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Computing systems are currently in wide use. Some computing systems are deployed at end user organizations and they assist the end user organizations in performing the operations undertaken by the organization.
Some such computing systems implement processes that are defined and implemented in various ways. They can, f... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a photographic processing machine and, more particularly, to a method of and an apparatus for drying photographic light-sensitive material, such as film sheet, by applying drying air thereto in the photographic processing machine.
2. Description of th... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to data storage system, more particularly, to a data storage system having an adjustable display module on the housing, in which the angle of the display screen of the adjustable display module can be flexibly adjusted to adapt to the change of the housing placeme... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to an enclosed paperboard carton capable of enclosing containers, which carton has a dispenser in one end of the carton for dispensing containers, for example, cans or bottles, which can be removed or dispensed without destroying the overall structural i... | {
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Articles with one or more structured surfaces are useful in a variety of applications (e.g., abrasive discs, assembly of automobile parts, and disposable absorbent articles). The articles may be provided as films that exhibit, for example, increased surface area, mechanical fastening structures, or optical properties.
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Plasma arc torches are widely used in the processing (e.g., cutting and marking) of metallic materials. A plasma arch torch generally includes a torch body, an electrode mounted within the body, a nozzle with a central exit orifice, electrical connections, passages for cooling and arc control fluids, a swirl ring to co... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present disclosure relates to a package structure and method thereof; in particular, to a package structure and method thereof for an optical module.
2. Description of Related Art
Currently, the optical proximity sensor has become the major choice of electronic devices for distance sensing... | {
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Many entities, such as merchants, advertisers, content providers, manufacturers, and more, are often greatly interested in finding out as much as they can about consumers. By learning more about consumers, these entities can often better target advertisements, offers, or other content to consumers, or better select con... | {
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A pressure-sensitive chip for a semiconductor pressure sensor is formed of a silicon single crystal similar to in an integrated circuit (IC) component, and is provided with, at a center portion of this chip, a diaphragm formed by thinning the thickness of the chip. And, on the surface of this diaphragm, piezoresistive ... | {
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The practice of orthodontics requires a considerable amount of chair time with patients so that perfect or near perfect alignment of the patient's teeth can be achieved. When orthodontic brackets (braces) are bonded to the patient's teeth at an initial treatment, it is very difficult if not impossible to precisely posi... | {
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This invention relates to a motor control device that controls at least one motor.
One type of a conventionally known motor control device controls a plurality of motors which drive different driven targets by means of a single control unit (such as a microcomputer). More particularly, this type of motor control device... | {
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The invention relates generally to apparatus for monitoring operation of positive-displacement pumps and, more particularly, to a liquid/gas phase detector for multi-stage positive-displacement rotary axial-screw pumps.
In conventional pumps of this type, pressure is developed from the inlet or suction port of the pump... | {
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Two major telecommunication networks have evolved worldwide. The first is a network of telephone systems in the form of the Public Switched Telephone System (PSTN). This network was initially designed to carry voice communication, but later also adapted to transport data. The second is a network of computer systems in ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cover of an image forming device such as a printer, a facsimile machine, and a copy machine.
2. Description of the Related Art
Japanese Utility Model-Application Publication No. HEI-7-2345 discloses a document scanning unit with a tray serving both as a suppl... | {
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(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for detecting possibility of processing a program in parallel, and an apparatus utilizing detecting results of the above apparatus in translating a program to be applicable to a parallel computer.
(2) Description of the Related Art
Re... | {
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Currently, mechanisms are available through which previously connected network entities, such as WI-FI® and BLUETOOTH® peers, known as trusted devices can automatically unlock themselves and the services within when they get connected to each other. However, this can cause security issues should an undesirable third-pa... | {
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Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has been used in a variety of applications such as tracking, security, transportation, retailing, industrial, and individual identification. Data communication via RFID technology may be used for detecting the presence of an object, identifying the object, or obtaining d... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a controlling device, controlling system and controlling method, and in particularly to controlling device, controlling system and controlling method of an indoor electronic apparatus.
2. Description of Prior Art
Generally speak, people always need to configure one or ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a polarizing plate used in a display device and a fabrication method thereof, and more particularly, to a polarizing plate having an enhanced light leakage which occurs as the polarizing plate is bent when a luminance enhancement film is laminated thereon, and ... | {
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The present invention relates generally to apparatus for dispensing wafer-like objects and relates more particularly to apparatus for dispensing stacks of cookies into the pockets of cookie packaging trays.
The packaging of cookies and especially the thin wafer-like variety of cookie requires special considerations due... | {
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Sapphire crystals doped with transition metals such as chromium, vanadium and titanium have attracted the attention of scientists and engineers for many years primarily because of their applicability as high-power laser media and secondarily because of there marketability as synthetic gemstones. As a tunable laser medi... | {
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This disclosure relates generally to the field of image processing. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, this disclosure relates to a technique for improving image registration operations by giving more weight or significance to regions within an image deemed to be more important.
Image registration is the ... | {
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A wiring harness disclosed in the Patent Document 1 has three high-voltage electric wires and three metallic protection pipes for receiving and protecting the three high-voltage electric wires one by one. The high-voltage electric wire connects a motor mounted on a front side of a vehicle with an inverter mounted on an... | {
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Trading methods have evolved from a manually intensive process to a technology enabled, electronic platform. Advances in technology are having an increasingly large and broad impact on trading and the way in which exchanges conduct business. What was previously seen as a supplement to the traditional pit trading, elect... | {
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(1.) Field of the Invention
The present invention concerns holding containers for cryogenic liquids of the type comprising an inner casing and an outer casing defining an insulating inner space therebetween and a cryogenic liquid withdrawing pipe in the inner casing including a first portion extending into the inner sp... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a web conferencing server and a method of holding a web conference.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Web conferencing or webinar enables participants based at different places to attend a conference held online. Existing web conferencing tools include IBM's LOTU... | {
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The present invention relates to a cooking utensil and, more particularly, to a control circuit responding to an output signal derived from a gas sensor in a cooking utensil, for example, a microwave oven.
Recently, a combined microwave and electric heating cooking oven has been developed. In such a cooking oven it is ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to devices for projecting pictures onto large viewing screens; and more particularly to such devices that project laser beams via reflective liquid-crystal light valves to form such pictures. The invention has its most important applications in such projection ... | {
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Computing devices have made significant contributions toward the advancement of modern society and are utilized in a number of applications to achieve advantageous results. Numerous devices, such as computers, game consoles, smart phones, and the like have facilitated increased productivity and reduced costs in communi... | {
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A wheelchair seat cushion must perform a number of important functions. The seat cushion should be comfortable and capable of providing proper support for optimal posture and posture control for a considerable length of time. The seat cushion should also assist, or at least not materially hinder, the user in maneuverin... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an improvement of a starting electric motor having a resin rear bracket.
2. Prior Art
A conventional starting electric motor with a resin rear bracket is shown in FIG. 1.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 designates the armature of a DC motor; 1a, an armature rotary shaf... | {
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Use of “depolarizers” in electrolytic reactions helps lower input electrical energy in electrochemical processes. For example, in batteries depolarizers help prevent buildup of hydrogen gas bubbles thereby preventing the voltage, and thereby current, from being reduced. Among the known depolarizers, including sulfur di... | {
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In concrete terms, raw materials containing iron oxide, such as iron ore, materials containing iron ore, partly reduced materials containing iron ore are reduced in the inventive method in a high-pressure reduction unit by introduction of a reduction gas into the high-pressure reduction unit. The reduction gas consumed... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a driving means, which can be used in a device for working sheet-like material, such as a press brake for bending steel sheet.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A driving means for a press brake is known from European patent application No. 0 384 529. The disadvantage of... | {
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Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a widely used material for the manufacture of balloon-type medical devices where a "non-compliant" balloon is required. Unlike "compliant" balloons, which continue to expand as internal pressure in the balloon is increased, a "non-compliant" balloon will attain and maintain a substan... | {
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The 3G communication modules described below can realize: receiving and sending a 3G signal, converting the 3G signal into data of voice service or data service, and then sending it to an Application Processor (AP) through a certain interface.
At present, the application of the 3G communication module still belongs to ... | {
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Recently, the substitution of glass glazing with transparent materials which do not shatter or are more resistant to shattering than glass, has become widespread. For example, transparent glazing made from synthetic organic polymers is now utilized in public transportation vehicles, such as trains, buses, taxis and air... | {
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X-ray devices have been used for many years in medical, security and other applications. Conventional, analog X-ray devices employ an X-ray source and photographic film, which are placed on either side of an object to be examined. The X-rays are absorbed, scattered or unaffected as they pass through the object, dependi... | {
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Known dialyzers usually include four ports by which they are connected, on the one hand, to a line system of a dialysis machine and, on the other hand, to an extracorporeal blood system connected to a patient. Said ports are split into two ports for connection to the extracorporeal blood system via which blood to be pu... | {
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This invention relates to a combinatorial weighing system. More particularly, the invention relates to a novel combinatorial weighing method capable of raising weighing speed, and to a combinatorial weighing apparatus for practicing such method.
A combinatorial weighing apparatus operates by supplying a plurality of we... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to cushioned insoles for shoes and other footwear. Such cushions are worn for orthopedic purposes or simply for comfort.
2. Prior Art
The closest prior art known to applicant is Zente U.S. Pat. No. 3,922,801 issued Dec. 2, 1975. Additional prior art is cited in the Zente... | {
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This invention is related to a simple, new and useful method whereby some or all of a specific indoor pollutant can be removed.
Conventional methods usually involve the adsorption of such pollutants onto activated surfaces such as charcoal, silica gel, alumina or other materials with large surface areas, (see R. E. God... | {
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The invention relates to an improvement of an adjustable height basketball backboard support system through the disclosure of a unique and novel retainer which prevents an adjustment link from swinging away from the support member during the adjustment process. One form of an adjustable basketball backboard support sys... | {
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The present invention relates to a method of installing an antenna of a wireless module, and a coaxial connector to be used in the method of installing the antenna.
When a wireless module equipped with a built-in antenna is installed at one position inside a casing of a device in which the wireless module is to be inst... | {
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Heat shrinkable plastic products have the property of shrinking when heated and are widely utilized for films such as shrink packages, shrink labels, etc. In particular, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polystyrene, and polyester based plastic films have been used to label or cap seal a variety of vessels or to directly packa... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to nozzles for containers or the like, and more specifically to an automatic shut-off liquid dispensing nozzle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Automatic shut-off liquid dispensing nozzles are generally well known in the art of which U.S. Pats. Nos. 1,689,066, ... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to the field of filtering or deodorizing devices, and more particularly to the field of such devices that deodorize, filter or capture odors and smoke from containers or receptacles for cigarette ashes and cigarette butts. Still more particularly, the invention... | {
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Particularly in well drilling e.g. for water wells or heating wells and generally in deep drillings or in groundwater areas, an earth pipe should be tightened into a rock hole in a way that the surface waters or the like impurities may not get mixed with the groundwater. In certain countries there already exist clear o... | {
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Known methods of treating metal surfaces to improve paint adhesion and corrosion resistance of the painted metal surfaces include two general classes of chemistries. The first class is based on traditional conversion coating types of chemistries, such as zinc phosphate, iron phosphates, chromium chromate, chromium phos... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an optical information reading method and device for optically scanning bar codes and like information via a laser beam emitted from a laser light source, and more specifically relates to an optical reading method and device suitable for scanning a bar code and... | {
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The invention relates to an apparatus for processing planar gel layers or slab gels and, more particularly, to an apparatus for staining and destaining electrophoresis slab gels and for examining the destained slab gels.
Electrophoresis is a technique for separating charged molecules of a sample such as protein or DNA ... | {
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The present invention relates to an output stage for a voltage regulator or other type of circuit which must conduct load current at both low and high input/output voltage differentials. More particularly, the present invention relates to a circuit for distributing load current among multiple power transistors, each op... | {
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Glutamate is thought to be the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. There are three major subtypes of glummate receptors in the CNS. These are commonly referred to as kainate, AMPA and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors (Watkins and Olverman, Trends in Neurosci. 7:265-272 (1987)). NMDA receptors are found... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a strain measuring device and a system that can measure strain.
2. Description of Related Art
So far, a semiconductor single crystalline substrate comprising local impurity diffused resistors is known as a mechanical quantity measuring device. As described in J... | {
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In compromised vasculature and microvasculature systems, blood vessels may display increased leakiness through the blood vessel walls. Diseases where vasculature may be compromised may include cancer, stroke, aneurysm, and internal bleeding. The development of compositions and methods to identify leaky vasculature woul... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a structure of a semiconductor substrate producing an excellent gettering effect.
2. Description of the Background Art
In a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device, alkaline metal such as Na or heavy metal impurities such as Fe are brought into a semico... | {
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The recent proliferation of digital communication networks, ranging from local area and wide area networks (LAN/WAN) to personal home networks, has created a multitude of pathways through which electronic devices may communicate. The group of devices capable of being networked is no longer limited to just computers, bu... | {
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The present invention relates generally to an information processing apparatus, and more particularly to optimizing use states of a hybrid mobile vehicle along a discretized travel route.
Conventionally, a hybrid car or the like having an engine and an electric motor has been configured to regenerate kinetic energy as ... | {
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The invention described herein generally relates to processes for stripping coatings from various substrates such as metals, i.e., aluminum and steel; composites such as plastics, carbon-based substrates, ceramic tiles, wood, glass, fiberglass building materials and the like. Paint strippers typically used for removal ... | {
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The present invention relates generally to an electronic enclosure with improved EMC performance. More specifically, the present invention relates to an electronic enclosure with improved EMC performance capable of operating within a hostile environment.
A variety of design characteristics must be considered in the dev... | {
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Today's enterprise data centers store ever-larger amounts of business critical data that must be immediately and continuously available. Ever larger and more complex storage systems are used for storage of the data. Many different hosts and applications access data on these storage systems. In order to provide security... | {
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Previously, various systems have been used for driving the sheet advancing chains in machinery of this character and, for example, various systems are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,451,467; 2,708,575; 2,862,233; 2,991,826; 3,217,852; 3,748,078; 3,776,804; and 3,884,129.
In one such prior art patent, a rack gear is used... | {
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In resonant motors which produce an oscillating output action, metal springs are part of the motor contributing to the action. However, after a large number of successive uses, the springs develop metal fatigue, resulting in reduced performance and eventual breakage. The problem of metal fatigue in the springs is parti... | {
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Power consumption and speed are inherently coupled for a given semiconductor technology. Contact resistances and transport properties are related to the band gap of the semiconductors, which affects current levels and drive voltages. In order to reduce the power consumption and to increase the performance of certain ke... | {
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It is well known in the art that limescale deposits can be chemically removed with acidic solutions, and a great variety of acidic cleaning compositions have been described for this purpose.
Furthermore, it is known in the art to use surfactants in such acidic compositions to lower the surface tension and to improve th... | {
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The technical field relates generally to the fabrication of thermoplastic components, and more specifically to the heating of thermoplastic components during fabrication.
Typically, tooling in autoclave or hot press processing is a significant heat sink that consumes substantial energy. Furthermore, the tooling may req... | {
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Integrins are a family of heterodimeric proteins which generally mediate cell adhesion. Typical of such proteins are the vitronectin receptor (an .alpha..sub.V .beta..sub.3 heterodimer) and the fibrinogen receptor (an .alpha..sub.IIb .beta..sub.3 heterodimer). The natural ligands of these receptors (e.g., vitronectin a... | {
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Mechanical actuators in the form of keys, buttons, switches, and other actuators have long been used for the entry of operation commands and parameters to machines, such as household appliances. Various issues, however, have led to the replacement of mechanical keys or buttons with data entry components that electrical... | {
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The approaches described in this section are approaches that could be pursued, but not necessarily approaches that have been previously conceived or pursued. Therefore, unless otherwise indicated, it should not be assumed that any of the approaches described in this section qualify as prior art merely by virtue of thei... | {
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The Hall effect occurs when a conductor carrying current is placed in a magnetic field. A voltage is generated according to the cross product of the field and flow of current. Sensors operating on the hall effect can be modeled like a Wheatstone bridge. Opposite ends of the bridge are coupled to a differential amplifie... | {
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The difficult and often time consuming task of rigging power transmission lines has been made easier in recent years by the use of helicopters which raise the transmission cables and pull them between the transmission towers. A number of U.S. patents have been granted for equipment which allow aerial stringing of cable... | {
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An opposed piston two stroke diesel engine may have advantages over a four stroke diesel including reduced mechanical complexity, reduced displacement for equivalent power, and reduced fuel consumption. However, a four stroke diesel engine may provide useful engine braking to reduce or maintain vehicle speed when drive... | {
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a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an external hard disk box and more particularly to a hard disk box which can be assembled easily, can be carried conveniently, is suitable for stacking and is provided with a shock-proofing effect.
b) Description of the Prior Art
External hard disk boxes used o... | {
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This invention relates to the field of medical ventilators, and more particularly, to a ventilator exhalation valve for regulating the expiration of respiratory gases from a patient to the atmosphere.
Medical ventilators provide artificial respiration to patients whose breathing ability is impaired. Typically, the vent... | {
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Chemotherapy has been widely used to administer cytostatic and antineoplastic agents to patients suffering from cancer. Although chemotherapy is efficient against some cancers, it is often exhausting for patients. Moreover, current chemotherapeutic agents have a number of adverse side effects due to their non-specific ... | {
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The present invention relates to a power field effect transistor (FET) device.
Known power FET devices comprise a semiconductor wafer substrate upon which a series of structures is defined, each structure forming a single FET element arranged such that all of the individual FET elements are connected in parallel. The s... | {
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Dental plaque in the form of a film, a combination of bacteria and sticky bacterial products, a by-product of microbial growth is found on the teeth even a few hours after cleaning. Its source is the natural bacteria in the mouth of which more than 300 different species have been identified. When newly formed in small ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a printing system, an image processing apparatus and an information processing method which enable to promptly perform printing even in a case where authentication information for printing by a printing apparatus has not been set to a print job, and a program f... | {
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Submergible pumping systems are used for raising fluids, such as petroleum, through a wellbore drilled into the earth. The production fluids enter the wellbore via perforations formed in a well casing adjacent a production formation. Fluids, e.g. petroleum, contained in the formation collect in the wellbore and may be ... | {
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Hand-held blade tools are used in a wide variety of cutting and scraping activities in daily use.
For efficient operation, it is desirable that such tools be maintained with a sharp edge. For this purpose, it is known in the prior art for blade tools to utilize inexpensive disposable blades. For reasons of safety in st... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to wagering games, gaming machines, gaming systems, and associated methods. More particularly, the invention relates to convertible in-revenue and out-of-revenue gaming machines, systems and related methods which provide an interactive bonus feature for the players.
2. D... | {
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General electronic devices accept users' operations via mechanical key input units or touch panels. Upon an operation of such an electronic device, each user needs to operate a key input unit or a touch panel while checking an operation position of the key input unit or an indication of the touch panel to reliably oper... | {
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This invention relates to a method of prescribing bifocal spectacles for the low vision patient and to the resultant spectacles which are then fabricated according to the method.
It is well known in the field of optometry that when working with patients with reduced visual acuity, sometimes referred to as low vision pa... | {
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The literature on such catalysts and processes is quite extensive. Certain technical areas have been addressed as of particular interest as is readily apparent based on the large numbers of patents on certain technical topics, e.g., the use of certain zeolites in hydrocracking catalysts. Representative of the patents i... | {
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Roll-on, roll-off and other containers of many sizes and types are known and are often used in the collection and transportation of numerous materials including waste materials; residential, commercial and industrial refuse or debris; bulk materials; finished products; parts; or components. Generally, a container is tr... | {
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Fluid-carrying vessels exist in a wide number of systems, including those physiological systems found, for example, in the human body. The assembly, modification, or repair of such systems frequently involves the connection or anastomosis of two or more vessels to define a fluid path. To assist in anastomosis of physio... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a wireless communication device, a wireless communication system, a wireless communication method, and a computer program.
2. Description of the Related Art
A method of building a wireless network by a plurality of wireless communication devices is generally us... | {
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GSM mobile radio systems allow communications connections to be set up to mobile subscribers by transmitting information by means of electromagnetic waves via a radio interface between a transmitting and a receiving radio station. In GSM mobile radio systems, electromagnetic waves are emitted with carrier frequencies i... | {
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The World Wide Web is well known today and comprises a vast multitude of web servers forming web sites. Client computers with web browsers are connected to the web servers via communication media, Internet Service Providers, firewalls, routers, etc. Upon request by a client computer, a web site can furnish a “home page... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to ratchet wrench construction, and more specifically to improvements to ratchet wrenches of the sectional socket type which are usable where limited access normally requires an open ended wrench.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are a number of application... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to plasma processing systems and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for controlling radio frequency delivery in a plasma reactor through monitoring and feedback of an electrical parameter, in particular a peak voltage.
2. Background Art
Ionized gas, or p... | {
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Semiconductor dice in a so-called fan out package (FOP) configuration are becoming a popular packaging option, particularly for use in mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets, as well as automotive applications, as the assemblies enable ultra-thin, high-density packages. The technique eliminates the use of a co... | {
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Continued advances in the design and manufacture of electric machines have enabled an increase in the types and number of applications which may take advantage of this technology. In particular, the use of electric machines, particularly electric motors and generators, in critical safety systems and medical and life su... | {
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Hydrogels are cross-linked polymeric structures with dynamic swelling behavior in water. In particular, hydrogels are three-dimensional polymeric networks formed from hydrophilic homopolymers, copolymers, or macromers crosslinked to form insoluble polymer matrices, that can retain large amounts of water1.
Due to their ... | {
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The present invention relates to the field of measuring propagation delay, and more particularly, to measuring such delays with circuitry embedded in semiconductor chips.
All electrical signals transmitted through a conduction path experience a propagation delay. Propagation delays generally result from properties of t... | {
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The inventor of the present application proposed, as set forth in the International Publication No. WO98/15983, a spherical semiconductor element having light reception or light emission capability and having positive and negative electrodes at opposite portions to each other with regard to the center and a solar batte... | {
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The present invention relates to an improved electrostatic copying machine for copying two original documents on the opposite sides of a copy sheet in superposition in such a manner that the centers of the two copies imaged on the opposite sides of the copy sheet are coincident with each other.
Electrostatic copying ma... | {
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Surgical intervention of damaged or compromised bone sites has proven highly beneficial for patients, including, for example, patients with back pain associated with vertebral body damage. The vertebral damage may be due to injury and/or a degenerative condition such as, for example, aging and/or osteoporosis. The dama... | {
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The invention relates generally to bracelets. More particularly, the invention relates to a tape of bracelets with tear lines defining the bracelets.
There is a great need for identification bracelets that can be used in various environments, such as sports events, hospitals, music concerts and the like. Over the years... | {
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(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to semiconductor integrated circuits, and more particularly to a method for fabricating an array of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cells with brush-shaped stacked capacitors to increase the capacitance. The brush-shaped capacitors are formed from a hemispher... | {
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