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1. Field of the Invention
Embodiments of the invention described herein pertain to the field of viscous, thixotropic impression materials. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, one or more embodiments of the invention enable an apparatus, system and method for mixing and dispensing dental impression material... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an apparatus for cell culture, more particularly to an apparatus for high-throughput cell culture with mechanical compression stimulation.
2. Description of the Related Art
Examples of conventional bioreactors used for tissue engineering are spinner flask bioreactors,... | {
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The present invention relates to railroad tank cars, and in particular to a handbrake arrangement for a railroad tank car.
Most railroad tank cars have handbrake arrangements that allow brakes to be set on both trucks by operation of a handwheel located at an end platform on the tank car. Conventional arrangements, how... | {
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This invention relates to apparatus for illuminating an object and for providing a uniform, thin line of light onto an object for line scan applications. More specifically, the invention relates to light line units of modular design that can be butted end to end to provide very long, seamless lines of light. The invent... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This disclosure relates generally to a computer-based method of rendering an image of a three-dimensional structure from several views of the structure. In particular, the computer-based method for creating a roof model relies upon a statistical method of point pattern matching of an aerial to... | {
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The present invention deals with parsing text. More specifically, the present invention deals with improvements in left-corner chart parsing.
Parsing refers to the process of analyzing a text string into its component parts and categorizing those parts. This can be part of processing either artificial languages (C++, J... | {
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Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 illustrates a prior electrical connector, such as a Taiwan utility model patent publication No. M276350 (Application No. 094205123), which discloses a first shell 11, a second shell 12, and a terminal base 13. The terminal base 13 is provided with a plurality of terminals 14 and is covered i... | {
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The popularity of commercial wireless communications services (e.g., wireless telephony, wireless network access, and wireless email) has substantially increased during recent years. In many cases, users, such as consumers, mobile workers, emergency response personnel, and/or the like, now utilize these services for bo... | {
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The present invention generally relates to manufacturing, remanufacturing or repairing replaceable imaging components, and more particularly to apparatus and techniques for providing a drive gear for a drum or roller, such as an organic photo conductor (OPC) drum, for example, of a replaceable imaging cartridge adapted... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a frequency synthesizer for use in a transmitter/receiver. More specifically, the present invention relates to a frequency synthesizer for use in a transmitter/receiver adapted to be capable of providing an oscillation frequency signal of various desired freque... | {
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Cancer remains one of the leading causes of death among humans worldwide. Current treatment methods often involve chemotherapy, surgery and/or radiation therapy. These mechanisms, while effective in short term treatment, are often accompanied by harsh side effects and offer little guarantee of preventing future relapse... | {
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The basic process of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) is described in THIN FILM PROCESSES, J. L. Vossen, W. Kern, editors, Academic Press, 1978, Part IV, Chapter IV-1 Plasma Deposition of Inorganic Compounds, Chapter IV-2 Glow Discharge Polymerization, herein incorporated by reference. Briefly, a glow ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to apparatus for removing material and more particularly, by not by way of limitation, to apparatus for removing asbestos from walls without contaminating the ambient environment.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is often necessary to remove various materials... | {
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1. Technical Field
This invention relates to trailer hitch assemblies and, more particularly, to a trailer hitch assembly for towing various types of boats between remote locations such that the boats can be loaded and unloaded from a water ramp without requiring a rear end of a towing vehicle to dip down into the wate... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The embodiments described herein are directed to non-volatile memory devices, and more particularly to the fabrication of embedded non-volatile memory device and CMOS logic devices using the same fabrication process.
2. Background of the Invention
Many non-volatile semiconductor memories are b... | {
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Absorbent articles are typically used in contact with skin. Some absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, feminine pads, panty liners, incontinence pads and the like are held in contact with skin to absorb body liquids or exudates, while other absorbent materials such as paper towels, hand towels, and wipers may ... | {
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Machine type communication (MTC) has been discussed in the 3GPP standard. For MTC applications of certain types, a terminal with ultra-low power consumption and a corresponding communication method are crucial.
In the current society, there is such a need, for example, for a children mobile phone, to inquire the locati... | {
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a. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a novel hydroxycarboxylic acid resin, and also to its production process and use. The hydroxycarboxylic acid resin according to the present invention is useful inter alia as a photoresist resin composition with excellent sensitivity and resolving power, as a metal che... | {
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At present, DSL technologies have been widely applied, and requirements on the DSL subscriber board also rise continuously. Port density of a subscriber board is increasing from 8, 16, 32 to 64, or even higher, and DSL line bandwidth is increasing from 512 k, 2 M, 8 M, 24 M to as high as 100 M. To accord with the above... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to novel monoclonal antibodies which may be used in the detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). These antibodies exhibit an unusually high degree of sensitivity, a remarkably broad range of specificity, and bind to novel shared, non-cross-reactive epitopes. In p... | {
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1. Field
This invention is in the field of shipping (and display) containers for food and other lightweight items, particularly for relatively inexpensive bags of frangible foods such as Tostitos®, potato chips and the like, wherein container weight must be minimized for many reasons including shipping and handling cos... | {
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Media ratings and other audience metering information are typically generated by collecting media exposure information from a group of statistically selected households. Each of the statistically selected households, also called metered households, typically has a data logging and processing unit commonly referred to a... | {
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Wireless accessories for computers and other portable information appliances have been available for many years. For example, wireless keyboards, wireless mice, wireless printers and wireless modems may be operatively coupled to a computing device through an infrared (IRDA) communication link or other suitable wireless... | {
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Ferroelectric memory arrays are generally well known in the data processing arts and include a plurality of word line rows and a plurality of bit line columns. The rows of word lines normally each include a plurality of metal-oxidesilicon (MOS) access transistors at the juncture of each word line and bit line. In one k... | {
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The present invention relates to techniques for determining signal characteristics, and more particularly to a method for automatically identifying the carrier frequency of a pulsed signal using a spectrum analyzer for accurately counting the frequency of selected signals.
In the analysis and design of electronic devic... | {
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This application relates generally to electrochemiluminescent reactions, and more particularly to detecting the presence of an analyte of interest, and if desired quantitating the amount present, by measurement of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the system being, investigated.
In Noffsinger, J. B. et al., Anal. Ch... | {
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1. Technical Field
This disclosure relates to processors, and more particularly to translation lookaside buffer mechanisms within processors.
2. Description of the Related Art
Most processor designs that have paging mechanisms as part of the memory subsystem and include a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) to shorten t... | {
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With improvement of people's living standards, there are more and more concerns about the health. Currently, various fitness equipments have become available on the market, e.g., dumbbells, hand-muscle developers, treadmills, exercise bicycles and so on. Most people exercise just on such fitness equipment.
However, the... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to integrated circuit structures. More particularly, this invention relates to a process for treating a film of low dielectric constant (k) dielectric material of an integrated circuit structure on a semiconductor substrate by implanting the film with hydrogen ions to in... | {
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The destruction of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been the subject of a great deal of speculation, controversy, and research. The presently acceptable method is high temperature incineration, followed by scrubbing the off-gas to remove hydrogen chloride. This is reported to be 99.99% efficient. This means that if... | {
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Field
The disclosure generally relates to fire-rated building structures. In particular, the disclosure relates to fire-rated joint systems, wall assemblies, and other building structures that incorporate the fire-rated joint systems.
Description of the Related Art
Fire-rated construction components and assemblies are ... | {
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Zippers are commonly used to fasten opposing fabric portions. One typical use for zippers is to close two separate fabric portions which form a pocket in a garment or accessory. An advantage of using a zipper to close a pocket is that when the zipper is closed, items stored in the pocket are less likely to be inadverte... | {
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The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for aligning glass sheets in a production line and, particularly, to an apparatus for aligning sheets in a windshield bending operation.
The movement of glass sheets along a production line presents the problem of properly aligning the sheets at one or more work s... | {
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Potential drug target validation involves determining whether a DNA, RNA or protein molecule is implicated in a disease process and is therefore a suitable target for development of new therapeutic drugs. Drug discovery, the process by which bioactive compounds are identified and characterized, is a critical step in th... | {
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The invention relates to an aircraft, in particular to an airplane, having at least one fuel cell, having at least one supply line which connects the fuel cell to a fuel supply, having at least one outlet line by means of which fuel supplied by the supply line and not consumed in the fuel cell is drained off and having... | {
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This invention relates to charge pump circuits, and more particularly relates to charge pump circuits capable of high voltage operation.
The charge pump is a type of DC-DC voltage converter circuit that uses capacitors to store and transfer energy, typically in order to generate a higher voltage than that supplied to t... | {
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In today's society of smartphones, small form factor personal computing devices, and social media, pictures are constantly being taken and electronically distributed among various computing devices. Oftentimes, pictures are taken of someone and posted, for example, to a social media website without the consent of that ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a hypodermic syringe assembly, and more particularly concerns a hypodermic syringe suitable for prefilling including a needle shield assembly having cannula sealing features and features to help prevent accidental needle sticks.
2. Description of the Prior Art
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Conventional voicemail systems receive, store and provide voicemail messages for subscribers of the voicemail service. A “subscriber” is typically a person that has a relationship with the provider of the voicemail service. For example, the voicemail service may be provided by the local telephone company through which ... | {
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There is shown in FIG. 1 an example of a watthour meter 1 according to the prior art. Although such meters come in various styles, they are generally comprised of a meter body 32 which mates with a socket 29 which may be attached to a conventional meter box (not shown). The meter body 32 has a base portion 2 to which a... | {
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This invention relates to cosmetics in general and more particularly to a product incorporating a cosmetic component supported in a fibrillated polymer matrix.
Cosmetics have been used since early times to beautify the skin and hair. The manufacture of cosmetics is a 20th century development under the influence of Holl... | {
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Trusses are common components for many construction framing projects. However, despite the ubiquitous nature of trusses, it is relatively rare that any single truss design is replicated to a large extent. As such, many trusses are custom built for a particular construction project. Due to the highly customized resident... | {
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Conventional light emitting semi-conductor (LES) devices (LESDs), including light emitting diodes (LEDs) and laser diodes, and packages containing LESDs have several drawbacks. High power LESDs generate a substantial amount of heat that must be managed. Thermal management deals with problems arising from heat dissipati... | {
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This invention relates to systems and methods for determining the free fatty acid content in oils, particularly edible oils.
Crude edible oils, such as soybean oil, cottonseed oil, corn oil, fish oil and the like, frequently contain undesirable amounts of free fatty acids which affect their quality. Various techniques ... | {
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The invention relates to the field of sealed connections of threaded tubular components used in particular for drilling or operating hydrocarbon wells. When drilling or operating, the connections are subjected to large compressive and tensile loads and they must be prevented from coming apart. The connections are subje... | {
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The present invention relates to a method and system that enables taking a precautionary action in a vehicle, such as providing a warning to a vehicle driver about a potentially difficult or hazardous driving condition on the road network.
Advanced driver assistance systems (“ADAS”), including active safety and fuel ec... | {
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Production management (or “production planning”) applications are used to increase the efficient utilization of manufacturing capacity, parts, components and material resources, using historical production data and sales forecasts. | {
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1. Field of the Invention:
The present invention relates to polymeric products and to aqueous dispersions of polymeric products. More particularly, this invention relates to polymeric products containing cationic salt groups and to their use in electrodeposition.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art:
Polymerization of... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a roadway equipped with a power-generating means to generate power by virtue of the movement of a motor vehicle over the roadway. More particularly, this invention relates to a roadway equipped with such a power-generating means which is responsive to and actuated by ... | {
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Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM) is a non-volatile computer memory technology based on magnetoresistance. Unlike typical volatile Random Access Memory (RAM) technologies which store data as electric charge, data in MRAM is stored by magnetoresistive elements. Generally, the magnetoresistive elements are made from t... | {
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(a) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a driving device and a display device including the same, and more particularly, to a driving device capable of controlling gamma independently for each of red (R), green (G), or blue (B) colors and a display device including the same.
(b) Description of the Related A... | {
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In recent years the greenhouse effect due to CO2 has been pointed out as one of causes of the global warming, and a countermeasure against it is urgently required internationally to protect global environment. CO2 sources range various fields of human activities, including burning of fossil fuels, and demands to suppre... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method and process for generating useful power. More particularly, the invention provides a combined reheat gas turbine and steam turbine cycle wherein a reheat combustor accepts a heated and compressed gas produced by a conventional gas generator, adds fuel and deli... | {
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Examples of known molding systems are (amongst others): (i) the HYPET (TRADEMARK) Molding System, (ii) the QUADLOC (TRADEMARK) Molding System, (iii) the HYLECTRIC (TRADEMARK) Molding System, and (iv) the HYMET (TRADEMARK) Molding System, all manufactured by Husky Injection Molding Systems (Location: Canada).
U.S. Pat. ... | {
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Customers of analytic software tools use the software to analyse their datasets. Such customers may encounter performance related issues that are data dependent and which occur only when very large volumes of data are analysed. Customers are often not able to provide the dataset to the supplier of the analytic software... | {
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There are conventional buckles of this type where a male member in plate form has an elastic piece (engaging piece) of which the end makes contact with the inner surface of a front plate portion of a female member in flat cylindrical form in an elastically deformed state as the male member is inserted into the female m... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to optical imaging devices, preferably devices operating in the infrared band, that are not cooled. This kind of imaging device is more particularly intended for use in a video camera or a telescope to form an image outside the visible band. This kind of device is... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to electric lamp assemblies, and more particularly, to electric lamp assemblies having an improved structure for supporting a shroud.
2. Description of Related Art
Metal halide arc discharge lamps are frequently employed in commercial usage because of th... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to software processing, and more particularly, to methods and systems for intelligently and automatically selecting and utilizing networked computer resources to collectively execute process-flow-based computing operations.
2. Description of the Related ... | {
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In process measurements technology or in industrial measurements technology, apparatuses for handling liquid samples, especially for automatic removal of a liquid sample from a sample-taking location, are especially used for monitoring the quality of applied or manufactured liquids and liquid mixtures. Examples of such... | {
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A multilayered optical disc enables multiplexing and recording of multiple pieces of information therein in a perpendicular direction. For example, in a two-layer optical disc, a first layer and a second layer are formed with a spacer region being sandwiched by the first and second layers, and a recording surface in th... | {
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Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a tire mounting device for fitting a tire bead onto a rim of a wheel.
Description of Related Art
Hitherto, there has been known a tire mounting device for fitting a tire bead onto a rim of a wheel by pressing a tire along a circumferential direction of the tire un... | {
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Data deduplication is a technique used to increase storage capacity of a storage device. By using data deduplication, a redundant copy of a unique data chunk is identified and removed from the storage device. Thus, a single copy of the unique data chunk is stored in the storage device. | {
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Human joints, in particular the knee, hip and spine, are susceptible to degeneration from disease, trauma, and long-term repetitive use that eventually lead to pain. Knee pain, for example, is the impetus for a wide majority of medical treatments and associated medical costs. The most popular theory arising from the me... | {
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Aspects are related generally to integrated circuit testing, and more specifically to non-destructive recirculation test support for integrated circuits.
When developing integrated circuit systems, resulting devices need to be tested and faults diagnosed. A common diagnostic approach in industry uses post-test software... | {
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A vehicle may be equipped with an accelerator pedal for translating a driver torque request into a powertrain torque request. The powertrain torque request may be provided via an engine or an engine cooperating with a motor to propel the vehicle. By applying or depressing the accelerator pedal, a driver may request add... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a recording disk drive such as a hard disk drive (HDD). In particular, the invention relates to a recording disk drive comprising a recording disk and a ramp member located at a location outside the recording disk.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A ramp member ... | {
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Among the filter assemblies commonly used for removing solid particles from a fluid are those having a plurality of tubular filter means suspended in a housing wherein the tubular filter means are closed at the bottom and open at the top. Some examples of such filter assemblies are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,954,873... | {
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A high-frequency package on which a high-frequency semiconductor device, which operates in a high frequency band such as a microwave band and a millimeter-wave band, is mounted is often housed in a cavity that is airtightly and electrically shielded with a metallic frame or the like, considering environment resistance,... | {
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Children enjoy pitching, throwing, kicking and swinging at balls especially if the ball bounces back for more practice. Often times they engage in these physical activities indoors where they can be harmful to themselves or their surroundings. A few safe indoor target games have been developed but they are not selling ... | {
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With the proliferation of digital audio and video devices, it has become necessary to establish a high speed serial communication mechanism that is capable of allowing efficient and fast transfer of audio/video (A/V) data between devices. IEEE 1394 has so far been a successful candidate for this purpose.
While the tran... | {
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The present disclosure relates to a navigation apparatus and a storage medium.
In recent years, development of navigation technology which performs navigation of a route has been made for a user who walks, runs, or operates a car, ship or the like. As an example of this, technology has been developed, for a user who is... | {
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Existing flywheels for energy storage are sometimes constructed such that the rotating mass of the flywheel rotates inside a chamber containing a vacuum. Operating the rotating mass inside a vacuum is advantageous since it reduces energy losses due to air resistance also known as windage. However, in order to transfer ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to signal coding and, more particularly, to multi-dimensional coding for high-density storage media applications.
2. Background of the Invention
Even though already a multi-billion dollar industry, the digital recording industry is expected to expand fur... | {
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Historically, normal lumber construction utilizes lumber members and nails that are used to construct a building structure, such as, for example, a house. Lumber constructed structures are built by hand, but the process is slow and requires skilled labor such as highly trained carpenters and other skilled professionals... | {
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Traditionally, the whereabouts of animals have been controlled by erecting physical barriers such as walls or fences at the site of a boundary the animal is to be prevented from crossing. Such barriers must not only be high enough to prevent the animal from jumping over and dense enough to prevent the animal from passi... | {
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In the field of plastic surgery, it is often desirable to document a patient's appearance before and after surgery. Photography is the usual means of documentation. However, often a photograph from one angle or even several angles is not sufficient to show the true transformation. Accordingly, a need exists for a syste... | {
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The field of the invention is that of blending dispensers for liquids. More particularly, the field is that of blending dispensers capable of dispensing a variety of blending mixes.
In liquid dispensing devices, for example gasoline fuel pumps, different grades of gasolines are conventionally mixed to provide a specifi... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a calibration system for recalibrating electronic thermometers. More specifically, the present invention relates to recalibration system comprising a tympanic thermometer, a blackbody calibration unit and a computer for recalibrating the infrared temp... | {
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This invention relates to a semiconductor device comprising bumps that are suitable for mounting on a circuit board with an anisotropic conductive film therebetween.
Recently, a semiconductor device for surface mounting comprising bumps (projecting terminals) capable of electrically and mechanically connecting to a cir... | {
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This invention relates to solutions of separately-prepared oligo-urethane ethers containing terminal OH-groups in relatively high molecular weight polyethers containing terminal hydroxyl groups and to the use of these solutions as modified polyols in the production of polyurethane foams characterized by excellent high-... | {
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Flexible graphite sheet material can be obtained by first intercalating graphite with an intercalating agent to form a graphite intercalation compound that is then exposed to a thermal shock, for example, at a temperature of 700° C.-1,050° C. for a short duration of time (20-60 seconds) to expand or exfoliate the graph... | {
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Handheld devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDA) and mobile phones, are now being equipped with hardware and software to handle several different computing tasks. Handheld devices are being equipped with communications adapters to allow the handheld devices to access the Internet, other handheld devices, and... | {
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Arrows for use with archery bows are of course well known in the art and have been refined over the years to meet the special needs of the various types of archers such as hunters, target shooters and flight shooters. Modern day arrows typically comprise a tubular aluminum shaft (though wood and fiberglass are still in... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a film formation apparatus and a film formation method, which are used when a film formation material is purified by sublimation to form a film using the purified material in forming an EL element over a substrate.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent ye... | {
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Many therapeutic agents are highly effective for improving quality of life but, because of their abuse potential, may attract drug abusers. For example, opioids are excellent analgesic agents that can control severe and/or chronic pain, such as cancer pain and post-operative pain, but are also subject to abuse by drug ... | {
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Many shingled roofs acquire leaks, which may damage their underlying structures. One cause of leaky roofs is improper installation of the roofs. For example, some roofing installers do not use adequate tar paper during installation of a shingled roof. This may result, as an example, in a roof that should last for thirt... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a system for using bridges in a failover system and, in preferred embodiments, for allowing two or more processors to act as bus masters in a PCI to PCI bridge failover system.
2. Description of the Related Art
The Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus is... | {
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(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to correcting an estimated range of a source-to-sensor distance in response to a range difference error that is determined by comparing and processing data collected in a near field (or otherwise) from a sensor and from a reference.
(2) Description of the Prior A... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to well plug additives and to methods of making such additives, to well plug treatment fluids made therefrom and methods of making such fluids, to methods of modifying a well fluid using such additives and/or fluids, to methods of operating a well using such addit... | {
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Magnetic tape is now utilized for storage of digital and analog information in applications ranging from computers to video recordings. In normal use, magnetic tape picks up airborne dirt particles and oxide flakes from its surface. The presence of these contaminants on the tape causes errors in the writing of informat... | {
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In general, in semiconductor manufacturing devices, the development of photoresists facilitates the patterning of small-dimensioned electronic and optical devices. An example of such photoresists is deep ultra violet (DUV) photoresists. The dimensions of DUV photoresist patterns are considerably smaller than those of c... | {
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Despite considerable progress in the field of porous solids, major challenges remain in the synthesis of ordered mesostructured materials with high metal content from the coassembly of macromolecular surfactants and inorganic species. The ability to control the structure of metals at the mesoscale (2 to 50 nm) helps to... | {
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This invention relates to semiconductor vapor phase growing apparatus. So called vapor phase growing apparatus in which vapor phase growth is performed on a semiconductor wafer has called attention in recent years because semiconductor tips are used in various industrial fields. In the vapor phase growing apparatus now... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to exercise apparatus.
2. Description of Related Art
Live yoga, Pilates and body toning classes at gyms and yoga studios have limitations. They're often crowded, only offered at scheduled times of the day, and may not match the skill level or physical needs of the practi... | {
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In the case of a lighting device of the type described in the introduction, a primary light can be generated by means of the primary light source. During operation of the lighting device, said primary light hitherto has impinged on a disk-shaped, rotating first support wheel having a plurality of different phosphor reg... | {
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It is conventionally known to create an NC tape for driving an NC machine tool by automatic programming, saving time and obtaining an accurate program.
However, when a program for machining a material 2 such as the round rod as shown in FIG. 1 with a two-saddle turret lathe to obtain a product having a hole 3 and an ou... | {
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This invention relates to a binarizing system of picture image signals. In a facsimile device, for example, analog picture image signals produced by scanning a manuscript with a line sensor are binarized according to a predetermined threshold value. Generally, the level of the picture image signal varies depending upon... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to an air conditioning system, such as for use in cooling and heating rooms or similar compartments, and more particularly, to an air conditioning system which heats and cools by radiation. Air conditioning system, as used herein, refers to a system that... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
THIS INVENTION relates to dowel sleeves.
In particular, the invention relates, but is not limited to, dowel sleeves for the construction of concrete slabs; and to parts or components for the dowel sleeves.
Throughout the specification, the term “construction plate” shall be used to include key... | {
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