps in making the perpendicular recording pole tip wherein such a layer adheres... | The method of making a magnetic head assembly includes forming a second pole piece layer that is recessed from a head surface, forming a reactive ion etchable (RIEable) pole tip forming layer on the second pole piece layer, forming an adhesion/stop layer of tantalum (Ta) on the pole tip forming layer, forming a photore... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part and claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/221,142 titled “Vehicle Support Frames with Interlocking Features for Joining Members of Dissimilar Materials” filed Aug. 30, 2011, which is hereby incorpora... | A method of manufacturing a vehicle frame, includes: forming compatible threads on a first rail composed of a first material and a second rail composed of a second material; forming a pair of locators on the first and second rails, said locators configured to indicate an alignment condition of the first rail and second... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to the manufacture of strips composed of nickel cathode sheets, in particular composed of a plurality of at least substantially whole cathode sheets, the differences in thickness within sheets and between various sheets preferably being balanced by hot roll... | The invention relates to a method for producing a nickel strip from a plurality of at least substantially complete cathode plates, in which the plates are hot-rolled individually in a single layer/in a single ply before or after being joined to form a strip, wherein before the hot rolling the starting material of the p... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to generally to improvements in gas turbine engines and, more particularly it relates to an improvement in labyrinth seals employed throughout the engine for restricting unwanted flow of gas or fluid between adjacent compartments within the engine.
BACKGR... | A labyrinth seal for use in a gas turbine engine and placed between adjacently lying differently pressurized compartments where leakage may occur from the higher to the lower pressure compartment, the seal includes a stationary annular abradable shroud and a rotor with teeth and with channels formed between adjacent te... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a tamping device for plugging or tamping an aperture, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to a tamping device for plugging an end of a blasting hole used in a mine blasting application.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
[0002] Mine ... | A tamping device ( 10 ) for plugging an open end of a blasting hole used in a mine blasting application comprising an expandable sleeve ( 20 ) having a bore. The sleeve is configurable between circumferentially expanded and circumferentially retracted positions. An actuation member ( 40 ) having a head section ( 41 ) i... | 5 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/740,758 filed Nov. 30, 2005. All of the subject matter of that provisional application is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to wastewater treatmen... | In a tank for treating wastewater and including a first plurality of air diffuser elements and a second plurality of air diffuser elements, means for adjusting the relative height of the first diffuser elements with respect to the height of the second diffuser elements in response to changing operating conditions in th... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 10/672,422 filed Sep. 26, 2003, which application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/193,741 filed Jul. 9, 2002, which applications are fully incorporated herein by reference.
... | The present invention facilitates proper control of the scavenging air and fuel-air mixture for a stratified scavenging two-cycle engine that is based on a crankcase compression/scavenging method, using any carburetor. The present invention includes a drive member, which rotates based on an accelerator operation, insta... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to motor vehicle heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems and more particularly to the mode and temperature door arrangements therein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In conventional modern day motor vehicle passenger compartment heating, ventilating and air... | A motor vehicle heating, ventilating and air conditioning system having a combined mode and temperature door that can be controlled by a single selector for automatic or manual automotive air conditioning control. | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a construction method for building, particularly to a main work construction method for reinforced concrete and prefabricated component building. The present invention also relates to one or more building construction units and a building construction machine relat... | A main work construction method for reinforced concrete building and a building construction machine are provided. The construction method involves constructing a top story framework on a lifting mechanisms ( 21 ) and a lifting platform ( 22 ); raising the top story framework by the lifting mechanisms ( 21 ); resetting... | 4 |
This invention relates generally to screws and drivers for those screws and relates more particularly to bone screws and specially adapted drivers therefor.
In the prior art, many types of screws have been known. More recently, in the field of orthopedics, various developments, have taken place. A number of these... | An implant comprising a specially adapted bone screw having a threaded shank portion and a sleeve which mates with and operates in cooperation with the threaded shank portion is provided. Also provided is a driver specially adapted for inserting and removing the implant of the invention. A method of compressing a fract... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/977,676, filed Oct. 5, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to adjustable trowels, and more spec... | An adjustable hinged corner trowel is formed from hinged plates with a removeably attached handle. Cooperating control arms connect the handle to the hinged plates. The control arms are fixed to the hinged plates and can be fixed relative to each other at the handle by cooperating teeth and grooves. The handle has a th... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains to automatic washing machines and, more particularly, to a drive system for use in an automatic washing machine.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is widely known in the art of automatic washing machines to pro... | A drive system for producing agitation and spin in an automatic washing machine incorporates a transmission assembly including a plurality of interengaged transmission elements located within a transmission housing. During agitation, the transmission housing is braked and the transmission elements convert input rotary ... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/351,214, filed Nov. 30, 1994, for “Implant Surface Preparation.”
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to processes for... | The surface of a device that is surgically implantable in living bone is prepared. The device is made of titanium with a native oxide layer on the surface. The method of preparation comprises the steps of removing the native oxide layer from the surface of the device and performing further treatment of the surface subs... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefits of the filing of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/104,786 filed Oct. 13, 2008. The complete disclosures of the aforementioned related patent applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.... | This invention relates to a novel thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine, Z, and its therapeutic and prophylactic uses, wherein R 1 and R 2 are defined in the specification. Disorders treated and/or prevented include Parkinson's Disease. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bi-level image processing method and apparatus such as a method and apparatus for converting the resolution of a bi-level image, or for compressively encoding a bi-level image.
Although a bi-level image comprises only black and white dots, many ... | A bi-level image is pre-processed by dividing the image into rectangular blocks, and rearranging the dots in each rectangular block into a pattern determined by the density of black dots in the block. The resulting rearranged image is suitable for further processing such as resolution conversion or compressive encoding... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This present application claims priority of a Chinese patent application S/N 200910136969.0 filed Apr. 30, 2009.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the technical field of application-specific integrated circuit desig... | The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for detecting timing constraint conflicts, the method comprising: receiving a timing constraint file; taking all test points in the timing constraint file as nodes, determining directed edges between the nodes and weights of the directed edges according to timing c... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for feeding stock material intermittently to a press, such as those used for stamping or drawing.
2. Description of the Related Art
There are numerous types of press feed mechanisms available, eac... | An apparatus for intermittently feeding a workpiece to a press, the device including a feed roll with a pinch roll opposite the feed roll, so that a workpiece may pass between the rolls. A servo screw, pinch roll actuator is connected to the pinch roll so that during apparatus operation, changes in pinch roll pressure ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to vehicle tires and, more specifically, to a non-pneumatic vehicle tire.
Tires currently used on vehicles are generally pneumatic tires. With such tires, internal air pressure is necessary to carry the load acting on the tires. Vehicle tires w... | A non-pneumatic tire for a vehicle featuring a body of elastic material and having a circumferentially-extending crown portion featuring a running surface and circumferentially-extending sidewalls joined to the crown portion. The side walls terminate in circumferentially-extending beads which are adapted to engage the ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an automatic planting machine. More particularly, this invention relates to an automatic planting machine which allows to plant regularly spaced apart plants in rows.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Machines known in... | An automatic planting machine for planting plants particularly small and/or young trees, specially designed for forestation and/or reforestation and the like. The machine has, in each of its main wheels, at least one planting tube radially movable and capable of projecting through an aperture in the rim of the wheel co... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The Government may own certain rights in the present invention pursuant to the Office of Health and Environmental Research, USDOE and by Cooperative Research and Development Agreement BNL-C-94-21.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a metho... | This invention is directed to a method for reducing pyrimidine photoproducts comprising applying an effective amount of melanin to human skin prior to exposure to ultraviolet rays, wherein said melanin is in a vehicle suitable for topical application and measuring the amount of pyrimidine photoproducts as compared to a... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of Ser. No. 461,104, filed Jan. 26, 1983, now abandoned, which is a divisional of Ser. No. 339,511, filed Jan. 15, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,383,624, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 843,112, filed Oct. 17, 1977, now abandoned.
BACK... | A refractory slide gate for a container dispensing molten material is comprised of a metal-supporting can filled with a low-fired coherent bonded refractory. The refractory is formed into a coherent refractory body within the metal supporting can and is directly affixed thereto, without the use of refractory mortar. An... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
[0001] The present invention relates to a method of forming a synthetic resin structure integral with two-dimensional steel fabric. The synthetic resin structure has an obverse side and reverse side, at each of which the steel fabric is placed to facil... | In a method of forming a synthetic resin structure integral with two-dimensional steel fabric, a warp and woof are made from a steel metal, and these wires are woven in a planar configuration to provide a two-dimensional steel fabric which is then pressed into a flat structure. Two flat structures are set at a metallic... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/EP2008/008902, filed Oct. 22, 2008, which claims priority to European Patent application EP 07 405 315.8, filed Oct. 22, 2007.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] This disclos... | An automatically operating injection device with an occlusion alarm unit and a method for determining an injection occlusion are disclosed. The method includes generating a plurality of evaluation forces based on a series of force measurements and based on an evaluation time period; determining whether an occlusion exi... | 0 |
This invention relates to the removal of mercaptans from a hydrocarbon-containing feed stream. In particular, it relates to the use of a caustic solution to remove mercaptans from a hydrocarbon-containing feedstream.
It is conventional practice at the present time to treat sour hydrocarbon streams to remove merca... | A caustic wash process to remove mercaptans from a mixture of hydrocarbons, an improvement comprising washing the regenerated caustic with a fraction of said hydrocarbon to remove residual disulfides to improve the overall removal of sulfur from the hydrocarbon feed stream. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is broadly concerned with improved methods for the forming and precipitation of small protein or peptide particles making use of the precipitation using compressed antisolvents (PCA) process. More particularly, the invention is conc... | A process for forming small micron-sized (1-10 μm) protein particles is provided wherein a protein, a solvent system for the protein and an antisolvent for the protein solvent system are contacted under conditions to at least partially dissolve the protein solvent system in the antisolvent, thereby causing precipitatio... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/781,869 filed Mar. 13, 2006.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to a fuel cell and more particularly to an air humidifier for a fue... | An air humidifier is disclosed, the air humidifier including a caseless humidification module, wherein sealing properties of the humidification module are optimized. | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an integrated refining process for the production of high quality gasoline blending components from low value components.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Modern refineries employ many upgrading units such as fluidic catalytic cracking (FCC), hydrocra... | An integrated refining process for the production of high quality gasoline blending components from low value components is disclosed. In addition there is disclosed a method of improving the operating efficiency of a refinery by reducing fuel gas production and simultaneously producing high quality gasoline blending c... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a finger operated keyboard and particularly to finger operated ergonomic keyboard for data entry, word processing, and/or typewriter like functions. The keyboard is specifically designed for an International, Absolute, Phonetic English, but can also be used ... | The present invention an ergonomic keyboard designed for inputting data wherein said keyboard comprises; a keyboard housing; a plurality of four position finger boxes mounted in said housing and arranged conformably to receive finger tips of a users hand, wherein said finger boxes are responsive to no movement, depress... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a means for sealing containers at high speed with closure caps. More particularly, it relates to improvements in a method and means for moving hollow thin-walled relatively flexible containers through a straight line sealing machine and for applying and... | Improved means are described for sealing thin-walled and relatively flexible containers. The improvements are made in straight line sealing machines which include side belt arrangements which encapsulate the filled containers and which also provide means for heating and then for pressing on and for twisting composite c... | 1 |
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/356,601 filed Dec. 15, 1995, U.S. Pat. No. 5,601,789.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a burner for the combustion of oxidizable substances in a carrier gas, and a process for burning combustibles. In a preferred embo... | Raw gas burner that maximizes fuel efficiency of the burner, minimizes residence time, and reduces or eliminates flame contact with the process air or gas in order to minimize NOx formation. Process air flow such as from the cold side of a heat exchanger associated with thermal oxidizer apparatus is directed into and a... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/394,924, filed Oct. 20, 2010, the subject matter of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
[0002] This invention relates generally ... | The present invention provides an automated system for asset tracking and management and utilizes near field Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology. RFID tags are attached to the assets, and RFID antennas (and corresponding readers) are strategically located in close proximity to read the tags. As applied to ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many industrial plants in the pulp and paper industry and the petro-chemical industry have a utility part which is a multiunit power plant for providing both electrical energy and process steam by cogeneration. The objective of this utility part of the industrial plant is to load the b... | A control system is provided for turbines in the utility part of an industrial plant using cogeneration so that control is maintained over the relative quantities of steam supplied to a common steam header from both the back pressure and the extraction turbines where the header supplies process steam at a predetermined... | 5 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of a copending U.S. application Ser. No. 09/656,313, filed 09/06/00, titled “Motionless Electromagnetic Generator,” for which the issue fee has been paid.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[0002] 1. Field of Invention
[0003] This i... | An electromagnetic generator without moving parts includes a permanent magnet and a magnetic core including first and second magnetic paths. A first input coil and a first output coil extend around portions of the first magnetic path, while a second input coil and a second output coil extend around portions of the seco... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a general purpose shelter structure having a variety of applications such as garages, green-houses, tents, swimming pool shelters or the like. More specifically, the invention relates to a shelter structure which is easy to erect and has a movable section to allow a... | A shelter structure comprising a supporting framework which includes a pair of spaced apart base members, each base member comprising a plurality of stationary receptacles. A plurality of ribs extend between the base members and have end portions removably mounted to respective stationary receptacles of the base member... | 4 |
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to computerized systems for controlling the sharing of personal data in online transactions and the like and in particular to ... | A data vault system allows for centralized storage of personal data about a consumer in a transparent multi-tiered structure including a global data store and multiple vendor or category cards. Data in the category cards describing a subset of the globally stored data to be shared with individual vendors and provide fi... | 6 |
This invention was made with government support under Grant No.: FA8750-07-1-0033, awarded by the U.S. Air Force. The Government has certain rights in this invention. This application claims priority to U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/338,689 filed Feb. 23, 2010, the contents of which are incorporated herein b... | A robotic finger that includes multiple phalanges, each phalange configured to be compliantly actuated. The robotic finger also includes compliant touch sensors that, in combination with the compliant actuation, provides the robotic finger with two levels of compliance. The two levels of compliance enable the robotic f... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The subject invention relates to heat-curable, fiber-reinforced prepregs, heat-curable assemblies of such prepregs, and cured, advanced composites prepared therefrom. More particularly, the subject invention relates to the addition of a selected group of microfibers to the matrix resin comp... | Inclusion of minor amounts of predominately amorphous silica microfibers into thermosetting matrix resins allow manufacture of prepregs which produce toughened composites resistant to impact damage without the loss of modulus normally associated with toughened resin systems. | 8 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 911,865 filed June 2, 1978.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to immunofluorescent assays and more particularly, to a solid phase indirect immunofluorescent (SPIIF) assay for the detection of humoral antibodies to native deoxyribonucleic ... | A method of detecting antibodies to native deoxyribonucleic acid (n-DNA), anti-nuclear antibodies, antibodies to non-histone containing protein, rheumatoid factors, antibodies to thyroglobulin, and an immunofluorescent assay for such detection is described. The method comprises incubating an insoluble conjugate of meth... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a continuous process for drawing, crimping and collecting a tow composed of continuous filaments. More particularly, it relates to control of the crimping step during the start up of the continuous process.
In the commercial production of acrylic and oth... | In a tow processing system that includes a draw machine operating in conjunction with a tow crimper that has a clapper for exerting counterpressure at the outlet end of the crimper, draw machine tachometer-generator signals are converted to proportionate signals which control clapper pressure and crimper steam pressure... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns an elastic clutch, specifically a two-mass flywheel for an internal combustion engine. A clutch of this category has been proposed in German Patent Application No. P3901467.3-12.
Clutches of this type are used in conjunction with internal combustion engines... | The invention concerns an elastic clutch including a hydraulic damping device wherein a viscous damping medium is displaced through predetermined gaps upon occurrence of large angles of rotation. To that end, a cam arranged on one clutch half plunges into a capsule type displacement chamber. The cam features friction e... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This new utility application claims the benefit of provisional application Ser. No. 60/631,051, filed on Nov. 24, 2004.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The invention relates to the... | Process and apparatus for treating wastewater from a sewer system including the steps of: (A) removing solids contained in the influent to create solids-depleted preliminary effluent (PrE) and to protect downstream systems from premature failure due to wear from solid particles; (B) removing suspended solids from the P... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Soffits used in interior construction for enclosing the space above kitchen cabinets and the like, for example, are currently, so far as known, constructed on the job piece-by-piece. This is laborious and time consuming, requiring the measuring, cutting and assembling in place of a mul... | Soffits for interior construction purposes are preformed from L-shaped foam material having insert furring strips for attaching the soffits to walls and ceilings. The preformed soffits are brought to the job site, quickly cut to length, fastened in place, and then covered with plasterboard before cabinets are mounted b... | 4 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the priority of German Patent Application No. 10 2008 020 154.5, filed Apr. 22, 2008, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for operation of a wind energy installati... | A method for operating a wind energy installation and a system for implementing the method. An oblique incident flow value, which represents the difference between the wind direction and the direction of a rotor axis of the wind energy installation, and a load value, which represents the load state of the wind energy i... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] It is believed that examples of known fuel injection systems use an injector to dispense a quantity of fuel that is to be combusted in an internal combustion engine. It is also believed that the quantity of fuel that is dispensed is varied in accordance with a number of ... | A fuel injector having a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, and a fuel passageway extending along an axis between the fuel inlet and the fuel outlet. The fuel injector includes a body having an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and a neck portion disposed between the inlet portion and the outlet portion. An adjusting tube is d... | 5 |
[0001] This application is a Continuation In Part (CIP) of Ser. No. 13/971,853, filed Aug. 21, 2013 by the present inventors, which is incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND—PRIOR ART
[0002] Message and clip boards have many variations and means for connecting to a surface. In particular, ... | A Magnetic Pivot Apparatus For Vertical Mounting with a unique elongated mounting surface that is ideal for mounting on the outer corners of most buildings and housing that use metallic corner bead edging that is typically 1.5″ and 2.5″ in width. In addition, the invention disclosed can be used on more traditional surf... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based on U.S. provisional application 61/655727 filed Jun. 5, 2012 and hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to an electrical switch having a pushbutton opera... | A switch suitable for use in contaminated environments provides for internal support of the operator allowing an oversized opening in the housing of the switch through which the operator extends. In this way contamination on the outer surface of the operator may be accommodated without a jamming of the operator in the ... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is the national phase under 35 USC 371 of international application no. PCT/EP2011/001756, filed Apr. 8, 2011, which claims the benefit of the priority date of German application no. 10 2010 022 985.7, filed Jun. 8, 2010. The contents of the aforementioned a... | A filling element for filling containers includes a housing having a liquid channel, a connection for feeding liquid into the channel, a discharge port for discharging liquid into a container provided in a sealed position on the filling element, a valve in the channel between the connection and the port, an actuator fo... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
invention relates to a handle attachment for a chest drainage unit and relates more specifically to a handle attachment for capturing a pair of hangers of a chest drainage unit to allow for easy, one-handed, transport within a medical facility by appropr... | A handle attachment for use with a chest drainage unit (CDU) having a pair of hangers extending above the CDU to support the CDU on a bedrail or the like. The handle attachment being used to capture both CDU hangers to allow the CDU to be transported within a medical facility by the necessary medical personnel in an ea... | 0 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 577,153, filed May 14, 1975, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method for the electrical protection of a liner used for sealing the stern tube shaft of a ship.
2. Description o... | A method for the electrical protection of a liner used for sealing the stern tube shaft of a ship using an oil bath system, is characterized in that on the sea water-exposed side of the flange portion of the liner proper, at least one easily replaceable sacrificial anode block member is mounted in a circumferential for... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Red-emitting phosphors based on complex fluoride materials activated by Mn 4+ , such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,358,542, U.S. Pat. No. 7,497,973, and U.S. Pat. No. 7,648,649, can be utilized in combination with yellow/green emitting phosphors such as YAG:Ce or other garnet compos... | A process for fabricating an LED lighting apparatus comprising a color stable Mn 4+ doped phosphor of formula I includes forming on a surface of an LED chip a polymer composite layer comprising a first and a second population of particles of the phosphor of formula I having a graded composition varying in manganese co... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of application Serial No. 60/449,733, filed on Feb. 24, 2003, and entitled “Sensor Array System and Method for Realistic Sampling.”
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention rel... | A method is described which better aligns the spatially dependent resolution of a sampled image sensor to the resolution requirements of an image. Most images contain greater frequency extent in the horizontal and vertical directions and therefore can benefit from higher resolution. By rotating the sampling grid of a s... | 7 |
INTRODUCTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to well testing of hydrocarbon reservoirs to determine economic viability.
[0003] The purpose of reservoir simulation is to determine as precisely as possible the extent (volume), nature, permeabilit... | A reservoir in a payrock ( 2 ) is analyzed using finite element simulation. A reservoir engineer selects an appropriate model from a set of template models, each comprising a set of polygons ( 51 ) in plan and layers ( 53 ) in elevation. The polygons are defined in objects instantiated from classes by control points an... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates in general to translucent storage pages for use in filing photographic film slides, more particularly, storage pages of the type described, having certain improvements for preserving the slide and making access to the slides more convenient.
Translucent sto... | Translucent plastic pages of an improved design for the filing of color film slides, wherein the storage trays are slightly indented to remove the slide emulsion from direct contact with the plastic. In accordance with a further feature, the translucent storage pages are formed from archival material, and are designed ... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to the in-flight relighting of an aircraft turbofan engine.
BACKGROUND
[0002] FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a typical turbofan engine 10 for subsonic flight. The engine 10 generally comprises in serial flow communication a fan 12 ... | The method and apparatus for in-flight relighting of a turbofan engine involve in one aspect selectively controlling an accessory drag load on one or more windmilling rotors to permit control of the windmill speed to an optimum value for relight conditions. | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Heretofore, in the art, there has been the need for forming upon a tubular workpiece of a series of equal or unequal bends along the length thereof spaced at different distances from each other and angularly oriented with respect to each other and wherein, there is a need for mass prod... | A multiple station tube bender includes a rotatable table upon a platform adapted for incremental rotary movements and for intermittent raising and lowering. The horizontally disposed support rod is adapted to axially mount a tubular workpiece to be bent. A radially extending rod support is mounted upon the table for j... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 702,690, filed Feb. 19, 1985, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 582,704, filed 2/23/84, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to inst... | A non-reflective instrument comprising a metallic substrate and a coating selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , Al 2 O 3 /TiO mixtures, Al 2 O 3 /Cr 3 O 2 mixtures and WC/Co mixtures. | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of Invention
[0003] This invention relates to a laptop or notebook computer holder that is soft and compactable, easily mounted or removed without tools, securely hold... | An economical lightweight portable Laptop or Notebook Computer holder that can easily, without tools, be attached to most vehicles both public and private (Photos # 1,2,7,8,9 ). It is versatile enough to easily be moved to different places in a vehicle for other users (Photos# 7,8,9 ). The straps and base are made of a... | 1 |
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