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This invention provides for a reliable and quick identification and retrieval system for use in connection with the typical valet parking system presently utilized by the vast majority of restaurants and other establishments offering their patrons valet parking. Prior systems have traditionally consisted of a plurality...
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Memory technology implies the need for accessing data within memory devices, such as DRAM or other memory devices. Therefore, different addressing strategies have already been proposed. A possible feature of DRAMs is address multiplexing. This technique enables splitting the address in half and feeding each half in tur...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an illuminating device which makes an annular luminous body emit light, an operating device having the illuminating device, and an audio apparatus including the operating device. The present application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. Hei. 11-4435, ...
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Wireless technology has continued to improve at an impressive rate the past decade. Wireless technology now allows for electronic devices as small as quarter-sized watches to have not just fully functional CPUs but sensors and touch interfaces for allowing user interaction and monitoring as well. One area where these n...
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Papers capable of reversibly displaying digital information, which are so-called digital papers, are being actively studied at present because their importance will increase in the digital information era in the future. Representative examples of the mode include an electrophoresis display mode based on the movement of...
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Field of The Invention This invention generally relates to an image forming device for recording a high-picture-quality image and more particularly to an image forming device for performing tone reproduction (namely, gradational recording) of an image by changing the size of dots according to input image data.
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Inserted blade cutting heads or routers are rotating cutting tools used particularly in wood working, for example, for the cutting of wood profiles which consist of a rotatable tool support body and a plurality of cutting blades mounted thereon circumferentially and evenly spaced from one another. The cutting edges of ...
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Medical patients may receive various treatments. For example, a medical patient may be prescribed medication by a healthcare professional.
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The present invention relates, generally, to a system and process for readily determining, for a specified knowledge domain in a given field of endeavor as represented in a neural network, perturbations applicable to such specified knowledge domain that will produce a desired output, and employs neural network-based te...
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1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to an electromagnetic actuator. More specifically, the invention relates to an electromagnetic actuator that can be configured in a normally open configuration or a normally closed configuration to push or pull a device. 2. Description of the Related Art Actuators are use...
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Marker lamps are frequently fitted to the outside of large vehicles, such as trucks, trailers, and recreational vehicles. Marker lamps are installed on a vehicle to provide an indication of its size, shape, and direction of motion so that nearby motorists and pedestrians can quickly evaluate the characteristics of the ...
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Internet commerce, or e-commerce as it is otherwise known, relates to the buying and selling of products and services between consumers and merchants over the Internet or other like transactional exchanges of information. The convenience of shopping over the Internet has sparked considerable interest in e-commerce on b...
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The present disclosure generally relates to the production of fluids from a subterranean formation, and, more specifically, to subsurface well systems having multiple drain wells and methods for use thereof. Multiple, interlinked wells are commonly used in subterranean operations to maximize the production of hydrocarb...
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For many companies, individuals, and institutions, access to the Internet is typically achieved using a service provider. Service providers generally deliver various computer services to entities by means of computer networks. For example, service providers often offer such services as website hosting, electronic comme...
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This invention relates to fuel injection systems for internal combustion engines and more particularly to those of the type including an intake-air flow detecting device provided on the intake-air passage or manifold duct of the engine to detect the flow of engine intake air as a value of vacuum pressure, a fuel feed p...
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Polypeptides are useful in a variety of diagnostic, therapeutic, agricultural, nutritional, and research applications. Although polypeptides can be isolated from natural sources, the isolation of large quantities of a specific polypeptide from natural sources may be expensive. Also, the polypeptide may not be of unifor...
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In order to design an optical system so as to have a specified degree of correction for chromatic aberration, it is necessary to use an appropriate combination of optical materials for the refractive elements of the system. A technique is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,020,889 for identifying appropriate combinations of ...
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1. Field of the Disclosure This invention relates to triarylamine compounds. It also relates to electronic devices in which at least one active layer includes such a compound. 2. Description of the Related Art Organic electronic devices that emit light, such as light-emitting diodes that make up displays, are present i...
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Electronic mailboxes are used to store electronic mail (e-mail) messages. Electronic mailboxes are connected to the Internet to enable users to send and receive incoming and outgoing e-mail messages. These mailboxes may also be extended to deliver e-mail to mobile wireless communication devices via wireless networks. I...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to image forming apparatus, and more particularly to a color MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral) and a monochromatic MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral) having a color scan function. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an apparatus called a multi-...
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The present invention relates to a satellite on an equatorial orbit with improved solar means and which is more particularly used in satellite telecommunications. The satellite according to the invention is of the "stabilized three axes" type. In such a satellite, the payload is placed on a main body rotating about an ...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a zoom lens and an image pickup apparatus including the zoom lens, and more particularly, to a zoom lens suitable for use in an image pickup apparatus, such as a video camera, an electronic still camera, or an image pickup apparatus such as a camera using a sil...
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In the existing systems of sap collecting for syrup production, large mature maple trees (e.g., typically having a diameter at breast height (dbh) of at least 8 inches) in naturally-regenerated hardwood stands are tapped in the spring using a drill bit and a spout inserted therein to channel the sap into a collecting s...
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The present disclosure relates to a rear suspension or shock absorber for a vehicle that includes a portion that includes compression of a compressible fluid and damping using a substantially incompressible fluid. In particular, the present device includes a piston that includes a compressible fluid on one side of the ...
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This section provides background information related to the present disclosure which is not necessarily prior art. As a result of environmental and other concerns, plastic containers, more specifically polyester and even more specifically polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers are now being used more than ever to ...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lamp controller for controlling what is called a lighting state of a lamp provided on a vehicle such as an automobile, the lighting state specifically meaning whether the lamp is lit on or lit off and how the light is distributed, and in particular relates to...
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Communication networks are undergoing a rapid evolution from circuit switched technologies, originally developed for voice communications to packet switched technologies. The packet technologies were originally developed for data communications, but as speed has increased and the technologies have evolved, the packet n...
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This invention relates to a unique brake lining wear indicator utilizing a temperature sensor assembly embedded in a brake lining of a drum brake assembly. Drum brakes are widely used in vehicle braking systems. In a typical drum brake, two arcuate brake shoe assemblies are located inside a rotating cylindrical brake d...
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Such lubricant compositions are also referred to as SAE 0W-x compositions. SAE stands for Society of Automotive Engineers in the USA. The “0” number in such a designation is associated with a maximum viscosity requirement at −35° C. for that composition as measured typically by a cold cranking simulator (VdCCS) under h...
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This invention relates to a food product and a method of making a food product. The type of food product to which this invention is directed can be referred to as a settable dessert or a dessert product or it sometimes can be referred to as a mousse but while being similar the product of this invention is in fact none ...
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Rotating disk memories usually comprise one or more disks driven about a vertical axis. Each disk has a plurality of concentric tracks on one or both surfaces from which or to which signals are received or transmitted by means of reading and writing heads. A positioner moves the heads over the surface of the disk, gene...
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The present invention relates to a novel braking mechanism for a rotatable core support for paving fabric which is held to a roll. Paving fabric has been used as a laminate between asphalt coatings applied to vehicular surfaces. It has been found that plastic sheeting extends the life of the pavement by preventing refl...
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1. Technical Field The present invention relates to a liquid drop ejecting device and liquid drop ejecting method which eject liquid drops (droplets) onto a recording medium by a head having liquid drop ejectors which eject liquid drops, and to a controller which controls the liquid drop ejecting device, and to a stora...
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1. Field of the Invention Disclosed herein are recombinant DNA useful for providing enhanced traits to transgenic plants, seeds, pollen, plant cells and plant nuclei of such transgenic plants, methods of making and using such recombinant DNA, plants, seeds, pollen, plant cells and plant nuclei. Also disclosed are metho...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display apparatus that displays an in-vivo image obtained by a capsule endoscope inserted in a subject body, and a capsule endoscope system. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an examination of a subject using a capsule endoscope that...
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In the so-called chopper-type converter consisting of two switching elements and a reactor, in order to prevent these two switching elements from being simultaneously turned on (brought into conduction) when changing the switching states of these two switching elements, a dead time is generally provided during which bo...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door and, in particular, to a bi-directionally swinging door in which at least one of the edges of the door seals positively into a doorjamb. 2. Description of the Related Art Traditional doors operate by means of a doorknob with bolt. When the door is in the...
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The stability of proteins used in medical treatment is an important concern in medicine. Protein degradation can be classified as physical or chemical degradation. Physical degradation is caused by a change in conformation that leads to aggregation of the protein and formation of protein fibrils. Chemical degradation o...
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In the processing of substrates such as semiconductor wafers and displays, a substrate is placed in a process chamber and exposed to an energized gas to deposit or etch material on the substrate. During such processing, process residues are generated and can deposit on internal surfaces in the chamber. For example, in ...
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This invention relates to electrochromic display devices. Electrochromic display devices have been used to display data in various formats. When the display device incorporates a number of electrochromic elements in a two-dimensional matrix configuration, the individual electrochromic elements typically are arranged in...
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Certain cells in the body respond not only to chemical signals, but also to ions such as extracellular calcium ions (Ca.sup.2+). Changes in the concentration of extracellular Ca.sup.2+ (referred to herein as "[Ca.sup.2+ ]") alter the functional responses of these cells. One such specialized cell is the parathyroid cell...
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The present invention relates to dental implants which are surgically placed in the bone of the jaw to provide an anchoring means for an artificial tooth. Specifically, the present invention is a dental implant which employs shape memory material in the lower portions of the implant to provide self expanding legs, resu...
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The first corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) was isolated from ovine hypothalami and identified as a 41-amino acid peptide (Vale et al., Science 213:1394-1397, 1981). Subsequently, sequences of human and rat CRF were isolated and determined to be identical, but different from ovine CRF in 7 of the 41 amino acid resid...
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Whirling spray nozzles of various types have been known for many years wherein a vortex motion is imparted to a liquid passing through the nozzle to produce a conical spray. It has been the general practice to utilize vanes of various construction within such nozzles to impart a vortical component of motion to the liqu...
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The present invention relates to an authentication device and an authentication method of executing authentication based on an image, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium. In recent years, there has been increasing progress in the high-functionality and multi-functionality functions of portable devic...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ophthalmic image sensing apparatus including an examination optical system for examining an eye to be examined and an image pickup optical system for picking up an image of the eye to be examined. 2. Related Background Art In an eye fundus examination, a col...
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1. Field of the Invention The field of invention related to drying apparatus, and more particularly pertains to a new and improved plastic bag drying rack wherein the same is arranged to maintain a plurality of bags in an opened configuration to permit their drying and sanitizing. 2. Description of the Prior Art Drying...
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There are types of educational or instructional materials that use a main book that the student uses and a separate guide book or "teacher's manual" that the teacher uses which explains or interrelates with the subject matter of the main book. Frequently, these guide books can be used in several ways, including: instru...
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This invention pertains to the compound 4-Chloro-2-[[(4-methoxy-6-methyl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)-aminocarbonyl]aminosu lfonyl]benzoic acid, (1-methylethyl)ester, its agriculturally suitable salts, agricultural compositions containing the compound, and its method-of-use as a selective preemergent and/or postemergent herbici...
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Latency is a measure of time delay experienced in a system. Network latency in a packet-switched network is measured either one-way (the time from the source sending a packet to the destination receiving it), or two-way (the one-way latency from source to destination plus the one-way latency from the destination back t...
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In the automotive repair industry, several tools are used to assist the repair technician in identifying the correct color for a vehicle repair. Currently, paint manufacturers assist the paint technician with color books that show paint chips representing the array of original equipment (OE) colors per model year and t...
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Meltblowing technology is used in many different applications and industries including, for example, in adhesive dispensing and nonwoven material manufacturing. This technology generally involves extruding fine diameter filaments of thermoplastic material from a row of discharge outlets and impinging the extruded filam...
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Atmospheric gas burners are known that are made reciprocally coupling the head and the cup of the same burner so that to define both a mixing chamber for mixing primary air and gas, in order to obtain a fuel mixture, and a distribution chamber for supplying a circumferential flame spreader with said fuel mixture. In ad...
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Picosulphate, 4,4'-(2-pyridylmethylene)-bisphenol-bis(hydrogen sulfate) (ester) disodium salt, is disclosed in the Merck Index , 11th ed. (1989), S. Budavari, ed., No. 7377, p.1175. Picosulphate is a known active ingredient for use as a laxative. Picosulphate is an inactive prodrug that is hydrolyzed by colonic bacteri...
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The present invention relates to a negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, the negative electrode comprising a current collector and an active material layer carried on the current collector, the active material layer comprising particles grown like columns (columnar particles), and the columnar particles inc...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention concerns a system for providing output signals representative of color corrected color densities of coloring agents used in reproducing a colored original image. More particularly, the present invention automatically provides the output signals representative of the color...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention generally relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly, to an electrical connector with an improved contact which has a low insertion force in mating with a complementary connector. 2. Description of the Prior Art Power jacks/plugs are widely used in the electrical ...
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Currently, electronic item identification systems are in widespread use today to identify a variety of items. A first type of electronic item identification system commonly used in industry is one in which bar code labels are used to identify items. These types of electronic item identification systems are typically us...
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The present invention relates generally to the field of strip treatment equipment, and more particularly, is directed to a method and apparatus for straightening a portion of the strip relative to the remaining portion of the strip. It is common practice to store elongate webs of strip material in coiled form for both ...
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1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to combination fan and heater and more particularly to a cooling fan having a detachable heater. 2. Description of Related Art A cooling fan is used to create airflow. The fan is comprised of a rotating arrangement of blades which act on the air. A fan heater is a heater ...
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This invention relates to a process for desulfurizing fossil fuels such as coal or oil by reacting such fuels with a non-volatile agent which removes much of the sulfur and produces a compound which can be recycled after its decomposition into non-polluting sulfur and the reconstituted original agent, and by reduction ...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a general process for regenerating corn and to plants produced by the process. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of tissue and cell culture for the regeneration of corn plantlets from many varieties of corn. 2. Description of the Prior...
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There has long existed a basic need for rendering old, expired, or sensitive data unreadable by forensic methodologies. Businesses routinely reformat and/or carry out other actions, such that externally attached disk drives and other storage media such that sensitive data can not be read by persons who should not have ...
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The present invention relates to characterization, quantification and visualization of electrical properties of the heart, and more particularly to estimating electrical properties of the heart based on an electrophysiological model of a patient from medical images and body surface potentials of the patient. Heart fail...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to weight lifting equipment and more particularly pertains to devices used for weight lifting and weight training, such as barbells and dumbbells. The present invention also relates to weights for weight lifting equipment. 2. Description of Related Art Prior art d...
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Myocardial cells stop their proliferation upon the maturation of a host. Accordingly, restoration of myocardial cells could not be expected in a heart that has been once afflicted with myocardial infarction, and the heart was considered to be a nonregenerative organ. In recent years, however, the existence of myocardia...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to semiconductor processing, and more particularly to methods and apparatus for testing semiconductor chips. 2. Description of the Related Art Soft defect isolation techniques are critical to the development and manufacture of large-scale integrated circuits su...
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Lighting systems in the prior art are typically formed by interconnecting, via a communications system, a plurality of lighting fixtures and providing for operator control of the plurality of lighting fixtures from a central controller. Such lighting systems may contain multiparameter light fixtures, which illustrative...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a valve positioning handle and, more specifically, to such a handle which is designed to prevent the application of excessive forces to the valve during valve positioning which might cause damage or destruction to thevalve or the piping in which it is installed. 2. De...
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Switches or routers may receive packets and send the packets out of ports. The ports may consume power when they are not transmitting packets.
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Flaccid articles (socks for example) are not easily handled in an automated process. After such articles are manufactured (usually knitted), they are put through a dyeing process, from which they emerge spunned dry (slightly wet) and in a crumpled heap. Thereafter, they are dried, formed and stacked in a laid out manne...
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Waterproof, breathable garments are typically formed of laminates incorporating a waterproof, water-vapor permeable functional material that is arranged as a layer in a textile laminate within a garment. As used herein, the term “garment” is intended to include articles for covering the upper and/or lower torso of a we...
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Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a musical instrument carrier that supports a musical instrument at the front of a performer. Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2015-188368, filed Sep. 25, 2015, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference. Description of Related A...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a container assembly having a lid threadably securable to an open head container member. More particularly, the present invention relates to a seal located between the lid and the container member which is gradually compressed as the lid is threadably attached ...
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For the past several decades, the scaling of features in integrated circuits has been a driving force behind an ever-growing semiconductor industry. Scaling to smaller and smaller features enables increased densities of functional units on the limited real estate of semiconductor chips. For example, shrinking transisto...
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Field of the Invention The present invention relates to model vehicles and, more particularly, to an electronic system for stabilizing the steering of the model vehicle. Description of the Related Art For a Radio Controlled (RC) Model Vehicle, the RC Driver controls the vehicle remotely. The RC Driver can only detect t...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to data transmission networks and, in particular, to asynchronous priority select logic that insures that all stations of a token ring network have equal time for transmission of data by allowing individual stations to hold the token for asynchronous tra...
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Pipe joints are already known which comprise a pair of tubular joint members each having a gasket holding annular protuberance on an abutting end face thereof, an annular gasket interposed between the abutting end faces of the respective joint members, and a nut for joining the joint members together. The joint members...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for producing croissants, and particularly to an apparatus and method for rolling up the forward end of a dough piece to produce croissants. 2. Description of Prior Art U.S. Pat. No. 3,704,664 teaches an apparatus for forming Swiss rolls...
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The invention relates to a process and an apparatus of the type wherein a fluid such as a gas or vapor is used to react with or treat a particulate type of contact material such as a catalyst, which is in a fixed bed or which is in a bed which is passing by gravity from one reaction or treating zone to another. Example...
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Impurities remaining in partially refined copper manufactured by typical metallurgical processes make it unacceptable for certain uses. Electrorefining, the purification of metals by electrolysis, has been used to remove remaining impurities such as bismuth, tellurium, arsenic and antimony and to recover any gold or si...
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Most physical processes sought to be controlled through modeling require a fast solution to a set of manipulated variables based upon a measured condition. The variables are frequently interdependent, and are subject to a constraint set that defines physical limitations of the physical actuators. Implementation of a de...
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The present invention relates to a magnetic drinking vessel holding device and more particularly pertains to adhering to a magnetic surface for holding water or the like for easy access by a user. People that consume beverages, such as water, during activities are frequently in need of a place to store the container th...
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Slipform pavers capable of inserting dowel bars as a strip of concrete is being laid down are well-known and are produced and widely distributed, for example, by the applicant and assignee of this patent application. Such well-known slipform pavers are typically used for laying down long strips of concrete, used in the...
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With respect to the first invention, there is heretofore known a tracking and surveillance system which uses a computer for applying image processing to images picked up by a plurality of cameras to thereby track and supervise (surveille) an object such as a human figure or the like. In such a tracking and surveillance...
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This invention relates to a turn-off control cirucit for a gate turn-off thyristor (hereinbelow abbreviated to GTO) and in particular to a turn-off control circuit of a GTO, with which an inductive load is connected on the cathode side. A GTO is a thyristor, which is turned-off by making electric current flow-in throug...
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The use of monomeric triazene compounds having organic radicals as heat- and/or photosensitive free radical initiators for free radical polymerization is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,137,226. Furthermore, the use of bistriazenes as crosslinking agents for fluorine-containing polyimides and aromatic polymers is describe...
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This invention relates to electrical connecting devices and, more particularly, to electrical connectors which are inserted into cigar lighter sockets in automobiles. Generally, a cigar lighter plug is inserted into a cigar lighter socket mounted in a motor vehicle (hereinafter called "Socket") wherein the plug permits...
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The present invention pertains to equipment for providing temperature conditioning of a space and, more particularly to such equipment that includes both heating and cooling modes of operation. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment used to regulate, or condition, the temperature of a room or ot...
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Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to control of engine idle speed, and more particularly to a method for controlling engine idle speed due to changing load conditions especially as related to the engagement and/or disengagement of the air conditioning system.
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The art is replete with caddies having sockets for receiving the scrubbing end portions of cleaning implements (e.g., brushes) when the cleaning implements are being stored, particularly including such caddies for storing the types of cleaning implements with long handles used for cleaning toilet bowls or the like that...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus using an electrophotographic process or an electrostatic recording process and in particular to an image forming apparatus in which an amount of toner formed on an image bearing member is controlled. 2. Related Background Art FIG. 22 ...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates in general to devices for immobilizing the human head, neck and torso and relates more particularly to such devices for use in emergency situations to immobilize the body to prevent further injury to the potentially injured cervical spine. 2. Description of the Prior Art...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates in general to certain new and useful improvements in a modified form of half duplex voice communication system having a pair of speaker-microphone combinations and which control over the generation of sounds in a link between the two microphone-speaker combinations is de...
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Most processing technology today relies on electricity. For example, in a typical semiconductor processor, electrons move within transistors for the processor to function. Such processors, when appropriately configured, are the current mainstay in digital technology, which represents information as discrete one or zero...
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The invention relates to nondestructive test methods for determining stiffness properties of plate structures. The invention relates more particularly to such methods employing propagation of acoustic waves through a plate structure of homogeneous or composite laminate form for determining Young""s modulus of the plate...
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The present invention relates to systems and methods for authenticating transactions conducted by parties over open electronic networks such as the Internet. In particular, the invention relates to authentication of Internet transactions in which customers charge payments to payment cards, including credit cards. E-com...
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Top feed systems that include a top feed dog and/or a feed belt for feeding work pieces through a sewing station are known. In such systems, the fabric material will be engaged between the top feed dog and a bottom feed dog, so as to pull the fabric material therebetween for feeding the fabric material through the sewi...
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1. Field of the Invention The field of invention relates to beach apparatus, and more particularly pertains to a new and improved beach blanket anchor apparatus wherein the same is arranged for the positioning and mounting of beach blanket structure relative to a beach surface. 2. Description of the Prior Art Beach bla...
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The invention herein described was made in the course of or under a contract thereunder with the United States Air Force Systems Command. This invention relates to the preparation of Binor-S. More particularly, the invention relates to the preparation of Binor-S. from norbornadiene. Still more particularly, the inventi...
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