VARIABLE ORIFICE FOR A REFRIGERATING DEVICE

Un circuit de réfrigérant est exposé. Le circuit de réfrigérant comprend un compresseur (24), un condenseur (26), un premier dispositif de détente (32), un économiseur (28), un deuxième dispositif de détente (34), et un évaporateur (30) reliés de manière fluidique. Un fluide de travail s'écoule à travers le circuit de réfrigérant. Un segment de dérivation est relié de manière fluidique au circuit de réfrigérant. Une partie du fluide de travail est prévue depuis le circuit de réfrigérant jusqu'au segment de dérivation depuis un emplacement dans le circuit de réfrigérant disposé entre le condenseur (26) et l'évaporateur (30) par rapport à un écoulement du fluide de travail. La partie du fluide de travail s'écoule à travers le segment de dérivation dans un état d'écoulement autorisé et est prévue dans un emplacement dans le circuit de réfrigérant disposé entre l'économiseur (28) et l'évaporateur (30) par rapport à un écoulement du fluide de travail. Un écoulement tourbillonnant est induit ...

Fingerprint System

An aerosolized fingerprint compositions for spraying onto a surface for the purpose of indentifying latent fingerprints that comprises about 1 to about 75% fingerprint dusting powder and about 25 to about 99% non-CFC propellant. In certain embodiments an extender tube, optionally comprising an expander, is coupled to a aerosolized container and is in fluid communication with the aerosolized fingerprint composition. 1. A method of obtaining fingerprints , comprising:providing an aerosolized container containing a composition, wherein the composition includes at least one fingerprint powder and a dry propellant;coupling an extender tube to the container;identifying a surface that may contain a latent fingerprint;aiming the extender tube at the surface; andspraying the composition through the extender tube onto the surface.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:lifting the latent fingerprint.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:analyzing the latent fingerprint.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises a ratio of from about 1 to 26 claim 1 , powder to propellant claim 1 , to about 1 to 50 claim 1 , powder to propellant.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises a ratio of about 1 to 40 claim 1 , powder to propellant.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein an expander is coupled to an end of the extender tube that is opposite an end of the extender tube that is coupled to the container.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises a second fingerprint powder.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the spraying step comprises spraying one or more bursts of the composition claim 1 , and wherein each of the one or more burst lasts for a burst duration.9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the burst duration is about ⅓ seconds to about 2 seconds.10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the burst duration is a calculated preset duration.11. A kit claim 8 , comprising:an aerosolized container containing a composition, ...

Broad view mirror for a cycle vehicle

A mirror assembly for mounting to a handlebar of a motorcycle or other cycle vehicle, including a handle enabling an operator of the motorcycle to rotate the mirror without requiring the operator to remove a hand from the handlebar. The rotation swivels the mirror from a view to the rear to a position with a view to the side. Upon releasing the handle, a compression spring within the assembly returns the mirror to its original position. The mounting arrangement for the assembly includes two portions rotatable perpendicularly to one another, permitting the mirror arrangement to be adjusted after coupling with the handlebar such that the stem of the mirror is plumb. This ensures that when the handle is engaged rotating the mirror, the orientation of the mirror is maintained such that the top edge of the mirror remains level during rotation and that the mirror stem remains plumb.

Method of assembling and positioning a femoral orthopaedic surgical instrument

A method for performing an orthopaedic surgical procedure on a femur includes attaching a proximal end of an intramedullary adaptor to an intramedullary orthopaedic surgical instrument, securing a distal end of an intramedullary adaptor to a base cutting block, inserting the intramedullary orthopaedic surgical instrument into a medullary canal using the base cutting block, and positioning the base cutting block on a distal end of the femur.

Disinfectant Spray with Indicator

Compositions are provided that comprise a disinfectant, a pH indicator dye, and an alkaline substance. The pH indicator dye expresses a color when initially sprayed, but loses or changes color once sprayed. The compositions may be used to disinfect surfaces, and the pH indicator dye indicates what surface has been disinfected and ensures that a sufficient period of time has passed to disinfect the surface. Dispensing systems that are not fully air tight are provided for containing and dispensing the composition. 1. A composition , comprising:a disinfectant;an alkaline substance that imparts an alkaline pH to the composition; andabout 0.0001 wt % to about 0.01 wt % of a pH indicator dye that visually expresses a color at about the alkaline pH or a higher pH.2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the alkaline substance is NaOH claim 1 , KOH claim 1 , or combinations thereof.3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the pH indicator is thymolphthalien claim 1 , bromothyol blue claim 1 , phenolphthalein claim 1 , or combinations thereof.4. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the alkaline pH is about 7.3 or higher.5. The composition of claim 4 , wherein the alkaline pH is about 12.0 to about 12.5.6. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising a surfactant.7. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the disinfectant includes an alcohol claim 1 , an aldehyde claim 1 , an oxidizing agent claim 1 , a phenol claim 1 , a peroxide claim 1 , a quat claim 1 , a hypochlorite claim 1 , or combinations thereof.8. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the disinfectant includes:about 0.5 wt % to about 8.0 wt % hydrogen peroxide, carbamide, urea, or combinations thereof;about 0.5 wt % to about 8.0 wt % aliphatic ethoxylate;about 5.0 wt % to about 20.0 wt % ethanol; andabout 0.5 wt % to about 8.0 wt % carbomer.9. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the disinfectant includes:about 0.5 wt % to 8.0 wt % benzalkonium;about 0.5 wt % to 8.0 wt % cocamidopropyl betaine;about 0.5 wt % to 8.0 wt ...

Stadium ambient temperature control system

A system for controlling ambient temperatures of exposed structures using phase change materials and/or tempered liquid delivery systems. Phase change materials may be fabricated to hold the surrounding temperature at a desired temperature, such as 70 degrees Fahrenheit/21 degrees Celsius. As the heat load rises above this desired temperature, the heat is absorbed into the phase change material until that material has completely transitioned through its phase change, after which it will no longer absorb heat load. As the temperature then cools off at night, the heat is released from the phase change material, and the material changes back into its original phase. Phase change material may be placed within or on the exterior of stadium chairs. A liquid piping system may also be used to provide ambient heat control, including liquid piping for piping temperature-controlled liquid throughout the stadium while preventing condensation.

Coating Spray System

Embodiments of the present invention include a spray bonder that comprises a bonder, a carrier, and, optionally, a propellant. Embodiments also include a coating spray system that comprises the spray bonder and a coating spray that includes a coating material, a carrier, and, optionally, a propellant. The coating material can be an opaque material, glass fit, opacious dentin, or the like. Also provided are methods for using the spray bonder and/or coating spray to coating objects, such as coating dental implants to match the color of a patient's gums. 1. A coating spray system , comprising:a coating spray that includes a coating material, a first propellant, and a first carrier; anda spray bonder that includes a bonder, a second propellant, and a second carrier.23-. (canceled)4. The coating spray system of claim 1 , wherein the first propellant claim 1 , the second propellant claim 1 , or both are a non-CFC propellant.5. The coating spray system of claim 1 , wherein the first propellant claim 1 , the second propellant claim 1 , or both are selected from the group consisting of butane claim 1 , isobutene claim 1 , propane claim 1 , or combinations thereof.6. The coating spray system of claim 1 , wherein the first carrier claim 1 , the second carrier claim 1 , or both are selected from the group consisting of methyl alcohol claim 1 , ethyl alcohol claim 1 , isopropyl alcohol claim 1 , anhydrous isopropyl alcohol claim 1 , or combinations thereof.7. The coating spray system of claim 1 , wherein the coating material includes an opaque material claim 1 , glass frit claim 1 , opacious dentin claim 1 , or a combination thereof.8. The coating spray system of claim 1 , wherein the coating spray comprises about 5 wt % to about 60 wt % of the coating material.9. The coating spray system of claim 1 , wherein the coating spray comprises about 5 wt % to about 60 wt % of the first carrier.10. The coating spray system of claim 1 , wherein the coating spray comprises about 10 wt % ...

Magnetic field sensor with increased snr

Various means for improvement in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for a magnetic field sensor are disclosed for low power and high resolution magnetic sensing. The improvements may be done by reducing parasitic effects, increasing sense element packing density, interleaving a Z-axis layout to reduce a subtractive effect, and optimizing an alignment between a Z-axis sense element and a flux guide, etc.

Magnetic field sensor with 3-axes self test

A magnetic field sensor is disclosed with built-in self-test coils in a configuration to provide magnetic field stimulation along three axes, with a high field factor, and thus, reduce a power budget of the sensor and physical size of the self-test coils. The magnetic field sensor comprises a first bridge circuit including a plurality of sense elements configured to sense a magnetic field. The magnetic field sensor further comprises re-configurable self-test current lines coupled to a self-test source to perform high field, high power wafer and die level testing and trim, as well as low power in-situ characterization and calibration of the sensor. The self-test current lines may be routed to form a coil with multiple turns around the TMR elements.

Supporting even instruction tag ('itag') requirements in a multi-slice processor using null internal operations (iops)

Supporting even instruction tag (‘ITAG’) requirements in a multi-slice processor with null internal operations (IOPs) includes: receiving an IOP with an even ITAG requirement; determining that the IOP is to be assigned an odd ITAG; and inserting a null IOP into an instruction lane ahead of the IOP, wherein the null IOP is assigned the odd ITAG, and the IOP is assigned an even ITAG.

Preserving an invalid global domain indication when installing a shared cache line in a cache

A technique for operating a memory system for a node includes interrogating, by a cache, an associated cache directory to determine whether a shared cache line to be installed in the cache is associated with an invalid global state in the cache. The invalid global state specifies that a version of the shared cache line has been intervened off-node. In response to the shared cache line being in the invalid global state the cache spawns a castout invalid global command for the shared cache line. The shared cache line is installed in the cache. A coherence state for the shared cache line is updated in the associated cache directory to indicate the shared cache line is shared.

Modification of the degree of liquid contact with a solid by control of surface and micro-channel capillary geometry

A method of modifying the apparent wettability (the area contacted by a liquid) of solids with liquids by controlling the surface geometry or the capillary geometry. This modification is possible by understanding the geometric relationship between the contact angle and the included angle of surface features. This same geometric relationship can be used to control entrance of a liquid into a capillary and the flow of more than one fluid in distinct streams through a capillary device.

Bipolar chopping for 1/f noise and offset reduction in magnetic field sensors

A chopping technique, and associated structure, is implemented to cancel the magnetic 1/f noise contribution in a Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) field sensor. The TMR field sensor includes a first bridge circuit including multiple TMR elements to sense a magnetic field and a second circuit to apply a bipolar current pulse adjacent to each TMR element. The current lines are serially or sequentially connected to a current source to receive the bipolar current pulse. The field sensor has an output including a high output and a low output in response to the bipolar pulse. This asymmetric response allows a chopping technique for 1/f noise reduction in the field sensor.

Bipolar chopping for 1/f noise and offset reduction in magnetic field sensors

A chopping technique, and associated structure, is implemented to cancel the magnetic 1/f noise contribution in a Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) field sensor. The TMR field sensor includes a first bridge circuit including multiple TMR elements to sense a magnetic field and a second circuit to apply a bipolar current pulse adjacent to each TMR element. The current lines are serially or sequentially connected to a current source to receive the bipolar current pulse. The field sensor has an output including a high output and a low output in response to the bipolar pulse. This asymmetric response allows a chopping technique for 1/f noise reduction in the field sensor.

Bipolar chopping for 1/f noise and offset reduction in magnetic field sensors

A chopping technique, and associated structure, is implemented to cancel the magnetic 1/f noise contribution in a Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) field sensor. The TMR field sensor includes a first bridge circuit including multiple TMR elements to sense a magnetic field and a second circuit to apply a bipolar current pulse adjacent to each TMR element. The current lines are serially or sequentially connected to a current source to receive the bipolar current pulse. The field sensor has an output comprising a high output and a low output in response to the bipolar pulse. This asymmetric response allows a chopping technique for 1/f noise reduction in the field sensor.

Bipolar chopping for 1/F noise and offset reduction in magnetic field sensors

A chopping technique, and associated structure, is implemented to cancel the magnetic 1/f noise contribution in a Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) field sensor. The TMR field sensor includes a first bridge circuit including multiple TMR elements to sense a magnetic field and a second circuit to apply a bipolar current pulse adjacent to each TMR element. The current lines are serially or sequentially connected to a current source to receive the bipolar current pulse. The field sensor provides a high output and a low output in response to the bipolar pulse. This asymmetric response allows a chopping technique for 1/f noise reduction in the field sensor.

Two-axis magnetic field sensor with substantially orthogonal pinning directions

A fabrication process and apparatus provide a high-performance magnetic field sensor ( 200 ) from two differential sensor configurations ( 201, 211 ) which require only two distinct pinning axes ( 206, 216 ) which are formed from a single reference layer ( 60 ) that is etched into high aspect ratio shapes ( 62, 63 ) with their long axes drawn with different orientations so that, upon treating the reference layer with a properly aligned orienting field ( 90 ) and then removing the orienting field, the high aspect ratio patterns provide a shape anisotropy that forces the magnetization of each patterned shape ( 62, 63 ) to relax along its respective desired axis. Upon heating and cooling, the ferromagnetic film is pinned in the different desired directions by one of 1) tailoring the intrinsic anisotropy of the reference layer during the depositing step, 2) forming a long axes of one of the patterned shapes ( 62, 63 ) at a non-orthogonal angle to the long axes of the other patterned shape ( 62, 63 ) when etched, or 3) applying a compensating field when pinning the reference layers.

Two-axis magnetic field sensor with substantially orthogonal pinning directions

A fabrication process and apparatus provide a high-performance magnetic field sensor ( 200 ) from two differential sensor configurations ( 201, 211 ) which require only two distinct pinning axes ( 206, 216 ) which are formed from a single reference layer ( 60 ) that is etched into high aspect ratio shapes ( 62, 63 ) with their long axes drawn with different orientations so that, upon treating the reference layer with a properly aligned orienting field ( 90 ) and then removing the orienting field, the high aspect ratio patterns provide a shape anisotropy that forces the magnetization of each patterned shape ( 62, 63 ) to relax along its respective desired axis. Upon heating and cooling, the ferromagnetic film is pinned in the different desired directions by one of 1) tailoring the intrinsic anisotropy of the reference layer during the depositing step, 2) forming a long axes of one of the patterned shapes ( 62, 63 ) at a non-orthogonal angle to the long axes of the other patterned shape ( 62, 63 ) when etched, or 3) applying a compensating field when pinning the reference layers.

Magnetic field sensor with increased linearity

A magnetic field sensor includes a plurality of transducer legs coupled together as a first circuit to sense a magnetic field, wherein each transducer leg comprises a plurality of magnetoresistance sense elements. The magnetic field sensor also includes a second circuit including a first plurality of current lines, wherein each current line of the first plurality of current lines is adjacent to a corresponding plurality of magnetoresistance sense elements of a transducer leg of the plurality of transducer legs. When at least one current line of the first plurality of current lines is energized, a magnetization of each magnetoresistance sense element of the transducer leg is aligned in a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction. A routing pattern of the at least one current line is configured to generate an equal population of magnetoresistance sense elements with magnetization aligned in the first and second directions.

Center sill horizontal divider

A railway car underframe includes a center sill having a central section and opposite end sections. The sill includes spaced vertical walls, and upper and lower walls which are slotted in registry the length of the central section, and which form in cross section a spaced I-beam construction. The construction provides a sill having high torsional flexibility which is necessary to accommodate the railway car to track conditions tending to derail the car when single axle suspensions with two wheels are utilized. The sill also includes a separator in the form of a channel which includes flanges at its sides which are secured to the vertical walls of the sill. The separator extends substantially the length of the slots and is effective to resist lateral forces tending to buckle during operation while not adversely affecting the high torsional flexibility which is required in the sill structure.

COMPOSITION OF ENAMEL AND CERAMIC PORCELAIN IN AEROSOL.

Un método para preparar una reconstrucción dental, que comprende: proporcionar un sustrato de reconstrucción dental; proporcionar una composición de material opaco de pulverización en aerosol enlatada que comprende (% en peso) 10 a 40% de material opaco; 10 a 60% de agente humectante seleccionado de un grupo que consiste en alcohol metílico, alcohol etílico, alcohol isopropílico, y cualesquiera mezclas de los mismos; y 10 a 70% de propelente sin CFC; proporcionar una composición de esmalte de pulverización en aerosol que comprende (% en peso) 5 a 50% de frita de vidrio; 5 a 60% de agente humectante; y 10 a 70% de propelente sin CFC, en el que la frita de vidrio tiene un tamaño de partículas de 25 m y menor; pulverizar la composición de material opaco de pulverización en aerosol sobre la reconstrucción dental para proporcionar un revestimiento de material opaco; cocer la reconstrucción para endurecer el revestimiento de material opaco; construir un cuerpo de reconstrucción de porcelana sobre el revestimiento de material opaco, para proporcionar una reconstrucción de porcelana; pulir el cuerpo de reconstrucción revestido de porcelana para asemejarlo a una reconstrucción de diente humano; cocer el cuerpo de reconstrucción de porcelana pulido, para endurecer la porcelana; pulverizar la composición de esmalte de pulverización en aerosol sobre el cuerpo de porcelana pulido para formar una reconstrucción esmaltada; y cocer la reconstrucción esmaltada para endurecer el esmalte. A method of preparing a dental reconstruction, comprising: providing a dental reconstruction substrate; providing a composition of opaque canned aerosol spray material comprising (% by weight) 10 to 40% opaque material; 10 to 60% of wetting agent selected from a group consisting of methyl alcohol, ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, and any mixtures thereof; and 10 to 70% propellant without CFC; providing an aerosol spray enamel composition comprising (% by weight) 5 to 50% glass frit; 5 to 60% wetting ...

Prostate cancer diagnosis and outcome prediction by expression analysis

Methods identifying prostate cancer, methods for prognosing and diagnosing prostate cancer, methods for identifying a compound that modulates prostate cancer development, methods for determining the efficacy of a prostate cancer therapy, and oligonucleotide microarrays containing probes for genes involved in prostate cancer development are described.

Isolated human autoantibodies to natriuretic peptides and methods and kits for detecting human autoantibodies to natriuretic peptides

The present disclosure relates to isolated human autoantibodies and assays and kits for detecting human autoantibodies reactive with at least one natriuretic peptide or natriuretic peptide fragment in a test sample.

Thermally-sensitive controls for electric immersion heaters

A thermally-sensitive electric control 1 is mountable to the head 2 of an electric immersion heater for an electric kettle or like container. The control 1 has an outer periphery of less radial extent than the head 2 so as to be passable during assembly from the inside of the container through an opening in the wall of the associated container such that the head 2 may be positioned in the opening with the control member attached thereto. The control 1 includes electrical switch contacts (not shown) effective in use to interrupt the power supply to the heater upon boiling of the liquid within the container and upon the element overheating. The switch contacts and a first thermal actuator responsive to overheating of the element are disposed on one side of the control body 10 facing the heater head 2. A second thermal actuator responsive to boiling of the liquid acts on the switch contacts through an overcentre spring mechanism 44, which is disposed together with the second actuator and terminal pins 16, adapted to be engaged by a separate socket connector, on the other side of the control body 10. The overcentre spring mechanism 44 and second thermal actuator are mounted on one side of a shelf 15 and the terminal pins 16 are positioned on the opposite side. <IMAGE>

Agricultural bale accumulator having a load bed extension module

An agricultural bale accumulator (100) comprises a load bed extension module (102) including at least one extension table (104) pivotally connected to a side (124) of a load bed (113) by a hinge (122) and moveable relative to the load bed (113) between a stowed position and an unstowed, bale accumulating, position which is co-planar with a load bed (113) and adjacent to the side (124) of the load bed (113). An extension table support system (130) connected to a main frame (120) and/or the extension table (104). The extension table support system (130) contacts the extension table (104) at a location beyond the side (124) of the main frame (120) and contacts the main frame (120) and/or the ground surface (128) to directly support the extension table (104) from the main frame (120) and/or the ground surface (128), respectively, on and/or off a pivot axis (146) when the extension table (104) is in the unstowed position and when the load bed (113) pivots about the pivot axis (146) relative to the main frame (120) to a bale accumulating position and/or a bale discharging position.

A bearing with means for increasing lubricant pressure

A bearing, particularly for supporting a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine comprises at least one opening 303, for the passage of a lubricant, communicating between an interior of the bearing and an exterior of the bearing 300, wherein the opening 303 is shaped to increase the pressure of the lubricant, such that the bearing 300 acts to urge the lubricating fluid in one direction between the interior and exterior of the bearing 300. The opening 303 can be a ramped shaped cavity 304 on the internal surface of the bearing 300, with the ramp preferably being in to directions. The cavity 304 may have a long ramp 305 and a short ramp 306 extending in opposite directions. In use the bearing 300 preferably acts to urge oil from the exterior 302 of the bearing 300 to an internal pressure gallery 309 of a crankshaft 301. As an alternative the ramped cavity 304 can be formed on the shaft 301 rather than the internal surface of the bearing 304.

Internet package shipping systems and methods

A system and methods for shipping a package (12) from a package sender (16) to an intended recipient (18), utilizing Internet communications (30) to place shipping orders, request on demand package pickup, maintain and utilize pre-stored profile information, view shipping history, track orders, etc. A package sender (16) with an Internet-accessible computer (20) accesses an Internet site and associated shipping system (10) operated by a shipping service provider (14). The package sender (16) enters information required for shipping the package (12), including shipping options and methods for payment. The options and payment for the shipment transaction are validated. If the transaction is validated, printer indicia are communicated to the customer's computer (20), which is enabled to locally print a prepaid label (25) containing special machine-readable (876) as well as human-readable indicia (904). The shipping service provider (14) acquires the package by drop-off, standard pickup or on call pickup, scans the machine readable indicia, verifies other indicia of authenticity, and processes the package (12) in accordance with information encoded on the label.

A bearing for slanted surfaces

A rotatable axial thrust bearing having an upper race upper race flat region and an upper race rounded ball bearing retainer section; a lower race having a lower race flat region and a lower race rounded ball bearing retainer section; an annular retainer for retaining the ball bearing and the lower and upper race without interfering with the lower race when the lower race is placed on a sloped surface. The Annular retainer is made up of an upper race retainer lock portion and an outer ball bearing retainer portion positioned on an outer periphery of the thrust bearing. The annular retainer additionally consists of a lower race retainer lock, and an inner ball bearing retainer portion positioned on an inner periphery of the thrust bearing.

Method and apparatus for conversion of outline characters to bitmap characters

An outline representation of a character or symbol is treated as being composed of a set of zones formed in both the horizontal and vertical directions. The zones are completely character-specific. Each zone defines the extent of some feature of the character. The boundaries of the zones are mapped to specific pixel locations in a bitmap em-square of selected resolution and size. Additional interpolation zones are defined which are used to map all the points on the outline representation of the character that are contained within the interpolation zone, but do not coincide with a control edge, from the positions in the high-resolution em-square to a corrresponding position in the low-resolution em-square. To maintain relationships between features, constraint functions may be defined which regulate the size of the control zones for a character at predetermined sizes. Control zones and interpolation zones are all derivatively linked to a basic set of horizontal and vertical control edges at the outline description level. Consequently, the number of computations needed is reduced and the speed with which a bitmap can be generated from the outline representation is increased.

SIDE DISPLACEMENT DEVICE FOR EARTHMOON INSTRUMENTS

ENSEMBLE DE DEPLACEMENT LARERAL UNIVERSEL POUR INSTRUMENTS DE TERRASSEMENT. L'ENSEMBLE COMPORTE UN CHASSIS QUI EST MONTE SUR UNE MACHINE MOTRICE 22 ET PORTE DEUX GLISSIERES HORIZONTALES 68, 70 ENTRE LESQUELLES EST MONTEE UNE PLAQUE COULISSANTE 80 RACCORDEE A UN VERIN MOTEUR 86 ET MUNIE D'UN DISPOSITIF DE VERROUILLAGE 106. CHAQUE INSTRUMENT DE TERRASSEMENT 21 SUSCEPTIBLE D'ETRE MONTE SUR LE CHASSIS COMPORTE DEUX ORGANES SUPPORTS 72, 74 QUI PEUVENT ETRE MONTES COULISSANTS SUR LES GLISSIERES AU MOYEN DE CROCHETS AMOVIBLES 76, 78 ET DONT L'UN COMPORTE DES OUVERTURES ESPACEES DANS LESQUELLES LE DISPOSITIF DE VERROUILLAGE PEUT ETRE SELECTIVEMENT ENGAGE POUR SOLIDARISER L'INSTRUMENT DE LA PLAQUE COULISSANTE ET PERMETTRE SON DEPLACEMENT, A DROITE OU A GAUCHE D'UNE POSITION CENTRALE, PAR LE VERIN. APPLICATION NOTAMMENT AUX TRANCHEUSES, AUX CHARRUES A POSER LES CABLES, ETC. UNIVERSAL SIDE DISPLACEMENT KIT FOR EARTH MOVING INSTRUMENTS. THE ASSEMBLY INCLUDES A CHASSIS WHICH IS MOUNTED ON A DRIVE MACHINE 22 AND CARRIES TWO HORIZONTAL SLIDES 68, 70 BETWEEN WHICH A SLIDING PLATE 80 IS MOUNTED TO A MOTOR CYLINDER 86 AND EQUIPPED WITH A LOCKING DEVICE 106. EACH INSTRUMENT. 21 LIKELY TO BE MOUNTED ON THE CHASSIS INCLUDES TWO SUPPORTING ORGANS 72, 74 WHICH CAN BE SLIDING MOUNTED ON THE SLIDES BY MEANS OF REMOVABLE HOOKS 76, 78 AND WHICH INCLUDE SPACED OPENINGS IN WHICH THE LOCKING AND LOCKING DEVICE CAN BE MOUNTED ENGAGED TO SOLIDARIZE THE INSTRUMENT FROM THE SLIDING PLATE AND ALLOW ITS MOVEMENT, TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT OF A CENTRAL POSITION, BY THE CYLINDER. APPLICATION IN PARTICULAR TO SLICERS, TO PLOWS FOR LAYING CABLES, ETC.

5(6)-methyl substituted fluorescein derivatives

5(6)-methyl substituted fluorescein derivatives and a process for producing 5(6)-methyl substituted derivatives. Also provided are methods for these utilizing these derivatives as indicator reagents in assays for analytes, indicator reagents which comprise specific binding members attached to these derivatives and test kits which contain these derivatives.

Coated chewing gum products and methods for making same

The present invention provides a coated chewing gum product. The product comprises a gum center that includes a water-soluble portion and a water-insoluble portion. The water-insoluble portion comprises at least 50% by weight of the gum center. The gum center includes less than 5% by weight of bulk sweeteners. A coating substantially surrounds the gum center.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL COMBAT AGENTS FROM THE AIR TO ENABLE HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

Expandable waistband for trousers

Modular instrumentation for bone preparation and implant trial reduction of orthopedic implants

The invention provides a modular system of components used as bone preparation tools and trial prosthesis components. The system includes a trial tibial tray bearing element that mounts upon a prepared tibia, a punch bushing that serves the purpose of a trial tibial stem and helps to guide a tibial punch through the tibia. The trial template element, the punch bushing and the tibial punch can remain in position on the patient's tibia while one or more trial tibial bearing inserts or samples are attached thereto to determine the proper fit and orientation of a prosthesis.

Antimicrobial composition

An antiseptic composition suitable for use on skin and wounds comprising a source of an antimicrobial agent and an agent which disrupts biofilms.

Roof curb apparatus

The four metal panel portions of an air conditioning unit roof curb have spaced sets of inwardly projecting lanced portions positioned adjacent their ends and defining tab-receiving slots. With the panel portions in a rectangular assembly orientation, specially designed drive cleats are used to lock the contiguous ends of the panel portions together at the corners of the curb. Each cleat has spaced pairs of tabs which, when the cleat is downwardly driven into place on a corner section of the curb, sequentially enter vertically successive pairs of slots in the contiguous panel end portions at the corner. In this manner, only one tab pair and one slot pair need to be aligned with one another before the cleat is driven into place to lock the two contiguous panel end portions to one another, the initial tab pair/slot pair alignment serving to automatically align the successive tab and slot pairs as the cleat is driven home. A pair of the tabs on each drive cleat have dimples thereon which function as detent structures that releasably lock the cleat tabs in their panel slots and thereby releasably retain the drive cleat in place on the assembled roof curb. In an alternate embodiment of the drive cleats, side halves thereof are formed integrally with ends of the panel portions, with the tabs of the integrally formed cleat halves being sequentially insertable into the tab-receiving lance slots of adjacent panel end portions.

Ring saw

A ring saw includes a disc body having a circumferential edge with a first circumferential bearing groove. A cutting ring is mounted for rotation about the circumferential edge of the body. The cutting ring has an inner annular surface that carries both a circumferential gear profile and a second circumferential bearing groove. Ball bearings are positioned in side by side relation in a circumferential bearing race defined by the first circumferential bearing groove and the second circumferential bearing groove. A circumferential seal is provided between the body and the cutting ring, which is adapted to prevent abrasives from entering into the bearing race and interfering with ball bearings. At least one driving gear is carried by the body and engaged with the circumferential gear profile to impart rotational movement to the cutting ring.

Magnetic tunnel junction stack

A magnetic tunnel junction ( 300 ) structure includes a layer ( 308 ) of iron having a thickness in the range of 1.0 to 5.0 Å disposed between a tunnel barrier ( 306 ) and a free magnetic element ( 310 ) resulting in high magnetoresistance (MR), low damping and an improved ratio V c /V bd of critical switching voltage to tunnel barrier breakdown voltage for improved spin torque yield and reliability while requiring only a low temperature anneal. This improved structure ( 300 ) also has a very low resistance-area product MgON diffusion barrier ( 312 ) between the free magnetic element ( 310 ) and an electrode ( 314 ) to prevent diffusion of the electrode into the free layer, which assists in keeping the damping, and therefore also the switching voltage, low. With the low annealing temperature, the breakdown voltage is high, resulting in a favorable ratio of V c /V bd and in a high proportion of devices switching before breakdown, therefore improving the yield and reliability of the devices.

CAR OF RAILWAY WITH MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS.

L'invention concerne des voitures de chemin de fer. Elle se rapporte à une voiture de chemin de fer qui comporte un longeron (18) qui porte des traverses (25, 35) qui ont des verrous (28) pour conteneur. Les verrous d'une traverse sont fixes et ceux de l'autre peuvent basculer en position abaissée lorsqu'une remorque routière doit être portée par des chemins de roulement (52). D'autres verrous (50) peuvent dépasser au-dessus des chemins de roulement pour retenir des conteneurs. Application au transport des véhicules routiers et des conteneurs par chemin de fer. The invention relates to railway cars. It relates to a railroad car which has a spar (18) which carries cross members (25, 35) which have container locks (28). The locks on one cross member are fixed and those on the other can swing to the down position when a road trailer is to be carried by runways (52). Other latches (50) may protrude above the raceways to retain containers. Application to the transport of road vehicles and containers by rail.

5(6)-methyl substituted fluorescein derivatives

5(6)-methyl substituted fluorescein derivatives and a process for producing 5(6)-methyl substituted derivatives. Also provided are methods for these utilizing these derivatives as indicator reagents in assays for analytes, indicator reagents which comprise specific binding members attached to these derivatives and test kits which contain these derivatives.

Lateral castout target selection

In response to a data request of a first processing unit among a plurality of processing units, the first processing unit selects a victim cache line to be castout from the lower level cache of the first processing unit and selects the lower level cache of a second of the plurality of processing units as an intended destination of a lateral castout (LCO) command by randomized round-robin selection. The first processing unit issues on the interconnect fabric an LCO command identifying the victim cache line and the intended destination. In response to a coherence response to the LCO command indicating success of the LCO command, the first processing unit removes the victim cache line from its lower level cache, and the victim cache line is held in the lower level cache of one of the plurality of processing units other than the first processing unit.

Method and apparatus for conversion of outline characters to bitmap characters

An outline representation of a character or symbol is treated as being composed of a set of zones formed in both the horizontal and vertical directions. The zones are completely character-specific. Each zone defines the extent of some feature of the character. The boundaries of the zones are mapped to specific pixel locations in a bitmap em-square of selected resolution and size. Additional interpolation zones are defined which are used to map all the points on the outline representation of the character that are contained within the interpolation zone, but do not coincide with a control edge, from the positions in the high-resolution em-square to a corrresponding position in the low-resolution em-square. To maintain relationships between features, constraint functions may be defined which regulate the size of the control zones for a character at predetermined sizes. Control zones and interpolation zones are all derivatively linked to a basic set of horizontal and vertical control edges at the outline description level. Consequently, the number of computations needed is reduced and the speed with which a bitmap can be generated from the outline representation is increased.

Assay for cardiac troponin autoantibodies

The invention provides among other things methods and kits based on assaying for cardiac troponin autoantibodies, either in conjunction with an assay for cardiac troponin and/or as an independent indicator of cardiac pathology, such as myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, and/or ischemic heart disease. Assay methods of the invention can be employed among other things to identify cardiac pathology, or risk thereof, in subjects who have an autoimmune disease or who are related to an individual with an autoimmune disease. In particular embodiments, the invention also provides a method of determining whether a subject having, or at risk for, a cardiac pathology is a candidate for immunosuppressive therapy or immunoabsorption therapy. The invention also provides kits and kit components that are useful for performing the methods of the invention.

A self aligning actuator with low bearing wear

A motor and a rotatable single phase electromagnetic actuator that has a self aligning shaft that allows for misalignment of actuator parts that would lead to excessive bearing surface wearing. Additionally, the actuator has a rotor, having a first rotor surface; a stator, having a slanted bearing surface opposed the first rotor surface; and a bearing device, mounted on and between the first rotor surface and the slanted bearing surface, positioned and shaped to separate the rotor from the stator and to self align on the slanted bearing surface in a position that substantially evenly distributes bearing loading on the bearing device.

Method and apparatus for an alternative remote spent fuel pool cooling system for light water reactors

A method and apparatus for providing an alternative remote spent fuel pool cooling system for the spent fuel pool. The cooling system is operated to cool the spent fuel pool in the event of a plant accident when normal plant electricity is not available for the conventional fuel pool cooling and cleanup system, or when the integrity of the spent fuel has been jeopardized. The cooling system is operated and controlled from a remote location, which is ideal during a plant emergency.

Femoral orthopaedic surgical instruments and method of use of same

Synthesized audio message over communication links

A communication device establishes an audio connection with a far-end user via a communication network. The communication device receives text input from a near-end user, and converts the text input into speech signals. The speech signals are transmitted to the far-end user using the established audio connection while muting audio input to its microphone. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Reagents and method for detecting polychlornated biphenyls

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Reagents and an immunoassay for detecting the presence or amount of polychlorinated biphenyls in a test sample. The assay is performed by adding a known concentration of a tracer labeled with a detectable moiety and a known concentration of an analyte-specific antibody to a test sample to form a mixture, incubating the mixture to form labeled tracer-antibody and analyte-antibody complexes, and determining the presence or amount of tracer-antibody complexes formed as a measure of the presence or amount of analyte in the test sample. Reagents provided include tracers, immunogens and an additive compound useful in preventing non-specific binding ofthe polychlorinated biphenyls to proteins which may be present in the test sample. A kit for performing the assay also is provided.

Lateral cache-to-cache cast-in

A data processing system includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit coupled by an interconnect fabric. The first processing unit has a first processor core and associated first upper and first lower level caches, and the second processing unit has a second processor core and associated second upper and lower level caches. In response to a data request, a victim cache line is selected for castout from the first lower level cache. The first processing unit issues on the interconnect fabric a lateral castout (LCO) command that identifies the victim cache line to be castout from the first lower level cache and indicates that a lower level cache is an intended destination. In response to a coherence response indicating success of the LCO command, the victim cache line is removed from the first lower level cache and held in the second lower level cache.

Updating Partial Cache Lines in a Data Processing System

A processing unit for a data processing system includes a processor core having one or more execution units for processing instructions and a register file for storing data accessed in processing of the instructions. The processing unit also includes a multi-level cache hierarchy coupled to and supporting the processor core. The multi-level cache hierarchy includes at least one upper level of cache memory having a lower access latency and at least one lower level of cache memory having a higher access latency. The lower level of cache memory, responsive to receipt of a memory access request that hits only a partial cache line in the lower level cache memory, sources the partial cache line to the at least one upper level cache memory to service the memory access request. The at least one upper level cache memory services the memory access request without caching the partial cache line.

Railway freight car

A railway car comprises a center sill with a crossbearer, webs and end bolsters extending across thereof. A light side stiffener interconnects the projecting ends of said webs and spans between the bolster and the crossbearer. A shear plate covers a trapezoidal end frame extending from the bolster. The frame includes inclined braces buttressing a pair of cantilevered brackets projecting toward and horizontally overlapping similar brackets of the adjacent car.

Delete Of Cache Line With Correctable Error

A processing unit includes a processor core and a cache memory coupled to the processor core. The cache memory includes a data array, a directory of the data array, error detection logic that sequentially detects a first, second and third correctable errors in the data array of the cache memory and provides indications of detection of the first, second and third correctable errors, and control circuitry that, responsive to the indication of the third correctable error and an indication that the first and second correctable errors occurred at too high a frequency, marks an entry of the data array containing a cache line having the third correctable error as deleted in the directory of the cache memory regardless of which entry of the data array contains a cache line having the second correctable error.

Preparation of n-acyl taurates

Vehicle cab air conditioning system

A VEHICLE CAB HAVING AN AIR CONDITIONING COMPARTMENT CONTIGUOUS TO THE CAB AND HAVING AN EVAPORATOR WITH AN AIR BLOWER ON ONE SIDE AND AN AIR FILTER ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND ALL BEING DISPOSED IN THE COMPARTMENT. A CONDENSATE DRAIN TRAY IS DISPOSED IN THE COMPARTMENT BENEATH THE EVAPORATOR, AND A DRAIN TUBE EXTENDS FROM THE TRAY TO A LOCATION OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE ENCLOSURE. THE DRAIN TUBE HAS AN ATMOSPHERIC AIR RESPONSIVE CONTROL WHICH AUTOMATICALLY CLOSES WHEN THERE IS AIR PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPARTMENT AND THE OUTSIDE. THIS PREVENTS AIR FROM FLOWING INTO THE DRAIN TUBE AND INTO THE COMPARTMENT, AND IT ALSO THUS PERMITS THE CONDENSATE TO DRAIN FROM THE TUBE AND NOT BE DETAINED BY THE AIR PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL ALSO, A REGULATOR DOOR IS PROVIDED ON THE COMPARTMENT FOR RECIRCULATION OF AIR FROM THE CAB ENCLOSURE AND TO THE COMPARTMENT, AND THE DOOR PROVIDES A CONTROL FOR THE AIR PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE CAB ENCLOSURE AND THE COMPARTMENT.

Reagents and methods for the detection and quantification of thyroxine in fluid samples

Immunoassay methods and reagents for the specific quantification of thyroxine in a test sample are disclosed employing antibodies prepared with thyroxine derivatives of formula (2) wherein P is an immunogenic carrier material and X is a linking moiety. The present invention also describes the synthesis of unique labelled reagent of formula (4) wherein Q is a detectable moiety and W is a linking moiety, preferably fluorescein or a fluorescein derivative.

Systems and methods of implementing at reseller flexible and customizable architecture of transaction level security, authentication and digital verification of coupons that is customer-centric

The systems and methods of flexible and customizable coupon deals for a distribution network of products through clinics, comprising: presenting a coupon library with available coupons together with their applicability requirements; allowing opt-in or opt-out; for two or more of the clinics participating: customizing the coupon library for one of the clinics; creating rules that indicate details for a transaction to qualify for each coupon; analyzing a transaction viz-a-viz the coupons that the clinic has opted into; generating a redemption based on the successful application of the rules for the coupons to the transaction; generating line item triggers to list applicable coupon offers; and receiving indication on accepted coupon offers; scaling customized sets of the coupons for two or more of the clinics to transactions received from the clinic; conforming the customized sets of the coupons across the distribution network of products.

COUPLING TO CONNECT AGAINST PRESSURE

La presente invención se refiere a acoplamiento para conectar contra presión para un medio presurizado, que comprende en combinación, un cuerpo tubular que tiene un pasaje axial, un extremo unido al conducto y un extremo de conexión, un asiento de válvula anular definido dentro del pasaje adyacente al extremo de conexión, una válvula alargada desplazable axialmente dentro del pasaje entre las posiciones abierta y cerrada, la válvula tiene un extremo accesible adyacente al extremo de conexión del cuerpo para acoplar con una sonda de acoplamiento durante la conexión y una cabeza acoplable con el asiento de válvula cuando se encuentra en la posición cerrada, una superficie de presión definida sobre la cabeza expuesta al medio presurizado dentro del pasaje en donde el medio de presión impuesto desvía la válvula hacia la posición cerrada, la válvula tiene una cámara concéntrica definida en la misma, un resorte de compresión recibido dentro de la cámara que empuja la válvula hacia la posición cerrada, una guía definida en el pasaje que tiene una superficie de guía que se extiende axialmente definida en la misma, válvula que acopla con la superficie de guía y es guiada así durante el desplazamiento entre las posiciones abierta y cerrada, la guía comprende un casco tubular dentro y concéntrico al pasaje que tiene un extremo abierto dispuesto hacia el extremo de de conexión del cuerpo y un orificio cilíndrico, válvula que incluye una faldilla cilíndrica recibida telescópicamente dentro del orificio y un sello anular interpuesto entre el orificio y la faldilla un sello anular interpuesto entre el orificio y la faldilla de la válvula adyacente al extremo abierto del caso de guía; esa guía protege substancialmente todas las superficies transversalmente dispuestas definidas sobre la válvula con frente en dirección contraria del extremo accesible de la válvula al medio presurizado dentro del pasaje excepto el frente, con lo cual la fuerza axial ejercida sobre la válvula hacia la ...

Isolated human autoantibodies to natriuretic peptides and methods and kits for detecting human autoantibodies to natriuretic peptides

The present disclosure relates to isolated human autoantibodies and assays and kits for detecting human autoantibodies reactive with at least one natriuretic peptide or natriuretic peptide fragment in a test sample.

Immunoassay of analytes in samples containing endogenous anti-analyte antibodies

The disclosure provides among other things an assay method that compensates for the presence of endogenous antibodies, e.g., autoantibodies, which might otherwise compromise the measurement of an analyte in a biological sample. In one embodiment, this method entails the use of a two labeled entities: a labeled detection agent and a labeled species-specific antibody, wherein the labeled species-specific antibody is specific for the species from which the biological sample was obtained. Sample analyte is bound by the detection agent and any anti-analyte autoantibodies present in the sample. Analyte bound by autoantibodies is detected via the species-specific antibody, optionally labeled.

Femoral orthopaedic surgical instruments for setting offset

A number of orthopaedic surgical instruments for use in a surgical procedure to prepare a patient's femur to receive an orthopedic prosthesis. The tools include guide tools, cutting tools, surgical blocks, and other orthopaedic surgical instruments configured to plan and guide the preparation of the patient's femur. A method of using the orthopaedic surgical instruments is also disclosed. 48 50 44 40 22 Fig. 1

Universal cereal puffing apparatus

An apparatus is provided that is suitable for puffing a variety of different cereal material such as any cereal grain or cereal doughs or extrusions. A generally frusto-conical pressurizing chamber is provided with a nozzle component at its discharge end portion, which nozzle component is interchangeable with nozzle components having differing shapes and sizes depending upon the particular cereal material to be puffed or expanded. Steam injectors are tangentially oriented with respect to the pressurizing chamber, and they cooperate to provide a generally vortex-like discharge path for the cereal material out of the pressurizing chamber.

Coating spray system

Embodiments of the present invention include a spray bonder that comprises a bonder, a carrier, and, optionally, a propellant. Embodiments also include a coating spray system that comprises the spray bonder and a coating spray that includes a coating material, a carrier, and, optionally, a propellant. The coating material can be an opaque material, glass frit, opacious dentin, or the like. Also provided are methods for using the spray bonder and/or coating spray to coating objects, such as coating dental implants to match the color of a patient's gums.

Internet package shipping systems and methods

A system and methods for shipping a package ( 12 ) from a package sender ( 16 ) to an intended recipient ( 18 ), utilizing Internet communications ( 30 ) to place shipping orders, request on demand package pickup, maintain and utilize prestored profile information, view shipping history, track orders, etc. A package sender ( 16 ) with an Internet-accessible computer ( 20 ) accesses an Internet site and associated shipping system ( 10 ) operated by a shipping service provider ( 14 ). The package sender ( 16 ) enters information required for shipping the package ( 12 ), including shipping options and methods for payment. The options and payment for the shipment transaction are validated. If the transaction is validated, printer indicia are communicated to the customer's computer ( 20 ), which is enabled to locally print a prepaid label ( 25 ) containing special machine-readable ( 876 ) as well as human-readable indicia ( 904 ). The shipping service provider ( 14 ) acquires the package by drop-off, standard pickup or on call pickup, scans the machine readable indicia, verifies other indicia of authenticity, and processes the package ( 12 ) in accordance with information encoded on the label.

Antimicrobial composition

An antiseptic composition suitable for use on skin and wounds comprising a source of an antimicrobial agent and an agent which disrupts biofilms.

Well car end girder arrangement

A railway car train comprises five car units. Each car unit has two end structures with a depressed well portion supported therebetween. A pair of side structures extend between the end structures and adjacent the well portion. A floor structure extends between lower portions of the side structures to form the bottom of the well portion. The floor structure includes an end beam extending transversely between lower portions of the side structures at the end of the well portion. The end structure includes a stub center sill connected to a shear plate member. A deflection member is secured to the inward end of the shear plate member. The deflection member includes a vertical wall portion and a sloping wall portion for deflecting containers into the well portion as they are loaded. The deflection member is connected with the shear plate member to form a transverse girder. The floor structure is secured to the girder by floor support members connected to the end beam adjacent the side structure and extending diagonally upwardly and inwardly therefrom to connect with the girder adjacent the center sill to beam loads in the lower portions of the side structures up to the girder and the center sill. Reinforcing plates extend between the end beam and the girder for additionally transferring loads therebetween. A flange member is fixedly connected with each reinforcement plate to rigidify it. The girder is reinforced with box structures and gussets to receive impacts and beam loads transversely.

Acceleration circuitry for posit operations

Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to acceleration circuitry for posit operations are described. Signaling indicative of performance of an operation to write a first bit string to a first buffer resident on acceleration circuitry and a second bit string resident on the acceleration circuitry can be received at an DMA controller couplable to the acceleration circuitry. The acceleration circuitry can be configured to perform arithmetic operations, logical operations, or both on bit strings formatted in a unum or posit format. Signaling indicative of an arithmetic operation, a logical operation, or both, to be performed using the first and second bit strings can be transmitted to the acceleration circuitry. The arithmetic operation, the logical operation, or both can be performed via the acceleration circuitry and according to the signaling. Signaling indicative of a result of the arithmetic operation, the logical operation, or both can be transmitting to the DMA controller.

Agricultural mixer auger cutting blade

An agricultural mixer auger cutting blade for providing a durable cutting blade with improved impact and wear resistance. The agricultural mixer auger cutting blade includes a plate having a leading edge, and a back edge. The leading edge of the plate has a plurality of spaced apart cutouts therein forming a row of alternating seats and extents extending along the leading edge of the plate. A plurality of cutting teeth are provided each having an arcuate front cutting edge and a back edge. Each of the seats receives therein a corresponding associated cutting tooth therein such that the front cutting edge of each cutting tooth faces in an outwardly direction from the leading edge of the plate. Each of the cutting teeth is coupled to the plate in the associated seat.

Coated chewing gum products and methods for making same

Ice cutter and corer

The invention relates to apparatus for cutting and removing a core of ice from an expanse of natural ice such as, for example, a lake or river so that fishing can be accomplished through the remaining open hole. The apparatus consists of a cylinder with ice-cutting teeth on its lower end, lands around its periphery and a handle employed for rotating the cylinder.

Safety pressure relief device

A safety pressure relief device comprises an annular flange portion ( 22 ), a concave/convex dome portion ( 24 ) and a transition portion ( 26 ) between the flange portion ( 22 ) and the dome portion ( 24 ), the transition portion ( 26 ) comprising a linear extent ( 28 ) extending from the annular flange portion ( 22 ) at a first acute angle (theta<SUB>1</SUB>) to the plane of the flange portion ( 22 ), a tangent to the dome portion ( 24 ) at its junction with the transition portion ( 26 ) making a second acute angle (theta<SUB>2</SUB>) with the plane of the flange portion ( 22 ) which is greater than said first angle (theta<SUB>1</SUB>), a line of weakness being formed in and around part at least of the linear extent ( 28 ) of the transition portion ( 26 ).

Microtubes with axially variable geometries and method of manufacturing same

In the present invention, a technique is described for manufacturing microtube devices which have peripheral geometries that are not uniform along the tube or device axis. These geometries may exist in only one location on the periphery of the microtube device or geometries may be repeated either uniformly or non-uniformly with micron or sub-micron precision along the tube or device axis. The preferred manufacturing process involves forming a complex mandrel, ie., (one, for example, that can not be formed by extrusion or pultrusion under constant processing conditions) and giving it at least one metallic and/or nonmetallic coating by any of a variety of techniques. The complex mandrel can then be removed by appropriate chemical or physical means that do not adversely affect the coating(s) desired for the wall. The result is a microtube structure having an axial profile duplicating that on the mandrel from which it was formed.

Cache backing store for transactional memory

In response to a transactional store request, the higher level cache transmits, to the lower level cache, a backup copy of an unaltered target cache line in response to a target real address hitting in the higher level cache, updates the target cache line with store data to obtain an updated target cache line, and records the target real address as belonging to a transaction footprint of the memory transaction. In response to a conflicting access to the transaction footprint prior to completion of the memory transaction, the higher level cache signals failure of the memory transaction to the processor core, invalidates the updated target cache line in the higher level cache, and causes the backup copy of the target cache line in the lower level cache to be restored as a current version of the target cache line.

Agricultural bale accumulator and method therefor

A load bed extension module (102) expends and supports a bale accumulating capacity of the accumulator (100) along a horizontal axis (202). A bale stacking module (332) expands a bale accumulating capacity of the accumulator (100) along a vertical axis (203). A bale advancement module (798) advances a fully formed bale onto a load bed (113) ahead of a successive bale to create a predetermined space (808) between the bales to permit the fully formed bale to be handled by the accumulator (100) in an amount of time before the successive bale travels through the predetermined space (808). A bale arrangement control module (830) permits a dynamic arrangement of bales to be accumulated on the accumulator (100) within a bale accumulating capacity of the accumulator.

Antimicrobial compositions

Non-aqueous emollient compositions for topical application

Non-aqueous compositions for topical application comprising one or more active ingredients and a fatty alkoxylate ester emollient agent comprising a diester or triester of an aliphatic or aromatic tricarboxylic acid formed by reacting the acid with a stoichiometric excess of one or more polyalkoxylated fatty alcohols.

Peptide reagents and method for inhibiting autoantibody antigen binding

The present disclosure provides immunoassays and kits for detection or quantification of an protein of interest in a test sample that potentially contains endogenously produced autoantibodies reactive with the analyte.

Sheet material feeding and cutting apparatus

Cardiovascular autoimmune disease panel and methods of using same

Provided herein among other things are diagnostic tests, methods of use, and kits for the assessment and management of cardiovascular autoimmune disease and risk of cardiovascular autoimmune disease. Assay methods of the invention can be employed among other things to identify cardiovascular autoimmune disease, or risk thereof, in subjects who have cardiovascular disease, an autoimmune disease, or who are related to an individual with an autoimmune disease. The method can be employed for testing of a subject that exhibits symptoms of cardiovascular disease, as well as of a subject that is apparently healthy and does not yet exhibit symptoms of cardiovascular disease, but may with time. In one embodiment, the invention also provides a method of determining whether a subject having, or at risk for, a cardiovascular disease is a candidate for immunosuppressive therapy or immunoabsorption therapy. The invention also provides kits and kit components that are useful for performing the methods of the invention.

Aerosolized ceramic porcelains and glaze composition

A spray glaze or opaque composition for coating dental restorations and other surfaces and objects such as hobby ceramics that comprises about 4 to about 50 weight % glaze material, about 5 to about 60 weight % restoration wetting agent, and about 10 to about 90% non CFC propellant. An opaque composition further comprises about 5 to about 30% opaque material.

Magnetic Sensor Design for Suppression of Barkhausen Noise

A semiconductor process and apparatus provide a high-performance magnetic field sensor from two differential sensor configurations ( 201, 211 ) which require only two distinct pinning axes ( 206, 216 ), where each differential sensor (e.g., 201 ) is formed from a Wheatstone bridge structure with four unshielded MTJ sensors ( 202 - 205 ), each of which includes a magnetic field pulse generator (e.g., 414 ) for selectively applying a field pulse to stabilize or restore the easy axis magnetization of the sense layers (e.g., 411 ) to eliminate micromagnetic domain switches during measurements of small magnetic fields.

Assay for cardiac troponin autoantibodies

The invention provides among other things methods and kits based on assaying for cardiac troponin autoantibodies, either in conjunction with an assay for cardiac troponin and/or as an independent indicator of cardiac pathology, such as myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, and/or ischemic heart disease. Assay methods of the invention can be employed among other things to identify cardiac pathology, or risk thereof, in subjects who have an autoimmune disease or who are related to an individual with an autoimmune disease. In particular embodiments, the invention also provides a method of determining whether a subject having, or at risk for, a cardiac pathology is a candidate for immunosuppressive therapy or immunoabsorption therapy. The invention also provides kits and kit components that are useful for performing the methods of the invention.

Action figure in which the manipulation of one leg produces a wing-like movement of both arms

Abstract of the Disclosure The toy action figure has a pair of arms mounted for movement in a wing-like manner and one leg mounted for rocking movement relative to the figure's other leg. An actuating mechanism contained within the hollow torso transmits the rocking leg movement to the arms so that the wing-like movement is achieved. The actuating mechanism includes an arcuate gear rack associated with each of the arms and said one leg, there being several idler gears so that two of the idler are engaged with the two arcuate racks for the arms and the remaining idler gear is engaged with the gear rack for the one leg. The idler gear for one of the arms is additionally engaged with the idler gear for the other arm and also with the idler gear for the one leg.

Disinfectant spray with indicator

Compositions are provided that comprise a disinfectant, a pH indicator dye, and an alkaline substance. The pH indicator dye expresses a color when initially sprayed, but loses or changes color once sprayed. The compositions may be used to disinfect surfaces, and the pH indicator dye indicates what surface has been disinfected and ensures that a sufficient period of time has passed to disinfect the surface. Dispensing systems that are not fully air tight are provided for containing and dispensing the composition.

Antimicrobial composition

An antiseptic composition suitable for use on skin and wounds comprising a source of an antimicrobial agent and an agent which disrupts biofilms. More, particularly the invention relates to a composition capable of providing effective antimicrobial activity while at the same time avoiding wound and skin irritation and retardation of wound healing.

Acridinium phenyl esters useful in the analysis of biological

The present invention relates to methods and kits for detecting an analyte in a test sample using acridinium-9-carboxylate aryl esters.

Supporting even instruction tag (‘ITAG’) requirements in a multi-slice processor using null internal operations (IOPs)

Supporting even instruction tag (‘ITAG’) requirements in a multi-slice processor with null internal operations (IOPs) includes: receiving an IOP with an even ITAG requirement; determining that the IOP is to be assigned an odd ITAG; and inserting a null IOP into an instruction lane ahead of the IOP, wherein the null IOP is assigned the odd ITAG, and the IOP is assigned an even ITAG.

Methods and kits for detecting hemoglobin in test samples

The present invention relates to methods of detecting hemoglobin in a test sample. These methods can be used to diagnose a subject suffering from a genetic disorder relating to hemoglobin metabolism, to determine the eligibility of a subject to be a blood donor, to determine the age of a stored blood sample or to identify a hemolyzed plasma sample. The present invention also relates to kits for use in the above described methods.

Agricultural bale accumulator having a load bed extension module

An agricultural bale accumulator (100) comprises a load bed extension module (102) including at least one extension table (104) pivotally connected to a side (124) of a load bed (113) by a hinge (122) and moveable relative to the load bed (113) between a stowed position and an unstowed, bale accumulating, position which is co-planar with a load bed (113) and adjacent to the side (124) of the load bed (113). An extension table support system (130) connected to a main frame (120) and/or the extension table (104). The extension table support system (130) contacts the extension table (104) at a location beyond the side (124) of the main frame (120) and contacts the main frame (120) and/or the ground surface (128) to directly support the extension table (104) from the main frame (120) and/or the ground surface (128), respectively, on and/or off a pivot axis (146) when the extension table (104) is in the unstowed position and when the load bed (113) pivots about the pivot axis (146) relative to the main frame (120) to a bale accumulating position and/or a bale discharging position.

Agricultural bale accumulator and method therefor

An agricultural bale accumulator and associated method comprises a load bed and a control module. The load bed is adapted to receive, along a bale receiving axis, agricultural bales of crop material formed by and ejected from an agricultural baler, and is adapted to accumulate one or more of the plurality of agricultural bales on the load bed. The control module is adapted to generate control information to cause the agricultural bale accumulator to control one or more operations of the agricultural bale accumulator in response to receiving field location information, representative of one or more locations of the agricultural bale accumulator in an agricultural field.

Power shift mechanism for earth working implements

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The disclosed Power Shift Mechanism is adapted to later-ally shift an earth working implement, such as a vertical plow, relative to a tractor or the like. In the disclosed embodiment, the plow is mounted on a slide bracket and the bracket is slide-ably mounted on a support frame. The shift mechanism includes a fluid operated piston-cylinder connected between the frame and a pivot link pivotally connected to the slide bracket. The pivot link may be rotated by the piston-cylinder to either of two posi-tions and locked in place by releasable connectors. The piston-cylinder will then rotatably shift the pivot link or laterally shift the bracket and the earth working implement. The shift mechanism thus increases the effective stroke of the piston-cylinder and reduces the power requirements of the shift mechanism.

Autoantibody enhanced immunoassays and kits

The present disclosure provides immunoassays and kits for detection or quantification of an analyte of interest in a test sample that potentially contains endogenously produced autoantibodies reactive with the analyte.

Salt dispenser for hay balers

Piloted slip spline construction

Chewing emulsions containing capsuled aspartame and sodia pyrophosphate

System and method of detecting roll position in a rotary straightener

A system and method for detecting the exact position of the contoured, cross rolls in a multiple roll rotary straightener including provision of selected transverse and axial surfaces on the roll frames themselves and means for detecting the exact position of these surfaces whereby the rotary straightener can be returned to a preselected operat-ing condition.

High-pressure anneal process for integrated circuits

This invention embodies an improved process for annealing integrated circuits to repair fabrication-induced damage. An integrated circuit is annealed in a pressurized sealed chamber in which a forming gas comprising hydrogen is present. Pressurization of the chamber reduces the contribution made by the final anneal step to total thermal exposure by increasing the diffusion rate of the hydrogen into the materials from which the integrated circuit is fabricated. Ideally, the forming gas contains, in addition to hydrogen, at least one other gas such as nitrogen or argon that will not react with hydrogen and, thus, reduce the danger of explosion. However, the integrated circuit may be annealed in an ambiance containing only hydrogen gas that is maintained at a pressure greater than ambient atmospheric pressure.

The accuracy of myeloperoxidase assays and the detection of myeloperoxidase autoantibodies

The present disclosure relates to methods and kits for determining autoantibodies to myeloperoxidase or a myeloperoxidase fragment and myeloperoxidase or a myeloperoxidase fragment in a test sample. The presence of said autoantibodies in the test sample negatively affects the accuracy of the myeloperoxidase assay. The reliability of the assay is evaluated by comparing myeloperoxidase activity and mass in the sample.

Electrical connector having connector position assurance member

An electrical connector including a housing, electrical contacts and a connector position assurance (CPA) member. The housing has deflectable cantilevered mating connector latch arms. The latch arms are movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The CPA member is movably mounted to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The CPA member includes a first section and a deflectable second section. The second section includes a cam surface for contacting a housing of the mating electrical connector and being deflected as the CPA member is moved from the open position to the closed position and an interference portion adapted to contact the latch arms when the latch arms are not in their latched position such that the CPA member is blocked from reaching the closed position unless the latch arms are in their latched positions.

Method of forming a stacked capacitor with striated electrode

A method of forming a capacitor on a semiconductor wafer includes: a) in a dry etching reactor, selectively anisotropically dry etching a capacitor contact opening having a minimum selected open dimension into an insulating dielectric layer utilizing selected gas flow rates of a reactive gas component and an inert gas bombarding component, the flow rate of the bombarding component significantly exceeding the flow rate of the reactive component to effectively produce a capacitor contact opening having grooved striated sidewalls and thereby defining female capacitor contact opening striations; b) providing a layer of an electrically conductive storage node material within the striated capacitor contact opening; c) removing at least a portion of the conductive material layer to define an isolated capacitor storage node within the insulating dielectric having striated sidewalls; d) etching the insulating dielectric layer selectively relative to the conductive material sufficiently to expose at least a portion of the external male striated conductive material sidewalls; and e) providing conformal layers of capacitor dielectric and capacitor cell material atop the etched conductive material and over its exposed striated sidewalls. The invention also includes a stacked capacitor construction having an electrically conductive storage node with upwardly rising external sidewalls. Such sidewalls have longitudinally extending striations to maximize surface area and corresponding capacitance in a resulting construction.

Preserving an invalid global domain indication when installing a shared cache line in a cache

A technique for operating a memory system for a node includes interrogating, by a cache, an associated cache directory to determine whether a shared cache line to be installed in the cache is associated with an invalid global state in the cache. The invalid global state specifies that a version of the shared cache line has been intervened off-node. In response to the shared cache line being in the invalid global state the cache spawns a castout invalid global command for the shared cache line. The shared cache line is installed in the cache. A coherence state for the shared cache line is updated in the associated cache directory to indicate the shared cache line is shared.