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Devices utilizing hollow probe aspiration are useful for removing and/or obtaining samples of tissue in minimally invasive percutaneous procedures, for biopsy or other purposes, such as therapeutic tissue removal purposes.
It may be desirable to provide additional and alternative designs for an instrument including a h... | {
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The invention relates to a process for improving color and color stability of oleic acid.
1. Background of the Invention
Oleic acid has many industrial and commercial uses and applications in which color is a major consideration. When oleic acid is introduced into many consumer products, a colorless or light colored ma... | {
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Technical Field
The present disclosure pertains to internal combustion engines having a reciprocating piston slidably mounted within a cylinder and, more particularly, to a compression ring adapted to provide a seal between a top surface of the piston and a wall of the cylinder.
Description of the Related Art
Today's m... | {
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The invention relates to the field of client/server (also known as xe2x80x9cdistributedxe2x80x9d) computing, where one computing device (xe2x80x9cthe clientxe2x80x9d) requests another computing device (xe2x80x9cthe serverxe2x80x9d) to perform part of the client""s work.
Client/server computing has become more and more ... | {
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Surgical devices are used in various open, endoscopic, and laparoscopic surgeries to transect tissue volumes and blood vessels. The devices generally include jaws for grasping tissue therebetween and a cutting mechanism that is advanced through the grasped tissue to transect it. The cutting mechanism can be designed to... | {
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A typical switch mode power supply (SMPS) includes a switching transistor coupled to a primary winding of power transferring transformer for periodically applying an input supply voltage to the primary winding. It is known to operate the SMPS in a run mode of operation and in a standby mode of operation. During a run m... | {
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The present invention relates to fibrous web finishing. In particular, the invention concerns a method according to the preamble of claim 1 for increasing the smoothness of paper and board webs by mechanical treatment.
Paper is normally manufactured by the wet method. According to that method fibres are suspended in wa... | {
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The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring the basis weight, and more particularly, to an apparatus for measuring the basis weight of a web-shaped material under test.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,681,595 describes an arrangement of a radioactive radiation source on one side of a material under test and a radiation... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a structure of an image display apparatus which forms an image with an electron-emitting device.
2. Related Background Art
In this type of image display apparatus, an electron emitted from an electron-emitting device is transmitted through an accelerating elect... | {
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The present invention relates to adjustable pliers and more particularly to adjustable pliers which are adapted to be locked in a particular position.
A number of patents have issued on adjustable pliers. Applicant is aware of at least the following patents relating to adjustable pliers: U.S. Pat. Nos.
4,651,598 PA0 4,... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is generally directed to mechanical projectors, more specifically bows, compound bows, and compact compound bows.
2. Description of the Prior Art | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to bracing devices and particularly to load stabilization devices capable of preventing the incidental and often injurious shifting of cargo within a freight-carrying car such as a truck trailer or train car.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Devices known as dunn... | {
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There has been a continuing need for improving the oil/water ratio during hydrocarbon production. One way to improve hydrocarbon production is by using chemical gel systems to resist the flow of injected or natural aqueous drive fluid through high permeability channels and fractures, sometimes referred to in the art as... | {
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Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to a columbarium system and method for interring cremated remains in individual niches or in a common vault using a single ossuary type repository.
Description of the Prior Art
As cost and space issues have led to fewer conventional burials and to a greater numbe... | {
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Autonomous in-vivo imaging devices, such as swallowable or ingestible capsules or other devices may move through a body lumen, imaging as they move along. In-vivo imaging may require in-vivo illumination, for example, using one or more illumination sources positioned inside the in-vivo imaging device, behind a viewing ... | {
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were first synthesized and reported by Prof. S. Iijima of NEC Corporation, Japan in Nature 354, 56-58, 1991, and the polymer nanocomposites using carbon nanotube as filler were first reported by Prof. P. Ajayan et al. in Science, 265, 1212-1214, 1994. One graphene layer folds along the axis prod... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to an air flow sensor for an internal combustion engine and more particularly to an improved air flow sensor which samples a part of the total air flow and which is adjustable in order to compensate for any mass production tolerances and for any dirt or ... | {
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Recently, there has been a rapidly growing demand for renewable energy including wind energy. To meet this demand, wind turbine designers are working to provide blade designs that allow a turbine connected to the wind turbine blades or to the rotor to effectively convert wind into electricity. The blades must also be d... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a password notification function and a method for notifying a user of a password in the mobile communication terminal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a password n... | {
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This application relates to a brake for a hydraulic device. It is particularly applicable to a hydraulic device of the type in which an eccentrically mounted shaft is adapted for orbital and rotational motion. Even more particularly, the present invention is useful as a motor brake in a hydraulic motor in which the orb... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a data communication service and, more particularly, to a data communication service using a call connection networking.
2. Description of the Background Art
First- and second-generation mobile communication provides voice-centered service, while the third-gene... | {
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The present invention relates in general to bleed elements in evaporative emission canisters for vehicle fuel systems, and, more specifically, to a deflector for retaining a carbon scrubber element.
Evaporative emissions systems are used in conjunction with the fuel systems of gasoline-powered vehicles to prevent relea... | {
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Japanese Patent Unexamined Publication No. H05-191312 discloses a conventional radio-frequency receiver. As shown in FIG. 7, conventional radio-frequency receiver 201 contains radio-frequency receiving circuits 202a and 202b that are identical in construction. Radio-frequency circuit 202a (202b) contains input terminal... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to portable surgical instruments and, more particularly, to portable surgical instruments that utilize a handpiece configured to house a battery and/or battery assembly and releasably couple to the portable surgical instrument.
2. Background of Related Art
Portable surg... | {
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Industrial pumping takes many forms, all with the general requirement of transporting fluids or slurries through a process stream. Pumps are selected based on the application requirements including head pressure, metering accuracy, temperature, particle tolerance, fluid viscosity, cost, safety, service rate and a varie... | {
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Many members of the HDAC family require zinc (Zn) to function properly. For instance, the isozyme histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) is a zinc-dependent histone deacetylase that possesses histone deacetylase activity. Other family members include HDACs 1-5 and 7-11. (De Ruijter et al, Biochem. J. 2003. 370; 737-749).
HDAC6 ... | {
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This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Polyantha Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as ‘MORredfar’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,150) and as its pollen parent the variety known as ‘FRYtrooper’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,211). | {
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The present invention relates to a vane compressor, especially a cooling medium-compressor to be utilized in a vehicle climate-control arrangement.
Vane compressors of the foregoing type have been known in the art. Such vane compressors are disclosed, for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,809,511; 3,834,846; 3,852,003; 3,989... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to the field of geological exploration for hydrocarbons. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of determining wettability of rock samples.
2. Background of the Invention
Wettability is a property of rocks which measures the preference of a fluid ... | {
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The use of cable ties to bundle a plurality of wires or similar articles has long been known. Basic cable tie construction includes an elongate cable tie strap having a tail at one end and a head at the other end. The head includes a central passage or aperture therethrough for accommodating a tail in an insertable fas... | {
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This invention relates to a laser apparatus and, particularly, to a beam distributor for distributing pumping beam over a laser medium to pump laser active materials doped in the laser medium.
In the fields of optical communication and laser beam machining, it is desired to develop a laser apparatus which is greater in... | {
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The semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) industry has experienced rapid growth. Over the course of the growth, functional density of the semiconductor devices has increased with the decrease of device feature size or geometry. The scaling down process generally provides benefits by increasing production efficiency, re... | {
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It is known to palynologists, organic petrologists and others that the thermal history of a sedimentary rock, often referred to as its organic metamorphism or eometamorphism, can be manifested in the color of the organic matter (commonly known as kerogen) that is extracted from a specimen or core sample of the rock. Th... | {
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This invention relates to a tone waveshape generation device employed in an electronic musical instrument and, more particularly, to a device capable of reading out successive waveshapes of plural periods stored in a memory.
A device which prestores successive waveshapes of plural periods from the start to the end of t... | {
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The occlusion of body cavities, blood vessels, and other lumina by embolization is desired in a number of clinical situations. For example, the occlusion of fallopian tubes for the purposes of sterilization, and the occlusive repair of cardiac defects, such as a patent foramen ovale, patent ductus arteriosis, and left ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to directional thermal neutron detectors, and more particularly pertains to a directional thermal neutron detector which utilizes the inherent angular response of large area, planar silicon detectors and gadolinium foils to determine the direction of a t... | {
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Conventionally, in a rotary pump such as can be used for transporting liquid foods, a rotary drive shaft is formed with its leading end in a spline shaft, a spline hole formed through a rotor is engaged by the spline shaft of the rotors of the pump within a pumping chamber in a main rotor casing, and a fastening nut of... | {
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Devices and methods for performing in-vivo imaging of passages or cavities within a body are known in the art. They may include, for example, swallowable capsules which collect data and which may transmit the data to a receiver system. Such devices may also include, inter alia, various endoscopic imaging systems and de... | {
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Capacitors are one type of component which is commonly used in the fabrication of integrated circuits, for example in DRAM circuitry. A typical capacitor is comprised of two conductive electrodes separated by a non-conducting dielectric region. As integrated circuitry density has increased, there is a continuing challe... | {
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Sinks and similar apparatus for removing grease and oils from parts such as automotive parts are widely used and can be found in most automotive and machine shops.
In the past, parts washers of the sink type utilized toxic cleaning fluids such as petroleum-based solvents and non-biodegradable detergents. The use of suc... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a dynamoelectric, rotating machine; and more particularly, to an axial airgap, dynamoelectric, rotating machine comprising a rotor assembly and a stator assembly that includes a frontiron section, a backiron section, and a plurality of stator tooth sections.
2. Descrip... | {
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There are established procedures for removing thrombi from a patient's vasculature by percutaneous insertion of appropriate treatment apparatus into the vasculature of the patient. A procedure which is well documented involves the use of an assembly which includes a balloon catheter provided with two inflatable balloon... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention concerns a cleaning article using a water-decomposable non-woven fabric which is dispersed easily by a water stream and, more in particular, it relates to a cleaning article of low density and having high surface strength.
2. Related Art
Cleaning articles formed with wate... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an unlubricated bearing structure supporting a rocking arm to be swingable and to an IC socket using the same.
2. Related Art
FIG. 9 shows a conventional unlubricated bearing structure 100 of the type mentioned above. The unlubricated bearing structure 100 show... | {
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In a clock signal dividing circuit which divides a clock signal having a frequency to generate a clock signal having a lower frequency, there can be realized a dividing circuit (integer dividing circuit) in which a dividing ratio, i.e., a ratio of a frequency of a clock signal obtained before frequency dividing to a fr... | {
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This invention relates to an outboard jet propulsion device and more particularly to an improved lower housing construction for such a device.
Many forms of outboard drives employ jet propulsion units for propelling the watercraft through the water. Such units include a vertically extending impeller shaft that rotates ... | {
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Ion exchange membranes are used as solid electrolytes in electrochemical energy conversion devices such as fuel cells, electrolysers, in separation processes, sensors, etc. Perfluorinated ion exchange membranes are state of the art proton exchange membranes (PEM) used as electrolytes for fuel cells. Polymer Electrolyte... | {
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The invention relates to a method for determining the position of a tool of a rock drill in a known system of coordination relative to rock when using a rock drilling equipment comprising a base, at least one drilling boom mounted pivotally relative to the base and a rock drill connected pivotally relative to the boom ... | {
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Vehicle collisions that occur at high rates of speed are deadly, resulting in approximately 43,000 lives lost every year in the United States alone. Costs associated with these vehicle fatalities run approximately $165 billion. The physics of these crashes has been well studied and has dictated many safety features dep... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a radio communication apparatus used for both digital communications and analog communications.
2. Description of the Prior Art
FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a conventional radio communication apparatus. In FIG. 3, a microphone 1 changes human voice to voice signal. ... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to an improved distributed data processing system and, in particular to an improved method and apparatus for creating applications. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for creating client applications.
2. Description... | {
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The present invention is directed to materials and methods involving extracellular matrix signalling moleculesxe2x80x94polypeptides involved in cellular responses to growth factors. More particularly, the invention is directed to Cyr61-, Fisp12-, and CTGF-related polynucleotides, polypeptides, compositions thereof, met... | {
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Conventionally, a scroll compressor including, in a casing thereof, an electric motor and a scroll compression mechanism has been known (see, e.g., Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-286095). In the compression mechanism of the scroll compressor, a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll each including an end ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
Implementations of various technologies described herein generally relate to seismic data processing. In particular, various technologies described herein relate to a method for separating interfering signals in seismic data.
2. Description of the Related Art
For many years, seismic exploratio... | {
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An electronic system usually includes multiple electronic devices. Different devices are configured to perform different operations. At one given moment, some devices may operate at a high speed and therefore consume more power than some other devices that are in a sleep mode. Similarly, a specific device may perform m... | {
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It has been a long standing practice to route the exhaust gasses from the exhaust manifold of an engine or power plant through a muffler and tail pipe, to reduce engine noise. While this is effective for conventional use, the back pressure caused by the exhaust gasses passing through the muffler results in a loss of ef... | {
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Sensors using an evanescent field have become extremely useful in the past few years. These sensors have been created to detect a wide variety of materials such as pesticides, pathogens, nucleic acids, gases, and disease markers such as the HER2 breast cancer marker. These sensors function by measuring the interaction ... | {
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Relaxed silicon-germanium (SiGe) virtual substrates, including a tensilely strained layer and a relaxed underlying layer, enable the production of novel silicon (Si)-, germanium (Ge)-, and SiGe-based devices such as field-effect transistors (FETs). A “virtual substrate” includes a layer of SiGe that has been relaxed to... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a curtain with no cord, and more particularly, to a curtain body locating mechanism for use in a curtain with no cord.
2. Description of Related Art
Generally, curtains can be divided structurally into curtains with cord and curtains with no cord. For the curtains wit... | {
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This application claims the priority of German Patent Document 100 23 193.4, filed in Germany, May 11, 2000, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
The invention relates to a vehicle body for a forward vehicle structure of a motor vehicle having laterally extending vehicle side members a... | {
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In general, a hydraulic control valve is used to control hydraulic fluid that is supplied from hydraulic pumps to actuators that drive working devices, such as a boom and an arm, of a construction machine, such as an excavator. Particularly, in driving working devices, such as the boom and the arm, the driving speed of... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates in general to graphics display systems and in particular to asynchronous data transfers to graphics display systems. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to supporting asynchronous data transfers to graphics display systems concurrently with other proce... | {
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic system for locating and identifying vehicles in distress. | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to gas generators, and more particularly to a downhole gas generator having multiple independently controlled combustion chambers.
2. Description of Related Art
The following art defines the present state of this field:
Challacombe, U.S. Pat. No. 3,721,297, tea... | {
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This invention relates to "milled" tooth rotary cone rock bits and methods of manufacture therefor.
Rotary cone rock bit s for drilling oil wells and the like commonly have a steel body which is connected to the bottom of a long pipe which extends from the earth's surface down to the bottom of the well. The long pipe i... | {
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This invention relates generally to video games and more particularly, it relates to an improved three-dimensional, texture mapping display system for displaying three-dimensional projected polygons with texture maps on a two-dimensional raster display screen. In particular, the display system is adapted for use with v... | {
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This invention relates to a reclosable metal paint can of the type which incorporate a plastic handle for carrying as well as for hanging the can as from a rung of a ladder. | {
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The development in the global economy is bringing along a continuous increase in the demand for light olefins around the world. It was predicted that the total global demand for ethylene and propylene will be 140 Mt/a and 86 Mt/a, respectively by year of 2010. In China, due to the rapid increase in the national economy... | {
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This invention relates generally to sensors for monitoring extremely small mechanical displacements, and in particular to an improvement in a Fiber Optic Bragg Grating (FOBG) sensor consisting of a unique demodulator for detecting changes in an optical signal induced by the sensed mechanical displacement. The invention... | {
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Conventionally, in a disc apparatus, such as a CD player for reproducing a compact disc (DC) having concentric tracks in which digital audio data are recorded as a train of pits, a laser beam is irradiated along a track on the disc driven by a spindle motor at a constant linear velocity (CLV), and the digital audio dat... | {
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Effective heat dissipation is one of the major challenges in design of high-power optoelectronic emitters, such as VCSELs. Such devices generate large amounts of heat in the emitter active regions, resulting in high emitter junction temperatures, which tend to reduce VCSEL efficiency and lead to a reduced optical power... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an adjustable spanner or similar gripping device of the type which comprises a shaft or a handle and a gripping head which is defined by two jaws, of which one is preferably stationary and the other is displaceable so as to permit variation of the opening or ga... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a hearing aid and, more particularly, to a hearing aid in which a reproducing transducer and a microphone are enclosed in one and the same housing.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In a conventional hearing aid wherein a reproducing transducer and a microphone are encl... | {
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Embodiments relate to a warhead and, more particularly, to a fragmentable package within a warhead that has individual interconnected fragments having a pattern with a plurality of voids defining the pattern.
The primary lethal mechanism of a fragmented warhead is the kinetic energy of the shattered casing fragments or... | {
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Olefins, including ethylene, propylene and butenes, are major building blocks in the chemical process industries. These materials are either recovered from refinery streams or produced by cracking naphtha or LPG. Not with standing the success of these processes, there is an incentive to use methane as a raw material be... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode and more particularly to a light emitting diode which enhances a scattering of light produced by a light emitting element to produce a uniform, bright illumination in a wide range of angle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
An example of a ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a ventilation mask, which has a base, a hose connection, and at least one sealing element and is provided with a forehead support, which is arranged in such a way that it can be positioned relative to the base of the mask.
2. Description of the Related Art
Vent... | {
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Whether used for transportation or recreation, tricycles may be used for riders of different sizes and capabilities. Some tricycles are configured to be propelled and steered by the rider. In some instances, tricycles are configured to be pushed from behind, by an individual, such as an adult pushing a child. Typically... | {
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Recently, in various devices, electric power is saved due to the prevalence of low-power-consumption types of devices from the viewpoint of respecting the environmental conservation and the environment-friendly performance. In the International Energy Star Program, standard values of energy consumption are defined for ... | {
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Projectiles fired from conventional military weapons often carry energetic payloads made up of nested components and subcomponents, one within another. Energetic payloads often include explosives that may be initiated by physical impact with a target. These payloads undergo tremendous dynamic stresses during accelerati... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates in general to a device for driving a light emitting diode string, and more particularly to a device for driving a light emitting diode string for applying in a backlight module.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, backlight modules are provided as the light ... | {
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Masonry objects, that is, things comprised of stone or brick have long been used in natural and artificial gardens for esthetic and functional purposes. For instance, masonry walls are used to define boundaries and retain earth. Typically, good construction requires some sort of foundation, particularly when the ground... | {
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This invention concerns a semiconductor manufacturing technique and, more in particular, it relates to a technique effective to application for the improvement of the cleaning effect for cleaning inside a molding die for use in semiconductor devices, as well as improvement for the productivity.
The technique described ... | {
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This invention relates to encryption of data stored in a storage subsystem.
For example, in companies or other organizations, a storage subsystem, configured separately from a host computer (hereafter “host”), is used to manage large amounts of data. Such a storage subsystem incorporates for example numerous hard disk ... | {
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1. Field of Art
The disclosure relates generally to performing motion compensated deinterlacing, and more specifically to deinterlacing using a combination of directional interpolation, motion compensated deinterlacing, and motion adaptive deinterlacing.
2. Description of Related Art
Motion compensation describes a tar... | {
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Computer systems typically comprise a combination of hardware, such as semiconductors, transistors, chips, and circuit boards, and computer programs. As increasing numbers of smaller and faster transistors can be integrated on a single chip, new processors are designed to use these transistors effectively to increase p... | {
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This invention relates to a steering mechanism for use with medical catheters or other devices which need to be positioned in difficult locations.
In many medical procedures, it is necessary to position a catheter at a location within a patient's body. A typical emplacement for the distal end of a catheter might be wit... | {
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The present invention relates generally to a method for profiling pitches using a computerized, programmable pitching machine and, more particularly, to such a method for programming a computerized pitching machine to throw pitches having the same pitch profile of actual pitchers.
Pitching machines and ball-throwing ma... | {
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The present invention belongs to the fields of pharmacology and medicinal chemistry, and provides new pharmaceuticals which are useful for the treatment of diseases which are caused or affected by disorders of the serotonin-affected neurological systems, particularly those relating to the 1A receptor.
Pharmaceutical re... | {
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A device of this kind is known from EP 352 928, wherein in a hollow catheter hub a needle guard element is arranged. On withdrawal of the hollow needle from the catheter over an engaging means near the tip of the hollow needle, the needle guard element engages with the engaging means and covers the tip when the hollow ... | {
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A major focus of cancer immunology is on the isolation of antibodies that react selectively with human tumor cells, since the antibodies could have important applications for targeting diagnostic and therapeutic agents to tumors and for identifying tumorigenic antigens. The established approach has been to generate lar... | {
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1. Field of Invention
This invention pertains to a method and an apparatus for shaping an elongated hollow or solid article, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for performing consistent, accurate spatial dimensional shaping of an elongated extruded product.
2. Description of the Art
There are a considerabl... | {
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There is a requirement to screen cargo items for the detection of illicit materials and devices. Today, the use of X-ray imaging for cargo inspection is becoming more widespread. Such systems are typically made from large welded steel fabrications and are complex and time consuming to install. | {
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At present, the cushioning offered by a body, such as a mattress, a shoe sole, etc., is provided by means of pressure or impact; the impact is not deflected and the effect of the cushioning is limited, logically depending on the physical characteristics of the body in question.
There are no known cushioning systems bas... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a plastisol-lined metal closure of the type which may be applied to a helically threaded finish of a glass or rigid plastic container by a press-on action, but which may be normally removed from the finish of the container only by a twisting action. More particularly,... | {
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The present invention relates to a new and distinct perennial variety of Westringia fruticosa, which has been given the variety denomination of ‘WES04’. Its market class is that of an ornamental shrub. ‘WES04’ is intended for use in general landscaping and as a decorative plant.
Parentage: The Westringia fruticosa vari... | {
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To interact with a computer application or search the Internet, users may type in terms using a physical keyboard or on-screen keyboard. This may not be possible if a physical or on-screen keyboard is not available, or if the keyboard is inside a virtual display that cannot be touched physically. Additionally, physical... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a musical-tone-signal-generating apparatus, and more particularly, to a tone-color-selecting technique for the apparatus.
2. Prior Art
Among conventional electronic organs which can simulate a pipe organ, a type provided with a number of tone-selecting switches... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to technology for efficiently compressing or encoding image data or storing or transmitting these data, using holographic fringe patterns.
This application is based on patent application No. Hei 9-137372 and No Hei 10-6216 filed in Japan, the contents of which are... | {
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In numerical data or text data stored with passage of time, a time series rule is often included. In order to find the time series rule, a time series pattern extraction apparatus is provided. In the time series pattern extraction apparatus, a usable pattern is extracted from the numerical data or the text data, and pr... | {
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