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It is known to carry out cyclic redundancy checks on data in many communication protocols and data storage formats. They increase the reliability of data transmission and storage by defining a check sum which may be appended to data when it is written or sent. A receiver or reader of the data can recompute the check su...
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Prior attempts to provide a toilet seat lifting device have involved systems with numerous links, biasing members or cables. For example U.S. Pat. No. 6,189,160 to Pettus discloses a toilet seat lifting device having a lever assembly mounted on a platform that rests on the floor such that depressing a foot pedal downwa...
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Generally current prior art trim tabs may be attached to a vessel on an outside of the hull. Prior art trim tabs do not move at a rate sufficient to dampen motion of a vessel. Prior art trim tabs typically require running lines and hoses through the hull to actuate the trim tabs. Additionally current trim tabs may requ...
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Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a mechanism for packet routing that is widely used in high-performance computer networks. In an MPLS network, data packets are assigned labels, and packet-forwarding decisions are made solely on the contents of the labels, without the need to examine the network address of the pa...
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Most people are familiar with the term Information Technology (IT), which covers the spectrum of technologies for information processing, including software, hardware, communications technologies and related services. Operation Technology (OT) is a relatively newer term that refers to hardware and software that detects...
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The vertebral or spinal column (spine, backbone) is a flexible assembly of vertebrae stacked on top of each other extending from the skull to the pelvic bone which acts to support the axial skeleton and to protect the spinal cord and nerves. The vertebrae are anatomically organized into four generalized body regions id...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to lifting trailers. In particular, the present invention is related to lifting tandem-axle trailers having air ride suspension systems. 2. Description of Related Art Almost all of the cargo freight transported throughout the United States is carried for at least ...
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This application is a 371 of PCT/EP98/06902 filed Oct. 31, 1998. The present invention relates, inter alia, to the use of insoluble inorganic particles which absorb in the UVA region for improving the photostability of the organic light protection filter butylmethoxydibenzoylmethane in cosmetic formulations. As is know...
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Blackjack is a highly popular and widely played game, both in casinos and online. Spanish 21 is a card game that is similar in play to Blackjack except that certain cards, such as the tens, are removed from the deck. The removal of these cards allows for desirable rules to be utilized including payouts that are differe...
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There has been known a thermally developable photothermographic imaging material which comprises a photocatalyst such as silver halide, a reducing agent and an organic silver salt reducible by the reducing agent and in which a latent image formed by exposure forms a black silver image by thermal development via oxidati...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to semiconductor products, and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for simultaneously controlling multi-cup semiconductor manufacturing tracks. 2. Description of the Related Art The technology explosion in the manufacturing industry has resulted in ma...
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1. Field of the Invention The subject invention generally pertains to a tool tray for a vehicle, and more specifically, to one that straddles the engine compartment. 2. Description of Related Art Some vehicle tool trays have limited degrees of adjustment. For example, the devices of U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,811,875 and 5,331,9...
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A communication link with capability to support connections in both transmit and receive directions at the same time and over the entire frequency band is called full-duplex, or two-way. In contrast, a link that can support connection in only one direction at a time (over a given frequency band) is called one-way or ha...
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Conventionally, a method for coating a surface with a hydrophilic resin is used for the fin of the heat exchanger of an air conditioner, etc. in order to more readily eliminate dew condensation water during operation. However, with traditional methods for making a surface hydrophilic, dew condenses and freezes, i.e., f...
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An Analog to Digital converter (ADC) takes samples of an analog signal and uses the samples to produce a digital signal. The samples are quantized so that at each sampling time only one of 2K numbers is generated by a K-bit ADC. The most common ADCs sample analog voltages and generate numbers, typically in binary form,...
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This invention relates generally to imaging systems and methods and more particularly to systems and methods for retrospective internal gating. As a patient undergoes an imaging procedure, it is useful that the patient remain still. If a patient moves during the imaging procedure, the image may be blurred and thus lack...
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Reliable storage of digital data in a memory system is effected by using error correcting codes, erasure codes, redundant data storage, or the like. One method of storing data in a reliable way is to use a RAID (Reliable Array of Inexpensive Disks) architecture. Except for RAID 0 (which does not provide redundancy), th...
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Satellite radiotelephone communications systems and methods are widely used for radiotelephone communications. Satellite radiotelephone communications systems and methods generally employ at least one space-based component, such as one or more satellites, that is/are configured to wirelessly communicate with a pluralit...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a management system for a network. More particularly, it relates to a network management system in a large-scalenetwork which is constituted by a large number of nodes, and in which the nodes are structurally complicated and require many sorts of status informa...
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The oil and gas industry has developed various tools capable of determining formation fluid properties. For example, borehole fluid sampling and testing tools such as Schlumberger's Modular Formation Dynamics Testing (MDT) Tool can provide important information on the type and properties of reservoir fluids in addition...
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The use of touch-sensitive surfaces as input devices for computers and other electronic computing devices has increased significantly in recent years. Exemplary touch-sensitive surfaces include touch pads and touch screen displays. Such surfaces are widely used to manipulate user interface objects on a display.
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The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Pelargonium.times.peltatum known by the varietal name Mimi (Oglevee Ltd. No. 7044, French No. 541 Guidonal). The new variety was discovered in a selective breeding program by Messrs. Jacques, Maurice and Bernard Guillou. The new variety is a selection from ...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a photolithography aligner system, and more particularly relates to alignment marks designed for aligner systems. 2. Description of the Related Art For the manufacturing process of integrated circuits, the lithography process is one of the most important processes. Th...
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In recent years, computer printer technology has evolved to a point where very high-resolution images can be transferred to various media. One particular type of printing involves the placement of small drops of a fluid ink onto a surface in response to a digital signal. Typically, the fluid ink is placed or jetted ont...
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Hitherto, many compounds have been known as active ingredients in a composition for controlling plant diseases (The Pesticide Manual-15th edition, published by British Crop Protection Council (BCPC), ISBN978-1-901396-18-8).
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The embodiments relate generally to data processing, and more specifically to accessing and storing data in a Parallel Sysplex multi-system. Parallel Sysplex multi-systems use a number of system processors in communication that read and write data stored in a data storage system (i.e., memory devices). The multiple sys...
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Technical Field The embodiments herein generally are related to the field of information systems. Particularly, the embodiments herein are related to the field of information retrieval based on content processing. More particularly, the embodiments herein are related to the systems and methods for processing multimedia...
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In recent years, LEDs (light emitting diodes) having excellent characteristics that a power consumption is low, and a lifetime is long have been used as light sources of various lighting devices extensively. Because fundamental lights emitted by the LED elements are limited to three lights of red, green, and blue as of...
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This invention relates to a novel gripping apparatus, particularly to that type of a steel-belt gripping apparatus which holds the weft to repeatedly traverse the upper and the lower layers of the warp without incurring any collision against the warp. Shuttleless looms are usually classified into two types--a jet type ...
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1. Technical Field The present invention relates to a bagging apparatus for feeding an article to be bagged into a bag opened by a bag opening means, thereby bagging the article. 2. Description of the Prior Art A bagging apparatus constructed such that an article to be bagged is fed into a bag opened by a bag opening m...
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Modeling environments may be graphical or textual. Graphical modeling environments enable users to develop graphical models of systems, whereas textual modeling environments enable users to develop textual models of systems. Modeling environments may also use a combination of graphical and textual models. Modeling envi...
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With the increasing availability of broadband communication services, a plurality of users at dispersed locations may play a game together in the same virtual space formed on a computer. Such a game is generally referred to as “online game”. In an online game, a plurality of users may cooperate with each other or play ...
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1. Field The present invention relates to aircraft components. More particularly, the invention relates to an apparatus for improving acoustic attenuation within an inlet of a nacelle. 2. Related Art An aircraft nacelle (A) surrounds an aircraft's engine (B) and typically comprises a fan cowl (C), a thrust reverser (D)...
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The present invention relates to methods for inducing an immunological response in vertebrates, including non-avian vertebrates, using synthetic recombinant avipox virus. More particularly, the invention relates to a method for inducing an immunological response in a vertebrate, particularly a mammal, to a vertebrate p...
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Drill bits having tips of varying shapes and serving different purposes are well known in the art. In most instances, the drill bit tips form a chisel structure that effectively pushes the drilled material to the side while the drill is rotating. Unfortunately, however, these drill bit tips create friction and produce ...
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The invention concerns a method of controlling the resilience of variable vibration suppressors in a semi-active chassis with variable valves. The structure of a semi-active chassis is explicable in terms of an oscillator comprising two masses--a non-resiliently supported "wheel mass" consisting of the wheels and their...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document feeder provided to an image reader having a reading device that reads an image, at a reading position, from a document that is being conveyed. The present invention particularly relates to a thin document feeder having a substantially U-shaped docume...
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Link aggregation is a term encompassing various methods of combining multiple network connections in parallel to increase the rate of data throughput beyond what a single connection could support, and to provide redundancy in case one of the data links forming the link aggregation fails. The term link aggregation does ...
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1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a technique for updating software modules respectively embedded in an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal that are connected so as to be able to cooperate with each other. 2. Description of Related Art Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2004=326689 (JP 200...
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The present invention relates to a combined, adjustable airing valve and fire protection valve comprising a valve head commensurate with a valve seat, a valve stem taking the form of an adjusting screw, a fusible element taking the form of a nut threaded on the valve stem, a support bracket supporting and guiding the v...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to systems and methods for detecting a security breach in a computer system. 2. Discussion of the Background Standard methods for computer system security include passwords and other authorization tokens, use of encryption, and permission checking systems. In such...
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Vehicles may be equipped with bumper systems and crash protection structures that plastically deform to absorb energy in the event of a crash. When a vehicle impacts or is impacted by an object that is offset from the centerline of the vehicle such that the object overlaps a portion of the bumper, the ability of the en...
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The present invention relates to a method of machining of flat parts, such as for example silicon wafers. Machining of silicon wafers are known in the art. For producing silicon wafers, silicon ingots with a cylindrical shape are sliced into the thin wafers by cut-off grinding. The wafer circumference is ground with a ...
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Field The present embodiments relate to techniques for executing applications on computer systems. More specifically, the present embodiments relate to a method and system for executing web applications using hardware-accelerated graphics and native code modules. Related Art Computer systems often include a number of n...
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1. Field of Invention This invention relates to a light duty liquid cleaning composition which is mild to the skin and which demonstrates improved sensory attributes and foam when used as a hand soap designed in particular for dishware and which is effective in grease and is high foaming and clear. 2. Background of the...
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The invention concerns lubricating compositions having improved properties. Another aspect of the invention relates to additive compositions which impart antiwear and antiscuffing properties to lubricating compositions used for internal combustion engines such as gasoline engine and diesel engine. Additives known as an...
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Many types of input devices are presently available for performing operations in a computing system, such as buttons or keys, mice, trackballs, joysticks, touch sensor panels, touch screens and the like. Touch screens, in particular, are becoming increasingly popular because of their ease and versatility of operation a...
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The disclosed technology relates to multicell photovoltaic semiconductor devices on a common substrate. The use of multiple monolithic cells on a common substrate where large photocurrents are generated is more desirable than the same area fabricated as a single cell or multiple interconnected single cell devices. The ...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to computer systems. More particularly, this invention relates to memory transactions within a dual processor computer system. 2. Art Background The heart of a personal computer system is usually a central processing unit (CPU) that resides on a microprocessor chip. When...
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Certain data storage devices operate by moving a sequential information storage medium across a read head having multiple read/write elements. To efficiently read and write data to and from the tape, it is necessary that the tape be in physical contact with the read head. To maintain contact between the sequential info...
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Track lighting systems are well known. The systems typically comprise a track which is mounted to the ceiling or wall and which is connected to an electrical supply source. The track is a hollow, elongated extrusion having neutral and voltage busses mounted within the track and running the length thereof. One or more l...
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Users of electronic devices increasingly desire to communicate privately and securely with one another. Unfortunately, existing approaches to securing communications can be difficult and/or cumbersome to use. Such difficulties are often compounded where a sender of a communication intends for the communication to be re...
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Conventional piston dampers include MR dampers having a tube containing an MR fluid and having an MR piston assembly including a piston which slideably engages the tube and including a rod which has a first end attached to the piston and a second end extending outside the tube. The MR fluid passes through an MR passage...
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Amorphous (non-crystalline) oxide semiconductors used in a TFT have a high carrier mobility and a large optical bandgap as compared to generalized amorphous silicon (a-Si), and can be deposited at low temperature. Thus, the amorphous oxide semiconductors are expected to be applied to next-generation display devices req...
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The present invention relates to a cleaning device and a developing device incorporated in a facsimile apparatus, printer or similar electrophotographic apparatus. More particularly, the present invention is concerned with a cleaner and toner magazine (abbreviated as CTM hereinafter) having a cleaning unit and a develo...
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It is known that for open-end spinning, the cleaned and pre-drawn fibres which are for example in the form of "sliver" must be combed, i.e. they must be separated so that adjacent fibres do not cling together. The known combing rollers developed for this purpose generally comprise a combing means, i.e. a pinned ring or...
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Pneumatic controllers, such as thermostats, are connected between a sensing element located in a regulated space and a controlled device operable to change the conditions of the space (e.g. HVAC systems and components). The sensor is sensitive to changes in the controlled space and able to consistently provide an outpu...
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1. Field of Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for inductively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition (ICP CVD), and more particularly to an ICP CVD apparatus for preventing pollution of impurities from a dielectric shield constituting, in part, a reaction chamber. 2. Related Art The laid-opened ...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to communication system switches through which digitally coded call signals are coupled to effect call switching. 2. Prior Art Various types of signal switches are known in the art and some examples include space division switching matrices, resonant transfer systems, an...
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As for liquid crystal display devices, it is possible to realize thinness, low-power consumption, and high definition. Recently, liquid crystal display devices have been becoming larger rapidly due to progress of manufacturing technology and diffuse in the field of television in which cathode-ray tubes (CRT) are mainly...
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Ethylene copolymers are a well-known class of olefin copolymers from which various plastic products are produced. Such products include films, fibers, coatings and then no molded articles such as containers and consumer goods. The polymers used to prepare these articles are prepared from ethylene, optionally with one o...
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A lighting device of the type mentioned in the opening paragraph is known from the patent publication U.S. 2010/0096974-A1. This document describes a device comprising a LED having an encapsulant, which acts as a wavelength converting element. Said encapsulant is formed as a shell of a suitable plastic or glass, in whi...
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Worldwide there has been an alarming increase in the incidence of skin cancer occurring over the past two decades, particularly in the populated Sunbelt regions. This near epidemic of skin cancer has resulted in many organizations, including the National Skin Cancer Foundation, heightening public awareness of the probl...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to expandable seals. In one aspect, the present invention relates to sealing systems for use in wellbores. 2. Description of the Related Art To recover hydrocarbons from the earth, wells are drilled through one or more subterranean hydrocarbon reservoirs. The wells often...
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Routers are often configured to have a capability commonly referred to as proxy ARP. Proxy ARP responds to machines in one subnet that are trying to resolve addresses that are outside of the range of addresses in its own subnet (e.g., a host within another subnet). The router will provide the IP address/Media Access Co...
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For background regarding the invention, reference is made to U.S. Pat. No. 5,444,929, entitled APPARATUS FOR THE DISPLAY OF A MULTIPLICITY OF OBJECTS OR PICTURES, issued on Aug. 29, 1995, to Michael Joseloff, who also is the inventor herein (hereinafter the "Joseloff '929 patent"). The Joseloff '929 patent is hereby in...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relate to a liquid crystal display device used for a personal computer, a work station, or the like, and particularly to a technique effective in reduction in picture frame width of a liquid crystal display device, and in reduction in thickness thereof. 2. Description of ...
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The interactive nature of the World Wide Web has proved to be a powerful marketing tool, allowing businesses and consumers to communicate on a one-to-one basis. A cookie file (also know simply as a “cookie”) is a tool used on the web to facilitate and interpret this one-to-one interaction. Cookie files offer businesses...
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The present disclosure relates generally to hydraulic systems and, more particularly, to aircraft hydraulic fluid distribution lines. Known aircraft hydraulic systems use a pressurized supply line to transport hydraulic fluid to a load, and a separate return line for returning the hydraulic fluid from the load back to ...
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Glycosylation is the covalent linkage of an oligosaccharide chain to a protein resulting in a glycoprotein. In many glycoproteins, the oligosaccharide chain is attached to the amide nitrogen of an asparagine (Asn) residue and leads to N-glycosylation. Glycosylation represents the most widespread post-translational modi...
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The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing telomers of chlorotrifluoroethylene, hereinafter designated as "CTFE". CTFE telomers are saturated low molecular weight polymers, typically of general formula CCl.sub.3 (CF.sub.2 CClF).sub.n Cl, where n, the molecular number (the number of repeating uni...
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Marketing experts are coming to recognize that engendering customer loyalty is a crucial ingredient in generating increased profitability. Typical tools for measuring customer loyalty include surveying customers after completion of interaction between customers and company employees. Results of such surveys can be empl...
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Various types of pulse generators are known, and one particularly suitable construction utilizes a Wiegand wire. Wiegand wires, now well known, have the characteristic that, upon being subjected to a variable magnetic field, the transition of magnetization is abrupt and independent of the rate of change of a magnetic f...
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This invention relates to a system for handling rotary cylinder type cell culturing containers (hereinafter called "roller bottles") particularly for animal cell culture, in which a series of processes such as filling of culture medium into the roller bottles, cell inoculation, and rinsing of the roller bottles are aut...
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As the movement toward faster speeds and better quality images in office automation equipment continues at an increasing pace, the precise control of semiconductivity in the intermediate transfer belt is now indispensable to optimize transfer efficiency. Particularly important is the technique to precisely control the ...
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Video game systems may utilize depth cameras to capture images of game players and convert the information to depth maps which are used to model virtual skeletons of the game players. Frequently, depth cameras use projected infrared light to determine depth of objects in an imaged scene. Accurate determination of the d...
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The present invention relates to file control based on an electronic computer and more particularly, to a file control method based on unique file control information and file structure. There is conventionally suggested such a method for storing files in an external memory in a computer system as provided by a UNIX (w...
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In some routers, L2 forwarding components on all line cards and control modules run independently. Changes to system objects like global layer 2 configuration parameters (L2-global), routing-instances (RTB), bridge-domains (BD), logical-interfaces (IFL), interface family (IFF) and bridge interfaces (IFBD) are notified ...
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Multilayer materials made up of a plurality of layers of different material are become increasingly important and are finding use in many different areas. These areas include, for example, X-ray optics coatings, superconducting materials, decorative and wear resistant coatings, catalytic materials and semiconductor mat...
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The present invention relates to a kidney-ureter catheter assembly particularly adapted to evacuate crumbled calculi. More specifically the invention is designed to be used to achieve the drainage of calculus fragments resulting from the destruction of renal calculi through modern techniques using shock waves, ultrasou...
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1. Technical Field The present invention relates to an ink composition and a method of producing a processed product of printed matter. 2. Description of the Related Art Various methods such as electrophotographic methods, sublimation-type thermal transfer methods, fusion-type thermal transfer methods, and inkjet metho...
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The present disclosure relates to a light-emitting device. Semiconductor light-emitting elements, typically LED, have been widely used for a light source for display devices. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2008-108994 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 2010-093226 describe light-emitting devices in which a LED chip i...
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The present invention relates generally to jewelry rings, and more particularly, is directed to jewelry rings having great strength and a method of making the same. In making jewelry rings, such as wedding bands and the like, it is known to first invert a flat, annular washer in a first inversion forming machine, so as...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention is related to a free-form surface generation method for generating a free-form surface, and particularly to a method and arrangement for generating a multisided patch used in a surface modeler for design. 2. Description of the Related Art In the prior surface design syste...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a pattern forming method, and in particular to a resist pattern forming method including both a grating pattern, which is a fine pattern, and a pattern of arbitrary shape, in a lithography step in the course of a process of manufacturing a semiconductor device. 2. Des...
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The present invention relates in general to a system and method for communicating information between distributed stations. More particularly, the present invention relates to a timed token loop which provides three or more classes of service with a priority relationship between classes. The three classes of service pr...
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A metal-oxide gas sensor has a dielectric base carrying two electrodes that are typically embodied as an interdigital structure (IDT) and a gas-sensitive element whose electrical conductivity varies according to the concentration of a measured gas component. Two electrodes form the interdigital structure and are connec...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to mass spectrometry systems. In recent years there has arisen a need to analyze small sample volumes. This need arises, for example, where there is only a limited quantity of a unique sample, the sample being distributed in a particulate or other form in a matrix. Thus ...
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Such a card is known from the prior EP 163880 (GAO Ges.), in which the weakening is arranged on the outside of the perimeter of the cavity in which the integrated circuit is arranged and within the overall thickness of the card. This solution is particularly suitable in the case of cards having three layers which are l...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to sheet feeding separators having a pneumatic bottom feed and more particularly to blank feeding machines having an adjustable backstop means for maintaining a portion of the weight of the stack off the bottom sheet and providing a means for automatically positioning th...
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Automatic garage door openers are used to open and close garage doors. Special safety switches are used in garage door openers to prevent a garage door from closing if the safety switch is triggered. The triggering of a safety switch will cause a closing garage door to fully open, which may result in an open garage doo...
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As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an annealing process of a strip sheet, which is manufactured by rolling mills in a hot rolling plant, a cold rolling plant or an electrical steel plant, is performed by releasing a strip sheet 100 from a pay off reel 120 mounted to an inlet of an annealing furnace 110 and winding the strip sh...
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TGF-β1 belongs to a large super-family of multifunctional polypeptide factors. The TGF-β family includes three genes, TGFβ1, TGFβ2 and TGFβ3, which are pleiotropic modulators of cell growth and differentiation, embryonic and bone development, extracellular matrix formation, hematopoiesis, immune and inflammatory respon...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a direct current (DC) block with a band-notch characteristic using a DGS. More particularly, the present invention relates to a DC block with a band-notch characteristic using a defected ground structure (DGS) to superiorly block a certain frequency band in the...
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The present invention relates to a cathode ray tube (hereinbelow, called a color picture tube in the specification) and an image display apparatus using the same. More particularly, the invention relates to a color picture tube which is characterized by an elastic support member used to support a frame across which a m...
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The invention concerns a device for securing a compact disk to an upright player, with a means of mounting the disk and a means of preventing it from dropping out. Upright compact-disk players are generally inexpensive embodiments without costly disk accommodations or compartments. The disks are forced against a turnta...
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The loss of the protection expected of a sanitary napkin product may be caused by a lack of close contact with the body of the wearer, as well as a failure to provide adequate coverage over the requisite area of an undergarment. Those skilled in the art of sanitary protection have attempted to overcome these problems b...
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This invention relates to a baud-rate sampled-data system and, more particularly, to a method and circuitry for achieving timing recovery in such a system. Timing recovery in digital synchronous data systems is a critical function. In the receiver of such a system, timing signals must be continuously adjusted in freque...
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A large proportion (some estimates are as high as twenty-five percent) of the electricity generated in the United States each year goes to lighting. Accordingly, there is an ongoing need to provide lighting which is more energy-efficient. It is well-known that incandescent light bulbs are very energy-inefficient light ...
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A structure of a 3GPP LTE (3rd Generation Partnership Project Long Term Evolution; hereinafter, referred as “LTE”) system which is an example of a wireless communication system to which the present invention may be applied will be described. FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic structure a network structure of an evolved uni...
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